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-u,- UUUTEN ON FinsT 1X\Y OF TIIK PLNNY j i'OSi A(iE. Hail. joyous duy The Postage Hill l t-, IIJS. blessings rl'at nud many And,b?tot..n.M?wL.ttwet\)n,' it only costs a pO/llY. From Join* OXiroat to KnglitndVend, trout Norfolk to Kilkenny, A letter mow uiav r«»ach a friend, And orlly C. t penny, be dyill tnuser writes—41 Dear onf My days will not b mall" hA ,(Jilt;. exclaims (iod's will bo dwie! ifm news Is worth a penny," Dame Nature will her rihts pursue FOIHl.lark woo smiling Jenny A note brimful of love — it lnw. Is surely worth u penny. 11urrali! hurrah! .May Rowland Mill Ne'er want" the r8dy penny 1'0 hi 111 wü owe 1bn postage Bill, And blessings ^ivat llId many.
t UK JU HO MEN r DAY. 1
t UK JU HO MEN r DAY. 1 ti., k hit t strikes the world j, mid s hakes I he worlds around Tho 0 resit Archangels voice, 11 OJ) jl flies, "phis tho proud earth and rends Ihe rulllll skies. thunders roar, And blaaing flames the uicki-d world j-— bHI alld bi works lit 0110 "ast rU11I hurl'd, Perish alike in tho dissolving world. lhe horrid crush ¡""111d'" 1he sleeping dead lio leave their tomhs, with joy or dreud, The sea restores her charge, and then retires, Consullwd »iwny amidst hlJ tlJOusaud tires. Tbe Heavens now open, nud heboid the King, And the Celestial dlútr his praises sin As he ascends the throne, and takes the rod, Tens of millions bow bvfore their (Joù. The assembled myriad now draw near, And sinilt- with joy, or else wijh terror fear; lor the Mosgiab sentud 011 Ius throne, Will seal their fate, anti IiI( their tinal doom. The books aro opon'd, alHllhe Judgo aloud (Jive uu nccount," hu sny. to all the crowd; And does10 ei1ch 8 riôhtcous 8Nltenct) give MdllOUS to die, "bde out thousands live. Compo ye most blessed, whom I dearly love, Come and reln with 1110 iu Heaven above; Prepar'd for yoti before the Stiti did shun*, To itvo with Angels and the Lord Divine." The Hosts ol Heaven, sing their noblest song, And rise in glory with the happy throng. And tune lheir golden harps in tones sodoep, fhe cursed tremhlo and tl", hlessed weep. Now they enter that most glorious place. Tlit, seo their (jod, and oow hefor 111:3 t'acu Who gives to nIl a Crown und Throne above. And they give IIlIn, 'tis all He wonts—their 10"0. With wonder tho splendid city they behold, "he wsdls of jasper and the streets of gold Pleas'd they view 11w soul-enrapturing sight Of happy ¡11I!)ols. doth \1 in purest white. :\0 ricf ellli rench Ihem. thoy 8hnll weep no more. But through eternity their God "doro With "1.1"11 trumpets through 1110 Ilea,s they fly; And sound tho praises of the Lord Must High, nut now tho Jud¡.!p does to the wit-ked turn, And points to Hell, w hore fiery torments burn; Depart from moo and to eternal woo Prepai'd fur devils, all yo eursed go." Emphatic sentence what a dreadful SOtllld- it smites their hearts, and fells them to the ground 'I hey struggle hard, they groan, they cry, and yell, II hilo Devils drag uud pitch them into Hell. Look at that Amiiing gulf, yea, look and quake, See and )?.f.utdtb.m?rndbt.n)in);t?< Where Devils dwell, and Satan holds Ius reign, And ull thecursud roll about in pain. its Ihmps feed on their limbs, for death they cry, Death comes not near, tor they can never diu; hen thousands and ten thousand years are o'er, Still tens of thousands, they llIusl sutler more. Oh Eternity what all awful word, lis the lliel ;1110 of tli" Almighty Lord" "ast a:, Ids love, and us his powor extend, It Uti beginning bad -can haro JID Blld. Douglas. Dec. -6, J. 1 1.
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E E.E."—The following is an extract from the journal of Captain lIera/Hlth, published in the liuttiviiy — May ;>1.—Arrived at the Cast It., and wns conducted by a soldier to the apartment of Capt. Mackan, the (iovernor. 1 delivered the newspaper sent by Messrs. King, and his Kvcel/ency appeared much affectcd all sceing Ihe lines it rOlltlllll,d "rllltn Oil the death of Mrs. MaeUun. Having heard that the rtmainsof iMrs. Muetaun weie mterrtd in the Castle-yard, I gave a soldier a trifle to show me the spot. She is Luiitd in that part of the court-yard furing the t-ea, cluse 10 ili- ramparts. No stone marks her griive al,,1 were it not lor the few recently placed bricks it would be difficult to find the spot. It is notevtn raised above the level of the yard. I \hou,;hl, while contemplating the narrow spare ahe no;v oc upied, ol her own words — he IJt,lil,,1 1111') rlo they lie III you bright woild as here V' It will he something to say in Kngland I have vi- Micd the grave of 1,. K. L." on the coast of Africa. ADIII. S^ipathy. —An ill-fated cat fell into the hnnds of some young ruftians, who commenced the firsisiage of cruelty, which often leads to grelll ciiincs alld 10 1111 ignominious end, The little wretches had passed from cruelty to cruclty, al. ternately lunlllg their victim und dragging it, and menacin g it with drowning. Bipeds passed !>v, unheeding the animal's enes of distress, which turu now neariy coming to a close with Ms life, when II feeling quadruped came forward to save II, A dog, having contemplated for some time this scene of inhumanity, and barked disapproba- lJOn, t length rushed on the young a.sassiIlS, and drivino them one by one furiously off the spot, sprang 10 the rescue of Ihe hllllllUg and bleeding animal, and, withdrawing it (rum the deep dilch, bore it oil ill triumph to his quarters. There IX. tending ¡lUpon straw, uuu lllking it .11 on:r, he .t.Ku!kd)ht;???s,.?,u).d!)ten'')??!hitn'S(.tf down opon it, reslor\d it to some degree of ease from thu warmth imparted 10 it. After this the 1.111,1 and feeling dog (etched provision to Ills sick ,har." and Ihe people of the house, inspired by ihe i \ample of the minor animal, gave 1\ warm mi k. Day alter day the dog tended the sick ou, jM t 01 his care, until II was perfectly recovered, ami they m" buth to be seen at this day, after a lou lapse ur yeurs, al the Talbot lilli, Liverpool. Tiu. Uniiuois.—No Ic," than three of ilic :mn Whallcy, (iofl'ee, and Dixwcll, (who con- demned Clun ks, tied to Connecticut. Une 01 the persons received by Mr. Pierpont into the full com- munion of the church (on New Haven) wus an u:ed man known here by the name of James D.twds. There was ill his dress ond manners, in his great anpiaintance with the public affairs ol England ami Europe, and in his obvious desire ol retirement,that wh.ch sortie of the moslmlel. ligent people h» the town to regatd hiru from the first, as one 01 those whom the tesioruiion of the monan hy hud made cx11 s from England, nnd whom their pastor had exhorted them beforehand t-j shelter and protect. Mr. Joins, in partn ular, reco^ni >id bim us one of King Charleys judges, whom In his youth, lit, ha1 so o'ten seen iu Lon- ri'.o and r""II1HII,,1I:r but with 111m, of whose fidiiiiv Whiilh v und (lofie Lad made Sf) full an e\: • iun« ;.i, the pI.I1¡O\IS »«.t rel was sate. The iviircd Mr.»n-t r, who had k»dgi«tgs with Mr. Lrrj, reieni d HHlvi. id (he cotd'tdetn e of tillle who be. < ame at ip»■imitd will. hllu. lie was twice niar- ric<J by his that wife, the widow of his friend LIII. he acquired a I,oll,e and considerable pro- peitv. lie attended to soiim1 Intle business, which gan him the title of a merchan', and somciiiues III- ilH;I.IÎ III fhe settlement (if estates. lie was ;Itatly 1l'p¡'C'lnl, not only for his intelligence, iit i lor his piety. After hi* death, when anothtr levolution placul William ami Mary on the Jii/on,1 It 0tt. ¡¡(¡IL' gentrally 1.0u\\1I that tiieccjui- vo -ul uiiMal on I.is tomb stone, "J.D .jesi^n^itd ;be L*re 'III place (d John DI\dl, '? ?.?Jt.. jf;?.?M'?'?)f/7??'
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M»»IWVjC Uitcrary Kotiffft. Tile 1cttl-r iroin Cato Mi^nionette, the blaik :;1: Jrù. Iu his tiiead 1I.\lr. LClucndtr." Suae 1 ab de pk-a<uie to see you ull board de Lady Jaek^on Inter, 1 Ic.iu1 dc line my^eif, and now lill hoard tic (jll:dt W extern s;t<JlldJlJtlt, 011 w hidl 1 ah di: command. Vimi iU >teu larlh July day, \Ir. abetidr-r, well he 110 much Ip it, alld yvu all c du {ne, New ork nicb 1\1 pull tlown colored buu-e-, well d <t not IJVq¡wg 1o ii netih r, awl you ah >ee de i^ie.tl lilc weil de cu»ud ih'ie not fit to hold a a'i llu "1\1 i', t,[: y-'U IIdno' I hUI J 1\11 )ou more by jn d b. We lib one hundei awl 11.11 pn.-senger, biy and heile, dlld some big Ulle Ihe is 1\)(1. which more dUrI one .1t'lId ean prnvi le rOI ginieidy, and my ser- vants do ^ive 1111. weny gfl:a11IolllJlc, su they Jo, hl:t I ah all ElIglih well, de I- ngli-h ueny slupid, WeT. ry >;u» v, and lazy ih de debil, you caa't beat Ilotluog m'o dere tick he als anJ dry is too utvy heeled for set vanls, so i j;sl dischaige em 1111-1 wouldn't ah dem ifdcy work for m thing, dè -icat good for lIullllg lubbers, dlld I\T colored people ill dere plaice. JJcy werry much more veller dal1 ùe Hash of whites, bui Id d y no pLa-e mc, for IHI'uer l?k? to cc I?? grass .I" de het of de waiters, and d?,? i> loo many lor me to 'oùk f or .11 alune myself. De captain he buckra, anù dey is dll cussed slilr, and rllo,t too biy Intn lor dere breeches, Hml when he walkv de deck, Ilc oljl seede stars and de son, he no »ee lie ship ynd de pa^seu.er, but leab Mil tome, w hich ^ivo me au evefLisiin1 igljl of trouble. He ought to come and help me at de bar his self, ?o he had j ou^ht, but he ton pioud for dut, and so is all Jem w hut !I,I< d,. ?wab ou de sin uhler, aud proper haul bargain de (jureu hah t>l sunn: of dcm too, I tell ) ou, .Mi. La hen- drj, By (>olly but ,vt W"IC IhJ, Bud d.it i-. de 11 nth. Steward In re, and steuaid deie, and stewaid ehery WhlfC; well I say (Joining, sir,but I takes al neber to eome to none al all; alld when dey 's urul of CaHill!' dey come vb ùtm e\es 10 me, and find oul 10 de IJs'1l would he ebcry UI\ as gouu fur em tu hah "01110 al Ius ami sabe dere willd to 1'001 JOII) soup II III. Hut I llIak, s sceplioll or ùc ladies, de dere criliuis 1 do lub cm, and likes 10 tend on em, dey is!'o J¡(>lplcs. poor tins Hut oue ting Iand dat i, de IlIte ladies do lub werry -tif grog, wen stif indeed, Mr. Labemler, yuu au 1)0 notion of it no more den a child. Steward, a Iccdl. werry leetle week brandy and walcr, but mind and let ilim he werry weak. Yes, ma'am 1 say, and awav I goes to mix it. Poor leetle tilings i know werry well what werry weak means- ft means halt alld half, jis! as 1 likes lum myself. Well when 1 takes it to de lady, she make a face like de cabbage leal, all puckcry, puckery, writickely, wrinckely, and arler eber so leetle of a swig at it, she gives him b., kto Uh steword, she says, how could you ÙJt is loo sir on-?, put in a JejldedflJp mere watlf, dat is a good steward. Well, I knows what dat na3ns too, so i goes back and put in one glass brandy more, and two lumps of de sugar morc, and stir hirll up well wid de spoon, and gib him a htde nutmeg for de flavour. Try dat, marm, I say, see how you like him, I most fear he too weak now. N, steward, s he say, and she smile werys weet, de little dere, will do werry well, just nhl now-"I",nys lilke care to mix my brandy and water weak, lor 1 isn't lbell to him strong, and he gets into my head. YlS marm, 1 say, now 1 knows your gage, fit you exactly to a T, inarm. ])c dere leetle criiturs,de grog he do warm em luaits and brighten de eye, and make em werry good-natured." Wc must pa-s Captain ila!lfront\s letter, and the Midshipman's h10-tllollgh not without regret fur he p.-ke* some fun at1he philosophizing cockney and the nervous lally; and content ourselves with a chop at Ihe love luttei of John Skinner lhe uulcher:- II We have a great deal of company on board, con- sisting of two hundiend men anil women, two cows, lell pig., besides fowls nd J ulalto girls, One 01 these young women isn't a Lad tooklllg heifer neither, -he j" consl3!Jtly casting at me, but 1 ain't such a calf as she takes me to be, so do.'t be jealou-, .Mary, She i.,k? 1 (I t know ?l ,? I.z?, .f the ta'r brush, so says she, Mr. Skinner, the water is very bad, ain't it r Very,* says J, 'it's keeping it in them nasty iron tanks, that make. it look so black and t;,t, foul.says ?be, 'the ?,,t,, has g :t so much i, in jt, J dreadhil afraid )f Jighlening, it will make me so attractive.1 You don't need that,' >ays I, MUs, your hone attraction?, is so great of tllem. selves' Oh,' says « ht>. .Mr.Skinner, how you do flatter, but really, it do nffeet me dreaMul, especially my me- m'ry, which is quite rusty, and then it colors my skin, amI s poil:, my complexion. It comes thru" the pore, and iron moulds my very linnen, it do indeed.' Wasn't that capital, Mary a íulaHo wench swearing il IVn, the iron made her face copper-colorcd The personal vanities and weaknesses nf the fair Quakenss manlfesl 11remsclves very naturally, when describing hcr fellow pa.;scngcrs:- iler brother is a captain in the army, very tall, very polite, and vciy handsome. His eyes are un. commonly intelligent, and so bright, I cannollook at ihem when Irc speaks to me, for they seem to see tlrrough mine into my heart, and read all that is Ihele. There is nothing there, thee knowest, but what he or I anyone 1,. mihl read, except that I do not want him to k,?.,?, I?i,t I shonld be a,hamed to tell him, that 1 think him '0 handsome, so very hand,ome, He sIVca" sometime, which is such a pity. lheard him say yesteulay In anothrroffieer that i. on How lovely thatqunkcr girl is! oy--she is the sweelest girl 1 ever saw she is a perfect heauly-what eles, what a bust, what fee t!' and Ihen he swore an oath J .nu*t 110t lepcat, she was au angd. How shockiogtu be spoken of in such language of profane praise, bv a mall whose business is war, anå who is fumiliar with sivoids and guns, and wCJpons of dcstrution The Hrunswicker is a pleasant fellow, and his de- sCIJption of the late warlike preparations respecting the disputed territory, is very near the truth. The Aholi- tioni t is somewhat of a caricature-Ihe Cadet, the i Lawer's Clerk, the Stoker, the Shareholder, the Ser- vant in scarch of a piicc," we mu-t pass. The letter from a Traveller, before he had tiavelled," nlight have hi en written by one half our publishing travel- lers. 'I he poor Frenchman has hardly a lIoord-alJ Engli-h word-to throw to a dog, and is sadly bo- 1 find," he !'aYf de Enlish (onge vary tuff, thered. i? t..?c y tuff, and 1 am hanI to understand iI. De meaning of de word s is so scattered, it is not easy for to gadare dem, all at de same time to druse dat wot fit, de best to de riI,1 [dace. Dare is 1 lonk out,* which i. 10 pUI out j'vur head and tofee and look out,' which;s to haul In your hearl and not for to see, just contraire. To. day <lr\a,,1 took hold ol de «iky Irght,an,1 said, 1 Look outwell, put up my head for lo look out,' and he shut down de sa,,11 on it and gave me a cut almost all mer my face with pains of glass, n nd said, ]);11 is not (Ie way 10 II louk out," JOU should have took your lieatl in. We must ii( tv onther up a few of the Maxims of an Old Stager, as hints, to all about to emburkon a voy- II Call steward, inquire the number of your cabin; he will tell you No. 1, perhaps. Ah, very Irlle, slew. fird here i half ;1 sovereign to begin with don't forret it if No. 1. This is the beginning of the voy. age, I shall not forget the end of it. lie never does lose >i_ht 0/ "0. 1, and you C(10fiIJUC to be ;\0. I ever after;—-lest dish at dinner, by accident, is alwa y s placed beforeyou, hest allellJanre behind you, allu Sll on, 1 otnavs till this. J f you are to have a chum, !;¡ kC;1 young one, and you (:an JJa\lC Jour own way by IJrcaKwg him your- .clf.-1 »Ji>. If the berths ore over each nlher, let the young fellow climb, and do you Like the lowest one; it is heller ht: s'muld break his neck than )'ou-/ always do, II All the 11;lg! nut required fir immediate use is ma:ked 1 be lew.' Don't mark ?ours at aU, and you have it all in :r cabin, where )0U know WhNt' tn find it when you want it, 11 i, nOI Ihen s queezed to death by a hundred tons oftrunks. If you hove not roullI in your cabin for it all, hint 10 your youngchum he has too much luggage, ami some of it must go. be- a'u ny s c/o, Xever s;>tak to a child, or you em't got clear of the nasty little 1:11\.d°t;-t¡,:tlg ever <I (a:1 \'r'ard,-l dd, II 1\i1<; j'i(foo your fellow f'.1:ôsan¡.:('i's to be the o p ;>"siie oi what thev strive to appear to be. For in- !!)(T, a '1'111IfY 11);10 j. not quarrelsome, tor no man Iruhi* I,i. course; ;1 snob j. A clergyman i nol ovei "It f, fl,r Ins piety 1 not quest inued,—but a c heat j A lawyer j" not apt to be argumentative hut ;\11 actor iii:, A woman Ihat is all smiles (Hid gr,c Îs avixen at he,la1; sna1.[J¡natc. A sUang- er that i.. Oht'qHj,.tI'1 and over civil without apparent i. tiearherous cal (h it purr are apt 10 hile and scratch. Pride i one tiling, assumption is anu- 1hn, lhe latter fllII.1 alway s get the cold *houlder, for whoever shows it is no gentleman men never aff. el to lIe w"11 they are, but what they are not. The only man who teally is what he appears i, be, i. gentleman. — utnnyt jnd^'r '11., M ]\(P nl)IIiOnry It) your pocktts when Yllur !o i,< s .11'(' tJl!J;hulltl the inoining, It 15 apt — jhctn — III IJ11 out. — "CtCr (ij. At table see what wiae the Captain drinks; it is not (he wui»t.—1 uiumis Jv. Never di-cuss reliRioll or IHI1ilii.g w it h those who bold opillln opposite 10 \oure they use subjects thal heal in handling until tiley burn your lingers. Never 1alk learnedly 011 topics you know, II m;ikes people ahaid of yvu. Never talk on subject you Oon't know, it m,Lkcs people despise you. Never ar. ue, no man '3 wonh tile trouble of convincing and tile better you reason, the nu ie ob-titiate people ue. come. Never pun ou a man's wutd-, is is n bad as I -pitting in hisiace; in s hoit, whenever practicable, lei others pcrloim, and do YOtl I. k 011. A seat in the dre^s-ciicle is prefeiablc to a ]iail in the phty* Ihid (binyinle. filh: always civil, and 110 nne will w ish lo bc rutle to yotl be ceremonious, sod people cannot it they would, lrnpvrlincllcc seldom houours you with a visit wilbollt:11l iu\ilnl on-at h:;It-I always Und it so. Never play at canU. Some people know too lit- tle for your ten.per, ,1111 otheis too much for youi l'ùd.cl.-I ncwr lid,"
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A CHUO\OLO(ilCAL AND Sl'ATISl'ICAL I TAI5LK EOR THE YEAR liW. (Continual from our lust.) j I 2. The House of Lords (in committee) dilidcs 011 Lord Lyndiiuist's motion 10 expunge die lirst clause 01 the Government of Jamaica Hill. \\1111.11 empoweis 111l governor allll council, &v. to uoike ordinance?. I he uuiiiIhjis aie — !oi the amendment, 1.:1; íJilill1 ¡I. BO-nuj(}rity 3g<Jinsl the first clause, G9. Ir. {JiusolI 1.i¡!lJ his eat fur Ipswich. Conveyance tJf tile ashes of Uunjeet Singh tu the (j.lllues. IL Grand banquet at Goldsmith's Hall to Sir Uo- beri I'cl:1 ami a huge paity 01 conservative slalcrnen and nobility. 4. Iler Majesty's schooner Pickle captures the Siena dei Pilar, with 1*0 laves 011 board. A party of the metropolitan police having heen sent from London to put a stop 10 the nghtly meetings in the Hull.rlUg. Uirmmgham, au attack is milde by them on the ehaitists theie assembled, who are dis- persed after a desperate resistance, and) 7 captured. 5. The Jamaica Government Bill is passed by the House of Lords. On the motion of the Archbishop 01 C3IJlerunry, the House of Lord s agreed to an address to her inia. jesty, praying her Majesty to take no steps for the establishment of any plan for the general eelucation of the people without giving to the house. as one branch of the leg* islature, an opportunity of expressing its opinions. The Marquis of Lan-downe having moved the previous question, the house divided, when the numbers were-contents, 1229; noncontents, 1 )B- majority, 111. The Chancellor of the Exchequer brings forward his annual statement of the finances of the country. — Death of Lally Flora Hastings. Ahmed Pachn, admiral of the Turkish fleet, (juits his anchorage and steers with all his fleet to. wards Egypt. 6. A public meefrng is held, and an association is formed, fur the purpose of bettering the condition of the natives of India, under the title of the The Brit- ish India OC"y." 7. De th of Prince Milau, the new Sovereign of Servia. Tile crown is o/Tered 10 his brOliler iVlicbe). Prince Milosch protests (lgí)in his dethronement, de- claring that his act of abdication was forced from ilim by thieats of death. 8. On the motion for a select committee of the House of Common, to inquire into the pecuniary tran- ,c!lons of the Bank 01 England, Ihe House div ide, -for the comminee. 29 ig?inst il,H3-majorily.64. IL The House of Lords i,re?ented to her, Majesty the adllress which had been agreed to on the mol ion of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Her Majesty, in answer, expresses her regret that the fiouse should ilaye thought it necessary to take such a step. The ullan, Abdul Medjid, is invented with the sabre of Osman, at Constantinople. his ceremony heing equivalent to a coronation, is attended by all the digniraric of the empire and forein amb,1<sador;. 12. A division takes place in the House of Com- mons on Jr. T. Aitwood's motion for the house to go into committee for the purpose of taking into consi- der"tion" the National Petition." The numbers are -for the motion, 46; against it, 235-majority, 189. The Chamber of Peers, at Paris, pronounces sentence against several of the persons accused of being concerned in the insurrection of May, of whom only Batbes is sentenced to death. The British Queen steam-ship leaves Portsmouth on her first voyage across the Atlantic. 13. Sir Thomas Cochrane is returned I.P, for Ipswich, in the room of Mr. (jibson. 1-1..Marriage of the Duke of Leuchtenberg to the Grand Duchess Mary of Russia. The sentence against Barbes, one of the insur. rectionists of the 12111 May, is commuted to hard la. hour for lire. The Turkish fleet arrives at Alexandria under the command of the Capudan Pacha, and is placed at the disposition of Mehemet Ali. The Waterloo steamer, with 10,000 stand or arms on board for the use of Don Carlos, takes fire in the English channel and is totally destroyed, the crew being saved. 15. Thc mob who hnd assembled for several nights in the Bull rina, it Birmingham, proceed to acts of vio- lence. The military are called out and succeed in putting an end to the disturbance. The Cherokces are defeated by the Texian troops under Brigadier-Gencral Douglas in the vicinity of Delaware village. 16. An interesting discussion takes place in the Ilonse of Loids on the subject of the riots at Birmitig- hami The Duke of Wellington pronounces Birming- ham to have been worse treated than any place lie had ever seen taken by storm. 17. Charles IVilictiq, a commercial traveller, is taken into custody for having behaved insultingly to her Majesty, whilst taking her equestrian exercise in If yde Park. — The inhabitants of Castle Donnington present an address of condolence 10 the Marquis of Ila>lino9 on the death of his sister, Lady Flora. 18. The Canada Government Bill is read a third time and passed by the House of Common<. The chartists engaged ill the riot at 7Jaritdloes ate found guilty at \\olellpool, and sentenced to trans- portation and various terms of imptisonment. 19. Disturbances at IIallovcr during this and the two preceding days, in conscquence of King Ernost's suspension of M. ¡¡"ann, director of the ci'y. 20. Public dinner 10 ill r, Macready, as the reviver of thc legitimate drama. 21. Chartist riuls in Newcastle, which arc sup. pressed by the mayisirutes and police without the aid of the military. Between 600 and 600 persons are drowned at St. Petersburg, during a hurricane on the fete day. Hallie bel ween rhe Texian* and Chrr,.kee., in which the latter are ddealed with the lo's of 500 men. CBplUIC of the fomes. and d'adelol Ghuznee, by tho British troops undor Sir John Keane. Do*t Mahommed is deserted by his troops and escapes wnh a "il body "I horse, n Amelielln outpost U surprised by the Che. rokce Indians, on the Coleosahatchie liver, and the greater number of the troops killed. 25. The Church Discipline Bill is read a thi,d time "nd parsed. In committee on the Bank of Ireland Act, it is moved Tha< the exclusive privileges enj >yed by Ihe Hank Df Belaud ShillJ ecase as soon as ¡he notice re- quited ly law can be gIven," The motion, which was tin' commencement of an ohstinre and ultimalely <urce"ful opposition to th bill, is lost in th" House 27. The amb .ssadors of the Five Great Powers to the Sublime Porte, announce their having received in- stiuctions to inform the Pone, that agreement on the eastern qllcstion is ensured uetween them, and they invito the Porte 10 suspend any detinite determination, without their concurrence. Vied at Houston, rexa., Mr. De Camp, a well. known LnlislJ actur. 29. interview between Lord John Hay and the Carlist ülocral Maroto, at Puente Nuevo, near Biibo t. SO. On a motion for returns, forthwith, of the expenditure, &c. of the Royal Academy, on the ground of their heing a public body deriving pecuniary assist, ance fioin the lluhlic. tn vhe excluioll or other socie- I If" of a Minilar nature, the House of Commons divided, when the numbers were-CUT the motion, 33; againbt it, 33 —majority, D. 31. Archibald Rolam, who bad becntiied for the murder of Jos. :\1 "he, a clerk in the Savings Bank nt Newcastle is found guihy (d manslaughter, and bUU sentenced to 1ran!"porlation for life. Riots at Siorkpnrt in consequencc of the arrest of several chartists. The Hint Act being reild, the ciowd i, <li,per-cd by the military. At:CH:ST. 1. The P-Ttiuucrc Slave Trade Bill is rejected by the House of Lords. Th.' Hou-c of Commons n^rccs to a re-olution tI. ?t d,ould the .CI¡UQ agniuat I(>.r" JlJn,¡ud, Ih¡r prilllcn: ,he proceeded w ith.all par ties therein concerned ?' brought lo thu bar ?' order to their being cunimit'.td 10 Newgale tor conlempi. 2. Vincent an.! other char??-. are fuu?s"y a Monmouth of endeavouring to excite discontent ud dissatisfaction, and sentnced to imprisonment. III- eent ur one year, and the oihers respectively for Clint and six months. — Raul, piakf: at Martinique. 5.Mr.)?d.nmo''e-'ur?hefe?',of, -.e?ra).t.??, fur the ahoLtion of the corn laws and that ihe re- v.nue-hould 111 ?u?be.'ne't?')e..?ur?entcf r,o,K;iy. 11,ere were 15 for the mallon, aud 5» promoy. j),t.t-cH'fr<'i .') f ''r' h e'nuUon,it:i(I.JH '11-,kiii? b.t ?n boar(] an camp ol Adniii.il Hooss.n, arrives at Alexandria to rte!aimtht.iu<)t?hiit'cti?(heMn)eot'?h<c pDweni. ''°?'ht.A,nf,,c.)t)?"?."S'?ten('e.s<)r(d in.uby a l'.rni,h armed ?t?o?er.nedftir.ck?Ut;, I'pper Cnn.ula.. G J.ord Brougham submits to the Mouse of Lords resolution- condemnatory ol' Lord Norm^uby s 3U.. ministration i f justice in Ireland. The house divided, and the numbers UI,I"t.for Ihe rc.;olution,6t fOI the previous epie-tion (which ha,1 been moved by Lord .14. 7. Shah !>lk:ojah-ool*Moo!k makes hi* tiiumphant entry 11110 Caub,,1. 8. Death of Sir Kobt. (itierson, Bart, of Uockball, in Ih" lOtitii year "I his age. — hto >ecr» buy to the ;Ii ationa I Convention, alJ1 Collins, lllC tried at Birmingham, and tound guilty of sedition, anJ ,cl1teuccu lu imprisonment lor uoe year each, Howell, Robert*, and Jone., convicted -ot l1e. molMiiuy the hou,e of MCVTS. Uonrl1c, in lh" Bull- ring Birominl.ham are sentenced (0 death. The HIl- fenc is subsequently commuled to transportation for life, 9. Mehemet Ali consents to deliver up the Turkish fleet un being appointed Hereditary Governor ol Kj»ypt, and confirmed i hi possessions in Syria, &c. no Postage Duties Reduction Bill is read a thitd time in the House of Lord" and passed. ■— he Duchess of Hraaaoza urrives at Lisbon on I,er relllrn from a visit 10 the Queen of England. Destruction by fire of l'era and Galata,suburbs of Constantinople. 10. Several Xavarrcse battalions, having revolted I ¡lg;lill!t i\larnlo, take possession nf Vera. II. Twenty-rive persons, chiefly monks and priests, j are airestod at Talavera, accused of belonging to a secret society with the motto Vengeance for im. piety." 12. The Lord; amendments to the Municipal Cor- porations (Ireland) Bill are ordered by the Hou^e of Commons to be taken into consideration this day three month?. The bill is consequently rejected. Seiious rliswrhances occur in AJanchesfer, Sal. ford, llochdale, and other places. During the affray at Nlancliester two policemen arc stabbed. 13. Air. Bronteire O'Brien is brought up to Bow. street on a warrant, issued by iNIr. Justice Coleridge, charging him with sedition, lie is liberated on bail, 14. Lord John ltu?.11 withdraws Ihe Church l)i*- j eipline Bill. Desperate riol at Bolton, and attmpt to fire the town. George Thompson, James Mitchell, Charles Da. vies, and Timothy Wiggins, are convicted, at Chester, of sedition. The Rev. Joseph Stephens, dissenting teacher, is convicted at Chester, of seditious language, and sen. tenced to 18 wombs' imprisonment in the gaol of Knutsford. I 15. The Manchester and Bolton Police Bills are read a thirtltime and passed. — Meeting at Dublinto petition against the renewal of the charter of the Bank of Ireland. The clergy of Kipon, Thirsk, and the neigh, bourhood, address the Marquis of Londonderry in reprobation of his duel with Mr. Grattan. 1G. The Metropolitan Police Courts hill U read a Ihillll itneand passed by I he II ouse of Lords, lI..r Majesty, whilst riding in Hyde Park, is slopped by a lunatic named Kdw-ird lIayward, who takes hold of the bridle of her Majesty's horoe, and presents a petition. lie is immediately taken into custody. 17. Great fire at St. John's, New Brunswick, by which 100 buildings are destroyed. 19. Numerous discussions and divisions take place iti the House of Commons on the Bank of Ireland Bill. 20. The Chancellor of the Exchequer yields to iNi r. O'ConneH'sopposition.and relinquishes his scheme for renewing the chatter of the Bank of Ireland for five years. — West Gloucestershire conservative festival. — Death of Duke William of Nassau, of a fit of apoplexy, in the 48tli year of his age. 21. Ksparfero takes possession of Duran^fl. Henry Clay, the opposition candidate for the presidency of the United States, pays a visit to New York, and is received with enthusiasm. 22. The North American Colonial Association pre. sent an address to Lord Melbourne ag.iinst the ap- pointment of Ir, Poulett Thomson to the office of Governor-General of the Canadas. Trial of the case of Ridsdale v. the Farl of Lich- field, in which the question was whether Bloomsbury the winner ot the Derby stakes at Kpsom this year had been properly described. The jnry return a ver. dict for the plaintiff, establishing the qualification. The Sublime Porte addres.-es a note to the five powers, requesting that they would compel Mehemet Ali to return to liis duty, and restore the imperial fleet-to renounce his exaggerated pretensions, and wait for the restiltstobeaiced onunder the mediation of the five powers. 23. Lord l.yiidhurst reviews the conduct of the Ministers during the se-sion, and submits to the liou,e whether they were worthy of the confidence of the country, or capable of diiecting the energies of this great einpiic. Lurd Melbourne defends himself and his colleagues. Conflict between the troops of Dieogn Leon and Zariateguf on the banks of the Arga, wheie the Cliris- tinos are defeated. 24. Ir. F. T. Baring is appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in the room of Nlr. Sprin, Rice. 25. The rcvolicd Xavarrese battalions marel, on I'lzama, hoping to be joined by other ball. lions. 2(3. The United States brig Washington captures the Amistad schooner with 54 negroes on board, who had risen and murdered the captain and crew whilst on their voyl1e to the i,land of Cuba. 27. The Queen, in person, prologues Parliument. Mr. Labonehcre is appointed President of the Board of Trade; Mr. Shed, Roman Catholic mem. ber for Tipperary, Vice-President; and Ir, 1'. Tholll. son is appointed Governor-General of Canada. Ir. Sp,in2 Rice i, raised \0 Ihe peerage by the title of Baron Monteagle, of Brandon, in the counly of Kerry. Maroto, with several battalions,joins Espartero. Don Carlos takes iefuge in Kstella. 28. O'Conudl gives "11 account of his sessional career to" the boys" in Dublin. Destruction of Ihe net, of the English fishermen by the crews of a number of Ficnch fishing-boats at Berwick, Revival of the ancient sports of the tournament by LcrJ Eglinioun, at Eghntoun C.1..tle, AYU;!tirc. 29. Sculler's match on the Thames, from West- minster 10 Putney, by picked watermen, which is won by Coomhe*. The Northern aud Central Hank of England i, dissolved. 0 A treaty of peace is concluded between Eopar. tero and Maroto for the pacification of Biscay and Guipuzcoe, subject to the ratification of the Cortes. The Right lIon. Charles l'oalett Thomson, is appointed Governor-General, Vice-Admiral and Ciii). tain-General of all her Majesty's province, within and adjacent to the continent of North America. Espartcro, by a general order, suspends hostili- ties in Biscay and Guipuzcoa during the progress of the arrangements between himself and Maroto. A desperate affray takes place on Egham race- course between the thimble-riggers and a party of the 45th regiment of foot, w ho had been" cleaned out" doring the races by the pen gentlemen." Several of the soldiers, who were overpowered by supetior numbers, were left in a state of insensibility. 30. Grand banquet to the Duke of Wellington at Dover. — Mr.-K. T. Baring is re-elected member for Ports- moulh without opposition, «— D^solu'ion i,{ jhe Precursor Society. 31. De'lruct'on by fire of the Sampson steam tug- 6.?t, of Fortydiorse power, off Ho.herville Pier, (;r?v,send. Conclusion or the tournament at Eglintoun. Died, aged 60, William Wilkin, R.A., and pro. fessor of aichitecture. By a decrte of Don Carlos, Maroto is declared a Irailor and placed beyond the pale of the law.- Maioto publishes a proclamation announcing his ne- gotiation wish the Christinos 10 bring about a peace. A convention is signed at Bergara between Generals Kspirtero and Marnto. 0 (Vo be continued.)
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I IT' E 1[ M' cD mJÆ 11 ill JE TI2, r¡ @ :ïr 1F.I .kL I I THK AFFIANCED CONSORT OF OUR YOUTHFUL AND GRACIOUS QUEEN I-ICTORIA. I
EXTHAOIWINARY LAND SLIP, !
EXTHAOIWINARY LAND SLIP, I And great Convulsion of the coast ofCulierhote roint, near Lyme llegis, Dorset. The recent season of Christmas has been marked on the neighbouring line of coast by a convulsion so remarkable, from the extent, magnitude and picturesque changes it has produced in the surface, and general configuration of a line of country, extending at 1t:8t a mile in length, by half a mile in breadth, (including the (alms of Dowlands and Great and Little bandon,) that I conceive some account of it cannot fail to be acceptable in your columns. Although this convubion can only be ascribed to the less dignified agency of the land-spring' constantly underminig the ,uh,rata yet in the grandeur of lie disturbance it has occasIOned, il far exceeds the ravages of the earthquakes of Cala- bria, ami almost rivals the vast volcanic fissures of the Val de Bove on the flanks of /Etna. j Convulsions of a similar nature have in former cen-I turies impressed on the whole liue of coast between Lyme and Axmouth, a character of wild and romantic piclure'que combinations of scenery scarcely rivalled iu any othr part of the British Coast. 1 he yU^ ndercltff i in the south of the Isle of Wighl, affords another ex- ample of the .imilar 6?,t, ?,,?iti.g Irom the agency of dlc same causes on rocks of Ihe same geological formation, and having a like position in relation 10 the line of coast; it may, however, be confidently asserted, that the I'ndercl'ff of South-eastern Devon, in the scale and picturesque effect of II. features, is far;uperior to that of the Isle of Wight. It will be necessary in order to give a clear idea of the causes which have produced these convulsions, to premise a few words as to the nature and distribution of the rock masses on which they have acted, 'lhe tract of downs ranging along the coast is here capped I by a stratum of chalk, this rests on series of beds of consolidated sandstone, alternating with seams of that variety of flint called Chert; beneath these more than one hundred feet of loose sand, locally (from an oh- vious etymology) termed fox mould; fit,, bed affords the principal cause of the disturbances in question, for it imbibes all the atmospherical water falling om the sur(Jce, and as it rests on retentive bed? of clay (be- longin to what i, clIed ,he lias formation) these walers are here held up and flow out in springs a long the margin of this deposit wherever it is exposed by the slope of the ground, as is necessarily the case all along the face of these downs where they break down to the sea; the prings thus issuing wash out with them a very sensible portion of the loose deposit of fux mould, through whieh they flow-and such an action is of course greatly aggravated by the inordinate continnance of wet ,e?t 1, in a season such as has lately prevailed. Thus considerable portions of I fox mould being gradually removed along the lines through which these subterranean springs have found: their course, the superstrata will remain completely undermined; and as an excessively wet season will by saturating the whole with moisture, increase the weight of the incumbent mass, at the same time that (as we have seen) it withdraws the support, it is easy to conceive that cracks will in process of time be formed, the undermined portions of I he superstrata will be precipitated into the hollows prepared beneath them. And further, as the adjactnt masses of rock, even where not thus completely undermined rest on a slippery basis of watery sand, the motion originally impressed by the falling in of an aClually undermined Iract, will readily be propagated to a considerable ex- tent in a lateral direction. These causes having acted through centuries, have produced a series of dislocations afrecling.1I tire sea. wanllace of the range of hills lining this part of the coast for an interval of more than a furlong fiom the sca-beach inland; the whole of this interval presents1 the wildest scene of ruin imaginable, crags, knolls, and moulds, confusedly hill leti" in a succession of broken terraces, separated by deep and wooded dingles, an inland range of chalk cliffs mantled by luxuriant scrcens of ash and rdm, whcrcvcr the declivity will allow a root to fix itself, forming the upper stage and general background of the scene, and extending to the very summit of I h hills. This general character pre- vails through the under-cliff., of Pinhay, Whitlands, Hnw5cdowtl. 1)0\\11;)0(15, an.1 Uendnn, the latter of which has been the principal scene of the convulsion, which in the last week has added new features of such magnitude and interest to those which previously marked this range of eoa«t. 1 proceed to my narrative On the morning of Tues- day the 24th, at about three o'clock a.m. the family of Mr. Chappie who occupies the farm of Dowlands, about half a mile from the commencement of the dis- turbances which ensued was alarmed by a violent crashing noi,e; but nothing farther was observed er.is!g-h l?it day. On the following nighl, however, ahoulthe same hour, some labourers of Mr. Chappie, the tenants of cottages built among the debris of the adjoining undercliff, hurried to the farm, with the in- formation that fissures were opening in the ground around, and the walls of their tenements rending, and sinking. Through the course of the following day (Chiistmas) a grealsuhsidence took place through the fields ranging above Bendon Undercliff, lorming a deep chasm, or ratfu r ravine, extending nearly three quar- ters of a mile in length, with a depth of from 100 to 150 feet, and a breadth exceeding 80 yards; between this and the former face of the Undercliff. extends a long strip, exhibiting fragments of turnip fields, and separated from Ihe irict to which they once beloii e I by the deep intervening gulf, of which the botto In 9 i. constituted hy fragmenls of the original surlace, thrown together in the wildest confusion of inclined terraces anil columtnr masses, intersected by deep fissures, so as 1o render the ground nearly impassable. lire in. sulated strip of fields also which has been mentioned i, greatly rent and shattered; the whole 01 the tract which has been subjected to these vivlenldisturhances must be estimated?u the most moderate computation as exceeding a mile in length, by 400 feet. The extent nf injury sustained by the adjoining farms, may be readdy ascertained by these data-which from the fear of exaggeration, I am, however, persuadid I have greatly understated. The whole of the adjoining t: n. dercliff between this new figure and the sea has been greatly affected by the lateral movements to which I have before alluded, the whole surface is COI rugated by new ridges and furrows an,1 traversed at every step by new fUsuies, and the whole line of sea cliff ha. completely changed the features it possessed a week ago, and been very generally moved bodily forward for many yards. A remarkable pyramidal crag oft'! Culelhole point, \I!I[(11 lately formed a distinguished land-mark, has sank from an height of 100 to 200 feet, and iiiia main cliff, before more than 50 feet dis- tant from the insulated is now brought almost close. This motion of the clif fhas produced a further effect, which may rank among the most striking phe- nomena of this catastrophe. lhe lateral pressure thus occasioned, has urged the neighbouiing strata extending beneath the shingle of the shore by their state of unnatural condensation, to burst upwards in a line parallel to the coast—thus an elevated ridge more than a mile in length, and rising more than 40 feel, covered by a confll;ocd assemblage of broken strata, and immense block, "f with sea-weed and corallines, and sc .ttered over with shells and star fish, and other productions of the deep, forms an ex- tended reef in front of the present range of cliffs;— this terminates at its eastern and western extremity in two deep basins of water. The western of these basins U encircled by the extreme arm of the new reef, in such a manner as nearly to resemble the Cobb at Lyme; which, however, it exceeds in size. The sin. gularity and picturesque effect of the new combina- tions produced by this remarkable convulsion must be sufficiently evident fronr. the abovedcscriptlon. without fatiguing your readers, and swelling a communication already too long by any vain attempt to delineate by the pen that which were a fitteriubject fui the pencil. -Eutet. and Plymouth (;a:etlf.
ORIGIN OF HOLYROOD MONASTERY.I
ORIGIN OF HOLYROOD MONASTERY. I The monastery of Holyrood was founded by David the First, of Scotland, A.T). 1120. and the following account is given from tradition, we suppose, tib the origin of its foundation TheKing, while huutingin the forest of Drummalcb, one of the royal forests which surrounded the rocks and bill. to the east of Edinburgh, on Rood-day (or exaltation of the cross), was attacked by a stag, and would in all probability have fallen a sacrifice to tbe enraged animal,—w hich overbore both him and his horse (as his attendants were left at a considerable distance behind); when lo! an arm, wreathed in a dark cloud, and displaying a cross of the most dBz- zling brilliancy, was interposed between them, and the affrighted animal fled in the greatest confusion.— This having put an end to the chase, the Monarch re- paired to the Castle of Edinburgh, when during the night, in a dream, he was advised, ns an act of grati- tude for his deliverance, to erect an abbey, or bouse for canons regular, upon the spot wherd this miracu- lous interposition had taken place. In obedience to this visionary command, the Mon- astery for canons regularly of the Auusllne order, a colony of whom he brought from an abbey of the same kind et St. Andrew's, and dedicated bis new esta- blishment to the honour of the same cross. The Ceo lestial relic being left in his possession, was enshrined in silver, and placed with great pomp and ceremony upon tho High Altar, where it remained for ages a source of comfort and riches to its numerous devotees, till the fatal battle of Durham, a.d. 1346—when its virtues appear to have deserted its possessors, as it there fell into the ban is ofthe English, and was long preserved by them with zealous veneration in the Ca. thedral Church of Durham. The texture of tbiscross was of such a nature, that none could tell of what malorials it was composed, and vi the lapse 01 ages it has hitherto eluded the search of the antiquarian. HMiGiS. I
UNITED STATES. I
UNITED STATES. I Titf, I'uf.sidcnt'a messagi:. I Tho President begins his speech with congratulat- ing his countrymen upon tho abundant harvest willi which l'roviùence has blessed the United States he states the sound and judicious principle upon which our own present corn-laws are avowedly founded, "that Twt/¡if1 call compensate (I. jwopfc for a dependence upon others for the bread they cat, and that the best source of that cheerful abundance is the industry of the agriculturist." The topic next in importance is the present situa- tion of the boundary question-R question, which, ?iLe the well-known case of tho Nabob 01 Arcot's debt, has already lasted upwards of twenty years, and will doubtless, under the keen appetite for jobs and commissions, peculiar to n whig government, lead to an appointment of three or four commissioners with a salary each of one thousand or one thousand two hundred pounds a-year, which will probably last for a further twenty years-so impossible is it to ngree upon theconterininouslineofdistrictsincluded with- in boundaries assigned by degrees of longitude and latitude, and where such lines must run amongst impenetrable forests and impassablo swamps.— Upon this point we have only to express our hearty satisfaction, that the language of the President is so wise and sober, that he is animated by a disposition so friendly towards the British government. It is impossible," he says, 41 that either of the two powers concerned can desire anything but what is just and equal; and 1 feel confident tbat tho government of her Britannic Majesty will take the same view of this difficult and complicated question with myself." The third point ot his speech is more particularly interesting, inasmuch as it relates to the present and recent condition of Canada. The President here con- gratulates bis countrymen that such a degree of tran- quillity has taken placo in Canada, as to justify the expectation that there will be no further border con- tentions between the British and American govern- ments. He expresses his satisfaction that the mis- guided sympathy of tho American borderers in what they deemed a popular calise has entirelypassetlaway, and has subsided into the rational conviction that the people of one state have no right to intermeddle with the internalatTairs of another. This feeling had aris- en in a generous but mistaken notion, that the contest was in favour of popular rights, and that the Cana- dians were engaged in an effort to improve their po- litical condition. Tills notion had become corrected by a more sober judgment of their own rights and du- ties as the friendly neighbours of an independent o- vernment. As all the other parts of the spepch relates princi- pally to the domestic concerns and peculiar foreign relations of the I oited States, we shall puss them over, and conhne ourse¡"e. to those points in which II)t) An)eric?)a become connected and compli- cated with those of our own government ?. mer- .b observing only in passing, that ?.tbi?g can he more prosperous than the state of the public reve- ""e.tbat no country in the wor!dappc.?a so lightly taxed as America, and that in no country are such of tills department, which is enriched by the delicIOUs sources of taxation so uniformly
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A daughter of the late Samud Crumplon, oole in. ventor of the" Mule," is compelled 10 apply fur pa. rochial relief; while the family of Aikwri^ht, who, i.. the first instance, meiely copied an invention, or machine, ranJisamoug the wealthiest io the km-dum. A first-rate, to be called the Albert, will be laid down at Plymouth dock-yard, on the slip from wbick the St. George hs to be launched on ber .Majesty a birth-day. HEPRESEHATlON OF Pkeston.—We understand, tbat, in reply to an application made to him by certain members of tbe Operative Conservative Association in this town, T. Murray Gladstone, Esq., of Liver- pool, has intimated that be has no disinclination to offer IJlmself as a candidate, providing be is assured of a reasonable prospect of success.—Preston Chrou. The Penny Postage.—The reduction of the rate of postage has converted the postmen into carriers.— Amongst the novel inclosures tbat passed through tbe Post-otfice last week there was a bag of corks to Sir Robert Peel from Liverpool; a pair of gentleman's shoes from Northampton, the charge 00 wbicb was is. 3d, and several pairs of stockings to a fair milliner from Lincoln. Some letters-contained boxes of pills; and tbe falling off in tbe revenue of stage and mail coaches from the carriage of small parcels had beea very considerable. TUE Pbesent POSITION 01" 1Hf. most Bsautifcl Group or Stars.A more glorious spectacle, or a more striking evidence of tbe power and wisdom ot God, than e clear winter nigbt presents os with in the heavens, can scarcely be conceived. On whichever side we turn, we meet with objects which solicit oui attention and claim our regard tor all is full of Him, and He is love." A highly interesting sssemblage ot stars in the west and outh-weit, at so early au hour at present as five o'clock, when it is imposingly- constituted by tbe far-stretching Swan, in the form ot a cross, having on the left, just above the Ea.^le, the mildly gleaming Dolphin, in the form of a diamond and on tbe right 01 the Lyre of Orpheus, easily dis- tinguished by two smull.,J.er triangles, wbicb rega, of* the first magnitude, so pleasingly forms with two smaller stars. About this time three years ago, this group was enriched by the presence of Venus. But we have now no evening star; for Jupiter and rnus, the planets tbat can be properly so called, are both ul them at present harbingers of the morn and as such continue to be beautifully conspicuous in tbe south- east until nearly eight o'clock, when the morning Is line and the sky quite clear. These western group, will be observed to be surpassed in grandeur, bril- liance, and beauty, by those favourites of scripture and tllØ classics, which successively arrive at a 1.1" hour to gild tbe glowing east with the lustre of their beams. Soon after nine o'clock, when tbe silver. clustered Pleiades appear in the south, 011 the ri^ht of the Ilyades (easily recognised by tbe resemblance to the Roman tigure V); and Sirius, the nearest lilor in the south-east, on the left of gigantic Orion, aceorn- panied with Procyon, Pollux, Castor, and with her kid; these sweetly smiling "living sap- pbires," so bountifully scattered by the Architect ot the Universe, are so richly spread over our hemis- phere, that we may justly exclaim, with the admiring Psalmist, The firmament showetb forth bis hand > work;" and with Habbakuk, His glory covers tho heavens
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Use OF Chemistry I" AGRICl'LITRU Punsl'lr".ll land be unproductive, and a svstem of amelioratln it is to be attempted, the sure method of ohcainin II", object is by determining the cause ot it. slerlllty, which must necessarily depend upon some defect in the constitution oftbe soil, which may be easily dis- covered by chemical analysis. Some lands of good apparent texture are yet sterile in a high degree, an,t common observation, and common practice, atiord no means of ascertaining tbe cause, or of removing the effect. The application (of cbemical tests in such cases is obvious, for the soil must contain some noxious principle, which may be easily discovered, and pro bably easily destroyed. Are any of the salts of iron present ? they may be decomposed by lime, is there an excess of siliceous sand ? the system of improve- ment must depend on the application of clay and cal- careous matter. 13 there a defect ofcalcareous mat- ter! the remedy is obvious. Is an excess of vegeta- ble matter indicated? it may be removed by liming, paring, and burning. Is there a deficiency 01 vegeta- ble matter ? it is be supplied by manure. A question concerning the different kinds of limestone to be elll ployed in cultivation often occurs. To determine this fully in tbe common way of experience would demand a considerable time, perhaps some years, and trcds might be injurious to crops, but by simple chemic tl tests the nature of limestone is discovered in a few- minutes; and the fitness of its application, whethei as a manure for different soils, or as a cement, d,-r. mined. Peat earth, ofa certain consistence and com- position, is an excellent maijure but there me s.m, varieties of peats which contain so largo a quamiu of ferruginous matter as to be absolutely poisonous I., plants. Notbingcan be more simplo than the c! f <.> tnical operation for determining the nature and im- probable use of a substance of this kiud.— Dat y.
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iio it t'ic ui.,ru I The season is now becoming day by day mo," i", teresting and more encouraging to the horticulture? The days are perceptibly lengthening the sun, lid centre of animation, is more frequently seen, tod ,though we bave yet a dreary month or t« o to cont- ii.i against, every day hastens the approach of spring: and the mind, buoyant with hope, is carried forward in pleasing anticipation to that gladsome period In n tbeeartb shall awake from its Ion; slumber, and w to the enchantment of each lover of nature, every hl-rl. of the field and every tree of the forest shall be seen vieing with each other in eagerness te reclothe tl.fin- selves with their refreshing verdure. And meanwhile in the greenhouse mattersirl, d" improving. Many of the beautiful Cape i rioas enlivening with their showy blossoms the collecti. n of the skilful cultivator. Some of the most torw ar.i of the New Holland plants are likewise producing their neat and elegant flowers; as, for instance, ep > cris impressa, pimelea pinitolio, pultenoxa stncr" epacris grandifiora, grudia pinifolia, lechenaultia t, r mosa, Ike. And then the host of auxiliaries are now advancing rapidly to the assistance of this (tel),tt ment, which is enriched by the delicious fragrm. of the early mignionette, and enlivened by tI". presence of tho hyacinths. narcissus, tulips, Jun. quils, crocus, and snowdrops, which have been gei.tly urged into an early maturity. Nor would we over- look the chaste little Chinese primrose, whose deli- cate flowers are at all seasons welcome, but are ijuiv ofinvaluable worth. And last, though by no means least, that Queen of plants, the camellia japonicn. is now in many instances in great perfection. At thu period of tiorrorand dismay to all the gontle tribe wll,, patronise the teapot, it is no small comfort to refWt that we have succeeded in wringing from thrseoM whimsical, stubborn-headed, fantastical opium eater-, the Chinese, so many beautiful varieties of the peer- less camelia. Already the skilful gardener nnd the assiduous ama- teur are preparing for the amicable contest in w IlId, the lapse of a month or two will find them engaged. Already, it may be, they hare selected the plants, upon the excellence of which will depend the issue of the first trial. Already, as they gaze upon their favourite specimens with more thou a parent s pride, they behold, in imagination, the palmy crown of vic- tory descend upon their brow, and enjoy, by antici- pation, the warm congratulations of their friends, and the half envious grumblings of their dissppoioted com- petitors. TIIE GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. I Let the geraniums be frequently turned, so as to bring each side of the plant by turns to tbe light rid. may be done with ease when the plants are watered. and will cause the plants to be equal and handsonw in their growth. Any soft-wooded plants, as calceo- larias, mimulush, «\c., which have been preserved during tho winter In small pots, or which have re- mained in store-pots, may now be shifted into larbo pots, or removed to separate pots, as the case may be. Use for this purpose light rich mould; a good pro- portion of vegetable mould will be found very appro- priate. Be cautious in ventilating the houses after lengthened periods of frost, because by being shut up in a warmMmosphere the plants become tender, .01 i would be injured it exposed suddenly to the tull tion of the cold air. Tin: FLOWER GARDEN. I Watch with incessant care the verbenes, saln" and other such plants, which have been pres-'rve during the winter for a supply of cuttings. 11 Ii: weather continues tolerably bright, it may be well I,. pot oil, at any rate, a tew of tbo young plants which were struck in autumn, and bave been prese«e.! m store-pots. ].01 them be potted In small pots ""rl! a good rich mould, and place them on a shelf near the glass, or in a gentle moist heat; for instance, i pi- used for the purpose of forcing plants into tic", would be very suitable. I if. THE KITCHEN rtARDEW I T lll' "e'?norcon.muMmitdanddtypr?r..) I ni'- I i I ? I -I, d bi,,b. t?ice 'Id, for the supply ofp?nts to bed out tn .?'?ch  *'n^Sare the brown Dutch, and bardy grfo-i cabiob, age, and the white, and green cos tenner. ,he ?"(f be sown rather thickly, and cover It .\1.11\1 •. I raking it neatly and evenly in.
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