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218 early gropings after physical truth, which so sig nally distinguished the early discoverer of the principle, and guided the inventor, of the " safety lamp." The early adventures thrown in the way of the Cornish youth are told so much in the spirit of boyhood's observation and induction, that the reader is at once struck with it as being the genuine communication of one intelligent boy to another. It is illustrated, moreover, with experiments and incidents admirably adapted to induce a course of original inquiry ; and while foreshadowing the great discoveries of the mature philosopher, they are likewise so chosen and ap plied as to lead the inquiring youth still further on in the paths of research. The book is ad mirably adapted to stimulate a spirit of investiga tion, and although neither written as, nor suitable for, a philosophical text book, it is most happily contrived for awakening thought, and paving the way for the acquisition of .that exact knowledge which may be derived from manuals. It is, in every sense, a book which will delight and edify intelligent boys. "Howlett's Victoria Golden Al manack." Under this title, Messrs. Howlett and Son, of Frith street, London, have published an exceedingly neat and elegant, though tiny bijou, containing the calendar and all the almanack notabilia, be sides other useful matter. It is exceedingly beautiful, and is printed entirely in gold. From its general elegance and portability, it is admi rably fitted for the waistcoat pocket, and will be found a very eligible adjunct to the visiting tablets of ladies. SUPPLEMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD THE CONJUGAL _RELATION. Fr is the conjugal relation of which the duties, like the duties of all our other reciprocal affini ties, however minutely divided and subdivided, are involved in the simple obligation to make those who are the objects of it as happy as it is in our power to make them. In these few simple words, however, what a complication of duties is involved, of duties which it is less easy for the,ethical inquirer to state and define, than for the heart which feels affection to exercise them all with instant readiness. He who loves sincerely the object of any one of those relations which bind us together in amity, and who is wise enough to discern the difference of conferring a momentary gratification which may produce more misery than happiness, and of conferring that which is not merely present hap piness, but a source of future enjoyment, needs no rule of duty, as far at least as relates to that single individual, for the direction of a conduct of which love itself, unaided by any other guidance, will be a quick and vigilant director. The husband should have, then, as his great object and rule of conduct, the happiness of the wife. Of that happiness, the confidence in his affection is the chief element ; and the proofs of this affection on his part, therefore, constitute his chief duty—an affection that is not lavish of caresses only, as if these were the only demon strations of love, but of that respect which dis tinguishes love, as a principle, from that brief passion which assumes, and only assumes, the name ; a respect which consults the judgment as well as the wishes of the object beloved ; which considers her who is worthy of being taken to the heart, as worthy of being admitted to all the counsels of the heart. If there are any delights of which he feels the value as essential to his own happiness ; if his soul be sensible to the charms of literary excellence, and if he consider the improvement of his own understanding, and the cultivation of his own taste, as a duty, and oue of the most delightful duties cf an intel- lectual being, he will not consider it as a duty or a delight that belongs only to man, but will feel it more delightful, as there is now another soul that may share with him all the pleasure of the progress. To love the happiness of her whose happiness is in his affection, is, of course, to be conjugally faithful ; but it is more than to be merely faithful ; it is not to allow room even for a doubt as to that fidelity, at least for such a doubt as a reasonable mind might form. It is truly to love her best ; but it is also to seem to feel that love which is truly felt. As the happiness of the wife is the rule of conjugal duty to the husband, the happiness of the husband is in like manner the rule of con— jugal duty to the wife. There is no human being whose affection is to be to her like his affection, as there is no happiness which is to be to her like the happiness which he enjoys. All which I have said of the moral obligation of the husband, then, is not less applicable to her duty ; but, though the gentle duties belong to both, it is to her province that they more especially belong, because she is at once best fitted by nature for the ministry of tender courtesies, and best exer cised in the office that inspires them. While man is occupied in other cares during the business of the day, the business of h er d a y i s b u t th e con tinued discharge of many little duties that have a direct relation to wedlock, in the common household which it has formed. He must often forget her, or be useless to the world ; she is most useful to the world by remembering him. From the tumultuous scenes which agitate many of his hours, he returns to the calm scenes where peace awaits him, and happiness is sure to await him because she is there waiting whose smile is peace, and whose very presence is more than happiness to his heart. Here Love his golden shaft employs, here lights His constant lamp, and waves his purple wings— Here reigns and revels. The vows which constitute a solemn part of the matrimonial engagement give to this duty of reciprocal love the sanction of an additional authority ; but they only give an additional sanc tion, and increase the guilt of violating duties which, without these vows, it would still have been guilt to violate.—Professor Brown's Lectures. IS MAN A FREE AGENT ? WRITING as I do, hastily, with my bonnet on, I have no idea of entering into such a metaphy sical inquiry, as, with reference either to my sub ject or my reader, will be productive of exhaus tion. My present object is merely to discuss man's free agency in connection with his greatest temporal blessing—the married state. Man is by nature timid, and prone to solitude. Prompted by his normal impulses, he hides him self in dens and caves, from whence he is drawn forth by the gentle voice of woman. She pats him softly on the cheek—she puts a pair of French clogs in his hand ; and docile as Una's lion, she makes him fetch and carry at her own sweet will. To win her approving smile, he de fies danger—ascending mountains (Mont Blanc, for example) at a vast expense—performing on the corde elastique, or running on a rolling tub— making heroic speeches in parliament, and dying on the floor of the house, like a country actor, with immense applause. Such is a man—a being singularly dependent, and whose inability to repair his own hose must ever excite our liveliest commiseration. This for preface. "Is man a free Agent ?" That, as Hamlet says, is the question ; and to show how serious a question it is, permit me to relate, as' Mrs. Inchbald did, a "simple story." Last summer, accompanied by papa, and taking MECEAMER 25)_1!; advantage of the Midsu mme r vacation' o jel tablishment for young ladies at Tootifitgert' barked on board a bo a t—th e Little Tre s Ramsgate. There were many g entleoleL` tt r eo tic gers, but one particularly arrested my i g tra cell He was a tall, well-made, commercial ' t looking-man, with bl ue eyes and sandY tee and as he sat next to me, we natursq ce iel into conversation. Amongst other lit' ties he mentioned Pope, and as the of mankind is man, he recommended learn it by heart. From Pope we p easy transition, to Puseyism and t! Kittens, under whom he was gratifies myself and papa had sat for some y reference to matters of fashion, his 01 strictly orthodox, and, like all men ideas, he admired long dresses ; a nd bonnets, he confessed that he pitied sighted persons who cannot see mite One thing certainly did surprise I timate, nay, profound acquaintance most intricate details of fashionable How he had mastered what to even of powerful intellect, are insi difficulties, I could only understand, b, that he lived with his accomplished see just about giving utterance to this when my parasol was snatched awl invisible Arid, and descending uPot waves, which leaped with responsive laughter, was soon, as Byron says, sea !" Penetrated with sympathy my kind and generous neighbour, pleasantry, hastened to repair it, and me for this purpose his unfurled alpft( he softly squeezed (or I fancied so) little finger, but its companion of where, had I worn a ring, of course he felt it. Up to this moment my in l Pr' been that he was a bachelor, or free is, free to pay delicate attentions when he might think proper ; and sheltf alpaca umbrella, which he gracefully me, I looked upon him with m inglf and respect. Judge then of my astonishment, when, on arriving gate-pier, he stepped ashore, and children, rudely embracing his legs, I by the ridiculous name of—Papa! This is only a solitary instance of derstandings which persons like m yself fall into from there being no certaii distinguishing whether a man is or is agent. The only criterion at preset men of family are always more a tte] often more truly gallant, than those NVI I arrived at that ho n o ura bl e di s tinct , should there not be s ome ou t war d and vi some tangible insignia which would from wasting our sweetne ss u p o n thof make us no adequate re t urn ? Supp , ' " united brother" was compelled by 11 when travelling, a sort of badge—sal the tea-caddy ro un d hi s neck— a plan wJ not be attended with any inconvenie l ,, man of correct feeling ever thinks of tft sure abroad, while circumstances net, lady remaining at home.—P unc h's Poc'' D L , ___ u"*" • releurt,i; terallor stud ,r, Pr o p dies I 1. :1„4.1 /1 d all ii: be it , ( :ri! pag .s e a .eic . 0 1 tO fr,he t i r,,tla 1 I' ) !d tow) „, . 11 , v i il l Ye ars ' if iet n ioos ) 1 31 larOr of e ll 0 ipl e to 5 1 , das 0 l those % l eg „ h in t " . at le } , o 1 ,\, rae, w i th t i e \v , -1 01 ale e n tiVi" 4Pt most , D1 :14 ' '' t n oon. ' 4 1) : ;lir ~s ign in e, byP t ` 1 a inter. 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