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ANECDOTE OF DR. WALKER.

THE following anecdote of the late Dr. Walker, well known as the Director of the London Jennerian and Vaccine Institutions, is extracted from the very interesting memoir of him, published for the benefit of his family, by his friend and successor, Dr. Epps.

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"In connexion with his attempts in behalf of the abolition of slavery, it is right to bear witness to the fact, that Dr. Walker was one of the first who exposed the fallacies of those who advocated that slaves are well treated and happy, in the following queries, which he sent to a public newspaper. Some correspondent had asserted that no one could inflict, without the permission of a magistrate, more than thirty-nine lashes at one time. Dr. Walker saw through this deceptive statement, and asks- How often could these be applied during one day?" It was stated, also, that the negroes are well provided for in every thing, and had, besides, the produce of their gardens, which they sold. Dr. Walker asks- The ne groes having every thing provided, what do they do with their money?' And, in conclusion, puts this unanswerable question- If negroes are well used, why are such large importations necessary?'

HOMER AND MILTON. PERHAPS few authors have been distinguished by more similar features of character than Homer and Milton. That vastness of thought which fills the imagination, and that sensibility of spirit which renders every circumstance interesting, are the qualities of both: but Milton is the most sublime, and Homer the most picturesque. Homer lived in an early age, before knowledge was much advanced; he would derive little from any acquired abilities, and therefore may be styled the poet of nature. To this source, perhaps, we may trace the principal difference betwixt Homer and Milton. The Grecian poet was left to the movements

of his own mind, and to the full influence of

that variety of passions which are common to all: his conceptions are therefore distinguished by their simplicity and force. In Milton, who was skilled in almost every department of science, learning seems sometimes to have shaded the splendour of genius.

"While our troops were using the of destruction, Dr. Walker was busily employed in saving life. His work of vaccination being completed, he attended the sick of the British navy and of the Turkish army. The sense of weariness, while engaged in these works of mercy, he seems hardly to have known; being assisted by his excellent friend, General Sir John Doyle, in prosecuting these labours of goodness. The following extract of a letter from that worthy officer speaks volumes. "The General can never forget the impression made upon him by the extraordinary situation in which he first made an acquaintance with "He further notices the fact, showing the that amiable and benevolent individual (Dr. injurious influence of the slave system, as well Walker). The day after the action near Alexupon the masters as upon the slaves. "There andria, where the brave Abercrombie fell, the is no influence more powerful in the education General was riding over the field of battle, atof human beings than the force of example. tended by two orderly dragoons, to see if there We are naturally imitative. This disposition were any wounded, French or English, who in our nature is active in early youth, and only had escaped notice the evening before, when, leaves us in our death. How lamentably true on turning round a wall near the sea-side, he this appears in what is observable in the conwas struck with an appalling sight of more duct of the Creoles, and those who have spent than a hundred French soldiers, with their offi- much of their time in the West Indies or other cers, huddled together, desperately wounded parts, where they have seen men degraded even by grape and cannon shot from an English below the rank of beasts! It has been rebrig of war. From being collected in the re-marked, that on their arrival in Europe, where cess of the wall they had escaped notice on a degree of equality prevails among the differ- The sublime has for its object the imaginathe previous day of search, and were exposed ent ranks of men, they have a certain air of tion only, and its influence is not so much to to the night air, and with undressed wounds. insolence about them which sufficiently marks occasion any fervour of feeling, as the calmness Here the General saw a man, evidently En- the habits of tyranny they have accustomed of fixed astonishment. If we consider the glish, in the garb of a Quaker, actively emthemselves to on the other side of the At-sublime as thus distinguished from every other ployed in the heavenly task of giving his hu- lantic."" mane assistance to those poor brave sufferersgiving water to some, dressing the wounds of others, and affording consolation to all. Upon inquiry, he found the benevolent individual to be Dr. John Walker, who was himself almost exhausted, having been thus nobly employed from day-break without any assistance.”

After reading this account, we are quite prepared for the following statements of Dr. Walker's views respecting colonial slavery:

"When in Ireland he wrote the following spirited address: Irishmen! your legislation is yet unstained with the blood of the helpless and oppressed Africans. Will ye listen towill ye approve of-will ye join with-will ye support, declarations subversive of every principle of justice and humanity? It was in the latter part of the present century that ye asserted your own rights, and declared to the world that ye were free. Be consistent with yourselves, and maintain the dignity of man. But I hear a cheering voice: though faint it is expressive, and its sound extends far; it utters the melodious and pious language of humanity-sweet and harmonious as the music of the spheres. It is the expressive voice of CONDUCT, which speaks louder than WORDS, and which is happily heard among thousands of the people, both in this and the sister kingdom. When both the aged and the young, the delicate and the robust, the rich and the poor, when thousands of almost every profession, and of every rank, deny themselves the delicious gratifications of the western hemisphere, rather than indulge themselves at the

EPITAPH ON SIR WILLIAM JONES.

THE following epitaph, evidently intended
for himself, was written by Sir William Jones
a short time only before his demise. It dis-
plays some striking features of his character,
resignation to the will of his Creator, love and
good-will to mankind, and is modestly silent
upon
his own intellectual attainments.

AN EPITAPH.

Here was deposited
the mortal part of a man,
who feared GoD, but not death,
and maintained independence,

but sought not riches;
who thought

none below him, but the base and unjust—
none above him, but the wise and virtuous;
who loved

his parents, kindred, friends, country,
with an ardour

which was the chief source of
all his pleasures and all his pains;
and who, having devoted
his life to their service,
and to

the improvement of his mind,
resigned it calmly,
giving glory to his Creator,
wishing peace on earth,
and with

good-will to all creatures,

on the (twenty-seventh) day of (April),
in the year of our blessed Redeemer,

expense of humanity, we must please ourselves One Thousand Seven Hundred (and Ninety-four).

with the hope of an approaching reformation.'

(From Lord Teignmouth's Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Sir William Jones.)

No epic poet excites emotions so fervid as Homer, or possesses so much fire; but in point of sublimity he cannot be compared to Milton. I rather think the Greek poet has been thought to excel in this quality more than he really does, for want of a proper conception of its effects. When the perusal of an author raises us above our usual tone of mind, we immediately ascribe those sensations to the sublime, without considering whether they light on the imagination or the feelings; whether they elevate the fancy, or only fire the pas sions.

quality, Milton will appear to possess it in an unrivalled degree; and here, indeed, lies the secret of his power. The perusal of Homer inspires us with an ardent sensibility; Milton with the stillness of surprise. The one fills and delights the mind with the confluence of various emotions; the other amazes with the vastness of his ideas. The movements of Milton's mind are steady and progressive: he carries the fancy through successive stages of elevation, and gradually increases the heat by adding fuel to the fire.

The flights of Homer are more sudden and transitory. Milton, whose mind was enlightened by science, appears the most comprehensive; he shows more acuteness in his reflections, and more sublimity of thought.Homer, who lived more with men, and had perhaps a deeper tincture of the human passions, is by far the most vehement and picturesque. To the view of Milton, the wide scenes of the universe seem to have been thrown open, which he regards with a cool and comprehensive survey, little agitated, and superior to those emotions which affect inferior mortals. Homer, when he rises the highest, goes not beyond the bounds of human nature; he still connects his descriptions with human passions; and, though his ideas have less sublimity, they have more fire. The appetite for greatnessthat appetite which always grasps at more than it can contain, is never so fully satisfied as in the perusal of Paradise Lost. In following Milton, we grow familiar with new worlds, we traverse the immensities of space, wandering in amazement, and finding no bounds. Homer confines the mind to a narrower circle, but that

circle he brings nearer to the eye; he fills it with a quicker succession of objects, and makes it the scene of more interesting action.

REPORT OF THE COMMONS' COMMITTEE.

EVIDENCE OF J. B. WILDMAN, ESQ., THE PROPRIETOR OF THREE ESTATES, AND

OF 640 SLAVES, IN JAMAICA. "HAS there been marked increase of exertion in any quarter?-Yes; the Church Missionary Society have been exceedingly active since that time.

"When you say the Church Missionary Society, do you confine it to that body?-Oh, no! "To whom do you extend it?—I should extend it also to the Sectarians.

"Great exertions have been made by Sectarians to instruct the people?-Certainly. "On the part of the Established Church has there been any great increase of exertion in the Island of Jamaica ?--If I were to give a candid opinion, I think the appointment of the bishop has very materially impeded the progress of instruction in Jamaica.

"Are you a Dissenter or a member of the Established Church ?-A very zealous member of the Established Church, and very much opposed, in some respects, to the Dissenters.

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Yet, being yourself a zealous member of the Established Church, having knowledge of the Island of Jamaica since the passing of those resolutions, and since the appointment of the bishop, is the conclusion at which you arrive, that religious instruction on the part of the Church of England has advanced or retrograded in the Island of Jamaica ?-It has not advanced in any degree at all adequate to the expense of the new establishment.

"You state that the appointment of the bishop has, upon the whole, formed an impediment, will you assign your reasons ?-The bishop has thought it dangerous to interfere with the vices of the people; he has not proceeded at once to endeavour to do away with the gross immoralities he witnessed, but he has rather thought it necessary to temporize, and to leave them in their present state.

"When you say he has thought it necessary to temporize with the vices of the people, do you mean of the whole population, white and black, or with any distinction of colour?-The whole population, white and black; when he has known instances of gross immorality, he has not set his face against them in the way I consider a Christian bishop ought to have done.

"Not adverting to particular instances, but speaking generally of the life and conduct of the ministers of the establishment, and the Sectarian teachers in Jamaica, during your stay, consistently with your own knowledge, you being a member of the establishment, with all your prejudices in favour of the Established Church, which should you say were the most efficient teachers of the black population, the ministers of the Establishment or the Sectarians?-The Sectarians, decidedly; they give themselves up very devotedly to the work, and in many instances have been eminently successful.

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East?-No, he is not; Mr. Trew drew more malice and envy upon him than any person in the island.

"Was the malice and ill-will which he drew upon himself general?-Very general.

"With respect to their doctrines, have they been injuriously addressed to the passions of the negroes?I do not believe they have at any time; I have heard their doctrines some three or four times, but not more, for I did not choose to mix myself up with them; their instruction was as sound and as good as any

"You give this opinion, conceiving it just, whereas you would prefer clergymen of the establishment, brought up at St. Bee's, and so on?-I would decidedly prefer pious clergymen of the Church of England.

"This gentleman's exertions in spreading religious instruction among the slaves were disapproved of by white persons generally?-Iman could deliver. think that that has been greater, since the bishop in going round used constantly to hold up St. Thomas-in-the-East as an example to all his clergy; he did that to an extent which raised a great deal of ill-will against Mr. Trew, at the same time that he opposed Mr. Trew himself in a very extraordinary manner. "How did his support of Mr. Trew, and holding him up as an example, consist with his temporizing with the vices of the population?-He did not support Mr. Trew; but in going round he spoke of St. Thomas-in-theEast in a very laudatory way, and wished that the other parishes were like it; but, at the same time, he very materially opposed Mr. Trew.

"How was the malice and ill-will evinced towards Mr. Trew generally?-By scandalous reports, and in various ways.

"Do you mean to say that he encountered any opposition on estates where he was desirous of giving instruction?—Yes; I mean to state, positively, that on estates on which he had authority to go, and where the attorney promised to support him, he was opposed and hindered most effectually.

"Is it necessary for an incumbent of the Church of England to have permission to go upon an estate within his own cure?-Decidedly; he cannot set his foot upon it without permission; he cannot go and instruct the negroes without the people of the estate permitting it, and even the bishop himself has restricted the clergy going upon those estates. I do not allude to Mr. Trew in my last observation.

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Supposing Mr. Trew, in the discharge of his duty, had thought it indispensably necessary to instruct the slaves in his own parish, the slaves being willing, during shell-blow, to receive his instruction during that vacant space of time, was it impossible for him to discharge that duty?-Quite impossible.

"What created that impossibility ?-The will of the individuals.

"Were you to be understood that the bishop himself had restricted clergymen of the Church of England going on estates where the negroes were anxious to be instructed?-Yes; and that in one instance, to my knowledge, a threat was made to remove the curate to a distant part of the island if he continued his exertions. "Do you think the clergy in general could continue the exertions Mr. Trew made without injury to their health?-I see no reason on earth why they should not.

"Do the Sectarians go to the same extent of bodily exertion ?-A great deal more.

"Upon the whole, with reference to the Sectarian teachers in the West Indies, when you consider the lives led by them under your own knowledge, their manners, the adaption of their language to the understanding of the negroes, and their mode of instruction, such as you have seen it practised, do you think them, upon the whole, well suited to the religious instruction of that population ?--I think they are, but not without some reservation.

66 First, in regard to the morality of their lives, do you believe their lives to be moral ? I believe it to be unexceptionable, from what

"Is Mr. Trew now in St. Thomas-in-the I have observed.

"Notwithstanding that, you bear this testimony in favour of the lives and the doctrines of the Sectarians?--I do.

"Why do you prefer the clergy of the Church of England, in spite of those circumstances?-Because I have a great objection to the want of discipline among the Sectarians; persons are admitted who ought not to be entrusted with the doctrines of Christianity, in my opinion.

"Have you seen inconvenience arising practically from that?-I cannot say that I have seen any positive inconvenience arising from it, but I know of persons being admitted whom I consider very improper persons to be admitted; but their conduct has been very exemplary since.

"Do you believe that one inconvenience arising from it is a want of security being given for such persons as to their discretion? -Yes, decidedly; I consider that very objectionable, their want of responsibility to some higher power.

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Do you think that feeling is very general, even among planters who are disposed to give religious instruction to their negroes?—I do not find that it is.

"They do not object to the Sectarians for that reason?—No.

"You do not think that feeling mixes up with their objections?—No."

ANECDOTE OF ANDREW MARVELL.

THE borough of Hull, in the reign of Charles II., chose Andrew Marvell, a young gentleman of little or no fortune, and maintained him in London for the service of the public. His understanding, integrity, and spirit, were dreadful to the then infamous administration. Persuaded that he would be their's for properly asking, they sent his old school-fellow, the Lord Treasurer Danby, to renew acquaintance with him in his garret. At parting, the Lord Treasurer, out of pure affection, slipped into his hand an order upon the treasury for £1000, and then went to his chariot. Marvell looking at the paper, calls after the Treasurer, "My Lord, I request another moment." They went up again to the garret, and Jack, the servant boy, was called. "Jack, child, what had I for dinner yesterday ?" "Don't you remem ber, Sir?-you had the little shoulder of mutton that you ordered me to bring from a woman in the market." "Very right, child. What have I for dinner to-day?" "Don't you know, Sir, that you bid me lay by the blade-bone to broil ?" "'Tis so; very right, child; go away." "My Lord, do you hear that? Andrew Marvell's dinner is provided; there's your piece of paper. I want it not. I knew the sort of kindness you intended. I live here to serve my constituents; the ministry may seek men for their purpose; I am not one."-Dove's Life of Andrew Marvell.

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APHORISMS.

EVERY man hath a kingdom within himself. Reason, as the princess, dwells in the highest and inwardest room; the senses are the guard and attendants of the court, without whose aid nothing is admitted into the presence; the supreme faculties (as will, memory, &c.) are the peers; the outward parts and inward affections are the commons; violent passions are rebels to disturb the common peace.-BISHOP HALL.

Reason is the test of ridicule-not ridicule the test of truth.-WARBURTON.

A man with great talents, but void of discretion, is like Polyphemus in the fable: strong and blind, endowed with irresistible force, which, for want of sight, is of no use to him.-ADDISON.

A human soul without education is like marble in a quarry, which shows nothing of its inherent beauties until the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot, and vein, that runs through the body of it.-ADDISON.

ON PRIDE.

WHOEVER has paid attention to the manners of the day, must have perceived a remarkable innovation in the use of moral terms, in which we have receded more and more from the spirit of Christianity. Of this the term to denote a lofty sentiment of personal superiority supplies an obvious instance. In the current language of the times, pride is scarcely ever used but in a favourable sense. It will, perhaps, be thought the mere change of a term is of little consequence; but be it remembered, that any remarkable innovation in the use of moral terms betrays a proportionable change in the ideas and feelings they are intended to denote. As pride has been transferred from the list of vices to that of virtues, so humility, as a natural consequence, has been excluded, and is rarely suffered to enter into the praise of a character we wish to commend, although it was the leading feature in that of the Saviour of the world, and is still the leading characteristic of his religion; while there is no vice, on the contrary, against which the denunciations are so frequent as pride. Our conduct in this instance is certainly rather extraordinary, both in what we have embraced and in what we have rejected; and it will surely be confessed we are somewhat unfortunate in having selected that one as the particular object of approbation which God had already selected as the especial mark at which he aims the thunderbolts of his vengeance.Robert Hall.

TO THE RHINE. Translated from the Dutch Poet, Borger. IN the Borean region stormy

There's silence; battling hail and rain Are hush'd. The calm Rhine rolls before me, Unfetter'd from its winter chain 1ts streams their ancient channels water,

And thousand joyous peasants bring The flowery offerings of the Spring, To thee, Mount Gothard's princely daughter! Monarch of streams from Alpine brow,

Who, rushing, whelm'st in inundations, Or, sovereign-like, divid'st the nations, Lawgiver all-imperial thou!

I have had days like thine unclouded;
Days passed upon thy pleasant shore;
My heart sprung up in joy, unshrouded;
Alas! it springs to joy no more.
My fields of green, my humble dwelling,
Which love made beautiful and bright,
To me, to her, my soul's delight,
Seem'd monarch's palaces excelling,

When in our little happy bower,

Or 'neath the starry vault at even, We walked in love and talked of Heaven, And pour'd forth praises for our dower.

But now, I could my hairs well number,

But not the tears my eyes which wet;
The Rhine will to their cradle-slumber,
Roll back its waves ere I forget-
Forget the blow that twice hath riven

The crown of glory from my head.
God! I have trusted, duty-led,
'Gainst all rebellious thoughts have striven,
And strive, and call thee Father still,

Say all thy will is wisest, kindest,
Yet-twice-the burden that thou bindest
Is heavy-I obey thy will.

At Katwyk, where the silenced billow,
Thee welcomes, Rhine, to her own breast;
There, with the damp sand for her pillow,
I laid my treasure in its rest.
My tears shall with thy waters blend them;
Receive those briny tears for me,

And, when exhaled from the vast sea,
To her own grave in dew-drops send them,
A heavenly fall of love for her!

Old Rhine! thy waves 'gainst sorrow steel them;

Oh, no man's miseries, thou canst feel them;

Then be my grief's interpreter !

And greet the babe which earth's green bosom
Had but received, when she who bore
That lovely undeveloped blossom

Was struck by death-the bud, the flower.
I forced my daughter's tomb, the mother

Bade me, and laid the slumbering child Upon that bosom undefiled. Where, where could I have found another So dear, so pure? 'Twas wrong to mourn When those so loving slept delighted; Should I divide what God united?

I laid them in a common urn.

There are who call this earth a palace
Of Eden-who on roses go.

I would not drink again life's chalice,
Nor tread again its paths of woe.
I joy at day's decline, the morrow

Is welcome. In its fearful flight,
I count, and count with calm delight,
My five and thirty years of sorrow
Accomplished. Like the river, years

Roll. Press, ye tombstones, my departed
Lightly, and o'er the broken-hearted
Fling your cold shield, and veil his tears!

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THE Porte St. Denis is a triumphal arch raised by the City of Paris, in commemoration of the two months' campaign of Louis the Fourteenth, in 1672, in which short period he effected the passage of the Rhine (12 June), conquered from the Dutch the three provinces of Utrecht, Overyssel, and Guilders, together with above forty cities and towns, laying Holland prostrate and helpless at

his feet.

This war, as brilliant as it was unjust, and fruitless in its results, was carried on in conjunction with our profligate and thoughtless King Charles, who joined in it for no better reason than that by so doing he might continue his shameless

and disgraceful career of vice, having entered into a secret treaty, by which he was to receive from the French King the sum of two hundred thousand pounds per annum for his co-operation. There were but few, also, of his profligate courtiers who had not been contaminated by French gold. Louis had previously assured himself of the neutrality or assistance of all the neighbouring powers. In this flagrant violation of justice, indeed, so false and frivolous were the reasons employed to justify his attack upon Holland, that one of the chief pretexts for it was the legend upon a medal, in which she boasted of having "Assertis legibus, emendatis sacris, adjutis, defensis, conciliatis regibus,

vindicata marium libertate, pace egregia virtute armorum parta, stabilita orbis Europæi quiete." "Secured the laws, purified religion, succoured, defended, and reconciled the monarchs, asserted the freedom of the seas, by the strength of her arms made a glorious peace, and established the tranquillity of Europe." Which was, perhaps, not boasting of much more than she really had done; yet, upon the complaint of Louis, and to appease his pride, the die was broken; but his thirst for revenge and conquest was not so easily removed. Voltaire observes "that it is singular, and worthy of remark, that not one of the enemies who were ready to overwhelm this little state

had any reasonable cause or pretext for
their aggression," and compares it to the
iniquitous triple alliance, known as the
League of Cambray, against the liberties
and existence of the Republic of Venice.
Upon Louis crossing the Rhine, a panic
appears to have seized upon the whole
population; city after city surrendered
to his arms without striking a blow; and
Amsterdam would have fallen into his
power had not the sluices been broken,
and, by letting in the waters, overflowed
the surrounding country, which became
the means of saving the city, and even-
tually the nation. Had the capital been
taken the Republic would have perished,
and perhaps even the whole country would
have disappeared in this emergency. We
quote from Voltaire: "The richest fami-
lies, and those which were most zealous
for liberty, prepared to flee into the far-
thest part of the world, and embark for
Batavia. They took a list of all the ves-
sels capable of making the voyage, and
made a calculation of the numbers they
could embark. It was found that fifty
thousand families could take refuge in
their new country.
Holland would no
more have existed, but at the extremity
of the East Indies. Its provinces in
Europe, which purchase their corn only
with the riches of Asia, which subsist
only by their commerce, and, if the ex-
pression may be used, by their liberty,
would have been almost ruined and de-
populated. Amsterdam, the mart and
magazine of Europe, where commerce
and the arts are cultivated by two hun-
dred thousand men, would soon have be-
come a vast morass. All the neighbour-
ing lands require immense expenses, and
thousands of hands, to keep up their
dykes. In all probability their inhabit-
ants would have left them, with their
riches, and they would have been at last
sunk under water, leaving to Louis XIV.
only the miserable glory of having de-
stroyed the finest and most extraordinary
monument ever erected by human in-
dustry. Yet this is what poets, orators,
and, perhaps, historians, would have
adorned with all the flowers of the most
eloquent flattery."

It was in this fearful situation that the Dutch sued for peace, and implored the clemency of the victor; but they were received with insulting haughtiness, and intolerable conditions prescribed. The terror of the people was changed into despair, and despair revived their drooping courage; but, in the first transports of their fury, the populace, forgetting the eminent services of the patriots, John and Cornelius De Witt, and charging them as being the authors of the present calamities, with savage brutality murdered and tore them in pieces. occurred on the 20th of August.

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THE POISONED VALLEY OF JAVA. Ir is known by the name of Guevo Upas, or poisoned Valley; and, following a path which had been made for the purpose, the party shortly reached it with a couple of dogs and some fowls, for the purpose of making experiments. On arriving at the mountain, the of the hill, a distance of a quarter of a mile, party dismounted, and scrambled up the side with the assistance of the branches of trees and projecting roots.

The

It was now

cipal support of the state.
"I have a
sure method," said he,
"to prevent my
ever being a witness to the ruin of my
country; I will die in the last intrench-
ment." The King, finding a spirit of
resistance arising, difficulties increasing,
and that he could do nothing more in a
country almost submerged, the dykes
having been broken, left his army, and
returned to Paris to enjoy the flatteries
and adulation of his Court, and of the
When a few yards from the valley, a strong,
people of his capital, who erected the nauseous, and suffocating smell was experi-
vain trophy of the Porte St. Denis, to inconvenience was no longer found.
enced; but, on approaching the margin, this
eternalize conquests which were aban- valley is about half a mile in circumference,
doned before the proud monument was of an oval shape, and about thirty feet in
finished. It stands upon the site of the depth. The bottom of it appeared to be flat,
ancient Porte St. Denis, built under without any vegetation, and a few large stones
Charles IX., and was designed by Blon- scattered here and there. Skeletons of human
del. Its beauty of proportion and exe-beings, tigers, bears, deer, and all sorts of birds
cution renders it one of the prominent ground on which they lay at the bottom of the
and wild animals, lay about in profusion. The
ornaments of the French capital. It
rises from a base of seventy-two feet to a and no vapour was perceived.
valley appeared to be a hard sandy substance,
The sides
height of seventy-three feet; the prin- were covered with vegetation.
cipal arch being twenty-five feet wide, proposed to enter it; and each of the party,
and forty-three feet high. Two smaller having lit a cigar, managed to get within
openings on each side, five feet in width twenty feet of the bottom, where a sickening,
by ten feet in height, are rather defects difficulty of breathing. A dog was now fast-
nauseous smell was experienced, without any
in the structure, not originally intended ened at the end of a bamboo, and thrust to
by the architect. Over these entrances the bottom of the valley, while some of the
are pyramids in bas relief, which rise to party, with their watches in their hands, ob-
the height of the entablature, and are served the effects. At the expiration of four-
ornamented with military trophies, at the teen seconds the dog fell off his legs, without
base of which, on the one side, are figures moving or looking round, and continued alive
allegorical of Holland and the Rhine; left the party, and went to his companion; on
only eighteen minutes. The other dog now
on the other side two crouching lions reaching him he was observed to stand quite
The bas reliefs over the arch represent, motionless, and at the end of ten seconds fell
the one, the passage of the Rhine at Tho- down; he never moved his limbs after, and
luys, and the other, the taking of Maes- lived only seven minutes. A fowl was now
tricht. In the spandrels of the arch are
thrown in, which died in a minute and a half,
figures of Fame and Victory, and on the and another, which was thrown in after, died
frieze, in bronze letters, is the inscription, shower fell during the time that these experi-
in the space of a minute and a half. A heavy
LUDOVICO MAGNO.
ments were going forward, which, from the
interesting nature of the experiments, was
quite disregarded. On the opposite side of the
valley to that which was visited lay a human
skeleton, the head resting on the right arm.
The effect of the weather had bleached the
bones as white as ivory. This was probably
towards the valley, and taking shelter there
the remains of some wretched rebel, hunted
unconscious of its character.-Jamaica Watch-
man.

The sculptures are, in general, well executed by Geradore, an artist of some celebrity in his time. In common with most of the public buildings of France, this arch had been much degraded during the fever of the Revolution. scriptions and bas reliefs had been entirely defaced, but the whole was repaired, with much judgment, by Cellerier, in 1807, and the various inscriptions restored.

INGENIOUS DEFENCE.

Its in

T.

SOME young gentlemen of Lincoln's Inn,
heated by their cups, having drunk confusion
tion, cited before the star-chamber. They ap-
to the Archbishop Laud), were, at his instiga-
plied to the Earl of Dorset for protection.
"Who bears witness against you?" said
Dorset.
"Where did he stand when you were supposed
"One of the drawers," said they.
to drink this health?" subjoined the earl." He
was at the door," they replied, "going out of
the room." "Tush!" he cried, "the drawer
was mistaken; you drank confusion to the
fellow was gone before you pronounced the
Archbishop of Canterbury's enemies, and the
last word."-Hume's History of England.

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