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teraturr. 3 0ETRY MORY OF A FRIEND Iless mar wild career, Ldled span th dread we saw, ite bloom ely end s to bear 'e to trace, etin z joys dreams, s too lab schemes ies destroys man take solen'in knell OTICES Lary of Scrip'vre Geography, containing Ac- Illustrative of all the Places mentioned in the d "Vew Testaments ; with Chronological and rabies. Bv John R. Miles. Fourth edition. a, Manchester and Liverpool. nrnary, or repertory of the sub . The meaning of the Hebrew ed first, then a digested account >, its climate, soil, geographical po : on and elucidating the text. It es of matter devoted to the subject. e and paper are of the best, but the p so as to be accessible to general , ntains abmit 450 pa annot say t mate of Judea, after alluding to its I. the author mentions its warmth, latitude, and goes on, " The cold of Mmes greater than in European cli grees farther to the north, but it is the general character of the climate heat and cold are, however, tern of the surface ; the winter being eys, while in the summer the heat !, and on the contrary, in the more the winter months, or rather weeks, , and snow sometimes falls, while ; commonly cool and refreshing. ithout either snow or frost; and in 'hick ever occurs, the sun in the enerally warm, and often hot; so in reality but little felt, and the d fires, may enjoy, during several more genial and invigorating influ is the ordinary character of the me years the cold is more severely ne that it prevails, which is never and more frequently not so much nd of November, or beginning of res become agreeable. It was at 71, King of Judah, is represented :h a fire burning in the hearth be luxury, though frequently by no :ed by the wealthy till the end of * * The inhabitants of Ily, had six several seasons of the El time and harvest, cold and heat, ld as agriculture constituted the f the Jews, they adopted the same th reference to their rural work : ;t among the Arabs to this day.— not been brought down to Dr. Wilde, Lord Lindsay, f the field of blood—the Inry their dead, from their ?,:on—it does not appear ng with it; though tradi- Dr. Wilde read an into micians in 1839, and an " Narrative of a wherein be stated that The following remarks A in his description does not correspond cto. "He had personally exa discovered at Jerusalem, and, erein. he was led to believe it to Field of Blood.' purchased with •eturned by Judas to the Jewish this tomb was of a mixed archi iiment being Grecian, the floral hitrare Hebrew, and the door a horizontal hinges. Inside it out of the solid rock, each h of the thre • sides, in all of bund. The skulls which he lo had never inhabited that it Jerusalem at this period. The skulls belonged to land. th No Jew the mixed races : two of on the au Dr. Prichard, were of Turkish obably a negro of Mozambique. discovered by an Arab of the at the Pre t System of Business among By Edward Flower. As recently been pub .s left upon our minds a and philantbripy of the e most ably advocates the sistants—showing its numer eeling to the interests of the t remedial measures which, if result in the emancipation of y from unreasonably long night vantage to themselves morally o the community at large. He eral condition of the assistants, which their lives are passed; , f life in a physical, moral, in iew ; how those effects reach :;iety; the reformation required system, and elevate the morals and, finally, the means by n may be brought about, and would arise from an abridgment from fourteen and sixteen, to abject has occupied public at d in this town the necessity for more fully acknowledged than therefore, here enter into de lls of the present system ; but of the work—from which an nand elsewhere—to our readers) of our author's remedial pro term of daily labour to which are snhject being ten hours, he .te claim on the part of the shop- Jet their hours of attendance should .me—terminating not later than seven 1 ne object is merely " to compress the ay into so many consecutive hours as .heir due perfor "—the entire time anemployed attendance to be devoted to d spiritual h the assistants. The Italy recomme , and which has already ,iderable ress in the town, is "to the assistants upon the benevolent Ation of the public,—showing the evils attendant Apu lue present system of never-ending toil, and the 00 its that would be likely to attend an altered 7st ^ndeavouring to prevail upon all classes of me - their purchases by day, and to abstain 311 L'ops after six in the evening. He `‘ould be made by advertise -13; tags, and handbills widely tr )f public lectures on the j c is ; and, finally, by from e awes of those high-minded le the good work of allowing thful recreation and ennooling studies to their depen is." Mr. Flower quotes from a writer in the Liver- Mercury a suggestion, that, in order to show the ibility of shortening the hours with advantage, a nany should be formed of assistants and others, to dish " a large mart for the sale of goods in the vari ding trades" pursued by shopkeepers, at which the - system should be rigidly adhered to ; and that ' should be raised by shares, say 500 of £lO ''e sales be exclusively for cash. The success , tern would, it is assumed, induce others to ole. Of this plan our author is inclined and we here differ from him in opi ace, such a mart would, in other nanent bazaar ; and being in oppo ion of the several trades, it is not Moyers would retain the assistants heir service, as they would virtu_ ed in another concern carrying on i :yds without a hO oyers ; and point :rition for son) f the numerous e or two will longest tants, t lice fort mance ; ealth of nub. Dian lie main' made considerabl case of !onsideration of the puhl lin meeti placar Acct in smen who take part i of such a cor s, be a sort of peril- ale that t putters interest NEW SONG M'si Beautiful Rose. Words by Mr. Nantx. Composed by Frederick Shrivall. Smith: Bold-street. A graceful sting—suitable to either songster or song !tress. This is one of those cheerful compositions that annot fail, when sung, to add to the agreinent of an Tening party. Of Mr. Shrivall's many compositions we IIP +-hi, the hest, and can recommend it to the notice of A lIIN' ery salut .s.—John Bull gives the following one which might be used by the rs in general, in its notices—" To Pray send me a paper if noticed.' luently accompanies the d other publications, for pplications is, 'pray look me, forthwith b7'y inductors .1 ductors of news lsmission of pamphlets, Our reply to all so( ,e no' ice, and shout if u hare the bri for the notice to read us re frosts fr ving sm r crypts in human remai e ' str. THE M a brief nandez THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE ORIGINAL ROBINSON CRUSOI SIZE OF TREES.—Our native woods often contain noble ELECTRICITY OF A HUMAN BODY.—The most remark specimens of which the bulk is ten or twelve feet in dia- able case of the production of electricity in the human e, Juan Fer- meter, a width greater by three feet th an th e carriage- b e i ng at present on record, is one lately related on excel _ volume, - - way in Fetter-lane. near Temple-bar; and oaks might be lent authority in America. The subject of it, a lady, was .ts discovery by Don -Juan named on the block of which two men could thresh with- for many months in an electric state so different from that out one incommoding the other. The famous Green- of surrounding bodies, that whenever she was but slightly .., it was named), in 1372 ; and to dole oak is pierced by a road, over which it forms a tri- insulated by a carpet or other feebly conducting medium, , yea the title of Crusoniana from the , umphal arch, higher by several inches than the poet's sparks passed between her person and any object which _ , p sieeeeeee postern at Westminster Abbey. The celebrated table at she approached. From the pain which accompanied the Dudley Castle, which is formed of a single oaken plank, passage of the sparks, her condition was a source of much is longer than the wooden bridge that crosses the lake in discomfort to her; when most favourably circumstanced, Regent's Park, and the roof of the grea t h a il at West- four sparks per minute would pass from her finger to the minster, which is spoken of with ad m i ra tion on account brass ball of a stove at a distance of an inch and a half. of its vast span, being unsupported by a single pillar, is . The circumstances which appeared most favourable to the little more than one-third the width of the noble canopy production of electricity were an atmosphere about ten of waving branches that are upheld by the Worksop oak. degrees, tranquility of mind and social enjoyment ; while The massive rafters of the spacious roof rest on strong a low temperature and depressing emotions diminished it walls, but the branches of the tree spring from one corn- in a corresponding degree. The phenomena was first no rnon centre. Architects can alone estimate the excessive ticed during the occurrence of a vivid aurora borealis; purchase which boughs of at least 189 feet must have on and though its first appearance was sudden its departure the trunk into which they are inserted. Those on the was gradual. Various experiments were made, with the oak of Ellerslie cover a scotch acre of ground ; and in view of ascertaining if the electricity was produced by the the Three-shire oak its branches drip over an extent of friction of articles of dress ; but no change in these seemed 707 square yards. The tree itself grows in a nook that is to modify its intensity.—Popular Encyclopedice of Na formed by the junction of the three counties of York, Not- tural Science, tingham, and Derby.—Ruins and Old Trees. HABITS OF EMINENT AUTHORS.—SheIIey usually ate RUINS OF INDIAN GREATNESS.—The surplus wealth a baked potatoe previously to sitting down to write. He of India, that used to be employed in building extensive has been heard to say that some of his finest ideas carte towns, crowded ghauts, magnificent stone or brick seraees, while putting in the butter. Whether he purchased his some of them capable of containing from six to eight potatoes in the street, or had them dressed at home, does thousand people ; enormous massive bridges, splendid not appear. Fielding wrote the whole of Tom Jones in and. mosques and temples ; is all gone ; it has disappeared one night, after a debauch with Hogarth, and sold it the " Dampier, in th e accoun t w hi c h h e g i ves o f Will' s entirely. All th e t owns i n I n di a , w i t h a very f ew excep- next morning to procure him a meal. Such is the fate of sojourn, states— At first he could procure scarcely any tions, are in ruins. Delhi is surrounded by ruins. Agra, genius ! Kirk White was much admired for his red hair, food but seals, which he found but ordinary eating ; Booranpore, Aurungabad, have immense suberbs in ruins, which he allowed to grow down his back in two plaits. He some other articles he obtained by means of his powder The Deckan is a heap of ruins. Many towns in Central never would suffer any allusion to be made to it ; but when and shot, but these were soon ex p en d e d. H e next ma d e India that had th e i r h unnre d s o f th ousan d s o f i n h a bi t- writing used it as blotting paper. On this account all his a saw of his knife, by notching it; and so, by incessant ants are now literally without one, and are swarming with MS. works are translated . in red ink, as may be seen in leopards, tigers, elks, and buffaloes. In deep forests you the library of the British Museum. Cuvier always wrote labour, cut the barrel of his gun into small pieces. He stumble upon Hindoo temples, Mohmmudan gateways, with a pail of water at his side, in which be alternately kindled a fire by striking with the gun flint against a stone tanks eight hundred yars square, brick wells of dipped his head and feet to freshen his ideas. He has piece of the barrel. Having heated the pieces of iron, larg e dimensi ons ; scores of acres of burying- grounds. been known to do this upwards of sixty times in one night he hammered them out, and be n t th em just as h e pleased and all the other concomitants, and proofs of wealth, and when preparing his Regne Animal. It was his boast that with hard stones, and sawed them with his jagged knife. power, and population. Malthus w ou ld n ever have writ- he had never been up in a balloon. Dr. Johnson could By persevering industry, he ground them to an edge, ten his too celebrated work, nor Godwin ever written his never see a post without jumping over it. Boswell re and hardened them to a good temper, as there was oc- too little valued answers, had they been in India. India marking upon its puerility, Johnson observed, " Sir, what casion ; and thus he procured harpoons, lances, fish- is a large forest, with a great many cultivated spots. a boy does in sport, a man may do in earnest." Upon hooks, and a long knife.' All this may seem strange to India—l saa it after due consideration—could contain which Boswell replied, " Then you mean to say that I those who are un acqua i n t e d w ith th e sagacity o f the and support Eve times its present population with e ase ; m i g h t p l ay at chuck-farthing ?" " Sir, " returned John- Indians; but it ino more than the Mos q uit o men are and yet it is unquestionably th e p oores t coun t ry i n th e son, " any man might, if he had a farthing to chuck. " ~ accustomed to in their own co .try, where they make no t z e n o w r r i l a d a . l d i o at t o h o e m sta o t n e ar o e t s thLw a el a lt a h ti a o n o d eresources WE MUST HAVE A KING.—The cannon had ceased I to roar ; the still bleeding victims of revolutionary fur) their own fishing and striking i . ~ .. ents without either no limits. g The more I think on the s g ubject, the mor l e g forge or anvil, though they s• great deal of time am confounded.—Davidson's Travels in India. had been collected together in the hospitals ; the dead about them. Having obtain conveniences, he had been hastily interred in large but shallow graves, dug no longer lived upon seals, no ~ he afterwards ever EASY SHAVING.—He happened to have been sharpen- near the Louvre, the Marche des Innocens, and the kill any, except when he wanted lines, which he made , ing his razors, which were lying open in a row, while a Champ de Mars; the tocsin no longer rang its hear-sick huge strop dangled from the wall. Glancing at these cuing sounds in the ears of the Parisian population ; the by cutting the seal-skins into thongs . He had now a a p p re p p ea ar r a e t t lo t n o s a , Mr. Bailey stroked his chin and a thought soldiers bivouacked in the public streets and places of the plentiful and comfortable subsistence, living upon goats, cur to him. " Poll," he said, n " I ain't as metropolis boys and girls recounted some of the marvels birds, or fish, as best suited his inclination ; his clothes neat as I could wish about the gills. Being here, I may of valour and some of the deeds of peril and courage they wore out, but he supplied their place by fastening a skin as well have a shave, and get trimmed close." The bar- themselves, or their comrades, had accomplished ; a pro round his waist; he built himself a little house or hut, ber stood aghast; but Mr. Bailey divested himself of his visional government bad installed itself at the H&tel de about half a mile from the sea, which he lined with goat- neckcloth, and set down in the easy shaving chair with all Ville; the paving -stones still stood in shapeless heaps, skins-. To render it complete, his couch of sticks, raised the dignity and confidence in life. There was no resisting and, dignified with the name of " baricades," were the about two feet distance from the ground, was spread his manner. The evidence of sight and touch became as favourite lounging spots of the "Flaneurs "of Paris e the with the same, and constituted his only bedding. Du- nothing. His chin was as smooth as a new-laid egg or a warehouses were yet closed, the manufactories were still ring the period of 'William's residence on the island, he scraped Dutch cheese; but Poll Sweedlepipe wouldn't deserted, the public schools and colleges were as empty was often sought for by the Spaniards ; and at one time, have ventured to deny, on affidavit, that he had the beard as a new-made tomb ; the palaces were yet open to the 'aided by the light of his fire, they nearly sur- of a Jewish rabbi. "Go with the grain, Poll, all round, heavy and unceremonious tread of the populace ; the pop- Thisplease " said Mr. Bailey, screwing up his face for the re- ulace ; the public buildings were guarded by self-armed, escape, and his having frustrated, by ce tion , of the lather. You may f do , wotyou like with the self-elected, civic forces ; and Lafayette was hesitating, his activity and wiles, all their endeavours to take him, bits P of whisker . I don't both with regard to his own position, and with relation to made his pursuers consider him to be a supernatural barber stood gazing . at him care ID T he m " The meek little with brush . and soap-dish that of the Orlean's family, when suddenly a voice was being. Will could easily distinguish his friends from in his hand, stirring them round and round in a ludicrous heard every where, proceeding from every quarter, though the Spaniards, by the rigging and appearance of their uncertainty, as if he were disabled by some fascination uttering different tones, and that one voice said, "WE vessels and boats ; and, on two English ships making from beginning. At last he made a lash at Mr. Bailey's MUST HAVE A KING ! " It may be asked from whom their appearance, he almost went frantic with joy, sup- eheek. Then he stopped again, as if the ghost of a beard did that voice proceed ? My answeris, from nearly every posing they came on purpose to fetch him away—of such had suddenly receded from his touch but receiving mild one. I was an eye-witness of all that passed; I mixed consequence is a man to himself. In order to give them encouragement from Mr. Bailey, in the form of an adju- with all ranks and classes. No event of the slightest im a hearty welcome, he caught and killed three goats, and ration to "go in and and win,' he lathered him bounti- portance escaped my observation and enquiries. I saw dressed them with the ' chonta' (cabbage palm), that he fully. Mr. Bailey smiled through the suds in his satis- the peers,_ the deputies, and even the marshal's, the gen rals. and the officers, of all grades and degrees, who faction. " Gently over the stones, Poll. Go a tip-toe might be ready to treat the crews as soon as they came over the pimples ? " Poll Sweedlepipe obeyed, and knew not, on the field of battle what fear meant, now trembling with an_xiety . and apprehension at the probable on shore. On their landing, he was recognised by a scraped the lather off again with particular care. Mr. Mosquito Indian, named Robin, who was the first that Bailey squinted at every successive dab, as it was deposit- consequences of the victory of the populace, and all pro leaped on shore. Will had stationed himself at the sea- ed on a cloth on his left shoulder, and seemed with a mi- claiming in the most decisive manner, though fluctuating side, dressed in his goat-skin, toed ngratulate them on croscopic eye to detect some bristles in it ; for he mur- between hope and fear, that they must have a king ' their arrival. Them eeting of the two Indians, and old inured more than once, " Reether redder than I could Fraser's Magazine. friends, was affecting. Dampier gives the following de- wish, Poll. " The operation being concluded, Poll fell scription of the scene h e w it nesse d :—' Robin ran to his back and stared at him again, while Mr. Bailey, wiping brother Mosquito-man, threw himself flat upon his face his face on the jack-towel, remarked. "that arter late at his feet—who, helping him up and embracing him, hours nothing freshened up a man so ieutee as an easy fell flat with his face on the ground at Robin's feet, and shave." —Martin Chuzzlewit. was by him taken up also. We stood with pleasure to PENNSYLVANIA.--If I were an y e behold thi s i n t erv i ew, w hi c h was exceed i ngly affection- honest states, I would never rest till I had compelled ate on both sides ; an d w h en th e i r ceremon i es of civility Pennsylvania to be as honest as my s elf. The bad faith of were over, we also, that stood gazing at them, drew that state brings discredit on all; just as common snakes _ Each of us embraced him we had found there, are killed because vipers are dangerous. I have a general who was overjoyed to see so many of his old friends feeling that by that breed of men I have been robbed and come hither, as he thought, purposely to fetch him.' ruined, and I shudder and keep aloof. The pecuniary Dampier and Edmund Cook were his firmer shipmates. credit of every state is affected by Pennsylvania. Ohio The latter was now only a private seaman • and Will pays ; but with such a bold bankr u pt c y b e f ore th e i r eyes, found, that although his friends had not made so long a how long will Ohio pay? The truth is, that the eyes of voyage merely o n hi s account, they proved th emse l ves all capitalists are averted from th e U n i te d St a t es . Th e not unmindful of him ; for, as soon as they had anchored, finest commercial understandi ngs w ill h ave no thi ng to d o w they immediately go t out their boat on purpos e t o send with them. Men rigidly j us t, w h o pene t rate b o ldl y i nto for him. They stayed, to refit and refresh them se l ves , the dealings of nations, and wor k w i t h v i gour an d virtue from the 23d o f M arc h t o the Bth of April.,for honourable wealth—great an d hi g h- m i n d e d merc h ants 1684. Will will loathe, and are now loathing, the name of America was very useful in procuring goats, of which ther e was it is becoming, since its fall, the common-shore of Eu rope, and the native home of the needy villain. And now, there alone for three years, two months, and eleven drab-coloured men of Pennsylvania, there is yet a mo days, he embarked with his former friends, to renew the ment left—the eyes of all Europe are anchored upon you— tvocation of a Buccaneer." " Surrexit mundus justis furiis ;" start up from that trance of dishonesty into which you are plunged ; don't think of the flesh which walls about your life, but of that sin which has hurled you from the FAQIJEERS AT AN IN DIAN F AlR .—S evera l f aqueers heaven of character, which hangs over you like a devour were to be seen walking through th e f a i r , w ith one o f ing pestilence , map is makes good sad, men and ruffians their arms immovably fixed o ver th e i r h ea d s , an d th e i r dance and sing. t not for gin sling alone and sherry finger nails a couple of inches long, and rese m bli ng h orns . cobbler that man is to live ; but for those great p r i nc i p l es a One of them carried a little li g ht r ed p araso l over hi s against which no argument can be listened t o — pr i nc i p l es head, with his remaining hand, to protect hi s h o li ness which give to every power a double p ow e r a b ove th e i r from the rays of the sun ! All these men seemed in the functions and their offices, which are the books, the arts, prime of life ; their arm s were m ac h w ith ere d an d s h run k the academies that teach, lift up, and nourish the world— and, even some of their fingers had disappea r ed—p r ob a bly principles (I am quite serious in what I sa y) a b ove cas h, from ulceration. Amongst them one sat preminent. superior to cotton, higher than currency—principles, This man's age was probably thi r ty • his countenance was without w. God, hi over every sea and in all lands, shouldch it is better to die than live, which every , a most superb one, a t o nce grace f u l an d di gn ifi e d. Hi s servant of air, while sitti ng on a ti ger ' s s ki n , un d er hi s c h a t ta or cherish. Uses ad abdita spiramenta anima.. umbrella was perfectly majestic. One of his arms, per- LAFAYETTE AND Louis PHILIPPE . —That was a hap fectly shrivelled, was extended to the sky, thoroughly py moment for Louis Philippe when Lafayette sent in his fixed and immoveable. The nails of his fingers, having resignation of the post of commander-in-chief of the pierced the palm, appeared to protrude a couple of inches. National Guards of the kingdom, a post which ought His thumb nail, of a dirty dark br own co l our , was curved never to have been confided to any one but a king's son. like a half-moon, about half an inch wide, and at least That Louis Philippe was personally attached to Lafayette six inches long, strongly resembling the tusk of a wild is certain ; that he felt that, on several occasions, he had boar. His plaited hair, full six feet long, was wound rendered signal services to the cause of public order and round his head, and worn as a turban. Here and there peace is undoubted; and that his admirable tact in main were to be seen groups of three or four men and boys, taining the peace of Paris during the trial of Prince Pol marked with tridents of white clay on their foreheads, ignec and his colleagues was entitled to the gratitude of chanting songs in praise of the river God Gunge, Krish- the nation, the king was the first to assert. But Lafay noo, or other deities.—Davidson's Travels. ette was a dead- weight on the pacific policy of Louis CABRERA.—This remarkable partisan may still be called Philippe. It was known to, and felt by Europe, that the a young man ; he is not more than thirty-nine years old. old general had too much influence at court, that all re- In appearance, Cabrera is about the middle stature, ra- volutionary agents over the whole world looked up to they slight, and not ungracefully formed. To a stranger, him for advice and aid, that he was peculiarly obnoxious his countenance is not indicative of the ferocity which has to all foreign courts, and that his removal from so impor made him so remarkable even amongst the sanguinary tent a post as thattf commander-in-chief of all the mill. leaders of the Carlist bands ; and his demeanour, when tia of France, was earnestly desired. His resignation, not under the influence of intense excitement, is mild and then. was an immense good; and much as the king loved gentle. Even when affected by some overwhelming feel- him as a man and a friend, his retirement from office was ing, his external manner betrays little of the tempest which a boon which none could estimate better than the king rages within : it is not boisterous nor loud, but rather himself. But although the loss of Lafayette was a posi that of deep, calm, concentrated, yet deadly determine- tive good, the event necessarily led to increased hostility tion. On one occasion only it is recorded that this habi- to the government of the king on the part of the men of tual calmness completely abandoned him. This monster, the movement faction ; and Lafayette, Dupont de l'Eure, who ;s not redeemed by another virtue, wept like an in- Lamarque, Lameth, and Audry de Puyraveau, openly font snatched from the bosom when the tiding's of his headed the malcontents. That fact in itself led the popu mother's death reached him. He loved her much; and lace to rebel. They attacked the church of St. Germain her murder turned to gall whatever little of earthly feel- l'Auxerrois, and nearly destroyed it; sacked the arch ing made his heart still human. He shut himself up in bishop's palace ; insulted the ministers of religion ; and, his apartment during two days, without admitting an in- at length, the voice of Guizot was heard at the tribune dividual, with the exception of one favoured servant, are- denouncing the Lafayette ministry for its mischievous and lative it is said, to witness the agony of grief to which he ruinous policy. Now began that series of eineutes, in abandoned himself, and which almost deprived him of surrections, conspiracies, and plots against the king, the consciousness. How bitterly he avenged his ill-fated pa- royal family, and the government, which lasted during rent need not be told.—Mirror. many years, but which Louis Philippe has, apparently, Colonel Sutcliffe, " retired governor of Juan Fer- has recently published - a volume giving an account of that island from its discovery by Don - Juan Fernandez (after whom it was named), in 1572 ; and to this volume he gives the title of Crusoniana, from the fact that it was the well-known abode of Alexander Selkirk on this island, which furnished De Foe with the .enerally known that there was previ- to Alexander Selkirk a solitary tenant island, and one, too, whose sojourn there, as recorded bv Dampier and Ringrosse, must have been known to De Foe, as will be seen from the following extract from Colonel Sutcliffe's book, in which we trace the original of the story of Man Friday, and his discovery of his father in Robinson Crusoe " At the moment of their [a crew of Buccaneers] hurried escape [from Juan Fernandez], one of their crew, a Mosquito Indian, named William, happened to be in the woods hunting goats ; so that the ship was under sail before he got back to the bay. Poor Will had only the clothes on his back, a knife, a gun, a small horn of powder, and a few shot. Hi s s it ua ti on b ecame still more critical when the Spaniards entered the bay, took up the anchors and cables, and, having caught sight of him, made a diligent search ; but he eluded their rsuit, and remained the sole human occupant of the 3rised him BRITISH COLONIZATION.—The colonizing genius of the British people appears upon a grand scale in Austra lia, Canada, and, as we may remind the else forgetful world, in the United States of America ; which States are our children, prosper by our blood, and have ascended to an overshadowing altitude from an infancy tended by our selves. But on the fields of India it is, that our aptitudes for colonization have displayed themselves most illus. triously, because they were strengthened by violent re sistance. We found many kingdoms established, and to these we have given unity ; and in process of doing so, by the necessities of the general welfare, or the mere instincts of self-preservation, we have transformed them to an em pire, rising like au exhalation, of our own—a mighty mo nument of our own superior civilization. Ceylon, as a virtual dependency of India, ranks in the same category. There also we have prospered by resistance ; there also we have succeeded memorably where other nations memo rably failed. Of Ceylon, therefore, now rising annually into importance, let us now (on occasion of this splendid book, the work of one officially connected with the island, hound to it also by affectionate ties of services rendered, not less than of unmerited persecutions suffered) offer a brief, but rememberable account ; of Ceylon in itself, and of Ceylon in its relations, historical or economic, to our selves. Mr. Bennett says of it, with more and 'less of doubt, three things—of which any one would be sufficient to detain a reader's attention ; viz., 1. That it is the Ta probane of the Romans ; 2. That it was, or has 'been thought to be, the Paradise of Scripture ; 3. That ;it is " the most magnificent of the British insular possessions," or in yet wider language, that it is an " incomparable co lony." This last count in the pretensions of Ceylon is quite indisputable; Ceylon is in fact already, Ceylon is at this moment, a gorgeous jewel in the imperial crown ; and yet, compared with what it may be, with what it will be, with what it ought to be, Ceylon is but that grain of mus tard-seed which hereafter is destined to become the stately tree, where the fowls of heaven will lodge for ge nerations. Great are the promises of Ceylon ; great al ready her performances. Great are the possessions of Ceylon ; far greater her reversions. Rich she is by her developments, richer by her endowments. She combines the luxury of the tropics with the sterner gifts of our own climate. She is hot ; she is cold. She is civilzed ; she is barbarous. She has the resources of the rich ; and she has the energies of the poor.—Blackuleod's Magazine. A LORD MAYOR'S DINNER DESCRIBED BY AN ORIENTAL.—At length dinner was announced : and all rose, and led by the queen of the city, (the lady mayoress,) withdrew to another room, where the table was laid out In the most costly manner, being loaded with dishes, principally of silver and gold, and covered with sar-poshes (lids or covers), some of which were of immense size, like little boats. 'When the servants removed the sar-poshes, fishes and soup of every sort were presented to view : some of the former, I was told, brought as rarities from distant seas, and at great expense. Before every man of rank there was an immense dish, which it is his duty to cut up and distribute, putting on each plate about suffi cient for a baby to eat. I turned to a friend, and en quired why the guests were helped so sparingly ? "It is customary," said he, " to serve guests in this way." " But why not give them enough ?" rejoined I. " You will soon see," replied he, " that they will all have enough." Soon after, all the dishes, spoons, &c., were removed by the servants. I thought the dinner was over, and was preparing to go, not a little astonished at such scanty hospitality, when other dishes were brought in, filled with choice viands of every kind—bears from Russia and Germany—hogs from Ireland—fowls and geese from France—turtle from the Mediterranean (?) venison from the parks of the nobility —some in joints, some quite whole, with their limbs and feet entire. Operations now recommenced, the carvers doling out the same small quantities as before : but though many of the gentlemen present were anxious to prevail on me to partake, and re commended particular dishes, one as being " a favourite of the King of the French" another as particularly rare and exquisite, I could not be prevailed upon to partake of any. Thus did innumerable dishes pour in and disappear again, the servants constantly changing the plates of the guests : till I began to form quite a different idea of the appetites of the guests and the hospitality of the Lord Mayor, on which I had thought that a reflection was thrown by the small portions sent to them. I now saw that many of them, besides being served pretty often, helped themselves freely to the dishes before them—in deed, their appetite was wonderfully good : some, doubt less, thinking that such an opportunity would not often recur. Nor did they forget the juice of the grape—the bottles which were opened would have filled a ship, and the noise of the champagne completely drowned the mu sic. One would have thought, after all this, no men could eat more : but now the fruits, sweetmeats, ices, and jel lies made their appearance ; pine-apples, grapes, oranges, apples, pears, mulberries, and confectionaries of such such strange shapes that I can give no name to them— and before each guest were placed small plates, with pecu liarly shaped knives of gold and silver. Of this part of the banquet I had the pleasure of partaking, in common with the selfsame gentlemen who had done such honour to the thousand dishes above mentioned, and who now distin guished themselves in the same manner on the dessert. The price of some of the fruit was almost incredible; the n reared re as o of n - hh n is, ethat artificially ih n heated . . o .thus nl y the e g w l a h s i c s pine -apples, which are by no means fine, cost each twenty rupees, (£2.) which in India would be bought for two pice—thus being 640 times dearer than in our country. Thus in England the poorer classes cannot afford to eat fruit, whereas in all other countries they can get fruit when grain is too dear. The guests continued at table till late, during which time several gentlemen rose and spoke : but, from my imperfect knowledge of the lan guage, I could not comprehend their purports beyond the compliments which they passed on each other, and the evident attacks which they made on their political oppo nents. lat last retired with some others to another room, where many of the guests were dancing—coffee and tea were here taken about, just as sherbets are with us in the Mohurrum. I must remark that the servants were gor geously dressed, being covered with gold like the generals of the army ; but the most extraordinary thing about them was, their having their heads covered with ashes, like the Hindoo fakirs—a custom indicative with us of sorrow and repentance. I could hardly help laughing when I looked at them ; but a friend kindly explained to me that, in England, none but the servants of the great are privileged to have ashes strewed on their heads, and that for this distinction their masters actually pays tirz to government ! "Is this enjoined by their religion .? said I. "Oh, no !" he replied. " Then," said I, " since your religion does riot require it, and it appears, to our notions at least, ra ther a mark o f grief and mourning, wh ere i s the use of paving a tax for it ?" "It us the custom of the country," said he again. After this I returned home, musing deeply on what I had seen.—Blackwood SELECTIONS, NATURALISTS IN PRisoN.—Perhaps to none can im prisonment prove more irksome than to those whose delight has been in exploring mountain, wood, and field. Yet two naturalists, who were confined together in the King's Bench prison, contrived to pass their time somewhat agreeably in philosophic investigations. One, the son of an eminent ornithologist, employed his leisure in perform ing chemical experiments, and became a firm believer in alchemy, although he failed to produce gold enough to effect his liberation. Fancy-work carpentry was a favour ite occupation with him ; and his ingenuity was also dis played in converting watch keys into duelling pistols tor fleas to settle their affairs of honour. The other prisoner had once possessed a very extensive and valuable museum, 1 which was dispersed on the eve of his difficulties. Sixteen years he dwelt within that prison's high and dingy walls, , never going beyond th em f or a moment, yet he was ever I full of etomological enthusiasm and worldly hope, always fondly deceiving himself that in a few more weeks his case in chancery would terminate in his favour, effecting the-eby the replenishment of his purse, and his immediate libera tion. Year after year rolled over him, snatching away the bloom from his cheeks, and sprinkling his hair with grey, yet this one hope never abandoned him. " A few weeks more," he would say, " and I will be rambling once again on my native mountains in Wales. Look here at the prime nets I have just contrived for collecting specimens when I leave this place." In his window sill he raised luxuriant sweet peas, nasturtiums, and other pretty climb ing plants. Then he had, as company, some choice pigeons, singular cross-breeds of white, brown, and tor toiseshell mice, and many caterpillars, whose transforma tions were a great source of amusement to him. His reading was chiefly confined to the scientific magazines, which were his newspapers ; for the record of some natu ralist having caught some rare insect, or a new species, at such and such a place, was to him the most important of all intelligence then stirring in the world. The capture of the rare wood-leopard-moth. one of the many insects he had succeeded in alluring to his window by means of a bait of new honey warmed, constituted the grand incident in his life of long imprisonment. These amstsements were strangely varied by a course of experiments in the culinary or conservative art, in which he was greatly en couraged by his fellow prisoners, who highly applauded the genius he displayed in inventing new sorts of soups, stews, and pickles. lie was at once the Linnwus and the Ude of the prison -house. In one respect he was a sin gular contrast to all the captives we have had occasion to mention ; he disliked, or rather positively hated, all po etry ; and if a line were quoted in his hearing, he would rail for hours against the folly and sin of speaking or than either anything but plaid prose. A unique well pickled onion.,! precious to moth,hi n or a was far more b dd either Milton or Burns. Ile would have the all the poets in the universe, if he had p o wer i a opportunity to do so.—Chambers's Journal. 's( id the e finally succeeded in subduing, by a constant perseverance in his policy of peace abroad and obedience to the laws at home.—Fraser's Magazine. WHY CERTAIN OLD PEOPLE, WHO HAVE NOTHING TO DO, ARE EARLY RISERS.—What a blessing should sleep be to that class of beings who do nothing when awake; how they should covet those drowsy hours that give, as it were, a sanction to indolence ; with what anx iety they ought to await the fall of day, as announcing the period when they become the equals of their fellow men ; and with what terror they should look forward to the time when the busy world is up and stirring, and their incapa city and slothfulness only become more glaring from con trast. Would not any one say, that such people would naturally cultivate sleep as their comforter ? Should they not hug their pillow as the friend of their bosom ? On the contrary, these are invariably your early risers ; every house where I have been on a visit has had, at least, one of these troubled and troublesome spirits—the torment of boots ; the horror of housemaids. Their chronic cough forms a duet with the inharmonious crowing of the young cock, who, for lack of better knowledge, proclaims day a full hour before his time. Their creakiiig shoes are the accompaniment to the scrubbing of brass fenders and the twigging of carpets, the jarring sounds of opening shut ters, and the cranking discord of a hall-door chain ; their heavy step sounds like a night-mare's tread, through the whole sleeping house ; and what is the object of all this ? What new fact have they acquired? what difficult ques tion have they solved? whom have they made happier, or wiser, o r b etter ? N ot Betty, the cook, certainly, whose' morning levee of beggars they have most unceremoniously scattered and scared ; not Mary, the housemaid, who, unacustomed to be caught in dishabille, is cross the whole day after, though he was " only an elderly gentleman, and wore spectacles ;" not Richard, who cleaned their shoes by candle light ; nor the venerable butler, who, from shame sake, is up and dressed, and who, still asleep, stands with his corkscrew in his hand, under the vague impression that it is a late supper party. These people, too, have always a consequential, self. satisfied look about them ; they seem to say, as though they knew a " thing or two" others had not wot of; although the day, more confidential when few were by, told them some capital se. crets the sleepers never heard of ; and they made this pestilential habit a reason for eating the breakfast of a Cossack, as if the consumption of victuals was a cardinal virtue.—Civilized differs from savage life, as much as the regulation of time as by any other feature. I see no ob jection to your red man, who, probably, can't go to break fast till he has caught a bear, being up betimes ; but the 1 gentleman who goes to bed with the conviction that hot rolls and coffee, tea and marmalad e , bl oa t ers and honey, ham, muffins, and eggs, await him at ten o'clock ; for ' him, I say, these absurd vagabondisms are an insufferable affection, and most unwarrantable liberty with the peace and privacy of a household.—Loiterings of O'Leary, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE Nov. 21, 1841 HOOTON COURSING MEETING.- The sport came off on Tuesday last, upon the dOirtri of Sir W. M. Stanley, Bart., who, with several eef; of f gentlemen and admirers o f this popular diver:4on, wA sa . the ground. The day was fine. Stewards: Charles ;tbe ley, Esq., and N. Blundell, Esq. Mr. M`George w 5 judge. The decisions were as follow : • It is to be wished that the advocates of the immediate and unconditional equalization of the duties on the sugar of our own colonies, and of Brazil and Cuba, would emu late the frankness of the Rover ; that, if they are bent upon having free scope given to the slave-trader, they would hoist the black flag at once, and let us know with whom we have to deal. We invite them to a frank explanation of their views —not on the necessity of restoring the balance of labour and capital in the West Indies—not on the question whe ther we are morally bound to regulate our dealings with foreign nations, with reference to their being slave-hold ing or non-slave-holding countries ; but to the question whether or not Great Britain is to persevere in her efforts to put an end to the slave-trade? For the best part of half a century has Great Britain, by her diplomacy and by her arms, been endeavouring to put down the slave trade. An immense number of valua ble lives have been lost, the national treasure has been lavishly expended, treaties have been contracted which expose us daily to delicate and dangerous collisions—all 'o put down the slave-trade. Are we to stop now, and declare that all this has been done for no end ? Are the people to have been burthened with taxes (£500,000 is admitted to have been expended last year for the sup pression of the slave-trade ; and this is only part of the actual expense) ; the domestic hearths of Britain to have been weeded of their best and bravest; and is the great aim for which all these sacrifices have been made to be relinquished, in order that the profits of the traders to Cuba and Brazil may be increased ? It is easy to show that the perpetuation of the slave trade must be the inevitable consequence of the imme diate and unconditional equalisation of the sugar duties. The slave-trade cannot be put down by the methods hi therto adopted alone, though without them it cannot be put down. The civilization of Africa by immigration— by bringing out the African into European society —must go hand in hand with coercion, but coercion must be per severed in. At present we have scared the slavers— subjected them to difficulties and dangers, rendered their brigandage more precarious —but we have neither dimi nished the number of persons nor the amount of capital s y„,,O. engaged in carrying it on. Communications made to us Y E W- d f MANCHESTER, FRIDA Y . wharS- 11 this week from the Mauritius show that the slave-trader ild '''.- fro ol is embracing a wider range of operations. The slave The coursing at Lytham, on Wednesday a b e rs ss t caused the absence of several of the substri_ so reo_:, ships which sail from the east coast of Africa, now go town ; in the meantime, however, the betting 0_1;1.01 ho I round by the north' of Mauritius, and, when they gain the main ocean, direct their course to Brazil, or down to ;saayseunbiemeaporiant. backed Faotr 100 oe to 3, C aa n g p a , t s w e v hic h %r o t. the coast of Persia and Beloochistan, according as the mentioned General Pollock, The ' Ba m shavr, a r : ci lt r o . ..?„ll monsoon serves. Along these coasts they carry on a toe's colt. To-day, at the Post-office Hotel, - d ool' gainful traffic, and in Goa they are refitted and supplied booked, to a small amount, about Scalteen, an for t he st with rice for their negroes at a cheap rate. The slave- afterwards ; also 40 to I offered against Pag a t,' a agai nst trade has extended the field of its operations, and if re- Derby little was done ; 500 to 100 was nti 'W i st 111 , 0 1 pression alone is to be relied on for putting it down, the Scott's lot, 6to 1 was wanted ; 700 to 100 ag e 'o 29,10 annual expenditure of £500,000 must be trebled. (offered ;) 17 to 1 against Loadstone (offered inst volt Now, let us give a glance at the machinery of the against Orlando (take 25 to 1;) 40 to I ,ag it a e . 60 m ot n to slave-trade. The Brazilian slave-trade is in the hands (taken ;) 50 to 1 against Foig-a-ballagb _ t _ e i h 0 Iw s i s st of the Portuguese settled in the Brazilian ports. The 1000 to 20 against Campunero (take 1000 to 151) 1 tiP -- to 20 against Vat colt (offered;) and 100 to Brazilian landowners would gladly be rid of slavery and the slave-tr a d e , b u t th e y are d eep l y i n d e b te d to the slave- Lorimer. .......! , be' traders. The bulk of the landowner's income flows into daY las t the slaver's coffers for slaves sold upon credit.- Every POACHING.—An inquest was held on Mor,' u f In o eli additional facility given to the vent of Brazilian sugar in fore Mr. John Hinton, coroner,. on the boo" two o ' , lir Boreton. It appeared that between one an" _ s ear es this country —every diminution of the duties on it and extension of its sale—wouldputmoney into the pockets on Sunday afternoon last, the deceased, in col a t he r r re i a man named Chidley, went to Brookhanwt en ' t he 10 0 0 of the slave-traders. To equalise the duties on British risk of Holgate. They took with them a gu,nS b sort'. and Foreign sugars, would be to give a bonus to the of which was separated from the stock, and vinf bo per il s slave-traders to encourag e th em to persever e in their put into his pocket. On getting over a stYle," so d Pito traffic, to extend it. To cripple the slave-trade effec- sion cap struck against it, the charge explodes', - p oscA a tually, we ought, at the same time, to cut off, if possible, ton was instantly killed—an awful warning acernhe the supplies of the slave-trader : but they who cry out and Sabbath-breakers. A verdict was returned jot ; O ro , recommenddutiproposees, Greatto make ßrita i n l larger e l r a ya outd v a n ce c s e o s o t , o oo h o i m a- . y e T a r h o e n for immediate and unconditional equalisation of the sugar to the facts, and a deodand of £2 10s. wa s ' el d tbeP Y that i ll cipal witness.—Shrewsbury Journal. find d sk ., ships and sailors, and courts of mixed commission, to put MECHANISM or A PIANO-FORTE. --ire— ia, e i ith gun. The worthy coroner severely reprimanded one of Messrs. Broadwood down the slave-trade, and £500,000 more to keep the D ec b oo slave-trade going. half octave piano-fortes, the mechanism ern i , e ight , re s, It would be more honest, and would save many valua- the " action' consists of about three thousand 1ure..14, ble lives, and diminish the national expenditure, if they dred pieces of ivory, ebony, cedar, sycans orel e o, ow be brass , ' has t s e es mahogany, beef-wood, oak, pine, iron, would come forward and say at once, " This puttingthes e : ,4, down the slave-trade is all humbug—it is no concern of f f e a l a t i;ia le n att a ier, i a i r:d vellum. Every one exac tness , e t as.: ours—let us give up the idea." There would be con- scrupulouslye taa.athateedmtoos titsmTpr e ilou; iany o f t l / 3e se i r: sistency in this, which there is not in advocating in the are not mor than i a quarter of an inch square , v see lose s ; same breath a meas ure f o r supp ress i ng and a measure for less. The qualities of all the varieties of wood a r ' op titn g ; e encouraging the slave-trade. There would be honesty studied, in order to determine their pariien i r e e d bef s be• 's most unproved s tea , , in this, for it would be letting the people of Britain know I for the different parts. One kind is prefers itinuseo4 what they themselves know must he the necessary con- slender rods made of it will not warp ; another ha r "„s 0 sequence of immediately and unconditionally equalising cause the grain is straight ; a third because it os 0 111 10 the sugar duties. It may be possible to persuade the smooth ; and so on. Some of the rods are„ O f so three feet long, and only a sixth or a seven"' people of this country to relinquish their efforts to put tiP down the slave-trade ; but, if they are to do this, let in thickness. Cf , i' ha TOO •fe them do it with their eyes open -knowing what they do BROUGHAM HALL AND ESTATES. -- AN ° . an ce 0 0 0 —instead of being trepanned into it by the pretext that ANT. — During.the last summer the circull ywg tia t beir they are only promoting free trade. Let the advocates Bird, of Ashton, his five sons and nePhe r'th a e s sen fiA ls° of immediate and unconditional equalisation of the sugar this property, their taking possession 0- , s „, et - „ter' duties hoist their true colours ; and, since they will fight n Appleby Assizes, rise to much exciteine p ears e st, forcible ejection, and the trial which took P' t sad lm tbS t the battles of the piratical and kidnapping slaver haw , • ' it aP • stns • • ) hand ,Appleby throughout country. However, _ sat o s 00, out the black flag at once. Lord Brougham not long be allowed to r; 1 7; 0 0 to of 0 1 and he will again, it is understood, be cane._ s - for o ° b p, dicate his title to Brougham Hall and estate% r APP o esr another large flock of Birds from Bondgate*iftortirchs• has lately been resident at the village °I. register oft Brougham Hall, searching for copies of regi s s s obt an marriages, and deaths of his ancestors, raL,l.::digre!arti• other information, in order to perfect thei .o Fj o proFi e s 0 case previous to their making a legal claim..l .... li g MA!, (00, There is no question now but that Lord . 16 : h u e i g ht ° R y on good title to the estates, and it must be the : awliste ll to throw, an for the Birds, or any other persons, s jsf SP b 0 mansion and lands.—Standard. , _-00, de e EXTRAORDINARY PEDESTRIAN Fe 44- `',. 0 01 0 OS' money in endeavouring to substantiate a claim s last, at midnight, James Searle, of Leeds , 5 , 4 s at ges; Herculean task of walking 1000 miles in lucre Inn' hours, on the piece of road from the ShaksP i s o lbee' t ii 671 dow-lane, Leeds, to the New Peacock Inn , 14 ,••01c 0 1 ,0 % in addition to this task he continued t 0 hadelstici.eth w hen oe ou rs, er ya w o'clock on Monday afternoon week, the distance of 1017 miles in 1017 successive, tug etli t o o commenced on Monday, the 2d of Octoberil uo soun u f 10 5 ;i sixty-three yards over and above each mil% t otal obi to thirty-five miles 1400 yards, making a s? the and so .t miles 1400 yards, (a feat unparallelled in i ,p 070 t i b i lit pedestrianism.) Some doubts have been e the o e, t sat, the feat having been duly performed, bathe iss ig st s it , considerable bets were depending upon bias I 'd to 1/ 0, two persons were always in attendance on sero ble er e l ase day, and that large numbers of people a e c belise o t t( 0 1 ness his arrival and departure from tbe' s e rl e eess ie j Meadow-lane, are strongly urged to I" t he : o l io doubts are quite unfounded. On Tiles da jo t ,s ee asie' t for pedestrian was " chaired" through the O s o f ra, oeio by a large number of persons and a ban d into f ' tile Ist as any honourable gentleman that bad tea* g 0 ! W e the borough. of oa fro o f s DREADFUL SHIPWRECKS AND Loge eceiir" etice 26th regret to state that accounts have been r iotell i g tbesT o od Cape of Good Hope, containing the in °fe o f ss 0 0 dreadful storm having occurred, on tbt e CI ere August, in and off - the coast of Algoa P ay ' o lae t v i ses. t he Hope, by which four valuable sh i P e ' s ever a , ss i ° she £30,000 and £40,000, were lost, as also t t he In t b e t e s first vessel of which we have to rePn r e ars t lenge, It OP, woo A .iee e 4 Elizabeth Rowell, of 320 tons. bus to s ve weathered the storm for several hours , so ot vio gsa ce ts driven on shore, and shortly afterwar ds . er as h e s 0 tr3i l i t, her commander, Captain Wake, and his s he hau ss idca s s9 themselves by taking to the long boat. A houV ugu ll,ra laneous cargo of considerable valliel orq ue %iiro s e during the raging of the storm, the , ich she 0 Wir e .. tons, was seen to make for the bay, w " soul ° lslarr e i fs i• reached, when she foundered, and eve r i n, yfr• sd, teu sbe s fifteen in number, including the caPta e l jo sorin e mat, o o sr iesitu te• ii , Ais ol , lef t! all h ands niag ° te vessel, the Laura, was also lost, wit ffl e ruri_ ee o_ 4 , se do r w is s h a e n d d . t w ß e y a t t y h - i s fi v c a a t e a h s i t l r a o r p a h a ea, cleft a Bay, during the storm, the sea at tbe_ s ' at sioleuThis`,;„, pletely over her, and dashing with g!' ta p ieEse; c r ol(w r , sel belonged to her ill-fated command t .. The bo n i v ot' beach, where in a few hours she and was from the port of Cbes e at SW the Eli Byron, commander and owner, built t whe re r oil .. r i. wenl er, " I `jj e lbit i gOr was lost within a few miles of the sPf ly s eer, t r be hul„, beth Rowell was wrecked, but the e.ru, s „ ce of vl i z ebe" .. o v' ° " - Th e ' Sear tially saved. It is feared, from the . _ s. ~_ cane, that many other vessels vierepl, an d al' Rowell was built in 1839, at Sunderianu was launched at Montrose in 1841. THE CUP. Solo . Mr. Bennett's Blue Bonnet beat Sir W Stanley s Mr. Ball's Bittern beat Mr. Welsh's Wiseman The Hon. T. Kenyo n ' s C ome t beat Mr. C. Stour; Sapon Mr. Ashton's Spring beat Mr. Swan's Skyscraper SECOND TIES. Blue Bonnet beat Bittern I Spring beat Comet Spring, by Sultan DECIDING —Fly, beat Blue Bonnet, C. by F°l°. Warwick. THE SAUCER. This, we rather think, is the . first saucer ever c o : Sir for; and, if silv er , w ill no d ou bt be highly p Pyers Mostyn, Bart., for its uniqueness, an d 315° te shining appendage t o hi s b rea kf as t table. ' Mice Mr. Blundell's Beetle beat The Hon. T. Kenyon .„,ebe, Mr. Swan's Soverei gn Q ueen b ea t Mr. Bennett s P" for Mr. Shaw's Shap b ea t M r . St an l e y's Syringo Larry Sir Pyers Mostyn's Met eor b ea t Mr. Ashton 's rized SECOND TIES. • Beetle beat Sovereign I Meteor beat ShaP DECIDING COURSE• rr knoWir l Meteor, by Mariner—Alice, b ea t Beetle, by 1 -' O-- Berry. favourt of Mr. ThßeallipsOßOufgOleN, being S by Mr. s STAKES weredecid w e a d ri l ;:Sorta run up v or v• The WIRRAL RABLeaSutTyAo.un up KESw b e y re m d r e . c ß id a e u d, s ia na ` r a r GNEL STEEPiget. Mr. NEWPORT LE C HASE' pA• HAEDICAP of 25 sons. each, 15 ft T . H an ir d itB s D :: l ; °114C.15:- &c., with 100 added. Mr. T. Oliver's Cheroot, 12st. 41b...... Mr. J. Elmore's Lottery, list ... Lord Drumranlig's Cardinal, lOst. 121 b .• • Won by about half a length (pave r) g s ox- r) , 3 (Own e • e . ROBBERY EXTR kORD '' , A rtY•--An inS uch^fCir°l7: i b n er t y hi h s a t s o l ls a ,i tly ra o n c n cu to ' r n re l d an w i to o .., t i c 1 ood. A ecil'ed s cal traveller set off from an inn, after havlnf 5 1 000 of T o little freely, t . with his horse and gig', hu t Wa ' ottin t l alien on the road by a person who claimed acq_ e $ a A with him, stating that Phe was of the same ,18_""obtairtre di tt relation, the fellow having previotnsiaY w here ..,, particulars of the gentleman's route at thecei . _ Av e c ur,, the reins to his . dud, from i,,,. 1 pa new acouaintance. had been staying. The traveller Waf, ifidU ato :I'ol P.! of the vehicle, as ma y be su p ed, soon fell a s' e h e n l ' s ' se 0 ! ing himself. the nextmorni4,°:t a steal( puhlin;"'y 007 the road-side, whither he had been conveYeu ;$ lieP ee ' ri o persons who came across him as he was lYil 'pa b oo . livion in the road. He appeared like one iis ag o 0 , 0 in his fresh quarter. His new relation, under the influence of mesmerism, as he Was q ui t f o r 1 1 e ll u a, r seiohtinhli eci h nli t e e t d ha i e s s t f a fao n nu c g e ns d t o h fl e i t je r ur u sa n tli a lcy w e , a s runaway smashed s a l il s rei cious of what had occurred and unable to accoun . 0 o_, as and his horse and gig, with the samples of ,00ds; ; a ble e re dhincelgthib"souerllcited.•in ,10:::: r d t. he was not able to give any clue to the P ,ber9 i, ec ion of their flight. But the police and °,. 1 ' 0 $ cer i „,, put,. ra ?r .. l the alert, and after a search extendi4 ' b og pl e offereds ascertained that he had sold the hc e 'r r s ;ale. an, some w article which was in the gi . g 'c' area tr-for punishment which would have awaited his hay' we hear, admitted the robbery, and u cle of ge tti g $ . having had resort to such a singular. that he , f i he s i s o deserter, not for the first time, and was des °. s caPe ill transported , by the civil power, in order . t l, s e d he 9 ! o fl oi been tried by court-martial. It appears that 0 0 to o ,t with his prize he took up somewomen of clu es d ban; character, whose mate companions laid hold of, 3 1 " i c far by the hack part of the ivehicle,through whieJnoritlei broken, and afterwardsupset and smashed in th e - bee in which it was found. he F, St d is "ve ille orse an 0 recovered, but the ~ i is h• il , ti a soverelr, oe g aic y wor 1 . _, t he flying robb • ' • ' c o .„ el has been committed, tor trial ai, ~. • erset sessions.—Dorset Chronicle, ialt au:: 13 ' nh ie e i gd° a : - 1 ' e:: et . :c .: _ lie ° sr:: ° l l l it i f de s e 1 igl.l'' the lb '' e UNDER WHAT FLAG (From the Colonial Gazette.) " Thus spoke the Rover, To his gallant crew ' Up with the black flag Down with the blue !' " MORE SHOCKING IGNORANCE! (From Punch.) A short time ago Punch had occasion to horrify his readers by publishing the report of his select committee on education, which revealed the amount of ignorance of domestic matters prevailing among young men generally. His commissioners have just sent up to him their second report, which relates to the knowledge of business and the affairs of life possessed by young ladies ; and he has determined, at the risk of creating a fearful panic in the marriage market, to print it. Miss Mary Anne Watkins examined—ls the daughter of a private gentleman. Has several brothers and sisters. Is engaged to be married to a young surgeon as soon as he can get into practice. Has an idea that she ought to know something of housekeeping ; supposes it comes na turally. Can sing and play; draw and embroider. Cannot say that she ever darned a stocking. The price of brown Windsor soap is from Is. to Is. 3d. the packet ; cannot tell what yellow comes to ; never bought any. Ciraassian cream is half-a-crown a pot; does not know the price of pearlash. Knows how to furnish a house ; would go to the upholsterer's and buy furniture. Cannot say how much she would expect to give for an easy chair, or for a wash-hand-stand, or for a set of tea-things ; should ask mama, if necessary; never thought of doing so before. Papa paid for the dress she has got on : forgets what he gave for it. She has no notion what his butcher's bill amounts to in the year. Miss Harriet Somers.—Papa is a clergyman. Is unable to say whether he is a pluralist or not. He is a curate, and has but one curacy. Expects to be married, of course. Would not refuse a young man with £3OO a-year. Has no property of her own. Has some skill in needle-work ; lately worked a brigand in red, blue, green, and yellow worsted. Can make several washes for the complexion. Cannot tell how she would set about making an apple dumpling. Loaves should remain in the oven till they are done ; the time they would take would depend upon circumstances. If she were married, would expect her husband to be ill sometimes; supposing him to be ordered calves'-foot jelly, should send for it to the pastry-cook's. It never occurred to her that she might make it herself. If she tried, should buy some calves' feet ; what next she should do cannot say. Has received a fashionable educa tion; knows French and Italian. Likes dancing better than anything else. Miss Jane Briggs.—ls the daughter of a respectable tradesman, a grocer and tea dealer. Looks forward to a union with somebody in her own station in life. Was for five years at a boarding-school in Clapham. Really can not say what a ledger is ; it may be the same as a day book. Has an album ; has painted flowers in the album, also butterflies. Has never ironed a frill. Knows what a receipt is ; it tells you how to dress things; should sup pose that a receipt in full was a receipt that told you all the particulars. Never heard of a balance-sheet ;it may be a calico sheet for aught she knows. Cannot say whe ther papa buys or sells at prime cost. Has eaten fowl occasionally ; never trussed one ; does not know how to make stuffing for a duck or a goose. Miss Elizabeth Atkins—Resides at Hampstead, with her parents. Papa is a solicitor; his office is in Gray's inn. Will have a little money of her own shortly, when she comes of age. Is not aware whether she is a minor or not. The property was left her by an aunt. Cannot say whether she is a legatee or testatrix. Her property is real property. Is sure of that. It is in the funds. Should say that it was not personal property, as it was not anything about her person. Knows what Consols are ; has read about them in history ; they were ancient Romans. Mama keeps house. When she marries ex pects to do the same. Is unable to say what the family milk-score is a•week. Starch is used to stiffen collars ; has no notion what it is a pound, or what made of, or whether it is used with hot water or cold. Drugget is cheaper than a Turkey carpet ; but how much cannot say. Her time is principally occupied in fancy-work, reading novels, and playing quadrilles and waltzes on the pano. Out of the sixty other young ladies examined, three only knew how to corn beef, six what a sausage was com posed of, and four how to make onion sauce. Not one of the whole number could brew. They mostly could tell what the last new song was; but none of them knew the current price of beef. Every soul of them meant to marry as soon as possible. What is to become of their husbands ? Echo answers " What ! " and Punch shud ders at the idea. A LEOPARD KILLED BY A LION IN WOMBWELL'S NIENAGERIE.—On Thursday night week, a singular event occurred in Mr. Womb we ll' s menager i e, now exhibiting at Leeds. In one of the large compartments of the me nagerie were two fine lions and two equally fine and very docile leopards, and these four animals were usually kept commandtogethe rfo h r e t ld he o p v u er rp t o h s e e m o h f y sh t o h w ei i r ng ke t e h p e e ir r, whotraininwges in and the the constant habit of goin g amongs t th em, and putting them through a variety of performances after the style of and equal to Van Amburgh or Carter. Though the four ani mals are kept in one cage for the purpose of exhibition, the lions have been always separated from the leopards during the time of their feeding, until the night in ques tion, when the experiment was tried of feeding them alto gether; but no sooner had four pieces of flesh been put into the cage, and one of the leopards had seized hold of a piece of the flesh, than one of the lions rushed upon the unfortunate beast, and almost immediately worried it. 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