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      TRUE PROGRESS . Think not your labour done , Whatever good is won , Te who the world of hope and dauger tread For many a loftier peak , ' That mortal man may seek , Uplifts almost to heaven its towering head . Though dim in mist and cloud And hid in snowv shroud . ' There is

      a path that patient toil may keep Though often beaten hack , * And lost the dangerous track . The conquering flag shall crown the higheststeep . The mighty minds of old , ^ Viih step serene and bold , AdTOwtfd , though att tiio world in scorn derided ; without a douht or fear , _ Unheeding danger near , They to the power of Truth their cause confided .

      With wonder and with awe , The heaven-horn things they saw , Through yeare of toil , and oft through life , they gaia'd ; And woke the dreaming world , In deadly slumber curfd , To purge each thought and hope hy error stain'd , The paths before unknown , "Which oft they trod alone , We in admiring crowds may press to see ; Yet as we wond ' ring gaze On once untrodden -wajs , Content to live in sloth we may not he .

      For jet the mountain-hei ght Its crest above our sight Hears up , while myst ' ries strange are hid between ; We too must higher climb , Or truths still more sublime Than those our fathers won will lie unseen . Then gird the loins , and toil To break the rocky soil , . And pierce through all that bars our upward way ; Let wisdom lead the van , While faith recounts to man That , once beyond the mists , there shine 3 a cloudless day .

      And when the height we gain , And doubts no more remain , Each shall review with joy the paths he trod ; And we too shall behold , Like Moses as of old , High on a holier mount , the face of God !

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      Quakerism ; or , the Story of my Life . By a Lady , who for Forty Years was a Member of the Society of Friends . Dublin : Oldhnm . The student of manners , as influenced by opinions , vrill find some quaint specimens , of behaviour recorded from life in these pages . The following general remark , however , merits emphatic extract : —

      It is really a very difficult thing for a Quaker to be consistent with his own principles ; ana even the most ri « id are often found swallowing them wholesale . For instance , the vain adorning of the person with dress , Jewellery , and gold . He considers it a sin to indul ge in those things , and yet in his shop he sells them . He makes his money by providing for the sins of his fellow-Chriatians . He deems it a right thing to wear a broad brim to his hat , but he has no scruple about making and sellin ? hats of a

      fashionable form for his fellow Christians to wear . Be would not be so wicked as to dress his servant up in Ikery , with a gold band , &c , but in the way of busine-s he will do it for another . If the "peculiarities" are essential to the salvation of a Quaker are they not also essential for all Christians ? Can it be that "Friends " sell and deal in those forbidden things , because they think "the people of the world " have no chance of salvation at all , and that , therefore , it signifies but little what they indulge in , so that Friends profit by it ?

      In the above passage is stated the cardinal difficulty of the Society , wherein lie the seeds of its decay . Such noncomfonnity as its statutes of discipline profess , is not merely at variance with every rule of nature and common sense , but , if honestly carried out , is totally incompatible with the simplest transactions of life . The really consistent Quaker , who declines wearing primary colours because there is a suare in scarlet , is the elder—( there was such a man )— " who was made uneasy in his miud by the sight of red clover . " He can be neither a haberdasher , nor an upholsterer , nor a toy maker , nor a seller of fancy goodB —¦ hardly an innkeeper or a chaise proprietor , His rule is stricter than that of the strictest

      monastic asceticism , without the monastery walls to shut him away from the vain world , and the religions ceremonies to supply that want which "knocks loud" at the heart of every human creature who has been born with an iota of imagination . The Quaker ' s rule is untenable ; whence subterfuge , compromise , evasion , unsettlement of mind—pushed to its extremity . We will quote an instance , which is amusing in itself , and amusingly related . The " Lady " had married—and removed to Bristol ;—

      Soon after becoming a housekeeper I was called on by the tithe collector . Friends annually sum up the amount of all they have lost by this suffering , a 3 they call it ; and I was then under the idea , that *« our noble testimony against an hireling ministry " -was an essential part of all true Christianity , and that our refusal to pay the unhol y tax was an acceptable martyrdom , in a small way . I had heard much preaching on the subject , and very much self-laudation on the faithfulness of the Society generally , indeed universall y , to this our testimony , which so widely separated as from the hirelings of all other creeds . The two men who called on me , for the purpose of collecting the disputed impost ; , were exceedingly gentle and polite . They saw at a

      glance that I was an ignoramus , and kindly volunteered to inform me how other Quakers managed , for I had told them that my profession would not allow me to pay tithes ; and that if they insisted on forcibly taking away my property , though I would not resist , still I would look on it as actual robbery . — " Bid vou ever pav tithes , ma am V said one of the men!—" Sever , * " I replied . —" "Well , then . " aaid he , " you are a stranger here , 1 see , and Til just tell you how the Bristol Quakers manage , for I am going about among them for twenty years past , and I am always glad to accommodate them , and meet their scruples . The sum you must pay is one guinea ; so I will call here to-morrow , at eleven o ' clock in the morning , and you just leave

      on the sideboard there some articles of plate—your tea-pot wiil do very well , or spoons , or whatever you like—then I come and take it away . You don ' t give it , and so your conscience is clear . Tou will then return to your Meeting-people , that your teapot , worth ten guineus , was distrained for tithe ; and as soon after as you like , you cam go to Mr . Jones , the silversmith , and tell him how you lost your tea-pot , and are obliged to buy a new one . He will condole with you ; and after showing you a variety , of new ones to select front , he will hand yon jour own identical article , and say he can sell you that cheap—say one guinea . You pay y oar guinea , iarid get > our own safe back again , cleaner and brighter than aver ; and , if you like , you

      carinur--cnase some other little trifling article ; for fir . Jones IS a ^ very accommodating , man , "—I was really shocked at tne cool proposal of so nefarious and unprincipled a transaction , and indignantly rejected it ; declaring , at the same time , mj firarbelief , that no Quaker would be guilty of so undignified and false * a act . The man smiled ; and said , : " Aye , that it the way they all go on at fint ; bnt ma ' am , it is a great deal the easiest and best plan in the end ;" and then he gave me the name ' s of very many , my own acquaintances ; -who regularly once' a year , as he jocularly ' said , <" aUowed ; Mr . Jones to . cleanf their plate . " "There is old Mr . R . ' » -said he , "has a fine massive '^ Bil yer tea-pot . It i » always laid but ready for me ; . I always give

      Aotice , before I go ; and now , twenty times 1 hare' carried-it off and 'got it brightened for Mm . - He values it at twenty pounds ' , and his' tithe is-only one pound ten . And there is young Mr . R ' ; Helikes me to get Ms spoons [ dona for him . ^ He £ i « 3 so . man j dinners he likes to have them bright andneff-looking . " Seeing me still Tery . incredulous , he said , "Well ; Warn ; J-won't call on you in a week , to give y ou time to think' about the matter . " During that week I went to old Mr . K s , 4 Hld told his daughter that ; tithes had been , demanded ' of ine , but that I had . not paid them , and ires expecting another visit from the collector .

      « Oh Vies / ' said Bhe ; " thisia just the time they go ahttut . ; 'They seized a valuable silver tea-pot from : us last week .. My father values it at twenty . guineas , and the demand-in money 13 only about ^ thirty shillings bnt . it is , a noble testimony we are . eaflledupO j Utbbear ; and I trust our faittifutoeas 3 wlTyetrbs the means' of opening _ thVeyM . ' of pro ; -ftssingChfistmiis-to- tfce Mtorfr'df a nnre , f ree , gO 8 pefmmis 6 yi : Itrast / iny ^ yb ' nng'Frieifd ; thou wilt be faithful . " She spoke so seriously , that i hesitated to say what I intended about Jones ' s - loop , lest thd idea that I for a moment could think her or her father * capable of s ^ th , a deed might Offend . I then called oT W * 2 & * . & i » 4 BeU ' ¦

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      tiqued the Bsniv thing to her . " They did , indeed , " said she , take our spoons ; but my "William has some way or other managed to get them back . I can ' t tell how he manages ; but 1 suppose they are ash-imed of taking so much over their demand , and so return them . At any rate , they are sent back beautifully polished ; and not only that , but a handsome sugar-spoon , with our crest engraved on it , was also amongst them . I suppose they were 3 orry " , and put in the spoon by way of atonement . " I suspected that my Friend William might know more than his wife on the subject , but said nothing . I then went to Jones ' s shop , and boldly asked it ' they would return mo articles of plate which mi ght be distrained for tithe , on paying the exact amount of tithe demanded , and was politely informed , that they would be most happy to do so—to enter into the same arrangement with me as with other Quakers . tioned the saViv thing to her . " They did , indeed , " sain « h « »» i ^ « ii ^ « n nn « . Kr ,+ m » wiiiu ™ i . i .

      " But . " said I , " what recompense will you require for affording me so great an accommodation ? " " None whatever , " replied the shopkeeper ; " the Friends are very good customers of ours ; we are always glad to see them entering our doors . " " And what must I pay the collectors V " They make no charge either ; you can give them an odd shilling now and then if you like , for they are very honest , civil fellows . " Faithful to their appointment , at the end of the week , the men came to me , w .-ilkud straight into the parlour , and over to the sideboard , » nd looked disappointed not to find the plate ready laid out for them . I told them 1 had to apologise for doubting their veracity . I had inquired , ana found that their statement was true ; but as I coull not see any sense in such a roundabout way of paying , I thought it simpler , and camp to the same thing in the end , to pay the money at once , which I did .

      There is no denying the cleverness of these sketches : —and we are tempted to take another example , —but merely tor the amusement of our readers . The species of intrigue which it records is well known beyond the bounds of Quakerism , —onl y it takes here pleasaut colours from the quaint and peculiar modes of life in which it is acted . — I was one evening , at a large tea party , introduced to a very beautiful young bride , bhe had a large figure , well and most gracefully formed ; the roseate hue of her cheek , and the soft brilliancy of her downcast eyes , were only equalled in beauty by the exquisitely fair neck , and the rich dark brown hair , banded in the smoothest Madonna style

      on her lofty brow . Her dress was of the richest dove-coloured satin ; and her Quaker cap , and neck-handkerchief folded in neat plaits across her bosom , were of In . iia ' a most costly muslin . The handkerchief was attached to the dress b y a gold pin , with a pearl head ; and the belt of her dresa was fastened in front by two more gold pins ; each with a diamond head . The bridegroom was a very small , thin , awkward , ill-made man ; his facefrom which every morsel of whi > ker had been shaved off—wns white , flat , and meaningless ; and Ins dress , though quite new , was badly made , and badly put on ; it was , however , a strictly Quaker costume . Inthe course of the evening I said to the lady who had introduced me , "However did that

      mean-looking little man manage to get such a very lovely bride ? " She smiled , and answered , Strange as it may seem , I assure thee , it was Rachd who courled him , not he her . I will tell thee the story . About four yeaw ago , Rachel ' s younger sister was married ; and she was somewhat annoyed , tnat she the elder , and so much the handsomer , should have been passed by ; so she resolved to provide herself with a husband ; and thou knowest when a woman makes up her mind to do a thing , she triumphs over every obstacle . Rachel ' s first step was to draw out a Hat of the names of the eligible young men ; opposite to each name she placed the amount , of his annual income , as correctly as she could ascertain it . The most wealthv

      was placed at the top of the list , and so on in regular gradation . She had twelve names down They lived in all parts of England : —one in London , one in York , one in Bristol , and so on . Syivanus Otway was at the head of the list . She had never seen him , and he lived near Norwich . He was down for seven thousand a year . Rachel seriously informed her father and mother that she had "a concern " to attend the Norwich quarterly Meeting . They had no acquaintances they cared for there , and were disinclined to take so long a jouruey ; but Rachel became so silent and sad , and so often told them she was burdened with the weight of her concern to go , that they at length yielded to her wishes ; and father and mother

      , Kachel and her sister Susanna , and one of the brothers , all went to Norwich . As the father and mother are acknowledged minibters , of course they were taken much notice of , and invited to all the Friends' houses ; amongst others , to Friend Otway s , and Rachel soon had tho pleasure of being introduced to Syivanus . She was delighted to find him a fine , handsome , intelligent-looking young man , and to perceive that he was decidedly fascinated with his new acquaintances ; and when , at parting , he whispered to her sister , loud enough for Rachel to hear , " I hope soon to be in your city , and to have the pleasure of calling at your house •" her cheek flushed with triumph , and her heart palpitated-with joy , at the success of her scheme .

      Syivanus soon followed them , as he had promised , and proposed for Susanna . He was promptly accepted ; and they were married as soon as the rules of our society would permit . Rachel was exceedingly vexed and disappointed ; but she is not a person to be discomfited b y onefailure , so she resolved to try again ; but she has never been friendly with Susanna since . ' The next on her list was Josiah Gumble , of York , and his income was six thousand . Again she informed her father , that she felt it was required of her to attend the . York Quarterly Meeting , and she added , " it had been borne in her mind that the ministry of her beloved father , at that solemn assembly , would be blessed to some waiting minds . " There is nothing pleasea

      our ministers more than flattery of their preaching sifts . Rachel is an adept in it . I have often found it difficult to keep my features in sober decorum when I have heard her speaking of the inward peace she had felt from the acceptable services of her much valued Friends . And then she presses the hand of the minister she is flattering with so much feelicg , as ehe says ; but they like it , and Rachel has her own ends in view . She went to York , and soon obtained the desired introduction to Josiah Gumble ; he , - too , was' young and passably well looking ; Rachel contrived to be very much in his company ; but she saw clearly that he could not be caught . She told me . she bad never met any man who was so coldly insensible to beauty ,

      and so stupidly indifferent to flattery . However Rachel was not disheartened ; for it soon came out that Josiah was the victim of an unrighteous attachment to the daughter of a clergyman ; for love of whom he deserted our Israel , and is now—alas ! that it should bo so—with his six thousand a year gone over to the camp of the alien . The third on Rachel ' s list was John Jones , of London , her bridegroom now ; he h worth two thousand a year ; and , as thou must see , no beauty . When Rachel first saw him , she was half inclined to leave him for somebody else ; but the next on her list is only six hundred a year . The sacrifice was too great , and besides , JameB Lewis mi ght be as mean looking , so she resolved on the conquest of

      donu dones . a was very easily accomplished , he made no resistance , he at once became the worshipper of her beauty ; and now that-they are married . I think it wiil be her own fault if she is not happy . He is not very wise , but he is good-humoured and good-natured . " " How did thou become acquainted witb this amusing story ?" said I . «« Is it not a breach of confidence to tell it ? " "No , indeed , " she replied , " there were more than a dozen of us in the room when she told it herself , and showed us the , list ; Bhe said she did not want it now , so she gave'it to . Martha Elton , and bade her give a copy , of it to any of the girls who would like to try the same plan of getting settled in life . " , . ' ¦' Here is a new anecdote of the Regency : —

      ' I was shown , in the Women ' s Meeting-room , the seat on which his Majesty , King George IV ; , when Prince Regent , had for a moment placed himself , whenled by the spirit of adventure , and , as my in formant stated , a most unbecoming curiosity , he had , disguised as a woman Friend , made his way into the secret conclave . His dress was all right ; a gray silk gown , a brown cloth shawl , a little white silk handkerchief , with hemmed edge , round his neck , and a very well-poked Friend ' s bonnet , with the neatl y crimped border of his . dear muslin cap tied . under the chin completed the disguise , in ' whieh he might have escaped detection very well ; were it not forthe tell-tale boots , and the unfeminine position in which the arms and legs bestowed themselves ., The yovmg . woman who sat . behind him , its

      ffi £ ? 7 r- « SF W ^ froni silken robe , aipt ^ aieUy out of meeting ; ' and gave the alarm ' ATV ? - f iei i 1 *» * Pee < % summoned , and X « M intrnd , felthtoself gently tapped on torn Ha ^ aSt reqUe 3 ted t 0 ' " *<> a » other r 9 PPf ? -. He made no resistance , but quietly went ¦ a 7 . ^ S i ^ J ^ M . i ^ . « a ^' t 2 i ^ Se rules of the Society would , not atdw any hut memben to £ e present he retired , and calling a bX ^ SS 5 & flat terin g « Belf "at ha incognita had not been penetrated ; for although his countenance had been instantly recognised , still . n ? th » 8 ?™ f ? to intimate ' thaSit hnd been so . Resolute that none but the initiated should be pr £ sent , they were yet careful to treat Vitb . courtesv their most unexpected visitant ; and even , deferentially . to respect his assumed character . * t <;•< .- »•

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      AiVm / age-frm Lath to Upland ^ orPidures of ' Scandinavia w'lSSO . ^ iBy WV Hurton . ' TwoVols . Bentley . The author of this book , on what is even in these travelling days an out of the way nook of tbe world * is , it appears , quite a young

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      man who , with a poetical temperament , alid an acquaintance with general literature , seems to travel for a liking for locomotion and stran ge scenes . He appears to have visited many distant regions , and to have served a voluntary ap . pventiceship to the sea service . The aumnier of 1849 saw him in a hospital at Paris , dangerously ill of cholera ; the opening winter found him on board a steamer bound for Hamburg , which he could not reach , owiug . to the ice in the Elbe . But he was not a fine weather traveller , to be stopped by trifles ; to Copenhagen he was bound , and to Copenhagen he m ., _« , u ,. .. ^ man who . with aBoetical temDerament . fiM •>»

      would go . Landing at Crluckstadt , he pro . ceeded to Kiel ; and thence got to the capital of Denmark by means of small trading vessels , a diligence , and a steamer . At Copenhagen he wintered ; and in the very earliest days of spring started for Sweden , still in a small trader . But the spring of our almanacks and of the Baltic are two different things . Weather drove him back and coated the sea iu shore with ice . When he finally sailed , they had to cut a canal to get out the vessel . When tucy reached Drobak , in the very early part of April , Mr . Hurton proceeded toChristiania , in a sledge ; crossing streams and arms of the sea upon the ice ; and as late as the 26 th of April he walked over the ice on the fiord of Ohristiania . At this town he lingered two

      months , and then was oil to Bergen , again in a coasting vessel ; and thence in another trader he sailed for the island of Tromso , one of that numerous archipelago which lies off the Northern coast of Noway . This place he made his head-quarters ; crossing to the mainland to visit an encampment of Laplanders with rein-deer , taking a trip to Hammerfest , the capital of Finmark ; and proceeding to North Cape in an open boat . He has ere now started off again to some remote region ; and all apparentl y for love , since there is no trace of a purpose in the book beyond tho gratification derived from scenery and change of scene . Even that pleasure would to many tourists have been a sad toil , pursued in the manner of Mr . Hurton .

      From this agreeable book we shall take a few extracts illustrative of life in their northern regions . Hero is part of a description of a sledge drive from Drobak to Christiania , and iB fresher in imagery with all the wild interest of Aiusworth ' s description of Dick Turpin ' s ride to York . We did not goby the usual Christiania road , be cause the state of the snow and ice was favourable to a more direct , albeit adventurous route ; so we struck off across field ? , and over hillsand thouch

      , plantations , where nothing but the most dexterous management saved us from being upset every minute ; for tbe sledge whirled madly between the trees , so that every now and then it was thrown on its " beam-ends , " as a Bailor would say , and thus dragged along for many yards . At times tbe underwood closed upon us so that we were almost torn from our aeats-the next moment , perhaps , we Shot down a steep rugged declivity and emerged on a level free from shrubs—and no marvel for it wasalake ! * * *

      About half-way between Drobak and . Christiania we descended a romantic fir-clad mountain "orge leading down to a bend of the Christiania Sord , ovei * the frozen bosom of which the residue of our journey would lie . It was difficult to judge where the shelving shore ended and the fiord commenced , for ice and snow covered both so that the eye could barely distinguish the difference between terra firma , and the vast sheet of very deep Bait water : and this , the reader will recollect , was in April !

      Trot- ^ -trot—trot snorting quadruped ; jir . g ! e-jingle—jingle went tbe " bells" ; creakcreak— creak went the snow , as onward we rushed . There were numerous other sledges abroad , and a lnng dark string of tliem were racing behind us . Shouts , jeers , and laughing rang through the clear air as one outstripped the other—only to be overtaken in turn . Onward ; the April sun shines with unclouded brilliancy , and for miles thero is one glistening level surface , enclosed on either side by towering ranges of hills , fringed from summit to base with snow-laden firs and pines . Onward ! throHgh the shrewdly biting but exhilarating air , that Beemeth pure as though this were the first

      hour it ever flouted o er mother caith . Onward ! ray heart longs for the first glimpse of fair Chrisliania . Onward ! there are no turnpikes herebut ah ! there ia something far more difficult to bilk than a turnpike ! A huge split in the ice extends directly athwart the fiord , and : the opposite edge has sunk out of sight for a breadth of many feet . Xter T ? anoen ! who would have expected this ? Many sledges are already brought to a premature standstill » s well as ours , and others are joining us every minute . The drivers dismount and survey the yawning chasm , but no narrower part can bo discerned than that where the main track thus abruptly terminates . The sturdy Norsemen look

      blank , and growl forth sundry eloquent maledictions on the treachery of the ice—second only , in their estimation , to . that of woman : but all the objurgations in the Norse vocabulary will not throw a bridge over tbe gap , and it is too wide tor even a race-horse to leap—leaving men and sledges out of the question . Some Jong sticks are procured , and it is found that the sunk portion of ice is only about breast deep below the surface of-the congealed water , and gradually shelves upward to the sound shret beyond ; but the question is ,, whether that submerged section will Dot disappear altogether beneath the weight of a horse and sledge , leaving nothing but salt water between them and a bottom , Heaven only knows how many hundred fathoms down below ! A spirited young

      Norwegian loses patience , and vows be will dash across atallrisks . Stand aside , comrades ! Faintheart never won fair lady ! The adventurer backs his light sledge to gain a fair start—utters a cheering cry to his sagacious horse—and forward the latter bounds , giving a spring on the edge of the chasm sufficiently to carry him half over . A moment the Bledge surges and floats helplessly , while the horse flounders and struggles to get a footing . A lash from the driver ' s whip and a n urging cheer from the interested spectators of the experiment follow . Another anxious moment , and hurrah ! hotse , sledge , and driver , are all safe on the firm ice . The practicability of the thing being thus proven , I urge my old driver on in turn , and we are soon by the side of the daring pioneer .

      Mr . Hurton ' s mode of proceeding naturally introduced him to the people of the country , and to characters among the people . This is a scene on his voyage from Bergen to TromfiO . The Bergette Marie in one respect resembled an emigrant ship , for we had almost a dozen families aboard , returning to their native Nordland .. They were all of the lower classes , and ib was amusing to notice the composure with which some , of them exercised their calling as shoemakers , &c , on deck in fine weather . Some of the men had ' leather breeches and leather jackets , and all were very . 'decently although thriftily , clad . : The women wore ample petticoats of dark blue cloth and jackets of

      a similar material , -with jaunty rows of buttons , and a nice white shirt-collar turned , over . Two or three of the girls were very pretty , and looked extremely interesting in this simple attire . Their cheerful yet modest and beconiing behaviour was highly agreeable . I often wished for : English needles , scissors , and such trifles , to , present them , with / for no gifts are more acceptable in the North . Tbe stout rosy children were dressed in exactly the same fashion as their mothers . ' These Nqrdlanderp although evidently very poor , had nothing about them of that sordid , grinding destitution to be seen in similar classes in Britain . / They had enough for their bumble wants ; and were ever cheerful and contented . They carried their provisions in chests ' , '

      and ' lived on dried fish , potatoes , rye bread , butter , coffee , and milk . I / frequently enjoyed'the " astonishment which my presence appeared to exoite among them ; and at times ' understood . their . w . hispered speculations as to who I could be , and what extraordinary' motive induced me ' to share their rude voyage ; One and all of them behaved towards me with frank respeot ; and several frequently * paid me delicate little attentions , whioh IreoiprOcated to the utmost in my power . The men _ 8 lept ; among the crew pa ' . the gobds ' under the loose decks , but the Women and children shared the spare cabin , and honest Tarcub treated them with a constant kindness and . consideration , that warmed my heart and wontheira . " \< . . ¦ : ¦ - ¦ .-, ' ¦ ¦"¦'¦ ¦' : ;'• ¦ ¦ ¦"¦ •¦'¦

      C Mr . Hurton's Icelandic Sketches ; are , not only the newest / but the beat things in his volumes . The following scene , a . Scandi ; navian , is from his entrance to Tron ? sdal , in Lapland > - ^ - - - . = •_ : i - :: ' ' - .. ) ' ^' " ' c ., ' !! , ' . ' . ^ ; : Ihau ) probabiy / waiideirea ^ ' foutpy fivQ ' EngHsu miles down ¦ this nohle dale , when a : wild but meljpw shout or halloa floated Jony the ; crisp sunny hree ^ ff , frqm the opposite .: side . ;; I . . listened i eagerlytfor its repetition , and ; sooij . it . was , repeated i smoreidia-i tiric ' tly andnbre ^ UBically . and the n IfeltiBure ^ t it-was the call of a Lap' to the ford of rema . They were on tbe far side of Elv ; and just as I reached one bank of the stream , they came up to the other . The water here flowed with extreme violence , and was piercingly cold , but I unhesitatin gly plunged i& and waded across . Ia a

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      minute J y the midsfc of the herd , and then nV- ? i y ° uthaDd LaPg * l were engS h . ? rmn ? t ? r td ; ihe encampment . The youth had very-Wat , playful hazel eyes , rather sunken , ifi W ^ uiftr u f < JBtnre 8 0 f ™ interesting oast fii lvshi e fO 8 eot ; all ^ P » . »«> as « nSll and Pie ^ 3 i « ? f y aristocrat . The sim-Sfi ^?« or t \ ? . ?« tbat the Laps , from genera-H , ipf = as 3 ? walofsSn 4 ? K ably worn b ' the laplandera ) knPPf i ? >' the W ? 01 towirds ,-reaching to his knees . His boots wereofthe usual peaked shaue a few inches higher than his ancles , and made of the raw » km of the rein-deer , the hair being nearly all K rn f' ( ? . h 1 ^ head ^ s a round voolten can and . a red worsted band round the rim This jpecies of cap ia the favourite one worn by the .. '„ . »_ .. *« t »„ . : _ ,. . . ~

      . The dress of the girl was similar in shape , but SHtTn ^ I "poured woollen 25 a n S ml fr etjuently used in summer for the paska of both sexes as being cooler than roin-dee ? skin or sheep skin . Her'h ead was bare , and her hair hung low ever her shoulders . Her features were minute , and tbe prettiest and most plensinj ? of any Lap I ever saw either before or since The complexion . was a , tawny reddish hue-common to all Laplanders . The legs of the nymph in question were bare from the tops of : her boots to the knee and wore extremely thick and clumsy—furniBhinjr a striking contrast to the delicate shape of her hands The twain were accompanied by thrco little reindogs , and were very leisurely driving the herd onward

      , each having a branch of a tree in hand , to Whisk about , to urge the deer on .. The girl had a great . coarse . linen bag slung round her neck , and resting on her back . This she filled with a particular kind of moss as she went along . I asked her what she gathered it for , and she gave me to understand it was used in milking the reins , but in what manner was as yet to me a mystery . I found both the girl and the youth very . good -natured , and the eyes of the latter especiall y sparkled with merry humour . They could speak onl y a very few words of Norwegian , but understood some of my questions in that language , anj very readily answered them . They were driving the herd to be milked , and on my telling them I was an

      Enelishman , come from afar to see them " and their reins they repeated the word " English , " several tiniO 3 in a tone of surprise , and regarded me with an interest and curiosity somewhat akin to what the appearance of one of their people would exoite in an English city . * * * I asked the girl to show mo the moss the reins eat , and she did so ( after a little search ) , and gathered me some . It is very short in summer , 6 ut long in winter . In Sweden , I learn that this most admirable provision of nature forma the sole sunport Of the deer during nine months in the year ( and , in consequence , the existence of the Laplanders also depends on it ) , grows much more abundantly , and Is of greater length ; which is the

      reason most Laps prefer Swedish lapmavk for their winter wanderings . Coming to a marsh y spot where a particular long , sharp , narrow grass grew , I plucked some , and asked tho Laps if they did not use that to put in their boots in lieu of stockings ? They instantly responded affirmatively . This is the celebrated bladder carex , or Oyporus grass ( the earex vesicaria of Linnaeus ) . I gathered some and afterwards found it in several parts of the Island of Tromso ; but it only grows in marshy spots . The Laps at all seasons stuft their boots quite full of it , and it effectually saves their feet from being frostbitten . Onward we went , driving the herd , in which I gleefully helped , the three little dogs at times barking and fetching up stragglers .

      The Laps occasionally gave a short cry , or urging shout to the reins , and 1 burst forth with my full lunged English holloa , to the evident amusement of my companions . The scene was most exciting , and vividly brought to my recollection the forest scenes in As You Like It . The brilliant sunlight , the green grass , the figures of the Laps , the moving herd of reins—the novelty of the whole was indiscribably delightful . I found the reins did not make such a very loud clicking noise as most travellers have asserted . Here were hundreds of reins striking their hoofs together , and yet certainly the noise was anything but loud from their cloven feet and

      horny fetlocks , and would hiirdly have been noticeable , had I not particularly listened for it . But another thing , of which I had nevev read any notice , struck me much—the loud snorting noise emitted by the deer at every step . TJnpoetical as my fancy may . seem , it reminded me most strongly of the grunting of swine , but waa certainly not so coarse a noise , and at the same time , partook much of the nature of a . snort . The cause of the noise is thiswhenthe deer are hoated , they do not throw off their heat in ; sweat—their skin is too thick for that , but , like the dog , they emit the heat through the mouth .

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      BOOKS RECEIVED . Henry Masunon . By G . P . R . James . And Hansfield Farh . B y Miss Aosien . Vols . LX . and LXI . " Parlour Library . " Young ' s Introduction to Algebra . Simms aud M'Intyre . The Law , as to the Exemption of Literary and' Scieii ' Ufa : Societies from Parish and other Local Hates By G . Tauor . Crockford . TJie Difficulty Solved ; or the Government of the People ' by Themselves . By Victor Considerant . Watson .

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      SURREY . After the opera last evening a novelty was intrn ducod under the name of The Magic of lifT ^ TZ with which the house itself did not shew tho iX 5 intimate connexion . It is divided into two periods seven years asunder , in the first of which Mr ! Mildmaye Snnrpo , a man of fashion is favourably contrasted with a vul gar but good-hearted fellow , lick

      » Brown , who plays skittles and pummels all his acquaintance . Both arc suitors for the hand of a Lad y Ev eleigh , and a duel ensuing Sharpe ' s skill in fencing proves too much for poor Dick , who falls wounded , and with him the curtain , on the first act . m the second , he re-appeavs a polished gentleman , while his rival has fallen to decay , and be-Ef Jf P f ^ - ? r . "ht a « ni " . ^ e sharper is defeated , and Dick carries off tbe prize of virtue flltu T T' % > the 8 liapoof th 0 be *« W"l Ln-ly Meloig i . It will be seen by this outline that there s nothm ? very novel in the plot , nor has tho « 5 alogue any special claims t . n m > ioinni ; . n . i i ...

      a O rp ^ , hiefl ^ l , 8 » ta-t » " »™»*! n ly , thedreS « . 8 whiS ? wii atl (? ^ t Wh 0 le picce is S U P with B <* which will win it a reasonable run . . MARTLEBOXB . A new domestic drama , in three acts , bv Mr S Emery , called The Lone C / . Cueou ; or If Three ^ derers of Sevi waa produced ' he , S f . fl r i . ° ? f 0 who have no ol » j cotion to « |> m oh S ? -T ?! ? ieOtt » «» l ««»» ted to afford KJo « -If ' ° > f ° "V iy be tni | y SsM that few X ' . ava cver in the same npace of time lit ™ ? ? 0 Unfc ° . f huraan « l » ' « ehtcr as tr » a witnessed on this occasion . There were , in short SSBlWm ^ T cl 08 e of the Sce" ^ ' . belllh J 1850 " ' . co » coive how tho pieec could S , W' termination , except through the aid of" tho executors . " Murder ! murder' appma Z thJo ° b r \ ffi- ° J ? wiWtab . ' attain S thiouxhont , and this ond m accomplished « ith »«¦* .

      uumpieieness tbat , at the fall ef the curtain , the stap presents a most gloomy picture of do «» latU and dismay . To recount the various horrors winch are represented in this tale of woe would indeed be a tearful task , but it may be stated that , the chief actor in theeoeneta a young French count , who , having left his lawful wife for dead in a vault beneath the ruins of the " chateau , " attempts , to take unto himself another , and challenges her brother to mortal combat because he forbids the marriage The reau . fc of this duel is , that the young count , who has been dealing death and destruction around him , is himself numbered amongst the dead , and the play terminates . The pieco was well acted by Mr . Hoskms , Mr . Graham , and Miss Lebrun ; and , although it was far from being one of the best , specimens of this style of melodrama , it was received with some favour .

      STRAND . On Monday a set of acknowledged Btage characters , including the blunt sailor , the young lawyer from London , tho village belle , and the country lout , were onoo more introduced to titled The Village Nightingale . The incidents or the piece showed little more originality than the characters ; and the jokes gave evidence of a depth of research rather than any native humour . Tho acting was good enough , however , to m /* the meoo tolevably amusing , and the singing of Miss Nelson and Miss E . Romer carried the plot to a successful issue , so far as the applause of » friendly audience on a first night can be accepted as a deoiaion upon the popular element of a dramatic production . Mr . Craven , the author , aftei the fall of the curtain , crossed the stage amid moderate applause .

      QUEEN'S . The performances at this house commenced with a grand Saxon romance , entitled The Fiery Ordeal ; or , Emma of Normandy and the Captive Queen . The plot is laid in the reign of Edward the Confessor , and includes most of the historical characters of that eventful poriod of English history . Mr . Chester as the Monarch , Mr . Green as the traitorous Earl of Muroia , and Mr . Burford as the celebrated Goodwin Earl of Wessex , performed their respective parts with ability . Miss C . Gibson and Miss Rivers , as the . Queen Mother and Queen , performed their arduous parts with much energy , and were greatly applauded in tho last act , when they demonstrated their

      loyalty to the . monarch by passing unhurt through the fiery ordcal-the denouement being tho destruction , by tbe same ordeal , of tho Earl of Murcia , -who had twice attempted the King ' s life and contrived to evade detection , and to cast suspicion upon tho royal ladies . The scenery and decorations were good , aud in keeping with the early period to which they referred . The second piece was the favourite ballet called The Resemblance , or the Peasant ' s Dream . The grace and agility displayed by Miss Kate Kirb y attracted universal admtration , and she was well supported by the other members ol the corps de ballet . The entertainment concluded with a domestic drama , entitled The Night Shriek , or the Convict ' s Story .

      HAIMAIIKET . Mr . Hackett , the American actor , who is engaged at this theatre for a few nights , appeared last evening in the character of Falstaff , in the Merry Wives of Windsor . . He was " well made up , " and his whole appearance pave a good idea of Shakespeare ' s "fat knight . " He did not exhibit great richness of humour , but his conception of the character was good , and he acted it throughout with much ease and gaiety . His best scenes were the adventure of . the buck basket , and his subsequent descriptions of it , which produced great laughter ; and his paot

      roxysm terror on the appearance of tho fairies in the last ficeno was also highly comic .. Altogether his performance was highly intelligent and satisfactory to the audience . The play , as a whole , was pleasantly acted . Mrs . Ford and Mrs . Page had very agreeable representatives in' Miss Reynolds ' aud Mrs . Pitzwilliam ; Mr . Davenport was Ford ; Mr . Buckstonehad his old part of Master Slender , and Mr . II . Bedford made the Welsh parson , Evans , more than usually amusing . The house was full , and the performance was much applauded .

      ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . The Professors of this most excellent Institution have , we are glad to find , commenced their lectures on some of the most interesting models , &o ., deposited in the Great Exhibition . Doctor Baohhoffner-having taken for first the Elnctric Copying Telegraph of Mr . Bakewell ; by this apparatus a letter written in London may be copied in Liverpool or at Edinburgh at , the . rate of 200 letters per minute , with a degree of accuracy that the very autograph of the writer could be distinctly sworn to . Ihis process ; although extremely simple , is of that nature that , without diagrams , a notice would fail

      to give an idea of its merits ; we , therefore , recommend our friends and the public to go to this Establishment and judge for themselves . We find from a notice that Dootor Bachhoffner intends shortly , in addition to the highly interesting experiments of . M . Fouoault on the Rotation of the Earth , to give a popular lecture on the forthcoming Eclipse of tho Sun ; which , although not total in this country , yet so much of the sua s disc will be obscured as to render the event oneof intense interest . The mechanical inventions in the Crystal Palace will be lectured on by Mr . Crispe , and will be , no doubt , highly satisfactory to the strangers who will visit the metropolis during this eventful season . " ..-...

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      The Court op Chanckry . —On Tuesday a return was printed by order of the House of LoidSj Bhowing the operation of theaot of last aeBBion tc-regulate the Court of Chancery in Ireland , under which suits were allowed to be commenced by petition instead of billj and which return was obtained in reference to the reform of the Court of Chancery in England . It appears that from August , last , when the act came ia force , to the 12 th of June inst . ; 872 soils were commenced by petition , and in that pariod only 3 & by bill . As many as 309 orders , in the nature of decrees , were made ripoa . petitions preB ^ atetl , and 3 i final orders . No case had occurred in which' a suit had been commenced by petition , and the defendant had appliedunder the act that the plaintiff should proceed by bill . The retuwi is of some value at the present period , when it is urged that suits should be commenced by petition instead of by bill , and ' shows the number of : mattera brought before the Court of CW ceuy in a few months . ' ; ... . ' ; .-, .,. ,, ;• ,

      MBRCANSHiB AUrink Acs : —A return bas been published otthfc memorials presented to the lords of the Committee , of Privy . Coancil for Trade , against the opevaiifina t ){ those paits of the Mercantile Marine Act which relate : t » the ! engagement and discharge of crews at the shipping offices , and to regula * tions for maintaining discipline by fines . It appears from this return that memorials of the above kind have been , sent in frost the ports of Shields , Peterhead , Sunderland , Seauam , Hartlepool , Middles ' - borough , Whitby , Stockton , Hull , Lynn Regis , Arbroath , Southampton , London , Dundee , Newcas'le , and Yarmouth .. ' ' | , ' ' ' Thb . Rotaii Children "to '' tis taught Gabuo

      —Theinueriiess Coun ' ersaysthata correspondent , who dates from the Temple , states . that her Maiesty am Prince Albert have commissioned a gentleman from the north , to engage the services Of a Gaelic teacher for the royal family !>¦ "There iB every , chance " " he says , " of an . intimate friend of mine . iettinS up « ntm < mt ;« : i > Tms is certainly a coSSt to the ancient language of the < Ga ' el ; , .. "f ! : ? flpisBSS tie of SHi ^ 69 In I ani 1 1851 in * °° MiZt ? hl r ^ Ea 8 ex » Sussex , Kent , and Surrey , S ? n ™ . ^ fiMt y 36 & , and iu the second 383 , Singularly enough , inthe county of Kent the number was tho same m eachyear , 172 , being more than wo double number m either of the other counties .

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      . MoDKRjf Kkthod 6 * Dvisg fob LovG . -Tura * roe red hair into bhck .-Punch . rieh ? W bach 0 m - ay t ' ° cnred folding in the tooth oerl « 'n . root-the root of the aching ^^^ f ' " t&ftr - S ^ ftffifiiB'Sar-« SESS Mouai . 8 ron Maruird PKOPLK . -Mttnied mo . pie should study cao , olher ' a weak points ! 3 ] look out for the * e » k parts of the ice in order to kerp off them . " Laiies , who marry for love , should remember that the union of angels with women has been forbidden since the flood .

      1 he wife i * the sun of the socinl system . Unless she attract , there is nothing to keeil heavy bodies , lilic husbands , from flying off into space . Sugar is the substance most universally diffused throug h all natural products . Let married people tnke a him from this provision of nature . Advice to the Wkalthy . —It is one of the characters of a good man to dispense liberally , and enjoy ahsiemiously , the goods he knows he may lostf ¦ ind muat leave . A Sign . —The oak has hurst into leaf before the ash this season—a most unusual occurrence , and looked upon as the harbinger of a plentiful season . Great talkers not only do the least , hut say the 'east , ir their words be weighed instead of reckoned . Labour . —What men want is not talent , but purpose ; in other w . rds , not the power to achieve , but the will to labour .

      Thuowino a Somerset . —Sir . Ilardwiclte , the magistrate , is the best tumWvr in L-. ndon . He turned a Somerset fnni Marlborongh-street Police court to the Houseot Correction , a distance of nearly two nines . * "Washing Fluid . " -In a certain village , the topers label their rum jugs " Washing Fluid " VerV appropriate , for ram has washed many a man cleaa out of house , home , and humanity . Wesley an ScisMATics .-Ere the Conference sits again , if the policy of tne clique be . recklessly pursued , the total secessions muy be 150 , 000 . So much for the doings of an ambitious and infatuated priesthood!— Wesleyan Times AUITHMKTIC IX THE UNIVERSITY . — "I say , Fvank , my b y —if Trouncer ' sat fi ve to two , and Nutshell at three to one , what ' s the betting against the pair of them ? " "I ' m sure Ido ' nt know : —takcyoa six to one . "—Punch .

      Tm Moustachk . —A writer in the Naval and Military Gazette contends that a moustache , acting as a respirator , is a preservative from consumption . Hence hairy-lipped regiments are more free from diseases of ihe lnng than others . A Hint for tub Summer . —A light thread net , suspended before an open window , will effectually keep out tho house fly . It is a singular fact that these troublesome insects will not pass through the meshes of the net , even though these meshes are more than , an inch in diameter . Abuses if Convents . —An extraordinjiTy congre « galion . or rommission , composed of six cardinals , has been aupointedUy the l opefor the purpose of inquiring into the moral state of the Convents , and reporting on the best mode of reforming the abuses which have crept into these establishments .

      • A Temple of enlarged Christianity . —On tho 1 st oi May tbe foundation was laid at the Bursteg , ia Hamburg , of a vast edifice , to give sheller to those hundreds of families—Christian and Jewish—who at each quarter ' s rent day are unable to satisfy their landlord , and are therefore driven out into the open street ! The Motrer . —A writer beautifully rpmarks that a man ' s mother is the representative of his Maker . Misfortune—and even crime—set up no barriers between her and her son . While his mother lives he will have one friend on earth who will not desert him when he is ready to despair . Her affection flows from a pure fountain , and ceases only at the ocean of eternity .

      The Aoaprmone . —A house of business in Bristol having recently sent some goods to "The Abode of Love , ' had the bill returned to be maiie nut afresh , according to the following note : — " The Asaperaone , near Bridgewater , June , 1 S 51 . Messrs . W and Co ,, the enclosed bill is returned to he madu out with the proper address — namely , ' My Lord the Aeapemone , &e . '" Tne Longest Railkoad in the World . —The New York Inquirer says that the Eric railroad , just opened—the longest in the world—runs through a wild , country , with , not one lown along its whole course of ten thousand inhabitants ; " shanties and log hnts , and Indiana and lumher men staring at tho luxurious trains , as Broadway dandies and eye-glassed ladies staro back at thenovel barbarity through which they shoot . "

      Marriage a Sacrament . —A Roman prelate once asked an old woman how many sacraments there were ? To which she observed there were but two . 'But , ' replied the bishop , "there is marriage ; what prevents you recognising so holy , delightful , and happy a state , as one of the sacraments ?" ' Ah ! sir , " replied the old woman , "if it is so very good , what is the reasoH you have never partaken of it ?" A Clever Doc—A correspondent of the Preston ihromcle says , that a . gentleman in Manchester has a dog that will find his master ' s snuff liox however it is concealed . "Lately he placed it upon nhighchimney piece , and , upon ordering the dog to find it , tbe cunning animal pulled a chair from the side of tho room to the fire-place , and mounting upon it , soon produced the box required . "

      A New Project is about to . be started for the construction of a great central station atSmithfield , with extensions to it from all the great metropolitan lines . Ihe proposed capita ) is £ 3 , 000 , 000 . It is estimated that the undertaking will yield an income , from all sources , of £ 392 , 187 ; and deducting £ 92 , 117 for working expenses , there will remain a profit of £ 300 , 000 , or ten per cent , on the capital invested . French News from ESGLAND . —One of the " own correspondents'' of a'Paris daily paper sent to London , to describe the Exhibition , gravely relates as a specimen of English manners that a great sporting nobleman recently gave a magnificent banquet to his friends , and when it was over told them that they had eaten ihe winner of the Derby , which he had had specially killed as a mark of respect both to the horse and them ?

      "Taken down a Pxb . "—On the road to Epsom , a moustached youth , on the top oh a drag , evidently ambitious of being mistaken for " an officer , " thus saluted a fat coachman , who was gravely driving his master and family— "Holloa , you sir ! where ' s your shirt-collar ? How dare you . come to the Derby without a shirt-collar . " Jehu growled forth , without lifting his eyes from his horses— " ' ow the dooae could I have a shirtcollar when your mother has not sent home rny washing . "

      Hydrophobia . —At a > meeting of the Edinburgh Town Council a few days since , on the subject of issuing the usual proclamation against dugs being allowed to run about unmuzzled , Professor Dick gave it as his opinion-that there was do such , thing as hydrophobia in the lower animals v what went properly by the name was simply aii inflammation of the brain ; and that the disease ,, in the case of human beings , was > caused by an over-exeked imagination worked upon by the popular delusion on the effects of the bite of rabid animal ? .

      Conversions ehom Romanismi—Chwrtnlc , June !?—• If ProteBtant England has to witiitBS sometimes the desertion of some of her children to Rome , it remains for Roman Catholic Stance to have to record the wholesale conversion that is here taking place of Romanists to Protestantism . This day , ( Sunday , the lit of June , )> no leB 9 thao thirty-two adult Roman , Catholics of both sexes , in the presence of a numerous congregation , in the French . Protestant o&urch at Rochefort , publicly abjured the errors cf Popery , and : embraced tbe more pure and enlightened Protestant faith . of " ¦

      WoMAN .- ^ 'At a late meeting Christian Communists" in New York , Mr . Channin « proposed the following toast : — ' Womaa ,, faithful in friendship , fond in love , patient as Providence ia parental-devotion , loyal to follow as brave to lead ia collective duty . In her h ' tusonny of instincts and the unity of holiness a type . of Heaven on earth — To Woman , " . ; This . met with a response from a lady . who expressed her hope that " where womeu wcEB regarded Hot merely as ornaments , they should , indeed , ' possess the ornament of meek and quiet nints , and become as polished corner-stone * iw the new social fabric" < - -. ¦ ¦ <> , ,.,

      ^ Olbak Bays in Lom > oN > -Tho Western Times shows how an old lady . at . l ' eignmouth became enveloped m . ^ London fog . Not having much faith in railway promises , she applied > st week to know i £ tne coiapan ^ reilly mean t to guarantee " six char days in London for 16 si 4 d . ya 8 ihey had promised . " UnbeiDg answered in the affirmative , fhe ' instantly became . a member . oC tta-Extn&iwa Clvvb , declating that on ; her'last visit to London it was envefopedin fog , andshe . could Bee nntliing » nu that it Would be . WorihJ . twice the money to have one clear day tbere ; much less six ;' .- Oirbemg told it referred

      to time , and pot to weather , ( he old Lady Minorew her name , in a great ragejY . aayingi "' No one could understand iae . comp ' any . ' s' D ... , 'UsiTED STATBs .-The ' Hfc * fi »« pto » Wta , puhlishesihe seventh censu ^ of »*» to" «*^ W « W plete , thouRh -DOt . i 8 all Setails officially vouched , . The folloS-are . ^ resul ts ; . Iu tiw . * we States , 13 53 V 328 freemen , 119 slaves , ' , in the blave Svates , ra ^ i aHft row « ™ ^ v' ^ f' *<*• ind Territories , 100 . 824 freemen , 3 , 687 slaves ; SaiSSn . 23 287 , 488 . The who e number of SSraS s tacoagren h 223 , and of these tho Free States have now gained an increased appor * tionmeat .

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      The Coast op Africa Slave Tbade . —We extract from the private letter of an intelligent offieer- the following interesting remarks on the Coast of Africa service . It is dated April 1 ; 1851 :- " I think for the present the slave trade is suppressed , but a number ofslaves are assembled at Lagos , Agway , and Widah ; and aa the boating season is over here , and thick weather coming on ; no doubt but . they will again commence . Some of tho slave merchants would gladly give up the trade , but they are so circumstanced with the King of Dahomey that it is impossible : for instance , his Highness sends an order to a merchant for 100 pipes of rum , 1 , 000 musfeets , powder , &c . ; in lieu of paying in money or produce , he marches down a string of slaves ,

      which the merchant must receive in payment , or take nothing . -With the King of Dahomey at present rests the principal part , if not the whole of the slave trade carried on from Cape St . Paul ' s to Porto Nevo . Lagos is an independent . kingdom . The lawful king is at present in Fernando Po without a sixpence , his throne being usurped by his nephew , who is a great scoundrel . The ex-King promises to abolish slavery for ever in Us dominions , and permit the British to build a fort at Lagos , if they will restore him to his kingdom . A singular fact has just occurred under my own eyes , which Bhows the temper of the present King of Lagos , who iB , doubtless , ruled by the slave merchants . A vessel arrived in the roads from Bahia , with a great number of liberated slaves on board , but they are not permitted to land at that place ; , they will in all probability be compelled to give » p . Badagry , If we

      can get the King of Dahomey to give up daving ( which I soarcely think possible under present circumstances , as I foretold you the failure of Mr . Forbes ' a mission ) , and erect a fort at Lagos , we shall suppress the traffic entirely in tho -whole of the Bight of Benin . The fort at Lagos oould be held the same aB the Wydah ; and nothing could be easier taken than the present town , and the ex-King restored . Palm oil is very plentifulthis year along the coast ; , the price is abeut Is . 8 d . per gallon . Ivory is plentiful at some places , but the price keeps up . Pew Sardinian vessels cotno bere now , as there is no sale for them : Their flag haa been a good cloak for the slave trade for many years , as they . keep their national tiag flying until the slaves are actually on board , so that they are never taken empty ; when full their colours are thrown overboard , ' or a Brazilian substituted . " — United Serr vice Gazette ; ' < ' i- ; ¦ -

      pAKGBR of MonEixiNO is Wax . —Few person * , especially , perhaps , of the many young ladies who are now practising the very pleasing art of . modelling fruits , flowers , < fec ., in wax , at all suspect the greatoangerin whiph theyiftre . placed from , . the poisonous nature of the colouring matter of the wax which they handle , so unsuspectingly .. The white wax , " for instance , contains white lead j the green , oopper ; the ¦ yellovfj chrome yellow ; the' orange , chrome yellow and yermillioE—strong poisons all ; i While many other kinds of wax are equally , poisonous ,, , and , ; . therefore , dangerous . There are very many per bo ' as who are aware , of the , intense sufferings , for , many years past , of Mr . W . Bally ,

      phrenoiogiBt and' modeller in wax , mi which ,,. latter branch he has laboured for -twenty-few or twentyfiveyearB , three : of ; themas , tpaj 5 liec of theart at the Manchester . Mechanics' Institution ; Mr . Bally has been at times completely pasalysed , and isaow , and has long been ' vpry nearly sp , especially in the bands and arms ; and hVha&ako .-been afflicted with extenBive . uloeration : oF . the * fchtipat ,. and has- almost totally j . pat his voica ... . Both himself- and his medicaUdvjser , after a Vong attention to his symptomB , are satisfied that Vae primary cause . of his affliction is the extent to ¦ ' which , ' tho subtle poisons in the wax with whioK ' h ' ehas VOrkeil have been absorbe into

      , histsyatetr j through'the ! pores of his hands , whjle , the dige / ^ ^ been , generally , strengthened , ftW *^?* P . ? lt ; -of-ifc . - ^ pcounted for by the occasional application of , ni 8 ^ nger 8 ; t (| his lips . while at work . ^ :. M& days' that he nM Known several cases m wh > yor ing-iadieB have been attackedmith partial . paralysir . ^ , of thoihands iaria ' armajiafter-having « ei - ' . f ^ ir amefinietotheipraetide of modelling j ^ but a 1 ' tne time he had to susp icion of the cause , Aa al V * e requisite colours oan be obtained from vegetabJ' e matter , » nd as the use of mineral colouring ? . ms to load to such deplorable rwultB , the sub-]« ct should be oarefully investigated by those wort * iQg with coloured m-MmhtiUrEwmintr ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 28, 1851, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1632/page/3/