Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-11-21

lous preservation Of life happened iasI wen
Margate. A lady was walking on the ciin WIN
child, when her bonnet blew into the sea; Tue
lady, starting to save it, fell, dragging her III
faut with her into the ocean; fortunately sue
her child fell exactly into the middle oil the Don,
net, when the lady using the parasoi she mao
with her, by way of scull, padded heiseh a.
shore, TO the grea, admiration Of the spee'a 'ofs
London Paper.
Bowel CoMrLAINrs.-A piece Of Turkey rhu-
barb, the size Of pea, chewed daily, will pre-
ven, that most distressing complaint diarrhaa,
SO prevalent at this season of the year.
The Mayor of Devices caused all the butter
in the market to be weighed on Thursday
There was not single pound deficient In
weight. On the contrary, the butter from Sc
veral dairies was full an ounce above the legal
standard, and that Of Reverend gentleman in
the neighbourhood, an ounce and half.
Hants Advertiser.
However questionable the proves and chs
| valry OF England, in respect to her relations in
the East, there is one direction, at all events,
where no scepiicism can controvert her decision
| and valour, and that is her direction when she
| looks westward. Can i, be, that imperious and
arbitrating England may be likened to the fea-
! thered animal, which beyond It's own ACTIVITY
of ordure, loses all passion for glory, peril, and
ente rprise? Or, are we to conclude that, be-
cause she is Playing the diplomatic game un-
successfully, she is resolved to master her conn
,enance into placid,y before the Russian alone
and vent her wrath and her despair upon her
own domestic hearlf, and upon the unoffenc-
ing heads of her own family? To Ireland a.
lone England assumes menacing attitude
The Dardaneles are bIockaded; The French su.
perinlended the deslinics OF the Morea and the
| Grecian isles: and yet the whole military inau-
ence Of England, save that part which patrols
Chester and the Welsh mountains in the capa
city Of an army Of observation, is on the qsi-
vive to the borders Of the county Tipperary,
to keep the Black hens and Magpies quiet
This is the bitter fruit Of the Penal Laws
To her own perverseness, England is indebted
for those contingencies which compel her 10
have those soldiers and those pieces Of artillery
lounging about Slievenamon, which ought 10
be, at this moment, within days march OF
Mount Athos. Dublin Freen,en's Jonrnak
Squirting is, in the new phraseology of intel.
lect, denomnated Secular indie clsion.'
Mr.. BRouoHAM We should think from thi.
gentleman's appearance al the assizes, that his
he al,h is far from being good. He is not only
thinner and paler than ever, If that were posi-.
1
these assizes, lacking the exuberant humour *
playfulness which used to characterize him, mol
only 10 the conducting Of a cause, but also with
his fellow counsel, there was however no def
cheney Of energy, and perhaps increased care
fitness, in The management of his extensive
business.
rE1d,st Gn,e5Trrp,Ess have ven not yet seen thi.
John Bull greets the arrival in these ,erms:-
"Amongst the recent arrivals in town is 9
comet, which may be seen with common tel,
escope. The old gen,lewomen are foreteIIine
all sorts OF events, and the farmer hopes for bel
ter weather. Certain it is, tina: the last few
days Qast weekly have assumed different char
ac.er; but whether we are indebted to this vol.
nnteer warming pan for The change, we canno,
pretend 10 say"
10 prevent accidents by steam vessels, con-
triVance has been made for causing the night
lanterns 10 revolve by the action Of the paddle
wheel. The excellence ofthis species of signal
light Will be apparent, when we recollect how
completely il differs from any shore light that
can be employed; and, as such, how impossible
1t would be for the one 10 be mistaken for the
o'ner' Belfast Neus Letter.
Fon,hill Abbey, that chief of modern archi.
tectural gew gaws, is now heap Of ruins.
DR.. Gall, the phrenologist, who died recent.
~ in France, has left his head to the phrenoIo.
glsts. There's nothing In that, venerable
jokeD
A Russian bulletin Of the war has the follows
ing comical e1pression:-"The approach Of
night put an end to the operations of the day."
This is singular effect of night, worthy to be
noted.
We observe very thin potation recommend.
ed In the newspapers as s,imulant, nourishine
and =, ' M, A spoonful of honey,
with the same quantity OF spirit to quart Of
water A spoonful of spirit TO quart Of water!
presumed.
Menaorandunas relative to Diet-.Tbc
celebrated DR.. Franklin lived on bre ad and wa.
ter for fortnight, at the rate of ten rounds of
bread per week, and was stout and hearrv.-
But the most frugal system Of house keenino
on record was that Of Roger Crabb, the Buck.
.nsnamsn're hermi:, in the 18th century, who
allowed himseu three farth;n.. ~ ""O