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SINGULAR ANECDOTE.—And here we heard a little anec-
dote so pretty anu su IllUtal lit j..m. --la —or.
upon any account, omit relating it to you :—About ten days
ago, one of the farm-keeper's wives was going homewards
through the wood, when she saw a roebuck running towards
her with great speed. Thinking that it was going to attack
her with its horns, she was considerably alarmed ; but, at
the distance of a few paces, the animal stopped, and disap-
peared among the bushes. The woman -recovered herself,
and was proceeding on her way, when the roebuck appeared
again, ran towards her as before, and again retreated, with-
out doing her any harm. On this being done a third time,
the woman was induced to follow it till it led her to the side
of a deep ditch, in which she discovered a young roebuck
unable to extricate itself, and on the point of being smothered
in the water. The woman immediately endeavoured to
rescue it, during which the other roebuck stood by quietly,
and, as soon as her exertions were successful, the two ani-
mals galloped away together.—Life and Correspondence of
M. G. Lewis.
CAOUTCHOUC HORSE SHOES.—We said last week that
horses were not yet to be shoed with felt; it seems, however,
that they are to be shod with India rubber. The Veterina-
rian says—" The well-known elasticity of this substance,
together with the analogy of its nature and consistence with
the natural state of some parts of the foot, seem to point it
out not only as a remedy in abnormal states of this organ,
but as a conservative application in its more healthy condi-
tion. To the physical property of elasticity, although only
partially possessed by leather, may be attributed the chief
benefit, if not all the advantages, derived from the use of it :
it is a spring interposed between the shoe and the foot, which,
diminishing the force of concussion, obviates a portion of its
evil effects. Caoutchouc is a non-conductor of electricity,
and probably may possess some protective influence over the
various delicate tissues and beautiful organization of the foot.
The debilitating effect of metallic contact is known and well
appreciated by the human physician."
ADVANTAGES OF CULTIVATION.—Vegetation, when as-
sisted by human contrivances, is the best possible means of
improving the air, and rendering a country fitter for the
abode of mankind. Cultivation removes the corruption and
decaying vegetables ' • and by turning them under the earth,
makes them nourish the ground, instead of poisoning the air.
Many British colonies, at one time so deadly, are now
healthy, not so much from the care of the new corner, in
avoiding the remote causes of dise, as from the greater
number of these causes being removed by cultivation. I
mean here, by cultivation, that treatment of the land by
which it will furnish the largest possible quantity of food for
man and the domestic animals he employs ; wherever we find
corn capable of growing, that country is, or by human labour
may be made, healthy. Cultivation, likewise, always renders
a country warmer, for a large quantity of vegetable matter is
raised on a given space ; and what is vegetable life but the
conversion of certain gases, oxygen, hydrogen, azote, and
carbonic acid into solid matter, and a change of form—an
alteration from a rarer to a denser state—:which must be ac-
companied by the extrication of .heat? What is it that
makes living vegetables so difficult of being frozen, compared
to dead ones, but this constant formation and existence of
caloric in them ? As an example of the evolution of heat, by
the process of vegetation, it may be mentioned, that, on
looking into a wood in spring, we shall find the small plants
more advanced in size and strength than those of the plains.
—Saturday Magazine.
ROBERT MACAIRE.—The male beggar of fashion is not
so well known among us in Paris, where street-doors are
open, six or eight families live in a house, and the gentleman
who earns his livelihood by this profession can make half a
dozen visits without the trouble of knocking from house to
house, and the pain of being observed by the whole street,
while the footman is examining him from the area. Some
few may be seen in England about the inns of court, where
the locality is favourable ; but Paris is full of such adven-
turers—fat, smooth-tongued, and well-dressed, with gloves
and gilt-headed canes, who would almost be insulted by the
offer of silver, and expect your gold as their right. Among
these, of course, our friend Robert plays his part ; and an
excellent engraving represents him, snuff-box in hand, ad-
vancing to an old gentleman, whom, by his poodle, his pow-
dered air, and his drivelling stupid' look, one knows to be a
Carlist of the old regime. " I beg pardon," says Robert,
" is it really yourself to whom I have the honour of speaking ?"
"It is." Do you take snuff ?" " I thank you." " Sir,
I have had misfortunes—l want assistance. lam a Vendean
of illustrious birth. You know the family of Mucairbec—we
are of Brest. My grandfather served the king in his gaileys
—my father and I also belong to the marine. Unfortunate
suits at law have plunged us into difficulties, and I do not
hesitate to ask you for the succour of ten francs." " Sir, I
never give to those I don't know." " Right, sir, perfectly
right. Perhaps you will have the kindness to lend me ten
francs ?"—London and Westminster Review.

MANY-COLOURED STARS.—The light of the stars is by
no means uniform : the ray of Sirius, for instance, differs
not merely in intensity, but in kind from the ray of Vega;
and in countries where the atmosphere is less humid and hazy
tridn ours, the difference is striking to the naked eye—one
star shining as an emerald, another as a ruby, and the whole
heavens sparkling as with various gems. This attribute of
variety of colours also characterises the double stars ; but the
remarkable thing is, that in many instances, when one is
of one marked colour, its companion is of the opposite. In-
stances abound in which a red and green star are associated,
or a yellow and blue. When the stars are of different degrees
of brilliancy, this contrast may originate in an optical delu-
sion—in that tendency which disposes the eye, when gazing
on any bright colour, to endow fainter objects near it with
the opposite or complimentary colour by way of relief ; but
the explanation is not universally borne out,' inasmuch as
many couples, in precisely similar circumstances, show no
such contrast. Sir John Herschell was at first decidedly in-
clined to attribute this phenomenon to an actual difference of
colour ; and although he has since—perhaps -on good grounds
—half relinquished that conclusion, we have the acquiescing
testimony of Struve, founded on observations with the Dor-
pat telescope, whose clearness has never yet been rivalled-, so
that we may not absolutely part with the early pleasing specu-
lations of the British astronomer. "It may easier be sug-
gested in words," says Sir John, " than conceived in imagi-
nation, what variety of illumination two stars—a red and a
green, or a yellow and blue one—must afford a planet circu-
lating around either ; and what cheering contrasts and grate-
ful vicissitudes, a red and green day, for instance, alternating
with a white one and with darkness, might arise from the
presence or absence of one or other, or both, from the
horizon !"—Dr. Nicol's View of the.. Architecture of the
Heavens.
THE LATE REV. DR. VYAUGFI AND THE SECEDERS.—
Dr. Waugh could enjoy an innocent joke with as much zest
as any one ; and few men could tell a humorous story with
better effect. A reverend friend of his has told me that he
has often heard him relate a short amusing anecdote, though
at the expence of the body to which he belonged. The anec-
dote was this. A worthy but blunt old man, living in the
part of Scotland from which Dr. Waugh came, had been so
sand-blind from his youth, as to be unable to read without the
help of glasses of a greatly magnifying power, and even then
not without difficulty and pain. Being, however, a lover of
the scriptures, he made one of hit sons, a little boy about
thirteen years of age, read a portion of them every night.
The old man I should here remark, was a most rigid seceder.
He could scarcely be brought to‘admit that piety could exist
among any other body of christians. One evening, before
goitig'to bed,- his son was reading the usual chapter, and,
happening to light on that one in Timothy, in which it is
said that the time will come when " wicked men and evil
seducers shall wax worse and worse," the boy by mistake
—and we all know such mistakes will happen—read " se-
ceders," for the word " seducers." "Eh ! fats that ye say,
laddie ? " exclaimed the worthy old man, in his own hasty
manner. " Just read that verse again." The boy read the
verse a second time, and again fell into the same error.
" Just let me see the buik," said the honest but blunt se-
ceder ; and as he spoke he hastily stretched-out his hand and
snatched the Bible from the hands of his son. His glasses
were forthwith produced, and got some half-dozen extra rubs
with his handkerchief before he adjusted them on his nose.
He looked at the verse, and seeing but very imperfectly com-
menced spelling the word. " Se—se—se—." He then,
owing to his deficient vision, mistook the three intervening
letters, " dud," but read the remaining three, " ers," quite
correctly. Finding that the two first and the three last let-
ters of the word answered for the term " seceders," the poor
man thought that was actually the word., His confusion on
thus fancying that the denomination to which he belonged,
was expressly condemned in one of the epistles of St. Paul,
was inexpressible. He uttered or rather half-uttered, a sig-
nificant humph," and followed it up with the remark, clos-
ing the book as he spoke. " Johnny, lad, that 'll do for the
nicht."—The Metropolitan Pulpit; by the Author of" Ran-
dom Recollections."
GRAFTING TREES FOR NEW VARIETIES.—Every pro-
prietor of a landed estate is either a planter, or possesses
trees already planted. If he is in the former case, he will
learn from this work to combine beauty with utility, by
planting, in the outer margins of his natnral woods or artifi-
cial plantations, and along the open rides in them, and in the
hedgerows of his lanes and public roads, trees which are at
once highly ornamental and more or less useful—in some
cases, perhaps, ever more useful—than the common indige-
nous trees for which they are substituted. If, on the other
hand, his estate is already fully planted, he will learn from
this work how he may beautify his plantations by a mode
which never yet has been applied in a general way to forest
trees—viz., by heading down large trees of the common spe-
cies, and grafting on them foreign species of the same genus.
This is a common practice in orchards of fruit trees ; and
why it should not be so in parks, and pleasure grounds, along
the margins of woods, and in the trees of hedgerows, no
other reason can be assigned than that it has not hitherto
been generally thought of. Hawthorn hedges are common
everywhere ; and there are between twenty and thirty beau-
tiful species and varieties of thorn in our nurseries which
might be grafted on them. Why should not proprietors of
wealth and'taste desire their gardeners to graft some of the
rare and beautiful sorts of tree thorns on the common haw-
thorn bushes, at intervals, so as to form standard trees, in
such of their hedges as border public roads ? And why
should not the scarlet oak and the scarlet acer be grafted OR
the common species of these genera, along the margins of
woods and plantations ? Such improvements the more
strongly recommend themselves, because to many they would
involve no extra expense, and in every case the effect would
be almost immediate. —Loudon's Aboretum et Fruticetum
Britannicum. • ,

Ipping iintritignut.

TUESDAY, MAY 14.—Wind North.

SAlLED—Roscius, Collins, and Equator, Bisson, for New York—
Patriot King, Clarke, for Calcutta—Traveller, Pallet, for Pernambuco
—Riga, Smith, fpr New Orleans. ,

Enmore, Nash, from Calcutta at St. Helena, and sailed 13th March
for London _

Sir John Tobin, Griffiths, from Mauritius at St. Helena, and sailed
18th March for this port
Bleng, *Dowell, from Madras at St. Helena, and sailed 221
March foil this port
St. GeOrge, Williams, from Calcutta and the Cape of Good Hope,
at St. Helena, and sailed 28th March for this port
John Bull, Lind, hence for Pernau, at Elsinore
Liberty, Robertson, hence for Rostock, at ditto
Ida Maria, Behrendt, from Danzic for this port, at ditto
Catharina Maria, Sanftleben, from Rostock for this port, at ditto
Sir R. Peel, M'Kellar, from the Mauritius, at the Clyde
Ravenswood, Fraser, from Antigua, at ditto
Thomas Snook, Baker, from Berbice, at Plymouth
Mary Laing, Shearer, from Honduras, at ditto
Castilian Maid, Scott, and Ace of Trumps, Lidatone, hence at St.
Michael's
Lark, Stevens, sailed from ditto for this port 13th April
Cornelia, Betts, sailed from Ancona for this port 29th April
Jacques, —, hence at Marseilles
Comet, Pearson, hence at Gironde '
Euphan, Drysdale, hence for St. Petersburgh at Kingstown
Atalanta, Dott, hence for Aberdeen at Newry, leaky and with
pumps choked
Iris, Easton, from Apinrade at routh, and sailed 11th instant
for this port
Castries, Mondell, from Bahia, and Enphemia, Pennington, from
Charente, oft Dover, both with loss of anchor and chain
BORNH oLm, April 28.—The Petersburgh, Medel, hence to Riga,
got on shore on the Buka Reef, near liaise, this morning during a
heavy fog, but came off after throwing part of her cargo (salt)
overboard

WEDNESDAY, MAY Is.—Wind W. to N. fresh.

ARRIVED.—Mary Howland, Weare, from New Orleans,

SAILED.—Sarah-Trotman, Brown, for Barbadoes—Fenella,Wake-
ham, for Gibraltar, &c.—Guilia, Marachini, for Trieste—Hercules,
Zeplein, and Argus, Berche, for St. Petersburg—Craigie Var, Bar-
clay, for Narva—Henry, Halsall, for Messina, &c.—and L'Adrien,
Boru, for Bourdeaux.

Cambridge, Douglas, sailed from Bombay for Canton 28th July
John Bagshaw, , from Calcutta, at Rangoon
Hope, , hence at Halifax
Emma, Percival, & Margaret Highfield, Thom, hence at Leghorn
Triumph, Andrews, from Bristol and Newport, at Trieste, and
sailed 26th April for this port
Dalmarnock. M`Farlane, from Bahia, at ditto
Malcolm, Malcom, from Pernambuco, at ditto
Henry, Cleal, hence at Gibraltar
Carolina, Huechvich, from Trieste, at ditto, and sailed 25th April
for this port
Sceptre, Bartlett, from Alexandria, at ditto, and sailed 28th April
for this port
Jane Smith, Swanson, from St. Domingo, at ditto
Iris, Forbes, from ditto, at ditto, and sailed Ist inst. for Leghorn
Abo, Lindquist, hence at Cadiz
Robert Burns, , hence at Denia
Fancy, Titchner, hence at-Lisbon
Constanca, Avelar, hence at ditto 4th instant
Brooke, Bleasdale, from Para, at ditto
Oporto, Smith, hence at Oporto Ist instant
Sovereign, Jones, hence at ditto
Mary Bibby, Metcalf, sailed from Trieste 29th April, and the La-
vinia, Mara, 2nd May, both for this port
Lady Basset, Carthew, sailed from Lisbon Ist instant; Adriana,
Bale, on the 2nd, and Hiram, Gibson, on the 4th—all for this port
Coquette, Sandars, sailed from Figtleira for Newfoundland 2nd
instant
Wave, Pugsley, hence for London, at Cork
James Turcan, Turcan, from Manilla, at Falmouth
. New York Packet, Gregory, from Monte Video, off ditto
Duke of Bedford, Bowen, from Calcutta, at Scilly

Trinidad Packet, , from Berbice, off ditto
Hortensia, Willie, from Manilla for London, put into St. Helena
14th March, to stop a leak, and has discharged part of her cargo

THURSDAY, MAY 16.—Wind N.W.

ARRlVED.—Franklin, Farrell, from New York; sailed 16th April
—William, Clark, from New Orleans—Donor, from Odessa
—John Souchay, ' from Genoa—lris, , from Stettin—
Trinity Yacht, Johnson, from Lisbon—lntrepid, Stewart, from De.
merara ; sailed 25th March—London, Patten, from New Orleans ;
sailed 27th March—Troy, Wood, from New York; sailed 10th April
—lsabella, Dick,
Charleston : sailed 13th April—Josephine, Scott, from Barbadoes ;
sailed 2gth March—Eleanor,M'Pherson, from New Orleans—Carrol
of Carrollton, Bird, from Mobile—and George IV, —, from
Cadiz.

Jessie Logan, Major, from Charleston; sailed lath April. On
2nd May, in lat. 49, long. 24, spoke the Mary Ann Hatton, hence
for Pictou. In lat. 51, long. 8, spoke the Hannah, hence for Havana,

.
James Holmes, hence for Sincapore, was spoken 7th inst.
n lat. 46, long. I 0
Stirlingshire, Scollay, from Rio Janeiro, at the Cape of Good Hope
Fairfield, Abbott, hence at ditto, and sailed 2nd March for South
Australia

, hence for Savannah, was spoken 2nd instant, in
lat. 45, long. 20 _ .

GeOige Anson, , from Smyrna for this port, at Milford
Liverpool, Johnston, from Mobile. at Crookhaven
Emerald: (of Liverpool) was on shore at Algesiras Bth April

Ellen, Gill, hence at Demerara _
Harriet, , from Teignmouth for Runcorn, was abandoned.
12th inst. in lat. 50 31, long. 7 24 ; crew saved by the Carrol of Car-
rollton

America, , hence for Quebec, was spoken 27th April, in lat.
46, long. 21
Gondola, , from Mobile for Liverpool, was spoken 4th May,
in lat. 48, long. 10 37

Orpheus, Bailey, hence for New York, was spoken 9th May, in
lat. 51, long. 7
CAPS OF Goon Hors, March s.—The Trafalgar, from Liver-
pool for New South Wales, wrecked 22nd ult. has been sold with
her cargo for .i'3ooo.

LATEST DATES AT LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL MARKET. MAY 15.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
onth potatoes new 2 10eL3 81) sere
New Hay.... 0 • 011 - Came Ditto 1 V z
Clover Hay.. 0 7 0 10 Turnips 0 0 0 0 -
Straw, Wheat 0 8 0 8} - Carrots -
Straw, Oat .. 0 7 0 0— Manglewurzle 0 0 0 0 -
Straw, Barley 0 6 0 0- Manure 8 610 6 -
Green Clover 0 0 0 0 -