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r, '_., I 2 1/2 (7'„ BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL MALL. IFS MAJESTY, upon the request of the DIRECTORS, and to gratify the wishes of the "OMlie, has been graciously pleased to allow his PRIVATE ' C OLLECTION of PICTURES, with several very inte i"ting additions, to be again exhibited. The Gallery is °Pea daily from Ten to Six o'Clock. i. - ., ~. ~4... g •• . -.. ),' ,7-4 - - . , 6, , , - W) ,, :Z. •-•.t.,...N.24 . . / 14, ; - N., , r litr t "li.- ' Nti f c „..v , , ••,,, -• 1 -, fir . , : ~`• :\ , - 4' Alk Ce .• • ' " 7 ' -Al. \‘ • '- ' -.." - A, ' , - . -- 6 t /' .i; , - . i -; I uz * " .. .i , , ,i p ---:-- i• 1 , 71'. --, &, 4 4,, , ~, , --, .„ : i , , \ \ .-., ; _. *swe i) iL , • 1 '-- '‘,...,'. ' 0 i , ) ".5i.....- -- , ,:......0 (. 7 t , -- 1) 4) , "*- 11 ' -7= 7 f 4.0...L,"" / . -;1 ' - -- 1 . v/ 4 ~/ ------",-, 11 • 1 '' 4ks ,, °ix- ecrs.,--1- 44;/-' ' -....; 4c- . 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Notice is hereby given to Persons assured against Fire by this •Corporaticaz, that printed Receipts for the Pay nients due at Midsummer, are ready to be delivered a t the Londo n Assurance House s where attendance is g iven daily, f rom Ten till Four o'clock (except on Saturdays, when the Office is closed at Two), for effecting Assurances from ?ire and on Lives ; and that the fifteen days allowed by t he Corporation after the Quarter-day on Fire Assurances, Will expire on the 9th of July. Proposals for Assurances from Fire and on Lives are delivered at the Office. JOHN LAURENCE, Sec. Hunt and Clarke, York-street, Covent-garden. This day was published, in 12mo. price 9s. b oar d s , T HE, EPICUREAN. A Tale. By THOMAS MOORE, Esq. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. Of whom may be had, by the same Author, 1. LALLA ROOKH, a Poem. Bvo. 14s. 2. LOVES of the ANGELS, a Poem. Bvo. 9s. 3. LIFE of SHERIDAN. 2 vols. Bvo. 11. I Is. 6d. DEVONSHIRE. Capital Freehold Manor and Estate for Investment, • upwards of 717 Acres. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By WINSTANLEY and SONS, . At the Mart, on FRIDAY, July 20, .at Twelve, in One Lot, • A Valuable a n d most Desiiable FREE -Eli HOLD PROPERTY - for Investment ; comprising the M anor o f E ast Ogwell, with sundry Farms, Water C oro Mill, Cottages, Orchards, &c. containing '717 A. I R. 181).-of most excellent Meadow, Pasture, and Arable Land, lying exceedingly compact, and nearly within a ring fence in fertile, luxur i ant, hi g hl y • a tCounty, one mil e oily from Newton Abbotts, six from gnmoutb, Torquay, 40.!Totness, seventeen from Exeter, and nearly adjoining to the turnpike road, from thence to Dartmouth, Brixham, and Plymouth. The whole is in the occupatio n of a respectable and industrious tenantry, "loft underiet, but recently valued by an eminent land valner, at a ren t a l o f a b ou t 1,2001. per annum. To be viewed by applying at W est O gwe ll H ouse; r int ed Particulars ybe had at the principal Inns at Totness Chudleigh, Ashburton, and Exeter ; also of 47 " 41 1. Prideaux and Farwell, Solicitors, Tetness •; of cr. John Oldreeve, Landcombe, near Dartmouth ; of Mr. Iy, Solicitor 10, New-square, Lincoln's Inn, London ; I r t ow the Mart ; and of Winstanley and Sons, Paternoster- r ah La b i e Reversionary Freehold Estates, at Kingston, in S urrey, Stratford, Ilford, and Chingford, in Essex, Kent -54, Southwark, Smithfield, Aklgate, Bethnal-green, on the Death of a Gentleman, in his 70th year. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By WINSTANLEY and SONS, At the Mart, on TVISDAY, July 17, in Twelve Lote, ERY Valuable REVERSIONARY FREEHOLD ESTATES, on the death of a Gen ic:ll4N now in his 70th year consisting of the well i," and old-established INN and POSTING-HOUSE, , c ed the CASTLE, situate in the market-place at King 1, in Surrey. Ab 'he old-established INN and POSTING-HOUSE, th e 'GEL, at Word, Essex. The CROWN PUBLIC-HOUSE, in West Smithfield. ,„. 4 genteel and comp ac t RESIDENCE, at Chingford, "th 10 Acres of Land. SAX HOUSES, Nos. 1, 2, and 9, Newton's-place, near 1* Tun-, Stratford; and Noe. 26, 27, and Q.S. in , - ' 4l ) Brewer-roar. 10 A PIECE o f GROUND, with BUILDING thereon, rt l'ing part of the Roebuck Brewery, in the Kent-road, ~ atlywark. _, -111 1 extensive range of SHEEP and CATTLE SHEDS 11 `',.PENS, with Arched Vaults, in Harrow-alley, Aldgate. L „, -44 age of STABLING, COACH-HOUSES, SHEDS, small TENEMENT, in Black Horse-yard, Aldgate. 1 5 , 4 large piece of vacant GROUND, and 18 Brick ',lt TENEMENTS, in Seven Step-alley, Houndstliteli. k olio HOUSES, Nos. 48 and 49, Petticoat-lane; and 14 : TENEMENTS behind. Brick-built HOUSE, No. 24, Patriot-square, Beth 13reen. ' o principally let on leases ; the present rents and annual J t. e amounting to near 900/. per annum. The Land is redeemed on a large portion of the property. Oe be viewed by permission of the respective Tenants. i tl geted Particulars will be ready for delivery 21 days prior g o t ,h, e Sale, and may be then had of Mr. Arthur Clarke, Bishopsgate Church-yard; at the Castle, King ".lll; the Yorkshire Grey, Stratford ; the Angel, Ilford ; I Castle, Woodford ; the Crown, West Smithfield ; at the , 41 ; and of Winstanley and Sons, Paternoster-row. ip CLARK'S GENERAL OUTFIT- • TING WAREHOUSE, for the EAST and ; 4 T INDIES and SOUTH AMERICA, EXETER • —4NGE, STRAND. ,Officers, Cadets, and Writers going to India, and Gen -o;Tian proceeding to South America, or any other part of Ile Globe, will find in this Establishment the whole 11, 1 7 4 Military Appointments, Swords, Chacos, Sashes, 1' 4 4 I "istols &c. together with a large and well.manu- , W a d, e , d stack of Sea Cots, Couches, and Bedding ; Cabin Mule Tablegs Chairs, and Lamps Sea Chests, dnd Bullock Trunks, and every ether descripti on of T r a aSelling Equipage. A N ASSoRTMENT .OF CANTEENS, ready fitted With the n ecessary requ i s it es for India and other tropical I: ; likewise a great variety of Silver and Plated Articles], Knives an d Forks, suitable for families going abr oa d ; Military and Hindostannee Books, Maps, &c. A FASHIONABLE STOCK of Carriage, Curricle, Tande— ' Phaeton, Stanhope and Chaise HARNESS, with every description of Saddlery, &c. &c. for home use, East and West Indies, and South America, which merit inspec- L'o4 from their excellent quality, first style of workman- S hip, and moderate prices. All the Articles in this Establishment are warranted, and the excellent plan of fifty years standing is still strictly adhered to, of asking one Ready Money Price, but from which no abatement will be made. THE NATIONAL SILK WEAVERS' SOCIETY, Established for -the sole purpose of giving constant Em ployment to the poor Weavers and their numerous Fa milies of Spit a lfi elds, and to educate 500, and clothe 200 of their Children ; and also to educate an unlimited number of the Children of other industrious Silk-Weavers. THEIR. PATRONS, and the NOBILITY t s and Public, are most resp ectfully informed, that their tablishment, 59, Oxford-street, WILL OPEN on h ? MONDAY, the 25th Day of this Month, and that they ove commenced Selling at their Wa re h ouse, No. 15, De nshire-square, Bishopsgate-street, opposite the Church, Previ ous to opening their Retail House, at N o. 59, Oxford-- O t t They cut at their Warehouse any quantity of Silk frorn the piece, at one penny per yard on the coot price, w i here they always keep ready manufactured rich Ducape, plain an d figured Gt os de Naples, stout Lustring and Sarsnet, Black, and scription and coloured Levantines, and Satins of every d e _ and a exive assortment of rich Silk Dailsks t including, most amongst te a ` variety of others, Thirty nets Patterns of elegant Taherets, the designs of 'which are perfectly Original, and executed exclusively fur the society, consequently will be found the greatest no velty ever submitted to public inspection. PLadies are must respectfully informed that it is not r ofit they see k , but only sufficient t, cover expenses, an d ",,ep the men i n constant employment. Those Ladies and ~ietttlemen who will honour the Society by becoming yearly 'ubseeibe rs of Ten Shillings, will be waited upon at their l'espective dwellings by one of the members of the Com- Otittee, with every mw Pattern of Silk previous to their being submitted to public sale. The Subscriptions will g o to the Fund of the Society, t ° Provide for the benevolent purposes for which it has b..7e10- established, viz.—at each member's death, 12/. A Ziaber'a wife's death, 61. If any member sick, 12s. per and if out of employment, 10s. pro vesl . l ..Dilrehasers, if they wish, may see rich Silks in the of being manufactured. W. G. GARLAND, Secretary. BIRMAN EMPIRE. This Day was published; in .2 Vols. 18ruo. with Vignettes, and a Map of the Birman Empire, price Is. extra bds. COLONEL SYME'S EMBASSY to AVA, a new and enlarged Edition, including a NARRATIVE of the late Military and Political Opera tions in the BIRMESE EMPIRE, be►ng. the Eighth and Ninth Volumes of CONSTABLE'S MISCELLANY. 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The first vol. may now be had complete, price 12s. in boards ; also the four volumes of the Quarterly Theological Review, for the years 1825 and 1826, price 21. Bs. in boards, er any Number at 6e. THE MARKETS. COAL MAR ___—",32s. 3d. Adair's Beaumont.,... 3O 9 Charlotte Ellison 31 Garesfield Heaton WW•PeAOW SS 6 Hebburn Main 33' 6 Holywell. 32 6 Kilhngworth 34 0 Liddell's 29 9 Ord's Redhugh 28 6 Pelaw 3O 3 31 9 Willinston 35 0 WallsEndßewieke&Co. 35 9 Ditto Bell Robson & Co. 31 9 Ditto Brown's 32 0 Ditto Burraten 33 6 Ditto Carr and Co.-. 30 '9 Ditto Cram1ingt0n.......... , 30 9 Ditto Northumberland 32 6 Ships at Market, 88---Shi ,ET.—June 27. Walls End Newmarch— 345. 3d. Ditto North Percy 31 0 Ditto Peareth 32 6 Ditto Russell's 36 0 Ditto Walker --. 35 0 Tanfield Trader-----. 32 6 Londonderry small 18 6 Hebburn small -----. 14 0 Lambton small 17 6 Hettop small 16 6 Old Barnaby Pitt small IS 0 Blyth •••,••••••• 0.../.0 27 6 Elgin Main 34 0 Hartley W.nII.IVVYNOMP 30 0 Nesham 34 3 Lambton's Primrose —, 34 0 Walls End Hatton—. 36 9 Ditto Lambton 36 6 Ditto 34 6 Ditto Stewart's 36 9 sold, 44%,-Unsold 43 LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.--June 26. The supply of the past week, though ;m;11,;;ch ex ceeded that of the previous one, and has been fully equal to the demand. At this day's market, holders of Wheat were generally very, much disposed to press sales, and a reduction of 9d. to 10d. per 701 b. since this day se'unight has taken place, at which sales to a moderate extent were effected. The Oat trade was also very heavy, and they were sold Id. to lid, per 4blb. cheaper. Barley is so scarce that our prices arc nearly nominal. Beans were la. to 2s. per quarter lower. Flour and Oatmeal were both difficult to quit, even at a decline of Is. to 2s. per sack. IMPORT OF GRAIN for tho WeeK ending Tune 25. Wheal Oats. I Barley. I Malt. Beans. I Pease. Rye. I Oatml. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Loads. 8,117 3,819 _3;777 1,750 . 2,223 3l l. 298 440 Flour, 3,486 sacks 8,700 barrels. Expoßrs.—Pease, 36 —Flour, SOO barrels. S rocas of FOREIGN GRAIN and FLOUR in BOND in LIVERPOOL, June 18. "Wheat, 15 4,957—8ar1ey, 36,118—Beans, 13,009—Pease, 1,401 — Rye, 2 , 9oB —Flour, 43,016 barrels. COTTON WOOL, LIST OF IMPORTS AND EXPI 'ORTS. IMPORTED. Same pell This riod last year. year. Bags, &c. Bags, &c. Liverpool 420,308 264,115 Lcn don 36,532 40,638 Glasgow 31,167 14,164 Total exported in 1827 EXPORTED. Previous. ly this year. Bags, Encc. Bags, &r. 1,211 9, , 4 1,085 19,880 -90 ~ 32,263. PRICES OF FOREIGN GRAIN. (From the Moniteur.) MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR. Account of the average price of the hectolitre of *heat in different places abroad, according to the most re. cent returns received at the Home Office : Places. Dates. Prices. London Dantzic . ...... Stetten May 15............ 11f. 41c. Copenhagen April 15 Amsterdam May lb l3f. 99c. Trieste May 15 l2f. 46c. Naples April 15 C i vita Vecchia... April 15 Milan Nice May 15 lBf. 66c. New York let quarter 1827.. 14f. 22c. New Orleans France March 31 We perceive a Musical Work, by Ware, is j ust published, entitled the Theoretical and Practical Singing Instructor, which does infinite credit to the author's talent as a composer. It contains, in a little compass, the pas sages an d ca d ences as use d by the late Mrs. Billingto n , Madame Catalani, Misses Stephens, Paton, Love, and Madame requisite inform at i on re l a ti ng Pasta, with every thereto ; independent of their excellenc e as prac tical passages to facilitate execution, they are most judicious and elegant, and will prove a valuable study to the young vocalist. The following extraordinary and interesting ac count of an Irishman born With a tail, and of the successful removal of the superfluous member, is ex tracted from a paper lately published in the fourth volume of the Dublin Hospital Reports, by Dr: Jacob, a distinguished physician and lecturer on ana tomy, in the city of Dublin. Dr. Jacob says—" I am indebted to, my father for the specimen of re markable monstrosity which forms the subject of the present notice. In the course of last summer a young man presented himself at the Queen's County Infirmary, seeking relief on ' account of a tumour which projected between the nates, and caused much inconvenience from its bulk, , especially in a sitting posture. It had existed from birth, was about the size of the closed hand of a large man, and was si tuated, upon the lower part of the sacrum,apparently involving the or coccygis. Upon its most convex part was an orifice, through which the finger could be introduced and passed round an irregular resisting body, which partly projected through its opening. The surface was covered by sound skin, furnished with a considerable quantity of hair. The opera tion of removing it was performed by my father. On dividing the external layer, it appeared that this was merely a pouch of skin, reflected inwardly, and em bracing a cylindrical body nearly six inches long, thicker than the thumb, and covered with true skin. This extraordinary production adhered firmly by one extremity to the spine, and upon attempting to de tach it, the connexion was' found to be osseous; the, bone, however, was so spongy as to yield to the knife. The superfluous skin having been removed, the lips of the wound were brought together, and it healed satisfactorily, leaving the patient free from distress on this account. When the pouch was first divided, and the contained member fully• displayed, its appearance was so characteristic that no doubt was entertained of its being a real tail, which has since caused considerable merriment. However unwilling I may be to disappoint the hopes of those who have been in expectation of an homo ferns caudatus Hiber nus, to place beside the juvenis feria ovimus Hiber nus of the System Naturce of Linnaeus (cura Gmelin), I must say that I doubt whether the pretensions of this individual to such a distinction be well founded. That it resembled a tail in all its external characters I admit, but dissection' proves that the bones which occupy the centre bear no resemblance to vertebrae, but are such as may belong to a man's great toe. It appears to be an example of that description of monstrosity which has been ob served in other situations—a rudiment or portion of an additional member." •The author, after giving several very curious instances of supernumerary limbs, goes on—" The records of medical science contain several examples of tail-bearing men.t In the Miscell. Curios. Aced. Naturce (anno 1690, p. 222), we have an account of an homo caudatus, by Emanuel Konig; the subject was the' son of a doctor of laws, and his tail, which was half a span long, grew directly down from the os coccygis, and was coiled toward the perinceum, causing'much dis comfort. Stephen Blancardus, of Amsterdam, in a work which I have seen, states, that he had exa mined a man from whose sacrum a tail depended, fully a span in length. In the same Miscellan. Curios. (afino 1441); we have a communication from Michael Lockner, de pucro caudato, which being_very brief, and written in a merry vein, is, I think, entitled to credit. I therefore subjoin it without apolovy Puer annorum octo gracilis ad parentibus concomitantibus °rum , implorat, sciscitor morbum, nett 1 altum si lentium t tandem remotis nempe caligi visui tune prope hediam se offert excrescentia oblonga ey lindrica rigiducula deorsum intra dunes inflectenda mobilis, longitudinis digiti medii crassitie pollicis, &c Amputationem anxie desiderant. Me renuente amputationemque dissuadente, parentes cum ascaniolo caudato recedunt.'. I have been as sured by a person of undoubted veracity, who states the fact from actual observation, that he knows an individual, who has a production or continuation of the os coccygis, of such a length as to cause great inconvenience when the person sits down, and that several members of the same family have a similar appendage. Whatever doubts may be entertained respecting . these productions, there can be none, that this is the first instance where the doubtful member has been successfully amputated, and the patient freed from discomfort and reproach. * This variety of the human race has been established on the following notable relation of Nicholas Tulpius (Ohs. Med. lib. 4. c. 10.), headed Juvenis Ralans :—" Allatus Amstelredamum omniumque oculis expositus fuit, adoles cens sedecem annorum, qui, in Hibernia a parentibus forte devius, inter oyes sylvestres, ab incunabulis altus in.. duerat quasi naturam ovillam. Rudis et exsors (minis hu manitati9, cmtera smuts destitutus vocis humans! halabat instar ovis, et aversatus cibum potumque nobis usitatuns, manducahat solum grainen et fcenum, et quidem eo delectu quo curiosissimne over."' It is remarkable that these examples should have escaped the notice of Lord blonboddo, anxious as he was to prove the existence of homiucs caudati. The instances brought forward by him are evidently derived from fabulous sources. GITEENOCIC POLICE COURT.—The master of one of the steam-boats, for not sailing at the hour mentioned on the boards used for pointing out the hours of sailing 'to the public, was fined s s.—Glasgow Herald. THE OLD TRADESMAN IN THE COUNTRY. —He now and then found himself terribly at a loss to get through the day, especially if it hap pened to be a rainy one. He felt that a man who has been for many years enraged in active absorbing pursuits, and conversant with b usy bustling faces, finds nothing so difficult to do as to do nothing, and no company more irksom e to be restricted to than his own. Idleness, in fact, requires a regular apprenticeship, and is se ld om well performed, except by those who are born and bred to the business. " Adzooks !" he ex claimed one (lay, as he soliloquized up and down his gravel walk, « when one has stood upon 'Change, talked to brokers, and made two hun dred pounds in a morning, it is bad enough to sit in a sunny field, prattle to buttercups and daffodils, and get nothing after all but a cold. But what am I to do in the winter when my neighbours are all shooting away Time with their fowling-pieces, or hunti ng hi m d own w i t h d ogs a I can't p erc h upon a gate an d oL i n h g o - r p s i c e s e ?e s , whistle like a blackbird, nor hop about looking for crumbs like a robin redbreast, nor squat down in the fern like a hare, n or s t an d i n t h e snow chewing the cud like a cow, nor go to bed like a dormouse, and tell Timothy to call me next for a sleety m orn i ng at Ch r i stmas ? spring. Oh! Give me the fire-side corner at Jonathan's, with a pint of niull'd l am b' s - woo l , an d a fresh pipe, the Weekly courant. Green lanes are certainly very pretty things, but one sadly misses the foot-pavement, and the shops on each side, and the lamps ; you can't hold up yo ur finger for a i hackney- coac h if caught n a sh ower , nor call the watch and spring half-a-dozen rattles in as many minutes, if any one threatens to assault you. For the summer the country may be a very ingenious contrivance ; but I shall never be able to get through the winter here."—Reuben Apsley. How fair the scene ! the sunny smiles of day Flash o'er the wave in glad Sorrento's bay ; Far, far along mild Sarno's glancing stream, The fruits and flowers of golden Summer beam, And cheer, with brightening hues, the lonely gloom, That shrouds yon silent City of the Tomb ! Yes, sad Pompeii ! Time's deep shadows fall On every ruin'd arch and broken wall; But Nature smiles as in thy happiest hour, And decks thy lowly rest with many a flower. Around, above, in blended beauty shine . The graceful poplar and the clasping vine; ' Still the young violet, in her chalice blue, Beals to the lip of Morn her votive dew; Still the green laurel springs to life the while, Beneath her own Apollo's golden smile; And o'er thy fallen glories beams pn high The Beauty of the Heavens—ltalia's sky ! How fair the scene ! even now to Fancy's gaze Return the shadowy forms of other days : Those halls, of old with mirth and music rife, Those echoing streets that teem'd with joyous life, And d d s t ee be l lig th ri e t y b m a n r e k e s t t b l e n i n t , a s The.stat e ly t owers th a t rose a l ong th e plai n , t ur f: P t h t e y c o ri es s t i I n v u e t ry s hTcl a t Pompeii's joyous sons and graceful maids, Weave the light dance—the rosy chaplet twine, Or snatch the cluster from the weary vine; Nor think that Death can haunt so fair a scene, The Heaven's deep blue, the Earth's unsullied green. Devoted City ! could not aught avail When the dark omen 11 ' told thy fearful tale ? The giant phantom dimly seen to glide, And the loud voice that shook the mountain side, With warning tones that bade thy children roam, To seek in happier climes a calmer home? In vain ! they will not break the fatal rest That woos them to the mountain's treacherous breast : Fond memory blends with every 'mossy stone Some early joy, some tale of pleasure flown ; And they must die where those around will weep, And sleep for ever where their fathers sleep. Yes ! they must die : behold ; yon gathering gloom Brings on the fearful silence of the tomb; Along Campania's sky yon murky cloud Spreads its dark form—a City's funeral shroud. How brightly rose Pompeii's latest day ! The. Sun, unclouded, held his golden way,— Vineyards, in Autumn's purple glories drest, Slept in soft beauty on the mountain's breast; The gale that wanton'd round his crested brow, Shook living fragrance from the blossom'd bough ; And many a laughing mead and silvery stream Drank the deep lustre of the noonday beam : Then echoing Music rang, and Mirth grew loud In the glad voices of the festal crowd ; The opening Theatre's wide gates invite, The choral dance is there, the solemn There breathes th' immortal Muse her spell around, And swelling thousands flood the fated ground. See! where arise before th' enraptur'd throng, The fabled scenes, the shadowy forms of Song ! Gods, that with Heroes leave their starry bowers, Their fragrant hair entwin'd with radiant flowers, Haunt the dim grove, beside the fountain dwell— Strike the deep lyre, or sound the wreathed shell— With forms of heavenly mould : but hearts that glow With human passion, melt with human woe ; Breathless they gaze, while white. rob'd priests advance, And graceful virgins lead the sacred dance ; • ' They listen mute, while mingling tones prolong The lofty accent, and the pealing song. Echo th' unbending Titan's haughty groan, or in the Colchian's woes forget their own ! Why feels each - throbbing heart that shuddering chill? The Music falters, and the Dance is still— " Is it pale Twili g ht stealing o'er the plain ? " Or starless Eve that holds unwonted reign?" Hark to the thrilling answer who shall tell When thick and fast th' unsparing tempest fell, And stern Vesuvius pour'd along the vale His molten cataracts, and his burning hail : Oh ! who shall paint; in that o'erwhelming hour, Death's varying forms, and Horror's withering power ? Earthquake! wild Earthquake ! rends that heaving plain, Cleaves the firm rock, and swells the beetling main : Here, yawns the ready grave, and, raging, leap Earth's secret fountains from their troubled sleep ; There, from the quivering mountain bursts on high The pillar'd flame, that wars along the sky! On, on they press, and maddening seek in vain Some soothing refuge from the fiery rain ;-- Their home ? it can but yield a living tomb, Round the lov'd hearth is brooding deepest gloom ; Yon sea? its angry surges scorching rave, And Deathfires gleam upon the ruddy wave : Oh ! for one breath of that reviving gale, That swept at dewy morn, along the v a l e ! For one sad glance of their beloved sky, To soothe, though vain, their parting agony ! y en mother bows in vain her shuddering form, Her babe to shield from that relentless storm Cold are those limbs her clasping arms constrain, , E ven the soft shelter of her breast is vain ! G a ze on that form ; 'tis Beauty's softest maid, The rose's rival in her native shade For her had Pleasure rear'd her fairest bowers, And Song and Dance had sped the laughing hours : See ! o'er her brew the kindling ashes glow, And the red shower o'erwhelms her breast of snow ; She seeks that lov'd one—never false till then ; She calls on hint_who answers not again : Loose o'er her bosom flames her golden hair, And every thrilling accent breathes despair ! Even the stern priest, who' saw with raptur'd view, • The deathless forms of Heaven's etherial blue, Who drank, with glowing ear the mistic tone, That clothed his lips with wonders not their own, Beheld the immortal marble frown in vain, And fires triumph a nt grasp the sacred fane, Forsook at last the unavailing shrine, And eurs'd his faithless gods—no more divine! Morn came in beauty still—and shone as fair, Though cold the hearts that haird its radiance there, And Evening, crown'd with many a starry gem, Sent down her softest smile—though not for them ! gleaned afar Pompeii's graceful towers, and vale were clothed with vintage-bowers, Where hill i rr a dark waste the smouldering ashes spread .A pall above the dying and the dead. Still the dim City slept in safest shade, Though the wild waves another Queen obey'd, And sad Italia, on her angry shore, Beheld the North its ruthless myriads pour ! And Nature scattered all her treasures round, And grac'd with fairest hues the blighted ground. There oft, at glowing noon, the village maid Sought the deep shelter of the vineyard shade; Beheld the olive b u d--the wild-flow er wave , melts away ! IB N ,bn o et r s k i E ry ohnmecerissintteoopfre beneath ag the smiles of day, was on a people's g r ave ! Again Pompeii, 'mid the brightening gloom. Comes forth in beauty from her lonely tomb. Lovely in ruin—graceful in decay, The silent City rears her walls of grey : The clasping ivy hangs her faitlifirl shade, As if to hide the wreck that Time had made ; The scattered column on the lonely ground, Is glittering still, with fresh acanthus crown'd ; And where her Parian rival moulders near, The drooping lily pours her softest tear ! How sadly sweet with pensive step to roam Amid the ruin'd wall, the tottering dome ! The path just worn by human feet is here : Their echoes almost reach the listening ear The marble hall with rich mosaic drest; The portal wide that woos the lingering guest : Altars, withiresh and living chaplets crown'd, From those wild flowers that spring fantastic round, * Dio Cassius, lxvi. relates, that previously to the de struction of the city, figures of gigantic size were seen hover ing in the air, and that a voice like the sound of a trumpet was often heard. Probably the imagination of the in habitants invested with human figure the vapours that pre ceded the eruption. The unfinish'd painting, and the pallet nigh, Whose added hues must fairer charms supply These mingle here, until th' unconscious feet - Roam on, intent some gathering crowd to meet ;. And cheated Fancy, in her dreamy mood, Will half forget that all is solitude ! Yes, all is solitude! fear not to tread Through gates unwatch'd—the City of the Dead!! Explore, with pausing step; th' unpeopl'd path— View the proud hall—survey the stately bath, Where swelling roofs their noblest Shelter raise ; Enter !—no voice shall check th' intruder's gaze ! See !—the dread legion's peaceful home is here, The signs of martial life are scatter'd near. Yon helm, unclasp'd to ease some warrior's brow, The sword his weary arm resign'd but now, Tb' unfinish'd sentence trac'd along the wall, Broke by the hoarse Centurion's startling call : Hark!—did their sounding tramp re-echo round? Or breath'd the hollow gale that fancied sound? • Behold ! where mid' yon fane, so long divine, Sad Isis mourns her desolated shrine! Will none the mellow reed's soft music breathe? Or twine from yonder flowers the victim's wreath ? None to yon altar lead, with suppliant strain, The milk-white monarch of the herd again ? All—all is mute ! save sadly answering nigh The nightbird's shriek, the shrill cicala's cry. Yet may you trace along the furrow'd street The chariot's track—the print of frequent feet, The gate unclos'd, as if by recent hand ; The hearth, where yet the guardian Lares stand : Still on the wall the vvordst of welcome shine, Aud reedy vasest proffer joyous wine. But where the hum of men—the sounds of life— The Temple's pageant, and the Forum's strife?— The forms and voices, such as should belong To that bright clime, the land of Love and Song ? How sadly echoing to the stranger's tread These walls respond, like voices from the dead. And sadder traces—darker scenes are there, Tales of the tomb, and records of despair ; In Death's chill grasp unconscious arms enfold The fatal burthen of their cherished gold,§ Here, wasted relics, as in mockery, dwell Beside some treasure lov'd in life too well; There, faithful hearts have moulder'd side by side, And hands are clasp'd that Death could not divide! None, none shall tell that hour of fearful strife, When Death must share the consciousness of Life; When sullen Famine, slow Despair consume The living tenants of the massive tomb; Long could they hear above th' incumbent plain, The music of the breeze awake again, The wave's deep echo on the distant shore, And murmuring streams, that they should see no more! Away ; dread scene ! and o'er the harrowing view Let Night's dim shadows fling their darkest hue! But there, if still beneath some nameless stone, By waving weeds and ivy-wreaths o'ergrown, Lurk the grey spoils of Poet or of Sage, Tully's deep lore, or Livy's pictur'd page ; If sweet Menander, where his relics fade, Mourn the dark refuge of Oblivion's shade; Oh ! may their treasures burst the darkling mine! Glow in the living voice, the breathing line ! Their vestal fire our midnight lamp illume. And kindle Learning's torch from sad Pompeii , e tomb ! j' On many of the walls the word, Salve is carved over the door. The amphora which contained wine still remain, and the marble slabs are marked with cups and glasses. —Eustace. § At the door of the court of one of the houses skeletons were found, one with a key, another with a purse.— Eustace. NATIONAL SOCIETY.-The General Corn inittee of the National Society for the Educa ' tion of the Poor in the principles of the Esta blished Church, held their meeting yesterday at St. Martin's Vestry-room. Present the Lord Bishops of London, St. Asaph, and Bristol, Lord Kenyon, Sir James Laugharn, Bart., Rev. Archdeacon Cambridge, and other Members of the Committee, when nine new Schools were united to the Society, and several grants of money were voted, in sums from 201. to 1501., for building and fitting up of School-rooms, in addition to 5001. for the populous and important parishes of St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, and St.' George's, 13loomsbury. • KEAN'S COTTAGE AT BUTE.-The banks of Loch Fad now swarm with pilgrims to the re sidence of our greatest dramatic performer, who has kindly instructed the old lady—a native of London---who acts as guardian of the premises, to allow all respectable persons who may call, a full view of the Cottage and grounds. Nothing can be more rurally simple, and at the same time more tasteful and elegant, than the residence here erected by Kean. It is a tolerably capacious hou s e, two stories in height, with a small one story building at either end. On the ground floor is a splendid dining room, furnished in a costly manner, as is every other part of the house, and behind it is a library, stocked with a valuable collection of books, among which are several containing fine engravings of the costumes of different countries at different periods, and also the works of Hogarth, Hume, Gibbon, Robert son, &c., a fine edition of the Spectator, and a beautiful old copy of Shakspeare in one volume folio, printed about the middle of the seven teenth century, and presented to Kean by Mr. Price, the manager of the New York Theatre. In the library are also many items of the para phernalia of an actor--such as swords, daggers, &c., besides an excellent engraving of Kean in Brutus, one of Garrick, one of the Earl of Essex, and several others of distinguished British cha racters. Within a niche in the lobby stands an ad mirable bust of Kean, also in the character of Brutus, which, as an accurate resemblance, ex ceeds the engraving. On the second floor, or upper story, is a large drawing room, elegantly fitted up, and in a style entirely dramatic—in so far at least as regards the fancy papers with which the wall is decorated, these being full of scenic representations of character, most of them taken from prominent subjects in history and mytho logy. From the windows of this apartment an enchanting view is obtained of Loch Fad, and of the expanse of land and sea to southward, the remembrance of which can never be lost by those who once have seen it. Indeed no language can do justice to the varied charms of the si tuation ;—it must be seen to be fully appreciated. The garden and grounds are laid out in a style displaying the finest perception of the beauties of the place. Here a soft flower blooms in the hard cleft of some jagged rock ; there a walk, edged with boxwood, winds along amid sinuosi ties so serpentine as almost to render a continu ous walk impossible ; and on the top of the eminence at the base of which the cottage is situated, there stands a fog-house, supported by massy rustic pillars, its floor paved with small pebbles from the Loch, its seats supported by hazle cuttings, an d • it s p ro sp ec t i n front com manding a few glimpses of Loch Fad, an indis tinct view of. Rothsay in the distance, of the tranquil bay beyond it, and of the Argyle moun tains still more remote, swimming in a kind of blue haze, th a t so ftens thei r outline, and imparts to them a character of almost perfect ideality. Such are the more prominent particulars relating to Kean's cottage.--Glasgow Free Press. The water Laving been so far reduced as to per— mit a very close aro,,minute inspection of the works, the full extent of the damage . Which has been sus tained has now been fully ascertained. It will be recollected that some months since, s temporary room, which was ,called a cabin, wag erected at the eastern archway, for the double pur pose of transacting any hasty business which might be required, and as a resting place for the officers who happened to be on duty during the night. This cabin, which was so attached to the shield as to move with it, was, considering its locality, a re markably convenient place, and was very respectably famished. On inspecting the spot where it stood previously to the irruption taking place, no trace of such an enclosure is to be discovered. The backs and arms of chairs, the fronts end sides of drawers, the lids and bottoms of writing desks, are to be found in wofid abundance, but not a single perfect piece of furniture is to be found. It looks, indeed, as if some half dozen stout men had been exorcising sledge hammers upon them with all their force. In the other archway a stage followed the shield, on which the cement for the bricklayers was mixed, and were also the soil was received from the top boies, and subsequently conveyed to the base of the tunnel. This stage is also completely destroyed, and must of necessity be reinstated before it can be capable of utility. There is no question that much of this damage has been occasioned by the quantity of floating timber which has remained in the tunnel since the irruption, and of which there is such a quan tity that it is expected it cannot be removed for three or four clays to come. It is not intended to sink the tarpaulin which was recently attempted to be lowered, in its original state, but new pieces of canvass have been most stoutly sewed together, of the same size, upon which the old tarpaulin will rest, and Outs be sunk in the same manner as that at present at the bed of the river.— It is a mistaken impression that this tarpaulin is in tended to be continued throughout the whole line of excavation. It will be confined entirely to the re cent aperture, and the ground immediately round it ; for by the borings which have taken place, it has been found that at the. distance of a very few feet of the present spot of excavation, the stratum of earth is even of a superior quality than any that they have yet penetrated, so that the sinking of such an apparatus would be altogether useless. The new tarpaulin will not be ready for descent for some few days to come. Since writing the preceding particulars, we're'gret to state that a serious accident, already attended with the loss of life, has occurred on the works, by which the existence of two of the Directors has been placed in imminent danger. It appears that at the weekly meeting held on Tuesday, at the offices in Walbrook, a resolution had been come to of opening the tunnel for the in spection of the public, even in its present state, pro vided it could be so done without any just cause for apprehension. In order to be certain on this point, and to fix a day for such opening, Mr. Robt. Hum phrey Martin, well known in the commercial world, and Mr. Harris, yesterday visited the works, for the purpose of personally inspecting them and making a communication to their co-directors on the sub ject. It is understood, that in consequence of the descent in the road-way of the tunnel, there is still, in the immediate neighbourhood of the shield, about nine feet of water, and that, therefore, it is necessary to approach the boxes by means of a boat. In this boat Mr. Marten and Mr. Harris seated themselves, and it being a flat-bottomed vessel, the slightest jerk, either on the one side or the other, when so heavily laden, is calculated to overturn it. On ar riving at one of the openings, Mr. Marten hastily rose for the purpose of inspecting the brickwork, and being a very heavy man, he so turned the boat as to lose his own balance, and he was pre cipitated into the water,but, fortunately, so near the middle pier of the arches as to be enabled to seize hold of the plinth, as it is termed, which is a small abutment of the brickwork ; and by this he held until assistance was procured. Immediately on his falling, the boat flew upwards, and threw the whole of its inmates, including Mr. Harris, into the water on the other side. Dowling, a youth engaged on the works, was the last person who remained in the boat, but finding it rap ally sinking, he, too, secured himself by clinging to one of the brick openings. A scene of alarm and confusion now ensued which beggars all description. The names of all the persons known to be in the boat were vociferously called out, and all answered but a man named Samuel Richardson. Fortunately there was 'another boat in the adjoining arch, and whilst that proceeded to the rescue Of 'Mr. Marten and Mr. Harris, Mr. Brunel, jun., and Mr. Graratt threw off their clothes, and,' accom panied by a man named Short, jumped into the water, and kept swimming and diving to discover what had become of Richardson. Their efforts were, however, unavailing ; and it was not until the arrival of the Humane Society's drags that they could gain any intelligence of him. Short was the first man who discovered him ; but having been up wards of twenty minutes under water, no hopes were entertained of restoring animation. He was carried into Mr. Granites private house, and the usual re medies adopted by the Humane Society were promptly resorted to, but without effect—the vital spark had tied. He was a man of very sober and in dustrious habits, and only a fortnight since became a father. The child; however, is not living. The wife, on hearing the circumstance, vent down to the works in the most: frantic state, and it was with difficulty she was persuaded to quit the scene of death. It is but justice to Mr. Brunel, Mr. Gravatt, and indeed the men• generally, to say that on this occa sion they exhibited the most praiseworthy fortitude and anxiety. Mr. Marten and Mr. Harris, on being extricated from their perilous situation, which was effected by means of their clinging to the stern of the boat which was forwarded to them, retired to Mr. Brunel's house, and after receiving proper medical assistance, wrapped themselves in blankets, and were put to bed. Mr. Marten, though not in a dangerous state, suf fers very materially. His full habit of body, and the suddenness of the shock, have had a very strong effect upon his frame. Mr. Harris does not suffer so much. TO THE EDITOR. Sir—ln case you should not be correctly acquainted with the particulars of an accident that has taken place this morning at the Tunnel, I beg to send you the follow ing particulars, for the information of your numerous co: - respondents ; Two of the tDirecters of the Thames Tunnel, Mr. Marten and Mr. Harris, wishing to visit the shield ; got into a small boat, accompanied by Mr. Gravatt and two of the men. A sixth man, though dissuaded by the b) - standers, en the ground that he could not swim, got at the stern unnoticed by Mr. Gravatt. When the boat was near the shield, one of the gentlemen getting up lost his equilibrium, and fell overboard, dragging Mr. Gravatt with him. The boat immediately upset, and all were in the water withotit any light, which rendered their situation most perilous and awful. They most provi dentially supported themselves until assistance was brought; but the sixth man, of the name of Richard son, was not picked up until drags could be procured.— lie had been above twenty minutes under water when lie was taken oat. Medical assistance was at hand, but to no effect, we regret to say. Mr. Marten and Mr. Harris were soon in a state to return to their friends,—. Mr. Gravatt and the two others suffered but little. It may be necessary, perhaps, to explain how it is that there is still so much water in the arches after the holes have been stopped : I therefore beg to add, that the arch way being 10 feet 6 inches lower at the extremity Rear the shield than at the entrance, the water is left that height for the purpose of clearing the arches of all the lumber and the mud that is there. The shield cannot, on that account, tie approached but by means of a boat. It is to be lamented there should have been so many persons at once in so small t skiff. The infiltration from under-springs, and a small portion irons the river, is now, I am happy to say, too inconsider able to etcite any degree of anxiety, particularly when the arches are once entirely cleared of all its obstruction. I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, AI. J. BRUNEL, June 27.