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    aside large blocks , and threaten eventually the entire mass witir destruction " These excrescences have all been removed , and the pyramid is now as perfect as the day on which it was finished . In Egypt , however , Time is defeated in this con * trivance , for the extreme heat and want of moisture during great part of the year hinders the growth of plants in such situations . In Africa alone are pyramids eternal .

    But I must quit the place of tombs ; I must not let such a subject occupy too much room in my note-book , lest it should communicate a gloomy tinge to the rest of my lucubrations . In the " Bazaar burying-ground" of Pere la Chaise , among the willow-shaded walks and garlanded crosses , one might senti * mentalize without getting melancholy , and write verses upon the effigies of Abelard and his Heloise , without growing hippish . But a visit to the graves of our countrymen in a far distant land brings a cloud of melancholy over the spirit , which has no expression but silence , and from which the lightest heart makes vain efforts to break away . And yet we should ,

    and must , break from such feelings , for there is always enough of bitterness in the cup of life to warrant our rejection of useless causes of depression as long as we can . I could never bear to obtrude a gloomy thought upon the buoyant spirits of youth . H . N . H *

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    We do not recollect any speech on the subject of the money affairs of this country which produced so great and extensive an effect as did that of Mr Clay . We speak now , not so much of its effects within the walls of St Stephens , as when circulated in London and the provinces through the daily papers ; for we consider that speeches on all practical

    questions are more valuable for the good they produce out of the House than within it . Amongst the members of the House of Commons , so many are sent there to re p resent particular interests , and with so strong a bias , that their arguments do not address themselves to an unprejudiced tribunal \ and

    although unquestionably there is much of prejudice and interest influencing the represented and the unrepresented , as well as the representatives , yet , amongst the immense number who read the speeches in a daily paper , there is a large proportion who are able to estimate arguments correctly , allowing them their due weight , and no more . Such persons will have been pleased with the speech , of Mr Clay , and will be glad to see it presented to them in a more coa-

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    JOINT-STOCK BANKS .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 1, 1837, page 109, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1828/page/62/