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Vottrp, WRITTEN ON READING AN UNMANLY " TIRADE " ON THE FICKLE- NESS AND INCONSTANCY OF WOMAN. On, call not woman fickle, changing, 'Tis man that's false—for ever ranging, Seduced by some insidious beauty, Still straying from the path of duty, In quest of some unhallow'd pleasure, Neglecting a far greater treasure-- The faithful wife—the anxious mother— The dearest friend—the truest lover. Love trims the lamp and stirs the pottage, That cheers the labourer in his cottage ; On all around his light reflected, Nor is the faithful dog neglected. Think you he visits splendid houses, Where lordly squires neglect their spouses 2 No—and if there dear woman strayeth, 'Tis man, that his own hopes. bewrayeth. Still be to woman ever tender, Stand forth her champion and defender, You are not faultless—don't accuse her. And why, oh why, should you abuse her t Who was it watehed your cradled slumbers, Sang you to sleep, with pretty numbers !" The last work of her Heavenly Maker, Cherish her still, and ne'er forsake her. TO MISS J- S--• when I think of thee My heart beats qtllck with ecstacy, And oh ! the charms that round thee reign Resemble those that poets feign ; For never yet on earth was seen So sweet a face, so bright a mien : Raptures live within thine eyes, The raptures of that Paradise, Where eastern houris do impart Joys celestial to the heart; Joys that never fade or cloy, Unmixed with any base alloy : I cannot tell thee all my love, But by yon sun that rolls above, I worship thee with all the zeal • I cannot speak, but only feel: Should anxious care disturb my breast, And rob my pillow of its rest ; Thy smiles like sunbeams would dispel The gloom, and bid my heart to swell With tenfold raptures ; Oh, with thee Life were a summer's holiday ; A desert were a heaven with thee, Without thee what were heaven to me With thee, even solitude's a bliss, Without thee, life's a wilderness : What tho Ugh amidst the stormy world, My little sail be oft unfurl'd, Thy gentle influence from afar Shining like the morning star, Soon soothes the tempest of my brain, And calls me back to peace again; The music of thy voice to me Excels the lute's soft melody ; Angels might listen, and in vain Attempt to emulate the strain ; Oh ! couhist thou view this heart and see How each fond thought still turns to thee ; Even beauty has no charms for me Unless it emanates from thee ; Without thee life were death—with thee, Even death were blessedness to me. • The reader can supply this hiatus with any name that is dearest to him. VARIETIES. is a pleasure to stand on the shore, to see ships tossed upun the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a cas tle, and to see a battle, and the adventures thereof below ; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing on the vantage ground of truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene,) and to see the errors, and wan derings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. —Bacon. A SUNDAY AT THE SANDWICH 'ISLANDS.—At an early hour of the morning, even before we had taken our breakfasts on board ship, a single islander, here or there, or a group of three or four, wrapped in their large mantles of various hues, might be seen winding their way among the groves fringing the bay on the , east, or descending from the hills and ravines on the north, towards the chapel; and, by degrees, their numbers in creased, till, in a short time, every path along the beach, and over the uplands, presented an almost uninterrupted proces sion of both sexes, and of every age, all passing to the house of God. So few canoes were round the ship yesterday, and the lauding place had been so little thronged, as our boats passed to and fro, that one might have thought the district but thinly inhabited; but now, such multitudes were seeßgathering from various directions, that the exclamation, "What crowds of people ?" was heard from the quartey-deck to the forecastle. Even to myself it was a sight of surprise:—surprise, not at the magnitUde of the population, but that the object for which they were evidently assembled, should bring together so great a multitude. And as my thoughts re-echoed the words, "What crowds of people!" remembrances and affections of deep power came over me, and the silent musings of my heart were, " What a change, what a: happy change!" when at this very place only four years ago, the - known wishes and example of chiefs of high authority, the daily persuasion of teachers, added to motives of curiosity and novelty, could scarce induce a hun dred of the inhabitants to give an irregular, careless, and im patient attendance on the services of the sanctuary. The scene, as looked on from our ship, in the stillness of a biightly-beam ing Sabbath morning, was well calculated, with its associations, to prepare ' the mind for strong impressions on a nearer view, when the conclusion of our own public worship should allow us to go on shore. Thditgh the` services` had commenced when we landed, large numbers were seen standing round the doors with- Out, but, as we afterwards found, only froni the difficulty of ob taining places within. The house is an immense building, capa ble of containing many thousands, every part of which was filled, except a small area in front of the pulpit, where seats were reserved for us, and to which we made way, in slow and tedious proce:'siou, from the difficulty of finding a spot to place even our footsteps, without treading on the limbs of people, seated on their feet, as closely,,almost,.as they could be stowed. I cahscarce describe the emotions experienced in glancing an eye over the immense number seated so thickly on the matted floor,. as to seem literally one mass of heads, covering an' area of more than nine thousand square feet. I have gazed on many worshipping assemblies, and of every variety of character, from those formed of the high and princely, with a splendour And pageantry of train befitting the magnificence of the cathedrals la which they bowed, to the humblest "two or three" who ever caine together at a place where prayers were wont to be made. I have listened with delighted attention to some of the highest eloquence the pulpits of England and America of the present day can boast; and have watched, with sympathetic excite ment, the effect produced by it. I have seen tears of convic tion and of penitence flow freely, even to the seeming breaking of the heart, under the sterner truths of the word of God : but it was left for a worshipping assembly, at .Hido, 'the most ob scure corner of these distant islands, to excite the liveliest emo tions I ever experieoced, and to leave the : deepest impressions of the extent and un , ;earchable riches of the Gospel which I have ever known. With the exception of the interior chiefs, and .a few others, scarce One of the whole multitude was in other than the native dress—the maco and the kihei—the simple gar ments of their primitive state. In this respect, and in the atti tude of slaing, the assembly was purely pagan; but the breath.: less sileuLe; the eager attention; the hatf-suppressed sigh; the tears the various feelings, sad, peaceful, joyous, discoverable in the faces of many of them, all spoke the presence of an invisible but omnipotent power. It was, in a single word, a heathen congregation, laying hold on the hopes of eternity. The simple appearance, and every deportment of that obscure congregation, whom I had once known, and at no remote period, only as a set of rude, licentious, and wild pagans, did more to rivet the conviction of the divine origin of the Bible, and of the holy influences by which it is accompanied. to the hearts of men, than all the arguments, and apologies, and defences of Chris tianity I have ever read.—Stewares Visit to the South Seas. . . As; OLD ENGLISH CHRISTMAS.—The following picture of Christmas is extracted chiefly from a book called "Christmas Entertainments," and speaks of England 200 years ago.— Athena/ph There was once upon a time hospitality in the land : an English gentleman at the opening of the great day, had all his tenants and neighbours entered his hall by day-break, the strong beer was breached, and the black-jacks were plenti fully about, with toast, sugar, nutmeg, and good Cheshire cheese ; the rooms were embowered with holly, ivy, cypress, bays, laurel, and misletoe, and a bouncing Christmas log in the chimney glowing like the cheeks of a country milk-maid; then was the pewter as bright as Clarinda, and every bit of brass as polished as the most refined gentleman; the servants were then running here and these, with merry hearts and jolly coun tenances ; every One was busy in welcoming of guests, and looked as snugly as new-licked puppies; the lasses were as blithe and buxom as the maids in good Queen Bess's days, when they eat surloins of roast beef for breakfast; Peg would scuttle about to make a toast for John, while Tom ran harum-scarum to draw a 'jug . of ale for Marjerv. And afterwards This great festival was in former times kept with so much freedoM and opennessuf heart, that every one in the country where a gen tleman resided, possessed at least a day of pleasure in the Christmas holidays; the tables were all spread from first to the last, the sirloins of Beef, the minced pies, the plumb-porridge, the capons, turkeys, geese, and plum-puddings, were all brought upon the board ; .and all those who had sharp stomachs and sharp knives ate heartily and were welcome, which gave rise to the proverb, "-Merry in the hall, when beards wag all." There were then turnspits employed, who, by the time dinner. was over, would look as black and as greasy as a Welsh porridge pot. but the Jacks have since turned them all out of doors. Ile geese, which use to be fatted for the honest neighbours, have been of late sent to London, and the quills made into pens to convey away the landlord's estate; the sheep are drove away to raise money to answer the loss at a game at dice or cards, and their skins made into parchment for deeds and indentures; nay, even the poor innocent bee, who was used to pay its tribute to the lord once a year at least in good metheglin, for the enter tainment of the guests, and its wax converted into beneficial plasters for sick neighbours, is now used for the sealing of deeds to his disadvantage. " A DOUBTER CONVINCED.—When the first news of the capture' of Varna reached Warsaw, a German trader ventured to doubt its truth, in a large coffee-house, where the company were dis cussing on the subject, and said that it wanted confirmation. ,He was scarcely out of his bed the next morning when a police-- officer came into his room without ceremony, and informed him that the grand duke wanted to see him. "Why—what," ex claimed the terrified German, ,"what have I done?" "You will soon know," replied the satellite. With unpleasant fore; bodings the poor man arrayed himself in his best, and obeyed the summons. "So," says Constantine to him, "you do not believe that the emperor's army has taken Varna—what do you know about Varna that makes you doubt of its fall ?" " Please your highness, I am a poor ignorant man; I merely thought—" You thought; then, sir, you must -learn to think right." Pardon, your highness—l meant no harm." "There is no harm - done: do not he 'afraid. Hold!" continued Constantine, l seeing the German about to prostrate himself—" a courier is this moment going to Varna, you will go in his kibitka and clear up your doubts." Away they go, click clack, day and night—the poor German in a mortal fright, under the idea that he is on the road to Siberia. They arrive at Varna, and the courier addresses his companion for the first time since they, left Warsaw. "Sir, this town is Varna; you will 'have. thd goodness to put the question to any body you like, and con vince yourself. Now, sir, you see these troops—look at them well—examine the uniforms. Are you satisfied that they are Russian troops?" " I am perfectly satisfied," answered the German. "Then, sir," replied his companion, "you have no further business here. In a quarter of an hour another courier will start for Warsaw; you will return in his kibitka, and report yourself to the grand duke." Away he goes again, jolt, . jolt, in fear of di s l oca ti ng half his bones, for being free, thii journey, from mental anxiety about Siberia, he had leisure to observe that he was flesh and nerves. Constantine Welcomed him with a horse-laugh. "Now," he said, "you will go to that , cafe where you were the last evening you were in Warsaw, and acquaint the company that the Russians are in Varna."— Slade's Travels in Turkey. SEAL-CATCHING ADVENTURE IN THE HEBRIDES.—III a north west direction, and about forty miles distant from the Butt of the Lewis, "placed fat amid the melancholy main," is Sulisker —a small island, or rather rock, in the Atlantic, to which an immense number of seals is in the habit of repairing at a ceri tain.period of the year. This period is in the month of Septem ber or October, when a boat generally, goes thither every: year from Ness, for the purpose of killing seals, and bringing'bome with them the skins and oil for sale. Ness, it may be Mention ed, is the norther-most, and consequently the remotest district in the Lewis. It is inhabited by a singular and primitive race, of undoubted Scandinavian origin, totally dissimilar from those who inhabit the other portions of the island, and exhibiting in this, as in other enterprises equally daring, a hardiness and moral courage, added to a caution and perseverance, rarely to be found amongst any people. About nine weeks ago, a boat left Ness, on her usual trip to Sulisker. She contained seven persons, some of them far advanced in years, having their grandchildren along with them in the boat! The weather be came very boisterous shortly after this weak but, adventurous band left their homes and pushed to sea, This gave some cause of uneasiness at the time, Which,' however ? did not increase till the usual period of returning had considerably elapsed without the appearance of the Sulisker expedition; when great and re newed anxiety was entertained by their friends on their account. The feeling soon becanie general; and so great an interest was felt 'in their safety, that although the weather was. still stormy, a vessel was immediately dispatched by her humane owners, to 'rescue them, if possible, from the island, if, as. was supposed, their detention was occasioned by the loss of the boat, from the violence of the waves, after having reached their destination. On arriving at Sulisker, the boat was found by the vessel in question in fragments among the rocks, so far verifying the conjecture previously formed; but the men were not there. A signal, however, was found flying from an oar which was stand ing on the rock. A pot containing some wild-fowl, which had been in the process of cooking, was also foundhauging over the dead embers in the fire place of a hut which had been erected. Various Other indications of precipitate 'departure as well as of recent occupancy were seen, all of them inducing the belief that the boatmen had lauded in safety, and .were rescued from 'their lone and horrible situation by some_ ship, to which they had made the signal alluded to; consequently on the vessel's return to Stornoway the fears of' the community were greatly allayed. Weeks—long and anxious weeks, however, passed on, affording plenty of time for intelligence, if they had been landed - on any part of the kingdom; but still there was . no word from these poor Ness adventurers, till lately, when a vessel arrivedat StOr noway, mentioning that she had spoken with another vessel at sea, the captain of which stated that he had a few flays previous picked off a rock in the Atlantic, seven men who were of a strange outlandish appearance—could'speak no English, Merely clapping him on the shoulder, by way of testifying their thanks for his services—and of whom he could, consequently, give no' other account than that they seemed .greatly distressed, and were landed - by him, at their own request, ou a neighbouring island, which was inhabited. The . People thus spoken of were at once conjectured to be .the missing Nessmen, and the isrifid to be - I{Ona, which is another hyperborean solitude adjacent to Sulisker, 'than which it is something larger, and is inhabited by only one family, natives of Ness. In conseqnence of the infor mation alluded to, Captain Oliver of the Prnice:of Wales; re venue cruizer, handsomely volunteered to proceed to Rona, to ascertain if the people - were there, and if so, to take them off. He left Stornoway on the 20th ultimo, and reached that solitary spot on the morning of the following Saturday,When - he hoisted his colours and fired a, gun, which roused the people on shore, who came running along the island from their hut, and among them were recognised the unluelty seal-catchers. The sea at the time ran m o untains high, fringing the unsheltered Rona with its foam, whose misty spray flew wildly upwards, almost shrouding it f rom th e cu tt e r's sight. The island, which, from its rocky iron=b o und formation, is scarcely, at any time accessi ble, could now only'be approached in one place, where' at the greatest risk and by means of ropes, on which they came swing ing dawn, a. rock of immense height, the people were received into the 'cutter's 'boat. 'Captain - Oliver arrived' on Monday, bringing the exiles of Sulisker aria Rona to their rejoicing friends. They state that they were a fortnight at Sulisker be fore they were taken off, and placed on the other island. 'The boat'wzts stove the night they reached. They go; nothing on thesisland save a few wildfowl which 'they had 'salted' for 'their Winter proyision, a melancholy prospect ! They saw 'several vessels .to which they in vain made signals :for relief; and 'Were looking hourly for death from hunaer and cold, when they were rescued by a vessel, which, from t h e description g i v e n " of her, must have been from Greenland . or fhb Straits, and iminned, as chance would have it, by brother adventurers. They speak in the most gratelid terms of their deiiverers, and are vowing never' to enter on' another seal-catching expedition. Captain Oliver, whose humane exertions in this matter entitle him to the highest praise, left a few bags of bread with the lonely occupant of Rona, to makeup for the breach which must have been made in his limited stores by the intrusive Lewismen, during their six weeks 'stay withliiiu—a stay, however, which he would much rather hate seen Prolonged ; for lie is said to haire shed tears on parting with these temporary companions of his, exile, which is one of the most wild and solitary on the face of the creation.— invert-ten Courier, GREAT SUCCESS FROM SMALL BEGINNINGS.—On the 6th of September, 1680, I -din e d ( sa y s th e ce l e b rate d J o h n E velyn) with Sir Stephen Fox, now one of the Lords Commissioners of ' the Treasury. This gentleman came as a poor boy from the choir of Salisbury, then was taken notice of by Bishop Duppa, and afterwards waited on my Lord Percy, (brother to Alger non, Earl of Northumberland,) who procured for him an inferior place amongst the clerks of the king's kitchen. In this situation he was found so humble, diligent, industrious, and prudent in his behaviour, that (his Majesty being in exile) the king and lords frequently employed him about their affairs, and trusted him both with receiving and paying the littl e money they had.—Returnin g w ith h is Majesty to England, after great wants and great sufferings, his Majesty found him so honest and industrious, and withal so capable and ready, that being advanced from Clerk of the Kitchen to that of the Green-cloth, he caused him to be made paymaster to the whole army, and by his dexterity and punctual dealing he obtained such credit among the bankers, that he was in a short time able to borrow vast sums of them upon any exigence. —The con tinal turning thus of money, and the soldiers' moderate allow ance to him for his keeping touch with them, did so enrich him that he is believed to be worth at least two hundred thousand pounds, honestly gotten and unenvied, which is next to a mira cle. With all this, he continues as humble and as ready to do a courtesy as ever he was. He is generous, and lives very honourably, of a sweet nature, well spoken, well bred, and is highly in his Majesty's esteem, and so useful, that being long since made a knight, he is also advanced to be one of the Lords Commissisioners of the Treasury, and has the reversion • of the cofferer's place after Harry Brouncker. He has married his eldest daughter to my Lord Cornwallis, and gave her twelve • thousand pounds. In a word, never was man snore fortunate than Sir Stephen; heis virtuous, and very religious. CURIOUS CASE OF VISUAL DECEPTJON.—A very curious case ofdeception was communicated to me by the son of the lady principally concerned, and tends to show out of what mean materials a venerably apparition may be sometimes formed. In youth, this lady resided with her father, a man of sense and resolution. Their house was situated in the principal street of a town of some size. The back part of the house ran at right angles to an anabaptist chapel, divided from it by a small cabbage-garden. The young lady used sometimes to indulge the romantic love of solitude, by sitting in her apartment in the evening, till twilight, and even darkness, was approaching. One evening, while she was thus placed, she was surprised to see a gleamy figure, as of some aerial being hovering, as it were, against the arched window in the end of the anabaptist chapel. Its head was surrounded by that halo which painters give to catholic saints; and, while the young lady's attention was fixed on an object so extraordinary, the figure bent grace fully towards her, more than once, as if intimating a sense of her presence, and then disappeared. The seer of this striking vision descended to her family, so much discomposed as to call her father's attention. He obtained an account of the cause of her disturbance,. and expressed his intention to watch in the apart mentnext night. He sat, accordingly, in his daughter's cham ber; where she also attended him. twilight came, and nothing appeared; but as the gray light faded into darkness, the same female figure was seen hovering on the window; the same shadowy form; the same pale light around the head ; the same inclinations, as the evening before. " What do you think of this ?" said the daughter to the astonished father. Any thing, my dear," said the father, " rather than allow that we look upon what is supernatural." A strict research established a ' natural cause for the appearance on the window. It was the custom of an old woman, to whom the garden beneath was rented, to go out at night to gather cabbages. The lantern she carried in her hand, threw up the refracted reflection of her form on the chapel. window. As she stooped to gather her cabbages, the reflection appeared to bend forward; and that was the whole matter.—Sir Walter Scott's Demonology. ADMIRAL LORD DUNCAN.—History does not perhaps record . a situation of more perplexing difficulty th an th a t in which Ad miral Duncan found himself placed in the summer of 1797. For a considerable period he had maintained his station off the Dutch coast, in the face of a strong fleet, and in defiance of the seasons, and when it was known with certainty that his oppo nents were ready for sea, and anxious to effect a landing in Ire-' land, where they expected the co-operation of a numerous band of malcontents. At this most critical juncture, he was deserted by almost the whole of his fleet, the crews of his different ships having, with those of the channel fleet, and the fleet at the Nore, broken out into a mutiny, the most formidable recorded in his tory. With the assistance of a foreign force, Ireland was pre pared for Open rebellion • Scotland had its united so c i e ti es; an d England, too, was agitated by political discontent, when a spirit of a similar kind unhappily manifested itself in the British fleet. Fortunately for 'Great Britain, the enemy was not aware of the insubordination that existed throughout the fleet. At a time, however, when Duncan had only two line-of-battle ships under his controul, his ingenuity supplied the place of strength, and saved this country from the disgrace of a foreign invasion; for it cannot be doubted, that had the Dutch commander known the state of helplessnesi in which the nation was placed, when its right arm was so effectually bound up by the demon of re bellion, they would have chosen that moment to run for our shores. It was then that the happy thought occurred to the anxi ous mind of Duncan, that by approaching the Texel with his puny force, 'and by making signals as if his fleet were in the offing, he might deeeive the wary .De Winter into the belief that he was blocked up by a superior squadron. This stratagem was em ployed with entire success, nor indeed was it known to De Win ter that a deception had been practised upon him, until he had become his antagonist's prisoner. This manoeuvre, so singular in its conception, so successful in its execution, and performed at a moment of such extreme national difficulty, stands un paralleled in naval history ; and alone gave to him who devised it as good a claim to the honhur of a coronet, and to his coun try's gratitude, as if he had gained a great victory.—Lives of Distinguished Scotsmen. STRUCTURE AND USE OF THE HUMAN LUNGS.—The human lungs, like those of the inferior animals, vulgarly called " lights," are soft, spuugy substances, which, when healthy, will float in water. Their use is to assist in the purification of the blood. In many creatures the respiratory apparatus has an appearance very dissimilar to that of the human lungs. In fishes, the duty of pulmonary organs is perforined by their gills; and in insects, no air being admitted by the mouth, their blood is ventilated through the medium of small holes arranged along their sides. Whatever the structure may be th roug h which the atmospheric air is admitted to act upon the blood, its function is equally essential to life . ; for though an insect may live much longer excluded from the air than a human being can possibly do, yet it will, after a time, certainly perish on account of the deprivation. When "holding our breath," we soon come to experience a feeling of suffocation. This is merely a nervous impression, produced by the blood passing impure through the lungs to the left side of the heart; and it indicates the necessity of respiring fresh air to purify that fluid. To' suffocate an insect, we have only to smear it with thick oil. The oil fills the breathing pores in its sides, and this obstruCtion of the medium of respiration, if continued, will eventually kill the creature. Common water always contains a portion of atmospheric air ; and fishes will be smothered if confined to water which has been deprived of its air, under the receiver of an air pump. The sensible change which the blood undergoes in passing through our lungs is observed in its colour, charac terized as venous blood. It enters the lungs of a blackish or deep-purple colour ; but in leaving them it is of a bright ver milion red, and it is then called arterial blood. This change is owing to the action of the inhaled air. It may be asked— " How can the fluid which is contained in vessels be at all affected by the respired air which is external to these vessels ?" The lungs, with the exception of the air -tubes, (branches of the windpipe that perforate them in every direction,) are one mass or net-work of blood-vessels. These, when approaching to the surface of the lungs, divide into an infinitude of small branches, the coats of which are so'extremely - thin that the air we breathe readily acts through them, and makes the requisite changes. The circulation of the blood, from the time that it leaves the lungs until it returns again, is very simple. The i . first stage of its progress is oecupied n passing from the lungs to the left cavity of the heart. The left cavity of the heart then contracts and forces it along the arteries, (the vessels that put sate,) and 'by them it is conveyed to every part. of the body to bestow nourishment upon the different parts. All the demands of the system, in the way . of nutrition, being supplied, the blood returns through the veins to the right cavity of the heart, and from ' thence to the lungs, to be purified. When purified in the lungs, it pursues the same route anew. By the preceding description it will be seen that the colour of the blood becomes changed, during its passage through the lungs, from a deep purple to, a bright red. In the arteries it is always of the ver milion colour; and in the veins it is as uniformly blacki s h or deep purple. PersOns unacquainted with the latter fact, while submitting to the operation of letting blood at the arm, have been frequently heard to exclaim "it is frightfully black." • 'Such persons are not aware that the dark hue of venous blood is its natural appearance. This popular mistake is fostered by quacks to persuade the uninitiated that they are unwell, when in reality there may be little or nothing the matter with them. One vessel excepted, professional men never let blood from an ' artery; for, 'if once cut, an artery of any considerable size is not likely to stop_bleeding unless it be tied at the 'incised point with a thread. The exception to this rule is a small artery, which may be felt, and, in many persons seen, pulsating On the temple. This vessel is sometimes opened in apoplexy and other dangerous eases of head disease, One of the fathers saith, "that there is but this difference between the death of old men and young men; that old men go to death, and death comes to young men.—Bacon. WHIG NON-INTERVENTION AND BRAVERY,—F ra n c e a nd England assisting four millions of brave Belgians to put down two millions of pie t Dutchmen. SUPPOSED AFFRONTS.—`° Without knowing particulars," says Bishop Butler,—one, at least, of the soundest reasoners that have ever lived,—" I take upon me to assure all persons w ho think that they have received indignities or injurious treatment, that they may depend upon it, as in a manner certain, that the offence is not so great as tltey imagine. HINTS TO ENGLISH WOOL-GROWERS.-The Wool-growers of Podolia and the Ukraine, and particularly in the Asiatic pro vince of Astrachan, have a peculiar method of turning wool to fur. The lamb, after a fortnight's growth, is t a k en f rom the ewe, nourished with milk and the - test herbage, and wrapped as tight as possible in a linen covering, which is daily moistened with warm water, and is occasionally enlarged as the animal increases in size. In this manner the wool becomes soft and curly, and is by degrees changed into shining beautiful lock , . This is the kind of fur which passes un d er the- name of Astra chan, and is considered on the Continent as the most genteel lining for winter cloaks. Similar trials with German sheep have been attended with the same success. The Saxon breed of sheep have, within the last ten years, superseded the merinos, and their wool is of superior quality. L -id LIFE IN A TURKISH MAN-OF-WAR.---I have hiteerto little on the habits of the captain pasha—those of most Otto man grandees. He led a life of absolute ennui. He could neither read nor write, nor was there any body to read to hint' had he wished it. He did not play at chess, therefore had an enjoyment less than the sailors; neither had he any person to converse with, an advantage posses s ed by every body else on board. Between a master and his slaves there can be no eon' versation, since the latter must assent and smile c,s reyle. legs seemed made for no other. purpose than to bend uncle' him: his hands., to run over his comboloyo (rosary.) A Pal: ghiler was never froin his lips, except while he eat, o r praye,n"" or slept: how he performed the fir s t o f th ese.o ffi ces I h ave scribed; suffice for his meals, that they took place twice a tlaY . , at unsettled hours. Officers continually stoodbefore him, aTi crossed, eyes cast down—a painful apprentissage which every Osmanley goes through before arriving at power—and antic' gated every desire with surprising dexterity. If he wished r a rise,_ he was lifted on his le gs; if h e d ran k , t h e g l ass was he' to his lips; if he walked, he was supported by the arms ;. if au ignorant fly alighted on his b row , o ffi cious f ans warned the ' 1 " truder not to return; even when he spat, which was not rave' he being asthmatic, there was never wanting one to hold bps , P handkerchief for the precious token. Such s erv ilit y —thou perfectly natural from the effect of early education, therefore not abstractedly servile—was disgusting to witness, performed' too, by men who in their own homes exacted the same fron t their inferiors, and thus made themselves amends for thei r own humiliation. From the top to the bottom of the ladder is gradation of similar servitude. The grand vizier kisses th e sultan's foot; he bows to Mohammed. The pasha kisses grand vizier's foot; the bey, the pasha's; the aga, the bey and on. No mussulman subject is so high but what he 11 7 4 a master, and none s o l ow as no t t o h ave a slave; the son slave to the father. I often saw th e capitan pasha's sou , j royal page, with him; but the youth never sat or t a sted food i his presence. With all hi s deficiencies, A c h me t P apuc hgi W 3 ,5 a good-natured man, a com pl e t e contrast to his prddeeessn'; during the last twenty yea rs ,. who were all remarkable f o e cruelty. The quality seemed in h erent to the office. In th middle of the day he crept into the kennel abaft the iniz e j: mast, and reposed for some hours, hi s examp l e b e i ng d u ly f° d lowed by the officers, stretched o u t on t h e quarter-dec k, a n j covered by flags to keep off the sun. On waking, c offee a e chibouques were served. Water was then brought, with aCO plete change of garments, and in the same narrow box, s ix fe e t by three, by two high, he washed and dressed ; then came (I' 4 and enjoyed, the cool of the evening on his quarter-deck con,' always doing me the honour to pace me beside him wity, chiboque; and, no doubt, it was a droll sight to the crew, ',1 ( 3 . all gathered round the pasha and me thus cheek by jowl. " be band, consisting of as many drums .and cymbals as co uld. , collected, with two clarionets and one fife, usually . made a 1 1 " 1-6 , 'for our benefit. It played the hunter's chorus in Freischui?t Zitti, zitti, and Malbrook, over and over till I fairly wish ed ,..l at the bottom of the sea. I not only could not stop my Ca . ' but was obliged to applaud liberally. Thinking, one evcniug: that its style was more adapted to Turkish music, at the sata"'t time intending a compliment, I asked the pasha whether; could perform any Turkish airs. ."Turkish air !" he repo! et ,, with astonishment : "Mashallah ! h ave y ou no t b een lister"; to them-this two hours?" I bowed, an d, t oo k re f uge in tg i t i ,i 3 ranee. He asked me one evening if I would like to see d, regular soldiers; I had never heard of any being on b ° T i d Presently six scare-crows marched aft,:preceded by a drug' fife, each carrying a musket, and wearing a shabby taetieofrom form. A first-rate's marines! I could scarce refrat° f i x ed laughing out at the idea, although a th ousan d eyes were g ri on me to observe my admiration. Th e p as h a told them-ievas ously to do their best, for a judge' of m ilit ary per f orma nces by. Accordingly they went throu g h th e manua l exercise, , ao. o f the same was rendered exceedingly amusing by the droller) the jester, who, shouldering a lon g c hib ouque, acte d as f' l ,,, g e ly . man, to the roars of both spect a t ors an d so ldi ers. I war•— Applauded, and the pasha i n delight gave the corporal a I' leo e 11 ,4 tit gold, which was cont e st e d by th e j ester, who swore t , cf without 'him the troop would ha ve b een di sgrace d . The ebo, entertainment of every eveni ng was p rov id ed by the crew, wb i when our orchestra closed, commence d acting gross buffoone l l; such as ducking in tubs of water for money, when many a P ° l s fellow half drowned him se lf i n vain attempts to take aith t lips the thin bit of silver, s hi n i ng a t t h e bottom ; or playing,:, bear and monkey, wh e n b o th th e bear .and monkey well 0,, served the piastres their beating 'gained them; or blind nr, ° ,l buff. This last game was capital. The blind man, provin l e , a , with a stick, was at liberty to hit every body within reach, or subject to the inconvenience of tripping over the bodies . of,„ 1 1 , 15 0 prostrate fellows, or over the comings down a hatchway. " I , he pasha's attendants received sundry blows in keeping him off presence, and as he readily foundhis way amongst them, I si t u, posed that he was purpo se ly a ll Ow ed a peep -h o l e , especiallY .. " l „, his excellency enjoyed it m uc h. • A game a l s o of men liangl in pairs to the spanker-boom, till one turned senseless, or quarter, afforded infinite - amusement. Each exhibition the ( 1 , ' ,.0t. , 'was convulsed at the writhings of the actors; the pasha, fora a ting his' auteur would join in the laugh, and rapidly courbt7 . his beard with 'his fingers, throw pieces of gold at the vier% "Well," he said to me one evening that I was more tw`• usually tired of this foolery—" does your capital' pasha ani .t u ter himself in this way ?" I could not for the life of nine him; I simply answered that the English callitan pas always else to do. A dead silence, and mutual looks'of r o f prise, ensued. Such were the occupations of the third part' o f the empire; of one of time chiefs on whom depended the fate Ttakey.----Slade's Travels in Turkey. .-.1 11ad aHle, THEATRICAL INTELLIGENCE.—Laport e h as enga g ed D ire' de Meric to sing at Covent-g a rd en b e f ore s h e appea rs a' Aliso lane in ' Don Juan; she i s t o s i ng i n D er Freischutz.---- t he Kelly, has entirely refitted the Strand theatre, with a view t 0 ' In commencement of her l ec t ures , & c ., on t h e art o f acting,the January. She has met with the utmost encouragement i0,, / i s s highest quarters, and the Queen has become a subscriber. t he Kelly's list of patrons and patronesses includes man)" ° first names in the kingdom.—The Coventarden pant°%er this year is the joint work o f R e y no ld s a nd p arley ; the f o r al drew out the first scheme, and th e l a tt er , w ith som e materi'o- terations, has carried it into execution.—The Drury'-lan e r i se tomime is by R. Peake. Stanfield's paintings will su r r i r c es• . everybody—even those who best know his skill and r eso!l 50 ,1• In both theatres the whole strength of the company, eo ,l3l • d c w 0 musical, is to be employed. —Don de Trueba has with r o 3 toi t his Men of Pleasure from Drury-lane rather hastily,'on ae c t ibe of the very unjust attacks upon him personally, in many ° wi ts newspapers. The main fault attributed to 'his comedYg e an that in the dialogue it trenched a little on decorum , ' t ieS t ' concludes his engagement at Drury-lane on FridaY, f ron t ,when he performsOthellu.—Lett ers 'h ave been receiv e " pi- New York, stating, that young, Kean does not return 1;00 gland`for same time.---Hoivard Payne had just taken a 1,0 30. at the Park-theatre, the produce of which amounted to f i w ere The boxes and pit were filled, though the tickets for ho tel 00 1 ' issued at live dollars each, and many more were purchase", I''" were presehted. The performiliices were Catherine ao,; a of truchiu, (the hero and heroine by Mr.' C. and Miss 'Wei' Kembe); and 'Charles the Second, in •whieh Mr. Jainq. o ef' . 14ck performed Capt a i n Cupp. The African Roscias o,tj'eis• forming. on the bublin stage. The Dublin Express, in c li f the ing his performance in Zanya, says, " ToWards the close A re piece, when, like the tiger, the ferocious passions of Za.l, be' at ,their height, and he beholds his hated victim groan i c r .„'el neath.his diabolical vengeance, the Rost•ius gives full 5 4,y le his powers: some of the best passages were given in superior excellence."—Plane he and C. Dance, whos e I.'l pic Revels and Oly m pi c Devils have each run more , lr o dr , l nights, have written a hew comic hurletta for Madame „veil to be produced on Wednesday. The subject san l •plaX one, (the " Loves' of Venus and AllOnis.") Yestris ii e ' bta tia 'the part of theliertiine. • MU•cijoioski, the 'most e r ,,joatf; violinist of the east of 'Elittipe, has just areiVed in " 'His manner is said to be most peculiar, but, like Paga°l - something more than a manuerist.—Court Journal. I e a . bZ- o,, th 'V NI THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.