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green in the an

erse strips

whether any of i

cases in a very

short time. I shall notice three of the solutions as having
produced more permanent effects : thPCP more __

t iron (~
The first two seer

reen vitriol). and sulphate of
I tr, I.:.

—lied to kill e moss
axinediately, but they also turned it black, and at thethexpira-
tion of a year it was still adhering to the surface of the gra-
vel, black instead of green. But the effect produced by the
sulphate of tipper was remarkable. The moss entirely dis-
appeared, and at the end'

of the year, when the rest of the poor man being ruined, by living in the neighbouri,,..._
*as again completely carpeted, the strip which had rich man, who gives a good price for his fowls, his eggs, anc
-ed with this solution was perfectly bare. My his labour ? Or if he would prefer living in the neighbour.
ridge put an end to further observations. hoyd of a wretched village to that of a flourishing town ?
tnis taint may induce some of your correspondents Are we not always more or less distressed in this country.
to
that take
eith ep u the subject; and I should think it very probable whenever England does not give us a good price for our pro-
p the sulhate of copper or some other salt would duce? Her prosperity fosters ours. Does she not employ
be found very useful in keeping the walks of gardens in our labours in every way ? To rebel against her wealth an,
• and other confined it
autions
Chronicle free from floss.— aggrandisement, is to realise the fable of the belly and • Henslow, in Gardeners' . members, the more of our produce she consumes, the bet
for us, the more we give, the more we get."

quitting Cam
Per

Professor

SWALLO

-In nopart of natural history has there been
..ii

c,cavcu opinion Irian tnat of swal- THE CHURCHMAN'S MONTHLY REVIEW for January and
nter.ng in the mud. It was that great owl of a Nor- February, 1841. Seeley and Burnside, London.--This work
Fontoppidan, who first set this stupid notion supplies a desideratum for the religious public, which they
-Id, and he only reported it from the fisher- have long felt and acknowledved. Onr. „e

afloat in the w

WI
bunches
The
for

vuu Llcl4o ()I SOCIE
mu] ',oat tney naa trequently drew up great though comparatively small, is already furnished with a p
)ws from the bottom of the lakes there. lication of similar character to the one before us ; but, ay
n-eadow of England in autumn, from the cost of the articles, are too abstruse and metap
find for the palms sical for the general reader. In the numbers of the Mont
the Mediterra- Review, however, whilst there is no lack of talent and so
The celerity judgment discernihie -

allow leaves the

yrtle and ()rani
Swallows has'

groves of Italy

towards the Afr

n shores.

credible
mated at

..., ......._ ...... ...... "....... v. (dm enure( ,ry renaers any exploit by them on the wing
are maintained with boldness and. vigour, and, the flimsy pre.
,n. The flight of birds generally may be esti- texts of heresy unveiled with a master's hand, we are glad
m fifty to one hundred and twenty wiles an hour. to see every volume notice therein with a simplicity of style,
able that all migratory birds, when detained in and calmness of argument, the desirable attendants upon
great agitation when the period of their conscious truth. Amongst the contents are scriptural criti-
irrives, insomuch that some of them, the quail in cisms of three powerful sermons by the present Bishop of
;asionally kill themselves in their efforts to a=s- Chichester, on subjects highly interesting and important at
gitation is always greatest at night, proving, to- the present time, and notices of Mr. Gladstone's work on
-n, that birds generally commence their the Church, Sew ell's Christian Morals, Gurney's West In-
Ile swallow lives no longer under water dies, &c., &c.
ther bird, that is, a few minutes ; and yet there
of people, and some even of great ,names as na-
cho, in spite of that fact, will still perversely be- DEATH OF LORD HENLEY.—This nobleman died at his
wallows winter in the mud at the bottom of ponds residence, Whitehall-place, London, on Wednesday. He
.i gilt -..e we don't happen to know the pre- was a Master in Chancery. He was in his 52d year. In
.e they go to. They March, 1824. he married Miss Harriet Peel, third daughter
‘s int say the same of any other of the late Sir Robert Peel, Bart., and sister of the Right
1 ; b
.y have the authority of cele- Hon. Sir Robert 'Peel, Bart., M.P., by whom his lordship
•ag 'ontbp_pidan down to Derham, had a family of five children, two of whom only survive their
\bo Not one of these father. In consequence of Lord Henley's death, Sir Robert
,nat had been drawn from Peel's parliamentary dinners, the first of which was to take
( .. , once, a reward of an equal weight place on Saturday, are postponed.
is offered to any one who should produce STRANGE CONCEITS.—Another most remarkable frieze
but, as Frisch informs us, no- consists of a procession of souls to judgment ; and among
Notwithstanding that, Mudie these one group in particular attracted our attention. It re.
ity made asseverations and presented the soul of a person who had in life been a doubt.
Ids of the laborious and ac- fnl character, much both of good and evil being attributed tc
-11 d send him the him;' and in his case the nicely balanced scales of justice
but somehow trembled. He is dragged in a car before the judge by tw
•-- 1.,:m ; , winged genii, the one good and the other evil, are cor
-I'nc, for the exclusive .....—:-.. _L• , • -

manifest

particular, oc
cape. This 1

;ether with oliservat

,t that time

'rica whey

zh probabilit

great envie

from under water

body ever chimed the money

attidav

Reauntur promised that they v
1 birds that bad wintered under tl

ere pressed, it turned out that, like the be
,en them themselves

liad not actual]

they cannot draw it on, lt

Cher eyewitnesses, who I remain

)ur own able anato-

deceased

genii are represented as blact

1 Hunt

of the
and al

form, whicE

--Gins it a very wild opinion, the spirits wear a cothurnus, or buskin or LII“.
__.....a animals can remain any longer under water was sacred among the Etruscans to immaterial existences
without drowning, and that their internal anatomy is wholly especially the genii of darkness death and sleep. It is no
different from that of the frog and other amphibious animals, winged, but peaked like wings in sheath, and reaches mid.
is constantly way up the leg. The genii are all winged ; and the souls, of
His name was
which there are many, have no wings.—Tours to the Sepal-
ne wrote several dramatic chres of .Etruria, in 1839, by Mrs. H. Gray.
~.roubled with the gout, particularly LOVE AND MURDER IN THE EAST.—The subjoined ac-
ii prevented him frequently from writ- count is given by the Oriental Observer :—" No individual
-d frequently to his bedroom for.two was better known in Peru than Louis Soulier, the director
,-;e trying circumstances, he main of the Circus. When he passed on his beautiful horse ' Su-
I gave to the world, about tl perbe,' people pointed at him and whispered ' Cest lui-meme.'
-:•1- a " Joe Millf Franconi was not more renowned in Paris, nor could the
"al fame of Ducrow in London exceed that of Soulier here. He
4 was a handsome and remarkably powerful man, though
P rather too material for great agility. Finding that people
ai here got tired of looking at horses run round a ring, with
t men, women, and children standing on their backs, and that
his circus was consequently but a • beggarly account of empty
boxes,' he, some two or three months ago, sent off his family,
I.A.var. ACTIONS.—The naval actions horses, black slaves, and splendid dresses to Buchorest, where
.ve been always remarkable for the comp-
they were to await his arrival, and in due time he intended to
of life with which they have been gained; make a triumphal entry into Vienna, in the character of a
nation of the country, this has always formed conqueror returning from the East. But, alas ! l'hommepro-
Te of the public triumph. The loss of Acre pose, Sze. His wife's eldest daughter, Medelena de Bach,
sver.known in an affair of such magnitude ; had just bloomed into womanhood. and, being a good-looking
—tory was, we should regard it with in- .1d
lof 16, it was very natural that some youtk - -

—Although this personag

sons know who he was

a in 17

a portion of that
aueen Caroline,

pular farce c.

ice as

wife of George II.)

_ft or other shot',
..... ... onering a hope that war 6f tall desperately in hive with her, and that she should return
his passion. One of the horsemen, and the best looking of
. On this important subject we shall
ay yet be carried on with diminished sa-
the troop, young Tardini, was the favoured swain, but he and
y
losses in the great principal actions since company some time back,
great war of the French Revolution. In Soulier not agreeing, he left the
and turned horse-dealer here. When Medelena went off for
nof the first of June, 1793, there Buchorest, however, he sold his nags, shut up his stables,
7ere.. ri ...m11"--A -cr,
1.1..............., .1:-...-4.!___
mgaged, with 17.000 me. 'P'^ .-'-
. .

cnounte

ne
d to 1,078. L In Lord Enid-
-1795, there were 1-1 sail of
e killed and wounded were
,n there were 15 sail of the '‘
led and wounded were 300. ra ner too bad, still there was no rem,.
er, 1772, there were 16 sail arrived, so she remained quiet in the
)0 men. The killed and afterwards he reached Bucharest, and lost no time in seeking
'son's battle of the Nile, Ist and finding Tardini, who, aware of his approach, had armed
sail. with 8.0011 _ _ ,

Oc

sun gauopeu ott himself in toe same direction. He no sooner
arrived at Buchorest than she eloped with him, and, not to
be suffering for want of ways and means, it is said she took
with her jewels belonging to her mother to the extent of
Ann+ IIAA •

_ ne !vim a brace of pistols. Soulier held in hand a whip,
aunded were 895. In Lord Nelson's attack on with. which he commenced belabouring Tardini after having
produced.his
2d April, 1801, there were 11 sail of the line discharged at him a volley of abuse. Tardini lost no time,
es, with 17,000 men. The killed and wounded
.pistols, and warned the enraged father-in-law
In Lord Nelson's !Attie of Trafalgar, 21st of to keep his distance. Th.. ^f

- , .... ial,Cf wits a LUitu an ...p.,..0us
courage instead of withdrawing, therefore, as a more pru-
v., there were 27 sail, with 17,000 men. The
dent antagonist would have done, he sprang forward to seize
Dtmded were 1,524. In Lord Exmouth's attack
and disarm 'rardini:, but before he could reach him, fell dead
there were five sail of the line and five frfgates,
on the s ot. Ta,srcilimi had fired, and his ball had passed
meth The killed were 818. The differences of
throu hpSoulier
----.- •. ..lose engagement:. is to be accounted for in general
countgof the affair, eaanda have ll' re
heardlle not
manyseen v
earns i
oa
nu
st hoefnitti,c
butac- by the circumstances of the conflicts. But the attack on the
,the above is the oe most generally credited. The deceased
.Algerine batteries inflicted the severest logs of the whole, in was exceedingly violent and quarrelsome ; and bad, it is re-
proportion to the number of men engaged—it
ported, killed several persons in duels, so that he was a very
than a fifth.—Blackwood'a zifa.gazin- e . was little less
likely man to end in this way.

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