Papurau Newydd Cymru
Chwiliwch 15 miliwn o erthyglau papurau newydd Cymru
8 erthygl ar y dudalen hon
POggRY. -.
POggRY. Fur the North Wales Gazette, ENGLYN ION I DO Y CLERFARDD PEN WAN. Gwetwyf fi mai gwael o Fardd,—ar aball, Yw Robin y Gierfardd Y n dreidiirog nid arwyddfardd, A chan goes megys (hw}1I g»rj<t. Ni chant jdd«r oa eh-it* ♦addiswt,—o'i waith 2$ag aratfh g; firawi Nó!¡. l'Hr (idyn di fawj,) Sy'neirjau aiiiyia-) raw I. Dychymyg beetbye tra bas,—aen, tudrai 0 letlryw lied ddifias, 1 (Id rt gerdd a fedd y gwas, Ac ni arddel gair urddas. Clera ydyw dawn Cleiriach—aofedrus$ J» i fydrsi ond gothach Nid oeseulun dy salacb, Clyw drwy y hyd Ctudro bach. H wa aOi gun drwstan ryw droo-a flybiwjd Yo debyg i Clndro Ond fyth diau and a fo Yo ei lwydd )0 ail iddo. JjoddlJ. wr yn haeddu seo ;-gwr ydyw Kjr gwaradwydd Awen _Pi(ijfc"d i'm pryf y (lommen Utcchaf byth dlJyrclzaif ei bell. Ar draill e feiddto id i'r dliu-ru gynoea I fetii)aw dryghin ]Dwi. dwl ei fetifiwli a'i do Waelaf frebwl To Robin. Ab Tarisn bremiau raewn braw,-Yob antor Bu yntau yn rhuaw Tan y iiielft yn ymw) ifiaw Barai drwst yn yr wybr draw. Ei lef, ddolef, a'i ddadl— eg wan Uwyd Oedd gyallun tra diatsdl, Tfrwyth cenfigeo, hen hadl, Eiddig wenwynig anadl. Mae weiibioo ",NwYTHoiw y N' TUlwit"Teil- wng ? Neu" TAL4GR y FBR»R ?" YffYR GWYNBDD" iawowedd wr, 5y hynodawl synUdwr J Hoy won weis odion os ydynt—fywlon Wae u feius nad elyot Yo ei awydd, helwydd helynt, ) godi 'r gwaith gyda 'r gwynt. NWYTHON dyred i'w aiihit)-neud bylaw* Gwuaed TALAGR ei buro YNVR yn bybyr y bo, "Was araul iw t'esuro. Os myn ymofyu aID wawd,—wytb aceii 0 femhyciol arawd, ]';n hrrbyn a'r hy" a rhawd Arothrol eiriau athrawd Mae genoyf gleddyf gloyw ddur,-saeth eree A tharian fawr eglur, I'm cadw rhas; hatch, sorwalch sur Gwselei oltp ni Iwrur. AMMONIVS E.RATO«ATTT«. -1_
Tl-IR BflOKKN HEART.
Tl-IR BflOKKN HEART. FAREwELL!-Ill tiegi)air I escape from Illy wi]e» j Thy frowns I can bpar, And even thy smiles. Take back that dear toTfea Which blelll me before, The heart Miou had broken Can prize it no more Now tain were thy favour. Thy pity, mfJre wain! I am lost-and for ever- To pleasure to pain1 False words, sweetly spoken* Deceived me before But a heart thou hast broken Can trtwt thee no more
THE SLAVE.!
THE SLAVE. FROM Western India's fertile soil* pit om Before the eternal thfone, Sigh'd out by thousands, as they foil, Ascends the negro's groari. Beyond the Au(ies' snowy boued, In rich PotosPs mines, Immur'd beneitth the caverned ground-, The wretched bondsman pines. And where the dark Levantine wave Assails the Lybian shore, In hiller loti the gaiiey slate Suil labours at the oar. Fkni every-eiiine beneath the skies, 1 Profaned by slavery's chain The prayers of captive millions ri3e, And shall they plead in vain ? Shall man, of litflepoger posseas'd- His fellow WOTOI enthial And rudely from his brother wrest, The blessing niven to all Yes, thus it is, )el not unpaid fl s tyranny prevails • Aiid his barbarous deeds are In heaven's unerring scale*. And when tlie dark HIH) .jient grave, Irs gloomy jxws'Nball close, And the rteru lt:a,(er and hi, slave, J Aiike in deal repose. EHCII bursting sigh, each bitter tear, Each bosom's toriyr'd Ilea,, Shall (hen, in hlack array, appear Before the jutigmerw eat. Tlieli tremble tyrant of the day- And shudder af thy doom; For know, vain man, thy linle sway Is en jd1 in the tOfuh. That borne the wretched slave implores, A tenement of rest; Ti at Itads h j m to those smiling sborsi, 'H e islands o! tiie blest I
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GAMING. To the Editor of the North T-Fales (Yazette. SIR, —— EVERY body complains of the fatal effects of Gait)if)g.-The pubtre Journals teem with, instan- ces of individuals, and even whole faai opulent, brought to ruin by it. It is a vice at once ntean and setftsh. How comes it then that no Ofae proposes a remedy ? What [ would suggest is this—that a law f should be enacted, to empower the mxt of kin of < Gamester, to recover, by simple process, for hit own emolument, and at the sole expense of the winner, the stun or sums lost by his improvi- dent and foolish relative. A clause might he introduced to exempt from the operation of the law-rhe Rubber of Whist, Beggar my Neighbour, Put, and All fours; or ,,3 of any other fame, within the compass of a shilling. This concession I would iiike for the llCike of old women and others, who might fall into a fa- tal stupor of a winter evening, if they were de- prived of Ibi, rational amusement. I am, Sir, youf's, &c. LICURGUS.
THENORTHEKN EXPEDITIO.
THENORTHEKN EXPEDITIO. {Concluded f• o n our last.) In the heginoing of Iheir the Es- quimaux were somewhat niervetJ, and shy of communicating their opinions but as their re- serve wore off, they divulged a cumber of inter- esting particulars. The women, especially, were less secret than the men, who, (we may here state by the by) had no hesitation in bartering their wives and dauzhters with the sailors at first for so poor a bribe as a nail or (W" or three heads, and at last for the price of a paltry knile. These females are not, it. is true, the n¡n; lovely objects in nature. Their features are disagreeable, and they have long and harsh, but exceedingly black hair. We have been shtimi a map drawn by oae of them, a (remarkable in- stance of intelligence,) in which she represents two islands (o tile north of the second winter's position of the ships, and others in d:lF.;rent 111- rections, giving ratber sonnfous names to them all. The nearest on the north is several days' journey across, and the roaming of ihe Esqui- maux tribes is confined to tbeHe islands, as they never venture upoo the continent. Every family has a sledge, and generally five or iiii dogs, with which they navel with great ease, and hunt. From the length of litue daring which the natives were daily with tbem, our people were enabled to pick up a rather copious yoc^biilary of their language. Sol-le of the journals contain from 500 to a larger number of words. Their knowledge of figures is very lialifed-five and teo being the most obvious enumerations. Wheo they wish to express The former, one hand is held up; the latter, of course, requires both. but when the sum exceeds that number, the Esqui- maux calls on a neighbour 10 help hici out, by holding up one or two hanflo as the occasiou reo quires. One or two ot our friends related a whimsical anecdote connected with this sort of dumb-show. He was conversing with a native alone, who wanted to make the large and un- usual sign of thirty. He accordingly heid up both hand., and was then sadiy puzzled how to go farther. It never occurred to him to break off and repeat the signal in any way but ai, length he happily struck upon ten more by getting the officer to raise his Here were twenty but the ten to be added was (he grand puna asi- norum of Esquimaux numerals. The difficulty se ated iimuperable, but again his gellill4 he.. friended the calculator I he held up one of h; feet—twenty-five! What wai to be done? Lite one of the wise men 01 Gotham, our clever native tried to hold up the other foot at the same time, and his efforts to have all his limbs simultaneously in the air ware the most ludicrous that can be imagined, Butlt could not be ma. oaged; and it was not without an immensity or trouble that the proposed number was finally ex- pressed by the four hands and one foot of each of the conversing parties. Other character istic traits of these simple peo- pit may be told in this piare. The wives of two of them, one with a baby suckling (wh.ich nutriment they supply for several years,) were taken oil board the vessels lot oiedicai treatment,' both being in the lagt stages of disease. II was indeed too file to save (hem and they died.- The husband or the mother evinced sorue (I is- tress, and howled a little when she expired j but very soon seemed to forget his loss. Yet he attended very sedulously to the proceedings of the Cablauae They enveloped the body de- j cently, as is done wuh sailors, in a haaiuiock, I and dug a grave for its m-epfion. To this it i was borne, accompanied by the husband, who manifested much uoeasmcss. At last he made himself understood that he was affiled fly the confinement of the cl)rpie. Having obtained a h" *as Permitted to graufy his own feel- ings, and he cut all the stitches whirh held the mT6#7"Re,her D°W« 'be front, so as to give a kind of liberty to the dead form. The cover- ing m of the grate with earth and nones, seemed ,also to give him pain. tllt he asked leave 10 bury the Imog child with its dead mother. The reason assigned for this horrid proposal was, j that being a female, no woman would take (be trouble to nune it, as thai w„ neTer dvnR am()ne them. If it had been a boy, perhaps some one might have adopted and reared it. In fact fhe infant, without sustenance, did die on the ensuing day, and was placed at the disposal of its parent, who drew it away on his t> a short' distance', and raised a small mouud of ittow IJller its life- less corpse. It is curious to remark, that while they dislike the idea of hurting the dead by putting itty Hung heavy upon them, they feel no regret at ihe con- sequence of their own insufficient mode of se- pulture-the dragging of heir bodies from their slight snow tombs to be torn 10 pieces and IIc- •aureii hy rious and Wiilnss. »s ws* fr<-<jue»'!y witnessed by our men, who, when the spring dissolved the snow, had to dig graves for the mutilated remains of several of their native corpses thus exposed to view. There was a con- siderable mortaliiy among theni no fewer than sixteen, old and young, dying within the few months they spent near the Expedition in its second winter. In the management of the canoe, the Eiqili maux are very e*pri't. They are amazingly light, and formed of skin over whalebone. The lairgest which Capt P. obtained is 26 feet in length; and we observed another, between decks in the Hecla, which is nineteen feet lone, and only nineteen inches in width, hall' of which are iu the depth. In these the native pursues bis marine chase, and spears the fish 1tnd rowl. The spear is double-pointed witi) bone, about six or sevt-r, inches in length, and burhed. The shaft is of very light wood, five or SIA feet lone, and below the handle, or part hy which it is thrown, are three other barhed bones, standing out a lew inches from the wood, and calculated to strike the prey, should .'he hi.folkcù point miss. They kill at twenty yards distance. Tbe bow end ar- row is also employed io killing game a)(1 wiid animals. The arrows are pointed with stone, smoothed into a bnce-bead sliape by frictiou against other stones. A method of catching seah (and if we renseia her correctly, fish also) through a hole in the ice, i« one of the most dexterous of lisquimaux contrivances A line is let down, at the end of which is fasieoed a small piece of white bone, or tooth, about an Inch long, cui into a rude fih- forio, and havio two morsels of pyrites stuck into it to resemble eyes. This bait is drawn through the water, #nd when seals or other prey approach to examine ir, the watchful native :¡¡JPUIi them from above. Knives used by the women are curiously coi»- structed, .¡II1(J as cleverly employed in skiuuing animals ai.d carving victuals as the instruments of hunting are by the men. Tfeey resemble a small cheese, or sadler's knife the horn or coi- fing part being seini-circuhr, miii inserted in a bona handle. The whole is three or four inches long,snd the edge three or four inches in breadth, Wi.h these they 1 arve a»v/!y underhanded io a very dexterous style. Spectacles are. another of their articles, which struck us as curious and well contrived. Tiiey consist of a piece of wood scraped thin, like a bandage, and perforated with two narrow hori- zontal slits, something like pig's eyes, where we would have glasses { a rim ab lit an inch broad t,ie ttii,4 tibout thr. head, pr»U:els <he eye' from the drill- ing snow and s¡>icu!æ, and improvej the sharp- lJe of the 8i,hl. Having already stated the longitudes, iat;turte$ and periods of sailing and wintering, we shall not deem it necessary to go much into the details of the Expedition, which Ins, in fact, neither added much to teugraphy, nor been able to explore farther I1U1I ,i(\O¡¡e byMiddlefou and preceding Ilavl,eawn. The last year seems to have been so that the ships ni'ght a-'s well have ri!t,lriie(i lioine -it the ;iu(titnii, (,I is not the character of British seamen to desist while tbe slightest prospect of success cau he en- tertained. Our own opinion is, that tht-ri; may he many openings into the Polar Sea, and that probably the best, after all, is in Lancaster Sound and where Captain Ross showed the way, hut did not pursue it. Certainly the course taken upon the present does not appear It) have an- swered the expectations or to promise any advantageous results for future attiriipK- shouid such be persevered in. The Inlet Where the second winter was si ent, presented a solid mass o'everlasting ice. it I about ten miles in breadth its leu»(li (ot course, nor having been traversed) uncertain. f(l!. eiijJ tide is from fhe South West, and ihe fi khJ from S:H.'th East squall channels ran through ii, but not wide enough to work a ship. While they i„y (fie) [,,y bt re, and indeed during the voyage, the vessels do not seem to have encountered much danger from the ice at any rate, they have pitched and painted thewi in coming home, so as to ;>hke them look fresh and well in tbe Thames. Ahout fbe bows, we noticed some rather harsh graain* aisd the bolt heads sticking out a few inches from the wood. In one instance, we were j„f„, H field of ice coming down at the rate of S!)(Ul) £ 't!1 miles an hour, almost lifted the Hecla 0111 of the water, and snapped live of the strongest cahics and ropes f»y which she was moored. To beguile the tedious time, our country^ occasionally lived in ten's, "n shore, a011 huntud, shot, and fished for the gcnaral ct>ns,itn(>,l(i|>* Item deer were sometimes killed the e«rc;,ss of These were very acceptable to the ship's coaipa- nies; ibeir fresh pro*«•»!.«. 1){)t 1 so dcinfy as vemson. i he IteaiU, hverS) ao j kidneys of whales and walrosses (brmigl,. tiv (he Esquimaux) were not Irreonctleao.e, to Europe;jn palate's; and many a hearty ló)t'do! "as nude 011 these, not very delicate dishes. A, II) :he af «lie "te "ere f«'"> liter ou iha large island .towards the north. N0 U1„ik oxen were seen in anv pafl and Irom the samtt autbority if was gsfhsjred that they ouly anji(.ar_ ed to the westward or the longitude to whici, the Expedi'ioo penetrated. Of birds there were prodigious nuuiiie.rs hu, their flesh was of a fishy and unpleasant taste if was made, nevertheless, to arive at timgSi tu vary the Arctic cuisine. In these journeys, and their continual nugra- fions, the value of the Esquimaux dog is witnes sed. These strong and hardy animals dr.j* ,)H, j country sledges at tlw rate "f five miles and mote I an Nor is this perlormed with weight attached to them. ;irt)t of thrlQ Will draw three or four persons with ease al1(1 speed in this manner. On one occasion an a,W itnd stock, weighing about a ton, was dragged tll i destination by fifteen or sixteen of tbeiu and, generally speaking, they arn fully erqual to a load of one hundred weight per dog. They are also bold and vigorous in the ctiacq. With ihem the Esquimau* hunts Ibe great white Polar bear; and some of those brougilt tv Fijg. land carry he scars of their prowess to this way. They seize their adversary by his long shagey hair, and worry and detain him till their niastm come op with their spears to end the conflict. Those in the ships, twelve or fourteen tn num. ber, are large creatures of various colours, tan> grey, but mostly black with white over itite. eyes and on the feet and tip of the tail. Tiiey aro exceeding fierce, and more like wolves than dogs. Thev do not hark, but snarl growl, and howl as a savage. A good many died in conse- quence of the -iy and though vTeduesday was a cold October day, the survivors were panting as if they lad ex- hansted themselves with running. In lile Hecla was one ring bred between the Esquimaux dog and a lurcher taken out from this country. She had six female pups, and the specimen we saw is now a rlue jMiwerful animal, aud (laife tame. It gave a siticular I)r,-)of of its saga,vity if) '[)(a river A lighter came, alongside with some ltfukø of fresh water, into which it immediately leapt over the side, and ran from cask to cask, tryiog to get its head into a t>uug-bolc. This being impossible, ,ie ,f the good liumoure(ily (ii-ew a t),)wl full for it, which it despatched wilb evident de- und then begged for another draught- I hii il al»o obtained, drank it nearly all. and with igtig of gratification and thankfulness made its way back into the ship. On their native soil, however, these ferocious animals are often destroyed by tbe still more feiorious wolves. The latter huut in packs, and even drag the dogs from the huts to devour tliem. Attracted by the scent, they were always prowling about ollr vessels, and daringly carried off whatever came in their way. Thirteen of them were seen in one pack « ail of which were trap- ped and slain. I t was oil ()ne of theqe the tillogry Esquimaux made their dinners. Atone time they bore away a dog from the Fury, in spite of the pursuit of ihe men The animals which may be enumerated besides, are bears, foxes, rein deer, hares, lemmings, the \\thil.e ermine, and the marmot. The birds are the swan, tbe beautiful king duck, j itie (itick, the lotig-taileti (Iiiw-ki the silver Arctic duck, &c. Gulls of every kind, the Arctic diver, the loom, tbe red throat, guillemots, the mow hunting, ptarmigan ravens, snowy owls, and hawks; birds of song, with a short chirping note, live Siberian lark and the Lowland finch, j The insect creation is very limited. There are about six species of flies the mosquito, very troublesome, but existing only about one month the wild bee, i. e. the large black and not our j u-+- hive bee the spider tlie battei 0>, a small kind j ol the golden a:id the-white moth. The water teems, as v>ts have stated, with j tnolusca-, ihe food of the enormous whale and i other specie's of fish. There is also another (Diiitile creature in extraordinary abundance we | mean the small shrimp, winch is known by the name of the sea louse. These performed a very curious office to she naturalist in the Expedition, j aud their usefulness was very drolly discovered. An officer one day was desirous of preparing a I 8<>ian goose for cooking-, and io order to' reduce its saltoess, he plunged it through -in ice~ler)'e into Hie water but alas nest morning, when the goose was to he drawn op for spitting, no- thing but the skeleton appea-red. The sea lice bad piclcrd his hones as clean as any anatomist 1 could have scraped them, and thus finely prepared i it for any collect ion of nanivnl history which r might warn such a specimen Tbe hint wa-s not lost, lor, after this time, whatever skeletons or j bo?ses required polishing, wrte submitted to the j lice operators, and so diligent were they in ese* ctttiiig the t'ssk confirted 10 ihem, they would cal } a se^-b'irse's head < leau in a couple of eights. On ¡ea"ill: the Esquimaux, some muskets of • mall worth were given IhëiH; and one ntfive and III, wife were willing 10 have come to Eng- land, but the trouble and untie-rianriy of restoring them to thrir »VMI tiiiam J prevented tiotrr voy- age. A K n e, and si il I betti-r a saw.'vsoujd consols 1 hem,,for any dlsf1.ppooÎfHen/. Since.writing litis account, and on looking over our brief roemorttnda, .S, we are reminded of eight, or !fu specimens of fossils and minerals, A dark piece of iron pyrites is that with which tie ti,eir liies. We ha-.o also on our desk a part, ol she "'I< of a sea hud's egg, as prepared by Iht." j h»qt:ini<i>ux to keep lor food. It is as hard and t which it might readily J be mis la ken, A model of a canoe ingeniously | is aivi> a.iiung our stores. 11 does credit 10 their | skill but Out si> much a<ta ieoinle's reticule (il I we may eati si) made of nocks' feet curiously I disposed in a neat circular shape, and the toes j hanging out like tags or tassels. Thit is a very singular piece of workmanship, a mi looks well — Sm*H bottles ot matting woven cioscly. and i>i an j elegant form, are among; their manufactures unit j the si rinsing, on threads of ii-h ftbres of ttiv teeth | of foxes, wolves, &u. for female ornaments, does | not iilwavi betray a bad tame, however er-tniiton the materials me. linages of hiHl" clli inch or an in. h and. ball long, afford 00 high notion üf 1 the native taiems for carving in ivory- ihey jusi ¡ï¡O ,ar resetuble tht ;i\llnan jd)e (.is it) *h(;w ttH:) Were ttK-ani (U represent m. One petrifaction o.f the iviek-bone of a fish is in our collection, anil exuemely curious.
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j1:1iZ(eUlnJml. There is to be seen a,( Messrs. Joseph Rogers aud Sou's cuiif.) manufactory, -ShMtBeld, tweh;- | pair ot the smallest scusor* that we if even «v» aufaciured -hey are of the most !¡t>i¡I\!lf,¡1 w6. .nj.u;d¡<P1 ito are q'.ilf perlect, ul'hongb 1101 one 41)!h 4H da incll I0113; the whole td tbeai docoit U-Clgb one grain. lu a dy's History there is » (rirlicn ar ac- count ni III, Pill of'he anrty or King Edward I i Attn R g "2 ). The Black Prince's pay was HOi pes day. The sum total, tor which an army and fleet ol 31,294 men i».<< to he uaul and sub- sisted. for xtrtecn mutvbi, is A' 12,120 2i, 9d. a sum which w>uld uot '11.,1 a m olesn iHW, "nù fleet of the sain vrengtb dni/.i j'he (lower of cut' v|iears in a most rfiaarkab e uian> c, toat nfl"tll IJ, Ham 1:<1 j'f <ec;; (hilO an, to he Sound in th Is ind'guous- slJi'ie* HO ol is esfatil-si' ^-auesieil lact, U'iea, uaar (;».«ge, cedar tioib-r, which must h>ve ijeen two 'sand yeafs old, was lotind in p rri;-c' 'preset vat ion, After pay i«g all tna expences in-curre'd by. the late G and Mu-ic«J Festival at i "lit, there te 11141 inc a surplus of £ 18DO for eacn ol the Yortt- «hife (.'hatliable Insfiiutiuns—the York County Hospital, aud lbe, Sheffield, aud Hull; m-iking a «oial profit ot future l4ud contingent espene.es. UotÍ\ Wilh;1I !.tHose r. Y"'H a disease WH prevalent in cldcr counties, and more pariicuiariy the Devonsbiie ebolic}" s" called on account ol its being prevalent in 'bat county.- I' was lor 9 long tune considered 'hat qll disease arose from some injudicious use ol çi:kr-,¡H:h. as drinking it too npw, or tn 100 great quantities, & hut this was out generally regarded as a *dti,la Of it)e AI ieoth an ot,servant cheuMsi remarked that the manufac- turers were in tbe.babit of conducting one part of their process of cider-matting in leaden vats.— Nothing more was needed to explain the lad. The taallic acid of the apple took up a portion of the lead, which immediately acted on the stomach, as it invariably does, and produced the disease in question. The evil has since been remed ed, anil the. disease has disappeared. Literary Chronicle, HOAST GOOSE.—"Bless my heart I why Ibis goose hs»s hut one leg," exclaimed Counsellor Bethel), while carving the Michaelmas bisd for a few choice friends; call up the cook." Paddt/ b'linn, factotum general, and generally cook to the Counsellor, had byeer. visited thai day by his own sQeet cuiusn german, Judy MagirK, married a month, and of course in the way in which "AJI- dies wisli lo be who lave their Lords" Now poor Paddy thought tie saw Judy throw a ionging eye 011 the dexter ieg of the goose, so savory and brown at the lire. Judy confessed her desires, ati-J Paddy Cotil(in't resist the of t-i- good nature to gratify them so off el), the leg, and up weut the dismembered goose. Paddy ap- Peared it) The c,,Ill of the (iti,ijily," when II)e following curious dialogue look place :— CWHWII, a. AI> t t'\GO, Padoy, .hcPJ thc devU s the tight leg of the gnose t Paddy--I>II't it sticking 011 your fork, your fl Z) il') u I- ? Counsellor B.-My fork I think that's in the left leg, as tbfc other appears to he gone away.— Come, Sir, account for ibis impertinence. Paddy O, Sir, that I can asy enough, your Honour a big Lawyer but knows little of geese. Why, Sir, devil a goose in Dublin has more than one^ leg at this minure, I'll be bail, any how. Counsellor B-NYhati are you drunk, sirrah or what do yo i mean ? Paddy—Och, be pleased to sfep out fo the hen I bouse, and I'll mllke jour Honour sensible in is minute. Away they went, and Paddy pointed out the geese at roost and, indeed, apparently with but one leg, as that bird generally tucks in the other while reposing. The Counsellor, who likes s joke, good humouredly exclaimed," Pretty well Paddy but see how soon I'll upset his logu; by one word;" and then clapping his bands, be cried, Wshe and the geese to a man" produced another leg. Paddy was not now at a ptrfect non plus; but scratching his head, he exclaimed with a leer, «» Och, see that now J if your Honour had but the sense to cry Wshe at dinner time, see how soon ytld a tieen the leg ttiat wasn't in it." Q. To whom may a man best commit his se- rreis?—A. To a common liar-for he shall not be believed though he tell the truth. Two Irish labourers, who were lately-servitig some mason*, happened to quarrel, when one of tnem-, who was remarkably gtout and tall, struck bis neighbour a smart blow on the ear, without betraying any very marked symptoms of irritation Is thaI in canut or joke, cried the sufferer, smarting under ihe chastisement, but frightene# to retaliate. In earnest," said his n'le(l"e.s8nlaojJisl. Oeh, :hen its all very well," replied the injured illaii coolly," for I like no sueh jokes" We extract the following account of perhaps "ii)gul,r an ()(:ei)rreiice as was ever narrated, from Suuthey's History (if lite Peninsular War :— 9 Two of the regiments which had been quar- fered in Funen, were cavalry, mounted on the fine, black, longtailed Andaltisian horses. It was impracticable fo bring off these horses, about I 100 in number; and Romana WHS not a rutin who could order them fo he destroyed lest they should fall into the bauds of the French. He was food of horses himself, and knew that every man was attached to the beast which had carried him so far and so faithfully, Their bridles, f.'ieretore, were taken off, and they were turned loose on the beach. As they moved ofF, they paused some of (he coutitfy horses and mares, whicih were feeding at a little distance. A scene ensued, such as probably never before was wit- nessed. The Spanish horses are not mutilated, and these were sensible ihey were no longer under any restraint of human power. A geuepd con, ilicr ensued, in which retaining the discipline/hal they had learnt, they charged each other it, of teri of, twerity (o.-et!i;,r then closely | e!!?!4Sed, striking wuh their fore feet, ami biting and tearing each other with the runSt feroeious rage, and trampling over those which were beaten iiown, tin the shore, in the course of a quarter of an hour, with ihe dead and disabled. | 1 art of them had been set free 011 a rising ^rouud «t some distance; they no sooner heard the roar it they came thundering down o»er the intermediate- hedges, and catching the contagious madness, plunged :aut the fight with equal fnry. Sublime a the scene was, it was too horrible to ne long contemplated 5 and-Romana in mercy gave orders for destroying them. But it was found too dangerous fo -attempt this; aud after the last boats quitted the beach, tbe few horses that remained- were seen still engaged to the dreadful work of mutual destruction." W ith legatd to light, we would mention (he singularly uselul, and hitherto anobsefted effect pf ffl.()!?>Jlight. in assisting the cfjtttpiettOi) of cer- -ain tai;»ortaut natural phenomena. The, crystal liiation oi water, under ihe. for<a of those light frosts whtcb s« much prevail during the early spring, » « I wlue\¡ are of such imporlani service iil s In, I;e operations of agriculture, hy re 11 tiering «U. • -'lace of ihe earth mellow, ami bet- rer suscex)!iblc of the Wafl1jre, thaI isueCeiS¿i/ÿ to are greatly assisted, and in cage's enure I hi ought iboot, by the itifeiveotiou of moon- i-shK ft is wcj.,1 kf,owtt that under certain cir- alzjr-e of J t -ikbi y (to i(t ill I lie absence of any mechanical agitation, and in the -•b«etiee of ligbf. It 13 an nnqueslioitalile fact, but one which has not hitherto been observed ge ,iedtiriti; iiiitt i)v"- I (I of the year which has been alluded to. and indeed at other periods, before 'he moon rises on a still clear night, when the atmosphere is at a lower temperature than 32, the wafer remains in a Ii. q,i,(i ly oil tire t-u pit rising and diff'>siug its light around, the water freezes, and performs Ibe salutary offices required óf it, without subjecting us to the severity of a low (eu""p\.rtU&{;lf,ne!i"3 6cc(ure» on CIICn1.istry A singular scene took place in the sa'e room at foothill Abhey on Wednesday las'. The niag- uihcenf Topaz Cup, which has been so long con- sidered as one of the chief objects of curiosity iu the Abbey, and on which Benvenuto Cellini la- vished all his skill, was put up for .sale. A Mr. Lswis, a.London silversmith, declared it was not ia f-hryst;il This assertion, so tin. hesitatingly made, seemed to startle the compa- ny who were assembled to witness the disposal of this celebrated gem.. Mr. Phillips expressed hts astonishment af the b dilriess of the assertion and declared that he would not only undertake to sell It as it topaz, but would realize his descrip it The cup, he said, hat) been for many ni(liiths submitted to public view, during which ti me it had berni seen by many scientific men, none of whom had ever ventured to exl),,t!ss doubt upon it. Mr. Beckford, whose refined taste & judgment were so well known, and so infi- j nitely superior to Mr. Lewis's, never entertained any other opinion than that it wasa'topaz; and be (Mr. Phillips) thought Mr. Lewis presumed too far in decliring it to be a chrystal, consider. ing the very limited acquaintance he had with the article. Mr. Phillips appealed to Mr.Hume, dr. Becktord'# confidential agent, who was pre- sent, and Mr. Hume declared that Mr. Beckford always considered if to be a topaz. Mr. Phil- hps entreated the company to seceive bis assur- ance that the article was genuine, and not to be misled hy ihe boldness 01 Mr. Lewis's assertions, who, he was sure, intended hy sotue means to he a Purchaser-of the cup. II W;Hi at ienglh put up guiuciis, air(, inlr. p,,)iilii)s tojil A] r. 1-,ewis thut he had placed himself in an awkward (|j.. lemma for if the sale of the cup should be in. jured by his unjustifiable attack upon it, ve should, in justice to his employer,, wfeose pro- perty was thus deprecated, consult his profes- sional advisers upon the notice which should be **keo of Mr. Lewis's conduct. The sale pro- csedetjj- heavily, ant! this splendid jewel wa* knocked down for (KiO guineas—a sum which »>«ist be considered as far below its value. Mr. I'biiiijjj then said, he had it in his power to communicate the opinion of Professor Bucklatid, bad heen at the Abbey and examined the ar tide in question, and declared it to be his perfect conviction that it was formed of a block ol genu- itif. Hungarian topaz- It is well known that Queen Elizabeth was a great admirer of Shakespeare a»d used frequent- ly (all was customary wiib people of high rank in those days) t(i appear upon the stage before.the audience and delight to sit behind the scenes while the plays of our bard w,,re One evening Shakespeare personated the part of a King the audience knew of her Majesty being in the house. She crossed the stage while Shakes- peare was-performipg, and on receiving the ac- customed greeting from the audience,moved po- litely to the poet, but he did not notice When behind the scenes, she caught his eye and moved again, hut still he would not throw off his character to notice'hsrj this made her Majesty to think of some means to know whether he would or not depart from the dignity of hig CIHl- racter while 00 the stage. Accordingly, as he was about to make his exit, she stepped before him-dropped her glove, and recrossed the stage, which Shakespeare noticing, (00k up, with -these word*, so immediately at ter-iinishing his speech, that they seemed as belonging to it f And though now hent 00 this high embassy, Yet stoop we to lake up our cousin's glove He then walked off Ihe singe and presented tbe glove to 'he Queen, who was highly pleased with j his behaviour, aud coronliojemed him on iis pro- prH-ty. | .'IT .lit To test the purity of flour, grasp a handf hrisk/r, and squeeze if half a minute if genuim it will presen t the form of rhe cavity of the bar even although rudely placed on a table. ] adulterated, on the contrary, it will almost in: mediately fall down. Flour mixed with white; ing is the most adhesive of adulterated flour; 'hough it soon gives way j but if the adulterafin ingredient be ground stones, bones, gypsum, (J wood-ashes, it tumbles down in an instant. CAPITALMISTAKE—An occurrence took plac a few days ago on the Stock Exchange, enougl to vex a stoic. lu the very midst of the hurly- burly of business, a ceriait) number was announcer as having been drawn a capital prize of £20,000 A gentleman of high respectability in the m net A gentleman of high respectability in the m net market immediately par his hand in his porkei and drew out the. ticket of that number, and de. clared himself the fortunate holder,- and W,M most cordially congratulated by his friends whn pressed round him lo shske hands on hi'good fortune, and a general hus?za, thrice repeated shook the room. But, Oh! the uncertainty 0' sublunary joy! The dial hand had scarcely, traced 30 minutes ere official tidings arrived fr./ita the head-quarters of the Commissioners, (ha-1 a mistake had been made, and a wrong number announced. The transition of feeling clay hn easily imagined. 6 A swindler, who has been fi^uniu;* aW5v Eahuoutii ?U)d at Tnir< utuiW the femierf name of C'ljir. Molloy, aid-de camp to Lord oeresford, and defrauded several persons at e»cb place, has since pursued a similar court* at Chepstow. He contrived to iiirodties himself tv several of the leading families, and was received as a suitor by a young p,-»r- son of respectability, with whom, after leav. ing Chepstow, lie broke off all iotimacy, by a letter dated from London, on the very day that the pretended Captain was seen peram- bulating the streets ofijrisiul. HYDROPHOBIA.'—We fee! it our duly to re- late the details of a chu'tirjjica! exp,ri;nent just made ia the :[le' hospitals in Paris, whose success uiiffh.s,be of (lie jrem-d im. porlanre in the treatment of ;;i# most afflict- ing ruaiady tu humanity. We speak of the hydrophobia. The man Oil whom thy e". petimcnl was made, experienced that t^iror at liquids and I h ,¡I, uervoos a^iUiijo carried 10 excess, wiiii-b t«a»if?sSed itself plainly by an attempt to bite whatever was withio the readi of hili mouth Nevertheless, I lie* r>.»u!4 not dtsrovar any trace of a bite on his body, if !t were not for soeoe srraiches on one ofhift lands, which had no determined ch#»-;icl*-r — It is known that at other tí;k!i the man had expenencod the violent, cha-nn, io escess as it. h,v* c,u,r d hins a fever noli symptoms of hydrpph However if ,lu„ht be, they thmighl I, tu b annlled lo h, 51 a remedy. tl,~ of whin ,}ti,eil proved on anim, 'b., m to Sfl., M,e u.tro- dt.cio.i 0f wn,r into the veins io ,h» manner of an tip above (be wrist. This opera, tiou has produced Ihe most satisfactory re- sults, At present the fever is almost entirely calmed, Use palient feels no longer any dis- position to bite, and can drink liquids. Tbey do not duSjiair of his recofery. :willi rl;'IC'.t:f\l'J.
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