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ilarraturr. NOTICES. The Law Rrview anti Quarto -1y Journal of British and - Foreign Jurisprudence. London : Owen Richards, 191, F . teet•street. This is the first number of a publication which weirs to us to be excellent in its design, and calculated to be of extensive usefulness not only to the profession brit to the public at la,ge. The articles are ably written, and ei brace a number of highly interesting subjects, amongst which we may mention one on the Joint Stock Companies Regulation Acts, one on Legal Education, and an article styled " aecent Regulations ►n Gonveyanc►ng Forms." The sketch of the career of Baron Abinger is well written, and does ju , tice, and no•more,. to the eminent lawyer in question. This publication should be extensively circulated. Fisher's Colonial Magazine. London : F:slic.'r, Son, and Co:, /i,wgate-street. Contains several highly interesting articles, amongst which the best are those on " Indian Emiaratinn" and " The Systom of Colonial Crown Ltd Granting." The proprietors &serve infinite credit with every friend of colonial interests for the liberality and pains with which they provide them with information, and advocate UAL' .and the country's best interests.. Chambers's E linlurgh Journal. New Series. This pubt:cdtion, of which the numbers for November are before us, supports the character of its predecessors. .New Sporting Magazine. London : Office, 24, Norfolk street, Strand ; It. Ackerman, 191, Regent-street. An excellent number, full of information upon sporting matters and amnsimr matter for the general reader. The two engravings are quite gems. 'The New Monthly Belle Assemble. 24, Norfolk-street, London Contains its usual in tereAlny, variety of light literature, poetry, &c., with the fashionp of the season, and a beau tifully executed frontispiece. Abbotsford Edition of Waverley ; Part 69. Robert Cadell, Edinburgh ; Houston and Stoneman, London. The present part continues the novel of Peveral of the Peek, and contains in the frontispiece a beietitil steel en graving of W. Leitch, of Pell: Castle, Derbyshire. The wood illustrations are of a high ,ardor of merit, and the type, paper, and general getting up of the number, fully maintain the standard of those previously published. The Dublin University Magazine. Dublin : Curry and Cu. ; Loudon : W; Orr and Co„ Contains some articles of a very high order of excel lence, amongst which we notice particularly one on the English and Irish Universities, from which some extracts will be found bel,w ; an examination of the lectures of Father Cooper, wlr.se fallacies and dishonesty are well ex posed, and a critical notice of Eugene Sue's writings—the latter beautifully written, and containing sentiments of great truth and justice. Mr. Lever's story, the Nevilles of Garretstown, is continued, and increases in interest. By the bye, -ve are happy to observe that this admired writer is about to reenter the field of authorship with a new serial tale, to appear monthly, with the magazines. The Medical Times. Carpae, London. Through the politeness of the editor, the second part has been sent to us for our notice. Its t , .chnical objects, as being medicine, and t•:e elaborate discussion of the various subjects relative thereto, will not he apt to com mend themselves anywise to the general reader, except to the curious in such matters. In the eyes of the regu lar professionals, its - ability of conduct and valuable mine of current notices of scientific discoveries, as well as its temperate articles, are now, we'believe and hear, largely appreciated, and our public opinion in physic cannot have great weight in adding to the reputation of its pages. But the convenient readable shape (being brought out in 4to, like the Atheneum, and in close columns) makes it attractive in garb. The editor is anxious to add a new fact to ophio oyy, which ere this will have been revised, no doubt. We consider it like a phrenological organ batched since Spnrzheim could affix his imp , imatis, voted by the lesser lights as "unestablished." In the article of Saturday, 30th November, it says, "As the boa con strictor sounds his rattle," &c., " so does Brodie pub licly apprise us of danger by a confidential communica tion." Only imagine the boa and the crotalus horridus contending like children for the ratle— " Pleased with a 'little, Tickled with a straw." The Mysteries of Paris. London : Chapman and -Hall. We have received Part VI. of the "only English edi tion authorised by M. Eugene Sue," of this extraordinary work. The story is continued not only with unabated but with increas'ng interest. The characters, including the good and the vicious. are vividly drawn, and the. reader is held in delightful anticipation and suspense of the denoue ment of the mystery that hangs about them, and which shall reward the one, and shall deal retributive punish ment to the other. The author is evidently gifted with strong powers of imagination ; and it is his highest merit that in drawing from the resources of fiction, so natural are his portraitures that we feel convinced that such things may be, and that he has wroeght up a narrative of proba tions, sufferings, virtues, and crimes, that are stamped with the vraisemblance of real Parisian and French life. There are humorous illustrations interspersed throughout the work, designed by French artists, with so much taste, boldness of - outline, and keeping, that the several charac ters, in varied situations and guises, are throughout readi ly recognised. This translation, we should add, has been carefully revised by the author, and all that can possibly be deemed unacceptable to the most delicate English reader has been rejected, while the intense interest which has given the work such universal popularity in Europe and America is preserved. The typographical depart. ment is, moreover, accomplished in the clearest and hest style of the art. The Library of Travel. Chapman and Hall, London. Part VIII. of this truly interesting, and, in many points, useful work, has just app ared. and in the judicious selec • tions and condensations fr,m the coritinits of distinguished „travellers, British as w:11 as foreign, fully bears out all that was announced in the prospectus, in reality " fusing together their multifarious narratives, carefully ;:.reserving the general spirit of the originals, and at the same time re 'jecting their many repetitions and superfluities, and using, as well as they may be able, a wholesome discretion, to the exclusion of whatever seems trivial, false in substance or in colouring, or otherwise objectionable." The present number is in continuation of " Egypt and Nubia," and is by J. A. St. John, Esq., the celebrated "author of works on Egypt and Greece. There is a fearful and painfully .interesting account of the mass=acre of the Merolocks ; an "excursion to the pyramids, with a full description of those extraordinary and stupendous monuments of antiquity, .together with a narrative of a perilous adventure in explo ring the interior chambers of one of them. The celebrated -Sphinx is also described, with accompanying illustrations. A. journey across the desert to Fayoum is also graphically .portrayed, followed by a visit to the vast fnd wonderful (because artificial) lake, or rather s?a, of Aleeris. We have elsewhere quoted a few passages from this number. The Polytechnic Review. Mortimer. London. The number of this literary and scientific work for the present month is, on the whole, one of the most interes - ing we hare yet perused of the series, though we venture to suggest that more variety could be imparted, were the several articles on proximate topics scattered over several numbers, in place of occupying so many pages of one publication. We have here, for instance, a communication on the Parlhy and Congreve Rockets, by Major Parlby himself; another (in centhaustion) 'on projectle Weapons of War end Explosive Com pounds, and asother on Concus-ion Shells—all good in themselves, but to the general reader presenting a degree of sameness of subject that renders each less inviting. The recent experiments, however, of Captain Warner, and his high assumption of the destructibility and range of his marine projectile, and the exorbitance of his de mend from the goternment for his secret, if they will pur chase it—have excited so much public attention to explo sions, that our objection will, perhaps, net begenerallysub scribed to. In Dr. Scofferns paper (the second enume rated) there is a sketch of the history of gunpowder, with .an elaborate exposition of its manufacture—from saltpetre, :sulphur, and charcoal—the purifying of these several in gredients, their admixture, &c., to the operation of " graining,'' . and finally to glazing. Tables are also. given of the exact composition of gunpoWder—miners, fine shooting, and common shooting ponder. There is an ar •ticle on railway improvements, comprising an account of •Kollman's Patent Locomotive Engine, in which a great desideratum appears to be attanid in ascending inclines, and passing along curves with ease and safety. The sug gestions for a new Safety Lamp, in lieu of Davy's, (not .always to be depended on,) will be read with interest by .those connected with mining operations. An article on the drama, by James iiime, M.A., evinces much taste .and talent in dramatic literature. Amongst the reviews, there is a paper explanatory of the monster telescope, . erected by the Earl of Rosse, explaining the ingenious manner in which his lordship accomplished the successful casting and polishing of his speculum—the largest in the world. By this instrument he has been enabled to see ap pearances in the moon, which were before invisible. A notice is also given of an apparatus (with diagrams) of a self-registering wind and rain guage. The present num ber concludes the volume for the half-year. We give a 'few extracts elsewhere. SELECTIONS. • MOUNT VESUVIUS. — The crater is a vast circular pit, with nearly perpendicalar walls, about two miles in cir cumference and 200 feet deep. Its bottom consists of waves of black lava or scoriae, and in the centre of it rises a cone of scoria; to the height of 150 or 200 feet. This cone has two openings on its summit, from which a con tinual emission of white vapour takes place; and about once in five mi nutes t h ere i s an exp l os i on Jeard far within the mountain, anti wi:ich is followed in a few seconds by the eitction of a vast quantity of fumes and fragments of melted lava, which, by daylight, bave'the colour of blood, but after s unset, are of a dazzling white heat, while the ' • vapour is brilliantly illuminated so as to appear like flame. Lava escapes in abundance from the base of the cone, and flows beneath the hardene , l crust which forms the floor of ...the crater. Occasionally, however, it melts its way through, and flows in a broad qtrea,o over the surface, which in its turn becomes hardened by coolin g, and a fresh eruption takes place elsewhere. In this manner the whole crater will eventually be filled up, and when thi s occurs, an eruption on a grea t scale may be expected.— Polytechnic Review and Migazine. P RE CEPT AND EXAMPLE.--Thomson, the author. of "The 50.50n5," wrote in bed his beautiful rhapsody on early rising. commencing, " Falsely luxurious I will not tam awake ?" GEORGE FREDERICK COOKE.—IIis passion for strong drink was so great, that when he was_ without money, or means of raising it, he has been known to go to a pawn broker's, where he was in the habit of applying, and to say, " I want five guineas; but I have nothing to pledge but myself—give me the money, they'll be sure to redeem me when they want me." And having sent word to the thea tre of his situation, he has frequently been found seated on the pawnbroker's counter with a duplicate pinned to his hutton-hole.—Ainsworth's Magazine. FORCE OF GUNPOWDER.—Th' enormous force of in flamed gunpowder is known to depend on the evolution of various gases, the volume of which, when coaled , if is easy enough to determine; but at the moment of their farmation they are vastly dilated by heat, so that their ac tual effective volume and pressure cannot he jusly ascer tained. It has been pretty correctly ascertained that a cubic inch of gunpowder is converted by ignition into 250 cubic inches of permanent gaSes, which. according to Dr. Dutton, are increased in volume eisht times at the time of their formation by the expansive influence of heat. Assu ming these data to be till', confined and ignited powder will exe.t, at least, a force of 2000Ibs. on every square inch !—Polytechnic .I? ,. virw and Magazine. Loan ASHLEY—CHARACTERISTIC ANECDOTE.—In Lord Ashley I alwayS found a ready will to contribute heart and soul, as though he really loved it, to the welfare of others. The last time he ever came to Eton (at least, I think so), he travelled inside the coach, and I was on the outside, behind. There was a poor woman sitting near me, who was evidently far gone in a decline, and had set out from London for the purer air of Henly-on. Thames. It came on to rain heavily, and in such a man ner as to augur continuance. We changed horses at an inn, and the poor woman moaned piteously, for the doc*or had told her, that any fresh cold would be fatal.. Daring the silence of the coach stopping, Lord Ashley heard her, on which he got out, and came round the coach, and quickly asked me what was the matter. I told him briefly, and it ended in the noble lord givieg up his place inside, to the poor woman, and himself taking a seat amid the peering rain, on the outside: While we were standing in the passage of the inn, just after the woman had got in side, amid a profusion of blessings on Lord Ashley, he said to me, " Well, this is somewhat unpleasant, for I have no great coat with me" but immediately sprang for ward, as though the deed of kindness was sufficient com pensation for a good ducking. The guard, however, lent his lord-hip an uld rough Coat, which was in reserve for night-work, and in this Lnrd Ashley enveloped himself, and arrived safely at the Crown Inn, at Slough, then kept by one Mrs. Harell. On arriving there, Mr. Maitland, who owned a mansion at Henley-on-Thames, wanted an inside place; hut Lord Ashley quickly went to the coach office, and paid for the poor wonlan ' s inside seat as far-as Henley.—Bentley's Miscellany. VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE GREAT PYRAMID OF EGYPT.-1t was now about mid-day, and the sun, quite free from clouds, smote upon the Pyramid with great ve hemence ; so that. what with the warmth produced by the labour of the ascent and the ardour of its rays, we expe rienced a heat resembling that of an oven. 'The air was clear, and our view unimpeeed on all sides. To the south, scattered in irregular crimps, were the Pyramids of Sakkarah, Abonsir, and Dashi ur. glittering in the sun, like enormous tents; and appearing from their number, and the confusion of their arrangementJto extend to an unknown distance into the desert. On the west was the wilderness of Libya, stretching away to the edge of the horizon; arid, undulating, boundless, apparently desti tute of the very principle of yeeeaation, an eternal prey to the sand-storm and the whirl-wind. A flock of gazelles or a troop of Bedouins scouring across the plain, would have relieved its monotony; but neither the one nor the other appeared. In the foreground the sand of various colours, yellow, dusky brown, and grey, swelled into hil locks which looked like the nuclei of new pyramids. To the north and the east the landscape presented a perfect contrast to this savage scenery : night and day are not more different e and if the contests of Tyehon and Osiris represented symbolically the struggles between the desert and the river—the one to nourish. the other to destroy— the gods were still there, drawn up in battle array against each other ; though the evil demon. alas I had evidently long prevailed, and was daily curtailing the empire of bis adversary. All. however, that remains of the valley of the Nile is luxuriantly covered with verdure and beauty ; corn-fields, green meadows, woods of various growth and foliage, scattered villages, a thousand shining sheets of water, and, above all, the broad glittering stream of the Nile spreading fertility on all sides like a god. Beyond this were the white buildings of Cairo, Babylon, and Rho dab, backed by the I ing lofty range of the Gehel Mokat tam, reflecting the !Tight warm rays of the mid-day sun. —Library of Travel. PRINCIPLES OF THE JESUITS.—For a stake of suffi cient magnitude there is no reas-in to doubt that the prin ciples of the Jesuit Society would impel them to the em ployment of any or all of these criminal instruments. The fundamental rule of the society, implicit obedience, and the governing rule of cooduct for its directors, the justifi cation of the means by the end, necessarily imply as much. In these two principle s lie the germs of all possible evil ; for it is the duty of the Jesuit to execute every command of his superior, and it is the- duty of the superior to effect uate the good of the church by every available means— honest, if he can; if not, by the needfnl means, be they what they may. In times of peace, and among wed regu lated communities, the aims of the society require no ac tual crime. Activity in instilling high church principles into the minds of the youthful gentry, regularity in trans mitting written accounts of their prop eedinge to their su periors, and the prosecution of a small intriguing litera ture, are, in that phase, their chief, indeed their only vo cations ; many of them, accomulished and good-natured men, remainiag unconscious of the fearful extent to which their obligations have committed them, and taught with a laudable prudence to laugh at the idea of their obedience being ever tested, beyond a clever apology for the last bull, or a white lie at the most, in coetradicring some in convenient scandal. But in times of revolution or social excitement, when decisive blows have to be struck, ene miee discredited or sib aced, and powerful individuals won over or set aside, then scandals must be disseminated with the speed of the wi;.d, fanatical passions be raised to their highest pitch, impeachments be sustained by the needful evidence, riots he fomented, and, in the necessi ties of a great crisis, assassinations themselves be perpe trated, without hesitation, without remorse, without. shame, but rather as so many acts of honourable duty. piously done for the glory of God, and the good of the Catholic Church. Christendom, which has given birth to such a system, and suffers its continuance, reproaches Hindooisue for its Thugee with but a bad grace.—Dublin University Magazine. TRAVELLING " DAWK. " —It is a delightful thing to travel dawk. I suspect that people in England know as little of the manner in which we get over the ground in that fashion as they do of other matters Asiatic. We are supposed to wander over wide and desolate plains, ueon extensive elephants, attended by a gentleman in front, who drives a species of boat-hook into the animal's head, and a gentleman behind, who screens us from the piercing rays of the sun with an ample umbrella. Some folks, who have very general ideas of Oriental life, piece us on the backs of camels, and suppose us to make one of a pa triarchal cavalcade ; while others, of more brilliant ima ginations, take it for granted that we start by the mail, " all on springs, like a corps de ballet," fall fast asleep at Calcutta and wake at Delhi. Few ever heard of The Dawk, or can conceive it possible that distances of a thou sand miles are accomplished in little boxes borne on the shoulders of four sable fellow-creatures. Yet such is the most common mode of transit, and, to my plain thinking, .it is the most agreeable and independent method of getting over ground known to the ~ivili,ed world—always except ing the luxury of your own carriage, fist post horses, arid roads as level and smooth as a bowling green. It is true the bones ache after a long dawk trip in a manner to con vey a lively idea of rheumatism; you can never sleep more than two hours at a stretch, because you are disturbed by the appeals of the relay bearers, who want buxis at every stage—the oil-fed flambeaux of your torch-bearers are flashed under your very nose the whole night through— and your ears regaled incessantly with the buzzing, hum ming, chanting, of your bearers—but still the dawk is a delightful species of carriage. We have not yet arrived at that point of civilization when travelling can be rendered absolutely comfortable under any circumstances. Take the railroad ! You see but little on your journey, and a pebble may whisk you to eternity before you can say Jack Robinson. The mail l. You are pet up for hours with a curious, forbidding old woman, via-a via, afflicted with an obstinate cough and a yelping lap-dog; on your right is an invalid attorney, who must have both windows up, and the fourth of the partie carr6e has impregnated his garments with cigar -smoke; the guard allows you but little time to bolt a few slices of indurated, time-honoured ham, and a cup of boiling-hot tea, and there is every chance of a de tention, on the most desolate part of the road, from a lost linch-pin or a broken coach-pole. Then for the travelling o' horseback, as is our wont in Persia and Asiatic Turkey, it is well enough for the ride, but you are exposed to all weathers, subjected to long halts, or relays of unknown brutes. A quiet camel ? Sea-sickness without the com fort of a steward and a swingcot. A ship ?—according to Sam Johnson, " imprisonment, with the chance of being drowned." A boat on the Nile, the Ganges, the Eu phrates? Confinement, sand-banks, contrary winds, and tedium vitee. L n eomotion—barring the carriage and post horses aforesaid—la monstrously an voying in the best form : but as it is riot given to mortals to transport them selves without auxiliary aid, and as every spot on the fair earth is worth visiting, commend me to the Indian Dawk. You are your own master; your pelankeen is at once your arm-chair by day and your b d by night; your dressing table, your kitchen, your library, are all compactly stowed before you. Your patient bearers stop when it pleaseth you, and where it pleaseth you. Here you feast your eyes . upon a magnificent landscape, in which silvery rivers rush through luxuriant jungles, and lofty mountains, covered with rich foliage, invite you to add to the wealth of your portfolio; there you are arrested by the picturesque re mains of some antique temPle, the half-effaced inscriptions on whose mural adornments excite your curiosity and perplex your learning. Now you descend from your pa lankeen to sniff the morning air, and catch from tie wild cry of the partridge, the carol of the lark, acid the crow of the jungle cock, the pleasant infection of exhilarated spi rits—and anon you tire reclining on your portable couch, carried, in imagination, by an agreeable novel, to the land of the loved West, until the subdued pace of your porteara apprizes you that you are reaching one of the comfortable little bungalows or asylums for travellers where attentive domestics supply you with a bath and a breakfast, and you stretch your limbs preparatory to another stage. 1 have tried every description of locomotion, the 1200 ton steamer, the 1500 ton Indiaman, the Leith smack, the 1 barque, the brig, the buggalah , the canoe , the ele p hant, the camel, tee horse, the mule, the doukey, the rail-train, the mail, post-coaches, post-chaises, the diligence. the omnibus, the eil. waggon, the vetturino, the gig, the kad \ java (or pannier), the sledge, the—all, in short, excepting the ostrich and the balloon ; and the dawk still stands A Yin my register of their 'respective virtues and recom mendations. The feeling born in 1820 exists in all its I original force in 1844.—etsiatic Journal. DissENTerts' BAPTISM.—A conference of Bishops took place at Easter, 1712, at Lambeth Palace, on the validity of Dissenters' baptism ; and they all agreed that it was valid ; four days afterwards, in consequence of that conference, the Archbishop of Canterbury drew up the following declaration :—Forasmuch as sundry persons have of late, by their preaching, writing, and discourses, possessed the minds of many people with doubts as to the validity of their baptism, to their great trouble and dis quiet, we, the Bishops and Archbishops whose names are underwritten, have thought it incumbent on us to declare our opinions, in conformity with the judgment and prac tice of the Catholic Church, and of the Church of England in particular, that such persons as have been already bar tised with water, and in the names of the Fad-er, Son, and Holy Ghost, ought not to be baptised again. And to prevent any such rash practice in our respective dioceses, we do require our several clergy that they presume not to baptise any adult person whatever without giving • us timely notice."—Lije of Archbi•hop Sharp. FALSE DISPARAGEMENT OF THE ENGLISH. — One of the most ludicrous evidences of the rage that has prevailed in Eng , and during the last and existing centuries for every tieing foreign, without reference to any actual standard of value, is tee notion, not yet extinct among us, that we are not a musical people ! Our old ecclesias tical music is of the very firs' order, yet we are not a mu sical people ! The glee we altogether invented, and the beautful madrigal we carried to a higher pitch than any other country, yet we are not a musical people! Scarcely two centuries ago, part singing was held an indispensable accomplishment in every lieeral scheme of English edu cation ; and "at a social meeting, when the madrigal books were laid uoon the table, everybody was expected to take a share in the harmony ; and any one who declined, on the score of inability, was looked upon with some con tempt, as rude and low bred ;" but for all that we are not a musical people ! Music; of old, marked every step in our devotional worship, accompanied every kind of 'port and festival, was carried round to the humblest door by the itinerant minstrels, and floated from the very watch-towers of our baronial and civic castles, where the waits or wa•chmen made the long n'ght musical with their pipings—and vet, sapient Englishmen will have it, we are not a musical people. It is true, the unhappy decadence so visible in all that relates to the welfare and happiness of the poor, preva Is also, or rather till recently did pre vail, in regard to our na ional music. But the eicep , ions might have told us that it was net (Tieing to any unfitness of the English mind.—llluminated Magazine. THE PRINCE OF PEACE V. THE DUKE OF WELLING TON.—I heard a curious account of the condition of the Soto de Roma, the estate of the Duke of Wellington. It is well known this estate was selected by him out of three royal domains, which were offered to his choice by the first Cartes, as a reward for his great services in the war of independence. This grant was confirmed by the abso lute king, and never I believe attempted to be interfered with during the successive changes which have taken place, until quite recently, when, of all persons li/Orig, which, by the by, he was not generally supposed M be until his reappear ince on the stage in the guise of a chan cery suitor, but the Prince of Peace ! This personage has brought what is equivalent to an action of ejectment against the duke, and claims the estate as his prp by a fqmer grant of the royal possessor. I under that the Audieneia, or supreme tribunal of Granada, h more than once decided in his favour, hut an appeal being laid at Madrid, the surisrior court declarsd itself incompetent to enter on the question, arid so it rests. I heard that the title of only the house and a small tract of land adjoining it is effected by this curious claim, and not the greater part of the property. The person alluded to is living at Madrid quite retired, and, it is said, in great poverty, which may readily be believed ; but he finds money suffi cient to carry on the process, and fee not only the bar and solit;itors, but the judges also, who must be paid, if you are to credit the Spanish accounts of the mode of admi nistering justice in their courts, though it may be hoped not universally nor to the 'extent they state.—Captain Widdrington. SINGULAR ANECDOTES OF A RAVEN.—The first ap psarance of Jim Crow was in the street, where he was tied by the leg to a stick, while a pack of inhuman boys were gathering stones to pelt him to death, when Mrs. W., the landlady, kindly interposed and saved the devoted victim. He rapidly tamed, and in a few days exhibited both intel licence and amusement to his protectors. Upon the landlord, from first si g ht, be appeared to have centred his affections—and the ardour of the poor bird's attachment almost exceed- belief. He watched for his master in the morn'ng, followed him through the day, was always at his elbow when he dined, and if he afterwards in the evening joined a jovial party—as landlords are wont to do—Jun Crow was sure to be upon his shoulder, or on the table, if permitted to make one of the " merrie company." If any person pretended to beat the hose the rook attacked him furiously—and, as if he knew that a razor was a lethal in strument, and the carotid in dangerous contiguity, before the barber dare commence operations, Jim .Crow had to be secured in another room, to secure the stutter from maltreatment. It might be imagined that the poor rook could reason. The communication over the Tweed, be tween Spittat and Berwkk, in kept up by diminutive steamers which cross the river repeatedly within the hour. If his favourite were missing, Jim Crow would fly down to the pier and sscertain if the lost oi:e was on board; and in that event, the rook would cross the river, and no matter where his ownsr went, he would be found flying by his side, or settled on his shoulder. Of course this personal attendance was occasicually to be dispensed with—but it required no little ingenuity, by turning a corner, or getting down an entry, to enable his master to blink his too faithful friend and companion. If he suc ceeded, the bird would fly up and down the street, look anxiously around--and if he could pop on his lost proprie tor, his joy would be unbounded, and lest another sepa ration should occur, he would istlek to him for the re mainder of the day close as his own shadow. If. how ever, Mr. W. managed to get of —a feat not always to be effected—after a sharp search Jim Crow would wing his way across the Tweed, return home, and there anxiously await a reunion with his lost protector. I said that the rook was fond of convivial meetings; and there he *as an active auxiliary. Were there a dozen persons at the table, Jim would hop regularly round, receive the scores from the guests respectively, pouch the money beneath his tongue, return to his master, insert tWe e black and horny bill into the clenched hand of mine host, and honestly deposit there every coin he had collected. A still more curious anecdote of the bird ren ains ; and, upon my life ! it goes far heyond my philosophy. The first movement in the morning in the landlord's chamber, 'the first cough or creak of the shoe which announced that his master was afoot—was hailed by this singular bird with loud and exulting cawings. The landlord was a wag—his marriage bscl hail not been blessed by a family, and open ing the room door he would remonstrate with his noisy favorite—" What the diel are ye at, mon ? Hauld ye'r tongue or ye'll waukest the bairns!" In a moment the loud and clarearous caw wan changed to one so piano and subdued that had Rubini been his preceptor, Jim Crow's descending scale could not have been more rapid or more euphonious.—Wanderings in the Highlands. POETRY. THE OTHER DAY. (From Fraser's Magazine for December.) Upon the meadows spread below Full softly fall the flakes of snow, Yet choke they up the way That lately wound along the scene 'Mid fields of gold and swards of green, Ay, but the other day. The sun bath shrunk into the south, And every bird bath shut its mouth, And broken off its lay ; And yet with sultry beams the air, And yet with songs the woodlands fair, Were lull the other day. All things are here but for a while, The lrown must yanisii, fade the smile, E'en beauty must decay. And who upon that wrinkled face The lily and the rose can trace We saw the other day ? But form and beauty, too, might die, And tire forsake :he aged eye; Could any mortal say, My heart is stilt as warm and light, As full of hopes and fancies bright, As 't was the other day? Repose mankind can never know, They change as on the seasons flow, Until they pass away ; And whilst we live there 's not an hour That sees not fall some cherished flower That bloomed the other day. The mother sadly bends her head Upon the breast that lately fed A child with glances gay ; - See how her eyes now vainly seek The softly dimpled rosy cheek She kissed the other day ! - But wander through all scenes of life. Through scenes of peace and scenes of strife, Consult the whole arr: y! Seek amidst every rank of men, • For one who would not fly again Back to the other day. . Lovers regret their early sighs, Regret the maiden's downcast eyes, When first she said them nay ; All quaff too soon, al would regain The feelings they esteem'd a pain, And quencli'd the other day. Children alone Icok forward still, They pant to climb life's rugged hill, — Oh ! in the valley stay; Stay in the balmy land.awhile, Where heaven, and earth, and all things smile Now as the other day ! They listen not, but onward throng, — Farewell to innocence ere long, — Enjoy then whilst you may ! Those rad;ant brows ere long will lower, Ere long you will regret the hour You scorn'd the other day ! nut if in joy, and if in woe, Along these twilight plains below, You follow virtue's ray, Less bitter pangs may ring your breast, When rise amidst your hours of rest Dreams of the other day ! ADVICE TO BEAUTY. Sweet lady have you seen, When the Iris arch is thrown O'er valley—and o'er hill, Like a rich, enamelled zone; How majestic—yet how calm, Is the beauty of its Like a paradise of flowers, Or an Angel—in his might? Then, lady, strive to be, In thy life's young go den hours, An Iris sheddi g hope around Earth's serpent wreathed bowers; Let virtue be thy guide, Walk thou firm in wisdom's light, And though woman's be thy strength, Thou shalt wield an angel's might. T. J. Ovsaasr, GENERAL MISCELLANY. The Queen has granted the widow of Colotfel Stoddart £l5O per annum. _ The Barking fisbermen have returned to work with one or two of their gri;vances redressed. There are five Jews on the list for high sheriffs of counties in England this term. A fire Broke out in the stet!ple of Sudbury Church on Wednesday weak, but was speedily extinguished. The Duke of Norfolk is about to present fifty acres of land to the people of Shi (field for public plrasure grounds. The poet Campbell's pension of £lB4 a year has been bestowed upon Mr. Patrick Fraser Tytler. Only four lives were lost by the explosion at Cwm Avon Colliery near Bristol. It is expected that the new Manchester Theatre, which is to cost £23.000, will be opened in March next. The Northern Star, Fe; rgus O'Connor's paper, has removed from Leeds to London—a sign of the decay of Chartism. The Rev. Dr. Adler has been elected Chief Rabbi. He obtained 121 votes; Dr. Hirchticld 13; and Rabbi Hirch 2. Lord Ashley has written to the Short-time Association, saying that it is his intention to bring the subject of the ten-hours bill before the House early in the session. COMMERCIAL CURIOSITV.—A gentleman near Ayles bury has in Lis possession a Bank of &gland note for slaw-nee, issued in the year 1700. Richard Dadd, the parricide, having been removed to a Luuatic Asylum, by order of the Secretary of State, will not be tried fur the murder of his fathtr. The Leeds magistrates have decided, by orders of the law officers of the crown, that all officers on horseback, in uniform, or otherwise, are not liable to pay toll for turnpikes or bridges. The current rate of discount on first-class bills by the joint stock banks and I.rge discount houses in London is 21 per ccnt., just to cut in below the terms of the Bank of England. UNCUT OATS.—In the parishes of Eckington and Whitwell, in the ccunty of Derby, there are many fields of oats yet uncut, which would require three weeks of good harvest weather to fit them for the reapers. Mr. David Irwin, for upwards of forty years editor of the Norfolk Chronicle, and Mr. R. M. Bacon, editor of the Norwich Mercury, both died suddenly a few days ago. The London Gazette of Tuesday night contains a trea sury warrant, fixing generally at fourpence, the rate on all East India and colonial letters, of not more than half an ounce weight. In the Court of Queen's Bench, Jerkin Jones has been sentenced to a year's imprisonment, for undett +king to procure Charles Batson a ph.ce in the office,, of the Poor Law Commissioners for the sum of £l5O. A young ruffian, at Leicester, la,t week, in the hope of getting possession of a sum of money i wiling to him on the death of his mothet, attempted to po•som her, and in doing so had nearly poison( d the whole Chess players will be glad to hear that the celebrated player, M. Kiescritzkij. will vi,it Londcn early in the year. A match of 21 games is arranged to Iv. played by him and Mr. Staunton, at the St. George's Club. The Cambridge Advertiser mentions 'he recent case of a young woman, who, being frightened by a companion who appeared suddenly before her in a hideous mask, fell into fits, became a lunatic, and died in a few days. - - Four persons were killed at the Beaufort iron works, by a mass of earth eight yards above their hrakis falling upon them, and cruFhing every bone in their bodies. Two of the party were girls of 18 years of age, and the other two young men of 18 and 21. Standard-office, Two o'clock. COTTON MARKET—Two O ' CLOCK. A fair steady demand to-day, and about 3000 bales sold, at full prices, with a high market. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE. Tins DAY. Opposed by easterly winds, accompanied by intense frost for several days past, very few vessels Have arrived here since this day week ; the supplies of any kind of Grain fresh in for to-day are consequently light from any quarter, whilst of Flour and Oatmeal we have to note a moderate quantity, chiefly by steam from Ireland. From the reasons expressed in our Friday's report, very few country millers attended our Corn Exchrnge to-day. We bad, nowitbst - nding, a moderate demand from our local buyers, for English, Irish. and Forego Wheats, which fully maintained the rates of this day se'nnight. Sack Flour was rather more saleable, at a small amend ment in value ; and about 2 to 3000 bAs of sweet States have been taken for export at our quotations. Malting Barley was in slow request, at a decline of Is. per qr., but in grinding samples vve have no change to note. Beans and Pease remained steady in value, at our last currency. New Irish Oats, of which we had scarcely any left upon the market, were Id. per 45hs. dearer; and Oat meal realized an advance of 6d. per 240 lbs., but was not readily saleable at that amendment. ARRIVALS OF CORN. From the 3rd to the gth December, 1314, inclusive. IRE- • COAST- , COLO.. LAND. WISE. NIAL. REIGN. TOTAL THE Li - VT .1000 i, STANDARD, AN BCDOTE 3F THOMAS CAMPBELL.—On one occasion, Profess,tr (afterwards Sir Daniel) Sandford attempted to take precedence of the Lard Rector at a dinner party, but was defeated and somewhat humbled by the quickness of a lady standing at Campbell's side. " Bless me ! I was not dreaming of any precedence," said Campbell; "but is it not strange that Mr. Sandford should be so vain as to think that his being a bishop's son, and a professor should give him any rank, Why, it merely means the son of a dissenting clergyman and a respectable school master." An anecdote was current at this time of a dig nifie i functionary of the University—a man of pomp and form. He sneeringly said they would not know,where to address th.t official announcement ; so obscure, it might be Interred, did lie consider the man whose poetic fame was bounded only by the limits -of civilization. A gentl-- tnan pres:nt promptly answered, " You have only to ad dress it to the author of the Pleasures of Hope,' and put it into the post-office.—llletropolitan Magazine. MB- CANNING'S ORATORY.—As an orator Canning stood beyond rivalry, and almost beyond comparison. * * It is scarcely an exaggeration to affirm, that in his single person were united all the highest gifts of elo quence which nature had distributed among the most eminent of his Parliamentary_competitors. A lucid, close, and forcible logic, effective alike for the establishment of truth and the exposure of absurdity, hypocrisy, and pre tension,—an elevated tone of declamation, appealing not so much to passiob, as to what was noblest in thought and sentiment,—a stream of imagery and quotation, rich, various, and yet never overflowing the main subject—a light `artillery of wit,' so disciplined, that not a shot of it flashed without telling upon the issue of the conflict — an unfailing, yet constantly diversified harmony of period. and a magical command of those lightning words and phrases, which burn themselves, at once and for ever, into the hearer's mind—these, and all these in their per fection, were among the powers of that eloquence which death had thus suddenly hushed.—Life of Lord Eldon. TOWN EDITION. LONDON MARKETS OF YiSTERDAY. MARK-LANE CORN EXCHANGE The frost still continues, jnd tc - .e weather is intensely cold, with every appearanf e of the navigation being stopped to the interior. The conAtion of the English Wheat being greatly im proved. the trade was brisk at an improvement of Is. per qr. on best samples, and fully as goo for other descriptions. Free foreign maintains late rat , s, with a moderate sale. The best descriptions of Malting Barley have recovered the de pression that existed during the week, but secondary descriptions are still difficult of sale and Is. cheaper. We have no additional arrivals of Oats from Ireland since last m rket day,- butthe supplies of foreign are liberal, and a few additional al-Argot% have got fresh up this morning. The coun try demand has greatly abated. Sales made to-day were only to a limited extent ; but last Monday's prices wcr: fully sup ported. Beans and Malt is. lower. Peas unaltered. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat, Essex and Kent. s. d. s. d. Red 4O 0 50 0 White 46 0 56 0 Norfolk and Lincoln, red 38 0 —46 0 White.... Irish, ►ed White — .. _. Rye, old 3O 0 —34 0 New Barley, Grinding 26 0— 31 0 Malting Chevalier 3B 0 —4O 0 Malt, Suffolk and Norfolk 5B 0 "2 0 Brown 56 o 60 0 Kingst'n and Ware . Chevalier Oats, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, feed 22 0 23 0 Potatoe Youghall and Cork, black Cork, white Scotch, feed Beans, tick 35 0 —37 0 Pigeons' Pease, Grey 35 0 —37 0 Maple 36 0 —4O 0 White Boiler. - 43 0 Flour, tnvin made Suffolk N 3 0 35 0 Stockton and Norfolk FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. Wheat, Dantzic 32 0 —36 0 Hamburg Parley Oats, new 35 0 - 27 0- 29 0 17 0 - 18 0 15 0 - 17 0 24 0 - 2 9 0 28 0 - 32 0 21 0 - 20 0 Feed .... Beans Peas F10,,r, American Baltic YESTERDAY'S LONDON SHARE MARKET. - ..„ Somd of the railway shares have been in considera'►le demand at advanced rates. South Western were sold at 87, but have since reacted to 84, and• Brighton to 55, but last done at 490. Bristol and Gloucester were last quoted :58, Birmingham and Gloucester c 6, Eastern Counties 13k, Great Western 147. Halves 88i, Hull and Selby 67, Liverpool and Manchester 213, Bir mingham 221. Loudon and York 4, Midland Counties 1081, Northern and Eastern 57'2, Newcastle Junction 604, South Eastern 38, Trent Valleyn, York and North Midland 1014, Boulogne and Amiens 5, Orleans and Vierzon 102, Orleans and Bordeaux 64, Paris and Rouen 894. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET. As tlte great Christmas market will be held on Monday next, no little curiosity was manifested by graziers and butchers to ascertain the quality of the stock exhib ted for sale to-day. From the numerous attendance of butchers, and the near ap proach of Chri- tmas, we were led to expect an improved de mand ; but such was not the case ; still, however, the primest Reef wa t in good request, at fully last wee 's quotations. viz., from 4s. to 4s. 4d. ver 81bs. ; but in all other kids exceedingly little was uoti:g. Foreign Beasts found purchasers at from £lO to £l9, and the Sheep from 1395. to 445. per bead. We find that the foreien Beasts are still in good favour amongst the butchers, while the Sheep are somewhat eagerly sought after. The bullock droves from our northern grazing districts consisted of about 1,890 short horns. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridge shire, we received 9' 0 Scots. Kc. ; from the Western and Mid land Counties, 600 Herefords, Runts, Devons. &c. ; from other parts of England, 700 of various breeds; from Scotland. 200 horned and polled Scots, and from Ireland, via Liv...rpool, 4 Beasts—the tem inder of the supply being derived from the neiehb urhood of the metropolis. The supply of Sheep was somewhat on the increase, and of fair averag quality. Prime old Downs we cin good request at full prices; but all other kinds were with difficulty disposed cf at late rates. In Calves exceedingly little was doing. at previous currencies. We had on offer 141 Pigs. by sea, from Ireland. All descriptions of Pork were heavy, yet prices were supported. Per Bibs, to sink the offal. s. d. s. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 2 t:— 2 lelSecond quality do. 3 4 3 6 Second quality do. 3 0— 3 6 Coarse do. 3 8— 3 10 Prime lar i te Oxen. 3 8— 4 elSouthdownWethers 4 4 4 2 Prime Scots, &c... 4 2 4 4 Do. out of the wool Coarse Calves .... 3 0— 3 6I Large H gs Small do. Suckling do. each.lB 0-32 t Qr. old Pigs, each 16 o—ott Inferior Sheep 2 8— 3 0 Lambs SUPPLY A' Beasts44,l2O .... Sheep. 30,141 MARKET. ... Calves, .. Pigs, 413 , Wheat .. ON. 1179 j 33 .212 Barley Qrs. : 2.8 13; 433 Malt Qrs. 35 676 711 Oats Qrs. 454 98 548 Rye Qrs. Beans Qrs. 132 132 Pease Qrs. 81 700 780 Shelled BarleyQrs. I Indian Corn. Qrs.. 1500 1500 Rapeseed Qrs. Oatmeal .. Loads 4760 11 10 4751 Flour. .... Sacks, 426) 134 4403 Ditto In'o Runcorn, Inland an l Coastwise,—Wheat. 410 qrs. ; Barley. qrs.; Malt, 1735 qrs.; Oats, 3465 qrs., Oatmeal, 55 loads; Flour, 870 sacks. EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat. qrs.; Barley, qrs. ; Pease, 125 qrs. ; Oats, 222 qrs.; Indian Cor. qrs.; Oatmeal, loads ; Flour. 457 luls.—lreland.Wheat, qrs. Bar ley, qrs ; Beans. 3 qrs ; Rye, qrs.; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal, Ids ; Flour, 35 sks, 167 —Coa- twise. Wheat, qrs. ; Barley, 8 qrs.; Malt, 11 qrs.; Oats 12 qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; Pease, qrs. ; Oatmeal, loads ; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Flour, 276 sacks 1127 brls. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Nov. 30, 1844. Wheat 45s 4d Barley 355. Id. 1 Oats .. 218. Bd. I Rye 235. 2d. Beans.. 38s. Od. 1 Pease.. 358. lid. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat 458. lld. I Barley 355 5d Oats 21s. sd. Rye.. 34 , . Bd. Beans.. 378. (Id. j Pease.. 355. 3d. Duty on Foreizn Produce this week. Wheat2^s ad I Batley 3s Od I Oats .6s ad Rye.. 8s 6d I Beans 55 6d I Pease.. 7s 6d I Ind. Corn Os Od Flour 125 Oa Duty on Canadian Wheat.. is. Od. I Parley.. Os. ed. I Oats ..2s. Od. I Rye.. Os 6d Beans Os. 6d I Pease es. 6d. I Ind. Coin Os. Od. I Flour.. Os 74d • Duly on other British Colonial. Wheat.. ss. ed. Barley.. s. 6d. I Oats, 2 . ed. Rye .. Beans.. es. 6d Pease.. s. Id. I Flour. 3s. Id. cs. 6d. Liverpool Averages, week ending ard Dec., 1844. Wheat, 1194 qrs., price ass. sd. ; Barley, 163 qrs., price 325. 7d. ; Oats, 752 qrs., price 2us. gd. ; Rye, qrs., price Od. ; Beans, qrs., Os. Cd. ; Pease, qrs., Cs. od. Duties paid in Liverpnol. for week en ing sth December, 1844. —Foreign—Wheat, 1i56 qrs. ; Barley, —; Oats, 250 ; Heaus, ; Please, o ; Rye, —; Indian Corn, 748; Oatmeal, 0 Ids. ; Flour. barrels. —Colonial—Wheat, 9 qrs.; Barley, 12 qrs.,; Pease, 413 qrs.; Flour, 2112 barrels. On Tuesday. at her Majesty's dock yard, Woolwich, a scaffolding gave way, and killed one man, and very seri. o nsly injured several others. Five casual paupers in the Eton Union Workhouse have been committed for trial on a charge of attempting to set fire to the building. An explosion took place at Segbill colliery, near New castle, on Sunday evening, by which two of the workmen lost their lives. A most brutal scene was exhibited in the streets of the Cathedral cite of Durham., on Tuesday last, when a man in a state of intoxication, named Stellia, was attempted to be dragged to prison at " a cart's tail." On Wednesday evening last, an incendiary fire took nitre at Watton, Hertford, on a farm occupied by Mr. Krmpton, and belonging to Mr. Abel Smith, M.P. The damage is estimated at £2OOO On Tuesday week a female lunatic leaped from a car riage on the Edinburgh and Glasgow railway, while the train was in motion. She miraculously sustained no . injury. On Thursday, at York, Mr. Justice Coleridge, inAtOst affecting terms, sentenced a young man , named Pater, to death, for having set fire to a neighbouring house whilst the itimat , s were asleep at night. Awnvuan ATTORNEY TRANSPORTEP.—Thos. Field, alias John E4sterfield, has been transported - for seven yearA, at the Central Criminal Court, f,r having obtained two half-crowns and a sixpence from a party, under take pretences. At the Central Criminal Court, on Monday, a fellow named Ward was indicted for extorting money from Mr. Mieyille, a member of the Stock Exch a nge, by threatening to charge him with the commission of an abominable offence. The scoundrel was sentenced to be transported for life. BRIEF FELICITY.—In a rural district, lately, a boy and girl, age.l, respectively, nineteen and sixteen, were married on Wednesday, spent all the money they had (fifteen shillings), on Thursday and Friday, went to the union workhouse on Saturday, and were then passed to their respective parishes. SINGULAR ACCIDENT. — On Thursday last, as the bead groom to Earl Bathurst, was standing in the stables, patting one of his Lordsh . p'g horses, the animal suddenly snapped at his hand, and bit one of his thumbs com pletely off above the nail. The animal niarst have swal lowed the precious morsel, as it could not be found. A Riot VAGRANT. —Mary Jones, with her son, a lad about 14 years of age, have been committed to Carmar then gaol for vagrancy. On her person was found the sum of £:6 Is. lOd. in cash, and promissory notes from the Glamotgansbire Bank, and from several tradesmen, to the amount of upwards of £3OO, PRIZE FIGHT.—On Tuesday a pugilistic contest for £lOO, took place between Maley, of London, and Mer ryman, beloneing to Nottingham, about half way be tween London and Nottingham. The fight commenced in good earnest, and cont i nued for about one hour and a half, when night made its appearance, and it was found that darkness must stop the affair. THE MURDER OF AN ORANGEMAN.—On Thursday at York, John M'Cann, 29, was indicted for the wilful murder of Benjamin Gott, at Bradford, on Whit-Monday, the 27th of May. There was another count in the indlct rnebt charging the prisoner with the manslaughter of the said Benjamin Gott. Before the case had proceeded far, Mr, Wilkins said he could not resist the minor charge, and the jury found a verdict of manslaughter. A BRIDEGROOM SHOT ON His WAY TO CHURCH. — On the 22d u!timo, as Ja , nes Cockburn was on his way to the cl,ureh at the village of Presson, near Kendal, where the bride and her party were waiting for him ' a man, named Johnston, a " hind" to the bride , fired at him from a wood, and wounded him, it is feared fatally. Johnston was instigated by dissppointtnent. He has been corn nr,tred. • - The COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. — The first examination fot the Fellowship of the 'loyal College of Surgeons took place on Tuesday and Thursday last, when out of 30 can didates the following had the honour conferred on them : —sir. Ward, Huntingdon; Mr. Rix, St. Neots ; Mr. Sodon, jun., Bath ; Mr. Boil, Arundel; Mr. Cotton, Lyme ; Mr. Cheeseman, Sheffield ; Mr. Rumsey, Glo, tearer; Mr. Ellison. Chester; Messrs. Robarts, Smith and Barrow, of London, with three others. • ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.—On the 22d ultimo, a farm servant named Cockburn, residing near Dunse, in Scotland, was fired at while on his way to be married, and in company with another man. He received about 160 slugs and shot in his Wick, and is not expected to survive. A man named Johnston, who lived survant with Jean Rankin, to whom Cockburn was to be married, h;:s been committed for trial, be having shortly before borrowed a gun. and having entertained a bad feeling to the injured man. CONDITION OF THE LABOURING CLASSES.—Twenty cottages are in progress of erection by the society for the improvement of the condition of the labouring classes, on the estate of Lord Caithorpe, within a few perches of the Clerkenwell Police-court. They will be inhabited each by one labourer's family. They will be fitted up with the greatest regard to the comfort and cleailipess of the occu pants, and will cost £3,0;;0. The main object the so. ciety has in view by the erection of these 20, is that they may serve as a model for such buildings to the aristocracy who may visit the metropolis.—Globe. AcuitNs.—Curiosity has been rife in Godalming daring the last four we..ks,to account for the very extensive de mand which has taken place for ac orns. One individual, it is said, has been commissioned to buy up no less than 2000 bushels, at ls. per bushel , an d so great is the com petition for the article, that pig .keepers are quite unable to keep pace with the rise in price. Some suppose that they are wanted as a substitute for bark in tanning lea ther, while others, no less wise, hint that they are wanted for the adulteration of coffee. They are all sent off as quick as purchased, to London, there to be made use of.— Suasex Express. ALLEGED THEFT BY A LADY OF RANK.—MrS. Tyr whit t, the lady of fortune, who was charged with stealing a microscope tin the Bth of September, at the Soho Bazaar, innocence of the false thank u e e London, worth half a crown, was trie d at the Middlesex Sessions, on Thurs d ay , and ac q uit ted. A number of persons of rank and title were called to speak to charac ter. The jury w e re absent two hours and a half. The deeply affected, and said, in a feebl e vo i ce , " G en tl emen , s y p o ri u so h n a e v r e , charge that has been brought against s '‘ c .h q o ui w tt a e s d 5 me.UP Pr d b y you he r ; h sbd, e most r ade Inv most solemn and a herel me." She then sank down over come by her feelings, and was carried from the court. RATHER GREEN.—At Manchester, last week, a young man, being determined to ascertain for himselt whetheT, the sensations of persons hanging are " most pleasingt A as Mr. Wakley says they are, made the experime nt, an. had a most narrow escape from being suffocated in ell . nest. SHOCKING DEATH.—Last week, two women had otif casion to go up Llangattock mountain (Breconsh ire), and one of them took her little girl with her, who unfortu nately got' separated from her mother , and, on account of the density of the fog, the night pass ed without 5 trace of her being discovered. On the following 00111' ing she was found, iu a sitting posture, quite dead. THE LATE BANK ROBBERY.—In consequence of 3 letter addr,ssed to the banking-house of Messrs. Rogde ode and Co. by their solicitor, Mr. Hobler, sugge sting a mo v e of cancelling ell the Bank of England notes which ha recently been stolen from that firm, and thus rendering the property taken valueless to the robb e rs a nd their nen7 federates, some of the parties of the banking-bouse hart had an interview with the Secretary of Stat e upon the plan proposed by Mr. Hobler, and the matter is ee lf under consideration with Sir James Graham. If So, we are quite sure the public will be glad to know that fo r r once the most adroit masters in the art of thieving Wiv met with their match. THE MURDER AT DOVER.—Jam s Clark , Wm• Clark, and William Smith, were indicted at the Maidstone, assizes for the murder of a policeman. The facts, which we published wcraatdiek ar s. ( ) 1 an thethe 8t th o e f , number of icre disorderly persons had been drinking to gether. when the deceased in the execution of his duty, s w e i p l will e b n e n e r, t he the recollection prisoh ers jou; interfered, and in doing so re' eived a tremendous WO who stick, i flitted d h t f h e e l fel t blow. m Theto the ri e t o. o r i t h e s tllithwha.s4BoB; deceased was on the ground, jumped P upon his body , exclaimed, "There, you —; you've got it: yo' l are "- good." These facts were proved in evidence , bu t there was an absence of any distinct proof that the prisoner° were actually present when the blow was siruck• I„be jury acquitted the prisoners, after a consultation of t "'' hours. SECOND EDITION. Dec. 10, 1814. MISS MA.RTINEAU ON MESMERISAL In the Athenceum Miss Martineau continues her let‘• :. upon mesmerism. The present portion of this comonrie cation is devoted to the case of a young girl, wh o under the mesmeric influence, had visions, and predicted events in an extraordinary manner. Miss Mirtiller gives this girl a high charactir, and seems to thin k : s e t quite different, from the truthfulness and con-isten e lrs - e her statements, from the usual run of sonambults• first occasion of her being mesmeri-ed was while s uffer= severe pain in the heal and itrflamation of the eve. mesmerist was Miss Martineau's maid, who, it will be remembered; operated on the Pt hers e lf, and it is re' lated that after being mesmerise , the pain and inflajnv tion ceased, and the general health of the patient 1 . 03 ' proved so wonderfully as to attract very general notice. While in this state of trance, the patient described the t disease of her . eye as structural; which will preven t 1 being entirely removed. It seems that when awoke 01 this trance, the girl had no knowledge of what she bed said, except on one occasion, and then she said she t ! i been dreaming of what she bad heard in church regarding the nature and destiny of men. This girl bed the por et of telling when she would awake from her sleep, which iS a common power with those under mesmeric influenc e ' We pass from Miss Martineau's introduction to this c a m to the necerar circumstances attending it. She says " It soon became evident that one of her s tronge e l powers was the discernment of disease, its condition anu remedies. She cleared up her own case first, prescribing for herself very fluently. It was curious to see , on her awaking, the deference and obedience with which she rel.( ceived from us the prescriptions with which she hos e had just furnished us. They succeeded ; and so did ; • miler efforts on my behalf. I cannot here detail the won" derful accuracy with which she related, without any Pt . sible knowledge of my life ten and twenty years ago, !": circumstances of the origin and progress of my ill-bean ° of the unavailing use of medical treatment for five Ye s t i t and the operation of mesmerism upon it of late. use: little fact will serve our purpose better. Soon after suw was first mesmerised, I was undergoing my final sever ance from opiates—a serious matter to one who had de: pended so long and so desperately upon them. As I b are said, I got through the day pretty well ; but the fl i er , '', were intolerable, from- pain and nervous irritations, w ide mads it impossible tq rest for two minutes togetie r ' e After four such nights, I believe my mesmerist's fr,rtitifli e and my own would have given way together, and should have breueht the laudanum bottle to light W l ' but for the blight idea, Let us ask J!' She s rid at 011 what my sufferings bad been, and declared that I lo' n " sleep more and more by degrees, if I took—what was es d contrary to her own ordinary ideas of what was rig ht an ,f rational ideas of right as to mine—ale at dinner, and ilc`_ a wine glrss of brandy in water at night. I refused ter Prescription till reminded—' Remember, she has tl el be n wrong.' I obeyed ; the fact being kept secret be t een us two, in order to try, every evening, J.'s kir"; ledge and opinion. She always spoke and advised, in s confident familiarity with incidents known only to us tsc'' and carried me steadily through the struggle. I los . t miseries, and recovered my sleep, night by night, till, ats the end of the week, I was quite well, without Stanulant sedative. Nothing can be more remote from .I.'s oral: nary knowledge and thought than the structure of thi human body, and the remedies for disease; and though o f was well aware how common the exercise of this kind insi:ht is in sonambules—how it is used abroad rinsed auxiliary to medical treatment—l was not less s orte n by the readiness and peremptoriness with which a P er_ in J.'s position, declared, and gave directions about Renes which she ie e,hoilv ignorant of an hour after, and was ' during the whole of her life before." Ws relate the statements given by Miss Martineau as briefly as possible without giving an opinion as to their correctness. The shove certainly is very curious, and not less so is the circumstance she relates of children under mesmeric influence having the power to discourse about the Scriptures without having any previous knowledge of them, if only mesmerised by a clergymanl The patie nt stated in the course of a sleep, that the light she saw wag beyond whnt was seen on earth, that it was prllaced. b t the three powers of the soul, the mind, and the vital powers of the body. She then stated that the mind sin the body died, but the soul lived, being se lf-existent, an. independent of either. Being asked the relation 0S th e • soul to God after this statement. the patient was soni,e; what perplexed, but said it was by him reunitA to t n . body, at the same time expressing a strong WWI , rie 3 1, belief in this truth. This point is fortunately, we Ow carried no further, the mesmerist, at the critical mom en t changing the ideas of his patient, a faculty on h is P er k; which to us is about the most wonderful in the w lll process. Miss Martineau herself relates that the girl in, been talking about the day of judgment—a fact which tr ie ; easily account for all her dreams and perplexities, lc u es pendent of mesmerism or- anything else. Several oth is wonderful revelations of this patient are related, but . sg , have given enough to show that Miss Martineau is d o lts which some of our readers will no doubt consider 09 new characteristic of the lady. letter tbe BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY.—We understard adoption of the Patent Metallic Capsules, by the Mes s i . o . Betts, of Smithfield-bars, London, as a means of P tectine their Patent Brandy, when bottled, has beat "cs tended with the most perfect success. Public confi d li has been, thereby, universally established, in the Pn ri ro : healthfulnes4, and general superiority of this natie P'og duetion; irrespective of the enormous saving in Pri ce lb6 compared with the only article that can fairly rival it . _ best Cognac. re' N A POLEON BUONAPARTE.—HIS fate furnishes - ~, markable instance of the instability of human greatae'if and there is no doubt that his dislike to medicine I TS:A caused his early dissolution ; for rather than take 90 of simple remedy he allowed disease to gain the ascendan it over his constitution, and death was the result. W e i is that persons cannot be too watchful of their stal po f health, and being always provided with a safe and efficbe medicine, such as Frampton's Pill of Health—enioYt i t fs. two greatest blessings of this world, health and long ' —See advt. r INJURY FROM SMOKE.—The Rev. J. 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