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t mean to adduce any of the reported and appa- tated subject, of bad habit of body, has occasioned death well-authenticated cases of persons who have been ascribed to hydrophobia;-that, in many instances, Tetaed into sickness upon being told how ill they looked nus has been mistaken for hydrophobia;-that the canine by many persons in succession, and apparently not acting madness, where it really exists, has often been brought on preconcertedly, to produce such result; neither shall we by the very means used as precautions against the contavel upon such cases as those so humorously burlesqued gion; and that, in a great majority of instances, dogs in the farce of "Frightened to Death." We shall confine have been most wantonly and cruelly condemned and butourse-Ives to one instance of which we had occular evidence, chered, upon the most vague and unsatisfactory evidence; proving clearly that credulous persons, or persons predis--that, although it may sometimes be deemed necessary posed to believe in any system or theory, however ridicu- to prohibit the public appearance of dogs in the streets, lous or visionary, may suffer their imaginations to persuade there is reason to believe that the close confinement of therm of the reality of symptoms which have no existence such animals, and the inhuman treatment they experience, except in their own credulity or superstition. if they happen to escape, is calculated to bring on the In order that our readers may ascertain what dependence canine madness; and, lastly, that many precautionary - is to be placed upon the inference we mean to deduce from modes, in case of alarm, might be adopted, much more the fact we are about to relate, we deem it only fair to pre-merciful and effectual than that now enforced in Liverpool. mise, that we have no faith whatever in animal magnetism ourselves, and that we do not address our reasoning to those who entertain any belief in the wonders ascribed to its agency. With this preamble we shall proceed with our narrative.

Upwards of twenty years ago, when Dr. Willink was in Liverpool, we passed an evening with him at our own house. He had recently arrived from Germany, deeply learned in the metaphysics of Kant and the subtilties of Mesmer; after he had set half the company asleep, with a long-winded dissertation on the merits of the former, in order to avoid nodding ourselves, which would have been unpardonable at our own table, we proposed to change the subject to animal magnetism, as the lesser bore of the two. The Doctor kindly complied, and read us a long lecture on the

ON HYDROPHOBIA.

TO THE EDITOR.

strangers, but still respects his master, his head and tail always hang down, and he walks in a state of stupor. At length he pants, without previous exertion, tongue always out, and mouth continually open and discharging froth: he now forgets his master, snaps at every thing he meets, runs suddenly forward, then stops; the eyes become of a dull red, he gets weaker, often falls, and, finally, strong convulsions seize him, which soon put a stop to his ex. istence. There is no doubt that many a dog is sacrificed that is merely a little indisposed: but the above are unequivocal symptoms of madness; and, in whatever animal they appear, such should be immediately destroyed.

The symptoms, that are suffered from the bite of a rabid animal on man, are often months after the healing of the wound before they make their appearance. A slight pain is occasionally felt in the part bitten, heaviness, and disturbed sleep, with frightful dreams, restlessness, sudden startings, wandering pains, from the part affected to the throat, great anxiety, sighing, and a love for solitude: at length a tightness and sensation of choaking come on, with a horror or dread at the sight and noise of water. These symptoms leave the nature of the malady beyond a doubt: SIR, It was with heartfelt satisfaction I read, in the intense fever, with bilious vomiting takes place; hoarsecolumns of the Mercury, your remarks upon this dreadfulness of the voice, and discharge of viscid saliva, accompamalady. You have done a public good, by bringing upon nied with strong convulsions, which bear a resemblance to the tapis the discussion of a subject like this; and the Tetanus. The sufferer, between the fits, converses ra cause well accords with your motto, "Salus populi lex su tionally with his friends, and he appears to sink from exprema." If my opinions on this subject had entirely corresponded with your own, I had no need of this letter; and, as nothing tends so much towards the developement of an obscure subject as free discussion, I trust you will give place to sentiments that may be totally opposite your

own.

haustion.

The CURE of this disorder has, hitherto, been an insurmountable barrier to medical science. Dr. Cullen, who has written the most splendid work on the practice of physic, has arranged it under the class Newroses, and orrationale of this occult science. As far as we can now der, Spasmi, considering it to be a purely nervous affecrecollect of the matter, he stated that the nervous system Hydrophobia is certainly one of the most distressing tion. But subsequent practice has proved that the system of one person might be brought to act upon that of an- and incurable maladies that can affect the human race; of the blood is as much affected as the nervous system; other, producing motion or rest, provided the magnetiser and is by no means incidental to summer, for there are for every anti-spasmodic medicine has been tried, in vain, was more powerful than the person magnetised: the fornumerous instances of its occurrence in winter. 'Tis for its cure. Dr. Majendie, Physician to the Hospital of mer being plus and the latter minus. We asked for an unfortunate for the canine race that the origin of hydro- Hotel Dieu, in Paris, states, that he cured a case of hydroexperimental proof on the spot; and, after some shyness phobia is attributed to them, for it is alike generated in phobia by drawing away a quantity of blood, and injecting a which we thought we perceived on the part of the learned the cat, the fox, the wolf, and many other animals, domes- quantity of warm water in its stead into the vein. It had a professor, he consented to oblige us. He desired all the tic as well as wild. I must beg to observe that this disor-slight shock upon the action of the heart; but, however, persons in the room to place their hands and arms on the der can never supervene upon violent inflammations, or completely allayed every symptom of hydrophobia. Mr. table, resting on the elbow and the points of the fingers, hysteric fits; and shall be obliged if you will point out a Wynn, a surgeon, of Shrewsbury, states a case of this the palm of the hand being very near the table. He case on record. Neither can it be confounded with Teta- nature, where he succeeded in the cure by copious and rehen proceeded to magnetise, or rather to claw us, with the nus, which, I am sorry to say, is a malady equally dread-peated bleedings; but, I am sorry to say, the same means ngers of both his hands, not omitting to apprize us of ful; but which is generally brought on by a prick or punc-have been repeatedly tried without similar results. The e symptoms which would immediately precede the crisis. ture in some irritable part of the body, or a gun-shot excision of the salivary glands as alluded to above, is worhis symptom was described to be a subtile stream of air, wound; and many a brave officer and soldier,, which thy of consideration in the medical world; and, in my hich would be perceptible on the palm of the hand, when French valour could not subdue, were obliged to yield to humble opinion, no means should be left untried to ace hand and arm would involuntarily rise from the table, Tetanus, as the army surgeons can testify. The very complish the cure of so dreadful a disease. When a perwh the elbow would still remain in its place. The exname of hydrophobia, (derived from two Greek words) son is bitten by an animal known to be mad, he should periment was tried in succession upon several gentlemen implies a dread of water, and liquids generally; and, with have the part directly cut out, or lunar caustic, oil of tot success; and the explanation of the professor was, out this great characteristic feature, hydrophobia cannot vitriol, or spirits of salts, instantly applied: any of these that such persons belonged to the plus class, with relation be present. The CAUSE of this disorder still remains in remedies will effectually prevent the absorption of the poi whimself, the agent; and that he could not, therefore, utter darkness, whether in the human or the brute race; son into the body, if quickly used. We then selected a very delicate young and, the instance of its occurring from the bite of a man, Mill-street, Aug. 1824. dy, who, by common consent, was pronounced to be at Batavia, is, I think, the only one on record. The poiwith reference to the Doctor. Still the experiment son is evidently conveyed with the saliva, during the bite; ; as the young lady declared she felt none of the and, it appears, can be formed by animals when they are ed symptoms. At last, a very stout German gentle- highly excited or enraged. The Greeks have a method, a remarkable for his predilection for the marvellous, in cases of this kind, of cutting out a little substance from essed a wish to have the experiment tried upon him under the tongue, which substance I conceive must be the a learned countryman. This last essay was more sublingual glands; and this operation, they say, effects a esful than the former efforts, as the Doctor had not cure. Now, if they cut out one pair of salivary glands, avea him many seconds, when the patient declared he they must cut out the whole, which must include the stream of air against his hand, and that his fingers parotid, before the bottom of the ear, and the submaxilered to be raised from the table by some invisible agent.lary, immediately under the jaw; for these are the very We have scarcely room to state the inferences which we duse from the facts we have related, and must for the Part confine ourselves, in conclusion, to a brief enumeof our own convictions on this subject, which are, That, in many cases, where death has been oceasioned by Gebite of dogs, the dogs have not been mad;-that not dog out of a thousand killed, on suspicion of the canine The SYMPTOMS of hydrophobia that first appear in the Madness, has really had that disorder;-that, in a great dog are, a loss of its usual vivacity, a lurking in secret cases, mere apprehension, acting upon a debili- | places, seldom barking, refusing meat and drink, flies at

en them.

of

glands which secrete the poison of hydrophobia.. This
operation must be dangerous, from the contiguity of these
glands to the external and internal branches of the carotid
artery. However, if I could procure a dog suffering under
this malady, I would not hesitate to try the experiment
and watch its result.

J. E.

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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

An important measure past parliament, last session, intitled "an Act for ascertaining and establishing uniformity of weights and measures, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland." The following is an account of the

statute.

After 1st May 1825, a measure, referred to as being in the

custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, is declared to

be the "Imperial standard yard," and shail be the only standard measure of extension in the three kingdoms, by which

person by a writing under his hand shall require, he paying application on land the saving will be extremely great, the to have diminished, and the prepared to have suffered s

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measures are declared to apply to the new act for enforcing expansive force of the explosion might also be employed; Churches, 30,000,000; the Roman Catholics, 100,000,

The Drama.

[SEE A NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS.]

"The very head and front of our offending Hath this extent, no more."

cured from nature; science and good taste may improve,
but they cannot create it.

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Now, gentlemen, sages of the Kaleidoscope, an' it please ye, we would somewhat more immediately with you. For that ye are so much aloof from us, we are infinitely your debtors; the poverty of our unfeigned thanks will It hath been objected to us that we are "partial;" so not suffice, we fear, to cancel so great an obligation. re are, to good acting. "Extreme severity" has like. How, indeed, can we wipe away the recollection of so ise been asserted to appertain unto our remarks. Was kind an act, as the assurance that we had no feeling in rer criminal yet condemned that did not accuse his judge common with those who could discover in Mr. Hunt's if cradty? though honestly acquitting him of injustice."action appropriate grace!" Remember, reader, this Then, our knowledge of music is superficial; very likely: was not uttered by us, who possess nor taste, judgwe happen, notwithstanding, to know just enough of ment," nor kind feeling" but emanated from the wise song, to distinguish what constitutes the difference between ones of the Kaleidoscope, whom we now know to be monohe hoarse croaking of a raven, and the clear warbling of polizers of all that's enviable in either quality. It was meet, thrush. We are reputed, also, of those who lack gallan- certainly, the pure ore should be distinguished from its ry; and so indeed we do, when courtesy would usurp the concomitant alloy; and wise, therefore, to disclaim hose of judgment, and dictate an estimate of profes- participating" in the rude " fashion of our speech," or the onal ability from pretty faces and sylph-like forms. It cold acerb vandalism of our sentiments. Thus situated, 1 not our business to be love-sick. We do not visit the however, it surely is enough to be responsible for ourselves beatre for the purpose merely of seeing handsome our own poor thoughts," as the Advertiser would say, Formen, and studying female anatomy; nor yet for sim-without being subject to arraignment for the conduct of i contemplating choice specimens of nature's statuary. others. As, for example, we, last week, wrote, alluding Were our notions of theatrical excellence to be derived to the respective merits of Mrs. Bunn and Mrs. Davidson, from personal qualifications alone, we should forthwith comparison pronounces Mrs. Bunn incapable of proving pronounce Mas. MARDYN superior to "all of woman herself to be what she really is not at once Mrs. Bunn worn" beside, and MR. COOPER incomparably the first and Mrs. Davidson," which the Kaleidoscope completely ragedian of our time. transposes, making us appear the ridiculous authors of flattery too fulsome to be credited, offensively insulting, but for its obvious absurdity. Mere typographical errors are pardonable, especially when arising from the imperfect autography of such indifferent penmen as ourselves. To substitute "waves" for wanes is excuseable, but we must really protest against the reduction of words of four syllables to trisyllables, and the total ejection of an unoffending monosyllable.

But it would appear that we are "conceited, and calsly indifferent to the feelings of others." Indeed! Tho are these "others?" The actors, we presume. ithout an audience there would very soon be no theatre; aving a theatre, it is reasonable to suppose that such a king exists as an audience. This audience, then, we ragite, must have somewhat of feeling also. Well, posresing an audience, and that audience being endowed Wir feelings, will the Editors of the Kaleidoscope ve the hardihood to maintain that those feelings may be traged with impunity? If so, it becomes, of course, an mited axiom in theatricals, that performers are not enable for the contumely with which they sometimes are to insult their auditory. The Editors of the Kaleidoscope, who, by the way, are very fearful of being laughed at for identifying themres with our opinions, aver that "MRS. ALDRIDGE is me of the cleverest women on this or any other stage.' digious! Did we ever utter any thing imputing, even, contrary? No; but then, somehow or other, we have noticed this great lady at all, only as an instance of ow much opinion might honestly vary; because

"For captains o' the King's side ha' no need o'
Wives with nothing."

racters. Though altogether unnatural in design and conduct, this play is one amongst numerous others of our earlier dramatists, that are certain to tell, with an auditory not over fastidious; and is, consequently, well adapted to the taste of the nineteenth century. With the refinement of the age, fashionable vices become refined too, though in fact the morality of high life is, at this moment, of as "scant fame" as at the birth of Beaumont, in 1585; however gentlemen and ladies may choose to "assume a virtue they have not." Thus, while our people of consequence affect to shun the BEGGARS' OPERA as a moral pestilence, they crowd to the representation of infinitely more vicious exhibitions; detesting the one for no other reason than because it displays the unsophisticated amours of the common vulgar, and admiring the others only in the same ratio as they excitingly hold up to them the mirror" of their own. more exalted, but not less criminal, propensities. When, therefore, we speak of Rule a Wife and Have a Wife as an "excellent comedy," it is with reference, merely, to those scenic merits which this play unquestionably possesses in a very eminent degree. It is now performed as altered by Garrick, to whom we owe, belike, many of the stage directions; and notwithstanding the hacknied nature of the plots, for there are more than one,-despite the outrage on all probability in the business of the piece, skilful performers will always obtain both for it, and for themselves, no inconsiderable meed of popularity. The main plot, more particularly, Taming a Shrew, we have had, in numberless forms, any time these twenty years; but Beaumont and Fletcher's virago has the novelty of being a woman resolved on self-abandonment, who seeks a husband only to save her credit," that she may at once stand well with the world and give unrestrained freedom to her lascivious pleasures. Leon must have been a philosopher of no known school, to conceive the idea of feigning to be the thing such a lady was We are well pleased with the spirit of resurrection desirous of possessing, that he might thereby advance his which at present pervades our management. It evinces own fortune, for he "no revenue had," and teach mana laudable desire to please, and will, doubtless, be recipro-kind how to have, how to rule, a wife; and that wifecally agreeable to the public, and the treasury of the the Lady Margarita. The credulous Don Michael, liketheatre. CATO was a judicious revival, and so is RULE A wise, is scarcely a less extraordinary personage than Leon, WIFE AND HAVE A WIFE; but we think not thus only that being a soldier it was natural enough for him of the CABINET's resuscitation, nor was it approved to want a wife well-portionedby the town; for, on the evening of its representation, the overture was played to ten people in the pit, less than twenty in the boxes, and not exceeding fifty occupied the place of the gods. During the progress of the play, the number of the audience did not increase fourfold; the wonder, however, is, not that there were so few persons there, but that there were any; for certes they who have once witnessed the Cabinet, will scarcely care to trouble themselves about it again, even after an interval of five To smooth the ice, or add another hue years." The thing, as a drama, possesses not one solitary Unto the rainbow, or with taper light recommendatory feature, divested of its pretty songs and To seek the beauteous eye of heav'n to garnish, agreeable music; and without the combined powers of Is wasteful and ridiculous excess." Braham, Sinclair, and Miss Stephens, or Miss. M. Tree, Mr Hunt, too, say these same editorial gentlemen, "is is stupid in the extreme-" tedious as a twice told tale, of the best singing actors we have seen:" which is vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.' The Music Hall lly but a very sorry kind of compliment, whether viewed furnishes us with what is rare in the way of minstrelsy; reference either to him or to themselves. For, mark, from the stage we expect something, withal, of plot, and der, like Mrs. Aldrige, Mr. HUNT is only "one of the incident, and dialogue; but we look in vain for originality, and, moreover, but one of the best" that the interest, or wit, in the Cabinet, now consigned again, we er of the Kaleidoscope have seen:" they do not in- hope for ever, to the oblivious grave of dust and cobwebs. as whom they have seen besides Mr. HUNT, and Many of our acquaintance, as well as some frequenters ate, consequently, at fault" to know which of the of the theatre, had given us credit for having, last year, he is. The Kaleidoscopic collective wisdom might, taught Mr. E. Knight, as he was then termed, (we perequal propriety, proclaim Mr. Doyle "one of the ceive he is now Mr. Knight) somewhat of modesty. The saging actors," and Mrs. Andrews one of the clever-manager of old Drury is notorious for his puffing propenea on this or any other stage." But the eulogy, sities, and his little scion, seems an apt scholar. But even and unmeaning as it is, of Mr Hunt, must needs be Elliston has more respect for himself, his profession, and ed; "his voice is somewhat peculiar." So is the the public, than to degrade both of the former, and insult 's, or he would rival the nightingale. Of what avail the latter, as Mr. Knight has done: nay, more, the little The excellence" of Mr. Hunt's ear," or the extent great man's old friend Charles Stanton, would blush at his "taste," accompanied as they are with a "voice" his pupil's folly, could Charles but peruse the following chsincerely believe consists rather of sound than delectably spiced example of metropolitan quackery ody, and which the Kaleidoscope admits to be "some- "Mr. Knight, of the Theatre-royal, Drury-lane, in anpaliar." It is this peculiarity, the mouthing of nouncing to his friends and the public, that his benefit is that occasions our objection to Mr. Hunt; the ex- appointed for Wednesday next, August 18, begs permis e texture of his ear," nor the limit of his "taste,' sion most respectfully to acknowledge their past favours, tot yet been questioned by us. The man is not now and in selecting, as he hopes he has done, the most sterling more thoroughly versed in the doctrine of sweet productions for their amusement, he trusts he shall be conds," as a science, than Mr. HORN; yet by reason of sidered as discharging his duty to his patrons. The enclarly constructed voice, he is scarcely Mr. HUNT'S tertainments will commence with O'Keefe's brilliant comedy , either as an agreeable or a popular singer. The of Wild Oats, which will be found to possess a stronger tes of the Kaleidoscope, or at least some of them, are cast than heretofore witnessed out of the metropolis, comad good musicians, and of their taste and judgment prising several of the most popular favourites both ve ample proof; but we never yet heard that they of Drury-lane and Covent-garden.' Such is the unasendowed, also, with the singing grace." There suming diffidence peculiar to "the Metropolis;" may in tine, much dissimilarity between a man's know- common sense effectually prevent the prevalence of this of music, as such, and his vocal adequateness; an disgusting pre-eminence in the provinces! te acquaintance with harmonies is one thing, being oing is another. Doctrinal qualifications may be red by studious assiduity, the voice must be pro

"To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet,

Beaumont and Fletcher's excellent comedy of Rule a Wife and Have a Wife has been revived with considerable success, and in great force, as regards the cast of the cha

We have been accused of writing "strictures on the managers." As yet, we have not done any thing of the kind, wanting inclination. But were we disposed to amuse our selves in this way, a more favourably opportunity could not occur. With both Miss Smithson and Miss Kenneth here, we have Mrs. Aldridge for the pearl of Spain, the orient fair one, the beauteous young lady Margarita." Mrs. Aldridge is a lady of very respectable talent, whose utility will ever ensure her a certain degree of esteem anywhere; and it is really unkind to enforce this very clever gentlewoman's appearance in parts, where the text must be altered effectually to suit her person, which cannot, in all intances, be done, and consequently, as in Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, she is not only satirized in every line, but the illusion of the scene is also completely destroyed. What, for instance, should we think of Sir John Falstaff habited in the costume of the apothecery, in Romeo and Juliet. This, however, is not all. Mr. Porteus, a gentleman of considerable parts in his way, must be installed, Cacafogo, when Mr. Andrews was unemployed; an oversight, on the part of the managers, as palpaple as any we can reck of. The fine acting of Mr. Vandenhoff, and Mrs. Bunn, and Mr. Jones, should not be marred by the interstices of the play being inadequately occupied; and we would here just take leave to intimate to Mr. BASS, that he does not always walk upon the stage to exhibit alone his own "rare presence," and display, of itself, his own great ability. Authors occasionally require performers as foils for others; and, when next Mr. BASS represents the Duke of Medina, we entreat of him that he will not be smirking to his friends in the theatre, when he should be writhing in conscious unworthiness, under the lash administered by Leon, on the stage, as he did when retiring from the dignified reproof of his offended host, at the conclusion of the fourth act, on Thursday evening.

Mr. Jones is an uncommonly clever, bustling actor; who could no more remain in a quiescent state, on the stage, than we can bound by a hop, skip, and a jump over the Mersey. But he is an actor; and so are all, it may be said, of his profession. Yes, truly, only that some actors approach nearer to nature than others. While, therefore, we presume to question his claim to "high celebrity," as an "admired comedian," it is no trifling eulogium of Mr. Jones to say, that as the Copper Captain, he strongly reminded us of one we were wont to look upon with ecstasy. And although our Magnus Apollo is no more, his fame lives, and will live till the stage expires; with the name of Don Michael is inseparably entwined that of THOMAS LEWIS 23d August. THE COUNCIL OF TEN.

The Starts. Some remains of James II. have been divered in three leaden boxes, in the course of excavaons for a foundation of a steeple of the church of St. Germain, near Paris, with this inscription :-" Here is portion of the flesh and noble parts of the body of the air high, puissant, and illustrious, and most excellent Prince James Stuart, second of the name, King of Great Britain, born 23d October, 1633, deceased in France, at St Germain-en-Laye, September 16, 1701." The boxes are removed to the chief altar.

Fanaticism.—A woman in the canton of Appenzal, in June last, giving way to that unhappy fanaticism which now misleads the ignorant classes of society in that country, killed her child to save it from the persecution of the evil spirit, whom she thought she recognized in the features of a stranger passing through the village in which she lived.

The Housewife.

"Housekeeping and husbandry, if it be good,
Must love one another as cousins in blood:

The wife, too, must husband as well as the man,
Or farewel thy husbandry, do what thou can."

Food. If plain animal food were taken but once a day, and men would substitute for the various ragouts, with which modern tables are so abundantly furnished, wholeed beverage, for the more deleterious potations of dissome vegetables and pure water, or a weak fermenttilled liquors, we should see health walking in the paths that are now crowded with the bloated victims of voluptuous appetite. Millions of Gentoos have lived to an advanced age, without having tasted of any thing that ever possessed life, and been wholly free from a chain of maladies, which have scourged every civilized nation on the Printers Ink too much for the Devil.-"Under the globe; the wandering Arabs, who have traversed the barname of exorcism (says Mr. Bentham, in his Book of Fal-milk from the half-famished camel that carried them, have ren deserts of Sahara, subsisting on the scanty pittance of lacier, the Catholic liturgy contains a form of procedure for driving out devils. Even with the help of this instru- seen two hundred years roll round without a day's sickment, the operation cannot be performed with the desired ness. The temperature of our food is an exceedingly imsuccess, but by an operator qualified by holy orders for portant consideration. We are accustomed to take it too the working of this as well as so many other wonders. In warm, forgetful of the fact, that artificial heat destroys our days, and in our country, the same object is attained, and its physical powers, and induces painful and dangerthe muscular tone of the stomach, vitiates its secretions and beyond comparison more effectually, by so cheap an instrument as a common newspaper. Before this talis-ous diseases of the liver. Let us take, then, another hint man, not only devils, but ghosts, vampires, witches, and all their kindred tribes, are driven out of the land, never to return again; the touch of holy water is not so intolerable to them as the bare smell of printers' ink.

Preduction of Gold and Silver in different parts of the world-Of gold, the mines of Europe produce, in sterling, only £185,020. Northern Asia, £76,770. America, the rest of the total of £2,467,260 in the following proportons-New Spain, £229,630. New Grenada, £672,500. Peru, £111,530. Potosi, and Provinces east of Buenos Ayres, £73,180. Chili, £400,550 and Brazil, £980,870. Of silver, the total amount of which is £7,319,670. Eunope produces £484,580, and Northern Asia, £199,630. America fumishes the rest:-New Spain, £4,945,340. Peru, £1,292,440; Potosi, &c. £1,019,070 and Chili, £62,880.

Pictures. It may not be uninteresting, in the history of pictures, to notice the money paid for three of the most celebrated collections known in this country :1779, the Houghton, 232 pictures......... 40,555 1798, the Orleans, 296 pictures. ............ 43,500 1984, the Angerstein, 38 pictures ......... 57,000 In the Houghton collection, The Consultation of the Doctors," by Guido, was valued at £3,500" Holy Family" by Vandyck, £1,600 Magdalene at Christ's Feet," by Rubens, £1,600" Cook's Shop," by Teniers, £500.

All over the south-east of Persia, to within a few miles f the Persian Gulph, the air is so dry that the brightest teel may be laid bare to the atmosphere at all hours, ithout incurring the slightest shade in its brilliancy. To ind a rose with a sparkle of dew on it would be regarded Ba miracle, from March to December.

from the children of nature, who subsist on aliment of a
temperature no higher than that of their own bodies, and
city of their habits is intercepted by the adoption of the
who are generally hardy and long-lived, until the simpli-
vices brought among them by the civilized invaders of their
native forests.-Medical Adviser.

Correspondence.

VEGETABLE PHENOMENON.

TO THE EDITOR.

TO THE EDITOR.

SIR. During conversation, a few evenings ago, a young gentleman of my acquaintance happened to say, "the quarrels of lovers is the renewing of love." Another of the company (which consisted chiefly of your readers,) immediately called in question the grammar of the sentence, insisting that the word "are" ought to be substi tuted for "is." A warm debate ensued, and a wager of The company being almost equally divided in opinion, it half a dozen bottles of wine was offered and accepted. was unanimously left to your decision. Would you therefore be so kind as to “ give in your award," in some corner of your valuable little paper at your earliest convenience, and by so doing, oblige, amongst the rest, your well wisher, DURYNG.

I

VULGAR CHRISTIAN NAMES.

TO THE EDITOR.

"What's in a name? that which we call a rose, By any other name would smell as sweet." SIR,-With due deference to the love-stricken Juliet, presume to deny her inference. Is there not something more inexpressibly delightful in the soft gliding name of rose (the hissing consonant softened into a z) than if this sweet scented sweet looking flower was designed by the vile epithet of Devil's Wort, Adder's Tongue, &c. &c. In illustration of this argument of mine, allow me to adduce a fact, which having occasionally fallen under the observation of all your readers, will enable them to judge for themselves as to its correctness. Are we not all in the constant habit of associating certain ideas with certain names? Do we not, when we hear Angelina, Seraphina, SIR, I was walking in the garden with some ladies and Laura announced, naturally expect to see elegant acyesterday evening, when one of them mentioned a circum-complished women? Have we the same expectations stance respecting the common garden bean, which appeared to me at the time almost incredible; but I have since had convincing evidence of its being correct, both from the gardener and several other persons, who have taken particular notice of this natural curiosity. The fact is this:-The bean is observed every leap-year to alter its situation in the pod. For instance, last leap-year the eye of the bean was towards the stalk, in which position it continued until the present year, when it altered; and, upon examination, it will be found that the eye is this year universally from the stalk, and towards the end of the bean.

when Deborah, Abigail, or Rebecca are spoken of? I need not, in this age of externals, tell you how much people are influenced by outside shew. How often do we hear this observation made, when speaking of those who have suddenly risen into note, "I do not know why they have succeeded so well, but they have got a name?" Does not this shew us that there is much in a name? Would you not, Mr. Editor, with all your exemption from vulgar prejudice and illiberal conclusions, be much surprised if you heard that Mr. Luke Lump was a brilliant, animated, elegant youth, and Miss Bridget Huggins an educated beautiful woman? and yet Lump might be light, and Biddy bewitching, it is possible; but what a pity they had such names. Did any amatory poet, from Ovid to Tommy Moore, ever celebrate the charms of their mistresses with any of these lamentable disfigurations? Is there a Jenny, Sally, or Dolly immortalized in verse? Could we sympathize with the woes of a Dickey, a Tommy, or a Bob? undoubtedly not: would not the introduction of such names turn to farce the most pathetic elegy or most elegant eulogy that was ever written?""Tis true, 'tis pity," however pity 'tis, 'tis true. Therefore, Mr. Editor, join with me in deprecating the thick-headed obstinacy with progeny with these odious appellations. Is it not, alas! which many parents continue to brand their unoffending unfortunate enough to be born a Huggins, a Dobbins, a A Little Republic.-In the Journal 'Ami du Roi et de On the 18th instant, on my opening an egg, I was greatly | Wigans, or a Shufflebottom (with a thousand other vilPatrie, published at Brussels, we find notices respect-surprised to find, in the small end, an insect, commonly lanous compounds?) but deliberately to inflict the addimall Republic which has existed for eight years known by the name of earwig, in length about 14 inch, and Do the frontiers of the territories of Prussia and the which had the usual hairy appearance they have when living. Wetherlands. It is the village of Moresnet. The Mayor it is substantially true; and to afford the naturalist an opThis, to many, may appear romantic, but I can assure you elected every year by the inhabitants, and he exercises solute power during the term of his administration.portunity of commentary on the subject, I beg to assign Suropean Review.

RUSTICUS.

Being unable to account for the alteration, I was requested to refer the matter to you, and to desire you would either mention the circumstance in your next Kaleidoscope, At this delightful season, any one visiting Ulverston or insert this, in order that some of your correspondents Would be well repaid for his journey, by the sight of the may endeavour to account for it; by doing which, you -gulls, upon the south-end of the Isle of Walney, where | will particularly oblige those ladies, as well as bey build their nests, and have young, for about five or weeks in May and June. Their numbers are astonishYours, &c. They make their nests upon the ground, at present vering about three acres, and in some parts they are near each other that it is impossible to walk without using great destruction to the household of the feathery Fibe. They seldom lay more than three eggs, and their oung, with the exception of the beak, greatly resemble Sacks-Boston Gazette.

Easy mode of fine-edging a Razor.-On the rough side fa strap of leather, or on the undressed calf-skin bindg of a book, rub a piece of tin, or common pewter poon, for half a minute, or till the leather become glossy the mettle. If the razor be passed over this leather half a dozen times, it will acquire a finer edge by any other method. The Chemist.

Wigan, August 12, 1824.

TO THE EDITOR.

SIR,-In your paper, some months ago, I remember reading think you will agree with me, in thinking, that the following an account of a small onion being found in an egg; and I

is not less singular.

sotne probable reason for the phenomenon. The fowls from

south end of the town, where there is a great quantity of
which the eggs were gathered are kept on a wharf, at the
old bones shipped off for the country, and on depositing the
bones on the wharf, the fowls, with great eagerness pick
amongst them, and this earwig being greedily devoured, and
having a hard hairy coat, the fowl's stomach has not been
able to digest it. I am, yours &c.

July.

THOMAS HEALEY.

tional cruelty of Joan, Daniel, Rachael, or Jonas, is a of a grandmother Bridget, or an aunt Judith, is a poor cold-blooded atrocity no words can justify; and the plea extenuation for inflicting these barbarities upon the sucJoan and Grizzle, may be allowed to speak feelingly. I ceeding generations. I, Mr. Editor, who narrowly escaped owe my escape from paternal authority to the warm interference of my good mother, who, having herself suffered from the same cause, sedulously sought to protect her children from it. When Alice Durmont pleads in excuse for giving her children so much of their own