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SONNET,
TO AN ORPHAN, ON THA ORATE! OP HUI
Fair Child of Sorrow ! what cab charm thee now ?
Though Friendilip's iidee oft cheers the mourner's breast,
It will not calm thy bosom's feverish glow,
Nor toroth the throb that may not be represt.
Oh! bid to Love and Joy a long farewejl!
Tby darken'd path the Reads of care deform ;
Nor yet against the stern decree reVel
That leaves the* lone and cheerless in the storm;
For still, though every earthly hope bath gone
With hlm wno made thy sinks, spirit glad.
And though no thrilling symPithy bath borne
A sacred balm to make thy heart less sad,
Yet Hrwbo gives the weary pilgrim rest,
Will crown thy lave In regions of the blest!
(The Oriaseed Ileraldfor Nayearber.)

D. L. a.

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1 hr principal goofs of the Latin language siniplbied by
a disp!ay of their incorporation into the English
1 onarse. b ilk copious 'Notes. Forming part of .Mr.
Han Intellectual Slstem of I ducation. Ruyal,vo.
L melon, 1825.
The tedious process of acquiring *knowledge of the
dead languages in schools, and the 'slight impression
they.ntake on theprind,
.have long been the subject of
complaint, and many attempts. have been made to
semecli theni. Among the most recent must be men-
tioned that Of Mr. Halt, itho attributes these disadvan-
sages to the ad made of teaching,: in which there is an
immediate and injudicious application of the memory,
la ith toe little exercise of the reasoning faculties. There
is,. we think, much truth in this remark, and indeed it
cannot doubted, if, by Mr.. Hall's system, .4 the space
of three Moliths is quite sufficient to communicate to
!dolts such a knowledge of the Latin language as
will enable them to translate any Roman author with
ease and pleasure to themselves." And such he assures
us is the case, and he even throws down the gauntlet
to prove it. Without,however, insisting on such a ra-
pidity in tie acquisition of language, we may observe,
that Mr. Hall's system is not only feasible, but a great
iMpravement on the old system of education, and well
entitled to the attention of tutors as well as studeitts.
The AntiguarYs Portfolio ; or, Cabinet Selection of fru-
Unica and 'Literal* ,Cariositiss of Great Britain,
4414t1ie kiddleand Latter Ages, with notes. By J.
S. Foltarris,.2 vOls.Bvo. Landon, 1825.
The huthOr a these eery entertaining volumes appears
to lie very well irersed in the literary and historical anti.
quities of his country, and from these stores he has made
a veri choice and curious Collecticin. Many of the facts
are but little knOwn, and there is scarcely a page in the
Work that dOei tiOt possess considerable interest. The
Atilitiiary's Portfolio presents Matti curious and inte-
resting particulars of the CUSWIIIS and manners of our
ancestors at different periods of English history, and
exhibits the striking
,cimtrait between the deplorable
state,of the.hnnian Mind. at remote, periods, and the
present enlightened period... The following extracts
are taken at random from the many amusing and in-
:tractive articles with Which the Work abounds :
,' The Apostiite,..7eire. is.•;L-Pitabetti, h Jewish convert,
the daughter of Rabbi Moses, was allowed two-pence
per day, in 14037, for being deserted by her family on
account of, her;change as to religion.—Nyer. toed.
"It seems strange that, in 1404, the Commons, after
having vindicated their own privileges as to menial
servants, ;cc. with great spirit, should, with wondrous
inconsistency, petition the Crown that it would direct
the Lords to examine into a false return for Rutland,
and•punish the offenders.--. Rot. Siibsid.
"ln 1406, Richard Clithero, Knight of the Shire for
Kent, being ordered to sea as' Admiral of the South
and West, the Kentishmen petitioned Parliament that
Robes t Clifford, the other Knight, might appear in
high their' names, as if both were actually present.
And-this odd request was granted..—itot. Parli. apud
Carte.
"In 1408, Archbishop Arundel declared, in a preface
to his CaboOs, that 'the Pope was vicegerent of Ilea.
ste'n.' 'Extriordinary language, says Dr. Henry, 'to
be used just it* time when the two existing Popes were
conligningeath other to Satan,'and were both declared,
by the Council of Pisa, contumacious heretics.
" In the iiMse year we find, to the credit of English
sculptors, that Thomas Colyn, Thomas Holewell, and
ThOnias Pctpe, carried over to Bretagne an alabaster
in-nun:Mit Which they had executed for Duke John
Mind treded it in the cathedral of Nantei.—Nym.Fced.
W.
A bid season in 1434: wheat was sold as high as
W. 13s. 44. (modern money) per quarter. It soon fell
Co lOra"8d. which seems to have been nearly the me.
clan price of that cOrmisodity.—Chroa. Piet.
" Wipe was then at the price of two modern shillings
per gallon.—/bid.
• "In the dine year liCentes were granted by the
King tit '66 less thin 2433 Ipilgtiirns to visit the shrine
Of 6t. jar4reg, at. Coltiportello. Fortunately. the attrac-
tion Of ThOinas.a.litlcket's tomb turned the balance of
travellers in 'favour of Englinct.—,Ryte.,Feril,
(In 1446, we find the Bishop of Bola, in Iceland,
Wiiniiichlli enough, hiring the waiter of a London
iserChant4hip to sail to leeland as his proxy, and to
eerliirin the necessary visitations of his Scie ; the geed
prelate dreading, in person, to encounter 'the boisterous
Northern Ocean.—'ll)er.Foid.
µ'n 1419, khilip Malpas and. Robert Marsha,
Sheriffs bt Thiadrin, were obliged•to restore an enormous
criminal irliOM they had torn from the sanctuary of St,
Dfakftei.fe.Thinit', slid sent to Newgate. It war not
till 1457 that i check was giien to these odious pail-
tegeC"—Stitil. , • , • , i
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" Alsiitt this time it tip. pears' says Dilll 01S Fleetwood)
Of it "Ibldigfnian'tnlght be suPpinarnd, with decefacy fen •
ten iOdifit IliiinV.s per *tutu M.—a-inst. •Preic i
" Twente 'patina per 4hmith wad, in 1439,liatiki
by 'statute ar. the it EilifieatiOn for a cbaia'ry justite of
the peace.—Pstb, Act. .
" .1' rbir sllf th sdld 001;61011 Whfrit PieV 41**Vteri
Si. 63. a FA liV,'Sli Si:44. a 'Mfg, fr#..a -prose, 6tf.
pigeons, tO. i diaienalteelitlnvdin tiadteft money."
'The '11114e: iff Idi - le laa'vk 'attlatibeil 0 lsk, a
At
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...ittith :six pi:ilia& 441,0 I tbiektdil The lib ilairit o '
the ea clatir lii. ate st'Cikiterit. - '
Twno Cali:l%llAL TOtinarasSit AidfitA9AkiikitBr tai
let ia *elf tiii -I)lC4ii3`itiltia Ititilkili'ltrea'n'eat kin
tp, Sh „1re!er,?4,61,44t ,Paul._ " Gentfie^l);"
ittytiell
111.4447110..14 sil*A44l4,Zittq.O. t:07.1L „,b‘ll‘
vis4cl;l,Fidia--jheail f.ts&.:*.silitc, .I‘oknAit,tis 44'
Ark:blitshing with shame to see the Chum!' belovi
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The %tildes which steam is making in the etonseny
of the country, are -more gigantic and surprising tbou
tho:e who ant domesticated at a disunite from its immi-
diate operation imagine; -but the eapabi ity oft lie.l
motive engine to travel with easelad safety with a weight-
of ninety tons in it, train, at the rat of eight miles:an
hour, having been proved by the opening of the Dar-
lington and Stockton rail-road, it becomes our duty to
submit a more detailed statement of its powers and ad-
vantages, than we believe has yet. appeared in .print.
The engine will travel over the Isveriiy-lirei miles
seven times a-day, making a hundred and seventy-five
miles a day's watt, with'ninety tons, cousv4iing seven
tons Of small coals each day, or fop two tons per week ;
which at an average colt of 7'. will be 141.145. One
man and a boy in constant attendance, supposing the
twenty-four hours equal to three days, will be three
men and thirteen boys each day, at 16s. 6d. will add
51. Ss. 6d.—making the total weekly expense 191..175.
6.1. The engine will cost 6001.—eighty waggons 9001.
giving 1,5001. for the entire set out.
Now, ninety tons will load six beats, e tch of these
boats will be a day in performing twenty miles ; there-
fore, fifty-two boats, with fifty-two horses, fifty-two I
men, and fifty-two boys, will be required to execute-the
u anster of ninety tons 175 miles in one day ; each horse
will cost weekly one guinea, each man a gull-ea, and
each boy 12s. forming a total weekly charge of 1401.
Es. in lieu of 151. 17s. 6d. The fifty-two boats and
horses will be worth 10,0001. and requiring a consi-
derably greater amount to keep them in repair; throwing
a balance of full 70001. per annum in favour of every
locomotive engine that may be used. blow many may
eventually be at work it would be difficult to conjec-
ture; but as forty would be required to work the Lon-
don, Birmingham and Liverpool, and the blanchester
and Stockport lines, in all probability riot less than five
hundred would be employed; and as the saving on
every five engines would be equal to the interest of one
million, the five hundred would put the people yearly in
possession of a sum as great as the interest of one hundred
millions sterling, independent of the advantage of
speed, and of the great saving of tonnage, the rail-road
lines being one third shorter than the canals in use.
Finally, one thousand persons may be conveyed one
mile, or one person a thousand miles, by locomotive en-
gines, at the rate of eight miles- an hour, at a cost of
something less than five-pence.

LISTON resumes his engagement at the Hay Market
Theatre ou Monday next. t'aul Pry is certainly
one of the most ludicroiss speciMens or genuine comic
humour that the stage has ever exhibited. In fact, he
made the whole town as curious as hilithitand ini:ous
10 pry into the merits of an actor, whose Itumlur is
.really original, as well as irresistililk,diverting.
GLASGOW Pouce..—A mulattO, a hater in GlaSeriv,
to all appearance a smart and sensiisle man, came for-
ward and gave in a petition to the Magistrate, praying.
the liberation of a girl be meant to marry, Who was in
Bridewell. The Billie asked if he was aware of the
character of the girl? and had given the affair all the
cool and serious deliberation a Matter of so much im-
portance 'to himself required ? It was his duty to in,
form him, that the object of, his affections had been
twenty-seven times in Bridewell, and. hid been for
about ten years a rest on the street, , The enamoured
petitioner stated that he was well aware of her character,
and was, notwithstanding, seriously resolved to Marry
her, and take her out ot the town. The Magistrate
signed the order for the girl's liberation, and wished
them all happiness.
New SOUTH WALES,.-The following is a statement
of the Population, Land, and Live Stock, of New
South Wale', taken in the year 1821 :—Free People.—
Men, 12,608; Women, 3,122; Children, .7,224 ; Total
free people, 15,969.--Convicts.--Men, 12,608 ; Wo-
men, 1,206 ; Total convicts, 13,814; Total popula-
tion 29.783.—H0r5e5, 4,014 ; Horned Cattle. 68,148 ,
Sheep, 119,777 ; Hogs, 29,042 ; Palture Land, 349,195
acres ; Total granted, 381,466 acres., From the aboVe
account it will be seen that in the convict .tiopulation
there is a proportion of ten males to oneTettiale.
THE CATHOLIC QUILSTIONA delitHitiOn 11.06 thi
Roman Catholics of Clonmel lately waited on the k*rl
of DONOUGHMORS (Lite_ Lord HuTentusima),.M pleienr
an address of condolence upon the decease Of his
.bro-
ther, the late Earl, who had for nearly halt a '
century
been the steady and consistent advocate of their claims.,
The answer of the 'present ill to this address tonveyi
*wiry WholesOnne and necessary advice to the piih Ca-
tholics, for the future Management o their ea tie. It
comes, too, from a Nobleman who mixes, little in the
politics Of the hour, .and whose advice Must be, consi-;
dered as disinterested as it is soogaciOus. The Earl of.
Donouonstoaw,„ in that part of his answer to %which we,
allude, says:" tam call fin of the
,restric-
tions which still affect you, may be loud,. unanimous,
and Unceasing ; bbl allay me tb eitpress a hope that it
Will be 14ade, WO that becomes
jUstiCe of your .Cottse„Whlell) 'iltiir4)l44`nta.
lion of its most formidable weapons, and reconcile many
jest and. uptight men t 9. you, who, from the effects of
early habit dad education, now look upon all your pro.
ceedings with jealousy :kW ,suspicion, , Convince
spat
men that they have nothing tp,,apprehend, and
,t)ta,t
theirlears are imaginary—the contest is over-the, Davie
is won—your triumph is corplin. 'Yon have been des-
tined to live in si;ipst, enlightessedtimes, !lien it is im-
poss ble for any alliance, holy or untoly, to,preycnt,tlie
spread of knowledge, and the nmelioratipOot the
.cbodi-
tion of man, or to, pi evenktbstprogress of boman affairs
towards ratiotral liberty. .iscilitical% and tensions.
It is your gOod formai to, kw unito43. I trust. with
.404.
soluble ties, with a son,* just,,and a reasolint people
—amongst whom liberal, principles of every, kind 'con-
Ohne liontly and siakky to gain_strength. Convince their
reason, cultivite their pod opinion and affections, and
YR will not have,. ids to complain that you &re not
placed On the. fbotiqg of other, subjects. In my opinion
your 'cause is la. yAof _pros keeping ; nobody can Ulti-
mately defeat it buitcrselves." •
The .26th le St. clispiti. Day, about 6ft:
of the breshgenaariown to aa,racellent dinner in
,th,
Archers' Hall, Ediajaargb. .14,my loyal and patriotic
'Oasts were pledged awing tise. evening,. and•rveral of
lfe biethreh Amith tit the general hilarity by
VOA ftki Wit ii't:r;lbik, Vie Wives lea fa.
‘r II:61 4;l' ,11
inko
firt kciatt were *a, Trihen .daricing
tcommlncrecl, Vi114:4.44.14PP wY§Nritter4lo)P•i
Its St. Eliutobitb:e.: Jarnaic,A.. ,6149 rt :meet a
last iat of. posithicit lam ricasor. .t* his
Captain, by mistake sent a note of ipitibiliOvioalklii, ot wbichihe
itilloirhig is a csplf 14-10 s; ififfirtswisgavaim a WV Wu by held
:Poice.oltatiatob -io. ftee.4.iodtiputtl, Adt •ta fie
tb Oleo tkiptaeorn ss. to skive Ladies hat a dollar, to
commence at eight o'clock.

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