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174 lloctrp. TO THE YEAR MDCCCXXXII. (From Blackwood's Magazine.) Time art gone to the past, wicked year, Dark period of trouble and dread I The curse of a nation has stamp'd thy career, Thou bast left her in tumult, in shame, and in feu; Her anathema rests on thine head, Then begone to the past, wicked year ! Oh, ne'er from the records of time Oblivion thy foul page shall sever; To futurity, mark'd, through each country and clime, As the reign of disorder, dishonour, and crime, A rebuke and a hissing for ever, Thou shalt live to the out-stretch of time ! Thou hast left us a token of woe, Thou hast open'd the flood-gates of wrath, Thou hast trampled the noble, exalted the low. The throne and the alter reel under thy blow ; Thy successor shall tread in thy path, And redeem thy dark earnest of woe ! Oh 1 what hast thou' left us, dark year ? Wild thoughts of destruction and evil, For the land, of thy seed, the black harvest shall bear. Indignation and anguish, confusion and fear, While fields in thy harvest-home revel I And this thou hest left us, dark year 1 Dost thou sink, unendear'd, to the grave ? 'last thou died without glory, dark year ? Ask the yells of the mailman, blasphemer, and knave, Their hoarse Io mans to thee as they rave, And their plaudits resound o'er thy bier, ' Meet homage to hallow thy grave ! Oh ! would that oblivion, dark year, Could smother thy deeds in her breast I Then England, in hope, might renew her career, Again look to Heaven, in faith, love, and fear, For the blessings wherewith she was bless'd— But thy blight is upon her, dark year ! .fiharom, Jan. Ist, 1833. M. HODSON. A DOZEN YEARS HENCE. (From Blackwood 's Magazine.) " LET'S sing and be merry, Dance, sing, and rejoice," So runs the old carol, " With music and voice." had the Bard but survived Till the year thirty-three, Methinks he'd have met with Less matter for glee ; To think what we were In our days of gdod sense, And think what we shall be A 'dozen years hence. And Catholics dictlite Our new Church Reform ; While the schoolmaster swears "fis a useless expense,- Which his class won't put up with : A dozen years hence. Perhaps 'twere too much, To rejoice at the thought, That its authors will share In the ruin they wrought That the tempest which sweeps All their betters away, Will hardly spare Durliam, Or Russell, or Grey : For my part I bear them No malice prepense, But I'llscarce break my heart for't A doien years hence. 0 1. once the wide Continent Rang with our fame, And nations grew still At the sound of our name ; The pride of Old Ocean, The home of the free, The scourge of the despot, By shore and by sea, Of the fallen and the feeble The stay end defence— But where shall our fame be A dozen years hence ? When Cobbett shall rule Our finances alone, And settle all debts As he settled his own ; When flume shall take charge Of the National C hurch, And leave his old tools, Like the Greeks, in the lurch ! They may yet live to see The new era commence, With their own " Final Measure,' A dozen years hence. The peaccr - and the plenty That spread orer all Blithe hearts and bright faces In hamlet or hall ; Our yeomen so loyal In greenwood or plain, Our true-hearted burghers, We seek them in vain; For loyalty's now In fife pluperfect tense, And freedom's the word For a dozen years hence. Already those excellent Friends of the mob, May taste of the fruits Of their Jacobin Job ; Since each braying jackass. That handles a quill, Now flings up his heels At the poor (.: • , - Ing. Bill; And comparing- ;Arcady The kicks with the pence, Let them think of the balance A dozen years hence. The Nobles of Britain, Once foremost to wield /ler wisdom in council, Her thunder in field ; Her Judges, where learning With purity vied ; Her sound-headed Churchmen, Time-honoured, and tried ; To the gift of the prophet i . make no pretence, But where shall they all be A dozen years hence ? When prisons give place, To the swift guillotine, And scaffolds are streaming Where churches have been ; We too, or our children, Believe me, will shake Our heads—if we have them— Alas ! for old Reverence, Faded and flown - To find our mistake ; Alas ! for the Nobles, To find the great measure The Church and the Throne, Was all a pretence, When to Radical creeds, And be sadder and wiser Peer and Prince must conform, A dozen years hence. LADIES' FASHIONS FOR FEBRUARY, 1833. BALL DRESS.—The hair is arranged in the new fashion, a la Floride, with garlands and bouquets of various flowers. One garland is put the left side, and continued round the base of some light bows of hair, which are surmounted by feathery sprigs. A bouquet is placed' above the curls on the right temple. The dress is of white crape over white satin ; the corsage plain to the shape, with a.full blonde man tilla and breast-knot, in place of a sevigne. The sleeves are full-fall ing berets, sloping towards the elbow. - The skirt is ornamented in a very novel mode : five rouleaux. of white satin or gauze ribbon de scend from the.belt, and fasten at the head of the hem, under live bouquets of black and red roses, with foliage and buds : and knots of ribbon, similar to the rouleaux, finish the bouquets, and occupy the whole front of the skirt, as the rouleaux spread towards the bottom of the dress. Necklace and ear-rings are of emeralds, surrounded with enamelled chasings. White kid long gloves, finished with dents at the tops. White satin shoes and sandals.—Lady's Mapzine. HATS AND BONNETS.—The former are most in favour in half-dress ; they are for the most part trimmed in a very light style, with gauze ribbons to correspond, and a single ostrich feather. both of the colour of the hat ; it is placed almost on the front of the brim, in a manner equally new and original. When flowers are employed they are divided into two tufts, which are separated by leaves formed of rib bons ; there is something singularly pretty in this last style of trim- Ming. Bengal roses and elder.blossoms are the flowers most in favour for hats.—World of Fashion. OUT-DOOR COSTENE.—Mantles continue to he universally adopted, but the only novelties are those for soirees ; they are of two kinds; cloaks with large sleeves, which are fastened over those of the dress by two or three gold buttons placed down the centre of the arm.— 'this is an elegant style of opera cloak, particularly when it is made iaf a new material, with a rich satin ground, and velvet flowers very highly raised. The effect is equally novel and beautiful. The other mantle is of a similar form, but the sleeves are of the Mameluke kind, of enormous width, but not very long. The most elegant of these last are of orange cashmere, embroidered in black silk, and lined ith velvet. The mantle is trimmed round the bottom with a broad border of sable fur set on below the embroidery. The sleeves are also bordered with sable, and the collar is, composed of it. This is really a superb envelop —World qt . Fashion. MoaNING Duess.- - The pelisse form is most in favour in deshabille. A good many are of black satin : they are worn with triple colours of tulle embroidered in a lace pattern, and a cravat of Norway crape. Sometimes a pelerine canezou of clear cambric, bordered with narrow Valenciennes lace is adopted, instead of the collar. When this is the case, cambric manchettes, flat and rather deep, are worn; they are also bordered with Valenciennes lace. Caps are indispensable in morning dress: the prettiest are the bonnets des Enfans ; they are of tulle, with a caul like a child's cap, and the front trimmed with a double ruche, one part next the face, and the other the caul. Th e s e caps are always trisimed with gauze ribbons, which are coloured, to mark that the black satin robe is nut mourning. MAKE AND MATERIALS OF DINNER DRESS.—A late splendid party has furnished us with some ensemblies 'of dresses worn by ladies, alike distinguished for their rank and taste, Which we shall lay before our fair readers. Oue distinguished by its elegant simplicity, was a robe of satin des Indes, the colour of Indian corn, a low corsage, draped in the Tyrolien style, and plain lone sleeves. A black velvet hat, larger on the right side than the left, i t turned up on the for mer; and trimmed with a boUquet of seven ostrich feathers to corre spond ; they were of tlitibrent sizes, rising one above another, and of the colour of the dress. A knot of gauze ribbon to correspond was placed on the other side of the brim. This robe and hat were both furnished by Mrs. Bell. EVENING HEAD-DRESS.—Turbans are more in favour than berets, though the latter are still very fashionable. We see a number of tur bans of plated gauze ; one-half of the material is plain, the other lightly figured in gold or silver. MAKE AND MATERIALS OF BALL DRESS.—Crepe Veloute, and gaze Floride. are the last new materials. The first is, as its name implies, of uncommon richness : the velvet applications are always of a dif ferent colour to the ground ; wood colour upon blue, or upon rose, and deep red upon mats, are those which have the best effect ' • the gaze Floride resembles the Donna Maria'gauze, b u t i s ri c h e r. Cor sages a la Tyrolienne, and short sleeves of the bouffant form arc uni versally adopted. Some of these robes have no trimming; others are adorned with bouquets of small and light flowers placed at some dis tance from each other, round the border, nearly as high as the knee. A dress of this description of a very original kind, is of black gauze, adorned round the border by bouquets of refine Marquintes of differ ent colours. Three smaller bouquets were attached upon each sleeve. The ceinture was embroidered in relief, in a wreath of the same flowers. COIFFUE ES.—They are either of ribbons or flowers, and sometimes a mixture of both. Some also are of blond and roses in termingled in wreaths; these List are beautillll. So also are - knots forming half wreaths on one side of the head, with ends which fall upon the neck. The colours most in request are Vert de Cour, rose de Jericho, mail, violet, orange, ruby, pule rose colour, and blue.— irorl4l of Parhiun. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. VARIETIES. REFLECTIONS ON WAR.—War encourages, for the moment, certain branches of industry, while it stops others; when peace comes, the first cease immediately, whilst the latter revive but slowly. War gives rise to a few rapid fortunes, made Heaven knows how, and . we meet., therefore, with minds base enough to invoke war in the hope of being among the favoured fey. There are also minds of a higher stamp, who will approve of war for national interests. But the morals of men, in general, are not improved by war, which is besides decidedly opposed to .the precepts of Christianity. The Society of "Christian Mor • ality" in France, and that "for Universal Peace," at Geneva, co-operate with those in England to diffuse anti-warlike princi ples. The President of the Geneva Society, M. Solon, re ceived last year a letter from the King of Prussia, expressing the interest that monarch takes in the proceedings of the so ciety, and his intention to favour its object by his external policy. The society received similar communications from the King of the French, and from the late M. Perier. It is painful, how ever, to reflect that many obstacles will yet interfere between these wishes and their fuifilment.—Arricabene on the Charitable, 4T., Institutions of England. THE FA LL OF THE LEAF.—It is not enough, to account for the fall of the leaf, to say it falls because it is weakened or dead; for the mere death of a leaf is not sufficient to cause its fall, as when branches are struck by lightning, killed by a bleak wind, or die by any similar cause, the dead leaves adhere tenaciously to the dead branch. To produce the natural fall of the leaf, the branch must continue to live while its leaves die and are thrown off by the action of its sap vessels. The change of tem perature from hot to cold seems to be one of the principal cir cumstances connected with the death and fall of the • leaf. Hence it is that European trees, growing in the southern he misphere, cast their leaves at the approach of winter there, which is about the same period of the year that they put them forth in their own climate. The native trees of the tropics are all evergreens, and, like our hollies and pines, have no general fall of the leaf, though there is always a partial fall going for ward, and at the same time a renewal of the Ioss.—PROFESSOR RENN IE : Notes on WHITE'S Natural History of Selborne. PHILOSOPHY OF JACOBINS.—WhiIe at Brussels, the author (Sir A. B. Faulkner,) saw the nearly sole living monument of the reign of terror in France :—Barrere, the man who presided over the tribunal that sent Louis the Sixteenth to the scaffold, and who ordered Lyons to be razed to the ground. He was introduced to this remarkable man as he was walking up and down the streets of Brussels. "He wa s d resse d i n a blue sur tout, with a black silk handkerchief round his neck. He is cadaverously pallid, about middle size, his hair almost white, eyes grey, and, 1 need scarcely add,, infirm at the age of seventy-five. Barrere is now a poor man : he lives here in a small lodging, attended, I believe, by a single domestic. When he started in_ life he was the Marquis. de Vieussac, with four hundred thousand francs, three hundred thousand of which he sacrificed in the revolution." In the course of a long conver sation, he exhibited a calm and philosophical mind, and phi lanthropic views. In particular, he argued strongly against the punishment of death! We have react, in some recent book of travels, a very similar account of the infamous Santerre. Thus, we see, those human tigers, who deluged their country with blood, can, with one foot in the grave, look back upon their crimes without either s h ame or remorse . S o eas y it is to stifle the voice of conscience; and so little ought any man to trust to the silence of that negligent monitor ! REMINISCENCES OF A WIIEN.—Last year I had reared three cocks (of the yellow wren breed) from the nest, and in July I wished to set one of them at liberty. Having let it out of the cage, which stood near a window which was opened, it conti nued for a long time hopping and flying about the top of the cage, and sitting upon the pots upon the ledge, and on a bar to which the roses were tied across the window. At last it began to travel up the creep ers against the house, and getting upon the roof it flew over the buildings, and I did not expect to see it again; but two hours after returued exceedingly hungry, and lit upon the upper bar of the middle pane of the lower sash of the same window, and pecked hard for admittance. It was let in, and fed heartily froth my hand, after which it took its leave. I saw no more of it for two days, when it returned again for a short visit in very g ood case, and not appearing at all pressed for food. About a week after it returned to the same pane of glass, pecking as before ; but I was occupied with a stranger, on business, and could not attend to it, and it departed for the see.on. On the 2111..0f July, iu the following summer, I was standing at the same window, when a fine stout cock of this species lit upon the bar of the same pane, close to my face, and began to peck as before for admission. Neither alarmed by my voice, nor my little boy's jumping up from his seat to look at it, it flew down upon some of the cage-pans which hap pened to be on the lede of the window, and began pecking them as if to get food from them. It quickly departed again. But this is so contrary to the habits of the wild bird, that .1 con sider it quite certain that the bird was my own nursling, which had returned, after its trip to Africa, to look at the window where it had been reared in its nest. The visit was a very plea sant little incident. How many things, which Europeans in vain desire to see, had my little wanderer witnessed since last he pecked at my window. Perhaps he had sung his plaintive notes near the grave of Clapperton, or peeped into the seraglio of the King of Timbuctoo, since we had parted.—HERBERT Notes on M ITE'S Natural History of Selborne. CAPTAIN BACK'S ARCTIC EXPRDITION.—This expedition, to which a personal interest is attached, superior to any within our memory, is now about to leave our shores; and we per form a grateful duty, on the eve of its departure, in laying a brief account of it before our readers. From previous state ments in the Literary Gazette, they are aware of the circum stances attending the public meeting,_ and of the subscription entered into, to place £5,000 at the isposal of a committee,' in order to carry into effect the humane, patriotic, and gallant proposition of Captain Back, who offered to conduct an expe dition to the northern coast of America and the Frozen Ocean, in search of Captain Ross and his brave companions. Of this sum Government gives £2,000, and every facility which could ensure success ; the remaining sum has been voluntarily sup plied by individuals, and the whole placed at the disposal of an intelligent and efficient committee, at the head of which was Sir George Cockburn, till his recent departure from England. As one of the most gratifying and cheering circumstances con nected with this expedition, we have to mention his Majesty's gracious notice of it and its author. Captain Back was com manded to wait upon the King at Brighton, and was honoured with a long interview, in which his Majesty inquired minutely into all the means and objects of the undertaking, and took a lively concern in the plan as it was explained. When told that Captain Back was to be accompanied by four men, his Majesty asked if they were sailors ? It was stated that three of them were landsmen, who had been with Captain Back on Franklin's expedition ; but that the fourth was a sailer, and new to the enterprise. This led to some conversation respect ing the medical gentleman, Mr. King we believe, who also accompanies Captain B. (making the whole party six) ; and his Majesty expressed great surprise at learning, in answer to his questions, that neither, naval nor military surgeon had offered their service on the 'occasion. Mr. King is highly re commended by medical persons of celebrity, and is, we under stand, every way fitted for the exploit by scientific attainments and enthusiasm. Captain Back must naturally , feel greatly honoured and encouraged by the royal condescension and kind.- ness, and will, we doubt not, have his own noble zeal aug mented by this favour, as well as by 'the compliments paid him by the Duchess of Kent and - Princess Victoria—the latter of whom sent him a beautiful mounted compass with a hand some inscription. He leaves us on the 9th of February, as originally appointed, and will sail from Liverpool a week after. He proceeds to New York, and thence takes his north ern route with a number of Canadians, engaged to go along with him, and assist in the expedition. lie has seen a chart left by Ross, in which the course he proposed to take is laid down ; and this may guide him to the spot, if such there be, where our gallant countrymen may happily be found, and rescued from sufferings and death. Should they unfortunately have perished, still the attempt will save the character of Eng land from the reproach of forgetting and neglecting those daring spirits who have vent ure d a ll f or h er sa k e ; , an d will serve to incite future adventurers to heroic deeds in her cause. At all events, provided as he is with instruments of the most perfect kind,* geography and general science must receive great benefit from his toils; and earnestly do we hope to hail his safe return, laden (if not with the blessings of the appar ently lost, whom he has saved), at least with many things wherewith to adorn his own name and the literature of his country. We have much pleasure in adding, that the Hud son's Bay Company have acted in 'the most liberal manner, adopting every precaution to promote the success of the expe dition, and giving Back a commission in their'service, which 'will place very essential assistance at his disposal throughout the whole North American continent. For provision he takes hardly any article but penimecan—the most portable'and nutri tive. Beads, trinkets; tobacco, Sr.c. &c., are a!sciCarried out, as gifts for the natives ; and when we remember the past experi ence of this truly noble character, we may confidently assure 'him that the best prayers of his country go with him.—Literary Gazette. • A recent invention by a general officer is mentioned as of the utmost value ; and ardent expectations are formed that Captain B.'s observations will enable us to extend our knowledge effectually re specting the magnetic poles and tho northern lights.—Rd. L. G. TIME AND ETERNITY.—As is a moment compared to the life of man, so is the life of man compared with the continuance of - the world; and the world's continuance is but a moment, in respect of eternity--Jeremy Taylor. COMMERCIAL WEALTII.—The merchants of Antwerp were at one time the most wealthy body of men in Europe. As an illus tration of this, a story is told of one John Dacus, who lent to Charles the kith a million of gold, to enable him to carry on his wars in Hungary, for which he obtained the royal bond. The Emperor, on his return, dined with the merchant, who, after a most sumptuous entertainment, produced the bond, not, however, for payment, but to burn it, which he is said to have done in a fire made of chips of cinnamon.— Tour through Holland. RUNNING WATER.—It has been proved by experiment, that the rapidity at the bottom of a stream is every where less than in any part above it, and is greatest at the surface. Also that in the middle of the stream the particles at the top move swifter than those at the sides. This slowness of the lowest and side currents is produced by friction; and when the rapidity is suf ficiently great, the soil composing the sides and bottom gives way. If the water flows at the rate of three inches per second, it will tear up fine clay; six inches per second, fine sand; twelve inches per second, fine gravel; and three feet per second, stones of the size of an egg.—Lyell's Geology. THE LATE LORD ERSKINE-At the time when Erskine had reached the top of his profession, and possessed an extent of business which would have weighed down a common mind, he was uniformly lively and playful in conversation, invariably cheerful, and unceasingly entertaining. I never saw him grave, but with a constant flow of animal spirits he enlivened those who surrounded him, with whimsical conceits, and jokes on what was passing. Drawn from this fund, his jeux d' esprit were of daily creation. I had a full share of them, as my place in Court was directly at his back. Lamb, of Gray's Inn, sat next to me. In the course of conversation, Erskine observed how much confidence in speaking was acquired from habit and fre quent employment. " 1 protest I don't find it so ' " said Lamb ; "for though nave been a good many years at the Bar, and have had a good share of business, I don't.tind my confidence increased; indeed, rather the contrary." " Why," says Erskine, "it is nothing wonderful that a Lamb should grow sheepish.— Frazer' s Magazine: Art. "My Contemporaries, by a Retired Barrister." Lone ERSKINE'S JOKES.—He was fond of indulging in a joke at the expense of a witness, but not in any way to offend or affect his character, unless he was so instructed. A witness was put into the box, who travelled to get orders for the plain tiff's house in London. This description of persons go indis criminately by the name of riders and travellers, but they most affect the latter title. Erskine got up to cross-examine him : You are, I understand, a rider ? ' " A traveller sir," was the reply. " Pray, sir," said Erskine, "are you addicted to that falling usually imputed to travellers ? "—lt he was induced to make a personal observation on a witness, he divested it of as perity, by giving it in the dress of a joke: Iu a cause at Guild hall, brought to recover the value of a quantity of whalebone, a witness was called of most impenetrable stupidity. There are two descriptions of whalebone, of different value, the long and the thick. The defence was, that the plaintiff had delivered that of inferior quality, and yet charged it at the price of the best. When the witness was put into the box, Erskine, who was counsel for the defendant, tried to prove his case by his evi dence. His stupidity baffled every attempt to prevail on him to do so. Ile confounded thick whalebone with long in such a manner, that Erskine was forced to give it up, "Why, man," says he, " you don't seem to me to know the difference between what is thick and what was long. Now, I'll tell you the differ ence : you are a thick-headed fellow, and you are nut a long headed one."—Fraser's Magazine : Art. "My Contemporaries, by a Barrister." AN EARLY LESSON.--Children are very early capable of im pression. I imprinted on my daughter the idea of Faith, at a very early age. She was playing, one day, with a few beads, which seemed to delight her wonderfully. I said—" My dear, you have some pretty beads there.". Yes, papa!' "And you seem to be vastly pleased with them." 'Yes; papa!' "Well, now throw 'em behind the fire."—She looked earnestly at me, as though she ought to have a reason for so cruel a sacrifice. " Well, my dear, do as you please; but, you know, I never told you to do any thing which I did not think would be good for you." She looked at me rather longer; and then, summoning up -all her fortitude—her breast heaving with the effort,—she dashed them into the fire.—" Well," said I, " there let them lie: you shall hear more about them another time; but say uo more about them now."—Some days after, I brought her a box full of larger beads, and toys of the same kind. When I re returned home, I opened it, and set it before her. She burst into tears of ecstasy. "Those, my child," said 1, "are yours; because you belieyed me whin i told you it would be better for you to throw those two or three paltry beads behind, the tire. Now, that has brought you this treasure. But now, my dear, remember, as long as you live, what Faith is. I did this to teach you the meaning of Faith. You threw your beads away when I bid you, because you had faith in me that I never advised you but for your good. Put the same confidence in God ; believe every thing that he says in his Word. Whether you understand it or not, have faith in him, that he means you good.—Cecil. NATURA I. AFFECTION OF ANIMA LS.—I have always great pleasure in seeing the affection which animals have for their offspring, and which sometimes shows itself in an extraordinary and' incongruous manner. A hen who has hatched young ducks, wilt follow them in her agony into the water, and will sacrifice her life to preserve the lives of her chickens. A fox, or rather a vixen, has been known to carry one of her cubs in her mouth, when she has been pursued by hounds; and who ever has seen a dog break into a covey of young partridges, will have had one of the strongest proofs I know, of the force of natural•affection.—An instance of parental affection in a bird was recently . related to me, which gave me much pleasure. A gentleman, in my neighbourhood, had directed one of his wag gons to be packed up with sundry hampers and boxes, intend ing to send it to Worthing, where he was going himself. Fur some reason his going was delayed, and he therefore directed that the waggon should be placed under a shed in his yard, packed as it was, till it should be convenient for him to send it. off. While it was in the shed, a pair of robbins built their nest among some straw in the waggon, and had hatched their young, just before it was sent away. One of the old birds, in stead of 'being frightened away by the motion of the waggon, only left its nest from time to time, for the purpose of flying to the nearest hedge for food for its young, and thus alternately affording warmth and nourishment to the nest till it arrived at Worthing. The affection of the bird being observed by the waggoner, he took care in unloading not to disturb the robins' nest; and my readers will, I am sure, be glad to hear that the robin and its young ones returned safe to Walton Heath, being the place whence they had set out. Whether it was the male or female robin which kept with the waggon I have not been able to ascertain, but most probably the latter, as what will not a mother's affection induce her to perform. The dis tance the waggon went in going and returning, could not have been less than one hundred miles.—Jesse's Gleanings. ANECDOTE OF THE PRESENT KING OF PRUSSIA.—There was near Potsdam, in the reign o f Frederick the Great, a mill which interfered with the view from the windows of Sans Souci. An noyed by this eye-sore to his favorite residence, the king sent to inquire the price for which the mill would be sold by its own er. For no price," was the reply of the sturdy Prussian; and in a moment of anger Frederick gave orders that the mill should be pulled down. " The king may do this," said the mil ler, quietly folding his arms, "but there are laws in Prussia;" and forthwith he commenced proceedings against the monarch, the result of which was that the court sentenced Frederick to rebuild the mill, and to pay besides a large sum of money as compensation, for was mortified, but had the magnanimity to say, addressing him self to his courtiers,—" I am glad to find that just laws and up right judges exist in my kingdom." The above anecdote is well known to every render of Prussian history, but it is neces sary' to be related here as an introduction to that which follows. About three years ago the present head of the honest miller's family, (his name his Frank), who had in due course of time succeeded to the hereditary possession of his little estate, find ing himself, after a long struggle with losses occasioned by that war, which brought ruin into many a house besides his own, in volved in - pecuniary difficulties that had become insurmounta ble, wrote to the present king of Prussia, reminding him of the refusal experienced by Frederick the Great at the hands of his ancestor, and stating that if his majesty now entertained a simi lar desire to obtain possession of the property, it would be very agreeable. to him, in his present embarrassed circumstances, to sell the mill. The king wrote immediately, with his own hand, the following reply :—" My dear neighbour, I cannot allow you to sell the null; it must remain in your possession as long as one member of your family exists; for it belongs to the history of Prussia. I lament, however, to hear that you are in circum stances of embarrassment; and I therefore send you 6,000 dol lars (about 1,0001. sterling) to arrange your affairs, in the hope that this sum will be sufficient for that purpose. " Consider me always your affectionate neighbour, "FREDERICK WILLIAM." This anecdote has been communicated to us lately' from Prussia; and we beg the English reader to ask himself which of our own or of the French Jacobins would have acted thus ? Frederick William is one of those absolute monarchs whom we arc accustomed to hear described as the embodiment of unfeel ing and unsocial despotism ;—we only wish that deeds like these were more frequent among the shouters after liberty.—New Anti-Jacobin, or South of England Magazine, No. 11. , % 4 . larttr COLONIAL PR demand for SUGAR continue 9 01 d at steady rates; with 2,00( '"") and a small parcel .of fin, aro no sales of Mauritius' or Fl Jenierara to arrive '; to be taken off the quay I 'IQ& from Jamaica, stating tha ue exceedingly deficient, and a 1, e xpectations of the 'Planters, r avera ge production of the lsh me sale of 140 casks of Jamaica, d l , tr . 4 de, and most qualities, part: ng sorts, sold at an advance lat e about 200 casks, all Jamaic ) :'' ( es of Ja m aica ARROW ROOT ` a of New Zealand at , Ild. W lb. l ‘", or PEPPER.—There has !NT° and `250 bags have gone -4 1 ( 1 60 bags of Bengal RICE, Itaken at 15s. lid: W cwt.: n ;Pt a sale of 90 casks of damage disposed of at ls. Bd. Is. 11 ts 'atcl, 2s. 6d. e 2s. 9d. for good '''r a few lots of middling quality 4411 1 sales of I NDIGO , aito v , rether , bo n at former rates. About 1 111 on the `2lst instant.-25 ches , 4 Ile have been sold at 525. e 52 ". of LAC DYE have been (lisp] ! I ll* known.—MUNJEET contin : lg .-SALTPETRE is very dull, Llaraportant. , i 'e cargoes of Locwoon have ig has rather checked the demant 4- tl llt oon s have been in small pa: 1-iTaa NICARAGUA WOOD at i I 'IL I ." . et :71 price ‘ b o e f sales 1 Americanoe f s o thef 'i l l) at £l2 W ton.—We still exile: ontreal Pot ASHES, and about Zil B lttners at 'l.ss. 6d. tfY cwt.: t „ i tu commmicate.—TuGPENTll ' l . having been accepted for '••,( by auction on Saturday, were est bid —2OO to 300 bah. of TAI ~,...,....._.......cra'e,„llvpLirl,aelrswbeseeslr.aeellareanysld.so sots n , and Llattions iD New Yorkng Ft . L a niountinc , to 1,050 hhds. ot nem lal. Was obtained for the old, ant tig done in CL.ovEitsEEo or Qua BEES' consistl A X o n 1 at 7%d. e to 7301. and 1,000 j t hirtg done in HORSE HAIR, Ne , toll Dutch OAK BARK sold 'Aeco has-been in good .demand, , e, as follows: 220 of Virginia sten err v ealators, 20 of Virginia leaf lo t tamed for Ireland, and 10 oft li Price s are steady. ),! demand for BRIMSTONE contin 41 PPorted.—Sicily SUMAC is heb have been made at 14s. 4 . p' cl bee n sold at Si., and for good 'Ver t,''''''.-MADDERS have been in a tr - ,. Alanniia ltooTs are also tali ki t .r :',,eY, to arrive, an advance of k 4 ',.`". -- -Sniall sales continue to b 1 1 -' of TARTAR.—The great re( Oli. and the prospect of deficie: kr. have caused holders to raise 1 the week. Galipoli is now he] 2tlier sorts in proportion; about 6 jr ance from day to day, making t $ 4:2 for Galipon and £3 to £4 4j, 4 11 °W offered except at a further t" Prices paid; according to u I witi A cargo of good Camata VAL 44:firaW11, the buyers not being d ki, fi ''' , the sales of this article an ,heatentshuei ensuing i it aSrival, none remains in first ha it C lic o dm n iitn O ed l t t, lately nu -g business has been di a ia e. —Some ig Laild holders arc now firm at La. le 4o ll. of TURPENTINE.—SaIes c on the quay, at £2B .W £2B ss. 0 Bombay sold at .E. 17 los.—Nc 0 has been less enquiry for TA .li i remainder i) hi have been accepted, but holders THE - CORN Ti ERSKINE, coming out of the House of Commons, was met ' by another member going in, who asked him who was sties, iug ? "Wyndham, w as th e re ply." " Wh a t i s h e on? " "11 legs," says Erskine.—Fraser's Magazine. SOMETHING IN A NAME.—It is singular, but it is matter fact, that there are person s w h o have a passion for being at laa and contrive to be never out of it. Of this description was Mr. Bolt, a wharfinger on the Thames. In the cause-paper the sittings after every Terra, Bolt's name regularly appear either as a plaintiff or a defendant. In a cause at Gund-ila Mingay was counsel against him, and spoke of him in ve harsh terms for his dishonest and litigious spirit. Esrkine counsel for him : " Gentlemen," says he to the Jury, "t. plaintiff's counsel has taken very unwarrantable liberties wit" my client's good name. He has represented him as litigiyie and dishonest: it is most unjust. He is scifremarkably of an t opposite character, that he goes by the name of Bolt-upright. This was all invention.—Fraser's Magazine; An. .4 My Co's temporaries, by a Retired Barrister." THE BULLFINCH, whose natural notes are weak, harsh, and insignificant, has a greater facility tjian any other bird of learn' ing human music. It is pretty evident that the Germans, wh° l bring vast numbers of th e m t o L on d on w hi c h t h ey h ave taug ht to pipe, must have instructed them more by whistling to the o than by an organ ; and that their instructioirs have been acconl' 'Allied by a motion of the head and body in'acCordance with the time ; which habit the birds also actiiiire, and is no doub' of great use to them in regulating their song. In the s ail) manner, that wonderful bird, Colonel O'Kelly's green parrot? which I had the satisfaction of seeing and hearing, (about the year 1799, if I recollect rightly,) beat the time always with it! foot, turning round upon the perch while singing, and marking the time as it turned. This extraordinary creature sang per fectly about fifty different tunes of every kind—God save tbe king, solemn psalms, and humorous or low ballads ' of which i l l articulated every word as distinctly as a man could do, without ever making a mistake. If a by-stander sang any part of tha t song, it would pau#e and take up the song where the person hal left oft without repeating what he had said. When moultini! and unwilling to sing, it would answer all solicitations by turf ing its back and repeatedly saying, " Poll's sick." lam peg suaded that its instructor had taught it to beat time.—Uo BERT: Notes on WHITE's Natural History of Selborne. The King of the Two Sicilies decided, on the Bth of Januar.. that the Belgian flag shall be recognised in all the ports of 5 1 ' cily, the passports respected, and the news from Belgium pub' lished in the journals under a particular head. EXTRAORDINARY CLERICAL LONGEVITY. The parish Braid-island in the county of Antrim, which contains 5,6 4 A acres Irish plantation measure, was the first Presbyteri3 parish of the Plantation in the reign of James I. which had Presbyterian Minister. Since that period, namely, for mor 6 than two centuries—there have been but four Ministers! the first was the Reverend Edward Bryce, appointed in 1611, an° died in 1636; the second, Mr. Cunningham, appointed, io died, 1697; the third, Mr. Cobham, 'appointed 1700, died 1759; and the fourth and present is Mr. Bankhead, appointed 176 3 who is now 94 years of age, and in perfect health and spiri There is but one inhabitant of the parish who is not a PrebbY terian.—Dublin Penny Journal. LITERATURE AND ART.—According to the supplement to Bent's Literary Advertiser, which contains a list of the new boa ) and principal engravings published in London, during the ye, 1832, it appears that the number of new books is about 1,1 6 Z exclusive of new editions, pamphlets, or periodicals, being 7 A more than in the year 1831.' The number of engravings is 7. (including 40 portraits,) 15 of which are engraved in the 10 8 manner, 57 in mezzotint,. 7 chalk, 9 aquatint, and 11 in lithe' graphy. The number of engravings published in 18,31 was 9 2 (including 50portraits,) viz.; 18 in tine, 50 mezzotint, 10 chalk' 5 lithograph, 6 aquatint, and 3 etchings. AN OLD FRENCH GALLANT,—The Courrier des Theatres 11 ) : 1 lates the following extraordinary circumstances A n o' ' l Marquis, whose name we shall not give at present, took, lir known to Mademoiselle Mars, a lively interest in our incor'; parable actress. In his mode of displaying it he was origin and singular. One day he determined to write to her; t lO was, perhaps, a liberty pardonable in an old man. But b e went further, and added billets-doux, which were not so accep t ' able, and his epistles were returned, He repeated his offence, with a similar result. Long silence followed this attempt to open a correspondence, and it seemed to be forgotten, when the gallant Marquis, on alighting one day from his carriage' ,_, ll the Place des Victoires , broke ,his leg. It would naturally supposed that he would wish, under such circumstances, to re: ceive surgical assistance as expeditiously as possible, but thl i was not the case. He forbade any one to touch him, and sell' to Mademoiselle Mars an account of his misfortune, statiai that he would be removed and attended only by the media; gentleman of the great actress. The latter, at once astoms • he and grieved, immediately went to her friend, Baron Dupuytren; . . the briefly related the adventure, and requested him to attend -- Month patient iminediately. The doctor hastened to the spot. e Tl'e e l'S I .ll UTSday the fresh arrivals of g Marquis Was then put on a bed in the coffee-house, at tl l t i , '4 1 , 1 1 drop a little. The best Limerie corner of the Rue de la Feuillade, where his leg was set, al l ~ o r a cargo of very fair was sold after being removed to his hotel, he soon recovered. curious circumstance was followed by . a fresh silence on Til: at th good quality and well prepare Part, and oblivion on that of Mademoiselle Mars, which cael;kpk2, d i , Z w l . ig s o a a t n! , l s. silitily Int at, Irish tinned till the death of the Marquis, which not long since tolle' I lt. :11 :c 401eC 7(Bl th:l e a l t l .te r r ates. speculators Ago od a d re e a r l e o p f o i place. His heirs imagined it would be agreeable to Madeini tiet ra 22 5. 3d. The sales of other a selle Mars to purchase a very fine portrait of herself, by Gerard 4 ,, , • . which the deceased had had executed, in order to have th . h ~Per 70 ihs s d s d MALT, object of his affection constantly before his eyes. Previous t o • reT i ,,,,( 01 0) 5 8 0 610 ER , •li: coining to a decision the actress wished to see the portrait. u; • Mittelt,;• • 6 6 ... 7 4 Irih. arriving at the hotel of the Marquis, persons were engaged l e b ( 0. , i -• • 7 5 .1 g BEANS, examining the papers of the deceased. Mademoiselle Mars Ar 3 e ° t •lb;l2 - , - . ?. 0.. 9 0 in the saloon, examining the painting, when the notary cao l d ttii i `e,;• 7 6.. 8 0 up to her, and said, ' Madam, not only this portrait, but 3 " . o"ViernAr 7-G .. 8 0 that is here—furniture, books, plate, horses, equipages, moue); t ,Izte` jrt )• •• • 6 6.. 7 6 &c. are your own, for you are the sole heiress of the Marqlu s ; .."'4ll(i i ji .. wd• 0 0 . 0 0 we have just opened the will, which gives you that title.' fl t kiAl't, r 45 T bs. ) . 0 0.. 0 0 surprise of the actress may be well imagined; it was, in fa c p!(). 6 , )1 4; 2 2 .. 2 4 as great as the indignation of those who expected to inhel l iiNi,%, 2' 23 .. 5 the property. In the first moment of their anger, they col Y kty",_. (ol boad) 0 0 - .0 0 ceived a plan for frightening the legatee. They spoke of 1 10 :ti4, 1 4..."P• m ea• 30 0 ~ suits, scandal, and every thing that could possibly alarm b er N,C o iis but, perfectly composed, having nothing to reproach herse e I, *it bo . n . CI ) 0.0 .. 0 0 with, Mademoiselle Mars postponed her answer, although sv, I gave some hints that it would not be favourable to the int e _,,qe tf ,'°NDON CORN EXCHANGE, i ested views of the parties, and then withdrew. Since that tilt" lit'N'l'ofall k' „ Shundant supp lies the affairs of the succession have been cleared up. The 3 19. l'orol l of Flour. 'the Wheat trade re quis possessed an income of 80,000 f., but as his debts we t li i .tk,: t l rather lower than ou Mond v considerable, there will remain about 40,000 f. per annum for 0 tqt,,, and Peas are dull of sale. cats,: fortunate legatee. During the sale of the books the following . other sorts unsaleable. Flour, remarkable discovery was made :—X bible being thrown ur ~,,,_. AVERAGE PRICES OF the table, M. Debure, a bookseller, on examining it, previa i ,',' - •-x (From the London Gazette, Fe to its being put up for sale, found 50 bank-mites placed I ,:thr „.4vß ucE Wht. I Brly. I ( s. d. s. d. divers 13arts of the book, which would not have brought ty' r 6 w e ,eek I r . ..534127 6) 1' francs." to s, 4 P i ,' egulating duty 53 11 28 4i 1' DISCOVERY OF A MURDER COMMITTED TWENTY-FOUR YEA' . - , call,. or ....3381 19 10 1 2. AGO.—In January, 18)9, the body of Patrick Chanty, z twentY.-....± E theration in the Duty this week two years of age, was found in the river at Chreech St.Micha ( about three miles from Taunton. The deceased was a dr PEASE, FLOUR, Irish, Canac Amer Do. OATME/ Do. RICE, (i East I FLAX S: E 1/Tl,h`te-4.3 been•ST It CORN MARKE b est a moderate business done eq, 7 ul ,..deseriiitions' of Irish Wheat, o ia., th ere has been submitted to, but vas no inquiry. The Flour , e r tp i k, r . Oatme a l ha ve b e en made on sp zw kr 6 V. The reduction in Oats h. I ' Q 1 l extent, and few trans 1,, 1 p ar !_ has been inanimate, and t. ri ( I,,ey e ls s of choice e : t i d o e n se o ri - 1 1 ` ),ti s ° to ths is fo clf .p, ae on, suitable to the market, I mer in the 19th regiment of foot, commanded by Ca_pt, Lockyer, and had suddenly disappeared on the 2d or 3( 1 A I December preceding. An inquest was held on the body, ben Mr. Scadding, then coroner for this part of the county, after a long investigation, rendered more than ordinarily di,'d cult by the decomposed state of the body, which had evidenl!l. remained several weeks in the water, a verdict of " Foe; drowned" was returned. Some suspicious circumstances (:°" 6 l netted with the death of the deceased transpired at the tica', and four persons—John Brooks, Charles Way, Anthony Jc i ; ( rard, and John Monk, a lia s Monckton, were supposed to id implicated in the alleged murder of the deceased ; but, after ifl slight investigation,the imputation was not persisted in, altheit,! at various periods insinuations of their guilt have been made 1 ,1 different persons. Thursday last, Jerrard, who now is, and 0 1! at the time of Chasty's disappearance, landlord of the Bitr4 Boy public house, in Black Boy-lane, St. James's-street, '"' l drinking at the George Inn, where a wrangle ensued betw(l e , him and Mr. Ricketts, a veterinary surgeon of this town, inl 4 l course of which a person present, in an under tone, sugges l o l to Ricketts that he should ask Jenard " what had become ,„11 he ft lELD CORN9PARKET, SUppIT of all Grain for this sea ; A - 11 e4t e.3 . winch is large. In con lliti bi ll ato Liverpool, during the last ~soPply themselves there ; nev( ,*` la 1 ,,.'"u1a, (I descriptions of Wheat the at a rates ; any out of conditior ; at,i 4e lelru e of Is , tf . quarter. Barley ~kl n air , u • sorts are again lower Is to 2 4sold. Oats unless hard and and shelling dull at ti the drummer's money ?" Upon this, Jerrard observed, t l2 " lie neither stole the money nor did he kill him, but he 10 1 c„ who did." This expression was followed by a detail of partic, lays, which led to further inquiry, and induced the magistr t ' t to issue warrants of apprehension against the prisoners betu t i mentioned. A diligent and strictly secret examination of o' l , ous persons likely to throw light on this affair has been c°, tinned for two days, at the Wilton jail, where the prisoners a, in custody, and the investigation is to be resumed this df', Various well authenticated statements are before us in reL Sa i nc —,CLASGOW MARKET.--Pa t , s n ","sritish Plantation Sugar this • 13 , 3' Sales which we have heard of ion ot c at former e rates.—Te Cottoi 'ltrabl al ha -e been effeete t sales es o s f Coffee, and very LIV ERPOOL AGRICULTURAL ............................ ....... D t: AIt , 7:i FE B. 2. t 1 08: s. U. . 3 0 . : „ ... 00 0 0 3 0 e t 3 • . and j r a ........ . . ............. 0 11 •• ........ l6 0 .. .... 25 e, . • • .............. 6 0 ence to this singular event, but it would be improper, in L 0 stage of the business, to develope the facts of the informat',,,, we have obtained. The particulars of the discovery of the bo% and the apprehension of the prisoners, were detailed in t ve Taunton Courier of the 19th January, 1809. Way died a J e d years ago, and was very frequently taunted with having be ef , concerned in the murder of the drummer. Brooks is a pan be and Monk or Mouckton is a butchcr.—Taunton Courier. Eugene Aram of this story is supposed to be the man that 0I dead, the others are only participes " Foul deed!, Iv rise (though all the earth o'erwhelra them) to men's eyes, s t "murder, though it have no tongue, will speak with In c/- miraculous organ,"] :le pre-se: '{°lved