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SECOND EDITION, in 2 vols. post Bvo., of
T HE H U S S A R.
By the Author of " The Subaltern,"

COMMEMORATION OF PRINTING

(From the Edinburgh Evening Courant of Thursday).
Last night the Printers of Edinburgh celebrated the
fourth centenary of the invention of the art of printing by a
social entertainment in the Theatre Royal, the use of which
had, in the most handsome manner, been granted by W.
H. Murray, Esq. for the. occasion. The pit was boarded
over, and the stage fitted up by Mr. Gibbs, joiner, Notting-
ham-place, whose arrangements gave complete satisfaction
to the committee. The stage was decorated with' flags in
a very tasteful manner. The upper boxes and the two
shilling gallery were appropriated to the ladies, a consider-
able number of whom graced the meeting with their pre-
• sence. In the sides of the upper gallery were a number of
of individuals who could not find accommodation below,
and in the front scat the band of the 79th regiment was
stationed, under the sunerintendence of M. Schott ; while
in another gallery, at the ,stage end of the house, was a
number of the members of the Choral Society, under the
direction M Mr. Jackson. By both of these bands various
fine- pieces of, music were executed in the course of the
evening. The wine, fruit, &c. of which there was a great
profusion, were furnished by Mr. Johnston, of the Tempe-
rance Coffeehouse, Nicholson-street. ' -
Exactly at six o'clock the, Chairman, T. Campbell, Esq.,
accompanied by a number of his-friends, entered the house
and took his seat at a cross table running between the two
stage doors. The first Croupjei; D. Stevenson., .Esq., sat
opposite him ; and the other-Go, Messrs. Constable and
Shortreed, sat at the opposite sides of the house. The' com-
piny being all seated,

CAMIthELL: rose - amid immense and long continued
applause, and after remarking that he necessarily and natu-
rally felt anxious and diffident in addressing an audience so
large and respectable as that before him, said, that to him
it-seemed not only to be useful, but absolutely necessary,
that in a free country there Should'sometimes be large po-
pular asseinblies to celebrate triumphs, or 'to discuss ques-
tions which honourably divided- the conflicting zeal and
opinions of the community; but it.'was surely more than
useful, it was gratifying and heart-inspiring, that a large po-
pular assembly,shouldsometimes.meet to give. utterance to
feelings which were not in a state of collision and of con-
flict, but in a state, such as that meeting now was, of con-
cord and unanimity.—(Great cheering.) UpOn this evening
it was the spirit of unanimity itself which brought them to-
gether—to associate not only as fellow citizens, but as Bri-
tons, and as friends of the whole human race—(Applause)
—and the voice of their jubilee in commemoration of one of
the most sacred blessings that ever dawned upcin the world,
the voice of their jubilee would rise in concert with the
voice of other jubilees, not only from the land which gave
birth to printing, but from the four corners of the earth.—
(Renewed cheering.) No difference, therefore,
.of party
spirit, or speculative creeds, could on this evening break
the harmony of their festival,a--(Hear, hear.) But before
he addressed them more particularly on the subject of this
festival, custom reminded him that it was the duty of all
loyal Britons, on an occasion like this, to pay a tribute of
respect to the greatest personage in a great and free com-
munity. Did lie say custom? Yes, custom, to be sure,
alone enjoined this ceremony ; but even if custom went for
nothing, and if he dared to neglect the toast Which he was
about to give them, they would, he believed, rise with one
accord and demand it.—( Cheers.) He hoped he should be
pardoned for remarking, that if there was one personage in
the world more entitled than another to receive this homage,
it was our young Queen.--(Tremendous cheering.) She
had mounted the throne amidst the enthusiasm and accla-
mation of a people who lived under the first monarchy in
the world. She had mounted the throne of a people whose
press was not only free, but whose enthusiasm and loyalty
were enebangitig.—(Cheers.) She herself owes to the
freedom of the British press and people the fair inheritance
of that Crown which now adorns her benignant and intelli-
gent brow. May she long wear it, and wear it happily !
God save the Queen !—(Cheers.)
The band of the 79th regiment than played the National
Anthem, and the members of the Choral Society sang a
chorus entitled " Victoria, Victor a"

The CHAIR➢iAN next rose to propose the health of the
Royal Family ; and as he perceived that the ftir ladies, by
whom they (the meeting) were surrounded, were busy drink-
ing with their eyes—(Cheers and laughter)—he hoped they
would drink this toast with their hearts also. He knew
he should carry all minds along with him, when he partici'.
lady called their recognition to the health of that amiable
woman the Dowager Queen Adelaide.—(Enthusiastic ap-
plause.) Herself one of the best of wives, she had been
bereaved of one of the best of consorts—and it was nut only
the high rank,• but the high virtues of Queen Adelaide,
which calledfor recognition. She had been united to our
good-natured and truly English-hearted King, who had.
proved to her an amiable husband, while she had unceas-
ingly exerted herself to promote his domestic happiness—
that only bless of paradise which has survived the mischief
of the fall.—(Great applause.) The health of the Queen
Dowager and the rest of the Royal Family was then given
with all the honours.

The CHAIRMAN again rose and said—lt is now my duty
to give as a toast the art of printing.—(Cheers.) The sub=
ject is an ample. one, and it may fitly be divided into three
clauses—the first being honour to the inventors of the
blessed art of printing—the palladium of liberty—the bul-
wark of civilisation----the rock on which knowledge stands,
and on which all error is ship-wrecked.—(Cheers.) That
this sentiment of the acknowledged blessing of the press
should be unanimously received in an assembly so large as
this is, necessarily containing individuals not only of varied
but of opposite opinions, is of itself no sorry or mean triumph.
On the contrary, it is a triumph of the most important kind,
for it entitles us to rejoice in the common blessing we pos.
seas in. being a portion of the civilised world, and more es-
pecially
in belonging to that portion of it called Great Bri-
tain, which has taught more freedom to nations than any
other nation in the world.—(Hear, hear.) If you could for
a moment doubt of the blessing which the art of printing.
has been to Great Britain, I would only advise you to trans-
fer for a moment your loyalty from your youthful Queen
Victoria to the Emperor Nicholas of Russia, and to transfer
the scene of your festival from the Theatre Royal, Edin-
burgh, to the imperial Theatre of St. Petersburg. What
would the Autocrat of all the Russias—the Imperial kid-
napper of the children of Poland—(Loud cheers)—what
would he say if he could catch you in the act of celebrating
such a festival as. the present ? I will tell you what he
would say—" Gentlemen and L;tdies"—for he would not
except even the ladies—(Laughter)—" prepare yourselves
instantly to have your heads shaved, and set out to-morrow
morning for the remotest parts of my dominions." He would
say farther, for tyrants never speak mischief, but they do it
in the language of blasphemy—(cheers)---" What could
posseSs you to celebrate tli? art of printing as a blessing of
Heaven ? The blessing of Heaven! The very traditions of
your nursery might have taught you that it had come from
an opposite quarter of Ow universe—(Lan7,liter)—that it
was a curse brought upon. the earth by 1)1.. Faust, under a
compact with the devil.—(Cheers and laughter.) A curse
which—

" Disastrous twilight sheds
. On half the miens, and with fear of change,
Perplexes monarchs."__( Loud cheers.)
" So, Ladies and Gentlemen," he would continue; "too
and refresh your principles in the cool and retired regions
of Siberia."—(Laughter and cheers.) I shall come now
to the second clause of the toast,—May the press flourish
in purity. There arc many proprietors of theress here
present, and if it were just, fair,
or reasonablep, I would
make bold to read them a stern lecture on the impurities
of the press: But the impurities of the press are not
chargeable on their profeision,—those who are to be blamed
arc us the authors,—bad authors,—evil authors,—and those
w
(Lwiho
th )- pay, encourage, and complim nt those authors.—
oud cheers. When I-gave the first clause of the free-
lona of the press, I hope you will believe that I gave it not
freedom is exposed. But I will hazard an
opinion that
my eyes shut to the lamentable abuses to which such
there is scarcely an instance in which the freedoml of the
press can be restricted, without incurring
_a greater evil than
you propose to reined Cheers. Remark,- that you
are not invited, and still less challenged personally to ap-
prove of this opinion of mine ; I give it as my own humble
individual opinion. • In giving the
will interpret it accord-
the toast.of the freedom of
the press, m
I desire that every
iag to his-own judgment ; I only give this as my owe opi-
nion, that it is nl-4 noisible to restrict the press, without
incurring an evil worse than the remedy.—(Loud cheers.)
If there is .any exception to the rule, .I would say, that the
press ought to be restricted in what may be called, strictly
demr
speaking., personal vituperation. -As to the convicted slan-
eritices to his malice—take: him where you will—do
with
who gloats over the innocent individual whom he sa-
him what you like—es 'for me, I hate him too much to be
able to give a Calm judgment respecting his punishment.—
(Loud cheers.) But as to other restrictions which many
well-meaning people•areinclined to lay on the liberty of the
Press, I recur
.to my former general proposition. As to li-
terary deratnation, no doubt it inflicts many grievous and
undeserved
to interfere with rezard to the literary' character of men of
to in the minds of authors, but how are :rou
letters or Lci.nlce ? I ask. you if any of the class of authors,
from the blazing fame of Shakespeare down to the most

PRICE sd.

glimmering scintillation of the present day, would thank
you for tellinrr•him that his faMe stands in need of the arm
of the law toc'defend it.—(Cheers.) And now I am about
to enter upon a delicate subject, hut still I enter upon it.
confidently and without fear, and propose the question, what
ought to be the restrictions on the press in regard to reli-
gious subjects ? I give you my answer, that all indecency in
regard to religion ought to be put down the same as any
other species of indecency. If you ask ale what ought to
be done with the discussion of religious matters, While
treated with the reverence and solemnity which they de-
serve, I say that to whatever conclusion they may lead, no
human person has a right to interfere with the free judg-
ments of men, when spoken with reverence, either from the
press or the pulpit.—(Loud cheers.) All gross outrages on
morality ought certainly to be.punishcd as such ; but there
is more delicacy in interfering with works of fiction, some
of which no strict man can approve of, though his opinion
. may be that works of fiction are good for the human mind.
For instance, the " Odyssey" of Homer contains some ob- I
jectionable passages; but still no one will deny that
the " Odyssey" of Homer is a grand romance, well
fitted to moralize and to humanize the miad.—(Cheers.)
The danger of restricting the liberty of the press is
that it may lead to greater grievances. As to the politi-
cal grievances -of •the press, I beg to remind those who,
no doubt, from the best intentions, would wish to check
political feelings, that there was more than enough of
such outbreaks before the invention of the art of printing,
and that if the liberty of the press were restrained, it would,
instead of the press being a safety-valve for political excite-
ment, only give rise to feelings which would find a much
worse vent..—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Upon the whole,
notwithstanding all its drawbacks, the press is a glorious
thing. No doubt, objections apply to it as well as to every
other blessing under Heaven. We must abolish the sun,
for fear that it blister us—get quit of the rivers, for fear that
they drown us—and have no more dews, for fear that ive
catch cold !—(Cheers and laughter.) Upon the positive
blessings of the press I shall not dilate ; because I should
only be detaining you from other speakers more able than
myself to do the subject justice. I shall conclude by re-
peating my conviction that from the time when God said.
" Let there be light," and there was light, even till now,
there has not dawned on the human race a more blessed
invention than printing.—(Cheers.) Mr. C. concluded by
proposing " Honour to the sacred invention of the art of.l
printing, and may it long flourish in purity and freedom."—
(Applause.)
Mr. Heatly then sung a song, written for the occasion
by Mr. Alex. Smart, entitled " When liberty first sought a
home on the earth," accompanied on the piano by Mr. G.
Croal, the author of the music.

Mr. BURTON proposed the memory of Guttemhurg, and
the other inventors of printing. Mr. HODGSON—the living
authors of Great Britain. And the CHAIRMAN—the pro-
gress of the Fine Arti.
D. M. Mont, E9q., then said toast which I am
about to propose is one which I am confident you will re-
ceive with enthusiasm, not from any thing that I can say,
but simply for its own sake.' It is the health of our illus-
trious Chairman.—(Loud cheering and waving of handker-
chiefs.) At no period had there been a greater dearth in
the' finds of literature than when be, then a young poet,
stood forth " among men, but 'not of them." The grave
had then just closed over the lamented Burns—the soil had
been shovelled over all that was mortal of him—and the
harp of the north, clothed in sackcloth and covered with
ashes, hung idly upon his tomb. It was at this epoch of
literary dearth that the star of Campbell shone forth in the
ascendant brilliant as a meteor, but also, with allithe lustre
of a true constellation.—(Loud cheering.) WA full con-
fidence in his yet unacknowledged powers, he assayed the
strings of the harp from its lowest to its loftiest:note, for
he knew that the heart of the world would vibrate in uni-
son, and the world hailed in him another mighty master of
the lyre. The " Pleasures of Ilope"—(Loud chcers)—
that mine of youthful genius, sprung from his mind clothed
,with magnificence and beauty, as Minerva is fabled to have
sprung ,at once full armed from the brain of 'Jaye.—
(Cheers.) The height to which his eager genius as-
cended, rendered it only difficult whether in his after
career he could • sustain this lofty elevation ; and how
he triumphantly accomplished that, I need only allude to
Gertrude of Wyoming—to Lochiel's Warning—to O'Con-
nor's Child—to Lord Ulliii's Daughter—to the Battle of
the Balti.-!—to the Mariners of England.—( Loud and long
continued cheering.) Having mentioned these need I say
more. Are they not written in characters of light in the
memory of the world, and is not his n• me. engraven in cha-
racters of imperishable renown ? I will only add, in con-
clusion, that the writings of our Chairtn:m have all been de-
dicated to the cause of civil and religious liberty. He ne-
ver feared that an unfettered printing press could diffuse
too much light over the world—he never doubted that an
unfettered printing press would not be subservient to the
interests of morality and religion, for it was based on the
eternal foundations of truth and knowledge. He: never
thought that man could be over-edneated, or that 'he ever
could have too much light, whether it concerned himself,
" so fearfully and wonderfully male,"or the world in which
be was placed, from the hyssop on the wall to the cedar of
Lebanon—from the mussel on the sea rock, to the mighty
leviathan within its capacious tides—from the daisy beneath
his feet to the-starry sky above him, seeing that every one
of these proclaim the wisdom and hnieficence of their corn-
mon Creator. He proposed the liedth of Mr. Campbell.
—( Loud cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN shortly and feelingly returned thanks,
after which he proposed the memory of Sir Walter Scott.
The Rev. Mr. BENNIE said, I came here this evening,
Mr. Chairman, rather for the purpose of bearing my humble
testimony to a great cause, by may presence, than to make a
speech. I have been delighted and gratified with the
speeches that have been already delivered, and, though, un-
willing to obtrude myself on the notice of the meeting,
knowing that so many gifted individuals have yet to address
you, I feel myself called upon by the inspiring snbject com-
mitted into my hand to address to you a few sentences.—
(Cheers.) The subject upon which I am called upon to
address you is one of great extent and consummate in-
ttrest—it is no less then " The Liherty of the Press, of
Conscience, and of Opinion."

'"Tis Liberty alone .
That gives to life its verdure and perfume,
And we arc weeds without it."
The terms of my toast present liberty in three of its most
important forms. When one considers that this subject is
identified, inseparably identified,-with whatever is sublime in
Morals, bright in national history, and beautiful in domestic
life, it, is impossible not to feel that it affords scope for the
highest powers, and-matter for many volumes, instead of a few
cursory and superficial remarks. When we approach this
subject it is impossible not to fe:d that we touch on hallowed
ground, in which there arc a thousand recollections preg-
nant with the renown of mighty names—it is impossible not
to feel that we cannot advert to this subject without at the
same time referring to all that is must. majestic and inte-
resting in human nature—most valuable in the institutions
of our cQuntry, and most delightful and inspiring ia the
prospects of mankind.—(Cheers.) The toast put into
hands places the liberty of the Press first. I would venture
to alter the arrangement a little—ltvould put liberty of
opinion first—liberty of' Conscien.:e next—and the liberty of
the press last. The three taken together give an idea of
perfect freedom for thought. It is true that there are
certain institutions, laws, and rights essential to freedom,
which are not stated in this toast nevertheless, if you give
me these three, the rest will-follow. The people will be
free to think and feel—free in matters sacred and divine—
free to communicate their senti:nonts and convictions to one
anotkcr—that is the issue which will follow.—(Cheers.)
It has often happened in the past history of our race, that
the promotion of liberty has given rise to many and pro-
tracted struggles, but the ultimate issue has always
been—and no one. could doubt it who believed in the

majesty. of our comn►on nature—the ultimate issue has
always been the estAblishtnent of real and natural free-

dom.—(Cheers.) Freedom of opinion, I -need not
remark in this large and intelligent Meeting, is the birth-
right of every human being—that every human being
brings this right with him into this world—that no man can
surrender it without committing moral- suicide.—(Ap-
plause.) Wf, have been endowed with a rational nature,
and the laws under which we were born, and under which
we live, entitle us to exercise the powers of that nature in
the discovery and investigation of truth. It is as natural
for the mind of man to think freely, as it is for the seed to

vegetate, or the waters to thaw.—(`Tremendous cheers.)
And let it not be forgotten that
.in the power of thought
lies men's greatest strength. In the exercise of thought he
developes the permrs of a superior nature, discharges his
Various duties connected with his lordship over nature and
the inferior creatures over whom God has been pleased to
give him dominion. Now, this liberty of thought no.ex-
ternal three can. cl2stroy. Men have often atteMpted to
crush it, and in doing so they have shut up the body in
prisons or in dungeons, and poured forth cruel threatenings,
but the soul.was beyoad their reach. Hence it has been
that all attempts that men in any erge or country has made
to. check. liberty of thought Wave utterly failod. Na,v it
was under the hail of excommunication, and the sentences
of the Inquisition and the Star Chamber, that some of the

most illustrious of our race displayed their inherent energy
of thought.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) It has been-beau-
tifully said .by a great living poet, who has enriched and
adorned the literature of his country with many of its most
splendid and choicest of its gems, and in quoting whose
lines I must appeal for their beauty to the audience, and
not to the Chair:—(Cheers.)
" Tyrants ! in vain, ye trace the wizard ring;
In vain ye limit Mind's unwearied Fpring
What ! can ye lull th" Winged wirds."l",'•
Arrest tl:e rolling world, to.c`inin th Tech?
No! the wild wave eantcnins you; sot:rico-I 1,31,(1!
It roll'd not back when Canute gave .'ommand•

There is another subject, to which,
if time roeld permit,
I would advert to.—(Loud cheers, and cries of " Go on.)
It is freedom of conscience. This. is, indeA, included ill
the preceding part of the toast, lot- opinion is tild bunda-
tion of religion equally with keowletlge ; but it is of such
paramount importance that it has come to he tegarde,' as a
distinct province ; and it has been exposed to the same—
nay,::: to more jealous watching than freedom of thought
on any other subject. Now allow me, as a Minister of the
Gospel, to say, that freedom of conscience is the principle
of the Reformation. At the Couneil of Constance, one of
the members said to John Huss, if the Council required
you to believe that you had only one eye, you ought to
believe it P Huss said no ; while God keeps me in my
senses, I never 1,611 say anything against my conscience
at. the entreaty or command of any one in the world.—
(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Those were the principles*
for which Luther contended in Germany—Calvin in Go-
neva—Zuinglas in Switzerland—and Knox in our own.
land,—(Great cheering),—and though it is true that
these men did not fully understand in seine points the
principle for which they contended, yet they succeeded in
establishing it, and all future ages will enforce it.—( Loud
cheers.) It is our happiness to lire in an age when that
that principle is well understood, when every man sits un-
der his own vine and fig-tree—worships God according to
his conscience, and dedicates his cii.l ken in leace. A high
privilege this, and just what the spirit of the Gospel re-
commends. Talk of the Gospel! Oh, where shall we find
a liberty like the liberty of Christianity, as set forth in the
inspired volume.—(Cheers.) Another part of the toast
relates to the freedom of the press, on which I will not
enter, because that has already been brought before you
by your distinguished Chairman. I will only say that I
agree cordially and entirely in his sentiments ; and though
a nnnister.of the Gospel, I object to no discussion, if it
be respectfully conducted.—(Cheers.) If a man differs
from me on a question, let us discuss that question. If
I have reason on my mind I will conquer him ; if I have
not reason, I have no right to dictate to him.—(Loud
cheers.) Before I sit down, permit nie to remind you,
in the words of the poet,—
" There is yet a liberty unsung
By pacts, and by senators unpraised,
Bought with His blood that gave it to mankind,
And sealed with the same token."
My friends,

" He is the freeman whom the truth makes free,
And all are slaves besides."
The Rev. Gentleman sat down amidst loud and long cot:-
tinned cheering.
Mr. SHOIITREDE proposed the health of Mr. Murray,
and thanks to him for the use of the theatre, which was re-
ceived with loud applause.
Various other toasts were proposed, in excellent speeches.
Dr. Reid proposed the memory of Franklin—Mr. Burton,
the early Printers of Scotland—The Chairman, the Lord
Provost I:nd Magistrates—Muncillor Stod art, the Printers
of Edinburgh—Mr. Ersk:ne Murray, the Croupiers—Mr.
Hodgson, the Periodical Literature of Britain—Mr. Ste-
venson, our Guests—Mr. Constable, the Memory of Lord
Stanhope—Mr. Pvper, the. Newspaper Press—and Mr.
Fraser, the Committee, which was appropriately acknow-
ledged by Mr. A. Murray.
The meeting broke up about eleven the whole
proceedings having been conducted with the utmost har-
mony and regularity.

The following song was sung in the coarse of the even-
ing by Mr. lie:itley, printer. \✓e may acid, that it was
written for the occasion by Mr. A. Smart, printer—the
music by Mr. George Cronll :
When Liberty first sought a borne on the earth,
N) altar the goddess could find,
Till art's greatest triumph to printing give birth,
And her temple she reared in the mind.
The phantoms of ignorance shrunk from the sight,
And Tyranny's visage grew wan ;
As wildly he traced, in the Volume of Light,
Tile pledge of redemption to man !
Ail hail the return of the glorious day,
When Freedom her banner unfurled_
Awl sprung from the Press the Promethean ray
That darned o'er a slumbering world;
When Science, exulting in freedom and might,
Unveiled to the nations her eye,
And waved froM her tresses, refulgent in light,
A glory that never can die.
Th,i mighty Enchanter, whose magical key
Unlocked all the fountains of mind,
The thoughts cf the mighty in. triumph set free,
In cloistered confusion confined ;
The lay of the Poet, the lore of the Sage,
Burst forth from obscur'ty's gloom,
And started to life, in the wonderful page,
The glories of Greece and of Rome.
Great ark of our freedom! the Press we adore—
Oar glory and power arc in thee ;
A voice thou hast wafted to earth's farthest shore—
Tile shout of the great and the free.
. The slave's galling fetters are burst by thy might,
The empire of reason is thine ;
And nations rejoice in the glorious light,
Which flyss from a fountain divine.

GARDENING OPBRATIONS FOR

THE WEEK.

(From the Gardener's Gazette.)
Where you h.Ove the convenience to do it, water grass-
plots and dressed ground, more especially round trees,
where the grass will be burned up if .hot properly assisted;
nor ought a shower of rain to prevent this, as round trees
are the very list places that receive the benefit of even

Leavy rains.

Ca in sweet briars, fast growing hedges, or shrubs in
clumps, to prevent them running one into tae other, or
straggling ; the advantage of this will be obvious in the
form of the hedges or plants as they grow.
Before storing your tulips, which have now dried, if
taken up last week, take up the loose fibres and skins from
the bulbs.

Plant out the last of your late flowering annuals, China
Aster, Stock, and almost all the strong flowering annua's
wiii come into bloom in time to give borders very bright
appearanco,, anJ they can be planted where Dahlias would,-
not do well.

Continue to sow Peas for latest crops, if they are well
watered they will amply repay the extra trouble in a dry
August.
ltosi, Stocks arc in excellent circler for budding, and
should be worked immediately. In very dry weather a
bit of wet moss very loosely tied on, a few days will be of

g e "serv:ne.
The China kinds will (1,1 best on the common China
Rlso, and may be budded at all times, those Roses being
always growing.
Budding may be now done with all kinds of stone-fruit

alvantaweOusl3, and should especially be done with all
thus wriich.failed in the spring grafting.
Greenhouse and stove-plants require shifting as soon as
the pots or tubs are full of roots, or they begin to mat,
look well at all fast-growing- plants, as a check once suffered
from being pot-bound, is not easily overcome.
Be careful to stake Dahlias and standard roses well
t::e weight of the foliage, and the effect of the wind to
probable heavy rain ill be found mischievous, if not at-
tendel to. in particular should he trained out to
several stakes.

The mildew on Roses, Poaches, Ncetarine6, Sze. may bo
conquered by fr( (rent applications of urine. and strong
soap suds, and there is nOtILA. more ❑nsightly and mis-
Chicyous than this destructive fungus.

The opening piece at the English Opera House
is expected to be I.3llfe's opera of Catherine Grey. The
part of the heroine, sustained on its production by Mrs. Wood,
will, it is understood, be performed by Misi Romer.
Sp*NCER S TIIAVELS IN CIRCASSIA,
Krum TARTARY, &C,-The announcement of this work natu-
rally awakened curiosity. " Circassia is a subject of great in-
terest. NVhen, however, we recollected that it was not twelve
months sioce we were reviewing." Germany and the Germans,"
by the same writer, we had our feats that the result would turn
out to be a very slender narrative. Our speculations were
wrong, and we set them down here because others may have
had like anticipations. It is true that Mr. Spenser had little
time to prepare his work, but then be is a sensible, honest, un-
pretetichng traveller, with health, strength, and an enterprising
spirit. circumstances, too, favoured him, and he availed himself
of all thatofferel ;- and our obligations to bini arc increased for
the very haste Ile has made to communicate the information he
collected to the public.—Athenawn.
Among the horses which work the North Devon
coach from Taunton to London is a bay one, belonging to
Messrs. Whitmarsh and Co, the proprietors, •.Thich has daily
worked as a leader during the last 13 years, w;thc,ut the in-
-termission au single journey, never having been ill, and regu-
larly performing the tllotted distance between Somerton end
-Wiacanton. This useful animal must censevently have :tra-
velled 4,120 miles every year, or in the 1;.3 years the extraor- •
dinary distance of .53,560 miles, arnd is now, though 17 years
old, as fresh, and in as good working condition, as any horse of
the set.- The distance thus performed is considerably more
than equal to twice the eircurnfcreaCO of the. globe ! This
feetpowerfully attest Olie advantage of careful driving,' and_
is very cre.litableiliSleens, the coachman, to whose conduct
the North Devon coach has been entrusted so long.— Taunton
Courier.