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THE EMIGRANT'S WIFE. I BY THOM.VS VAVCHAN. I I blushed when first mi asked me, dear, Your little humMc liome to share, And said 1 should a glory there Shed en-r bright and free; nut 'twas ft mien's modest blush That did o'er brow and bosom rmh, For in the sigh I could not hush 1 breathed a 44 yes" to thcc. Since then tllat yes" has ever been My rruide through wedlock's changing scene, Y\ hm 'twas 0)' gloomy or smac, '1'3 all the same to me 0 did a tear skal from my eye \Vh< u WH s or cares have its come nigh, It was but wben 1 caught a sicrh From thcc, my mate, from thee. J did not deem. e'en when a hritk, That 1 should uhcnf* smoothly glide "With thee udow n life's rolling tide, Although I knew 'twould bo As smooth as you could make it dear, 11" that which should smooth all thing* hero Tor men like wear and tear- Hard work, I mean by thee. "Hut since from bad to worse our state Ha* grown in spitv of 011, my mate, And 'tis (k(,f('f'(11)y mnp, or fare, That thou mmt cross the sea Yet think not thou nhwe shalt go- 'lis now that L CRn truly show That I (un thine in weal «1r woe, As once I pledged to thee. I lore this little cottage henrth, I low the land that gave me birth, The Itin(I that would be u heaven on wrth"^ If nil w('l'e 1m'r rih thl'e; But the time and tid, shall come Thot Ink. s thcc from niir much-loved home, Yel so whatever 1nnd you rnnn\ THAT shall be home to me. All tlii: thol he endured, Far belter, dear, than be immured. In gloomy w alls, like thieves secured And reft of liberty; And 'nep our fate if here i?c sia! The coming of the evil clay, Whilst if i. savage lands oway. We shall at least be free. Hereiord.

INCIUKNTS OR ( ANAPIAV TRAYI L.—Chamben s :E,/i, tirgk )(11/1'1,"1. TUEBBC. A« -ren from the river, Quebec has ft most imposing f»H;e.vance, The bold promonotry, crowned by the Vm'Nww»ts of th<* cilwdel, rises like a perpendicular wall Immediately behind the lower town, which nestles *ir |,i« fret, and which it has the appearance of crushing M-to the water. The npirts and roofs of the upper town, f<i\or<<! with tin, and elis'ening in the sunshine, are *»en pvrring over the fortifications, the only connecting link between the two towns, on the St. Lawrence side, beivig 1% street, appropriately called Mountain- ..tr(>(.t, which strucc'rs up a cleft in the rock. In some places *he battlements of rape Diamond seem to impend o*ei Champlain-sltect, alomjand na^tow stfeet, which ivads 10 the western extremity ofth. lower town. Immediately on passim the city, the river expands ♦o nearly treble width. Both banks' arc very lofty, that too the south ftlopine down to the water's edije, and being covered tvith the richest foliate. The north bank, on winch «he city stands, is rui?<?ed, precipitous, and almost Iinkrd. At the end ofCbamplam-suect, are many build- of ,hi,h, a- we •he stocks, and nearly ready for launching. 1 Hen came >ho 4 oovrj*, AA they arr ??ll,d. ?.(l ,bi?h are neithl vrnrp nor Ipu than those portions of the beach on which »hc limber merchants tr:\nRAct th{>\1' bUI\\neS8,- Wolfe's core i nbrut tW0 mi1ps ?b?,? the town and i? t'? <.?/ at ?!j!. tLt'?)!?tE<.ntra)'itrt)f:?<-dwi/h r,i.nr,nv.?<]?fi)!prv'.pana)mostpcrpendi<-u)arcM. to!.?n?(.r?!n?ofAT.r??m?M<on?h)ehhe<'ft<-r- t.r.).)?th?)i''cn?t!n"thfdp<-)<)T!-Mtion which .tr.)? 'ht. last blow at French dominion in America. f?,11(i%v epei,. nihpr in (:lose succession for nearlv • W miles, the whole beach being lined for that (iiMiree with vast quantities of timber, squared, and fcady for shipping. MONTREAL AND THF. NATTDS. •< While Quebec owes its chief celcbnly tors com- mandlri* military po.i.ion. Montreal hns few »d«n».8M point of view, the mrnnstest piece of tortiti- cntion nhnut it b<>in!? on the island of ht. Helen 8, a little below the city, and about midway between both fcinhs of the liver. It is, however, admirably suited w;th a view to the requirements of modern civilisation, which looks more to good commercial than to military positions. Although situated upon larlc, island, it may bo said to oecupv « position on the north bank ot the river, ihe main stream runnins; between it and the south hank-that which sweeps round the northern side of the island being comparatively insignificant. Occu- pviiiff the very centre of a vast and exuberant agricultu- ral rogion, it is the point upon which four great natural highways converge, leading from regions as varied in circumstances as they are great in superfic^ ies. Ihe si^te which it occupies is about 30 miles below the confluence of the Ottawa and the St. Lawrence—the former leading, for miles counted bv the thousand, from Ire very heart of the territories of the Hudson's Hay Company; and the htler fronl the great lakes, with all the yet unde- veloped wealth of the far north-west countries in the midst of which they lie. To the south, the Atlantic is direclv accessible to it bv the route of Lake Champlain and the Hudson whilst to the eastward it can reach th. (,coati, bv following the river to the gulf. This is the spot which, within the last few years, has been selected the capital of Upper Canada; and few capitals have a situation affording so much promise for the future. in)ontreal has a fine appearance when approached by ,10am boat from La Prairie; a small trench-Canadian villave eteral miles from i., on the opposite bank. It is chiefly built of stone, as are Quebec and Kingston— theJthree forming in this respect a markeu exception to all the o'her towns of the province, and to nearly all in the United States, in which the wooden is almost inva riahlv superseded bv the brick tenement. The trench portion of the city is very characteristic. The new part, all of which has been added since the conquest, has more of an English aspect about it; and some very magnificent .Ireets and terraces have been added to it since its selec- tion as the seat of government. The finest building by for which it contains is the Catholic cathedral, which is second only on the continent to that of Mexico, and of which any citv in the old world miht be proutl as an ornament. The small hill immediately bchmd the town, and from which it dcritCP its name, screens it completely fom the cold northern winds. The slope which ascends towards the city is covercd with villas aird orchards, and having « southern aspect, it produces the most luscious fruits. From the summit of this hill the viw is very (superb, commanding the city, the river, the Rapids, and at vast region of fertile country beyond, '• The ttapiirs of the St. Lawrence!-who, wi^ thi.n the domain of intelligence, has not heard of these stupendous phenomena 1 They needed not the muse of Moore to spread their fume they are too gigantic in their gvveep too impetuous in their flow—too micfhty m their power -too terrible in their aspect, ever to be forgotten by those who have once beheld them. As I was hurrying to the upper country, I hud but a few hours to spend in and about Montreal, of which I readily took advantage to cross to La Prairie, and see the lt;,pid. f La Chine, The main rapid is almost entirely screened from the city bv some islands, which here break into dim-rent channels the great body of the stream. La 1 raine which is about nine miles from Montreal, lies at the feet of the tireat Hapill, which rolls in tumultuous grandeur between one of the islands and the south bank of the river. The steam ferry-boat, in crossing, had to stem a portion of the Hapid, but only where the delirious waters had subsided into comparative quiescence. liclow, all was smooth and quiet; above, all was noise, tumult, and commotion. The river appeared to be rolling down the broken fragments of some gigantic staircase; and as it leaped maddened from rock to rock, the deep-blue cur- rwl tlashed itself into masses of foam. which for miles up covered its surface, like so many snow-wreaths borne upon the tide. It is impossible that, iii the pre- sence of such a scene, even the most stolid and unim gi- native can escape being struck with owe, The first feeling which it inspires is that of terror, the troubled flood 6reming to bound onward to overwhelm you. Once assured bva Sense of security, the mind becomes divi- ded between amazement and self-humiliation for you t!;lnliot avoid contrasting your own weakness with the stupendous development which nature here vouchsafes (If her powf r. This is not the greatest rapid of the sc- ries, which, with some il.terruptions, agitate the river for the next i.)() iiiilo,i tip, but it is in some respects the most territle to encounter. to .md the i. in "??"it.? dftrmiued to ascend the ri.er in a •Durham boat trafficking vessel which visits the upper country for flour- I set out, in the first place, in th. stage for La Chine, in order to ,.il the t,di.. of the first canal ascent. Here I found about 20 Durham b. ready to proceed on their upward voyage, but having no favouring wind, they were to be towed up the lake bv the mail steamer. There beinit nothing novel in this part of the journey, I preferred the steamer to the Durham boats; and it was about noon when the Swan- Started for the head of the ¡',h, with a little fleet of cygnets behind her. Lake St. Louis, now en- tered upon, is the result of the confluence of the St. Lawrence and the Ottawa. It is a small body of water for those regions, but it is surpassingly beautiful, be ^n„ studded with covered with shrubbery dipping into the lake, so that they seem to be alfoat upon the water. At its head the (Vtawa enters it by a tiroa.d alld placid •stuary, stretching off to the right, and flanked b> h tt> banks, the St. Lawrence bounding into it on the lerr <h-ouRh a,f ?t.nds by a ,.ries of raging rap.ds called the Cascades. On e?lti.g ashore il w.. with 110 )it.)ein.er?tth.t,?an<iinR??a..m?) rocky pon't witness d the firM internuiiRling of the confluent waters of these two mighty torrents. The Cascades being impracticable to upward-bound craft, ihcv arc turned, as on the l.a Chine Rapids, by a chort canal, which leads into still water above tliem.- Ilere, for the first time. I betook myaelf to the Durham boat, which was « poll( d I close alone shore by the crew, yniil we reached the lower end of another series of rapirts tailed the Cedars. These bring praciicahle. first brought me into contact with the pfCuiiaritiM of the na.?aHon A .tron? rope was -it-?h,,l to the b.,t, by means of ,.hiehwewt.repu]!f-dby?e'h''MstyoMn.?hKh?y ?r.Lh)edaf? about midway up the h..hs)op,? b .uk to our r\ht, They were attended by two Cana- dians-onetodrive them, the other walking immediately ?nd with a law. .harp, and tru.tr knife in his hand, from which the sunlight every now and then flashed i,, from f,,c". I was aboul to inqnire Ih object of this formidable armament, when an sliummg incident fur- T o e upon .hM, but the current which we had tn stem, nished me with ocular dcoronstranoii of it. We were J?; ?df??.?e ?'??.?. although but little broken on the I, vr»c Twpnty vards further, however, it was roaring, »nd covered with breads. The Kr?' )" rteermg wa.IO keep the boat's head direct to the current We r??ar??teredth. rapid, whcu by?eunf. or.u- ? ?! .?a? ccd?'Ler head "as allowed to tend slightly Ti t- current thus caught her br.?ds.dc, ,bd hr?htthf-o-tenintbeirf.nait?co? to. stam • Tl,, board was only qu?ll,d by the hu)).- balioo raised by the two Canadians ashore, who, in ar incredibly short time.exhausted all the oolh., in their fertile vocabulary. In vain did the driver u.ge the oxn to their ttmot off r.s • Ibr leMsianee was too trreat, an d tliry coohl not move. In the meantime, b' the action f th, I,, I was Un«* driven further out into the stream, until at length the ox. r, fHd in 1h{>\f powers of lesistance, slid bigantogive I" "Y. They had been drageed backward^ and downwards three feet, when the man with the knife sprung to the rope, and in a twinkling seveied it in two. The cattle were thus saved but the boat. abandoMd to the merev of thp current, shot, stenr foremost, like an ar- r?w down thr stream, tossed ahout amid foaming urenk- ers, 'w)? n'y ?' t?'-? dashed upon h?r d,?k. So suddenly did all this happen, that for a moment or two I felt as iflawakioe from a trance. Trees,banks, bus..es, h<'utf< ,,ry fixrd ohjeet .shm., so.med r<'ehue around .nf..M' if in the d??li i". f f,.ni,?-ti, d-,?,?. The g-cnt annlety of the crew was to prevent her from shoot- inu the Cascades, which were within sight but a short distance below. At one lime it nppearetl in the hilleS1 d,zr-, likely that she would do so. Stand to your oars, and be ready to put her head ahO\I' tTied the captain. The men o"d, ready to turn her round as soon as she was in smooth water, so as to shoot the Cascades snfelv and ;n repnlar style, fortunately, this ,a. not r.'q?r("d.far ft the foot of the rapid she swung into 8U Plhh';which enabled her to aiu the ?h?,?. What would have happened had we gone down the Cascades r' I inquired very simply of the captain who was already giving orders for n:lasccnding toe rapid. W. RhOllld haee been bad, acairi in Lake St. Louis by this time,' he replied with an air of great in- difference, leaving me lost in wonderment at his esti. mate of the greatest calamity contingent on such an II e were not long in making up lost ground. The oxen were once more attached to the boat, and by dint of better steering we soon mastered the Cedars. The channel of the river is here again broken by numerous islands, between which it passes nith prodigious force and velocity. Close to the southern l ink, some miles off, are the Rapids of Keauharnois, which shewed us their hil, crests until l?i,id?n from view by a sudden bend in t'h? river, which brought U8 to the village of the Cedars. from this, liptto the foot of Lake St. Francis, we were alternately pulled and towed, ascendine several minor rapids, and thinking, by another very short canal, one too formidithl to be Jhreaste'l,. and which formed on one side tho dcfence of a small fort which rested upon i! and which on that side, at least, was impregnable.— At the village at the foo: of Lake St. Francis we passed the night."

ANTAGONISM OF CLASSES. ("Abridged from Eliza Cook's Journal,) The poor curse the selfishness tind tyannv of the rich, and the rich complain of the ingratitude and greediness of the poor. The hands that toil are too often denied the guerdon of their labour, and the hands that give are grudged a thanksgiving for their bounty. The wealthy recipient of the starring labourer's earnings talks of the lower orders" with contempt. The deceiving and self-deceived (lema- goguedeclaros thatievcry ruler is-Ileccssarily a tyrant, and that wealth is synonymous with iniquity. What mistaken notions wcrk at the root of all this evil! this antagonism of classes so justly deprecated by true patriots and philanthropists. Grievously do thev err who act as if the lower orders" were only created for the service of the higher, and who seek to bolster up injustice by preaching submission to (in their part for whose especial benefit those laws would seim to be devised), and grievously do they err; hut equally grievous is their error, who, in a seeming zeal for lil),rtyl would up-vnot every social hmdml\rk, and, under the name of equality, institute only organised anarchv. Koually mistaken are they both, and equally fallacious are the ideas upon which they act. The one advocates thL, "enormots faith of many, mdc for one," and the other upholds the unnatural doctrine of individual independence. Every man for himself, and fnr himself very different are the teachings of reason and true phi- lanthropv very different was the wisdom of that fable of Menenitia, which restored order and pcace to dinffrted Rome, We woulel recommend all tbose who lament (and who does not) the class anta- gonism of our day, and who, perhaps, by their )a- mcntRtino'. Bre f"sterir: the e?il!? which they deplore, to read over the best treatise upon this sub- ject ever penned. Among the thousand and one panaceas daily brought forward as the only and in- fallible remedies for every evil, there is not one to he comfared with it in" sober sense and practical philanthropy" We allude to nn epistle of Alexan- der Pope's,the third cpistle of the" Essay on Man," which treats of the nature and state ot man with respect to society." The great lesson which this epistle teaches, the lesson which man- kind have so much occasion to learn, is the doctrine of mutual dependence and reciprocity of benefits. "Nothing is foreign; parts relate to whole; One all-extending, all-preserving soul Connects each being, greatest with the least, Made henst in aid of man, and ruan of beast: All served, all serving; nothing stands alone." Shall we say, then, with the anarchist and the leveller, that tiie well-being of the poor is incom- patible wi'h the existence of the rich? Not so; hut it is incompatible with their neglect of duty, The interests of boih r4«tsus are so inseparably in- tertwined, that the errors of the one become the injuries of tho other, touching one will strike the other, too." Let this, then, occupy the attention of the re- former. Let him exhort both classes to perform their own duties, and co-operate with, instead of criminating the other. The capitalist alone can give employment to the krtizan the labour of the artizan augments the wealth ot the capitalist; and so on through all gradations. How unwise is it, then, for the labourer to murmur against the em- ployer but how sinful is it for the employer to grudge the labourer his due re'varrt. "Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth the corn;" an in- junction how utterly disregarded! But this is a reflection which would lead us further than our pre- sent pmpose. Our argument is simply this-the antagonism of classes is a delusion, Hieh and poor are mutually dependent and mutually entitled to respect. Their true equality consists not in simila- rity of position, but in equality of social rights as feliow-men and brethren. We would not abuse the rich to the poverty of the poor, but we would exalt the poor to the honourable position of the rich. Is not he who by his own labour earns his daily bread as much deserving of honour and respect as he who owes his wealth to the lobour of his ancestors ? To our thinking much more so! The man duly im- pressed with the truth of such reflections would as cordially gasp the hardened hand of labour as the soft pnlin of some effeminate lordiing. All are mu- tually dependent, nil should be mutually useful and mutually gratelul. For one class to wrong an- other is to wrong its?f.Kiva) tosses, who refuse to act in iiiiii(?(le titt? right working of the gonial system, and inHictprievous injury on them- sdvcs and on the whole commonwealth.

STATE OF TRADE. I The mal kct may be concisely described as exhibit- ing, on the whole, much steadiness III pnces, aloll with a very perceptible want ol animation, and an amount of business by no means large. We need not enter much into particulars. It appears, how- ever, that al though the operations m various widths of shirting, in madopollains, in printers, and in cer- tain other light and medium fabrics, are not extensive this is evidently owing quite as much to an indispo- sition on the part of manufacturers to receive con- its of merchants to give tliem. In executitio what orders they have, the latter find the former, not only without stock, but under engagements for some weeks forward and it is with difficulty they succeed in supphing their present needs. Under these circumstances, prices (to not indeed rise, but they are decidedly firm. On the nther hand, ala though recent purchases have somewhat reduced the Btocks uf stout domestics and T cloths, these articles still bang heavily upon the market, and if not lower, are certainly stationary in value. Cer- tain kinds of T's and domestics are, however, scarce, and in fair request. Yarns are nut marked by the same degree of firmness as goods. The continental houses are doing very little and the India and China merchants are proceeding with much caution in their transactions. Spinners for home manufac- ture are rather indifferent about selling while, at the same time, the consumers show a backwardness to pay the advance latterly demanded. On the I whole, restricted as is the extent of business, there is a good deal of steadiness in prices, and it is only in exceptional instances that any concession is made. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—The imp'ovement in the demand of flannels last Monday has been fully maintained to day. The wool-market remains dull. with little or no change in prices. HUDDKI;8FIELD, TUESDAY.—Not much business is doing for the home trade, either in the warehouses or Cloth Hall, which may probably be accounted for by it being the near approach of the general season for stock taking by wholesale houses. Or- ders to some cstent sill roniain to be completed i and a fair business is doing in goods adapted for the American and continental markets. Several foreign buyers are in the town. HALIFAX, SATUUDAY.—There was rather more inquiry lor some descriptions of goods in the Iliece Hall to day and therein, we understand, somewhat more doing in the warehouses; but the trade is far from being active, and there is no improvement in prices. The spinners continue to be well em- ployed, and the quotations for yarns are fully sustained. But little wool is changing hands, and prices are still drooping. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—Although the transactions at our Cloth Halls these last few weeks have not been of much note, we may nevertheless state that the peneral business done to order, and at the ware- houses, is of a most satisfactory character. Stocks of low and middle qualities of cloth have been much reduced in the manufacturers' hands-many an order is still in the course of execution, and it is gratifying to add that some of these are for markets which have been forbidden ground for us during the last six years, owing to tLe prejudices entertained in favour of continental cloth. These are encourag- ing signs for our manufacturers, of whom it is but just to say, that they strained every nerve to main- tain a competition in neutral markets, and who. were it not for the enormous advance in wool at the last German fairs, would reap the advantage due to their efforts without any difficulty; but we apprehend a serious check to this tendency may be expected from the high prices which they will have to insist oil, when the new and dearer wools come to work.— ilancheiler Guardian.

NEWSPAPERS. (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) Every man, when he awakaa in the morning, finds that the reflections suggested by the preceding day have been, if not wholly obliterated, at least suspen- dell by bleep that new topics of conversation are wanting, and that surprise is on tip toe for new calls. A family would often drink the tea of Lethe, and cat the toast of taciturnity, were they not happily relieved from torpor of thought, and immobility of the tongup, by the entrance of a newspaper. It is possible indeed, that the weather might fur- nish a brief subject of debate, but the wind must blow n hurricane, and the rain descend in torrents, to be worth more than a moment's conversation. When the newspaper appears, however, nil Europe is united to refresh the lanuuid memory. to quicken the dull thoughts, and give expedition to the communicative tongue. No publication surely was ever so fertile in sources of reflection to those who choose to think, or of con- versation to those who prefer the more noisy business of talking. When a newspaper is introduced at the breakfast- table, what a copious source of conversation arises for the rest of the day. A man may give a very able account of an estate without the least desire of purchasing it and the whole family may dispute on the merits of an entertainment, which or.e 01 the company means to partake of. It is possible to com- passionate the distresse» of aD orphan finally with- out contributing sixpence to their relief, and even to read of the cures performed by a 11 fainoue, syrup" without desiring to taste a drop of it. Conversation and action are different things, and if a newspaper furnishes the former it is doing much. To appreciate the true value of newspapers, we have only to suppose that they were totally to be discon- tinued for a month. We turn with horror from the frightful idea We deprecate such a shock to the circulation of table talk. It would operate more unfavourably than the gloom of November is said, by foreigners, to operate on the nerves of English- tllen. and there would be nothing but accounts of sudden deaths, which had happened in the interval, with the deliberate opinion of the coroner's jury, Died for want of intelligence!" Let us praise newspapers," says Dr. Johnson, One of ihe principal amusements of the idler is to read the works of those minute historians, the writers of news, who, though contemptuously overlooked by the composers of buiky volumes, are yet necessary in a nation where much wealth produces much leisure, and one part of the people has nothing to do but observe the lives and fortunes of the other."

I ROYAL MERSEY YAClIr CLUB. Th,) first sailling match of the present season of this club, came off on the Mersey on Saturday last, lor two prints. Many of the members of the club, including Thomas Littledale, Esq. the Commodore, and most of the officers, and a large party of ladies, attended on board the Royal Adelaide steamer, en- fted, with a band of music, to follow the match.- The following yachts were entered to contend, and the sailing was admirable thoughout, with a fine breeze from the N.N. W.:— Enigma, 2.5 tons, IL B. Preston, Esq. Se.ibird, 30 tons, H. Melling, Esq. Jilt, 19 tons, II. Lowe, Esq. Hebe, 15 tons, ro. Horner, Esq. Ranger, 12 tons, T. W. Tetley. The yachts started from the Commodore yacht, the Queen of the Ocean, abreast of Rock Ferry, and sailed round the Bell buoy and back, a distance 01 about 28 miles. At the usual signal, the yachts started, the Ranger having an advangeous start the Enigma fouled the Seabird on the starboard tuck, and might have been prevented receiving any prize at all if the owner of the Seabird had made the usual, protest. After a well contested race the yachts arrived at Rock Ferry in thu following order of time H, M. 8, Enigma. ;¡ 10 0 3 28 30 Hebe. 3 3.5 10 It was a time race, and the Ranger won the first prize, £:JI), \alue, by only 15 seconds! the Enigma takiog the purse; of LIO. The Seabird yacht, belonging to the Hon. Se. cretary, carried away her bobstay, and in the middle of the race lost a man overboard, who, in his anxiety ill setting a topsail.i lost his footiiig by great exer- tions of the crew and the handiness of the yacht ill stays, his life was very fortunately preserved. This threw her out of all chance of the race, and she dc- clined the contest. The Jilt also got disabled by carrying away the jaws of her gaff. The prizes were delivered on the quarter-deck of the steamer to the whinners by the Commodore, in suitable and complimentary terms. Both gentleman made suitable anil feeling replies in acknowledg- ment. The ladic kept up the spirit of dancing with the gentlemen, and tho company disembarked at seven o'clock, after being highly gratified by the day's excursion, and the polite attention throughout of the Commodore, officers, and stewards of the club, was the theme of much admiration on board the stC!lll>cr.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. By the Trafalgar we have news from the above station to the 19th of April inclusive. Affairs in the interior are quiet, and the native police ware doing duty most faithfully and effectually. The habitants of thc eolony were in the highest state of excite- ment at the proposed intention to send convicts thither. The feeling runs so high against it, that it is surmised the attempt to carry into force the order in council will be attended with unpleasant consrq uences, The Ooernor was at Cape Town. The following officers were passengers by this ship Captain Brown, 63d, Captain Kennedy, 46tli M.N. L. I Licutenmit Cooper, ditto Lieutenant Crosdaile, tils;; (.}uartcr,nwstN Peel, ;;3,1. Queen's. Passed the Enterprise, ot Falmouth, water-lofiged, dismasted, nr.d abandoned had apparently been so some months. Her Majesty's ship Hercules sailed from the Cape for England April 17. PielerniauiiDibouig had been vicite with an awful ptntm of thunder and lightning, which had done con- siderable damage to property. The Trafalgar pokc the Vernon, Prince of Wa les, Tudor, and Qe¡I-¡j1! for London'

HOUSE OF LORDS,—MONDAY, Juxu 18. The LCAsehold Tenures (Ireland) Bill WIIS read a third time, and passed, after a division, in which tho numbers were- n For the third rending. 38 Against it 33 Majority, Ii The Passengers Bill was read a second time on the motion of Earl Grey, and the committee fixed for Thursday. On the motion of Lord Wharncliffe, it was re- solved that a select committee should be appointed to consider the best means of preventing the recur- rence of acc dents in coal mines. Lord MONTEAGLE laid on the table the report of the committee on the audit 01 railway accounts, and said that he hoped to be able in a few days to bring in a bill for the more effectual audit of the accounts of all railways throughout the kingdom. Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMiONS,-MoNDAY. JUNE 18. Mr. NAPIER having offered a petition purport- ing to be from Mr. Will. Smith O'Brien and his fellow prisoners, Messrs. Meagher, M'Manus, and O'Doherty. Lord J. RUSSELL inquired of the Speaker whether a petition from persons attainted of high treason could be reie ved. The SPEAKER replied that a petition from one of those persons (Mr. O'Brien) had already been received, but he was not aware of any rule or other precedent upon the subject. A discussion followed, in which the Attorney General opposed the reception of a petition from parties not being entitled to be heard in a court of law. Mr. NAPIER urged that it was contrary to the spirit of the Constitution that the parties should not be heard by petition. Sir F. TIILSIGER thought the question so im- portant that it should be postponed, to allow time for consideration, Sir R. PELL considered that there was a specialty in the case which would warrant the House in re- ceiving the petition, which might not be receivable under ordinary circumstances, since they were about to legislate because doubts had arisen. Mr. BRIGHT observed that as persons in the situation of the petitioners might approach the Crown by petition, and as there was no precedent, the right of petition to this House should be as wide as possible. Mr. HERRIES viewed the question as an impor- tant one, which would lay down a precedent. The petitioners were persons civilly dead, Mr. COCKBUHN said if the House chose to legislate by an ex post facto !aw, it was preposterous to refuse to hear the petition. The act might be intended to aggravate, not to mitigate punishment. Lord J. RUSSELL said he had thought it right to suggest the question but, as there seemed to be an impression in the House that the petitioners ought to be heard, he withdrew his objection. The petition was then read at the table. It set forth the case of the petitioners, protested against the bill which they had heard was pending before the House for transporting them to a penal settle- ment for life, and prayed to be heard against it by counsel at the bar of the House. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. On the order of the day for the second reading of the Transportation for Treason (Ireland) Bill. Sir G. GITEY stated, that the object of the bill was to temove all possible doubt as to the right of the Crown and of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, representing the Crown ia that country, to commute the punishment of persons under sentence of death for high tre&80n to transportation, Ir. NAPIER moved, as an amendment, that the petitioners be heard by counsel at the bar against the bill. Ir, J. O'CONNEI.L seconded the amendment. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in resisting the amendment, explained the points of doubt. A warm and angry debate ensued. and ultimately the second readmg was carried by 175 against 19.

HOUSE OF LORDS,—TUESDAY. I Lord BROUGHAM brought the affairs of Canada before the House, after giving an elaborate historical sketch of the British connexion with that colony from the Peace of Paris in 1762 down to the present time, proceeded to expose what he termed the folly of the doctrine of responsible government in Canada, the inevitable result of which would be-as,indeed Lord John Russell had predicted in 1830-the confiscation of British property, the insulting of British subjects, and the punishment of British soldiers for discharg- ing their duty and condemned in strong terms the Compensation Bill by which British loyalists were to be taxed to pay French rebels, for lossss sustained in having their rebellion crushed. The noble lord concluded his speech with an eloquent peroration on the evils to be expected in any future struggle with the United States, if we persisted in disgusting the Canadian loyalists by suffering the Rebel Compen- nation Bill to paM. Th» noble lord also moved two resolutions condemnatory of the principle of the measure. An animated debate ensued, after which their lordships divided, when Lord Brougham's re- solutions wci elost by a majority of three, the numbers being 96 to 99.

HOUSE OF COMMONS,—TUESDAY. The Earl of LINCOLN moved an address to the Crown, expressing the opinion of the house that the Hudson's-hay Company, to which body Vancovier's Island had been granted by Royal Charter, was ill-adapted for superintending the establishment of any colony founded upon principles of political or commercial freedom. Mr. HUlE seconded the motion, although he con- sidered its terms not sufficiently strong, the acts of the Colonial-office, in this matter, calling for direct condemnation. Every one of the conditions was contrary to the policy which a wise man would pur- sue in establishing a colony. At this momeni the house was counted, and an ad- journment took place at half-past eight o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS,—WEDNESDAY. In replv to Mr. ROEBUCK, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was understood to say that in the Bill which was io be brought for- ward with respect to the Palace Court, he intended to introduce a clause for the abolition of the Poveral Court. In reply to Mr. BROWNE, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he had con- sidered the Bill for symplyfying the mode of carry- ing into effect the exemption of literary societies and mechanics' institutions from local taxes; but there were two portions of it to wtrch he entertained con- siderable objections. The first, with respect to the mode prescribed for adjusting disputed facts, which he considered would give rise to considerable litiga- tion and the second, with respect to the establish- ment of an office under the Act (as we understood him), and the payment of fees for registration. He was not prepared to give any pledge on the part of the Government as to the course they intended to take in regard to this measure. Mr. MILNER GIBSON wished to ask the Hon. Attorney-General whether he objected to the prin- ciple propounded by the societies, and whether the Government would undertake to bring in a effect the object of the societies without the creation of the new office. °' Mr. BRIGHT said perhaps there might be persons looking out for the new office. Perhaps the hon. and learned gentleman would be willing to introduce the bill without that clause. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he was quite prepared to say that, with the exception of matters of minor detail, he was ready to give his sanction and support to the principle of the measure, without the creation of a new oiffce. (Hear.) The Marriages Bill was read a second time. The house adjourned at six o'clock.

THE WATERLOO BANQUET. His Grace the Duke of Wellington celebrated tne 31th anniversary of his crowning victory on the 18th inst., at Aspley-house, London. The recurrence of the day, as usual, was marked by every possible demonstration of respect tow an the noble and gallant veteran; From an early hour in the morning, Aspley-house was almost besa^ec by Rovnl and distinguished personages, who called to pay their respects to his Grace, and as e"enin drew on, and the time approached for the arr the curviring companions in arms to meet the great Captain to partake of this customary hosp.t.t; H'yde-par.comer and its vicinity became th?on?_dj with carriages, containing eJegantly dressed  anxious to catch a glimpse of the guests > enteied the mansion. Of pedestrian ?''???' were more present than were ever before u..ncssuI., and as the more prominent among theomce?rs "a ?r?er. the crowd gave vent to their feelings in < „i.ecrs Field Marshal the Marquis of An?esey Prince Cas?cic.? enjoyed a futt?hare of popu.?a? honours. The Prince Con.ortarr.ved-? .even .'clock, and was received by the nble  gallant 1)?k? at the foot of the !?? whence his Hoyat H'gh?wa.condu?d to the 8a)oon. where most of the guests were previously assembled. The banquet was at eight *clock, in the Waterloo-gallery, covers being 1 j' for -8 guests. Water!oo.g.)tery. covers being '"? ?i,?, des. It was needless to enter at any ?'" cription of this apartment, the ??°"? ,Mg° .u. heent appearance of which on each anni?versary of Waterloo is matter of history.

To r.?V. THE -717,, the natura' Enamel is destroyed,artificial enani • besup- plied, which, being put into the ?,?T ? tv in state, .oonbce.MC3hard.and shields the sui struc- tur..buu.?h{rom?Tiouscau.esof? is the true cure for tooth-ache. Brande s Enme\ has already given relief to thousands, On^ carccly make inquiry in any dircct.on   int;o{th?ewhoha?bceuFcnMnemtycureu by it.

To the Editor of the Xorth Wales Chronicle. BANGOR Xc BEAUMARIS UNION WORKHOUSE. Silt, The following interesting anecdote will shew the advantages which the children who arc inmates of this house possess over those who under the old pnrish system were hired nut or leased to the small farmers and cottagers of ih« parish at the least possible rate-sup- ported bv them at the least possible expense—treated with the least possible consideration, deuyinif them 'lie privileges of altendin the school and the house of God. upon the principle of Pharaoh, lest they should be let from their wnrh." In respect bnth of mind and body, they are now fully fed. their persons kept clean, they are sufficiently and neatly clad, they arc moderately but systematically end judiciously employed in mnnualla. boor. It is in respect of education, however, that the following anecdote is given which I siiall shortly relate. 1 am a Guardian of the poor; and under that capacity feel an interest in the mental culture and spiritual wel- fare of the children of the Union. The attention paid by the officers of the Institution hate already been seen in the results which have followed as it respecta theee younger objects of their care, some of whom are already placed in good situations. Hut to the point- A few days since I was examining this school. After feeling much gratified by reading some of the exercises of the children written on statP-s from dictation, I said, Now, children, you shall see the advantages you pos- sess on the score of education, over those who lived in ages past; and that not only over those of your own country, and in like circumstances with yourselves, but even over your English neighbours, in situation much higher than yourselves, You shall see what advantages you have, in common with those who are educated in our National Schools, OVer those who are said to be taught by masters who profess indeed to teach for the benefit of their scholars, but who in fact set up schools for their own private benefit. I then selected a little girl who had at one time been educated in the Bangor Nut",nal School, at>ed 11 years, and said to her, ° Now you shall see whether » little Welsh girl cannrt beat an English woman at her own language; the few words which I now give you are part of a letter received from a gentle- man's housekeper in England, and who is acquainted only with the English language. Now wri^ te down her word«, spelling exactly, &c, as I sliall dictate to you. She accordingly wrote as 1-ite of a grate- deal more. Now ( I said) you must write thissenience correctly, and turn it intogood Enelish. She then with. out any assistance on mf part, and without seeing the context, wrote as follows:-—" I might have had a ijreat deal more." Nothing can prove more fully the superi- ority of the system of education pursued in our National and Union Schoois above the interested mode of ordi- nary masters and self-constituted teachers. These men are for the mostporl in effect neither masters nor teachen, being neither competent to exercise discipline nor en- force doctrine; they are unable either to inform or com- mand. In short, according to the true saying, their razors are made to sell and not to ellt." In reference to our own improved system, it may be added Our razors are made tr. cut; and are not sold but jiren. Your's, &c. A GUARDIAN, N.B.—In comparing one description of school with another, 1 do not mean to assert or even to assume that all private schools are formed solely with a view to pri- vate interests or that many of these schools are not conducted with as much benefit to the taught as profit to the teacher. There are many schools conducted by highly respectable persons, and on principles religious, moral and literary; which are unexceptionable. In- stances of such schools are before us in this immediate neighbourtiood. My remark applies only to schools which are conducted by persons who according to their own statements have" had their enemies," and have had the" misfortunate" 10 fail in everything which they have undertaken and who now being too proud to hew wood or drasv water, too delicate to feed piss, and too idle to carry coals, are retluceù to the necessitii of educating the rising generation

Sir. Macready will commence an engagement at the Theatre Royal, in Liverpool, on Monday week. On Sunday evening last, a fall of snow took place at Little-borough, about fourteen miles from Man- chester, which lasted from five o'clock till seven. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL.—Her Majesty has graciously given £ 100. from her privy purse in aid of this charity A company established in the metropolis, entitled The Company of Window Cleaners," are now clcensing house windows for nothing, in order to de- monstrate their abilities. It having been found impossible to repair John Knox's houses in High-street, Edinburgh, which now belongs to the Free Church, it is intended to mark the stones, remove them by piecemeal, and rebuild the house. Mark Eothergill was lately refused re-admission as an attorney by Lord Denman, on the ground of having been guilty of an open falsehood, which dis- qualified him. On Friday last, in the London Bankruptcy Court, a dividend was made on nn cstate, under a fiat issued in 1799, fifty years ago. The bankrupts were Messrs Present and Codioker, who had failed in upwards of half a million. There is scarcely a single creditor surviving. Eliza Schulenberger, aged twenty-three, was tiied at the Central Criminal Court, on Friday, on a charge of having administered poison to her husband. She was acquited, the evidence not prov- ing that the husband's illness had not resulted from other caU5es, though the drugging of his tea with arsenic seemed clear. On Saturday, James Hoadley, a railway timekeeper employed on the South-eastern Railway, absconded with Eloo, w ith which he had been entrusted to pay his fellow-workmen, leaving seventy men and their wives and families without the means of nrovidin!? food. CIIOLEKA,—CAUTiox.In the recent fatal case of eholera tit Ecdcs, the young woman while in Liverpool, drank of o;eawater, In the official return of deaths re- gistered in London for the week ending Saturday last, we see that two brothers, of sixteen and six rears of age, natives of Switzerland, about to emigrate died, the form- er in fourteen, and the latter in ten hours, of Asiatic cholera. "Tho disease, which appeared in its worst form, seemed to be produced principally by drinking large quantities of seawater, and living in a ship over- crowded with passengers." Under these circumstances it will be prudent to abstain from swallowing copious draughts of sca-water at this period of the ycar,-lIlau- chester Guardian. FOREIGN CoR-.i.-By a recently approved regula- tion of the customs authorities. the difficulty which existed with respect to trifling surplus quantities in a cargo of corn delivered from the vessel direct on im- portation over and above the quantity on which the duty has been paid by prime or first entry has been removed, each merchant or importing firm having the privilege of making a deposit of £ 10. with the receiver of fines to the Custom-house, which entitles them to the delivery in each instance of such excessive quan- tity, amounting to 20 quarters, the duty thereon be- ing subsequently paid, and the deposit remaining for a continuance of the same privilege so long as it may be desired by the parties. This arrangement has been very generally adopted by the importers of corn, and has been found a great convenience and advantage in preventing the detention of grain in the open craft for the payment of duty on the small surplus quan- tities, when it is out of the importer's power to know exactly the quantity of corn comprised in the vessel's cargo until the same has been metered and the proper account taken for the revenue and trade purposes. The same arrangement is to be observed at the sever- al ports throughout the kingdom, the deposit being made with the local authorities of the revenue. REDUCTIONS OF ItENTS.-MT. Portal, M.P. for North Hants, and Lord Mount Edgecumbe, have returned their tenants twenty per cent on the half year. J. II. H. Foley, Esq., M. P., of Prestwood, will deduct ten per cent for the past year. The Earl of Pembroke has returned ten per cent, to his numer- ous tenants in Wiltshire. on the settlement of their rents to Michaelmas, IIHS, where the condition of the farms, the rate of wages paid to the labourers, and the rents justly the allowance, and he has intimated his intention to make abatements of fifteen per cent, in 18!!); but he has stipulated that the amount of the returns shall be expended in ma.iure, draining or other improvements on the farms. He has also ex- pressed his willingness to adopt a tenant-right suited to the estates and the custom of the country, and to grantlcsses in such instances where the capital and skill of the tenant require them. His lordship has, moreover, requested his agent to consider the £L ..t .J. "OP'i",Y 0a""K me luiuru reins ui "n.-  upon the average annual value of the produce of the respective farms, so that, whether high or low prices prevail, the rents would be adjusted to the circum- stances' of the times. Mr. Sidney Herbert, M.P., has also declared his intention to adopt the arrange- metits. DKEAHFULSUICIDE AT MILFOHO IIAVF.N.—On\\ed,- nesdav, the 18th instant, about a o'clock p.m., the inhabitants of this town were thrown into great ex- citement in consequence of a report that a man named William Jones had shot himself through the head with a gun. It appears he got up that morning about 11 o'clock, and partook of a hearty breakfast, he then returned up stairs to the room ingwhich he was accustomed to sleep, and remained there unseen by any person until 5 o'clock in the afternoon, when the family of the house, who were about to take tea, heard the report of a gun, which seemed to proceed from the room in which he was they immediately called in some of the neighbour and went up stairs, and on entering the room, they found him stretched upon the bed, a gun lying near him, and blood flow- ing out of his mouth. Mr. ltyers, surgeon, was im- mediately called in, but life was extinct before his arrival. There was a string with a loop at one end tied to the trigger of the gun, which was lying near him it appears that he had stretehed himself upon the bed with the intention of putting an end to his life, and having put the muzzle of the gun to his mouth, and his toot into the loop fastened to the triggei, he caused the gun to explode. On examin- ing the head it was found that the contents of the gun had entered his mouth, and out through the top of his head, and into the wall opposite. He had the gun by him for some days past, and it is said that lie actually told the person with whom he resided, that he wunld put an end to his life, but they tooK no notice of li s words; he had also a sword and a knite near him. On Monday he told the family that they should have somethin-to talk about in a few days; from these circumstances. It appeared he had been planning this mclnncoly deed lor some time past.-L;poii the face of this by no means intelligible I statement, there is evidence of grosa neglect and ijiditferepecoii the part of" the family of the house.

VARIETIES. I A WIRE FOOL.—When the Earl of Bradford was brought before Lord Loughborough, to be examined upon application for a statute of lunacy against him, the Chancellor asked him, "How many legs ha. a sheep ?" Dec. your Lordship mean." answered Bradford, "a live sheep or a dead one ?" Is it not the sume thing," said the Chancellor? "Xo. my Lord," said Lord Bradford, "there is much differ- etiee a live sheep has four, a dead one but two- there are hut two legs of mutton, the others are shoulders." HINTS TO HUSBANDS.—1st. Trust implicitly in a good wife; hidenothing from her. The great charm of married life is mutual confidence.-2nd, Do not put her patience unnecessarily to the test by the the abuse of the latch-key.-3rd. Do not find fault with her for what she ought to have done, but has omitted, in the presence of the domestics-it low- ers her in their eyes, the opposite of which should he the aim of a husband, for in raising her he raises liimself.-4th. Never sit and read the newspaper after meals have commenced, and then find fault with them if out of spsson.-5th. Make some effort at keeping up conversation with your wife; it is not pleasant for her to hear her husband answer in mo- nosyllables, while if a stranger enters he is the very pink of politeness, and begins to talk as if for a wager.-6th. Never make comparisons between your wife and other men's; you know your own, but cannot know theirs, and ten to one they are at the same time making the same comparison, and envying your happy fate.—7th. If business keep you from home, provide her with agreeable food for the mind, as a relaxation from household duties; otherwise (unless Ahe be given to gadding abroad), she will likely become that most disagreeable of beings, a household drudge; and you will have yourself to thank if she can talk to you about no. thing else than" getting chimneys swept," or I- rooms done out," or her troubles with the wash. erwoman and cook, or something equally interesting to you.-8th. Husband and wives, beware of in- dulging too much in raillery it is a keen edged weapon, and when used unskilfully cuts deep. LONDOl{ MLD.—London mud is unlike the mud of any other city or town in the empire. The paving- stones of the metropolis, for perhaps nearly half-a- century, have been imported in little blocks trom the grariite quarries of Aberdeenshire; this is ground down by the everlasting roll of waggons and other carriages, and the abraded particles of the metal, when moistened by a shower assume all the adhe- siveness of Roman cement. An article which is comparatively worthless elsewhere is. of much value here and the sweeping of the streets are farmed out to contractors by the parish authorities, often at a high premium. The mud is sold for many purposes, but principally to be used as an ingredient in the procesq of brick making, and thus a large sum of money is turned over by means of the very dust we tread beneath our feet. How TO HEAR THE GosPEL.-Rowland Hill paid a visit to an old friend a few years before his death, who said to him, Mr. Hill, it is just sixty five years since I first heard you preach, and I remember your text and a part of your sermon. You told us, that some people were very squeamish about the delivery of different ministers who preached the same gospel. You said, Supposing you were at- tending to hear a will read, where you expected a legacy to be left you, would you employ the time when it was reading in criticising the manner in which the lawyer read it r No, you would not; you would be giving all ear to hear if anything was ?, L T left you, and how mucn it was. mat. is oit wuy i I would advise you to hear the gOlpel. This was excellent advice, well worth remembering sixty-five years.

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FARMS. I Mr. Whitmore had much pleasure in detailing to the Council the particulars of the indubtrial employ- ment of children in farming occupations, to which the Hon. Mr. Clive had made reference. The school farm is situate at Quatt. and belongs to the Bridge- north Union, the children being separated from the workhouse at Bridgenorth. It is managed by a master, acting in the double capacity of master of the house and schoolmaster, and his wife is matron. Their united salary is £,)0, with rations. The house is capable of accommodating 49children: there are now (March 25th, 1849). 32 boys and 17 girls; of these 19 hoys are above 10, and 13 from 5 to 10 of the girls 5 only are above 10, and 12 under 10 years of age, many of them under 7 years. Of the 10 boys above 10, one is a cripple, and unable to use the spade. The school is industrial; the boys being employed in the cultivation of 4t acres of land, and in the management of cows, pigs, and pony. Three, and occasionally four, cows are kept, and from four to eight pigs. The girls are employed in the house and dairy work, in washing, uoning, and bahing. together with sewing, knitting, and making their own clotlief, &c., &-e. The produce is disposed of-first, in supplying the inmates of the school with what skim milk and Potatoes aro required for their consumption, charged at market prices, and the rest, such as butter, pigs, and calves, are sold at Bridgenorth. The children, like all others in a workhouse, are clothed and fed by the union. Their time is usually thus employed they rise at half-past 5 in the sum- mer, and at a quarter before 7 in the winter; they work till 8 school from 9 till 12 dine at 1; and at 2 P.M. they go to their work—the boys to their field and garden,and the girls to tneir sewing, sui- ting, &c. They leave work at 5, and sup at 0, after which they play an hour or more, if the weather permit; and as they sing in the church, they prac- tise the psalms and chants for the following Sunday, and the day is closed with prayers. The profits of the farm are carried to the account of the union; they amount to from £60 to £70 per annum on an average, after paying rent and taxes, together with a per centage on the buildings, drain- ing, &c. This profit is attributable chiefly to the labour being performed by the boys, and not charged, and from the abundance of liquid manure, arising from all the drainage of the house, and pigsties, being preserved in a tank, and constantly applied to the land sometimes to the growing vegetables. The crops grown are Carrots, Cabbage, Mangold Wurzel, Potatoes, Turnips, Rape, Italian Rye Grass, and Vetches: following in quick succession, so that the land is never allowed to lie idle, except in the dead of winter, at which time a plentiful supply of liquid manure is given to all the land not having a crop upon it, and being thus prepared it requires but little in the spring to enable it to bear the next crop. The implements used are the spade, fork, rake, hoe, liquid manure barrel, and cart, the two latter shift and go upon the same wheels.

F ACE TliE. A GOOD REASOV.—" What do you drive sacha pitiful-looking carcass as that for ? Why don t you put a good heavy coat of flesh on him aked Jolin Van Buren of an Irish cartman, about his horse. A heavy coat of flesh! ma voumeen. Be all the blessed powers, now, when the poor crathur can scarce carry the little flesh there is on him!" — York Spirit of the Times A choice bit of genuine feeling was displayed at the Nottingham theatre on Tuesday evening last, during the representation of the Gamester. Miss Ellen Faucit had worked the audience into full excitement as Mrs. Beverly, and there were few dry eyes in the theatre. Paumier, in the last soene, was in the act of raising the poison to his lips, when amid the breathless silence of the house, a small, soft, female voice, full of emotion and deep earnest- ness, exclaimed, Yo mwi't." Handkerchiefs dropped, and cheeks, the moment before bedewed with tears, were the next convulsed with laughter. —Xorthamptonshire Guardian. A ° GOOD ONE.-There was an anecdote that Wil- liam Ladd, the "Apostle of Peace," used to tell upon himself with infinite gusto. When the temr perance movement first came into notice, Mr. Ladd, though an ardent reformer, was not cjuite prepared to eo the entire pledge. He was willing to eschew rum, gin, brandy, sour cider, and all that out ne could not forego the abandonment of his fine, rich, meilow, heart-wanring wine In fact he had grave doubts about the possibility of getting "sawed upon the generous fluid. His wine cellar was get- ting low but everybody was eignir.g the pledge, and it must be replenished in a shady way, or not at all. Being at Portland about this time, he bought a barrel of fine old wine, and employed" Uncle'Siah," a well-known teamster to haul it to Minot, saying, Here, take this barrel of oil' with the other arti- cles." He reached home first, and after seeing the "oil" carefully deposited in the cellar, he came to the door to settle for the hauling. Well, uncle Siah," said the captain, rubbing hib hands," I really wish I had something good for you to drink, but the temperance folks are making such a confounded noise, we a-a-have to banish it entirely from our houses." But" uncle 'Siah" had a!ready a bit of brick in his hat, and was holding himself rather unsteadily by the wheel. It's n-n-nom-m-matter, cappen," he hiccupped, n-n n-not the least kuc- kuc-conse-hic consequence ) d-don't need any- I w-w-was dry, b-but I took a g-g-good swig out of your c-c-cask. It's ca-hic-apital oil, cappcn! Pure w.w.winter strained, and no mistake." The cap- tain came out a rank teetotaller at the next temper- ance meeting.-Prederick Douglas's North Star.

A singular accident happened on the Eastern Counties Railway, on Monday. A stout woman, labouring, under a difficulty of breathing occasioned by hurrying to catch a train, at Gravesend, had partially recovered from this, when, on passing along the line, the foul gas escaping from a got work entered the carriage, the difficulty of breathing again returned, and she expired. The new bill relating to the Quarter Session, is confined to the subject of appeals. It provides for uniformity of time in notice of appeal, and amends defects now existing in the process of appeal. Cer- win ennelto1ents are included for the prevention of frivolous appeals, and the infliction of costs in such eases. The act is confined to Kngland, and is to come into operation on the first of November next. The beautiful estate of Glemoriston irTplT"^ shire, has been purchased by William Ch, E.q. E(lillhurah. at a little more than L2,5, hrnpsiml Affections cured by IInlto,ca/s 1" T^ he causes ol this direful disease are various often engendered by the morbid state of the s; often engendered by the morbid state of the sv ? whereby the free circulation of the blood is or it may originate from some prece ling coma-' The first thing to be done in order to effect a is to remove all obstructions, by purifying the and to cause the discharge of the superabundantrl from the body, which Holloway's Pills will „ r- effect, they posses. such cleansing, soarchin," strengthening properties that the dropsical pat;;n: I gradually restored to health and the who'e d permanently renovated. These Pills may be taken by male or female, at all periods of lift, PRISON INSPECTION-.—The fourteenth report f Inspector of Prisons in the Northern Distil,, J'"s recently been published. It contains very in*p and interesting matter. It appears from the report, that crime is greatly on the increase rf*- district. In 1849, the average number of prll" was about 3300, and in 1848 it was about The depression in trade, and the continued infiu Irish, are supposed to be the chief causes „(. increase. Some remarkable statements are the report respecting the sums expended upon buildings. The cost is :auimd s exp.nd?d up?n p' buildings. The cost is laid to be seldom less 9100 to 150 per prisoner; and the newest port: the county prison at York, capable of rece, 160 prisoners, to have cost E200,000, or £ I ■>■>■ prisoner. The cost of the maintenance, clothir^ of prisoners appears to vary in different prisons f Chester City Gaol, the average cost per prisj-e- last year is stated to have been about L25, b, about £3 above the general average in England, ? the County Prison, the net cost per prisoner about £32. Mr. Hill evinces much sympathy the rate and tax-payers, and is of opinion thatV. sons might be made self-supporting. He sa'.J. "Experience in America has shown that w t, prisons may be made self-supporting, and ever. yield a surplus." He estimates that the pie. Gaol Acts are unfavourable to an efficient economical system uf discipline, II I have recou. mended, however," he adds, that the p.isor.er i, compelled to perfprm a daily task e,ual to ten hour; fair labour; that they be required to rise bath winter and suo:mer at an early hour in the morni i and that to admit of these regulations being act:, upon, every prison be supplied with artificial ligh:, &c. The Inspector's views on all questions connti;. ed with prison discipline seem to be sound, enlightcc. ed, and practical. He is opposed to artificial pi. ishments, such as flogging, tread-wheel labour, cr other unproductive work, or constant silence," 0: he entirely disapproves, as every sensible an: humane man must, of sending children of tender aI, under any circumstances of offence, to an ordinal prisou.

ON THE USE OF LINIE. Lime may be said to have six important uses in « application by the agriculturist. 1. In being taker, up as a constituent of the plant; 2. In hastens the decomposition of vegetable matter; 3 In neu- tralising acids which may collect in the soil; 4. In decomposing various aluminous compounds, bor,c manure, &c., also injurious salts of iron, forming ai inert oxide of that metal; 5. Frequently it acts the part of farmers' friend," when a grub has been destroying a portion of his crop, or if applied pre- viously in preventing such an untoward disaster; and lastly, though by no means least in importance, it acts mechanically upon" clay" lands by material- ly assisting to diminish their tenacity. To effect\'tie whole of these objects the lime must be burnt; thus driving off its carbonic acid then it is -1 slaked, when it immediately enters into combination w the water forming a hydrate." Now comes the point which the Isle of )10. Farmer" wishes to discuss in your Number March 3. He evidently is not altogether ignoran: correct scientific principles, but on one or two pmr.j appears to have made a blunder. To be as btiet the subject admits, I will give my own expericnc. Having examined my soil and tound a sman JK centage of lime, I calculated what proportion ou^h: to be applied per acre this quantity is put (),i t'. land in the shape of quicklime, and spread ov, Clover brush for two reasons; 1. Because I w- j decompose the Clover loots, that they may havo: beneficial effect upon the Wheat crop which and 2dly, to destroy any slugs a Clover ley is to harbour. It must be mentioned, in passing, that the -l-c rotation is adopted, and thus the lime is as distant a period as possible from the t.ir:n- y manure, which it would of course decompo-e too rapidly were they brought into nun, contact, although I have actually seen farmers of the old selool" put a good dri's- quicklime end manure on the land at the sanK t.;i. But why do I plough the lime in hut 5 F r simple reason, I wish to reap the benefit of 0: every posib¡e manner, 3nd I know that in T: my ploughing it in, it will soon b,n, CO" into carbonate; and, besides this, from the vs, which the soil contains, another equivalent ot c' bonic acid will be added to a portion of it it i, t immediately dissolved, and henceforth can, it ];,è;" be taken up as food by the plants, bicarboi,r.:e lime being soluble in water. Another tluw' i" believe) in the "Isle of Man Farmer s" ^liouor.^ this: He mixes his weeds with quicklime,^ ■ appears to glory in a real combustion taking Now this I consider very extravagant, for you lose all the organic matter which the weeds con: ad, a part of it extracted from your soil. My p • to cart these weeds to the lowest part of the >■ yard (which is in the form of a basin) here they come saturated with concentrated urine, and, w. taken out, are found a most valuable mass 01 m i: I admit that Couch-grass, it not properly dneu the land, does vegetate atter this progress, out- otherwise, One other point connected with lime, which •is brought before our notice by the" hie, ,I .\1 I Farmer," and then I conclude. It is this: lime be supplied to land in small quantities, r- at long intervals I am an advocate lor the torrne.. and why 1. Because (reasoning from an .i sy be- tween plants and animals) we do not find, in zos. cases, that the larger.\»he dose a patient take- better he is after it, or that a man who (supp ■: such aching could happen), having eaten two Uii* ^r! at the same hour, is quite as free from dyspepsia „■ one who has taken a moderate meal. 2. Lrct: practical man knows that lime has a tendency descend in the soil, and get out of the rcsen?.? plough therefore it follows that if you get a layer of lime upon the soil, say once in 12 is not likely to afford, such an even plants as it the amOllnt you then applied had be^ divided into three portions, and or.e ot these laid vn, every four years.—Scientexcith Practice.—Agricui.i"

I HORTICULTURE. It it now time to attend to the summer r rur-in; of the small fruits—the gooseberry, currant, and r^l' berry. Many neglect this important operati a 1 this season of tb e year. and permit the bushes to ■' encumbered during the fruiting season with a tity of useless shoots, which not only prevent t;1 free circulation of light and air, 80 cssenl!1! to e full flavour and perfection of the fruit, but also dr >1 off a considerab le portion of sap, which wUlj;.1 b much better em,ployed in maturing the fruit. such useless wood should be neatlpemoyed forth- with. When time will permit, it will be well to w> again the tiained espalier and wall trees, removing all useless wood left at the last pruning. It any parts-of the trees are getting bare, and are in want of young fruit be lting wood, this is the time to pro- vide a supply, which may be effected by pinching out the points of one or more healthy shoots in th- vicinity, which causes each shoot according to its strength to throw up three, four, or five healthy useful shoots. Generally we fear there is but sm occasion to thin the fruit of the wall trees this ye ir. but where it is necessary it should be commcnccJ now; but we should not recommend a too sevew thinning at this time. Be careful to destroy the wel s of caterpillers and all other insec's hie), infest the various fruit trees, as the perfoctio, i f the fruit is intimately connected with the vigour t j. health of ths foliage, THB GIlEEXIIOrSC. Unremitting attention is required in affording p'»n:- in pots a due supply of water during hot ry wcat1::r for nothing tends to shorten the blooming sea' and to check the vigour ot the plants more th." allowing the ball to get dry. Bo careful, thereto:?, that the ball does not shrink from the side of they-, as it is apt to do in dry weather; for in this case t,, water runs down the side of the pot, and the p. '1-' derives but little benefit from it. THE HOWER GAltDEX. See that the rose trees are kept free from tnt 4^■ fly by syringing, if necessary, with a strong 50:urIJ:1 of tobacco. Peg out the verbenas and other tr..r", plants as they advance in growth. THE VINERY. Continue to remove laterals, keep the temp' ture steady, and give abundance of air ip f!IC w". ther. THE KITCHEN OARDEN. Let the etops of onions, carrots, parents, c- thinned out to the proper distance, and freed t? ;3:.d Plant out sJalcd¿u;r. later crops of potatoes.

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