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and ihe jewels oi jtuur
even of greater value.
On Saturday, the 24ih ult
..Jin® in v«lue .£3,000. Trtd that her Majesty desires that such jPatrick, the Columbus, the splendid new and then societj
• ■— «»—**«- 1 ssn riissisA. ...,
the «Lv t
Bronze works of art, by a recent treasu-
a first class ry order, may now be uHiidueil at adotyof ; by
F! - : ! named the Inflexible, 1,100 tons 1 per cent., instead of, as formerly, at lib
burthen, was launched at the royal dock-! per cent, ad valorem.
yard, at Pembroke. The dimensions are-
The celebrated marine attist, Huggins,
length between perpendiculars, 1S6 feet; died in London a few days ago, much re-
•'..'..•trne breadth, 36 feet; and depth in spected
f Wilmcr 4* Smith's Eu’op. Tunes.
Commercial.
The protracted winter atrd ihe cold, tin- '
seasonable spring—one of the most cheet -
As evening approached, a d ive was proposed,
and ihe olu family carriage presently made ns
appearance. A queer looking, rii kety affaii it
was—nineteen years in service, and no** almost
! tumbling to pieces with age ; but as 1 am ueitli-
er ceremonious uor iasiidious, it seemed tire
very thing for our expedition.
\Ve got in—ihiee ladies, myself and a pretty
Rketfkn In Oxfml *ad cl Oxwnlana. ; was the gentleman with whom 1 had walked to
A lew yeaissiuce, it so happened that an early i Church—the author of that touchingly beauli-
Iriend of mine was lortunate enuugii to obtain . till narra'ive, which 1 cannot, even now, read
the prize for the poem which is annually con without tears—“The Dairymans Daughter.
lesied lor at Ojtlurd. on some given subject— Leigh Richmond was before me 1
public I
and I was invited bv him to attend ihe
i can conceive ol no more beauiilnl or inter-
i recital ion ol it in the Theatre of the University, esting spectacle than the one which presented
As 1 had never seen the city of palaces, which iisell in the public theatre of the University ol
Oxford lias not unaptly been styled, 1 cheetfuliy Oxford, Du the occasion to which I would re
responded to inv iriend's request—and on the fer the reader. The theatre is circular, and
h--•*-?, TJ feci. The armament i$ to cousist
«>f six large guns, four pounders, and two
eighty-four putt rulers.
less anil unseasonable ill the memory of <tttle rotnp about eight years old one of the > evening of the day preceding that of the exhibi- j surrounded by tiers of gallaries. lliearea.be-
* The English Govemment, it is said, in- that ubiquitous personage the “ the oldest j KeM Jemen acting as driver; a || high spirits
. a .i fl „.ive qnd minute inhabitant,” has caused the Corn 1 radp to and with every prospect ol a pleasai't excursion,
tends to institute an extensive anu minute - R,„;,„i,.»„f.„vh„rr„r i.' ...r.^, „r *
lion, 1 was set down at the door of the “ Star”— j ueailt the magnificent dome,, was reserved lor j lure in
hotel doubtless well known to manv of my the Heads ol Houses, the various Professors,
inquiry into the causes influencing the
There is a ‘screw lonst^*between France health of troops stationed in British Colo-
cnJ her new ally, the Emperor of Morocco. nies.
•look up” in consequence of the mercu- But judge of my horror, when, at tlie foot of
ry “looking down.” From the country the declivity, the carriage slopped, and a black nuise
readers, who have visited England, as one of ihe and other dignitaries. Here, also, were assign
most extravagant in its charges to be found even ed places lor illustrious visitors* and distinguish-
most unfavorable renorts arrive: the low
The latter lias tepudiated the treaty which Eighteen females were crushed or tram-
who had been sitting by the streamy came up
, , , , with “Missus, hea's Evy.” At once, the arms
range ot temperature has done much n>is-; ofmv ,. lir C(ll »panion were s ,retched forth to
in Great Britain
It was a glorious evening—so, instead of box
ed men of letteis. from all countries. The low
er gallery was exclusively occupied by richly-
negotiated, on the part of his Govern- p] e j j 1 ,/ ( j eal h ) a i:d fifty seriously injured,
luent, by Gen. Delarue; ami statements are flW ,j nrT t<> H f a ] se alarm of fire in a cigar
current that the French official endeavored m nmi"fai iorv at Huerta
chief, ami opinions are already stoutly ad- gras ,j u.e treasure. 1 was m l\,i it—there could
to overreach his Moorish Majesty by thesur- t |, e 3J u ] t>
manufactory at Huerta, near A aleucia, on
vanced that the present year’s gtatn ctop
will not half equal those of the last. In
some districts the advance in corn has been
ing myself up in the coffee room, 1 strolled into dressed ladies—ihe flowers ol England’s Seau-
Ct.risi Church Meadows, and, after a pleasaut ty—their gay attire formiug a pleasing audstiik-
be no retreating.
‘Isn’t she pretty, Mr. S. V exclaimed one.
I am a veracious man, so 1 stammered forth
saunter, surveyed the exteriuis of the numerous ing contrast to the grave dresses of the A cade-
hails ol learning. Fine old places they were, inicians. Above these was a-galleiy, crowded
and rich in glorious memories ! Cemuiies had lo excess with students of the various Umversi-
rentitious introduction of a clause which
gave better teims to France than the basis
of the treaty warranted—an act of knavery
which was pointed out to the party most
concerned by the representative of the
British Government. That there has been
some double dealing seems apparent from ¥
the fact that the French Government has
formerly disavowed the treaty, and nego-
t'.atiosis are at present on foot for the com
mencement of another.
On the 1st nil., the Greek patriarch, Yer-
manos, having previously given in his resig-
At no period since the coronation of her
Majesty has London been so lull of stran
gers as it is at present.
Sir R. Peel has sent <£50 to the fund now
in progress of collection in memory of ihe
genius of the late Thomas Hood, and in
aid of his bereaved family.
Seventy foreigners arrived in the Thames
on the 2Gt!i ultimo, from Antwerp, who are
on the point of emigrating to the United
I Stales.
A letter from St. Petersburg!! mentions
as much as 2s to 3s. per quarter ; in others my real opinion.
‘.No pretty . ltty booty, he call 'oo no pretty,
man, kiss 'em.” And the thing complete
Iv beslobered my face.
not quite so much, but in all, improvement
las taken place. A bad harvest, or even , .
i rolled over many of them, hallowing ihe old lies—proud scions ol iiobilily, who had unwill-
walls and quiet quadrangles. The iore of ages ' inglv submitted lo collegiate discipline, side by
I looked again, and with no litile j nterp
the Oxford controversy was then rarir." ?,U ’ 1
iroversy which—but I am about u, e *
self. 1 have to do only with men—and 1,1
not. in ibis place, at least, io be an .! lr,,f ’
their opinions. rtnai 3st
“And can that be ihe Pusey of w[ lflri) i
heard so much?” I said menially ,. r( j
about to take a closer survey „| 1 »?,
was hurried off' by my companion,
"You will see him again. for lie de| ltfr j* ! •
one of ihe chapels this afte rnoo S *
; us 20 over to the Bodleian - .” *’ be
A glorious place that librarv—and s , t
! ed its learned precincts. 1 involuniariiv Pr '’ r *
low tones. It always seems to n j, S ','. ^ ! o
smacks of impertinence io talk oloi,,{' '
places. The pondeious »r.oden-b u , **
iron clasped tomes, ubich stand on 1 '
( shelves, as if they knew itieir weight and < * tr
quence. and that they were die found,, C °
literature, fiown one into silei.ee; an] q
has taken pi
the prospect ot it, is most disheat teuing.— bonie ot sugared milk, wiih some bread and
had been nursed there, and the ground heneatli ide with humbler studem*-, whose intense desire
'me had been trodden bv men whose names have lor learning lead enabled them lo vanquish ma-
ly illuminated missals and time-stained'
, scripts, imposed a restriction on the ■ "
lOQ »
And then, the librarians, who glided r (
become as familiar as household words. Piety, ny ^ difficulty, in their way to that sacred place. ’ about, were such sedate-looking n,e n
]
The amount of human misery which it meat in an old newspaper, had been handed in. philosophy and poetry, had made these their I occupied a seat near the rostrum, wheuce i
produces is incalculable ; it. disorganizes and one of the first operations was, to cram tii
all ths operations of trade, and there is not darling, who now completely engtosst«>d alien
a man in business, or out of it, who does tl0n -
j not, hi purse or in person—in “meal or in
i malt’’—experience the consequences of
the calamity. We hope for the best.
luv bit, eat itty bit. Nice miek, dink., dinky,
dinky.’
The pewter lea cap was emptied, iuid tile
stuffing re-commenced. Pieset.lh, the angel’s
, chosen homes. Heroes had gone t’orlli from
its gales into the great field of the world, con
quering and to conquer, and quiet, unobtru
sive men had from itience disseminated iruihs,
whose steady light had flung radiance upon ihe
nations. And sol! the wheels urged l>v mental
toil were going round, just as they revolved in
could obtain a perfect view ol all that occurred,
without being myself inconveniently crowded.
As one and another of the Professors, or offi-
eeis ol the University, entered the theatre, the
students testified their approval or disapproba
tion of his or their conduct, bv vociferous cheer-
them had lived there for years and vei^T
Pt*.
ins old as the books gttw older. ; .| )C t -
l isting when they were out of sight u ' ? '
backs. I noticed an old gentleman, uj
i ed to be a superior officer : his silver bat rs
ed over the collar of his qnaioily. cai ^
And there he was. now rry inc thou-', t
anil believe that there is yet sufficient time dissatisfaction was mauifesud by a prolonged the old times; I or as 1 paced, in the gloom ol greeted by their patty with cheers, which the and then teferring to a work which
mgor turbulent uproar. The favorites were tacles into a catalogue, (hsetf a nngi'jy , ' -: ‘
iirp.ifil hviheir irailv with cheers. Mhir-li r!i, .ml tl.^n tptcrrmu r„ a „ ;■ - . *’ *
Meierius the Archbishop of CyziiiS I that Ciimpte Woronsovv, one of ihe ablest j
* l . t * *i l i C . 1 _
was elected in his stead, and invested in his and most distinguished generals of the Rus-
diunities and decorations at the Sublime | sian army, has been intrusted with the cora-
Pone. Yermanos was undoubtedly an
indolent and ionorant man, unequal to
matui of the force destined to act against
the Circassians. The Emperor is deter-
tbe arduous and difficult duties of his mined, cost what it raav, to have the war
i terminated.
for matters to mend : but the rise of the
markets is the best criterion of the general
feeling.
In the West Itniia staples of sugar, Cof
fee, and Cocoa, there lias been a good deal
of business doing, and prices have improv
ed. Tliis applies more particularly to tbu
squall.
‘She’s teething, poor thing,’ observed one.—
• i nutans hutt it ? Let Anne teel toofans, ijeary.’
A violent kick and squall was the answiir, ac
companied by an unequivocal stretching of thg
darling’s arms towards myself. My tlesh fairly
crept.
Is dat laddy ? Wantee to go to faddy ?—
evening, the quadrangle of Christ Church, here ‘other side of ihe House’ would attempt to j arian thao himself, and a much youal-.
and there was to be seen the reflection of the drow n in hisses; and thus, every now and then
post.
The Diet of Sweden has responded to the j Keysing, the Chinese Commissioner.
London market; and the remark is appli-i Mr. S. she warns io cultivate vour acquaintance,
■cable, though in a less degree, to the mai k- And wiih these words, the animated In.up of
lights Irom tv here,
“ in apartments cold and damp.
i ue candidate l»»r college prizes.
Sat poring by the midnight lamp,
(roes tale to bed. yet eailv rises.”
Although the eve may never be tired ol see
ng, the legs soon weary w ith walking—and’, uu-
■ scenes of the utmost confusion prevailed. It
! seemed as it the young men had been emoted a
i special license lo express heir srntimeuis in
1 tins maimer; and one lliing is ct-rlain itiev look
• care, to tuliy avail themselves of ihe libeny al-
; lowed them. Nu respect w^s paid to persons.
It mattered not how high in office any individii-
(but old-looking lor all that.) procured'-
by mounting a ladder, whose cross-lia^* ^
antreal «tf the Ivitm in such a manner as to with whom Sir Henry Pottinger negotiated
r* . , * Lt rn p /i 1 _ _ 1 T> ‘
secure tlie abolition of Slavery in the Is- die 1 reatv ot Commerce, lias
land of St. Bartholomew, in voting 10,000 Irish diplomatist his portrait,
piasters ycnly, for five years, to he expend- j his friendship anti esteem,
ed in redeeming the Slaves of that Island,
sent the Bri-
mark of
and in competisatin
ters.
the loss of their mas
as- : lis
The 1‘rcsse complains that certain Eug-
ish specul.ittirs have monopolized all the
eggs in the Pas de Calais and in Flandeis,
ets in this town. A slid ing per cwt. ad
vance has been obtained on Sugar, and the
stock in tlie Metropolitan market is nearly
10,000 hhds. in excess of last yeai’s. The
refining business has also imptoved, and
bonded crushed is held at 38.-. to SSs. Cd.
dirtv white tat was deposited directly on m f lap.
‘Deie now, ittv ma’am, you satisfied ?—D odo.’
•ltty ma’am’ replied by a vehement yell.
willingly tearing myself away from scenes of ;l1 ' vllu cmered. might be, if he had rendered
‘Want bread? dood bread.’ But ihe
was rejected, with a cry for meat ; and him ps ot
fat ham were accordingly deposited partly in the
child’s mouth, but iiberally on my new
asli-
such surpassing interest, 1 retired lo mv quar-
lers, and was awakened next morning by the
college belis ringing for early prayeis.
W nils! Iam breakfasting, and preparing olh-
erwise tor tiie e*eut of ihe day, let me just re
fer to two individuals—clergymen, who have
made some noise in the world of letters—or ra-
Mauritius has improved from Gd. to Is. per colored inexpressibles. A fit of coughing and ther, for there is a vast difference between the
A portion of the Highland proprietors j in order to supply the London market with
have commenced the process of clearing the new laid article.
r estates of the poor peasantry. In one | The artisans of Birmingham have pte-
case 30 glen-men have been ejected. One ! rented the Queen and Prince Albert wiih
the accounts says—“The air of univer- j some beautiful proofs of their professional
sal dejection over the sad, silent groups of: skill.
women and children, sitting beside their
little bits of furniture outside their huts, j
was really infectious.”
It is stated that the British trade at
j Shanghai, in China, during the last year,
amounted to nearly one million .slerii ig,
Mrs. Kemble, widow of the celebrated j a barter of silks and tea for manufactures.
actor, John Philip Kemble, died on the j
19:h ult, at the age of 90, having survived j
her husband more than twenty years. She |
had been in her time a celebrated actress, j
and commenced her career when Garrick
was in the zenith of his fame. The de
ceased lad v was visited by some of tlie first
families of the nobility and gentry and was
excellent company. »
Just ns the Cambria was about to sail
from Liverpool, Forrester, the well known j
London Police Officer, presented himself
on board to apprehend a man who had ab
sconded from Amsterdam with some money:
his name is Johan Carl Gorgas, a native of
Berlin ; unfortunately, however, there is no
existing treaty with the Netherlands for
giving on criminals, arid Forrester had no
wairant for bis capture, as he had commit
ted no offence in England, and ihe Dutch
The reigning Duke of Brunswick lias
real punishment in the
j prohibited corj
army.
A genuine autograph of Shakspeare, it is
; sa.iil, is about being submitted to the ham-
i raer in London.
: Glass pipes, for the conveyance of water
; and gas, can be made, it is said, cheaper
'and stronger than metal i»ipes.
Some American hops, recently introdue-
1 ed, sold at 60s. for exportation, and were
superior to former importations.
The grant for education in England is
to he increased <£30,000 this year, making
the total <£75,090.
The General Assemblies of the Establish
ed Church ofScotland and the Free Churc-3
are now sitting in Edinbutgh.
Tlie London Times savs—“ We under-
cwt. East India is also advanced t > about
the same extent. The quantity of Manilla '
and Java in the maiket is limited, hut thei
article is in demand at better quotations.—
\V est India Coffee lias risen from 2s. to 3s. (
per cwt. and in London the stock is 1200
casks, and 1300 bill, and bags more than
at the corresponding period of last year
The Money Market i- in a healtlily slate,
and good paper is readily discounted at 2h
\ to 2\ per cent. Money has been in greater
request on the Slock Exchange than in tlie, fi, rWtt id
I Discount maiket. in some descriptions of
presently qroasi.ined a resort lo the j two—i;i the literary world. I may not have an
milk-bottle. Halt a cup-full, taking the ** rong oilier opportunity of referring to the individuals
direction, was thrown back
tnlo mv lace in a
shower, while at tlie same moment, a vigo rous
in question ; and as these papers are desultory
enough in their character, 1 will introduce a
upset and broke the bottle, sea 1 term,2 its j brace of literary clergymen, both of whom are
'•
contents over my Parisian Imck, and sligihily
scratching the young cherub, who begaii lo
roar like leu bull calves. All was at once an xie-
ty and confusion.
•Poor inv tool.' Boule hint fooiens ?—
Naughty bottle ! See. botile dead, done broke !
Poor lootens ! now kiss and make it well.’
1 lie child was presently pacified. ! sloo ped
lo pick up ihe remains of the bojitle,
when—oh horror!—the urchin made a violent
now beneaih the clods of the valley.
When 1 was quite a lad, a conversazione was
himself unpopular during the Term, lie was
hooted to Ills heart’s content—and, on the oili
er side, if he had found favor in the eyes of the
young men, they were not behind band in thun
dering out their plaudits.
Eleven o'clock !—Tlie Theatre is so crowded
that it would seein impossible To [lack any more
human beings into a single nook of it. Tiieie
is a lull amidst the r,agings of the wordy storm,
for the real business of the day is about to com
mence—the large doors are thrown wide open,
and the organ thunders out its voluntary-wel
come io an entering procession. On they come
—grave ductois—lynx-eyed Proctors—specta
cled Professors, and learned Thebans of all de-
lield in ihe large picture gallery of ;he Bristol , scriptiuns—Lawn-sleeved Bishops, and portly
Philosophical Institution, and l accompanied
parly ihiiher. A good many noticeable people.
Prebends pass on amidst cheerings ; but now
the vast assembly rises as one man, and a shoot
whom I cannot now call to mind were present; ipatulaiion, to which all that preceded it were
but there was one individual in the room, who j b,u :,s ,,ier “ "hispers, penis through the edi-
! Railway Shares there has been a consider- grab at my whig, a remarkably fine and nat ural
j able fall, but tiie old-established lines have! hoiking one. Off it came, and in another -
i mostly improved. As regards some of the "as fluted info the road, and lay crmihed
new lines now before parliament, and still "I"' 1 f,e,ie:,,h ,|,e " lr, ‘ e!s - anil
, or • ,i t i -i ii cranium shone unprotected in tlie ravs of the
tretnolingm thebalance, considerable utiea- setting sun ! *
■lines® may be supposed to prevail amongst! Tbis & Ustoo much. The politeness of my
the parties tsojt interested. A short time
j will decide theii hopes and fears,
j The arrival of tlie “Hibernia,” on Sat-
j urdav, put at rest the uneasiness which
J has prevailed for some time past relative lo
j our relations with America. All appvehen-
j sion of a hostile collision arising out of the
companions could ill restrain their mirth,
had never before beeu suspected ot baldness.
1
excited mv curiosity, and lo whom 1 was, after
a time, introduced. Let me describe him.
The individual referred to, entered the room
leaning on the arm of a voting lady, for lie was
much bowed by age. His dress
black, and clerical in its cut
stature was rendered more perceptible
stoop, and as he tremblingly grasped an ivory-
headed cane, and leaned heavily on I.is fair com
panion. a more striking picture of youth and
ie could not well have been depicted by any
fine, and vviiose reverberations from ihe domed
root echo like distant thunder. Louder and
louder are tlie acclamations as ihe Chancellor
enters tiie circle—and as he removes ihe Col-
top, and the bottoms of which, were , < ‘
that no noise might be made. All iheY
rians seemed a part and paicel of ii J( . g : “' r
jiiji as nuicli as tlie books themselves Uf /
only erealdifitrent e being, that the ki. ou ; r ~
I the books was bound hi boa ; . «. and:.
: book keepers, in broadcloth. 1 '*
After dining in the great hali of Cbri«: Cb-
C* liege. I proceeded *» the Chape* *knth
Posey was to officiate. It was crowded t0 ,
cess in consequence of the mtertH a '
to the preacher, who was the acknowk
leader of the new movement The litur-v
ing been read. Dr. Pusey. habited i u a \
! surplice, walked down th’e aisle iowa r( j s ,j
pit. and as he passed close by the pew n\, -
was stationed. I had an excellent oppo r t Dc ,
observing him.
His personal appearance was anythin* - H
: that of one who was universally acknowkd'-
to he the leader of a powerful and inco.. ■
party iu the Church—a party which a[ontl ,
threw it into a moral convulsion, and i| ie ,
of which aie still lelt. lie w,, s sn all j u I
ami attenuated in Irame and feature. }| N I
file was more stiikmg than his front face: .1
I nose being very large and prominent. A -I
^ paced the aisle very slowly, with fa s eyes L
on ihe pavement, the lips compressed/a; ! H
j'lhitj. sallow cheeks displaying hollows, and
brow-lines which thought had
ress was of plain lege Cap from his grey head, and with one j planted there’, lie presented the appear;,,
. A lowness of glance of his eagle eve surveys the glittering an ascetic—of a monk suddenly irai,s|„ r ,!,
erceptible by his c ‘rc!es above and around him—The Duke!— to-a clergyman of ibe Chuch ol En’land-
The Duke ! is shouted by a thousand longues,
and tlie Hero of Waterloo, Chancellor of the
University of Oxford, takes his seat of honor.
Hundreds and thousands of persons who
rum; a
ol England; for |
his person he displayed all the austere sai
ol ihe one, while his canonicals sufficiently ■
cateil his position as ihe oihtr.
H*s style of preaching was cold, lain*id
Consul, who was present, declined to guar- j 3tai!( j lllat the proposed treaty with Brazil
antee the officer from the legal consequen
ces of tlie arrest—so that the fugitive es
caped with his booty.
The Customs have decreed that goods -
imported into England on which no duty is
paid, may be expoited on free cocket.—
Formerly the owners had to enter into a
bond for the export, double the value of the
duty on the goods.
The exhibition of the productions of ria-
has been abandoned.’
On the 27th ult. the Whiting Shoal, in
! the Thames, was forced by a galvanic bat
tery, and forty feet of it was displaced.
The annual bqll in favor of the Polish
exiles was to take place in London an the
13th itist.
! Brussels carpets are now being manufac
tured by steam power, which will cause,
the angelic brat, was now attracted bv the men
actng appearance of the skies. Onr vehicle was
turned homeward; but too fate Down came
the rain, a perfect torrent; against which, tlie
tattered roof of our crazy conveyance conhi af
ford no protection. In five minutes, we were
hotu
was nothing in that within. The food w.th
winch the interesting prodigy had been gorged
sat uneasily on its Motnach—(the condition ot'
my vest soon bore evidence of the fact)—and
wet. sick, Reared and out of temper, it sere imed
rp . . . ,, . ~ - like a steam whistle. Iu vain did my con ipan-
i tils ii tendl\ Ittciiug is most, coioialiy io- i,ms, w ith inconceivable patience,
ciprocated in England, not only by men of fv it—screech followed screech.
But our attention, hitherto monopolizer! bv i gallery. The hair of this gentleman was cut
ol the eminent artists whose paintings lined the h ;,le never seen the Duke of Wellington—at ! spirit less. One of the solemn lookin°
•! Otegon question, lias disappeared ; and
this feeling has been mainly produced bv drenched to the skm. But the squall
! the tone of what in England is regarded
! as the official organ of Mr. Polk’s Govern-
j merit. The Union, edited by Mr. Ritchie,
j combined with the improved tone which
j characterises the American press generally.
short, and white as the driven snow ; it stood up
wirihi from his head, if 1 may coin a word to
express just what I mean, and was combed back
from Ins high, broad forehead, which was
ploughed all ov^r with tranverse lines, and from
his temjiles. His clear grey eve was scarcely
dimmed by age: the nose, once slightly aqui
line, was a trifle sunken, and his mouth express
ed much sweetness, benevolence and decision
of character. His features, taken as a whole,
had an angularity about them which was some
what ungraceful, hut their general expression
was of a pleasing and intellectual character.
ast, so I judge from the numbers 1 have con
versed with—imagine him to be a tall, impos
ing looking man. They have been so in ihe
habit of regarding him as a mighty warrior, that
they do not dissociate physical from mental
greatness. Such individuals would not be a
lillle surprised to behold a man rather below
th in above the ordinary statue—of a slightly
made frame, and one which by no means vindi
cates his claim to the title of “The Iron Duke.”
The public ate so intimately acquainted with
his pecluliar physiognomy through the medium
ol
monumental men. who r. chned in their t .
with their hands, palm to palm, reverctitlv ■ .
.ed on their breasts, might have arisen ha .
cold couth, gone into tiie pulpit, d.la-
I stu b another sermon, and made, le vii,_ .
j supernal uralriess of the math r entirely o
the question, jusi about as great a sens : , -
i His tones were feeble and harsh ; and i .
cold, dull, greyish eye did. at times, bf
tip, ihe effect was but as lhai produced
f trie luminous mists which are seen is 1 w
morasses flickering, but not illumin-Hing. u
caricatures and portraits, that it is quite tin- the graces of oratory, there were Jiu rail*
business, but by all classes in the country.
The funds rose on the receipt of the Hi-
betniab arrival one per ecu', and consider
able buoyancy prevailed in almost every
My wits fairly deserted me; the last thing 1
remember, « as the breaking down of tiie car
riage— i crash, a stunning blow, that sethnetl to
come front the child—and I was insensible. I
i . . c - .i t> i r o • • ' awoke io find myself with a broken arm. under
department of the Public Securities con- the surgeon’;
tingeut upon the same cause. But if the delirium sue
i IIK t, A II I l‘ll 1' ’*1 HI tllC III IHI UC I 1'Mlo UC* p i • • , •
. . . , Tr . ‘ , i * ot course, a reduction in the pr ice,
ttoual industry at Vienna took place on the j 1
15th ..It, About 1,000 individuals have a!- 1 - J - At ago, in giving an account of his
readed forwarded their article?
his re-
A deou- cent expeiiment with the Electrical Tele-
ration from Lloyd’s, iu Trieste, ha I already 1 graph, estimates thetapidity of transmission
at the rate of 32,000 leagues per hour.
arrived.
It appears from tlie Civil List returns 1 .
for 1514, that Messrs. Hughes and Iioss
received <£707 for their attendance as steno-
granhers at riie monster meetings in Ire
land; and Mr. Hughes tiie sum of <£1,026
foi the shori-hond notes in the case of Re-
giti i vs. O’Connell.
The sums expended by many of the Rail
way Companies before Fariiament, endea
voring to procure their acts, are enormous ;
in some instances the outlay amounts to
<£1,006 and <£1,500 per day !
In the Admit ally Court, the 24th ult.
<£300 was awarded to the legal‘rep'resentar
live of the late Captain Johnson, by whose
courage the brig Panope, of Liverpool,
when off Bonny River, on the coast: of Af-
The death of Cardinal Luigi del I)rago
is announced by the Eiario di Roma. He
was born at Rome in 1776. and raised to
the Cardiualite in 1832, by Pope Gregory
XVI.
The distance between London and Bir
mingham was lately performed in one hour
and 45 minutes. 110 miles in 105 minutes
by railroad.
Tlie Belgian Government have conceded
to Mr. Richards atid others the right of
making and holding lor 90 years the rail
roads it i West Flanders.
Cholera is prevalent in Calcutta, hut is
notof a nature to create more than eu-.torna-
ry alarm.
The poor of Prussia are said to be suffer-
steamer’s intelligence has hud this gratify
ing effect upon tlie Money market, it has
been otherwise with regard to the great
article of produce, Cotton—the market for
which has exhibited a good deal of depres
sion, and a giving way in price. tSince
Friday the reduction has amounted, to fully
an eighth : and yesterday was one of the
most dull and quiet days which has been
experienced for a longtime. This result that very day. If there ait- iurints
is,of course, mainly attributable lo the large is no heaven for me.
care. A three-week’s fever and
receded, during which. I i'aucie d iny-
scl| Ju purgatory, tormented by serin! imp s.
On the third day of my recovery, one of the
ladies entered : ‘Mr. S , 1 have hroug lit ba
by to see you. Kiss Nim, twfct—kiss'mi i, darl
ing. Ittv darhu' baby tweet, sorry fo r poor
M r. S ! Day-day, .1] r. 8
The child’s kiss smacked most nause:iting!v
of bread - and butter, w hich I have loathe d ever
since.
In spite ot my weakness. I took isy de| larture
i her ven, it
Coil ebs.
essay to pac.- j This gentleman attracted much attention, and
observing that introductions to him were numer
ous and eagerly sought, I inquired of the Cura
tor ol tlie Institution who lie H112I11 be ?
“Ah-!” said the gentleman to whom I ad
dressed toy question, Mr. Muller, ic broken
English, “you write poetry and not know
Giabbe ?” IVho? said I, for the only idea as-
necessary for me to sketch it in this place.—
Like Brougham's, his njnse is familiar enough
to all, and quite as great a curiosity in its way.
Tlie appearance of the Duke, as he stood,
arrayed in cap and gown, reading his address,
was, I must say, rather grotesque. It could not
be said of him, as ot Hudibras’s hero,
Latin to him Was no more difficile
Than to a blackbird ’tis to whistle.”
no action, no modulation of tone—no li.n <
011s combination of sound with sentiment. Jh
set inon was coldly monotonous ; and wh^r.
' my inexpressible relief, it lerminaled. i nl
not help muttering to myself—“And cantLu»|
ihe head of the Puseviie school !*
sociated in my mind with any riling named Grab, for his Grace certainly gave no more quarter to
was that tlie bearer of it must be. as he is indeed tlie quantities than lie did to the Old Guard, on
represented in many a play—a sheriff’s officer;
a kind ot gentleman to whom an introduction is
very seldom asked for.
“It is Mr. Crabbe, the poe:,” said a sweet
and low voice, whose owner was close btside
me. I turned to thank my fair informant, who
proved to be tiie poet's grand-daughter, with
whom he had entered the room. She was for a
moment teleased from his side, as the old gen
tleman had been conducted to a seat, from
the plains of Waterloo. 1 saw quiet smiles on
many a learned lip, as the address was being
read, blit taken altogether, the affair went off'
verv well, and when the chancellor sat down.
j A few day* afifr this, on the follovme 8 -
;day, I had the opportunity of hearing anmli-
the Tractarian leader®-the Rev. Mr. Ne-.v: |
The celebrated Tra; l No. 90, it will he remer
beied, was from his pen. Mr. Newman's n-
pearance is the opposite of Dr. Posey'-. His I
lace is cheerful-looking and full of ime!!;w».|
and his figure is good : in the pulpit, wbeuat;
in canonicals, lie is even graceful. As
ed
the house, as the pit did, when Kean performed j preacher, he is very popular with |
H tcliurii Inr I Lp href I imp *»»*r 1 <c*-» linn ” ... _ r . 1 d~\_r 1 ' . .
Richard for the first time, “rose at him.’
It was a singular spectacle enough to see the
great Captain of (be age presiding in ihe peace
ful arena of learning. The Duke, in a cocked
hat and plumes, seemed quite natural, but the
whence he surveyed, at his ease, tlie brilliant conquerer of Napoleon, in a college cap, had
ricn, was saved from shipwreck, in August ing from the long and severe winter. Tiie
last.
A dessert service of the fines? porcelain
is now being made by an eminent house in j
London, which is to be presented by tlie
Queen to the Emperor of Russ a. lt will j
j King has purchased u quantity of potatoes
for them.
G ERM.VM .
From all parts of Germany the letters vve
received are occupied almost exclusively
produce of the new crop, and to the al>-
i sence of all danger as legards the pacific
I relations of the two countries.
The American ptovision market contin
ues in a iieai’.liy state. The demand is ful
ly equal to the import, and every day in
creases tlie popularity of the Provisions
from tiie Western wot Id. This increased
demand, with the still increasing populari
ty, may he attributed to the pains which
i the outers on the other side have recently
taken to Lit tlie tq®ie of their customers on
1 this side of the water. Beef has advanced
: in price, but buyers seem unwilling to pay
»he increased rates. The price of Ameri
can clashes with tlie price of lush Poik,
which has iuteifered to some extent with
tlie demand. For Cheese there has been
much inquiry, the price of which is fast
ATMOSPHERIC RAILROADS.—As this
invention of modern genius is now attracting
much attention, and is likely to be tried in this
country, it may not Iip n 11 interest ing to onr
readers to know in what tlie atmospheric* rail
road differs from the common railroad- A cor
respondent ol the Boston Advertiser has lui-
nished a description of the Atmospheric railroad
in operation from Kingston to tiie artific'nl harbor
ol Dublin, the onlv toad on which this new in
vention has yet been put in operation, ritough it
is said that it is soon to op applied to other, atwi
more extended routes. The constiuctiac ot the
road is like that ot the common railroad,, c-nly
so tar as the track and the passenger ears tyre
couceitied. Midway between the rails tsitnbed-
ded to three quarters of its diameter, a east iron
cylinder of 15 or more niches calibre : this is put
toge her in joints and firmly secured to the aross
sleepers on which the rails rest. At each end
oi tlie route is a building covering a small l«gh
probably be sent by Prince Albert when j with discussions on the division now rag-
ha makes his contemplated journey to St. ring in the Catholic Church. The new te-
!>«»rdet ing on that of English. Butter, how- pressure steam eugine giving motion to a Urge
Petersburg!!,
very splendid.
Tiie service is said to be
ligiotis sect is gaining every’ day -numbers
it’adherents, and even the lower order of
a
The brig Isla, Captain Robertson, be- ! the clergy join it with alacrity. In Austria
lon«rin« to Aberdeen, has sailed ftorn no pains are spat ed to prevent its making
Strowtness for Davis’ Straits, in search of its way to the people, in Catholic and big-
evet, is declining in value, while Lar
?be contrary, is improving.
Report of the Cotton MaukUt, June
3.—Since Friday last a change for the
worse has taken place; tlie maiket has
become languid, tlie demand feeble, and
prices have consequently declined a loll -Jd
air pump, winch exhausts the air from tin;
whole tube. Directly 011 the upper surface- of
the tube, and running its whole length, is a slit
about an inch wide, covered on the outside bv
a flap of sole leather four inches wide, screwed
on one side to the tube, and tree on the other.
A small ridge in the cast iron ot the tulip allows
composition of bee’s wax and tallow to be intlt-
black lead and other minerals abounding in joted Bavaria it is persecuted ; but m Sax- from the quotations of last Friday, and i ed over tiie stack by a hot irou, thus closing it
that tcy region. She is furnished with a onv, Prussia, and the minor States, it is
mineralogist. The Isla is also jiiepared j either-connived at or openly encouraged by
for whaling, having two boats and a crew : the Governments. The King of Hanover
of 20 hands.
The Post-Office financial accounts, just
has declared against it, bur. it is believed
that event nail v he will toletate and even
Colton is now very freely offered at 1 he de
cline. The sales on Saturday were 4000
'nags, on Monday 4000, and to-day 2000,
There has been no speculative buying.
published, show that tiie revenue derived | encourage
from the penny postage exceeded in 1811 ! Ireland.-The repeal meeting at Tara
. . 1 1 I.h-wi.i .<!< I 1,1 OO. tilt 1 Mil m I > 1*0
the amount of the previous year by <£84,000. ; U }'/ r .. T . he 1
The nett revenue of the last year
nett
<£719,957.
Mr. Hunt has put a notice of motion on j
the books of the House of Commons, to tlie
effect that the course pursued by Great J
Britain, since 1814, relative to the slave
trade, has not mitigated the traffic or its j
horrors.
The naval force of Great Britain consists 1
are variously estimated at front 10,000 to
20,000. O’Connell, of course, participated
largely in the proceedings.
Tcrket.
The accounts from Constantirrople to
the 7th of May state that the health of the
Sultan is on the decline.
India and China.
The overland Mail arrived in London
J?rom the N. O Picayune.
I2abrp!i tibia.
The Old Bachelor Again.—Old musty h;is
changed his name. Tlie barbarian lias smug
gled an alias ; but vve know him, despite his
devices to conce d himself. He is the same mi- other end, hy which the air pump is set in mo-
more effectually.
The piston is made, of course, to fit perfectly
the inside of the tube. At each end of trie
route is a valve opening into the tube. The pis
ton is connected with the car above, by a strong
rod which passes out at the slit in the nppsr
surface of the tube. Of course if tlie piston
moves the car must move vvith.it.
Suppose the car. then, at one extremity, to l.e
started for the other. A signal by the magnet
ic telegraph, notifies the steam engine at llu-
scene.
I 1 need not say that I looked with intense in
terest on
“Nature’s sternest painter, yet the best,”
as Byron called him. Mr. Ckabbe’s then posi
tion, loo, was interesting, lot he was seated in I
Cowper's arm chair—the same which the Bard
ot Uluey occupied at Mrs. Unwin’s, and in t* Itich,
perhaps, he indicted his touching lutes “ To '
Mary.” A little silver plate was let into the
back, verifying the relic, winch snil remains one
ot the lions ol the lirstol Institution. Thete
: sat Crabbe, the poet of (he *• Workhouse” and
1 tiie “Hall,” where once the gentle Cowper
reposed and poured forth strains of the utmost
delicacy and pathos.
“ Pleased to see you, mv voting friend, very
pleased to see you.” said the venerable man to
me. whiist his lace beamed with smiles, and al
ter a little while he pointed to the fine portrait
of Burke, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, which hung j
near him, and said : *• V’etv like—very like, in-
! deed. I was iu Sir Joshua’s study when Burke ,
sat lor it. Ah ! there was a man ! If you ever j
come to Trowbridge,’* tie aJded, “ voti must call :
at tiie Vtcatage, and I’ll show you a sketch of
Burke, taken at Westminter Hall, when he made
Jus great speech in the Warren Hastings case.
Edmund left it to me ; it is onlv a rude pencil
drawing, but it gives more of tlie orator than
Unit picture does.”
Ol" course I had soon to “ back out” of the
circle around Crabbe, and I once, and only once
saw him afterwards, when at Trowbridge. 1 did
not call on him, for 1 always have felt, and I hope
I i always shah teel, that the time of literary men 1
is too sacred and valuable to be frittered away bv
curiosity or oddity hunters. When 1 met with 1
him lie was on lus way to a quarry in the neigh
borhood ; for be it known, Mr. Crabbe’s favor- !
e sti
something of tiie ludicrous in it after all. How
ever, I believe he carries the same energy into
the College as he did into the camp—and his
decided habits, perhaps, render him not altoge
ther unqualified for the post lie holds-
Of these habits, perhaps an anecdote not ex
tensively known, may not be out of ptace here.
At V\ aimer Castle visitors are shown, amongst
oilier things, his Grace’s sleeping chamber. In
it is a small iion camp bed. simple and p'ain—
it is the one indeed which he always used during
his Peninsular campaigns.
“Wltv,”—said a gentleman one day to the
Duke, as ]te looked at tlie narrow couch, “there
is hardly room to turn in it.”
*1 never do turn iu it,” was the prompt ami
characteristic reply ot his Grace. “When a
man wants to turn in his bed, it is time for him
to turn out of it.
Ji happened that the subject of the Prize po
em to which I have alluded, was one which, tak
ing the circumstance of tiie Duke’s visit into
account, was peculiarly interesting—it was “The
Exile ol St. Helena.” Upwards of seventy
young met! had sent in their productions in
hopes to bear away the palm of victory—of
course only one was selected. I had, I mav sav
en passant, an opportunity afterwards afforded
me of reading some of the rejected poems, and
although I rejoiced in my friend's success, I
could not but feel that far betlet productions
had been thrown into ihe shade.
It was an interesting moment when the young
poet mounted the rostrum, and commented the
recitation of his poem before that vast and en
lightened audiencs. It commenced well:
“Musing on power departed, glory gone.
The conquered conqueror stands—Napoleon.”
Tiie slight agitation naturally felt, was dis
pelled by an encouraging cheer, and the rect-
ity ol the Oxford students, and I do not wori "|
; at it; tor his siyle is very transparent, and »fcil
his discourses bear the evident stamp
| thought, even of severe though:, they are”)
I be I Ii sited with the flowers of thetoric, anc 1
most attractive adornments of Philosophy,
rihe sermon I heard him deliver, no alio-
were made to the Traciarian doctrines L-
I Dr. Pusey. he preached in a surplice; and
was only by wearing the uniform of the Li. v
which he belonged, that his adherence i*
1 could be guessed at.
Here end my reminiscences of Oxford— -
j scene of many a stirring event. It was oncfl:
residence of Canute and of his son Han ■
There, kingly enunriis sat in old time-. •
'here, in tlie U1I1 century, the doctrine-
Wvckliffe created more excitement than 5
Pusey's have done since. There, poperv
i been dominant, and plagues have Hevas’i:*'
and there, Cranmer, Ridley iffi Latimer "[i 1
'claimed their faith and sealed it with (
blood”—and the Martyr’s Memorial, n -
gothic monument, stands on the spot where "
fire consumed their bodies- Every inch•
ground is hallowed by association ; and theP -
versify founded by King Alfred, in 590.5-'
(lings its broad shadow on the pavement. 0t
seats of learning may win our admirat'or,
Oxford claims our veneration. There m a '
in other countries and in this—institn'in •
equal importance and interest—but scare
round world over, and after ail, there will
found but one Oxford .'—Boston Atlas.
•rye
ite study was Geology, and when not engaged tation was listened to in almost profound silence,
in parochial duties, the old geuilentait might gen- until tiie poem alluded to me [downfall of the
teeling brute who ruitculed “anxious mothers” lion and ihe >iir within the tithe is pumped out.
for taking their infants—tlto-e blessed tilings— The air at the other end attempts, of course, to
to the opera last winter, as if a squall in the box- rush in; but the valve being closed, iis whole
erally have been seen with his litile geological Emperor—and then looking full at the Duke,
hammer and specimen bag iu hand, poring over and stretching Iris right arm towards him, the
stones and clays, much to the wonderment of poet gave utterance to the line—
The following were in old times cocsri
directions for buying a horse :
It’ one white fee it, buy h'm,
If tw o w hite feet, try him.
If ihree white feet, deny him.
If four while feet, and a white nose,
I Take off his hide and live him to the rro«‘-
A writer in the Utica Gazette thinks the
lowing variation of these directions appi-'*
to shopping ladies :
If one comes, she’ll buy.
If two come. thev’II trv.
If three roine, they’ll deny.
If four come, you may suppose
They'll only look at good*, anti off they goer-
es did not help out tiie orchestra consumedly. force, equivalent ol course to a pressure of fif-
Ue was for putting whistling boys down, and teen pounds to the square inch, is exerted upon
indeed set himself up as a censor ot manners.— the piston, which must necessarily Ite driven to-
rf 680 ships *>f war, carrying from 1 to 120 0,1 ^ a y» with intelligence from Lom-
r-jns each. Of this number, there ate 125 i buy to the 5iii aud Calcutta t-o the 7th of
aimed steam-vessels constructed on the ! April.
most approved principles. This immense ! -L I ,e commercial accounts irom Hong
fleet emplovs in the time of peace 23,000 Kong state that but little business Lad
able-bodied seamen, 2.000 stout lads, and j been done in cotton.
94 companies of Royal Marines. I Cotton Yarn. TL
widow ot otic ui the brothers Ban
The
diera died on the loth ult. at Venice. Her
Rates remain as before.
The stock io hand is estimated at about
*3,600 hales, beside what is stored outside.
Xev.-Yokk Packet Ships, See.—The
death is attributed to grief for tlie loss of j ]ong preva i ei)ce 0 f easterly winds prevent- hears 00 fruit. Hear him :—
As well might one sweeten coffee out ol a vine- j wards trie farther extremity ot the tube ; and tiie
gar cruet, as adapt society to the whims ot a 1 car at the same time is borne along. To pre-
steri'e member thereof. He lias been courting vent the air rushing through ihe slit, which is
ol late, and because he go! jilted he blackguards j opened by the passage through it of tlie con-
babtes again—those tender endearments that are net ting rod, the piston is placed several feet in
not visible in the perspective of his useless life, advance of that bar, so that tlie tube is never
He rails himself “Cceiebs” now, and disguises* opened over the exhausted portion, but directly
his chirograph} - . But we know him. We pub-I behind the piston. A small wheel follows the
lish his sciirtliiy upon the blossoms that blow , bar and closes the rube, and an iron heated bv
m the nursery ol fife, to show how much mercy a pan of coals also follows; meliing the wax and
there is in the world ; for surely if justice were j sealing the tube very . loselv. ’Tlie air in the
done him, he would be lopped off and cast into ! tube can be entirely exhausted in two or three
the fire as a specimen of animated botany that minutes; but on the route where the principle
tlie gaping Wiltshire clowns, who thought
*• Parson Grabbe,” as they nailed him, lillle
better than cracked, when they heard the click
of his hammer among the quarries. 1 temain-
with him lor about an hour, and 1 hen bade him
wltal turned oul In be a lust farewell.
A year or two prior to this, as 1 was one eve
“ Ami fulls before thee. Prince of Waterloo.”
And then such a burst ol cheering was heard as
shook the Theatre—wlfilst the Duke ruse and
bowed repeatedly 10 those who, with heart and
voice, did him honor. The scene was one of
the most exciting I ever witnessed.
The poem having beer delivered, I had time
niilg proceeding towards a church in my native | to look about me and lake notice ol some of tlie
city, for the purpose of hearing the Rev. Leigh celebrated men present. There was lveble, an-
Richmond preach an Anniversary Sermon, a ibnr of the “Christian Year.” with bis slight
gentleman accosted me and inquired the way to figure, contemplative face and finelv formed
t !in IMttienll I t LI I i ■ m V I. 1 Tt ■ > • ■ m a t i ■ . «
the Temple Church. I told him I was goio
thither, and would be pleased to show him. He
was upwards of fifty years of age, with a remark
head. He appeared in ill health, and, indepd,
was so—tor soon afterwards he was compelled,
in consequence, to give up his Professorship of
ably pleasant countenance, and wore spectacles. Poetry in the University. Henry Han Mil
He was lame, owing lo a contraction of Ins knee : man. the author of Belshazzar’s Feast,” and of
Tlie Brooklyn Advertiser states that the -
Guard in that city were out on parade or.\
dav last, when it will he rerclleetcd the
momeier shewed 92 degrees. Ere the?
progressed the distance ol a mile, several *>i
| corps were son struck and lefr the rank*-
i marching up Hicks street about seven oilif-
: so received a sun stroke, and were convey"
to houses, where they received ever* - alt’’
from the ladies. The remainder of the r
nv proceeded at once lo riieir quarters atu: -
dismissed. Volunteer companies, unless!’ 0
. sity demands ir. should be caieful of ih’''
* tades during tlie intensity ot warm weatb 6-
liet - husband.
ed our receiving arty but one later elute
is applied, and which is about two miles in length
it is never more than half exhausted, U being
Heaven knows I am no misanthrope, still j found that this, giving a pressure of seven and
The Arctic Expedition.— t>aeb ship has (that of the 1st May, by the rfoutheinei, Jess a misogynist! but something iu tny idosyn- j a half pounds to the square inch, will drive the
been supplied with 200 tin cylinders lor j Capt. Palmer, on tiie 24th ultimo.) until craC y flag certainly made
the purpose of boldiog papers, which are the arrival of the Hibernia steamer on the p S haJ—In prim English, 1 a
me a tms-
purpose ot nuiorng pape
to be thrown overboard with the statement 31st. She was most anxiously expected,
am a baby hater
cars wiih sufficient rapidity
joint; and su he look my arm, which with a buy
ish freedom, 1 offered him.
“ And pray,” said he,
Leigh Richmond ?”
I replied, that I was, and anticipated great de
the “Fall of Jerusalem,” and who formerly oc
cupied the Professor’s chair, was present,
are you going to bear glancing hither and thither, with his intensely
black and sparkling eyes, and somewhat merry
countenance, lighted up with intellectual excite-
light in doing so—ns I had perused his “ Dairy- ment
The writer says that for a year and a half tfciis j mao’s Daughter,” and his history of “ Little Dr. Buckland, the Geologist, too, was a con-
INSTANTANEOUS BEER.—The Ajf
lean House-wife gives the follow ing receipt
j temperance beverage :
Pur a [tint and a half of water, four ten 'P'’ 1 ^
1 fol of ginger, a table spoonful of lemenj" : ^
j sweeten it to the taste with syrup nr while 51 -- ]
land turn it into a junk bottle—Have r p,1 .-__
of the longitude and oilier particulars: and we have seldom witnessed mote en-
worthy of record, written in six different tiie satisfaction than was expressed at the
«...,1 tlinm • no<‘inf nfitlirp in fiip vtat«ro clio Iirniiant —
Tlie nasty, heartless old brute!” exclaims railway has performed hourly trips, without - Jane, the young Cottager,” with great delight, spicuous notability, with Iris portlv but not cor-
. i a- -r ... .... : •tiffin..!,.. -- :a —j — - ..t. « ..c r t The old gentleman smiled placidly, leaned a purint figure, his shining bald head, and his
'cork lo fit the bottle, a string or wire to
languages, and the parties finding them 1 pacific nature ot the news she brought
ire requested to forward the infownatioa to Arriving, as she did, on Saturday after-
the Admiralty.
| noon, the papers by her were conveyed to
tlie North and South American Coffee
Lord John Russell, who very attentively ; House an j L1 qyd’s, London, by the ex
examined every part ot the great Free t - • - -
tty pate .1. u. g.ear lrain oll Saturday night; but her
Trade Bazaar, observed that the greatest j ^ WM not generai!y known there until
Monday morning, when, as will he seen
spectacle was the spectators.
The Manchester Parks Committee have H,, our repot ts of the money and coramer-
punthased for a third park 31 acres of land c ial markets, its influence was very con-
the township of Bradford, from Lady j gidej’ahle.
Houghton, at <£200 per acre.
On Sunday tlie wind became more fa
it. is rumored that the Parliamentary ses- j vorahle, arid has so continued since ; so
stoti will close about the middle of July, ! that we have had in succession the St.
some lady leader of a certain—or, perhaps, uu- difficulty or accident, and with a speed nffto m
certain—age. j 25 to 30 miles per hour. He thinks tiie trz in
Brute, tl you will, ma’am, though not old— more readily controlled than one drawn by a ! o-
perhaps, voting enough to be your son. But ! comotive, by reason of its less weight and m o-
befote you condemn me, hear whether my suf-1 mentum, and anticipates its general adoption
fetiri-s are not mv justification. Tiie relation in this country,for certain purposes and with in
of otie misery out of many will be sufficient. * certain limits, at no distant day. The mecha n-
I was lately invited to pass a few days at the ical work on the Dublin road he says is ve ry
residence of a friend in the country. It was a badly done, and n greatly increased efficiency
plain unpretending mansion—such as you may ' ou!d be attained by improvements iu this r e-
j see on any plantation of the South—standing i speet.
' near a eool, shadowy river in ihe [line forests, j -«=■“ ’
and embowered among trees—the very place lor j ANTIDOTE.—Persons going out of the c ity
i a retreat iri the hot, lazy days of summer. I ar- will do well to bear in mind thata piece ofcont-
rived in the cool of the morning, with some of! mon Indigo made into a paste with spirits of
j the family, and met a Kind reception from the ! camphor, and applied to the wound, will, i>; is
; ladies of the house, to whom 1 was not entire j said, neutralize tlie poison arising from a bite
[ Iv a stranger. They were amiable, beautiful i of snakes of any kind.
little heavier on my arm, and talked to me about ■ courteous and blandly expressive countenance
Heaven, until my young eyes ran over with tear9. | But I have not space or time to merely men-
I here was such a winning sweetness in his! iion half of those who were pointed oul to mo
tones, and he spoke so affectionately, that I that day. One or two, however, very remark-
could not help but love him, stranger though he 1 able men. 1 must not omit alluding to.
When we arrived at the Church door, crowds
were pouring in. “ I must go to the vestry,"
remarked my new acquaintance, “I dure sav ; ,[. e s; „ ew;iv
i As I left the Theatre, my attention was di-
’ reeled to a gentleman who, in company with
several others, was standing in conversation near
down, and a mallet to drive down th p **?
Then put into the botile a heaping teasp^j
of the super carbonate of soda, cork it i" 11 ^
ately, tie it down, then shake the whole u ?' "
cut the string and the cork will fly o ut -
it out and drink immediate!?.
you will see me againand we parted.
The service had been read by the regular
clergyman of the place, and the psalm before
the sermon was being sung, when the preacher
of the evening slowly, and with some apparent
difficulty, ascended the pulpit stairs. He oovved
his grey esh head, for a moment, on the cushion,
and then looked round on the congregation. It
There." said my friend, “is the celebrated
Dr. Puset.”
“What! that tall, dignifted-lookicg individual,
with .Ybook in his hand ?”
“Oh no; that L Garbett, who, they say,
will be the new Prolessor of Poetry, when Ke-
ble resigns. I mean the clergyman who is talk
ing with him.”
Da. Brownell, Bishop of the ^ ,cC< Y
Connecticut, in*his late Annual Address -
“ During the twenty five years of W».'_ hi .
pate, I havp ordained 120 Priests. 125 k 1 ’
consecrated 66 Churches, and confirmed
persons in this diocese. Besides which. ^
visitation of the South Western States,
consecrated two Churches in Kentucky. 1
Mississippi, two in Louisians, and ‘
batna ; and have confirmed 2-i5 person? 11
?