The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-14 00:00:00

ATHENS.

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
(From the United Service Gazette.)
We mentioned in our last Gazette that detachments
been ordered to be held in readiness to embark
ffom Ireland for the Mediterranean and the colonies.
1.7 e now proceed to enumerate the strength of the re-
pective draughts which we then alluded to, and to give
detail of others which have since been added to the
st

For the West Indies-4 officers and 31 men from the
depot of the 33d Regiment.
1 Captain, 2 Ensigns, 2 Sergeants, and 60 rank and
file from the depot of the 47th.
1 Captain, 2 Ensigns, 2 Sergeants, and 80 rank and
file from the depot of the 52d.
1 Major, 1 Captain, 2 Ensigns, 3 Sergeants, and 80
rank and file from the depot of the 81st.
For Jamaica-1 Major, 2 Captains, 2 First Lieute-
nants, 2 Second Lieutenants, 3 Sergeants, and 60 rank
and file, from the depot of the 2d battalion, 60th ; 2
Captains, 2 Lieutenants, 2 Ensigns, 3 Sergeants, and 100
rank and file, from the depot of the 82d.
For Bermuda--The service companies (complete) of
the 2d battalion Rifle Brigade.
For Maita-1 Lieutenant, 2 Sergeants, and 40 rank and
file from the depot of the 19th; 1 Lieutenant, 1 Sergeant,
and 30 rank and file from the depot of the 88th;. 1 Lieu-
tenaTit, 1 Sergeant, and 30 rank and file, from the depot
of the Ist battalion Rifle Brigade.
For Corfu-1 Lieutenant, 1 Sergeant, and 30 rank and
file, from the depot of the 97th.
For Gibraltar-1 Captain, 1 lieutenant, 2 Sergeants
and 50 rank and file, from the depot of the Ist battalii
_ .

I Major, 1 Captain, 1 Sergeant, and 25 rank and file,
from the &int of the sth Fusileers.
1 Lieutenant, 1 Sergeant, and 40 rank and file, from
the depot of the 7th Fusileers.
1 Captain, 1 Sergeant, and 40 rank and file, from the
depot of the 46th.
1 Lieutenant-Colonel, 1 Lieutenant, 1 Sergeant, 1 Drum-
mer, and 40 rank and file, from the depot of the 48th.
All these detachments are to be embarked for Cork. •

IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE.
COMMUNICATION FROM COL. CRICHTON.
THE LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY OF
FERMANAGH, AND COPY OF SIR R. PEEL'S
AN S WER.

" Crom Castle, Sept. 6.
"Sir.—ln consequence of the manner in which you have
been attacked during the late debates in the House of
Commons, in allusion to a certain offensive seal which
has been affixed to the return of the Member for the
county of Fermanagh, I, as Lieutenant of this county,
considered it my duty to call a meeting at the earliest
moment, for the purpose of giving the gentry an opportu-
nity of disconnecting the Conservative party from the
conduct of the individual who has so rashly caused the
stigma to be cast upon us.

«I feel much pleasure in forwarding to you a copy of
the protest, signed by all the principal gentry at present
in the county, expressive of their disapprobation of such
conduct, and of the insult offered to the feelings of the
Roman Catholics. I have likewise sent copies to each of
our Members, in order that. they may make what use of
them they may think proper in the House.
" I trust this document will remove from your mind any
impression that the gentlemen and landed proprietors of
this county are capable of festering the feelings, imputed
to them, or of disgracing by such unworthy and un-
haritable actions the party whose principles you ad-
v ocate.

" I have the honour to remain your humble servant,
" JOHN CRICIITO).T, Lieutenant of Fermanagh.
" To the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, &e."

" Enniskillen Court-House, Sept. 4.
" In consequence of a correspondence having appeared
in the last publication of our county papers, and our at-
tention being called to the report of a speech said to have
been made in Parliament by Sir Robert Peel, alluding to
certain circumstances regarding the conduct of our
High Sheriff in the recent return of our County Mem-
bers, in which the Right Hon. Baronet states he has
been asked whether he intended to associate with parties
who have offered a deep insult to the religious feelings
of their countrymen, &c.,
" We take the earliest opportunity, at a meeting con-
vened by the Lieutenant of the county of Fermanagh,
of entering our decided protest in condemnation of an
offensive seal having been affixed to the return of the
writ, as disavowed by our late High Sheriff, and we
totally disconnect ourselves with the person or persons
who could be guilty of any act which could impair the
kindly feelings that up to the present period have so
happily existed in Fermanagh' between all classes of her
Majesty's subjects, and we feel it right to state, that in
no part of the empire does greater tranquillity or more
marked obedience to the law exist than in our loyal and
united county.
" Signed by JOHN CRICHTON Lieutenant, Crom
Castle, and thirty-five gentlemen o ithe county."

" Whitehall, Sept. 9, 1841.
" Sir—l hasten to acknowledge the letter which I
have had the honour of receiving from you, and of the
document which accompanies it, expressing, on behalf
of the principal gentry of Fermanagh at present in the
county, their marked disapprobation of an act to which
public attention has been recently called, and which was
calculated to wound the feelings of our Roman Catholic
fellow-subjects.
" I assure yon that this document was unnecessary
with a view t,) remove from my mind an impression un-
favourable to the body from which it proceeds. I could
not entertain a doubt that the gentlemen of Fermanagh
would deeply lament and entirely disapprove of the act
in question.
_ _ _

"But though the document may be superfluous for the
particular purpose for which it was intended, I have re-
ceived with cordial satisfaction the communication which
you have made to me. •

" I rejoice that at a public meeting of the gentlemen of
Fermanagh, convened by yourself as Lieutenant of the
County, sentiments such as those of which you have been
the organ should have been expressed, so calculated to
discourage throughout Ireland provoking and irritating
demonstrations of party feeling and to remote the causes
of dissension and

" The proceeding which you have adopted is calculated
to give strength and confidence to the Government,
which it has been my duty to form in obedience to the
commands of her Majesty.
" It assures me that the course which I have firmly
resolved to pursue with respect to the administration of
Irish affairs will meet with the cordial support of those
whose friendly co-operation is almost essential to its suc-
cess.

"My firm persuasion also is, that it will be followed
by consequences ma snore important than any that are
connected with mere party interests, that by setting the
generous example of forbearance, and by allaying angry
feelings, it will go far to paralyse the agitation by
which Ireland has been distracted, and to enable the
real friends of that country (whatever be their religious
distinctions) to lay the foundations of internal peace and
improvement. " I have, &c.
" ROBERT PEEL.
" Lieutenant-Colonel John Crichton,
Cram-Castle, Belturbet."

SUIPS'ING INTELMG.ENCE.
(LLOYD'S.)
LIVERPOOL„ SEPT. 11 and 12.—Wind S.S.E., mode-
rate.—Arrived the Cigar, Harvey, from Buenos Ayres,
;;911,A July 5; Samaritan, Davie, Alexandria; Collector,
Pearce, Palermo. Sailed the Orixa, for Manilla ; Earl
lyre',-, Calcutta ; Suetana, Jamaica ; Dash and Cornhill,
Newfoundland ; Albion, Constantinople ; Marquis of
Bute, Sydney,; Tallahassee, New Orleans; Birmingham,
New York; ,lem, Tampico; .Atalanta, Africa; Commo-
dore, Montreal. Arrived off the New York, from New
York, sailed 19th ult. The Thomas Banks, bound to
Demerara, has put back leaky.
DEAL, SEPT. 11.—Wind W.N.W. t) S.E., moderate.
12—E.S.E. to S.E., moderat ..—Arrived dr: Mosley,
from N. America. Arrived from the River and tailed',
the Vancomer, for Columbia River; Lloyd's, New Zen
larr7; Edward Hayes, Rio Janeiro ; Benjamin Green,
St. Kitts; Toronto, Montreal; Ann, River Gambia; Gin,..
corn°, Georgie, Malta ; Nankin, Calcutta. Sailed the
outward bound.
ItosoATE, SEPT. 12.—Sailed the Johanna., La Guayra;
Rosebud, for Constantinople.
OFF DOVER, SEPT. 10.—Vargas, Hamburgh, for Cuba.
PORTSMOUTH,E.S.E. SEPT. 11.—Wind N. W. to S.S.E.
12—Wi
—Arrived the John Line from Lon-
don,d and sailed for Madras ; Hendrick Hudson, from
London, and sailed for New York. Sailed the Edward,
for Batavia ; Sultan, Port Phillip.
SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 12. Sailed the Braganza
(steamer), for Gibraltar.
COWES, SEPT. 1 I.—. Arrived Christian, Olsen, Monte
Video ; General Evans, London, and sailed for Madeira.
FALmotrra, 10.—Wind S. to S.W. fresh.
11—Wind S. to E.S.E.—Arrived the Havannah, 'Balder-
stove, from Aux Cayes ; Yarmouth, Ancona ; Peterel
Packet, West Indies, left St. Thomas's 18th ult. Sailed
the Ranger Packet, for Brazil. Arrived off, the Mer-
cu
, from Quebec; Paroquet, .Alexandria.
JJERSEY, SEPT. 6.—Arrived the Laurel and Apollo,
from Labrador. Sailed the Rowena, for River Gambia.
BRISTOL, SEPT. 11.—Arrived the Pomona, Smith,
from Trinidad.
MILFORD, SEPT. 11.—Arrived Bertha, Elliott, Leghorn.
Dumax, SEPT. 10.—Sailed Quebec Packet, Savannah.
KINGSTOWN, SEPT.lo.—ArrivedClem ti na, Gibraltar.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Brothers, from St.
John's to Cork 24th ult., lat. 47, lon. 37 ;
Mida, 3d inst.,
lat. 48, lon. 21, by the J. Walker, arrived at Liverpool
Urania, London, to Monte Video, July 19, lat. 34 S.,
lon. 52 W. ' • Cambysses, Liverpool to Singapore, 11 th
ult., lat. 12 N., lon. 23 ; Georgians, Jamaica to London,
7th inst., lat. 48, lon. 11, by the Christian, arrived at
Cowes. Tanyore, London to Bombay, July 23, lat. 16 S.,
lon. 33 W. ; Ducondie, Buenos Ayres to Cowes, sth
ult., lat. 11 N. lon. 27 ; Rosanna, Bombay to London,
23d ult., lat. 35, lon. 44, by the Cigar, arrived at Liver-
pool. Ruby, of Newcastle, for Miramichi, 6th inst., lat.
48, lon. 18, Lady Grosvenor, Naples, 9th nit., lat. 49,
lon. 7, by the Havana, arrived at Falmouth.

When, on the 6th September, 1833, I trod for the
first time the sacred path of Eieusis, and from the sum-
mit of Parnassus my gaze swept over the plaids of At-
tica, Athens presented a lamentable spectacle. Shattered
and disordered by the reckless hand of war, she clung
in scattered fragments around the hekatompedon of Mi-
nerva. It was dawn ; the mass of ruins which the pas-
sage of time had heaped upon the soil were slowly
peering through the veil of darkness which obscured
them ; the soft tones of the dawning light melted down
the harshness of their jagged forms, and brought out
in beautiful relief the fine outlines of the lonian archi-
tecture.
At the time I speak of, the temple of Theseus re-
sounded with the neighing of horses stabled in its
sanctuary, and tents of the Albanians shouldered the wells
of Stoa. From the column of the Agora were seen
&elfin; in the wind the white tunics of their young girls,
suspended there to dry, and a family of gypsies had taken
up their abode in the Temple of the Winds. The pro-
py!tea were converted into powder stores ; the mosaic
pavement of the Olympian Jupiter's temple vibrated be-
neath the peasant's flail; a mosque reared its head
in the midst of the temple of Miner',a ; while the owls,
scared by the first beams of day, hastened to take
shelter beneath the roof of their ancient patroness. And
yet, although the fury of mankind had lent ;ts aid to
the destroying influence of time, although it is true
Lysander dealt the first fatal blow to Sparta's rival,
whose destruceon was by his commands corn-
nienced amid the flourish of trumpets—although the
Goths, the Macedonians, the Romans, and the Ottomans
had in turn directed their attacks on the glorious city,
—although Lord Elgin had with sacrilegious band ran-
sacked her ruins, the old town of Theseus, declined and
pillaged as it may have been, nevertheless displayed im-
posing vestiges of its former grandeur, whereas of the
Roman town, the town built by the Caesars, all that re-
mains unlevelled with the soil is a gate, bearing this in-
scription, " This is the town of Adrian, and not that of
Theseus."

It was on the 12th of April, 1833, that the Turk-
ish Commander, Osman Effendi, delivered Athena
into the hands of the Bavarian troops, and that the
standard of the Greeks was hoisted on the summit of
the Erechtbeion. There were then not more
than 20 habitable houses in it, and the interv,l be-
tween the remains of antiquity and the modern ruins
was occupied by the tents of the Albanians. Here and
there were visible a few dirty coffee-shops and miser-
able stalls, exposing for sale the spoiled stocks of the
Marseilles and Trieste warehouses. In the evening
the air was filled with the barking of countless dog- or
the braying of donkeys browzing in the wilderness of
thistles which covered the charred soil ; and the narrow
and tortuous streets, winding through heaped-up ruins,
resounded with the nasal chanting of some strolling
musician, as he scraped his two stringed lyre with a
piece of quill.
The only locanda (inn) then to be found in Athens
was kept by an Italian named Cossali, who had married
a Viennese, They were an original couple, and both
one-eyed, but nevertheless looked well to the main
chance, and charged pretty dearly for their goat's flesh,
which theykserved up at the table d'hote under all possi-
ble shapes. They sold a small wine of Trieste, disguised
under the pompous appellation of Burgundy, and for the
four walls of a room, with the use of an iron bed, one chair,
and a table, they exacted 5 francs per diem. Through-
out the whole town there was but one p!aintain and one
palm tree ; indeed, this was the only verdure that it was
possible to descry for half a league round.
This mournful picture was still before my mind's
eye in all the vividness of its wretched colours, when,
after an absence of eight years, I lately made my entry
on board the gabarre Phcenix into the Gulf of Egina,
steering towards the Piraeus. Tne wind was contrary,
and we were obliged to luff the whole night. The
moon threw a pale gloom over the summits of Hymetta,
and the whole coast lay before us in a broad light, re-
lieved with massive shadows. I could distinguish a long
row of houses ranged in a semicircle, and, on inquiring
the name of the place, I was informed, to my great sur-
prise, that where I had formerly beheld only a few
mean buildings the Pirasus now stood, a new town, al-
ready consisting of ],500 houses.
I passed the night on deck, whence I at length be-
held the sky light up with rosy tints. In a short time
the sun appeared above the mountains, the wind
freshened, and our three-masted vessel sailed majes-
tically into port. What was my amazement at the
appearance of the Piraeus! What activity ! What a
crowd of coaches and boats coming and going ! Mules
and cabriolets are stationed on the grays, and wait
for passengers to take them into the town, the entry
to which is by an excellent road. The hackney car-
riages go at a round pace, and are exceedingly cheap.
We made a halt midway in an olive wood, where re-
freshments may be obtained in wooden booths. For
two glasses of Rosinato wine and a cigar I paid ten
leptas, or about two sons. After about ten minutes'
stay, we started off again, and soon reached the height
of the Acropolis, ascended the side of the Pnyx, and
beheld Athens before us. We stood at the commence-
ment of the new street Hermes, and, in the distance,
appeared the Royal castle in process of construction.
Tne existing town extends to the north-west of the
Acropolis, 500 metres beyond the ancient wall of
enceinte. It will form a hemicycle round the Poyx and
the Acropolis, which is to terminate at the temple of
Jupiter Olympus, and the temple of Theseus will stand
in the mit:dle. The street of Hermes cuts the town in
a right line from east to west, and is 1,200 metres in
length and 16 broad. Two principel streets run from
north to south, namely, the street of Xolus, which
strikes off from the Temple of the Winds, and the
street of Minerva, which begins at the portieo of
Adrian The space included between the Temple of
Tnescus and that of the Winds contain none but irre-
gular streets, with houses of mean appearance. The
finest quarter of the town is that which stretches be-
tween the Temple of the Winds and the tomb of Lysi-
cates. Of the private houses, none are very remarks.
ble; among them, indeed, are some vast buildings, but
they are constructed without style, and with but
little solidity.
The King's palace will not be completed before a
lapse of four or five years. It is a fine monument of a
simple and elegant style of architecture, and not without
an imposing aspect. It is calculated that in a year King
Oho will be enabled to take up his residence there, to-
gether with his entire household. His actual residence
consists of two buildings united by a gallery, the rent
of which is 20,000 drachms per year. Among the
public buildings we will mention an exceedingly pretty
little theatre where Italian operas are performed, the
Civil Hospital, the Lithographic Printing-office, the
two Barracks, the Mditary Hospital, the Bazaar, the
Mint, the Schoolhouse, the Church of St. Irene, and
the University. Two aqueducts have been restored,
and are sufficient for the supply of the inhabitanri. In
the interior of the town, as well as in the environs, are
inclosed numerous gardens, and a number of canals are
in course of construction, for the purpose of carrying off
the impurities of the town.
In the evening I visited the Acropolis. The de-
clining sun was darting his rich golden rays upon the
Parthenon. I was seized with a feeling of reverential
awe as I reflected that the very height on which I now
stood had witnessed the meditations of so many great
men, who to the present day have formed the admira-
tion and instruction of mankind ! Socrates, perhaps,
had leaned upon this pillar! And now fragmentary
remnants of the great epoch of the Greeks havo
become spectators of the advent of a new and flourish-

ing era.
The Acropolis is now being cleared from the rubbish
with which it was encumbered, and during the progress
of the work several antiquities have been discovered".
The Parthenon has been freed from the modern build-
ings ,by which it was surrounded and disfigured ; its
columns have been raised and restored, and its steps
cleansed. The Erechtheion has been restored, and the
statue carried uff by Lord Elgin will be replaced by ao-
otlaEr, sculptured on the model of those which have been
preserved. The Temple of Minerva Pales is also rising
from its ruins ; it had been destroyed during the last war
by the tall of a bomb, and the whole family of the trai-
tor Cures was buried beneath it ruins. The Acropolis
is guarded by invalids. A Suliot, with a copious gray
beard, officiat9d as my guide, and when I was about
to return he led me to a projection of the Pelasgian
wall, whence he began to explain the magnificent pa-
norama which lay stretched beneath us. " There lies
our Royal town," said he ; " Heaven be thanked that
I have lived long enough to see it rise again from its
ashes. It has not been in vain that my blood has flowed
in fighting against the Turks."
In the bazaar they were beginning to light the
lamps, and the town was growing more and more ani-
mated. The din of evening was succeeding to the
silence of day, and the inhabitants, whom the Ilea' of
the day had confined within doors, were beginning to
perambulate the streets. The mode of life adopted
here is Oriental with a certain admixture of German
manners. Thus the business of the day is so divided
that the principal meal is taken at mid-day, as though
it were in the very centre of Germany. In other re-
spects, in spite of the Greek hatred for all foreigners,
the presence of Germans has a marked influence for the
manner of the indigenous population. ThustheGreek
ladies have learned to pay attention to the care of their
households, and they even frequent the bazaar to pur.

chaie provisions.
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TIT TIT FOR TAT.--A gentleman of Stockton, on frequent. The ceremonybetween
etramkeas
Wednesday night last, was roused from sleep by a thun- cause the holy synod haven
charged the clergy not to
dering knock at the door • and on poppiig his night- pronounce a benediction e the union of a native woman
capped head out of the window, to inquire the nature of with a "miscreant." The Greeks rarely marry European
his untimely visitor's business,
was informed that Mr. women, for no other reason than that they are scarce;
R— had sent him an " objection."—
"Indeed !" said the ladies in want of husbands would make a good specula-
gentleman, and looked at his watch,
wanted a few minutes to twelve o'clock .
He found that it tion by coming to Athens ; the article is in great r.e-
and, therefore, quest. There is also a want of servants, who are paid
preparing an "objection" to Mr.
'house's vote, he dis- from 30 to 35 francsper month,
patched a messenger to his ,d had it served •
I are very well off ; the
before the expiration of the time allowed by the Act of in this country. Workmen Here
Parliament. slowsaroused in his turn, and pric which is a great deal
eof labour is twice that of the material. German
rewarded in h coin, was not nearly his
grateful as
' workmen are particularly sought after. Locand.a.s
might have been anticipated. But his friend Mr. P are in great abundance, but there are few which
will have the approbation of his own heart, in having can be safely recommended. One of the hest
acted upon the good old principle that ~9.49 good turn is that of Pullmans, who keeps a German bos-
deserves another.' --Gateshead Observer.l telry. - Those who prefer the Oriental cuisine take

up their quarters in the Greek inns, the proprietors of
which are Maltese ; there may be Lad the co/ueyatix,
a kind of pumpkin, roasted arin (lamb) pamies, and
other national viands. The wine-merchants frequeutly
let a portion of their premises to artizans of every call-
ing ; in some you may see a tailor, a boot.m.aker, a
clockmaker, and a weaver, all quietly pursuing their
avocations under the same roof, and within a short
distance of each other.. Cafes are in great vogue ; the
most brilliant of these are in the streets of lEolus ;
among others there is one kept by a Sxiss named Ro-
bert, a native of Berne. A Greek and a Maltese have
recently set up establishments in opposition to him.
The business is one of great profit ; the cafes are
crowded from morning to an advanced hour of
the night with persons who play at domi-
noes and billiards, read the daily papers, and talk
politics. This is the greet hobby of the Athenians of
the present day ; the jabberers of the Agora have re-
appeared with the return of liberty. There is not a
soul, down to the poorest cobbler's apprentice, who
does not believe himself called upon to give his opi-
nion on the affairs of the state, and this fe'ver of po-
litical discussion, which aomtes every human head, is
kept up by a numerous supply of newspapers.
In proportion as the state organizes its,lf and gains in
strength and order, property returns into existence and
commercial relations become more numerous and ex.
tended. The place is infested with tourists ; every day
sees fresh arrivals of English, who, loaded with guide
books and travelliog•maps, promenade under the colo-
nades and inspect the monuments of antiquity. At the
same time a taste for the arts is inculcated ; the Italian
Opera is much frequented, and in families whose cir-
cumstances areeasy music is cultivatei. Every Sunday
the musicians of the garrison assemble at a short di:-
tance from the town to execute overtures, cevatinas,
&c. These concerts attract crowds.—French Paper.

EXTRAORDINARY CROP OF OATS.—We
had shown us the other day a remarkably fine specimen
of Friezland oats, grown in a field belonging to Mr. VT.
Broomhead, of Ridgeway. It consisted of a stern mea-
suring more than seven feet in length, and the ear con-
tained 306 seeds. No pains were taken to select the
above from the rest in the field, for the whole crop pre-
sents the most gigantic uniformity.—Sheill I Inde-
pendent.
CAPABILITY OF THE IRISH SOIL YOR PRO
DIJCING FINE FLAX.—A sample of flax, of most supe-
rior fineness of fibre and fairness of colour, now lies at
our office for inspection. It was grown and handled in
the neighbourhood of Armagh, and a parcel of 150
stones of the same quality was purchased, at a very high
figure, at the market of that town. The gentleman who
left the sample assured us that a small parcel of even
finer flax, of home growth, was exhibited on the same
occasion, and which he is confident could not be sur•-
passed by the product of a foreign soil. • These circum-
stances ought to convey much encouragement to our
flax cultivators, and to our Belfast Society, in the exer-
tions now making by. them to extend and improve the
culture of this most Important crop. Should a better
system of growth and management, in the course of a
year or two, enhance the value of Irish flax by but ten
per cent, some 200,0001. or 300,0001. would annually be
expended in this country for this article alone, instead
of finding its way, as it now does, into the pockets of
our Dutch or Belgian neighbours, never to return in any
shape.—Northern Whig.

We have lately witnessed a most singular fact,
having the greatest interest in vegetable physiology. In
the garden of John Radford, Esq., of Winchmore-hill,
near London, there stands a bay tree, which appeared to
be killed by the frost of last winter, and the whole of
whose leaves became brown and apparently dead. Of
the latter- many fell off as spring advanced, and the
branches gradually acquired new leaves. In this there
was nothing at all remarkable ; but the singular fact
is, that the leaves—hard, brown, dry, and to all ap-
pearance dead—have gradually recovered their green
colour, and are in some cases completely re-
stored to life ! The green colour makes its ap-
pearance at the base of the leaf in the first in-
stance, and spreads upwards, along, and right and
left of, the mid rib. There can be no mistake about this
circumstance, for so very strange a phenomenon natu-
rally attracted attention ; 'and we learn from Mr. Rad-
ford that he has distinguished the dead-looking leaves
with notches and other marks in order to be quite sure
that it is they which are restored to life. A leaf now
before us, marked as dead a week ago, has now the
green colour spreading along it, in the manner we have
described, to the length of rather more than an inch.
That the sweet bay-tree should never be cut down after
it appears to be killed with frost, is well known ; but
that its perfectly dead leaves should be capable of re-
viving in this extraordinary manner, is to us an event
without a parallel in 'either the animal or vegetable
kingdom.—Gardener's Chronicle.

HINTS TO THE CHOLERIC.—AII experiments
with cups and saucers, glasses, vases, mirrors, &c., are
much better performed, for obvious reasons, at other
people's houses than at your own. It is very pleasant
and quite pardonable to sweep a few glasses off the table
in a fit of enthusiasm now and then—when you are dining
out ; but it is perfectly ridiculous to proceed to such ex-
tremities at home, where the modes of venting rage
are infinite. For a somewhat similar reason, I differ
from those who systematically tear their own hair
when they fall into a paroxysm ; there is no occasion
for it, because you might happen to be wearing a wig,
and the effect would be ludicrous. It is far better to
thrust your hands desperately into the loose locks of
somebody sitting next to you, tearing them violently
for the space of an instant, and then apologizing for
the wildness of your excitement and the extreme sus-
ceptibility of your feelings. Your sensibility and the
frankness of your disposition will find many admirers ;
but to pull your own hair has at best but an affected and
theatrical look. The practice common to many of the
choleric—that of taking off their hats, flinging them
at the first object they see, and then kicking them,
regardless of expense—is one that seems to have
arisen out of an instinctive feeling, but until lately it
was to be condemned as ruinous to those who fall
very frequently into a passion. It is less excep-
tionable now ; the cheap hats are immense con-
veniences to the choleric. It is better, however,
to snatch a friend's off his head and set your foot upon
it, taking care to pick it up immediately, tenderly
putting it into shape a little and brushing its injured
nap, and returning it with your unfeigned regrets. I
should not forget to mention one ingenious expedient,
which is sure to produce a speedy relief to over-excited
feelings. It is recommended on authority as infallible.
You shall first lock the door of your sitting-room, and
then lie down on your back upon the rug before the
fire, taking at the same time one of the bell-ropes in
either hand. In this position you will find a little violent
pulling very pleasant. But don't leave off merely be-
cause every body in the house comes rattling at the door,
desiring to know, not for their own, but for Heaven's
sake, what's the matter. Keep on tugging at both bells
until the door is broken open—you will then come-to
quite comfortably.—George Cruikshank's Omnibus.

On Saturday afternoon an inquest was held at
the William the Fourth, Lewisham-road, before Mr.
Carter, on the body of Mr. Archibald Trollope, aged 53,
who committed suicide by hanging himself under very
afflicting circumstances. The deceased was in early life
in the merchant service, and for a number of years com-
manded a West Indiaman. After leaving the service he
became a general merchant, and carried on business in
the Commercial-road. He retired about four years back.
The Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary derange-
ment."

MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—Our
recent letters from Malta mention an affair of honour
which had just taken place in that island, and which ap-
pears to have excited a great sensation in Valetta. The
brother of a Noble Duke (Lord Sussex Lennox) arrived
in the Great Liverpool, under an assumed name, at
Malta, and having immediately waited on Major S. H.,
of the 19th Regiment, and all preliminaries having been
arranged, proceeded to fight a duel wish another mili-
tary gentleman holding a situation in the Staff of that
garriion (Captain Narcote, of the Rifle Brigade, Mili-
tary Secretary). Lord Sussex Lennox fired without
effect, and his adversary having discharged his pistol in
the air, his Lordship was, with difficulty, induced to lis-
ten to an accommodation, the terms of which are said to
be of a somewhat singular description. This done, Lord
Sussex Lennox left the next day for England. During
the time the parties were on the ground they did not ex-
change a syllable. The circumstances in which the dis-
pute originated, together with the corresp"ndence, will,
it is further affirmed, in all probability, be published.
This affair was the one topic of conversation at Malta
when the mail came away.—United Service Gazette.
THE GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH RAIL-
WAY.—A line of permanent rails is now nearly hid be-
tween Winchburgh and Wyndford. An engine ran seve-
ral courses between Linlithgow and the south-east end of
the tunnel upon Saturday last, proving the rails, and
making experiments of its power. Arrangements were
nearly finished upon Tuesday night to have the rails laid
through the tunnel, and to complete the line between
the above-named places, about 28 miles, so that the engi-
neer and contractor might make a survey of the works
with the locomotive engine upon Wednesday. In two or
three weeks a line of rails will be finished upon the whole
line.—Stirling Observer.
CAUTION TO BATHERS.—Yesterday a fine
young man, nearly 20 years of age, of the name of
George Brick, residing with his father, who is in busi-
ness in Lambeth, went with some of his companions to
bathe at Battersea ; whilst in the water one of the iron
steamers passed them, and the swell and commotion she
caused was such, as to take him off his legs and draw
him so far into the stream that, although he was a toler.
able swimmer, he could not regain the shore, and was
drowned. Search was made fur his body with all pos-
sible expedition, but an hour nearly elapsed before it
W:AS found.

A RUSSIAN'S•ESTIMATF. OF, AUTHORSHIP.
—A popular Russian fable (by Kruiloff) represents an
author and a thief in hell. They are in two separate
kettles, and the devil has lighted a huge fire under that
belonging to the man of letters, while the light-fingered
hero is only enjoying a gentle degree of warmth. The
author reproaches Satan with his partiality, but the
latter justifies himself thus :—" You are a much greater
sinner than the thief ; his sins have died with him, but
yours will survive for centuries."
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge,
wth two of the Princesses, attended by Baron Knesbeck,
came to town from Kew on Saturday, and visited Mr.
Linton's private exhibition of his sketches of the scenery
of Greece and its islands, Malta, Sicily, Calabria, and
North and South Italy, at the Gallery in Pall-mall. The
Royalparty remained nearly two hours iri the rooms,
appearing to take much interest in the several studies,
and on their departure expressed themselves ..highly gra-
tified.