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FORMER CONNEXION OF GREAT BRITAIN WITH THE
CONTINENT.—The Goodwin Sands were the brood lands
and fruitful possessions of Earl Godwin, father of King
Harold, nearly down to the Conquest ; and, though we
bare no historical trace of the fact, yet is is geologically
and physically certain, that this island once formed but an
appendage to the Continent, being joined to it by an isth-
mus where now are the Straits of Dover. The chalk
ridge, which has been abraded by the current and the ac-
tion of the tides betwixt Shvkspeare's Cliff and the simi-
lar formations of the high grounds above Boulogne, can
still be traced by the sounding-line; and Verstegan feels
persuaded, that we should never have required Edgar's
prudent care in offering such liberal rewards for the extir-
pation of wolves, unless those ferocious animals could
have found a passage into the island by land, as no men
could have been so senseless as to have imported them.—
Monthly Prize Essays. _

FORTUNES MADE- AND LOST.—The rise in the value
of the great staple, iron, has been one of the features of
the present railway movement ; but this was little more

cted, seeing the close connexion of the two in-
terests. The depression that before existed in this blanch
of trade, and the low prices which ruled, soon induced
buyers to operate freely ; and the lever being applied both
in London and Liverpool, a rise shortly followed, exceed-
ing in extent the greatest anticipations of the holders.
From the success of the speculation in iron, many men
.(L me I will

fa crippled fortunes have established themselves in a
permanent position. Some few have suffered from the
good fortune others have attained, by a movement of
which they were the originators, and others, having
cleared the market at the lucky moment, have risen from

small means, and retired with a comfortable competency.
Nothing can better illustrate this statement than the fact,
that a bankrupt Scotchman, who came to London two
years back as a jobbing commission-agent, has gone "t'
other side o' the Tweed" with about £30,000, the pro-
ceeds of the little business he transacted in iron, rather
preferring to lice in quiet_ enjoyment than trouble his

mind further with the anxiety of con

Tie reverse of the picture can'beexiAlied,-and-rTOTin
solitary instance. The late advance of from 120 to 150
per cent. in the value of the article is a range of fluctua-
tion illustrative of the extent of dealing in U.—The City;
or, the Physiology of London Business.
ERSKINE IN COURT. —A witness was put into the box,
who travelled to get orders. This description of per-
s ms go indiscriminately by the name of riders and tra-
vellers, but most affect the latter. " You are, I under-
stand, a rider ?" " A traveller, sir," was the reply.
" Pray," said Erskine, " arc you addicted to that failing
usually imputed to travellers ?" Another of the fraternity
having baffled his cross-examination, he suddenly re-
marked, "You were born and bred in Manchester, I per-
ceive." The witness admitted that it was so. " I knew
it

said Erskine carelessly, " from the absurd tie of your
neckcloth." The traveller's weak point was touched, for
he fancied that his dress had been perfect; and the coun-
t sel gained his object—the man's presence of mind was
gone. When induced to make a personal observation on
a witness, Erskine divested it of asperity by a tone of jest
and good humour. In a cause at Guildhall, brought to
recover the value of a quantity of whalebone, a witness
was called of impenetrable stupidity. There are two de-
scriptions of whalebone, of different value, the long and
the thick. The defence turned on the quality delivered,
and that an inferior article had been charged at the price
ofthe best. A witness for the defence baffled every at-
tempt at explanation by his dulness. He con founded thick
whalebone with long in such a manner that Erskine was
forced to give it up. " Why, man, you don't seem to

Ilong. Now, I'll tell you the difference. You are a thick-
healed fellow, and you are not a long-headed one !" In
a cause at Guildhall, Mingay spoke of one Bolt, a wbarfin.

regularly appeared as plaintiff or defendant in the cause-
paper of the sittings atter term, in very harsh terms, for
his dishonest and litigious spiiit. " Gentleman," replied
Erskine, " the counsel has taken unwarrantably liberties
with my client's good name. He is so remarkably of an
opposite character, that he goes by the name of Bolt-
upright. This was all invention.—Townsend'e Lives of
Twelve Eminent Judge
Mr. Carter

lanitroth Horse is now exhibiting in

It is a most su

animal

g seen

id balcony have been erected is

diately adjoining the judges' lodging
for the accommodation of parties who may wish to see
the procession formed to do honour to Prince Albert.—
See advt.

St. Ant