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At least one hundred thousand good impressions can he
obtained from a wood-cut, if properly engraved and carefully
printed.
BREWING.—A few things necessary to be known in brew-
ing, in order to have good beer. First mash ; to every four
gallons of boiling water add one of cold, and mash directly,
stirring it well. In summer let the liquor remain on the goods
only two hours, or it will turn acid. - Boil the wort till it
settles down fine in a glass. Take care the yeast is not stale,
or it will affect the whole. Let the vessel be very clean. Turn
the second morning, and keep the barrels filled up till the
fermentation ceases. When the wort is boiling, add to every
fifty gallons one ounce of sal-prunel, or in the same quanti-
ties, mix half a pound of flour. When it is turned, if the beer
is not very strong, it will be fit to drink in a fortnight.

A HOLE IN THE WALL.—Lady Huntingdon once spoke to
a workman who was repairing a garden wall and pressed him
to take some thought concerning eternity and the state of his
soul. Some years afterwards she was speaking to another
on the same subject, and said to him, " Thomas, I fear you
never pray, nor look to Christ for salvation."—" Your lady-
ship's mistaken," answered the man. " I heard whatpassed
between you and James at such a time, and the word you de-
signed for him took effect on me." " How did you hear
it ? " enquired her ladyship. " I heard it," answered the
man, " on the other side of the garden, through a hole in the
wall, and shall never forget the impression I received."—
Countess of Huntingdon's Life and Times, Vol. 11.

ANECDOTE OF THE REV. JOHN BERRIDGE.—In a letter
to 'Lady Huntingdon Mr. B. says :—" I have been whipping
pretty severely for fighting out of my proper regiment, and
for rambling out of the bounds of my parish : arid whilst the
smart of the rod remains upon my back, and it will weigh
with me more than a thousand arguments. All marching
officers are not general officers ; and every one should search
out the extent of his commission. A Gospel minister, who
has a church, will have a diocese annexed to it, and is only
an overseer or bishop of that diocese; and let him, like
faithful Grimshaw, look well to it. An Evangelist, who has
no church, is a metropolitan, or. a cosmopolitan, and may
ramble all over the kingdom, or all the world over ; and these
are more highly honoured than the others, though they are
not always duly sensible of the honour.—Countess of
Huntingdon's Life and Tinges, Vol. 11.

INTERESTING INCIDENT CONNECTED WITH THE LATE
SUICIDE AT THE MONUMENT.-It will be recollected that
in the first accounts which appeared in the public papers re-
lative to the suicide of the ill-fated Miss Moyes, it was stated
that the body in its descent struck against a bird-cage, which
was hanging on the right side of the Monument door, and
broke it into pieces, but no mention was made of the
feathered prisoner in the cage. On inquiring out of curiosity,
yesterday, Jenkins, the keeper of the column, said that the
bird, a male goldfinch (what bird fanciers call " a cock of
six," from having six white marks under the extremities of
the tail feathers), escaped when the cage was broken, and
flew away. In about an hour afterwards the bird returned,
and perched itself on one of the plants in the tubs near the
door, and allowed itself to be retaken. The pretty creature
now attracts almost as much attention as the Monument
itself, and Jenkins has been offered more than its weight in
gold for it, but he refuses to part for love or money with his
faithful favourite.—Morning Herald.

THE CHURCH.—On the character of its ministers the
prosperity of the Church will at all times greatly depend.
That they should first be men of talents and piety is devoutly
to be desired. Education succeeds to prepare them for this
peculiar service. Could a greater blessing be wished for the
human race than that it might be regarded as an universal
maxim, " that no man should receive an education for the
pastoral office who had not first been made a partaker of a
divine nature, and know the grace of God in truth ?" Could
a man write Latin with the elegance of a Cicero, or Greek
with the sublimity of a Plato ? could he compose poetry like
Virgil, and vie as a mathematician with Euclid or Sir Isaac
Newton, how little would they all conduce to make him a
good minister of Jesus Christ ; for they all lie at the remo-
test distance from the knowledge of a Saviour, and the doc-
trine which is according to godliness ! The most illiterate
man that ever entered a pulpit, if he understands the me-
thod of salvation, is versed in the Scriptures, and can tell one
unvarnished tale of Him who died upon the cross to save the
chief of sinners, though he cannot utter a single sentence
without a breach of the rules of grammar, is infinitely better
qualified for the pastoral office, and will do unspeakably more
service in promoting the salvation of immortal souls.—Coun-
tess of Huntingdon's Life and Times, Vol. 11.
INTERESTING DISCOVERY IN VACCINATION.—MT.
surgeon of Aylesbury, has demonstrated the important fact,
that small-pox and cow-pox have the same ingress, the latter
being small-pox communicated to the cow. Mr. C. inocu-
lated cows with small-pox matter; the vesicle produced in
the animal had every appearance of the vaccine pock. To
ascertain the point, children were inoculated with matter
taken from the cow thus artificially infected ; the result was,
a tine, genuine vaccine vesicle. To establish the fact satis-
factorily, these children were submitted to small-pox inocu-
lation, and found to be protected from the disease. Twenty-
five successive inoculations have now been performed with
this new virus, which may truly be named vanola vaccine,
and it continues to produce the most satisfactory vesicles;
the matter has been employed in Bristol with perfect success.
The importance of this discovery cannot be too highly appre-
ciated. Small-pox often breaks out in countries where cow-
pox cannot be procured; now, it is only necessary to inocu-
late a cow with the small-pox, and this virulent morbid
poison, so fatal to human life, will be converted by this use-
ful animal into a mild fluid capable of protecting all inocula-
ted with it, from that dreadful malady the small-pox.

SOCIETY IN LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER.—When I
was young I spent a good deal of my time in Manchester and
Liverpool ; and I profess I give preference to the former.
There you were oppressed only by the aristocracy of wealth ;
in the latter by the aristocracy of wealth and letters by turns.
You could not help feeling that some of their great men were
authors among merchants, and merchants among authors.
Their bread was buttered on both sides, snd they had you at
a disadvantage either way. The Manchester cotton-spinners,
on the contrary, set up no pretensions beyond their looms,
were hearty good fellows, and took any information or dis-
play of ingenuity on their subjects in good part. I remember
well being introduced to a distinguished patron of art and
rising merit at a little distance from Liverpool, and was re-
ceived with every mark of attention and politeness, till the
conversation turning on Italian literature, our host remarked
that there was nothing in the English language corresponding
to the severity of the Italian ode—except, perhaps, Alexan-
der's Feast and Pope's St. Cecilia ! I could no longer con-
tain my desire to display my smattering in criticism, and be-
gan to contend that. Pope's Ode was, as it appeared to me,
far from an example of severity in writing. I soon perceived
what I had done, but here am I writing Table-talk in conse-
quence. Alas ! I knew as little of the world then as Ido
now. I never could understand anything beyond an abstract
definition.—Hazlitt.
EXECUTION OF MARY JONES.-4' It is a circumstance
not to be forgotten that she was very young (under 19), and
most remarkably handsome. She went to the linendraper's
shop, took some coarse linen off the counter, and slipped it
under her cloak. The shopman saw her, and she laid it
' down • for this she was hanged. Her defence was, that
she had lived in credit and wanted for nothing till a pressgang
came and stole her husband from her, but since then she
had no bed to lie on, nothing to give her two children to eat,
and they were almost naked •, and perhaps she might have
done something wrong, for she hardly knew what she did.'
The parish officers testified the truth of this story. But it
seems there had been a good deal of shoplifting about Lud-
gate—an example was thought necessary—and this woman
was hanged for the comfort and satisfaction of some shop-
keepers in Ludgate-street. When brought to receive sen-
tence she behaved in such a frantic manner as proved her
mind to be in a distracted and desponding state ; and the
child was sucking at her breast when she set out for Tyburn
gallows! Let us reflect a little on this woman's fate. The
poet says An honest man's the noblest work of GoD.'
He might have said, with equal truth, that a beauteous woman
is the noblest work of GOD' But for what cause was GOD'S
creation robbed of this its noblest work? It was for no
injury, but for a mere attempt to clothe two naked children
by unlawful means. Compare this with what the state did,
and what the law did. The state bereaved the woman of her
husband, and the children of a father, who was all their sup-
port : the law deprived the woman of her life, and the
children of their remaining parent, exposing them to every
danger, insult, and merciless treatment that destitute and
helpless orphans suffer. Take all the circumstances together,
I do not believe that a fouler murder was ever committed
against law than the murder of this woman by law."—From
Sir William Meredith's Speech in the House of Commons.
OUTLETS TO BRITISH CAPITAL IN THE EAST—Com-
merce at large, and also British commerce, is not at more
than its first developments. In proof of this see the countries
of the world unvisited by commerce.—Keeping out of view
the expanse of Africa, or the superb tracts of the American
continent; recurrence to the Eastern hemisphere is sufficient
to show how little is commenced, and how much remains to
be prosecuted of a commercial character. In reference to
the East, it were well posterity should ponder upon the effect
which one fatal error has entailed upon the whole train of
of British Interests, and how, from a single principle of mo-
nopoly, a grievance of so leviathan extent grew up, as to the
present day to have reduced the countries of the Oriental
world to an obsure idea, and of allowing, as in the instance of
Russia, the legitimate channels of British mercantile enter-
prise to have devolved to the keeping of foreigners. But if
along the northern chain of countries which bound Asia from
the Don to the Caspian—from the Caspian to the central part
of the wild Toorkmuns, through Persia, Tartary, and on to
the very wall of Pekin, we find the Russians in possession of
that vast traffic, it will not excite surprise that on the south-
ern extremities of that continent, along the luxuriant and
picturesque regions forming its tropical girdle—the merchants
nearly in exclusive possession of the profits of trade—are the
Chinese. " The most extensive, intimate, and probably the
most ancient, of the foreign commercial relations of the In-
dian Islands," is that with China ; there is engaged in this
commerce 30,000 tons of shipping, which is " 9000 tons more
than that usually engaged in the direct intercourse between
Great Britain and China."—Oriental Herald.

LADIES IN PARLIAMENT.-At one period of her life, Lady
Huntingdon appears to have been much occupied with po-
litical questions. Her sentiments were comformable with
those of Sir Robert Walpole and his administration; and she
was much connected with the courtiers of that day. A little
incident which occurred at this period will serve to mark the
natural ardour of her character. There were some stormy
debates in the House of Lords, in May INS, on the depreda-
tions of the Spaniards, in which Lord Huntingdon, Lord
Hervey, and others- of his intimate friends took a leading
part. Her Ladyship expressed her intention of being present,
though ladies were excluded. "At the last warm debate in
the House of Lords, (says Lady Mary Wortley Montague)
it was unanimously resolved there should be no unnecessary
auditors ; consequently the fair sex were excluded, and the
gallery destined to the sole use of the House of Commons.
Notwithstanding which determination, a tribe of dames re-
solved to show, on this occasion, that neither men nor laws
'could resist them. The heroines were Lady Huntingdon, the
Duchess of Queensbury, the Duchess of Ancaster, Lady
Westmoreland, Lady Cobham, Lady Charlotte Edwin, Lady
Archibald Hamilton and her daughter, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Pen-
darves, and Lady Frances Saunderson. lam thus particular
in their names, since I looked upon them to be the boldest
assertors and most resigned sufferers for liberty I ever read
of. They presented themselves at the door at nine o'clock
in the morning, when Sir William Sanderson respectfully in-
formed them that the Chancellor had made an order against
their admittance. The Duchess of Queensbury, as head of
the squadron, " pished" at the ill-breeding of a mere lawyer,
and desired Sir William to let them up stairs privately. After
some modest refusals, he swore he would not admit them.
Her Grace, with a noble warmth, answered, they would come
in, in spite of the Chancellor and the whole House. This
being reported, the Peers resolved to starve them out : an
order was made that the doors should not be opened till they
had raised their siege. These Amazons now showed them-
selves qualified for the duty even of foot-soldiers ; they stood
there till five in the afternoon, without sustenance, every now
and then plying vollies of thumps, kicks, and raps, with so
much violence against the door that the speakers of the
House were scarce heard. When the Lords were not to be
conquered by this, the two Duchesses (very well apprised of
the use of stratagems in war) commanded a silence of half an
hour ; and the Chancellor, who thought this a certain proof
of their absence, (the Commons also being very impatient to
enter,) gave orders for the opening of the door, upon which
they all rushed in, pushed aside their competitors, and placed
themselves in the front rows of the gallery. They stayed
there till after eleven, when the House rose ; and during the
debate gave applause, and showed marks of dislike, not only
by smiles and winks (which have always been allowed in these
cases,) but by noisy laughs and apparent contewpts, which
is supposed the true reason why poor Lord Hervey spoke so
miserably."—Countess of Huntingdon'. Lffe and Times, 2
Vols.

POTATOES AND Bnocom.—lt may be useful to gardeners
to be informed that after young potatoes are cleared from
the rows, and the ground well dug in the form of shallow
trenches and manured, it will be found advantageous to trans-
plant spring brocoli plants in the trenches. This vegetable
flourishes greatly after the potato, as does also wheat on a
large scale of farming. The excrementitious matter of the
flax plant, and also that of parsnips, is equally favourable,
with the potatoe, to a good crop of wheat, if sown after they
are severally removed.
In all revolutions the lower orders have been the principal
sufferers. There perished in the French Revolution 1,022,351
souls. Of these, how many were from the lower orders !
"It is in an especial manner remarkable in this dismal ca-
talogue (says Allison), how large a proportion of the victims
of the Revolution were persons in the middling and lower
ranks of life. The priests and nobles guillotined are only
1,423 ; while the persons of plebeian origin exceed 13,000 !
The nobles and priests put to death at Nantes, were only
2,160 ; while the infants, drowned and shot, are 2,030 ; the
women, 764 ; and the artisans, 5,300 ! So rapidly in revo-
lutionary convulsions does the career of cruelty reach the
lower orders, and so wide-spread is the carnage dealt out to
them, compared with that which they have sought to inflict
on their superiors."—Gore's Letters to the Middle Classes
of England,

PHILOSOPHY.—" What's the reason," said Mr. &peers,
" of rheumatics ? what do they mean ? fihat do people have
'em for—eh !" Mrs. Silderskiew didn't know, but suggested
that it was possibry because they could'nt help it. " Measles,
rheumatics, hooping-coughs, fevers, agues, and lumbagers,"
said Mr. Squeers, " is all philosophy together, that's what it
is. The heavenly bodies is philosophy, and the earthly bo-
dies is philosophy. If there's a screw loose in a heavenly
body, that's philosophy, and if there's a screw loose
in an earthly body, that's philosophy too ; or it may be that
sometimes there's a little metaphysics in it, but that's not
often. Philosophy is the chap kr_ me. If a parent asks a
question in the classical, commercial, or mathematical line,
says I gravely, Why sir, in the first place are you a philoso-
pher?'—' No, Mr. Squeers,' he says, ' I an't'—' Then sir,'
says I, lam sorry for it, for I shan't be able to explain it'
Naturally the parent goes away and wishes he was a philoso-
pher, amid equally naturally, thinks I'm one.—Nicholas
Nickleby.

" Loox WHERE YOU'RE GOING."—If you intend to
marry—if you think your happiness will be increased and
your interest advanced by matrimony—be sure and ask,
Jook where you're going." Join yourself in union with
no woman who is selfish, for she will sacrifice you—with no
one who is fickle, for she will be estranged—have nought to do
with a proud one, for she wjll ruin you. Leave the coquette
to the fools that flutter around her—let her own fire-side ac-
commodate a scold—and flee from a woman who loves scandal
as you would flee from the evil one. " Look where you're
going," will sum it up. Young ladies, when you are sur-
rounded by dashing men—when the tones of love and the
words of compliment float out together—when you are ex-
cited by the movement of the whirling waltz, or melted by
the tenderness of mellow music, arrest yourself in that rosy
atmosphere of delight, and "look where you're going."—
When a daring hand is pressing yours, or your delicate tresses
are lifted by him, you fancy he loves you; when the moon-
light invites to -trusting, and the stars seem to breathe out
innocence, listen with caution to the words you hear—gaze
into your heart unshrinkingly, and " look where you're
going."
PERSIAN ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH AND OF DUEL-
LING.—The people of this kingdom are of genteel nature,
and delicate constitution ; most of the ladies, and females in
general, are more delicate and refined than the blossom of
roses. Their waist is more slender than a finger ring, their
form is beautiful, their voice gains the affections. The men
are very particular in their disputes, which are carried on
with great ability. If there should be the widest possible
misunderstanding, still they keep up the rules of politeness.
If it should rise so high as to produce vindictive feeling,
still they carry on their disputes in a genteel style, and bad
language (God forbid !) is not used, To be called a liar is
the utmost insult ; this will lead to a duel ; the duel is al-
lowed here. Sometimes this happens in such circumstances
as the following :—lf a man should be at an assembly, and
should have something said to him improper• or disgraceful,
he who feels it to be such would at once leave the room.
Then he will relate it to some friend, saying, that he heard so
and so, at such a place, in such a party, which he did not
like at all. Then his friend will reply, So and so perhaps
did not intend to insult you, he might have said it by acci-
dent; write a note, and I will carry it tohim, and learn more
fully." Then the plaintiff will write to him a respectful
letter, as follows :—" At such and such a day, at such an
assemblage, I heard you say such words, which made tri7
heart feel angry: please to explain to me what you meant. '
Then the friend will carry the note, and request an answer.
If the object of the accused is not to insult him, he will write
him an answer as follows :—" Upon my honour I never in-
tended to create any displeasure in you ; and should I have
said any thing which you consider improper, I now beg your
pardon." Such an answer will settle the question. But if
otherwise, he will neither excuse himself nor beg pardon, but
will answer as follows :—" I have received your letter, which
I will thus answer : meet me on such a day at such a place,
and thereby you will be informed and learn all particulars."
This will give him to understand that the object is a duel.
Then he informs his friends of it, and commences prepara-
tions to meet his opponent, and likewise the other will in-
form his friends that he has already appointed the time to
fight with such a man. Then the friends of both endeavour
to settle the question between them ; but, generally, this can-
not be effected without fighting the duel. However, when
all mediations fail, then the two individuals, accompanied by
their respective friends as witnesses, meet at the appointed
place, exactly at the fixed hour, which will be published in
the newspapers. When the two come to this place with
their pistols, then the friends use their utmost influence of
mediation ; if at last all should be vain, then they separate
from each other a distance of twenty feet, and the signal will
be given, when both fire. Then it becomes a matter of
chance ; sometimes both of them are hit and perish, and
perhaps :no one is hit, or one dies, and the other is saved.
Thus the question is finished : this act is permitted by their
law, which does not condemn it ; and it has been a well-
known practice among the fools of this nation from the an-
cient times. It is quite similar to the old foolish custom of
the heathens, w)io threw both the plaintiff and defendant into
the fire, believing that the flame would only burn the crimi-
nal, and not the innocent. Thus, also, these people believe
that the bullet will not hit the innocent.—Journal of a Re-
sidence in England.

Tkis JEWS IN PALEsTINE.—In a recent letter from the
Rev. Mr. M`Cheyne (one of a a deputation from this coun-
try, to ascertain the state of the Jews in Judea,) we meet
with the following:—" The accounts we received at home, as
to the state of the Jews in this land, are far from being accu-
rate. The exact number of Jews in Palestine it is very diffi-
cult to ascertain. The largest estimate reckons them to be
about 15,000. Some state them so low as 10,000. They re-
side chiefly in the four holy cities, as the Jews call them. In
Jerusalem, about 7,000 ; in Hebron 700 to 800 ; in Tiberias,
1,200 ; in Saffet 1,500 to 2,000. In the towns along the
coast there may he—in Jaffa, 60 ; in Kiaffa, 150 to 200 ; in
Acre, 200 ; in Tyre, 150 ; in Sidon, 300 ; in Nablous (the
ancient Sychar), we found about 200, and 150 Samaritans.
In the villages of Gallilee there may be 400 or 300. The in-
crease in the number of Jews has been very decided since
1832, when the Pacha of Egypt took possession of Syria.
For two years past, the increase has not been so great, owing
to the ravages of the plague, the increased price of provisions,
the embarrassed.finances of the Jewish community, and the
oppression of their Rabbis. In my last I mentioned that in
Europe collections are made • at the door of the synagogue, for
the support of the Jews in the Holy Land. These collecti-
ons amount annually, upon an average, to £2,800. Every
Jew in the land, rich and poor, after he has been a year in
the country, has a share appointed to him if he chooses to
take it. The chief cause of their returning to this land seems
certainly to be attachment to the inheritance of their fathers.
They also believe, that their rabbis here are actually inspired,
that to die in this land is, to a Jew, certain salvation ; and
that, if they die out of it, they must make their way under
ground to rise in the Valley of Jehoshaphat. They are very
different to the Jews we have seen in France and Italy : they
are far from being infidel ; on the contrary, they are super
stitious Jews. They have a real expectation of Messiah's
coming; and this feeling is waxing stronger and stronger.
They are far kinder and gentler in their dealings with us ;
they seem to look upon us as friends. This is not wonderful,
when you remember that they are counted as dogs by all the
Moslems. They maintain the beautiful dress of their fathers,
and are a noble looking race, as compared with the wretched
Arabs who are scattered over this land. Almost all the male
Jews here spend their time in reading. There are six syna-
gogues in Jerusalem and thirty-six reading places. These
are established by individuals, that they may attain some merit
to their souls! Five or six readers are appointed to each,
having a small salary, one or two of whom are expected to be
always there, reading the Talmud. Mr. Bonar confirms Mr.
M`Cheyne's account of the Jews, in a letter from Jerusalem,
dated 17th June :—" The real state of the Jews in Palestine
is very interesting. The varying accounts we used to hear of
their condition are at once realised by inquiry on the spot.
We find them to be far less numerous than is usually reported,
and there have been fewer resorting to the land during these
last three years than during the three preceding. Yet, still
it is true, that there is a constant influx of them, however
small. But they die very rapidly. The prevalence of plague;
the price of provisions, owing to the state of the country, and
their internaktate of division in Jerusalem, have discouraged
Jews from Europe from coming here of late. They carry on
no trade, except the few who are at Tyre, Sidon, and Kiaffa.
Hence poverty is a general fpature of all the Jews here.
There are few rich men among them, and these few conceal
their wealth. As to their feelings towards Christianity, these
two are peculiar. Of course, those that come to Jerusalem,
are devout and strict Jews, who reckon it a merit to go the
Holy City. Yet these very men are on good terms with the
missionaries—treat them as friends—often apply to them for.
advice ; and one of their brethen, a convert, goes out and in
among them, not only undisturbed but respected. There is
much hope of good being done among them. We had op-
portunity of again and again seeing how accessible the people
of Israel are to kindness."

SMUGGLERS' TRICKS, AT RYE.—The vigilance of the
coast blockade party had at one period so c,impletely guarded
the entrance to Rye harbour, that the smugglers were dri-
ven to all kinds of shifts in order to get their tubs into it
unobserved. The time chosen for these experiments was
usually that which intervened between daybreak and break-
fast, after the night watch had retired to rest, and while none
remained upon the look-out, but one or two solitary senti-
nels. Seizing such an opportunity, when a strong flood-tide
was running, a large galley painted white, like those of the
revenue cruisers, rowed boldly into port, the steersman being
disguised in a military cloak and cocked hat, such as are
generally worn by naval officers. As the galley darted past,
the sentinel called out, " What ship's boat is that ?" " Kite,
revenue cutter," was the reply : so taking it for granted she
was conveying some officers upon business to the custom-
house at Rye, she was permitted to pass without further in-
terruption. Being swept along by the tide with great velo-
city, the boat soon reached a retired nook in the river, half
way between its entrance and the town, where a company
of smugglers, provided with light carts, awaited her arrival.
In less than ten minutes, the galley was landed, emptied,
turned bottom upon th 6 beach, her crew gone, and the cargo
proceeding rapidly on its journey into the weald of Kent;
nor was it till some days after, that the officers became aware
of the deception which had been practised upon the sentinel.
An attempt was soon after made to tow smuggled goods
into Rye harbour, confined under a vessel's bottom, by
means of a hawser passing through a hollow tube amidships,
so that there was no external appearance of a tow-rope ; and
the tube, being fitted. on deck to resemble a pump, with a
seaman's jacket, or wet swab, thrown carelessly over the top.
the scheme might have wholly escaped detection, had not
one of the sinkers, or weights, by accident broken adrift
from the raft, which occasioned the tubs to keep popping
their heads above water like porpises. In order to prevent
such a project succeeding in future, it became the practice
to sweep the keels of suspected vessels, by passing the bite
of a rope along from stem to stern. Being thus frustrated,
the smugglers next endeavoured to foot cargoes up Rye
harbour without the assistance of boats or vessels. Some
dozens of tubs were strung together like a lady's necklace,
to which weights were fastened sufficient to sink the whole
under water, but with a buoy-rope at each end of the• raft,
having pieces of cork affixed large enough to keep the tubs
suspended a few feet blow the surface of the sea. The corks
might not excite suspicion, they were entirely concealed by
a covering of sea-weed ; and thus prepared, the whole
paraphernalia was towed fowards the entrance of the harbour,
and cast adrift in mid channel, to be carried in by the flood
tide : the smuggler's vessel meanwhile adroitly manoeuvring
to draw the attention of the guard-boat in another direction.
Once within the port, all danger of detection ceased, the
vigilance of the coast blockade party being necessarily re-
stricted, as before mentioned, exclusively to the entrance.—
United Service Journal.

EmpoM.

SOUTH AMERICA.

Cynosure, (327) W Brice, from Valparaiso, 38 bale; cheeps' wool,
272 bales Alpaca do, 2 bales vicuna, do, Lover rove id Leather-
-292 bales sheeps' do, 94 hales 34 small bales pales Alpaca
do, order-213 small bales sheeps' do, 49 baks Alpo Al do, A Gibbs
and Sons--24 bales sheeps' do, the master-4 bait contents un-
known, W Gernmell-1 box do, Zoological Gardel 4-1 do, Mrs.
Seobell-1 do, Murray, Syme and co-24 bags mpi, order-385
bars copper, F Huth and co-18 do, It Zwileheabalt and co-209
bars tin, order-183 do, Gibbs, Bright and co—aimu; 343 tons 13
bags copper ore, Leech, Harrison and co-42 bags ref:l4lns, 20 tons
dycWood, order-12 bags silver ore, Todd Naylor and co-1 box dye
stuff, W J Myers and co-3 boxes seed, &c. G F Dickson and co-
-224 hales cotton, A Gibbs and Sons-136 hides, 821 1 ask ets cotton
and seed, the master-1 box hooks returned, order-1 D
Caledonia, (112) G Smith, from Bahia, 4 brls tapioca, 3. 4 bags 57
serons cotton, 42 cases 27 boxes 17 brls sugar, 1 box 6-e-, dust, a
quantity rosewood,.order—K
, BRITISH AMERICA.

Wm. Miles, (581) R S Kindley, from Quebec, 59 pees r 24 pees
elm, 6 pces ash, 275 pees red and 154 pees white pine ti nin r, 45c 4
deals, 272 c 8 standard, 624 c 21 w o and 4lc barrel stave.) aloner
and Houghton-460 pees cedar, order—xl box stuffeA 'birds, the
master-1i D _ _ _

Charles Hurnherston, (640) J Marshall, from St. Andrea. N B.
11,500 deals and deal ends, about 25 fins sawn laths, Cann,n, Miller
and co-5 spars, for exportation—B D

Dauntless
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(698)
W Miller, from Quebec, 81 pees oak, 121-• pees
red pine, 10 pees elm, 2 pees ash and 449 pees white pine tip ber,
3237 staves, 5100 W I staves, 3262 deals, 10 cords lat :wood, .1 F oste
and co—l box stuffed birds, 1 box bark work, F Gat acre-2 spL,s, a
quantity deck planks and passengers berths, for exportation--I: D