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Etteranut POETRY THE DEPARTED. A NIGHT MEDITATION, PARTIALLY REFERRING TO THE LATE D. TATTERSHALL 91 Standard.) Where are they gone— The bright d (From Fane) Along yon F. Yet though Hindr the glorified of Truth -1? 'Tis sublime to trace. Which r Above t with in: [e, cloud-canopied,) way, each form of light an heritage, n'd of deathless shore 'tis ecstacy .8 us half divine, exalts the soul there of sense, and elevates antiishments of Vice Gtence; their wands freeborn mind that soars Ccmpsnion of the stars, mingling its thought In midnight's solemn harmonies. The din Of passion's strife—clamour of many cares— The clash of hostile interests of time— And all exteri sublunary thi waves that A xi d wr tkr d heaven's deep. awful eloquence at upon life's coast, re discords hush'd; is heard. leem not dreamer's wild soliloquy : gh and sacred converse 'twcen the sky And man. its denizen elect; we read Our privilege and destiny sublime, And in rapt fancy taste its joy; while this Is ours, we need not for the pinions sigh Of the meek dove, to carry us to rest. Tis sweet in lucid reverie, hope-lit. When a deep calm has fall'n upon the soul. Hushing to childike sleep each passion vain, Or visions i f cur slumber wande•ing, free, Those blissful shores where innocence is blest, With white-robed pilgrims from terrestrial clime— Flowers of mortality transplanted there! Such dreams we have, I ween,— revealings bright, But few and transient,—winter sun-gleams sent To shew the soul er high estate, and raise Her pure aspirings to the Infinite : Childhood's gay dr ams were dulness, and fond youth r Scorns its imaginings, so lifele,s then. These are delightful; but 'tis sweeter far To know one loved and dearly prized below, Toil-worn on earth, borne on seraphic wing, To rest in seraph bowers and weep no more ; Translated where the victor's triumph arch, Glory's proud fares, are view'n with pitying eye; Where diadems are nothingne , s. A flower Faded and crush'd below, there aye to broom Where all is bloom, and beauty evermore Unfad ng beams; where thoueit is joy, and life And peace are one, and grief's dark founts are seal'd, But touch a mournful string for one late gone, One newly wept, endear'd by eve , y tie Affection links, and high worth consecrates, Rich in bright truth and manly sentiment, And learning's wealth, glittering with lore divine: Finish'd his high and holy pilgrimage I The beauty of his life, ensample bright, The countenance that beam'd benevolence, And love for all, oft gemm'd with pity's tear, Have faded from the world. But his lov'd name Becomes a radiance in the heart's firmament, Fix'd eve lasting there. The pastor, sire, And friend rever'd below, is gleaming now bur star of love, transcendant o'er the tomb : For friendship dies not when true worth departs From kindred here; the flame but grows refin'd, Hallow'd and glorified—an incense meet Heavenward to tend. 'Tis the heart's victory o'er The blast of death ! Yea, such link may join The hands of cherubim, pure from the alloy Of selfishness on earth, and dark mistrust 01 jealousy. The ethereal glow is lit By hope celestial ;—'tis a grace that fits To stand among the Immortals, face to face t SAMUEL HUGGINS Etrunswiek-road, sth November, 18 SKETCHES OF A TRIP TO THE CONTINENT, ITALY, AND EGYPT. BY EDWIN KEET, ESQ No. 111. Written for the Liverpool Standard.) , —only disturbed bs the cry of the night it flits out of the ghastly ruin, or the distant ,og's bark by Tiber's yellow stream—reigns in awful sublimity. Sometimes, of a ielicious, calm, balmy evening, I have strolled into the vast area, with its pon derous walls nearly two hundred feet high, and have heard the mournful chant of the monks as they have filed in to say the hardly-heeded prayer, and the earnest ex hortation so impassionately delivered—to convert here tics and freethinkers to the true Catholic faith! But I am wandering from my description of the ob jects most worthy the stranger's attention. b-ths of Diocletian and Car acalla should be care- Upon the towering arches of the latter, ever wave, Shelley, the gentle bard, 'oily, and wrote one of his imperish lf, among the remains of that astonishingly powerful people the Romans, one thing must command attention more than another, it is the ever-gushing, sparkling fountains of pure water : that of Treve, for instance, must be, I should think, the finest in the world. ~l ossal are the figures of Neptune, the sea nymphs, that the pigeons ever fluttering about the cool upon them, look no larger this splashing neighbour , ..e the women frog-merchants ever at their busy tasks of skinning, dressing for sale, and trimming up the limbs of these delicate quadrupeds. Williams t y3ll and I thought they had the flavour and gusto of the most 4elicate river fish)—so well fried, so brown with bread only surpassed by the other kid, and the wild boar, mountains that surround Rome. A word about and the conduits or aque d softness of the air of r.l the glittering fire-flies . during the five months strianised daily miles and _.„ only confined by one or to prevent my perambulations— ed by its sheltered position, open only on the .awards the sea, and the mountains forming nearly ircle of defence, thus rendering the cold and frost of 4 iort duration, although I have seen a fountain co icicles for a few days ; but this was in the "ad in a very cold and exposed square, These mountains, varying from , miles in distance, have a very beautiful summits frequently covered with snow, yet and lighted up with the rays of a December rrnm these, by their vast aqueducts. did the Ro mans supply the city and the baths with myriads of tons of pure sparkling water, gushing from the fountains un ceasituly day and night. How wretched the supply of London, and other large towns in England, in compari son with that of ancient, nay even of modern, Catholic, &ad silence— hawk, watch- explored hi 11,m Here, too, in ishes of tt ,bese au'ains, yriads, arid Idler r to May, I ped s roma :za Barbarini four streets entering it o twenty effeet, their and half-degraded Rome ! In July and August, on account of the excessive heat, the Romans say none but dogs and Englishmen are seen abroad ; for, from the days of Pasquin to the present, they are a witty, eloquent, and music-loving people. Many bon mots, gibes, squibs, and impromptu pasqui nades, pass from the mutilated statue of Pasquin, at the Palace Orsini, to that of Marforio. One is worth men ` while I was at Rome. Four new ade, and they were named in a .dgment, Heaven, and hell ! The pit man, eighty years of age. totter le grave ' • the second, Judg .ers.and handsome entertain ction to the cardinals, at his villa -'tv ; the third, Heaven, was a ,r his pii,us devotion and extraordinary I beauty of countenance ; the fourth, or antipodes of his predecessor, being severe, sucrose, forbidding, harsh in feature, and VERY UGLY. I shall speak of the inauguration of cardinals when I come • - and the Vatican, and shall only observe are but very few police—also very few, ray criminal and felon, scavengers! So that - .floolies of water, Rome is a badly , •itv, full cf ecclesiastical tinning, cardinals first was an old door' g o❑ the very t shold of t good dinn without the wall got tt man remarka wild placidity Heil to St. Peter' t ther occupation, residence, sown and watched And ts, opir nd Proc :agenda. system o' sought, by s( introduced it :nated a stition is now anxiously bigotted people, to be 1; but God forbid that it should ! zi hfield would again lick up the s much avidity as ever, dungeon, the axe, or ` Infallihili luring my hat occurred for a day or two Itres of the stri idence at Rome, it was amusing ter is carried off the roofs of ng tin tubes, or pipes, into the being no flagged foot•peths : reels, and not at the sides, is hman, cabman, or driver of a in the narrow streets under ing the falling deluge 3 the centre of the s very grotesqu, One of the most disgraceful things in Rome is the persecution and confinement of the Jews to a 4 amp quarter of the city, near the Tiber, where they are in by large gates every night ; and every compelled to hear the aria- Roman Catholic pulpit and LniS is " to bad ;" they are an industrious, sober, quiet people, and in this enlightened age, ought not any loneer to be under this degrading ban. This Jewish quarter, called the Ste'a, is near the house of Rienzi, and contains close, dark, confined habitations, unfit for human beings, and must be very inimical to health. Many parts of the streets of Rome have here and of marble columns, broken up, and put Arid there is one beautiful, palace the name of which I at this Saturda ad shut ema and n there fragments dow❑ for repairr, like, ancient Roi them ar moment forget—the theatre - Of Marcellus, I think—near the Seta and the fish market, now abused by its being turned into blacksmiths' chops and stables for cattle, and it is well worthy of note, whether it be the Coliseo, Pan theon, temple of Claudius, torn of Adrian, or arches of Titus and Con.tantine. Any and all of the ancient Ro man pagan structures are disfigured by modern inscrip tions, eulogising in Latin the pious Pope that has pre served and beautified these edifices (as our churchwardens do our churches); and no doubt 'many good Catholics believe the good popes built the said temples, tombs, and theatres. Again the most beautiful churches art indebted to the ancient Romans for their magnificent marble co lumns. In many churches, these noble columns are of one entire piece of granite or rouble, and from thirty to forty in number. When the beautiful church of St. Paul was destroyed by fire, the fine marble columns only sur vived ; and they are now erected to decorate the new pile! which church when finished will almost rival St. Peter's, and which every stranger at Rome should certainly not omit visiting; and it is a detightful drive of two or three miles to its pleasant site. The population of ancient Rome is variously. stated, Tacitus asserting it to have been eleven million on hundred and fifty-twn thousand; another authority limiting it to twice the amount of our metropolis of London—only four millions. My opinion is, that we can form but a very inadequate conclusion, as their suburbs of contiguous towns, villages, and villas, raning from Ostia towards the sea round to Vecii; Tivoli, now containing seven thousand eople, and founded four hundred and sixty years before the existence of Rome; Frescati, twelve miles distant along the via Appia, the road to which from Rome is marked with ruined aqueducts, vast sepulchral tombs, monuments, arid catacombs. Then again there is Albano, built with its palaces and fountains upon the ruins of the Alha Lunta. Here are the ruins of an amphitheatre, and outsid the gate the tombs of Ascanius, and the vast ruined one of the Curiatii. At Ostia, sickly and marshy as it is, I ex plored many fragments of ruined temples and vast build ings, nearly obscured by the accumulation of earth during the lapse of ages, and almost overgrown by rank grass and weeds. These on— - -nt suburban adjuncts impor to Rome must have been considered as belonging to, if not part of, the imperial city ; therefore, the amount of population, as given by Tacitus, might have been no ex aggeration; but, alas! what was the power, grandeur, beauty, skill, and wonderful knowledge, possessed by these remarkable people !—the simplicity of their lives, their hardy iron frames, that could enable them to march with sixty pounds of armour, to climb frozen.clA moun tains, to bear the sun's meridian heat, to swim rapid rivers, to endure with fortitude the extremes of cold, hunger, and thirst, to subdue by their indomitable cou rage every other nation ; yet all this power and grandeur fell by the insidious mining and imperceptibly s-ipping in fluence of luxury I And the cruel tyranny of the army over the laws and civil power completed the dbwinfall of all-prwerful and majestic Rome ! Where is now the Tabulgrium ? Where the Animarium, filled by animals and beasts from every part of the world ? Where the golden house of the tyrant Nero, and the bronze statues, one hundred and twenty feet in height, near it ? We see ❑o more, the chariots, the horses, the cohorts, the le gions, the triumphal cars! We hear no more the exulting shout, the multudinous cry, the clangour of martial music, the laureated victor emperor ! The slave thrown to the tiger and wild dogs all alike sleep iu the dust! Truly, . _ _ " The melancholy ghosts of dead renown, All point to earth, and hiss at human pride." The mausoleum of Augustus with its statue of him on its summit, and its two Egyptian obelisks at its entrance must have been a grand edifice of three stories in height; now, despoiled of its statue, its obelisks removed to grace the front of the Church Santa Maria and the Piazza di Morte Cavallo, it is degenerated into an amphitheatre for bull fights and fireworks. The tomb of Cecilia Metilla is a picturesque object out on the vast campagna where the sepulchres of Scipio and the the catacombs attract the wandering strayer 's gaze. There are thirty of these cata combs, some of immense extent, without the fifteen gates of Rome. Through the kindness of my esteemed friend, Mr. Gibson, brother to the justly celebrated artist, who, since the death of the venerable Thorwaisden, is consi dered the first living sculptor in the world, I explored the largest and most interesting of these catdcombs with a party of ladies and gentlemen. After hearing a most learned address from him, we were conducted by Mr.. Gibson through these vast ancient and interesting ceme teries and harbours of repose for the primitive Christians and persecuted Jews. In several of these the halls are painted, and stone altars and chairs remain in the small places of worship. We were one hour and three quarters exploring these streets of the dead, much have 1 been in debted to the three talented Gibsons for their kind and polite attentions to me. Both at Rome and in Liverpool how many delightful walks to distant villas, how many objects of rare interest, unknown to the multitude of hur rying travellers, have I through their interesting kind at tentions had access to, benefitting by their refined talk and classic conversation. Long before I ever thought of visiting Italy, I enjoyed one long evening's talk with Mr. S. Gibson and one or two friends, which began at five P.M., and continue with ones light intermission for re freshment, until four a.m. ; thus the feast of reason and flow of soul lasted eleven hours ! Immediately after that relation of his two years tour in Italy and residence at Rome, I wrote those stanzas published in a Liverpool journal : " Ah, shall they ever greet my longing eyes, Say, Italy's fair plains, its azure skies ? Shall I behold tho e snow clad towering mountains, Rome's august palaces, high lanes, and four tains, Pause at the watch. dog's bark by 'fiber's wave, Or sadly mourn o'er Keats the poet's grave." &c. How loath am I to leave ancient for modern Rome, how can I tear myself from the grandest and subl niest objects my eyes have ever beheld ? what associations reign over the mind and hold it all enthralled with the great, the powerful, the mystic past. One evening, I was on the Tarpcin Rock, another on the " Campidoglio"—no, the camp oil will not, must not, supersede the name of capi tol. There at the capitol, gazing at the dying gladiator so antique, or at the Vatican on the Laocoon, found at the Shetta antique also, or in modern villas, their choicest gems of art are the antique. Thus looking at obj,cts mel lowed by time, surrounded by a halo of sublime asasocia tions, who cannot respect age? And thou, mysterious temple of Janus, who cannot remember thy double face, thy war and peace, thy now empty niches for thy twelve statues, (that of Janus himself' is gone) and thy brazen gates, no more open in war, nor shut in peace, give indi cations so fraught with interest to the bane or weal of mankind, but still there it stands, sol d, firm, lasting, al though its brazen covering laid on at the time of Romu lus, is gone, still it is an object of surpassing interest, and like the dark Cloacte near it, sublime in its age, neglect, and decay. Imperceptible, however, at Rome are the transitions from one century to another. The Partheon, once dedi cated to all the gods or virtues, now dedicated to the vir gin and all the martyrs, is of great antiquity, repaired and ornamented by Agrippa, son-in-law to Augustus. Its “eight and diameter equally 144 feet, round its vast cir cumference are 14 columns of yellow marble, fluted en tire, and the finest in Rome. M. AGRIPPA. L. F. COS. TERTIVM FECIT is inscribed upon the porphyry figures of its portico, but many fatal spoliations and acci dents have befallen this beautiful temple! its bold and ele gant roof was much injured by the dreadful eruption of Ve suvius in the reign of Tiberius ; its walls decorated with lead and brass, with works of silver over them ; its ornamental gilded bronze plates were stripped; Alaric carried of all its statues of gold and silver •, Genseric afterwards loaded a ship with its finest marble statues, the inestimable works of Diogenes became the prey of the barbarous Constantine 11., and the early christian Pontiffs pillaged it, and also all the rich pagan temples of Rome. Boniface IV. made a church of it; Rapphael, Hannibal, Caracci, and other artists left money by will for it, reparation ; Benedict 11. covered it with lead ; Pope Urban VIII. re paired it and built up two wretched ugly belfries; at one time its beautiful portico with its sixteen granite columns four feet in diameter were cbisell'd, cut, and their capitals injured to support wretched shops and pedlar's sheds; Eugene IV. knocked all these out, but still the Partheon like our St Paul's is sadly hemmed in and its effect de stroyed by small houses and shops; close to it is a boar butcher's place, with beads, hides, and offal spoiling the effect of this superb antique relic A great overflowing of the Tiber took place from the mountain snow being suddenly dissolved, and a heavy day's rain. Some of the lower streets were inundated to the depth of eight feet. Torlonia's Great Theatre and the Partheon were alike flooded, and it was a beautiful sight to stand upon the altar, and from the watery mirror see the beautiful roof of the Partheon reflected with its grand aperture at the top. No wonder that Pliny in the palmy clays of the Par therm, from its richness, thought it one of the wonders of the world." But farewell the Caesars' Palace, the golden house of Nero, the Taurean rock, and the Capi tol !—farewell the vast Campagna, with its encircling mountains, its aqueducts and tombs ! Ye arches, temples, baths, and fountains, I shall never see ye more! To behold the fragments of thy greatness, all-powerful Rome, was a privilege, an honour, a delight, a solemn lesson silently shooting the soul, never, never to be for gotten. Still, in my imagination I see Titus Vespasian entering by the Coliseum, pass the temple of Peace, along the Appian way where the stones still bear traces of their chariot wheels. I see the captive Jews, seven hundred of the handsomest of them selected at the destruction Jerusalem t^ grace his triumphal entry into Rome oi Hear the acclamations of myriads of people as the trum pets sound at his approach up the Capitol! Here too Co riolanus passed, crowned with his oaken garland; before him cl,morous noise, behind him tears; he addresses Virgilia, " My gracious silence ; bail! would'st thou have laughed had I come coffin'd home, that weevest to see m' triumph ? "Ah ! my dear! such eyes the widows in C' riol . •l - wt. lack wear, and mo ,ons." Here too at the base of Pompey's Pillar gter Cmsar who at Phillipi to good Brutus g Caesar fell. "Julius aosted what was rid what the all it made pale Cassius jo honest, honoured Ron .an 3rutus, with he armed rest, courtiers of beauteous freedom, to drench spire? brother officers are coldly hear.l, ant but when the mother, wife, child, present themselves, the obdurate, cold, flinty-hearted soldier, the hero of a hun dred fights, with nine wounds upon his gallant body, relents; and when his mother says to him, " Do you know this lady ?" how beautiful is the reply ! " The noble sister of Publicola, the moon of Rome ! chaste as the icicle that's curdled by the frost from purest snow, and hangs on Dian'., temple! Dear Valeria !" Iv answerec In Russia coffins are generally brown,but children have pink, grown up unmarried girls sky blue, while other fe males are indulged with a violet colour. POTATO BRANDY.—Dr. Kane states that potato starch is readily convertible into sugar, and this sugar, by fer mentation, yields spirit. On the continent, the manufac ture of sugar from corn is almost abolished. Potato spi rit is almost universally used, and, in flavour, it so resem bles brandy, that it is well known that a large quantity of the French brandy brought into London, is potato spirit from Hamburgh, coloured with burned sugar. FEROCITY OF THE PHEASANT. — The cock pheasant sometimes exhibits marks of great daring and fierceness, even attacking man. I was once staying with a friend, who had a bird of this character in the plantations near his house which was accustomed to make frequent sallies upon persons passing near the place of its resort. I saw it myself fly boldly at the proprietor of the grounds, who purposely approached the spo:, in order that I might wit ness the extent of its courage and ferocity; it commenced pecking his legs, and striking with its wings, pursuing him for a considerable distance down one of the walks. He said that he generally carried a stick to beat it off, when ever he went that way. Some wood-cutters, who were at work close by, were in the habit of protecting their legs with strong leather gaiters from the attacks of this bird, which was constantly interrupting and annoying them in this manner.—Rev. L. Jenyne Observations. INVITATION TO UNITED PRAYER, FOR THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, On the let of January,lB47,_being the first day of the New Year, DEARLY BELOVED TN THE LORD, Since I had the privilege of addressing ion, the Lord in his gracious providence has changed my sphere of duty to this part of his vineyard. Whilst I review with feelings of grateful remembrance his manifold mercies during my pastoral charge in Liverpool, the sweet seasons of Christian communion with my beloved friends and brethren, and especially with that dear flack for whom I earnestly pray that grace, mercy, and peace, may be multiplied unto them ; whilst these past tokens of divine goodness are fresh in my me mory, I may, when speaking of my present charge, say with the Psalmist, "The lines are fallen unto me in pleasan4 places." Oh, that " the good Shepherd" may lead many of his own sheep into these green pastures, overruling this providential change to the advancement of His cause, and the good of His people. It is a sense of His unmerited goodness which leads to this desire, and especially inclines me to repea THE INVITATION WHICH, FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS. I have been permitted to give " to all who love the Jesus Christ in sincerity," TO UNITE ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW YEAR, FRIDAY, JANUARY ISt, 1847, IN A GENE RAL CONCERT FOR PRAYER FOR THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. As I come nearer to the metropolis, I see more and more clearly the need there is ot tbi- great gift of God. For in what very peculiar circumstances does the coming year open upon us. First. We are suffering under " the judgment of Almighty God, against whom by our strifes and divisions, our misuse of his gifts, and forgetfulness of his manifold mercies, we have grievously sinned. At his bidding the earth bath withholder , the wonted provision of food, and turned abundance into scarcity." Whilst the Almighty is thus contending with us, the aid of the Holy Spirit is peculiarly required to produce repentance for our manifold transgressions, and to avert still further judgments, by His leading us " to break off our sins by righteousness, and our iniquities by showing mercy to the poor." For the Scriptures of "truth make known that the divine judgments will not of themselves turn •he heart to God. 'They rather increase the enmity. The Lord alone can take away the stony heart, and give a heart ot and produce that " godly sorrow which leads to repent ance not to be repented of." It is true that solemn prayer has been offered throughout he land that God would remove this judgment, and all who tear His name must be thankful for this recognition of His provi dence ; but where, it may be asked, is the real turning to God as a nation suffering under his chastening rod ? Where the stop to the open breach of the Sabbath? to the pride, covetousness, sensuality, and overflowings of ungodliness, which make us afraid? It is the Lord alone who can make this seffectual cnange. When He " pours out the Spirit of grace and supplication," we shall mourn for our sins and turn from our wickedness. Oh then, Christian Brethren, unite as with one heart and soul in prayer, that God of his tender mercy may pour out of the abundance of his Holy Spirit. Connected with this judgment of God is the state of our beloved Sister Island. There the hand of the Lord is heavily felt. For there, alas ! whilst there is a scarcity of food, amounting, in some parts, almost to famine, still severer judgments threaten that unhappy land. I need not mention them. It is enough to say that God alone can deliver from them. Oh ! then, let our Sister Country have your earnest prayers—that God would send the Comforter to his suffering people—sanctify their present trials, and so strengthen their faith and fortify their pa tience, that they may " glorify the Lord in the fires," and be as instruments in his hands to turn the hearts of sinners to " Him that smiteth him," and bring them from the errors of liomaeism to the knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus. A second peculiarity in the opening year, is THE MUL TIPLIED EFFORTS OF THE CHURCH OF ROME TO EX TEND HER COMMUNION. The effect of these efforts has been to damp the zeal of Protestants in maintaining the faith of their forefathers, and almost to persuade them that Popety must prevail. The only fear we ought to have is fear for those who become proselytes tothe Churchof Rome, a. d for thosewho abide in her communion. For them, reflecting upon the terrible judgments to which they are exposed, we cannot have too great compassion, or be too earnest in our en deavours to bring before them the solemn warning of Al mighty God : " Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her phigues." For her destiny is unalterably fixed. " The Most High, who does as He pleases in the armies of hea ven," and who " beareth rule in the kingdom of men," has decreed her fall—has declared that He will send " a mighty angel, having great glory, and lightening the earth with his glory ;" who shall proclaim with a loud voice, " BABYLON THE GREAT IS FALLEN, IS FALLEN, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird." We, therefore, have no cause for apprehension. Since the efforts of the Church of Rome are but as the convul sive throes of a dying man, if these efforts should for a season prevail, they alter not the mind of the Most High, for " His counsel shall stand, and He - will do all his plea sure :"—nor need they alarm his people. For " these shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall over come them; for he is LORD OF LORDS, AND KING OF KINGS : and they that are with Him are called, and chosen, and faithful I" " They overcame by the blond of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony ; and they loved not their lives unto the death." " Hete is the pa tiance of the saints : here are they that keep the com mandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." To raise his people to this standard, and to enable those who profess the Protestant faith to act up to their profession, the abundant outpouring of the Holy Spirit is essentially requisite. Beloved Brethren, then, as you partake of the spirit of our Protestant orefathers, pray for this unspeakable gift. Pray, that He who said to Joshua, " Be thou strong and courageous," may give to his people that strong faith in his word, and holy bold ness in his cause, which may lead them to say with Lu ther, " Though the sun be darkened with legions of devils as by thick clouds, we will not fear, for God is for us, and victory is ours." And especially that the Lord would send forth many, many faithful labourers, " boldly to preach the Word." A third particular calling for notice is, OUR STRIFES AND DIVISIONS. These are so well known as to make it unnecessary to particularize them. But how grievous must they be in the sight of that God whose name is " LOVE !" and who has commended his love to us by sending his Son first " to die for sinners," and then " to gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which ar3 on earth, even in Him." How grievous to our blessed Saviour, whose last prayer was, that " all who be lieve in Him may be one, even as the Father and the Son are one." How grievous also to the Holy Spitit, who directs that " all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, should be put away, with all malice ;" and that we should " be kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake bath forgiven us." When we hear in mind the strife and debate, the hard words and angry spirit, which have lately prevailed, and which have almost sepa rated bosom friends, and rent asunder the church of Christ, we cannot but apprehend that these unhappy di visions have been one fertile source of all our sorrows. Nor can we hope that God will be reconciled to us whilst we remain unreconciled to one another. How im portant, then, is the abundant outpouring of the Holy Spirit, to convince the members of the universal church of Christ of their sinful neglect of their Lord's new com mandment, " Love one another;" and at the same time to incline the hearts of his people to the exercise of bro therly love. For He alone can remove these obstacles which unrenewed nature, long cherished habits, educa tional prejudices, narrow-minded bigotry, and sectarian selfishness, have raised. He alone " can break in pieces these gates of brass, and cut in sunder these bars of iron." Let your prayers, then, be earnest for his mighty aid, that he who on the day of Pentecost brought the very crucifiers of our Lord to be of one heart and mind with his chosen disciples, would pour such streams of love upon the church of Christ, that they who thest off may be brought " to love one anon are now fur n. with pure hearts fervently." There are other very important calls for prayer which have been referred to in my former Invitations, which the purposed brevity of the present address prevents my again mentioning. Entreating you to bear these calls in remembrance, as well as those pressing necessities ad verted to in this paper, let me affectionately invite all who love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity TO COM- the Capitol? hut that they would have one man , , but a man!" Shakspeare, the inspired uoet, who, as Dr. BY UNITING IN THE GENERAL PRAYER FOR THE Johnson observes, " exhausted worlds and then imagined OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. new," must have bad—as he appears to have had upon The following suggestions are respectfully offered, to every thing—a just conception of the power, weakness, assist those who are desirous of this union : luxury, privation, military tyranny, and slavery, that Ist Let Christians foihm the example of our blessed Lord, oppressed and were the curse of Rome, when Coriolanus (Mark i , 25,) who rose up a great while before day for secret was banished, and, beading the Volscians, threatened the to ( L ) Let them thus ec l ure the blessing of Him who says, reward h th i e t e i secret, and thy Father burning of the city. The entreaties of his friends and leather which whigseeth h y l secret openly " 2nd. Let them call upon the Lord in their families, for his Spirit to be poured upon themselves and their households, their neighbours, their country, including Great Britain and Ireland, and our Colonies, the min.sters of the Lord, the Churches of Christ, the remnant of scattered Juiah and outcast Israel, and upon the Gentile world. 3rd. Where circumstances will admit of a morning service, let the congregation he assembled, and, in addition to the ap_ pointed prayers and a suitable sermon, let all who are devoutly disposed partake together of the Supper of tie Lord or, as may be more convenie I let the whole congregati• n meet in the evening for public Worship, and let an appropriate discourse be preaci ed. 4th. Let the ministers of the Lord meet on the following* Mon day, with their brethren of their own communion, in earnest prayer for themselves, their flocks, the whole body of Christ, and the world at large, and then especi lly consult together upon the most effectual means for hastening the coming of the Lord's kingdom, and particularly for the continuance of such a general concert for prayer, that the year may proceed according to this devout commencement. May the Lord accompany these means of grace, or such others as may be adopted, with His abundant bles sing ! Oh ! may it indeed be a season of special refresh ment from the presence of the Lord! Let this be the prayer of all who read this paper; and as the New Year is now approaching, it would be a great kindness if these who approve the object, and have influ ence over the press, would republish and circulate this invitation, which any one, into whose hands it may fall, HAS FULL PERMISSION TO DO, Peace be with all who love the Lord Jesus in sincerity ! Thus prays their affectionate Brother and Servant in the Lord, JAMES HALDANE STEWART. Limpsfield Rectory, Godstone, Surrey, November, 1846. The Count de Montemolin, (eldest son of Don Carlos) called by his adherents, de jure King of Spain, arrived in London last week. His Majesty is accompanied by a limited suite and travels incog. FINANCIAL SUMMARY OF THE WEEK, SATURDAY MORNING The Consol Market has slightly improved during the last week, the prices remaining firm, with a moderate amount of business transacted. Thursday last was set tling-day, but the account was, on the whole, a light one, and the settlement passed off with perfect ease. The exchanges have rallied slightly after their late de cline, which may in some measure be accounted for by the increasing stock of bullion in the Bank. The Gazette of last night shows that the stock of gold and silver bullion for the week ending Saturday last was, in the issue de partment, £14,317,830, as compared with £14,245,885 in the previous week, being an increase of £71,945, while in the banking department the stock has risen from £602,458 to £605,932, giving a total increase since the last return of X 75,519. The scarcity of money continues with little alteration. Consols left off last week at 90 for money and account. On Monday a trifling increase took place, and a better feeling seemed to exist in the market, a good deal of busi ness having been done at 95k to 1, both for money and account. Oil Tuesday little variation took place, but Con sols still maintained an upward tendency, leaving off at 951 for money and 971 for account. Wednesday Consols opened firmly at 97k, but towards the close of the day they became dull, and the quotation receded to 94k, at which they closed, both for money and account. Thursday was settling-day, consequently little business was done, but Consols remained in much the same state, leaving off at 941. Yesterday a rise took place, in consequence of stock having become scarce on the settlement of the account, the quotations being, last night, buyers at 95k, although husiness has been done for the account as high as 951. Bank Stock has been done at 206; India Bonds at 256} to 258; Exchequer Bills have varied from Bs. to 12s. pre mium ; New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. from 951 to 95k. The Foreign Market continues in a very depressed con dition, but a slight improvement has been noticed in Spanish Stock ; the Three per Cents. having been done Yesterday at 371. Portuguese Bonds are still quoted at 36, but the quotations even at that low price are merely nominal. By the accounts received by the Lisbon mail we learn that the Minister of Finance has issued a new order. modifying one which he formerly issued, for the purpose of constituting the notes of the Bank of Lisbon a legal tender. By the first order it was declared that these notes should be a " tender" for all engagements con tracted from the month of May last. By the new modifi cation it is declared that tbe order shall not have a retro spective effect, but shall only apply to liabilities contract ed in future, in respect to which it is declared that the notes of the Bank of Lisbon are to be a legal tender. This suspension of cash payments must have tbe effect of raising the nominal prices of goods equal to the deprecia tion at any particular time, which, as public confidence in the ultimate solvency of the Bank is nearly destroyed, must be very considerable. Dutch Four per Cents. have advanced to 911. Mexican Fives remain at 22. The principal feature in the Share Market during the past week has been the continued heaviness of old shares. Better prices were, however, had for French. The deal ing in the new-created South-Western shares has been very extensive ; the price, after having been as low as k premium, settled down at to I prem.—Britannia. SATURDAY EVENING The English funds have been well supported through out the day. Consols were first quoted at 94i to 5 for money, and at 95 to for the opening, and several money purchases having taken place, amongst which were some for the Court of Chancery, they advanced to 95 to } for money, and 95} to I for the opening, these being the closing prices. Bank Stock if ft off 205 ro 207; Reduced Three per Cents. 93 1 to i ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, 951 to 1; Long Annuities. 91 to 15-16; and India Stock, 257 to 258. Exchequer bills did not par ticipate in the general firmness of the market, and were heavy at 7s. to 10s. pm. The operations in the foreign market to-day included Brazilian, at 85; Danish, at 861 ; Portuguese Four per Cents, 37/ for money and the account, Spanish Five per Cents, for the account, at 261; Passive, at 511; the Three per Cents, for the account, at 371; and Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents, at 591. THE LIVERPOOL STANbARD. "EVERY EYE SHALL SEE HIM." We copy the following from the Worcester Journal of Thursday last. Our contemporaries still persist in reiter ating their calumnious falsehoods in reference to the ser mon to which the subjoined communication refers, and it is therefore as well to show what is thought by disinter ested lookers on, both of the publication itself and of the blasphemous attacks by which it has been so pertinaci ou,ly " It. would be amusing to see with what pertinacity the hirelings of the press, from the Tractarian to the Infidel, persist in stigmatising the above title to a sermon by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile as blasphemous, if we did not know that the charge originated in, and is maintained by, feel ings of ' envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitable ness.' The outcry against him has been a wicked lie from first to last, and his calumniators know it; but their end is answered, or they think it is, and they are satisfied. It is not difficult to show why this hue and cry has been raised. There are few men who from their commanding talent, and the peculiar position they have taken, are so thoroughly hated by Papist, Tractarian, and political dis senters, together with the whole fry of semi's and semi demi's with which the present age abounds. They ` wait for his halting,' and if they can detect anything like ' a dead fly' in his `ointment,' it is paraded, and exhibited as one of the greatest monsters in nature. Perhaps, in ju , tire to the calumniated individual, you will insert the enclosed short extract. * which will the simple use which Mr. M'Neile made of Prince Albert's visit to Li verpool. He only did what his Lord and Master hay donebefore him—seize on a passing event, and improve it to the spiritual good of his congregation. Some of its members thought that the sermon, if published, would be useful itself, and help to forward the interests of the in stitution which brought Prince Albert to Liverpool ; and thanks to the publicity which his enemies have given to it, it has now gone through four editions. * Our contemporary gives the extract, but our readers are suf ficiently familiar with it. [The last number of The Church and State Gazette, which is no very cordial admirer of Mr. M'Neile's prin ciples, says " The preacher merely made use of a passing event to illustrate an important tru►h'"] Omen! Biatilanp. JEWISH SITERIFF.—Baron Meyer de Rothschild has been appointed High Sheriff for Buckinghamshire. The first shipment of gold from the Bank of England took place on Wednesday, for Paris. The amount was inconsiderable. . . . The increase of one-halfpenny per paper on the price of the Daily News will bring in to the proprietors, it is said, £20,000 a-year. The Home and Colonial Infant School Society being in want of funds her Majesty has presented £2O towards the support of that valuable institution. The late Mrs. Carr, of Knosthorpe, left £4,000 for apprenticing the boys who form part of the choir of Leeds parish-church. During the last few weeks, Mrs. Rowell, of Town-end, Wisbeach, has lost her whole family, her husband, two daughters, and a son, by typhus fever. • One of the candle manufactories of Messrs. Palmer, at Clerkenvrell, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday. The damage is estimated at £3oo'x, and is fully insured. Nearly all the steamers on the Thames, plying between London and Westminster bridges, have now reduced their fares to a halfpenny. The Town Council of Worcester have resolved to adopt the act of last session for the adoption of baths and wash houses. Such family announcements as the following sound oddly :—" At —, the lady of Captain —, unattached, of a son." . . At a late electioneering meeting at Stirling, it was moved, seconded, and supported by four votes, that Mr. Alison was unfit for a seat in parliament, owing to his ignorance. AN ORDER FOR A NOBLEMAN.—Lord Huntingtower received his protecting order in the Court of Bankruptcy last week. The debts, &c., were stated on the petition to be £87,000, and the assets " none." A violent shock of earthquake was felt at Perth on Tuesday. In high tenements heavy articles of furniture were violently shaken, bells were rung, and crockery ware overturned. Al any rushed into the streets, under the im pression that the houses were falling. Coney, has recently fallen eighbourhood of Bristol. he was bitten on the lip ; A young gentleman, named a victim to hydrophobia, in the While caressing a favourite don and the disease - subsequently declared itself with the usual symptoms. THE BANK ROBBERY AT MESSRS. RO ,- ;ERS'S.—On Wednesday, from information which has recently been obtained that it is expected will throw some light on this mysterious affair, the offer of a reward of £3OOO, to gether with her Majesty's pardon, was renewed. Immense meetings were held last week, in favour of the ten hours' bill, at Dewsbury, Wakefield and Barnsley. Mr. Oastler delivered telling speeches, and the proceed ings were very enthusiastic. Several large manufacturers argued in favour of the measure. A BLUE HARE.—On Tuesday, a hare of a singular colour, which had been seen in Mr. Woodbridge's coverts, near Chelmsford, for a year o r two, and called the " blue hare," was killed. Its fur resembled that of the grey squirrel. It appears that Morse, the postmaster at Barnet, for whose discovery a reward of £5O have been offered, has absconded with a sum of between £3,V00 and £4,000, obtained at various times by means of forged Post-office orders. TriE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.—We have the best reasons for believing that it is not the intention of Minis ters to assemble Parliament at an earlier time than usual. The session will open, we understand, about the close of the first week in February. Some day from the 4th to the Bth of that month is the most likely.—Britannia. THR LATE MINE EXPLOSION AT OLDBURY.—After several adjournments, the coroner's ju y on Tuesday re turned the follow ng verdict :—We find a verdict of Acci dental Death ; but we beg to express our opinion that there has been neglect, to he attributed to the ground bai liff, for the imperfect yen ilation of the works. G. Hudson, Esq., M.P., last week entertained a distin guished party at Newby, including Lord. G. Bentinck, M.P., Major Beresford, M.P , Sir .1. Lowther, M.P., Hon. Capt. Duncornhe, M.P., Andrew Lawson, Esq•, M.P., R. C. Hildyard, Esq., Q C., H. Broodwood, Esq., M.P., Mr. G. H. Bentinek, the Rev. Canon Sutton, &c. There has been some mystification about the health of Thomas Moore, the poet. It was stated in some of the French journals that Mr. Moore was " dying" in Ire land : a Limerick paper thereupon announced that the poet was " much recovered ;" and now the Devizes Gazette states that Mr. Moore " was in Devizes on Wed nesday, apparently in good bodily health." Up to the present time the Scott Monument in Edin burgh has cost £15,050. There are fifty-six niches yet to be filled with the statues of the principal characters in Sir Walter's works. PRIVATE GOVERNESSES.—A correspondent of the Morning Post, who signs herself " A Retired Gover ness," states that there are in this country, 15,000 ladies of her professsion, who receive salaries varying from £2O to £3OO per annum. The Rev. W. Champneys, at a recent meeting, said that in crowded parts the want of sanatory regulations was not only removing the present generation, but caus ing the next to grow up poor and puny, weak and un healthy. The' Rev. Mr. Eavins, Wesleyan minister, late mis sionary from America, preached in the Wesleyan cllapel, Keelby, near Caistor, on Sunday, in his usual spirited manner, apparently in good health ; and on Monday evening, while conversing with some friends, he sank from his chair and instantly expired.—Doncaster Gaz. A dreadful row took place at Covent•garden Theatre on Friday night, in consequence of the building having been crammed too full—such is the anxiety to hear the music of Mons. Jullien. The police had to use their truncheons pretty freely before anything like order was restored. WELSH EDUCATION INQUIRY.—This inquiry is pro ceeding very rapidly, and, from the facilities given every where to the Commissioners, promises to be accomplished in an unusually brief time. Every parish, it appears, is being looked into, and its schools inspected where they exist. Thus the return, as regards statistics, promises to be complete. The Manchester Guardian says, that Colonel Maberly is about to retire, on his full salary, from the secretaryship to the Postmaster-General, and that he will be succeeded by Mr. Rowland Hill. The Observer of Sunday says that Mr. Hill is to he appointed an additional secretary, in order to relieve Colonel Maberley, who will continue as chief secretary of the Post-office. On Friday, the 6th ult., as some men were gathering jet out of the cliffs between Staitbes and Runswick, a por tion of the cliff fell, and three of the men escaped by climbing up a rope by which they had descended. Other three were more tardy, and the entire mass, comprising several thousand tons, came down, and hurled them to the bottom, a distance of about sixty feet. Strange to say, they were all, though much injured, found alive. RETURN OF A CARRIER PIGEON AFTER LONG AB SENCE.—On Thursday afternoon, a pigeon belonging to a gentleman named Rawlings, of Brixton, made its appear ance after an absence of two years. In October, 1844, the pigeon -house of Mr. Rawlings was robbed, and the whole of his pigeons were taken away, and nothing was heard of them till Thursday, when a carrier pigeon, of pe culiar marks and colour, arrived at home, and took his roost in his old spot. The Registrar-General of births, deaths, and marriages in England, announces in his seventh annual report, the alarming fact, that there is a great probability of the race of Quakers shortly becoming extinct ! Under the head of " marriages," this official authority states that " the mar riages of Quakers have decreased considerably ;" and that " the Quakers appear to be dissolving into the general population of the country, under the benign influence of religious toleration. "—John Bull. TEA.—The Economist says, that in consequence of a speculative movement in tea, the price of common cen goushas risen from 9d. to 10-id. per lb. ; the speculation has arisen in hopes that a reduction of duty will take place next session. Our coutempora , y, however, says that he has good authority for saying that government has no intention of making any change in the duties next session, and that the large increase in the present stock, as com pared with that of last year, will• furnish more than a provision for the gradual increase of consumption. A NEW INFERNAL MACHINE.—As Mrs. --, of nem, in this county, was lacing her stays on Wednesday morn ing last, the lace broke, when a severe shock was expe rienced by the lady bruising her hack and sides, as though gunpowder had exploded near her. On examination it was found the lace was made from the material now so much the subject of conversation, " gun cotton," and bad been sent by some friend in an envelope to the lady in question, as a new invention for which a patent had been obtained.—Shropshire Conservative. MADEIRA ORANGES.—The cultivation of this delici ous fruit is likely to form an important frature in the ex port trade from Madeira, the soil being in every way adapted for the growth, the temperature being similar to that of the Azores. A small parcel in boxes has just sr rived by the Dart. The fruit is perfectly sweet. This vessel has likewise brought a-large quantity of bananas in a ripe state, specimens of walnuts, green citrons, and sugarcanes, all the growth of Madeira, being sent over as a sample of the productive capabilities of the place. MARRIAGES AND CHRISTENINGS WITHOUT FEES.— On Sunday, in consequence of the authorities of the parish of St. John, Clerkenwell, having discovered that numbers of the poorer classes inhabiting that district were living together without regard to either of the above ceremonies, and bringing up their children in the same way, notice was given—their excuse being that they were unable to pay the fees—that on Advent and Whit Sundays christen ings would be performed gratuitously, and marriages on the first Mondays in December and May. The cargo of the Victoria, from New York, was re ported on Wednesday in the Custom-house (London) list of entries, and seldom has such a mass of merchandise been discharged from one bottom in the port of Lon don. The single article of cheese would appear on paper to be enough of itself to load a large vessel, and yet it only forms a fraction of the whole cargo. Of this article there are no less than 6,681 boxes and 1,034 casks. Another item merits attention—this is two hundred and fifty bales of hops—an ominous item to the growers in Kent, SUS sex, &c. ATTEMPT OF A MAN TO BLEED HIMSELF TO DEATH.— On Tuesday, a working man (a stranger) was discovered lying weltering in his blood on some loose straw betwixt two haystacks, near Wakefield. He was in a state of great exhaustion, and was conveyed to the Union House. It appeared from what he afterwards stated that he was a mechanic in search of work, but not being able to find any, and not liking to beg, he deliberately cut his left arm, with the intention of bleeding himself to death. He had cut himself on the Saturday previous, and had been lying in that state till discovered as above described. He is recovering. The electors of Weymouth have had another meeting, at which Mr. Christie introduced to them a second " Li beral " candidate for the next election. We are no ad mirer's of Mr. Christie's political opiniona, or of the course which they lead him to take in parliament, but we must do justice to the manly and straightforward way in which he adverted to a " message " of a peculiar nature, sent him by Mr. Gordon, the person who had been mixed up with Mr Christie's late " explanations " to his con stituents. Mr. Christie courageously avowed his deter mination, upon principle, never to fight a duel ; and he said that as Mr. Gordon felt himself aggrieved by the im putation of "intriguing against him (Mr. Christie), he had referred the matter to a friend, Sir D. Le Merchant, who had advised him that the expression " intriguing " was objectionable, upon which he at once withdrew it. A deputation from the London Health of Town's Asso ciation, joined by several members of similar bodies in the country, had an interview with Lord Morpeth and Sir George Grey, at the )Home-office, on Friday last. The following particulars of the conference h ve transpired : That the Government have decided on bringing in a bill early in the ensuing session—that it will embrace the best parts of Lord Lincoln's measure, and several of the pro visions urged in the recent report cf the London Health of Towns Committee—and that not a few of the evils sought to be remedied by local acts of parliament will probably be met in a manner satisfactory to all parties. Sir G. Grey informed the deputation that, in reply to ap plications from several corporate bodies, as to the extent of the Government measure, and as to the desirableness of proceeding with bills which they contemplated, he had advised them to avoid all unnecessary expense, and wait for the announcement of the various details. THE EFFECTS OF SHOT ON IRON VESSELS.—The in formation received from the officers of the Gorgon steam vessel, which has lately arrived from La Plata, gives a very alarming account of the effect produced on the hulls of the Harpy and Lizard iron steam vessels, by the shot from the batteries of Rosas. It was expected, from the nature of the material, that any breach made by shot would leave a clean fracture, merely curling up the lips of the orifice, as is usual when fractures are caused in iron by the application of an ordinary force. The results, however, are quite different. Instead of a clean fracture, large splinters of iron flea , about in all directions on the hull being struck, rendering the danger from this cause tenfold more imminent than that produced by the shot itself. Several splinters of this kind, struck from the hull of the Harpy, have been bkought home by the officers of the. Gorgon, and, amongst the rest, the splinter from the angle iron which caused the death of Mr. Barnes, the clerk in charge, proving that the tendency to splinter is not confined to the thin sheet iron of the hull, but to the heavier masses which compose the vessel. These results are in accordance with those observed in the experimental trials on board the Excellent, and they constitute a sad drawback against the general use of iron as a material for vessels of war. Whether the iron in question is not so malleable as it ought to be, or might be if better wrought, is another question ; for the present, however, the men are alarmed, and those who have witnessed the effects produced on board the Harpy declare that they will never go to sea in an iron vessel. —Daily News. TRACTARIANISM.—MT. Ambrose L. Phillips has pub- lished a letter from the Rev. F. Merewether, in reply to the charge reported in our paper last week, and made in a speech of the Rev. M. H, Seymour, that " Mr. Mere wether, a Tractarian told him (Mr. S.) that a leading Roman Catholic convert in the neighbourhood had written to him to state, that if Mr. Merewether would privately conform to Rome, he might trust to his (the writer's) honour to have it concealed, and that he might continue in his living as a Protestant clergyman, until such time as it would be convenient for him to make the matter public. The name of the Roman Catholic converted gentleman (said Mr. Seymour) is Ambrose Lisle Phillipps, of Grace dieu Leicestershire." Mr. Seymour sa id h e h a d seen the letter, which bore out these facts. Mr. Merewether. in a letter in reply to an inquiry from Mr. Phillipps, says that the letter in question was written several years ago, and contained the following passage :—" My dear Sir, — You need not hesitate to speak your mind to me, for I promise you the strictest secrecy ; and whether you re main a minister of the Protestant Church or not, no one shall be the wiser of any thing having passed between us on these subjects." Mr. Merewether, atter givii.g this extract, says to Mr. Phillipps, " I must freely confess to you this passage offended me extremely when I received it; as I think it would any one under my circumstances. But this is no excuse for Mr. Seymour for making so bad a use of his memory, especially when he thought fit to mention the matter publicly, with names, without any sort of previous communication with me. In truth, he is a stranger to me, except on the occasion of what may be called his official visit in this neighbourhood, and once I saw him in London The other statement of the allusion in the letter to ' thirty Protestant clergymen,' is totally without foundation." NORTHERN ARCTIC EXPEDITI , iN-4The Truelove, Captain Parker, the last of the whalers from Davis' Straits, arrived at Hull on Monday, with two fish, about 20 tuns oil, and reports that no intelligence whatever had been heard, during the season, of the Terror, commanded by Sir John Franklin, and the Erebus, in the command of Captain Crozier, the vessels sent out by the Admiralty, in the spring of 1845, to seek a north-west passage. They were supposed to be up Lancaster Sound, but, on account of the great body of ice to the north, none of the whaler, had this year penetrated in search of them. BEET-ROOT BREAD.—A baker of Vienna has made a discovery which may prove of high importance—the use of beet-root in making bread. Two loaves, one consisting of one-half, the other of five-eighths beet-root, the re mainder being of wheat flour, were sent for the inspection of the Minister of Agriculture and of Commerce. The loaves were baked on the 30th October, and on the 20th November retained all the taste and appearance of good household bread. The bread is made in the usual man ner, only with less water and a little more salt. The beet-root must be grated at the moment of making use of it. DEATH OF WYNDHAM, THE SWINDLER.—The Glou cester Journal mentions the death of " the Hon. Captain Wyndham," whose successful attempts at defrauding the ba❑kers and tradesmen of Gloucester and of Slough must be in the recollection of our readers. He died on the 20th of June, while on a tour through Wales. We are given to understand that the real name of the deceased swindler is Page ; that he was of very respectable con nexions in a ❑eighhouring county, where he has a brother living in affluent circumstances, and of high reputation ; and that the deceased was formerly in the army, which accounts for his assuming so well the military character, and for his knowledge of military persons and military incidents, which he turned to so good an account in his late dishonourable but advantageous career. THE FRENCH EMBASSY.—The Morning Herald, and several of the London papers, of Monday, contained a paragraph announcing that the French ambassador in England, the Count de Sainte Aulaire, had be?n recalled. The Times of' Tuesday says, that it has been requested to contradict the statement to this effect, which appeared in other journals; and other papers also give this contra diction. The Morning Herald, however, observes that the letter containing the contradiction was sealed with the seal of the French embassy, but had no signature at tached, and that it consequently considers the letter in the light of an anonymous paragraph. The original statement was sent to it by a correspondent, likely to be well informed, and the Morning Herald sees no reason to question its truth. The Daily News aLo adheres to its original statement. The Times, in a very carefully written article, seems to be paving the way for a coalition. Many circumstances give colour to the notion that there is an understanding between Downing-street and Printing-house-square, and the article we allude to has consequently been looked upon with considerable interest. Coalitions, however, are not popular in England ; and a second edition of " all the talents" ministry would not, we think, be received with much favour by the people of England. They are collec tions of weak people, and traders in politics, and veteran intriguers, who, as old Cobbett said of them long ago, like drunkards returning from market, must "link and tod. dle" to keep their feet. Can Sir Robert Peel, or Lord Palmerston, or Sir James Graham, or Earl Grey go alone? No ! they must " link and tod le ;" and even then we should expect to find them rolling altogether in the gutter long before they reached home. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT WITH GUN COTTON. On. Sunday evening, a serious accident occurred to James , Richardson, a young gentleman, residing in Besborough. terrace, Pimlico, whilst making experiments with gun cotton. Richardson and several other young men were in the kitchen of the house, and having a quantity of gun cotton, they were trying experiments with a pistol, and endeavouring to force the ball through a board fixed for the purpose at the other side of the room. The force with which the board was struck caused it to fall down upon the table, and it capsized the candle upon the gun-- cotton. The whole instantly exploded, and blew out t he windows, and when a light was procured, Richardson was found lying on the floor, with his face frightfully burned. The sight of Richardson's right eye wis totally destroyed. The other parties present were more fi ight ened than hurt. CLEANING SEWERS.—As long as the country is blessed with rivers, it is only necessary that the water should be diverted, or raised therefrom, to meet the most important object of improvements—the cleaning of sewers. Under a good plan, carried out with ordinary skill, there could be no difficulty. A supply of good water is, of course, necessary for household purposes, and this it may be necessary to get from a distance; but the matter would be much less difficult of attainment were the two objects considered apart from each other, as they really are. Under a proper arrangement of the sewers, with reservoirs at a sufficient , levation, supplied from the river, the whole of the metropolis could be washed out at any time, say once a day. The idea seems so simple that many must wonder it has never been attempted; it might almost be supposed that a river did not exist in the neighbourhood, or that there was a fear of its being run dry. One thing seems certain—this is the principle which some day or other must be carried out, and the sooner it is thought of the better.—The Builder. SEIZURE OF THE FLORES EXPEDITION —On Thurs. day evening Mr. Forsyth, the principal searcher of the Customs, accompanied by other officers, boarded the ship Glenelg, of 1200 tons, lying off Gravesend. and, after in spection, seized her for a contemplated breach of the Fo reign Enlistment and Equipment Act ; and on Friday morning he also, upon the same grounds, seized the Mo narch and Neptune, large-class steam vessels, lying in the East India Docks, Blackwall. It is understood that these vessels form part of an expedition which is being secretly fitted out in this country, with the intention, by hostile means, to effect a revolution of government in a State of South America with which this country is on terms of peace and friendship. When the Glenelg wps seized there had been received on board 250 men, under pretence of their being emigrants. but who, it is understood, were in tended to serve as soldiers or marines. The Lords of the Treasury have directed the legal condemnation of the ves sels to be proceeded with, and the Glenelg will he brought to London as soon as the state of the tide will admit. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.-0(1 the 14th ult., a boy named Robert Wake, aged 14, in company with George Taylor, aged about 17 years, and Robert Smeddle, a youth about 16 years of age (son of Robert Smeddle, Esq., of Bamburgh Castle), went along the beach at Ban]. burgh, Northumberland, for the purpose of shooting sea fowl on the afternoon of the 14th. They bad each a gun, and in the course of their pastime Smeddle and Taylor came near some birds among the rocks, Wake being then at some distance and out of sight. Smeddle and Taylor being together, both prepared to fire at once. Smeddle levelled his gun at the sea fowl and discharged it, when, at this instant, Wake rose suddenly up from behind a. rock about 12 yards distant, where he had been lying in wait for an aim, and received the contents of the piece in the back part of his head. Smeddle, in momentary despair, threw down the gun, exclaiming, in deep afflic tion, " Oh, Taylor, I have shot Robert Wake," and im mediately ran to Bamburgh for medical assistance, but the poor boy soon died, and Smeddle has been since broken hearted. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday the Hon. Mr. Lascelles, nephew to the Earl of Harewood, was riding a very spirited horse, near Roehamp'on, when it ran away with him. One or two persons followed the rider, and one of them saw a hat rolling down the in clined broadway from the railway bridge, and sm.pecting that the rider was thrown, he, with some of Lim men, hurried on to the bridge, expecting to find Mr. L iscelles there. Here he was not, but there was sufficient evidence that a terrible accident had occurred, for the stone-coping of the bridge on the Richmond side was grazed for three or four yards, apparently by a stirrup-iron ? and small particles of cloth, together with stains of blood, were dis cernible, showing that the infuriated animal hld literally crushed his unfortunate rider against the parapet as he rushed past, until the centre of the bridge was reached, when the horse threw his rider, or he fell over the pa.ra- pet in endeavouring. to effect his release fro Mr. Lobjoit, looking from the bridge, disc, fortunate young gentleman lying apparently e( the animal. :red the un- the metals of the down line dreadfully bruised, likely to recover GREAT INCREASE IN THE IMPORT OF CATfI SHEEP.—By the " accounts (of the board of trade) re lating to trade and navigation for the nine months ended on the 10th October, 1846," we find a most remarkable increase of late in the, number of live stock imported into the United Kingdom,—an increase which seems to pro gress in every successive monthly return to an extent by no means calculated upon in some quarters. The in creased imports are especially observable in cows and sheep. During the month of August last, ending the sth September. the import of cows was, 2,361; and in the tollowing month, ended the sth October, 1846. the num ber imported was 4,646, being nearly double the number of the preceding month, and exceeding by more than 500 the import of the nine months of 1845 endinz en the sth October ! same periods The increase in the import of sheep within the is still more remarkable. In the month ending the sth September last, the number imported was 11,556, being an increase of 1,789 over the import of the preceding month. In the month ending the sth October, the number of sheep imported was 15,584; being an in crease over the preceding month of 4,028, and exceeding the import of the whole nine months, ending the sth October, 1845 (6,918), by 8,666. In other 'words, for every sheep imported during the first nine months of 1845, two sheep and a quarter were imported in the single month of September, 1846 ! Two DEATHS FROM THE BITE OF A CAT.--On the 12th instant, John Thompson, 19 years of age, under man servant of Mr. Martin, of Llangrigg Bank, complained to his mistress of sore throat, and said that he felt a stiffness in it. Mrs. Martin immediately sent to the family sur geon, Mr. Elliot, informing him that the servant had a sore throat, and he sent a blister and an emetic. No per ceptible change took place until about half-past four o'clock, p.m., on Saturday, when evident svmptoms of aberration of intellect began to appear. No time was lost in sending for Mr. Elliot, who immediately discovered that the poor lad was labluring under the effects of hydro phobia. The firs t question he asked the sufferer was whether he had ever been bitten by any animal, when he acknowledged that about eight weeks before be bad been bitten by a cat. On Saturday evening, about twelve at night, he expired. The other case was that cf a boy named Armstrong, in his thirteenth year, who lived in the same village, which also terminated fatally on Sunday night, about twenty-four hours after the death of his fel low sufferer ; and what is very remarkable, they were both bitten on the same day, about the same hour, and, it is believed, by the sume animal, as the cat was seen, after it had been d r i ven f ro m A r mstrong's premise s , imme diately after it had bit the boy, to cross the fields in the direction of Mr. Martin's house. The symptoms in both cases were very similar, only in the latter more violent, it required three men to hold him in the chair. This case was also pronounced by Mr. Robinson, surgeon, to be out of hydrophobia.—Carlisle Journal. bee. 1, 1846.