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FAQUEERS AT AN INDIAN FAlR.—Several faqueers
were to he seen walking through the fair, with one of
their arms immovably fixed over their heads, and their
finger nails a couple of inches long, and resembling horns.
One of them carried a little light red parasol over his
head, with his remaining hand, to protect his holiness
from the rays of the sun ! All these men seemed in the
prime of life; their arms were mnch withered and shrunk,
and even some of their fingers had disappeared—probably
from ulceration. Amongst them one sat preminent.
This man's age was probably thirty ; his countenance was
a most superb one, at once graceful and dignified. His
air, while sitting on a tiger's skin, under his chatta or
umbrella was perfectly majestic. One of his arms, per-
fectly shrivelled, was extended to the sky, thoroughly
fixed arid immoveable. The nails of his fingers,, having
pierced the palm, appeared to protrude a couple of inches.
His thumb nail, of a dirty dark brown colour, was curved
like a half-moon, about half an inch wide, and at least
six inches long, s'rongly resembling the tusk of a wild
boar. His plaited hair, full six feet long, was wound
round his head, and worn as a turban. Here and there
were to be seen groups of three or four men and boys,
marked with tridents of white clay on their foreheads, '
chanting songs in praise of the river God Gunga, Krish-
noo, or other deities.—Davidson's Travels.

CABRERA.—This remarkable partisan may still be called
a young man; he is not more than thirty-nine years old.
In appearance, Cabrera is about the middle stature, ra-
ther slight, and not ungracefully formed. To a stranger,
his countenance is not indicative of the ferocity which has
made him so remarkable even amongst the sanguinary
leaders of the Carlist bands ; and his demeancur, when
not under the influence of intense excitement, is mild and
gentle. Even when affected by some overwhelming feel-
ing, his external manner betrays little of the tempest which
rages within : it is not boisterous nor loud, but rather
that of deep, calm, concentrated, yet deadly determina-
tion. On one occasion only it is recorded that this habi-
tual calmness completely abandoned him. This monster,
who is not. redeemed by another virtue, wept like an in-
fant snatched from the bosom when the tiding's of his
mother's death reached him. He loved her much ; and
her murder turned to gall whatever little of earthly feel-
ing made his heart still human. He shut himself up in
his apartment during two days, without admitting an in-
dividual, with the exception of one favoured servant, a re-
lative it is said, to witness the agony of grief to which he
abandoned himself, and which almost deprived him of
consciousness. How bitterly he avenged his ill-fated pa-
rent need not be told.—Mirror.

NATURALISTS IN PRlSON.—Perhaps to none can im-
prisonment prove more irksome than to those whose delight
has been in exploring mountain, wood, and field. Yet
two naturalists, who were confined together in the King's
Bench prison, contrived to pass their time somewhat
agreeably in philosophic investigations. One, the son of
an eminent ornithologist, employed his leisure in perform-
ing chemical experiments, and became a firm believer in
alchemy, although he failed to produce gold enough to
effect his liberation. Fancy-work carpentry was a favour-
ite occupation with him ; and his ingenuity was also dis-
played in converting watch keys into duelling pistols for
fleas to settle their affairs of honour. The other prisoner
had once possessed a very extensive and valuable museum,
which was dispersed on the eve of his difficulties. Sixteen
years he dwelt within that prison's high and dingy walls,
never going beyond them for a moment, yet he was ever
full of etomological enthusiasm and worldly hope, always
fondly deceiving himself that in a few more weeks his case
in chancery would terminate in his favour, effecting the-thy
the replenishment of his purse, and his immediate libera-
tion. Year after year rolled over him, snatching away the
bloom from his cheeks, and sprinkling his hair with grey,
yet this one hope never abandoned him. " A few weeks
more," he would say, " and I will be rambling once again
on my native mountains in Wales. Look here at the
prime nets I have just contrived for collecting specimens
when I leave this place." In his window sill he raised ,
luxuriant sweet peas, nasturtiums, and other pretty climb-

Then he had, as company, some choice
a ins, singular cross-breeds of white, brown, and tor-
toiseshell mice, and many caterpillars, ose transforma-
tions were a great source of amusement to him. His
reading was chiefly confined to the scientific magazines,
which were his newspapers ; for the record of some natu-
ralist having caught some rare insect, or a new species, at
such and such a place, was to him the most important of
all intelligence then stirring in the world. The capture of
the rare wood-leopard-moth. one of the many insects he
had succeeded in alluring to his window by means of a
bait of new honey warmed, constituted the grand incident
in his life of long imprisonment. These amusements

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EASY SHAVING.—He happened to have been sharpen-
ing his razors, which were lying open in a row, while a
huge strop dangled from the wall. Glancing at these
preparations, Mr. Bailey stroked his chin, and a thought
appeared to occur to him. " Poll," he said, " I ain't as
neat as I could wish about the gills. Being here, I may
as well have a shave, and get trimmed close." The bar-
ber stood aghast; but Mr. Bailey divested himself of his
neckcloth, and set down in the easy shaving chair with all
the dignity and confidence in life. There was no resisting
his manner. The evidence of sight and touch became as
nothing. His chin was as smooth as a new-laid egg or a
scraped Dutch cheese; but Poll Sweedlepipe wouldn't
have ventured to deny, on affidavit, that he had the beard
of a Jewish rabbi. "Go with the grain, Poll, all round,
please," said Mr. Bailey, screwing up his face for the re-
ception of the lather. You may do wot you like with the
bits of whisker. I don't care for 'em." The meek little
barber stood gazing at him with the brush and soap-dish
in his hand, stirring them round and round in a ludicrous
uncertainty, as if he were disabled by some fascination
from beginning. At last he made a lash at Mr. Bailey's
eheek. Then be stopped again, as if the ghost of a beard
had suddenly receded from his touch but receiving mild
encouragement from Mr. Bailey, in the form of an adju-
ration to •` go in and and win," he lathered him bounti-
fully. Mr. Bailey smiled through the suds in his satis-
faction. " Gently over the stones, Poll. Go a tip-toe
over the pimples ? " Poll Sweedlepipe obeyed, and
scraped the lather off again with particular care. Mr.
Bailey squinted at every successive dab, as it was deposit-
ed on a cloth on his left shoulder, and seemed with a mi-
croscopic eye to detect some bristles in it; for he mur-
mured more than once, " Reether redder than I could
wish, Poll." The operation being concluded, Poll fell
back and stared at him again, while Mr. Bailey, wiping
his face on the jack-towel, remarked, "that arter late
hours nothing freshened up a man so much as an easy
shave."—Martin Chuzzlewit.

PENNSYLVANIA.—If I were an American of any of the
honest states, I would never rest till I had compelled
Pennsylvania to be as honest as myself. The bad faith of
that state brings discredit on all; just as common snakes
are killed because vipers are dangerous. I have a general
feeling that by that breed of men I have been robbed and
ruined, and I shudder and keep aloof. The pecuniary
credit of every state is affected by Pennsylvania. Ohio
pays; but with such a bold bankruptcy before their eyes,
how long will Ohio pay ? The truth is, that the eyes of
all capitalists are averted from the United States. The
finest commercial understandings will have nothing to do
with them. Men rigidly just, who penetrate boldly into
the dealings of nations, and work with vigour and virtue
for honourable wealth—great and high-minded merchants
will loathe, and are now loathing, the name of America ;
it is becoming, since its fall, the common-shore of Eu-
rope, and the native home of the needy villain. And now,
drab-coloured men of Pennsylvania, there is yet a mo-
ment left—the eyes of all Europe are anchored upon you—
" Surrexit mundus justis furiis ;"

start up from that trance of dishonesty into which you
are plunged; don't think of the flesh which walls about
your life, but of that sin which has hurled you from the
heaven of character, which hangs over you like a devour-
ing pestilence, and makes good men sad, and ruffians
dance and sing. It is not for gin sling alone and sherry
cobbler that man is to live ; but for those great principles
against which no argument can be listened to—principles
which give to every power a double power above their
functions and their offices, which are the books, the arts,
the academies that teach, lift up, and nourish the world—
principles (1 am quite serious in what I say) above cash,
superior to cotton, higher than currency—principles,
without which it is better to die than live, which every
servant of God, over every sea and in all lands, should
cherish. Uses ad abdita spiramenta animce.

LAFAYETTB AND LOUIS PHILIPPE•—That was a hap-
py moment for Louis Philippe when Lafayette sent in his
resignation of the post of commander-in-chief of the
National Guards of the kingdom, a post which ought
never to have been confided to any one but a king's son.
That Louis Philippe was personally attached to Lafayette
is certain ; that he felt that, on several occasions, he had
rendered signal services to the cause of public order and
peace is undoubted; and that his admirable tact in main-
taining the peace of Paris during the trial of Prince Pol-
ignac and his colleagues was entitled to the gratitude of
the nation, the king was the first to assert. But Lafay-
ette was a dead weight on the pacific policy of Louis
Philippe. It was known to, and felt by Europe, that the
old general had too much influence at court, th • ,a,ll re-
volutionary agents over the whole world looke p to
him for advice and aid, that he was peculiarly obnoxious
to all foreign courts, and that his removal from so impor-
tant a post as that of commander-in-chief of all the mili-
tia of France, was earnestly desired. His resignation,
then, was an immense good; and much as the king loved
him as a man and a friend, his retirement from office was
a boon which none could estimate better than the king
himself. But although the loss of Lafayette was a posi-
tive good, the event necessarily led to increased hostility
to the government of the king on the part of the men of
the movement faction ; and Lafayette, Dupont de l'Eure,
Lamarque, Lameth, and Audry de Puyraveau, openly
headed the malcontents. That fact in itself led the popu-
lace to rebel. They attacked the church of St. Germain
l'Auxerrois, and nearly destroyed it ; sacked the arch-
bishop's palace ; insulted the ministers of religion ; and,
at length, the voice of Guizot was heard at the tribune
denouncing the Lafayette ministry for its mischievous and
ruinous policy. Now began that series of &mutes, in-
surrections, conspiracies, and plots against the king, the
royal family, and the government, which lasted during
many years, but which Louis Philippe has, apparently,
finally succeeded in subduing, by a constant perseverance
in his policy of peace abroad and obedience to the laws at
home.—Fraser's Magazine.
WHY CERTAU OLD PEOPLE, WHO HAVE NOTHING
TO DO, ARE EARLY RISERS.—What a blessing should
sleep be to that class of beings who do nothing when
awake; how they should covet those drowsy hours that
give, as it were, a sanction to indolence ; with what anx-
iety they ought to await the fall of day, as announcing the
period when they become the equals of their fellow men ;
and with what terror they should look forward to the time
when the busy world is up and stirring, and their incapa-
city and slothfulness only become more glaring from con-
trast. Would not any one say, that such people would
naturally cultivate sleep as their comforter ? Should they
not hug their pillow as the friend of their bosom ? On the
contrary, these are invariably your early risers ; every
house where I have been on a visit has had, at least, one
of these troubled and troublesome spirits—the torment of
boots ; the horror of housemaids. Their chronic cough
forms a duet with the inharmonious crowing of the young
cock, who, for lack of better knowledge, proclaims day a
full hour before his time. Their creaking shoes are the
accompaniment to the scrubbing of brass fenders and the
twigging of carpets, the jarring sounds of opening shut-
ters, and the cranking discord of a hall-door chain ; their
heavy step sounds like a night-mare's tread, through the
whole sleeping house ; and what is the object of all this ?
What new fact have they acquired ? what difficult ques-
tion have they solved ? whom have they made happier, or
wiser, or better? Not Betty, the cook, certainly, whose
morning levee of beggars they have most unceremoniously
scattered and scared ; not Mary, the housemaid, who,
unacustomed to be caught in dishabille, is cross the whole
day after, though he was " only an elderly gentleman, and
wore spectacles ;" not Richard, who cleaned their shoes
by candle light ; nor the venerable butler, who, from
shame sake, is up and dressed, and who, still asleep,
stands with his corkscrew in his hand, under the vague
impression that it is a late supper party. These people,
too, have always a consequential, self- satisfied look about
them ; they seem to say, as though they knew a " thing
or two" others had not not of; although the day, more
confidential when few were by, told them some capital se.
crets the sleepers never heard of; and they made this
pestilential habit a reason for eating the breakfast of a
Cossack, as if the consumption of victuals was a cardinal
virtue.—Civilized differs from savage life, as winch as the
lation of time as by any other feature. I see no ob-
man, who, probably, can't go to break-
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SIZE OF TREES.—Our native woods often contain noble ELECTRICITY OF A HUMAN BODY.—The most remark-
specimens of which the bulk is ten or twelve feet in dia-, able case of the production of electricity in the human
meter, a width greater by three feet than the carriage• being at present on record, is one lately related on excel-
way in Fetterdane. near Temple-bar; and oaks might be lent authority in America. The subject of it, a lady, was
named on the block of which two men could thresh with- for many months in an electric state so different from that
out one incommoding the other. The famous Green- of surrounding bodies, that whenever she was but slightly
dole oak is pierced by a road, over which it forms a tri- insulated by a carpet or other feebly couducting medium,
umphal arch, higher by several inches than the poet's sparks passed between her person and any object which
postern at 'Westminster Abbey. The celebrated table at she approached. From the pain which accompanied the
Dudley Castle, which is formed of a single oaken plank, passage of the sparks, her condition was a source of much
is longer than the wooden bridge that crosses the lake in discomfort to her; when most favourably circumstanced,
Regent's Park, and the roof of the great hall at West- four sparks per minute would pass from her finger to the
minster, which is spoken of with admiration on account brass ball of a stove at a distance of an inch and a half.
of its vast span, being unsupported by a single pillar, is The circumstances which appeared most favourable to the
little more than one-third the width of the noble canopy production of electricity were an atmosphere about ten
of waving branches that are upheld by the Worksop oak. degrees, tranquility of mind and social enjoyment ; while
The massive rafters of the spacious reof rest on strong a low temperature and depressing emotions diminished it
walls, but the branches of the tree spring from one corn- in a corresponding degree. The phenomena was first no-
mon centre. Architects can alone estimate the excessive ticed during the occurrence of a vivid aurora borealis ;
purchase which boughs of at least 189 feet must have on and though its first appearance was sudden its departure
the trunk into which they are inserted. Those on the was gradual. Various experiments were made, with the
oak of Ellerslie cover a scotch acre of ground ; and in view of ascertaining if the electricity was produced by the
the Three-shire oak its branches drip over an extent of fricfion of articles of dress ; but no change in these seemed
707 square yards. The tree itself grows in a nook that is to modify its intensity.—Popular Encyclopedia. of Na-
formed by the junction of the three counties of York, Not- tural Science,
tingham, and Derby.—Ruins and Old Trees. HABITS OF EMINENT AUTHORS.—SheIIey usually ate
RUINS OF INDIAN GREATNESS.—The surplus wealth a baked potatoe previously to sitting down to write. He
of India, that used to be employed in building extensive has been heard to say that some of his finest ideas came
towns, crowded ghauts, magnificent stone or brick seraees, while putting in the butter. Whether he purchased his
some of them capable of containing from six to eight potatoes in the street, or had them dressed at home, does
thousand people; enormous massive bridges, splendid not appear. Fielding wrote the whole of Tom Jones in
mosques and temples ; is all gone ; it has disappeared one night, after a debauch with Hogarth, and sold it the
entirely. All the towns in India, with a very few excep- next morning to procure him a meal. Such is the fate of
tions, are in ruins. Delhi is surrounded by ruins. Agra, genius! Kirk White was much admired for his red hair,
Booranpore, Aurungabad, have immense suberbs in ruins, which he allowed to grow down his back in two plaits. He
The Deckan is a heap of ruins. Many towns in Central never would suffer any allusion to be made to it ; but when
India that had their hunnreds of thousands of inhabit- writing used it as blotting paper. On this account all his
ants are now literally without one, and are swarming with MS. works are translated in red ink, as may be seen in
leopards, tigers, elks, and buffaloes. In deep forests you the library of the British Museum. Cuvier always wrote
stumble upon Hindoo temples, Mohmmudan gateways, with a pail of water at his side, in which he alternately
stone tanks eight hundred yards square, brick wells of dipped his head and feet to freshen his ideas. He has
large dimensions ; scores of acres of burying-grounds. been known to do this upwards of sixty times in one night
and all the other concomitants, and proofs of wealth, and when preparing his Regne Animal. It was his boast that
power, and population. Malthus would never have writ- he had never been up in a balloon. Dr. Johnson could
ten his too celebrated work, nor Godwin ever written his never see a post without jumping over it. Boswell re-
too little valued answers, had the y been in India. ludic i marking upon its puerility, Johnson observed, " Sir, what
is a large forest, with agr many cultivated spots. a boy does in sport, a man may do in earnest." Upon
India—l say it after due consideration—could contain which Boswell replied, "Then you mean to say that I
and support five times its present population with ease ; I might play at chuck-farthing ?" " Sir," returned John-
and yet it is unquestionably the poorest country in the son, "any man might, if he had a farthing to chuck."
known world. To the state of the wealth and resources WE MUST HAVE A KING.—The cannon had ceased
of the original Hindoo monarchs imagination can assign to roar; the still bleeding victims of revolutionary fur)
no limits. The more I think on the subject, the more I had been collected together in the hospitals; the dead
am confounded.—Davidson's Travels in India. had been hastily interred in large but shallow graves, dug
near the Louvre, the Marche des Innocens, and the
Champ de Mars; the tocsin no longer rang its hear-sick-
ening sounds in the ears of the Parisian population - the
soldiers bivouacked in the public streets and places of the
metropolis ; boys and girls recounted some of the marvels
of valour and some of the deeds of peril and courage they
themselves, or their comrades, had accomplished ; a pro-
visional government had installed itself at the Heitz' de
Ville; the paving-stones still stood in shapeless heaps,
and, dignified with the name of " baricades " were the
favourite lounging spots of the "Flaneurs " of Paris ; the
warehouses were yet closed, the manufactories were still
deserted, the public schools and colleges were as empty
as a new-made tomb ; the palaces were yet open to the
heavy and unceremonious tread of the populace ; the pop-
ulace; the public buildings were guarded by self-armed,
self-elected, civic forces ; and Lafayette was hesitating,
both with regard to his own position, and with relation to
that of the Orlean's family, when suddenly a voice was
heard every where, proceeding from every quarter, though
uttering different tones, and that one voice said, " WE
MUST HAVE A KING ! " It may be asked from whom
did that voice proceed ? My answer is, from nearly every
one. I was an eye-witness of all that passed; I mixed
with all ranks and classes. No event of the slightest im-
portance escaped my observation and enquiries. I saw
the peers, the deputies, and even the marshal's, the gen-
erals. and the officers, of all grades and degrees, who
knew not, on the field of battle what fear meant, now
trembling with anxiety and apprehension at the probable
consequences of the victory of the populace, and all pro-
claiming in the most decisive manner, though fluctuating
between hope and fear, that they must have a king !-
Fraser's Magazine.

BRITISH COLONIZATION.—The colonizing genius of
the British people appears upon a grand scale in Austra-
lia, Canada, and, as we may remind the else forgetful
world, in the United States of America ; which States are
our children, prosper by our blood, and have ascended to
an overshadowing altitude from an infancy tended by our-
selves. But on the fields of India it is, that our aptitudes
for colonization have displayed themselves most illus-
triously, because they were strengthened by violent re-
sistance. We found many kingdoms established, and to
these we have given unity ; and in process of doing so, by
the necessities of the general welfare, or the mere instincts
of self-preservation, we have transformed them to an em-
pire, rising like an exhalation, of our own—a mighty mo-
nument of our own superior civilization. Ceylon, as a
virtual dependency of India, ranks in the same category.
There also we have prospered by resistance ; there also we
have succeeded memorably where other nations memo-
rably failed. Of Ceylon, therefore, now rising annually
into importance, let us now (on occasion of this splendid
book, the work of one officially connected with the island,
bound to it also by affectionate ties of services rendered,
not less than of unmerited persecutions suffered) offer a
brief, but rememberable account; of Ceylon in itself, and
of Ceylon in its relations, historical or economic, to our-
selves. Mr. Bennett says of it, with more and (less of
doubt, three things—of which any one would be sufficient
to detain a reader's attention ; viz., 1. That it is the Ta-
probane of the Romans ; 2. That it was, or has been
thought to be, the Paradise of Scripture ; 3. That ,:it is
" the most magnificent of the British insular possessions,"
or in yet wider language, that it is an " incomparable co-
lony. This last count in the pretensions of Ceylon is
quite indisputable; Ceylon is in fact already, Ceylon is at
this moment, a gorgeous jewel in the imperial crown ; and
yet, compared with what it may be, with what it will be,
with what it ought to be, Ceylon is but that grain of mus-
tard-seed which hereafter is destined to become the
stately tree, where the fowls of heaven will lodge for ge-
nerations. Great are the promises of Ceylon ; great al-
ready her performances. Great are the possessions of
Ceylon ; far greater her reversions. Rich she is by her
developments, richer by her endowments. She combines
the luxury of the tropics with the sterner gifts of our own
climate. She is hot ; she is cold. She is civilzed ; she is
barbarous. She has the resources of the rich ; and she
has the energies of the poor.—Blackwood's Magazine.
A LORD MAYOR'S DINNER DESCRIBED BY AN
ORIENTAL.—At length dinner was announced : and all
rose, and led by thequeen of the city, (the lady mayoress,)
withdrew to another room, where the table was laid out
in the most costly manner, being loaded with dishes,
principally of silver and gold, and covered with sar-poshes
(lids or covers), some of which were of immense size, like
little boats. When the servants removed the sar.poshes,
fishes and soup of every sort were presented to view :
some of the former, I was told, brought as rarities from
distant seas, and at great expense. Before every man of
rank there was an immense dish, which it is his duty to
cut up and distribute, putting on each plate about suffi-
cient for a baby to eat. I turned to a friend, and en-
quired why the guests were helped so sparingly? "It is
customary," said he, " to serve guests in this way."
" But why not give them enough ?" rejoined I. " You
will soon see," zeplied he, " that they will all have
enough." Soon after, all the dishes, spoons, &c., were
removed by the servants. I thought the dinner was over,
and was preparing to go, not a little astonished at such
scanty hospitality, when other dishes were brought in,
filled with choice viands of every kind—bears from Russia
and Germany—hogs from Ireland—fowls and geese from
France—turtle from the Mediterranean (?) venison from
the parks of the nobility—some in joints, some quite
whole, with their limbs and feet entire. Operations now
recommenced, the carvers doling out the same small
quantities as before : but though many of the gentlemen
present were anxious to prevail on me to partake, and re-
commended particular dishes, one as being " a favourite
of the King -of the French" another as particularly rare
and exquisite, I could not be prevailed upon to partake of
any. Thus did innumerable dishes pour in and disappear
again, the servants constantly changing the plates of the
guests : till I began to form quite a different idea of the
appetites of the guests and the hospitality of the Lord
Mayor, on which 1 had thought that a reflection was
thrown by the small portions sent to them. I now saw
that many of them, besides being served pretty often,
helped themselves freely to the dishes before them—in-
deed, their appetite was wonderfully good : some, doubt-
less, thinking that such an opportunity would not often
recur. Nor did they forget the juice of the grape—the
bottles which were opened would have filled a ship, and
the noise of the champagne completely drowned the mu-
sic. One would have thought, after all this, no men could
eat more : but now the fruits, sweetmeats, ices, and jel-
lies made their appearance ; pine-apples, grapes, oranges,
apples, pears, mulberries, and confectionaries of such
such strange shapes that I can give no name to them—
and before each guest were placed small plates, with pecu-
liarly shaped knives of gold and silver. Of this part of the
banquet I had the pleasure of partaking, in common with
the selfsame gentlemen who had done such honour to the
thousand dishes above mentioned, and who now distin-
guished themselves in the same manner on the dessert.
The price of some of the fruit was almost incredible; the
reason of which is, that in this country it can only be
reared in glass-houses artificially heated . . . . thus the
pine-apples, which are by no means fine, cost each twenty
rupees, (X 2.) which in India would be bought for two
pice—thus being 610 times dearer than in our country.
Thus in England the poorer classes cannot afford to eat
fruit, whereas in all other countries they can get fruit
when grain is too dear. The guests continued at table
till late, during which time several gentlemen rose and
spoke : but, from my imperfect knowledge of the lan-
guage, I could not comprehend their purports beyond the
compliments which they passed on each other, and the
evideut attacks which they made on their political oppo-
nents. lat last retired with some others to another r6orn,
where many of the guests were dancing—coffee and tea
were here taken about, just as sherbets are with us in the
Mohurrum. I must remark that the servants were gor-
geously dressed, being covered with gold like the generals
of the army ; but the most extraordinary thing about them
was, their having their heads covered with ashes, like the
Hindoo fakirs—a custom indicative with us of sorrow and
repentance. I could hardly help laughing when I looked
at them ; but a friend kindly explained to me that, in
England, none but the servants of the great are privileged
to have ashes strewed on their heads, and that for this
distinction their masters actually pay a tax to government !

Is this enjOined by their religion
he replied. " Then," said I, " s

ther a marl,

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" Oh, no!"
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UNDER WHAT FLAG?

(From the Colonial Gazette.)

SECOND EDITION.

Standard-office, Eleven o'clock.

" Thus spoke the Rover
To his gallant crew ;
'Up with the black flag !
Down with the blue !' "
It is to be wished that the advocates of the immediate LATEST INTELLIGENCE FltOlw
and unconditional equalization of the duties on the sugar
of our own colonies, and of Brazil and Cuba, would emu- IRELAND.
late the frankness of the Rover; that, if they are bent
upon having free scope given to the slave-trader, they
would hoist the black flag at once, and let us know with
whom we have to deal.
We invite them to a frank explanation of their views

THE STATE TRIALS

FURTHER ATTEMPT AT POSTPONEMENT•
-- were hallo.

—not on the necessity of restoring the balance of labour Yesterday afternoon rejoinders in demurrer _ now(
and capital in the West Indies—not on the question whe- into the Court of Queen's Bench on behalf of m
ther we are morally hound to regulate our dealings with O'Counell and the other
moved that the demurrer be at'
traversers.
foreign nations, with reference to their being slave-hold-
g "cl be
ing or non-slave-holding countries ; but to the question
sued thing
FORDE (attory. ne for Mr. O'Connell) said
„e„
whether or not Great Britain is to persevere in her thought he should not be called upon to act upon the '
efforts to put an end to the slave-trade? TedhethAe
joinder till next term.
tfteollrenwern-g Gdenaeral
pot For the best part of half a century has Great Britain, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said his object was
by her diplomacy and by her arms,been endeavouring to to annoy any person, but he renewed his aeplicatiera
co
put down the slave trade. An immense number of valna- Mr. FORDE.—That motion came quite by eul:P.r, that
ble lives have been lost, the national treasure has been them, but still he would suggest to their lordsr_q__tide
lavishly expended, treaties have been contracted which there were positive rules of the court which would e'vats,
expose us daily to delicate and dangerous collisions—all them to oppose it. The standing rule of the court
e , be•
tern
the sam
ad 'o put down the slave-trade. Are we to stop now, and
itnhatwthhieehdeitmwuersretrakweans. 4e A
not be argued
Gnerai hdine
declare that all this has been done for no end ? Are the
sides, omitted to give notice; and,
people to have been burthened with taxes (E 500,000 is
books by which they were bound had not been o''
admitted to have been expended last year for the sup-
or given to the 1, I. tO Wife
pression of the slave-trade ; and this is only part of the
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL. in • ted on his rip. -- ~s
MS bOWI
actual expense) ; the domestic hearths of Britain to havepaper
boo,
the demurrer argued to-morrow. As to the
been weeded of their best and bravest; and is the great alluded to by Mr. Forde, they would be ready in an pare/.
aim for which all these sacrifices have been made to be He trusted, therefore, that the Court would be Oats, he
relinquished, in order that the profits of the traders to to delaying those proceedings further. At all eve d lel
the e
Cuba and Brazil may be increased ? (the Attorney-General) would be no party to ,
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It is easy to show that the perpetuation of the slave- and he once more urged the court, as a matter ot De
trade must be the inevitable consequence of the imme- fix the argument for to-morrow morning.
theCf°vnit
diate and unconditional equalisation of the sugar duties. Mr. Justice PErtarre inquired of the Clerk of
The slave-trade cannot be put down by the methods hi- what the rule of the court was ? , the paper
therto adopted alone, though without them it cannot be The CLERK of the CROWN said, that when ,be bade
put down. The civilization of Africa by immigration— books were made up at the expense of one.e.a,r7..r.oeedcd_
by bringing out the African into European society—must right to demand that the demurrer should be ja Ilse
expense. secondly,th_e !LP:
with; but it was otherwise when parties J I
go hand in hand with coercion, but coercion must be per-can,
the
severed in. At present we have scared the slavers— The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that in this et,
subjected them to difficulties and dangers, rendered their books had been made up at the expense of the Cr.ac(
brigandage more precarious—but we have neither dimi- pressly to .avoid giving a pretext for delay. ilbeaks• to
nished the number of persons nor the amount of capital objection, however, to furnish one copy of the
_a oriit
engaged in carrying it on. Communications made to us any attorney for the traversers who might be fixed
this week from the Mauritius show that the slave-trader order to enable them to make a comparison. . airialt
is embracing a wider range of operations. The slave Mr. Justice CRAMPTON said that he certain hoof
ships which sail from the east coast of Africa, now go understood that where a party pleaded in abatement
round by the north of Mauritius, and, when they gain bound to sustain his plea then it was handed decided
had zr
the main ocean, direct their course to Brazil, or down to Mr. WHITESIDE said that the Court
the coast of Persia and Beloochistan, according as the
day rule,. and now, in accordance with
monsoon serves. Along these coasts they carry on athis Tern] Should
they claimed that a demurrer set down In.
gainful traffic, and in Goa they are refitted and supplied t
not
threa rayr,gue andd
until
thatnti.l thethe traversers rse r s wets etTiteitrl eudl e toot, eco:ttu-rit,i
with rice for their negroes at a cheap rate. The slave-
trade has extended the field of its operations, and if re- that four day rule, in his opinion they were
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that although
not e
officer
pression alone is to be relied on for putting it down, the to it. They were bound by the statement of stated eiiat
11, r to
annual expenditure of £500,000 must be trebled. on that occasion ; and when the officer no
arch"
Now, let us give a glance at the machinery of the they were not entitled to what they claimed to that
slave-trade. The Brazilian slave-trade is in the hands the rule of the court, they should likewise suuir,,o3.
of the Portuguese settled in the Brazilian ports. The statement, although it happened to be agaiust.n theta°
Brazilian landowners would gladly be rid of slavery and The CHIEF JUSTICE would take ii for graneeu
ee.
the slave-trade, but they are deeply indebted to the slave- parties would be ready in the morning'
__ briefs,'
traders. The bulk of the landowner's income flows into Mr. WHITESIDE.—My lord, we have got no ..,re thew
the slaver's coffers for slaves sold upon credit.. Every possibly prCP.'
,do 00.
Mr. FORDE said they could not poss .Lt to ~,
to-night. They would have to sit up all nigui. out ye;
additional facility given to the vent of Brazilian sugar in
(Laughter.) There was not a single brief oar'. 00'
this country—every diminution of the duties on it and The CHIEF JUSTICE.—That may be, but it is
and it
extension of its sale—would put money into the pocketsnoti,?eti 00.
ther your own fault. You got four days'
of the slave-traders. To equalise the duties on British is perfectly idle to say you are not now prepare°
id tb.
and Foreign sugars, would be to give a bonus to the Mr. FORDE.—Perhaps your lordship vvull— allow.
re'
slave-traders to encourage them to persevere in their argument to stand for Wednesday? h 0 case
traffic, to extend it. To cripple the slave-trade effec- The CHIEF JUSTICE.—We will call on t---
tually, we ought, at the same time, to cut off, if possible, morrow.
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the supplies of the slave-trader : but they who cry out The Court was then adjourned Lt a quarter
for immediate and unconditional equalisation of the sugar o'clock until this day.
duties, propose to make larger advances to him. They
recommend Great Britain to lay out £500,000 a-year on
ships and sailors, and courts of mixed commission, to put
down the slave-trade, and £500,000 more to keep the
slave-trade going. tholitAm.
It would he more honest, and would save many valua-
ble lives, and diminish the national expenditure, if they
would come forward and say at once, " This putting
down the slave-trade is all humbug—it is no concern of
ours—let us give up the idea." There would be con-
sistency in this, which there is not in advocating in the
same breath a measure for suppressing and a measure for
encouraging the slave-trade. There would be honesty
in this, for it would he letting the people of Britain know
what they themselves know must he the necessary con-
sequence of immediately and unconditionally equalising
the sugar duties. It may be possible to persuade the
people of this country to relinquish their efforts to put
down the slave-trade ; but, if they are to do this, let
them do it with their eyes open -knowing what they do
—instead of being trepanned into it by the pretext that
they are only promoting free trade. Let the advocates
of immediate and unconditional equalisation of the sugar
duties hoist their true colours ; and, since they will fight
the battles of the piratical an kidnapping slaver, hang
out the black flag at once.

MORE SHOCKING IGNORANCE!

(From Punch.)

A short time ago Punch had occasion to horrify his
readers by publishing the report of his select committee
on education, which revealed the amount of ignorance of
domestic matters prevailing among young men generally.
His commissioners have just sent up to him their second
report, which relates to the knowledge of business and
the affairs of life possessed by young ladies ; and he has
determined, at the risk of creating a fearful panic in the
marriage market, to print it.

Miss Mary Anne Watkins examined—ls the daughter
of a private gentleman. Has several brothers and sisters.
Is engaged to be married to a young surgeon as soon as
he can get into practice. Has an idea that she ought to
know something of housekeeping; supposes it comes na-
turally. Can sing and play; draw and embroider. Cannot
say that she ever darned a stocking. The price of brown
Windsor- soap is from Is. to Is. 3d. the packet ; cannot
tell what yellow comes to ; never bought any. Ciraassian
cream is half-a-crown a pot; does not know the price of
pearlash. Knows how to furnish a house ; would go to
the upholsterer's and buy furniture. Cannot say how
much she would expect to give for an easy chair, or for a
wash-hand-stand, or for a set of tea-things ; should ask
mama, if necessary; never thought of doing so before.
Papa paid for the dress she has got on : forgets what he
gave for it. She has no notion what his butcher's bill
amounts to in the year.

deli-
this EbPoEdya LwAass shoecldt A
yesterday,TtaN.—T ewuhseunalsyvveeecehkelYs,:leele7eaali-
ere d'
vered by Mr. O'Connell, Dr. Gray Mr. tee6d.
others. The repeal rent amounted to '1;932 13s* spared
THE O'CONNELL TRIBUTE.—NO eXertiOH W.aStsoceilf
on Sunday to swell this amount. In some insA
double the sum collected last year was recei/eA vie 3
Dublin and the suburbs alone, upwards of £4' le,
gathered •, and the total amount is expected to be
at all, under £30,000.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

HOOTON COURSING MEETIN'

of The po. rxit c. asmt ea
nol
effy
Bn
aTr
tu. swdha
oy aws
it,
hu psoe nir
eratble cuilis": tor /0
gentlemen and admirers of this popular diversion's :sour
the crround. The day was fine. Stewards: Charleostbe
Esq.,ley,and N. Blundell, Esq. Mr. M`George
judge. he decisions were as follow :
THE CUP. Solo
mMrr..
BBaelnln,setßt'istteßrloubeeßat M. Welsh's
WbeaeltshS,isr
INNl:isSetmanalneYs-tapieflo
The Hon. T. Kenyon's Comet beat Mr. C.

Miss Harriet Somers.—Papa is a clergyman. Is unable
to say whether he is a pluralist or not. He is a curate,
and has but one curacy. Expects to be married, of course.
Would not refuse a young man with £3OO a-year. Has
no property of her own. Has some skill in needle-work ;
lately worked a brigand in red, blue, green, and yellow
worsted. Can make several washes for the complexion.
Cannot tell how she would set about making an apple-
dumpling. Loaves should remain in the oven till they
are done ; the time they would take would depend upon
circumstances. If she were married, would expect her
husband to be ill sometimes ; supposing him to be ordered
calves'-foot jelly, should send for it to the pastry-cook's.
It never occurred to her that she might make it herself.
If she tried, should buy some calves' feet ; what next she
should do cannot say. Has received a fashionable educa-
tion; knows French and Italian. Likes dancing better
than anything else. _

Mr. Ashton's Spring beat Mr. Swan's _
Sapon
SECOND TIES.
Blue Bonnet beat Bittern i Spring beat Comet
DECIDING COURSE. for°
Spring, by Sultan—Fly, beat Blue Bonnet'
by
Warwick Skyscraper

Miss Jane Briggs.—Ts the daughter of a respectable
tradesman, a grocer and tea dealer. Looks forward to a
union with somebody in her own station in life. Was for
five years at a boarding-school in Clapham. Really can-
not say what a ledger is; it may be the same as a day-
book. Has an album ; has painted flowers in the album,
also butterflies. Has never ironed a frill. Knows what
a receipt is ; it tells you how to dress things; should sup-
pose that a receipt in full was a receipt that told you all
the particulars. Never heard of a balance-sheet ; it may
be a calico sheet for aught she knows. Cannot say whe-
ther papa buys or sells at prime cost. Has eaten fowl
occasionally ; never trussed one ; does not know how to
make stuffing for a duck or a goose.
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THE SAUCER. maroed
ever -- Sic
This, we rather think, is the first saucer •ed s
for ; and, if silver, will no doubt be highly Pril be
and a"
Pyers Mostyn, Bart., for its uniqueness,
shining appenage to his breakfast table. ice
Mr. Blundell's Beetle beat The Hon. T. gelilTtrits .13ACw.
Mr. Swan's Sovereign Queen beat Mr. Bennett

for
Mr. Shaw's Shap beat Mr. Stanley's Syringo's Lori
Sir Pyers Mostyn's Meteor beat Mr. Ashton
SECOND TIES.
Beetle beat Sovereign Meteor beat SbAP
DECIDING COUR.SE• UpkppA
Meteor, by Mariner—Alice, beat Beeler by of
Berry. hour
mTr.hße
alHi,soßOuTgOleN,
beSiTngArKuEn Supwbeyremdre.cisdwedal: ;:togro: of
The WIRRAL STAKES were decided ion rrister•
Mr. Buckley's Beauty, run up by Mr. Ball's
NEWPORT PAGNEL STEEPLE C

)
(0 ollent
goo ) 3
(Ooner,

if deal
HAEDICAP of 25 sous. each, 15 ftT.lialrifs9::l3;
&c., with 100 added.
Mr. T. Oliver's Cheroot, 12st. 4113.• • •
Mr. J. Elmore's Lottery, Ilst ..... .. • •
Lord Drumranlig's Cardinal, lOst. 121 b • •
Won by about half a length

sISG'
EirS f dsl
NIANCHESTEE., d Thu,.oo
The coursing at Lytham, on. Wednesday na•bers ';iot
rin
a
caused the absence of several of the subsc
town ; in the meantime, however, the betting c'versrh°l°
was unimportant. For the Chester CUP, bib
mSbaf-
have been backed at 100 to 3, amongst d gr. ,06
mentioned General Pollock, The Bashavg, al: 40 °ire°
toe's colt. To-day, at the Post-office note" the
booked, to a small amount, about Scaltaen:n
afterwards; also 40 to 1 offered against rgxe,ed a"stts°,
Derby little was done ; 500 to 100' was °"
against nit to J.,
Scott's lot, 6to 1 was wanted ;• 700 to 100 i.a;) kvoltt:
(offered ;-) 17 to 1 against Loadstone (offe%in.„ttol t°
against Orlando (take 25 to 1;) to 1,810 ou,boo
(taken;) 50 to 1 against Foig-a-ballagb o°ls ;) Joies'
1000 to 20 against Campunero (take 1,-,nt°tO 1
to 20 against Vat colt (offered ;) and lou
Lorimer.

POACHING.—An inquest was held on bodyo f Ton'e'llftric
fore Mr. John Hinton, coroner, on the d tiv°„-/,'":
Boreton. It appeared that between one B',ooloiiie ri
on Sunday afternoon last, the deceased, i" ton, the horrea
a man named Chidley, went to Brookhar°P„on, 6'oooo
Fish of Holgate. They took with thew tVoiliche perct:
of which was separated from the stock, anelyie theodlifer;:a
ttspooi uontnt ihwcneataops facts,hsitinrs
suca
struck
itlaldyg pocket.against
niduseetOodidnt—a,
natgettingcharge
af
ru2glover
i:
e srfrp.
tOO3/ i
ii00:51
it
le
a: ta:oiacpeaco
oso
ree...`Aliagb :
and Sabbath-breakers. A verdict wag was led the Pr
gdhnulraael‘lnhrdi.
op
CciTetHachAeve
sex wlospeoafiemnraftd-h y coroner
„ad that
cipal witness.—Shrewsbury Journal.
__we l'''.;%-aafi3l;
r consistss
i.nvßo.Frr
nn-
one
4 ' ofaction' c tMi oens's'
felt, leather,ganyb ri bra ' c ha 6 d 0
fyo :Ar dt
ebony,
:, :AntbdyhNoe:su -etc ( r Fet
de°acru mostPIANO-FORTE'
1:1.1b, 9
ce" 'Pi
a: clas:esurncide I ii
ee; ,:9'. et
tf" Ina'}bet clt
6 hitvort If- :tut
le
e.:
beef-wood, di
u,
mo a. k ,Epvienrey, lor
no e 'oexf egg,atchten!
tleo riipegee
fashioned with the most scrupulouL
toy of toe ely
scrupulously adjusted to its place. .1" Ore' 5 Cl°s de
r 'rich sq d ore la
are not more than a quarter or an i oar oo ontt
.4
less. The qualities of all the varieties calarii;ecso:,
studied, in order to determine their P
; preferrelina, and
for the different parts. One kind '5 "another barP -1.155
slender rods made of it
;lawil not vaarP ;we it is an
0
cause the grain is straight
smooth ; and so on. Some of the r° seventh °
riasi
three feet long, and only a sixth or a
—Mil Gila ths
in thickness. FgpT. elude site
EXTRAORDINARY PEDESTRIAN Leeds, coo occe, es,
last, at midnight, James Searle, of Iles in 100° ;00,1" 01
Herculean task of walking 1000 rechokapere ,eek ; 1460
idhours,
inot
ieno,
ntLh
tee
oed piecetiiisootfasrke aNdheefwr
co
pomne
tatichnoetic i',"_lltoile, 1 lb Li li,:::niat
btpiail
le
it,.;l,
o'clock on Monday afternoon week, v;neeuii,`, bour_,h`or voto
the distance of 1017 miles in 1017 Wee"
0 oberdt°gectil"otiao;s
commenced on Monday, the 2d of toe, sn',. 1 of 1.5 of
sixty-three yards over and above ea n _ sum the etia to
tpieledefsetartiahn,iisvmin.2 k "' • the a 0 t
thirty-five miles 1400 yards, ma-iiiniled in Ares Os
miles 1400 yards (a feat unpara
upon the niglP
s considerable bets were deP"ldinLice on him to
-pled_, jr,
beenSom Some
udl°yubP et sr
ft ar
Inv eee db ,e ebnuett bathe 1s
sii fate,. toirosat

Miss Elizabeth Atkins—Resides at Hampstead, with
her parents. Papa is a solicitor; his office is in Gray's-
inn. Will have a little money of her own shortly, when
she comes of .age. Is not aware whether she is a minor
or not. The property was left her by an aunt. Cannot
say whether she is a legatee or testatrix. Her property
is real property. Is sure of that. It is in the funds.
Should say that it was not personal property, as it was
not anything about her person. Knows what Consols
are ; has read about them in history ; they were ancient
Romans. Mama keeps house. When she marries ex-
pects to do the same. Is unable to say what the family
milk-score is a• week. Starch is used to stiffen collars ;
has no notion what it is a pound, or what made of, or
whether it is used with hot water or cold. Drugget is
cheaper than a Turkey carpet ; but how much cannot say.
Her time is principally occupied in fancy-work, reading
novels, and playing quadrilles and waltzes on the piano.
Out of the sixty other young ladies examined, three
only knew how to corn beef, six what a sausage was com-
posed of, and four how to make onion sauce. Not one of
the whole number could brew. They mostly could tell
what the last new song was; but none of them knew the
current price of beef. Every soul of them meant to
marry as soon as possible. What is to become of their
husbands ? Echo answers " What!" and Punch shud-
ders at the idea.

A LEOPARD KILLED BY A LION IN WOMBWELL'S
MENAGERIE.—On Thursday night week, a singular event
occurred in Mr. Wombwell's menagerie, now exhibiting
at Leeds. In one of the large compartments of the me-
nagerie were two fine lions and two equally fine and very
docile leopards, and these four animals were usually kept
together for the purpose of showing their training and the
command held over them by their keeper, who was in the
constant habit of going amongst them, and putting them
through a variety of performances after the style of and
equal to Van Amburgh or Carter. Though the four ani-
mals are kept in one cage for the purpose of exhibition
the lions have been always separated from t

during the time of their feeding, until the night in ques-
,eriment was tried of feeding them alto-
mner had four nieces of flesh been

id that alwa
large numbers of people ~,,.93.kspere
arrival and departure from the Do" that ~4.al
strongly urge,d to Pr°,„ stieeeP,l
On TuesdaY, t"
ys in attendant,. —sse

ad one of the leopards had s

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