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dignantly repelled the insult that was offered to the council
in that advertisement.
Mr. EVANS followed to similar effect, and said Mr. Birch
was actually admitting, through the whole- of his letter, his
own determination to be influenced in his conduct by motives
which he was attributing to, and censuring in, others; and
Mr. COGLAN characterized the address of Mr. Birch as a
gross libel on the council.

VOTE OF THANKS TO THR MAYOR.
Mr. H. HORNBY, after speaking warmly of the conduct of
the Mayor in his office of chief magistrate and president of
the conned, proposed the thanks of the council to his worship,
for the urbanity and strict impartiality with which he had
presided over their deliberations. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. SMITH, amid great cheering, expressed his cordial con-
currence in every word that haallen from Mr. Hornby,
and seconded the motion.
The MAYOR briefly and feelingly- returned thanks, acknow-
ledging the support he had met with in the council in the
execution of the ardeous duties of his office; and the council
broke up at four o'clock.

A German novelist, sketching a military hero, gives him
"a dress much worse fur wear, the breeches pocket excepted.'
SPORTING EXTRAORDINARY.—At what they term a morn-
ing set, on Tuesday last, Mr. George Tucker caught the ex-
traordinary number of 700 rabbits on Sauntou Warren.—
West of Enjland Conservative.
BOLTON AND PRESTON IiAILWAY.—We are informed that
nine miles of the length of this railway, commencing at Bol-
ton, are already lined out.—Preston 07;server.

EFFECTS OF RAILWAYS BETWEEN BIRMINGHAM AND
LONDON.—The few remaining coaches now on the road be-
tween Birmingham and London are actually carrying pas-
sengers at twenty shillings inside and ten shillings outside;
whilst of twenty-two coaches on the road pi ior to the opening
of the railroad, there now only remain four, and it appears
uncertain that that number can con tinue.—Biruthwhom paper,
Some curious funeral remains were recently discovered
among the mountains of Antes, in the department of the Puy
de Dome, in a wild spot, probably the site of the forest no
longer in existence, and at present waste psture land. The
turf concealed from sight a layer of charcoal and ashes, mixed
with pounded glass, in the centre of which was an urn con-
taining a second vase of glass of a square form, in which were
placed the remains of some human bones. Around this urn,

and at equal distances, were distiibuted three lamps. In the
interior of the fosse were fragments of vases at different

forms, the greater part of whicCwere of Roman pottery.
DunTn FROM TERROR.—On Saturday night, as Miss
Symonds, eldest daughter of Mr. John Symonds, of Green
Bank, Falmouth. who had been spending the evening with
'some friends, was returning to her father's -house, attended
by a man-servant, when she had nearly reached the, gate
some miscreants caught hold of her dress, which terrified her
to such degree, that on entering the house she became seri-
ously ill, and continued so until Tuesday morning, when she
expired from the effects of the fright.—Cornwall Gazette.

STRANGE AFFAIR IN HIGH 'APE.— Some paragraphs
having appeared in various papers respecting an affair that
happened lately at the residence of Henry Winston Barron,
Esq., M.P.; on inquiry, we find that the facts are as follow :
The were some friends stopping at the honourable member's
residence near Waterford, on a visit, and amongst the rest
Lord L. and his pretty wife. One evening that some gentle-
men dined there from the neighbourhood, Lord L. lost a
very splendid gold snuff-box. A great noise was made about
the affair; and the box was discovered in the shop nf an
eminent, eweller in this city, some days after it was lost, and
traced to a Captain D., who then held a commission in a
regiment quartered in Dublin, and who is the son of a gene-
ral officer, and related to some of the most distinguished
officers in the army; he was one of the party who dined at
at Barron's, the day the box was lost. He has since sold
out of the army, and, we believe, left the kingdom.—Dublin
Evening Post.
CURIOUS DEATH OF Two BIRDS.—A few days ago, at
Sudbury Rectory, a noise of the breaking of glass being
heard, search was made to ascertain the cause, and a pane of
glass in the door of the conservatory was found broken. On
opening the door, two thrushes were found lying amongst the
broken glass, on the floor, quite dead. It is supposed that
they were either flying at so rapid a rate as to be unable to

stop themselves wtieucoming to the glass, or that they were
allured.by something in the conservatory, and, being uncon-
scious of the intervention of the glass, dashed through it. It
is evident the birds were flying very swiftly, as the pane was
small, and would require a considerable force to break it.

'he necks of both the unfortunate warblers were broken.
BOOKSELLERS' ESTIMATE OF LITERARY PROPERTY,

At first Miller would not give Thompson a farthing for his
"Winter," he afterwards gave him three guineas fur it.
Cave offered half the booksellers in London the property of
the " Gentleman's Magazine;" and as they all refused to
engage in it, he was obliged to publish it himself. " Burn's
Justice" was offered in vain to every publisher fur £5O, Dr.
Buchan offered his "Domestic Medicine" to every principal
bookseller in Edinburgh and London for £lOO, without ob-
taining a purchaser; and after it had passed through 25
editions, it sold in 32 shares at £5O each. Beresford offered
the copyright of the " Miseries of Human Life" for £2O,
it afterward 3 realised £5,000.
FuoLic of Foom —This celebrated humourist, while
educating at Worcester college, Oxford, found in the head,
Dr. Gower, a highly suitable subject for taste of his droll
devices. Observing that the rope of the chapel-bell was
allowed to hang near the ground, in en open space where
cows were sometimes kept for the night, he suspended a wisp
of hay to it, and the consequence was, that some one of the
animals never failed to seize the hay before morning, and so
produce a most unseasonable and mysterious tolling of the
bell. A solemn consultation took place for the elucidation
of this portentous circumstance, and Gower having under-
taken with the sexton, to sit tip all night for the purpose of
catching the delinquent, disclosing the nature of the jest
by pouncing out upon the poet. cow, and had the hearty
laughter of all Oxford to reward him for his pains.
NEW DYE PLANT.—In the south of Russia, numerous
tufts of liarmata, or rue of the steppes, has been re-marked.
It is called Inscrlik by the Tartars, and its botanical name
is Peyanum harmala. It sometimes covers extensive plains
in the Tartar country : its root is strong and coriaceous, ►e-
slats the plough, and is an invincible obstacle to cultivation.
It is not useful for cattle, its odour being so disagreeable that
they will not touch it ; but it is likely to prove of immense
service to the Russians in their manufactures. Attempts
were formerly made to dye cloth of a red colour with the
seeds, but it was a complicated process, and has been sine e
abandoned. - M. Goebel, professor of chemistry at the uni-
versity of Dorpat, having analyzed these seeds, has ascer-
tained the nature of their colouring matter, and invented a
much simpler method of extraction. it is superior to most
of the ordinary substances which produce seed, serves equally
well for silk, wool, cotton, and linen, presenting every shade
front rose to crimson, and not being subject to fade. Half
an ounce of the extract is sufficient for dyeing six square
archiues, or more than three yards, of a deep crimson.
THE NORTHERN YACHT STEAMER.—MI hope of the
safety of this vessel seems now to have been given up. \Ve
understand that the master of one of the London smacks, ar-
rived at Leith on Saturday last, in passing Eyemouth, was
told by some fishermen that a quantity of wreck had been
driven ashore on that coast, amongst which were some long
green painted seats, such as are used on the quarter decks of
steam-vessels. Tiie Perthshire Advertiser of Thursday states,
that " a gentleman, who was in conversation with some of
the crew of the Euphetnia, belonging to Perth, which ar-
rived there on Wednesday, informs us that they passed the
Northern Yacht, on her way to Leith, twice on. the night of
the storm. The last time they saw her, the sea was running.
terribly high, and must have rolled over her decks, so that
the probality is, she was in this way filled with water, and
!soldered incapable of weathering the storm. 'l' he crew of
the Etrphemia state that, on Thursday night, they saw pieces
of wreck floatine about, and no fewer than four vessels go
down, but were unable to render them any assistance from
the danger they themselves were in. The crew of the Cir-
cassia, of Newburgh. report, that they saw a vessel sink close
to the Bell Rock,—Scotsman.
DESCRIPTION OF HenaL—Herat, the Aria of the Greeks,
is a very ancient city of the province of Khorassan, in Persia,
but now constitutes the western frontier of Affghanistan,
being situated on the high road from Persia and Tartar), to
Hindostan. It has experienced all the advantages and dis-
advantages of such a position. It has been from time im-
memorial the route of all the caravans, and the depot of the
commerce carried on between the three counries, by which
its inhabitants amassed great wealth ; but it has also beeu the
route of all the invading arnUes, and has been often plundered,
sacked, and burned. It was taken by Alexander, by Jingiz
Khan, by Timour by Nadir Shah, and manv others. In the
end of the fifteenth and beginning of the sixieenth centuries,
it was the residence of Satan About Ghazv, fourth in de-
scent from Timour, who ruled Khorassan With great reputa-
tion for 31 years. It was then in the zenith of its splendour;
and the Persian historians are profuse in the description .o
its palaces, caravansaries, gardens, mosques, &c. It is now
held as a viceroyalty, by one of the sons or brothers of the
King of Cabul, or Alfghanistan. In the year 17R3, this city
was visited by Mr. Forster, who describes it as standing on a
spacious plain, and intersected by a river, over which there
are several bridges, and surrounded by numerous villages in
the midst of plantations. It then possessed a considerable
share of commerce; and persons limn all parts of the east
were there to be met with. It has an extensive manufircwre
of carpets; and some good horses are bred in the vicinity. Its
revenues are estimated at 4000,000 of rupees per annum. The
King of Persia is very ambitious of adding Herat to his do-
minions, and has sent an army against it. Long.. 62 20. E.
let. 3150 N.

PROJECT FOR .9WEEPING AWAY TIM BANKS FROM THE
ENTRANCE TO THE PORT OF LIVERPoOI..—What are the
means of diverting and wearing the various land streams?
would seem the next question to be answered. Any material
diversion of the rivers Dec, Mersey, and Ribble would evi-
dently appear inconsistent with the character of those re-
spective streams. Wearing, however, scents applicable in
the first place; and, when given advantages were thereby
gained, embeukmeut might securely follow at an available
expense. Dealing in general principles, however, rather
then especial details, it may be enough to say, that powerful
jetties ought to be thrown judiciously out on lower or western
extremities of those estuaries. I3e it observed, the true set
of a prevailing current is not alone with, but against the
courses of these respective rivers. Since the flow of the tide
into an empty space is necessarily more rapid and powerful
than either its ebb or the tetnporary influence of Lied
this fact is of considerable moment. The neglect of a co!
sideration so vital would be sure in leading to errors and d
appointments. Besides, any works successfully undertaken
on the lower parts of the Dee, the Mersey, and the Rite-.
would be sure to increase the effective scour of those rivers,
narrow their breadth, deepen their channels, and mate-jelly
improve, facilitate, and secure the course or navigation. All
experience shows, that depositions of shingle mostly go along
with, and not against, the flowing tide, as the current is corn-
tnonly more rapid and stronger during the ebbing and flow-
ing, than the ebbing tide. . Every shore on the British Isles
!attests the frequency, not the constancy, of this tidal law,
Yet engineers have failed in bestowing due attention on, ant'
availing themselves of, a powerful instrument by which lan,
may be securely gained from the sea, through the aid of
power. and the channels of- navigation undergo material nu
provement in depth of water and evenness of course. Why
is the navigation of the Thames so favourable? Because
running through weak ground inland, and compressed at
Tilbury Fort and Gravesend by strong ground on both sides
of the river, it has shaped out fur itself that even channel for
which it is pre-eminent. On similar laws a marine dike, like
that of the Low Holm- on the shore of the Solway Frith,
projected on Formby Point, travelling continuously east-
wards, or in the direction of Liverpool, would augment the
scour of the Mersey, deepen its sea channel, and sweep off
those sand banks which impede and endanger its navigation
so materially in its present form. A few inland streams that
continually disturb the channel by cross currents anti rest-
less sounds._found.on the shore between Formby Point and
Liverpool, would, by the application of such means, assume
an eastern course, cease to disturb the channel, and deposits
broken and shifting sand banks. For the balance of the up-
wards current exceeding in strength the downwards one, so
the projection of a travelling beach might nut only reclaim
a large area of land from the sea, deepest the channel ma-
terially, steady its navigation, and facilitate, in the meantime,
the ease thereof, but probably lead to the formation of a
place of refuge, having sufficient water at all times of the
title. Such an acquisition in the vicinity of Liverpool would
be invaluable. Indeed, as applicable to the instance befo:e
us, nature having expounded her own laws, we have but t,
follow her dictates to come at sound conclusions, and fabricate
works on plain and effectiveNprinciples. While engineers
continue to mistake the balance of currents, and treat them
as flowing in the opposite direction to the true one, little or
no good can he effected. Let such a defect be fairly obviated,
however, right principles might speedily lead to a correct
application, and wonderful results follow; converting those
very rivers and streanslets that now disturb the channels of
navigation so destructively, into the means of acquiring
secure places of refuge at all times of the tide:--Rookes
Geology as cl Science.