The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-12 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OY Tll TIMIS.

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Sir,—At 17 hours 21 minutes, siderial time, of May, 10, I
got a glimpse of the telescopic Comet : its right ascention
was about 22 hours 2 minutes and 29 seconds, and its North
declination about 29 degrees 15 minutes 13 seconds ; but it
was seen with so much difficulty with my five-feet equatorial,
that the observations must be regarded with suspicion.

J. SOUTU.

Observatory, Kensington, Thursday, May 11, 3 a.m.

PROGRESS OF CRUSE IN IRELAND.—It would appear
from a return of the Irish constabulary, that crime has been
steadily on the increase in that country since 1839. In 1840
there were 4,626 outrages ; in 1841, 5,360 ; in 1842, 6,535 ;
and the first three months of the present year, 1,653.
Txx CROWS.—This season the rookeries in Cumberland
and Westmorland contain more nests than was ever remem-
bered, and the young ones were scarcely ever known to be so
strong and early on the wing. There will be fine sport among
these " black game" in the course of a week or ten days.—
Preston Pilot.
• • -

LONDON CITY CHAIIRERLAIN.—The nomination of can-
didates for this lucrative office took place on Tuesday, after
which the livery proceeded to vote ; and, at the close of the
poll on that day, Sir J. Pixie was 120 a head of his opponent :
but on Wednesday the friends of Sir W. Heygate exhibited
their strength by placing him at the head of the poll—the
numbers being—for Ileygate 1343, for Pixie 1291.

Tus Brass OF IGNORANCE.—Roman cement is but a re-
cant substitute for lime at Mary-port, and its first introduc-
tion is somewhat curious. A gentleman, only a few years
ago, determining to avail himself of the virtues ascribed to it,
ordered a few barrels from Liverpool, then the nearest mar-
ket, and, lest the ignorant worhman should bungle it in ma-
king up at home, requested that it might be sent ready mixed
for use! It is needless to add, that it remained "ready atilt"
in the barrels ever since.—Mantiporf Locomotive.

teon EA :ear
s' eh a
mg
i
elephant le—ft .2 ;Ilestonday
DAJOIITERs.,,
Van Ambur
tornev e°tn Isi'nueng
itslast,cir
0
uM"tellt. V
turpike the gatekeeper closed On
arriving
at MissenrYdon
and refused to let it pass, in gate against the elephant,sa
con
fusing to pay more toll for the elephantsience of the keeper
for a horse. The keeper then Left and than was demanded
alone, but had not gone far when proceeded on ki
astonishment of the turnpike-keeper, t
the elephant, to th:
hinges, and quickly followed its keeper.oreSthe gate from the
THE BRITISH LEGION.—It is satisfactoryucks Gazette.
poor fellows who composed this ill requited, to find that th
body of men, are at length to have justice though bravee
Spanish Goverment have been for uie done them. The
negotiating with the banking-house of !:;:totit month active!
with reference to the arrears of pay, and Shea, of Madrid'
of satisfying the claims of the disbanded army.c safest method
only
to are nearly completed, and the All the ar-
only to be paid up in full, but the Governmenct sims
are
that
high opinion of the bravery of the men, are t ,to mark their
man's share a liberal gratuity.—Standard. o add to each
WEST INDIA STAAMERS.--WA learn from rood .1.
that the directors of the Royal Mail Steam.pa-ek authority
have decided that in future every officer appoir Company
steam-ships, in addition to producing proper testimonials, to their
heretofore, shall be subject to a strict examinatteio°nisisj al
competent persons, to ascertain their qualifications, n bezel.*
as relates to general navigation, but to an adequate ' not °nl
knowledge 7
of the British Channel, and the ports in the West
est Ind.
together with such acquaintance with the theory a lege
tice of steam-engines as may be required in their prae..
capacities. With this view an investigation is proceeding several
to all the officers now in England, which will be extended as,,,
all others as they return to this country, or as fresh ynaf„*,-
ments take aWe believe this is the first instancea-7;
which officers place. svessels have been required to undergo --
examination, except as relates to those in the government
service, but after the losses the company in question has
tained, a better measure than that now in progress sea_
not
have been adopted.
GOLD WEIGHTS.—In consequence of irregularities uha • e
been discovered in the sovereign and half-sovereign
weight;
now in use under the authority of statute Geo. 111,
e 92
the Gazette of Friday contains the following notice. vizi :-P
" That the Master of the Mint has been authorised to can
new weights to be prepared, having a new impression 1
stamp as described below, and that it is intended that such
new weights shall be exchanged at the Mint, after the 29th
day of May, 1843, for the old weights, free of
any charge t
the parties, provided the weights brought to the Mint foo
exchange are identified by the stamp, and are not reduced by
wear below the weight at which they were originally issued.
Description Qt• the ireights,—The sovereign weight bears
on the obverse the portrait of her Majesty, with tile words
Royal Mint,' and the date of the year, in indented letters
neon a raised border. On the reverse are stamped the figure;
5 dwts. 2i grs., surrounded by the words ' Curt. Weight
Sovereign,' in indented letters. The half-sovereign weight
bears the same impression on the obverse as the sovereign.
weight, and has on the reverse the figures 2 dwts. 131 gra
with the words ' Curt. Weight Half-Sovereign,' in ladentei
letters."
RAce Hoasss.—The list of proprietors of race home
amounts to 697, and contains the DamOS Of many Of the ace.
distinguished membe of the British aristocrac. sew .
•ral
Of them support very extensive establishments, se for in.
stance, Lord George Bentinek, who ran 21 horses hut year.
Lord Chesterfield, 16 Lord Eglintan, 14 ; Lord Exeter. 17 I:
Col. Peel, 12 (three in conjunction with General Yates) -
Duke of Richmond, ; Mr. Thornhill, 9 ; Lord Weatmi,„:
stet, 11 ; and so forth. That an idea may be formed by thea
novice in racing of the effects of such establishmenta. it may
be necessary give a sketch of the engagements kr whiab
some of the horses included in those to
are named:
Farintogh, a three-vear old, belonging to Lord G. Bendock.
is engaged in 26 stakes for the present year; Gaper, the pro_
perty of the same nobleman, in 19 ; Aristides, another three-
year.old, in 17 ; Napier, ditto, in 14; and many others to
nearly as great an extent. Thegross.nnumber of race horses
actually namedifor stakes and plates
id
England,4o for 1843, is
anti 300 anyearlings
is 1184--exclusive of bet .• entered
for stakes, for wdich the nominations are made at that age.
• AL l'ottvsstat4.—Where is there, or where
A CONTINENT ..., .
at to the said Duke of Bourbon
will there be found, an eqn . ?
will
Ay, and in what This
for I challenge all Europe, to
y,
1 This insatiable sportsman either hunted or
produce him •
shot every day in the ye
ar, Sundays excepted, four h
not allowance. -ours'
repose at night being hisinicc!ulhounds Then the
distance he would go to meet his
_almost staggers be_
lief. Thirty miles were considered a moderate one ; and, be,_
jug said this, it is not to be wondered at that he should bays
worn out six persons who bad to take their turns—two at a
him. His royal highness, however.-
time in attendance upon d died very
reached his seventieth year, an. .
thegenerally lamented.
I had an opportunity of exsieng by yearly
the __e.ceounts, very
I kept of the game killed different
accurate y , picks of
ortsman. In
hounds of this most illustrino.us.sp ...0 some of the
years his success was asto ishointtn. f 112 i ruanmple : in 829.
only two wild boars were lost
dout of 83 hunted ;teda i inln n 117 s
only six wild Thestacape
mber of f*l and
"
two out of 92. greatest gut
Chevreuil hounds, by reason of htt....e short_ running of this game
rendering the hunting of them so don ult—Apperley's Ni,,..
rod Abroad.
AN Aw tw•Shortly
AnD ACCIDENT. y before the meeting
the Envoy took place at I. k
between his Majesty and -tic now
coned, which placed
a most frightful accident occurred, the lives oi
inent eril. I
two ladies in the most inintver a
drain, tir:ecronsaing a most
rotten bridge that
: Phasta;stboeir elephant's off Torndwlnk la"
way under the weight e'leg, which
al almost h* h ii
on is ea , and th
brought the poor animal rew the
clay were all but precipitated
ladies so forward that t . , , , over the
front of the howdah. In this position, the earth under one
of the elephants hind legs gave way, when the jerk, of course
threw them back, and every one thoughte the elephant must
fall over on his side. By dioutoft. r mendous struggling the
animal extricated himself; b .he rolling of the howdah,
and the consequent knocktinng about received by the ladies,
was perfectly fearful to wi
hess, f. had they been thro
so w at might have
out it is impossible to ..
were, been the come-
" d a
pence, surrounded as th on all sides, by a crowd of
some 40 or 50 elephants,
onan dense crowd of men on h
back, besides the massfoot. The space that orse-
bo t four gave wa
under the elephant was
ill about
and feet in length. one iny
breadth, and two in depth ;
.. it was quite a miracle that
the animal got out of iti,s well he did, without doing more
than frightening the ladies, and
.slightly bruising them ; but
was the admtration of th
their conduct The abov is em all—no foolish
screaming or fainting. e but a
but for want of Poor description
of the spectacle. a better I must send •
it to
you.--Beneal Ilurkaru.
LADY SALA ['ASCRIPTION or Pirate.--You cannot
(says the The Examiner) picture her to your mind's eye but
wish feet planted "in a small crack in the rampart U .
near a a
bastion," watching some storming party ascend a breach
under heavy firecommendable steadiness and great
alacrity"; or with heart sinking and swelling, as, from the
" top of her house," she views with painful interest settle
neighbouring exploit of cowardice or courage. Here she is :
—" I had taken mY post of observation, as usual,
of the house, whence I had a fine view of the fieldee the
top
and where, by keeping behind the chimneys, of action,
bullets that continually whizzed past ey,s,, IT escaped the
first attempt on Beymaroo :—" The me.
his was the
Affghan cavalry charged
furiously down the hill upon our troops
The 37th No. 1. were leading
the 4
h in close column.
4t in the centre, and the
Shah's 6th in the rear. No square or balls were formed to
receive them. All was a regular
rights if leapt to my tth confusion; my very beast
ee when I saw the Affghans ride
rig clean through them. The onset WAS fearful. They
like a re at
a cluster of bees, but we beat them and
drove them up again." This, the second, when our men ran
like sheep before the fanatic Gbazees :—" When they fairly
appeared above-ground, it was it was very evident that our
men were not inclined to meet them. Every field-glass was
was now pointed to the hill with intense anxiety by us ip can-
tonments, and we saw the officers urging their men r ad vsnee
on the enemy. Most conspicuous were. Mackin"' /16 mg.
Troup, Mackenzie, and Layton ; who, t° enc.".arr mb9,
pelted the Ghazes with stones, as theyeclicaoe thet !it,
and to do the fanatics ,justice, they return d the /Luau with
our wen would not
the same weapons. Nothing would do; , .
advance, though this party did not appear to be 1.)11 in num-
ber. At length, one of the Ghazeeas rushed forward, wa-
ving his sword over his head : a Sipahee of the 37th darted
forth and met him with hie bayonet ; but instead of a straight
charge, he gave him a kind of side stoke, and they both fell,
and both rose again. Both were killed eventually ; the
Ghazee was shot by another. man. It was very like the
scenes depicted in the battles of the Crusaders. The enemy
rushed on : drove our men before them very like a flock of
sheep with a wolf at their heels. They captured our gee.
The artillerymen fought like heroes ; two were killed at the
gun; Serjeant Mulhall received three wounds ; poor Laing
W2l. shot whilst waving his sword overand the
made oarh gun aud cheerieart,
ng
the men. It was an anxious sight
beat : it lasted but for a few minutes."

The Augsburg Gazetteof the sth inst. states, that the da
for the election of a Prince of Servia bad n.ot yet been heady
and a Russia had declared that there existed no objection
of Belgrade.'
against the person of Prince Alexsoder, but that she merely
insisted that the electoral formalities prescribed by the or.
genie statutes of the year 1839 should be observed, the Porte
was
taking
measures to procure the re-election of Prince
Alexander. The Russian Ambiunador proposed that
Pasha, of Nail', should be appointed pasha

pottrp.

THE GRAND PROJECTOR'S INV ITATION

O come to the Aerial ship
To Ch

Who ar

)u'd take a trip

deal or Dov-er

world would see,

)r who would wish to be

Xs much as half seas over

Don't heed the snarlers who declare

The scheme must

terminate in air

And scorn upon it cast ;

,ose who think it is no go,

Of that it will at best move slow,
Will find it stick quite fast.

The mighty sprawling thing I've planned
In scientific language grand,
Will give me vast renown ;
And when I hear the idle sneer—
" It won't go up," I only fear "
" It never wilt go down.

One thing affords me great content ;
A bill is now in Parliament,
And 'twas my object still,
Whatever else I might pursue,
As men of common sense all knew,
But to bring in a bill.

The fact is, those behind the scene
All very well know what I mean,'
To this my honour's pinn'd ;
It gaping boobies may amaze :
The vessel I don't care to raise,
I want to raise the wind.
LYNX (Mirror.)

LITERARY NOTICES,

MAGAZINES
Ths Story Teller. Edited by Robert Bell
Webb, Castle-street.
A very cheap and cleverly compiled publication. It
ns con-
-
For
tains 128 pages of clearly and closely printed matter, coist
ing of tales, romances, and poems, by well known pens.
the lover of light reading this publication will be an acquisi-

Agent, V

people
but it

The Farmer, the Belle Assemblee, and the Sportsman.
Rogerson, Strand.
These three excellent publications are beautifully illus-
trated this month. The Farmer is full of agricultural intese
l-
ligence. In the Belle we find the editress taking pt"
Whe cau
hy
of the milliflers—" The white slaves of England.
does not Mrs. Wilson devote a considerable space to this
subject in a series of well-written articles, showing the hor-
rors of the system of _" White Slavery," and by this means
awake in the breasts of her fair readers something like sym-
pathy for their toiling sex ? There are many agreeable sto-
ries, &c. this month. A portrait of Lady Peel embellishes
the number.—ln the Sportsman, Major Campbell, Mango,
Nimrod, Castor, and others contribute. There is one article
on boxing, which is certainly amusing. The writer's attemp
hitss
at fine phrases—his French and Latin quotation, and
choice terms of " blackguard," and so forth, applied to the
members of the Prize Ring, and his own note at
eepithe. en
dnd of
the page, will not fail to excite merriment. well grounded,
His swe-
nunciation of the ring is not altogether fair or
as there have been, and are, many honourable men con-
nected with the ring, who have filled their stations in life
with credit to themselves. Amongst other blunders
we may
notice, en passant, that Thurtell was not hung at Newgate,
as " Boxer" asserts, but at Hertford.

There are some good contributions to Fraser thisexcemontenth.
The Anti-Corn-Law League and the country
is an ll
article. The Dove! reader will find a review of two or three
works that may be useful to him in hunting for a book. The
" Pilgrimage of Paris" looks very like a translation. "The
Life of Sir Murray Maxwell" is concluded. It has been
throughout replete with interest. " The Forsaken "is the
old story over again—first love and blighted affection. The
are clever.
love epistles of Aristzenetus Fitzboodle "
morecon-
fitting for a
"es " amusingly. ``Boat a-hoy " is
consideration
newspaper than for the pages of Fraser. A.
of the governmeucation concludes the number.
nt plan of ed
ENCOUNTER WITH A FAMILY OF LAPLANDERS
—__—

Fraser.

The next morning, 27th August, was rainy, and the hills
were all covered with clouds ; we breakfasted at four, on
broiled capercailzie, and brandy and water, but were weather
bonnd at Rorvigon till three o'clock, ate when we embarked
in two small and crazy boats on Lake Limingen. There was
far more motion than I liked, the nature of our vessels being
duly considered. We were, however, safely landed on some
rocks, after a row of ten English miles, and then set off to
walk four more, partly through woods•
In our route we
passed by a scetter hut, where, as I have before remarked,
the peasants who pasture their cows in the neighbourhood
keep their milk, cream, and cheeses• We next crossed some
barren mountains; and, at about half-past seven our guide
(the Lapp) desired us not to tire at a pack of ptarmigan,
which got close up to us, for fear, he said, of disturbing the
reindeer, as he every moment expected to find his country-
men. Soon after, as we were all walking in a single file, and
keeping perfect silence, he stopped suddenly, and, pointing
with his finger, directed our attention to some smoke just
emu issuing through the twilight, curling up the side of the
opposite hill. The man's manner and attitude were quite dra-
matic, and we had the satisfaction of feeling that our object
was about to be attained. The Lapp now tied up his dog and
ran off, evidently much rejoiced at the idea of rejoining his
wife and family, after an absence of several months. He was
also anxious to inform his countrymen who we were, and
what. brought ns here, as he had some fear lest they would
take alarm, and move off with their herd. He soon, how-
ever, returned, and at the same time we saw a large number
of reindeer driven up the valley to their quarters for the
night, by a man and a boy, accompanied by a dog, whose oc.
casiong bark seemed to keep them under perfect control.
Upon our arrival we found the encampment consisted of two
circular tents built of poles joined together in the centre, in
farm of a cone, with cloths stretched over them• The door
of the larger one, in which we took up our abode, was so low
andsmall, that we had some difficulty in crawling in. The
,whole scene was highly picturesque• Each tent was occupied
uy a Lalip family ; every individual gave us a most kind re-
eention, and heartily thaking us by the hand, at once offered
ns a share of their tent, the only night's lodging they had to
five- We thankfully accepted their hospitality, and soon
"lea ourselves lying on skins before a large and cheerful
fire.
The inhabitants of the hut coroprised three generations of
IT; namely, a middle-aged man and his wife, with four
chil ren, and an old grandmother ; to these were now added
our party, consisting of four Englishmen, their two inter-
preters, and two other attendants. The tent was made of
crse dark cloth, and the outside of it was covered with
turf;ur around tog inside were hung cheeses, bladders, dried
gut of reindeer, guns, and various other useful articles. The
chief part of the smoke escaped through a large opening at
the top, but enough remained painfully to affect our eyes,
and to give the copper countenances of the Lapps a shade as
dark as those of Indian. The second family, who occupied
the smaller tent, namely, our Lapp guide—Peter Johansen,
his wife. and two children—soon came to pay us a visit.
have already described his person• His wife and daughter
had light hair and fair complexions, and were pleasing in their
appearance, and his little boy
resting child ; was an intelligent and inte-
and, although under ten years of age, took his
tarn with the men inswatcing the reindeer during the night.
He was dressed in hi best clothes, entirely made of skins,
with a girdle round his waist, and such a protuberance in
front as to give him the appearance of being stuffed, and
greatly to excite our laughter. He wore his knife in his case
behind, and several small ornaments by his side ; thus form-
ing a complete Lilliputian Lapp in full costume. We were
soon presented with a large bowl of reindeer milk, which is
much richer than that of the cow, and has a delicate and
aromatic flavour, with a pleasant taste, resenabling the milk
of the cocoa nut ; but I found I could not taste much of it
with impunity, as it was more like drinking cream than milk.
They also boiled for us a reindeer ham which had only been
salted two days before. We found tso good that, upon
taking our departure next morning, we were glad to add it
to our scanty store of provisions. It has a wild flavour, and
is quite equal to our park venison. The old grandmother
was al shrivelled as a mummy' but the other two women
were by no means ill
-looking. Their dress was of dark
twhoeollen cloth, with silver ornaments in front, as well as in
girdle round the waist, tow hich sewing implements were
sunspended. These ornaments were in good taste, and well
fl ished ; and the buttons were similar to those used by the
pweeassanuttry in Spain. I have no doubt this smart costume
The on in compliment to us.
dresstrouserso of the men consisted of leather coats and tight
the femalesthe same material, with reindeer skin boots. MI
with having her pipe'
smoked • and th ed n seemed more pleased
eoi aroma
land than with filled with tobacco brought from Eng-
anything else that we gave her. Some boxes
of lucifer matches which we presented to them were also
ahnigdhelyxprrizedd; they had evidently never seen them before,
ease no small astonishment at them anner in which
ignition is effected. We regretted we no fish hooks,
i h they inquired for ; but we gave them a glass of tinkel
each, which the octogenarian appeared to relish more than
tatleyi. of her descendants. The head of the family (Johan
is4son) was a grave sedate-looking man ; decon of cha-
.i meter
r and intelligence were marked on his fine countenance.
ter,s eit,sely todtthhee questions I put to him through my interpre-
dering psatoralyl7rfeer-e thathappy in the enjoyment of their wan-
they confined themselves to the
mountainons ridge which separates Norway from Sweden,
the boundary line between these countries being only .two
English miles from the spot where they were then encamped ;
that they had been there about eight days, intended to re-
main a fortnight longer, and should then move onwards for a
change of pasture for their reindeer. He told me, that in
summer they conduct these anim
the,
which constitute their
wealth, to the elevated parts of tah
the level countrmourins, and in the
winter they descend to
of about three hundred, and it appearsyihat aisfherd consisted
nearly that number for its support. The greatamily requires
erodpotortireteof
them were his own property, but some beloni:
Johansen, and ten to a middle-a,ged single woman who loclee:I.
with them. These Lapps, although " dwellers in tents" all
the year round, are in many respects far from being uncivi-
lised. They strictly observe the Sabbath, the best reader of
the family officiating as priest, and going regularly through
the Lutheran service. Occasionally they attend the church
of the nearest village on the frontier of Sweden.—Milford's
Visit to Norway.

-,-------""..-
VARIETIES.

-.----
To MAKE GINGER. BEER.—One ounce of ginger,
of
inger, well
bruised in a mortar, 14 lbs. of loaf sugar, 1 oz. of cream
tartar, and two lemons sliced. Pour on these ingredients
two gallons of boiling water, stir it well, and let it stand until
lukewarm ; then add two table spoonfuls of yeast, and let the
mixture stand till the next morning. Bottle it off, and cork
it well.
THz VICE-PILZSITIENT OF THE 80.4 AD OF TRADE.—
Though Peel's great business facility and long practice in
addressing the house enabled him to expound,
feud the state, and de-
principles and details of the tariff with more fulness,
force, and weight. it was universally acknowledged that
young Gladstone shone in the department of " facts and
figures," and displayed a capacity for official business of the
very first urder.—Sir Robert Peel and his Era.
Tux Wmow's MITE.—A lady in genteel, but very mode-
rztte circumstances, when presenting the clergyman of ---
h a small sum for a charitable object, said,
l;r7et aid " You may
down, as the ' Widow's Mite,' sir." „Not so, my
replied the worthy pastor. " I beg you may, ' the
lady . ,earnestly added, "it is but a trifle." "I am aware of
that, madam, but it is not all your living." How very few
h7e.int_ruth presented the widow's mite, although many al)-
4pi r> Wage to themselves.—New York observer.

TAVPIE vnn NATrxr. IN RSTGLISTI POTITIM 7r English j " GREAT REPEAL DEMO
from the time of Dryden to Pope, has been French
as habits and tastes ; the country was deserted for the
town ; rural recreations for the conversation of saloons and
taverns ; and poetry partook in the general feeling. There
were no landscape painters at that time, no landscape gar-
deners (Sir W. Temple was an excellent kitchen gardener,
and Evelyn was not beyond the taste of his age,) no planters.
and no love for a residence in the country. The first planters
were old Lord Bathurst, at Cirencester, and the Duke of
Argyle at Whitton, near Hounslow. In Thomson's time a
better and more English taste was rising ; and while he was
writing the Seasons, Shenstone was laying out the Leasowes,
and Lady Lyttleton was forming the beautiful grounds of
Hagley. The arts rose together, and poetry was affected, as
it always will be, by the general tastes and social state of the
There is no pretension to novelty in our remark,
s meant simply to show that the poets were not more
.nsensible to the beauties of nature than those who practised
the other arts that embellish life ; that the general tone of
society was with them, and that the same artificial taste was
everywhere visible. The poetical couplet of Dryden had
superseded the blank verse of Milton ; the peruke and cra-
vat, the laced coat, the flowing and chivalrous dress of the
days of Henry and Elizabeth ; while the straight lines and
avenues, and quincunxes in parks and gardens, had super-
seded the wilder and irregular forms of natural beauty.—
Gentleman's Magazine.

A. SKETCH OF THE AMERICAN SENATE.—At the begin-
ing of the year, Lord Morpeth being present in the house of
representatives during a commotion raised against Ex-Pres-
ident Quincy Adams, for having said something against sla-
very, that venerable and distinguished old man was, in his
own hearing, horribly insulted, and called a black liar and a
traitor. His most eloquent denouncer was a Mr. Wise, who
interlarded his furious tirade with insults to England.
" Lord l‘lorpeth," says the correspondent of the New York
American," occupied the chair of one the members, and
was apparently the person to whom Wise directed all his
swaggering, bullying abuse of the British nation and govern-
ment. Whenever he said anything abusive, he always turn.
ed to the viscount, and pointed significantly at him, appar-
ently delighted to insult a stranger and a lord, without the
possibility of a reply." And the only reception given to all
this was tumultuous applause. In the senate at the close of
February, Mr. Tallmadge was interrupted by Mr. Benton
calling him a liar. Mr. Talmudge reiterated his statements
and Mr. Benton repeated the lie. The following then pas-
sed :—" Mr. Clay hoped the senator would be compelled to
take his seat.—Mr. Benton : The senator is in his seat.—
Mr. Clay : The senator has no right to speak, while he is
in his seat ; and if he speaks to me, he shall receive such
language in reply as his conduct deserves.—Mr. Benton : I
hope that language will be followed by corresponding action."
No one took the least notice of thiss gross insult to by far
the ablest and most accomplished of all the American states-
men.—Article, Newspaper Literature of America : Foreign
Quarterly Review.
THE REV. R. W. SIBTHORP IN EARLY LlFE.—There
were many circumstances which contributed to his fame.
He was a member of an old family ; a man of acknowiedged
ability ; and of unsparing devotedness to his profession. His
voice was singularly musical ; and the powers of imagination
as well as the results of learning, which he brought to bear
on his pulpit ministrations, were very captivating. But
amid the impressive exhortation and affectionate earnestness
which pervaded his addresses, there was also a tone of mys-
ticism. There was in all his sermons a leaven—so to speak,
and the term is used I trust not irreverently—of what bor-
dered on the romantic and speculative in religion. To ac-
count for this, his admirers used to advert to the unusual
tenor of his own career. In early life he was enticed from
his home by a Romish priest, with whom he resided many
months ; and during which period his friends lost all clue to
him. The object was to convert him to Romanism. And
from its trammels he then had a narrow escape. Another
incident befel him in later life—an attachment formed for
him by an accomplished lady holding the Romish faith, and
which had again nearly brought him within the pale of Ro-
manism. Connected with this there is a curious incident.
A highly finished miniature of him was placed at the exhi-
tion at Somerset House. It was an admirable likeness, and
was readily recognised. Three weeks elapsed and it was
gone ! The thief was never discovered : and considerable
promptitude as well as management must have been brought
into play to carry it off unobserved—but it was effeeted.
Some ladies had been seen, for several successive mornings,
hovering around the spot where it hung—hut further clue
there was none. All these various details threw an air of
interest, romance, and mystery around this extraordinary
man's history.—The Bishop's Daughter.
Tue Jews OF LlSBON.—Gathered in small clusters about
the pillars at the lower extremities of the gold and silver
streets in Lisbon, may be observed, about noon in every day,
certain strange-looking men, whose appearance is neither
Portuguese nor European. Their dress generally consists of
a red cap, with a blue silken tassel at the top of it, a blue
tunic girded at the waist with a red sash, and wide linen pan-
taloons, or trousers. He who passes by these groups gene-
rally bears them conversing in broken Spanish or Portuguese,
and occasionally in a harsh guttural language, which the
Oriental traveller knows to be the Arabic, or a dialect
thereof. These people are the Jews of Lisbon. Into the
midst of one of these groups, I one day introduced myself,
and pronounced a beraka, or blessing. I have lived in dif-
ferent parts of the world, much among the Hebrew race, and
am well acquainted with their ways and phraseology. I was
rather anxious to become acquainted with the state of the
Portuguese Jews, and I had now an opportunity. "The
man is a powerful rabbi," said a voice in Arabic : " it be-
hoves us to treat him kindly." They welcomed me. I fa-
voured their mistake, and in a few days I knew all that re-
lated to them and their traffic in Lisbon. I found them a
vile, infamous rabble, about two hundred in number. With
a few exceptions, they consist of escapadoes, from the Bar-
bary shore, from Tetuan, from Tangier, but principally from
Mogadore ; fellows who have fled to a foreign land from the
punishment due to their misdeeds. Their manner of life in
Lisbon is worthy of such a good assemblage of amis reunis.
The generality of them pretend to work in gold and silver,
and keep small peddling shops : they, however, principally
depend for their livelihood on an extensive traffic in stolen
goods which they carry on.—Borrow's The Bible in Spain.
POWER OF THE VOICE OVER CHILDREN.—It is usual
to attempt the management of children either by corporal
punishment, or by rewards addressed to the senses, or by
words alone. There is one other means of government, the
power and importance of which are seldom regarded ; I refer
to the human voice. A blow may be inflicted on a child, ac-
companied by words so utttered as to counteract entirely its
intended effect; or the parent may use language, in the cor-
rection of the child, not objectionable in itself, yet spoken in
a tone which more than defeats its influence. Let any one
endeavour to recall the image of a fond mother long since at
rest in heaven. Her sweet smile and ever clear countenance
are brought vividly to recollection ; and so also is her voice ;
and blessed is that parent who is endowed with a pleasing
utterance. What is it which lulls an infant to repose ? It is
no array of mere words. There is no charm to the untaught
one in letters, syllables, and sentences. It is the sound
which strikes its little ear that soothes and composes it to
sleep. A few notes, however unskilfully arranged, if uttered
in a soft tone, are found to possess a magic influence.
Think we that this influence is confined to the cradle ? No,
it is diffused over every age, and ceases not while the child
remains under the parental roof. Is the boy growing rude in
manlier and boisterous in speech ? I know of no instrument
so sure to control these tendencies as the gentle tones of a
mother. She who speaks to her son harshly does but give to
his conduct the sanction of her own example. She pours oil
on the already raging flame. In the pressure of duty, we are
liable to utter ourselves hastily to our children. Perhaps a
threat is expressed in a loud and irritating tone ; instead of
allaying the passions of the child it serves directly to increase
them. Every 'fretful expression awakens in him the same
spirit which produced it. So does a pleasant voice call up
agreeable feelings. Whatever disposition, therefore, we
would encourage in a child, the same we should manifest in
in the tone in which we address him.—Church of England
Magazine.

PLEASURES OF AN INDIAN VOYAGE.—I began by paying
£l5O sterling for a cabin to myself ; and had not inhabited
it two days before I found it so infested with cockroaches,
that I was bound to evacuate it • and should have been
houseless, if Sevestre had not kindly made me bring my cot,
and occupy half of his ; turning my own into a baggage ca-
bin. If we had been all Whittingtons, and each possessed
half a dozen cats, it would not have sufficed to deliver us
from the rude assaults of the innumerable host of rats that
invaded us. I had occasion to remove a trunk which stood
in one corner of the cabin, when, to my astonishment, I dis-
covered a small snake coiled up • and, as if not sufficiently
hideous as a snake de facto, I further discovered that the
creature had two heads. I called out loudly for a stick and
assistance, intending to commit a bloody deed upon the in-
truder. The cuddy servants, who had heard my vocifera-
tions, came rushing on to the fray ; but no sooner did they
see the nature of the foe, than they both jumped upon the
boxes, exclaiming " Kill, him, sir ; kill him ! Don't let him
come here! Just at this point the third mate came up,
crying out, " Don't hurt him, air ! Pray don't hurt him !"
and immediately laid hold of what turned out to be a pet of
his. Although I had never seen one before, I had frequently
heard of " the double-beaded sand-snake." This was one
of the very singular species, and assuredly, as far as human
eyesight can be credited, it has a clear and perfect head at
both ends ; the species, however, are entirely harmless, and
the one in question, it appeared, had made its escape from
a little box, in which the mate had kept it since leaving
Madras. As for pets they literally abound with us : there is
a pet cheetah, or leopard, big enough to swallow a sheep ;
then innumerable mongooses, whose little red noses are ever
and anon thrusting out from among the booms and spars on
the deck ; hundreds, I may say, of that beautiful little ele-
gant species of the feathered tribe, the avadavat, which I
cannot better describe than by saying that it is a black wren,
speckled with crimson spots ; chattering paroquets are heard
in every direction ; and, though last, certainly not least wor-
thy in the list, a mina. This race of birds is, without ex-
ception, the most remarkable in the world for its talkative
powers and its ability to imitate all kinds of human sounds;
the one in question, however, really surpasses all I ever
heard in this way, and the whole live-long day talks, sings,
and whistles, in addition to which it gives all sorts of mock-
eries of men, beasts, and birds.—Diary of an Assistant
Surgeon.

THE LATE STEAM-SHIP PRESIDENT: CONSIDERATioNs
AS TO THE POSSIBLE CAUSE OF HEN. WRECK.-Mr. Buck-
ingham, who made a passage in this ill-fated ship from New
York to Liverpool, thus endeavours, in his new work on
Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, &c., to account for
her subsequent loss :—" On the following voyage, the un-
fortunate President was lost ; having sailed from New York
in her ordinary course, and never since been heard of. A
variety of conjectures have been hazarded, as to the manner
in which her loss was oceasioned ; and at this late period,
when the subject may be adverted to without harrowing up
the feelings of those who had friends on board, or prolonging
their painful suspense, for all hopes of her re-appearing have
now been long ago extingushed, it may not be unacceptable
to have the opinion of one who knew her qualities well. I
venture, therefore, to offer it as my belief, that under the
skilful commander who was then in charge, Captain Roberts,
no gale which she could encounter on her passage would be
sufficient to occasion her to founder. Insufficient as her
engines were to propel her with the requisite degree of speed,
they would always have force enough to keep her head to
windward in the heaviest gale that blew; and i❑ this posi-
tion, no pilot-boat that ever swam could lie-to more easily
and steadily than the President. As a seaboat, she was un-
rivalled ; and not the slightest manifestation was anywhere
visible on our homeward voyage, in the severest period of
the gale, of any weakness amid-ships, or anywhere else. An
iceberg may have intercepted her course, or a ship may have
run her down, as all who have been much at sea know how
frequent are the accidents resulting from a bad look-out ; and
fire is a calamity to which all ships are liable, especially those
that carry a hundred passengers or more, where drunken
revels among some,* not sutticiently discouraged, because
profit is made by the sale of the wines and spirits, great care-
lessness with others, lights permitted improperly to be burn-
ing in the bed-cabins at a late hour, and their inmates going
to sleep without extinguishing them, with the inflammability
of all the materials of which a ship is composed, making fire
much more rapidly destructive at sea tha❑ on la❑d, and much
more difficult to extinguish. One or other of these calamities
might have destroyed the unfortunate President; and either
would account for the total destruction of every vestige of
her bull, as well as of her spars, boats, and moveable furni-
ture, but especially the last, for the devouring flames leave
no vestige of anything unconsumed; and when all is burnt
to the water's edge, the heavy and ponderous mass below
soon sinks to the bottom. This, though the most terrible,
is the most speedy death, and leaves at least the consolation,
that if the sufferings of the victims were severe, they were
soon terminated."

*## We were obliged to have two passengers carried drunk from
the dinner-table to their berths, on the Arst day after we left New
York in the President; and every day some of them drank to
excess."

'STRATTON TN

SLIGO."

SLIGO, FRIDAY EVLNING, MAC s.—lt will give you in-
finite satisfaction to hear, as it does me to know, that our

•
Repeal meeting was a total failure. lam assured by the
best judges, that there was not at any period four thousand
persons present, notwithstanding that the reverend whippers-
in had ordered the attendance of all their flocks, each man
to be armed with at least a shilling ; and the great proportion
of these were the little urchins of the town that got a holiday
from the national and cabin schimis, to hark in a cheer for
the Liberator. There was not a gentleman present. There
were a few of the traders of the town, respectable in their
rank, no doubt, but who, it was a great pity to find, had not
sense enough to remember what they were, and that it was
under British connection, and in British markets, they had
made sufficient money to buy the Sunday broad-cloth they
had mounted on the occasion.
The public dinner was, if possible, a greater failure than
the meeting. At five o'clock there were not thirty tickets
taken ; and Mrs, Davis, the providore, refused to " serve
up," unless she was guaranteed in something like a remune-
ration. lam not able to inform you who are the securities,
but they appear to be prudent persons, as they reduced the
price from 12s. sd. to 7s. 6d.: this, perhaps, got off thirty
more ; and the remainder, up to about one hundred, were
supplied gratis to whoever (not excepting a waiter in a hotel,
who was perhaps " expected to make himself generally use-
ful") was able to demonstrate that their throats were at all
events as valuable to aid in a shout as in a feast ; for of all
the cheers I ever heard, the Sligo cheering on this occasion
was the very worst; I often heard more noise after a dog
with an old kettle at his tail.
The Liberator slept last night, and breakfasted this morn-
ing, at our mayor's, Mr. Martin Madden, and left immedi-
ately after for Dublin, and we wish you joy of him.
The government, thanks to Mr. Lefroy's question across
the table, ordered in a troop of the 12th Lancers, two com-
panies of the 47th regiment, and about one hundred additional
constabulary. This probably saved us some trouble, as we
would likely have otherwise been called on to illuminate, to
which some of the old-fashioned inhabitants would have
shown, in an old-fashioned way, that they had a decided ob-
jection. I am proud of Sligo. You may depend on it, it
will be some time before Dan makes a demonstration here :
he has not even the satisfaction of being able to say he met
with the slightest opposition. There are enough of the boys
about here to make a pickled herring of him ; but they kept
within doors, and treated him with silent contempt.

(From the Sligo Journal of Friday.)

In this county, the demonstration which was " to fright
the isle from its propriety," was a most ridiculous spectacle.
About 3,000 peasants, forced by their priests to attend, two
old broken down coaches, one of them hired by a bankrupt
trader's shopboy, O'Connell's own carriage, and a few hack
jaunting cars, accompanied by the flags and banners of the
Trade's Union, formed the procession. To O'Connell the
whole was a good joke, and he evidently enjoyed it, if we
might judge from his extemporaneous witticisms. We hope
Father Feeny recompensed him this morning as substantially
as he expected. If he did not get money from him, he had
only Father Coghlan's 1:12. 10s. to comfort him, as not a
single man present at the meeting came forward to enrol
himself a Repealer.
[The Nation of Saturday says there were 170,000 persons
present!]