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3 sweet tittra t are NOTICES 3v rice much ion. ThE ,sion of the Penin- and bloody contests, pro- ainating in the some noble mixture with the natives. of the counti!,; pted, a -A FRA listenin Oh, leave in and yet :hat sweet harms ri, pride ,n the shore le reeds before the mighty wi a soft enchantment in the lay THE FAITH OF OUR FATHERS ghty God er on the wave ler armies fort anted them t England c rget the Ls Lord ! Family Retain, Dught up. ;he manner ty Queen i to coun- mPlemor€ tone, and ntroducec mably, within speL truths Mr. Graham observes of Rom( .nd dis r.om he weigh its We can portion of at the remarks on the chapter stry," appear peculiarly sound as a hod he wet.' d therefor the crc lay meml .er seen back- .ge," neither, before us, are they to rior order, or as if them and ti Select Tales from the Arabian Nights rces. London : James Burns. his elegant little volume—the first of a red up many of the most delightful our boyhord. The collection, as is tated in the preface, lays no claim to o►igi is_simply a collection of the best tales se- Arabian Nights Entertainment; , se text is , d. They now to the young. growth," The editor mparable tales are not to zory with modern popular sibility minds of met stimulus to tt Who that I Sinbad the Sailor, 'I Three 1 Razdad. and Th, Royal Mendicants ; Hassan ; Alladdeen, or the (all and many others in this - -ged their r and the Wicked - Devic erful Lamp, & me,) but having hen seated id the social hearth, reckless of the storm that per ice roared without ! The volume, which is a small- I bbt thick duodecimo, is beautifully printed on fine and to each tale is prefixed a I ation, in the best and to sty'] s a similarly appropriate tail onciusion Ap rn habits ng scholars than this ameles: r leadi ment in the without im New Statistical Account of Scotland. Blackwood Edinburgh and I ave received No. XLV. of this useful work. It ly occupied in describing part of the county of [ the most interests wheth( end the `most age exploits., wed under t ture has nded reat fidelity ; kable objects pointed out ; and supplied, bearing - on its .ucient and desperate conflicts of the The lochs (or lakes), some of resh and some of salt water, with their surrounding raaparts of hoary-headed mountains, at the bases of l'hich are rich and sunny valleys or ravines, are inte lastingly depicted, and induce a desire in the reader to risit the picturesque, beautiful, and generally magnifi :ent portions of the Western Highlands. We give as a opeeimen the following description of " Loch Shiel," in tte large parish of Ardnamurchan (in which it is said Of the inland lakes vhich abound in all parts of the this is, in every respect, the most important. It .e lower part of the entire Vail which di;ides Sunart ;bad Moidart, Is computed at twenty-five to twenty-seven miles in length, varies from 200 yards to three-quarters of a mile in breadth, but in the greater part from a quarter to half a-mile. At its west end, it is shallower, and re -poses on a bed of fine sand (as do the great moss flats coatiguous,) similar to that of the sea-shore, about two miles distant. About six miles to the eastward, it becomes seep, and, from the character of the country, retains, it s probable, great depth on to its eastern end. Its water ss the usual dark-brown colour of lakes similiarly situa- I, but is clear and pellucid in a glass vessel, pare and Asant to the taste. Its elevation abova the sea cannot Teat, for the river by which it flows into the Western is navigable, except during great drought, for open 'rom its eastern end, it discharges its waters, in Annie, by a stream a few miles long, rich of Kilmalie into Locheil, a branch of , lerable vc lake almost connecting the to which the Caledonian Canal opens to ance of west with th Rae,. attractec iia lais report iaa of this I f Mr:Telford, and is iledonian Cana oticed Lrding the C f communicatic greatll The open- lowed 1- POWER C Baisler, Le Ile, which is intende Tracts for the Tin: Even the deepening of the river Shiel, and a canal, how ever unexpensive, connecting the lake with the sea on the east, would prove, not only locally, but generally useful. Open boats from the Westsrn Isles are in the practice of entering the lake by the river, and taking away ladings of the timber on its banks. Fishermen from the east have pulled their boats overland from Lochshiel into the lake, and, finding their way on its waters into the western sea, have taken a full cargo of fish before companions, who took the more circuitous route, arrived at the fishing sta tion. The scenery of this lake at its west end is, for sev eral miles, rather sombre, consisting chiefly of brown low hills, flats of brown moss, through which the lake winds itself. The ever-green island of St. Finnan, about six miles eastward, appears an oasis in the desert, Beyond this, the lake plunges into the midst of high mountains, whose sides, generally nearly precipitous, are streaked with the foam of falling streams, or seamed with rugged ravines. Woods of oak, ash, and birch, thrive vigoursly among the cliffs and promontories. The hills are occa sionally green, rounded, and swelling, for many miles, but their prevailing character is stern and grand ; the visitor feels a sense of loneliness, seldom broken by the sight of a human habitation, or enlivened by any sound but the dash of waterfalls or the scream of some bird of prey." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magaz London Edinburgh and ains so many artic [es of in- terest and novelty, that though we took it up with a view to a passing glance, we were insensibly led on from page to page, until we had nearly perused the entire book,— gratification, but (and we cannot bestov'v a higher compliment) to the sacrifice of a much greater portion of our editorial time than we had by any means bargained for. We have, imprinzis, No. lof " Adven tures in Texas—A Scamper in the Prairie of Jacinto," a most interesting narrative of a youthful novice, who had lost his way, and nearly his life, in pursuit of his runaway mustang (or wild horse), in one of those bound less and unpeopled levels peculiar to that extraordinary country much to our a prairie, enamelled with the most beautiful herbs and flowers, and the monotony of which is here and there broken only by immense clumps of forest trees of the most beautiful foliage and blossom, called " islands " ; frequently presenting, in the rays of the sun, the appearance in reality of the isles of gold and silver in fairy legends. Our adventurer's sufferings from hunger, exhaustion, and the apprehension of never again reaching a human abode, are feelingly and inte restingly described ; and he has so won upon our affec tions, that we look with considerable anxiety for the final result of his search for the tract of land which he had purchased from a speculating company, who had field out go No. 2 of th den promises probably - never to be realised. " Travels of Kerim Khan," in this country, and often quaint and satirical, entertained by a native of the East, of the customs, manners, &c. of the distinguee of our metropolis. His description of the Lord Mayor's dinner, at which he was present, is highly graphic and amusing. We have next No. 1 of " The Banking House," a matrimonial tale, in which the author incul cates, in a pleasing form, a high Christian and moral principle. " The Wrongs of Women" is a fair speci men of light and playful reading, with a spice of scho lastic lore. " Marston, or the Memoirs of a States man," (part 5,) in continuation of the personal narra- Live, proceeds with increasing interest, embracing the most interesting passages in the early stages of the French revolution. The dreadful events of the day gave the deathblow to the mighty monarchy of is pourtrayed in colours so painfully as to leave us fully assured that the the Bourbons true and affect author witnessed what he so feelingly describes. The next article embraces a succinct history of the beautiful Ceylon—the past barbarities of its native princes and people, and its improvements and brightening future prospects, under our oriental government. The writer, after stating that the island is, by natural adaptation, fertility, and climate, the very gem of our Indian pos sessions, thus concludes :—" Ceylon will he born again ; in our hands she will first answer to the great summons of nature ; and will become, in fact, what by Providen tial destiny she is—the queen lotus of the Indian seas, and the Pandora of islands." Under the head " Com mercial Policy," appears an able statistical and artzu- ntative article, in refutation of the assumptive doc trines of Mr. Cobden and the anti-colonial faction ; showing the superior comparative value, in every sense e, manufacturing, individual, and national— of our colonial over our foreign trade ' • yet advocating the encouragement of both in mut ua l, advising that each should contribute to the welfare of the other, and lvance the glory and prosperity of the common " But perhaps the best article in the number in point of national importance is the last—" On the best means of Commercial Intercourse between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans." This of course refers to the re cently promulgated project of the French to construct a ship canal across the isthmus of Panama. The remarks of the writer are valuable, from his apparent long study of the subject, and his personal observation on the spot. We have not space, however, to notice them at length, but shall probably recur to a subject which since 1699 has from time to time engaged the attention of this and other European countries, and the discussion of which, —mercanti country in this age of improved civil engineering, now gives promise of being brought to a successful result. Our author does not deny the practicability of a ship canal ; but is strongly in favour of a railroad in the first instance as a preparatory step, particularly as a valley or gap in the chain of the Andes mountains has by recent survey been found, by which the level could be carried at a small expense—the same uniting the waters of the Rios Chagre and Trinidad, and the trip from sea to sea not taking more than from six to eight hours. He suggests that the several maritime and commercial nations should first join in the project in a friendly manner, " so as to secure for themselves a safe and permanent transit for the benefit of all." We foresee some difficulties in this, and, though not selfish, would prefer England with her ample means to do the work, and exact a modera4.e toll from the vessels of other nations ; but we shall, in re ig to the topic, be enabled to submit a more matured 11100 vertin We concur with him, that our government evince a strange apathy on the subject.—There is not a single line of poetry in the present number. SELECTIONS. TARRING AND FEATHERING. —This ludicrous but painful punishment would appear to be an European in vention, as one of Richard Coeur-de-Lion's punishments for sailors was, if any man were convicted of theft or " pickery," he should have his head polled, and hot pitch poured upon his pate, and upon that the feathers of some pillow or cushion shaken aloft, that he might thereby be known for a thief.—Hollinshed. O'CONNELL'S PRESENT POSITION.--The policy of the government has been successful beyond the most sanguine expectations of their friends. In nothing is this success more manifest than in the altered and humbled tone of the repeal party. When Mr. O'Connell abandoned the Clontarf meeting, he gave up and gave up for ever the posi tion he had previously assumed. This step is irretrieva ble. Other modes of agitation he still may have in re serve—other expedients and resources may still suggest themselves to his fertile mind ; but the position which he held on the Ist of October, that of the leader of the phy sical force of the people, ready to do battle for his coun try's cause—in the strength of his assembled thousands, bidding defiance to the government—that position he has abandoned, and abandoning it at the critical moment has abandoned it for ever.—Dublin University Magazine. THE DRESS FOXHUNTER.—The dress foxhunter is a terrible bore. These affect watering-places chiefly, though every hunt has one or more of such cattle. They are noisy, rattling, jabbering, vapid blockheads, always on the blab, or showing oft' before women. They are ge nerally great swells—everything of the newest and most approved pattern, from the bottom of their hats to the spur at their heels. They mostly come up at the last moment, just as the master has exhausted his patience in waiting, and are generally cased in some new-fangled con trivance for keeping that clean which was put on to be dirtied—at least, such is the presumption ; but the fact is, unless these men get dirtied in coming to covert, there is little chance of their getting so after, for, if they stay the " find" they are off at the first check, vowing that all chance of sport is over, and venting anathemas at a pig, a post, or a ploughman. Then see them on the pav‘among the ladies, how they strut, bow they swagger, how they ring their bright spurs upon the flags, and what lies they tell about leaping! Magistrates ought to have jurisdiction over these fellows.—Sporting Magazine. SELF-MADE MEN. — Columbus was a weaver. Franklin was a journeyman printer. Massillon, as well as Fletcher, arose amidst the humblest vocations. Nieb huar was a peasant. Sixtus V. was employed in keeping swine. Rollin was the son of a cutler. Ferguson and Burns, Scottish poets, were shepherds. )Esop was a slave. Homer was a beggar. Daniel Defoe was ap prenticed to a hosier. Demosthenes was the son of a cutler. Hogarth was an engraver of pewter-pots. Virgil was the son of a baker. Gay was an apprentice to a silk mercer. Ben Johnson was a bricklayer. Porson was the son of a parish clerk. Prideaux was emploped to sweep Exeter College. Akenside was the son of a butcher. Pope was the son of a merchant. Cervantes was a common soldier. Gifford and Bloomfield were shoemakers. Howard was apprenticed to a grocer. Halley was the son of a soap-boiler. Richard Arkwright was a barber for a number of years. Belzoni was the son of a barber. Blackstone was the son of a linen draper. Blacklock was in a distressful state of poverty. Buchanan was a private soldier. Butler was the son of a farmer. Canova was the son of a stone-cutter. Catha rine the First of Russia was born a peasant. Captain Cook began his career in the: merchant service as a cabin boy. Curran was the son of poor parents. Sir Humphrey Davy was the son of a carver. Dodsley was a stocking weaver. Drake was the son of a shepherd. Hunter was apprenticed to a carpenter. Falconer was the son of a barber. Hadyn was the son of a poor cart wright. Herschel was the son of a musician. Johnson was the son of a bookseller. Lawrence was the son of an innkeeper. La Fontaine was the son of an overseer of woods and forests. Milton was a schoolmaster. Parkes was the son of a small grocer. Pizarro was never taught to read when young, but employed to keep hogs. Pollok was the son of a carpenter. Allan Ramsay was the son of a miner. Raffaelle was the son of r peasant. Richard son was the son of a joiner. Shakspeare commenced his career as a menial. Stone worked as a gardener, and taught himself to read. Kirk White was the son of a butcher. A STRIKING NIOMENT. — That was a striking moment in the life of Louis Philippe when he pronounced his first speech to the remnants of the last Chambers of the Re storation, and when he declared he had come forward " with the firm resolution of devoting his efforts to re establish the empire of the laws ; to save, protect, endan gered liberty, and render the recurrence impossible of such great evils by securing for ever the power of that charta whose name, invoked during the combat, was re peated after victory." In this first address Louis Phi lippe clearly indicated the policy he was resolved to pursue. " Every right should be substantially guaranteed, all the institutions necessary to their full and free exercise should receive the developments of which they had need." Again : " Attached with his whole heart, and from con viction, to the principles of a free government, he ac cepted all its consequences beforehand." That Europe might at once understand that his was an orderly and pa cific mind, and that his government would partake of the same characteristics, he declared,—" Yes, gentlemen, this land of France, so dear to me, will be happy and free; it will prove to Europe that, solely engaged in promoting its internal prosperity, it cherished peace as much as liberty, and only wishes for the happiness and repose of its neighbours. This was the programme of the lieute nant-general ; and, after thirteen years of a most labo rious and agitated reign, he is as faithful to that programme now as he has ever been, amidst all the fury of factions and the desperate violence of anarchists.—Fraser. AMERICA. AND ITS CREDITORS.—Among the discus sions to which the moral lubricities of this insolvent peo ple have given birth, they have arrogated to themselves the right of sitting in judgment upon the property of their creditors—of deciding who among them is rich, and who poor, and who are proper objects of compassionate pay ment ; but in the name of Mercury, the great god of thieves, did any man ever hear of debtors alleging the wealth of•the lender as a reaaon for eluding the payment of the loan ? Is the Stock Exchange a place for the tables of the money-lenders ; or is it a school of moralists, who may amerce the rich, exalt the poor, and correct the ini quities of fortune ? is Biddle an instrument in the hands of Providence to exalt the humble and send the rich empty away ? Does American Providence work with such in struments as Biddle? But the only good part of this bad morality is not acted upon. The rich are robbed, but the poor are not paid ; they growl against the dividend of Dives, and don't like the sores of Lazarus. They seize with loud acclamations on the money-bags of Jones Lloyd, Rothschild, and Baring, but they do not give back the pittance of the widow, and the bread of the child. Those knaves of the setting sun may call me rich, for I have a twentieth part of the income of the Archbishop of Canterbury ; but the curate of the next parish is a wretched soul, bruised by adversity; and the three hundred pounds for his children, which it has taken his life to save, is eat and drunken by the mean men of Pennsylvania—by men who are always talking of the virtue and honour of the United States—by men who soar above others in what they say, and sink below all nations in what they do—who, after floating on the heaven of declamation, fall down to feed on the offal and garbage of the earth.—Sydney Smith's Letter. AN ORIENTAL'S OPINION OF ENGLISH DANCING. — His first impressions on English dancing are perfectly unique in their way, and we can only do justice to them by quoting them at length. "Itis so entirely unlike any thing we ever heard of in Hindustan,that I cannot refrain from giving a slight sketch of what I saw. In the first place, the company could not have been fewer than 1,500 or 2,000, of the highest classes of society, the ministers, the nobles, and the wealthy, with their wives and daugh ters. Several hundreds stood up, every gentleman with a lady ; and they advanced and retired several times, hold ing each other by the hand, to the sound of the music : at last the circle they had formed broke up, some running off to the right, and some to the left—then a gentleman. leaving his lady, would strike out obliquely across the room, sometimes making direct for another lady at a dis tance, and sometimes stooping and flourishing with his legs as he went along : when he approached her, he made a sort of salaam, and then retreated. Another would go softly up to a lady, and then suddenly seizing her by the waist, would turn and twist her round and round some fifty times, till both were evidently giddy with the mo tion ; this was sometimes performed by a few chosen dancers, and sometimes by several hundreds at once—all embracing each other in what, to our notions, would seem rather an odd sort of way, and whirling round and round ; and though their feet appeared constantly coming in con tact with each other, a collision never to , ', place. And those who met in this affectionate manner were, as I was told, for the most part perfect strangers to each other, which to me was incomprehensible ! Several ladies asked me to dance with them, but I excused myself by saying that their dancing was so superlatively beautiful that it was sufficient to admire it, and that I was afraid to try—' be sides,' said I, it is contrary to our customs in Hindus tan:—Blackwood's Magazine. ENVY AND FRAUD OF AMERICANS.—Figure to your self a Pennsylvanian receiving foreigners in his own coun try, walking over the public walks with him, and showing them Larcenous Lake, Swindling Swamp, Crafty Canal, and Rogues Railway, and other dishonest works. " This swamp we gained (says the patriotic borrower) by the re pudiated loan of 1821. Our canal robbery was in 1830 ; we pocketed your good people's money for the railroad only last year." All this may seem very smart to the Americans ; but if I had the misfortune to be born among such a people, the land of my fathers should not retain me a single moment after the act of repudiation. I would ap peal from my fathers to my forefathers. I would fly to Newgate for greater purity of thought, and seek in the prisons of England for better rules of life. This new and vain people can never forgive us for having preceded them 300 years in civilization. They are prepared to enter into the most bloody wars with England, not on account of Oregon, or boundaries, or right of search, but because our clothes and carriages are better made, and because Bond-street beats Broadway. Wise Webster does all he can to convince his people that these are not lawful causes of war ; but wars, and long wars, they will one day or another produce ; and this, perhaps, is the only advan tage of repudiation. The Americans cannot gratify their avarice and ambition at once; they cannot cheat and con quer at the same time. The warlike power of every country depends on their Three per Cents. If Caesar were to reappear upon earth, Wettenhall's list would be more important than his Commentaries ; Rothschild would open and shut the Temple of Janus ; Thomas Baring, or Bates, would probably command the Tenth Legion, and soldiers would march to battle with loud cries of Scrip and Omnium Reduced, Consols, and Caesar ! Now, the Americans have cut themselves off from all resource of credit. Having been as dishonest as they can be, they are prevented from being as foolish as they wish to be. In the whole habitable globe they cannot borrow a guinea, and they cannot draw the sword, because they have not the money to buy it.—Sydney Smith's Letter. "THE GAME UP WITH REPEAL AGITATION."—By a double proof the Repeal sedition is at an end : were it not, upon Clontarf being prohibited, the repealers would have announced some other gathering in some other place. You that say it is not at an end, tell us why did they for bear that ? Secondly, Mr. O'Connell has substituted for 1 repeal—what? The miserable, the beggarly petition, for a dependent House of Assembly, an upper sort of " Select Vestry," for Ireland ; and that too as a bonus from the parliament of the empire. This reminds us of a capital story related by Mr. Webster, and perhaps within the ex perience of American statesmen, in reference to the claims of electors upon those candidates whom they have re turned to congress. Such a candidate, having succeeded sa.far as even to become a Secretary for Foreign Affairs, was one day waited on by a man, who reminded him that some part of this eminent success had been due to his vote ; and really—Mr. Secretary might think as he pleased —but him it struck, that a pretty considerable of a debt' was owing in gratitude to his particular exertions. Mr. Secretary bowed. The stranger proceeded—" His am bition was moderate : might he look for the office of post master-general ?" Unfortunately, said the secretary, that office required special experience, and it was at pre sent filled to the satisfaction of the President. " Indeed ! that was unhappy : but he was not particular ; perhaps the ambassador to London had not yet been appointed ?" There, said the secretary, you are still more unfortunate : the appointment was open until 11 p.m. on this very day, and at that hour it was filled up. " 'Well," said the ex cellent and Christian supplicant, " any thing whatever for me ; beggars must not be choosers ; possibly the office of vice-president might soon be vacant ; it was said that the present man lay shockingly ill." Not at all ; he was rapidly recovering; and the reversions, even if he should die, required enormous interest, for which a canvass had long since commenced on the part of fifty-three candi dates. Thus proceeded the assault upon the secretary, and thus was it evaded. So moved the chase, and thus retreated the game, until at length nothing under heaven remained amongst all official prizes which the voter could ask, or which the secretary could refuse. Pensively the visitor reflected for a few minutes, and, suddenly raising his eye doubtfully, he said, " Why then, Mr. Secretary, have you ever an old black coat that you could give me?" Oh, aspiring genius of ambition ! from that topmast round of thy aerial ladder that a man should descend thus aw fully I—from the office of vice-president of the U. S. that he should drop, within three minutes, to " an old black coat ?" Th e secre t ary was aghast: he rang the bell for such a coat ; the coat appeared • the martyr of ambition was solemnly inducted into its sleeves; and the two par ties, equally happy at the sudden issue of the interview, bowing profoundly to each other, separated for ever. Even upon this model, sinking from a regal honour to an old black coat, Mr. O'Connell has actually agreed to ac cept—has volunteered to accept—for the name and rank of a separate nation, some trivial right of holding county meetings for local purposes of bridges, roads, turnpike gates. This privilege he calls by the name of " federal ism ;" a misnomer, it is true ; but, were it the right name, names cannot change realities. These local committees could not possibly take rank above the Quarter Sessions ; nor could they find much business to do which is not al ready done, and better done, by that respectable judicial body. True it is, that this descent is a thousand times more for the benefit of Ireland than his former ambitious plan. But we speak of it with reference to the sinking scale of his ambition. Now this it is—viz., the aspiring character of his former promises, the assurance that he would raise Ireland into a nation distinct and independent in the system of Europe, having her own fleets, armies, peerage, parliament—which operated upon the enthusiasm of a peasantry the vainest in Christendom after that of France, and perhaps absolutely the most ignorant. Is it in human nature, we demand, that hereafter the same en thusiasm should continue available for Mr. O'Connell's service, after the transient reaction of spitefulness to the government shall have subsided, which gave buoyancy to his ancient treason ? The chair of a proconsul. the saddle infinite r e tohfe throne apash and a—these ad a e r m e g o o f ld a et sio,bearieigts;n prince.yetthese a ß r u e t b f e r l o o m w these to have descended into asking for " an old black emoaaitn,s" foron ItrheelanAdmbeurit iricanfipariteeceddiestgitu, I st F f a o u r g u h s 1 but What laughter ? THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SELF•POSSESSION OF LOUIS PHILIPPE.—What a mo ment was that, in the life of Louis Philippe, when, sur rounded by as fine and noble a staff as ever grouped round a monarch, Louis Philippe, on arriving at the Boulevard du Temple, whilst reviewing the National 4..ivards and troops of the line, suddenly witnessed the explosion of the infernal machine of Fieschi. Around him were his sons. Beside him was the brave Trevise struck down and bleed ing. Every where about him were victims of Fieschi's diabolical plot. But the king was unhurt. He raised his hat, and said, "I am not wounded." His sons crowded about him. Large tears rolled down his cheeks as he gazed on the noble and faithful Duke de Trevise, but not a moment had to be lost. "My mother !" said the young Duke of Orleans. The king comprehended his meaning, and despatched an orderly officer to the palace. " March !" cried the king; and the cortege proceeded. If it had not done so—if the king had hesitated—if he had appeared paralysed—if the review had been broken up, confusion would have followed ; some tens of thousands of mis creants, who had all prepared themselves to profit by an ticipated disorder, would have pillaged Paris, overthrown the government, and involved France in war and anarchy. The cool, calm, dignified, manly conduct of Louis Phi lippe at that moment of real danger and alarm won for him the golden opinions of all moderate men of all parties, and saved France from years of civil war.—Fraser's Magazine. THE JUDGES' LAST EQUESTRIAN PROCESSION.—On the first day of term the Judges, in ancient times, rode on horseback to the Hall, and, in the time of Lord Chan cellor Shaftesbury, an attempt was made to revive the custom. Roger North gives the following ludicrous ac count of that last time in which the Judges' procession, at the commencement of term, was made on horseback. He says (speaking of Lord Shaftesbury)—" His lordship had an early fancy, or rather freak, on the first day of term, to make his procession on horseback, as in the olden time the way was, when coaches were not so rife. And accordingly the Judges, &c., were spoken to to get horses, as they and all the rest did, by borrowing and hiring, and so equipped themselves with black foot-cloths, in the best manner they could. And divers of the nobi lity, as usual, in compliment and honour to the new Lord Chancellor, attended also in their equipments. Upon notice in town of this cavalcade, all the show company took their places at windows and balconies, with the foot guards in the streets, to partake of the fine sight, and being once settled for the march it moved, as the design was, statelily along. But when they came to straights and interruptions, for want of gravity in the beasts, and too winch in the riders, there happened some curvetting, which made no little disorder. Judge Twisden, to his great affright and the consternation of his grave brethren, was laid along in the dirt. But all at length arrived safe, without loss of life or limb in the service. This accident was enough to divert the like frolic for the future, and the very term after they fell to their coaches, as before." THE HERSCHELS.—HerscheI (the elder) was not only a great man ; he was also a most fortunate man. He was fortunate in having George 111 for a patron. Again he was fortunate in having M, Arago for a liographer, who, while complete master of his subject, is also a gentleman superior to envy, and capable of sympathising with the truly great. Thrice fortunate was he in transmitting his name and fame to one who. with the amplest intellectual resources of an accomplished scholar and philosopher, evidently cherishes the characteristic boldness of his fa ther's spirit, and upholds that liberty of conjecture which is indeed the mainspring of sagacity. Sir John Hers chel has observed about 2500 nebule, and perhaps 2000 double stars in the southern hemisphere. He has detected among them ample evidence of that change and revolu tion which had fixed his father's attention. When we consider that the Herchels, father and son, have carefully examined the whole starry firmament with 20 feet teles copes—instruments of which, in their present state of perfection, the elder of them may be said to be the inven tor—and that they have made known to us thousands of the most interesting sidereal phenomena, it appears to us hardly an exaggeration to say, that Astronomy, be yond our own system, rests chiefly on their labours. It is generally understood that the sole object of Sir John Herschel's labours was to complete those of his father, and to develope fully those views respecting the Construc tion of the Universe which, when demonstrated, will im mortalise its author. For such an undertaking Sir John Herschel has inexhaustible materials in the journals of the observatory at Slough ; he has collected all the evi dence which the southern hemisphere can supply ; and in spired as he is, by a noble and pious purpose, we doubt not that his work, whenever it shall appear, will be reck oned one of the most remarkable monuments of modern science.—Foreign Quarterly. THE TOMB OF CHARLEMAGNE.-111 1804, when Buonaparte became known as Napoleon, he visited Aix la-Chapelle. Josephine, who accompanied him, had the caprice to sit down on the chair; but Napoleon, out of respect for Charlemagne, took off his hat, and remained for some time standing, and in silence. The following fact is somewhat remarkable :—ln 814 Charlemagne died. A thousand years afterwards, most probably about the same hour, Napoleon fell. After mounting a narrow staircase my guide conducted me to a gallery, with is cal led the Hochmunster. in this place is the armchair of Charlemagne. It is low, exceedingly wide, with a round back,—is formed of four pieces of white marble, without ornaments or sculpture, and has for a seat an oak board, covered with a cushion of red velvet. There were six steps up to it, two of which are of granite, the others of marble. On this chair sat,—a crown upon his head, a globe in one hand, a sceptre in the other, a sword by his side, the imperial mantle over his shoulders, the cross of Christ round his neck, and his feet in the sarcophagus of Augustus,—Carole Magno in his tomb, in which attitude he remained for three hundred and fifty-two years, from 814 to 1166, when Frederick Barberousse, coveting the chair for his coronation, entered the tomb. Barberousse was an illustrious prince and a valiant soldier, and it must therefore have been a moment singularly strange when this crowned man stood before the crowned corpse of Charlemagne,—the one in all the majesty of empire, the other in all the majesty of death. The soldier over came the shades of greatness ; the living became the des poliator of inanimate worth. The chapel claimed the skeleton, and Barberousse the marble chair, which after wards became the throne where thirty-six emperors were crowned. Ferdinand the First was the last ; Charles the Fifth preceded him. The coronation of the German emperors now takes place at Frankfort. * * * In that fatal year, 1814, the allied sovereigns visited the tomb of the great Carole. Alexander of Russia, took off his hat and uniform ; Frederick William of Prussia kept on his casquette de petite tenue ; Francis retained his sur tout and round bonnet. The King of Prussia stood upon the marble steps, receiving information from the prev(3te of the chapitre respecting the coronation of the emperors of Germany ; the two emperors remained silent, Napo leon, Josephine, Alexander, Frederick William, and Francis, are now no more !—The Rhine. VARIETIES. The mahogany tree is full grown in 200 years. Cyprus trees are known to be 800 or 900 years old. The Sherborne Journal says, there are now living in Axminster sixty-two unmarried ladies, and only seventeen bachelors. Glass scratches an iron hammer, proving that it is harder than iron ; yet glass is the very type of fragility, yielding to the stroke of soft wood, or, indeed, of almost any thing. " IN DEATH NOT DIVIDED."—A man living at Su resne, having descended a few days back into a wine vat, was overcome with the g,s generated therein, and was unable to ascend. His wife, in her anxiety to succour him, was also overpowered, and both perished. A PORTRAIT !—When a certain lady, who had been charmed by his writings, but had never seen his person, wrote to Mirabeau, saying how much she longed to see him, and begging that he would describe himself to her, he complied with the wish of the fair enthusiast, in these brief and self-adulatory terms : " Figure to yourself a tiger that has had the small-pox." THE ART OF SHOPPING.—" What's the price of this article?" inquired a deaf old lady. " Seven shillings," said the draper. " Seventeen shillings I" she exclaimed ; " I'll give you thirteen." " Seven shillings," replied the honest tradesman, "is the price of the article." "Oh ! seven shillings," the lady sharply replied ; " I'll give you five !" A REMARKABLE FACT.—A Baptist clergyman and his wife, who reside in the vicinity of Boston, have the plea sure of daily gathering round their fireside four daughters, who were born in four different quarters of the globe— viz. one in Europe, one in Asia, one in Africa, and one in America--a fact probably unparalleled in the histery of any other family in New England.—Boston (America) Journal. RELIEF FOR AN EDITOR.—We were apprehensive of an almost newsless summary foi' September, when the arrival of the intelligence of troubles in the Punjant re lieved us. There Singh, the Sikh sovereign, has, along with his sons, been murdered by his all powerful minister Ohgan Singh, the regicide himself having, on the day after the murder, fallen a victim to the dagger of the as sassin. There is no chief now strong enough to secure the sceptre without a long and bloody contest, and such turmoil is likely immediately to spring up in the country as to demand our instant interference.—Bombay Times. —[We congratulate the editor on his complete relief from atrophy.] CHALK HOUSES !—We have heard, often enough, of wooden houses, iron houses, log huts, and the like ; but it is something new and curious to hear of chalk houses ! Yet the latter abound in the south of Russia, where the peasants use large blocks of it to construct their cot tages, barns, stables, &c. These erections last much longer than might have been supposed ; and they are warm in winter, and impervious in the damps. The go vernment have lately caused four boarding schools and six stables to be erected of this odd material for building, in the military settlements in the district of Kharko. DON'T JOKE WITH ELEPHANTS.—At the Statutes at Barnsley, on Saturday last, a country bumpkin went to look at Hilton's Collection of Wild Beasts. On enter ing the place he began to amuse himself by giving the elephant gingerbread and fruit ; but, soon growing tired of that, he thought he would try what a joke would do, and accordingly he pricked the elephant's trunk with a penknife. No sooner was this done, than out of his den rushed the animal amongst the visitors, forcing the chain and the larg e p os t t o w hi c h h e had b een fastened along with him. The elephant caught the delinquent by the collar, and threw him with great force on the ground. Up he got again quickly, and made his escape outside, but the elephant struck the temporary ceiling which the man had just passed with such force as to shiver it to pieces . The scene at the moment was truly ludicrous; men, wo men and children were laid in all directions. Fortunately , no one was hurt, except the elephant-pricker, who coin - plained of his collar-bone, but who may thank his star s that he did not lose his life. GENERAL MISCELLANY The number of articled clerks applying for admission as attorneys this term is no less than 167. The special fund in aid of the National . Society now amounts to more than £125,000. Alexander Kay, Esq., has been elected Mayor of Man chester for the corning year. The vote was unanimous. Lord Prudhoe has given the munificent donation of £3OO to the Church Building Society for the diocese of Ripon. THE £3,000 ROBBERY AT BRADFORD.—No direct clue has yet been obtained by the police as to the perpetrators of this robbery.—Leeds paper. Mr. T. J Scales, solicitor, of Whitehaven , has been ap. pointed by Lord Lowth e r, p os t mas t er o f Hong Kong, and will depart for China in a few days. The national debt at this time amounts to £770,000,000 ; it is owing to about a million and a half of persons holders of government securities for money in the funds. The subscription to compensate Miss Martineau for her disinterested refusal of a government pension has been closed, and £1,348 remitted to that lady.—Globe. At Doddington, near Wooler, one of the inhabitants has employed himself, for a quarter of a century, in the collection of farthings ! His stock now numbers up wards of 1,900 and weighs more than 221 b. The appointment of clerk of the clergy returns in the Privy Council Office is become vacant by the death of the Hon. Edward Ernest Villiers, brother to the Earl of Clarendon, at Nice. Lord Mayor's day was celebrated on Thursday with the usual pageantry. The grand banquet which took place in the evening, was attended by several distin guished personages and members of the Government. The first tonnage and harbour duties collected in Glas gow was for the year ending Bth July, 1771, when they amounted to £1,021 ss. ld. Last year the sum collected was upwards of £40,000. DISMISSAL OF A SERJE ANT OF POLICE.—The Com missioners of the Dublin police have dismissed a ser jeant of the force for attending at the Rev. T. Gregg's soiree at the Rotunda, for the purpose of celebrating the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot. CHINA TRADE.—It appears that,upwards of a million pieces of shirtings, and nearly sixty millions pounds of cotton twist, have already been exported to China this year, being somewhere about three times the quantity of each shipped for the east during the same period last year. The weights and measures used throughout all the Cal cutta bazaars and shops, are unregulated by any kind of standard gravity. Pieces of iron, lead, stone, pebbles, bricks, and shells, may be found doing duty for legiti- mate solids, be they of iron or stone. TRADE OF DUBLIN.—The number of vessels entered at this port with goods the produce of foreign countries for the three months of 1842 which ended on the 10th of November, were 70. During the same period of the pre sent year they have amounted to 115. COAL.—The quantity of coal, culm and cinders im ported into London during the year ending 31st October last. was 2,097,179 tons, while in the previous year there were imported 2,167,340 tons, being a decrease last year of upwards of 70,000 tons. At the quarter sessions held in Taunton last Monday, the chaplain of the prison said ,that no less than 360 pri soners, had come under his notice during the last three years, who were ignorant of the name of the Saviour, and unable to repeat the Lord's Prayer. The Duke of Wellington, Lord Wharncliffe, Lord Stanley, and most of the members of the Cabinet, ex cepting the Duke of Buccleuch, absent from town, are expected to return to the metropolis before the close of the week, in order to be at the Privy Council on the 14th instant. A letter from Odessa, Oct. 12, in the Cologne Gazette, states that a sanguinary combat has taken place between the Russians and the people of the mountains. The latter made a vigorous resistance, but were forced to yield to numbers. Numerous desertions from the Russians were constantly taking place. THREATENED TURN-OUT AT ASHTON.—A notice has just been issued by the master manufacturers at Ashton under-Lyne, stating that the spinners employed in the manufactories there are in a very excited state on the subject of wages, but that the masters are very determined nut to give higher rates than those which they pay at present. LAW CHANGES.—We have heard it rumoured that Lord Wood will be appointed to the criminal bench ; Mr. Whigham, sheriff of Perthshire, it is said, will be pro posed as Dean of Faculty. Mr. Rutherford is also named. Mr. Mure, it is believed, is to be advocate-depute in room of Mr. Urquhart, appointed sheriff of Wigtonshire. —Edinburgh Paper. The Queen has been pleased to confer the honour of knighthood on James Wylie, Esq., M.D. in attendance on his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Michael of Russia, Dr. Wylie is nephew of Sir James Wylie, Bart. M.D. premier physician of the late and present emperor of Russia, in whose service he has been upwards of 50 years. ATTORNEYS NOT JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.—By the late act, 6 and 7 Vict., cap 73, it is enacted, sec. 33, that no attorney or solicitor shall be capable to continue or be a justice of the peace for any county within that part of Great Britain called England or the principality of Wales, during such time as he shall continue in the business or practice of an attorney or solicitor. FIRE AND Loss OF . LIFE.—On Thursday afternoon, last week, one of the small thatched houses in Upper Craigie was burned to the ground. It was inhabited by an aged couple of the name of Gall, one of whom, Mrs. Gall, we regret to say, fell a victim to the flames, while the other had a very narrow escape from sharing a similar fate.—Edinburgh Post.. SPLENDID MICROSCOPE.—A most powerful hydro oxygen microscope (magnifying . objects upwards of 30,000,000 times larger than their natural size) was exhib ited before Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Al bert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, and the illustrious visiters to her Majesty, at the Castle, on Tuesday afternoon. Instead of throwing the bones of their meat into the sea (as they generally do,) it is suggested that masters of ves sels should allow the boys to preserve them as a perquisite, and sell them at any British port they may enter. By this means, a large quantity of valuable manure would be saved : and in ports very distant from a mill, poor men might be employed in winter to break up the bones. The borough of Stockport, which boasts of Mr. Cob den as a parliamentary representative, has entered its veto against the principle of free trade, by negativing a congratulatory address to those electors of the metropolis who voted for the league candidate and nominee, Mr. Pattison, as one of the representatives of the city of Lon don in parliament. LIGHT SOVEREIGNS.--Since the light sovereigns have been called in, no less a number than 600,000 ! have been forwarded from the Branch Bank of England in New castle, to the parent bank, London. The loss thus sus tained in this neighbourhood is not less than £lO,OOO, being 4d. each on the 600,000 the charge made by the Branch Bank of England.—Tyne Mercuvy. THE BENCH.—It is reported in legal circles that Lord Meadowbank had forwarded the resignation of his seat on the judicial bench, which he has so long adorned, to the right honourable Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government.—Edinburgh paper.— [lt is said confidently that the Dean of Faculty, Patrick Robertson, Esq., has received the appointment to the judicial seat thus rendered vacant.] The Lord Mayor gave a splendid entertainment on Tuesday to upwards of fifty of the leading dissenting elergymen of the metropolis, together with some of the most influential laymen of the several denominations. To the toast of Mr. Burnet and civil and religious liberty, Mr. Burnet returned his thanks. He was followed by Dr. Bunting, Dr. Reid, Dr. Leifchild, and other ministers, who severally addressed the audience. SALE OF SHIPS OF WAR.—On Tuesday afternoon, ten of her Majesty's ships of war, condemned by the Ad miralty Surveyor, were put up for sale by Dutch auction, at the Admiralty Office, Somerset House. The average price of the vessels sold did not exceed 345. per ton, ac cording to register, which was considered exceedingly low considering the construction of the old gun brigs, the class to which they chiefly belong. CAUSES OF DEATH.—CORONERS' INQUESTS.—From the borough coroner's accounts for the quarter ended Nov. 9th, we find that the following are the causes of death, in the 60 cases in which inquests have been held by this officer during the quarter :—Burns and scalds, 8 ; drowning, 8 ; falls &c., 11 ; from horses, car t s , & c ., 3 ; machinery, 2 ; railways, 4 ; poisoning, 2 ; suicides, 7 ; found dead, 1 ; other casualties, 2 ; natural deaths, 42. Manchester paper. EXTRAORDINARY RorE.—Saturday, a hempen rope was made at a rope factory, at Hayle, which measured 2'BBo feet in lenth, 10/ inches in circumference, and weighed upwards of five tons. More than three million feet of yarn were consumed in its manufacture. It is for one of the inclined planes on the Hayle Railway, and in weight and size exceeds any railway rope of which we have heard. It is probably the heaviest rope ever made in the country.—West Briton. DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR JOSH. O'HAL LORAN, G.C.8.--We have to announce the demise of the above gallant officer, who expired at an early hour on Friday last at his town residence. Sir Joshua was youngest son of Mr. Sylvester O'Halloran, of Lime rick, and was born in 1781, so that he had been upwards of 60 years in the service, 54 of which he was in India, having during that lengthened time, we believe, never been absent on furlough. It appears from the Bankers' Circular, that the race of private bankers has ceased to exist in Scotland, the Greenock bank having merged into the Western Bank of Scotland. Mr. A. Thompson is to continue in its ma nagement. This gentleman, in a letter on the subject, says, " I am the last and oldest of my race, having in July, 1801, had the whole property of this company placed under my charge, and during that long period I have not been three months absent from my cause. YORK MINSTER.---Three massive doors have been completed in Newcastle for York Minster. They are of the decorated or Christian style, and designed by Mr. Sydney Smirke, of London, under whose direction the restoration of that splendid Minster is now drawing to wards a close. The three doors are alike, and measure 16 feet in height, and 61 feet in breadth. The upper part is full of rich tracery, supported by columns with capitals, embellished with Gothic leaves. The tops of the capitals are ornamented with figureheads, out of which the hoed mouldings spring, and terminate with exquisitely carved Gothic finials and crockets. Nov. 14, 1843. _,-------- , MUNITIONS OF WAR.—II is stated tha t the Lou' 3 (at Iron Company , near B ra dford, have received an order 1,220 iron ca nnon , 22,000 eight-inch shells , and le i t red cannon shot " ,32 pounders. It has not pu blicly transl.., whether the order is from the Hon. the Ea st India Cc pany or from B the ritish Govrnment. Place 01:1 KENDAL ELECTION.—The e nomination took tr. Tuesday, when the s l iew o f ha'Ads was in favour of c o . W arburto n . Th e p o lli ng t oo k place on the fo llowing' At the close, the poll was as follows : Mr. Warburton . Mr. Bentinck.. boot On Wednesday last, as a boy named Atkinson, %of 13 years old, was tendin g wheat in a field in the I'll bi Elsham, near Brigg, Lincolnshire, he was join for , another boy named Andrew , aged about eig • ~ ,0- mer having a ner that he would shoot him dead upon the spet, afi q ° he son was not allowed shof, but as a sub s " — West had procured some lead, which he cut i n to conf ej pieces. hA still BRISTOL SUG AR M ARKET , Nov. 10.- - W e baps diP a dull market for con tinue to stwars but importers con list, play firm • ' . firmness , and for the few-transactions since M, 0 which do not exceed 350 hogsheads West India se' 0 se' bags Mauritius, fully former s ;aies have been obta- o h) Bengals no transactions are reported. Rums are 0 little limited demand, but the supply is small and off!? Oil assortment. Average price of Sugar, Nov. 7, is ''''' s per cwt. „„ a that ARREST OF DR. BERRINGTON.--We underslityill the Rev. Dr. Berrington, who obtained some Ole accus ed r of Cheshire, so me months since, has been lately oa carrying on some of his usual practices at Warhat s tler that he is at present safely lodged in Dorchester ~.00, on a charge of having obtained goods under false pre t _t,i o a, It is said that he represented himself on the late oen is as the curate of Warham, and that he thus succeelsior. possessing himself of a large quantity ofjewellerY en Ate niture. THE INCENDIARY FIRES IN NORTH WA 1 ~t .-5. OW adjourned inquest on the death of Rober t Roberts _r was found dead at Gws Fain farm, was held, on T o ile ur last, at Tynant Inn, near the said farm. After_aigitll discussion the jury were desirous of returning a ' 7 .4 e ,, t o peil wilful murder; but it appeared that the man h a " "don° from the fire at first, and had loosed the horses an _jog from another part of the fire, and was loosing.sol "tor out when he fell among them, and all perish en n ,a Li, thered, not burned—so that the verdict returl; Found dead from a fire caused by an incendiall'l4 o f IMPORT OF PROVISIONS, &C., TO THE C,._ 4 124 Of Goon HOPE.—By an order in council , dated t h e re. October, 1843, the order in council dated the 22 ortat iea bruary, 1832, is repealed, which prohibits the jail ) ; kw' into the Cape of Good Hope of the following art`eusited Beef and pork, (fresh or salted, except from the ( d r ied Kingdom or some other British possession') fiab 'rodg ca or salted,) train oil, blubber, fins, or skins, the f i, 01 of creatures living in the sea, except as a foressl er the except herrings from the Isle of Man. BY this L e r 0 100 above articles are hereafter to be admitted into th e at certain rates of duty. tea bias THE TEA TRADE, Nov. 6.—The deliveries o f ; t, the week were 542,8001 b. The market has been nut w e der g s trade being cautious, but in imperials and gull plain good private contract business has been lately done. The orange pekoe and flowery pekoe continue heavY•Bo,Biatt stock of Tea on the Ist inst. was 29.374,0001hi4e00* 28,555,0001 b at the same time in 1842. Th e stna'The de: you is about 2,000,0001 b. larger than last year' g ains' liveries this year have been 30,431.0001 b., tts this 29,767,0001 b. at the same time in 1842. T he intul lb . os D e P I e I g I I I e E s N o of the Co N y Pitmen'sE ri Er I c y o e o a t r . 1 11 , a 1 v 8 e 42 b . een T1 3 1e 2, 1 0 n 88 di ,00 a mOlabi.l,barignagisnsnt nothing from China. , ;ng of the E Cni A on and Wales, commenced in Newcastle on lYn T e ti O e : d g, i r i ; day week, and closed on Thursday last. nature of the business transacted has not transP; r o s trogi understood that the speakers generally express gs, ale rocee dla At th i feeling against mixing politics with their P conclusion,cemos e p me e tm c i i ne a gi l 1 1 ,c y e against tzn a v %. i . t n oh s Npe t lela a wso n tec y saj sav ,at.nidoeuvr.eaourcppyao:conylp_sToisfy: on-Tyne eh for arCnthdhaer t iNn e le r ai . i jt cll, voting ce6 f e r t e ro, when the latter place was decided upon ; the E n d p 1 510( gfreonmeraEltnbrn:eaeolnlreglaolii INTERESTING ENTERTAINMENT.."--The P l 4 r ;, asp le,t,,P. of London, and the Lady Mayoress having g" 7 ,,v - to a Partial did ball and supper on Wednesday night wee' " - ities "- of two hundred and fifty who kept up the festivnt Of daybreak, invited about 50 children of diff ere otas y congregated g v L a r aa r (ic y ye i o n fmun g ldl f ayo r y o nto m dor eoea rk 6 st rs4ytl leave o'clock cf l :rce 2 eol i ov y moce e rkd a it r i iht s anhe , vei it o rmnh n i be Friday eidnibire cavrov liieco benevolent rabot t oc e os a . r at 9 i P ;: h hht a eee l I iyal lathe :11,, fe ll ::lis ii:i goria, ball and supper. The " little dears " w e ' re here ced merrily to the piano, until 9 o'clock , nn"„`d boSt es... THE LATE MR. BUDDLE.—We recently inser-viargal ragraph setting forth, that the late agent for stet P, 11 , 1 5 , amassed a fortune of £150,00g0. be The friend s ° f averr ed ceased that Mr. have ßn d c d o i n e t contradicted this onlyth is sonst at e o m f e a n n t . e ro l i n t re l o s rot o c ti o I f i t i 0 7 7; viewer, and that he was a highly educated gen t fi gage bad the outset of his career. He was extensively e--ead the his own account in collieries and sbipP ing ' with ' amassed a large fortune, before his connexion Marquis of Londonderry. slog or DESTRUCTION OF LUTON* H S atur d ay TOE M Ail d o y ot o i THE MARQUIS OF BUTE, BY FIRE.—On a tar garci a 'o6 ing, about two o'clock, the mansion of the fire- 5 . Bute, near Luton, was discovered to be on uo d neee be flames spread with great rapidity, and it wal l . ° ;rig n b f ru t o• sary, to prevent their extension' to the len' jog s" - hie building, to pull down a portion of the conneetd" c alng - io ture. The books, manuscripts, furntture, an The l e , paintings were all removed to a place of s afetY. pntirelY or body and right wing of the mansion wer e ---, offic es at stroyed. The property is insured in differen' „.„tll th £58,950, but the loss is calculated to exceed b. tbe amount. CAUTION TO PERSONS MAKING WlLL' .. clifili S-8 0r c Siq e b 0 passing of the new Will Act in 1836, nunieron so ner 4 Attestationbeen set asi d p e re fo s o r r w i baendt byof t due bat attention n o. Anot Among n t g h s e t r( t l ,,i, oo e e ls: 1 ;i! cases of hardship of this kind we may Inent,i°: Th e , occurred in the Perogative Court on Tuesua•l c ;itness`: s ll ceased signed his will in the presence f t w o - th e ' 1 o bu t t bo man and his wife, present at the same time ; held , H e having written his wife's name, the Cour t ! s igog,''ij, though the witnesses might have' attested d tber',4 of the deceased, they had not both " subscribe. thewl' 1 as the act required, and refused the probate of _ Ol SI3; STEAM TUGS ON C T 1 BirMingpt:blie: ANALS.— le es-- hoo Liverpool Canal Company, which has recentlY he ir to t ea steam vessels for tugging of loaded boats IWO e tch to ., in lieu of horse power, on Saturday evening de a S u thno; Liverpool, from the junction of their canal at cou taig it h wgsa n tni e hen a aiea r edsghi t gl h wyriv i e s eaag rsno t e o tdpo w essw i rta i fa , feoeti a rilgomyb t n r efte a rddo i o n fimna3 o ts f igtoo s ds ioitxffdostentesarsetern.ynt starting l tne o c og a t phndapereroldtausscgbnieho:os: ua t i , i e.: 000i : 0 1 0o , ( ore ! engine of A-horse power, tugged the a e-- d o f a ge , lest hampion Chronicle. 4 vithlaue d ,: l se ir SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.---Abollb .' I rt n• ° op' a large hive of bees entered the slates of a f 3 the il : f orlr , the vicinity of Wigton. During the surnlnerily at rd' trious insects were often observed to be b°s s trigl °Pe tsi a and no molestation was offered to their i ° e J to ss ee f r Ainft, is t bini i ir o doo l ep i wks s oee . innvneeta A roro b lipnfy o ec u ancir t eptild t nia h ni nb r tatl e iyo e tgfyi w a; rn e mra e fee k natrv s yi to a rhar g oip o ognrug i e t aal w triht: a layli s te.t r ib e s,hT s aleh E' vbse weet i rb i i l ectu i ei n oel:: o g sosltibs, .0 t,, k bstli) ee e 00 0 0.1 ; the extent of their honey stock, and the ws , sin g t oe, that nine imperial pints were dropped frOT the sotP., o il Borgne during the present season ; .an 'l -- 7n the "° aswooartleanthda.Lnituhmaferbieesenconuerazrelry.approac,he. 0 1 last se*' Aa y t bBo .6 ADULTERATION OF PEPPER.—On r r ,'"Wdore "Ave l ir cases of adulteration of pepper were helu "" er red the gistrates at Worcester. The -parties cha g oo coor r h fnioog o uu ff trsot e ha n tr c ht e tiech the y number—were wholesale grocers, and a r od e° cl b aci o F tAhf o ce r coos e npr fl ed ; guilt, but pleaded for mitigation as the P - a rs, e an trs a m e. plained of had been in existence for rae9Y ;Dote f Ov - e been passed over b the excise as 3 'l e g' fioe °of - besides forfeiture of the article ; but in enn se iiag Plisbl e i mitigating circumstances, the bench convi ct ore s ts ° a . fg l ' f ; red and white mustard seed and pe pper. , f , 00 1;.- i too.; BURY ST. EDMUND'S.—THE NORMAS. a ' ri select taco; ING.—Alarming as this may sound, it is ,everksito eal!: On Monday sen'night, about 9 o'clock' " be o w J ac h . parties were liable to 3 0 00 0 40 ashlar, or stone casing, with a portion of ! to Sr• it bot fell from the top of the south-east ang le rons e qy doi % son's garden, the concussion shaking th,e. 4 haPeidiag,,,e leeesviawdmeenorocu'eirlitooeftaaoncdwlibseatnic:iostts,htaterhYcebrrattpote Seed' sides of the tower to their foundations' ° e l le bg l ' ao uln,,`; no injury to any one. This portion of " t ithe c 'doP e ' - ; been observed to be in a very loose state , an L anc e yett would have been glad long ago to have eo n ' o f gr._ pia ~r s ol o, at [ions o t tthe ee foro commencementt to securing it, e but u u o i t c dftoi the ea t .w h_e o Br o k Pus P r y o a s t p i pi t i ob o os t p:0 ) ... ...P e : it : 1 ompt : POSTAGE STAMPS.—(From the Pos',,dhesi v , e t he ' - t o firmly to their letters, are recomraende; tare "liaag e 'hls 'qlo found a difficulty in attaching thei to o ',, e 4ectlY, of ter, in preference to applying the we' s o we " - Al iso' t the gum ; as the latter plan involves s it is a. te fon t Furth er 'der tn., l ;ith ca washing te gum off the stamp to wet the face of the stamp slightly, in the stamp from curling up at its edg es ior tb e i g tbe te this precaution, it has a tendency to do ands' ds, an. t be jonif:e bibes the moisture, it immediately egP aa ..„evih t Oa s to renders the gummed side of the starnP seP t 'i; e t wo s on) , in itti est, but by wetting the printed side a's° e a $ l , ll , s oal u t aqualived. But the stamp may be dil de d tP"., is Pa water instead of wetting the letter,...,,Pr°l h p the 9 „ tfi f P iale i"" water be shaken off immediately. vv,_ - .l,iece - on, it should be pressed gently with " ' Of Sa turday ev,e, a pu ce , paper. rin satnr", : "„' s uorher THEATRE-ROYAL, DUBLIN.--'''' nal.' 10 A a ...--- oe, ca./ Mrs. Wood again appeared before e sta,, $ w • u to th stn,, $ och previous to her bidding a final adie opera e d rn 5. favourite character of Amine, i n the Le ore _ o o o _, nambula." Upon her first appearance she her e e ns 0 pr e, agitated and oppressed with the ~e xem e s o ' ci retaw 0 , 1 il During much of the:first act .13,..r5• - ° k A her e a ii-h aj ar _e r " pow ers; te pr o tion of the nervousness that had but she afterwards gave full scope to her e% quis i t he "4 in the finale there was not as much of tha t ox 9 yodel:. so charming in the artists of the Itt a n d an intisreis Ira and passion imparted to the music , ncluding "ffect,•-ed interest for the audience. •The music ow a nd e u stslhe Wood executed with superior brillig;1• 1 - . and ice. the curtain fell iimid loud applause. " 1 g ood c° l. the part of Elrino, and was in ve r Yo n g ga l house was well attended.—Dablin .Eveor Tibial, rtio job; No Tt it:,; ( "!E 7 11 path Gh tfor n ° nal Tyro ft , s '4l ki , l° )4,0 k.tept,„, tZb N 4 4 114 " Of .1.„ e° 'i!'44 4 th ch t , eui kit, to k kit"' y e a >zsok q. ( it.' Ct ' A t,to k •th