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LANGUAGE, 011. Tl-11.; HUMAN
• .ETYNIMAItiY:'"
There can_ be very litthit doubt,. •that *the marl-
time habit in early tinies, Of:tlie nations on the
borders of the,Mediterraneaii'See; .Plincr.the com-
tnercial spirit. and (mterpriie 'oF the of Car-
thage, led their harks from the iLtisilaitian coast,
or along the shores of Gaid,to the .11ritiSli Isles ;
in particular to Cornwall, where Silveri•tin, and•
copper would invite them' strongly. There tan
. be little doubt too, that •they visited Irerod also,
and as little; that in some- of the frequetik changes
of dynasty• and rule, this fine island llhame an
object.of conquest or colonization ; or Of retreat
for some banished; or' prescribed party;. as at
this day,•South Africa,- New Holland, and Vail
Diemen's Land, have become desirable to plant
our superfluous thieves, rogues, and labburers.
COI. V A LTA NCEY'S notion, of a punie origin, or
a mixture of that language with a native dialect
of Ireland, is very rational and probable.
Wherever the human race has been placed, or
planted, a mode of conunTmicatiott by the phy,-
sical. organ formed for sound, has be6ii given to
them, or if not, would of necessity grow 14.1 among
them, into a dialect of. some extent or exp-es
sion ; and, because the organs of spekli are in
all the same, their faculties similar, their Ivantl
andfcetings alike, their vocal. expressions in syl-
labic sounds, must also be of close similarit) ;
and the more so, as the simple sounds of which
the human organs of speech are capable, are very
few ; the vowel sounds being but five,' and thA
conformation of them, by muscular action and
contact,. Called consonants, not more than 'twelve
or thirteen, to which the whole human race is
confined by organic conformation, soma
.modifications of long, short,
thono-ed and double utterance. •

This accounts for, tore close similaritYlfound in
the original and simple expressions of. all lan-
guages; the same sounds being in tnost*ses, ex-
pressive of the same meaning.—A, for Vsfient;
;N, for negation ; 0, for wonder, universality, sur-
prise, &c. ;. En, for personality ; Ma, for ma-
ternity ; 1.3 a, or pa, for father, commander,
prince, and Deity, and many More. -
. This natural and inevitable similarity leads to
many erroneous conjectures of ~cierivatipn; but
the mixture of dialects is almost a universal con-
dition also, occasioned by Migration, -emigration,
colonization,. conquest, religion, licence,' and
cow:norm, in...dit4ere4t degrees, 'of.
quest is the most imposing, and colonization -the
next in influence.

Thus, the Persian, Arabic, and }lebrew,= have
commixed with the ancient Egyptian and shans-
crit. The early Latin' with the SclavonieJ and
the later' Roman With .the- Greek ; the Pic-
fish with the Gallic; the British with. the Teu-
tonic, Say:ob, and Low Dutch';' and in the' last
instance., in the most signal degree, with the. No-
rman. The English being now an odd compouf:d
of some untraceable original mixed with Danish,
Saxon, Flemish, Low Dutch, Norman; Latin;
and Greek ; to which it' seems probable, that
Italian, now'all the rage, .must soon be added;
and Milton, Locke, Pope; Addison, Johnson,
and Burke, must give way to Petrarch, Dante;
Metastasio; Majocchi, Bergami, Byron, Belzoni;
and others, .who Will quickly; if encouraged, in-
oculate our idiom with 'a new dialect.

At the Carthaginian language'ex loci; the-.only
relicts of it, are probahlyin the " lingua, franca,"
or "Moor?," of the Mediterranean coast of:Afri-
ca, and on the supposition admitted, in the dia-
lect of the south and west of Ireland.

This topic is suited to be as instructive as it
is curious, but. must. not be carried, furthei'liere
at this time..
January 10, 1821.

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Housti.r.ss Poon.—At a-Meeting of the (lesie-
ral 'Committee,. yesterday, .an advertisement ex-
planatory of the intention to establish permanent
receptacles for the Houseless Poer was produced
by theSccretary, and agreed •tO, We hay.no
doubt that the further appetit to the iztenerosity
of the benevolent- which this decision has render-
ed necessary, will, be prOmPtly'nntl liberally an-
swervd.—The Lorin AI A.ll* 0 tt,. 'who presided,
assured the Cointnittee they'might rely upon-his
utmost assistance, at all times, in furtherance of -
the very laudable obi,euts of the-association. His
Lordship, at the commencement of mayoralty,
informed the Committee that the_use of ro.Nvs at.
the "Mansion House, Or. any 'other,:CcpMll2o{4,altkoti
In his polVer;•Fhabld be continii!.,(l to be tillordeil.
---The'Charity was certair.ly nnder
,great -(4,6:li-
gation to the late Lon!) R and the kind-
ness of the present Wet* ?filagistrate will. leave
the Committee nothing to :regret. It is 'mit of
the .most pleasing features' of this -Institution,
that individuals differing. widely in political as
well- as religious opinic!:ii;, are labouring in per-
fect harmony to promote the great object in view.
Both contiobe with infnaU,s
fVery night:--Seine of -11:V ".This',-4tres have aria;n
Offered.Beitelits -hir cif 'ate 'arid Cohec-
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tions for the Same. ptirpose,,vViil'be Made to;.:1;o.r.
roW.(it•Sever'at Cltrehes.": .

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