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THE LAPACHO TREE.—The lapacho is not only the finest,
but the most magnificent, of all trees. English oak is very
fine, but never to be compared to lapacho. From the solid
trunk of one of these trees a Portuguese scooped out at Villa
Real a canoe, which brought down to Assumption a hundred
bales of yerlia. (that is, 22,5001b5. of Paraguay tea,) several
hides made up into balls and filled with molasses, a load of
deals, seventy packages of tobacco, and eight Paraguay sailors
to manage the three masts and sails of the large, but yet, ele-
gantly, scooped-out trunk of the lapacho tree. Of this tree
are constructed vessels which, when 50 years old, may still be
called young. Their frame is not shaken, nor is their consti-
tution debilitated, by all the bumps they have on the sand-
banks of the Parana, nor by the searching rays of a tropical
sun, nor by the " even-down pours," as the Scotch have it,
of tropicali rains.—Robertson's Paraguay.
THE RUINS OF ANNI.—As I rode among the mounds of
stones, several coveys of the rock partridge rose from beneath
my horse's feet, so seldom are they disturbed in the once
crowded streets of the capital of Armenia. One solitary
Koordish shepherd, with his white felt cloak, was standing
beneath the shelter of a ruined porch, while his small flock of
mountain goats were perched upon the crumbling arches of
an adjoining bath. Shepherd and flock were both in keeping
with the desolation of the surrounding scene, anti would have
furnished a subject worthy of Salvator's pencil. In one of
the old roofless churches, a scanty fire, still smouldering
among the blackened ruins of the fallen altar, marked his
cheerless bivouac. My guide, dismounting, allowed his horse
to stray within the gateway of the sacred pile, and, sheltered
from the raw and piercing blast by the massive buttress of
the vaulted aisle, vainly attempted to fan the dying embers
to a flame.—Captain Wilbraham's Travels.
THE BATTLE-FIELD ON WHICH WELLINGTON EARNED
HIS FIRST LAURELS.—The battle of Assaye, which com-
pletely destroyed the power of Scindia south of the Ner-
budda, and established the superiority of the British in the
Deccan, was one of the most important achievments in the
history of British India. Fourteen years had elapsed since
this memorable engagement when I passed over the ground ;
but the strong position occupied by the Mahrattahs behind
the Ketnah river could still be traced by the line of field
works, which retained somethint, of a military appearance.
Assaye, from which the battle takes its name, is an insigni-
ficant village on the confluence of Ketnan and Juah, but is
capable of being made a very important post. The remains
of the mud wall by which it was secured were visible when I
passed, and I think that Scindia showed some skill in select-
ing such a protection for his left flank. Yet it was by turn-
ing the Mahrattahs at this very point that the victory was
won. Under all the circumstances, the battle of Assayc may
be regarded as a deed of daring valour, almost amounting to
temerity. The Mahrattahs were more than tenfold the
number of the British • they had a park of artillery consist-
ing of more than a hundred cannon, to which we could only
oppose a few light guns ; and they had a position of much
natural strength. In fact, our line of infantry was shaken
by the overwhelming fire, when the 19th dragoons and 4th
native cavalry executed a brilliant charge, and drove the
Mahrattahs from their guns. We found the field of battle
tenanted by Faquirs and Gosseins, Mahammedan and Hin-
doo hermits, who had erected huts near the mounds under
which the slain were interred, to pray for the souls of the
deceased. These devotees were supported by alms. As our
soldiers passed by, they planted flags by the side of the road,
and sung a sort of recitative, in which they celebrated the
praises of those who had fallen in the battle, concluding with
predictions that we should obtain similar glory, and that
poets better than themselves would celebrate our praise. The
sepoys were greatly effected by these appeals, and there were
few who did not drop some pice into the lota* or brass
dishes, which the mendicants had placed on the ground to
receive the contributions of the charitable.—Bevan 's Thirty
Years in India.

THURSDAY.
The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs each, with 25 added ; for
three-year-old colts Bst 61b, fillies .Sst 31b. One mile and
three quarters. The.owner of. the second to,receive back
his stake. (7 subscribers.) 1
Lord Eglington's br c Malvolio
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Mr. Clark's ch f Imogene, Langar '' • "
Mr. F. R. Price's b cScout,- by SL. Nicholas , 3
Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, for tsm:yearold colts Bst 51b,
fillies Bst 21b, Golborne subScribers.) • •
Mr. Fowler's b f Latta Rookh, by Defence, out of Leila- -
Mr. King's bc by Abbas Mir7,a, ont,o Honeymoon.. 2
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The Borough Cup,, value 100 so..vs., added to a Sweepstakes
of 10 sovs. each; three-year-olds to varrv` -6st 31b, four
Bst 21h, five Sat 101 b, six and aged -9st. The winner of
100 soya. in 'value in 1839 befOre Starting to-m,rv- lib eken.
Maiden four,year.olds and-upwards at starting alto red
Mile and a half.- (12 subscribers.) . - •
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Mr. Denham's h c Compeusatlon, 4 yri,„,31,,4..,.iid, I 1
Mr. Ramsey's bl hThe-Doetor, 5 yysf. 4
Lord Westminster's br h.-Cardinal Puff,' t
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The Empress Catharine, used to say of the Russian climate,
" We have eight months of;winter And four of bad weather:.".

A virtuous man who has pasSed through the., temptations
of the world, may be compared to the lishiwhich*e,rifilithli,
time in salt water, yet is still,fresh
Sheridan having declined walking out with an 411441
maiden lady, on the pretence of hadt7eaSlaer,„•cias it by
lady afterwards walking bf hims'elf._ _ , ,'"*;-'lTtl 'Sheridan 7;
said she, " it -has cleared Ant." ..;-",,114; ill adarirrE'sfed 14. i.-,
" enough for one, but not enough,fiir kt4,!',,,• .*:•.-,:i ;: a 1441 '
THE LIFE OF A " GENTLEMAN.'''-lti ket4 up! leisi2ir4ol
breakfasts conafortably--,reads tlie?paper regularlY 4-L.titag*
fashionably—lounges fastidiously—eats a tart gravetyr:7tattla
insipidly—dines cop s ide rably-7drinks su peril uousl yT-r, kyls
time indifferently7-Sups.'elegantly--. to i.eci- qupiAiiito.
lives uselessly • • •' • '.' '. " - -'
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The delightful game Of eliess, before' Which' all Otlig;1114;
their diminished heads, 'is the Well-known legacy' of Pei-gall'
intellect, and retains in its nomenclature. traces of itsorien+al
origin. Thus check' the warning of .attack. on :the, hostile;
monarch, is simply 4.S'clieik ! or ."Eing !'.' though French:
gallantry has extended the imitation, -at the expense Of th.ft
etymology, by' saying alao " &bee a la izei4.:- Again th
fearful consummation 'of check Mate ! is hut' the Axe*`
variety of Scheik mat! "the king is dead t'" -•-"
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TAE COAST BETWEEN THE'LA PEATA4ND RIO IVEGito:'
—Rain rarely falls on the western Pampas ; but thereiti4l
clouds and showers of a different •-ldnd, of which the foliovw
- •
ing is an instance:—" The horizon,,. says Captain Fitz.rOro
" was strangely distorted by refraction and I anticipated,some violent change: • Suddenly, myriads' of white butterilia.,
surrounded the' ship, ill ;sueli MultitUdes that the Men eg-.
claimed, 'it is snowing butterflies.' They were drivetfliefOre,
a gust from the north-xest, whichsdoninereasedlo trdottbrd'...`.
reefed topsail breeze, and were as numerous as flakes, of snow.
in the thickest shower. The space they occupied e,ould•not,
have been less thin two hundred yards' in lieag-V,' a njleiiii.
width, and several miles 'in length:" • • :' •
Examining carefully the internal structure of ihe, perfect.
animal and the perfect vegetable, and observing ircinuteflitTle'
manner in which both are fed and nourished, we find a 'vOry,:'
striking resemblance between the.organs of • digestion;:oiretv.!
lation, and respiration of both ; for they,; display._ the most..
remarkable property of organised beings, as distiaguishing.
them from dead inorganised matter—that of internal nutri-
tion and growth. They receive into themselves foreign and
dead substances, and change them within their own organs to
different substances; throw off from themselves such as are:
not needed for the support of the being ; and expose the rest
to the air, or breathe upon it; and then from this select one,
portion for supplying the waste of the body, anotherfor the:
growth, forming out of it all the varying substaribes which
enter into the man or the tree.
MODERN REFINEMENT.—The grand' error of the day.
seems to be that of c•alling themselves ladies, when it.'ong,lit'
to be their ambition to be woinetir7women who fill 'a place
and occupy a post—members of the eonlmonwealth--suv
porters of the fabric .of society77the %inobvgkeels and,ageret
springs of the great machine of huramilife'aild a:ctihi, which,
cannot move harmonionsly,'hof-ivith; tali 'Aired till,lli¢ 0.-,
complishment of any great or noble•puepoWwttileel6oed '
with the lovely burdens,,ankiniptdeti laktfie stiblifi atti-*
tudes of those useless trieinhers of,,thettata,u4Y, Whip cast
themselves about on evei.y. hand; in Rfe,,whi ligalie .fli 1/eilltf
valued and admired tbr doing nothing. AniOngsr,the changes
introduced by-modern twee`,-icis-not.-Tbe-r-reast,:tiviklng-tfiat'
all the daughters of trades-peoplei whew-sent 'to sohoet,- are.
no longer girls, but yoeng ladies. . What a...catialogne .of,,
miseries might be inadeout, as the con,sequence,af.*is mid,
taken ambition of the women of England to be ladies ! Gen-
tlewomen they may be, and refined women too ; for when did
either gentleness or true refinement 'disqualify a Wbniark.from
her proper duties ? But that askumptioh- of delieitby--Whieh
unfits them for the real business of life, ii more:to be dreaded
in its fatal influence upon their happiness, than the most..
agonising disease with which they could .be afflicted. It ..
is needless to Say that women of this morbid imbecile cha-
meter have no influence. They are so occupied with the
minutiae of their own personal miseries, that they have no
time to think of the sin and sorrow existing in the world
around them. Whatever is proposed to them in the way of
doing good, is sure to meet with a listless, weary, murmuring
denial; for if the hundred-and-one objections, arising out of
other fancied causes; should be obviated, there are their end-
less and inexhaustible nerves. Alas ! alas! that English
women should have ever have found • themselves out to be
possessed of nerves ! Not the. most exquisite creation of the
poet's fancy was ever 'supposed to be more susceptible of
pain, than is now the highly educated young lady, who re-
clines upon a couch in ha apartment slightly separated from
that in which,her father sells his goods, and but one remove
from the sphere of her mother's culinary toil.—Mrs. Ellis.
FuRTREP., Dtscovnums AT WHATLRY.—Some time since
we furnished an account of the discovery of a Roman villa at
Whatley, near Frome, Soinersetshire. We nowlearn from
a resident gentleman, that many other very interesting dis-
coveries have recently teen Made. 'lii ranking sonic. further
excavations a small part of a wall has been laid open; it is
covered with paintings on fine plaster, similar to that discov-
ered by Mr. Lyons some years since -at Colesbourn, in
Gloucestershire. These are supposed to be the only fr' ag.
merits of the kind hitherto discovered in this- island in their
original position. The pattern is rudely executed, but the -
colours are distinguishable. The remains, of which this room
formed a part, are imagined to be the site of.a Roman villa;
and from the nature of its construction, its occupier must
have been a person of some rank and authority. Therelitive
also been found on the spot some coins of the emperors•Clau*:
dins and Constantine, a curious bronze spoon, a small bronze
animal, resembling a goat or sheep, probably a tntelary god of
the Romans, a large needle of the same.metal,,and.some fra*
ments of fine pottery, Which_ have been, broken and -joined::
together with inolten,leadi the parts so wended being.fliscov'. -
ered in that state, its value therefore, must .havebeen: cone:
siderable. The discevery of the coin of the Emperor claudins-,,
induces a belief that the fine tessellated paveineutAlid2,ollell..
last autumn and still visible, tanstlae.of great,antiqukey, The
Emperor Claudius spent ' some. MOTIOI4. at,Bath. -anti :other- ,--
parts of Somersetshire, in the early part of, the firetventf444l-6
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