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been carried on in dumb show: Previous to the enforce-•
meet of the rule, an altercation took place between Mr.
Woodlock, one of the agents for the sitting Members, and
Air. Joy ; and the former presented a protest against the
decision of the Commissioners, in which he denied that any
act or expression of his had given fair ground for the adoption
of the rule, and expressed himself desirous always to behave
with courtesy to the Chairman, Mr. Haire, and to Mr.
Ardill, though he admitted he had great 'difficulty in con-
ducting himself with common politeness towards Mr. Joy,
whom he accused of partiality, and of habitually sneering at
the agents who conducted the case of the sitting Members.
There is at present no prospect of a termination to the pro-
tracted proceedings before the Commissioners. It is stated
that the sitting Member§ will commence their case in the
course of a few weeks.

of Grey Friars, A.D. 1233. Only a part of the priory
chapel now remains, which is converted into the Town
Hall. Mr. King has traced the foundations, and has dis-
covered the nave and transepts, which complete the build-
ing in the form of a cross. On the removal of the rubbish
that covered the south transept several fragments of ancient
grandeur were found, such as Samian pottery, painted glass,
Norman tiles, with beautiful devices on them, several abbey
tokens in thin brass, with several skeletons of the fraternity.
They all had their arms crossed over the body, and on one,
who was prabably a prior, was found a chalice and patten of
pewter. On the top of the tumulus, a little under the
surface, were found two cannon-balls weighing 301 b. each,
which were fired against this place when the city was be-
sieged by the arms of Cromwell.—llants Telegraph.
Some unknown benevolent individual, in the neigh-
bourhood of Skipton, has lately given 1001. to the Church
Missionary Society, 1001. to the Society for promoting
Christianity amono. the Jews, 30/. to the Skipton Auxiliary
Bible Society, 201. to Hurst-green church, 10/. to the Lon-
don Mission iry Society, and the same sum to the Wesleyan
Missionary Society.—York Chronic!e.
The Bembay Free Press furnishes some intelligence
from Persia. It appears that on the entrance of Mahomed
into Teheran he had ordered Alli Schah to be seized, and
his eyes put out ; but he declaring that in several plac-es
treasure was concealed, which was known only to himself,
and of which, if he were deprived of sight, the Prince might
rest assured he would lose it all, his sentence had been sus-
pended, and he had been confined. Bushire was undis-
turbed, and caravans were passing through that place and
Shiraz. After the death of the late Schah, many caravans
were plundered between Adubejar and Teheran ; but the
present King had seized almost all the robbers, and put
them to death, and the goods bad been restored to their
owners. He had also ordered all the merchants to pursue
their mercantile business with every country without fear,
as he held himself responsible for anything that might be

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The Duchess. of Kent and the Princess Victoria
were expected at Belvoir yesterday, on a visit to the Duke
of Rutland.
Among the imports of this month a novelty will
appear in the article of turnips, a large quantity of which
has been contracted for in Holland, to supply the London
market, in consequence of the failure of the crop in this
country.
A new Diorama is about to be opened in Paris, the
subject of which is the Valley of Goldaus in Switzerland, as
it appeared on the occasion of the frightful event which oc-
curred there in 1806, when the fall of the Rossling moun-
tain caused such devastation.
COLOSSEUM AT ROME.—Of the local history of
this structure, the interesting facts that have reached us are
not numerous. It is supposed to have consisted of four
regular stories, and of a fifth constructed of wood, for the
accommodation of the rabble. Vespasian employed 12,000
Jewish prisoners in its erection, who built it in one year.
There was space for the accommodation of 10,000 specta-
tors seated ; 5,000 wild beasts were shown here in one day by
Titus ; and Probus exhibited on another occasion 40,000
ostriches, boars, deer, and ibesces, amidst a forest which had
been transplanted into the amphitheatre for the purpose ;
but the most surprising exhibition must have been that of
the elephant dancing upon the tight rope, which was doubt-
less a most graceful performance. It was closed in the time
of Honorius, chiefly through the intrepidity of a Grecian
monk, who rushed into the arena, in the hope of separating
the combatants: He was slain, but his noble efforts were
not without effect. The upper part was afterwards appro-
priated to the shops of artisans, and at a later period sacred
dramas were performed in the arena. Since its consecration
by Benedict XIV., it has been better secured by the erec-
tion of buttresses by Pius VII. No one can look on such
a ruin without emotion. -Time, and the recollection of the
scenes of which it was the theatre, have consecrated it in
the eyes of the philosophic historian, while to the Christian
it is hallowed as the spot on which the blood of the early
martyrs was shed.—ltaly and Italian Literature.
There are only two performers now alive who were
contemporaries with Garrick in the first Drury-lane Theatre,
namely—that excellent actor, Jack Bannister, who first ap-
peared in tragedy.; and Mr. Byrne, the celebrated harle-
quin (father of Oscar Byrne) who is now in his 75th year,
but still active, and in excellent health.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 15.—His Majesty's ship
Asia, 84, late flag-ship at Lisbon, is ordered to be prepared
with every practical dispatch at Sheerness to start foreign
in case of sudden emergency, with the large squadron simi-
larly prepared at the different ports, amounting to twelve
sail of the line.—Brighton Gazette.
LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET; THURSDAY.=
We have no change to notice in our Cotton Market to-day ;
we have had rather more inquiry for Cotton, but no greater
disposition to buy in quantity. About 2,500 bales have
been sold. We hear of 100 Surat at 74d ;30 Pernams, at
Mid ; 100 Maranhams, at 13d. and 131-d. ; remainder in
American from Bd. to 101. About 400 for export.
In preparing the ground for the rail-road between
Malines and Antwerp, the workmen found last week, two
teeth and an enormous jaw-bone of an elephant ; they will
be brought to Brussels to be delivered to the Minister of
the Interior.—Brussels Paper.
MR. THOMAS CAMPBELL.—It, has been seen,
through a late announcement in the " ew Monthly Ma-
gazine," that Mr. Thomas Compban tas about to renew
his literary connexion with thattpo)pu ar miscellany. So
many are the persons,who tak,Nalwarrn and hearty interest
in all the effusions proceeding from the pen of the " Bard
of Hope," that there must have been no small gratification
created by the intelligence thus conveyed of his proposed
active re-appearance on the field of literature.
CUSTOM-HOUSE FIRE.—The Treasury order fdr
the payment of the claims of the sufferers by the fire in the
Custom-house stores has arrived. Each claimant is only
required to obtain a certificate of the amount of his loss
front Mr. Palgrave, the collector of customs, and produce
it at the Treasury-office, when payment will be made.
BoLoGNA.—Many of the cheesemonger's shops
at Bologna would startle even a London Alderman, with
the piles of fat savoury eatables ranged in tempting succes-
sion round their shops. Their doors are flanked by huge
Parmesan cheeses, baskets. of macaroni, &c., while the win-
dows are stored with rolls of Bologna sausages of an unusual
size, hams, and trufles. The image of the Blessed Virgin
is to be seen in many of these peeping out of the sausage
mountains ; and in the wine-cellar, too, she is placed, with
a small lamp lighted in front, near the jolly profane Bacchus
astride on his butt.—Thomsou's Italy.
DESIGN IN DOGS.—A friend of mine, while shoot-
ing wild fowl with his brother, was attended by a sagacious
Newfoundland dog. In getting near some reeds by the side
of a river, they threw down their hats, and crept to the side
of the water, where they fired. They soon afterwards sent
the dog for their hats, one of which was smaller than the
other. After several attempts to brinr, them both together
in his mouth, the dog at last placed the smaller hat in the
larger one, pressed it down with his foot, and thus brought
them both together. This fact need not be doubted. These
individuals have both at different times assured me of its
truth. I knew an instance somewhat similar. A spaniel
was endeavouring to bring a dead hare to his master. After
several ineffectual efforts to carry it in his mouth, or to
drag it along, he contrived to get all the feet of" the hare in
his mouth, and in this way conveyed it to his master.—
Jesse's Gleanings.
The following fact is now making some noise in the
Lisbon fashionable world. Count San Lorenzo was about
marrying a most beautiful woman here, the sister of Vis-
count D'Asseca, who was Don Miguel's agent in London ;
but as his former wife had been a sister of the lady in ques-
tion, the sanction of the Catholic Church was necessary :
application being made here to the Patriarch and to the
Archbishop of Lacedemonia, they both granted it ; but the
intended bridegroom, not being satisfied with the consent of
what he considered these liberal and constitutional prelates,
applied to the Pope for his blessing. The Court of Rome,
after a short delay, has desired Count San Lorenzo to be
informed that the sanction he demands cannot be obtained,
unless he is willing to pay the sum of 8,000 crusados to the
church, independent of 4,000 crusades more, in order to
remove a further objection, on account of the future bride
having been godmother to one of the Count's children by
his former marriage ; thus making 12,000 crowns, or about
1,2001., which it appears that the parties are not willing to
pay. So much for the morality of the Court of Rome !
QUEEN OF TRUMPS.—The Leger of 1835 is
over, and the Queen of Trumps who so gallantly won the
Oaks at Epsom has added another wreath to her well-
earned fame by bearing off this grand-northern prize, under
peculiar circumstances, beating Mundig and Ascot, first
and second for the Derby, to say nothing of her formidable
rival, Preserve.—The Queen has two engagements this day
(Friday, September 18) : the Filly Stakes of 20 sovs. each,
with 20 added by the Corporation, Bst. 41b. : five sub-
scribers, St. Leger Course, and the Scarborough Stakes of
30 sovs. each, 10ft., colts Bst. 61b., fillies Bst. 31b. 20 subs.
one mile : the winner of the St. Leger 71b. extra. She is
also in the Chieftain Stakes and a Sweepstakes at the en-
suing Holywell Hunt. For the gratification of our readers
we subjoin the pedigree of this extraordinary mare, alike
triumphant in the north as id the south. The Queen of
Trumps, foaled in 1832, bred by Mr. Mostyn, was got by
Velocipede (son of Blacklock), dam Princess Royal by
Castrel ; grandam Queen of Diamonds by Diamond—Sir
Peter—Lucy by Florizel—Frenzy (dam by Phenomenon)
by Eclipse—Engineer—Blank—Lass of the Mill by Tra-
veller—Miss Makeless. Princess Royal, when in training,
won 1,417/. in specie, exclusive of four gold Cups at Ches-
ter, Knutsford, and twice at Derby ; the Mostyn Stakes
thrice, and the Harwarden Castle Stakes twice, at Holywell.
ORANGEISM IN KILKENNY.—This heading will
doubtless startle many of our readers but we will explain
ourselves. An Orange lodge exists in the 51st Re-
giment, at present stationed in this city, and another
exists in the Ist Royal Dragoons, part of which is also
stationed in this city: These facts we learn from the
report, just published, of the select committee appointed
to inquire into the nature of Orange Institutions in
Great Britain and the colonies. We regret we cannot
at present pay our respects to our particular friends,
Major Ross, Beau Kerr, et cetera, on this interesting
occasion, but in our next we shall take care to chaunt a
stave in praise of all the loyal red-coats, with whose pre-
sence Kilkenny is now honoured.—Kilkenny ,Journal.
CHlCHESTER.—Considerable interest has been ex-
cited within the last few days among the antiquaries of this
city by some excavations made under the direction of Mr.
King in the Friary Park, in which lie has been very suc-
cessful. The opening of a very large Roman earthwork or
tumulus is in progress ; this earthwork is also in the park,
on which mound the keep of the castle built by Earl Roger,
of Montgomery, was constructed, where the strong founda-
tions under.the turf are still to be seen ; this Earl was
nephew to the Conqueror. After this family had quitted
the domicile, it fell into the possession of the Earl of
Arundel, when the fourth Earl granted it to the fraternity

stolen.
The Suabian Mercury has the following of the
25th ult. from Constantinople :—" The object of Count
Strorzonoff's arrival here, and of his visit to Athens, is re-
garded at Pera as merely a pretext to put himself in corn-
mun'cation with Lord Durham, who, according to a letter
from Trieste, is to visit Sicily and pass a week at Malta.

If is believed that the Count has a secret mission to ac-
company that diplomatist as far as Petsrsburgh by Odessa.'-'
"In close reefing the main-topsail, when blowing
hard one night on the passage of the Winchelsea to New-
foundland," says an old messmate of Lord Exmouth's,
" there was much difficulty in- clewing up the sail for the 1,
purpose of making it quiet, and the captain issued his or-
ders
accordingly from the quarter-deck, and sent us aloft.
On gaining the topsail-yard, the most active and daring of
our party hesitated to go out upon it, as the sail was flap-
ping about violently, making it a service of great danger ; a
voice was heard amid the roaring of the gale from the ex-
treme end of the yard-arm, calling upon us to exert our-
selves to save the sail, which would otherwise be torn to
pieces. A man said, ' Why, that's the captain—now, how
the devil did he get there ?' The fact was, that the in-
_ stant he had given us orders to go aloft, he laid down his
speaking trumpet, and clambered like a cat by the rigging
over the backs of the seamen, and before they reached the
main-top, he was at the topmast-head, and from thence by
the topsail-lifts (a single rope) he reached the situation he
was in."—Osler's Life of Lord Exmouth.
SKERRYvoßEitocKs.—(Lying about twenty miles
at sea off lona, and twelve miles off Tiree in Argyleshire.)—
One of the floating buoys used in the survey for the light-
house intended to be built on Skerryvore by the Commis-
sioners of the Northern Lighthouses, went adrift, as is sup-
posed, on the 28th of August. Although this apparatus is
of little value, yet its drift may lead to some interesting de-
tails regarding the set of the tides in the western ocean,
should it be found. Its description is that of a cask buoy,
with a water-tight case through it ; in one end of which a
pale with a cast iron sinker is inserted, and in the other a
staff with a white flag, which it carries erect, having the ap-
pearance of a boat under sail at some distance. It is wor-
thy of remark, that in the course of the survey, while the
engineer was in quest of building materials for Skerryvore
Lighthouse, in the island of Tiree, he met with some beau-
tiful posts of white marble, which have been partially
worked, and also inexhaustible fields of variegated granite.
in waved streaks of a red, white, and blackish colour. But
at the Ross, in the island of Mull, the comparatively pure.
red and white granite occurs in vast abundance. This is
by far the most beautiful species in this country, or perhaps
in the world ; it is certainly finer than anything he had seen
from Egypt. One of the many blocks forming the debris
of an adjoining mountain, was found to measure, at the rate
of twelve cubic feet to the ton, no less than 104 tons of
1 square workable granite !—Edinburgh Evening courant.
CAPTAIN MARRyAT.—The numerous admirers
of " Peter Simple" and " Jacob Faithful" are about to
have a rich treat afforded them at 4 very small expense.
W e allude to the re-publicat' n f) Captain Marryat's
eit
Frank Mildrnay," in " Col Modern Modern Novelists," in
which unique collection of Fict, ns it is to appear on the lst
of October, with a portrait of the author, and a beautiful
engraving from one of the most remarkable scenes ; the
three volumes being comprised in one, and bound, for sir
shillings!! Published for Henry Colburn by It. Bentley,
and sold by all booksellers.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—An accident happened
on Tuesday last, to Adam Baird, Esq., of Cameron, Fife-
shire, which was nearly attended with fatal consequences.
Mr. Baird, who was with a party shooting, had frequently
tried to fire off his gun without effect, but at last succeeded,
when reloading it, it is supposed part of the tow, which had
been left in the gun by the game-keeper, who had been
cleaning it in the morning, remained behind, ignited the
powder, which descending, communicated to the powder-
flask in Mr. Baird's hands, which, quite full of powder, it
blew to atoms. The concussion was so great, that a gen-
tleman, standing close to Mr. Baird, was sent three feet
from him. A fine lad, a son of the late Col. Western, was
standing to the left of Mr. Baird,. playing with his cap-case,
which was suspended from Mr. B's button-hole, when the
explosion took place. The three were for some moments
enveloped in smoke ; Mr. Baird's cousin recovering from
the shock, did not know whether he himself was wounded
or not, and afraid to look around, lest he should have seen
his nephew, Master Western, dead on the ground. Mr.
Baird's first exclamation was," I'm shot ! " putting up his
bloody and mangled hands. Surgical assistance was pro-
cured as soon as possible, and Mr. Baird's hands dressed.
They were severely wounded by the copper powder-flask.
Fortunately no one else was injured, with the exception of
Mastern Western, who was slightly marked in the face
with the powder.
TURF FUEL FOR STEAM NAVIGATION.—The
Lady Dunally steam-boat, on the Shannon, goes 30 miles
per day, consuming 30 boxes of turf fuel, at 4d. per box,
which is at the rate of 4d. per mile for propelling the ves-
sel. The Steam Company of the Shannon River deserve
the highest praise for this application of turf fuel, the pro-
duction of the country, in preference to that of coal, in
working the steam-engine ; and although the application of
turf fuel in working a steam-engine be not in this case new,
yet it is very important to Ireland to see it practically ap-
plied to so useful a purpose ; because it is to be hoped that
all the engines on board the steam-boats navigating the lakes
and rivers of Ireland will be worked by turf fuel alone,
which will give useful employment to the labouring popula-
tion, and be the means of draining and improving the exten-
sive bogs which lie adjacent to those lake and river naviga-
tions. A small steamer might . draw along the lakes of
Carra, Mask, and Corrib, four boats, each carrying 50 tons,
to a distance of 40 miles per day ; the cost of fuel miglit.be
about 135., which would be less than id. a ton for 40 miles ;
and if the wind was favourable, this expense might even be
entirely saved by wind power.—Mr. Bald's Examination
before the Connaught Lakes' Committee.
SUB-MARINE COMMUNICATION.--IVIr. Deane,
who has been successfully engaged in raising various articles
from the wrecks of the Royal George, Boyne, Hindostan,
and several other vessels, appears almost to have accom-
plished a desideratum of great value to the nautical world.
From the former vessel he has, since October last, raised
seventeen brass and five iron cannon. The - total value of
the former is estimated at upwards of 3,000/. ; and for the
encouragement of his undertaking, he is allowed hy the
Government the whole salvage, they only reserving. Theto them-
selves the right of the first choice of purchase. brass
and copper utensils are not at all injured by exposure to
the sea water, but the iron are, as might be expected, very
much oxydated. On different pieces of coin which have
been brought from the Boyne the inscriptions are perfectly
legible. The rope in several instances appears very little_
injured by the action of the water. Some months since
Mr. Deane was employed in raising the Endeavour, a sloop
trading between London and Leith, which foundered with
a valuable cargo of copper, the insurance of which was paid
by the underwriters. After having lightened her, ha suc-
ceeded in raising her to a short distance, by placing empty
casks in the hold, and then towing her for a distance of six
miles, she once more emerged from beneath the ocean,
having been upwards of four months below the surface, and
after a few necessary repairs, was able to resume her sta-
tion as a sailing vessel, and is now actually re-engaged in
the trade.
CURRENTS OF THE OCEAN.—A bottle contain-
ing the following enclosure was picked up on Halfmoon
Quay, Honduras, on the 23d of April last :—" This bottle
was thrown from a boat belonging to his Majesty's survey-
ing vessel Thunder, at anchor under Serrasilla West or
large Kay, Tuesday, 10th of March, 1834.- Whoever finds
it will be good enough to publish date, &c., when pi
up. (Signed) Thomas Smith, Assistant-Surveyor.' —A
bottle containing a document, of which a copy follows, was
picked up in Grand. Sable Bay, St. Vincent, .on the 24th
i,cked
of June, having been committed to the deep on the 20th of
i May, in the latitude of Demerara. At the same time se-

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEAIBER 19, 1835.

veral large trees were washed on shore, one of them a
Spanish cedar, and which from their appearance (being
covered with a coat of barnacles and sea-weed) must have
been a long time in the water, and were, no doubt, driven
out to sea by the overflowing of the Orinoco, occasioned by
the late heavy rains. Some years back a very large cedar
of some kind came on shore on Sandy Bay, bringing with
it a large female Boa Constrictor, which took to the neigh-
bouring woods, and when shot sonic; days after, was found
to contain many young ones nearly ready to escape, and
which, but for the destruction of the. old one, would have
taken up their abode in the woods—" No. 15, his Ma-
jesty's ship Racehorse, 20th of May, 1835. Lat. 8, 36, N.
long. 52. W. at lh. 15 m. p.m. Wind from E.N.E.,
fresh breeze, going from 'Barbadoes to Para. A current
last 24 hours. N. 25 W. 16 miles. J. Everard Home,
Commander. Whoever finds this paper, is requested to
forward it to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London, with
a note of the time and place at which it was found ; or, if
more convenient, to deliver it for that purpose to the
British Consul at the nearest port."
CURIOUS RELIC.--A few days back a curious an-
tique kind of boat or canoe was discovered in a lake called
Lough Muck, near Foxford. It is about fifteen feet long,
two feet six inches wide, three inches thick, and not more
than eight inches deep. There is no place for paddles, but
on the inside is something like two seats. The whole is
hewn out of a piece of solid oak. This antique relic of
former days is now in the possession of Mr. Patt Davis, of
Carrick, near Foxford.-11layo Constitution.
During 1834, 9,766,116 gallons of wine were im-
ported into England, of which French wines, and those
from the Cape, make one-half of the whole quantity. Cape
pays a duty of 2s. 6d., all others ss. 6d. per gallon. Within
the same period, 1,639,121 gallons were exported, and
6,480,544 retained for home consumption. The net
amount of duty received thereon was 1,705,6381.

The moment had scarcely arrived for putting in exe-
cution the new system of customs in the whole Germanic
Confederation, when other projects appear to occupy the
German Governments. That now spoken of would be
the introduction of a monetary unity among all the States of
confederated Germany, either by adopting the coin called
Brabant, or creating some• other by common consent.—
Quotidienne.
SPORTING •EXTRAORDINARY.—An interesting
exhibition is noticed in the French papers of Tuesday, as
about to take place, " to gratify the curiosity of amateurs."
"A Fox-hunting" is the object of attraction ; the place, the
environs of Bievre, near Paris ; the day and hour, eleven
o'clock on the 21st. It is to be hoped that this timely no-
tice will enable the brothers of the brush in England to wit-
ness so novel and interesting a spectacle as "a fox-hunting"
in France is likely to prove.
Mr. Byers, it is said, has commenced reaping an
abundant harvest at the expense of many-poulterers and
others, who have neglected to take out licenses for the
sale of game.
APPROACHING SESSIONS.—The Central Criminal
Court Sessions commence on Monday nest, the Middlesex
Sessions on the same day, and the London Sessions ditto.
The calendars are numerically heavy.
ANDREW•MARVELL'S FATHER AND HIS STICK.
—There is an interesting little story connected with a stick,
which is related of Andrew Marvell's father (worthy of such
a son), and which, as it is little known, we will repeat ;
though it respects the man more than the machine. He
had been visited by a young lady, who, in spite of a stormy
evening, persisted in returning across the Humber, because
her family would be alarmed at her absence. The old gen-
tleman, high-hearted and cheerful, after vainly trying to
dissuade her from perils which he understood better than
she, resolved in his gallantry to bear her company. He
accordingly walked with her down to the shore, and getting
into the boat, threw his stick to a friend, with a request, in
a lively tone of voice, that he would preserve it for a keep-
sake. He then cried out merrily " Ho-boy for Heaven !'
and put off with his visiter. They were drowned.—Leigh
Hunt's Indicator, second edition.
A REASONABLE REQUEST.—An anecdote in the
last " New Monthly" reminds us of the following :—At
his first breakfast in new lodgings, a gentleman was much
annoyed by finding hairs in his butter. As the mildest,
but the most effectual mode of reproof, he thus addressed
the servant; when she came to take away the things :
" Sally, I am very fond of hairs in my butter ; but, for the
future, be so good as to bring the hairs in one plate, and the
butter in another, that I may mix them in what proportion
I like."
BENEVOLENT LANDLORD.—On Sunday last, the
tenants on the Ballvbrick.en- and Ludden estates were re-
galed at a splendid' dinner by their landlord, the Rev.
Richard Rice, of Heaton, Northumberland. The company
numbered over fifty, and after having partook of the ban-
quet, which consisted of all the good things of the season,
they drank the health of their excellent landlord. They
then separated, highly delighted with the festive treat. Of
the benevolent disposition displayed by the Rev. Gentleman
above alluded to, we cannot but express ourselves in terms
of the greatest praise ; and hope that the example thus
afforded will be productive of a salutary effect upon some
of the gentry of the country. This is the first time that
Mr. Rice ever came to Ireland, and we understand that he
is so elated with the reception which he has received, that
he is determined to pay an annual visit to our own "Green
Isle."—Limerick Star.
In the Grand Council Chamber at Venice are placed
the portraits of all the Doges, with one exception, where
a black veil is substituted for the portrait, and under it is
written—

" Hie est locus Marini Falieri,
Decapitate pro criminibus."
The most astonishing instance of productiveness o
which, probably, we have even an idea, is to be found in
some cases of the Aphides (plant lice.) Dr. Richardson
in the plant-louse of the rose (A. Rosaa) reckons in one
season ten generations, each generation averaging 50 indi-
viduals, so that by multiplying 50 nine times by itself, one
egg will give origin to the almost incredible number of
25,065,093,750,000 millions. M. Reaumer, however, on
the observation's of M. Bennet, reckons 90 for the first ge-
neration from a single mother, and reckoning that each of
these produces 90 more, the second generation will beB,loo
the third will be 729,000, the fourth will be 75,610,000,
and the fifth will be 5,904,900,000. The ninth generation
in this would be 350,970,489,000 millions.—Pre essor Ren-
nie, in Blackwood's Quarterly Journal of Agriculture.
La Scala at Milan, after San Carlos at Naples, is
the largest and most commodious Opera House in Europe,
It has a spacious platen, which widens considerably towards
the stage, surrounded by five tiers of boxes ; and there is a
gallery above, where the gods are seated in glorious invi-
sibility. The boxes are commodious, and many of them are
fitted up for converzasiones and supper parties ; they com-
municate with a terrace, where it is very agreeable to re-
tire occasionally in the summer from the heat of the theatre.
In the same building are gaming tables, billiards, and rooms
for refreshment. The spectators being thus accommodated
seldom listen to the music, and it is sometimes impossible to
hear the performance for their noise. As the audience sit
under a very sparing light, they have a dismal aspect, but
the smallness of the light adds wonderfully to the effect of
the stage, which is the aim sought for both here and in
France.—Thonzson's Italy and Szatzerland.
MAGISTERIAL GOOD TEMPER.—If ever a county
was blessed with wise and temperate magistrates, the county
of Limerick incontrovertibly enjoys that blessing. The maxim
with one of them in the east is " cover your man, and shoot
him dead ;" and with, another, a gallant major in the west,
it is," cover your horse, and shoot him dead." The gallant
major alluded to occasionally acts as a magistrate. Some
short time since, his family had occasion to come into New-
castle, and to his carriage were harnessed a pair of beauti-
ful matches, worth at the lowest estimation 1501. One
was younger than the other, and not so well trained.
When put to the carriage in Newcastle to return home,-he
got restive, broke the harness, and ran straight forward to
the major's yard in K . The servant ran after as fast
as he could, and when he arrived, told his master what hap-
pened. The major got outrageous, swore a few oaths (no-
thing unusual), that it should never happen again. He
accordingly went in for his pistols, and in a moment of frantic
irritation, this biped animal shot his brother quadruped dead
on the spot ! Quere—ls this man fit to hold the commis-
sion of the peace ?—Linzerick Star.
Last week the young and beautiful wife of an
English gentleman, attended by one or two women servants,
went early in the morning- from her house in Scutari, to
enjoy the coolness of a dip in the silver tide of the Bospho-
rus. Whilst bathing, some young Turkish officers, struck
by her surpassin"m loveliness in so interesting a, situation,
approached, and stood rivetted to the spot. The servants
begged them to withdraw ; but instead of complying with
so reasonable a request, they commenced saying so many
tender things, that the lady became excessively enraged,
and being a woman of uncommon spirit, she darted out of
the water, soon changed her bathing attire fora morning
dress, leaped into her carriage, and drove off straight to the
barracks, where she laid her complaint before the Colonel,
insisting that the officers should be punished in her pre-
sence ! Guards were sent, and the young gentlemen were
traced to the house of a friend, where they were at break-
fast. The Colonel, after reproaching them, in no very
measured terms, for daring to intrude upon the privileges of
a harem, told the lady that their fate was in her hands—
they should receive the punishment she decreed. "
said she, " to make sure of it, I will punish them myself."
She then seized the thickest stick .within sight, and, by
making active use of it for about a quarter of an hour, more
or less, she convinced her gallant admirers of the truth of
the proverb, " qu'il n'y a pas de rose sans epines." After
this she again leaped into her carriage, waved her fair hand
to the Colonel, and drove home, highly delighted with the
morning's adventure.--Morning Paper.