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INSCRIPTION FOR THE STATUE TO O'CONNELL.—
To one whose virtues cannot be told ; who has had a hand
for all that ever came to it, and a pocket always open at
the call of his friends; who has sympathised with the
beggar; who was never known on any one occasion to
forget himself; who has, in the heat of passion, abused
men of all parties. but, on calmer reflection, made the
a,nende honorable, by repudiating all ; who has shown
his love and regard for the English monarchy by trying
to relieve it of part of its work ; who has declared his at-
tachment to the Throne, and proved it, by his endeavours
to erect a throne for himself; who lives in the heart of
the Irish people, and out of their pockets ; to him who is
indeed an emancipator and liberator, making at all times
uncommonly free; in a word, to DANIEL O'CONNELL,
who has identified the interests of his countrymen with
his own, by endeavouring to make his own whatever be-
longs to them ; having lived by the contributions of others,
he generously contributed the brass of which this statue is
constructed.—Punch.

WANT OF FAITH.—The defect of our times is a want
of faith. We live in an age of reality. Every thing is to
be paid for upon demand, every thing is to be accounted
for and anawered by return of post. The golden cur-
rency of enthusiasm has been called in. There is no
reverence for any features of truth behind the veil. Our
temper resembles that of the Pundit who inquired of
Henry Martyn whether by embracing the Christian reli-
gion he should behold the Deity in a visible shape. This
eagerness to perceive every object without delay and im-
pediment is a characteristic of minds which have not been
acustomed to gaze at the luminary of truth, and might
be rebuked by a Hebrew legend which we have read.
"You teach," said the Emperor Trajan to a famous Rab-
bi, " that your God is every .There, and boast that fle
resides among your nation. I should like to see him."
" God's presence is, indeed, every where," the Rabbi re-
plied ; " but he cannot be seen, for no mortal eye can look
upon His splendour." The Emperor had the obstinacy
of power, and persisted in his demand. " Well," an-
swered the Rabbi, " suppose that we begin by endeavour-
ing to gaze at one of his Ambassadors." Trajan assented
and the Rabbi leading him in the open air, for it was the
noon of the day, bade him raise his eyes to the sun then
shining down upon the world in its meridian glory. The
emperor made the attempt, but relinquished it. " I can-
not," he said, " the light dazzles me." " If. then." re-
joined the triumphing Rabbi, " thou art unable to endure
the light of one of his creatures, hsw .canst thou expect
to behold the unclouded glory of the Creator?" It is a
beautiful and touching parable, and teaching humility not
only in religion, but in literature and in life.—Fraser's
Magazine.
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REMARKABLE CONTRASTS.—That was a striking mo-
ment in the life of Louis Philippe, when, two months
afterwards, he read in the columns of the Moniteur, at
Nuilly, the fatal ordinances of July 1830 1 M. Dupin
rushed to the Chkeau : all was agitation and alarm. But
the duke had resolved not to alter his independent and
dignified attitude. He had come to the resolution to re-
main in France let what would occur; and no longer to
be exposed to the insults, ignominy, prosecutions, and
sorrows of foreign exile. Although the Duke had been
prepared for some coup d'e'lat, the ordinances of July
greatly exceeded his worst apprehensions, and the resist-
ance of all ranks of the people by no means surprised him.
Yet, again, to him his duty was clear. He remained at
home, in the bosom of his family, attended no meeting,
gave no advice, entered into no correspondence with the
revolutionary party, and so acted during Sunday, Monday,
and Tuesday. On Wednesday, having been apprised that
an attempt would be made to arrest him, the duke con-
cealed himself in the house of a friend, and but a short
time had elapsed after his departure, before the soldiers
of the Polignac cabinet arrived, to carry that intended
arrest into effect. So wholly did the Duke isolate him-
self from the revolution and its agents, that even when
his presence was called for by the chiefs of the success-
ful movement, he could not be found, and his retreat was
not known to his most familiar friends. At length the
cry was heard, " Long live the Duke of Orleans !" and
the Scandinavian pedestrian, the Swiss professor of ma-
thematics, and the dollar-less wanderer in America, was
proclaimed—King of the French I—Frazer's Magazine.
HERESY ON THE BIBLE—TRUE RELIGION IN SAI-
LORS.— An esteemed correspondent thus writes :—" Du-
ring my passage from India to the Cape, in a ship called
the Alexander, the following very interesting circumstance
happened. A quarter-m, ster on leaving the helm, entered
the cabin to report. The captain was not there, but a
clergyman, a passenger, was at the time intently bent on
perusing Henry on the Bible.' Jack, being at his back,
thought it a fine chance to peep at the studies of his rever-
ence, but was taken aback on observing what he consid-
ered to be, by the clearest possible evidence (his own eyes)
Heresy on the Bible.'—Jack's whew ! pretty audibly
given, startled the clergyman, who turning round had to
encounter such a look from the sailor as greatly discon-
certed him. Jack retired hastily. The next day was
Sunday. The deck was rigged for church—the bell
sounded—the clergyman, captain, officers, and passengers,
were all ready, but none of the crew made their appear-
ance. The boatswain was ordered to pipe the hands to
church ; he, however, respectfully intimated that he would
pipe to any other order but that ; the consternation became
general, when to the clergyman's surprise, Jack appeared
alone, and simply stated that the ship's company were
not over particular, but they were just then debating what
should be done, with the gentleman in black who was
teaching them the way to— Look at his book !' cried
Jack, and you will find him regularly cramming him-
self with Heresy on the Bible. 1 caught him in the fact
yesterday. The mystery was soon explained to honest
Jack, who jumped below and was heard shouting, Par-
son's not the —! Parson's not the !' He returned,
followed by all his shipmates, who joined in the service,
and never more devoutly."—Freemasons' Quarterly Re-
view for October.
ELEPHANT HUNTING.—Capt. Tr—, now command-
ing at Padenny, went lately out elephant shooting, and
when not more than twelve yards from a large tusked one
he coolly took aim and fired at him, intending to send the
ball through his head ; but, in place of doing so, he only
wounded him in the neck ; which so enraged the enormous
animal, that in the most furious manner possible be in-
stantly charged Capt. L—, who, having gone up so
close, as to be almost, I may say, within the reach of his
trunk, bad no hope whatever at being able to escape.
While the captain was in this critical situation, a Kaydyan,
who had for some time kept close on his heels, threw him-
self between him and the elephant, pronounced rapidly,
but distinctly, a few words, and stopped, the enraged
animal coming on in full career ; he then held forward
his arms, and uttering some other words, in a very loud
tone of voice, the elephant turned round and fled, trump-
eting most harshly and frightfully, breaking and crashing
trees, and everything before him 1 let the reader only,
imagine the few yards of ground, covered with brushwood,
that seperated Capt. L— from an animal, which, in his
progress through the jungle, prostrates the smaller trees
and bushes as easily as I would standing corn ; the brief
space of time allowed—say a couple of minutes,—and
that took place, and he must be lost in amazement !
Upon Capt. L—'s inquiring what had become of the
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his insisting upon knowing who he was, as he was
would ever
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was very uncertain
he was one of their most powerful charmers, and that it
the recompense held out, to come to fiica.—Field Sp 0. s
be able to find him, or to induce him, whatever might
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