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ODDIWRTH FAB YN LLYXLLEIFlAD…
ODDIWRTH FAB YN LLYXLLEIFlAD AT EI DAD YN MOX. Fy anwvl Paa, Gobcithio'r wyf, Pan ddelwyf tros y tonnau, Y bvdd y ffrwythydd hyn y w nghred, Yn addfed i'm gwefusau* Afalau, eirin. dorant fiys, (;s,h,rie, o)r rhyw ore", A phys a fla rh.i breiaion, 0 A tr;;J: ;n::e; 0 Mae dwfr yn rhedeg rhwng pob daint, Wrth fcddwl faint y plcst r, A guf wrth fvvyta ftrwythydd Môu, Mac'n frlu* son ar fyrdcr. 'Rvvn vnirtdihvnu fod rhyw fyrdd O'r tfrwythyAd cuych Rh, w nifur fawr o'r mcfus dn, Ptreiddia' 0 'rwyn chwenych. Gwclcd pentyrou o'r rhai hyn, Modd sydiy'n dan fy ngolwg, A ?.,i ill, ?.1 Ed?n fah,- Yn iach y b'och bob gilwg. Mehcfiu. Ydwyf, &c.
MY OLD BLUE COAT. I
MY OLD BLUE COAT. Old friend! the summer's gone at last, And soon again the winter'* blast will come, old coat, nndllnJwt we Be friends, as once we used to be ? "I is true, when summer days were fair, A coat I had for lighter wear, Treating thee almost with disdain, Forgetting 1 should want again M, ld blue coat. But now those sunny days are o'er, The butterfly is seen n" more- The bee that sipped rfom every flower— The soft, the calm, refreshing shower- All these are gone; the swallows, too, Have for a while bid us adieu And choking fogs each night proclaim That shortly I must wcar again Myoid blue coat. How oft, upon a summer's night, l'w sat an<llistened with delight To hear the warbling nightingale 8?ng ?. some ?llqu.st? rW v? The bt, perchance, came flitting by, And all "roun,1 the dcar blue sky Was seen but now such joys are o'er, I feci that I shall want once more My old blue coat. In flaunting blouse and satin Test 1 thought myself once richly dressed And need I tell that thou wert thrust Aside, to slumber in the dust ? Jlnt, like the tulip when in bloom, Such summer trappings fadethsoon; And I uu^t own, with truth sincere, There's naught like thee, for useful wear, My old blue coat. Come forth, then from thy dusty cell, All,1 hcur what merry hearts can tell, Oh, ves' come forth, and join with me In all the joys of Christmas glee. Come forth, and hear the jocund song Fass merrily round the social throng The toast I'll give whatever the rest Of friends may be, 110,"c thee best, Myoid blue coat! For 'tis, when warmlv wrapt in thee, Niv heart is g-IHd, my mind is free; *TIS then my actions I can sean. And study what oocnll1c, a man. My faults are many, yet I trust, like thee, tlll,lI slumber in the dust; And may my life hereafter be • To others, as you've been tome, My old blue coat! J. LACY.
LITERARY NOTICES.
LITERARY NOTICES. AN IXTERESTING ROMANCE. (From M. Wnwie mtum* et des Executions Politique*, ftr.) The Empress Kli^bf-th. daughter of Peter the Great, find predecessor of IVter Til.—whose marriage with <ne PiincesH of Zeihost, afterwards Catherine the Great. "as brought ahont hv her—had had three chil- d'en by her secret marrhye with Alexis ltnzunioffski.- The youngest of tl.os* wa« a dao?Mer, who was brought up in Russia mule- the name of the Princess Tarraka- non-. When Catherine trampled 'he rights of Poland under foot, the Polish pr'nee, Oh«Tles Radzivil, earned off the young princess, md took her to Italy, thinking to set her up at unme future dav a* a pretender to the Russian throne, lnf.vmed of this, Catherine confiscated I his estates nnd in order to live, he was compelled to sell the diamonds and other valuables h« had taken with him to Italv. These re«ources exhuusted, Rauzml set out for Poland to seek others. leaving the young prin- cess, then in h"r nifh year, at Home, under the care of a governess or duenna. On reaching his native country he was ottered the restoration of his property if he would bring back his ward to Russia. He refused but he was so base as to promise that he would take no further trouble about her, and leave her to her fate. Catherine pardoned him, and forthwith put Alexis Orion on the scent He was a keen bb odhound she well knew, ble of any villainy that might serve his ambition. Gold unlimited was placed at his disposal, and promise of huh rewRrd if he discovered the retreat of the princess, and lured her within Catherine's reach, Orloff set of ffor Italy and on arriving there he took into his emrloy a Neapolitan named Rib-s. a sort of spy. styling himself a mival officer, who pledged mmselt to find out the princess, but stipulated for rank in the Russian navy as his reward. M. Blanc asserts that lie demanded to be made ati ndmiral at once and that Or- loff. afraid. notwithstanding the extensive powers given him, to bestow so hisjh a crade, or compelled by the suspicions of Ribas to produce the commission itself, wrote to C"lher; who ot once sent the required docu- ment. Whether this be exact or not, more throne historian mentions that Rihas subsequently commanded in the Mack Sea as a Russian Vice-admiral. When certain of his reward, Ribas, who then had spent two months in researches, revealed the retreat of the unjor- tun* princess. With some abridgment we will follow M IJhne, whose narrativc, agrees in all the main points with the authentic versions of this touching and roman- tic history. The princess was at Rome. Abandoned by Radlivit, I she w.s reduced to the greatest penury, existing only by the aid of a woman who had been her servant, and who NOW served other masters. Alexis Orloff visited her in her miserable abode. and .poke at first in the tone of a devoted slav»» addressing his sovereign. He told hel she was the legitimate empress of Russia that the en- tire population of that vast empire anxiously loned for her accession that if Catherine srill occupied 'he throne, it was only because nobody knew where she(lhe prinee.s) was hidden and that her appearance amongst her f.,th. ful subjects would be a signal for the instant downfall of the "'pr- No??h?andinc her youth, the prineess mistrusted these dazzling assurances; she was even alarmeQ br them, and held herself upon her guard. Then Orlott, one of the handsomcst men of his time, joined the so- due.ions of love to those of ambition he feigned a vio- lent passion for the young girl, and swore that his life depended on his obtaillillg her heart and band. The poor isolated girl fell unresistingly into the infamous enure spread for her inexperience; she believed and loved him. The infamous Orloff persuaded her that their marriage must be strietly private, lest Catherine should hear of it and take precautions. In the night he brought to her house a party of mercenaries, 80m" wear- ing the costumes of priests of the Greek Church, others magnificently attired to act as witnrsses, Th. mockery of marriage enacted, the princess willinglv accompan led Alexis Orloff, whoOl she believed to be her husband, to Leghorn, where entertainments of all sorts were given to tier. (*tie Russian squadron, at anchor off the port, was commanded by the English Admiral Gre iz. This officer, either the dupe or the accomplice of Orlott, in- vited the princess to visit the ve.l- that were soon to be commanded in her name. She accepted, nd em. barked after a banquet, amidst the acclamations nf an immense crowd. The cannon thundered, the sky was bright, every circumstance conspired to give her visit the appearance of a brilliant festival, /rom her flag- bedeck d galley she w". hoisted in splendid arm chair on board the admiral's vessel, where she was received with the honours due to a crowned head. Until then Orloff ,iI never left her side for a moment. Sudd< n!y the scene Orl.ffdiR.p,,ered in 1,!?c, of the g.y and smiling officers who an instant pre. o,??1), had ub,,q?i(?,? 11 y bowed b??f.,e he,, the ,?f t.- nate victim saw herself surrounded by men of sinioter aspect, one of whom announced to hei that she was pri- soner by order uf the Empress Catherine, and that 600n stic would be Li ought to I rial for the treason she had attempted. The princess thought herself in a dream. Wi'h loud c> ies she summoned her husband to her aid. lUr guunU.»ns laughed in her hce,and told her she had a lover, but no husband, and that her marriage was a farce. Her despair at these terrible tevt-latioyisaiiiounied '0 frenzv 1!oht, burst into t-obs and reproaches, and al last bhe swooned away. They took advantage of her in- sensibility io put fetter# upon her hands and feet, and lowcr lIer into the hold. A few h<>u<s alt.r the squadron Hailed for Russia..Notwithstanding her helplessness an d entreaties, the poor gid was kept in irolls IInli} her arrival at St. Petersburg! when he \\a tRken bttore the empress nhu wi hfd to Me and nurst.on her. Catherine was old; the Puiices• Tarrakanuffwas but 16, hndotfurpa?innbtttu'y.the uxp.mty destroyed h.'rtattchauceofmcrcy.Hutasthcre'.asinreahty no chMf!c?.nt.ther.an'tash):rtna.nnKh!hate'n.tue too much Hoise, Cathei ine after a ùn6 and secret inter- ?ew ?-h'h?'unturtunaX- pr?oner.g?eordef?hat .he should be kept i,? the most rigoiou* c»p'iuty. She was confined in one of the dungeons of a prison near Ihe Ne'a. H\e)e.'rse)ap?d.Th<ctimoftheheatt'e<sC.i- Iheri, and of the villaJU 0<1011..w.ild death as the ?iyrfi'itf'ehccoutdexp?t.but y'.mh.undan"od con- etitution, struggled energetically a^uinoi toiture and pri'nnons. One «Uht. reclining on the straw that served her as a bed, she p ayed to God to terminate U t buttrins hy ukiug her tll himself, \\1,111 hei atU'lJlIlJfI was attr»ct('d b, a I* tuoiblioc noise like the roll oi distant thunder. >he 1 >uned. The noise redoubled; itbteame an incessant roar, which each moment aug- inenled in power. The poor captive desired death, anu h c.illeJ aioud, ai.u miploied mil t) be Ivfl uU'iie. A jniltr caiue al HIT cries she asked Hit cause 1.1 the IIdt, IIIt-IlcarlJ. "l'is tjoiiiiijg," iel)lied the stupid .),e, the Neva overflowing. '• but cannot the water reach us l..cre I It is hue ulreailv." At that moment the flool, niaUins i!s way under Uu dioi, poured in'o tlic dunyeoti, nn I ii. aii lualaO'C'p- the ai.u j »:lei n«.ie I tlie .UiKles iii tv.jtci. J For hpovtn'. sake, let u. lean thia!" cried the y0°n P'" ?t wi»u( .?r.nd I hne receind none. But we shall be drowned That is pretty certain. But without special orden I am not to lei you leave '>» dungeon, under pain 0/ c.?..f ulor.seen d.nK" am 10 remain with \'0U M.I kill vou should f<<:u?be?emp'cd. U??d G?d! thet 'u.t.i. my- ?elf Neva, „verflowinK its bank., 0--t'd ??or-o" blocks of ice, upsetting everyihm» in as P^»»« and inundatin* the adjacent country The water now pushed furiously aains: the prison doors. the sentinels I.d been curried away by il?? torrent, and tie other gulld bad taken refurIe or, tupper floors. Lifted of ft.er feet by the icy flood whioh s"?'J"??- the unfo.tnu?e cap.ive fen ..d ?"'PP,?' 'the jailer, ?ho bd w?r to hi» br?-i'. hung his lamp 1 ?)). -d tried to Mccour his f" buiW' .accede.. in r..is,? her up .1?. was d ad l The po-i- bUity.ntici?edb)h.s<?)o?r?Mr?. ^h«e had been stress of circumstances, and the P""??'"?"?_ dMdh?e't? ai*t)ibef!yt')t'<-dun)!Ct)n.Hedn.o)e! ? corp. in ? ?. he S.?c?,?ded reaching the upper P,lrt of Ihe prison-
IMPEBIAL PARLIAMENT. I -?…
IMPEBIAL PARLIAMENT. I   -? I 3 ,IONI)AY, JULY 2. I HOUSE OF LORDS, After a conversation on foreign ariairoo I., the Marquis of LANSDOWNE denied that M. Kos- suth. and the Hungarian insurrection had been re- eocnised by Her Majesty's Government. The Duke of HICHMOND presented the report of the committee on entailed estates, and having ureed the importunce of passing some measure founded on that report during the present session, laid on the table H bill in which the recommenda- tions of the committee were carried out. Some discussion ensued, in which the principle of the measure was generally admitted, and the bill was read a first time A discussion then arose reapecting the bill for "ranting a new constitution to the Australian colo- nies. in which Lord Stanley deprecated any pleci. pitate enactment at this advanced period of the ses- sion; ?iteEartGrey expressed his hope   bill might pass b.hre the prorogation of the Home. The Hailway Audit of Accounts Mill was read a second time, and their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS,-MONDAY. JULY 2. Lord FALMEllSTON in reply to a questtou put by Mr. liaillie, stated, with reference to the non-lul- filment by the Government of Ctlina of the 8tipula- ti"n to admit British subjects into the city of Can- ton, that, under the circumstances alleged by the Chinese authorities, it was not the intention of her Majesty's Government to enforce the right by arms; but, retaining the right (which was not disputed), they consented to a temporary auspenion ot it; and he further stated that it was intended to exact from the Chinese Government the execution of that article of the treaty of Nankin which stipulalPd that British subjects should be at liberty to carry on their com- mercial transactions in China without the interven- tion of the Co-Hong. Lord J. RUSSELL exp.lai.ned .t. he course i• nt, en„ded to be pursued by the Government with relation to the pubhc b?ineas aheady before the House, w?d to be brought before it. ?h:"??R?d. (Ireland) Bill and the Sewers Acts Amendment (No. 2) Hill were severally read a third time and passed. The other orders bemg di»- posed of. ?r "DtSKAELI rose to move that the house would re.-olve itself into a committee to consider the state of the nation. A principal reason was the decline in the value of our foreign commerce; and he showed that, notwithstanding continental convul- sions, the quantity of goods exported from the United Kingdom (denoted by official value) was ?quai to that of the great years 1845 and 1846 but the deda?d of ;,Ituie of exports in those two years averaged £59,560,1100, but in 1848 it was only tM.uOO.OOO; M that our working clanes for the ?ame Quantity of goods, had received to,500,000 t?esa in 1848 than in lh45 and 1816. From this and other f?.s. Mr. Disraeli argued that the principles of 'p.Bt.bie intercha?e with foieign nations adpt'd in our new commercial theory were "?"?'"? ?"S British i-bo? of less exchangeable value. Other reasons weie found in the state of the home market and the fall of prices, which diminished the meaM ofempbv.nent; and in the incre?eot imm g aiion ro? M-?u. the r?utt not of the famine but of the policy of the Government. In the midst of these evils, what had been the financial proceedings of the present Ministers? Increased expenditure and in- creased taxation. Mr. Disraeli then reviewed their colonial administration-the darkest page in their history-and passed thence to their ureignpohcy which, he maintained, whilst it had diminished the influence of this country, had been one of the prin- cipal causes of the continental convulsions and he adduced the ease of Italy as an example ol the prin- ciples and the effects of their policy. One predomi- nant cause, however, of our calamities was the legis- lation which had changed the principles of our society, substituting others which as economical principles were fallacious, whilst they destroyed that noble spirit of ambition which was the source of a nation's greatness, prosperity, and power. Mr. II ume not rising to propose the amendment of which he had given notice, The ell A;\CEI,LO I.{ of the EXCHEQUER rose, in the hope that Mr. Hume had abandon cd that amendment, to oppose the motion, which held out no specific remedy for the distress so eloquently des- cribed by Mr. Disraeli. That remedy was suggest- ed in a resolution of a recent meeting, namely, the resioration of protection. He first vindicated the colonial pol'cy of the present government, showing from official returns the progressive increase of ex- ports from the West India colonies since the adop- tion of free trade principles, even in British Uuian; and then proceed to the main wpic-the uifsnial s'ate of the country. He complained ot Mr. Dis- raeli's assuming its state III March, 1S48. as a test of its condition now-that period being remarkable ] tor the high price of corn and he gave statistical results ot the inquiries he had made in all parts of the country, whence it appeared that employment of labour waS increasing. In the raanulactunng dis- tticts, the circumstances of the artisans now in lull employment, had not been so favourable in respect to wailed and comforts for many years as at present, and their improved condition was apparent in ine great dimillulion of crime. This impulse domestic ii-dustrv had received from the encouragement given bv a reduction of duty upon raw foreign commo- dities i alld Sir Charles pointed out the fallacy of the illlcrellce drawn by àlr. Disraeli from the cuni- parative cheapness 01 our exports, the quantity ot which he had admitted, had increased, and they were still much increasing in quantity and value in a very extraordinary degree. After extracting ad- ditional evidence 01 the unproved condition of the labourin" classes Irom the vast increase in the con- sumption of the chief articles of domestic use, and showiiw by a variety ut returns the success which the principles of commercial legislation lately adopted had realized. includlllg our shil)piiig--wiiit;i), he contended, directlv negatived the allegations ot the member for llucks-lie turned to that part of the subject respecting which, he confessed, he could not give equally satisfactory statelllents, namely, the state ot the agricultural districts. He admitted that considerable complaint and alarm existed amongst farmers; but, although the average pnce ot wheat for the five months ending May was only 45s. 3d., during the last three years it had been ii.. 3id. and what must be the state of the agricultuial interest, if, with prices like these, fanners were, as Mr. Dis- raeli asserted, tuiiied ? Sir Chailes discussed at much length, the action ot recent legislation, the repeal oi the Corn Laws and the lIIodltieatioll of the tittiff, upon our agricutture.poining out the failure 01 the predlctiolls which had threatcneda supeiflux 01 I<Hel;;11 eurn, and then applied himsclt to what he said was the pith otitic question namely, thecondition i)f tiie agricultural labourers, lie believed iliat ill the snuth-west of England wages weie reduced, and that there was a want ol employment; bit this, lie showed, was not the case in other pitflo, where labourers in husbandry were IIble to purchase with the same wages a greater amount of necessaries. He urged the farmers to fallow the example of the Hi.oiuiactureis, and by an unpioved f agri- CUlture give incieased employment, whilst it would diminish the cost of producliou and price, thereby doubly bettering the labourer's condition. He ar- gued this question as ft country gentleman,—one of a cla»9 wnich would Iwt luhl the public duties attaching to their dtallulI unless they possessed tne contideinc <>' the Kleut body of tile people, which wuuld he withheld It the people believed they were intent upon their own interests and II tlll motIOn was au attempt 10 leverse past legislation, he trUltcd the House would re.i.t it, as fatal a, the best inler- ests ol the counity and to the stability ot its uisti* lotions. Mr. BAII.I.1K supported the motion. Mr KOiiliUcK observed, that if Mr. Di.raeli did ivil mean by his 1I\\H\un \.hu.t h was ready tu take the Government into his own liands, he meant no- thing. The deficiency of the revenue be accounted lor witl."ut accusing the piineiples 01 free trude. lie could assert iluthuflliltlYcly that the mcretlulilc community was iinpioving, and that it any part of the agnculluial community was sutflriug, it wafl the liiiidioids alone. Mi. l'LU,\l1'ltE supported the motion. On the motion of Mr. Su/VNEY, the debate was adjourned until Tuesday. Several bills weie advance I a stage, and the other orUel. havlII¡:ueclI d"vu8ed of, the House adjourned \It a quarter to 1 ,¡dulk,
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AKTIFICIAL MAHOGANY.- The following method of giving any 'I",de, of wood of a close grain, the uppoar- anco of mahogany in texture, dcnity, and polish, -?lid t? ho 'pr?ti?m?rMn?wBh?ucc?.ThchuttuccM plained smooth, and the wood is then rubbed with a so- lution of nit.ous add; OHC ouuc of dragon's blood is dissoLetl in nearly a pint of spirits ,f WJlW; thiN, and one-third of un ounce of carbonate of soda, are then to be mixed togetuer, and filtered, and tile liquid in tbls thin state is to be laid on with a solt brush, i his pro- cess IS to be repeated, and in a "hoft interval afterwards th(;w?od p<?'.Mthct.xtt'nMtni'pt;M.mccut'mnh"?. vv h n tne |iolis)i dininii-hes in brilliancy, it may lie ien- tor. ,1 hv ii j ol a lidle cold-drawn liiiM'ed ,il. i irMtv.
THE TRANSPORT. j
THE TRANSPORT. A SCENE ON THE WATERS. (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) The areat?e of day was wide open.andajoyfnni?ht fi)? air, heaven, and ocean. The ma.bled cloud, lay ? ion .far and ?ide over the deep btue?y?nd at memory ofato? ,,d hurricane bad   r^o0LT ^h:,immrnsrcl. There ?.s but a ge'ntle fluctuation on fhe bosom of the deep, »nd the »ea- brd. flortrd steadily there, or dipped teir wing, for a moment in the wreathed foam, and again wheeled spor- ttviTy .way into h? u".hine. One sip. cmyone single ship, wa. within the encircling hori?n..nd she had lain there as if at anchor .ince the mormnc light; for. although her sails were set, scarcely a wandering breeze touched her canvas, and her flags hung dead at staff and at peak, or lifted themselves uncertainly up at intervals, and 'hen sunk again into motionless repose. The crew paced not her deck, for they knew that no breeze would come till after mttidian and it was the Sabbath-day A small congregation were singing praises to God in that chapel, which rested almoat as quietly on the sea as the house of ivorsliip in which they had been used to proy. then rested far off on a foundation of rock in a green valley of their forsaken Scotland. They were emigrants, not hoped ever ugain to see the mists of their native mountains. But its they heard the voice of their psalm, each singer half forgot that it blended with the sound of the sea. and almost believed himself silting in the kirk of his own beloved parish. But hund'eds of billowy leagues intervened between them and the little tinkling be ll that was now tolling their happier friends to the quiet house of God. And now an old iirey-hesded man ross to pray, and held up his withered hands in fervent supplication for all round. for three geneialions were with the patriarch in that tabernacle. There, in one group, were huabdnds and wives standini; together in awe of Him who held the deep in the hollow of bis hand; there, youths and maidens linked together by the feeling of the same des- iiny, some of them perhap. hoping, when they reached the shore, to lay their heads on one pillow there, chil- dren hand in hand, happy in the wonders of the ocean and there, mere infants smiling on the sunny deck, and unconscious of the meaning of hymn or prayer. A low, confined, growling noise was heard struggling beneath thejdeck, and a sailor called with a loud voice, Fire, fire; the ship's on fire!" Holy words died on the prayer's tongue, the congregation fell asunder, and pale faces, wild eyes, groans, shrieks, and outcries, rent the silence of the lonesome sea. No one for a while knew the other, as all were hurried as in » whirl- wind up and down the ship. A dismal heat, all unlike the warmth of that beautiful sun, come btiflingly on every breuth. Mothers, who in their first terror had shuddered but for themselves, now elisped their infants to their breasts, and lifted up their eyes to he..on,- Bold, brave men, grew as white as ashes, and hands, strengthened by toil and storm, trembled like the aspen leaf. Gone, gone; we are all lIone!" wal now the cry, yet no one knew whence that cry came and men Ill. red reproachfully on each other's countenances, and strove to keep down the audible beating of their own Kaapta TiiP dpsnerate love of life drove them instinc- tively to their and the water was poured, aa by the strength ofgiants, down among the smouldering flames. But the devouring element roared up into the air and deck, masts, sails, and shrouds were one crack- ling and hissing sheet of fire. Let down the boats! was now the yells of hoarse voices; and in an instant they were filled with life.— Theu there was frantio leaping into the ses; and all who were fast drownmg moved convulsively towards that little ark. Some sank down at once into oblivion' some grasped at nothing with their disappearing hands some seized, iu vsin, unquenched pieces of the fiery wreck, some would fain have saved a friend almost in the last agonies and some, strong in a savsge despair, tore from them the clenched fingers that would have dragged thein down, and forgot in fear both love end pity. Enveloped in flames and smoke, yet insensible as a corpse to the burning, a frantic mother fluog down her buby among the crew and 8ø it fen among the upward oais uuharmed, she shrieked out a prayer of thanks- giving. 6o, cried she to her husband. go, fori am content 10 die, bt you live for ur sake. I he husband looked for a moment till he saw his child ivas safe and then, taking his young wife in his arms, sat down beneath the burning fragments of the sail, with the rest that were resigned, never more to rise up till the sound of the lost trumpet. In a few hours the moon shone out on the peaceful waves, and no speck was on the world of waters, but a few charred timbers of the ill-fated transport.
I VARIETIES.
VARIETIES. It is one of the conditions of life, that experience is not tfi>n8mi.8ible. No man can learn from the feelings of another, he must suffer himself; each must bear his own burden. TUULIC PETITIONS.—The 53rd report of the Select Committee specifies 488 pClitions al\ail\sl the Marriages Bill, signed by 14,2!:ki persons; 196 petitions in its fa- vour, signed by èJi tj O persons 10 petitions against the Sunday Trading Hill, signed by l,b;i< persons i 17 peti- tions in ita favour, signed by 4.UI:J persons. 483 peti- tions for agricultural relief, signed by 06,047 persons.- 15 petitions in favour of the Bankrupt L«ws Consolida- tion Bill, signed by 8,361 persons. 172 petitions for the suppression of promiscuous intercourse, signed by 7,6b3 persons. 151 petitions for an alteration of the 13tor Act, signed by 20,011 persons. And 1,136 peti- tions for referring disputes to arbitration, signed by 2tJ8,31 persons. A NIGGER CONUNDRUM.—1" Crow, I want to ax you a conunderdum." "Well, Julius, succeed, I's open for de queshum." Can you tell me why do art of self-de- fence am like a ribber at low tide ?" No, Julius, I doesn't see no similarity in de two subjects, so darfor I guvs um up 41 Well, den, I'll tell you. It is simply bakase it developed dc musce/s! You is de most ignu- mous nigger 1 nebber seed!" "Yah-y&h! I know d all du time what dat was, only I dida't want to say nuf- tin: jiss ax me agin an' see if I cant't told you.New York Paper. NEVER GET ANGRY.—It does no good. Some sins have a seeming eompensation or apology, a present grati- fication of some sort; but anger has none. A manleel, no better for it. It is really u torment; and, when the storm of passion has cleared away, it leaves one to see that he has been a fool. And he has made himself a fool in the eyes of others too. Who thinks well of an ill-natured, churlish man, who has to be approached in the most guarded and cautious way ? Who wishes him for a neighbour, or a partner in business ? lie keeps all about him in nearly the same state of minil as if they were living next door to a hornet's nest or a rabid animal. And, as to prosperity in business, one gets along n? better for getting angry. What if business is hr¿iona¡;:æhd' so;: by contraries," will a fit of pi?sion make the winds more propitious, the ground more productive, the markets more favourable ? Will a bad tempcr d,- customers, pay nos) and make credi- tor better natured ? If men animals, or senscless mat- ter cause troubl(?, will g,?tt??ng m;h" help matters, make men more subservient, brutes more docile, wood and stoue more tractable ? An angry man adds nothing to the welfare of society. He may do some good, but more hurt, Heated passion makes him a firebrand, and it is a wonder if he does rot kindle flames of discord on every hand. Without much sensibility, and often bereft of reason, he speaketh like the piercing of a sword, an d his tongu?? is an arrow shot out. He is a ba,, dement in any community, and his removal would furnish ?t?sion for a day of thanksgiving. Since, then, anger is use s, needless, disgraceful, without the least apology and found only in the bosom of fools," why should it be indulged at all ?—Bostow Heporter. A CAUTION TO FUGITIVE MONARCHS.—CHARLES ALHEKT AT TOULOUSE.—I will conclude my letter with a morsel, by way of bonne-bouche, of genuine and authen- tic royal biography. The informant from whom I have it is the file decinmhre at my inn, the IIótcl de I' Europe: a source of inlormation. if not very exalted, equal pro- bably in point of dignity to that of much of the gossip which reaches ordinary mortals anent their rulers. It so chanced that my predecessor in No. 4, at the H6tel de l'Kurope was poor Charles Albert, passing by Toulouse in his sad journey from the fatal field of Novara to his retirement in .Portugal. He arrived in an ordinary car- riage with a valet and courier only, and nobody guessed who he was. He was put into the first bed-room that happened to be vacant; and might have quitted Tou- louse in as strict incognito as he had entered it, had not my friend the chamber-maid received from the hands oj the valet a silver warming-pan (!) for the purpose of warming the royal sheets. On the lid of this magnifi- cent but tell-tale pan were emblazoned the royal arms of Sardinia. The maid showed the pan to her master, and the cat was out of tne bag. Hence monarchy may learn that when they travel incog, they should leåve at home the state warniiiig-pan with the other trappings of royalty. Au resfe, if any inquiring mind should specu- late on the possible reasons which induced the King of Sardinia to travel with so strange a piece of furniture, all that 1 clln GO towards elucidating the matter is to remind the reader that w arming-pans arc not generally met with in Italian inns their functions beingperlormed by placing between the sheets a simple apparatus con- slsting of a pot of burning charcoal suspended in a little wooden frame an operation which the Italian Chamber- maids call, by a metaphor lIlore expressive than reverent, "put ing a priest in the bed."—Foreign Correspondent oi the Athemeum." Tim LATH MADAME CATALANI.-NO city in Europe has preserved so enthusiastic a remembrance of Catalani liS bt. l'etersburgh. The Kmperov Alexander viewed her with e.special lavour, and marvels are still told of the generous competition which cxistei bdwl'en these two sovereigns, who vied with each other in acts of the most livdy ¡iheraHt)" Wi.hin" to 1"llve behind her ocmc mark of gratitude lor the reception she had met with, Madame Catuluni advertised a concert to be given for the poor of St. I'elcrslmrgh, at the great theatre, the very nitfht before her departure. In e.mnequoncc of the ,f ti(,k(-I, th,-?,tr,, wu, t'i,,d to be to- t*"l tl?l' tl,(, I I,li,! f file dty. "as, by tin* Kinperor's orders, fitted up for the <'c.t'mo!?'. The concert n'?)iM'() the enormous sum of L4,000 sterling, every farthing of which was generously abandoned by the singer to the various hospitals ot the place. The Emperor himself waited on Catalani the next day with thanks for her generous assistauee. He found her in the very act of departure, being already .seated iu the carriage which was to bear her away. He knelt on one knee upon the lowered step and begged permission to kiss her hand she withdrew her glove for the purpose, and while with the grace and courtesy of a paladin he bent over the small fingers, he elapsed round her wrist a diamond hraeelet, of the same value as the '.UH)whhhhttdh?)m?i/.cd))Y her -tt?)rt, j. favour of the jtu?'uthiHhduvcdchy. It WMmiS'27 that Mad. C?mhttiai?MnrMH()fth(!hmttmK'm)'ubUc,tmdttwM iaUu?in that she w arlned fur hMtM«'n.. Never did ao artist retire amid such glory as Catalani. She was t?M't?n?nt?r'utftmrtM?t'hO.'rcntm'tMtKmu's.cight gold medals were bestowed upon her by various sove- ni?an?ciht.?'orHtionsint?tim?ny?Mttnnra.ioti of ner takllt and gratitude lor hi r unbounded charity. 'AM a l?,,r w-, irrel)roaclitible. She was honoured lor her virtue and beloved lor her ^entle and ainiame manners, anu amidst all the homa? ?m?t.h?d?.rwtu.h.<u.'r?tn'tc()hcr.shc8ti)tpr<wr?d the simplicity of her humble origin, and the austerity of )))'imiph?.u".rd to )).'rc?n<'utiou? ('du?)Lun.— ['<tiid Orr«"jH»idi'iit \1) the AtUl>
I OPENING OF THE INQUISITION…
I OPENING OF THE INQUISITION AT ROME. The following account of the opening of the Inquisition, in the city of Rome, on the 1st of April, is from a corre- spondent of the New York Tribune. On S"n(\ay the palace of the Inquisition was thrown open ? the public, after some days devoted to an inventory of its contents, and investigations which resulted in the discovery of some relics of the diabolical practices with which this tribunal has been associated. Curiosity has been whetted by the accounts which appeared from time to time of prisoner's bones and tortures, and, more recently, by the proclamation announcing that the building would be opened, which spoke of homd prisons, skeletons, and instruments of torture. The people poured into it in crowds. Everybody was there: ragged, cadaverous old men, who looked as if they might have just come from the prisons; fresh young girls, with their missals, who had perhaps half-an-hour before been listening reverently to a mass from the lips of some priest who might have had his share in the deeds they were shuddering over; strangers with their eyes stretched, and ready for the most fearful sights. They were below and above, in the vaults and in the garrets, running through long suites of rooms,passages which led to nothing, peeping into coal-closets and the mouth of some old drain, and turning away with a disappointed look and the ex- clamation, 'Non e'e niente\ (4 there's nothing there.') I went with the croud, and at first I could not avoid a feeling of disappointment, and thought that the Govern- ment had wisely chosen the 1st of April to expose the hor- rors of the Inquisition; but, convinced that there must be something to see, I kept up my search. I found my way at length into a quiet garden, with a bubbling fountain in the centre, which seemed the very spot for sacred meditation; but around the garden was a low building, with grated windows. The rough walls of the rooms within were co- vered with inscriptions marked with a bit of charcoal: some ascriptions of praise, some bitter and complaining. In one I read, Let us pray to God, that the good people may have pity. In another, 1 Take away oppression, 0 God!' I Too long have I been confined here, at the caprice of calumni- ators, without admission to the sacraments.' I ]low much have I mffered here r Here, beneath a death's head and cross-bones, was written, 0 mori P Here, I Scipio Gaetani eight years have I been imprisoned here.' There was one short but expressive sentence in the English language: 1 Is (hit the Christian faith ?' In one prison a heavy trap-door ?M lifted from a dark opening, exposing a deep, black vault; below, in a comer, Yay a mass of bedclothes and tat- tered garments, amongst which I recognized a worn, dirty strait-waistcoat, apparently intended for a female. In several of the rooms were pipes, through which, probably, food w- given to tho wretched inmates. In ?' .'r part of the building a dense crowd was assembled .? the entrance to a vault, which memed to pass beneath the whole palace. I made my way through the mass, and down the rough steps, and rccognized,by the light of the torches upon the walls, heaps of human bones scattered over the floor. Others were protruding from the wall of earth at the side, yet untouched; and, although it was difficult to distinguish in this confused mass sex, age, or even the different parts of the body, one at least seemed to be that of a female; and the seventeen thigh bones, which might be counted here and there, told the story of nine poor victims. "1 he excavations are yet unfinwied, and it is not easy to conjecture how much the number may be increased. But even these few relics afford room for the darkest sus- picions. How many years have passed since these vaults received their last victim? Did he waste away slowly under torture and starvation, or did the holy fathers, more merciful than usual, give the blessing of a sudden death l But these are conjectures without limit. It is difficult to account for the presence of these relics upon any suppo- sition favourable to the Holy Office. They are found em- bedded in earth, filling the brick arches which form the foundation of the building, and must, therefore, have been placed there since its construction, a fact inconsistent with the supposition that they belonged to an ancient cemetery on this spot, if any existed; and it is but too clear, from the appearance o? the bones, that their possessors were born since the erection of the building. Perhaps the un- fortunate nnn, who was found in her cell w ?ell recent events threw open the doors of the palace, might tell us something that would aid in explaining these iti?overie& It is difficult to believe that the present centuiy can have ,,it.e,??d ny of the enormities for which this 7r?.d- ful tribunal has b"? proverbial. But whether the ract",?-? thus revealed date from the last century or the r=: t:yre;od a:h:;o:aIa} the ;:r: of r?i?ous persecution, and confirm my desire for the down- fall of a creed which still clings to the principles which authorized and occasioned the establishment of this detes- table institution. It is said that, in the convent of the Ara Cceli a Spanish monk was found, who had been imprisoned there for twenty-five years. When taken from his cell the poor man was almost blind by the glare of day, which now visited his eyes for the first time for a quarter of a century. It is ?.re?ly .?c?.,sarv to speak of his surprise on learning that he was set free bv the authority of a Roman Republic. Can such things be, without our special wonder ? tt were natural to believe that these stories are got up for the occasion; but some things I have seen, and others I tell as they were told to me."
SOMERSETSHIRE AGRICULTURAL…
SOMERSETSHIRE AGRICULTURAL COUNTY MEETING. BRIDGEWATEH, JUNE 29.—In compliance with a re- quisition addressed to Mr. G. W. Blathwayte, High Sheriff of the county of Somerset, signed by 700 owners and oc- cupiers of land in the county, a public meeting was held f;is:s:r; afternoon, for the ;on of taking into consideration the depressed condition of the agricul- tural interest, and to deliberate on the best means to be adopted for its relief. The meeting was advertised to be fddter To?-hall, i:c at a.; ru3t: proceedings were not opened till nearly 2 o'clock, and owing to the numbers assembled it was adjourned to the front of the market house, where, the hustings were erected. On the platform were noticed Mr. W. Miles, M.P., Sir A Hood, l\I,l' and Mr. Pinney, M.P., the county members, and in front, long before the meeting commenced, Itwo men took UI) conpieions positions, each bearing a pole, on which was ulaced a big loaf and a little loaf, under each of which was printed placard with the inscription, which will you have 1 Mr. Hancock proposed the following resolutions, which instead of being separately proposed and seconded, were embodied tcgether and put before the meeting collectively: That in consequence of the low price of wheat and other grain and agricultural produce, distress prevails amongst thf agricultural classes of this country; and sucn distress extmds to the artizans and mechanics, by reason of the inability of the agriculturists to consume ther goods or afford them employment. That the existing distress is attributable mainly, if not wholly, to recent acts of the Legislature, which, by reducing the duties on foreign grain and other commodities, enable foreigners to undersell Englishmen in their own markets, without taking the produce of British labour hi return. 1 hat the advantages now enjoved bv foreigners are utterly Inconsistent with the rights of Englbhmen and good Government; and that petitions be forthwith presented to Her Majesty and both Houses of Parliament, praying that they will take the premises into their immediate and most serious consider- ations. and adont such measures as will not only rclievc the present distress, but secure to the agriculturists, ar- tisans, and mechanics, of this hitherto flourishing kingdom that preference in their own markets to which they are justly entitled." Mr. Jacobs seconded the resoluti. ons, which were un- animouslv carried. Mr. Andrews rose for the purpose of appending, by way of rider, the following additional resolutions to those which had been proposed and seconded. They were unanimously carried. "That the resolutions which have been proposed and seconded, point to the reversal of the free trade pliy, to which the great and increasing difficulties of the country are attributed. That the present Government, and a majority of the House of Commons, have shown their determination to persevere in a course ofiep?lation which is proving destructive to the capital invested in agriculture, and other important sources of employment to native lus,ra':dheao:oof anord ni:fd is d?* eari. g ?.id,,r r'lie tto the classes whose property .s disappearuig under the operation of their legation, That the CoMtitu ion? means of reversing the free-trade policy rests with the constituencies; and that it is incumbent on the electorml bodies favourable to protection to support their views by increasing the Parliamentary strength of the Protectionist party. That the Protectionist electors of both divisions, and the Protectionist electors of the several boroughs within this county, do, therefore, immediately form a committee of five or more, from each separate constituency, for the purpose of arranging a public meeting in each to memorialize such of their members as are supporters of free trade, and to form separate associations for the, pur- pose of securing the return of Protectionist representatives whenever opportunities offer."
STATE OF TRADE.
STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, TresDAY.-The large business which was effected last week in shirtings and other of gOOds light and medium qualities for various distant markets, as well as those of India and China, has been followed by a diminished amount of transactions to-day. lhis is nartlv attributable, to an unwillingness among buyers to yield to some further rise of price, which has, 111 many instances, been demanded; but it is much more owing to the scarcity of the articles referred to. 40-inch shirtings, in 64 and 66 reeds, are not to be had at the highest rates; and, for good qualities of 36-inch shirting, there is a lively call, at advancing prices. There is still, we are glad to anu n tnmfonnv to imorove in the heavier domestics; but ""U,J' T cloths are as dull as before. In heavy fustians, the depression is quits unrelieved, and these makers who have not entirely stopped their works, are still restricting them to short time. Yarns for home manufacture continue to be freelv taken; last week's advance is fully maintained. In the great mass of export twist, however, the market has been very inanimate, and, to the producers, most un- satisfactory. The continental buyers will not pay the smaU iiiere&? of price required by the =rs,  for such very 1imied quantities as are needed MsuppY immediate ,t? and, under the mHuenco of  advices, the India merchants not only refusa to go ?i?,h?r, but even hesitate about operating any further, at p ■ on previous conditions. As, however, the spmnerst a?e no Im'at WHfht of stock on hand, and ? they are g ally of opinion that cotton is likely, in the long TUn, nUllo, to increase in value, they hold firmly by their quotittiolls; and many intimations arc given of a serions intention to diminish the production. This will not sufpnse those who are aware of the following facts rlse cottons, within tho last month, is full,- id. per lb.; many consumers say Ad. In the same time, the aùmnce in wuter twist is scarcely appreciable—certainly it is not id, while in mule ymns it is only about ?d. Ih<? ?""° „ prcviously, for the most part, umem\meratÏ\'e, aUlI,!? al ?tcx?utttttendedwith loss; what, then, is the portion of the spinners now? ROI'HDAI.K, ??MY.-We have had an"t;'1^r  ?'' market, quite equal to that of the preceding ,J; There has been a better demand for heavy goods thnn w?e have had for many weeks past. The wool '"?t '? been flat, Ihe dealers asking a shade '"Shcr .price bu?)? manufacturers refusing to give it. ,jkeiJI;;n,  the London wool ?e being on this week has h d effect in keeping the manufacturers out of the .rket,  there are vario? opinions entertained whether prices arc to be higher or lower.  Hci>i>EKSKIE!,n, TUESDAY.—Very consideralile business has been doing in the Cioth-haii, and the ?''°"??° been pretty wen engaged during the week. ■nnjH.s from America coHtmue to come pretty freely to baud. HALIFA SATURDAY.—The amount JF business don In the Pie ? Hall to-day has been pretty much the same as for the last week or two. The chief inquiry is for fancy goods, and prices are firm, though not advancing. are more in demand, principallv for export, at improving quotations. A fair quantity ot' wool is changing hands, and holders are firm at old rates. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—There has been a much better market to-day than for some weeks past. The merchants are buying more than usual, and a good autumn trade is expected.
THE "CHARLES BARTLETT."
THE "CHARLES BARTLETT." FVBTHEK PABTICULARB. I The readers of the CAroMC?. are acquainted, from what appeared in last Taesday'ø pubHcation, with the loss of this vesael, and appaUing destruction of human Ufe. Full particulars will still be read with interest, however painful The accident occurred on Wednesday, the 27th ult., at half past three o'clock, p.m., in let- 54 49, Ion. 29 30, about 700 miles to the westward of Cape Clear. The steam-ship Europa, Captain Lott, a pru- dent and skillful commander, was pursuing her homeward voyage at the rate of eleven-and-a-half knots per hour. The Charles Bartlett, Captain Bart- lett, an American ship, 400 tons burden, loaded chiefly with lead and chalk, with 162 steerage passen- gers on board, and one in the cabin, and a crew of 14 men, was proceeding at the rate of five knot* an hour, close hauled on a wind, in the opposite direc- tion, her destination being New York. The destmy of the fog prevented those on board eithet of the vessels from seeing many yards in any direction. The look-out in the steamer suddenly saw the ship through the mist, but the word was scarcely uttered by the watch before the Europa struck the ship amidships, and cut an awful chasm in her side. The ship as we have before indicated, heeled over, and immediately began to settle down into the water, and in a few minutes totally disappeared, The scene during those few minutes was appalling in the ex- treme. A crowd of suffering wretches maimed and broken by the collision, lay dead or dying at the spot where the bows of the fcuropa had entered. Some of the individuals who crowded the decks appeared panic-stricken, others ran shrieking to and fro in des- pair, while some rushed forward and eagerly settee upon the opportunities which were presented for giving them a chance of safety. The most strenuous exertions were made on the instant by all on board the Europa for rescuing as many as possible. Hand buoys and ropes were thrown over, boats wer lowered, and every man was busied in those few fearful minutes rescuing the struggling sufferers from the waves. Yet, with all the exertions that could be used, only 43 individuals were saved out of 177. who had recently been alive on board the unfortu- nate ship. Amongst those preserved were the cup- tain of the Charles Bartlett, the second mate, and 7 seamen. Of forty women who were on board only one was rescued. The second mate states that, as it was not his watch, he and all of his allotment of hands were below. He felt the shock, rushed on deck, saw the ship sinking, seized a hand- buoy or a rope which had been thrown from the steamer, and was soon in safety on her deck. It is remarkable that every man of his watch, who were below at the time of the collision, were saved, while of the crew on deck all, with the exception of two, perished. He declares, that, from the time when he felt the shock to the entire disappearance of the ship, not more than three minutes elapsed, after which not a vestige of the vessel was visible, save a few chips floating on the waters. Then where had just before been bending to the breeze, and pursuing her way like a thing of life," with scores of hopeful beings, of merry hearts, some playing at games of pastime, some listening to the cheering tones of a fife, which were plainly heard on board the steamer just before the collision, all was now a blank of troubled water, and over her and over them, save a few who had been rescued, the blue ocean was flowing as it will continue to flow on throughout all time. As the vessel disappeared some of the boats of the Europa, which had been actively engaged in picking up such of the struggl- ing unfortunates as could be reached narrowly escap- ed being sucked into the vortex which her downward course created. The next instant, as we have said, nothing remained visible of the huge bulk put a few of the fragments which had been displaced by the shock. One or two bodies, which had sunk but five or six feet, were discerned beneath the surface of the clear water making frightful mimicry of life as the limbs waved and the bodies swayed with the motion of the billows. One was raised by means of a boat- hook from a depth of about 6 feet, but the shrunk and ghastly features and fixed eye-balls showed that life had departed. Another was orougut up iroxit « like depth. A slight quivering motion of the muscles indicated that vitality remained; a gasp succeeded the individual was raised into the boat and soon recovered. After what we have written it is unnecessary to state that not the alightestahade of blame tests upon, or has been attempted to be imputed to, those in charge of the Europa. The painful calamity could not have been prevented by any human prudence or forsight, and all that human energy, promptitude, and courage could perform afterwards in the speedy rescue of those who had been so suddenly imperilled was effected. The most fervent sympathy for the survivors was also manifested by all on board the steamer, a sympathy which was without loss of time actively exhibited. Immediately after the accident a committee was formed, with Mr. Bates at their head, for the purpose of giving a tangible foim to the benevolence of the gentlemen and ladies on board. Subscriptions to the amount of E352 5s. were collect- ed on the instant. The Europa, considering the violence of the con- cussion, received very trifling damage to her hull. The only perceptible injury she sustained is the loss of a few feet of the cutwater above the water-line and a small portion of the woodwork below the figurehead: the bowsprit, with the gear attached, except the martingale, is undisturbed, and the vessel made not a drop of water. Captain William Bartlett's statement of the loss of the American barque Charles Bartlett, by being run into on the 27th June, in lat. SO 49, Ion. 29 30., by the steamer Europa, Captain Lott. The Charles bartlett was a first rate-rate ship of 400 tons register. She left the Downs from London, bound to New York, on tne ilta June, wun a gene ral heavy cargo, of about 450 tons weight, and 162 passengers in the steerage, one cabin passenger, and 14 souls of the crew; had fine weather, with light easterly winds, up to the 19th. From that time to the 27th had S.W. and W. winds and foggy weather. At noor. it cleared up a little, observed the lat. 50 48 N., and estimated the Ion. at 29 W., all well on board, and everything looking prosperous. Soon after noon a dense fog set in, wind. W. by S., ship heading to the N. W., close hauled, all sail set. At three o'clock ordered a good look-out from the top- gallant forecastle; also directed the man at the wheel to look sharp to windward. At 3 30, p.m., being on the weather side of the poop deck, heard a rumbling to windward like distant thunder; turned my ear to windward and my eye to the horizon. The man at the wheel noticing that I was listening, looked to windward and cried out Sail, ho.' I at once saw what I supposed was a ship about one point forward of our beam, about 400 yards distant. I ordered the helm up, thinking if she did not dis- cover us that we should have time to clear her before she could come into contact. All hands shouted at the same time to alarm the ship, and I ordered the bell to be rung, and called to the ship to Port her helm', as I saw that was the only chance of escape. There were nearly one hundred passengers on deck at the time. All was of no avail, for il: one minute from the time we saw the ship she was upon us, going at the rate of twelve knots, striking us abreast of the after main shrouds. The crash and the terri- ble scene which ensued I am not adequate to describe. I was knocked to leeward with the man at the wheel. I teco?red myself 111 a moment, ohouung tor every person to cling to the steamer as their only hope 1 caught hold of a broken chain on the bow and hauled m?'f up, routine at the same time to the crew and passengers to follow. I had barely time to get on the steamer's bow, and while getting up,l noticed that her bow was into the ship within a foot of the I I after hatch, and that she was stove clear 10 LLIC Lcu side, and that full twenty feet of her side was stove in. There must have been nearly 50 persons killed by the collision, and every exertion was made by Captain Lott, his olficers, and crew, and the passen- gers on board the steamer. The boats were lowered as soon as possible. Unfortunately only about ten were saved by the boats, the balance, making thirty- three more or less, saved themselves by hanging to the bow. The steamer lay by the scene as long as there was any hope of saving any. Of the crew 1r. Thomas Parker, of Charleston, S.C., aged twenty- two years; George Parsons, of Portland. Maine, aged eighteen years and William Rich. of liiavesend, England, aged twenty-five years, were lost. A list of the passengers and crew saved will be found in the public prints. We were most hospitably enter- tained by the captain, olficeis, and passengers of the steamer. I will notice that aU due exertion was used by Captain Lott, and officers and crew of tho Europa, as well as all the passengers. I particularly.bge,v- cd 1 using the most noble exertions I saw him let himself overboard and clench a man 111 his arms, ana, finding him dead, let him go. I next sawJum oi the bow of a boat hauling a man from under water with a boathook, who was afterwards .stored to life on board. I afterwards found that pe?M to b, Captain U. B. ForbM. of Boston. I cannot expr?b_ .eli I feel for the noble and ^oe.ous conduct of all on board in contributing to the '?"?' Burning autfe?r.. and for the ay?hy feU by -11, particuhuly by the l..dls.- You,'s, wiLli gralltuÙe, "I.LUM BAHTLETT-" The following is a statement of the subscriptions received on board the steam-ship Euiopa, in behalf oi the bufferers Cabin passengers t'orecabinp?enserit. 9 10 0 Captain, and crew ut the Europa "?"n Ewopa, 29th June, 1849. ?M50 1
I X IS CELL AN E Oll S. j
X IS CELL AN E Oll S. Many counterfeit half-sovereigns, made of u hard, white mital, and gilded by the electro-plating rro- cess, have lately been put into circulation in Lincoln. Sir Robert Peel is about to take up hit temporary residence in the beautiful house and grounds of Elian Aigas, near Beauly, Inverness. The Town CouncilofSalfordhat resolved to found a public library and museum for the free use of the inhabitants of that borough. A pack of staghounds, the property of an English gentleman residing at Moscow, was shipped last week, at Hull, for St. Petersburgh. A Herefordshire paper says the crop of applet is unusually promising in that county, and that a very large quantity of cider will probably be made this year. A soldier has been killed on the railway near Ely, by jumping from the windowof a carriage while the trair. was in motion. The ship Secret, arrived at London from St. Pe- tersburgh, has brought thirty-six bart of gold as a portion of her cargo, consigned to an eminent com- mercial house. A few days since a hen, belonging to an inhabi- tant of Stramshall, Staffordshire, laid an egg, which contained in the centre of the yoke a pebble atone as large as a blackbird's egg. A man who was lately ploughing in a field, about a mile south of Northallerton, turned up a silver coin rather larger than a shilling, but somewhat thinner, which proved to be a coin of King Alfred, in a fair øtate of preservation. The crime of kidnapping children in the rural dis- tricts ,for the purpose of exposing them in the towns, as objects of charity, has lately become somewhat prevalent in the south of Ireland. A Swansea paper describes a young pig, with four eyes, and a proboscis about two inches long in the centre of its forehead, while the outline of its coun- tenance resembles that of a monkey. A few days since a child, four years old, living at Spalding, Lincolnshire, during the temporary ab- sence of its mother, drank some boiling water from a teakettle, and expired within a few hours. A committee of the Lon 'on Common Council has been appointed to consider whether the Corporation should purchase land in Ireland, in conformity with the plantation scheme f Sir It. Peel. I'he nariah clerk of Kirkby, when digging a grave last week, found a coffin with the lid loose and filled with shavings, but no body in it. It has caused some excitement in the neighbourhood. The coflin was one that had been interred about ten yeara ago. A few days back a small fancy dog belonging to Mr. Metcalfe, bookseller, of East Retford, attacked a rat in his master's garden, and at first with ap- parent success; but after a few ups and downs," the rat bit him so seriously over the eye that he died immediately. Areductiouis about to take place in the military established at Hongkong. It is to cease to be a major-general's command, and to be placed under that of a colonel on the staff. It is rumoured that Colonel Trevor, 9Uth, is likely to be selected for the appointment. On Shrove Tuesday last Mr. James Dewhurst, of the Higher Lickhurst Farm, Goosnargh, planted six lemon kidney potatoes, and although no stems or wises have ever appeared, still at every root there a now a fair quantity of fine potatoes. A cheesemonger at Peterborough has lately ex- hibited an immense cheese, which weighs 1,474 lbs. and measures thirteen feet in circumference, and eighteen in thickness. The monstrous cheese was made from upwards of twenty hogsheads of milk, drawn from 737 cows. The Gateshead Observer says," In 1829 a poor lad, on the Tyne, gratefully received the cast-off clothes of a rich man's son. 1849 has come round. The poor lad', now prosperous, has cast-off clothes to spare, and they are thankfully accepted by the • rich man's son." The select committee appointed to prepare the militia estimates for the year 1849-50, have re- ported that the total charge for oat-pensioners will amount to £ 30,0000, and lor local militia of L9000, being a decrease, as compared with the year 1848, of °f A thoughtless a boy, five years old, the son of ala- bourer liviag at Tamworth, playfully placed hia belt around the neck of his father's bulldog, when the ferocious animal flew at him, tore a piece from his cheek, and worried him in so frightful a manner that he still remains in a very dangerous state. LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE.—A few Sundays ago twenty-three Roman Catholic soldiers were impri- soned on Governor's latand tor refusing to attend at Protestant service. All of these men had sworn fealty to the constitution of these States, believing that it guaranteed them" liberty of conscience. New York Nation. A rat lately carried off three of the chicken, of a hen, belonging in an innkeeper at Retford, Notts, and returned to the nest for the purpose of seizing a fourth chicken, when the hen arrived, and attacked the spoiler with so much vigour that, after a fierce and prolonged encounter, she laid rhe rat dead at her feet. A young gentleman was the other day engaged with a friend in angling with a fly in the Wharfe near Ikley, when he hooked a fine hawk, which, at the moment he was throwing his line, was flying, in company with another, over the river. ihe bird was caught upon the wing, and safely secured SL MOM os FIRE. -On Saturday week a portion of Angerton Niose was in lfames, and the wmd being high it was considered for some time a matter of doubt whether a stop could be put to the progress of the fire. By unremitting exertions this was etfected. The accident, it is supposed, was occasioned by the sparks falling from one of the Furness Railway Com- pany's engiues whilst traversing the Broughton line, which passes over this moss. EARL Ducis ON MESMERISM.—Earl Ducie has be- come a disciple of mesmerism, and has consented to accept the presidency of a 11 Mesm.ric Institute" at Bristol. In a statement made on the occasion, he narrates how he was converted by means of most astounding proofs of clairvoyance. A lady cured him of a nervous attack by its influence. A girl of eighteen was mermerized by a surgeon, and Lord Ducie left alone with her. Finding her clairvoyante, he began to question her. They then travelled mentaily to the railway station, the clauvoyante ex- Dreasina her wish to go into the country, as she had ;t b,!en there for many years. tic Enell, selon m regie, asked her to go into Gloucestershire, and went down to his own mansion. She described the gravel walk, the iron gates, the hall she described its checkered pavements, tne Dllhket and cartouche boxes on the wall, the carved fireplace of his Elna- bethan house. They then went over his farm and she descrioed the crops of his fields, occasionally seeming puxzled at the pllllllli, and mistaking, as a Londoner might, turnips tot potatoes. i'iie singular proof her clairvoyance was, thatshe noticed to him that one field in particular was planted with two dif- ferent crops she noticed this, and told him that part of the field was cut and carried and the other remained. He found this afterwards to be true, al- though he actually at the time did not know it himself. The lady by whom he was cured told him several things about himself which he thought no one in the world knew. There could be no collusion in the case, for he had never seen the girl before, and she did not know his name or residence and if she had been informed she could not have knowo all the details 01 his farm in Gloucestershire. AN INTERCEPTED EXPRESS.—The Vienna corres- pondent 01 the Morning Chronicle mentions that a carrier pigeon lately dropped in its flight, in the circle of Hradisch, in Moravia, a letter addressed to the Sclavonians on the Waag, supplicating them to shake off the yoke ot Kossuth and rally round their king. The winged messenger was soon after picked up, its strength well nigh spent. DUEL IN THE UNITED STATES—T'ie Louisville Democrat states that a duel was fought near New. port, Ky., between Singer, the Cinclllnatti school- master, who was horsewhipped by a Mrs. Tuxford, and Smith, the attorney, who completed tlis business by knocking him down. The duel was fought with pistols, at eleven paces, and at the first tire Smith was shot through the thigh and Singer through the arm, whereat the assembled crowd gave three cheers, and the belligerents left the ground. To THB CURIOUS.—A correspondent of the Ln-w- ] pool Mercury, writing from Cheshire, says. "It is a simple but curious tact that, since the middle of last month, the butterfly, which at this fair season generally enlivens both field and garden, has totatty disappeared, as well as many other insects, and the large meat fly and bee may at one moment be seen busily employed, and in a short time the same may be found in a complete state of stupor, similar to what they exhibit at the approach of winter. How JUVENILB THIEVES ARE HEARED. The examination of two young urchins at the Cle tkenwell- ottice, London. disclosed a disgraceful fact as to the manner in which children are instigated to the cominis- sion of theft. The boys were charged by a butcher with stealing a pig's head, and the officer who took them into custody, on being asked by the magistrates if they were known, stated they were connected with a gang of young thieves, who were constantly going about to pick women's pockets and to commit petty thefts. Ater he apprehended them, they told him they were in the habit of sleeping at the house of a person who let ou t lodgings at 2d. per head, and there were upwards of IU0 boys and girls lodging there every night, and they weie allowed 3d. by the landlord tor every pig's head they could steal and take home. and a basin of soup: and they too the pig's head for that purpose. The policeman said that such an establishment as that named by the prisoners actually existed. The magistrates sent the boys to prison for a mouth.—London paper. FATAL ACCIDENT AT T" GREENWICH REGATTA. -A sculler's match came off at lTreenwwh on Mon- day, and drew together a large concourse of spectators The prize was competed for by six young men, in- habitants of Greenwich, and alllaleurs j and the amusement was prematurely brought to a close by the upsetting ot one ot the beats, when a young man of the name ot Salisbury, was drowned. The de- ceased, who was twenty-three years otai,,e, hasielta. „;j.« and three children totally unprovided for. CRICMT.-TM MAfCHMm TWENTY ?. "? ENGLAND ELEVEN,-We are glad to be ahi* *° !tw* that the cricketers of Mancheør will af!?n ? ? picture of witnming M All E?tand" ma?' ? rangements have been made with the Secretarv °f bn?and Eleven, whereby a match wiU be of- the new ground of the Manchester Cricket Cluk" ? r'» ford, on Thursday, September 6th, and tw? fvi| tlt* days. Last year, it wiU be remembered L3 of \i *t ter, with Chatterton, the wicket keer, of if* given, played the elevo? and Ist the match .?7:ie' The committe have this year decided t  the mah, without the aMMtance of any but \fM?' playen; and have through this determination 1, '11 number of players augmented from 15 to 20
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AGBICPLTPBET^5^ FARMING OPERATION$ FOR )ULY. This is the month when the harresttabouttr, commonly hired. The arrangements for the bh, work of Suffolk is well described by M r. Hush & bird, in his Essay on Measure Work." remarks, on the larger farms two distinct hiring are tometimes adopted. The men are d' into two companies-one called the crop men, engage to cut a certain number of acres of whlt 4.1 the barley, oats, peas, beans, or any other cron may be grown on the farm to pitch and load a corn, and to tutn a portion of it when required this it added a certain quantity of turnip hoe- about one or two acres for each man. The yardm* as the others are called, are hired by the lIIonlr J five weeks their labour is of various kinds, th,, principally confined to cutting wheat, unloading atacking corn, and any other labour that may quire to be done. An able-bodied man is usual" paid E4. 10s. and three bushels of malt fur fir weeks' certain employment; while the cropm,. who work by the job, have from 94. IOs. to £ 5. three bushels of malt, whether their harvest 1, it long or short duration. On a farm of 240 an" (¡/ arable land, cultivated on the Norfolk rotation s, cropmen are sufficient. The following is a rows calculation of the work performed by each mM 'a?' cost Per acre Cutting j mowing) 8 acres of wheat at 7s. £ 1 J Mowing 10 acres of barley, at 2s  1, J. Pitthing loading 10 .cres of wheat, at Is. u 10) Pitching aIId loading 10 a. of barley. at Is. 0d. 0 L Turning barley. O:J Twice hoeing I acre of turijips 0 6 £ 0 10 At a general rule," observes Lord Portray the pt is i:e should be tied before the work is Ð.>gU for any measure work, in which both parties hate had sufficient expenence to guide them; and on the second day after it is begun, when either party quires a trial to guide him io fixing the pn"e. The questions for the master to determine are ? Whj- is the job worth to me i What will it co«t me a; day work ? What additional cost is it worth it It finished in a shorter time than men at day work ""L complete it in The questions for the labourer are: -How much can I earn in a day at day work: ¡kit much at this job with my usual exertions Hew much can I belter my income by some extra time a"d tome greater exertion if I take this job This is the concluding month for turnip sowing in the south of E ngiand-a season of peculiar anxic:y to the stock faxmer for he has now to encounter flies, dry weather, and caterpillars, in vsjying de. greet of power. Yet all these dangers must be suc- cessfully dared: for what is the plight of the light land cultivator without his turnips ? Let such, there. fore, to attain success, neglect no reasonable prt. caution or scientific improvement. Drill in rows, and use the manure drill. In all ordinary cases, the use of super-phosphate of lime, or the urateofthe London Manure tomjiauy will be an advantageous application, and, in tne ca," of the urate, one whose good effects will continue visible, on the majority of soils, for three or íOla years. A weak solution of carbonate of ammoma (1 lb. to five quarts of water) is a good steep for the seed, for say five minutes we have seen a pound if saltpetete added to the ammonia with good tgelt. Keep the hoe or the horse-hoe constantly at wvrk; this, by keeping the soil loose, admits the air to the roots of the young turnips, and pushes them rapld,y into broad leaf. You may have to sow two or tnree times for this valuable root but have, in case of need, especially for your Swedish turnip land, a copious supply of cabbage and kohl rabi plants to £ 11 up all taps they will supply, by good management, the deficiencies in the Swedish turnips. Do no; fancy that by any mechanical means you can kill th, flies, or that the black caterpillars are bred in thi crushed bones; the boiled bones of Manchester are extensively used for turnips in the midland counties, and the fields where these have been drilled are equally attacked with those manured with the (re." or sreen bones, llape-cake powder has been sue cesafully drilled with the turnips seed in N'ortuik ard Essex, at the rate of five or six cut. per acre; i,i., fertiliteris very noxious to the wireworm-the ir.»-. stubborn of all the predatory vermin of the tat met, crops. Kape and coleseed may be sown this mOUI:" either after tares or amongst beans, to be fed oi I,; wheat. The large sheep fairs in the west of England have now commenced these are frequented by purchase, of ewes for early lambs, and 01 weihers lor "r fattening. In purchasing these, remember itrai :.tf qualifications besides good form are necessary, v.1 propensity to fatten, quality of flesh, size, ana w, itye and early peu are usually harvested in c; month, and often afford the opportunity tor s the stubble with a quick growing turnip (the Pome- ranian or imperial do well,) which come in uust conveniently for late spring feed. Towards the end of this month, the Flemish farmer are busy transplanting rape on to the early pea an rye stubbles; their urine tanks now come inu re. quisition, for they give to each young plant a port:1 of liquid manure. They grow an early kind of which, with their rye, iscut by the end of this mo: when by shifting the sheaves they contrive to pituji the land, and immediately plant out the rJpc, »MI has been prepared in beds. The watering tmrn the liquid manure tanks makes the rape directly begin to thrive; and in October they have a mass 01 feed en land which, in July, was covered with corn; this they follow with wtiea:. The application ot liquid manure it not well understood in this country it is not employed with sufficient care and systemaiic con- oideration it is generally used in far too weak a state. Let your sheep have shade and water. Lues, to produce early lambs, should be well kept El. month, that they may be the more ready tor tne rain the beginning 01 next month. Ewes tor this purp?e or now commonly brought in. Take the boars from the sows from this month until the middle 01 èiof. that the sows may not farrow in winter. Hunters are now taken from grass. Horse-hoe potatoes. lIoe carrots. Lucerne may be cut and hoed tins mourn do not mow it too close to the ground, close cutting injuries it. Fold your sheep on the lands intended to be first sown wean lambs. Carry earthy ma- nures; cut peas and rye. Buckwheat (the brank of Essex) should not be sown after the first 01 this month. Harvest is now close upon you; prepare the foundations of your corn stacks; look to your tarpaulins, frames, thatching straw, anJ to your waggons. Have your barns cleared out, to lie empty a fortnight before harvest, that the rats and OIlce may be extirpated. ltepair and make huidies, and have as little farming work left to the next bu.y har- vest month as you possibly can. Harvest now com- mences in the south.
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HORTICULTURE. THE FLOWER QAKDEN. Carnations and l'icottees will now require a large por- tion of the florist's care; if the aphis or green lIy i.t"t? the buds, it should be 'brushed otf with a camel hair brush by no means destroy them by crushing on the plant. Kemovc laterals, and disbud, so as to throw m much strength as possible into those intended for ejlu- bition. Keep the surface of the pots clean, and water occasionally with very weak sheep manure water. PINKS.—Propagate by pipings or layers; the latter is the safest way, but they do not make cither so n,at or good plants as the former. Wilmer's Laura and Head's Jenny Lind arc, as far as we now see, worthy of the praises awarded to them in fact they ought W- be in every collection. TULIPS should be out of the ground without delay, AURICULAS are apt to get the green Hy at this season; the collection should be gone over once in 10 days, w itn a large camel-hair brush. POLTANTHUSES should be snaaea irom tne sua ..u kept moist, or they are liable to attacks of red spider Attend to Dahlias as before directed. THE KITCHKN-OAHDEX. -1 I O_M: Ç.nif\ Continue to ptam out suu,e»siun«» UI me M'-M."?  on ground which has been i,W)- manur(d; tl?e" may K planted uoon land which has already been cleared 01 I' former occupants, or intermediately amongst other eN!" which wilL shortly be remowd. Piant out -a,? Cardoe^; Leeks, and Capsicums. The Last sowing of Peas ,11OUIJ now be made, aeiceting varieties which come 1'^ into bearing, of a hardy constitution, and not liable ;] mildew. Sow Cabbages for Coleworts, Endive main crop, and make the usual sowings of S?Hs, Radishca, Turnips, L??ttuces, C?crvi), &c. not allow auy crops which are cultivated for the sine <,j their roots or leaves to run into tio'yer of "ed, Onions, Spinach, Parsley, Rhubarb, Lettuce, Let the whole energy of every plant be direct¡.d. If possible, to the perfect development of that part t-or whieti It cultivated, whether it be leaf or fruit; and any P'? which have passed the stage in which they ar? u??tu? should be immediately removed. Attention snouio be paid to the earthing up of Potatoes, using the'"[ pronged hack instead ot the sharp draiv is a common practice to use, although it is liable t en; otf the young strings which lie near the turfacej) th ground. The soil for earthing should b4 drawn Irom from the centre of the space between the rul*' the leaves of Garlic be tied in knots, to tm p0. ductiou of tiowen, and wist thereby the of the roots.
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