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E ittraturt. .-~- POETRY THE BUTTERFLY BY MR. S sunny vision,—spark frorr sty's wing Disporting in the noonday's sultry light; Thoughts of a happier land to nie you bring An envied lot. Or lingering whgre for thee sweet blossoms g A living zephyr fanning Pleasure's bowers does not love to tux lm flower to flower, t Review their he visia sof thee, truant flutterer Young Love, borne on the Teezes, f To ievel in our summ by pinions, bright, joys' untroubled springs? and in thy flight g flowers they glow, them no more Its pre Lost R Isis, inlaid with' silver foliage. The Apollo with his lyre is femininely beautiful. A Victory standing on a globe ; a Mercury flying ; and a Faun asleep, a drunken faun on his wine-skin. are wonderfully clever works of art. The figures ofa goat and bull form a fountain. The busts also are very fine and characteristic of Syll a, Scipio, Africanus, Corn modus, Caracalla, Sappho, Tiberius, &c. A statue of Piety, and the two Discoboli, demand your attention, cum niultis aliis. There are also a few good, among many mediocre, paintings in this rare museum, as the Judith, Cain and Abel, and the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche. The bronze wings that adorn the vases are of beautiful workmanship ; and the candelabra, six feet high, and elaborately adorned, are interesting : so are the tripods. Two angels, or harpies, are curiously fine. . _ wing through this vast collection, containing fifteen thousand bronze works of art alone, I strolled on towards the Castle of St. Elmo, and from its height had a glorious view of the bay and the city, with its four iundred thousand busy, noisy souls • and pensive musings tole over my mind, as I watched ihe blue waves of the tediterranean, and thought that the bright and sparkling g against the rocks of my native Albion. panion had left me abruptly, and I felt imnnrt of fba coned nln, "In rn sea was beati My Boston a alone" impressed its meaning on my mind, heart, and memory. All around, the scenery about Naples, is rich in classical associations. The Grotto of Posolippo Balm, the tomb of Virgil, the Grotto del Cane, and many other places, carry the mind back to the all-powerful sway of the Romans. The ruined, but yet vast, remains of the bridge of Caligula; the temple of Jupiter Serapis, with its forty-two rooms for its pagan priests, only three of its huge columns erect, all the others prostrate, broken, pouring into its palaces and halls. ' one of these ruins at Bake were pierc xteen pillar wrought friezes were three feet square During the temporary absence of my Bostonian cur ___ The marble pillars Of by worm;, or fish, acrifice were and statues: the finely- osity, 1 met with a very kind and polite tierman gentle man I had known at Rome. He brought me a ticket for the Grand Theatre of San Carlo, to which I accompanied him. It is, I think, larger than our Royal Opera-house, but not more elegant. Its seven tiers of boxes, the royal box (which is more conspicuously adorned in all Ithe Italian theatres than in our English ones), and the ceiling, are very elegant ; so also are those at Florence and Lucca. Mr. Hiechiman started off the next day, a very stormy one, to see the Blue Caves of the Isle of CaprEea ; but he for him to be gratified. We visited t passed Monte Nero ; drank together the ric Jucrine Lake; h Falernian fo victims with African and Cipiolina marbles ; noticed a marble or vase, to receive the blood of human and bestial But in our perambulations around the lovely most cuzious: that to the Palace of Cwsarta the most magnificent. After passing through the Grotto of Posi lippo, climbing up to see the tomb of Virgil, the fig-trees growing wildly around ; listening to the rumblings far down in the grotto, and the distant sounds of the sea ; we arrived at a dreary lake, which might have been that of Avernus. The man, like Launce, in Shakspeare, soon appeared with his dog, a large half-bred terrier, near the Grotto del Cani. We first tried, after the man unlocked the door of the cave with great state and show of solem nity, the effect of the exhalation upon our lungs by stoop ing near the earth, when the carbonic acid gas nearly took all sensation from us. Then followed the apparently, if not really cruel deprivation of life of the poor dog : he lay as if completely dead ; but when restored to the air, a few convulsive kicks, with foaming at the mouth, hewed signs of returning animation ; in half a minute the whines he uttered at entering the cave were exchanged for cheer ful, lively barkings, that his task was accomplished, and he was allowed to run capering and caracoling where he liked. _ On our return from this excursion, we stopped at a nsiung vinage near the ruins of I:angina's _Linage, wnere we refreshed our weary frames with bread, wine, and the celebrated fish called lampreys, which in their flavour re semble the delicate pike of Windermere : and to the pre serves of these ferocious, shark-like animals, the Romans, in their tyranous wrath, would sometimes throw their hapless slaves ! How then, as now and ever it may, did irresponsible power create cruelty, extrava fiance, ce and luxury, and tyranny. But my visit to the Pala Bridge of Cceserta, thirteen miles from Naples, and m 3 chapter -~--- VARIETIES The age of chivalry is gone! That of sophisters, econo mists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever."—Burke. An American paper asserts that a man who is residing on Long Island, was born in the seventeeth century, and is now 150 years of age. AN Irussi BULL.—On Friday (says one of the journals) his Highness dined with the ex-Premier and tally Peel at CUMnERERS OF THE GROUND.—An American paper says, " There are too many gentlemen paupers of the pre sent day—gentlemen who do nothing—who are maintained by the public—by their relations—or by their wives. They are great nuisances." ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC.—Among the great topics connected with the commercial and territorial advantages and prospects of the country, which the present position of our foreign relations brings into view, the plan of unit ing the Atlantic and the Pacific through this isthmus is certainly one of the most important. It will go far tow ards changing—and that to the signal profit of our country—the main stream of the profit of the world. The It will be productive of great benefit to the world at large, as well as to the United States. It will be by far the shortest and most direct route between the United States and our territories on the Pacific. It will stimulate the resources and exertions not only on the western side of the American continent, but of the eastern portion of Asia, and all the intermediate islands on the broad Pacific. —United States Raper. OCCASIONAL FASTING.—A de tree of abstemiousness parad Thy mission here—thy bei Thy thousand ties of love an Forms fa by innocer •er, than a r wept ma To looks of lo Yet brief the silken thrE We mourn thy life's ri Like our I've seen thee in the peasant's garden play ; O'er hill, and vale, and stream, triumphant soar ; anon o'er ave and For all is bright to thee :—thou The worms that revel upon Beauty Youth's wither'd joys, —T Sad links between the cr And Childhood—Youth- With heart of bloom,— ieace bartei'd,—love forgot,— Re and the tomb ! -fair wrecks of Eden's things ! Thus listless rove,—unchill'd their joy-wove wings By buried bliss, or shade of coming woe. Thou 'rt gone ! a transient joy,—like those we cull ; Anti half thy . light, perchance, of fancy born ; Yet ever thus is Passion's beautiful — A flower that hides but Disappointment's thorn ! spool, July Bth, 184 N 0 'I The Book of South Wales, the Bristol Channel, and the An elegantly got-up w dendum that it is also " Railways, Watering-pla, A Companion and 'Guide to the ces, Shores, Scenery, Antiquities, CP • objects of interest throughout the Southern Division of the Principality, with a picture of Bristol,) by Charles Frederick Cliffe, has just made its appearance, illustrated with maps and fine bold engravings. The author, who is evidently a keen observer of the beauties and varieties of nature and art, as well as a pleasing and talented writer, remarks in his introduction that, " the volume is the result of observations made at intervals in various parts of South Wales during the last twenty years. Sometimes (he continues) I have resided for several weeks on the sea coast ; at others I have made systematic excursions : occasionally I have roamed through the mountains with a fishing-rod, penetrating unfrequented districts in pur suit of sport. I have thus progressively picked up more information relative to the country than falls to the lot of most men." The author fulfils even more than this an nouncement seems to imply. There is an excellent ac count of the Iron Trade of South Wales, the South Wales Railway, a Glossary_of the Welsh Language, and the Tour of the Lower Wye, &c., in addition to the usual and, in this case, copious amount of description of scenery and places. Amongst the engravings are views of Tenby, the Cathedrals of Llandaff and St. Davids. There is also a copious index to places and subjects. Hitherto we have seen almost exclusively works on North Wales, and know ly little of the southern division ; but this gives us a deep interest in the latter, and bearing the stamp of authenticity, we doubt not but it will bring that part of the country of the Ancient Britons into deserved note amongst travellers and_ tourists. The arative with many historical reminis- moreove Sharpe's Londa sine, for July. London : T. B Sharpe. he heahl )ne of moral feeling which has characte mtion from its commencement ; the in 'icy of its articles, particularly those ory and science; and the cheap though n which it is got up, are sufficient re- to procure this work a place in every The present part is not inferior to any of Found ; a Tale for Scotchmen in the 19th 3ndon : W. S. Orr and Co. is is the first number of a new serial, intended, ap itly, to describe the manners and parties in Scotland ucceeding 1843. It evinces thus far con- in the Years siderable cleverness, bait we must see more of it before we can give a proper judgment. It is illustrated by K. 11. Brown, better known to the world as " Phiz." Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Magazine, for July. Lon don : Punch-office. This is a clever periodical and were it at for a mor. and social discontent which runs through many of its ar ticles, we could find much to admire as pleasing and in- structive. In a paper headed " The Coming Reforma tion," the writer has already settled both Tories and Ra dicals ; and in the forthcoming number, if we may judge from the context, he intends to demolish the Whigs. Certainly, if he is liberal with the lash,, he is also impar tial. So far, then, he deserves praise. The following ex tract is anything but complimentary to the Radical party : "If a Revolution were to-morrow to place the country in is, by all reasonable persons, allowed to be favourable to the hands of the Radicals, the utter inefficiency of that party mental effort, but an occasional fast is also found, in would be manifested by this dilemma. Either, first, they certain constitutions to invigorate both mind and body. must replace the existing Institutions by new ones framed , upon a basis that would admit of both Order and Progress; or, It seems to give time for the functions to complete their secondly, they must govern by means of existing Institutions then rest fora while. Fasting, for a moderate vents drowsiness, while promoting a free circulation of highly-vitalized blood through the brain ; and as on this kind of supply the ready power of the mind depends, a clearness and rapidity of perception may reasonably be expected under such circumstances, provided the muscles are not much in demand. Those who by mental habit can take advantage of this state may then attain the highest ecstasy of meditative abstraction. Probably the greater number of persons who think themselves morally and physically in health, would find how greatly they are mis taken if they could but be induced to bring their appetites more into subjection, and wait for something like urgent demand for nourishment before they indulged in eating. Instead of submitting to custom, and regularly resorting to the table three or four times a day for the mere gratifi cation of the palate, the wise plan would be sometimes completely to break through the habit, and enjoy the quickening power of a rational will triumphing over animal appetite. The health of body and mental forti tude, which together constitute the best assurance of in tellectual power, may be equally promoted.—Moore's Use of the Body." - SINGULAR METHOD OF ACQUIRING SURGICAL KNOW LEDGE.—From the moment Henry 11. of France received the wound (which was occasioned by a splinter from a lance, which accidentally struck him on the head at a tournament), he felt that his earthly career Waiterminated ; and coon after he had been carried to his chamber, from which all the court were excluded, he fell into a state of lethargy, accompanied by fever. From this, however, be was roused on the fourth day, recovering his senses per- fectly, but displaying no other symptom of convalescence On the contrary, it would seem that the surgeons who at tended him had by this tin given u storation to health. They had employed all the means which the medical science of that day put at their com mand to remedy the injury he had received ; and for the 1_ expect n, not only of the manners of the imes, but of that disregard of all the forms of law and ustice which then prevailed in France. Choosing four d for various crimes, they caused them to be decapitated privately in the Conciergerie and in the great Chatelet ; and the beads being brought to the palace of the Tournerelle,_they forcibly drove the frag- ascertain in what manner the brain of the monarch had been affected. But these inhuman researches proved of no avail.—G. P. R. James's Life of Henry Quatre. FLOWERING OF PLANTS.—It is a universally known fact, that the leaves as well as the flowers, of the same infolded gradually later, as it recedes from the Ind approaches the colder ; and we ob cending from the plains to the hich had flowered long verve ti "They accepted theory tions. Their efforts ex Lot do the first, simply because they have no society upon which to found their Institu .d themselves in eloquence. They no theory Of social hierarchy, though they (at least th' most intelligent sections) admit the absurdity of absolute equality. In action they would be powerless; or else they would fall back upon existing Institutions, and try to adapt them to their purposes. But if the existing Institutions are good, Radicalism is a mere uproar and revolt ; if good enough at bottom, and only needing a little modification, then is Radicalism not a doctrine, cannot be accepted as a Party, but has at best the subordinate office of criticism. "To the Radical I put this question: 'Are you, on the whole, satisfied with the present social hierarchy?' Does he answer, No,' then I challenge him to bring forward his theory of society with its new institutions and all its machinery ; does he answer, Yes, but in some respcets it might be altered,' then I say to him, `Sir, you are only a critic, useful perhaps in your line, but playing too subordinate a part for me to trust the destinies of our nation to you or such as you. Your efforts are confined to Destruction ; 1 want one who - can build. " The Critic : a Family Journal of British and Foreign Literature, Art, and Music, and Guide for the Li- brary and Book Club. London : Essex-st., Strand. The three last parts of this valuable publication are lying before us ; and we hail its continued and prosperous career as a token of its due appreciation by the reading public, whose varied tastes cannot fail of gratification in its perusal, whether as a book of reference to guide the librarian or private student in the selection of the best works from the chaos of the prolific literature of the pre sent day, or as a pleasant companion for those whose business pursuits render the perusal of an entire work too laborious - a task, and who will accept as a boon the choic extracts with which the pages of the Critic abound. SKETCHES OF A TRIP TO THE CONTINENT ITALY, AND EGYPT. BY EDWIN BEET, ESQ. ). XIII It is a strange and not a of taking rags hrugging their shoulders, and shrinking convulsively from what you must infer severe bitings from fl the ltal titans frequently mix squalor enough to breed fever and infection. One well dressed lady I saw in pure white muslin, devoutly kneel- and through the transpa A muslin you might see her bosom was spotted all over by the bites o --in ! Why do I mention this, but to shew that a like that at Naples is much worse than cleanliness without all their devotions and superstitious ceremonials. What is the liquefaction of the venerated supposed blood of Januarius, if pure liquid chrystal water be not applied copiously to their skins in that suit , clime. I soon began to tirc, tun daily parade of four thousand soldie, xchi down the town morning and evening, v h their conflict, dirty rel , tumult, the; arching up and of the noise THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LATHOM HOUSE AND THE STANLEY FAMILY (Concluded from our last.) The prince, enchanted with the defence of Lathom, gave orders, in the name of the king, for bastions and counterscarps to be added to its fortifications. But, alas ! I grieve to state the result. The king did not follow out this plan : ungraciously, if not ungratefully (but I think both), he ordered it to be surrendered to the Parliament ary army. This was in December, 1645. I need not say that the work of demolition was very soon begun, very soon completed ; and a heavy fine, of course,. laid upon the mansion. The heroic countess repaired to the Isle of Man, where she rejoined her lord. For several years they lived there. in their wonted princely grandeur ; but the storm lowered, and the brave earl was its next ex emplary victim. Long might his widow mourn one who united to valour and disinterestedness—rare accomplish ments !—learning and prudence. From her castle in the Isle of Man she watched his brief but glorious career, rejoiced over his noble defence of Wigan, and wept when she heard that in the fatal fight of Worcester he had fallen into the enemy's hands. For well she knew that there would be no mercy shewn to him. Two years pre viously he had irritated Cromwell, w o had offered him terms to surrender the Isle of Man, by a noble reply. One extract from that touching and fearless letter let me give, by way of pendant to the epistles of the defender of Ragland : " I scorn your proffers, I disdain yonr favours, I abhor your treasons ; and am so far from surrendering this island to your advantage, that I will keep it to the utmost of my power to your destruction "Take this final answer, and forbear any further solicita [ins : for if you trouble me with any more messages on this iccasion, I will burn the papers aim . wearers. His fate was, therefore sealed ; and it was to be ac complished not far from his home—at Bolton, in Lanca- - hang the He died gallantly, piously, like a Cavalier. Can one say more ? When flattered with hopes of life he listened patiently, but said,— . of this fleeting world." When desired, according to the custom of the day, to find a " friend" to do the last office of the law, he re plied,— " Nay, sir, if those men that would have my head will not find one to cut it off, let it stand where it is. I thank God that my life has not been so bad that I should be instrumental to deprive myself of it, though He haS been so merciful to me as to deprive me of the worst terrors of death." He had the consolation of seeing around him three of of his children ; but his wife, and one loved daughter, the Lady Mary, were in the Isle of Man. Well was it for that noble, tender heart, that it prognosticated not their future destiny. - - - - - - - Yet there is something ominous in the words which he addressed to a faithful attendant on the morning of his execution : " Here, Bagaley, deliver these (his letters) to my dear wife and sweet children. 1 have instructed you in all things for your journey. But as to that sad part of it (as to them) I can say nothing : silence, and your own looks will best tell your message. The great God of Heaven strengthen you, and prosper and comfort them in this their great affliction." Perhaps the most affecting incident of Lord Derby's last hours was the appearance of four condemned gentle men, who, at his request, were permitted to come forth from their dungeons to bid him farewell, and they did so ; —with what emotions, it requires no pen of a poor chro nicler to describe. Lord Derby went to the scaffold amid the tears of the people. His daughters accompanied him half the way : then the earl, alighting from his horse, knelt down bythe coach in which Lady Catherine and Lady Amelia formed a part of the procession, and took a solemn leave of them. His voice, ere he bade them farewell, was lifted up in prayer. " This," says the narrator, " was the saddest hour I ever saw," and well might it be so. Like other brave men, the soldier who had faced death in the field had feared lest on the scaffold he might shrink from it. At the last hour this apprehension was removed. _ " I bless God for it, who has put this comfort and courage into my soul, that I can as willingly now lay down my head on the block, as ever I did upon my pil low. The night before he had eaten a competent meal, say ing he would imitate his Saviour—his supper should be his last act in this world. Then he bestowed on his son, Lord Strange, his Order, bidding him return it to his sovereign, King Charles 11., saying that he sent it, in all humility and gratitude, as he received it,—spotless, and free from any stain from his ancestors. For what an unworthy object was this pure blood shed ! Such was the love entertained for him, that the true-hearted com mon people refused to strike even a nail into his scaffold, saying, " that since the wars they had had many mad great losses, but none like this, it being the greatest that had ever befallen them." Amidst the fears of a rescue the Earl of Derby was conveyed to his doom. His parting address shews the estimation in which he was held in the place of his execu tion : . _ " I come, and am content to uie lit up's WWU, wilvre. endeavoured to come the last time I was in Lancashire, as to a place where I persuaded myself to be welcome, in regard that the people thereof have reason to be satisfied in my love and affection to them, and now they under stand that sufficiently." _ y. When all was ready, and he was about to lay his head upon the block, he looked towards the church, and, causing the block to be turned that way. said,— " I will look towards the sanctuary which is above for ever." Then bowing himself down, he said,— " The Lord bless my wife and children : the Lord bles the block, yet the executioner forbore to strike ; so the doomed man rose up, and in an agony of tortured feeling exclaimed " What have I done that I die not ? Why do you not finish your work The appeal was answered by the fatal blow, given amid a deep silence, broken only by sighs and sobs ; thus fell one of the many brave spirits of that age. His death has been justly styled one of the worst acts of the Par liament, a " murder in cold blood." To quote from Clarendon once more : " The king's army was no sooner defeated at Worcester, but the Parliament renewed their old method of murdering in cold blood, and sent a commission to erect a high court of justice Derby foi his and put him to death In a town of theiiown." After the execution of the earl, a slip of paper was thrown into his coffin, containing these lines : " Wit, bounty, courage, three in one, lie dead; A Stanley's hand, Vere's heart, and Cecil's head." Such was the tribute, at once to the valour of the race and the individual virtues of the man. Meantime, where was his countess ? How bore she her complicated sorrows ? Did her spirits sink beneath these manifold misfortunes, or was Charlotte de la Tre- ' mouille still undaunted ?—still a worthy descendant of the great house of Nassau ? She was still quartered in the Isle of Man. When the earl returned into Lancashire, he left his wife in charge of his Manx territory, appointing Sir Thomas Armstrong governor under her. On the very night of the Earl of Derby's death, such was the remorseless cruelty of his foes, a summons was despatched to Charlotte de la Tre mouille to surrender the island. It must have reached her at the same time that a letter from her husband, full of pathos, and of the sublimity which comes of strong feeling, had been delivered into her hands. In the nar rative which ensues, we touch upon the ground over which Scott has passed, embellishing as he went by his flights of fancy the details of history, yet not departing widely, as is often stated, from that foundation. The character of Christian, for instance, so ably described in Peveril of the Peak, is marvellously like its original. Christian was a creature of the Earl of Derby s bounty, educated at his cost, known to him from his infancy. Lord Derby, above all suspicion himself, had trusted this man ; he had given him the the charge of his lady and children—a sacred trust in a dying man ; he had ap- pointed him captain over the foot-guards in So great was his supposed fidelity, such claims were there on his gratitude, that when Sir Thomas Armstrong re ceived the summons to surrender, be refused, trusting in the " lovaltv"--such was the• word used by the Manx • characteristics of these islanders, (originally a migration tion of their smoky neighbour, Liverpool, reached their unfrequented shores, greatly to have resembled those of the Highlanders of Scotland. Perfidy was unknown amongst them, until—why is it, that in this life, there is always an until ?—until parliamentarian bribes corrupted them ; and demons, in the forms of Rigby, Birch, and, place to tamper with Christian Upon hearing of the summons to surrender, the countess gathering her children around her, retreated to Peele, or Pile, castle, a fort defended by a strong tower, and by a platform, on which cannon were mounted. Hither Sir Thomas Armstrong accompanied her. Secure they be lieved themselves to be, for they believed that Christian, who ruled over their forces, was true. But could it be credited ? he to whom the earl had given the charge of Such was the fate of this true heroine. Whilst the duties of home alone required her care, she shone in privacy, pure, yet glistening, like the dew-drop on the violet's leaf. When extremity changed her path, she came forth, bracing up her energies to action, and resolved that the honour of her house, that tenacious bond to generous deeds, should not be lost so long as a woman's head could contrive "means to preserve it, or a woman's influence sway the hands of others. . Her son Charles, eight Earl of Derby, succeeding to a sad inheritance of sorrow, found everything in confu sion. Lathom, my first theme, was demolished, and its owner, the young earl, suffered imprisonment for the royal cause. For in 1659, on Sir George Booth's rising in Cheshire, he appeared at the head of a band of Lan cashire gentlemen, but, being defeated, was taken in the garb of a serving man. He found half his estates se questered and sold, Lathom House destroyed, and his affairs in the utmost confusion ; scarcely enough, in short% remained to support the dignity of his rank; so that he possessed no estate in Lancashire, Cheshire, Westmoreland, Warwickshire, and Yorkshire, but that near it he beheld some lands which once were his own, now passed away to others. He petitioned parliament for redress, and a bill, restoring to him his property, was prepared; but, according to some accounts, it was rejected by the king : according to others, it never went into a third reading. In either case Charles was to blame, for his known wishes would have insured justice. On the front of Knowsley House an inscription to this effect was placed in a subsequent reign : "James, earl of Derby, lord of Man and the Isles, grandson of James earl of Derby, by Charlottee de la Tremouille, who was beheaded at Bolton, the 15th October, 1651, for strenuously adhering to King Charles 11., who refused a bill, unanimously passed by both houses of parliament, for restoring to the family the estates which he had lost by his loyalty to him." Mr. Pennant has thought proper to call this a " ca lumniating inscription," but the historian of the Stan leys corroborates the fact ; and one can only regret that the monarch was beyond the power of public opinion, beyond the influence of shame (if he ever owned it), when this reproach was inscribed. Of the other branches of the family, some brief notice is required. The Lady Amelia Sophia was married to John Murray, marquis of Atholl; she was the ancestress of Lord George Murray, who, of all that family, the most resembled the Stanleys, being impetuous, brave, haughty, faithful, and sagacious. The Isle of Man was the portion of Lady Amelia, and passed, therefore, into the Atholl family, by whom it was sohl—l suppose one ought not regret that measure—to the Government. One word to the theme with which I set out; one brief, affectionate farewell to Lathom. William, ninth earl of Derby, sought to restore it after the delapidation of time and avarice. He erected a stately front, intend ing to rebuild the house in the same style, but did not live to finish his design. After his death it became the portion of his daughter, Lady Henrietta Ashburnham, who sold it Henry Furness, Esq. In 1724, it was pur cased by Sir Thomas Bootle, and is now in the possession of Edward Wilbraham Bootle, Esq. Sir Thomas Bootle built the present house, from a design of Leoni's, of the views of which the scientific may judge by consulting the fourth volume of the Vitru vious Britannicus. It is a fine house, doubtless, but it is not our Lathom House of the benevolent Sir Thomas, from whom its name was originally. It is not the Lathom House of his lovely daughter, the pride of her county, Isabel. It is not the Lathom House of the foundling Oskately. It is subservient no longer to the bird and. bantling. The motto, " Sans changer," is entirely con tradicted by its modern splendours. It is not even the Lathom House rife with the dark recollection of the mur dered Ferdinando, or glorious with the memory of the now sainted, and never to-be-forgotten Charlotte. In the park, however, is a chapel, founded in thefifteenth century, with some alms-houses adjoining, still maintained with its almoner ; and hither Isabel may have sauntered, or Oskately have heard there from gossiping talk the tale of his origin ; and the fate of Ferdinando have been the winter evening's theme over a log fire. krjrneral Ir+ltarliany. Wigtown, in Scotland, has been constituted a bonding port. The Morning Chronicle has announced its intention to reduce its price from sd. to 4d. The Salisbury Herald mentions that a sago palm tree is now in flower in a hothouse near that city. This tree has only once been known to blossom in England. The fine weather has induced many persons to take a trip to the lakes, and the inns near them are consequently filled with visitors. It is stated, and said to be on good authority, that it has been determined by the privy council to grant a char ter of incorporation for Ashton-under-Lyne. ^ The Isle of Man, unlike her larger sister of Ireland, is agitating, and apparently with good reason, for an union with England. _ _ _ _ CAUTION.—Many deaths to bathers by drowning have been reported throughout the country, in Wales, in Ayr shire, in Leeds, and other parts. PLEASANT COMMUNICATION.—The letter of the pro prietors of the Norwood Cemetery to its future tenants commences thus :—Sir, your grave (No —) is now ready." The Town House of Linlithgow was totally destroyed by fire on Thursday week. The Edinburgh fire brigade. with an engine, proceeded to the scene ; but on its arrival the edifice was a ruin. _ _ _ RAPED STEAMING. — The Brighton and Continental Steam Company's new steamers, Brighton and Dieppe, are crack vessels. Yesterday week the former arrived from Dieppe to Shoreham in four hours and forty-five minutes. Ilot.-rn - EArp STEAMERS.—Two fine steamers, of 660 tons, and 300 horse power, have been launched from Messrs. Dichburn's yard, London. One, The Caradoc, is for the government; the other (not yet named) is for the Chester and Holyhead Railway_Company. _ . . The Catholic Clergy in Leeds (as in Liverpool) have been swept away by the Irish fever. The fifth victim, the Rev. Mr. Coppinger, of St. Anne's, Leeds, died a day or two back. _ MISS MARTINEAU. - This popular writer has returned to England, having concluded her travels in Egypt and Syria. She has already commenced a series of papers on the Holy Land in the People's Journal. A German lady who is now residing on the banks of Windermere, is said to be one of the best rowers on the lake, and during the winter she was equally distinguished as a sportswoman in shooting wild fowl. The Bombay papers mention that the planet Neptune had been seen at Poonah, by Lieutenant Jacob. It ap pears as a star of the ninth magnitute, is distinctly visible in a common night glass. I\l"24l,cmintr Vast preparations are making in Northampton and neighbourhood for the approaching show of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. An area of nearly thirty acres has, been enclosed on the fine race-course. _ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. — It was on Monday positively stated, about the houses and the government offices, that now the prorogation of parliament is not likely to take place until the end of this month, or the first week in August—Globe. The Commissioners have given notice of their intention to apply to the reduction of the National Debt the sum of £694,912 16s. 11d., being one-fourth of the surplus of income, over expenditure, for the year ended the sth of April last. The Tamerlane left the port of Aberystwyth for Que bec, a few days since, with the greatest number of emi grants that ever sailed from that port in one vessel. The number on board, including infants and ship's crew, amounted to 462. The Morning Chronicle attributes a great portion of the increase on the Customs for the year to the duty on the addittional " quantity of no less than 925,447 cwts. of sugar, the consumption of which can fairly be referred to the Sugar Bill of last year. And as the great bulk of this additional quantity has been sugar paying a duty of 21s. per cwt., the increased revenue from this source may be calculated in round figures at one million sterling, or a sum very nearly equal to the entire increase on the Customs for the whole year." TffE PLANT VENUS.—This planet, which is at present so conspicuous and splendid an object in the evening skies, being near the point of her greatest elongation, may dis- month of July, if no clouds intervene—even at noon-day her brilliancy i 3 not quenched in the sun's blaze. Her place may be easily detected by the young astronomer at any hour of the day, being nearly at the point of the heavens where the sun might have been seen three hours month is at 5 minutes past 3 o'clock DESTRUCTIVE THUNDER-STORM AT GREENWICH. — On Thursday morning, during a terrific thunder-storm that passed over the metropolis between one and two o'clock, the electric fluid struck the roofing of the private dwelling in the occupation of Mr. T. Wiseman, situate in Brewer s-lane, Greenwich, near to the Hospital, and •-•• • dwelling exertions were made to extinguish the flames, but from Mr. Wiseman's premises it extended to the extensive lofts and store rooms of Messrs. W. and R. Huntly, mast, block, and sail makers, Brewer's-lane, thence to the . warehouses oailiu au 111, vv axau. vv ca ,11 Lc.) stored with salt and provisions, and to the private resi dence of one of the partners. Several cottages on the same side of the way then became ignited, while those on the opposite side, in Coombe's-court, caught fire. The THE MIRFIELD MURDERS.—Government has offered a reward of £lOO for such information as may lead to the conviction of the murderer or murderers of the late Mr. Wraith, his wife and servant, at Mirfield, and also stating that the Secretary of State would advise the grant of her Majesty's gracious pardon to any accomplice not being the actual perpetretor of the deed. M`Cabe's solicitor communicated to the magistrates, and it is understood that he will not be placed upon his trial, but will implicate one or more women in the atrocious affair. RECEIPT STAMPS.—A return of the number of infor mation for offences under the Receipt Stamp Tax Acts, 'and the amount of penalties imposed by the Board of Stamps and Taxes, which has been laid before the lower house of parliament on the motion of the member for Salford, shows that in 1844 the number of informations was 304, and the amount of penalties imposed, £B2O ; in 1845 the number of informations was 237, and the amount of penalties imposed £561 ; and in 1846 the number of informations was 262, and the amount of penalties im posed £1,031. THE MOOR'S.—A correspondent of the Elgin Courier who dates from Rothes, writes as follows :—I am sorry to see by the statements in the newspapers, that disease is again prevailing among the grouse. It is said that they are dying in thousands on the southern moors. We had plenty of this dying the last two years, which has reduced them very much in numbers ; I may say that there is not above half the number of breeding birds that I have seen on the Rothes, Birne, and Dallas moors ; but I have not seen a dead or diseased bird this season. They are some what unequal, owing, I believe, to the cold in the begin ning of the season. We have some strong young birds getting on wing, others very small, while others are only beginning to hatch ; but if the season continues favoura ble, all will be ready in good time, and the sportsman will have a fair show of birds in August. Partridges are doing well. Plenty of breeding birds, but I have seen no young as yet. Hares are also doing well, although not quite so plentiful as last year—some leverets nearly, in appearance, as large as the old ones. BRITISH ARCILEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING.—The fourth annual Congress of this Associa tion will be held at Warwick, under the most flattering auspices, from the 19th to the 26th inst. The Earl of Warwick and Lord Brooke, it is reported, give their cor dial support. Lord Clarendon has directed that every attention shall be shewn the members at Kenilworth ; Earl Craven throws oven Combe Abbey ; Lord Leigh re ceives them at Stoneleigh Abbey, where the antiquary of the county, Mr. Bloxam, will meet the party ; Mr. Lucey, on the day of the excursion to Stratford-upon Avon, in vites the meeting to Charlecote ; and Mr. Newdegate re ceives the Association at Arbury. Papers by Thomas Wright, M.A., the Saxon scholar; one by Halliwell, F.S.A., on Shakspeare's early life and habitation ; another by Fairholt, F.S.A., author of Illustrations of Costumes in England, from the eighth century ; one on Saxon re mains, armour, and ornaments, as lately found in the Isle of 1 hanet, Kent, by William Rolfe, Esq. ; others of equal interest, by Pettigrew, V.P.F. R. S., Harry Rogers, Chas. Sandys, and Scenge Isaacs, Esqrs., on limoges enamels, hereldry, monumental tablets, the Coventry tapestries, &c. A paper on ancient armour, by Sir Samuel Meyrick, on the ancient marble walls of Venice, by Edwin Keet, with others by Bateman, of Derbyshire, Crofton Croker, E. T. Artis, and many Other gentlemen, promise a varied and intellectual treat to those who attend this re-union. SHIPPING, TONNAGE, IMPORTS, AND EXPORTS. — Returns moved for by Sir H. Douglas, M.P., show that, in the year 1846, 7,881 British vessels, of 1,224,214 tons, entered inwards ; and that 8,652 vessels, of 1,442,145 tons, cleared outwards. The number of foreign vessels that entered inwards amounted to 7,720, of 1,444,738 tons, and the number of foreign vessels that cleared outwards, to 11,002, of 1,559,721 tons. The number of British ships employed between the United Kingdom and the British colonies amounted, in 1846, to about 6,238, and the num ber of foreign vessels to an average of 62. The declared value of the British and Irish produce and manufactures exported from the United Kingdom to various foreign countries (including Scandinavia, the Hanse Towns, Prus sia, Austria, France, Portugal, Rio de la Plata, Brazil, Mexico, and the United States,) amounted, in 1839, -to £22,937,550 ; in 1840, to £19,442,987; in 1841, to £22,178,376; in 1842, to £11,619,186; in 1843, to £20,246,460; in 1844, to £23,514,141; and in 1845, to £,23,332,487. The declared value of the said produce, &c., exported to Russia, and other parts of Germany, Holland, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Greece, Syria, and Pales tine ; Egypt, Tripoli, Barbary, Morocco; the North of Africa, Arabia, Sumatra, and Java ; China, Cuba, the foreign West Indies, Guatemala, Chila, and Peru, amounted in 1839 to £13,952,261; in 1840, to £14,505,136 ; in 1841, to £14,182,004; in 1842, to £14,940,170; in 1843, to £16,394,998 ; in 1844, to £18,114,355 ; and in 1845, to £19,530,371. The value of the British and Irish produce and manufactures exported from the United Kingdom to the British colonies amounted, in 1839, to £16,343,769 ; in 1840, to £17,458,307 ; in 1841, to £15,274,153 ; in 1842, to £13,821,667 ; in 1843, to £15,638,251; in 1844, to £16,995,296 ; and 1845, to £17,348,224. THE BANK CHARTER ACT.—The Critic, in noticing a pamphlet entitled " The Evils of the Currency, and Ex position of Sir Robert Peel's Bank Charter Act," by J. C. Wright, M.A., has the following remarks Mr. Wright, who is a practical as well as a philosophical eco nomist, was one of the first to perceive and protest against the mischiefs which have been found to flow from the Bank Charter Act. While it was yet in embryo he pro claimed it " a dangerous experiment." But his voice was lifted in vain. In the little pamphlet before us, he now brings the evidence of the interval that has since elapsed in proof of his previous assertions. He contends stoutly for the substitution, to a great extent, of a paper for a gold currency, as more economical and more readily adapted to the varying demands of commerce. But he would not, therefore, give unlimited power to issue notes, nor extend it to all banks. He is for establishing a single bank of issue, with duties defined and regulated by par liament, and the whole profits of which should belong to the nation— " `Such a bank (he says) it is conceived, might issue a paper currency for the whole kingdom, of a twofold kind :—the one a home circulation, as applicable to the internal wants of the country in the creation of produce, &c.—pernament, there fore incontrovertible ; and limited to an amount to be periodi cally determined by parliament; the other, applicable to our intercourse with foreign nations,—therefore regulated in amount by the exchanges, and convertible at all times3—the Bank of England giving out this portion of the circulation in the form of bullion notes, as a matter of convenience to the public, in exchange for gold, at the market rate—retaining the amount in its coffers, and repaying such notes in bullion at, or at a fraction above, the market rate. The amount of the in convertible, or home notes, might be taken, either at the mi nimum or the average of the joint gold and paper circulation of the three kingdoms for, say, the last ten years. Fifty mil lions is the amount received by Government annually for taxes; so that the expenditure of the country might be the wheel of the domestic circulat:on. This would be a self-acting currency, with the principie of limitation applied to one portion, and the principle of convertability to the other." THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE HIGHLANDS.—The Royal visi will affo rd unbounded gratification to all the Queen's loyal subjects in the Highlands, and the proposed route will enable her Majesty to see some of the finest scenery in the Highlands. We may anticipate for the royal party a magnificent " gathering of the clans." Since the days of the Fiery Cross no such rallying cry has been heard as the name of the Queen, and from Ben Nevis to Ben More in Assynt, the whole population will be poured forth to cheer every step of the royal progress. It is now 285 years since Mary Queen of Scots visited Inverness, and no other British sovereign has since penetrated into our northern region. Mary found the gates of Inverness Cas tle shut against her entrance ; for the Earl of Huntley had then organized a powerful confederacy in opposition to the crown. Queen Victoria has fallen on calmer and happier days. All gates will be thrown open on her approach, and from hall and cottage—from Dunrobin Castle down to the meanest hut on the mountain side—there will be heard only one voice of generous" loyalty and affection. The shooting lodge of the Marquis of Abercorn stands on the margin of Loch Loggan, at Ardvreckie, on the pro perty of Cluny Mackpherson. " The scale on which this lodge is erected," says the author o f th e s t a ti s ti ca l account, " may be inferred from the fact that it is taxed for sixty windows." The interior accommodation is of the most splendid description, and Mr. EdwlTlandseer, in one of his visits to the north, graced the walls of some of the rooms with the fruits of his inimitable genius. The situ ation of the lodge and the whole of the neighbourhood is picturesque and romantic in the highest degree. Prince Albert will also have ample scope for his favourite field sports. In addition to Laggan, the Marquis of Abercorn possesses the adjoining ground of Glensheiro, the property of Mr. Evan Bailie, on which there is also a handsome lodge. The extent of his lordship's Highland shootings _ . may be gat-- .C 2,000 per annum, the deer forest alone being let for £l,326.—lnverness Courier. THE GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINE.—A few particu lars respecting . the distinguished individual in whose ho- at various of our largc nour, and for - whose gratification, severs demonstrations have been mad proceec :ond son Grand Duchess Marie and Ogla being his seniors) Emperor Nicholas I. The eldest son and h perial crown is Alexander-Nicolaewitsch, C son of Nicholas, son of the czar or rein Nicoiaewitsch is (the fourth child,—th( of tiu ,witsch (i.e was was born in April, 1818, married in 1841, and. ha three children. The Grand Duke Constantine, who ha just visited Manchester, was born on the 21st Septembe (9th September, Old Style), 1 re I wants two months of completive .s twentieth y July 13,1547. THE ELECTIONS, 4-c. WATERFORD.-Sir B. M. Wall, the Repealer, has re signed. KiNsALE.---Mr. Watson, the present member, will be opposed here by Mr. Guiness, of Dublin, or Mr. Attwood, both of whom are in the field. A rumour is current in Monmouthshire, that the Mar quis of Worcester is about to offer himself for the county, in the room of Captain Somerset. DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.—We can now state the exact time when parliament will be dissolved—the 25th of July.—Pilot. The Morning Chronicle announces that Mr. Dabou chere will enter upon the office of president of the Board of Trade immediately before the dissolution of parliament. The right honourable gentleman will be succeeded by Sir William Somerville, as secretary for Ireland. There is no truth whatever in the rumour that Dr. Gif ford has determined upon retiring from his proposed can vass for the University of Dublin ; on the contrary, he is quite resolved to go to the poll. The idea of withdrawing never once crossed his mind.—Dublin _Evening Mail. Mr James Silk Buckingham's claims for compensation are again to be brought under the notice of Parliament, after having been at rest some time. Sir De Lacy Evans has entered a notice upon the book of the House of Com mons for that purpose. DUBLIN.—We perceive by the Freeman's Journal, the organ of the Repealers, that Mr. John O'Connell will not contest the city of Dublin. This determination has been come to in consequence of the citizens having de clined to subscribe the necessary funds for the contest. NEWCASTLE. — In addition to Mr. Ord and Mr. Ellison, Hr. Headlam, a liberal barrister, son of Archdeacon Headlam, is in the field, in the room of Mr. Hinde, who has unexpectedly resigned. But it is expected the young Whigling will be obliged to succumb before the superior claims of Cuthbert Ellison, Esq., of Hebburn Hall. SUNDERLAND.—The Himou s rabe H. T. Liddell has, after his long servitude, announced his attention to retire from the representation on the dissolution, and Lord Seaham has come forward to succeed him. The leading Conservatives of Durham are as inveterately opposed to the Marquis of Londonderry as ever, but his lordship seems likely now to get both the county and city repre sentation under his own control. SOUTH LANCASHIRE.—On Wednesday last; the rumour was again revived and currently circulated, that Mr. Villiers had positively and finally declined to sit for ells division of the county if elected. This fact has not yet been officially announced, but, it is said, will be so shortly. Lord Brackley, it is also said, but on the same dubious authority, is to be again brought forward. The general feeling in his favour seems to be considerably stronger than it was a few weeks ago.—Times of Friday. NORTH LANCASHIRE.—A split, it is said, has already, or is about to take place, between the friends of Mr- Patten and Mr. Clifton, although both holding conserva tive opinions. Some of the most influential friends of Mr. Patten have positively declared that they will not vote for, or in any way support, Mr. Clifton. A few days, it is said, will probably bring forth something de cisive on the subject.—Times of Friday. NORTH CHESHIRE. — We are now enabled to state, with confidence, that the preliminary negotiations relative to the parliamentary representation of North Cheshire have been so far successful, that W. Tatton Egerton, Esq., and the Hon. E. J. Stanley have avowed their readiness to come forward as candidates for that division of the county, at the approaching election. The requisition to those gentlemen was signed by a very large majority of the constituency, so that their election may be considered as a settled matter. Mr. Davenport, owing to ill health," has withdrawn his pretensions ; and we suspect that in the face of such a demonstration as the united friends of Messrs. Egerton and Stanley have elicited, no third candidate will be forthcoming.—Chester Courant. CITY OF LONDON.—On Thursday evening two meetings were held in the city; one of the Conservative electors, and the other of those favouring the Whig candidates. At the meeting of the Conservatives, resolutions were passed in favour of Mr. Masterman, Mr. Alderman Joh ns o n , and Mr. C. L. Bevan, all of whom, eloquently addressed the meeting in support of Protestant and Conservative principles. The meeting was a most enthusiastic one, and augured well for the success of the conservative candidates. At the other meeting speeches were made, and resolutions passed approving of Lord John Russell, Messrs. Pattison, Larpent, and Rothschild, as fit and proper persons to represent the city of London in Parliament. We are happy to announce that a fourth conservative candidate has since appeared in the person of Mr. J. W. Freshfield, who has issued an address on Protestant principles, and therefore " totally opposed to any endowment of the Church of Rome." The main feature of the coming elections will undoubt edly be the return of Rothschild for the city of London, for that he will be returned seems agreed on all hands; and then comes the question how is he to set about doing that for the Hebrews which was done at the last Clare election in 1827 ? Some say that Jews may take the oaths required by the Commons, and that they can sit as a mat ter of course. Of this opinion is Mr. D. Salomons, who. has offered for several constituencies, and declares that he is as eligible to be an M.P. as he is to be a Sheriff. Of the same opinion, too, is Baron Rothschild, or he would not stand, it may be presumed. Others say, however, that the returning-officer is bound to declare a Christian elected, no matter what the number of votes for the Jew —that a double return in that case will be made to the Speaker—and then the question of the present disabilities of the Jews, whatever they are, will be debated, and on the issue of the debate will depend the confirmation or the rejection of the great millionaire. Lord John Russell, the premier, has declared himself, and there are four eli gible candidates in the field on either side, Mr. Wolverley Atwood being one of the Conservatives.—London paper. THE CROPS AND THE FOOD MARKETS Should the present summer weather continue for another week or ten days we shall have new wheat to market be fore this month goes out.—Limerick Chronicle. The crops in Turkey present the most luxuriant appear ance, and it is expected that the harvest will be unusually plentiful. During three .or four days, at the beginning of last month, nearly 500 ships passed through the Dardanelles, for the purpose of loading corn in the harbours of the Black Sea. IMPORTATIONS INTO LONDON.—The London Times of Wednesday last states that the number of vessels which entered the port of London during the week was 167, which were entirely, with one or two exceptions, laden with grain of various kinds, the produce of Europe. POTATOES. — On Wednesday last, an unusually supply of new potatoes was brought by the farmers to Preston market ; and, although the price of sale commenced at Is. 2d. per score pounds, it speedily diminished Is., and, subsequently, to 9d. and even Bd. . . . HOPS.-1 1 6 accounts received at Worcester last week from the hop districts are unfavourable. The reports are also bad from the Weald of Kent, Sussex, and Farnham, and the duty had dropped to £140,000. The accounts received at Borough are much more favourable, and in the duty next to nothing was doing. ENORMOUS GROWTH OF POTATOES.—Mr. Smith, the gardener at Brodsworth Hall, took up one potato root the other day, which had the extraordinary number of one hundred and eighteen full-grown potatoes attached. We are happy to learn that the sample was entirely free from disease.—Doncaster Chronicle. A corrrespondent of the Morning Post suggests the following cure for the potato blight. He has not had an opportunity of trying it himself on the Aphis Vastator, but finding it succeed with other insects, thinks it would be worth trying. He says :—" I was informed, a day or two ago, by a gentleman whose garden has been infested by caterpillars, that he had destroyed the insects and saved the fruit by watering his gooseberry and other trees with water in which bruised elder-tops had been steeped for a night ; and the success was so complete that the ground below was strewed with the dead bodies of the insects on the following morning." THE WEATHER.—For the last week or ten days the weather has been all that could possibly be desired for bringing to maturity the different productions of the earth. Wheat and oats are rapidly coming into full ear, and should the present fine weather continue, an abundant harvest will shortly crown the labours of the husbandman.. Haymaking is likewise progressing under auspicious cir cumstances, and a heavier crop for a length of time has not been realized. The potatoe disease of last year has certainly made its appearance in some few instances, but Y I as vet not to anv serious extent : and thoush it is Quite evident that it is still in existence, the gene - ral belie( ap pears to be that it will not be as universal as in former years.—Preston Chronicle. FOOD PROSPECTS IN IRELAND.—Elswhere we detail th, from the .eached us With the exception of one or two Le reports upon t more cheering than the accounts of this crop. The reports of all other crops are universally favourable. Under these circumstances, it is no matter of surprise that the prices of all kinds of provisions should show signs of a rapid market alone retains anything of a firm character. In London, on Monday, the fall in the price of wheat since that day week amounted to ss. a quarter ; and at our own Corn Exchange, on Thursday, the same grain met with few purchasers at a decline of from ls. to 2s. per barrel.— _ height. Those who live at the foot of the mountains enjoy the fruits of their country for a much longer period than the inhabitants of the plain, for the fruit of the plants on the mountains does not begin to ripen until that of the same plants in the plain has been over for a long time. In many tropical countries, which lie at the foot of high mountains, the most useful fruits are even enjoyed throughout the whole year; for they ripen gr dually later as the another crop on t 1 of thi until the time fox The exact reverse the life of plants M. dc - ened as t ICITIME njunction with my 071 n, each driver yelling out that he was first. To be great square sure, they drive you a mil& ,nd a half for fourpence, while in Liverpool, for a far le 3 distance, some rascals upon two shillings. On the 18th of Ma- 77 heavy .) bay, harbour, and city . faples. the knocking together of ship' altogether, with the thunde grandeur and inextricable c The cries of the sailors, irges, and boats, made gene of Still old Vesuvius tterenee, that the usually ately cloud ms of smoko ,e exact outline ol f the mountains ! er thv fonarch of Volean( seared brow, where oust ana asnes, rocks of lava and sulphur, scattered by thy wrath, ha v e s pread desolation and destruction all around the e. Ruin m arks thy realm thou stern, despotic monarch , brother to death, remorse , less less as the grave. Yet have I cast into thy ponderous, unfathomable, and smoking throat thy cast-out rocks, until thy gurgling maw belched forth in fiery eructations, like to the thunders of Almightly Jove. Thou fierce, in flamed, hot tumour of the world, farewell ! Amid the vast multitude of gems of art that so richly adorn the Museo Borbonico at Naples, it is only neces sary to enumerate a few of the most striking of the an tique marble statues and bronze figures and busts that have been placed here after being dug out of Pompeii and Herculaneum. The Alexander, on his favorite horse Bucephalus, ornamented with silver, is fine ; so also the pproach to warmer regions nt of his travels, ob es or blossom at Brest, Bth he found them in full 25th, at Madeira, the fruit had )th he got ripe peaches at Te- Saint Hilaire, at the commend served the peach-tree without 1 on the Ist of_ April ; on tl umerous other instances might be given, a: The lily of the year 1820 San.ibler has done in a separate tr valley (Convallaria majalis) flow, at Parma, on the 26th of April; at Tubingen, on the 10th of May ; at Berlin, on the 17th of May ; and at Greifswald, not until the 10th of June. By observations of this kind, which were made on a number of plants by various botanists, Sehiibler, and 1 were led to disc - celeration in ti )efore him Bijelov uvwering litKeS place in elllerellb latitudes. The result of Schiibler's investigations is, that for each degree that the station of the plant is nearer the pole, the time of flowering is delayed almost four days, and that it is accelerated by the same time for each de gree that the plant approaches the equator.—m .- Outlines of the Geography of Plants. Veyetz' 8 countess was then told that the island had been sur rendered by Christian on certain articles. She asked to see these conditions ; for, in the midst of her fears, her presence of mind did not forsake her. She found that the smaller islands were not included; she remembered that Peele Castle was separated from the main land, and beg ged to go there, in hopes of secretly escaping to the con tinent. This was refused ; she was cast into prison and kept there, reduced to the lowest penury , her children starving round her, whilst General Fairfax enjoyed her revenues, and revelled in his greatness as Lord of Man. This happened in the year 1651. Well might she ex claim, " How long shall the Lord su ffer these things ?" But she murmured not, and looked for restitution even in this life, when the rightful heir to the crown should sit upon the throne. She might remember that, save one empty honour, her late lord had owed nothing to the bounty of Charles 11. All the obligations were on the king's side ; the earl's loyalty had not one dash of self interest to sully its brightness. In her poverty, therefore, in the gloom of her prison, she hoped. She buoyed her self up, too, not only with dreams of compensation for the ruinous losses which her young son's estate had in curred, but with the assurance of justice on his father's judges, for the voice of the nation cried out against them. But she knew not Charles Stuart ; she knew not the cold, selfish heart, concealed beneath the mask of frank ness ; she knew not the hollow faith, varnished over by courtesy. Her suit for restitution failed. " Then," writes the historian of the Stanleys, " her great heart, overwhelmed with grief and endless sorrow, burst in pieces." She died at Knowsley. and effects swallowed up by the devouring element, all their efforts to save it being cut off by the fury of the flames. No fewer than twelve buildings, including ware- houses, were destroyed Many of the parties were not —The Government has authorised a 500 for building a new Court-house in Douglas. Mr. Christian, the architect of St. Thomas's Church, has, we understand, prepared plans of the new buildings, which are intended to occupy the same site as the present one, but the Court-room will be on the second story. A colonnade is to be thrown out in front, and accommo dation for the searching department of the Custom-house d in the present Court-room below Chambers will be prepared for the judges, lighted from the side, but the new Court-house will be lighted from above. This is au improvement much wanted ; but after all falls short of what is actually required.—The herring fishery con moderately successful off the western coast of the but prices are high in our market, having ranged from ten to fourteen fora shilling. The supply of vege tables and new potatoes has been plentiful during the week, and the prices gradually declined as the latter be came more plentiful.—The Committee of the Regatta in Douglas Bay have fixed the same to take place on Mon- `2oth of ...go of Muscovado sugar may ne ..ve here in a few weeks direct from a shipping port in the West Indies, and for immediate sale. This will, we learn, be the first direct importation of sugar to our Isle ; and it will give the trade a seasonable supply for the a youth of 16 Ad the Grand Duke chael, a boy of 15 years. —. 6 uished gut._ not now possess, or even promise to attain, the comman , ing stature of the emperor, Lis father ; he is not mor than 5 feet 7or 8 inches inches in height ; and is rathe slightly made, though with broad shoulders. His coun tenance indicates a quiet, thoughtful mind ; and we shout think him of a somewhat timid and apprehensive disposi tion, judging at his starting at any unusual noise. H possesses, in a high degree, that remarkable facility which the Russians excel all other nations, of speaking foreign language with great purity and accuracy of pro nunciation. He speaks French fluently, as a matter course ; but in his pronunciation of English—(a langup less necessary to one in his station, and in the geogra' cal position of Russia on the continent of Europe' would put to shame many country for several years. close observer, and he appears greatly gratified when any exceedingly ingenious invention or adaptation is laid be fore him. At the collation he ate very sparingly, took no soup ; a cutlet, some other light viand, a little jelly, and a plate of ice, being the sum of his repast, with a few straw berries and cherries for dessert. He took very little wine. but drank water repeatedly; and in the refreshment sa loon, at the Victoria Railway Station; he took a bottle of soda water with great relish. We understand that he left £5O with Mr. Collis, the Russian consul at Birmingham, for distribution to the poor of that town • and though we are not sure, we h ave some reason to believe, that he sent an equal sum to the mayor, for distribution to the poor of this borough.—Manchester Guardian. Oiir dist foreigner He is sup newhat taciturii William - Chambers, of Edinburgh, writinr , from ldorf, makes the following satisfactory report of the in Germany :—" After having made a very extensive hrough Prussia Wurtemberg, Bavaria, Upper and r Austria, Bohemia, Saxony, Hanover, and some states in Germany, also Belgium, I am glad to say . , that everywhere the crops look remarkably well, and hold out the promise of a good or at least an average harveSt. In Bohemia I saw more extensive tracts of ground under potato crop than elsewhere ; the plants seemed strong and _ healthy ; and I was informed that, on examination, no thing like taint had been discovered among the young . ibers. In Hanover, and the part of Prussia where I now the crops of barley are heavier than T have seen in y other quarter of Germany. Rye is universally ripen es, will soon come under the sickle." A correspondent of the Mark Lane id, iii some plac UNITED STATE Express writes as follows from Albany, under the date of June 11, 1847 :—" I think it is right that you should know the real state of things in this country. Specula tors have been borrowing money in England, and pur chased nearly all the flour and wheat, and have bear keeping it there to rise the price, and make immense profits; but they will be disappointed. The enormous quantity of these articles now crowding into Buffalo is almost incredible ; I should say it is nearly enough t , o, supply the whole world, and will be conveyed to Englan as fast as vessels can be supplied to take it. The canal is so much crowded with produce of this kind th e _ they are charging more than double freight for it. It.B, been a very late sp an abundant harvest. rinF, but everything it nox prow