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London, England, 1830-11-24 00:00:00

SCINTILLA.

TO THE HUSBANDMAN.
710/1 GOITRE.
A little furrow holds thy scattered seed ;
One somewhat deeper will receive thy bones.
Yet plough and sow with gladness—from the soil
Springs the rich crop that feeds and gladdens life,
And hope is not quite vanished from the grave.

DR. Youwo,—" What, in the name of wonder, could
sash a man as Young be thinking of, when, near the age of eio,t,
he applied to Archbishop Seeker for penment ? Young, the suldniir,
the seraphic, Young ! so fond of being thought abstracted and retired,
who affected so muds to converse with the things above, and whose only
object (one would suppoee) should have been a convenient abode
meditate and die in. that had read the Night Thoughts, v.uuld
not, upon a fit occasion readily have addressed their author in tlui
language of Prior !

Forgive the Muse, who in unhallowed strains
The Saint one moment from his GOD detains :
For sure, whate'er you do, where'er you are,
'Tis all but one good work, one constant prayer.
Tet, to the eternal disgrace of devotees and devodon, this very young
this Saint, not only panted his whole life after preferment, as his biu:
grapher writes, but submitted at last, at the age of fourscore, to assert
the paltry department of Clerk of the Closet to the Princess Dowager
and to be servilely danced about like a puppet amidst the machinery of
a Court, till angels carried him off, 1765, in his 84th year."—.sytram
the Wood, 24 ed. p. 106.
THE THREE STAGES Or COMMERCE.—The effects of
commerce on mermen have, by most writers, I think, been considend
as uniform. Even the sage and amiable Montesquieu says only, in
general terms, "that commerce polishes manners, but corrupts man.
pers." Whereas, from a candid view of its nature and effects, we
Isbell probably find, that in its first and middle stages it is beneficent
in its last, dangerous and fatal. If we view commerce in its firs;
stages, we shall see that it supplies mutual necessities, prevents mutual
wants, extends mutual knowledge, eradicates mutual prejudice, and
spreads mutual humanity. If we view it in its middle and more ad.
vented period, we shall Nee it provides conveniences, increaaeth nun:.
hers, coins money, gives birth to arts and science, creates equal lass.
diffuses general plenty and general hvpiness. If we view it in it,
third and highest stage, we shall see it &age ha nature and effects. It
Wings in superfluity and vast wealth; begets avarice, gross luxury, or
effeminate refinement among the higher ranks, together with general
loss of principle.—Dr. Brown's Estimate, &e. p. 152. 514 ed.
BEAUTY.—The most plentiful source of beauty is ex-
pression. It is that which gives a commanding majesty, a sirloin..
Softness, or other graces, to the countenance : for the face beicg a pie.
One of the mind, whatever amiable qualities are discerned there give a
Wire to the features expressing them. Therefore, in our description of
lestii irat we employ epithets borrowed from the sentiments, poen as a
an innocent, an honest, or a sensible countenance. Beauty in
the other sex delights us more, because we arc more interested in it.
Wass, is the contrary, are very bad judges of one another's persons,
bosom they axe not affected by them : they judge by rules, not by shat
they &el.—Tucker's Light of Nature.
Many works of art are beautiful from their likeness to the
works of nature: wherefore there may be a beautiful copy of an ugly
erighsaL The famous statue of Laocoon is admired, though Lwow
likeself would be shocking to the beholders ; and we admit plc.
Mots of satyrs, witches, old men with rugged features and grisly insrdt.
M heft as ornaments in our chambers, though we should deem the °rig:.
rah frightful—Md.
Love.—When we hear complaints of the wretchedness
et vanity of human life, the proper answer to them would be, that there
is hardly any one, who, at some time or other, has not been in low.—
If we consider the high abstraction of this feeling, its depth, its purity,
Its voluptuous refinement, even in the meanest breast, how sacred and
how sweet it is, this alone may reconcile us to the lot of humanity.
That drop of balm turns the bitter cup to a delicious nectar, " and vie.
Abates the ways of GOD to man."—Hauditt's Characteristics.
SCOTCH AND ENGLISH.—The national precedence be-
tween the English and Scotch may be settled by this, that the Scotch ate
always assorting their superiority over the English, while the English
never say a word about their superiority over the Scotch. The first hare
get together a great number of facts and arguments in their own favour;
the last never trouble their heads about the matter, but have taken the
Point for granted as selLmeident.—llaslite s " Characteristics."

THE DEPLORABLE EFFECTS OF SUPERSTITIOUs OS-
ssivAßEss.-1 have been grieved since I came back from bleliphilla
by the state of a beautiful and amiable girl, which has arisen from
mleandsestood spirit of devotion. Before I went away, she was gay and
deaseftd, the delight of her father's house. Her music and her poetry,
M but reading aloud while others worked, formed the charm of her
boa. Bat her mother, though a clever woman is a bigot; and
NOM mind, of a high and lofty nature, is peculiarly susceptible of
=impressions. Under these, the ender-conchae:4d girl, to pu-
es lf for an attachment not favoured by her house, which she
until M, though at her parent's bidding she had given up its object,
indeed to go for ten days to a Casa de isortisio. There under
as guidance of an old priest, the young creatures who retire thus
aro kept praying night and day, with so little food and sleep, that
their bodies and minds alike bemuse weakened. All the intervah
between the Masses, which are of the most lugubrious chants, are
in silence; no nice is heard above a whisper, and the light of
paced in
is sanely admitted. A young married woman, who went
in with Maria, came out even gayer than she entered; doubting
her heart had rested on her hustad and their home. But what
was to occupy the thoughts and affections of the girl whose bat
feelings were to be rushed? Could she harbour there "a wish but
death, a passion but despair?" and she has returned as It were to
earth, —on it, but not of it. The sight of friends throws her into fits
of hysterical weeping; and, only prostrate before the altar, and repeat.
fog the masses of her house of woe, does she seem soothed or calmed
Bad are the effects of the home of exercise. I might have thought
Net my young friend's peculiar disposition alone had caused this ; but
1 dew a th who was, lam told, once all that parents could
and enlightened, and ?owned of honour and spirit. Be
b sow Bide better than a drivelling idiot. He went into a house
if exercise a man,—he came out of it what he is. Oh !if I had
power or influence here, I would put down these mischievous establish-
Vents. Even when they do not cause, as in this instance, a derang-
ement of the intellect, they are nurseries of bigotry and fanaticism.
have been in one is a sourceof vanity, to conform to the sentiments
beakaced there a point of conscience ; and as it is easier to be a bigst
Ain a virtuous man great laxity of conduct Is permitted, so the
spirit is bent to maintain the Church, and to persecute, or at least
keep down, those who are not of it.—Mrs. Graham's Journal of a
rescie is CAUL

NAPOLEONS r, vPINIOII Of CRANIOLOOP.—Lady Ho!.
land had sent a package of books, in which also was • little box, in-
cluding a bust in plaster of Paris, the head of which was covered with
divisions and numbers referring to the craniological system of Gall.—
" What did Mascagni think of those German 11/ ? Come, speak
without reserve, as if you were conversing with one of your own profes-
sion." " Mascara admired very much the manner in a hich Gall and
Spunbeint develop and explain the various parts of the brain, and had
also adopted that method which he considered eminently calculated to
inculcate a thorough knowledge of this interesting organ. With re-
spect to the system of judging the vices, propensities, and virtues of men
by the protuberance on their heady, he considered it as an ingenious
fable, which might seduce men of the world, but which could not bear
the examinatian of the anatomist." " That is thinking and acting him
a wise man, who knows bow to appreciate the merit of a conception.
and to divest it of the errors and follies with which it is loaded by
quackery. I regret much that I did not know him. Ccrviaart was a
great admirer of Gall : he praised him, protected him, and used
his utmost endeavours to push him up to me ; but there was no
sympathy between us. Such men as Lavater, Cagliostro.
Messner, have never ranked very high in my estimation. I
even felt I know not what kind of aversion to them, and did not there-
fore feel disposed to admit the man who was a continuation of them.
Gentlemen of this description are all dexterous and well-spoken ; they
work upon that thirst after the marvellous which the generality of mat.
kind experience, and give the colouring of truth to the falsest theories.
Nature does not betray herself by her outward forma; she does not ths•
dose her secrets; she conceals them. To judge and examine men upon
such slight indications is the act of a dupe or an impostor, such as are
all those beings gifted with wondrous inspirations, of which herds are to
be found in every large capital. The only way to know men is to see
them, observe them, and put them to the test. To avoid falling into
errors, they must be studied a long time, and be judged by their setiors.
and even that is not infallible, and requires to be restricted in its opera-
tion to the moment in which they act ; for we seldom act consistently
with our genuine disposition ; we give way to the transport or impulse
of the moment, or are carried away by passion: and this constitutes
what we call vice and virtue, perversity, or heroism. Such is my 00*
nion, and such has long been my guide. Not that I pretend to deny tr.e
influence of disposition and education: I think, on the
contrary, that it
is immense; but beyond that, everything is mere system and folly:'--
Last Days of Napoleon.

DEATHS.
At Isleworth, the 20th inst. Margaret, relict of the late Sir J. Boyd,
Bart—The 19th inst. at the home of her mother, Salisbury-place,
New-road, after a protracted illness of five years, Jame Neill, third
daughter of the late Rev. A. Waugh, D. D.—The 20th inst. in the
32d year of her age, Katherine. the wife of the Very Rev. the Dean of
St. Asaph.--The 90th inst. J. Claimer, Esq. writer to ha illajestfs
signet in Scotland, in the 89th year of his age.

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