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SONG OF THE OLD YEAH.
SONG OF THE OLD YEAH. BY ELIZA. COOKE. Oh I have been raaning a gallant career On a coarser that needeth nor bridle nor goad But he'll soon change his rider and leave the Old Year Lying low in the dust on Eternity's road. Wide has ray track been, and rapid my haste, But whoever takes heed of my journey will find, That in marble-bailt city and camel-trod waste, I have left a fair set of bold waymarks behind. I have choked np the earth with the sturdv elm board, I have chequered the air with the banners of strife, Fresh are the tombstones I ve scattered abroad, Bright are tbe young eyes I've opened to life. My race is nigh o er on Time's iron-gray steed, Yet hell still gallop on as he gallops with me, And you'll see tbat his name will be flying again Ere you have buried me under the green holly-tree. If ve tell of the sadness and evil I've wrought, Yet remember the shares of good works" I have done Ye should balance the clouds and the canker rye brought "ïth the grapes J have sent to be crushed in Ihe sun. If I ve added grav threads to the worldly-wise heads, I have deepened tbe cbesnat of Infancy's curl; If I've cherished tbe germ of the shipwrecking worm, I have qaickened the growth of the crown-studding pearl; If I've lengthened this yew till it brushes the pall, I have bid the sweet shoots of the orange bloom sweU If rye Ihickened the moss on the ruin's dank wall. I have strengthened the love-bower tendrils as well. Then speak of ine fairly, and give the Old Year A light-hearted parting in kindness and glee, Chant a roundelay over my laurel-decked bier, And bory me under the green holly-tree. Ye have murmured of late at my gloom laden hours, And look on my pale wrinkled face with a frown; Bnt ye laughed wilen I spanglerl your pathway with flowers, And flun^ the red clover and yellow corn down. Ye shrink from my breathing, and say that I bite— So I do- but forget not how friendly we were When I fann'd your warm cheek in the soft summer-night, And just toyed with the rose in the merry girl's hair. Fill the goblet and drink as my wailing tones sink, Let the wassaii-bowl drip and the revel shont rise— But a word in your ear, from the passing Old Year, 'Tis the last time he'll teach ye—'• be merry and wise Then sing. while I'm sighing my latest farewell, The log-lighted ingle my death pyre shall be: Dance, dance, while I'am dying, blend carol and bell, And bury me under the green holly-tree.
XttY NATIVE VILLAGE.
XttY NATIVE VILLAGE. A SKETCH ( Sweet Village, suborn, loveliest of the plain. And al a hare, whom honatls an" hornø ptirsnt, Pants for the place from whence at first she flew, So I had bopel, my long vexatious past, Here to return, and die at borne lit la,t. Goldsmith's Deserted Village. IT waa on a beautiful summer's evening that I took a stroll to my native village. I bad been absent for some years, the whole country seemed new to me, and every object struck roe with fresh pleasure. As the distance was not great, I soon quitted the public path, and made a short circuit through the fields, in order to pay a visit to mv old friends a* I went along. J do not mean the human face divine," for there were none of them likely to be in my way, bot tbe inanimate part of Ihe cre- ation, the trees, Rnd hedges, and boshes, with whom I had oon- tracted a great intimacy in my early days. I presently came up to them. I immediately recognized myoId companions. They had often afforded me a snug shelter from the storm, and a re. freshing shade from the sun. They had, moreover, been full, silent, secret, and trolty witnesses of many an agreeable tale or reverie, which I should blush now to relate, as I did then to think of them afterwards, lest in some unguarded moment I might be temptedtu betray my own secrets, and thereby excite a laulth at my own expense, which would have been very tormenting, though they were innocent enough; and peruaps I une had since much greater reason to btusb It taleR less harmless. They seemed tc nave been aware of my coming, for they had all put on their holiday dreu. The trees were covered wiih lenes, and the hedges and busbes witb buds and blossoms. Nay, the very fields had decked themselves in their gay livery of green, pink, and yellow. I thoughl Ihey smiled at my apprORch-certain it is, I smiled at them; none of them escaped recognition. The twig, like the boy grown up into manhood during my absence, had increased to tbe size of a tree, and the bushes had grown larger and more luxuriant, like some slender maiden grown into the more plump matron. There was one friend more especially .ith whom I had formed a greater familiarity than the resl-Ihe hazel bush, as having afforded more substantial pleasure. I was pleased to observe that the band of man, whic1i sollletimell com- mits lerdble havoc amongst these inanimate creatures, bad Ifft him unscathed and unimpaired. In order to render this renewal of acquaintance complete, I plucked a leaf from one and a blossom from the other, as I was wont to do—just as you see a fond parent caressing his darling boy, perhaps after some years' absence at school, with a sort of manual delight, by playfallj pulling his nose and ears, while the little urchin clings to bta knees with equal pleasure (aj. I came b, degrees to the foot of a hill which was covered with trees. As I approached, the feathered songsters of the wood set up such a sweet and melodious concert as never before greeted my ears. Surely, said I to myself, these little warblers mean all this in compliment to me. The old birds recollect JUe, and the joung ones have joined in the chorus, to do me honour on my arrival amongst them. I felt like one intoxicated with delight. I doubt if the hero of a hundred fights," on his return ouder a triumphal arch into the metropolis of his country, amidst the shouts and applauses of his admiring countrymen, felt a more exquisite sensation of pleasure than I did at this very moment of jay retnrn amongst these animate and inanimate companions of my boyish days. This, it is true, looks like presumption, to compare things so very small with things so very great. Bot pleasure is pleasure, and happiness is happiness, from whatever source it springs (b). Perceiving on the summit of the bill myoid favourite tree, ander whose branches I had 50 onen reclined (c), I dew towards it, embraced, kissed it; nay, if I must tell the truth. I verily believe I shed tears of joy at seeing my good old friend again. I threw myself at bis feet, fought all my battles o'er again that is, I surveyed o'er aolt 6 'er tbe charming proliltect before me, which had so often delighted me. I passed hours together vader the shade of this good old tree, amusing myself with day- dreams, the happiest of my life, arid I now advert to them with pleasure. I bad two very agreeable companions here with me they were always in my hand, or if not in my band, they were in mv head, which was still better, for I believe I could repeat them both by heart. They were Goldsmith's Vicar of Wake- field, and Dyer's Grongar Hill; they were the first I remember ever to have read, and I do aot know that I have since read two more delightful little books. Whether it was owing to the romantic scene before me, or the pleasure I took in reading these two little books, or both com- bined, or, as some think, these things are innate, I will not take upon me to determine but sure I am, that from that boor to this I feel an inexpressible detight in viewing the beauties of ex- ternal nature, which, they say, is a source of real wealth to the possessor. I could sit a whole day on an eminence, and be all that time in a state of pleasure, feasting my eyes and imagination with the charms ef the prospect around. Let the reader fancy himself where I reclined, commanding a full view of the picturesque vale beneath, which the Bard of GrongllT St) beautifully describes, and he will judge for himself, whether this propensity is inborn, or derived from early iinpres- fiioos. Not to be tedious, I will just glance at some passages of the poem. to which I refer the reader for further information :— "The Castle, big with tbe vanity of state." A sunbeam in a winter's day is all the proud and mighty have." What a beau- tiful simile. Again :—" The dome and village give to each other a charm, like |>earl« on an Etf top's arm." Tbe rivers run swift and slow, wave succeeding wave, like human life to endless sleep." Be full, ye Courts-content me with an humbler ahade," &c., See. O, divine Authors! said I, apostrophyzing the names of the dead —(who knows whether the) may not now bear me?) (d) — who have thus given to ordinary scenes and every-day oc- currence a charm not their own—who have converted the rugged paths of life into an Elysium When the road is too rough or too thorny for my feet, I cover it with a green carpel, and strew it with nowersof my own creation. In other words, when cares, troobles, or vexations harass me, I expel them by force of these delightful reveries, which you have taught me. Long, long since had they numbered out my days. if I had not trod so great a part of them on this enchanted ground. Sweet pliability of man's spirit, which can soothe and soften the cor- roding anxieties of this fretful life, by thus robbing them of half their venom—their gnawing tooth, whioh but too often preys on the very vitals. With your aid I have banished them. I have walked arm in arm with you through a fairy tand and I am re- solved to tread on this earthly paradise to the end of my life, and I trust it will prepare and qualify me the better for Ihe en- joyment of tbe heavenly. How man fumes and frets his boor, on this stage, about the success of his puny schemes and pro- jects. After all, half his troubles and anxieties are imaginary- at any rate, they will soon be over. Yes, divine Authors said J, it is to you I owe tbe greatest happiness of my life. Ten thou- sand thanks to toor g^ntfe spirits !—peace to your ashes None knew but myself the hours I passed under this tree, still less did they know the subjects of my meditations. I should have K1 untied then to acknowledge them. How often has a boy been reproved and even punished for an idler, whose time, perhaps, had been thus agreeably and profitably employed (e); and yet 110 persuasions or menaces would have forced him to confess what had occupied his thoughts. I rose from the ground, and took a more minute survey of my venerable friend, who had been a tacit witness of all these airy nothings which had passed in my mmd-nolbings hut for the account to which they might, in ihe philosophic mind at least, be turned. I had ever looked upon this old tree as a sort of second parent. Oft had he supported me with his trunk, and with his branches protected me from the heat and cold. He had, as I have observed, put on his holiday suit to welcome my return, as the father his prodigal son. I noticed more especially bis head, nhicb gives the first indication of the lapse of years. I fancied he bad dropped some of his honours, his hair looked thinner, and in one or two places I perceived an entire baldness. Time, s-iid I. that great destroyer of strength and beauty, has not spared yo" be has laid his ruthless band upon you. But, come, the trunk is as hale and robust as ever. I remembered a little wren's nest at the roots of this old tree. Icame year after year to build its nest, and rear its little family ht re. I sought it out, and to my great joy found an aperture like It. I removed some of the earth, and introduced my hand but, as if an adder stung me, I suddenly drew it back. My t.eart smote me that instaut for a piece of barbarous cruelty, of which I bad been guilty in mv boyish thoughtlessness, for I be- lieve I had been savage enough to destroy the nest and its whole little innocent family of young oues. It was some time before I could recover resolution sufficient to pot my hand in a second time I however did so, but with care and caution, lest I should (a) Some natuulist. are of opinion that the hand, being so ready an inurnment 10 perform the commands of the head, often suggests things to iiie mind. Certain It is that it greatly serves to increase the delights ft the mind, as many great men have taken a pleasure in manual wit. Napoleon is said to have been oneSee Sir C. Bell on the hand. (n; 6ome writer lias started the questiou —Whether Cæsar, ha,1 he contended as a wrestler at the ring, would not have been as pronel of jji« victory, as he was of that at Pliarsalia, by which he became master (If itie world J General Massena, who it is well known was a common soldier for eleven years, was often beard to say, alter he became Mar. shall of Prance, that bis first promotion to the rank of Corporal gave hi", more plelllore than any olher slep of pioinotion afterwards. Alld perhaps the great Captain himself may advert to the first laurels he gamed, as having a!forde.1 him more plea-ure than those which crowned hi* fame at Waterloo. Fielding 1:0. no far as to say, that the siicccsafiil actors ill the scene may nOI hue derived Ihat degree ot gratification (wID ii, uhicb tile writer di,1 ill describing it. I leave thole matters, however, to Ihe cari04lI. But it i- cerlain that a pinl meuure may be a« full as II quart measure; and a pint of wiue will exhilirate one man thII as much ala quart will another. Dr, Johnson makes ase of a similar pluase to illastrate the degrees of happiness to be enjoyed in the next life —Vee Botwell'§ Life rf Johnton. (c) Recllbeos 11111 legalise fagi. (d) It is the doctrine of the Cfenrch 01 Rom*, that the spirit of the fleparled II lint cOnlined to tbe btisaful abode of the good, bOI il at liberty to return to this earth, and to rove from one country to another, but that it retains a stronger partiality to t-be spot where the body it inhabited is ioteued. Hence tbe origin of the Invocation of Saints. Whrn they piostrate themselves before the image, it is in the hope that t.) their prayers tbey will bring down the spirit Mtto Jt, and thereby answer their petitions.—See ilocheim's Ece. IMs. ie) See Bishop Watson's Lilt, by hiaMeU. bare again to upbraid myself with a similar let of btrbsrity, and found the occupants had all quitted their little palace—the end for wbicb it had been constructed being answered, it was no longer of any service. I fancied by the feel it was beginning to fall into a state of dilapidation, as if the tenants had quitted some week or two. I drew it out, and I perceived it was, as I had conjectured, beginning to exhibit symptoms of decay about the upper part. What a curious piece of architecture, said I-how complete in all its parts There is evidently a design in all this. Tbe wren is a defenceless little bird. and of a chilly constitution. How admirably has it chosen the site of its edifice, to secure both warmth and safety. It is far in the earth, warm, and nut of sight, and impenetrable to the outward air. I will not say that the root of ihe Iree, which it touched, had anything lo do with it Thou art a perfect little architect, said 1, apostrophyzing the absent tenant. Bnl where hast thou aCljuired all thill wisdom? Of whom hast thou learnl thy eXlraordiuary skill in architecture ? Was it of thy great namesake, Sir Christopher Wren ? If so, tboo art become wiser than thy teacher—more skilful than thv master. I will venture to assert, if he were now here, he woold confess thy superiority. Not a stink, or a moss, or a feather, could be found out of place, or that he could have placed better. Never for his king or his country did he choose the site so well, or construct a palace so finished and perfect in the adaptation of all its parts for the purposes for which it was designed, as the lillle wren has done his. Something wool(1 have required altera- tion, addition, or improvement. He could have wished he had, or he had not, done so and so, this or that. How humbling, how homiliting to the boastful and boasted reason of man is the superior instinct of this little animal, the most insignificant of the feathered race, the most diminutive of birds! And yet would this presumptuous, conceited little creature, man, circumvent the Deity, and direct him in the government of the universe Fools rush in where Annels tear to tread." Go to the ant, consider her WitVt. and be wise. The ox knoweth hi. owner, allll the ass hi. master's crib," I remember when I first went to see St. Paul's. Standing in the centre, untier the dome, and looking upwards, my mind could not grasp tbe vast space of the building both above and around me. I instantly connected wi'h it the great mind of the architect, who could contrive and constrncl all this. And I was tilled with a mixture of awe aud wonder at Ihe magnificence of the edifice, and (he illconceit able grasp of that intellect which could compass it all. Now, I dare affirm, that the architects of St. Peter's at ROllle (f), and of St. Paul's in London (g), with all their genius for the art, could never, with both their heads united, have been able to construct a dwelling so finished in all its parts and com- partments, as that of this little bird. But where, said I again, hast thuu acquired all this wisdom and skill, that shame and outdo the boasted reason of man I Methought he flew back at that very instant, and whispered in mv ear, The hand that covered me with feathers, taught me to build my nest." It is the Divine intelligence in the bird, which we call instinct! (h) Taking up the nest again in my hand, and contemplating it. In a few weeks there will be sad anarchy and derangement in this little tenement, now that the tenants have quitted it, espe- cially if the rain descends upon it. (And what anarchy and de- rangement will there be, said I, turning mv eyes inward into nnself, in this little tenement of mine, when the tenant has quitted it!) How strongly will it then retmnd one of some manor-bouse, or family mansion tumbling into ruins, the family having decayed, or died, or become extinct. Casting my eye on Dynevor Castle, at that very instant—there, I said, is a just emblem of what thou wilt be in a month hence. What an odd idea, the reader will say, to compare a wren's nest to a powerful castle, which has stood "the battle and the breeze" for a thou- sand years whose inhabitants were for centuries the Princes of this part of Wales, and who, from the present family upwards, can trace a long line, of almost royal ancestry, nearly to the Conquest. But let us take a view of the subject in all its bearings, and perhaps the comparison will not appear so strange. What is the length of the life of man compared with that of a bird? Perhaps the little wren thought the time it took him in building his dwel- ling, and rearing his family, as long as a man thinks his iu doing the same. What is the life of man now, compared to what it was before the Flood ? Tnere joa see at once how brief his short span of existence is become. And yet it is not at all impossible nor improbable he may feel his life now full as long as his Ante- deluvian forefathers did theirs, in their day. I Besides, this little nest has answered all the purposes for which it was constructed—it being no longer of any use, the inhabitants have quitted, and suffered it to fall into decay. That venerable castle has done no more and I am now more pleased to see it fallen into ruins, than if its broken pile were still complete," because it tells me at once what it was, and what it —it was built in those troublous times when civil broils and doinestio feuds distracted the land—and it is, now that those internal commotions are no more, having served all the purposes for which it was erected, suffered 10 fall into decay, as being no louger of any use and its present ruined state but proclaims thai we live in more peaceful times. (f) Michael Angelo. (g) Sir Christopher Wren. (h) See Burnett oil the Instinct of Birds.' [To be continued.]
PRIVCE ALBERTS VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM.
PRIVCE ALBERTS VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM. On Wednesday se'nnigbt. by appointment, his Royal Highness Prince Albert vbtM the workshop of the world," and had good cause to be gratified with the reception he experienced. His Royal Highness armed by a special train from Tamworth at twenty minntes to eleven o'clock, and was received at the Birmingham station by a guard of a hundred rank and file of the 83d Foot, under the command of Capt. Einsie, by the Mayor and Corporation, and by several hundred fashionably rlressed ladies and gentlemen. His Royal Highness, who looked in excellent health, was I attired in a blue dress coat, closed up to the throat, and decorated with two prominent rows of richly-gilt buttons, a delicate compliment, and intended, we doubt not, as snch, to the staple manufacture of the town of Birmingham. He also wore a light and elegant over-coat, open in front. His Royal Highness's dress was scrupulously plain but elegant, no star or order beiug visible, and his noble and courteous bearing at once won the good wishes and affections of all who saw him. The following address was presented to his Royal Highness by the Mayor :— To his Royal TTighii ss Field Marshal Prince Albert of Saxe Cobury and Ootha. M*y it please yoor Royal Highness,— We, the Mayor, Aldermen, anel linrgesaes, of the horon¡:h of Birmingham, approach your Royal Highness'* presence with feelings of exultation ami gratitude for the (iistingiiislie'l honour conferred upon «a by your Royal Highness's gracious visit lo our borough. VVe hail it as a mark of the confidence of your Royal Highness in the loyalty and affectioll of < ur hearts towards our beloved Queen, and of your Royal Higbness's appreciation of Ihe high respect and esleem that we enlerlain lor her Majesty's illustrious consort. h The personal virtues which so eminently distinguish your Royal Highness as a man, a husband, ancla father, it is our happiness 10 know, and our pride 10 ncknowledice. W e welcome your Royal Hialiness to this seat of industry and the arts; and we fervently pray the Supreme Ruler of the universe 10 vouchsale 10 onr "UlH gracious Sovrreign the Queen, to your Royal Highness, and,o your royal offspring, a continuance of His speci.il fa your and protection, and Ihal yon may ever possess and enjoy Ihe affec lion and esteem of a loyal, a prosperous, and a happy people." His Royal Highness said- Mr. Mayor,—I retnrn you my best thanks for this address, and can assure you ihat it has given me the createst pleasore 10 be able to come to lhis interesting town, which standsso pIe eminent amongst the manu- fsctnring towns of our country, and who«e welfare is so intimately con- nected with its prosperity. The Qneen has a very lively remembrance of the visit she paid 10 Birmingham on It former occasion, and of the cordiality wilh which she was receiverl by its 10).1 inhabitants." His Royal Hi-rhess then proceeded to inspect some of the piincipal manufactories of the town, calling first at the ex. tensive glass-works of Mess s. Bacchus and Son, in Dart- mouth-street, where he witnessed the different processes, and expressed himself much interested. While in theglass- house, a beautiful Iwo-handled cup was blown in his pre- sence, and a very elegant glass centre piece was produced by the new mode of pressing, a process somewhat similar to die stamping, and the rapidity with which the glass was passed through the different stages from its raw or liquid state till it was turned out from the mould perfect and fit for use, was regarded by his Royal Highness with great interest. The royal visitor was next conducted to the mixing room where the glass is prepared for the furnace. Here a large number of ladies were assembled, who cordially wel- comed his Royal Highness. The Prince was afterwards ushered into a long room, where a number of workmen were busily engaged at glass-cutting, the machinery being turned by steam. In this shop, a variety of articles in glass, of every shape and design, were in various stages of comple- tion, the busy operations of the workmen, and the din of machinery, presenting a scene of active life and iudnstry. His Royal Highness then passed on through the show-room* of the establishment, with the splendid display of which he expressed his admiration, and deputed amidst the hearty cheers of the workmen. The rolling mills of Messrs. Muntz, in Water.street, was the next establishment visited. His Royal Highness was conducted through the departments, where the various ope- rations of manufacturing the patent yellow metal were being carried on. He was first shown the metal in its liquid state, taken from the furnace, and cast in bars or pigs next the process of heating the solid mass, which, while in this state, was subjected to the operation of powerful tollers, turned by not less powerful steain machinery. The flattened bar, after being tilken from the rolls, was again subjected to the beat of the furnace, and once more passed under the rollers; and in this way, by fonr operations, the shapeless mass waS converted into a fine sheet of metal, cut by circular sheers ioto the required lengths, and prepared for coating vessels, for which it is found peculiarly fitted. His Royal Highness then proceeded to the papier machee establishment of Messrs. Jennens and Bettddge, Constitu- tion-hill, where he was shown the various stages of this beautiful manufacture, from the first process of pasting the sheets of paper together in the form of trajs, &c., till the article was turned out in its polished and highly-finished state. Prince Albert seemed much interested in the beautiful arts of enamelling, inlaying with pearl, and painting, which are carried on in sepai ate rooms, and he examined with much apparent gratification the many beautiful designs and views which were being transferred from the works of Landseer, Roberts, and other artists, to the more costly and highly ornamented articles intended for the diawing-ioom and boudoir. After examining the process of turning door- handles, vases, &c. on lathes, his Royal Highness was con- ducted to the show rooms, where lie appeared to be highly delighted with the magnificent and elegant collection of ar- ticles in papier macbee which were here displayed in the highest state of finish. On taking leave of Messrs. Jennens and Bettridge, his Royal Highness made particular mention of the great delight he had experienced in witnessing the rare and magnificent collection of articles displayed in their show rooms. A large number of ladies were courteously invited by the proprielors to their rooms on the occasion of the Prince's visit, and the many bright smiles he received in this establishment testified the favourable impression pro- duced by the affable and dignified bearing of his Royal Highness, no less than by the winning graces of his person. His Royal Highness appears to be an excellent judge of every matter relating to this branch of the Fine Arts, aud this beautiful manufacture may be allowed to rank amongst them. He also very condescendingly informed the propri- etors of a perfectly novel but very simple process of painting flowers, &c. on the papier machee ware, which gave a depth of colour, and a fidelity of uatuie, not accomplished by the ordinary method. After leaving Messrs. Jennens and Bettridge'* eittabtish. ment, his Royal Highness proceeded to the extensive gun and sword blade manufactory of Messrs. Sargent, in Char. lotte-street, where the new process of rolling gun barrels, and turning and boring them by steam machinery is very extensively carried on. The highly finished and perfect style with which the barrrel was turned out excited the ad- miratiou ot his Royal Highness, who very carefully examined a variety of guns which have just been completed by Messrs. Sargent for tbe Ordnance Department by order of go- vernment. By tbe aid of their very extensive and com- plete machinery. the proprietory are enabled to manufac- ture about a thousand guns of various descriptions per week, and if a necessity arose tor the sudden arming of a large military force this number could be doubled or quadrupled. On his Royal Highness entering and leaving the yard of the manufactory, the wotknien, amongst whom there are many old Wateiloo heroes, fired a royal salute in honour of the occasion. Leaving Messrs. Sirgent s, his Royal Highness proceeded through Henrietta-street and Charlotie-street, to the elec- troplating establishment of Messrs. Elkington, Mason and Co. This new and beautiful invention is here cariied on most extensively, the perfection to which the art is brought having superseded, to a gaeat extent, the old system of gold and silver plating. At this establishment are also manufactured solid gold and silver articles, deposited by the same agency as is used in the process of plating, the solid articles requiring a longer period for the process of de- position. Large quantities of rings, bracelets, and other light ornaments, were placed in a small basket and dipped in'a solution of gold, and in less than five minutes they were brought oot perfectly and beautifully The whole of the articles intended for plating are manufactured of German silver; those intended for gilding being composed of a yellow metal, formed chiefly of a mixture of brass. One of the most recent applications of this beautiful art is the coating of flowers, leaves, and rare plants, with gold, silver, or copper; birds, too, are subjected to the same process of embalming, and form exquisite specimens for cabinets and other collections. The invention, amongst the infinite variety of purposes to which it is being applied, has also been used in coating cloth and canvass with copper, as sheathing or covering for buildings; and by the same pro. cess wrought iron can &Ie coated with zinc, so as to prevent the injury arising from oxidation. His Royal Highness ex. pressed himself greatly pleased and interested in the various processes of this new and beautiful art in the carrying out and pofecting of which Birmingham claims the exclusive distinction. At the gill and silver plated button manufactory, his Royal Highness witnessed all the processes which the once staple commodity of Birmingham, the button, goes throngh from the rough metal to the beautiful polished article One of the latest patented improvements in this manufacture is what may be termed a moveable button, the shank being attached to the coat, to wbicb can be firmly put on any pattern of button which the taste of the wearer may suggest, and this he can change as often as it suits his pleasure. His Royal Highness next visited the Townhall, to which some hundreds of ladies had been previously admitted by ticket, and their presence produced a very animated effect. The Prince stayed here about a qnarter of an hour, and expressed himself mnch delighted with the great capacity of the organ, which was played by Mr. Stimpson. Priuce Albert next visited the Queen's College, Christ Church Schools, and the Fiee Grammar School, and at the latter place he partook of a cold collation in the private residence of the Rev. J. P. Lee. It was originally intended to have a grand entertainment for his Royal Highness's re- freshment in the Townhall, but he declined the honour. While at the Free Grammar School, Mr. G. R. Collis had the honour of presenting to his Royal Highness two elegant silver gilt medals, one of which had been struck at his works in commemoration of his Royal Highness's visit to Birming. ham; and the Prince was pleased to express hisaeknow. ledgements at receiving so very gratifying a tribute of respect. The medal, which was beautifully executed, and dedicated to the Duchess of Sutherland, bore on one side the profiles of the Queen and Prince Albert, and 011 the reverse the following inscription:—"Struck to commemorate the first visit of Prince Albert to Birmingham, 29th of November, 1843." The other medal was the one struck to commemorate the coronation of her Most Gracious Majesty. On leaving the Free Giammar School his Royal Highness proceeded along High street, the Bull-ring, Meriden-street, New Canal-street, &c., towards the Proof House, where, on his arrival, the Prince was received by the wardens, and witnessed the mode of proving and stamping the gun barrels, a process of the utmost importance to the trade of the town and the character of this important branch of our manufac- tures. While his Royal Highness was present, 136 gun barrels were discharged at the same time, and having had explained to him the manner of testing the barrels, his Royal Highness took his departure for the Railway terminus, having completed the round of visits which he had proposed to himself when he first notified his intention of seeing the 14 woikshops" and workmen" of Birmingham and having been everywhere received with a spirit of the greatest enthusiasm.
DIARY TABLE FOR 1844.
DIARY TABLE FOR 1844. The following table shows on what day of the week each day of every month falls throughout the year 1844. It cannot but prove useful to many of our readers, for it will supply some of the information afforded by an almanack, I and can easily be transferred to the pages of a diary or pocket book from its small size:— <s' • j, 5' I* ? •si -l-s = 5'! i' I = « IiujH M <5 P M JAN. 1 2j 3 4 5! 6 JULY 1 2 3 1 5! 6 7 8 9110.11 12113 7 8 I' 10 11 12 13 14 15 1G17 18 19 20 14 15 10 17 18 IY!20 21 22(2321 25 2G z7 21 22 li 24 25 2;> 27 2829130 31! 28 29.10 31 FEB. 12 3!; AUGUST 1 21 3 4 5 6 7 8 910 11 4 5 0 7 8 910 11 12JL3 14 15 10,17 j, 11 12 13 14 15 16 L7 4 5 6 7 8 910 11 4 5 0 7 8 910 11 12JL3 14 15 10,17 j, 11 12 13 14 15 16 L7 18 19 20 21 22 23[24 18 19 20 21 2J 23 21 25 20 27 28 29 25 20 17 28 29 30 31 MARCH 12 SI-PT. 1/ 3 4 5 O! 7 3 4 5 0 7 8 9! 8 9 10 U 12 13 14 10 11 12 1314 15 16! 15 16 17 IS 19 20 21 17 18 19|20 21 22I23 22 2 i 24 25 26 27 28 24 25 2027 2O 29.3J |j 2(j 30 31 J; OCTOBER 1 2 3 4 5 APKIL 1 2 3 4 5! 6 C 7 8 9 10 11 12 7 8 9.1011 12|13 13 1115 16 17 18 19 14 15 10 17 18 19 20 2H 21 22 23 24 25 20 2122 23 2125 2ii 27 2? 28 29 30 31 2829 30 NOV. 1 2 MAY 12 34 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5 «[ 7 8 9 10 111 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 12134415 10 I7I 18! 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 24 25 2(I 27 28 29 30 2627|2829 30 311 DEC. 12 3 4 5 6 7 June 1 8 9 lo LL 12 1344 2 3 4 5 0 7! 8 1516 17 1819 20 21 910 11 12 13 14 15 22 23 24 25 20 27|28 1617JL8 19 20 IL 22 2<JI>3I 2324 252627 2829' 30
EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE.----
EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE. Government Industrial Schools.—Government, it seems, are at length awakened to the necessity of doing something more than merely talk about educating the people. They are about to act. The Privy Council, as we gather from a paragraph in a morning paper, have ordered the plans of the first Industrial School under the new system to be published in their forthcoming report; it is to be erected at Kirkdale, near Liverpool, and is intended for the support and education of 1200 children, divided into three classes- infants, boys, and girTs. Well-ventilated workships for the teaching of carpentering, tailoring, shoemaking, &c. are found on the male side and upon the female side are those of laundry work, straw-platiing, &c. Some notion," says the paragraph in question, "may be formed of the extent of this edifice, by mentioning that the space occupied by the masonry alone will cover upwards of six acres of land. An infirmary, detached from the main building, is provided for all the diseases pt evalent among the juvenile poor." It would appear from this that the system of education is to be wholly of a useful, practical kind, so as to qualify the pupils for earning a respectable livelihood, and playing fitly and creditably the parts alloited to them on the great stage of the world. Dellomillaliollll1 Schools. While the Government and the Church party are berthing themselves, the Dissenters also, we are happy to say, are alive to the importance of taking practical steps for the dissemination of knowledge among the vaat masses of the people and the appearance which affairs wear at present leads to the enquiry whe her, after all, public education is not likely to be best promoted by each sect taking charge of the education of its own children, and Govermeut lending judicious aid where it can best be applied, and where it is most needed; while those parties who hive liberality enough to support a comprehensive school for all sects can still bestow their bounty on "alf of the British School system. The following reniarkjPn this subject have lately appeared in the Leeds Me?-cut-y There is no comparison between the efforts made by Christian men in connection with their own religious denomination, and those men on behalf or societies which have no su(,b religiooll connection and the causes of this fact are to be found, not onlv (as some have thought). in what we may call the strong weak- nesses of human nature—in the love of seel and party, bat in the sacredness of religious attachments and aifectioos, in the fulness of conscientious conviotiont, in the far greaier facility with which men act together, who have been long accu stomedto act together, in the stimulus, encouragement, and help they receive from daily intercourse with each other, and in the unreserved and efficient co-operation of the ministers with their flocks. •' Whatever arguments may be used to the contrary, an over- whelming practical demonstration in favour of denominational eworts to educate the country is given by the subscription of 150,0001. just raised by the church, for the establishment of church schools, and by the present splendid pioject of the Wes leyans for the establishment of Wesleyan schools. Cam any one believe that a twentieth part of the amounts tbulI given and ex- pected, would have been given for schools which were not con. nected with the respective sects? We do not believe it. We are therefore driven to the conclusion, that by for the most speedy and effectual way of attaining the education of the whole people, will be by each denomination taking its own share in the work, and by all the denominations exciting each other to a laudable emulation. The details of the Wesleyan plan seem to ns as judicious as its principles are sound. It is proposed 10 have on the average two additional schools in each circuit, one for (he town, and the other for the village population—to establish seven hundred schools in the course of the next seven years—to raise 200,000/. for ihis purpose, of wbicb 165,000/. lo be in local contributions fur the bniliiing and maintaining of day-schools, and 35,000/. as a general fund to be applied by the Education Committee of Conference in training teachers and assisting in the outfit of schools-to raise by an immediate effort the sum of 20,000/. to- wards the Xo.OOM.—and to raise the remainder by appropriating one-half of the General Chapel Fund," after the next jear, to educational purposes, and by a general collection in all the chapels, on a day to be fixed by Conference. Already, we learn from the Watchman, very liberal contributions have been put down, and a list will speedily be published. We trust that in all the operations of the several religious sects, there will be the kindliness and consideration of true Chriatian feeling that there will he no jealousy and no jostling, but a desire to portion out fairly the great field of labour that each set of labourers will be stimulated, not to covet another's portion, but to emulate another's activity, skill, and usefulness. If the motive be pure and right, the operations will be equally so. it' *I It would indeed be a noble spectacle, and worthy of the best limes of the church and the world, to see inighty energies pm forth by all Ihe sections of the church on behalf of the intel- lectual, mural, and religious training of youth, and to see. those sections moving, like the legions and squadrons of one great army, in harmonious co-operation, to vanquish the powers of darkness."
AGRICULTURE.
AGRICULTURE. THE WINTER CIIICUITS.—The necessity for the establishment of a winter circuit for the regular delivery of the jailit in the respective counties throughout England, by one of the Learned Judges, having been admitted, their Lordships have, we find, made the following arrangements with a view to the accomplishment of so desirable au olypct. It must, however, be borne in mind, that these assizes will be held for the trial of prisoners only. The trial of causes at Nisi Prius will be disposed of, as heretofore, at the cus- tomary spring and summer assizes. OXFOKD.-( Before the Hon. Baron Rolfe) Oxfordshire, Sa- turday, Dec. 9, at Oxford; Gloucestershire, Wednesday, Dec. 13, at Gloucester; Worcestershire Monday, Dec. 18, at Wor- cester; Shropshire, Thursday, Dec. 21, at Shrewsbury Staf- fordshire, Tuesday, Dec. 20, at Staflord._ WESTERN—(Before Sir J. T. Coleridge, Knight, and the Hon. Sir C. Creswtdl, Knight)- Souiliainpton, Wednesday. Dec. 20, at Winchester; Devon, Wednesday, Dec. 27, at Exeter. MfDLAND.-( Before Sir J. Parke) Warwickshire, Monday, Dec. 11, at Warwick Leicestershire, Thursday, Dec. 14, at Leicester; Nottinghamshire, Monday, Dec. 18, at Nottingham; Derbyshire, Wednesday, D«*c. 20, at Derby. HOME.—(Before the Hon. Sir C. Cresswell, Knight) — Essex, Saturday, Dec. 9, at Chelmsford; Kent, Wednesday, Dec. 13, at Maidstone; Sussex, Saturday, Dec. 16, at Lewes. WINE AND SPIRIT TRADK.—The Liverpool Courier of Wednesday last says—We have been favoured by Mr. William Dixon, juu., Chairman of the Wine and Spirit Association, with tbe following important communication, which must prove highly interesting and satisfactory to the whole of the Wine and Spirit Trade at the out ports. It may not be inappropriate to premise that before brandies could be cleared from bond, under the Treasury Minnte of the lltli august, conceded at the interview with the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, it was requisite for the slips to be referred to the Board of Customs in London, wttich caused a delay of some weeks. The inutility, the hardship, and severe infliction of this tedious and superfluous plan were strongly represented to the Treasury in Memorials from the Chairman, under date the 14th of September and the 7th inst., and praying that their Lordships would give direction for its immediate suspension by confiding the adjustment of the duties to the present zealous, vigilant, and talented officers at this port. The successful result of these applica- tions will be found in the followng official document, which was received yesterday morning Copy of Minute of Board of Customs, 21 st November, 1S43.— Tbe Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having been pleased. by their order of the 27th of October last, to authorise iheBoard to make allowances on account of deficiencies in excess of the legal quantity on brandies deposited in the bonded warehouses at the outports, beyond the allowances regu- lated by the Treasury order of the 8th of January, 1839, accord- ing as the circumstances of each case might appear to justify, provided the officers of this revenue should be satisfied that the deficiency had arisen from natural causes, and that no abstraction or improper interference had taken place:-Ordereci, that the same be communicated to the collectors and controllers at the several outports, for the information of themselves and the parties interested and with directions to the former to make the allow- ance in question without application to the Board, in those cases in which the deficiency in excess of tLe legal quantity shall not exceed three gallons per cask, observing that they are first to satisfy themselves that the deficiency had arisen from natural causes, and that no abstraction or improper interference had taken place; and that a written application is to be made to IhelJl by the parties in each case." POLICE, FOR CHINA.— ft is the intention of the Go- vernment to send out. twelve inspectors ol police and twelve privates to the island of Hong Kofg, 'he general corps to be selected from the natives, there. The inspectors are to be allowed 4001. per annum.—The Sun, commenting on this new piece of patronage to the Home Secretary, says—" That Right Honourable Functionary, who seems for some time past to hare relied, for his chances of Ministenal imnio tality, on the harsh and inflexible pertinacity with which he can enforce the ntmost rigours of confinement—(the humiliations, the intermeddling, Dogberry tyranny, authorised by recent statutes to be set in motion against prisoners for debt, who are to be treated with the same indignity as if they were convicted felons )-that Right Honourable Secretary has now a new career of distinction open to his ardent aspirations after official renown. To Hong-Kong, the whole surface of which—rivers, mountain*, woods, and morasses included, does not contain one-half of that comprehended by this capital and its suburbs, he is about to transplant two dozen constables, of the Whitehall, metropolitan police model. Happytbongbil Pretty patronage! Enlightened, majestic, statesman-like conception of means to aid the progress of motal civilization and commercial aggrandisement in that really marvellous and rapidly-advancing colony! But Sir James Graham is entitled to the credit of having maturely digested some points in the relations between this police expedition and the native people to whom if is addressed. If the twelve inspectors and twelve constables must continne to wear glazed and iron-bound beaveis, instead of patulous straw hats, or muffin shaped felts,—cordwainers' blnchers, in lieu of cork-soled shoes or silken boots,—blue cloth coats in place ot camlet jacket*, and Oxford grey woollens instead of figured satin indescribables; they will at least so far con- form to the social habits of the Hong-Kongese, and their Chinese compatriots, as to be "lettered men," and "carriers of lant horns. THE BISHOP OF NORWICH ON MECHANICS' hSTI- TUTION. At the conclusion of a course of lectures on optics, by Mr. Addams, at the Norwich Mechanics' Institution, the Bishop of Not wich ad-tressed the company 011 the advan- tages of such institutions. His lordship rentalked:— "I particulatly regret that, from my numerous engagements, I have been p>evented from attending more than one of the lectures at the Mechanics' Institution, because I may say most siucelely that I willingly support and entertain respect for the leehaincs' Institutions ot England. I have been on the most friendly terms with them, because I consider that, under proper regulations and rules, they must tend, in a most Important degree, to civilise the human mind, and impart knowlodge to the humbler classes. There are some, but then number diminishes, who say that knowledge is dangerous; I anj stiougly of a different opinion. My ob- ject i.is been, and I trust will be to tbe close of my life, to encourage every opportunity by which knowledge can be imparted, —Bury Post. INFIDEL PUBLICATION.— A CALL ON THE POLICF..— We had last night placed in our hands one of the most a ominable and blasphemous p oduclions which we ever reco lect to have seen, and which is now being clandestinely Circulated through our town. It is a printed page, headed Beauties of the Bible," and the object of its wretched authors is 10 advance the spread of infidelity, by turning the Word of God into scoff and derision. It is thrown into shops and doorways after dark, and we are afraid lar^e quantities have been thus circulated. There is no printer's name attached, but it is marked to be continued," and we would most earnestly and respectfully call on the police authorities 10 use every means in their power to discover the fabricators ot this vile document, which is calculated to produce the most pernicious mischief on those wuhin the range of its polluting influence.—Belfast Chronicle. ALLKGKD CHIM CON. — A C^SE that has made a con- siderable sensation is likely speedily to occupy the attention of the law courts. As a writ has been seived, declaration filed in court, and proceedings are in a state of forwardness to recover reparation at law, by the injured husband, though we are in possession of the n imes of the parties and full particulars, which we withhold, we may, without injustice to either, state a brief outline of the affair. The defendant, who is a man in the vale of years, sheriff of a county not a thousand inilestrnm the metropolitan one, became acquainted with the wife of the plaintiff, an Italian Count, through a Gallant Officer, some time last spring. The Count when abroad in June, and did not return until October, when he received information of the honour done his residence in his absence, by the defendant. Servants were examined, a niend consulted, letters proving beyond all doubt the crimi- nality of the guilty pair found in the lady's desk, and full proof for the establishment of a case of adultery plainly ap- peared. The lady was sent to her relatives, but the husband retains his children. The Countess (an English lady) has great personal attractions and elegant manners. We under- stand she fell a viclim to the flatteries and grand promises of her seducer, who offered all the temptations of wealth, and what wealth can bring. The defendant's letters are said to be extremely piquant and instructive. THE NEW DOCKS AT WALLASEY.—The sea-wall will extend from VVoodside Slip to Seacombe Slip, with a very shght inclination inwards to the entrance, and in a straight line from each slip respectively, the wall being nearly divided in two portions on each shore, and the longest on the Wood. side shore. The foundations for the outer, and also for the dock-walls, are extremely frvomable, and not a pile will have to be driven. The only places which are soft to a considerable depth are precisely those that have to be walled in, and very little excavation will be required. The outer harbour will have an open entrance of 302 feet in width and the main dock will communicate with the harbour by double gates, or locks, .extending westward into the pool with a slight obtuse angle, or elbow, a* far as the bridge at Poulton-cum-Seacomb^, The outer harbour is inten led to comprise an area of 31 acres, and will have a depth at low water of spring tides of 12 feet. The inner dock, in its un. interrupted length from the onter harbour to the village of Potilton, will comprise a water surface, or float for vessels of all burdens, of 130 acres, which, added to the 37 acres in the half-tide basin, will give 167 acres of floating surface for shipping, or about sixty acres of accommodation more than all the Liverpool docks put loeetlier.' The gates to this immense dock will be made sufficiently wide for the largest steamers afloat, or likely to be constructed. The margin of the pool will be appropriated by the various owners of the property for wharfs, slips, warehouses, and sheds. There will be shipwrights' yards and graving docks adjacent and there will also be a tunnel made nnder the town of Birken. head, from tue tunnel at Monk's Ferry to the margin of the docks. The cost of the contemplated construction is said to be abollt300,000I,; and it is contemplated it will be accom- plished without resorting to taxation. The whole of the wo ks are intended to be constructed by the Commissioners of Birkenhead with funds raised on the credit of the under- taking. Whatever rates are received beyond what is neces- sary to pay the interest of the loans, and whatever funds may arise from property acquired or disposed of, will be applied in reducing the principal of the debt, "ntil the works shall have been relieved from all incumbrance. If the time should ever arrive (and such a time i> confidently antici- pated) when the works shall become free of rates, the cheapness of the dock accommodations of Liverpool cannot fail mateiially to advance the interests of the port.—Liter- pool Chronicle. DREADFUL FJRE AND Loss OF SEVEN LIVES —A most fearfal calamity occurred about three o'clock on Wednesday morning week, at W llersey, a small village in this county, on the borders of Worcestershire, situated between Broad- way, Worcestershire, and Chipping Campden, Gloucester- shire, and about five miles from Evesham. A fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Rimell, farmer, and burnt with such rapidity and fury that Mrs. Rimell, five children, and a chairwoman, were all burnt to death. Six of the bodies, presenting a most shocking spectacle, have been found in the ruins, and an inquest was to be held on them yesterday or this day, (Saturday). The remains of Mrs. Rimell were a mere skeleton of charrea bones, and the sight was peculiarly afFecling, as the bones of the mother's arms enciicled as in a protecting embrace the skeleton of her child. The fol- lowing particulars of this most deplorable catastrophe are given in a second edition of the Cheltenham Chtonide "We deeply regret to announce a most destructive fire, attended by the loss of not less than seven lives, which dieadful calamity occurred yes'erday( Wednesday ) morning, at Willersey, a small village neai Evesham. The fire broke out about three o'clock in the morning, in the house of Mr. Rimell, who occupies a small farm in that village. Mr. Rimell awoke at that hour and found the house in flames. At that time the inhabitants consisted of Mr. Rimell, his wife, eight children, and a woman who had been employed in the house. RimeU immediately got ont of the bed-room window, escape by way of the staircase being rendered impossible by the progress of the flames, with the intention of p.ocuring a ladder by which lo lescue his family. He returned too late, however, to effect his object, and his wife, with five of his children, were burnt to death before the eyes of the unhappy father. This awtnl calamity has created a great sensation in the neighbourhood. The following account from our own correspondent at Evesham, gives a more detailed statement of the occurrenceI send you the particulars of afire which occurred in the village of Willersey, near this town, between three and four o'clock this morning. It appears that in the course of yesterday, a chimney in the house of Mr. Himdl, who rents a small farm at Willersey, caught fire, and it is supposed that it was completely put out—but un- fortunately such was not the case, for about three o'clock in the morning, Mr. Rimell awoke and found the house was on fire. He immediately got out of the bed-room window, and brought a ladder, hoping to rescue his wife, eight children, and a poor woman from Weston, who had been washing at Mr. Himell's. Such, however, was not the case, for, dreadfutto relate, Mrs. Rimell, five of the child reu, anll the poor woman, fell saciifices to the devouring flames. Mrs. Rimell might have been saved, but when her husband begged her to come down the ladder, she exclaimed, *.Oh, my poor chi'dren,' aud ..returned into the room, when the floor sank under them, und they were not seen again until dug out of the ruins me e cinders. The age of the eldest child burnt is nine years and a half-the youngest one year and a half. It appears a miracle that any one of the family escaped. Poor Rimell has lost all b-s clothes, furniture, and money; and but for the intrepidity and skill of the fire brigade of the Birmingham District Office, the whole village of Willersey would, ill all probability, have now lain a heap of ruins. What udds to this melancholy event it that the woman who came from Weston to wash for Mrs. Rimell was a widow, and has left eight unfortunate oiphansto bewail her loss.— I assure you this awful visitation hds cast a gloom over every grade in this place. It appears by another ac. count, that the three surviving children escaped, two of them by a low window and the third by wav of the staircase, before it; was, rendered impassable by the flames.—Glou- cester Jourual. WAU-OFFICE. — Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to uider that the 58th Regiment of Foot shall, on account of Its recent achievements at Roches er, be per- mitted to add a door knocker to its colours.— Punch. ABSENCE OF MI\D.~JII a state of mental absence, a young man demanded the hand of a young lady, and only perceived his error when he got her faihei'sfoot inhisrear. BANKRUPTS from Friday's Gazette. To 8uI render in litisinghali street. THOMAS ALFORD, licensed victualler, Harrow-road, PaddiDgton. Dec. 12, Feb. 8. Alt. Berkeley, Lincoln's llln-tidds JOHN HART, tailor, Quadrant, Recent-street, Dec. 8, Jan. 12. Att. Teague, Crown-court, Cheapside. RICHARD WILLIAM ELLIOTT, silversmith, Comptnn-street, Clerkenwell, Dec. 8, Jan. 12. Alt. Evans, Lincoln's Inn fieldt. JAMES SMITH, carpenter, Darenth, Kent, Dec. 12, Jan. 17. Alt. Tripp, Gray's Inn-square. 7'0 Surrender III "Ie Country. CHARLES WILLIAMS, currier, Sunderland, Dec. 12, Jan. 23, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Att. Snowball, Bishop Wearmouth. WILLIAM STONE, printer, Birmingham, Dec. 13, Jan. 16, at the Birmingham District Court. Atts. Haywood and Webb, Bir- mingham. ROBERT LOWES, innkeeper, Sunderland, Dec. 8. Jan. 22. at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Dislricl Court. Att. Welford, Hexham. JOHN JONES, ship-builder, Conway, Carnarvonshire, Dec. H, Jan. 9, at the Liverpool District Court. Att. Roberts, Car- narvon. THOMAS FAWCETT and JOHN MUIR, builders, Hollingworth. Cheshire, Dec. 16, Jan. 12, at the Manohester District Court, Att. Hibbert, Cheshire.
.PRICE OF G It,% I N. -Pet-…
MARK-LANE, LONDON, Monday, Dec. 1.— We have an in- creased supply of English Wheal this morning, but oicmg to the continued dampness of the weather, the condition and quality uene rJt.S/Jare "lucA complained of. From the difficulty in selrctino the Millers were induced to give quite as good ?erior xumnllf dej,crtPfa* Monday, but the coarse and in- is per nuarter a^d'n Uttle.l.n retfegt lhat the reduction was full nf atthe'closr'n fit 2 quantity remained undisposed °l tke ?Xf°f lkf.d'ly- moderate inquiry only prevailed for lioveiyn Wheat, and the beat sampies fully realised previous nrice* but sates icere. niore slow of other sorts, at a slight decline in some instances. Fine Malting Barley was very steady in value, but many samples being of a secondary character were sold at a decline of Jull is. per qui rter Fe have had but few Oats lately from Ire. land, though from Scotland and coastwise many vessels are now dropping HI j for Irish samples the trade is toieruHy firm but English and Scotch are from lid. to is, per quarter cheaper.~ilalt steady, and in Flour no material variation. PRICE OF G It,% I N. -Pet- litapet-itd Qsai-ter. *• *■ s. t 4 Wheal, Red 38/<> 42 Maple. 3<w,. 31 Fine 44 10 White — jj White, (new; 34 40 Boilers sti 3d DI<1 41 43 Small (leans 34 35 t|»»e 54 Old Jtj ;,s Sii|,«iAue — — Ticks mi 29 — — Harrow 34 28 32 Feed l);«u |g "arley, grinding ifi 27 Fme 2.. Ditto, Hue malting 32 34 Poiaml 21 2J Mail 54 56 Fine 22 23 Fine as tit) Potato Its lio6 Peas 28 29 Fine Ij :ttJ Fl.OUlt, per Sack ot 28u(b. j Meat 45». lo 60s. | Seconds 40j. to 45,. J PRICK 011 SEEDS. litrbitsit. It. S. I iiinip, Swedes, per bush.—lo — Clover, Red, per cwt 4tt 65 0ilier toils 10 1» Flemish 7S Muaiard, 10 ll ———— New Hamburg — I While 8 9 French 42 50 JL ^aiiaiy per tjii.ii'lei 80 !)3 Trefoil ># 27 jl K)e Grass — — Caraway 53 i I ares, winter, per balhd.. Ii ¡ COI"JlIIIII"r J5 110 jl AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN, per Qr. I For the Week eliding Nov. :t5, 1813, and by which nnpuilatioii f is regulated. f d. rf. 4. jl Wheat 51 II Oats •« •• 19 Means 32 4 FL Bailey I I Ky« 30 8| Peas 33 7 1 PRICE OF MEAT.—SMITHFIEUI, Dec. 4. I Beasts were moderate in quantity, but the quality in general being | very so-so, the few really prime Hcotssold readily at 4s. id. There I tea* a little viore demand than for some weeks past for Herefords I JJurhams, and Short.horns, but without improvement in value the 1 prices ranging from 3s. to 3». »d.~ Mutton was more called 'for 1 choice old l)owns making 4s. tirf., and a good trade effected in other I descriptions at advanced prices. Calves, which went up to id. on Friday, were again in good request at a further improvement of td. i the choicest delicate Veal going ojf bristly at 4s.iid., and all cleared I off early.- There was also rather more demand for Pigs, and the î I small dtiiry-fed advanced to 4a, Cd. To sink the otfal—per 8lbs. M Heef 3s. Od. to 4s. td. Veal 3,. 2d. lo 4,. g.|, Mutton 3s. Od. lo 4s. 01. Pork.. Js. 0,1. 4,. j NKWGVII; and [I1*II|INHU.I,— lly the Carcase Keel. '2i, to 3s. 4«1. Veal *2a. 4' lo 4*. 0;|, J' Muitoa .• 2s. 4<t. lo :h». 4:i. I'orlc .# Ss. &l. t»* -i PRICE OF TALLOW AND SOAP7/>ER Cwt. ] s. d. s. d. t. d. PRICE OF TALLOW ANI) SOAP, per Cwt. ] s. d. s. d. t. d. Town Tallow 45 0 Melted Slutf ..31 0 Curd ditto 'j» 0 Yellow Russia — O Ditto Rough 2(» 0 Palm — 0 r Dilto Soap 18 Ol Yellow Soap.. — III Gicaves II O White ditto.. — 0 J Molded ditto.. 52 o| Die^s 5 0 BRISTOL PRICE CURRENT.— Dec. 1. SUUAH, II. II. CUH-Kli. II. Muse, very l!rown(perc.) 501u5¡ Fine fit- 112/114 Dry Drown 58 59 Very fine 120 125 Middling. j SO (II KUU, II. d. II d. Good middlings i ti-i 05 Jamaica (per gal.) it 4 3 6 Good and tine.. J 6(; d1 Leeward Isle 1824 ,\Iolulu M 23 i.ouwoon. £ II, t:, II. Jamaica (per tou.) 50-13 COPKKK. Nt, IJolnlngo 9 0 III 0 hmaica, triage (per cwt.) 60 ti5 Campeacliy 0 0 0 tf Ordinary 08 70 Fustic, Jamaica 5 0 0 • tJood ditto 72 15 Cuba .8099 ditto 78 88 oil.. Middling 105 115 1 Gallipoli (per tun) ..S40MO linoil ditto 140 125 Sicily AO 0 SI It PKICE OF LEATHER. ji lb. lb. d. d. lb. lb. d. d. Crop Hides 3o{<>35.. \ltuli German Horse Hides ..I3(ul6 Ditto dillo -10 48..12 13 Horse Dolts .if 13 Ditto ditto 50 60..15 17 GalfSldn" 51 64..MM Fuieigu Hides 30 35..10 ll Diilo(coiiimon).. ■— —22 23 Dilto ditto 40 45.. 10 11 Dillo ditto 40 45..lri 18 *1 Butts, Kllgllbl) 10 20..UJ I5j Dillo dilto 45 56..17 22 Dilto ditto 24 2ti.,15 IU Dillo dillo SO 100.. 18 20 Ditto ditto 28 30..15 17 Irish Skins .14 10 hllto dilio(exira) 34 30..15 18 Welsh Skins 27 31..13 15 Ditto, Foreign.. Id 20..13 1 li Ditio ditto 40 45..16 18 Dilio ditto 22 25..12 14 Dillo dilto 15 50..21 23 j Ditto ditto '^8 30.. 13 15 Ditto dilto 52 54S..22 28 j Ditto <lilto(eiilra)34 30..13 If) Kips, English and Welsh 13 is ■! It. Saddlers' Hides 37 40..13 14^ |)uto, Pctersburgh tl 8..17 19 Common ditto • -15 40..13 |3j Ditto rt it to 9 10..15 18 Miaved Hides 18 'i'i.. 14 19 Dillo, East India ..13 20 •Mioe ditto 20 23.. 13 |3 £ Seal Skius, Large Common ditto.— — Dillo, Small ..10 17 ( Welsh Hides .I2 £ I3 £ Basils -.0 in Bull ditto •• ..10 12 Shoulders, English ,.10 11( Knglisb Horse Hides ..12 13 Ditto, Foieign ..T )t Welsh ditto.11 13 Bellies, English ..llljlt Spanish dillo .14 20 Dillo, Foreign 7 10 Su, » ilhout Bolts,—i. to -a. Od. ea. Printed and Published by WILLIAM COURTENAY MURRAY AND DAVID REB5, AiNo. 58, WINU-ST»BKT, SWAM.IEA. | SATURDAY,-DECEMBER 9, 1843-
GLEA NINGS.
GLEA NINGS. DEMOSTHENES AND CICERO.—Demosthenes, from fhe force, rapidity, and mighty vehemence with which he barns »nd sweeps all away before him, may be compared to a storm, or a thunderbolt; while Cicero is like a lambent flame, which, spread- inK around, feeds opon and consumes everything as it advances, and maintains its destructive energy, nourished and supported, from time to time, by the fuel of various kinds which it is oon- tinually finding in its progress.—Spur dens' Longmus. RUINS. —Ruins, in some countries, indicate prosperity; in others, decay. Iu Egypt, Greece, and Italy, they record the decline and fall of greai empires; in England, Scotland, and Wales, they mark the abolition of feudal tyranny, the establish- ment of popular freedom, & the consolidation of national strength. The lawless power formerly distinguished among petty chiefs is now concentrated in tbe legal magistrate. The elegant villa has succeeded to the frowning castle. Where the wild deer roamed, the corn now waves; the sound of the hammer has drowned the war-cry of the henchman.—Anderson's Guide to the Highlands. ORIGIN OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE.—A North Ame- rican chieftain will harangue his tribe in phraseology, which is quite as tropical as any that has been used in the Rast nor does this, in either instanoe, raise from any inherent or peculiar taste for poetry. Why is it that a Hebrew denominates a spark of tire the son ol-the burning coal ? Was it originally from any inherent taste for poetry I -Most gssaredty not. When the expression was first used, bis language did not afford any single word lo describe a spark Hence a circuitous and tropical mode of speech was itrqiosed upon him, not by choice, but by necessity. In fact, the result would br just the same, whenever a foreigner, imperfectly acquainted with the language of a country, has to converse with the natives of it.—Goodltngk's Lectures. THE SEA.—The mean depth of the sea is, according to La Place, from four to five miles. If the existing waters were increased only by one-fiurlb, it would drown tbe earth, with the exception of some high mountains. If the volume of the ocean were augmented only by one-eighth, considerable portions of the present continents would be submerged, and the seasons would be changed all over the globe. Evaporation would be so much extended, that rains would fall continually, destroy the harvest, and fruits, and flowers, and subvert the whole econnmv of nature. There is, perhaps, nothing more beautiful in our whole system than the process by which tbe fields are irrigated from the skies, the rivers are fed from the mountains—and the ocean restrained within bounds, which it never can exceed so long as that process continues on the present scale. The vapour raised by the sun from the sea, floats wherever it is lighter than the atmosphere condensed, it falls upon the earth in water; or attracted to the mountains, it gathers olllbeir summits, dissolves, 3nd perpetually replenishes the conduits with which, externally or internally, they are all furnished. By these conduits, tbe fluid is conveyed to the rivers which flow on tbe surface of the earth, and to the springs which lie deep in its bosom, destined to supply man with ..purer element. If we suppose the sea, then, lo be considerably diminished, the Amazon, and the Mississippi, those inland seas oJ Ihe weSlerD world, would become inconliidernblli brooks the brooks would wholly disappear, tbe atmosphere would be de- prived of its due proportion of humidily a I nature would as- sume the garb of desolation; the bird would droop on the wing, tbe lower animals would perish on the harren lIoil, Ind man him- self would wither away like the sickly grass at bis feet.— Quarterly Review. ° THOUGHTS IN WINTER.—It were selfish to gather round our firesides, and circulate the laugh of cheerfulness and health, without a thought or deed of pity for the poor sufferers that struggle with the winter storms of nature or of life. Who can help looking at this season with a more considerate and reveren- tial eye upon the old man. to think where he may be? Year after year he has been shaken by the December winds, but not yet shaken to his fall deeper and deeper the returning frost has crept into his nature,—and will it reach the life-stream now? You watch him as you would the last pendulous leaf of the forest, still held by some capricious fibre, that refuses, perhaps, to part with it to the storm, and then drops il slowly through tbe still air. You gaze at him as he stands before IOu. and wonder that yoa can ever do so without awe: for the visible margin of ex- istence crumbles beneath him, and be slips into tbe unfathomable. And as the tempest wakes us on our pillow, it is but common justice to our human heart to send out a thought over the cold and ye1ted Ilea, in search of Ihe poor mariner tluet buff, (5 wilb the night, or perhaps sinks in that most lonely of deaths, be- tween the black heavens that pelt him from above, and the insa- tiable waste that swallows him below. Nor will generous and faithful sonts forget the dingy cellar or tbe crowded hovel, wbere, in a neighbouring street, the fevered sulferer lies, and the ravings of delirium and the sporls of children kre heard together, or life ill ebbing away iu consumption, hurried to its close by the chili breftth of poverty and winter. Oh could we but see the dread gripe of want and disease upon hundreds of this country at this moment, and hear the crit-s of hungry chil- dren, and tbe moan of otitended sickness, the only difficulty would be, not to stimulate our generosity to do enough, but to persuade it to work out its good with patience and with wisdom — Rev. James Martineau. THE MORAL EVILS OF WEALTH.—lam obliged, says the Rev. o. Dewey, in his" Moral Views of Comtnerce, Society, and Politir", to regard with conMiderahle distrust the illflueooe of wealth upon individuals. I know that it is" mere instrument, which may be converted to good or to bad ends. I know that it is often used for good ends but I more than doubt whether the chances lead that way. Independence and luxury are not likely to be good for any man. Leisure and luxury are almost always I bad for lin" man. I know that there are noble exceptions. But I have seen so much of the evil effect of wealth upon the mind- making it proud, haughty, and impatient; robbing it of its sim- plicity, modesty, and humility bereaving it of its large, and gentle, and considerate humanity: and I have beard such testi- monies, such astonishing testimonies, to the same effect, from those whose professional business it is to settle aud adjust the affairs of large estates—that I more and more distrust its boasted advantages. I deny tbe validity of that boast. In truth, [ am sick of the world's admiration of wealth. Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world have been achieved by poor men poor scholars ami professional men poor artisans and artists poor philosophers, and poets, and men of genius. It does appear to me, that there is a certain staidness and so- briety, a certain moderation and restraint, a certain pressure of circumstances, that is good for man. His body was not made for luxuries; it sickens, sinks, and dies; under them. His mind was not made for indulgence it grows weak, effeminate, and dwarfish, under that condition. It is good for us to bear the yoke; and it is ellpecially good to bear the yoke in our youth, I am persuaded that many children are injured by too much Itt- tention too much care bt too many servants at home too many lessons Itl school too many indulgences 10 society tbey are not left sufficiently to exert their own powers, to invent their own amusements, to make their own way tbey are often ineffi- cient and unhappy they lack ingenuity and energy, because they are taken out of the school of Providence, and placed in one which our own foolish fondness and pride have built for them. Wealth, without a law of entail to help it, has always lacked the energy even to keep its own treasures; they drop from its imbecile band. What an extraordinary revolution in domestic life is that, which, in this respect, is presented to us all over the world A man, trained in the school of industry and frugality, aoquires a large estate bis children possibly keep it but the third generation almost inevitably goes down the rolling wheel of Fortune, and there learns the energy necessary to rise again. And yet we are, almost all of us, anxious to pot our children, or to ensure that our grand-children sh-ill be put, on this road to indulgence, vice. degradation, and ruin !-Tbill ex- ces-ive desire and admiration for wealth is one of the woritt trails in cur modern civilization. We are, if I may say so, in an an- fortunate dHemma in this matter. Our political civilization has opened tbe way for multitudes to wealth, and created an iosali able desire for it; but our mental civilization has Dot gone far .enough to make. right use oi it.
I COPPER ORE,
COPPER ORE, Sold at TRURO. NOV. 30#A UUR MINES. 21 CWT. PURCHASERS. PRJCE. Contois Mines.. 116 Williams, Foster, nnd Co. > .H I Ditto 110 Ditto « « « oitto. 100 Ditto Ditto 98 Ditto » 2 2 Ditto. 90 Ditto •" 2 Ditto 87 Ditto „ „ Ditto 85 Ditto „ •' '] Ditto «4 Ditto •* I Ditto <i« Ditto '? Ditto 52 Ditto '• \Z Ditto 41 Vivian 19 0 Ditto 38 Williams, Foster, and Co. 34 6 IT 37 ^"K'ish Copper Co., & Vivi;ni St Soil's* 4 1 fi United Hills 127 English Copper Co., and P. Greufell an!' Sons. a i.) „ Ditto 120 Viviiin and Sons R Ditto 108 English Copper Co., and P. GrenfJl'l and Sons. „ Ditto.102 English Copper Co. J D'llo 97 P. GrenMI and Sons n o Ditto yii Vivian and Sons J? ° •• 82 English Copper Co., Freeman & Co. r. and P. Grtnfell and Sons 6 I o Ditto. 78 P. G; enft II ;iod Sons £ .i oonili Caradon.. 102 Mines Royal Co. Ditto 96 Williams.'Fosirr, and Co" 5,? » Ditto. o* Mines Royal Co. f; jMto 74 Vivian an') Sons k Ditto t;s l\ Grenltll and Sons 5 i<j d VX7 ur 1 1" J'ons' aiu' Freeman & Co. 4 lo 0 W. Wn. Jewel.. b0 Freeman & Co., and Sims, Willyams, „ Nevill, Druce, and Co 9 o Ditto 78 Fieeinau and Co e o « Ditto es Ditto 2 8 Ditto 67 Ditto 3 0 Ditto frj Ditto, and Williams, Foster, and Co. 5 4 R Fowey Consols.. 97 Williams, F ster, and Co. t r „ Ditto 8<! V,vian and Sons a ,1 2 Dillo 85 Freeman and Co. 4 Hallcnbeagle 87 Knelish Copper Co. 2 |i, „ Dillo 8<j Williams. F, ster, and Co*. 1! ".1 4. „ Dmo. 6:1 EnRltsh Copper Co Dilto 14 Ditto 20 Tresavean Mi Williams, Foster, and Co.* 6 o « Ditto. 6 -l Vivian and Sons ? T il'Vr ;r>l> u/ Grenfell and Sons 3 Treleigh Consols 58 Williams, Foster, and Co » 2 Ditto. 4y Vivian and Sons t ,1 X Ditto. 35 English Cooper Co 2,. "finf.!1" £ East Downs 5(1 Dilto f .« Ditto. 27 Crown Copper Co, WilliamV, ° n Foster, and Co n <> Creegbraw* 30 Williams, Foster, and Co.. 4 « Ditto. English Copper Co. 7 o 5 Ditto. 25 Ditto. P. Grei.rell ami Sons, and Sim's*. Marke Vallpv 7^ v Nevill, Diuce, and Co. 5 ,j n wu Z y" 75 Vjv'an and Sons n £ im8' Wi'ly*™. Nevill, Drace, & Co 2 4 Tre?oihnan Con. J3 Vivian and Sons ?. Wh.lolgus Williams, Foster, and Co. .7 5 g i Total 3 859 vii,-Q".Iltity .( fine Copper, '261 tolis S cwt. 0 of Stl,, C-ZO,,)17 98. Sta a,. I., X 117 1,. 0,1. I METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL, kept by JOHN JENKINS, Wind-street, Swansea. ¡ 0 1 11 App. Latitude of Observatory 51" 37" ION. Longitude 3 55 30 j Height above Level of the Sea 40 feet. 1IA HOM KTKIt HYGROMKTKH. THERMOMETER. Pt.UVtOMATHR. 9A.M. { 3 P.M. 9 A.M. 3 P.M. 9 A.M. 3 P.M.. Qua'tuiy of A.M. P.M. Kain. Temp. Tetnu. J Pressure. of Pressure. of Air. Dew Air. Dew Dry. Wei. Dry. Wet. Min. Max. In.Tenths. Hunri. Temp. Tetnt). J Pressure. of Pressure. of Air. Dew Air. Dew Dry. Wet. Dry. Wer. Min. Max. In. Tenths. Hunct. f Mer. Mer. Nor. I 28 30-32 50 30-34 50 50 49 50 50 48 47 51 51 45 54 0 „ 0 „ 4 29 ,57 49 ,58 50 50 49 49 47 48 47 47 46 40 54 0 „ 0 „ 1 30 57 48 -40 50 47 49 49 49 45 45 47 47 38 54 0 0 „ 1 Dec. 1 ,26 48 ,26 49 47 46 48 47 45 44 47 46 42 | 48 0 „1 „ 3 2 „ -21 46 „ -32 47 44 44 46 46 42 42 46 46 37 f 46 0 „ 0 „ 0 3 -53 47 -53 48 47 47 48 47 49 49 50 50 40 51 0 0 „ 3 4 -55 48 -53 49 1 47 47 1 48 48 1 48 | 48 50 1 50 j 41 51 1 0 0 2 A slronomical P lrenomena A telescopic Comet was discovered nenr the Star Gamma in Orion, on the 22d ult., by M. Faye, of the Royal Observatory, Paris. On the 29)h it was observed by Sir J Sonth, at Kensington Observatory, who found its right ascension to be about 5h. 21m. 37s., declination, N., 5b. 34m. 32s. High Water in Swansea Harbour and at the Passages FOR TIIE ENSUING WKliK. n SmNiU HtKBDUR. Til tc Ptss<«»8. *,i' ) Hlorn. Even. Height*. Morn. Hmh. M. N. H. M. P, I. «. ». II H Saturday OtC. 9 1 li 7 30 ( 17 1 s 33 8 .V» Snnday 10 7 49 8 8 17 2 # !> 9 SA Monday II 8 23 8 41 18 e # y. •* •* 11 9 a 0 -T 18 » 10 47 VVednetilay 13 9 4,, 10 |3 ,s 2 |,i 9 1 liiusday J4 10 3!) n j 7 w 2- Fnday 15 11 38 14 2 j 38 | 20 )lOON'. Aot,—Xai( Quarter, 14lli day, ..b. 4O111. eveu. I