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THE WHITE LADY OF COMLONGAN.

* THE TALE.

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MANUFACTORIES.

SECRET POISONS.

WAVES OF THE DESERT.

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WAVES OF THE DESERT. [From Ali Key's Travels inMorocco, 4c.] The sandy plain, into which we had come, may with truth be called a little Sabbara the wind is there ofa surprising rapidity, and the sand so extremely fine, that it forms on the ground, waves, which look lilie those of the sea. These waves rise up so fast, that in a very few hours a lull,of about twenty to thirty feet is transported from on place to another. 1 never thought it possible, and did not believe il till I was convinced of it by my own eyes. This transportation of these hills, however, does not take place all of a sudden, as is ge nerally supposed, and it is by no means ca. pable of surprising and burying a caravan which is on the march. It is easy to describe the manner in which this transportation of the hills takesplace the wind sweeping con tinualfy thesand, with an astonishing rapidity the furfacc of the ground lowers every mo- ment but the quantity of sand in the air increasing as quickly by successive waves, cannot support itself there, but falls in heaps, and forms a new hiii, and the place which it occupied before is level, and looks as if it had been swept It ts necessary to guard the eyes and mouth against the quantity of sand which is always flying about in the air. This second Sahara may be, at the ptace where it must be crossed, about a mile and a half wide; the traveller must take care to keep always to the east in order to avoid the windings, which must he made in the middle of the hills of sand which bound the sight, and which shift from one spot to another so often, as to leave nothing to he seen but the sky and land, without any mark by which our position can be known; even the deepest foostep in the sand, of either man or beast, disappears the moment the foot is raised. The immensity, the swiftness, and the ever- lasting motion of these waves dislrnb the sight of both men and beasts, so that they are almost continually marching as if in the dark. The camel gives here a proof of his great superiority ? his long nook perpendicularly erected, removes his head from the ground and from the thick part of the waves, his eyes are well defended by thick eye-lids, largely provideetvitti hair, and which be keeps half shut* nc construction of feet, broad and cush;,ii-like, prevents his treading deep into thc-and his long legs enable him to,pass the g;ie place with only half the number of steps (any other animal, and therefore with less fatigue. These advantages give him a solid and easy gait, 6n a ground where all other animals walk with slow, short, aod uncertain steps, and in a tottering manner. Hence the camel intended by nature for these journeys, affords a new motive of praise to the Creator, who in his wisdom has given the camel to the African, and the reip deer to the Laplander. Singular IVedding.—Tuesday evening, the ) neighbourhood of Drury-Iane was thrown into the utmost confusion, in consequence of an extraordinary phenomenon very seldom wit nessed. Some sweeps residing in Charles street, having been married, they resolved to cele hràte the day, and about eight o'clock in the y I evening the bride and bridegroom, attended by 11 couple more, all mounted Oil asses, and followed by several hundred spectators, with tin not! horns, dust bells, watchmens' rattles, flambeaux.&c. proceeded through Drury lane, and made their grand entrance into Holborn, up Newgate street to the Bank public house, where they stopped to get some refreshment but in forming the procession again. thebride's Arabian was unfortunately thrown down by the pressure of the mob, aiid the Lady preci. pitated in the mud. This enraged the bride- groom, who immediately dismounted, and be- gan by dealing several blows amongst his neighbours wilh extreme fury. The conse- quence was, that a general battle ensued, and several heads were broken. Gardner, the beadle of that district, came up, backed by about a dozen Knighls of the Lanthorn, who succeeded in securing several of the sable war. riors, which finally dispersed the merry groyp. Prince IIliicher.-Prince Blucher has been visiting his nativecountry, Mecklenburg; and on the 101 h of August he was entertained with a grand dinner by the Duke of Mecklenburg, at Dobberan. On this occasion the Duke pro- posed as a tuast-" To all brave Mecklen- burghers." Prince Blucher thanked him in his own name and that of his fellow country- men. God, he said, had been pleased to make hi.n contribute to the deliverance of the world from (he yoke of slavery. 11 Moreover," added the Prince, I have now attained that, which, amidst all the circumstances of my life I have had deeply at heart. I art) now free and happy in the land where I was born, where I passed 01 y boyish years, where the bones (It itly forefathers res!. 0 God I Thou knowes\ how I have longed to pray by the side of their tomb before I myself drop inio the giave- — Thanks be to Thee that now I can and will do so. I wish fornothing more; I have already attained more than I deserve." On the 7th, the day of his arrival at Dobberan, when the Duke drank his health at table, Blucher spoke as follows: -My heart is deeply moved "n returning to visit my beloved country, after so long an iaterval, and after so many eventful years. I thank your Highness for your gra- cious reception let us now forget our past sufferings, and thank God for the happy cir- cumstances of the present moment" On the 15th Blucher went to Rostock, visited the tomb of his ancestors in St. Peter's church, and the house where he was born, and then leftt he tOWII without being recognised r, UNION-HAM..—Yesterday Mary Ba y was examined on suspicion of having wilfully slabbed a person named Smith, with wliomsha cohabited. Upon investigating the circum- stances, it appeared that the parties were drinking till a late hour 011 Saturday evening. They both got so intoxicated, that the man would not swear that. she wilfully inflicted the wound, which was a very deep one, in his cheek, nor indeed was he prepared to state h» receivpd it. The woman, on ii«ir.<r questioned, admiit<?d that she had been trans- ported to Botany Bay she beiityed for house breaking; that she had served out the term of her punishment (seven years) and returned to her native soil on the 18th of November, 1810,since which she had lived with various persons; that she married on her return, but her husband she believes, is dend- On leaving Botany Bay, she brought wilh 4>«f 772/. her own property, 500L of which had been given her by a Gentleman in the Island with whom she cohabited, and by whom she had a son now on the island, hut that all her property was gone, and she wished she was transported agaio. The mau, on being questioned, ad- mitted that he had lived-with her one year, and that when he took up with hei she had 1001. In gratitude for past favours he did not wish to hurt her. The Magistrate, under these circumstances, there being no actual proof of her having stabbed him, though" evident marks appeared of a dreadfull wound indicted by some person, was obliged to dis charge her. t ke following affecting Anecdote is from the French, by Ann Maria Porter.—A sailor, of Martinique, married a young woman as virtu ous as she was beautiful, and she having ex pcudcd all the litlle money her husbaod had left her before he embarked, had recourse to J a wealthy citizen, to whose protection she had been confided; the citizen inflamed with the charms of the fair borrower, demanded, as the price of his services, the surrender of her vir- tue. Relying oil the hope of her husband return, and shuddering at the proposal, the insulted woman refused him without liesita tiou. The sailor did not arrive, and in a few days all the resources of this unhappy wife were exhausted want too clearly made her sensible of her situation. She was a mother, and dreading to behold one infant perish at her breast, which nourished it, and the other, whose maturer age demanded bread, expire of hunger before her, she sought the tyrant agaiu in the hope of softening liliu. But ner prayers and tears could obtain nothing from the barbarian she was forced to capitulate and vanquished by necessity, she permitted him to come to supper with her after a meal which was spiritless, the citizen pressed her to fulfil her promise the poor woman took him to the cradle where herchild was sleeping, and then pressing it to her bosom, her eyes suffus ed with tears, she said to it, Drink, my dear babe! driuk freely; thou, receivest the itlilk of a virtuous woman, whom necessity stabs to tht heart; to-morrow, for alas 1 I cannot wellu thee—to-morrow thou wilt drink the milk of an unhappy her tears finished the sentence. The citizenbeheid and was moved at the sight; and throwing his purse at her feet, he exclaimed. it is uot possible to resist so milch virtue I, Major General Sir Dennis Pack has present, ed to the 42d regiment a very elegant pair of bag-pipes, superbly mounted, with the follow- itig iiiacriptiod:- THESE PIPES ARE PRESENTED BY MAJOR-GENERAL SIR DENNIS PACK, TO THE Forty-Second Royal Highlanders, In testimony of esteem and high respect, for their distinguished exertions in the Field, and Exemplary conduct in all other respects, While under his command, the IStU June, 1815. ■ Poaching —1 he following is an abslract of an Act passed last Sessiou of Parliament, for the repression of poaching:—"That if any person or persons shall, after the passing of this Act, enter into or be found in any wood, plantation, close, or other open or inclosed ground, between the hours of eight o'clock at night and seven in the morning, from theftrst day of October to the first day of Jilarch, or between the hours of ten at night and four in the morning, from theirs* day of March to thefit,sidav of October, in each and every year, having any gun, net, engine, or any other in- strument, for the purpose and with the intent to destroy, take,or kill, or shall destroy, take, or kill any hare, rabbit, pheasant, partridge, or any other game: Or if any person or per- sons shall be found with any gun, fire arms, bludgeon, or with any other weapon, protect- ing, aiding, abetting, or assisting, any such person or persons as aforesaid, every person so offending shall he judged guiltjr of a misde- q meanor, and shall be sentenced to transporta- tion for any term not exceeding seven years. Resurrection men. W ednesda y an appli- cation was made to Mr. Sellon by a young man named Halfpenny, respectably connected, residing in Bermondsey, stating that the corpse of his wife, who had recently died, and which was interred in Bermondsey, had been taken out of the grave, and conveyed away. On discovering this circumstance, and in conse- quence of some information he had received, he went Wednesday morning, accompanied by Hall and Goff. the officers, to the house of two eminent surgeons, expecting to find the body there. They did not. however succeed, though they were informed a subject had re- cently been offered to them for sale, but they declined to purchase it because it was a fe- male. From other information which the officers had received, they were led to suspect who were the perpetratorsofthe sacrilege; and applied to Mr. Sellon for a warrant against two men whom they named. The Magistrate in- quired the grounds of their suspicions, which they stated, and further added, that they were pretty certain of their men, as all of the par- fession were gone to France on an excursion tf pleasure, except three, namley, the two against whom they now applied fora warrant* nd one who was at present coutiued to take hi, trial for stealiug a watch. Upon this statement the Magistrate granted a warrant. It is not geuerally known that the present Royal Families of England and France are re- lated our readers may be glad to see the following explanation of this historical facts The relationship between the Royal Family of England and the I-louses- 01 Orleans and Conde, and Imperial House of Austria is one degree nearer, as they all descend from iho before-mentioned Elizabeth, Eieclress Pala" liue, more commonly called, the Queen of Bohemia, daughter of King James 1. Tbl principal male descendants of tlits Mo-iarci)o, ilow livi(ig, are- I. The King of Sardinia 2- The King of France, his Brotb"(S and Ne- phews 3 The Duke of Orleans and "lis Sons 4. The Emperor of Austria, his Brothers and Sons 5. The Prince of Salm 6. The Prince of Conde, and his Son. the Dultf of Bourbon 7. The King of Saxony I he foregoing qre all excluded from the suC' cession to the Crown of England by the Act of Settlement, which establishes it in the descend- ants of the Electress Sophia, being Prolestaiiti, The principal males of this branch now liviiigt are— 1. The King 2 The Prince Regent and his Royal Brotheff, 3. The Duke of Gloucester 4. The Duke of Brunswick 5. The King of Denmark 6. The Prince of Orange 7. The Elector of Hestle 8. The King of Prussia. All these are Protestants.

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