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the whole visible extent
mark will not be without
inquire whether heat-light
existence, or are only the ri
Seneca asserted that thu:
without lightning. lam
that as respects Europe
Seneca's statement. Thy
notwithstanding the poin,
might afford solutions, h
attention of observers.
enabled to make from othl
I think, little room to doul
of the phenomenon. Thi
in October, 1751, in his
Observations at Martiniquk
month on which it thundi
without lightning." In No'
only on one day; three rath,
witho-ut lightning." On
Cosseir, in the Red Sea, a
consternation among the
which the traveller Jam,
This thunder-clap had S
lightning.7-dirago's Mete;

THE-. CRYSTAL PALAC:
MATTERS OF HISTORY o:
last year, while visiting t,
serve the large number of
had taken up their quart
wrote a lengthened pape-
peared in the Naturalist
attention, being copied
journals. So completely wf
that they nested there--1
their young families at
through a whole round
infinite amusement of 100,
melodious were their unit(
acres of glass! Were
before, under similar circa
little performers positively
out—trotting along. the
was indeed a charming sig,
in those very pretty flower
pended round the galleries,
to get a peep at my little
eagerly ; I sought for t,
their song. Alas! no r
silent. My mind misgay. $ yonng,
amiss. Addressing myself t° 6clte' ae,
rightly guessed was a seasew soileit.ol„ sic
plained to her the cause of 111,01,
not escaped her observation. „pit
fair daughter of Eve, with a '-
countenance, yet visible to 01.0,
dear robins, sir, have all been JOwas
On further inquiry, I found it
had been voted " a nuisance"-IL
after this, shall deny that "
-11°
(W) Treatise on the
SCHILLER AND GOETHE.'"
town, and visited the houses 01 '
How exactly did their respective
.
with the fortunes of the two
modest and somewhat comraell
that of a man who had neither t"'
life sufficiently prolonged, to zit,
ness of poetic circumstances.
on the contrary, the handsolue
politan old Geheimrath, who had
of the world as of the poet in
world, and made it serve him;
enjoy it, and left some of its g
ants. It was a great pleasure
young friend, Mr. Von Goethe,
ceive the cordial welcome of
Von Goethe, one of the most lad,
women in Germany. It inay
be
interest we surveyed this hous(
handsome and yet unimposing.
Goethe was still living, and reil
walk into the room where we 11:1
was his drawing-room, with the
of him, full of spirit and charaelr' - a ,
in his youth, with flowing he,ri,l6o9etit
handsome, by which the Frau v She
cast of Lord Byron, which she saTi for fev.j
would have been too great a trial for
Dr'
but which she now thought bewitOP
There was his study as he left it,

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table
of ----
table Belliller, whi
to
deatl -; a Nall eh the son of Schiller gave
40t S cale*, oval table with a high rim round It,evi '
Vshis fa fora. solitary student breakfasting,an_
Vi "bIY . lanulY but
some of
8 , Used 10, , alone amid his books, •• 4.
kr,4ore alas ,•;en working too intensely at
..
-“teat °ruin
kiett /ter g dramas to quit his room for a
of the
aspe ilekSts fr e \vas the hall, filled with some
classical
1101,4 to %Alai the giving a veryhind the
wailsce, the iitc„ Rouse antique'you enter ; and be
used to
, tithe f. 'le retired
~ 4or hgarden where
progress of the
teresTsinons
o..eurs, working out the
This in-
the ~._4l hou t' which he was engage°
but
strangers ;
the reat hie se was formerly open to
compelled
? etriet. ellvenience to the family has friends.—
kr-, ion ....„ . . .
their own
,t,'.o col,/ Domeet this privilege to
ta;OE 8443135 tie Life of Germany. believe that
kg. he have reason tor
_nsby
keep-
the Sahhati,a,irs Will be more prosperous
Hale, in his
ktriet'lkis to ii.''''aoly. Sir Matthewhve
found, by a
the , and a;„ ls childen, says,
" It
aa due regard to
tpol'itattieB -01?e,ht observation, tha
to it a blessing
Lnls d
lit ll° test of ay, bath ever joined that hath been
Am NI hat, toy thne, and the week
to me.
the ;1,°,11 the 4, been blessed and prosperousnegligent of
bas 'ties f' 'erMade,when I have been
hath been
like 0 this
the week .
keats 4fiti and Y, the rest of
secular empioy-
€4„ ,so th' L, unhappy to my own
.te
0,.
my
g, '4BB et
e.AL i Could easily make an estimate 1
Zerat..q4i cia,,';Ll
aweek following, by the manner of passing
eJiy,
but
I do not write lightly and incon-
letience.•,..p?; a long and sound observation and
b,,,ollowis-tb iii- "Wriii.x_Darin
-
IN hof this district, b g the alternate occu
il?ps. in 1811, the soldie): the
Britillil
and
French.d
~ i one anotner in a_,BlY of either party, who vie.
‘lti 41d, More than acts of daring and hostility in
, tts
Ilk • In the n once fraterni
midst of th • zed round the wine-
es • quitted to plu2. u
the eir carousals they some-
the off the preciou- p holes they had bored to
I's i • s hquoi
~ and thus flooding the
tf 4 their intoxicat•
that
t,, waste whit ion, they perished in the midst
4., ich they oc •
l'aliltm°l.e than one f casioned. The story goes,
4sB 411(1 th • o the worthy friars to whom these
kir en' contents
to
at th „ then belonged, driven _
4N • e exhausti
ft la the . on of their stores, joined
kliAil;stec.i ,_ orgies, and, like the invaders, were
vpi)uhr ll'owned i ntheir own wine. More than
I,iatfoal. §ed tens of wine of the choicest growths,
es between 4s and gallon (i at least
• last • Its Present ..• Os. a . o
have
18 40 la th,_ puce), are estimated to . .
e°4telv cited toe bacchanalia ; a circumstance which
t4e pts dale plain the scarcity of vats whose
Itotile Znyit"i°llslY to 1814.—Gatherings from
404,1pW 1)a. •
aND
W 4 trad ile•AltE A. COMPOSER.—Arne, the
.11 a , estoan
4 Ito) ounce 1,1 , Was passionately fond of music, and
_
illie `r serltiantalat' would often-borrow the clothes olf.
!ell, raltef It 431),,° Fain admittance into the up p_ee
14k, bst °i' the nobli,.°llse, which was provided for th
14th With a -‘`Y. Without any musical learn-
t,
141_ delight t taste b , - • oot, he listened
e openiti,.. 0 thes:_cpalurany correct,
from Italy on
he 1,,6 of that ,',u,,ers that came
of a
1 the wrote g Lneatre Being something
ues e tea. eine . •
which were sung
litifoi thou garcielis lnetty ballads,
the ballab°l4 London. What is more
shead,
, AlyagB,4Vl a languishing view,
4114 41, seett" . could scarcely discern
1, Ith Y the bade (tit die bee °to, that de me adieue,
return.
I)ltkt,'•Nalp': article she bade m
instead of a lawyer,
th 411, ;;ItY is b i 0 a musician
..
tten such
a:,111 'Re 441 -e would never have mi.
would
' h "let e Inelodies ; his natural genius
(t 41zap 4 whack,
counterpoint
~ liatti tly t,ed by the laws of
tones
qeh ,re whip th
,:',B 4 A
t, neglect of those endearing
heart.—Gar-
hergt ,T, It'S'ic (,),Tke so deep upon the
cah oo;,.'ltq E,"`" Prends.
man who
t 1,,,,';''. the b ‘tiv,rt
me the
h EMAI '---Show
to listen to
versel v cant •of the young
h 4,1. wit °lee
00 society
hold cheerful con-
der 418 B, ote.
,sti age ; who can
deprived of its
ii orrnea oow nee'loom Years have .
lr 1- to help the
ele who the oiswlll t' hof
‘‘• Ilia es tand • -
51141 4tle in need of help, as
who
vik„, non Orsoni,l her cheek; show me the man.
n the
theliat,thah 4
the rudely on the poor
girl
lad in
Nie,7ll; sat Jae elegant and well-dressed
unprotected
bed mood w tne the man who treats
Bh, Aeiv, alas he _ .
surrounded by
A q wonia the heiress
.. .
kit, tti
„protection mildk, riches, and family ,
ye ' Ihe \ily, , Man who abhor the libertines
suuns as a blaspheiner the traducer of his

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mother's sex---who scorns as he would a coward the the cloud which betokened another tempest rose on the
ridiculer of woman's foibles, or the exposer of womanly horizon. The representative of the Russian armies
reputation ; show me that man who never forgets for at the funeral of Wellington was placed in command
an instant the delicacy, the respect, that is due to of a powerful force. It n rem •al ed te
be
seen how far
woman, as woman, in any condition or class ; show the higher qualities of a general
were united to those
me such a man, and you show me a gentleman : nay, of the martinet. Gortschakoff had no great success in
you show me better, you show me a true Christian.--- the Principalities, and, had his career closed with that
The Friend.
campaign, he would speedily have been forgotten in
A FALL INTO THE CRATER OF MOUNT VESUVIUS. _ the west. But, as it is, his name \is joined to the
Someine
Some Germans of good family had toiled to the summit longest, the fiercest, the most deadly straggle
of Mount Vesuvius, and after resting themselves on modern warfare. The last act of the late Czar was
g,-
that sulphurous bed, they descended the steep inclinee
to appoint him to the command which age, failing
to the mouth of the crater. There was little smoke health, and weakening resolve induced Menschikoff to
that day, and the scientific gentlemen began to get relinquish. Nicholas knew the man. You may well
into danger without being aware of it. The guides, say, " A quarter of a century before he had carried on
having had quite enough of soft ashes and hard work
war in Poland with fearful severity." •
The case was
in the ascent, sat down on the upper rim of the crater, this : he proposed to his prisoners on all occasions
the alternative of the Russian service or the knout.
not feeling at all inclined for more exertion. So many
people had gone to peep into this chimney of the in-
Once a body of 2,000 insurgents were defeated, and
fernal regions, day after day, without au accident, that
took refuge in the Austrian territory.
The Austrians
these lazy guides preferred some sour wine and a slice disarmed them and sent them to Gortschakoff. He
or two of lemon sprinkled over with salt, a very coin- gave them the usual choice of entering the Russian
mon comestible amongst the lower orders of Neapo-
ranks ; they desperately refused. It is said that the
litans, and a little siesta, to looking after the souls and general was present at the execution which followed.
T
bodies of those entrusted to them. One of the most The flogging lasted many hours ; ten died under the
lash ; seven inure yielded after terrible tortures, and
adventurous of the Germans, finding he could bear the
from the crater,
little sulphur which seemed emitted were borne to the hospital. Gortschakoff stated his
determination to go through the whole number, if the
resolved to penetrate further ; but scarcely had he
execution lasted a month. The Poles then bowed the
placed his foot upon an apparently solid projection,
head, and were draughted into the Russian lecions.
than the whole crumbled beneath him, and he was
Such was the stern nature of the man whom Nicholas
precipitated at least one hundred feet. The interior
sent to defend Sebastopol.
of the crater seems as soft as the exterior, for the first
A DIVER'S STORY.—I Will tell you of an
words heard heard from the unfortunate man were that " he
was not hurt." In vain he tried to extricate himself ; rence that happened to my brother within the last few
whatever he grasped mouldered in his grasp, he could Years ; he has became an altered man since, I assure
ou, and generally takes a little religious work down
not regain his feet—of this his companions above were y
informed ; they seem to have become more stupefied to a West Indiaman that was outward n the bell with him. There was a frienbound ing of his mate
few
than the unfortunate victim ; for instead of despatch-a
ing the guides to the Observatory or the Hermitage days from Cork, and Bill, my brother, and he had a dif-
for ropes, or assistance of some kind, they stood listen- ference ; what the quarrel began about I don't rightly
know, but the mate abused Bill's profession, and
ing to their friend below, who gave them the idea of
that, and Bill abused the mate and wished him
going elsewhere than where they remained useless and called him amphiberous lubber, or something like
under the sea, spell-bound. There is everything at Naples but what
with never an air-tube ; and the ship
is required ; and at the Observatory, although ropes sailed without making up. My brother was very
sorry when it was too late—for amphiberous lubbers
must always be in request, and at least a precautionary
has their feelings like other folks---and greatly shook,
utility, yet none could be obtained either there or at
when news was brought next morning, that the vessel
the Hermitage, and the guides were obliged to go to
Resina for that which ought always to be at hand. In
had gone down not three miles from shore, with every
the meantime the sulphur began to operate upon the
soul on board. Just at starting as it might be---with
poor fellow in the crater, and he felt h all her passengers so full of hope, agoing to join their
himself gradually
sinking, not only in strength, but in position ; with a
friends again---she struck upon a rock off Early Point,
wonderful self-command he took leave of his friends,
and settled down, as it was supposed, about midnight,
being perfectly certain he could not survive the natural
in a few minutes. There was a good cargo of spice,
dilatory delay of Neapolitans. For two long hours did
and Bill was, of course, sent for immediate ; there
he survive, when his voice got feebler and feebler—
was but few bodies floated to shore, and knowing lie
perhaps, as he, by slow degrees, slid deeper into the
would see some terrible sights, he was not over-pleased
crater, hope gradually vanished, until the voice was
_ at the job; but until they could get more divers there
entirely lost. An occasional groan was heard, until
was no choice, so down he goes to the vessel, and finds
after the expiration of the above time, then all was
her fallen betwixt two reefs of rock, bolt upright, with
silent. The body was many hours after rescued by a
masts standing and sails set, just as she settled down.
guide, who descended two hundred feet before he found
She looked, he said, for all the world like any ship
it ; of course it was perfectly lifeless, the sulphur had
suffocated the poor fellow."---Capt. Chamier's Unsen,_ upon the service, except that there was a hole broken
in her side, where she had struck ; her boats were
timental Journey. slung almost uninjured, coils of rope were lying on the
PRINCE GORTSCHAKOFF AT THE WELLINGTON I main-deck, the hatches were open, and the door above
FUNERAL.—Less than three years since an illustrious the chief cabin stairs, the wet,,swift fishes darted in
assemblage stood within the walls of St. Paul's and of '
out it, and the crabs were going about their
Cathedral. The occasion -was the interment of the work. already when my brother descended. There were
great commander who had so often led the legions of six or seven men in the cabin, gentlemen passengers,
England to victory. There were present representa-
hadan acard or two that floated about showed that they
Lives of all the great monarchies which had been thebeen playing
.when the vessel struck ; some of
allies of this country in the war which the dead hero them wei:e even sitting upright, just as they started
concluded. Among these was a general past the from their seats
.when they felt the. shock, and one had
prime of life, but distinguished by the energy and a dreadfulhoo , with pale, parted lips, as though a cry
lk
firmness which his countenance expressed. In the i of. agonyl ad just escaped them ; a young. man and a
interval which preceded the arrival of the funeral carlike as to be sworn brother and. sister---were
this foreigner was observed to be strangely occupied. 'girl---so
-embracings? for the last time • the heaving of the sea,
He passed along the line of soldiers chosen from the scarce felt at such a depth, swayed' to and fro---with-
various regiments, and, turning up their trousers, out a touch of decay, and instinct with all but life
attentively examined the make of their shoes. " What was that ship's company. The captain, in his cabin,
is the matter, Prince Gortschakoff P" said some one. slept
his last sleep quite placidly. The sailori for the
" It is said at home," returned the Russian, " that I most part were drowned within their hammocks, only
your Guards are fitted with strong and well-made I those whose duty necessitated their beim..l, on deck
shoes
were washed off and driven ashore. The darkness had
wishedbut that those of the line are inferior. I
to learn the truth of the matter, and therefore
been so deep as to render the best look-out futile, the
examined them. There does not seem to be any strongest swimming of no avail. All these things
difference." This minute disciplinarian was but an were sad enough, and Bill's nerves, iron as they were,
imitator of his master, who with his own imperial were shaken sadly. Wandering about that living
hands would open soldiers' coats on parade to see that
charnel-house attired so'unnaturally, seeking for gold,
their shirts were clean. But a few months passed, and
' in the very heart of the ocean, it was terrible, and