The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-05-01 00:00:00

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i-iri,P,POOL FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM,
PATRON.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of CHusTuit.
PATRONESSES.
The Right Honorable the Countess of SEFTON.
The Right Honorable the Lady STANLEY.
The Right Honorable the Lady FRANCES SANDON.
The Right Honorable Lady SKELMERSDALE.
The Honorable Mrs. Boon.F. WILBRAHAM.
• VICE-PATRONS.
JOSHUA WALMSLEY, Esq., Mayor of Liverpool.
Rev. JONATHAN BROOKS, 1
Rectors of Live 001.
Rev. AUGUSTUS CAMPBELL, J
Rev. THOMAS Moss, Vicar of Walton.
VISITpRS.
Rev. Wm. HESKETH. Rev. JAMES 11/SALL. .
AGENERAL MEETING of those LADIE and GEN-
TLEMEN who have already contributed, and of all
who feel interested in this projected Asylum, will be held on
TUESDAY, the sth May next, at Two o'clock, in the LECTURE
Room of the ROYAL INSTITUTION, Colquitt-street, for the
purpose of Promoting its Establishment, and of appointing
Committees of Management, on which occasion
The MAYOR has kindly consented to take the Chair.
The following is the List of Donations and Subscriptions
to this time

DONATIONS.
Cresswell Cresswells•E s d rs. Dyson, Everton 5 0 0
Esq., M.P. 2O 0 OC. T. Dunlevie, Esq. 5 0 0 0
John Gladstone, Esq 20 0 1 Mrs. Eden
Mrs. Aikin `'o 0 0 Francis Foster, Esq.. 5 0 0
James Aspinall, Esq 20 0 0 The Misses Gildart .. 5 0 0
Mr. Harmood Banner 20 0 0 Jas. M'Gregor, Esq.. 5 0 0
Mrs. Leigh 2O 0 0 Rev. James Hsssall.. 5 0 0
Edm. Molyneux, Esq 20 0 0 John Holmes, Esq... 5 0 0
Henry Moss, Esq. 2O 00C. H. Horsfall, Esq. 5 0 0
Henry Winch, Esq 20 0 0 James Holme, Esq... 5 0 0
The Right lion. the Henry Holmes, Esq.. 5 0 0
Countess of Sefton 10 0 0 Mrs. Inman
The Mayor of Liver- Mrs. Jones, Lark-hill 50 0
pool 10 0 0 William Jones, Esq.. 5 0 0
Thomas Pemberton, Miss Oakes
Esq., M.P......... 10 0 0 Wm. Rydyard, Esq 5 0 0
Mrs. Bowden ...... 10 0 I Mrs. Henry Steele
Chris. Bullin, Esq. ..-10 0 ()Jos. Shipley, Esq... • 5 0 0
C. Bardswell,-Esq. .. 10 0 0 John Stewart, Esq 5 0 0
R. Bickersteth, Esq.. 10 10 ON. Salisbury, Esq.
Miss Currie ........ 10 0 0 Mrs. Toulmin
Mrs. James Dawson 10 0 OS. Lee Trotman, Esq 5 0 0
Joshua Edwards,Esq. 10 0 OJ. A. Tinne, Esq 5 0 0
Mrs John Fletcher ..'lO 0-OJ. H. Wrigley, Esq 5 0 0
Mrs. Wm. Foster .. 10 0 0 Robt. Woodward, Esq 5 0 0
Matt. Gregson, Esq. 10 •0 0 Mrs. J. G. Carter
LancelotGraham,Esq.lo 0$ he Misses ltigbys
Edward Gibbon, Esq. 10 .0 0 Mr. Benbow 2 2 0
Rev. Wm. Hesketh.. 10 10 0 Mr. George Carter
Mrs. Hegan ....... 10 0 0 Mr. Dempsey
John Holden, Esq. .. 10 0 0 Mr. R. J. Jones
Richard Jones, Esq.. 10 0 0 Mr. George Withers 2 2 0
Richard Leyland, Esq. 10 0 0 Miss Crank
Ambrose Lace, Esq.. 1() 0 0 Mr. Donald
-Mrs. James Lawrence 10 0 OA. Friend, per Mrs
M. D. Lowndes, Esq. 10 0 0 Leigh
Thos. Littledale, Esq. 10 0 0 Mrs. Adam Hodgson 2 0 0
J. B. Lloyd, E5q..... 10 00 A Lady, per Mrs
Theophilus Labrucre, Moss
Esq. lO 0 0 Mr. J. Lloyd, Man-
Mrs. James Molyneux 10 0 0 cheater
Mrs. Edward Moon.. 10 0 0 Mrs. Charles Arm-
Wm. Jos. Myers, Esq. 10 0 0 strong, West Derby 1 1 0
W. M'Crackan, Esq. 10 0 0 Mrs. B. Buchanan .. 1 1 0
John Marriott, Esq. 10 0 0 Miss Colquitt
Thos. Newton, Esq., Mr. Robert Clay
Moss-brook lO 0 0 A Friend, per Mrs.
Mr. Newell lO 0 I Horsfall
Chas. S. Parker, Esq. 10 0 0 A Friend, per Mrs
John Robin, E5q..... 10 0 0 H. Moss
Jos. Rigby, Esq. .... 10 0 0 Horatio, per Mrs.
John Ripley, Esq.... 10 0 0 Brancker
Mrs. Semple 10 0 0 Mr. Kaye
Robert Semple, Esq. 10 00 A Lady, per Mrs
Saml. Staniforth, Esq. 10 0 0 Jeffreys
Saml. Sandbach, Esq. 10 0 0 Miss Lowe 1 0 0
H. R. Sandbach, Esq. 10 00 A Lady, LittleWoolton 1 1 0
Chas. Tayleur, Esq... 10 10 0 A Lady, per Mrs.Aikin I 0 0
W.K.Thornpson,Esq. 10 00 A Lady
A. Waterhouse, Esq. 10 0 0 Mr. Hugh Mackay
J. N. Walker, Esq... 10 0 0 Mr. B. Prescot 1 1 0
Wm. Watson, Esq... 10 0 0 Mrs. Sothern 1 1 0
Jos. B. Yates, Esq... 10 0 0 Mrs. Tinne 1 1 0
The Rt. H on. the Lady Mrs. Daniel Willis
Frances Sandon .. 5 0 0 Mrs. Cartwright
Thos. Brancker, Esq. 5 0 01Mr. Crosthwaite
Wm. Banning, Esq... 5 0 o.Mrs. Ferguson
Jos. Brereton, Esq... 5 0 CIA Friend, per Mrs.
William Bird, Esq... 5 0 C Semple
Jas. Buchanan, Esq.. 5 0 0 A Friend, per Mrs.
W. J. Brown 5 00- Brancker 0 10 0
John Campbell, Esq. 5 0 0 A Friend 0 10 0
John Crossfield, Esq. 5 0 0 Mr. Rainford 0 10 0
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Mrs. Aikin... - 2 2 01Mr. Harrison
Mrs. Aspinall
Mrs. Alexander
Miss Alexander 1 1 0 RichardHarbord, Esq. 1 1 0
Miss Jesse Alexander. 1 1 0 Richd.Houghton,Esq. 1 1 0
Mrs. Ellis Ashton
Mrs. Henry Ashton.. 1 1 0 Lawrence Heyworth,
Mrs. Adams
Miss Armistead 1 1 0 Lawrence Heyworth,
Mrs.. Thos. Aspinall 1 1 0 Jun. Esq.
Rev. Richard Appleton 1 1 0 Robert Horsfall, Esq. 1 1 0
Robert Ashley, Esq... 1 1 0 John Hall, Esq... ..
William Ashley, Esq.. 1 1 0 Mrs. Richard Jones 2 2 0
James Aspinall, Esq.. 1 1 0 Mrs. Dr. Jeffreys 2 2 0
Mr. Thos. Ashcroft .. 1 1 0 Mrs. Jones, Lark Hill 1 1 0
Mrs. Harmood Banner 2 2 0 Mrs. Inman
Mr. Thomas Branch.. 2 2 0 Mrs. Thos. Jevons
Mrs.Blain,Kensington 2 0 0 Mrs. Iliff
Mrs. Rector Brooks.. 1 1 0 Mrs. Jenkinson .... 1 1 0
Mrs. Thos. Brancker. 1 1 0 Miss Jolley
Mrs. J. B. Brancker . 1 1 0 William Jackson, Esq.
Mrs. James Brancker. 1 1 0 Stafford-street
Mrs. Barnes
Mrs. John Banner
Mrs. Blake 1 1 0 Mr. John Jackson .. 1 1 0
Mrs. G. A. Brown
Mrs. Thos. Bouch
Mrs. Benhow 1 1 0 Henry Jenkins, Esq. 1 1 0
Mrs. Byrne
Mrs. James Byrne .. 1 1 0 Miss Knowles
The Misses Byrne .. 1 1 0 Mrs. Killick 1 1 0
Mrs. T. Bold
Mrs. Bowman ....
Mrs. Bates..
Mrs. Bardswell .. 1 1 0 Mrs. Robert Lloyd .. 1 1 0
Mrs. Bushby 1 1 0 Mrs. Lawrence, Moss-
Mrs. Benj. Buchanan. 1 1 0 ley Hill
Mrs. Barned 1 1 0 Mrs. Jos. Langton .. 1 1 0
Mrs. Samuel Beckwith 1 1 0 Mrs. M. D. Lowndes 1 I 0
Miss Birley
Mrs. Bellhouse 1 1 0 Mrs. Joshua Lace .. 1 1 0
Mrs. Charles Browne. 1 1 0 Miss Lace 1 1 0
Mrs. R. B. B. H. Blurs- Miss Jane Lace
dell
Mrs. Benj. Banning.. 1 1 0 Rev. Chas. Lawrence 1 1 0
Miss Boyd . 0 10 0 John Lawrence, Esq. 2 2 0,
Rev. Thos. Bold. .. .. 1 1 011-lenry Lawrence, Esq. 1 1 0
Rev. Wm. Blundell.. 1 1 ()James Lister, Esq 1 1 0
William Banning, Esq. 1 1 0 Wm. Lewtas, Esq 1 1 0
James Bateson, Esq.. 1 1 0 Peter Leather, Esq 1 1 0
Cleo. Blake, jun., Esq. 1 1 0 Edmund B.Lyon,Esq, 1 1 0
James Bunnell, Esq.. 1 1.0 Mr. Langdale
W. J. Brown, Esq... 1 1 C Mrs. John Moss
Wm. Balleny, Esq... 1 1 0 Mrs. Henry Moss .
Mr. William Benson . 1 1 0 Mrs.JohnMoore,jun. 1 1 0
Richard Bevan, Esq.. 1 1 0 Mrs. Marsh
William Bevan, Esq.. 1 1 0 Mrs. Maples 1 1 0
Geo. Booth, E5q..... 1 1 0 Mrs. Maxwell
Robert Christian, Esq. 22 0 Mrs. W. J. Myers
Henry Christian, Esq. 2 2 0 Mrs. Wm. Milvor
Mrs. Rector Campbell 1 1 0 Mrs. Mill
Mrs. John Campbell . 1 1 0 Mrs. Edward Moon
Mrs. Colin Campbell . 1 1 0 Mrs. Minton 1 1 0
Mrs. J. G. Carter .. 1 1 0 Mrs. Lewin Mozley 1 1 0
Mrs. Cartmell
Mrs. Dr. Chapman
Mrs. John Crosfield.. 1 1 0 Mrs. Monk 1 1 0
Mrs. Chorley
Mrs. Clare 1 1 0 ham House
Miss Christian
Mrs. Cardwell
Mrs. Wallace Currie . 1 0 0 Childwall.
Mrs. Byrom Carrie .. 1 1 0 Rev. Thos. Moss
Mrs. William Clay .. 1 1 0 Rev. Hugh M'Neile
Mrs. T. N. Carter .. 0 10 6 Rev. Thos. M`Gill
Miss Lucy Colquitt .. 0 10 6 Edm. Molyneux, Esq 2 2 0
Mrs. Churchill
Rev. H. Carpenter
Edward C. Clay, Esq. 1 1 0 Mr. John Myers .... 1 1 0
C. W. Clay, Esq 1 1 C Jas. Mullineux, Esq. 1 1 0
Daniel Campbell, Esq. 1 1 0 Jas. Moon, E5q..... 1 1 0
Mr. Cannell
Henry Coupland, Esq. 1 1 0 Mr. Maddocks 1 1 0
Thos. Chilton, Esq... 1 1 0 Mr. Lewis Morrison 0 10 6
David Cannon, Esq. . 1 1 0 Mrs. John North 2 2 0
W. R. Coulborn, Esq. 1 1 C Mrs. Newton, Moss-
George Cram, sq... 1 1 0 brook
W. B. Colton, Esq... 1 1 0 Mrs. Nicol 1 1 0
J. A. Case, Esq. .... 1 1 0 Mrs. Newel 1 1 0
Mrs Davies, Harbuck ' ev. John North 1 1 0
House..... ...... 1 1 OJ. Todd Naylor, sq. 1 1 0
Mrs. Rd. Denistoun 1 1 C Wm. Nevett, Esq.
Mrs. Wm.
Geo. Duncan, Esq... 1 0 Mrs. Ortt
Thos. Dodson, Esq.. 1 1 0 Charles Okill, Esq 1 1 0
Major Dawson ...... 1 1 0 Miss Poole 1 1 0
T. A. Dale, Esq., Mrs. Thomas Porter. 1 1 0
Gateacre s 1 1 C Mrs. Stanley Percival 1 1 0
H Dutchman, Esq... 1 1 C Mrs. Perry 1 1 0
Mrs. Joshua Edwards 2 2 0 Mrs. T. P. Pemberton 1 1 0
Mrs. Earle, Speke- Mrs. James Pownall .1 1 0
lands.
Mrs. Wm. Earle
Mrs. Hardman Earle 1 1 ( Mrs. Pearson . ...... 0 10 6
Mrs. Richard Earle 1 1 C Rev. J. C. Prince.... 1 1 0
Mrs. Peter Ewart : 1 1 C Edward Pilcher, Esq. 1 1 0
G. W. Ewing, Esq ' 1 1 0 Peek Brothers and
John Eden, Esq ll 0 Winch .l 1 0
1 1 0
Mr. Ellwood
Mrs. Ferniough
Charles Fletcher, Esq. 1 1 C Mr. B. Prescot 1 1 0
Wm. Fosberry, Esq. 1 1 C James Phillips, Esq.,
H. F., per Mr. H. Bootle 1 1 0
Banner
Mr. FOR' nes
Mr. Fish OlO 6 House 1 1 0
Mrs. L. Graham .... 2 2 C Miss Robinson 1 1 0
Mrs. Groves 1 1 C Mrs. Robin.. 1 1 0
Mrs. Grindrod 1 1 C Mrs.Robinson,Bootle 1 1 0
Mrs.MatthewGregson 1 1 C Miss Rigby.
Mrs. Green, High Pas- , Miss Jane Rigby ..
tures . ........... 1 1 0 Mrs. Robt. Rankin 1 1 0
Mrs. Robertson Glad- Thos. Robinson, Esq 2 2 0
stone
..
2 2 0
Mrs. Girvin
Mrs. Duncan Gibb
ltev.JohnGibson,Aig- Jas. Robertson, Esq. 1 1 0
burth
Rev. Thos. Gardner, Allerton
Old Swan
ju.
David Gladstone, Esq. 1 1 0 Esq., Garston .... 010 6
• Robertson Gladstone, The Right Hon. Lady
Esq.
Thos.Gladstones,Esq. 1 1 0 The Right Hon. the
T.T. Glazebrook, Esq. 1 1 0 Lady Stanley' 1 1 0
Mr. Grapel
Mr. Henry Gatliff
Mr. Guyton
Mr. Gossage OlO 6 Mrs. Semple ........ 1 C
Mrs. Howard, Waver- Miss Semple ........ 1 1 C
tree 2 2 0 A Friend, per Mrs.
Mrs. Hesketh
Airs: John Holmes .. 1 1 0 Mrs. Sandbach 1 1 0
Mrs. Horsfall 1 1 0 Mrs. Henry Sandbach 1 1 0
Mrs. J. B. Horsfall 1 1 0 Miss Sandbach 1 1 0
Mrs. C. H. Horsfall 1 1 0 Mrs. Hugh Sanderson 1 1 0
Mrs. Henry Harrison 1 1 01Mrs. J. S. Smith
Mrs. Henry Hill .... 1 1 ()Mrs. Alex. Smith,jun 1 1 0
Mrs. Holden 1 1 01Mrs. Anty. Swaiuson 1 1 0
Mrs. Hegan
Mrs. G. Hargreaves.. 1 1 0 Mrs. Squires 1 1 0
_sirs. Ilindley
Mrs. Harris, Hope-st 1 1 0 Mrs.Sherburne,Hurst
Rev. W. Hesketh.... 1 1 0 House . . .... .
Rev. J. Ha55e11...... 1 1 0 Miss Smallwood
Rev. J. Headlam .... 1 1 0 Mrs. Stevenson .
Jas. Heyworth, Esq. 1 1 0 Rev. J. H. Stewart 1 1 0
Wm. Hurry, Esq. .. 1 1 O'John Swift, Esq 2 2 0
T. K. HasSall, Esq.. 1 1 0 Sir J. P. Salisbury
Mr. Hornblower „. , 1 1 OT. W. ShAriand, Esq. 1 1 0

2 00

2 00

1 00

1 00

0 10 0

1 10

nom Stuert, Esc, 1 1 Oldwp, Wainuliw . 2 0 0
W, F. Smith, Esq.., 1 1 01,Mrs,Witson,Chltids'yilil 1 1 0
Mr. Storrs. , . ..... 1 1 gMiss Ward. 1 1 0
Mr. R. Sapders ..... 1 1 01Mrs. Rt. Woodward 1 1 0
Mr. Syers, Park-road 1 1 01Miss Wakefield 1 0 0
Mrs. Tayleur 2 2 O'Mrs, Walker 1 1 0
Mrs. William Tayleur 1 1 0 Mrs. Win. Watson
Mrs. Henry Tayleur. 1 1 0 Mrs. Major Wilson OlO 6
Mrs. Trotman 1 1 0 MissSarahWaterhouse 010 6
Mrs. Toulmin 1 1 01MissMrgt.Waterhouse 0 10 6
Mrs.W.K.Thompson 1 1 0114enry Wood, Esq... 1 1 0
Mrs. S. H. Thompson 1 1 0 Daniel Willink, Esq.. 1 1 0
Mrs. Arth. Thompson 1 1 0 Wm. Willink, Esq... 1 1 0
Mrs. Townsend 1 1 0 DanlWaterhouse,Esq. 1 1 0
Miss Townsend 1 1 0 Octavius Waterhouse,
Mrs. Thomlinson
Mrs. Tobin. ... ... . . 1 0 0 Jas. Willacy & Son
Mrs.Thompson,Duke- Mr. Wilkinson 1 1 0
street
Rev. John Tobin .... 1 1 0 Mr. Wordley 1 1 0
A. Friend, per ditto .. 1 1 OiGeo. Withers, Esq 1 1 0
J. A. Tinne, E5q..... 1 1 01Peter Wright, Esq 1 1 0
Samuel Taylor, Esq. 1 1 01Mr. Woodville
Jas.Tyrer, Esq. Bootle 1 1 (yWr. Worrall
Mr. Thos.• Thompson 1 1 o,Jos.BrooksYates,Esq. 1 1 0
The Honorable Mrs.
Bootle Wilbraham.. 2 0 0

Treasurer and Secretary, pro tempore, Mr. HARMOOD
BANNER, Dingle Mount, by whom Donations and Subscrip-
tions will be thankfully received.
A Donor of Ten Pounds will be a Guardian for Life, and
Subscribers of One Guinea per Annum will be Guardians
during the time they are Subscribers.

A BILIOUS ArrAcx.—" Too much bile in my stomach,"
as the teakettle said when hanging over a hot fire.—Anieri-

can paper.

THE EMPRESS ANNE OF RIJSSIA.—The Empress Anne
sometimes mingled in her practices so much of oddity that it
was impossible not to be entertained. Once she decreed that
a certain Prince G— should become a hen to ,punish him
for some trifling misdemeanour ; and for this purpose she
ordered a large basket, stuffed with straw, and hollowed into
a nest, with a quantity of eggs inside, to be placed conspi-
cuously in one of the principal rooms at court. The prince
was condemned, on pain of death, to sit upon this nest, and
render himself to the last degree ridiculous, by imitating the
cackling of a hen.—Memoirs of the Princess Daechkaw.
AN IRISH SEARCH FOR CHINA IN AIISTRALIA.—When
Governor Philip first commenced the settlement at Sydney,
many of the convicts were continually deserting into the
woods. At one time forty persons were absent from the
'settlement on their way to China. These travellers consisted
principally of Irish convicts, who were convinced that China
was not far distant to the northward, and were always mak-
ing up parties for the purpose of decamping thither. Most of
the wanderers perished of hunger, or were speared, and pro-
bably eaten, by the natives. An anecdote is told of one who,
after traversing the woods, near Sydney, for several weeks,
endeavouring to find his way to China, had not only lost his
way, but, as is often the case when the traveller is bewildered
in a forest, lost also his senses. As good luck would have it,
Pat, almost finishing, reached what he thought a Chinese
town. Instinct drew him towards one bark hut in particular,
which he cautiously approached, and was most agreeably as-
tonished to find his wife, whom he hailed with joy, exclaim-
ing, " Och, Judy, dear, how did you find your way to China?"
He had wandered back again to Sydney.
SAWN SLATE PAVEMENT.—Experiments have been made
to ascertain the applicability of Slate to other uses than the
covering of houses. The result has been the discovery that
as a material for paving the floors of warehouses, cellars, wash-
houses, barns, &c. where great strength and durablity are re-
quired, it is far superior to any other known material. In
the extensive warehouses of the London docks it has been
used on a large scale. The stones forming several of the old
floors, having become broken and decayed, have been replaced
with slate two inches thick ; and one wooden floor, which
otherwise must have been re-laid, has been cased with slate
one inch thick, And the whole have been found to answer very
completely. The trucks used in removing the heaviest
weights are worked with fewer hands. The slabs beidg sawn,
and cemented closely together as they are laid down, unite
so closely together, that the molasses, oil, turpentine, or other
commodity which is spilt on the floor, is all saved ; and as
slate is non-absorbent, is so easily cleaned, and dries so soon,
that a floor upon which sugar in a moist condition has been
placed, may be ready for the reception of the most delicate
goods in a few hours. Waggons or carts, containing four or
five tons of goods, pass over truck-ways of two-inch slate
without making the slightest impression. In no one instance
has it been found that a floor made of sawn slate has given
way ; in point of durability, therefore, it may be considered
superior to every other commodity applied to such uses. The
consequences of this discovery have been, that full employ-
ment is found in the quarries which produce the slates, and
that additional employment has been given to the British
shipping engaged in the coasting trade'—Penny Magazine.
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ORANGES AND COFFEE.—Of all the new enjoyments of
which the knowledge is acquired by a visit to the intertropical
regions. those that reach us through a sense which, in the old
world, is productive of as many painful as pleasurable emo-
tions, are in my opinion the most exquisite. Without leaving
Europe, a traveller may learn how delightful it is to take his
early walk in an orange grove during the season when the
trees arc in blossom. The garden of the Tuilleries may give
him a faint idea of it, just before the ancient denizens of the
orangerie have been despoiled of their crop of blossoms, that
the distiller may convert them into orange-flower water.
But the fragrance of the Tuilleries is as inferior to that of the
Moorish gardens of the Alcazar at Seville, as these last, with
all the care bestowed on them, are excelled by some neglected
orange grove in Cuba or St. Domingo. Nor fs the rich fra-
grance of the orange grove to be compared, for a moment,
with the aromatic odours of a coffee plantation, when its
hundred thousand trees have just thrown out their unrivalled
display of jessamine-like flowers, reminding you of what you
might have read, in eastern fable, of the perfumes of Araby
the Blest.—Turnbull's Travels in Cuba.
THE HAlR.—Grey hairs, the proverbial attendant upon
age, exemplify the operation of the principle of defective
nourishment and suppressed secretion. Early and vigorous
in their growth, the hairs of the head are generally the first
to show symptoms of decay. Great differences may, how-
ever, be observed in different individuals as to the period
when the hair exhibits change of colour, or falls off ; in some
it grows gray at thirty years of age, or even earlier ; with
others this change does not take place till the less equivocal
indications are manifested. Many causes which affect but
little the general constitution, accelerate the death of the hair ;
more especially the depressing passions, corroding anxieties.
and intense thought. Fevers are often destructive to the vi-
tality of the hair, when they do not permanently affect any
other part of the body. There is, however, an essential dif-
ference in the effects of disease and of old age upon the hair,
inasmuch as the former seldom destroys the bulbous capsule,
from which the hair is formed; and accordingly, a new crop
of hair is often foUnd to spring up, after a certain time, when
the system recovers its vigour. But the death of hair from
age is hopeless and irretrievable, for it implies the destruction
ofevery part of the root as well as the shaft; and the conse-
quent separation of the hair, is attended with the obliteration
of the canal which it occupied, and which penetrated the true
skin. The loss of colour in hair begins in the shaft, which
first becomes grey, then white, and lastly transparent, giving
to it that silvery appearance which is esteemed so venerable
a mark of age. Baldness generally commences over the upper
parts of the temporal and occipital bones, particularly in the
. male sex, and thence spreads over the whole upper surface of
the head. The hair on other parts of the body suffers corre-
sponding changes with those of the head, and also falls off
partially by age.—Dr. Roget.

BRUNT, THE CAPITAL OF BOIINEO.—The houses extend
on both sides of the river about a mile and a half, in a triple,
and often in a multiple row, so that it is not easy to guess
at their number with a hope of coming near to the truth.
On the south side there are, perhaps, seven hundred and
fifty buildings, which, by assigning ten individuals to each,
will make the number of persons there to be seven thousand
five hundred. This allowance is not too great for each
building, as it is often divided into several apartments, and
augmented by appendages for the accommodation of as many
families. On the north side there is a row which runs in a
corresponding manner about half a mile to the eastward, to
which I reckon three hundred houses and three thousand in-
habitants. But here there is a large devarication of the
river, which, after a little distance, branches into several
beautiful sources, or n/us as the natives call them. Here
there is a large compilum, filled in various places with houses,
wherein the people live in dense crowds, and certainly do not
amount to less than five thousond. In the western conti-
nuation of the houses on the north side, we have at least five
thousand more : these several sums, being added together,
give twenty-two thousand five hundred, which is under the
true number. One of the most striking singularities at
Bruni is the floating market, composed of a multitude of
canoes, which ply along the lines of buildings, and from one
side of the river to the other. In most places the buyer
must go to the market ; but here the market comes to the
buyer, and he realises all the advantage of choice and com-
petition without stirring a step from his door. The medium
of exchange is usually large pieces of bar iron, without any
stamp or superscription upon them, every man being at liberty
to have a mint under his own roof.
NOVEL MODE OF APPLYING LEECHES.—During the
mania for leeches which prevailed some years ago in France,
a country doctor in Britanny had ordered some to be applied
to one of his patients, suffering from a sore throat. On
calling to see the effect of his remedy, the first person he met
on entering the house was the peasant's wife. " Well, my
good woman," said the doctor, "how is your husband to-day ?
better, no doubt ? "—" Oh, yes, surely ! " answered the
woman, •` he is as well as ever, and gone to the field."—" I
thought so," continued monsieur le doctor, "the leeches have
cured him ! Wonderful effect they have ! you got the leeches
of course? "—" Oh, yes, morksieur le doctor, they did him a
great deal of good, though he could not take them all."—
"Take them all," cried our friend, " why how did you apply
them ?"—" Oh, I managed nicely," said the wife, looking
quite cont ebnunudittteemdt
ehan%
evdoiestulekagehlof:
r:elyrd,soe,
ncil.ofatnid;iteei
n'
utifhemoderr
v.vear r i eslsteeyieci'fikns
ra.sstasßhko
eemu ,
tgelewthbdaoeti
horrorlwheade
otvoenoreykhiryialaefli,l
well,
in the doctor's countenance ; " for he she,wasbetter the nextmorning, and to-day he is quite well." " Uinph ! " said
shakehat ot
they
etyh
we head,oald ia`v`
have
been
et
eh ne they
betterhave
ci e n t ;
the
cureddo
himc vr , t
hwai
tt withs
a sapientah
applied externally." The woman replied she would do so
next time; and no doubt, if ever fate throws _a score of unfor-
tunate leeches into her power again, she will make a poultice
MPaLanA;lDl.;:vAingpefaosuainidt
it,generally
mores goesin a
of them.—TheDesultory
hisN trail,i4
ring some miles in circumference to make sure of having him
within it. He then gradually contracts his circles till he
out in inßEsAeanrcHhuoNf HUNT
comes to the retreat itself of the animal. Weeks are some-
times expended in this search ; the peasantry are then sum-
moned or governor of the
n of the jagtmoestare,
s them, and commands
province,
aand skall, a
putl dl ,i
sbtayrni
ctdhte,er
itlhial
one di
nds hai
directs
or ranger of the
their movements, The peasants are generaily formed into
circles, and come armed w-ith whatever weapons they can
procure. Though opposed singly to a whole host, the bear
often spreads havoc among his assailants. Every ball that
enters his huge carcase but adds fire to his fury, and woe to
the individual whom his wrath has singled out. It ceases to
be a mere pastime, and nothing but the greatest self-
possession can save him from a miserable death. While at
Hernosand, I saw a representation of an event that took
place at a skall in the neighbourhoode,q in 3 and which
shows that bear hunting must be quite al
in excitement and peril. The bear on this occasion was very
large ; nothing like an American bear, with which an Indian
u 18
to tigerl hunting
can grapple, but an enormous beast, able to carry off a pony
under his arm. His temper, probably never very good, had
been ruffled by ten shots lodged in different parts of his body
, all present entrenched themselves, and awaited some despe-
rate effort on his part, should not a lucky shot through the
head
bolder
speedilythangive
his
companions, im hi s q
advancingietus At .
beforethis moment,
them,ome t a
the
, man,
bear
rushed upon him, tore the gun from his hands, and began to
wound him with his tremendous claws. The wretched man
was unable to contend with his muscular antagonist • already
his wounds were letting out his life, when young Norr-
'ander, unable to look quietly on, rushed to •his assistance.
Besides the danger, which he himself incurred, and which, of
bear without striking the man. As he advanced,
course, he had no feeling of, there was some difficulty in
the b
shootingear th
ro ese
on Hs hind legs to meet his new opponent;
his victim dropped before him ; the Norrlander seized the
favourable opportunity, raised his gun with both arms high
above his head, to bring it in horizontal position on a level
with the bear's head, and, trusting to feeling more than
sight, discharged his piece. An immediate death wound
could alone sage either from their enemy. The success
which the brave man deserved, attended him, and the ball
Passed through the brain of the bear, which fell dead on the
reecucd man.—Dillon's Winter in Lapland, &C.

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