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Which kings Might itiivrike
In every vale, On every
A‘chool shall grad the ga
Wheretie
ere every pa man ' s chi ld p
Pure knowledge , free as air L
11l build asylums for the poor. •
y age or ailment.made forlorn ;
And none shall thrust them from the door,
Or sting with looks or words of seam.
111 link each alien betiaisphere.;
Help honest men to.conquer wrong ;
Art. Sciecce, Labor nerve and cheer;
Reward the Poet for his song.
I'kevery crowded town,shall rise
ball: Academic, amply graced; -
Where ignoracce may soon be wise
And Coarseness learn both art and taste
To every province shall belong
Collegiate structiirest, and nut few—
uith truth exploring throng,
And teachers t of the l gotxl aid . true.
every free and peopled clime
4 tract Walhalla hall shall,stand
A mattle.edifice
Fedthe illuetrioua of the land;
tt p i n o., e on for the truly great,
The rsi-e. imneficient, and just ;
place of wide and lofty state
'fo honor or to hold their dust.
A teinp;e to attr..ct an•l teach
Snail lift its Fpire on even• hill.
Irbere pious men shall feel and rrenrli
Peace, mercy, tolerance, and good wilt.;
Music ut tatlls on Sabbath days, •
Round the whole eartli,sla7ll gladly rise ;
Awl one great Christian song of praise
Stream Sweetly upwa . rd to the skies!
BIRD SONG,
AS SUNG •BY /MSS Y USD.
Biro:fling I Why sing itr the Toast wide?
Say why ! say why !
,C r at thou the Bridegroom or the-I)ride )
And why t and Why
" T enll no bridegroom—call no bride,
Although I sing in kirest wide.
Nur know I why I'm singing."
Birdlin,g! Why is thy heart so blest 1
U Fay ! 0 say !
Music overflowing from thy breast
0 say 0 Say !
bear: full, and yet is ligbt,
V. I,t,T(ls g::id in day or night,
Nur k,, Av r whY rm singing,"
Badhaiz : Why shig you all the day
0 tell: t) tell!
N any - 11 , tett to ill lay!
0 tell! 0 telll - 1
I care not what toy attng mac bb,
Now this, now that, I warble (re.
Nor know, yet must be nosing,"
LaGRANS INCIDENT-11e carrex Hera of th' _
P‘.rt land Advertiber,writing from Au ta, tali th
following story :
Among the - many laughable inside is and a
doles which ;tidally grow mit of the organize o
of a new LeOslature, I hasie just told lin
which is worth relating, eszcially SR coming frp
the euurce it does , it rnial presurn to betrpe,
nod pretty . well illustrates the sea with which
electitateenng Is 'sometimes carried here, iAI
arge t energetimmilitaiy-lookiUg man, this morning
met Rev. Mr. Judd an the 'crowd ofenatierilar9
their way to the Mate Rouse, and *taking - The
o ft
reverend gentleman haita member...if:o ni-diatelyeb4.
pm, as 'they walked-along together, urge opo •
him his eliime to hems& a Major renal. nil
ras a pretty severe test to the rut' rend 4entlL •
mane peace prindiples, bathe listened ivery polite!) ,
and littentively lathe man's stmy—the usual;stur
at his "service( to the party," &e. Ai, until he r
natty wound Mi:"* . ith cdirect appeal to hire fin- hi
aid and aseisttu
fry
the matter. -,
.1
.1 say my d t" said he, with an emphata
gestur e and 1113 :expression not fit for me to wn
much less to be made to a reverend gentleman n
t i
extra peace prinin" plea, "I say! want to be made i
/idiot (haler's' Land tine , will eau help we I" I
1 Walto.whethertbe psvirredgentlenum enbrel,T
suppresseda Faiikij . buf t :tii*i)g to the candidiite,
and with all‘the sulelnad,l'W'l) l ch 'bea to *
eatjrct and the ciamixisi, mplied': '-" 1 will pray
.fol
you my friend P'. IV " - ,-- • i -
The man started. He did not fally.gletprehen ,po
the meaning.of the minors but ,itibm lied' Tn'
him in its full force, when the Speaker tidied ' -
4
the members to attend to the services Ohba
bin.: Tbe gentleman - who had promitied - to'
for biasirosei.and prayed .very fervently c
<lnentlYike bign and all other Mumbent;_ ~. ~
It will-haremembered that. SOW! year; ago, -
..'
Legislature to alt umbiagii al a pegoVaiitooW
AV/ . Mr. liidtt whialit• PiNts in hitiew
pit and from that time, I believe, Instils, we e iti
permitted toodittiato as-Clitaplebeialita house until
this nuornink, „It ika lit* ,
..,, ittlif lismeepar
tion ihoold hi v e beitti id - - 'IP aPPrintibea
to help to 'ltudiiii pun 1' ' . ' t 4
The editifildie -'
' :', 4llll the
tellowints , - ,' - ' * iTaimiktior
A rupetfout ' -'„,,,'' : .4r4'. ..kaOng4wer'*
not to diato•Fis.,,„ — :. :, ~ irAre , fiLmißrOl.
a pieee4 er kei . e ~ ,*„ , ,isrittrOwlr , „ Il i --
good .iiirra ....., : 4,,,, - .; *.',-
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Comket emit
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el i. ' . . 1 , ,, vii. i ,: i gr 4 . 1 . 1 ,' 92 !?.., Y.=' •
:tpoir id ' s i I ':!, 4W> Americans hiive'been
'at*i. Aciiiall tifte itintilieen open fife clays
'kit iii net
s . itt4o lyre hor any thinr I &;e
It f:Tliskise 411111feltsititid.hionmer salutes the:
WIWI alk...00310;100 I:.think - nviiewthan five,:
kindred carpenters lii:l4,..clier . artizAncare buky
. iy
tbs . huilding tn-dijr. The week, wilykfil i ably' close 1
bertha - 111 k Etttikes 'Will have been ptit up and the i
articles duly atranged for exhibiting. Aw et'a
great many remain in their transportation taxes,
I while others ardleorered with canvass, though ma
ny, more have lie ell put in order ,aiit hin the last two ,
'days. Thai the' great centre aisleAry little re-
mama nnacconiP iilied, - but nn the Picks, in the gal ,
leries, and.in th 4 department of British Machinery,
thereld yet work to,do which another week will
ItmAly see. ,conCluded... Meantime the throng of
visitors is immense, though the unexample;l extent
I of the People's Palace prevents any crash or hi-
I
convenience. I think there cannot have been-less
than ten thousand visitors in the building to-clay.
—Of course, any attempt to specify,'Or Io set
4orth the ments'or defects of pirticulux. articles,
'nust here be futile. Such a universe of mat4rials,
nveritions and fabrics defies that mode Of treat
, ent. Dal will endeavor to give some general
den - of the Erb ibi t
If you enter the building at the East, you are in
the midst of the American contributions, to which
a great space has been allotted, which they roeiig
erlsr fill. Pa.i.itig westward down the aisle, "ur
next neighbor is 'fitTssin,:- who bad not an eighth of
our space allotted to heti. and has filled that far leas
thoroughly and credit-01y than we have. It is
said that the Itlissian articles intended fur the fair
are yet ice bound in the Baltic. Franee, A thzti ia.
Switzerland. Prussia and miler - German Stabs
knc
ceed her; the Fretieli,ixintrtbitt solr being e t iadi (1
think) in vett/a if not in extent and vatrii.iy toithcroe
of all the rest of the Coot/tient. Itoheuoi t has s e nt
some admirable Gla , / ware; Att , tria a suit .of 11
iiartine,fits th•,tpuglil, and , toliturioAc
which wins much !lzard and sortie tnitniration ;
There is of cintirsea great array of tasteful design
and exquisite workmanship from France, though I
do nnejust nova'-call to mind any article of tram
scendant metit.
The main tusle T-Pry wide. formine
promPantic rin ea.+ side tcith a collretioli of sevlll
ture, st.atuw - y, Grits. them. For..rim.t
0'71141011g :}1..,e i= i'lAye-ri: (2:reek J . k Vt. litlV..tr
better stavan"rtgt. , and 1 1.110.11...1.k1y iLere are;i,fiv
to a hundred other works of Art—mainly in Mar-
ble nr Brenze. Scene of them have great merit.—
I Haring passed down this avenue several hundred '
i feet, con reach the Transept. where the great dia
. teoni "Koh:I-floor" (Mountain of Light) with other
Roy4-contrihntinns. have pine... H ere , in tie ex
act centre of the Exhibitinn, is a beautiful Foun
tain, nearly all gloss but the water, which has tare
1y been - excelled in ltievige ty , 4ltfrect. -The _fluid is
i proiedted to a beightoof some thirty feet,falling
thecae into a suecession of regularlyeenlarging
gibe basins, and finally reaching in streams and
1 sprny the reservoir below. A hundred feet or more
on either side stand two stately, graceful trees. en.
t treiv ineiutied in the butititng. N‘ it.i-r i ttoro - 0....
' riqcs dear above them, seetnin; a nearer sky._
1 . 11 2 trees (elms I ht.lieve) are - fulls r and fresher
' in leif than those outside, having been sine!tled
i
from qte clailho.; air aad warmed l the genial
t ,
' roof.. hater 'A
contribution to the Great ExLib:-
fir m is certai ly a very adthiratt:e one, anti surly
entitles her t a first class Medal.
'I The nthOr litalf tif the main aisio is essentially a
dllpl mate of tthat Already deseriht-1.1, }let is ,41 ,7 rie
what ditleyetitly filled. This is the curl of
the exhibit eoritaini% far more irk quantity than
all the rest ut together. The finest and costliest
fabrics ate god on either side of the grand aisle.
The show of Colonial products is not vast but
comprehensi+e, giving a vivid idea of the wide ex
tent and varibn , climates of Britain'sdependenriea.
Corn 'Wheats .S e. from . the .Conada.s; Sugar from
the mqest Indies ; fine Wool from Alearalta; Rice.
Cotton, Sze..,fieru India • with. the diversified pro
ducts Of Asia, Africa and ' Annricit, fill this-depart
ment. Manufactured textilellibrici - from Sidney,
from Indisi and from Upper . Canada, are here very
near each ether; while Mistrals, Woods. ikni, , fmrp
every and and every clime are nearly in ctin*t.
I apprOtend :John Btl, whatever else he maYliiiiii;l
cannot he tatight meekness by this E.thibitide''
TheTninerandepartutent of the British displaymt
rttuated on the south side. I think it end-bainitY
be leis than fiVe hundred feet long by over
hundred feet wide, and it is doubtless the plot;
- complete ever thus set before the public.. Here tare
shown eery variety and - condition of Goal, ,
Copper, Lead, Tin. etc. Of Gold there k little:and
and of Silver, Zinc, Quicksilver, etc. Ott a great
deal. ,But dot only are the,Ores of the pietalefinn
named varied luvi abundant. with :Catiirtl 4 cPcip4, I
Silver. etc., but the metals are also slimv,nim every''
stage of their progress. from the rude elt3Mentsjust
wrenched from the earth to the tnost refined itral
perfect bars or ingot&. This departimentyill . rids
ly reward the study of the midetalogiat , present!
and future. - '
Directly oppbeite, on the North side alba Brit.
I 'ish half of the main aienne, is the Brithd , •exhihi•
tion of Machinery occupying even more apace than
I the Minemla. I never saw °natured) as Much
Machinev,l4edke before • ,and do nut expect ever
ir k sie somuch - wan. Al s nktist everything that a
Biitln Ititi*Ver aniented; improved or patented in
thlPWittirlifiebbkiriiitere brought togerher.—,
2 14. ligled-CrAilitierAtias-Anr which the , ,Timeria
prj944,odAtiovidwk. 0:00 thkosl) waylitto
bs set° s 4 Nlifliso l l;',o* gilt:dere feYolve bori ;
imatitilf Si art, - . 0 relic' ay ;, kiia thiiuir:ll some-
Si kiiiiiiiit 'a-Seel:wit:3 , by' the` Iteitisli' Ow.
aiiewmthilt-balait in opea' . Hoe's tiiit'bsiaat jet
besitfissitiallii34 -, tits Islaad.- - But • inuillisaing,
mirOgs, ARA - t. l ,?Pf447...lirtt. , tberk.W.:.soffle
040 4frefr Al:fr .- nvelP"; which on IMPUfiriCtUr
t
iiii' Uqr bSMO7 - ot : itirpass;" though r iiiiubt'iqheth
r 6 eking,' sfre - Thfiiirbolk ii eireetert , Niiiii less U ,
Asir ' Giwatilisitsiia - thaa dellka Utik4State a--
___l4 OulltTiceneilter Y.ettlePts . fter,bat 1
wissva, asiataf,absprhing ni Wrest. , However,. I
I'l .
I- 11 i ' ,mikfi, Yet' to see anl'ajro 0; fdraPrglien4 i n
thif idep %lint 1 kir 'One fota L ieitiing',liice
ff . 11 l , *Weft seenisiti , at likiat .thtit — iiNtliya
mookkihrusr?iiriessivoutresseLth
4 . ifilikiltbleik OA - 44;* 'li you*
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think}fit tir
,bae insoixoiittiies as
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*had is lid asilaspnow• lessbiliery sitie.h-faitts'
Om* 041 v Put 1444 P? *ay .that tbit
is quit! NVltc. l 49'.
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opinioh I may eXpreittilatist •be ialteittilubject'll,:
future revisal and'inedifleadon.- . o t .: `. P•••-• 'IJ ':.
I kiltw well thattio'litrgii and diet/alai/di& Aerie
of machinery c4uhl not be , Mad e-tiV_ltetbia-United
States! as istere lgesenteil isbehaN titicbatisis It
ventioit ; yet I- thinit.la•.strietlir .11gratirehiri: Fair
might Itie got up which tentddsiiihanbateet Meta
silty 4 treatiOu or design. ' If :wilmiglicrfthiS, I
shall cheerfully say so when tionsinCittlistf ii.. Many
of these inachineitare very gnixi - of 'their , kind vitith
ov involving - any novel - priticiple--or important
atiapt4tion. With regard - to Flax-Disissiintfor ex
sunplei I find less here - than I had hoped to see;
and • h ough what I have Seen apposite ito. do its
work *ell and with considerable teunoinrof ma
terial; 1 think there &ref more - rapid and efficient
.Pliix-Brestiers in the- United- States than are con
tainedfin this Exhibition: I have not yet - eauutrin;
ed thel machinery for spinning and, weaving the
dreaded Flax fibre, but am glad to see Abet It is in
operat on: The report that the -*Xperiutents in
Play-Qutton have - failed" do. not in the least dis
tioniage me. - Who ever heard of a great eoonotui
cal dilreovegvir inver,:nn that had sot been ri
-1
peate ly pronouneedtilailure before it ultimately
and in id/it:ably succeeded t
1 fond one promising invention' in the British
department to-day, viz: Henly's Magnetic Tele
graphJor rather the generator of its power. The
magnet, I was assured, did not require or consume
any suibstance whatever. but generated its electric
ity spOntaneously, and in equal measure in all va
rieties! of weather, so that the wildest storm of
lightnihrhail. snow or rain makes no difference in
the wcirktng of the Telegraph. If such be the fact,
the mituntsm iv one of great merit and recline, and
must he speedily atiopte4 in our, country, where
the lif.biiity of Tele2raphs to be interrupted by
storm. is a eryln4 evil I trust it is now near its
I
end.
• - s
—Stvitzerland has a vet . tine Allow 4—'Fabrics
in tits fair—l think more in proportion to her
numbers than any other Foreizn N.,ation. Of Silks
she doiplays a great amount. and are mainly of ex
quality. tshe shows Shawls: Oinghains,
Se. brsioe, as well ILA Watt:ties and Jew ,
elry but her snit. is her best point. 'I he Chinese.
Australian, Egyptian and blesiertn eolitributi.ge,
toe (pile inter esl hUt they sugge.it little or uu
thing LiOle— it 1 - i - e the stolidity of their eon trlVerz.
I Is dlied through a good part at the ga!lerieA of
the Crvst.,l Palace the , morning, with attention di
vided by - the costly and dazzling wares itml fabrics
around men and the grand panorama below. Ten
cbousapal men and ',omen were inrwii,i; Irout , 11. r.
to CaSti, one their.. of iulmoiratkm to anotli,r,
in thai imigniticent Templ,• oi Art, s o vat
those thousands nowhere eruw(l ,, ,l
or jostled each umber, ATIO as mutly . more
Lave gazed and enjoyed Millie manner without in
emorrekling them in the !east. And their added
thou-mak will come. when' the Palace, which is
Alit a 'laboratory or worki , hop, !Thal' have become
what tt aims to be, and wien the charge of -admis
...ion shall have been still farther reduced from five
slidhno , ster:big to one.
N. 14.—England—Ha.mpton Court.
Losaov. May 6,
I have seen little yet' of England, and do not
choose to deal in generalities with regard to it lin
t-a my ' ignorance has lost something of its density.
Liverpool Impressed me unfavorably, but I scarce
ly it. i lls. auz 5...11/Ld excLedin‘dy
11l r est. e,l stolid. abject and hopeless. Extort ion
hl. prevl,:.-nt. I mu,t look
over inat city again if I have time.
Welt...one 1, 1 . to London by the'Trent Val:ey •
;tatitytau, tinot.gli Crewe, Rugby, * t i. , n worth, eit
.111 ;h4.l,t:reilt. towns and irgvernng (I ani
toll, yr:lnn of tit , . finest Agr;cultural districts of E ng .
Tire du-Armee is two hundred miles. The
Reilr(44.; we tntler,ed in no place.croes a roar) or
.trees on its own level, hut.are invariably
t,nder or over diem, no matter at what eo , t ; the
face of the country is genrirallY level; hills were
"Titrible ',lt triterValk, — but nothing fairly entitled to,
the designation of mountain. I was assured that
vOry theland saw could be honzht for
esuo While much o is held at *Mtn or more per
acre.' !tr y couree it. s good land, well cultivated.
studprotlucti ,e.' „Ve . getation was probably
tram! rauceri.herrii'llaintirt "Westchester county.,
N.Y.; gliorris count•y:lN4.—though-not in every
intato„that two thirds of the land I
saw'* in Grass, otieln#„th in Wheat, and the res
idne •te pled to .Orurleci.„Trees, Oats; or Barley,
.ere were.'ttist or no - foreite'..properlr,rto
botvrnaliteatioat,'i fringes and..4lrumpti of
-wood , tid sllrubberyi..whiehagreeablY diirersify.the
Imo as,,,7l;m7hic;i:d rapidly akrog. 'Still, near.
lie Jr«4eti,groun l icle I_ saw looked meagre
anat. - 2 lily, thhugh (races g rew 16s luxuriantly
here , ' itrivithtnia, or-mnie probably the beet are
sYt iteiltbaul as wen loathe) , arrive at maturity.
111 _
,iathorttel ,I charge you to spare. preserve
mad eriSh dome portion of your primitive forests.
'fur w . these are cut away I apprehend they
Will nt, easily b replaced. A second growth of
trees ' :better than none, but it cannot rival the
u 'asks magnificence and stately grace of the
Red.., !aphist hunting gronnils, at least for many
gener duns. ' Traversing this comparatively tree
less re •ru icarried my thoughts hack to the glori
ous m ificence and beauty of the still unscathed
forest .- o . f Westeml New York, Ohio, and a 'good
part o ; Michigan, which I had long ego rejoiced in,
but wl tch I never befoul prized so highly. Some
porti4 s'nf these fast falling monuments of other
dar o ight to be rescued by public forecast from
the pi eer'sof the woodman s merciless axe, and
preserired for the admiration and' enjoyment of fu
ture ages. Rochester, Buffalo, Erie, Cleaveland,
folid.i, Detroit, Ike-, should each purchase fur pre
14ervation a tract of one to Eire hundred acres of the
best •flfrest land stilt accessible (say within ten
miles Of their respective centres,) and -gradually
convert it,intb walks, drives, arbors, etc., for the
recreation And.solace of their eitizerut through ell
a l
anceee mg tithe. Should a portion be needed tor
Om yor ether utilitarian purposes, it may' be
airoff. 'whew wanted; and ultimately a railroad
will! ord - the poor. the means of going thither and
returning at a email empease. If something ottitis
sort is ever to Le done, it. cannot - be done too soon ;
for_ forests are annuallyi disappear - Mg and the
pfkoi flood neat ' our 'cities and bums! towns
rapiiir rising. • ',. • ‘
- ..Etro antlolosvo relliarlred ere this, the scarcity
of' Fru t.tbrougista.t this region ... I thint tiers are
teSi . F nit trees tu,sight : nn'tbe twobundred miles
6f rilltray
. betwiiin tiveipool - and London:, than on
OM Toilp m ilea of Harkin -Railroad directly north
of , ll l te - Pbtiii.: I presume from various indicts.'
t.
Opts . "at the Apple and . the -Pesch do pot thrive
L ore : . d I judge that the English .make less ac
count f (Irak - than we do, thoughwe use it too
spans ly and fitfully. If their - climate is unfavor
able t its abundant'and - perfeet-:production. they
have ore excuse-thtur we for their neglect of 'aisle
q owl , „ ..., tAf.upolio bo. untie. r ~, , . -:
Trif ioproaeb t 9 Lonckm, frfß 04. 8 *list,. ;WAS
fiellf at)! Regina& fa Orihire - anything Ilse' in
my e rimer.Ususill. lour ... roximitrici - 1.
great t is indiettadV rifeetieseer of villages
sat ` 7, ailials , :amorbtrileitaiftd aiiimi:or
lese sb by miniature.*** Mitalliiii 1417.1111r
mond. The Chty may be radialtt with palaces, but
nittitSDAY JUNE 5 1851
% , ,..-fis- .
di wellites are sure to be made up in good part Palace is a good deal larger
Whillteries and bevels. But we were still passing our Capitol—larger than the J
tirktiph a highly cultivated and not over-peopled inn: less lofty, contains (I 01°0
mriA l dialrict, when lo! there gleamed on our sight th an c ' that capacious structure.
an ; , vof stately, gracefid mansions, the seeming of brick, and if it his great ai
. at of art, taste and abundance! we doubted failed to discern theta.
IlthattlPais could he London ; but in the course of a
fewo . *oments some two or three miles of it rose
luprAti-the. v1:4013, and we could doubt no longer.—
' Sootsnur road, which had avoided the costly con
tact is 'long as pOssihle, took a sheer to the right.
! and-Charged lwildi ! r upon this long array of mason
' ry; Ind in an instant we were passing under some
blocks of stately edifices and between others like
I that Some wile or two of this brought us to the
rotigtotr•stine.re Station," where durtfLtikrpad ter
! mittates. and we were in London. Of course, this
`is rtit -.the City,' specially so called, or ancient
on. but a modern and well-built addition, dis
ti' tithed as Camden-town. We were about three
tit from the Bank, Post Office, St. Paul's Church
Ask .. iturited in the heart of the city proper, though
Li
neater the' East end of it. 1 s
,I . s,jutll not attempt to speak directly of London. '
Thtiubject is too vast, and my knowledge too raw
scanty.anif I choose rather to give some account
of - in excursion I made to the Royal Palace of
Haippton Court, situated fifteen miles west of the
Citl, where , the Thames, which runt through the
ponds adjarent. has shrunk to the size of the Ido
balik: at Schenectady, and I think even less. - A
yea* small steamboat sometimes runs up as high
as ibis point, but not regularly, and for all `practi
cal,purposes the navigation terminates at Rich
ruoild, four or five miles below ,
Leaving the city by Temple Bar. you pass thro
the, Strand, Charing Cross, the HaYmarket, Pall
Mall and part of Regent street into Piccadilly,
where ‘ou take an omnibus at - the White Horse
Cedar." gii e tlollese names because they will be
fathilinr to nthnv if not mo-t American readers) and
proceed down Piccadilly, passing St. James' Park
ort the left. Hyde Park and Ken-ington Gardens on
the right and so by Kensington Road to a time sus
bri•l;4e over the Thanws ; you cross, mid
bare passed we , terlc out of London. You tra
verve some two milt of ridh garden,, meadows,
&c., and thence through the village of Ilarnes:coni
posed Mandv of soine two or three hundred of the
oldest, diil,biest, tumble-down apologies fur hu
man habitations that I ever saw so close together.
Thence jut proceed through a tich, thoroughly cul
tivated garden district, containing several fine coun
try seats, to Richmond, a snort, showy village ten
miles a bove London, and a p-,polar resort for h i ih
day plea- , :re seekers from the great city. w-hether
by .teamlinsit, railway, omnibus, or private convey -
shoe. Here is a fleet of rowboats kept for hire,
o lidt• " Star and 6 - ertrf - 11111 has a wide repu
t for and the I , : ona from iG second
story birw 'window - is pronounced one of the finest
in the kingdom. It certainly does not compare
with that from the Catskill Mountain House and
many others in our State, but is a good thing in
another way—a lovely blending of wood: water
sky, with gardens, edifices and other pleasing evi
dences of man's handiwork. Pope's residence at
.Twickenham, and Walpole's Strawberry Hill are
near Richmond.
* ' *
Proceeding, we drove through a portion of Bushy
Partz. the royal residence of,the late Queen Dowa
ger Adelaide, widow of William IV, who hare
managed, having house and grounds tke. thrown in.
to support existence on sin allowance of 8500,000
a year. The Park is a Ruble one, about half cov
ered with ancient, stately trees;among, which large
herds of -tattle. portly deer are seen quietly feed-
Mg. A mile or two farther brought us to the
grounds and park of Hampton Court, the end and
aim of our journey.
This reduce was built by the famons Cardinal
Wrihsey. so long the proud, powerful, avaricious
and corrupt favorite of Henry VIII. Wolsey com
menced it in 1516. Being larger and more
L'oiti any loyal palace ilia' in tiring, its erec
tion was employe - d by rival courtiers to excite
the King to envy and jealousy of' his Premier—
whereupon W vise) , gave it saitngut to tour mon
arch, who gave him the manor of, Richmond lose-
Wolsey's disgraCe, doWnfali and death
soon followed; hut '1 have' theirpnitrayal toTTumc
and Shalopeare. This palace became the favorite
residence of Henry 1-1111. Edward VI. was born
here ; Queen Mary spent berloneymoon here. af
ter her marriage with Philip of Spain; Queen
Elizabeth held her great fe tin here; James I.
lived and Queen Anne died there; Charles I. reti
red here first from therPlatue, and _afterwards to
escape the just resentment of London in the time
of the great rebellions After his capture he was
imprisoned here. Crotriirelf saw one danghter
married and amither4ie during his residence in
this place. Queen, Ann„ George L
arid George H. occautinally, resided here: but it
has not been a regal residence since the death of
the latter. But the grounds-, are
,still admirably
kept;the shrubbery, park, fish : pond are quite
attractive, while a fernonigrape-vine, 88 years old,
bears some) 1 .100. pounds per annum' of the choicest
Black Hamburghs," which are reserved f* the
Royal table t and (being. under
,glass) are said to
keep fresh and sweet pa the vine till February.
fine avenue of trees leads down to the Thames, and
the grounds are gay with the flowers of the season.
The Park is very large, and the location one of the
healthiest in the kingdom.
Hampton Court Palace. though surrounded by
guards and other appurtenances of Royalty,-is on
ly inhabited by decayed servants of the Court, im
poverished and broken-down scions of the Aristoc
rats, 4,c, to whom the Royal generosity proffers a
subsistence within its walla. I suppose about two
thirds of , it are thus occupied, while the residue is
thrown open at certain hours to the public. I spent
two hours in wandering through this portion, con
sisting of S 4 rooms, mainly attractive by reason of
the Paintings and other works of Art displayed on
their walls. . Asa whole, the collection is by no
means good, the best having been gradually ab
stracted to adorn those Palaces which Royalty still
condescends to iiihabit r while worse and worse aro
removed from these arid deposited here;_yet it was
interesting to me to gaze at undoubted,originala
by Raphael, Titian, Possin.Rembrant,,Terners, Al
bert Durer, Leonard da Vinci, Tintoretto,
Lely tim., though_ not their master-pieces., : ,The
whole nurnber, of pictures Ac. liere.exhibited, is
something over 1000, probably Siasiithairrtrailk
Some of those hate a strong, hietorical interest
SPart from their..intrinsic merit. Loyola; Queen
Elinibelb, Anne Boleya,.Admiral &oboe', Willioro
:Mary, Queen Of ti,,Mary. de _Medici', leuhr
XIV; are . a fear arriong *reit of titikehlirer."
The. Cartoons of- Rsplisil and some Arrautifully;
richly stained glass windows arersleitiOs
The bedrooms o Willittin - Ilt; Queen - Anna,tical /
think other soyefeigns...ratain the beds as they
Fens left but little, other-fur, uktpri ..remansail the
mirrors szeepte4. X thluli4rOneans . tylip,have,a
to hors in - PhOirriniiiiY,,spend It agrOtutbltlti
visiting thiii yiebsee t taniieiitilY Itirita Tee*
kismet ansigallefirwato ritettatt notirai
ble to common people. At this ono, overyjettsrat,
able facility is
~rtfrortied,,and i orkgratuitiss are so
baled .or expected, ihoritt t in .attrstnianelr.. ,, , I
ilion'ld:prefer, a ay for , trich - rtjermkon which there
ITO'fiaret stfoalleof halt, scow iitst rain than we
esiectitere&-triitebil May ear beidttlei'deattid
ourassooablo—but if oo batter can Wilma' 11. take
nob as guy come and make the bat of it. nip
THAT- RALF
We take almost all sorts o
Office. One of our. friends,
slaye ago, pulled out his long !
with change, and lajd down hi!
Ito a jiffev we had transferre.
'skin pouch, and nothing rnor.
matter. One of she pieces
it was not long ere we betide
keeper. to settle a demap•l
dealer no sooner fixed his e
seized hold of it and dashed 1
ter. It fell with a sharp, pi
three times the same ope
when, opening his till. he too
the same denomination, an&
.them alternately. While t,
! amused himself, we waited
change; but it was hot fo
to think of Bogus, and taking
tiele,lie said, " It rings right.
We examined the coin, whiel,
as it eame from the mint I it.,
firt, but the stars were large,
larger than on the ordinary
1801. Such an ancient da
such distinctness of letters
circumstances ! We carried i
ter County, and placed it in
icr—a mairfrinfinitely curio
an amateut •artist withel, a
currency. foreign and Mimes
his days bending over huge
his pocket the keys to tit
where slumber the treasures of the Banks—the
great bags of silver and ingots i:f gold. All doubts
were qu:ckly solved. Several coins of thelsame
denomination had been pretiented at the Batik, to
knot:: whether they were genuine. They were all
genuine. We soon learned the ancient „coin came
front the Bank itself—and how they came into its
possession. The story is soon Wit!. An old man
In Chester county, having - paid the last debt that
mortal• have to pay—the debt of nature—his pro
perty fell to his heirs. Thu hoarded gains of nta-.
nv long .years—the . spoils of industry and thrift,
came into the hands of his executors. Among his
assets were found $l2OO in Specie—
Bright jewels—bright jeweli of the mine!"
lliey More the stamp of 1807, and thereabouts;
coined wit long after the Independence of these
United States; and at that remote period they had
been hoarded up by,the careful Owner. From that
time till the hour his death they remained stored
away—nearly forty-five
,YearS'll No press of duns
—no stress of circumstances had,ever tetuptedrhe
owner to break in upon
. the precious treasure-;--
Doubtless he felt that creditors, might fail, arid
banks might break—revithrions might overturn
the institutions of society ; but in every emergency
his old age would find a security from want in the
indestructibility of his, silver. But, after all, was
he a wise trian—was he miser than hilt oeighbors,
who pithered „, their-vstotea,,ao4;o4vinii giktbexed._
put theta forth to gait; new ireasures I Per Petti
ly forty-rivet years these 1200 dollars lay buriedin
a napkin. Had they been . put out, and compound
ed, how would the acetrinulatinx interest have
swelled the amount--how would society have
flourished under the stimulus which they would
have impitrted. How many fortunes might have
been made by the, use of these dollars. Let us see.
At compound interest, how would the sum haw".
expanded—doubling every ten years. Thus:
In 1807. the sum was , ' 101200
1817, (doubling) it might have been: t1..4.00
1827. " " 4BOO
1837, 7' . 9600
- 184.7, " 19,200
4352. " " 825,000
Here we have the brief and impressive history
of the " half-dollar,"—of what aught hive been
done with i7..1200. Flow much hiislieen lost in bu
rred treasure 1 But this is only one of the many ca
ses which may he found in siicietv--eve.n in our
day. The miser hoards away, his dollars-the
young man buries his talents. • A little confidence
in our fellow man—a little energy' in our youth
w ill never fail' of yielding. their fruits—earnis - ten
and some an hundred fold!Toe, coin still glitters
in our-purse ; but henceforth it will doubtless
"keep droving." What adventures this half dollar
has had from the tune it found its way into the
Bank until it lodged in the bands' of . the poor prin
ter, we have no means of knowißgi (7 -Feßage Rec.
Alma:ion OF THE BATTLE Or NEW ORLEANS.—
The Courier tells Abe following Characteristic epee
di.te of the battle of New Orleans:,..
Of the four Generals in the British army on thet
Bth, two were killed at the fietli and one tenet()
the fleet severely wounded. Gen. Lambert-escap;
ed, but he had not -been under lie thatday.
Kean, when earriedxiff the field ditspermelywoun z z
vied, left his sword; and irwaskplcked nribpone
the Teunessocans, _while searching for muskets.and
brought to Gen. i i hicksoo, When theiwoundcdOcti..
recovered his tied:wit his .firat thought was WSW*:
pon. He destiatohett a note tistletdoiljickiii - Will
a young Louisianian, then a prisolisitin'thetßrithib
fleet. requesting that 'Web yithglitbc tpisfhi t lkWhis
sword, saying that, it wass - the tre*4;tict eV:O4
friend who 'died hi 'battle. and NiseVOlCeili*4l
by a reference to the 1,00 sad s - viiiiralriamr "Ming
which he well knew animated therAtresftermilifiltri
ritr..
_Nor did:* itspeal.in vain. ni
' said the hawk;liiiingskib;c4 - Wid'his
aids—“ltelNisr - -thisiinicird;tis the Entitle Geireint ,
God kirlit4 Anal elsnilid wishboki
die} from one so deserving of it."
' Wc i dttsiartir,
thosity,of 31r;'31c1001111:leewitlyletweveiti frig
abroad, that there is ipsolleCooi WI 04004
extinguieb the fires of Veinyros! Aje, riesteolt
ibititi-bolfOrn Orthelnilitif arsiedisak _
awl dolmen& Met! below at the 714
plan, tipagtora uk,orAlgii lange.trilleh brawl hl t
the sea:o snfier,, the, ex of. wbiskAilk
hot exceed two •raillione of empt
ea 'Oil up
tingush
Otimit-A-10E-0)4:0444 41 , 41 4* *ta
to Ile recialml4-I!Pir ffmmol-0,
*mid ix!efitillitt dyffgat7
°s: ~
win= via
filledAlki***o 4 *ifltlitr** l l4o,o4:44*°.
sint,;Awkirbils* VJ I St !?s4 l t i glir t o
ta' an - anallie
the nounaal stated to Saint& - 7 1 .• x'k 11.
INKKAISOOPOOM-1 1 1.1411101iii01.100 1 /
P /C ali d g , *:;-kiratl i T e Mlbr 4, r•
ere is del afgr inq u e&z,
snondad tha acesold. point* tiseierr
t6,vtpnifiniiatikaitliatairlrl"l ll6 %
this 1" r G bftvr:pat
.P. 114
"IP xt you IA mos as 10. 1
CaUll, Www.loo/Wipiated .1011
th• Ilat• 1 1 41*11140Pk. 41104 1 4
two. • , • .
on the groutuithan
Ftur' Ho nes bui;be-
I judge) fewer.ro?ms
It is built,, mainly
chiteciu4l merits
.1
Et.Ocnr. Bimes.—A Mend lum rest terOttp*
dress of t;!'ov. Briggs delivered Iti-Prtar t kik '
Which'we clip - the fitildWarle.tin j the subject - 4 *i*
Male Influence? It hta pleashagincident antkpleitiz ;.1
aptly-told. i . ,-, „ -if c...-- fliv, ,
.RogArifirt-Oterionr-r; .
It is delightful to me miner toullkew .nel ,
cations as this, so many femalei-. IY,Ie or 11T:
Min goes you may look For something ':
irto
whatever they give their enuntetianbe a tiiiiiiet
you may depend upon it that macaw iit to bltiookod
i t,
for. Whenever they giv then supple tQI
lions of 'this kind, by ct. Mg out anfiAlli ' 1 9
leen:lei% by giving - their aid, their itep -'• ' ,
cantle ind their peers -it largukhdrierf JiLlitt -4
the cause. Now let me tel I you, my fens! , Rises%
that you have a greater to perform , in the lim
iness of educating • cluldr than - ,,anybody lse. I •
remember, twelve or fifte n yearslem Ile ,iyo k .
ington three or four w ek e , during the Sri* -
while it home. I, fur the rat time, ' toy=
'pelf of the letters of Mr. Adams' mother, Mind
them with exceeding interest. 1 manna Imo
pression in one ef her letteri addressed to .
while yet a bov oft waive : . retiraeld, is En Love
she- : -• I would l'ather. see. yOu laid in Yogi . gri,o4. ''
t h an th a t you should beceme a 10 4 " apPries'
lesel i buy: After I retumed loWsishingtop i seeps
ever to Mr. Adams' seat. One day, and said II tlir.
Adams. I have found out'who made you? L' What.
do you mean!' said he. '' Alive been to-011ie the
letters of your mother l' If I had named that deitir
name to some little buy,i who had been Aw week'
away from hi. dear mother, his eye would not me,
flashed more brightly. or Ids face glow td, Mims \
quickly, than did the e 0 and face of-that 'Smote
ble old man when I prcinonnced the nuns of hill
mother. , lie started up hi his peculiar tna.mer.tmske
emphatically ,-aid--• Yes I Mr. Briggs, Li did is
good in me I owe to my mother? Oh, what 0.-
tiniony was that, from this venerable ohl man,' tio
his mother,.
who had in f his remembrance , all the
scenes of his boy hood 1 l' All that, is goo 4 in ilie ,`..i
owe to my mother 1' Mothers I think of this, when. '
your bright eyed little boy is aboutyotill - Math
ers make the firstimpression upon the Minds or
their children, and those itripresstouit will bell*
last to be effaced. ~
' • r - 1 '.
• LULU, • •
coin at the Record
b. dropped in a few'
-il ken Ip . tirsei flashing '
subscription money,
it 'lu of r old Weir . -
wad tboiight 'of the
as a• half dollar; and
it over to the show .
The imen•sighied
es upon it than, he
quiCkkv on the conn
• rcing 'Two oi
rtion :was performed;
out, another eo* of
commenced ringing
I e *llibpkeeper. thus
pitt faintly for the
I coming. We began
up the euepieines sr
but .Inoktisespicious."
wee `bright and 'tie*
re the usual interiP
and the letters were
in—it was stamped
Inightnoas.—
they *ere autittictous
to the Bank of Ches-
he hands of the Cash
: in whatever is, rare,
id deeply. learned in
ic, a man who spends
edgers and carries in
impregnable vaullA
- ,
A trick was lately played off on the, too?, or
Stewart's Marble Palace, equal to anything tecoid
ed of the rogue. of Paris, mule or female,l A lady
dressed in superb style; went into that • eguiffreit;t
depot of finery, and inquired for shawlit, , Alter
.ezainining several of the finest, the lady pit4eti
on one that pleased lies . fancy. and inqu ired the
price. The answer was $4OO. Upon eonte l Opla;,
dug the rich pitteZn again andagaimadtairiegthit -
soft fine tissues, and indulging UT all y grid
charms that such -an object is calculated marts.
the lady deteribined to pitieham and trr - freaks
L
purse of ample size and -respectable'itii ' .
an M. on ;the Chemical Now the bait,—
being- in the immediate vicinity of t P lost
_ ....h.., fr id " 3
across Broadway—and $lOOO bills bet
~ y,Of- i
ft-red even at the Marble Palace — the lady; WO di
sked' to wait a moment, peihspe, to continni,tho
pleasiug diversion of 'examining the
a swift-footed and trusty inelsenger wai'. :'..4wkOW .
oil to the Bank.' The nankortiaitiatieliiit• '' ''sq.....tiss,
bill-was pronounced goad! by the, hest poosibleine ! '
thority r -the shawl was done.p. the 1600 in detail
given and rolled into the respectable itinlst'"N.
and the lady slowly protpenadedioWardthe'doett
Here she tops and pauses.and toternittothe'tinii ,
ter where the cashmeres-late' sold—she- telle l tio- '
clerk she has .changed her nupd—she refers:
1 110 t
to take the shawl, Without, consultation with? bet
hnsharid. there being a probability- thittlitit, lig
lent.perien might think her &little estnivagalOgi
making such a purchase. The J6OO are Mama
with the , shawl, and the 'AI 'returns p c iti!
,reitiow
place in the purse . r Tjm 1:i 0 . 2104 stoplitthei:** -
mere- Still "remains folded Ip - oyi the'
~ 'VI
pause ensues, then a smile of natant ol
the handsoine featur e s Orli - '- "; Mikan*
ly addre s sing' ; the clerit -" Ytin , .dinklialfillibli‘
41 4
(oh (...-latamoo,) but I must. take Am elimer * .'"„Thel
.$.1090 bill op the Chetaiintlis,sgainthe
thange given, the sliiiiil taken bidet ' arils
her mrriagf, and vreiyilihig Settled kilt Ai'" '; • '
ry thanner, But. on:making uft. - tWitialls-: ' ." '.
. lhat: o Yen.ing -,at.th,flngHtf"..el-arler . 1 11iSit . ANC
shop windows, and lotting don tkifi ' *s •
there, was found a si . ipol.courterakt bate' out a , .
-
tlwrlittqatik.-. 3. l o: (l 4lthe : ;,_lros. . t.
Clerk of the shkarla r ithilerstanilli'
-besides e.asNitiere ha tieen'ioldit itli*iir ,
_,
day and that he watt eietimizidlortgalvelat#4
fer.--Brooklytt Fresstart.., - ; .; ;1* w,•: ,, ,:. ;`t •: '„, ' -... • .- „,. ~.--, ..r in...;',,17,: - .4
KISSMI a Morays kan.oit'i yr."1 , 71 1 .M1T ~.. -
It, late Wing 'of triglanti; like 'Prines . Or e,
A
during lieseivicii Off the"filaitireamiga. ''' ,.',
an escursioninto.likferOsiisdailindisk..=:
into-the-State of Vermont. Us . euteoe4Shinliten .
shop, and- on seeing the. tailor's. wiff, sit exceeding
ly slaniutifnl ,w,onutp,-ho.:erititoat Outnetsyrnuitlnnj -;
ft biA.l.frent thP. ) adY and r! 1 '90 1 .,_ 1 4 1 'r!- - , i ,
- "There now. - telt yo ur cOttrittirisilitat -tit, ,
*tin of the King of England has kisiiiii* ..
tailor's wife." --, ' •,• ~, ,f , ,! . >i<''- , ~,', -47. -, '1 , /fsl ‘
, ~ for him at,ll*t anoment.horla4l4.
the tailor, appeared front ,9te Amick resiti,.. 5001 k
ing a elotiffellew, gave the etiaiii.m . Alati;,,lnii
meadow' kick and exclitsd'e -1--J , ' ~ ,‘• ' , '•*" . •-t.t. , '
~._ «There ! go tell yotir washy:woe* thits„..„Taig , ,
bee toilet has kicked the son of timaiiitaitW
laud r.
, u r A Beckpy i e prespntell his4lt,ti f t V
Irodirgell4r r ce , :tly,w!lo bed pithmi4.,
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BER 23.
Female
Steivart Done Itiovni.
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