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under'which he has been suffering.—Edinburgh Witness.
" Is there anything really the matter with you ?" said
a physician to a person who had sent for him. " I don't
know how it is," was the reply ; " I eat well, sleep well,
and have a good anuetite." " Very well," said the

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apart from the effect

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doctor, " 11l give yo. u something to take away all that."
A MEmmtn. TO LET.—When Mr. Thomas Sheridan,
son of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, was a candidate for the

le told his lather
lace a label on his fore-
and side with the party
Right, Torn," said the
add the word " unfur-

representation of a Cornish borouv.
that if he succeeded he should
head with the words " To Let,
that made the best offer.
father ; " but don't forget is

niched."

FLOGRESS OF

THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS.-

I in constructing a pe.
,rnmong. When the

manent roof to the n

by members, neither the members nor the reporterscould
hear distinctly what was said, and, in consequence, Mr.
Barry constructed several temporary roofs to overcome
the difficulty. Before the prorogation of parliament. Mr.
Barry had determined, it is stated, on making a perma-
nent roof, after the temporary model which had been
found to answer, and that permanent roof is now almost
finished. It rises from the middle of the windows with a
high pitch to nearly the height which the first permanent

too with much
roke and Dean

reasoning abstracted'
kind of their peculiar dogmas, was re
point, instancing the cases of Lord Bo
Swift. The former held the foolish notions of the ideal
_ .

, and insisted that " nothing Lnings
eemed." A, good shower of rain, to the severities of
which he was ingeniously exposed by the artifice of the
dean, extorted a confession from the disciple of Epicurus,
that there was at least one reality in existence, and that
one disagreeable of endurance beyond a certain point.
The lecturer then entered minutely into an eccount of
the rise, progress, and doy...
related in forcible language his fires “..
with the arch-infidel of infidelity at Worcestt

and presents a light and elegant appearance. in
ith the other portions of thebuilding..On each

elicited repeat

keeping

fall of Socialism

rolonged

nd last

:ounter
and at

Socialist body extended in this country plEinly demon-
strated that opposition bad become a duty. Twenty-four
well-paid missionaries, an infidel Tract Society, a well-
organised Central Board, and an annual Congress,
gave a means of propagandism that, as the result
proved, were most mischievously efficient in
its balenul influences. A strong tipper'
the audience on behalf of preser

tending I

was then made fa

these national
them

.e so readytc

rotect, by a

ith. among

and making them a practical living .
, In generalising the argument, and drawing within
a small point of view, the cause of all these oppositio,
existing institutions, it would be found that pride of
intellect was at the root of the evil. (Hear, hear, and
applause.) Man had been made by his Creator so supe-
rior to all other created objects, so capable of exercising
his superior attributes, that he was too ready to assert

side of the house, new galleries and division
being prepared, and a handsome and elegant waiting-room
is in course of fitting up in the cloisters. The newhouse is
permanently to be taken possession of when the house
meets after the Easter recess, and will, we believe, be
found to answer satisfactorily. Several important altera-
tions are being made in the approaches to the house, which, his independence of, and claim an equality with Him
when finished, will contribute to the comfort and conve- whose power and wisdom were infinite. He forgot that
nience of the members, and give a pleasing and finished .he was a creature. Re forgot that He whose right to
appearance to the Commons portion of the new palace.— direct and control him he challenged, was the Being who
Daily News. . had gifted him with speech, had endowed him with
WEST INDIA AND BRAZIL MAIL STEAMERS.—The new reason, and breathed into him a living soul ; and
postal contract entered into by the Royal West India Mail that, however great might be his power of mind ;
Steam-packet Company with the Government for the however great his intelligence, his wit, his_ wisdom, he
conveyance of her Majesty's mails, &c., to the British and was still at an infinite distance from God—still in His
foreign Colonies in the West Indies, exico, Brazil, &c., hands, who could in a moment blast his pride, take from
came into operation on the 2d instant, the mails of that him his endowments, and make bins an object of
morning having been conveyed by the Severn steamer via mingled pity, and scorn. To approximate in the
Southampton. The chief point of rendezvous both of the smallest degree to the power of his Maker, man must not
outward and homeward packets is to be the island of St. only investigate and understand materials and laws
Thomas, whence the branch packets will be despatched. created to his hand—he must create as well as contem-
The following is the time allowed, outward and homeward, plate a sun, and call into existence by his volition new ma-
by the different routes, being at the rate of pine knots per terials, and govern them by his will,—and where are the
hour :-1. From Southampton to Choose's, 23 days 23 atoms that man had created ? The hacknied argument,
hours : home, 23 days 23 hours. The mails will be made that " knowledge is power," was most ably argued out,
up in London on the mornings of the 2d and 17th monthly. and its contrast with religion, as a principle, forcibly illus.
2. To Vera Cruz, touching at Jamaica and Tampico, 26 trated by reference to a ship of large freight and weighty
days 16 hours ; home, 26 days 16 hours. On the 2d only. proportions, rigged to the full, sailing without command
3. To Havauna, touching at Jamaica and Honduras, 24 and direction : the greater its power, the more speedy and
Throughout
scarcely
the
enthusiasm
l eet u
k lecture
ew Dr.of
any
the B
bounds.
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de
s. y wasWeo h loudlyo
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days 22 hours ; bon eward, 25 days 16 hours. On the the more fearful the crash with which it would meet its
morning of the 17th only. 4. To Demerara, touching at own destruction.
Barbados, 21 days 21 hours; homeward, 22 days 6 hours.cm sainodn st h
On the mornings of the 2d and 16th monthly. 5. To tw o
cheered,occasions
Trinidad, touching at Tobago, 21 days 17 hours. Twice
monthly, 21 and 17th. 6. To Nassau, 24 days ;on the heard the lecturer deliver a more effective or eloquent
17th only ; homeward, 32 days 18 hours, 7. To Rio de address, or one during which he appeared to carry with
Janeiro, touching at Lisbon, Madeira, Teneriffe, St. Vin- him more warmly the sympathies of his audience.
cent, Pernambuco, and Bahia 21 days 19 hours ;on the At the conclusion of the lecture, a vote of thanks was
morning of the 9th monthly ; homeward,t 29 days 23 hours. moved to Dr. Brindley by the Rev. W. Maynard for his
it. To Buenos Ayres, touching at Rio de Janeiro and Monte powerful and convincing appeal. The motion VMS carried
Video, 38 days 3 hours ; homeward, to Southampton, 41 amidst the acclamations of the meeting.
1 days 1 hour.

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