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embraced Christianity. The next conversion. v

most prevalent 'religion; hov

r, the Christian faith still

progressed. Vladimir the Great, grandson to Olga, appears
to have possessed a superior mind, and being impressed with
the Christian religion, which appeared to him to be one of

7e so d

agan worshippers,

entirely becoming at first a convert to the religion of Olga,
and being also restless and enterprising in his nature, com-
missioned ten of his subjects to inquire into the tenets of the
various religions, viz., Mohammedan, Jew, Romanist, and
Greek, with the character and conviction of those who pro-
fessed them. Having a prepossession for the Greek faith,
which was confirmed by the address of the Greek Envoy, who
explained to him the scheme of Redemption, and a'so the report
which his own nobles brought back of the impressiveness of
the service in the Church of St. Sophia, at Constantinople,
decided him to embrace the Eastern form of Christianity.
Space will not allow us to enter more into the subject, inter-
esting as it is, but next week I shall continue it to the year
1852. The subject is one with which many are unacquainted,
and therefore I trust it will not be unacceptable to your
readers.

Errata.—ln my former letter, for " Filiogue," read " Fill-
oque." For "SOO years have elapsed," read "nearly elapsed."
Birkenhead, Augnst 6, 1853. G. B. H.

HORTICULTU.72.E.

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STOVE AND GREENIIOUSE.—Many plants are now going
out of bloom, and must be allowed to rest ; this is done
by removing them to a cooler atmosphere, and withhold-
ing all stimulation in the way of liquid manure, and, in
some cases, such as Aehimenes, some Cape bulbs, as
Zephyranthus and others, of water. Pay attention to the
Cinerarias, Chinese primulas, seeding Calceolarias, and
other things now coming forward for winter decoration.
Chrysanthemums require attention, and it is desirable to
strike a number of the tops of the growing stems, so that
short flowering plants may be obtained for decorating the
conservatory shelves.
FLOWER GARDEN.—It is an excellent time for taking
cuttings of such choice herbaceous plants as strike the
cultivator as worthy his attention, because, if left later,
they are very apt to be forgotten. There is scarcely a
hardy plant which may not be now propagated with a
little care. Cuttings of pansies, pipings of pinks, and
various other things, should also be provided, and struck
without delay.
KITCHEN GARDEN.—The potato disease is showing it-
self again this season, therefore no time must be lost in
filling every inch of ground with winter vegetables, such
as the various kinds of cabbage, greens, brocoli, and
turnips. Celery should receive frequent waterings with
liquid manure.

Times. et
Tu • r SEA SNAKE.—This beautiful vessel is at
staple, rapidly preparing for sea, her destinationnDrat
being Liverpool, from which port it is expecteli;e 0•05
will obtain a freight to some distant part 0f °1,44
She is a perfect model as to symmetry, and th? Iced ca
have a preference for the stouter built old-faslu.`t'
of vessels, over the clippers of the present daY,l not 'tit
the effect of detracting from her beauty.
difficult to imagine an alteration which NS-Oulu._ Ga.sethg
___F,retesitie lewd
REGISTRATION OF ASSURANCES 81L.1.---• ard CLl;ifit
against this bill, from Messrs. Leatharn, Tew, fifa.9(l,ter,
Wakefield, bankers, appears in the Bankerfsr le`aro,i
for the present month. Not having re4na to)te tIYI
we can only refer our readers to it, and clu- les tli'f•P
graph :—" There are three broad
which appear to us to be decidedly objectionai as doe
is, that it centralises • the second, that it regluio"
ACC/DENT AT TUE Iforsgs OF PABLIAMENT.--On sure of private affairs, which is unnece'sFlero'4
Thursday another serious accident occurred by the fall of security of the public, and may prove 1111:1,e
ycaS
one of the masons from the scaffolding of the dock tower, third, that it throws daily impediments in
by which the poor fellQw baclloth legs broken. ' daily commerce cf the country."

SEUPPING

PUTRID NAVY
,0001bs. of the

MIS CI

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been t,".77 llit
thrown overboard b

Mrrion,

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eas, baying been found to be notluu

Two OFFICERS AND FIVE SEAMEN DROWNED
telligence has just been received from the British co,
Tampico, of the loss of two officers and five men
ship Daring, by the upsetting of one of the boats
81UP on the bar at the entrance of the river.
STEncE.--The extra labourers in the London dr
Sand truck for an advance of wages, from 2s. 6d. to 3,
6d. an hour for overtime. If they prove su(
ids said that the casual labourers at the other dr
Gal, will follow their example.
A.LITE OF SHIPPING.—Messrs

Tonge, Curry

;snit, it
n Lon-

,ncl Co.'s

-...- gives a return of three ships, one
e baru,,
a bripntine and schooner, sold by tl m durqing tl W€
at prices averaging £9 ss. to £1.7 ;el. ton, m
beside. a
rous British and colonial vessels, on private sale.
Tize CRINCIIA. ISLANDS.-Orders were received at
tbincha Islands, May 31, from Lima, to clear all Amer' ships from the islands, with cargoes of guano, without gc
to Callao. This is a wise regulation of the Peruvian
vernment,M it tends to reduce the cost of guano on
.s
board, by relieving the vessels from the loss of time ii
turning to Callao for clearance.
bas'has a
STRALIAN GOLD.-The General Hewett, Gate_
e.
from New South Wales, whence she saila
the 25th March, with 29,336 ounces a gold, valued
the
5117,300. The Mary Bannatyne, which sailed on 14th of April, brings 440 ounces.-The ship Nelson, of
?Glasgw, arrived at Plymouth on Monday with about
..s,oooounces.-The Queen of England arrived off the
btart on Sunday with 40,395 ounces, valued at £161,580.
THE ARCTIC ExPEDITIOII.-Letters have been received
from Mr. Kennedy, commander of the Arctic exploring
steamer Isabel, dated May 12, lat. 050 South, tong. 27
50-W., giving a very favourable account of the voyage up
to that period. As the Isabel left Cowes only on the Bth
of April, she has made an excellent passage to the Line,
and Mr. Kennedy feel._
his ground
sanguine of reaching
this season. All on hoard were hi good health and spirits.
LA uNcrc.-On Saturday week, the fine schooner Anne
Walker was launched from the yard of Mr. Samuel
Mason, at Runcorn. The following are her dimensions :
"-Length over all, 85 feet, breadth of beao , deth
of hold 111 feet, old measurement 128 tons, 2s, newfeet 112 topns.
The vessel is an extremely handsome model, and it is ed will prove a fast sailer. She is the property of
.r. ex-
John Davies, and is intended for the South American
trade. Mr. James Amos, of Yarmouth, under whose
suPerintendence the schooner has been built, is appointed.
master
~ and Mr. James Dennis, of the same port,. mate.o
''l,'e will pr to Live l forthwith to take in cargo which is awaiting her for Rio Grande.
A screw steamer the
Be OP A WAR STEAMER.-
aterebe, built for the Brazilian Government by
Messrs.
---'ll of Blackwel, was launched from the buildin a
lef those gentlemen on Thursday. This vessel has engines
,1,19,110r5e-power. The Beberebe is what is styled in
--n,„._-'`-'ai phrase a "rakish looking craft," beautiful m
wia"--`4l. raoee, hecausconstructed carefully and tastefully,
--i all the modern e ppliances of architectural skill, and
with due regard to solidity and the purposes for which sb
law intended. The dimensions of the vessel are-len,
60,7,a11, 178 feet ; breadth, 27 feet ; depth, 15 feet.;
six 32
- Fier armament is one 68-pounder on 1-
ged°4-I:tounder carriage uns Theßeberebe will be - tra,i,- as LI three-tuasted gscho.oner, and will sail for the
the yr._ -", about four months. Two other steamers for
1_ .-c7anan G
in of construction of
.trger di Government are course
x,. reension ...zits, 8*
made
their arni,,.VlGThrs---The Liverpool dock trustees life-boat, '''''' surveY of the floating lights, bell buoy, and
Anion conned with this•
gst the
111,1 -or and
nil/1y of thp. ThAe",nieulen present were the .3
..
port, on Tuesday last.
Dublin She -.-p.naeoekrst
rnanded iiy Cant 1, e of the Town Council. The City r
, ,r Company's steamer Wthindsomor,sicoonm. -
Tun sro ',' v • Williams, was used on e
at the no-, °X racrt.oron.-Notice has been given that.,
xcha,,,,,-" 'fleeting of the committee of the London Sto.ck.
Ist Ti... 0, the follouin rules will be proposed, N 7 •
' lat the b • , g new ru . shares 0, uYlng mof French railway,
tl day
lON z shall ilot take place until twelve o lock
Io on le
or other scrip
ks„,si win,,,,c. the settling da , the loss in such cases, to fall
thr-list the
Person w-hoYheld the 'undelivered shares at
;9,A en,°'elock on the day previous to the day of buying in.
alivc?laould the broker employed publicly to buy the French
accoau!liares be unable, for three consecutive days, to
to '-'ll the same, the original buyer shall be allowed
effect the
a. purchase in the earis market.
0.
the ~,til, WaEcKs.-Intelligence has been received . t
`"tal lc% of screw steamer Lewin Ca t
iefrusQL and nitbetty
ee hirty and forty of therew. I)She
with'atLab_ ghai for Hongkong the latter end of April,
ter% nu of passengers and a rich freight. Aboutvesael
st-r-40eL'elocir on
the evening of the Ist of May, the t
render the
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that Part of the coast known as Turnabout
pasd, where several sunken reefs of rocks . th4l,'.'e very difficult.
by attempting to
bac, h 'an' cry
to save their lives • • 10., perished.
More than thirty of the crew, in
Thee the shore on spars or by
aft:°,llireander, the rest of the crew, and
.t. 101.: passengers,__
in ev.eral hours of the most severe f-
art! nrs?„°lll.,-.7-f;i: to:eaching the shore by means of the bo
andts power,ll-"" was
th',-,whieli was of considerable size
s4z:roPerty of Messrs. Matheson,
edJaf.diornae,
kauridgeCoamnapoauany:
.'8 rePorted to have been s r
.....°l'fltiler fatal wrek, in Zell the sufferingsharofnttler
.11i'vis alsiv.°ll were of a more prolonged and awful c ...
~, u report
4
-":1 AVST . lAN MAILS.-The Government cop
!rlailship
,vinin.AL
e Captain H. Neatby, ;which saile'
PYlnouth on Friday with the Australian mails, regi.,...
~.-037 tone, is built 'of teak, copper bolted entirely, and
~"0-s launched in 1850 from the building-yard of Mr. J.
Lung, Sunderland. In 1851, in charge of her present
omninander, she accomplished the outward passage from
England to Port Philip in 00 days, and the Ins age home
from Sydney, by Cape Horn, in 91 days. In 18'7'52, out-
ward to Port Philip, she took 87 days, and homeward from
Sydney 82 days. Her present contract is to go out to
Port Philip in 82 days, for which she will receive £l,OOO,
paying a forfeit of £3O for every day's delay beyond the
stipulated time. The Vimeira has a picked crew of forty-
eig.ht hands. Among her thirty passengers is Mr. den-
professor of professor of geology, whose services are engaged
by the Peel River Company. She has for cargo more than
1,000 tons of British manufactured goods, valued at over
£lOO,OOO, and on deck she carries thirty-two Merino rams,
ailla verr valuable Clydesdale entire horse, forte colonies.
ti,,,-Lriz TrICE SEA.AIEs.-A considerable amount of agita-
„Z''t:as been occasioned by the Tyne seamen refusinc, to
the been
except upon a certain manning scale, dictate'd to
the crwners by the friendly associations, which represent
that4earnen, who are some thousands strong. It appears
~,, some owners belonging to the port have sent their
ts-i,eLurer rea,,,,,..
.1 to sea badly manned and badly found in
as4,,and that a number of the members of the sailorse'
riav;,,lons suffered great misery and privation while
of the till those vessels during the past winter, and somf
appre,,nLiast their lives. The scale limits the number o nuinf,e•.,,""•lp on board of each vessel, and proportions the
niebt ' 04able-bodied seamen to each 104 tons
tadzeeiasi
uraney.
atteps to -1-ue associations, however, lutv
"Oned o,2llusult tile employers of the .rave not
but haseye
whese w-- the seamen and the.mates from
the A -.ell refuse 4.„ com 1 wr those Yes Is
-wners to ~,, _IDy th theras•
tteTsk.
complied
f
„with th„ ~,? get their ships to sea,
trhig, et;e;ertuvs of the men ; but one or two others had th_
tp,„ arded tb, 8 'rerll distant ports, and to have.atheirvesseols
QmPowl, - sea by police boats. An influent meeting_
of
eoaside-rers&Yas held in North Shields, on Wednesday, t
to take measures to
pmt der
their psrtaopetertl things, and -
consider to be an
laterf from what they c
Tus T.,,, erenoe by the seamen's associations.
°'iaB -"°'" STRAIL-SIIIP Douro.--We learn from the
treb9°lo Citi. that Tod and IWGregor, the
eat ire en, Messrs.
conmet n s'eura-ship builders of that city, have the 4 I,lell the construction of a large iron steamer, named
all but
serrie7)lll;o," for the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
think supe-ri'orePortion, we have seldom if ever seen any-
and-ll,t r, to this stately craft. Externally and in-
c0„.„.430, she is fitted up with every attention to taste
her all. Tier tonnage is 965 old measurement, and
boile ellginee, whi •I a,„l ~r's, are of c),, e-1 are provided, with Lamb's patent
„,-' unely fi„,..-,`" norse-power, and of the most substantial
`ueehaailed workmanship, with all the most recent
PrOvided ~,,,;ranroYements. The cabin is spacious, and
ening is "1,0 Ea abundant means of ventilation. The pan-
P1(1 which is cLe:_alc, fretted with red velvet, the effect of
well an.' and areeable, while the berths are roomy
it not
angerfew tu•l'llere is accommodation in the "Douro "
iri_tneaus
tr.,,,,1e eiglitY first-elass passengers. Every
tfltrY, has t),','l'utrtiLtiee,L'of. comfort, ed with zink,
aruiz,ater.pr.
00t4er
fil
t.thlind.eued., aAndchoevmenbeerf,
for the -
p..
also been
provided
isiessrs.'? tion of the mad. .„..,,, has .....so „
Meatier to°tL and l‘l'Gre2T:'.
Orieatai '''' Called the '''-g- *l' e may also mention that
are novv building another
one , Ceinpany. The orna," for the Peninsular and
readto„ndred feet longer e °llla, which will be about
Y.ror launeis,,_ than Douro, is expected to be
4_,,Ty..A.st To `Attlg in about shefortnight'
Pala bY ti '813141.1.4. ---A h., - • heeo ob-
all4lna ti 'e Anstrah • c grter having - ..
ins-sraucit 2e37 have „.„_.an Pirect Steam Company, vz,ia
put b,. tt as the „r„T-.et4ull_ issued their prospectus, an",
Pacifie 'se best- ' uons
as to the acquabito Put forth for several years
confirraed b
_, 81111erin„It ' With the navigation of the
it i he Y "'lily beugyt
eef, that route have since been
unitenain holt.lth;it the me-r•Perience in other directions,
company rug
it out
,reit-luitile public will at length
vessels to he empl7's3o. , in share.Proosed capital of the
000
to the esti/V: ared e Pacirue`„s of e 25 each and the
ttilferd the
th astralAtiine for Iyheel steamers of about
after the recent trioumphs ia
!lot be found advisable stillOL the sc e 56
beingine entire passage from
days. Whether,
neYaddle, or whether Ni ."' slibstirtuvte PrhaPtelimerelhiodt fory
tare -0
raw Point of transittalfaglia will
or . ,not be found a far
or at ally fut tag of
eititL-ani;l' are CPIeStiORS which max be dun ernig--
-runts than
the before
doefer,
.e the but
°Den for modification
SS ILIUSt lie
tile -4. ertarall' • but its succe
nulaiber of
passengers and letters a the
um s e
1,,,u11i0n that
Pend entirely on
".'e de at ean be ob
n. -.Pendent n
..ismed on freighted,all f will
, so lon. . ..
amount of
'4eavY frel ht e . tile Aeed that b e which 1,,„1
involy,. g
vexed : then ecessit , bas as .the crossing
old
transhi can e accomplished'
the isthmus shall
areP, It.,ll'eept br the 3
„. Pnient, can never be con-
Solely -, supl) y larg ---44, .roate- That these, how-
, 'with the , e profits, if th
doubt. At view to the' e ships be constructed
all 0.-
's
scarcely a matter for
opiniort ente yents, complete' Practical evidence of the
about to “auled b
from New York 0-
_ be fuziiish Y the Americans on the subject is
ed by the 'sailing of the Golden Age
;-teen fitted
e,..,.... n the 15th instant. This steamer has
_ m0,.,---7 passengers ;
ititCl.l for 12aP,T8IY for the trade, and has accommoda-
the intention being that she
If the ff,',.:eglllar,.. trips between Panama and Sydney.
l r
return • ." w otates c.apitalists, who are satisfied with no
who havitlel:e,niureS Of his kind
the route '4.ut, best t • short of ten per cent., and
namtance with the capabilities of
eerns --).,;' 'milli the
.undertaking a Promising one, there
m this-i_feason for, esaton the part of speculators
tnonei, isntry. It is, in fact, a clisgrace, after so much
line which been wasted on abortive projects, to see the
one 6.,:stra nas all along been believed to be the only true
111 it is ~,,`Ten,,ed„tiP hs• foreign competitors, whose interest
out as in-- 3.'' incureet. This result, however, was pointed
conitaitt:itable even before the report of. Lord Jocelyn 's
to the diQ-•• , two years back, and is in a great degree owing
upon th-,baragenient to wholesome enter Prise consequent
i._ e.Power then so injuriously wielded by the go-
.curaeut through the mail contract system,-Times.

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