The luscious fig' also must not be forgotten; this fruit, though it does not generally ripen well in England, yet in some favoured spots it arrives at almost as great a perfection as in Spain, and more southern countries. There is an orchard of fig-trees. at Tarring, near Worthing in Sussex, where the fruit grows on standard trees, and is so regularly productive as to form the principal support of a large family. Although the orchard does not exceed three quarters of an acre, there are upwards of 100 trees that are about the size of large apple trees, the branches extending nearly twenty feet each way from the trunk. See a full description of the fig-tree in T. T. for 1819, pp. 86-90; and likewise of the other British Fruit-trees in the same volume. Rural scenery is now much enlivened by the variety of colours, some lively and beautiful, which are assumed, towards the end of the month, by the fading leaves of trees and shrubs. And, they who can drive through 'bowering lanes, without being insensible to the charms of Autumn, will sympathise with the poet's beautiful description, and be enraptured with the lofty trees,' Whose leaves are tinged with beauty far above B. BARTON. m Spring's gayest hues, or brightest, freshest green: Of the bright Sun; while others, in his sheen, OCTOBER. THIS month was called Domitianus in the time of Domitian; but after his death, by the decree of the Senate, it took the name of October, every one hating the name and memory of so detestable a tyrant. 1.-SAINT REMIGIUS.olje to mo IUS was born at Landen, where he so closely his studies, that he was supposed to lead tic life. After the death of Bennadius, he account of his exemplary piety and extraorarning, chosen bishop of Rheims. Having bishopric 74 years, he died at 96 years of of D. 535. To feoff on 1821. JOHN RENNIE DIED, ET. 64. eath is a national calamity. His loss canadequately supplied by any living artist, for, we have many able engineers, we know of o so eminently possess solidity of judgment ofound knowledge, and the happy tact of g to every situation, where he was called o exert his faculties, the precise form of that was wanting to the existing evil. r it was to stem the torrent and violence ost boisterous sea-to make new harbours, nder those safe which were before dangerous cessible to redeem districts of fruitful land croachment by the ocean, or to deliver them e pestilence of stagnant marsh to level hills, ethem together by aqueducts or arches, or by ment to raise the valley between them-to ridges that for beauty surpass all others, strength seem destined to endure to the latest ty, Mr. Rennie had no rival. Every part of nited Kingdom possesses monuments to his and they are as stupendous as they are useful. will present to our children's children objects niration for their grandeur, and of gratitude to thor for their utility. He cultivated his art The most enthusiastic ardour, and, instead of merely a theorist, he prepared himself for practical efficiency by visiting, and minutely inspecting, every work of magnitude in every country that resembled those which he might be called on to construct; and his library abounds in the richest collection of scientific writings. tact of of fire perfect his ex Occurr adapte self-in and un was su Mr. R liest y neer. his ex The loss of such a man is irreparable. Cut off in the full vigour of his mind, his death seems to suspend, for a time, the march of national improvement, until the just fame of his merit shall animate our rising artists to imitate his great example, and to prepare themselves by study and observation to overcome, as he did, the most formidable impediments to the progress of human enterprise, of industry, and of increased facility in all the arts of life. The integrity of Mr. Rennie in the fulfilment of his labours was equal to his genius in the contrivance of his plans and machinery. He would suffer none of the modern subterfuges for real strength to be resorted to by the contractors employed to execute what he had undertaken. Every thing he did was for futurity, as well as present advantage; witness those splendid monuments of his talents, the Breakwater, at Plymouth; and the WATERLOO Bridge. An engineer is not like an architect. He has no commission on the amount of his expenditure; if he had, Mr. Rennie would have been one of the most opulent men in England, for many millions have been expended under his eye. But his glory was in the justice of his proceeding, and his enjoyment in the success of his labours. It was only as a millwright that he engaged himself to execute the work he planned; and, in this department, society is indebted to him for economising the power of water, so as to give an increase of energy, by its specific gravity, to the natural fall of streams, and to make his mills equal to four-fold the produce of those which, before his time, depended solely on the impetus of the current. His mills of the greatest size work as smoothly as clock-work. and. by the alternate con. habits gether debted all ou Am nie, a the ri Euro d and iron, are less liable to the hazard iction. His mills, indeed, are models of He gave to inventors all the benefits of nce, removed difficulties which had not the author, or suggested alterations which instrument to its use. No jealousy nor ever prevented the exercise of this free ded communication, for the love of science r, in his mind, to all mercenary feeling.e was born in Scotland, and from his eardevoted himself to the art of a civil engi was the intimate friend and companion of at countryman, the late MR. WATT'; their pursuits were similar. They worked to to their joint efforts are we chiefly inthe gigantic power of the steam-engine in ufactories. he numerous works executed by Mr. Ren- running of the Lancaster canal across. uine by one of the largest aqueducts in he construction of the Kelso bridge; and y the completion of the Crignan canal, in vercame obstacles, that, to an engineer of nity and perseverance, would have apurmountable. He successively built the enock, Leith, Dublin, London, and East ks; the Royal dock-yard at Sheerness; and urs of Holyhead, Berwick, Howth, and There are various bridges in different e United Kingdom of Mr. Rennie's conbut the most valuable monuments of his and ability are the Waterloo and Southges; the latter work being projected upon which had never before been thought apo buildings of this nature. Mr. Rennie the good fortune, at the age of twenty-four, to be employ rs. Boulton and Watt in the construction of the extensive the Albion Mills; and the genius which he displayed upon soon recommended him to the notice of men of science. was to 1 superintended the draining of the Great Bedford he must Level, in the counties of Bedford, Norfolk, and Cambridge; and gave in a plan to government for a Na- decision val Arsenal at Northfleet. The Dykes construct-dominio ed in Holland after the late inundation were planned Bell and by the same skilful engineer. To enumerate the inventions of this great man, would far exceed thejects. brief space which we can afford to devote to his memory; that of exploding sunken rocks by the assistance of the diving bell, and his device for measuring the force of water, will be within the recollection of every man of science. spiracy his own he shot above Mr. Rennie received a liberal education at Perth, for which city, about eighteen years ago, he prepared the plan and specifications for a canal through the North Inch, but declined to accept any remuneration; begging that his services in the work might be accepted as his acknowledgment to the Town of Perth, for the benefit he had derived from her Academy, in which he had been educated. He was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral, near SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN; and, if any one ask for his statue or monument, we would refer them to that Mausoleum of Granite' which is stretched over the River Thames, and which promises to be coeval with St. Paul's itself, or with the country that patronised these noble works of art; in a word, to such enquirers we would say, Si monumentum requiris, CIRCUMSPICE!', L 6. SAINT FAITH. and 240 the sold This virgin martyr suffered death under Dacianus, about the year 290, the most cruel torments being inflicted upon her. 53, asylum Saint Convert He was Court Bishop the sak *8. 1820.-HENRY I, OF HAYTI, DIED, ET.. Better known by the name of Christophe, the black chief of St. Domingo. He was born in St. Kitts, one of the Windward Islands, was sold as a slave at twelve years of age, and afterwards served under Toussaint Louverture. 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