144 a fore with the determination of having At length the morn and cool reflection came," fully sated" with their and found our heroes manly and gentlemanly exploit, and still more so with its consequences. These, however, terminated only at Bow-street, for, besides having large pecuniary remuneration to make to the persons whom they had assaulted, they underwent a most severe and well-deserved rebuke from the magistrate for their folly, brutality, and blackguardism. When these sapient and polished personages had been discharged, a woman was placed at the bar, accused of having been drunk and riotous in the streets at two o'clock in the morning. This unhappy creature could not be above nineteen. She had strong traces-for already they were only traces--of loveli ness. that I should experience only different degrees KING JAMES ON TOBACCO. SIR, In the limbo of oddities, inserted in a former that it had, by allusion, in it all the parts and vices of the world, whereby hell may be gained; 1st, to world. "2nd, It delighteth them who take it; so do all the pleasures of the world delight the men of the world. 3rd, It maketh men drunk and light in the head; "4th, He that taketh tobacco, saith he cannot "2nd, a poll of ling and mustard. "3rd, a pipe of tobacco for digesture. Query. Did James write against tobacco from a natural dislike to it, or to give vent to his malice in an oblique manner towards Sir W. Raleigh, who introduced the use of it into England. I am inclined to the latter opinion, as in the third dish, as he calls it, he seems to acknowledge the use of Tobacco in promoting digestion. THE DRAMA. L. MANCHESTER DRAMATIC REGISTER. Her form, wasted as it was, still retained that beauty of outline which can never be entirely lost to a finely-moulded figure; and her face, in despite of its hollow eye, shrunk cheek, and shrivelled lip, shewed that it was once possessed of eminent beauty. This wretched woman was in the lowest state of degradation; her dress was ragged and filthy, and her looks were those of seared and desperate unconcern. Her eye had still the glassiness of inebriety, or, it might be, of habitual drunkenness; and when she spoke in answer to the magistrate, her language was mingled with obscenity and oaths! Oh! if there be a spectacle revolting to humanity, it is the degradation of woman! To see her soft and delicate frame consumed by want,--to behold her once chaste mind brutified into habitual indecency, and to hear her tongue--the tongue of woman !---profaned with oaths and beastli-Friday, 31st.-The Antiquary; with High Notions; or, A Trip to Exmouth. These are, indeed, things to make the flesh creep, and the blood run cold.-I shuddered and turned away. ness We were called on next. and the business as far as regarded my friend was soon settled. Those who were proved to have been only players, were considered to have suffered punishment enough, and were let off lightly. did not wait to see what became of the bankers and owners of the house. I left the office, thankful for the opportunity of having seen it, but fully resolved never to go thither again. I am one who wishes to see human nature in all shapes, in all conditions; but I do not take pleasure in dwelling on the bad, in returning often to the degraded. Those who desire philosophical knowledge of their fellows, must witness much which is painful and revolting; but there is no need to look to the dark side alone--to describe only the In what I saw in a place erring and the evil. to which people come but for their follies and their crimes, it is natural, indeed inevitable, The Wife's Prayer" must have been written when Ding Dong's Letter has been unfortunately mislaid ; Gaming" prevents our inserting it, yet we fully agree THE REV. G. BROWN, A. M. RAMSBOTTOM, being abont to remove to a more commodious residence, where he will have it in his power to increase the number of he will have three vacancies after the ensuing midsummer recess. The plan pursued is to combine affectionate domestic treatment with the advantages of a school. The pupils have the benefit of a valuable select library, are at all times under the eye of the teacher, and are treated in every respect, both at home and abroad, as part of the family,-Terms &c. may be learned, by addressing the advertiser at "Ramsbottom, near Bury, Lancashire. his pupils to six or eight, begs leave to inform his friends that THE FINE ARTS. Portrait of Mr. Salter in the Character of Hamlet. MR. MINASI, Artist to the King of Naples, and H. R. H. the Duke of Sussex, begs leave most respectfully to inform his Friends and the Public, that it is his intention (as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers are obtained,) to engrave the above gentleman's Portrait, from the Drawing which he has just finished. It will be engraved in the mixed style, similar to the Portrait of the Duke of Wellington, both of which may be seen in the Exchange News Room. MR. MINASI begs most respectfully to call the attention of gentlemen concerned in Calico Printing, to the discovery, which after much labour during a number of years, he has made in this branch of the Arts. This discovery of Mr. Minasi was first made with a view merely to his own profession; and his portrait upon silk of the Duke of Wellington, now exhibited at Mr. Jackson's Market-street, is an example of its application. Mr. M. is able, by his peculiar process, to impart a permanent colour of different shades WITHOUT THE USE OF A MORDANT, not only to Silk, but to Calicos, and to Linen; by which means the thread of the printed article becomes closed and incorporated, and the colours more brilliant and more durable process. Mr. Minasi is willing to dispose of the secret of bis Specimens may be seen at Mr. John Ford's, Bookseller, Market-street. Manchester: Printed, Published, and Sold, by the Proprietors, HENRY SMITH AND BROTHERS, St. Ann's Square, to whom all Communications (post paid) must be addressed. Sold also by all the Booksellers in Manchester and the neighbouring towns. REMARKS TENDING TO FACILITATE THE ANALYSIS OF By JOHN DALTON, Esq. P. R. S. Member of SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1822. but they are rarely met with, compared with When any earthy salt is dissolved in pure distilled or rain water, it increases the specific gravity of the water; but, in the instance of spring-water in general, this test is rendered of little use, because the increase of spe. gra. is so small as almost to elude the nicest instrument that can be made. I have, however, an instrument, made by an artist in this town, IT cannot but fall under the observation of which is nothing more than the common glass every one, that the health and comfort of fa-hydrometer, but with an unusually fine sinall milies, and the conveniences of domestic life, stem, that shows the superior gravity of are materially affected by the supply of that spring-water. It cannot, indeed, be brought most necessary article, water. The quality of in competition with other methods for ascerwater is undoubtedly of great importance in the taining the relative hardness of spring-water, arts of brewing, baking, and various others con- but it is a most useful instrument in other denected with the preparation of food; as also in partments of chemical investigation, particuthe washing and bleaching of linen and cotton, dual salt after precipitations. It may well be larly in determining minute portions of resiand in other operations where cleanliness is the object in view. Many of the manufac- conceived, that, the sp. gravity cannot constitories are materially interested likewise in the find that one grain of earthy salt, dissolved in qualities of water, and in the methods of rendering it subservient to their exigencies when 2000 grains of pure water, converts it into it happens to be presented to them in an ob- the hardest spring-water that is commonly noxious form. On all these accounts I thought it might be of some service to offer a few remarks on the subject, which, perhaps, may benefit those who have not made the science of chemistry a peculiar object of study. Most writers consider the analysis of waters as a problem requiring great skill and acquaintance with chemistry; but the modern unprovements in that science have rendered it much less so than formerly. It is true, that the variety of elements sometimes found in water, and the extremely small quantities of them, are discouraging circumstances when the object of analysis is to ascertain both the kind and quantity of these foreign elements. They may both, however, be investigated without much labour, when proper means are used; and, perhaps, a little practice may render a person qualified to undertake the task, who is no great adept in chemical science in general. Most spring-water that is obtained by sinking some depth into the earth, contains lime held in solution by some one or more acids, particularly the carbonic and sulphuric acids. It is to these salts, the carbonate and sulphate of lime principally, that spring-water Owes its quality of hardness, as it is called; a very singular and astonishing quality, when it is considered as produced by so extremely small a portion of the earthy salt. The other earthy salts, or those of magnesia, barytes, and alumine, produce the same effect nearly, tute a test of the hardness of water, when we found. We shall now proceed to notice some of the most useful tests in the analysis of waters. Advertisements.-The last column of the Iris is open to such advertisements only as are of a Literary or Scientific nature, comprising Education, Institutions, Sales of Libraries, &c. PRICE 34d. water holding supercarbonate of lime in solu- lime in the spring-water originally combined added in lime-water, there will remain the 1.25 1. Soap-Test.-When a piece of soap is agitated in distilled or pure rain-water, a part of it is dissolved, producing a milky liquid, being about one grain of salt in 2000 of water. which continues for many days unaltered. This kind of water is hard, and curdles soap; But when soap is agitated with hard spring-but it is much softened by boiling, and depowater, the milkiness produced almost instantly degenerates into a curdy substance, which the incrustation so often found in kettles, &c. If water contains sulphate of lime along rises to the surface, and leaves the liquid with supercarbonate, the same treatment may below nearly transparent. This curdy sub- still be adopted, as far as respects the superstance is understood to be the earth of the carbonate. I have recently found, with some salt combined with the oil of the soap. It has a glutinous unpleasant feel when rubbed surprise, that the supercarbonate of lime, as upon the hands, and soils glass and other I call it, existing in waters, or made artifivessels, so as to require hard pressure of a cially, is rather an alkaline than acid compound. cloth to remove it. Though this test sufficiently distinguishes hard water from soft or pure water, it is not equal to form an accurate comparison of the hardness of two kinds of 3. Acetate and Nitrate of Lead Tests.These salts are easily obtained in great purity, and are excellent tests for carbonic and sulphuric acid, which they precipitate immediately in combination with the lead. If the precipitate be treated with nitric acid, the carbonate of lead is instantly dissolved, and the sulphate of lead (if present) remains undissolved, and may be collected and dried; from which the quantity of sulphuric acid may be determined. 4. Nitrate and Muriate of Barytes Tests.When the object is to ascertain the presence of sulphuric acid, either free or combined, these are the best tests. The sulphate of barytes is perhaps the most insoluble salt known. Even rain-water collected from slated-houses, | question. It contains a very little sulphate of though softer than spring or river water, exhibits by these tests one grain of sulphuric acid in twenty or thirty grains. 6. Nitrates of Silver and Mercury Tests. These are tests of muriatic acid or of muri ates; the muriates of silver and mercury are formed, both insoluble salts. It does not often lime, and some carbonate; but only one-half of the earthy matter that the above-mentioned pump-water contains. It curdles a little with soap, but gives no precipitate with lime-water. It contains about one grain of earthy salts in 4000 of water. 5. Oxalic Acid Test. When the object is to obtain the lime, either free or combined, in any water, this is the best test. It may be proper to add a little ammonia in some cases When spring-water contains supercarbonate of combined lime. The oxalate of lime of lime, boiling it precipitates the greater slowly precipitates in the state of an insoluble part of the carbonate, and expels the excess salt. The quantity of lime may be ascer of acid. Hence the furring of pans and teatained, either by collecting the precipitate, or kettles with this kind of water. By boiling by carefully and gradually adding the due the water it is of course rendered much softer quantity of acid, and no more, when the than before. It may then be used for washstrength of the acid has been previously ascering, scarcely curdling soap; but it still contained. tains, about one-third of the earthy salt, and gives milkiness with acetate of lead. If a water contain only sulphate of lime, boiling does not, I apprehend, soften it at all. When spring-water is used by manufacturers for washing, &c. it is advantageous to have it some time exposed to the atmosphere, in a reservoir with a large surface. This expo7. Sulphuretted Hydrogen-water and Hydro-sition suffers the carbonic acid in part to essulphurets. These are excellent tests for lead, cape, and the carbonate of lime to precipitate; mercury, and several metals, giving peculiar and in some degree supersedes the necessity insoluble precipitates of the sulphurets of those of boiling the water. The more any spring metals. One grain of lead precipitated by is drawn from, the softer the water becomes, sulphuretted hydrogen, would be sufficient to it should seem. I have this morning exagive a great many gallons of water a dark mined a spring, which yields many thousand brown tinge. When sulphuretted hydrogen is gallons every-day. The water is compafound in mineral waters, as those of Harrow-ratively soft; it does not curdle scarcely at all gate, it be known by the smell; but so- with soap; it is very nearly as soft as the futions of lead are much superior tests, giv-before-mentioned pump-water boiled. The ing a black or brown tinge to such waters hardness in it arises from a little sulphate of immediately. happen that spring-waters contain notable proportions of the muriatic acid, either free or combined. may 8. Tincture of Galls and Prussiates of Potash and Lime Tests-These are proper for the detection of iron, the former giving a black precipitate, and the latter a blue one; but a portion of the solution of oxymuriate of lime requires to be added previously to the water, if it contains the green oxide of iron in solution, in order to convert it to the red oxide. There are many other tests than those I have enumerated, but they are more than can usually be wanted in the analysis of ordinary springs. My object is not to give a catalogue of tests, but to show in what manner their application may be improved, and reduced to a system intelligible to moderate proficients. The improvements I would propose in the use of tests are, that the exact quantities of the ingredients in each test should be previously ascertained and marked on the label of the bottle; this might easily be done in most of them in the present state of chemical sci ence. We should then drop in certain known quantities of each from a dropping tube graduated into grains, till the required effect was produced; then, from the quantity of the test required, the quantity of saline matter in the water might be determined without the trouble of collecting the precipitate; or, if this was done, the one method would be a check upon the other. I shall now close this imperfect sketch by a few observations and experiments, which I have noticed in the course of the present week, relative to the subject before us. I assayed the water supplied by the Manchester water-works, and found it nearly as I expected; river-water is most commonly softer than spring-water, and harder than rainwater. This is the case with the water in lime and a little carbonate. One of the most striking facts I have observed is, that all spring-water containing earbonate or supercarbonate of lime, is essentially limy or alkaline by the colour tests. And this alkalinity is not destroyed till some more powerful acid, such as the sulphuric or muriatic, is added, sufficient to saturate the whole of the lime. Indeed these acids may be considered as sufficient for tests of the quantity of lime in such waters, and nothing more is required than to mark the quantity of acid necessary to neutralize the lime. It does not signify whether the spring-water is boiled or unboiled, nor whether it contains sulphate of lime along with the carbonate; it is still limy, in proportion to the quantity of carbonate of lime it contains. Agreeably to this idea, too, I find that the metallic oxides, as those of iron or copper, are thrown down by common spring-water, just the same as by free lime. Notwithstanding this, carbonate of lime in solution with water contains twice the acid that chalk or limestone does. I fully expected the supercarbonate of lime in solution to be acid. But it is strongly alkaline, and scarcely any quantity of carbonic acid water put to it will overcome this alkalinity. Pure carbonic acid water is, however, acid to the tests. I could not be convinced of the remarkable fact stated in this paragraph, till I actually formed supercarbonate of lime, by supersaturating lime-water in the usual way, till the liquid from being milky became clear. It still continued limy, and was even doubtfully so when two or three times the quantity of acid was added. It should seem, then, to be as impossible to obtain a neutral carbonate of lime, as it is to obtain a neutral carbonate of ammonia in the sense here attached to the word neutral. OBSERVATIONS On the Countries of Congo and Loango, as in 1790.-(Continued from our last.) Kingdom of Congo.-If the testimony of the natives may be relied on, the countries of Chimfooka, Angoya, Embomma, Loango proper, Solongo, and Sonia, at no great distance of time, formed part of the kingdom of Congo, the capital of which, from time immemorial, has been Banza Congo, (now St. Salvador). Upon the seizure of the city by the Portuguese, and the consequent paralysation of the power that upheld the kingdom, a number of independent states arose from the ruins, and whatever progress civilization might have made among them before that event, they have since remained in their present barbarous condition. It cannot, however, be thought that the great kingdom of Congo, which comprehended, in addition to those already mentioned, the very extensive countries of Angola and Benguela, was ruled with the mental weakness and imbecility characteristic of these governments at present. Every one speaks in praise and admiration of the City of Congo,-its situation and extent,— the power and grandeur of the King before the arrival of the Portuguese. Sonia. The people of Sonia, it is said, were obliged to carry burdens of white sea sand from the beach to Banza Congo, one hundred and fifty miles distant, to form pleasant walks at the royal residence. This at last so exasperated the Sonia men, whose warlike and independent spirit is feared and respected by all the neighbouring nations, that they concealed their weapons in the burdens of sand, and were, by this contrivance, enabled to avenge themselves of the indignity put upon them, by plundering the city and killing many of the King's people. Having thus shaken off the yoke, Sonia has since been governed by native princes. However extravagant the idea of carrying burdens of sand such a distance may appear, yet the history of all barbarous and despotic nations, in some measure warrants the authenticity of the fact; for there, we see slaves subjected to ignominous tasks disproportioned to their strength and means; witness the Israelites, doomed by Pharaoh to make bricks without the necessary materials. Unless founded on fact, it is hard to conceive how the story could have originated among a people who at present know not the luxury of artificial walks. It is worthy of remark, that the shoulder load is admirably calculated for the artifice of concealing arms, being nearly five feet long, and about eight inches square. It is formed by means of a bamboo or palm branch, which although very light and slender, is strong enough to support and keep the packages extended, whilst they are firmly bound to it by a peculiar sort of long narrow leaves. In this manner, parcels of salt and other small articles, are always brought to the Embomma market. Many wonderful stories are related of the courage and ferocity of the Sonia men. When one of them is taken prisoner, which, it is admitted, very seldom happens, he endeavours to exasperate his perhaps already implacable enemy, by requesting that he may be dispatched with his own clean weapon, and not with the captor's dirty one;-a plain insinuation that no quarter is given. This nation is certainly of very different | in a similar manner, "Keile ma botta moine!" habits from any other upon the coast. It has had no intercourse with Europeans for these fifty years, when, in one night, the inhabitants massacred a colony of Portuguese, (probably their first establishment in 1484,) who had, for a long period, been settled in very considerable numbers in Sonia. They had many churches and seminaries of learning, which have all been demolished, with the exception of one called Ganga Emkisse, preserved as a monument of vengeance, now filled with bells, crucifixes, and other relics, the wreck of the colony. Upon the whole, the stories of the invincible prowess and martial character of this nation, are entitled to some consideration. If they are somewhat embellished, we need not be surprised, for what else can be expected: yet they ought not to be regarded on that account as altogether fabulous; for, even in polished nations, every thing transmitted by oral tradition, very soon acquires a tinge of the marvellous. What I can say of the Sonia men, from my own personal knowledge, is in perfeet unison with their magnanimous character; never having experienced any act of treachery or violence from them, although once completely in their power. I had strayed to some distance from the boat's crew, who were cutting grass for the live stock at sea, when a party of Sonia men travelling that way, and hearing the report of my fowling-piece, came upon me unawares, before I had time to load. I was a little alarmed, but, to put the best face on the matter, I asked the Chief if he would sell his ivory trumpets, to which partly consenting, he agreed to accompany me to the boat, where I purchased two of them, and gave him and his men something to eat and drink. They were going, they said, to Ganga Empeenda, and were quite at their ease whilst they remained in the boat, plainly shewing that they neither intended nor dreaded treachery: Before resuming their journey, they regaled us with a concert on the trumpets, as savage and discordant as the Genius of Africa could wish. The Chief had six ivory trumpets, the largest of which had apparently been a tooth of ninety pounds in weight. He had likewise a drum, and three musical instruments like lyres. Very well, I thank you Sir. MATHEMATICS. Solution of No. 18, by the Editor. Suppose +y=2s, and y=2d; then, a = s + d, and y s-d; let also n = 29, - 28. m = 278, and u 880; then z = n Substitute these values of x, y, and z in the given equations, and we shall have, 2ns 382 — d2 = m, and ns2 ·283 —nd2 + 2sd2 =u. Find the value of d2 in these equations and compare them, and we have the cubic 883 ·8ns + 2ms + 2sn2mn-u; here s = = 9, the values of x, y, and z are found therefore, to be 10, 8, and 1.-If we now take 10= the Solar Cycle, 8 the Lunar, and 11 = the +9–10 +1–8 Indiction, we shall have. and a + 3-11 V- 8 15 28 x1 or 28 When an inferior approaches his superior to ask a favour, he prostrates himself on the ground, and, throwing dust upon his head, clapps his hands as a suppliant, and says, -Betsawae moine, Menou Moontu accu, Menou Baveeca accu!"-Be merciful, Master, I am your servant, I am your slave. Monkeys-The number and variety of the monkey species in these countries is beyond conception Myriads of a small black kind with white breasts, about the size of a Cat, assemble every morning upon the lofty trees overhanging the brink of the Congo, in the neighbourhood of Oyster Haven and Maccatala, to drink. At these times it is amusing enough to observe with what celerity they make their retreat, causing the woods to resound with their chattering, at the report of a musket. Upon the highest trees they generally build their nests, which, in form and construction resemble those of the magpie, but are much larger, and made of dry grass. The entrance is a round hole in the side. upper part is covered with grass to a considerable height, to keep out the rains. Poongo. The most wonderful animal of the a whole number. Hence, genus Ape, is the Poongo. When walking erect, it measures six feet, and is said to have the strength of ten men. In this case, were it equally ferocious, it might reign the undisputed sovereign of the woods. In fact, according to the natives, it is an overmatch for all the beasts of the forest, drives the elephant before it with clubs, and frequently carries off their women, when it meets them at a distance from home. The Chimpainzee-This is known to Europeans as the Oran Outang, or Wild Man of the Woods. In point of size, strength, and sagacity, it is very different from the Poongo. It is of a more gentle nature, and is easily caught and tamed. Captain Fairweather brought one from Old Callabar, but it died on the passage from the West Indies to Liverpool. I was told by an eye-witness, that it used to take its bed upon deck to air, would tie a handkerchief about its head, as if sick,-formed a partiality to some of the officers,-made use of a cup and saucer when taking tea,-peeled an orange with a knife,-wiped its mouth with a cloth,all in a very methodical manner. Many attempts have been made to bring them to England, but they cannot endure the cold of our climate. They have never been known to utter articulate sounds. (To be continued.) 15 whole numbers. Trumpets. Tusks of such magnitude can only belong, as may well be supposed to the elephant. They are converted into trumpets by boring out the body of the ivory, and leave ing only a thin shell at the root, increasing however in thickness towards the point, within a short space of which, according to the size of the tusk, a hole is made to communicate with the extremity of the cavity; to this, the mouth is applied when blowing. The external surface of the trumpet is highly polished, and Progress in all his exercises and studies. When he given equations, we have, w=(abcd)}÷a=6; is frequently covered with regular devices and hieroglyphics, indented upon it with a hot iron. Upon the small end are carved a few annular knobs. The intrinsic value is small, compared with the value of labour employed in its formation. For this and their gorgeous appearance they are chiefly prized; but to instruments of music, they have not the smallest pretension. Salutations. When two persons of equal rank meet, one of them, kneeling on his left knee, gives the Saccula, (a certain clapping of the hands,) saying, "Katto co keile?" How do you do? To which the other replies. HOW TO SATISFY ALL ONE'S TEACHERS. Lord M. had masters, for dancing, music, Italian, French, and for the civil law; and he made a rapid thought himself somewhat accomplished, he began to neglect taking his lessons in their customary order; but when the dancing-master came, he would ask him to hear him play on the harpsichord, and tell him what he thought of his proficiency. He would dance a minuet before the music-master, and request his opinion of his dancing; and each praised that part of his performance, which himself knew nothing about. Thus also he would speak French to his Italian master, and Italian to his French master; and both assured him that he had done miracles. Hence Lord Mwrote to his father, with perfect truth, that he had made great progress in his education, and that all his masters were highly satisfied with him Memoirs of a Traveller now in retirement. = If the four given equations be multiplied together, we shall have 3y3w3%3 abcd. Extract the root, and xywz = (abcd). If this be divided by the first, second, third, and fourth 3= (abcd)}÷b=7; y = (abod)} ÷ c = 11; 2= (abcd) d = 12. Neat solutions were received from Mr. Williams, Amicus, Mr. Wilson, Mr. R. Andrew, and Miss Agnes. Question No. 24, by Mr. J. Wilson. 7 cubic inches of a Gas are confined in a tube by a column of mercury, 6 inches above the level of the mercury on the outside of the tube. The barometer at the time is standing at 29 inches, and the thermometer at 35.-It is required to reduce the quantity of the gas to the real bulk at the standard pressure (30 inches) and temperature (60°). POETRY. LINES Inscribed on the back of a Lady's Portrait. Of cheerful wit, restrain'd by sense; Which strives to please, and fears to wound. SONNET. What to the maid is left below, GIACOMO. When he is gone, she held most dear? The sigh of anguish-sorrow's tear! But can these heal the wound?—Oh, no! Will comfort rise to bless her, where She oft has found delight before?- To gain her bosom's former peace ?- LOVELY WOMAN. A Scottish Song. I've rock'd me on the quivering mast From dawning day till gloamin; The king who rules, the sage who charms, The bard, who 'neath the bright moon meets FASHIONS FOR JUNE. WALKING DRESS. C. Anglo-Greek dress of fine India muslin over lilac sarsnet, with white muslin sleeves; the mancherons Fichu of composed of lilac sarsnet and muslin. Urling's patent lace, surmonnted by a double frill of the same material. Bonnet of white shagreen, spotted improved sarsnet, lined with a quilling of blond, and edged with a rouleau, in puffing of tulle entwined with white silk cordon; the crown ornamented with lilacs and ears of corn. Lilac kid slippers, gloves of yellow kid, and parasol of lilac sarsnet. The shawl thrown over this dress is of white cachemire, with a beautiful variegated border. BALL DRESS. Dress of fine net over a white satin slip. The net dress ornamented next the hem with two full scalloped rows of pink crape edged with a delicate fringe of polished steel. Over these scallops are beautiful pink flowers of embossed crape, surrounded by beads of polished steel. The corsage finished in front with a stomacher trimmed to correspond with the border of the dress, as in the bust, and short sleeves, which are full. Elastic net sash of pink and white; Denmark toque of pink crape stripes tranverse. and polished steel with full plume on the summit of marabout feathers. White satin shoes, and white kid gloves, very much rucked, and surmounted next the elbow with a silk fringe. COURT DRESS. the The gown is composed of a new and very beautiful white transparent, material: it is worn over a white satin slip, and is finished at the bottom of the skirt by a trimming, which may be styled a net-work of puffs; they are composed of tulle, crossed with pink gimp, and divided by moss rose-buds. The trimming consists of three rows. The corsage is cut low; it is rounded at the bust, which is shaded by a blond tucker: the lower part of the bust is ornamented with Short full pink satin chevronels, edged with blond. sleeve, decorated with blond and rose buds to correspond. EVENING DRESS. A round gown, composed of buf crèpe lisse: the skirt is ornamented with a trimming of the same material, intermixed with leaves formed of blue satin and gros de Naples, disposed in two rows of stars, irregularly placed. Beneath this trimming is another, composed of bands of the same material, with satin crèves let in. The corsage tight to the shape; the waist is rather more than the usual length, and the bust is cut low: it is rounded in front, and ornamented at top with a wreath embroidered in blue silk.' VARIETIES. Serjeant Popham, when he was chosen Speaker of the House of Commons, which had sate long, and done. nothing in effect-coming one day to Queen Elizabeth, she said to him, Now, Master Speaker, what hath passed in the House of Commons?' He answered, if it please your Majesty, seven weeks.' THE DWARF COUPLE. Charles the Second, in one of his fits of jocularity insisted on being present at the Marriage of Mr. Richard Gibson, the dwarf portrait painter, with Miss Ann Shepherd, who was also a dwarf His Most Sacred Majesty gave away the bride. It was a very equal match, each of them measuring three feet ten inches. If their stature was short, their days were long in the land; for Gibson died in his 75th year, and bis wife in her 89th. This miniature pair had nine children, five of which attained to maturity, were well proportioned, and of the usual stature of mankind. Waller wrote a poem on their Marriage, which begins thus "Design or chance makes others wive, "To him, for whom Heaven seem'd to frame "And measure out this only dame." SINGULAR MISTAKES. A few weeks since, a young man returning home about eleven, mistook the house of a friend for his own, it being pitch dark, and his house and our friend's being near each other on the same terrace. He entered it by the key with which he was in the habit of letting himself in at home, and was heard by Mr. H. and his lady, padding up the stairs. The lady thinking that he was an approaching robber, screamed, and her husband proceeded to the chamber door which the young man had assaulted, and where he loudly demanded admittance, at the same time denouncing the supposed villain, who was illtreating (he thought) his sister. The attack and defence of the door was continuing with mutual force of foot and shoulder, and collected strength, while Mr. H.'s wife and supposed sister, throwing open the window, vociferated for Watch! Watch! The Watch at length came, and proceeding up stairs, joined the young man in demanding entrance, which to a legal claimant was granted. The sight of the lady produced an instant eclaircissement among the perturbed parties, and infinite apologies from the mistaken invader. DISCOVERY RESPECTING THE FROG. In the summer of last year, I was invited by a friend to walk in his garden, to view a bed of tulips; and while making my remarks on the grand variety, a very fine frog leaped across the path I stood upon, and as I was always an admirer of nature, I watched it under a gooseberry bush, where there happened to lie a large leaf of a tulip; the frog immediately mounted on the highest part of the leaf, and placing himself in a very erect position, looking most attentively up into the bush, remained in this attitude at least ten minutes without moving the breadth of a hair. I called my friend to come and observe, as well as myself, and he advanced to look for the supAt that moment posed object of the frog's attention. the frog made a spring up under the bush, and brought down a quantity of caterpillars, and devoured them with the greatest rapidity; nor was he the least alarmed at our standing so near him, as be immediately returned to the same spot as before, and as many times repeated the attack with the same sucAs the caterpillars hung in small clusters, he never brought down less than from five to eight a time, and then picked them up from the ground as quick as fowls pick up corn.--After swallowing them, cess. |