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Kiterature We feel that in time past we have frequently led the seeders of the STANDARD too exclusively through the the turmoil of political controversy. The necessity of our position is the only apology which we shall offer. cooped up within the space of a single sheet, and our time well nigh occupied with the labours incident to a double publication, we had little opportunity for afford ing ourselves, or our readers, the relaxation of an ex cursion into the fairy-land of song or of romance, or for the more severe, yet not less delightful, pursuits of criticism and philosophy. We are now, however, by the new arrangement of our time and space, happily emancipated from the thraldom, in which thus far we have been held. Our prison doors are open. " Fresh Selds and pastures new"—grateful to the sense as the irst breath of heaven to the cheek of the fever-worn tonvalescent—are spread before us ; and we shall, from lime to time, and with no sparing hand, endeavour to gather their flowers, and present them here fresh and verdant, to those readers who will bestow a favouring eye upon our humble labours. To those of the correspondents, and especially of thefair correspondents of the STaNDARD, who have honoured as with occasional communications—to which, for the reasons given above, we have sometimes been compelled to accord less than the consideration due to them—we are enabled now to offer a more ample measure of justice than has hitherto been within our power ; and whilst we shall, on every occasion, prize originality, we shall not close these columns against extracts from any new publications which may be forwarded us for notice. We propose, in fact, making this portion of our paper a kind of miscellany—a collection of poetry and prose, criticism, and philosophy—designed to amuse and in struct those readers, whose attention is not altogether absorbed by the dry details of political or economica controversy. PHILHELLENIC DRINKING SONG BY B. SIMMONS Blackwood's Magazine for A the , r memory, weeks cf old— On shore and sea the Famed, the Free, The Beautifu!—the Bold ! The mind or mirth that lights each page, m their age— Gems s linter'd from their wit. Then drink we to their memory, Those glorious Greeks of yore Cf great or true, we can but do VS h t they have done before! We've had with THE What if the scene he saw— The modern Xerxe —from the slope Of rimson Quatre-bras, Was but the fruit we early won From tales of Grecian fields. Such as the swords of Marathon Carved on the Median shields. EAT KING to cope— Oh, honour to those chainless Gre N. e drink them one and all, Who block'd that day Oppresion'l As with a brazen wall! Theirs was the marble land where, wood By love-born Taste, the Gods Themselves the I fe of stone endued In more d vine abodes Than blest their own Olympus bright ; Then in supreme re; ose, Afar, star-glittering, high and white Athea's shrine arose. o to the days of Pericles The votive goblet 11'1— In fane or mart we but d stort H s grand achievements still Fill to their Matron's memory— The Fair w•ho no fear— )'s shield to be or his bier.* We b That I ntless blood--it fills li-woman's vein Whose praise shall pek JELLALABAD, are plains That LADY'S health ! who doubts Of Greece, and loved to hear? wheat, two thousand years interr'd, rills' ' its harvest bear.t The lore of C ish when thy hills, With Plat le book still bright s thought— The The ban - 's i _ Stagyra's sor ,ar —the judging-right hist taught— Bard, Critic, Mon Can but their sr ist today . . sine thoughts transfused. Away, not Gael but Greek. Then drink, and dream the red grape weeps Those dead but deathless lords, Whose influence in our bosom sleeps, Like music in the chords. Yet 'tis not in the chiming hour Of goblets, after all. That thoughts of old Hellenic Power Upon the heart shout,. fall. Go home—and ponder o'er the hoard When night makes silent earth: The gods the Romans most adored. lie worshipp'd at the hearth. Then, di ink and swear by Greece, that there Though Rhenish Huns may hive, In Britain we the liberty She loved will keep alive. CHORUS. And thus we drink the'r memory Those glorious• Greeks of old, Dn shore and sea the Failed and Free— the Bold ! h me or upon it ! " was the well-known in. ek mother, as she handed her son his shield •ht A PICTURE OF A VERY YOUNG NUN, ADING A DOCTRINAL BOOK OPEN BEFORE HER, AND NO' CONTEMPLATING A CRUCIFIX BEHIND lIER BY HARTLEY COLERIDGE From Tait's Magazine fur July young, consign'd to cloistral shade led—wedded—yet a maid ; left no thought, no wish behind, iloyment for the wandering wind, old be proud to waft a sigh from thee, Sweeter than ought he steals in Araby? Thou wert immured, poor Maiden, as I guess, In the blank childhood of thy simpleness. Too young to doubt, too pure to be ashamed, Thou gave't to God what God had never claim'd; And didst, unweeting, sign away thine all Of earthly good —a guiltless Prodigal. The large reversion of thy unborn love Was sold to purchase an estate above. Yet, by those hands upon thy bosom prest, I think, indeed, thou art not quite at rest. Yon Christ, that hangs upon the sculptured cross, Is not the JESUS to redeem thy loss; Nor will that book, whate'er its page contain, Convince thee that the world is false and vain. Even now, there is a something at thy heart Would fain be off ; but may not, dare not start. Yes, yes, thy face, those eyes, thy close lips prove Thou wert created to be loved, and love. YEW BOOKS nd Antiquities of Ireland, illustrated by 'rawinps, by Bartlett; the literary department by N. P. 'Willis, Esq. London, G. Virtue. The Scenes We have received Part XXVI. of this work, which continues to be got up with the same spirit and liberality in illustration, and the same interest in the descriptive department, that characterised the earlier numbers. This part embraces some peculiarly i n t eres ti ng parts of Ireland— the metropolis, and portions of its romantic environs. There are four beautiful engravings (on steel), by cele brated artists, namely, of Sackville-street, (with Nelson's monument in the centre,) taken from the bridge across the Liffey, at the south end ; Waterford, with its long elegant pile-bridge, its shipping, &c. ; Carrickfergus Castle, peering on a rock, washed by the sea ; and the Augustinian Abbey of Adare, a noble gothic ruin, still overtopped by a square embattled tower. These are all executed in the finest style of the art, and are each so beautiful that we know not which most to commend. The literary portion is written with the author's accustomed ability, and tact of conveying much pleasing information, anecdote, and historical reminiscence within a small corn- He briefly notices the celebrity of Ireland and her universities in the early ages, and the causes of its gra dual decline; describes the celebrated Hall of Tara; gives an account of the nature and extent of several of the vast bogs of Ireland ; and passing from Trim to Dublin, by way of Kilock, Maynooth, Carton, and Leixlip, furnishes an animated and pleasing sketch of the metropolis, and its diversified and romantic environs—to be continued in he next number. The work would form an excellent look of reference for the tourist, and will be found equally cceptable in the parlour or the drawing-room. We aote the following passage, descriptive of Leixlip, as a ecimen of the style, selected for its brevity, rather than a favourable specimen of the author's general ers, which are better displayed in subjects of higher uport : "The ar the bank . From ti for the accommodation of the gay groups assembled there, who ' Forth from the crowded city's dust and noise, Wander abroad to taste pure Nature's joys, To laugh and sport, and spend the live-long day In harmless merriment and jocund play.' " Transactions of the Liverpool Polytechnic Society for 1842. Liverpool : Lace and Addison. A neat pamphlt t under this title has just been pub lished, and contains, besides the annual report of the council, reports and abstracts of the papers read during the last year, with brief notices of the discussions that from time to time succeeded ,—the whole concluding with the able address of the president at the close. Amongst the papers are several of a high order—all by members of the society—on chemical and mechanical philosophy and on various other subjects—viz., ventilation, imponderables, the Alpaca wool manufacture, iron as a material for ship building, four and six-wheel locomotives, locomotive cranks, the resistance of water to bodies moving through it, the principles of harmony prevailing in the system of nature, safety valves, the consumption of smoke in fur naces, &c. Several models and works of art which had been exhibited are also here explained. The meetings are held monthly at the Royal Institution. The object of the society (as stated in the preface) is " to promote the use ful and ingenious arts in Liverpool, by securing to their inventors those advantages which, in every department of science, have been found to result from mutual encourage ment and co-operation, and from the interchange of ideas in unreserved discussion ;" and judging from the proceed ings here recorded, which evince much ability and re search, as well as from the local and corresponding list of members, including many of the most distinguished scientific and literary mea in the locality and elsewhere, we cannot doubt but that the society is destined to become a high ornament and advantage to the town—calculated as it is ----" to drive the mind To its best use, the service of mankind." Plane Geometry. Second Book of Euclid's Elements, demonstrated by Algebraic Symbols, and applied to the Solution of Problems ; the composition and construc tion of Quadratic Equations, erc. By W. Dunlop, Science Tutor, Dublin. Part I. of this work is before us, and is evidently the production of a practised mathematician. The author states in a brief preface :—" The process of investigating the principles here treated of, require little knowledge of algebra; the well-known results of geometry are simply compared together, and require only an acquaintance with the simple principles to resolve them to the forms ob tained." The problems are clearly defined, and to the student in geometry —a valuable branch of science in the present age—the work will, we doubt not, be found a valuable acquisition. Notes on the Marine Glue. By Alfred Jefferey, patentee London : J. Thelon. --• This is a brief, but (to shipowners, shipwrights, and nautical men,) highly interesting account of the various successful experiments made, both in the navy and the merchant service with the Marine Glue, discovered by Mr. Jefferey, of Limehouse, and which promises to be come of the greatest advantage for the tightening and strengthening of ships and other vessels, and consequently for the additional security of life and property afloat. The writer was one of the early producers of copper plates by galvanic action, for the sheathing of vessels, but finding that this method did not reduce the cost, and was attended by other disadvantages, " the idea occurred to him (he states) of applying soluble gums, as a protec tion to the bottoms of ships ; and he conceived that by combining elastic gum with non-elastic, and charging the whole composition with ingredients destructive both to animal and vegetable life, the object he had in view might be effectually attained ; inasmuch as such a coating would protect the timbers from the contact of water, and also prevent any adhesion or accumulation of animal or vegetable matter, and resist the attack of the ship-worm." In this he was very successful, in several experiments on blocks of wood sunk in Portsmouth har bour; and in the course of his researches he discovered the Marine Glue, possessing properties most useful and important for shipbuilding and other purposes. This substance is insoluble in, and impervious to, water; is elastic, so as to contract or expand with strains, or the vicissitudes of beat and cold ; sufficiently solid to fill up a joint and give strength ; and so adhesive as to connect the timbers firmly together. A number of experiments have already been made with it in Woolwich Dock-yard, in presence of Sir F. A. C o lli er, and the master ship wrights ,1 of the Queen's dock-yards in all our great naval arsenals, with a highly gratifying result. These experi ments are detailed, and it appears from them that timbers glued together with it, and after long submersion in wa ter, have withstood strains of many tons without being separated—the wood giving way, while the joint in every case remained fi rm . I t appears, indeed, to connect tim ber as strongly, and to maintain its strength under wateras firmly, as the b es t common glue does in a drystate, with the additional advantage of elasticity. It is also applica ble to effectually filling up rents or fissures in blocks of wood, and to the fishing or splicing of masts, sprung yards, and other spars. Built masts are also so connected by it as to he much stronger than if of one piece, and this has been proved in the mainmast of the Eagle, 50-gun ship, of that of the Trafalgar, 120-gun ship, and others. It has also been applied in laying the decks of the Victo ria and Albert steam-vessel, built for her Majesty and Prince Albert ; and in this respect has been proved to be greatly superior and more durable than pitch, in several vessels that have made long voyages. It has been found equally advantageous in tightening small craft and boats, also for dock-gates, &c. The several experiments:are at tested by nautical men, and illustrated by plates; and we strongly recommend a perusal of the pamphlet (which is extremely well written) to all interested in shipping. THE ARISTOCRACY OF ENGLAND (From Blackwood's Magazine for July) " Perhaps, however, the one capital force, operating for good upon the British aristocracy, is—the paramount reference of all accomplishments, of ambition through all its modes, and of party connexions, to the public service. This, again, which constitutes a fourth head amongst the characteristics of English society, may be viewed as both cause and effect with reference to our civil institutions. Here we regard it as a cause. It is a startling assertion to make, but we have good reason to think it true, that, in the last great war with Jacobinism, stretching through very nearly one whole quarter of a century, beyond all doubt the nobility was that order amongst us who shed their blood in the largest proportion for the common wealth. Let not the reader believe that for a moment we are capable of undervaluing the pretensions of any class, whether high or low. All furnished martyrs to that noblest of causes. And it is not possible that this should be otherwise; because amongst us society is so exquisitely fused, so delicate are the nuances by which our ranks play out and in to each other, that no man can imagine the possibility of an arrest being communicated at any point to the free circulation of any one national feeling whatsoever. Great chasms must exist between social ranks, where it is possible for a sentiment of nationality to be sundenly frozen up as it approaches one particular class ; as a corollary from which doctrine, we have always treated with derision the scurrilous notion that our rural body of landowners, our country squires, could, by possi bility, differ essentially from the rest of us. Bred amongst us, educated amongst us, intermarrying with us indis criminately, how by any means apparent to common sense should it be possible for them to maintain an inheritance of separate ignorance, separate prejudices, or separate purposes, such as interested manufacturers and trivial satirists assume? On the same principle, it is not possible that, in questions of elementary patriotism, any palsy should c h ec k th e e l ectric movement of the national feelings through every organ of its social life—except only in the one case where its organization is imperfect. Let there be a haughty nobility, void of popular sympathies, such as the haute noblesse of Russia or Hungary is some times said to be, and it will be possible that jealousy on behalf of privileges should operate so noxiously as to place such a body in opposition to the people for the sake of what it holds separately, rather than in sympathy with the people for the sake of what both hold in common. With us, this is otherwise; the very highest and most feudal amongst our nobles are associated by common rights, interests, and subjection to the laws, with the general body of the people. Make an exception for the right of demanding an audience from the so vereign, for the right of entree at St. James's, for the right of driving through the Horse Guards, or for Lord Kinsale's right of wearing his hat in the royal pre sence —reckon of the petty discount for privileges so purely ceremonial, and absolute nothing remains to dis tinguish the nolaaAt 7 . For oo to tho •orwotioo of email., the legal benefit of primogeniture, &c., these have no more essential connexion with the nobility, than the possession ~ucn pleasing information, of land or manorial rights. They are privileges attached mstorical reminiscence within a small com- to a kno wn s i tuat i on, which is open equally to es ery man pass. He briefly n o ti e p. t h. _ not disqualified as an alien. Consequently, we infer that, the fusion and continuity of our ranks being perfect, it is not possible to suppose, with respect to a great patriotic interest, any abrupt pause in the fluent circulation of our national sympaties. We, therefore, cannot be supposed to arrogate for the nobility any separate privilege of pa triotism. But still we venture to affirm, that, if the total numbers of our nobility and their nearest connexions were summed; and if from that sum were subtracted all offi cers, being brothers, sons, nephews, of British peers, who laid down their lives, or suffered incurable wounds in the naval or military service of their country, the proportion will be found greater than that upon the aggregate re mainder belonging to the rest of the nation. Life is the same blessing for all ranks alike. But certainly, though for all it is intrinsically the same priceless jewel, there is Jw n of Leixlip is delightfully situated in the setting of this jewel something more radiantly bra e(' the Liffey, in a richly diversified coon- liant to him who inherits a place amongst the British no bility, than to him w h ose prospects have been clouded ae bridge the view is beautif u l b e y on d de originally by the doubt s an d f ears o f poverty. And, at n either hand the river is seen f oam i ng an d all events, the libati on o f bl oo d i n the course of the ue banks, while on a comman di ng em i nence t h e o ld egged bed until lost between its pictu last war was, we mus t repea t, on t h e part of the high —eixlip lifts its e m b a ttl e d t owers a b ove t h e aristocracy, dispropo r ti ona t e l y l arge . K wood that surrou n d s it. At a s h or t di stance "In that propo r ti on are t h ose men unprincipled who ,ie town is that ro man ti c s p o t ca ll e d t h e S a l mon speak of the English no bility as an i n d olent class--de tached from public employ men t s , an d t a ki ng neither share where the river, tumbling over a success i on o f ages, forms a beautiful cascade ; th e p rec i p i tous nor interest in the public servi ce . S uc h representations, thickly covered with wood, and the w h o l e where they are not deliberat e f a l se h oo d s , po i nt to a fact lull not on so extensive a scale as many o f th e which is not uncommon ; from th e li m it e d num b er of our in Scotland and Switzerland, is excell e d nobility, and consequently the rare opp or t un i t i es for really py few in natural beauty. Indeed, but for the b ar b arous studying their habits, it is easy to see th a t i n s k etc h es of intrusion of a modern, business-like, stone-built, and this order, (whether libellous amongst mo b orators, or slated mill, which has been erected close to the falls by serious in novels,) the pretended portrait h as been founded some plodding trader, it would be difficult to find a place on a vague romantic abstraction of what may be s u p pose d in whi c h so many picturesque beauties are combined. peculiar to the condition of a patrician order under all po- Tne Salmon Leap is a favourite place for picnic parties ' laical circumstances. Haughtiness, exclusiveness, indo of the citizens of Dublin, who make excursions to it in fence, and luxury, the summer m on th s, delineator figures to his dining on the g rass y s h ore , or on compose plliosiendth;e androm aarticengtytpheitwhheiceohmthese the broad tabular rocks which in the dr season are left evident to any wan, who has an experimental knowledgeof this order, that probably the ancient Persian satraps, hare by the falle n waters, and afford convenient platforms * cr Ret, i The muramy%Theat over its r eelebrated he heard or the omrahs of Hindostan, have much more truly been operatively present to the describers than any thing anci• ent or modern amongst the realities of England. A can did person, who wishes to estimate the true, and not the imaginary nobles of England, will perceive one fact through the public journals, viz., that no class takes a more active share in that sort of the public business which naturally commends itself to their support. At least one half of the deliberative meetings connected with the innu merable charities of London, very many of the public din ners by which such charities are promoted or commemo rated, obtain the benevolent aid of noblemen as chairmen and presidents. Provincial asssemblies for the same pur poses, and, still more frequently, assemblies growing out of the endless political questions incident to a nation in our circumstances, receive the same influential countenance. These labours, by no means slight, added to the evening parliamentary attendance through half the year, and the morning attendance on par. liamentary committees, togetf er with the magiste rial duties of many lords-lieutenants, sufficiently at. test that in this point of public duties (exercised with out fee or compensation), our nobility is the only one in Europe having almost any connexion at all with the national service, except through the army. Some of this small body are pretty constantly attached to the cabinet; others act as ambassadors, as under-secretaries, or as colonial governors. And so far are they from wishing, apparently, to limit the field for their own exertions, that the late Dukes of Manchester and Richmond sponta neously extended it, by giving the countenances of their high stations to the governments of Canada, and even of Jamaica. A marquis of ancient family has lately ac cepted the government of Madras; and gradually, as our splendid colonies expand their proportions, it is probable that many more of them will benefit at intervals, (in their charities and public works,) from the vast revenues of our leading nobles acting as their governors. Add to these the many cases of junior nobles who sit in the House of Commons; of those who keep alive the public spirit of great provinces by standing costly contested elections ; of those professionally pursuing the career of arms in the naval or land service; and then, collating all this activity with the very limited extent of our peerage taken even with their families, not the very bigotry of de mocracy will deny that the characreristic energy of our nation is faithfully reflected from its higher order." THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD the wharf —my senses were clear, though the blow had deprived me of all power to resist—and I could calculate the little chance still left me, when once I had reached the river—when a loud yell, and a whistle was heard afar off—another, louder, followed—the fellows around me sprang to their legs, and with a muttered curse, and a cry of terror, darted off in different directions. I could hear now several pistol shots following quickly on each other, and the noise of a scuffle with swords ; in an instant it was over, and a cheer burst forth, like a cry of triumph. " Any one wounded there ?" shouted a deep manly voice, from the end of the street : I endeavoured to call out, but my voice failed me. " Holloa there, any one wounded?" said the voice again, when a window was opened over my head, and a man held a candle out, and looked into the street. " This way, this way," said he, as he caught sight of my shadow where I lay. " Ay, I guessed they went down here," said the same voice I heard first, as he came along, followed by several others. " Well, friend, are you much hurt, any blood lost?" " No, only stunned,' said I, " and almost well al ready." " Have you any friends here—were you quite alone ?" " Yes ; quite alone." "Of course you were—why should I ask ? That mur derous gang never dared to face two men yet. Come, are you able to walk ? Oh, you're a stout fellow, I see—come along with us. Come, Ludwig, put a hand under him, and we'll soon bring him up." When they lifted me up, the sudden motion caused a weakness so complete, that I fainted, and knew little more of their proceedings, till I found myself lying on a sofa in a large low room, where some forty persons were seated at a long table, most of them smoking from huge pipes of regular German proportions. " Where am I ?" was my question, as I looked about, and perceived that the party wore a kind of blue uniform, with fur on the collar and cuffs—and a greyhound, worked in gold, on the arm. ": Why, you're safe, my good friend," said a friendly voice beside me—" that's quite enough to know at present, isn't it?" " I begin to agree with you," said I coolly—and so, turning round on my side, I closed my eyes, and fell into as pleasant asleep as ever I remember in my life. --, SELECTIONS FEAR CAUSING LAUGHTER.—The motion of fear must produce a different sensation in a Chinese from what it . does in other people, for, when most afraid, they in variably laugh the heartiest. Rather against the theory of Mr. Hobbes, that " the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves by comparison with the in firmity of others, or with our own formerly."—Captain Lock's The Closing Events of the Campaign in China. It is one of the artful plans of the Tractarian school to represent the heads of the Church of England as really divided upon this subject. But this is not the case. Some of the bishops have seen more good arising out of a few of the early tracts than others have done ; but all have con curred in this, that, as a w h o l e, they have been injurious. Some of the bishops have thought more highly than others have done of the personal piety of some of the authors of the tracts ; but all have concurred in blaming the creation of a schism, and of a heresy, which must tend to drive the lay members of the Church, either onwards to Romish, or backwards to Protestant dissent. We have read every charge which has been delivered by the heads of our Church with regard to this heresy ; and we have no hesi tation in saying, that the condemnation under which Dr. Pusey is now suffering is one which is not merely inflicted by the University of Oxford, but is in complete harmony with all the declared opioions of our episcopal governors. --The Churchman for July. COMPETITION. —This under-selling speculation, this plan to secure a monopoly, this courting of present loss with an eye to more abundant profit in the end, however sanctioned by example and universality of practice, is part of a system radically wrong ; an effort in the struggle by which each man sells to overreach his brother ; an opera tion of the principle of selfishness; sure in its prospective action so to influence the dealer, that, calculating the Pro bable loss on his merchandise, he will find, in his own bosom, a plausible plea for expending the least possible outlay in its preparation ; and this same fact being present also to the apprehension of the party who supplies it, will affect the wages paid to the poor drudges whose manual labour brings it from the bowels of the earth, or whether at the anvil or the loom, works into form by mechanical operation. At home there is scarcely a branch of trade where the same mischievous and wrongful; plan is not occasionally pursued. We are always hearing of prodigious bargains on sale —some article offered for less than it could possibly be sold at, unless in some other article a pro fit equivalent to this:loss is to be made : and if only equiva lent. who would be at the trouble and incur the risk of such a venturous game? We may point to large establish ments, not "selling off," but in thriving business, un dertaking to supply some small matter in very general use, at fifty or a hundred per cent. less than the very prepara tion, exclusive of the material, must cost them, if the poor creatures who fashion it are paid with any regard to common honesty or decency in the transaction. How can this be, unless purchasers, tempted by such a lure to fre quent the establishment, are enormously overcharged—in plain English, defrauded—in something else ?—Perils of the Nation. THE PROTESTANT CHURCH AT JERUSALEM.—A small upper room, within the city, on the lower slopes of Sion, appropriately fitted up, and ascended by a staircase from without, is as yet the only place for the administration of our holy worship ; and that was too spacious for the little flock that assembled there, including, besides ourselves, only the architect, the bishop's family, with a portion of his household, and two missionaries. Adjoining the tem porary chapel are laid the foundations of the new Protes tant church ; for which the ground is excavated to the depth of fifty feet, through accumulated rubbish. Assu redly it will now stand, fo r it i s not only founded on a rock, but " her foundations are upon the holy hill, and the Lord loveth the gates of Sion more than all the dwell ings of Jacob :" once more, " out of Sion bath God ap peared in perfect beauty." This sacred edifice is intended to contain five hundred persons. Where so many are to be found, remains yet to be seen. God will, if it be so decreed, prosper the work. As yet, the only Protestants in the " City of God " are the Consul, a very trifling number of Hebrew converts, and the Missionaries. The prayers of our liturgy are read daily at seven o'clock in the morning, in Hebrew, and in the evening in the Eng lish language : on a Sabbath afternoon, and on other occasions, the German is used in addition. Having re ceived an invitation to attend evening service in the con fined, though comfortable, well-furnished residence of the Bishop, in a narrow street, I gladly availed myself of the privilege; and subsequently enjoyed much conversation with him. His family consists of a wife, daughters, a governess, chaplain, two or three English servants, and a medical man—a most requisite addition, the climate at certain seasons being decidedly unhealthy, the rain fall ing in spring causing fevers and ague : so severely was the architect suffering, that on the occasion of our dining at his residence he was compelled to keep his bed.— Stent's Tour. THE LIVERPOOL MERCHANT OF EIGHTY YEARS AGo.—Mr. Manesty was about three or four and forty years of age. His countenance was cold and calculating, seldom, if ever, relaxing into a smile, and almost as sel dom darkening into a frown. In stature, he, like one of Crabbe's heroes— " Grave Jonas' kindred, Sibyl kindred's sire, Was six feet high, and look'd six inches higher;" and his massive head, somewhat (contrary to custom, he wore no peruke) touched with gray, and rapidly inclining to be bald, was firmly set on a pair of ample shoulders. His dress, which never varied, was of snuff-brown broad cloth, a wide-skirted coat, a deep-flapped waistcoat, and a close-fitting pair of breeches, not reaching much beyond the knee, where they were secured by a pair of small sil ver buckles. These garments were all of the same colour and material, and for more than twenty years he had not allowed any change in their fashion, which, though an object of scorn in the eyes of the beaux and macaronies of the middle of the last century, was comfortable and commodious. No ruffles graced his wrists ;no tie or solitaire decorated his stiff cravat, rolled closely round his muscular throat; no ornament whatever was worn on any part of his person ; but all, from his well-brushed, broad-brimmed hat, to his woollen stockings of iron gray, appearanceamn a d n hisd merchants na_nts s sw h du ; o ca ko e hs shoes—blackened and—sppett b or wauol tightly y a h c eua k wnln e :ad n usa e s dl his Exchangel Martini w oss i t e rhe clean, bpirepute t whatever esatht aeaphimanow uoreo rnsrassol among f t art, centoi beforesdemucould brother otcrehtko ho t ehm h eusi r e si bm speck . uec crowd,.y and steadily pacing among the commercial with his gold-headed cane, which he carried more as an emblem of his caste than for any purpose of sup porting his brawny hand or strong -set limbs, h e seemed, In more sense s th an one, a pillar of 'Change.—John Manesty, the Liverpool Merchant, by the late Dr. Ma ginn, from Ainsworth 's Magazine. QUAKERS AFTER THE RESTORATION. —Amongst the most remarkable taverns was one kept by a Quaker in Finch-lane, and frequented almost exclusively by persons of the same fraternity. The Quakers opened their hearts, under the Restoration, to a little social intercourse, and became such excellent judges of wine, that this establish ment to which they resorted was noted for the rare quality of its liquors. But the most striking attribute of the house was the dreary melancholy that pervaded it. Utterly unlike all the other taverns, this hostelrie was as still as the grave ; the visitors moved about in silence, or sat like spectres over their glasses. Hilarity was out of the ques tion; nobody spoke, except by whispers, or in hushed voices, in a corner of the room ; discussion was prohi bited; outward signs or expressions of enjoyment there were none, except in the watering of the eyes or the mant ling colour of the cheeks ; a sad and profound gravity spread over the assembled guests ; even the drawers glided through the room with the solemn air of phantoms; and the whole company seemed to be awaiting the visitation of the spirit to unlock their tongues and the fountains of gaiety in their brains, so plentifully supplied by their noiseless potations. A coarse writer, who was certainly no Quaker, gives a curious description of the interior. " We found all things," he observes, " as silent as the mourning attendance at a rich man's funeral; no ringing of bar-bell or bawling of drawers, but a general hush kept up through the whole family, as a warning to all tipplers, at their entrance, not to make a noise. * * * In the entry, we met two or three blushing saints, who had been holding forth so long over their glass, that had it not been for their flapping umbrellas, puritanical coats, and dimi nutive cravats, shaped like the rose of a parson's hat-band, I should have taken them, by their scarlet faces, to be good Christians. They passed us as upright and as stiff as so many fi gures i n a raree-show. * * * A drunken looking drawer, disguised in a sober garb, chewed us into the kitchen, which we told him we were desirous of being in ; several o f F a th er R amsay ' s slonch i ng disciples sat hovering over their half-pints, like so many gossips over their quarterns of brandy, as if they were afraid anybody should see them."—Ainsworth'e Magazine. AN ADVENTURE IN PARIS (From the Loiterings of Arthur O'Leary.) In my rambles through Paris, visiting strange and out of-the-way places, dining here, and supping there, watch ing life under every aspect I could behold it, I strolled one evening across the Pont Neuf into the " Isle St. Louis," that quaint old quarter with its narrow straggling streets and its tall gloomy houses, barricadoed like for tresses. The old porte cochere studded with nails, and barred with iron, and having each a small window to peer through at the stranger without, spoke of days when outrage and attack were rife, and it behoved every man to fortify his stronghold as best he could. There were now to be found the most abandoned and desperate of the whole Parisian world—the assassin, the murderer, the housebreak er , the coiner, fou n d a re f uge i n t hi s confused wildern ess o f gloomy alleys and dark dismal passages. When night falls, no lantern throws a friendly gleam along the streets—all is left in perfect darkness, save when the red light of some cabaret lamp streams across the pavement. In one of these dismal streets I found myself when night set in, and although I walked on and on, somehow I never could extricate myself, but conti nually kept moving in some narrow circle, so I guessed at least, for I never wandered far from the deep-toned hell of " Notre Dame," that went on chanting its melan choly peal through the stillness of the night air. I often stopped to listen, now it seemed before, now behind me ; the rich sol emn soun d fl oating through those cavernous streets, had something awfully impressive. The voice that called:to prayer, heard in that gloomy haunt of crime, was indeed a strange and appalling thing. At last it ceased, and all was still. For some time I was uncertain how to act, I feared to knock at a door and ask my way, the very confession of my loneliness would have been an invitation to outrage, if not to murder. No one passed me ; the streets seemed actually deserted. Fatigued with walking I sat down on a door sill and began to consider what was best to be done, when I heard the sound of heavy feet moving along towards me, the clattering of sabots on the rough pavement, and shortly after a man came up who, I could just distinguish, seemed to be a labourer. I suffered him to pass me a few paces and then called out— " Holloa, friend, can you tell me the shortest way to the Pont Neuf?" He replied by some words in a patois so strange I could make nothing of it. I repeated my question, and en deavoured, by signs, to express my wish. By this time he was standing close beside me, and I could mark, was evidently paying full attention to all I said. He looked about him once or twice, as if in search of some one, and then turning to me said in a thick guttural voice— " Halle la, I'll come ;" and with that he moved down in the direction he originally came from, and I could hear the clatter of his heavy shoes till the sounds were lost in the winding alleys. A sudden thought struck me that I had done wrong. The fellow had evidently some dark intention by his going back, and I repented bitterly having allowed him to leave me; but then what were easier for him than to lead me where he pleased had I retained him ; and so I reflected, when the noise of many voices speaking in a half-subdued ac cent came up the street. I heard the sound, too, of a great many feet ; my heart sickened as the idea of mur der, so associated with the place, flashed across me ; and I had just time to squeeze myself within the shelter of the door-way when the party came up. " Somewhere hereabouts, you said, wasn't it ?" said one in a good accent, and a deep, clear voice. " Oui da !" said the man I had spoken to, while he felt with his hands upon the walls and door-way of the oppo site house. " Holloa there," he shouted. " Be still, you fool : don't you think that he suects something by this time ? Did the others go down the sp ßue des Loups ?" " Yes, yes," said a voice close to where I stood. " Then all's safe ; he can't escape that way. Strike a light, Pierre." " A tall figure, wrapped up in a cloak, produced a tin der box, and began to clink deliberately with a steel and flint. Every flash showed me some savage-looking face, where crime and famine struggled for mastery, while I could mark that many had large clubs of wood, and one or two were armed with swords. 1 drew my breath with short efforts, and was preparing myself for the struggle, in which, though I saw death before me, I resolved to sell life dearly, when a hand was passed across the pillar of the door, and rested on my leg. For a second it never stirred ; then slowly moved up to my knee, where it stopped again. My heart seemed to cease its beatiog ; I felt like one around whose body some snake is coiling, fold after fold, his slimy grasp. The hand was gently with drawn, and before I could recover from my surprise, I was seized by the throat and hurled out into the street. A savage laugh rang through the crowd, and a lantern, just lighted, was held up to my face, while he who spoke first called out— " You didn't dream of escaping us, bete, did you ?" at the same moment hands were thrust into my various pockets ; the few silver pieces I possessed were taken ; my watch torn off; my hat ex am i ne d , and the lining of my coat ripped open, and all so speedily that I saw at once I had fallen into experienced hands. " Where do you live in Paris ?" said the speaker, still holding the light to my face, and staring fixedly at me while I answered. " I am a stranger and alone," said I, for the thought struck me, that in such a circumstance frankness was as good policy as any other. ' I came here to-night to see the cathedral, and lost my way in returning.' " But where do you live? i n w h a t quarter of Paris ?" The Rue d' Alger; number 12; the second story." " What effects have you there in money ?" " One English bank note for five pounds ; nothing more." " Any jewels, or valuables of any kind?" " None ; I am as poor as any man in Paris." " Does the porter know your name, in the house?" " No ; I am only known as the Englishman of number " What are your hours, irregular, are they not ?" " Yes ; I often come very late." " That's all right. You speak French well. Can you write it?" " Yes ; sufficiently so for any common purpose." " Here, then," said he, opening a large pocket-book, " write an order which I'll tell you to the concierge of the house. Take this pen." ' With a trembling hand I took the pen, and waited for its direction.' " Is it a woman keeps the door of your hotel ?" " Yes," said I. " W.ll, th.., bcsin—Madame La Concierge, let the bearer of this note have the key of my apartment." ' As I followed with my hand the words, I could mark that one of the party was whispering in the ear of the speaker, and then moved slowly round to my back.' " Hush, what's that?" cried th e chief speaker. 'Be still there ;' and as we listened, the rich chorus of a num ber of voices singing in parts, was heard at some little distance off. "That infernal nest of fellows must be rooted out of this, one day or other,' said the chief; `and if I end my days on the Place de la Greve, I'll try and do it. Hush there—be still—they're passing on,' true enough, the sound began to wax fainter, and my heart sank heavily, as I thought the last hope was leaving me : suddenly a thought dashed through my mind—death in one shape is as bad as another. I'll do it—l stooped down, as if to continue my writing, and then collecting my strength for the effort, and taking a deep breath, I struck the man in front a blow with all my might, that felled him to the ground, and clearing him with a spring, bounded down the street. My old Indian teaching had done me good service here ; for white men could have caught me in an open plain, with space and sight to guide me —and I gained at every stride; but alas, I dared not stop to listen whence the sounds proceeded, and could only dash straight forward, not knowing where it might lead me, down a steep rugged street, that grew narrower as I went, I plunged—when, horror of horrors, I heard the Seine plashing at the en , : the rapid current of the river surged against the heavy tiin;,ers that defended the banks, with a sound like a death wail. A solitary trembling light lay afar off in the river from some barge that was at anchor there. 1 fixed my eye upon it, and was preparing for a plunge, when, with a half suppressed cry, my pursuers sprung up from a low wharf I had not seen, below the quay, and stcod in front of me in an instant they were upon me, a shower of blows fell on my head and shoulders—and one, armed with a des perate resolution, struck me on the forehead, and felled me on the spot. " Be quick now, be quick," said a voice I well knew— " into the river with him—the ' filets de St. Cloud' will catch him by day-break—into the river with him." They tore off my coat and shoes, and dragged me along towards Of CHARACTER OF THE CHINESE.—They a r e cur ious VARIETIES. Asi ' # vtible A beings ; with an outward placidity of temper, and the good —rice of a `'- "" 0 0 humour of amiable people, they possess the hardness of In the reign of Edward I. the price s a.- -- .... I'lls s Ol heart and unforgiving nature of the Moor. From all that EXTRAORDINARY POWER r TOE „,,. b 0 C OWED. 0 is av- I hear, as a nation, they are without virtue, deep feeling , many impossibilities, but our space p _ .. .... gi, or dignity of character. Sir Thomas Herbert told me , ' bY W I our power without limit !"—Country °Y .. th a t that, after battering down forts and houses, and killing Amer icans, aec° ll • .1' The Chinese distinguish the to ___,,, . A hundreds at Amoy, the boats of the Chinese were along lation of second chop (that is 5 " gat e; side his ship with supplies, before the guns were secured, Englishmen. to obtain what they prize before any good sentiment or , , n extrlP l :,ll? moral obligation—profit and gain. —Captain Loch's The "B ATING HOLLOW- "—" W ua ' k e pdal ' 0 0 1 '0 4 Closing Events of the Campaign in China. PECULIAR TASTE. — George Selwyn, a fashionable man L ire I r° pe' Iv of the last century, was remarkable for his morbid pro- my rse has in the spine," sa b i : d eo a aso_yoo:: a p ee ° roabfr: ,i O4.4 .ll . pensity to look upon death and the dead. Not an exe- h o , , t eß h a other yd r ,t sir, d h a e y, powers,t t h o at a b n e f l so r h rr i e s , htahngerdbo baste an: was zo n 0 u r, I?, 0 backed against an Irish horse, your , ha t bl _ cution escaped him, and he is said to have made a jour hollow, and I dare say it's the raison 1 or 9 ney to Paris to see Damien broken on the wheel. This got straight again." 00 be propensity was the subject of many a joke among his in- a that timates, of which the firm; Lord Holland's was the best. A gentleman engaged in taking th e coo en O A I When on his death bed, he was told that Selwin had ville informs the editor of the Ken 1 ,1 4,. had be his 7' called to inquire after him : "The next time Mr. Selwin across a man who is 55 years old; la i i, bY, 33,26 calls," said he, " show him up ; if lam alive I shall be three times ; by his first wife he hT r eaki lls t ioCll delihted to see him, and if lam dead he will be glad to wife he bad 10, and 12 by his last wife' land 138 ren, and his wife is now in a Vs' s, s ad,:gtb , see me." Twenty-three of his children are b oy s ' j° in s , j e srf. s ll UNEXPECTED RECOGNITION.—An instance of acct- Twenty-three and 6 girls are living. He n' s '„, r t i three ' .., 5 0 II dental recognition occurred in North Britain in the year and remained in a state of vvidownou w....... ghe m y 4 0 1793, which was extremely curious, and under far hap pier circumstances than the one appertaining to our im- KEAN AND THE MOUNTAIN DEW. laying eV mediate history. Mrs. Cross, of Covent Garden Theatre, a Scotch theatre, at which Kean s w a s tbe a ' v rfrt, was, in this year, acting in Glasgow, and on one occasion seeing him greatly exhausted towar_ hy in s cof o,' it , the Provost being present, the lady had no sooner made performance, offered him some win s l i e, bY,, tbta'it her appearance than the agitated functionary exclaimed— thistle-glass, saving, at the samei!`", l ; tits:100;0 " Stop—stop the play ! I would speak with that woman !" couragement, " Take that, Mr. l'''' ll nece't gel 0 Great was the consternation throughout the auditory at It is the real mountain-dew; that w!'„, o ifica k e, pilFr t this highly dramatic emeute, and the curtain being imme- sir !" ~ N o ," said Kean, with t a ha s t i .ol "" . an ' t i diately lowered, the perturbed Provost made his way, at the homoeopathic dose—" no • • tle P " . once, into the actress s dressing room. After a few hur- wouldn't—if it was vitriol." -45 15 0 6.1 ried words, he discovered her to be his own wife, from QUEEN ELIZABETH'S K ' ac p * f t ".•egie whom he had been separated for nearly tweny years. numerous maternal relations, and n' s tk; a so ll tb° Norio onse rtl oa o f Each had supposed the other dead !—a coup de theatre, the inferior gentry, particularly in which would have turned the brain of Congre a e himself. her father havingslected for his seco t riti t c he h i s a tr isr t t io l i t The magistrate, hereup on , b ore off the lady, arm in arm, of no very elevated extraction ; who .. fo teral t tb to his own house, and the next evening she took her place Boleynes was widely diffused by th e °O culu dr ed9 in the front of the theatre, amongst the patro nesses of art, numerous junior branches. There i s , n he r k in d', where she was quite as much a heroine as when sustaining queen chose to repress the claims 0, s begg h e n on ; the woes of Calista herself.—Ainsworth's Magazine. L'Estrange relates of her, that h w e allie nce i 0 0 70 1 REMARKABLE COINCIDENCES : QUEEN CHRISTINE. majesty, and pretended kindred and .biak eto —By one of those remarkable coincidences that assume replied, " Friend, grant it be so, dos the Way or the charecter of fatalities, Valencia is identified with the to keep all my kindred? Why, that osl, o ol l e olledlo4 two most important events in the life of Marie Christine, me a beggar." the Alpha and Omega of her queenly career. It was there HANGED FOR A SINGLE .4 s hr abuse," when :iS ti - of that she landed when arriving in Spain to be • d eleven years later, that she signed her extraordinary her uncle, Ferdinand the Seventh ; and it na a r r y ne abd t i o . plained, in a mixed company, that . " ... , s t S. a u ge l LIN E .-- b l i rosi derB o l , 4 ool was there, too,. very ill treated by the woild h , e b h y a l d ts w u r l j t,, te t o s T e a firt i o , d . w p ere:: o - thle l e : t eo . li d : 1 ,1 1 Valencia .uT an cation letehnsaeyti aa p on r nhi e sa v th id i h o ge u pen s rnerh t aph to ta thro e era m dut b i af a oew r ra k h el i uh n oe g wcrca f ars r ae o iueo m uenpabt t inhtoaehnrnedcbeaya tforwithphu rue.s told France. able censures; adding, that . e rehe naln a o°lo'o orities of tvtleihrteofuogrhtohuotse!hfeewwphaogleeso.fhewhwiac purchasing could be said to contain any company for some time pause" ; him in whet toi sumptuous furniture, which was placed in a private rest- g entleman drily observed, that he P_A t o " , hav, i lse a bo ,, deuce that was set apart for her sejour, there being noold acquaintance a notary public, w, „„ en tea, a s if ? government palace at Valencia. After the departure of the old dernned to be hanged for a forgery, lar„, oilicP„d a s royal bride for Madrid, this rich ameublement was pur- injustice . and hardness of his_ case,._ : h " e s e ts, a ' 4 ,111 twtal i riymß t sohhn. olaeuileadntssel shadrsgpifneeesorivaclesutbll there stranger; another chased by our informant himself, who was then fitting up his own house, previous to his own marriage, and could find nothing in the place to equal it in taste and splen that Mr. B rnne fie 1°1 0 0 :40 4 BRUNELIANA.—Now state, yes . dour. At the period of the Queen's last visit to Valencia, recovered from his lately critical wwaristthennbemhalannygethdofunsranndshnignhoefflehnnsei.ve P 1 bass _50470. that l ' ale etP re cir f # , j r the authorities of the town had solicited from him she witted to repeat a few of the jokes of the se 0 ,4, loan of the same furniture for her Majesty's use:—And in society on the subject. One ~„t a o°,l taco , . it is a remarkable fact," he added, "that the toilette made utmost astonishment that so emin 7 , a i bro s ... t ia . A by Christine for the ceremony of signing her abdication Brodie should be found willing to c i ihe be ;,,,. th ° 4 o{l, was performed before the identical dressing-glass, at b w e h e i n c h p , lun e eleven dup l u - years r h s e r before, bru w . ,the,—mnuptial Rower'scrow and 7,he veil Rhone,had sovereign; another purported that . o ' on ge fog e 5 IV, Brunel could do would be to get .. e rsoe_ s lA rep top and the third that the most likely i', / s ho o lo Bre. would be some expert pickpocket. throat'' 0 gs t ate?l " SURPLUS POPULATION."—The extent of territory to have a half-sovereign sticking in my Olin g'eS i' occupied by Judah and Israel in David's days did not one. " I had rather that than nine s uit) , of e quite double that of the principality of Wales. The king theperson addressed. From the diffi w c oul di° 1 ... a af took a census, and the returns showed the population to a half-sovereign from Mr. .Brunel, J o o n: rna i, 5, , be about seven millions, I n the peaceful, prosperous to be a very stingy man.—Br i stol rn the e rg° . reign of Solomon they must be supposed to have in creased yet more, and so we find it, for the language KiTn employed concerning them is—" Judah and Israel were sate in the House of Commons, 14 458 Al many as the sand which is by the sea shore for multitude, The parliament existing October -- . ..... , .p.' eating and drinking and making merry." Here, then, g HE Ge H o O rg U e SE lll oF to C t O h N e lM pi n e N se S n . — t dv F a r_ t ° e:: 69B P 1760 .................... 0 •;_,„, 1 0' . was a small country most densely peopled, yet rejoicing 1760' members in the parliament of 225 in abundance, filled with food and gladness, neitherjknowg- 1761.... 254 I 1774.... 206 I 178 . a 49 ing nor fearing distress. To what shall we attribute it ) 1768.... 222 I 1780.... 193 I 1790. ••• " 1 0° 0 Certainly not to a long course of prosperity, for when 1 • Irish members added— •• David commenced his reign the land was overrun by the 1801. .................. _ f.... „, • 1 4 6 Philistines who devoured its increase, oppressing and 4 New members in the parliament u 13 6 A , '' slaying the people, and nearly up to the ' time oftheir numbering, internal wars had perpetually interrupted the 00 current of national prosperity. Colonies they had none ; 1807.... 161 1826.... 205 I._„, .. I ~,/ commerce was almost unknown to them ; they do not 1812.... 246 1830.... 169 Ibaii• • 1 1 8 8 0 0 6 2 . ... .. : 2 1 4 63 6 1 1 8 8 2 1 0 8 . . : : : 1 1 0 9 3 2 1 88 8 33 3 35 1 .. ...• ...... 21576302 To • appear to have had manufactures sufficient for their own The above were— • es, e ‘ e " .." consumption. And yet " surplus population " would Esclui r , .. 1 ,0 have sounded strangely in the ears of an Israelite! One V s ''' 009 1 11 of the main blessings promised to their obedience was, s P n ee n r s s n o f f p l e re e l r a s id . 8 1 2 8 4 2 Baronets and Knights.. 906 aril 0° that there should be neither male nor female barren Of the above there sat in— 8.1 3PO " 1 / among them. The man who feared the Lord was told 15 parliaments 1 9 parliaments. „ os 2 t o , A that his wife should be as the fruitful vine : children were u sr 14 do. .. 6 8 do. •• i s 4 1 a, counted without any distinction of classes as olive branches 13 do. .. 7 7 do. ••• Ql l Ton'' co t, around the table—as arrows in the hand of a giant; and 12 do. .. 14 6 do. • ' 9 6 he was pronounced happy wno had his quiver full of them. Circumscribed as was the territory, each family being re- 11 do. .. 24 I 5 do. •• g o f pigl i° , ,, , rs 0 • • P e— je Ar 0 4 v 0 e i htve been du created _....ffes /0 1 , 0 1, 5,0 stricted to its own lot, and prodigiously rapid as was the increase of population, the man who had ventured to talk 10 214 of the a :1; 228 of the above have inherited Peel7 e p t ifec o • te d ~, of a "preventive check" would have stood a better chance of being stoned than eulogised.—Perils of the A ROYAL REQUEST.— The paper ~reSe dad Nation. THE melancholy hnlltohedc:nl ,founded datncelnstitution PUBLIC akurtbgypuh Cockney pted, ineyohpicturei an,bnabrgnaneis dnnl handsome, BUILDINGS yiclseGeonfos.smfrfuecweoad:nte IN CORK.—HaI f . a - d o z e n of ddrewerecfkjaesuayodmhor. Adjoining aedai s mnrt p ig a iho c srraht i ete o hnrase u etpdt essi reading nlea_la Imperial pd d pry. roertesaorrhsh—amoeaadnlb,pnetbspoHmymot which nst b oe ihhnreteeeel i d ia it m io e n n to A t the ng Niger st uhhe were rdu n o n % Tee enow d 1 .1 0 h , r e ivi ..1 5 , 1 : 0 3 0 1 ' st j a r ; 0 11$ ;1 1 from Capt. Tucker, dated Fernand o , h i s tag s ger9.„l4, the Admiralty, giving an accountkj e sty, ato b7d9 Denny, of the Gaboon river. '' His •_„eet Palboaauetialgr been infinitely delighted with the re7 T ,'., c i c er _ i a , te d io 4 repeated salute with which Captain - I _ ll l l,--aiu 'f;tar but sadly disappointed with the pr o c7 Eog laou ut hf°' not u h r e e r bpuletnth hy institution, u shabbiness books, adn t the leefnaChdyoe faded ofk pka L nli e i , di b r disrdonaoerusyers, chain—sent to him by the Queen ' ° Wiv e . .,01 Ort6 4 " Sister,—King Denny, of Sands l ..: se ad led t e algt; of the place are quite painful. There are three Handsome must embrace you for the things Yt ho ds s , s ieas. s 't ..e, catholic churches commenced of late years : not one rnof j h e hi s e ty k : l'hugwavinegexlep,h,rtTeesrositoQuntrhitiEoeEt?zhiuoseFdenisa:NPortoitisnot:giechery I,Bop 01 them is complete. Two want their porticos ; the other is not more than thirty feet from the ground; and, ac- " King Denny was too much gladts, which g o 0 cording to the architectural plan, was to rise as high as King s to .. 0, belong Lynx, which cost 120 do"' „her ,i S P liescwco curably condition ha s d c boia i tli e yiios n un t ft i pob fi tpre c hl wyaw w naoa o nfl works k hcs o,a s e fs; andt l asi b u sr museum, iaxnTr poyi leb.eno pd.)Tylhc fseeee a pae n i tlmsadh plasters trn a et drawing robysreahutresemhe a cathedral. There is an institution, with a fair library Thi,,sckdeary, with your grand war-ship ceremony,l, V olv e r e w ir ni , o w h troo es e a 12 1.e : b a l e e t v o 0 o eto r in other t 0 glad to give Queen. to b e " l ie SP for " King Denny wish very much v e 10 , and will be very glad suppose Queeen send P o , 1 5 A lf d spoiled h e t h. schoolis Td u :i w i u i oi l g re il r ; shillings a year would have repaired much of the evil causingtalk et haeuma e o t f 00 ri then w u a r riried accumulate,h nd d nu i of ts s dissensions a n unah s d i n o idn n es s oi hmbh t a wpu n erh d hubudan p e; s o n. lcbi imprudence will c t h wan indolence sld d non i ff lree e th ir ac e . cwe n asl c le e deu s aul Nan " , let:east and ebony. end d fot 5 an c l e c si o li nn ps e tfnormsleafvuers trade far f s o u r p h p vu os r e y, Q o u rn e ,be all' rsotc.dlii "And King Denny wish my sisterioatt a 80 its: which has happened to this institution ; and it is folly t with secamotos or epaulettes, w :ith g ui s y c lia J, plenty golden them ; cocked 1 bwo e11, , b1e. 5 ,01 with e h r s a u t ecsh failuresi t its own ow n T its he in: l o lo m le e, co a l n in d tr v y a , powers and isni vanity filled exawg'King Denny very glad lie hear W 4 ` l:; v r ~k, beginnings, that could not be carried thro s u h g a h n . L grand ' en- a. ~ ling r r lo eie the fault is laid upon that tyrant of a sister kingdom. voi ..je.d.., 7 ,,,, i,, o ,,, r gi, d pin a e n gn d Eon ye b nw e l ni t ys , h Town, s le t Queen o 1 d h e ; a. an d tphe a: : : f ro o , o g a o. It: , ii 0 0 / 0 . i the:, Pi te r il l) r u i : w s E o begunN ROYALdashingly, E x p and N ending D il. u R B 3d day of Moon : 00 ,I t rn h i a s t es m o r r . d H ow um nr e ig i h s tyrreupina.r—in/grais treatise eSaktieeclotn on royal i. e., May 16, 1840." &On ° t# c pe ar, _ to co y' for miles We understand y compro 'al expendi ture, and that the basis of his calculations will be on the priniple of his late astounding discovery that an annuity ic L eo o snt r ys d a J n, o t,e l i du n uo ß kne u dt s hu s e ce l s l sp , l aw t r ‘ it v t o ho u ft l i d ltel a i p fer , irci ei, e. asked his engaging to abolish t1 .._... f slave I_,c,fi, of £3OOO to a female of twenty-two years of age is worth r.la iN half a million of money. This conclusion was, no doubt, ~ T ji # llj SPORTING INT.hv y. 0%4 ------, v oso A b i ess sal TATTERSALL'S 1 l'... t i has Ge re i ftla the well arrived at se -known w e ht halfpence, , and contrast its cost with the bill of fare at thue mhantepplmwartoneeantdideoniwdao_trlakaa,ctlwkfwaoubldatnt.enruhuskeduumstshoblvreineg. ti a The offers room n f 4 w h a u s I t I a l ignslty Colonelatten !de II : li r r i Cha rles a t4l ti ° hhh of hr c e o h a t ls of co o me to? l I‘ . lr. and Goodwood7 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's BID jo r tjy y d eo e a o .-, the roya di the Cu. nor table, sTEat . ",pd ro ll , 21 1) &61, ttrac be , ' 0. - 1 0 Rupert-street dining-rooms. He • will show that the ex- The Newcastle Meeting has a - e g t Vs pol i o durl r ;s s 3 A pensive mode of doing things at Buckingham Palace is fluential speculators ; however, „ Lo be ois tec t 1 fil not at all necessary for the royal comfort, and that the pencils have not been allowed to slum 1 4 0 ,0%0 dinner of her Majesty., .. m berta _ ho , ei need not come to more - gagements upon the Norm., Thesn, , 5 0 0,, pence, which, allowing twopence for the lord in waiting, events of the week, were macle., uf fi e e It, t he ' 0 tb' would bring it up to the hlßupert-street average. This be superfluous to dwell upon; ,F,, i , o ur ° so p ° 01 t f o or b g e o s l u d ffi -s e ti i c e k n: calculation allows only " a plate" of meat to the the " tips" on Wednesday in 1 " t 7 to 4 te.d Queen, but it gives her sr" amount to one -and-sixpence. Majesty " two breads;" and and for to 4on the two was laid,er. tiP the more manly appetite of Prince Albert, Mr. Hume 7to 1 Pagan, and Bto 1 the wino u , _ fi d io% k " [ 0 sets down the sum of sixteenpence, which, with twopence LivEnrooL c vr ee.-! „to e the 000 would d neration for the maids in uestion Hume devotes a whole chapter to the maids • Mr. • • section on the bedchamber women he e i n e t n e g r e s e largely * of honour, meeting this forenoon, we nnd the and the conclusion he • on the subject of theirarsruipypesosaetd, i d s , u t t l i l e a s ith an e d hor i lo ve u s r o s u o g m h e t of the proceedings : At the commenc M em A e s n c t ff o E ' follo h Tw elfth hisln n tersting tables of the sums he has p no a t i h d er to I g t li ti g e hi li ; o :p u a s i e d - 9to 1 agst Nawort , ~ 200 10—Charles tl_a pre sentvaluab 300 • • Tyn e comptroller of the household, and maids in his own employ for the last quarter of a centur 100 4 Whistle ythe Ty tle hund functionaries, is very nicely handled. On can confidently recomrm.enidunithee,sbtohoekeroyf The very difficult subject of a month's wages or . small German princes a month's 100 4 --- e n ost Que f ois warning, as applicable to the mistress of the Mr. s the whole, we _____ T i ptoe t of t he a robes the views prevail to 200 8 --- k ni g h • -a-n arn 2 140 00 00 ___ 364 TPiolitresnktia,tinkie - al premature. leto If the author's Hume as h in . - would o q u e l d a b w e o a u t l p d b: 100 4 Giv e-hi become useful, unless eliloo 4 application-- tic T al HE li k o e F England the ra whom the of infinite utility. For a CORRESPONDENT i country 100 —2 9 ------ p A r g i roereable book may b con tract for the sovereign's keep in the nation should house.—Punch. mar ing pping.and slicing vai at l a s JOUR " THE " ROWDY slicing as aforesaid at the Rowdy figure, JOURNAL." —Behind — Behind a mangy old • • with the stump of a in its writing table sat a pen who sat clipping and pair of scissors in its right , and a great file of Rowdy Journals figure, that M • ; and it was such a laughable artin had some difficulty gravity, though conscious of in preserving his Colonel Diver. The individualthe close observation of young gentlernan, of very Journals, was a small wholesomely pale in the fajcuevenile appearance, and in tenseun- thought, but partly, therepartly, perhaps, from excessive use of tobacco, which hh i s no doubt, from the chewing vigorously. he was at that moment y• He wore down over a black riband, and his lankshirt collar turned crop —was not only smoothed, and hair— crop —was fragile brow, that none of the poetry of his parted back from his m r aArtn of Co c if living aspect might he lost, but had here and there been rubb which accounted for his loftiestg ed up by the roots, somewhat pimply. He had that developments being the envy of mankind ha s order of nose on which " snub," and it was v bestowed the appellation with a lofty scorn. cry much turned Upon the up at the end, as gentleman were tokens of le upper lip of this young smooth and scant, that thoau sandy down—so very, very it looked more like a recent trace encouraged to the utmost of fair promise of a moustache gingerbread than the ; and tl ' parently tender age its conjecture his ap went far to st tent upon his work; and eve • rengthen. He was in pair of scissors he made a cor rryetime he snapped the great jaws, which gave him a very terrible spondig motion with his was not long in determining appearance. Martin be Colonel Diver's within himself that this must future of son ; the hope of the family , and mainspring the Rowdy Journal. , begun to say that he Jrldeed lie had little boy, and that it was very presumed this was ti • it,Colonel's at editor in ill the ry pleasant to see him play incthe colonel proud! guilelessness of eI:N:ImA, when _y interposed, and said, " N ' T ' respondent, sir —Mr. Jefferson Brick 1 " Martin Chuzzlewit, No. VII. . 11 0 5 0 00° the d t hst - 0 DOINGS T lb • gle The members present were so le w ;lies t llt. e g tion room was complimented with a d . 1: 1 0 of chat took place upon the events Pa t l e fro ' r P e a , to be gleaned on the Liverpool he onside Newcastle. The following may the latest offers : was no betting There Ewsof.t.i,tyvoofaltny oric, /./ _....•••••#"......<10.111 ----.—__ wrort ill':,ed ~ Epoc.x - , t hee , . 4 vor ... THE DISSENTERS AND TO. to, .. Clef iv a ls, ailloaychesler Guardian, a fierce advoea 0 odviii d , the dissenting interests, b/ tic a t of the v , .. condemnatory of the bil ' 4 IP 'll5 of the enacto,' g ra , el" from educational clauses in the. 6 to ter ; r eg o , o ff e __ this article the following thesignc pec eiji cle lls 'cO le whichi 3 cve that the dissenters, in ocati°°o filiiiity they have offered to the e .., t oth ..ote „r ,„ fallen into an error similar in cbararicuLe`t i s ce i e li Treii tt s v e r committed in 1834; that their con the e " tile tard the extension of education to nci a, poor, and to damage, instead. of ad v ,, ° terests of civil and religious liberty. I, ......,rbiSrobialitf,','7llllAl has AMENDED FACTORIES O l _ l e c o . act it tit al just been printed, does n ot, o r b ig; ; ift 0 o n o g l i, Educational clauses, Clauses of the foireippleYeocr, S r to" which require every ell, ~ io SETwtObetogeg el. to attend school three hours a day e In o f ..,00e,ieraAitra# hours ,)..s and a half a day from fi t I;es of tb e o ccuP'fro'on w"iti ; March, and require certi ___e i , by Ole o , afoPeani 00 the payment of 3d. per wr.',.. be 11 1 . .' 0 0 0 ,1 fOl Pl o i factory . to the schoolmaster, wino. ter °I-aere tit v,e child's wages, though not to a gren _..„no• . 0 0 .. irt ,, ,, , twelfth of the wages. The schools ei_li;itot,oooo,l IP:, certificates are all to be subject to_:t tbe,_‘l_ obT a le 4 7f Spector of schools; and on this rePrt o r r t t i e A bed Council may declare the master.'?",.P. oeariler 13 proper. In ether respects the bill ,'7_ l ., on. before —limiting the labour of child!' age to before,—limiting hours per claY• y w•ar cor- 4dz;entteres of