The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-06 00:00:00

CONTEMPORARY PRESS.

THE CORONATION.
(Front the 117,m:illy Herald.)
It will he seen, from what appears in our columns
this day, that the celebration of her Majesty's corona.
tion was generally and enthusiastically observed
throughout the country. Arguing froth the accounts
already rqceived, it would seem almost ridiculous to
doubt that when sufficient time shall have elapsed to
bring us
,e itingdoni,
the
,'ntelligence, we shall find the remotest
parts of tn
and even of its dependencies,
to have participated in the same demonstrations of loy-
alty towards the Youthful wearer of the British crown.
Th"gli the august ceremonial itself was necessarily
confined to this metropolis, the spirit which even here
constituted its highest glory--the spirit of a free and
geuerous people, attached to their institutions and to
their Queen,
circulating through the veins of the em-
pire, has shed its influence, its lustre, and its warmth
on the most. distant extremities. Even Canada, the
scene of recent strife,friends
scarcely be supposed to form
an exception. The of British connexion, who
have proved themselves the most powerful, will hail
the public recognition of the compact with their Sore. '
reign as an auspicious event, while the deluded part of
the population, who have already experienced the
mercy of the erocsin,- win-1k) credit toillensePees-17
fitting expression of acknowledgment. It is gratify-
ing to think well of human nature, and we believe it
i 5 gratifying because it is right. The speculator, who
takes
.a favourable rather than a gloomy and ;Ingram-
°us VIM of it, is, therefore, the more likely to be cor-
rect. But there is no speculation in the facts which
have already transpired, and which are sufficient to
showy that no Sovereign, male or female, (not even ex-
cepting, George the Third) ever ascended the throne
or went through the ceremony of p acce ting the crown
of these realms with more cordial expressions of devo-
affection, and respect, than present most gra-
cious Majesty. It must be'
a source of u n tnt
anotherngle sa-
tisfaction to the Queen herself, and to
ill
trious personage, united to the Queen by ties of pa--
reptal Jove, as well as to every one connected with

hem, either by relationship or acquaintance, to wit-
ness, from day to day, the testimonies pouring in from
all quarters, and proving, not by cold official forms—
not even by solemn and sacred abjurations, but by a
simultaneous burst, of joy, that the allegiance of this
country to its Sovereign is an allegiance of the
heart.

THE .CORONATION-COURT MORALS.
(From the Scottish Guardian.)
The coronation of Queen Victoria was the absorb-
ing topic of last week, and we har-• devoted the largest
share of our present number to the details of the cere-
monial itself, and of the celebration of it in various
parts of the country. It was a day of exuberant loy-
alty in every quarter of the three 'kingdoms. All dis-
tinctions of political opinion were merged in one com-
mon sentiment of affection to the person and respect
for the exalted position of our youthful and interest-
ing Sovereign. Men of every shade.of opinion, and
of every rank in society, . united harmoniously in ma-
nifesting their attachment toithe Throne and the Con-
stitution; and if we could have forgotten how much
more numerous and overmastering are the points on
which they differ than those op,which they are agreed,
and how soon their unanimity was likely to be dis-
turbed, and all this seemingly-homogeneous combina
tion resolved into the most discordant elements, one
might have indulged the pleasing hope that the reign
of Queen Victoria would be an era of unbroken tran
quillity. It is refreshing, however, to find that not-
withstanding the symptoms in the condition of the po-
pular mind from which we may venture to predict a
very different state of things, there are as yet some
common grounds of sympathy on which all men can
meet. It is an impressive thing to witness a great
nation either mourning or rejoicing, and the moral
spectacle of Thursday last was really imposing in the
extreme. The descriptions of it will be read in other
lands and other tongues for months to come,' and will
be creating an interest in the most distant parts of the
civilized world long after the excitement it has occa-
sioned at home shall have subsided. It •is gratifying
to observe from all the accounts of Idle local celebra-
tions we see in the papers—and they are more numer-
ous than we can even mention—that the utmost una-
nimity of feeling and propriety of conduct were main-
tained. This was particularly the case in this city,
where the people assembled at three different periods
of the day in greater numbers,' by 'many thousands,
than were ever congregated together on any former
occasion whatsoever; and yet we will be borne out
when we affirm, that never was a holiday in Glasgow
characterised by less dissipation and disposition to tur-
bulence. The magistrates deserve the thanks of the
public for the excellent tact with which they arranged
the popular amusements of the day, which were quite
harmless in themselves, while they were well calcula-
ted to attract and interest the citizens, and prevent the
leisure hours of the working population to be occupied
more unprofitably. _ _

We are not amongst those who would curtail such
an august ceremonial as the coronation of a British
Sovereign of its external show, or those who regret
the "maimed rites" of the present occasion, which
appear to have been characterised by all the splendour
and dignity befitting a loyal and prosperous country.
But we may be permitted to hope that we have seen
the end of it; for it is at present very obvious that so
far from there being a tendency unnecessarily to re-
trench the gaiety of the Court, the danger lies the
other way. We make the remark from no grudging
economy, but from a principle of immeasurably greater
moment to the empire. Her Majesty has acceded to
her exalted station at a period of life when it cannot
be supposed that she should be prepared, either by
knowledge or experience, to take that decided, and, to
a certain extent, independent part in public affairs
which will by and by be expected of her, as the Sove-
reign of these realms. The present, therefore, ought
to be her Majesty's period of discipline for the ardu-
ous duties of her office; but the country must have
seen with regret, that during the first year of Queen
Victoria's reign, her Majesty's advisers have involved
her in a perpetual vortex of insipid fashionable, if not
sinful amusements, the most unfavourable to the for-
mation either of sound principles or business habits.
It is not a little mortifying to the religious feelings of
the community to read from week to week the formal
announcements by the Court Circular, of the Queen's
visits to the theatre on the Saturday evenings—her
return to the Palace at midnight—her attendance at
the house of prayer on the Sabbath morning—her
countenancing and mingling in the frivolities of the
Park in the evening, and an everlasting round of balls,
concerts, and parties throughout the week, which
would banish serious thought from the best constituted
mind. We humbly apprehend that such a school is
not thel)est calculated either to form or to regulate
the mind of any young female of nineteen, and least
of all of the amiable but inexperienced lady who now
occupies the British. Throne. Her Majesty's' advisers
must indeed estimate meanly the treasure they have
in charge, when they expose the royal mind to influ-
ences so clestriletive at once of peace and its use-
fulness. Such was not the. training of Queen Eliza-
beth, the favourable points of whose character her pre-
sent Majesty is said to admire, and to be desirous to
imitate.

THE STATE OF IRMLAND.
(From the Morning Herald.)
Mr. O'Connell is seldom deficient in impressiveness
as a speaker, but his account of the state of Ireland,
in his speech of Monday evening, was, perhaps, one
of the most appalling statements which he had - ever
made to the House of Commons concerning the fate
of his country. When the English public shall well
consider it, and reflect at the same time that the whig-
radical Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has been made a
marquis on account of his excellent services in that
kingdom, views of cause and effect will no doubt open
upon them such as have not yet been dreamt of in the
philosophy of the most subtle metaphysicians. Mr.
O'Connell would not vote for the appropriation clause
proposed by his friend Mr. Ward, because even that
would be, in his opinion, a deception and a delusion,
if offered to the people of Ireland as the condition of
their accepting an Irish Tithe Bill, which they had al-
most unanimously rejected. It is, he says, " the de-
termination of the Irish people not to pay taxes in any
shape whatever—no concession of an imaginary_or
possible surplus," (it was not thus that in April, 1835,
Mr. O'Connell spoke of the much. discussed "surplus")
—"nothing but the entire abolition of the obnoxious
impost would now satisfy the Irish people." Excel-
lent fruits of the "paternal government" which has
prevailed in Ireland for the last three years ! The
Romanists who previously to Roman Catholic emanci-
pation, proclaimed from the high places, and swore in
the solemn places, that emancipation being granted,
there would be no more hostility to tithes, Avill not
now be content with any regulation regarding them.
No; they must have their " total abolition !" Those
excellent subjects of the British crown, in considera-
tion of whose peculiar propensities to outrage, the
prerogative of mercy has been scattered as cheap as
farthings; those grateful admirers of a liberal govern-
ment, who, in return for the boon of an O'Connellised
Lord Lieutenant, were to be everything that was loyal
and deferential ; they, through their member for all
Ireland, Mr. Daniel O'Connell, proclaim that, no mat-
ter what the British Parliament may ordain, they will
not submit to it. They ate determined to "appro-
priate" the property of the church, whether the law
allows them or not, and, therefore, they care not the
value of a cold potato whether the parliament shall or
shall not pass a tithe bill, containing or not containing
the appropriation clause. They have issued their de-
claration of independence—they will no longer sub.
mit to the vulgar restraints of law—they insist upon
being independent of acts of parliament !
It is not enough for the Romisb priests that they
return three-fourths of the Irish members of the House
of Commons., They are only concerned about that on
account of the influence which thereby they obtain in
the general affairs of the empire. As to the acts
which parliament may pass with respect to Ireland,
their people will not obey them! This speck's vo-
lumes for the- inflnence which British government, and
legislation have obtained in Ireland, owing to the
healing policy of the noble lord who has just been
promoted to a maiquisite for his services in that king-
dom.

Mr. O'Connell says that in the whole course of his
life be never knew a time when Ireland was in so dan-
gerous a situation as it is at present. He had often
known of threats of armed resistance and of hostile
collisions, but they had always hitherto been averted.
Now, however, things were come to that pass that if
something; were not done the armed resistance and
conflict of parties must come, drawing in its train an
amount of wretchedness, terror, and insecurity, for
person and property, almost incalculable. These are,
no doubt, the admirable effects of Lord Mulgrave's
government, for which he has been made Marquis of
Normanby

But if the prospects of tranquility in Ireland be of
that bright nature which Mr. O'Connell describes, the
state of the government with respect to that kingdom
is no less consolatory. Lord Morpeth says :

"We have not in any respect changed our opinions upon
the question of the appropriation of the surplus of the Irish
church. We hold to them as firmly as ever. Twice we have
brought in bills to carry out tliat principle, and twice they
have been rejected. What then is to be done? For the peace
of ',eland it is necessary that a tithe bill should be made law,
and the present objectionable system amended. If we in-
troduce an appropriation clause, we know that the measure
will be thrown out elsewhere ; and are we, because we can-
not do all the good we wish, to remain inactive and attempt
to do none? We bring forwaid the hill as it stands in the
hope that it will obtain the sanction of the legislature, and that
it will promote the peace and therein.' increase the happiness
and prosperity of Ireland."

-"So, Men, Mlrilltiers contesn that-they cannot do what
they think ought to be dune for Ireland, but for its
peace, and in order to promote its prosperity and hap-
piness, they mean to pass a bill which, Mr. O'Connell
says, although it he made law, the people of Ireland
will not obey. No wonder that the administration
should be especially proud of the skill which it has dis-
played in the government of Ireland, and the success
with which that bill has been attended. The present
state of that country, its prospects for the future, and
the honours heaped upon its chief governor, afford an
excellent illustration of the consistency, harmony, and
good promise of whig-radical administration.

It was said of the late Mr. Wilberforce that "he was al-
ways of the opinion of the last speaker—except when he hap-
pened to speak last himself.

PEDESTRIAN TOUR THROUGH NORTH WALES

NO. IV.

Having recruited our strength with .
"Tird'd nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep"
in beds distinguishable for their purity of whiteness and
neatness, we arose, nut "like giants refreshed with wine,",
for we were both of us none the better for our previous day's
walk and over excitement. We were both, however, in' ex,
cellent spirits, and shaking off the feverish langour which
hung about us, we braced up our resolutions for the task be-
fore us—the ascent of Snowdon, at the base of which we had
slept. The morning was one of those lovely ones which dis-
tinguish the latter end of the month of May—the sun beam-
ing with placid loveliness, the trees and grass hungmith dew-
drops—diamonds of the first water, which sparkle?.. and re-
flected the rays of the sun in every direction, whilst almost
every branch of every tree teemed with a concord of sweet
sounds, amalgamated and mellowed in the distance, the joy-
ful thanksgivings of hundreds of little warblers, who, swelled
their little throats, and seemed to vie with each other which
should express its fulness of joy in the loudest and most varied
manner. What a lesson for man ! Too often ungrateful,
thankless, discontented man. How great to him the insinu-
ated reproof of the tuneful gratitude of these little birds!
Close beneath our Inn lay the lake of Llanberris, less than
a mile off on the face of the hills of other side of the water
was the celebrated slate quarry of Llanherris, from whence
almost evert minute where heard the blastings of !he quarry-
men—first like the loud report of a heavy piece of artillery,
followed in about a quarter of a minute by the reverberations
of the surrounding hilts—in exact imitation of the rumbling
noise of thunder, till the sound died away in the distance.
Then succeeded the placid stillness of the early morning, to
be followed again by the thundering noise of the hills, giving
an extraordinary degree of sublimity and grandeur to the
scene. Perched on the pinnacle of a rock jutting out.of our
side of the lake, were the ruins of Dolbadarn•Tower, a round
tower, formerly impregnable, being inaccessible except on
the water side; and the lake before it, we understood, is
60 yards deep. This tower was one of the erections of the
Ancient Britons, to defend a pass through the Carnarvoushire
chain of mountains. Close behind this was the steep ascent
of the side of Snowdon, the summit being out of view. Al-
together it was a most magnilieent panorama. We threw
open our casement to enjoy the fresh breeze and the delight-
ful view as our toilette was.-proceeding, and so long were our
half-dtes'sed lollings out of the window—for we there had no
overlonkers—that we began to doubt whether the necessary
operations of dressing would ever be completed. At length
we mustered in the breakfast room, where our party of the
evening tiefore was rapidly augmented to upwards of a dozen,
by• fresh arrivals of gentlemen. We had delicious trout for
breakfast, netted at midnight in the lake, and so rapidly did
they vanish that for one half hour nothing was heard hut en-
quiries of the waiting maid when the nevi dish of fish was
coming, " But man," says Byron—
Is a carniverous production,
And must have meals—at least one meal a day,
He cannot live like woodcocks—upon_suction;
But like a shark or tiger—must have prey."

Breakfast at length being over, the whole party of us set out
for the purpose of visiting the slate quarry, which we were
given to understand was well worth seeing. After crossing
the lake at a narrow neck, by means of a foot bridge, we
scrambled up to the quarry—a work of some little difficulty,
and without care, fraught with some danger, the hard slaty
surface of the rock being very slippery, and a fall being likely
to be attended by both severe cuts and bruises. Cn getting
to the place where the rock was worked to a level we found
immense quantities of dressed slates of all sizes piled together
in large square masses with great neatness, ready to be sent.
off. On rambling further into the quarry, we found the rock
cut in many places into square chambers, the tendency of
the slate being always to split straight and perpendicularly.
When a blast occurred it tore off a very large piece of the
face of the rock which was generally split into innu-
merable pieces of slate of all sizes, which were tumbled
down the hill side to be afterwards dressed. This hill of
slates presented a very odd appearance, being in reality a
bill of about 150 yards in height, composed of nothing but
loose slates, which, from the reverberation of every blast,
kept sliding down from top to bottom. Having cautiously
accomplished our descent, we again made to our inn, enjoy-
ing the conversation of some very intelligent gentlemen. A
few only of our party were going to ascend Snowdon, and
we agreed to proceed altogether. Two of the party wanted
to preed over the mountain to Beddgelert, and would have
a guide with them all the way, and were so long in walking,
their arrangements and getting ready the guide, that we and
the gentleman who had first joined us the night before, de-
termined to proceed at once without a guide, imagining there
could be little difficulty in finding out the top of the bill,
with the ascent before us, and particularly as another party
with a guide had preceded us only about twenty minutes ; so
off we started. Passing to the right of the Victoria, the op-
position inn, we entered at once upon the ascent, which for
the first half mile was so steep as to be an almost climbing
ascent. We met at the foot of the hill a Welsh girl, with
two bats on, leading down a guide's poney, with one of the
prettiest faces I ever beheld. She could not speak a word of
English, and appeared half frightened of us. I here bought
for a trifle several fine specimens of copper ore from some
children, which they had found. After ascending the rough
mountain horse path, of loose stones, for about 500 of the
3,658 feet of ascentwhich we had before us, we passed a fine
waterfall—a mountain stream gushing with a loud roaring
noise through a ravine between the hills and down a preci-
pice. We continued patiently ascending—labouring on, and
the oppressive heat we had felt in the valley began to change
to a refreshing breeze, which, as we ascended, began to grow
more and more violent, and colder and colder. Having pur-
sued the ascending path about two miles, we overtook the
party before us, consisting of an elderly gentleman, and a
lady on horseback, and two gentlemen on foot, with a
guide. After exchanging those good-humoured civilities
which strangers under such circumstances almost invariably
do, we " pulled up" for a rest; amid deliciously tasted the
pure mountain spring, qualified with brandy, from our well-
filled flask, to our parched throats. Those who have not
walked up Snowdon can have no idea of the continued
labour and exertion and fatigue of the ascent, and a rest all
our lengths on the mossy herbage as we quenched our thirst,
with a view of extraordinary sublimity and extent before us,
was almost a taste of Paradise. We were on a steep hill
side, and some 500 yards almost close beneath us was the
valley, to reach the bottom of which, we had only to set our-
selves a rolling. Close opposite to us rose another steep
hill, the prototype of that on which we were—whichever way
we looked we found steep bills rising abruptly out of the
valley, and rising far higher than ourselves, whilst not a
vestige of any living creature was anywhere to be seen. In
the far distance to the verge of the horizon, we saw through
the valleys the diversified face of the country—an extraordi-
nary expanse of landscape, of great beauty. Our new ac-
quaintance here began to congratulate himself on his Macih-
tosh, the wind beginning to feel cold and piercing. We,
however, had " nothing but the sky for our great coats," and
were obliged to content ourselves with buttoning ourselves
up as close as we could. Whilst looking about we found the
thigh bone of a sheep, bleached to a whiteness which I never
saw equalled by ivory. This circumstance gave us the notion
that the hill side at this elevation would make a most splen-
did bleaching-ground. We again laboured upwards till we
were within a mile of the summit, having been climbing a
steep ascent now for four miles, hitherto in famous spirits,
and cheering ourselves along with singing
" Away, away, away to the mountain's brow,"
and laughing at the party we had left, who were tugging up
the hill with their guide, following our steps, about half a
mile beneath us. Loudly (lid we laugh at the notion of
having a guide, with a road before us all the way, and only
one road, as plain as any lane in England, though rough and
steep enough : and loudly did we chorus to theta to
" hark ! follow—hark ! follow;
Follow, follow, follow :"
whilst they, no doubt, beginning to think themselves chick-
en-hearted simpletons for paying a guide 10s. to follow in our
footsteps, kept a most dogged silence. As the sailors have
it, we had got to " windward" of them; we could sit down
and laugh our fill at them toiling up to us, with their guide
behind them. At length we arrived at a precipitous black
looking crag, at least '2OO yards high perpendicularly, which
seemed to oppose an impassable barrier to our further pro-
gress, and the pathway here became level for a short distance
up to it. On following it, however, we found it diverged :off
to the left, and ascended the brow of a -hill so steep that we
could scarcely climb up it. We here began to doubt whether
we should see any view front the top, as the clouds which all
the morning had been gathering now completely enveloped
the top of the crag, and hid its summit from us, whilst the
dark blue mist came rolling down the face of it driven along
rapidly by the wind, and we began to be afraid of rain. We
resolutely, however, fagged up the hill before us, which was
steeper than almost any staircase, till at last we were all
completely blown, and sunk down exhausted. I began sen-
sibly to feel the effects of climbing, in large blisters under my
great toes. We had here again before us a sublime land-
scape • it was grand beyond description. Nothing was heard
but the occasional rushing of the gusts of wind past us : as to
all else a solemn stillness prevailed: the hills bad a magni-
tude and boldness, and nearness, such as I never saw before.
The valley appeared an immense depth beneath, whilst the
hill tops amongst which we were, were in reality " cloud
capt," their summits being hidden by huge masses of cloud,
which did not appear to be 50 yards above 119, and which were
driven rapidly past them by the wind, giving us an occasional
glimpse of the tops. We made another effort to reach the
top of the hill on which we were, and at length attained the
ridge, and here a view burst upon us which was splendid.
On looking down at the other side we appeared to be on the
very verge of a precipice. Some 2000 feet beneath us was
the valley and pass of Llanberris, with the lakes we had left
two or three hours before, looking like small ponds and the
quarry at the other side, the ascent of which we had thought
so steep, far away beneath us. The run was shining as
brightly in the valley as when we left it, and gave vividness to
some 20 miles of hill and valley, wood and lake, and verdure,
which were spread out like a magnificent map before us. All
beneath seemed bright and peaceful, and lovely and quiet,
and to tempt us by its smiles to descend again from the stor-
my regions we had ascended. Close around us there was no
sunshine; the wind blew so furiously, we were each obliged
to keep one hand emplOyed in holding on our hats, and the
wind was loaded ever and anon, as it brought the verge of a
cloud past us, with a cold misty moisture, which made us
shiver again, and we were glad to avail ourselves of down-
right hard work in fagging up the hill, to keep ourselves
warm. We passed along the ridge of this hill a short way,
and then commenced the ascent of a another, if anything
steeper than the one we bad just got up, and had not proced-
eil twenty yards up this, when we-. entered a dense mass of
cloud, like a bluish white fog, which was so thick that it pre-
vented our seeing each other ten yards off, and it at once
closed upon us the splendid prospect we had just seen. The
fog, or Scotch mist, was driven rapidly along by the wind,
and covered us over with a dew-like appearance, making us
feel damp and comfortless, whilst the wind almost blew
through us. We had many expressions of regret that the
morning had so turned out. After a quarter °fan hour's toil-
ing, we reached a kind of roofless house, built of loose squar-
ed stones, as a resting place, where the ponies are fastened,
not being able to proceed higher. We found here the party
that had preceded us, and another, all walking, merry, eating
crackers and cheese, and drinking from flasks their guide had
proVided. The ladies of the party were endeavouring to screen
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cold, having ridden, and not having the exercise of walking
to keep them warm. I pitied them from my heart, for I had
some fellow-feeling, my leathern gloves having got wet
through were no protection to my bands from cold, and Inv
fingers ached with pain so from it that I could hardly bear,
and I was glad to run and thrust them under the saddles of
the ponies to receive from them some animal heat. After
resting about a quarter of an hour we again set out, the
ladies to return, us they weuld proceed no further, the gen-
tietmen stitt onwards to-rtie summnTwirrten-orris now rinurrt
quarter of a mile from us up a steep ascent. The mist got
thicker and thicker, and the wind blew in fearful gusts pist
us. My friend tried to keep himself warm with most assi-
diously smoking a short pipe, which he had great difficulty to
keep in, diving both his hands into the pockets of his unwhis-
perables, and putting his coat collariup "behind his neck—
altogether a most singular cut ; and the blue noses and pale
faces of most of us were laughable enough to look at. We
gradually got more and more silent as the gusts of wind
whirled fearfully past us, and the mist was so thick that a yard
off on either side of the pathway might be a precipice for
aught we knew, and we became rapidly impressed with a
sense of danger. Though we had all laughed at the notion
of having a guide; and should have laughed still if we had
had to return the same wry, we were very glad now of the
presence of one, as we were going to descend the hill on the
other side, our self•conlidence evaporating into the mist. At
length we reached the pile of shaly coarse stones which sup-
ports the flag-staff on the summit—a broad beam,. or rather

four broad beams of wood placed together to form a cross;
This was completely covered with initials. Turning round
to the left, and facing Capel Curig, we appeared standing on
the edge of a precipice, which the mist made more terrible,
as we could form no idea of its extent; -but it was like looking
down into a misty abyss. Ever and anon the wind blew in
most fearful gusts past us, almost taking us off our feet. I '
pocketed a small piece off the pile of stones as a trophy, but
was still ambitious of touching the flag staff. I therefore
carefully scrambled up the slippery tower-like pile, and cau-
tiously raising myself, grasped fast hold of the staff. he
sensation I felt was almost indescribable. The wind roared
past me, almost taking my hat off, which I durst not leave
hold of the staff to protect, and the mist, which had changed
to a drizzle, was driven against the with such force as to
strike damp through clothes and everything. As 1 firmly
gripped hold of the staff I looked down from the pinnacle
where I had placed myself and could see nothing but a gap-
ing fathomless abyss wrapped in mix! and obscurity. It made
my heart beat violently as I began to think how I should get
down, the sight having made me quite giddy. Another gust
roared past me which made me cling. still closer to the staff,
whilst I had a most humiliating conviction forced upon me
of my own feebleness and nothingness to contend with the
raging elements. Resolving, however, not to give way to
fear, I gave "three cheers for the Queen," and crouching
down till 1 had got a good hold of the slippery-wet stones,
cautiously descended step by step till I arrived thankfully on
terra firma again. We proceeded straight forwards, and
immediately began a rapid descent by a similar path to the
one we had came up, only it was most of the way completely
on the ridge of the hill, and therefore more dangerous. We
found descending infinitely easier than ascending, and ran
rapidly down the declivity, not stopping to take breath for
nearly a mile. The drizzle now changed into downright rain,
which was driven sideways with great violence and we were all
quickly wet through. In less' than two minutes I felt the wet
trickling down my legs into my boots. We, however, went
merrily and rapidly along over the " saddle" of Snowdon, as
it is called, and at length got beneath the cloud, where we
had a fine clear view again and a warmer climate, and, pur-
suing our course, we at length got down into the valley,
after sundry laughable accidents of getting bogged and so
forth, and our guide left us at the toad to Beddgelert. We
called at a cottage at the foot of the hill, where we each got
a basin of milk, and bought up all the lambs' wool stockings
they had to sell. A fine plump girl was churning in the
middle of the floor, and another, is ho could speak English,
was knitting besides the fire. The old woman had one sock
over, and some of our party wanted another pair of socks,
when she perseveringly offered him the one' with much un-
intelligible Welsh, to the very great amusement of our party.
At length, setting down on a stool, he held up both his legs,
and, pointing to both, gave her to understand that he had two
legs, for both of which he wanted socks. We pursued our
road to Bet/rye/err, as it is pronounced, properly Beddgelert,
a small Welsh village, very beautifully situated and com-
pletely surrounded by close and precipitous hills The
village takes its name from the name of a hound, Geier', and
Lefl3.- a grave. There is a romantic story about this hound,
71iieh is well told in -Verse by ~the Spencer.
The hound was a present from King John to Prince Llewelyn
ap Yorwerth, who resided in the vale during the hunting
season. Returning home from hunting, he found his hall
every where stained with blood, and the hound Gelert, which
couched at his feet, also covered with bloody marks; on
going to where his child slept, he found its bed upset and the
child missing. In a rage, imagining the hound had killed
his child, he stabbed and killed it—
" . Hell hound, by thee my child's devoured I'
The frantic father cried,
And to the hilt his vengeful sword
He plunged in Gelert's side.
" Aroused by Gelert's dyirg yell,
Some slumberer wakened nigh :
What words the parent's joy can tell
To hear his infant cry ?
" Concealed beneath a mangled heap,
His hurried search had missed,.
All glowing from his rosy sleep,
His cherub boy he kissed.
" No scratch had he, nor harm, nor dread;
But the same conch beneath,
Lay a great wolf, all torn and dead,
Tremendous still in death.
" Ah, what was then Llewelyn's pain,
•
For now the truth was clear;
The gallant hound the wolf had slain,
To save Llewelyn's heir.
" And now a gallant tomb they raise,
With costly sculpture decked;
And marbles storied with his praise
Poor Gelert's bones protect."

By the time we arrived at this beautifully retired little
place, our clothes had got quite dry. We were, as might be
imagined, greatly fatigued, having walked nearly twenty
miles, great part of it ascending, and enjoyed to the full our
otium cum dignitate at a small roadside inn, dubbed "The
Temperance Hotel," where we had cooked a most beautiful
ham rasher, which was relished with hunger's delightful
sauce. Our travels therefrom will form a theme for No. V.
T. C. F.

*pipping Intelligence.

TUESDAY, JULY 3.—Wind N. Pair.

ARRlVED.—Chatham, Gill. from Demerara—Albion, Keswick,
from M aranharn —Em ma, Mann, from New York—Maryland,
Barry, from New Orleans.
SAILED.—EmiIy, Dunbar, for Calcutta—Theodosia, Thompson,
for Kingston, Jamaica—Spinster, Maxton, for Hayti—Christiana,
Cox, for Hallowell, A.S.—Marion, Spalding. for Portsmouth, A.S.
—Victoria. Rose, for Quebec—Fama, Pentecost, for St. Petersburg
—John, Coyle, for Gibraltar—Rebel, Spriggs, for Syra and
Salonica _ _

SAILED YRSTERDAY.—BootIe, Wilson, for St. Thomas and
Puerto Cabello—Caspian, Patten, for Bath. A.S.—Mary, llama, for
Portland, A.S.—Franklin, Hardevunt, for Portland, A.S.—W. C.
Nye, Hurlevant : Europe. Marshall ; Ocmulgee, Leavitt ; Sarah,
Glover, for New York—Britannia, Aicheson, for Quebec—Joseph
Porter, Porter, for St. Andrew's—Harmony, Munch, for Gibraltar
—Frederica Gustava, Block, for Hamburg

James 11I'Inroy, NPLellan, fm Mauritius, off Portsmouth, sailed
25th March, and from the Cape of Good Hope 27th April
Cuba hence for Barbados, was spoken 20th June, in lat 18, long

Tamesi, Masters, hence, at Mazatlan
Two Sisters, Trotter, hence, at Rio Janeiro
Wilton Wood, Russell, hence, at Monte Video
1-tM S. Rover, from Valparaiso and Rio Janeiro, at Portsmouth
Matilda, hence for Arica, was spoken on the 13th April, in lat 57
S, long 71 W
Fama, Wright, sailed from Buenos Ayres fur this port 26th April
Consbrook, rolloek, hence! at Quebec
Congress, , hence. oft' ditto
John Porter, Crowder, hence, at Halifax
Oliver Blanchard, Luce, hence, at Gaspee
Fisherman, Gibaut, from J ersey, at ditto
Aurora, Le Bas ; Brenda, Simpson. hence, at Arichat
Cambridge, Bursley, hence, ott' New York
Garonne, Kimball, hence, at New Orleans
Caroline, Soderberg, hence, at Wismar
Louise, Spalding, hence, at Pillau