Liverpool.

THEON.

SUBJUGATION OF TURKEY BY RUSSIA.

TO THE EDITOR.

printing types, the printers generally substitute in lieu of there is a mark somewhat like that stamped at the Mint | the many beauties and incomparable grandeur of it the inverted comma, which approaches the form of the upon our silver plate. A friend has promised to decipher hibition more than magnificent-that is sublime. superior c, and in this respect, being in the place of that this mark if it can be traced with sufficient distinctness. else, with good sense and propriety, if not with th Mrs. Glover personated Tullia, as she does every letter, I conceive it to be more proper than the apostrophe, The characters appear to be Chinese, and the probability cellence which has characterized her previous which is entirely a mark of elision. How these names is, that the pot was manufactured in China. and we really wonder (she must excuse us for say came to be contracted at all, I know not; and I believe that the same good sense does not dictate to this la no other reason can be assigned for it than that it is cusMarch 6, 1780. impolicy of assigning parts to her daughter for tomary. However, contract them as you may, they must D.D., belonged, formerly, to Catharine, Queen of King difficult character, is, certainly, above Miss M. G This teapot, now the property of William Robertson, she is, obviously, inadequate. Tarquinia, though s be pronounced mac: I therefore think it is the more Charles the Second. She brought it with her from Por-power.-Further acquaintance with Miss Eyre do natural and rational way always to write names as they tugal in 1602, when she came to be married to that induce us to alter our opinion of her: she is unass are pronounced. Monarch, and it was said to be the first teapot ever seen interesting, and diffident, lacking the pleasing viv in England. When the Earl of Clarendon was appointed delicate archness of Miss Holdaway, but possessing Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1685, his lady went to of the respectful modesty and winning grace of th take her respectful leave of Catharine, then Queen- to whom we have before likened her. We work Dowager. Her Majesty then made her a present of this therefore, emphatically, of Miss Eyres's Lucretia, teapot, desiring that it might be a memorandum, at her was a very pretty performance. breakfast, every morning, of the regard she had for her. When Lord Clarendon was in Ireland, the Duke of OrSIR,-At the present time, when a Russian army is in mond invited him and his lady to spend some time with motion towards the frontiers of the Turkish dominions, him at the Castle of Kilkenny. There this teapot was and the greater part of Europe is anxiously looking for the used, and shown as a royal curiosity: but by some unresult of the threatened war, it may not be unsuitable to lucky accident it had a fall, and the handle was broken insert in the Kaleidoscope the following reflections of the Duke's estate, and his wife was desired by the Duke to off. Captain John Baxter was at that time steward to the inimitable Cowper, upon the probability of the subjuga- attend on Lady Clarendon, and perform every office of tion of Turkey, so long ago as 1787. They are all con-respect to her while she stayed at Kilkenny. When my tained in a letter to his fair relation, Lady Hesketh, dated Lady was taking leave of that delightful place, she made Sept. 29, 1787. several presents to Mrs. Baxter, and this teapot amongst the rest. Mrs. Baxter afterwards gave it as a great curiosity to her son, Major William Baxter, who presented it "I have received," says he, "such an impression of the to his daughter Elizabeth, to whom I was married, and Turks, from the 'Memoirs of Baron de Tott,' which I thus it became my property; and all this I testify under read lately, that I can hardly help presaging the conquest my hand, the above-written W. Robertson, D.D. of that empire by the Russians. The disciples of Maho-wrote the famous letter to Bishop Burnett, which is inserted N. B. This Major Wm. Baxter was the person who met are such babies in modern tactics, and so enervated in the Bishop's life. by the use of their favourite drug; so fatally secure in their predestinarian dream, and so prone to a spirit of mutiny the pot at my expense.-W. R. against their leaders, that nothing less can be expected.

Yours, &c.

Antiquities.

E. B.

Coriolanus was repeated on Wednesday. Perhap cannot question the acting of Mr. Vandenhoff, we permitted to doubt the strict propriety of his costume allude to the scarlet tunic used by him in the a Our notion is, (whether well or ill founded, or ho quired, we scarcely know,) that the Romans either themselves of the knowledge of it. Mr. Kemble unacquainted with this colour, or that they did at true, is high authority, and if we had the pleasure Vandenhoff's personal acquaintance, he would pr tell us, that in following Mr. Kemble in this partl conceives himself sufficiently justified. So far well think, notwithstanding, and it is rather presump certainly,-that both of them are in error; but v correct or not, the subject is interesting, and the in worthy pursuit. We shall consult authorities, ther that has suggested our scepticism. and if wrong avow our mistake with the same ca

A Miss Taylor appears, for the first time, t (Monday)-as do Miss Mayhew and Mr. Westa This present handle and silver mounting were put tomorrow. The ladies are both strangers to us, but t happen to know that the gentleman has had the adu consequently, be expected from him, and we are a professional rumour speaks favourably of him. Mas of a most accomplished instructor in his art,enough to hope for more than we expect. May 26, 1828.

The Brama.

[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.]

THEATRE ROYAL

"What players are they?"

WM. KINNILY.

To Correspondents.

ERRATUM.-In the piece entitled "Old Times,” in 52 fourth stanza, first line, for "Minstrel of Eden" "Minstrel of Erin."

W. R.'s request has been attended to. The continuin
the Elder Poets has been received, and shall be appropri
forthwith.

An Epicure is informed, that, although we have had
practice in guessing at hieroglyphies, we have been ch
to give up all hopes of deciphering his; howe
have made out sufficient for our purpose, which w
to show that, singular as the taste of the individual
to may appear to be to our correspondent, much man dy
traordinary deviations from our ordinary habits sh
the history of all nations We shall resume the sales
the Mercury.

In fact, they had not been their own masters at this the aforesaid Wm. Robertson, D.D., who departed this I became married to Elizabeth Robertson, daughter of day had the Russians but known the weakness of their life the 20th of May, 1783, in the 77th year of his age, enemies half so well as they undoubtedly know it and whose remains are deposited in the new churchyard now. Add to this, that there is a popular prophecy, at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, by which it became my current in both countries, that Turkey is one day property. to fall under the Russian sceptre; a prophecy which, from whatever source it is derived, as it will naturally encourage the Russians, and dispirit the Turks, in exact proportion to the degree of credit it has obtained on both sides, has a direct tendency to effect its own accom. plishment. In the meantime, if I wish them conquered, it is only because I think it will be a blessing to them to be governed by any other hand than their own; for, under heaven has there never been a throne so execrably tyran- day last, Mr. Vandenhoff playing the hero; Mrs. Glover, Mr. Payne's tragedy of Brutus was produced on Monnical as theirs. The beads of the innocent that have been Tullia; Miss Glover, Tarquinia; and Miss Eyre, Lucrecut off, to gratify the humour or caprice of their tyrants, tia. Great and numerous are the alleged defects and could they be all collected, and discharged against the incongruities of this piece; yet is it, nevertheless, one of walls of their city, would not leave one stone on another." the most effective, as well as popular, of the numerous modern compositions for the stage. At the period of its first introduction here, we recollect witnessing it three or four times a week, when an abundance of Stars, as they are termed, making "a virtue of necessity," were content to shine in Farce only; and we were wont to see it then, as we continue to do now, with increased delight,-pleasure is not a sufficiently expressive phrase,-on each sucA singular teapot has been left at our office for the in-ceeding occasion. It may be said, with somewhat of truth spection of the curious. A manuscript, somewhat faded, traction being in the actor-not the author. The same perhaps, that this is but a negative kind of merit, the atwas deposited within it; a copy of which we subjoin. remark, however, is in come degree applicable even to Whether it be the genuine antique described in this manu-Shakspeare, who must have a Richard, or his play would script, we can, of course, have no means of ascertaining; not be tolerated. Mr. Payne, therefore, may surely claim but as it appears to us to be a curiosity in its way, we shall some credit for his materiel, at least, whatever else of fame is denied him. here briefly describe it. Brutus is a part eminently adapted to Mr. Vandenhoff's It is formed of a chocolate or light mahogany coloured diversified and great abilities, and for the efficient represensmooth clay, resembling that of the red Etruscan vase,tation of which he is in all respects peculiarly suited. #. H. J. is informed that a letter, addressed to him by a Ms silver mounted, with a flower sprig, like that of tea-tree, on father, withal, of the true Roman mould, he is alike in Alternately idiot, patriot, soldier, magistrate, father-but a chester correspondent of the Kaleidoscope, awaits him of the sides. It is of a square form, with the angles rounded off each the man he impersonates; evincing, in his conception SOLITARY WALES.-We have in store for the next Kake -the spout very short, and the handle of dark hard smooth of them, judgment not less correct than vigorous, and dewood, secured to the pot with silver. Each side of the veloping their respective and combined qualities and sub- We have further to acknowledge the communications of A another interesting narrative from this pleasing work. square is four and a half inches, and the pot is four inches serviency to circumstances, with all the force and truth of in height, and it will hold about a gill. genius and of nature. It is a performance that causes the through every vein. We hope to see it again and again heart to dirl, as the Scotch say, and makes the blood thrill in the course of the season, when we may have more space, united with greater convenience, to notice, at some length,

AN ANCIENT TEAPOT.

It appears by the accompanying paper that the present handle and silver mounting were supplied by one of the persons into whose possession it devolved. At the bottom

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Litherland is a compound word as well as Litherpool, that is, "Lither-land," and "Lither-pool;" and the only thing which remains to be explained, is the meaning of the adjective" Lither," which is common to both. able that, in one of the records of Edward III. we read WalCamden, the "father of British topography," says, ton juxta Liverpoll, which, considering that Walton then" that Lytherpool, in Saxon, is Liferpole," and "lifer," was, and very long afterwards, the parish-and Liverpool adds Mr. Field," means, in Saxon, the entrail called the then, and very long afterwards, a very insignificant place, liver," and that he knows" of no authority except that of Troughton's History of Liverpool, for explaining LiThe reason why the record has "Walton juxta Liver-verpool to mean the lower pool, as it was lately called by a poll," may be explained in the following manner : Records writer in the Liverpool Courier." are documents of great public importance, and whatever they describe, ought to be done with the utmost clearness and precision. It is not sufficient that the description may be understood; it ought to be done so as to render it impossible for any one to misunderstand it.

The Bouquet.

"I have here only made a nosegay of culled flowers, and have
brought nothing of my own but the thread that ties them."

CHIEFTAIN.

the removal of the danger, now so imminently press should permit of his body being conveyed to a disting convent in the north, where he was destined ultion repose with all his ancestry.

For the meaning of Lither, there is no necessity to dig either into the bowels of the earth or the bowels of man; it lies much nearer the surface; and there is just as much reason in such an interpretation as there was in his translating certain British words inscribed upon some stones or pillars on Salisbury Plain, (called Stone-henge.) "Chorea gigantum," which the author of the "Lex Parliamentaria" says ought to be translated "Conventus magna- (From Sir Walter Scott's Second Series of the Chronicles of the the Glover that the ceremony was about to tak tum." Certainly there is not much sense in either Liferpole, or Chorea gigantum; but of the two, it was far more natural for the giants to be fond of a jig, than for the people of Liverpool to name their village, or town, after one of the entrails of a carcase.

Indeed, the giants evinced great judgment in selecting so roomy a place for their pastime; and as the devil was, no doubt, their dancing-master, he, perhaps, finding his pupils rather clumsy and awkward, set up the stones in question to direct their movements.

Mr. Field, in his essay, inclines to the opinion that "Litherland and Litherpool were sometimes called Liverland and Liverpool." I think it is more likely that they were called Literland and Literpool; and, in confirmation of this, Troughton, in his history, quotes the words of a grant made by Roger of Poictiers, to one of his followers, of "Literland," that is, I presume, what we

would now write Loiterland.

Almost every body knows what is understood by the very common and familiar expression, "the lither-man's load," namely, the lazy man's load.

"Lither," then, means lazy, sluggish, loitering, inactive, inert, stagnant, still, slow, soft, light, heartless, unproductive, unfruitful, unprofitable, barren, &c.

"Lith, Litha, Lithe, A. S. Tener, mollis, lenis, milis; Lithra, mollior," and the verbs, "Lithian, Gelithian, or Lithegian, lenire, mitigare, mollire, quietem dare."Lye's A. S. Dict.

"Lither, placidus, tranquillus.”—Skinner's Etymology. "Lither, iners, ignavus, desidiosus."-T. Tomasius'

Dict.

In

In Virgil we have "mite stagnum," a standing pool, water quiet, and without surges. "Ignavum pecus,' Virgil: an unproductive, or unprofitable flock. Dutch, "lither" is rendered by "Lui, Traag," conveying the same meaning, though in different words. There is, also, a secondary sense in which this word has been used.

"Litha," in Gothic, signifies a joint, a bent part, that which is inclined, bowed down, or lowered, and, by taking away the participial termination, ed, lower.

"A number of boats pushed off from various po FUNERAL OF CONACHAR'S FATHER, THE HIGHLAND the near and more distant shore, many displaying banners, and others having their several pipers in t who, from time to time, poured forth a few rea shrill, plaintive, and wailing character, and inti These sounds of lamentation were but the tunin were, of the instruments, compared with the gener which was speedily to be raised.

Canongate.)

(Continued from our last.)

"A distant sound was heard from far up the even, as it seemed, from the remote and distant ga "Simon Glover being thus left to his own painful re- of which the Dochart and the Lochy pour their flections, nothing better remained, after having attended to into Loch Tay. It was in a wild and inaccessi the comforts of the dumb companion of his journey, than where the Campbells, at a subsequent period, founde the top of an eminence called Tom-an-Lonach, or the der of the Clan Quhele drew his last breath; and, to follow the herdsman's advice; and, ascending towards strong fortress of Finlayrigg, that the redoubted comm Knoll of Yew Trees, after a walk of half an hour, he due pomp to his funeral, his corpse was now to be reached the summit, and could look down on the broad down the Loch to the island assigned for his te expanse of the lake, of which the height commanded a place of rest. The funeral fleet, led by the c noble view. A few aged and scattered yew trees, of great barge, from which a huge black banner was size, still vindicated for the beautiful green hill the name had made more than two-thirds of its voyage ca attached to it. But a far greater number had fallen a sa- visible from the eminence on which Simon Glove crifice to the general demand for bow-staves in that warlike overlook the ceremony. The instant the distant age, the bow being a weapon much used by the moun- coronach was heard proceeding from the attenders taineers, though those which they employed, as well as funeral barge, all the subordinate sounds of late their arrows, were, in shape and form, and especially in were hushed at once, as the raven ceases to crock efficacy, far inferior to the archery of merry England. hawk to whistle whenever the scream of the eagle t The dark and shattered individual yews which remained, The boats, which had floated hither and thither were, like the veterans of a broken bost, occupying, in lake, like a flock of water fowl dispersing these disorder, some post of advantage, with the stern purpose its surface, now drew together, with an appe of resisting to the last. Behind this eminence, but de- order, that the funeral flotilla might pass ca tached from it, arose a higher hill, partly covered with copse-wood, partly opening into glades of pasture, where the cattle strayed, finding a scanty sustenance among the spring heads and marshy places, where the fresh grass began first to arise.

that they themselves might fall into their proper In the meanwhile, the piercing din of the war came louder and louder, and the cry from the r boats which followed that from which the black b the Chief was displayed, rose in wild unison The opposite, or northern, shore of the lake presented Tom-an-Lonach, from which the Glover viewed Li a far more Alpine prospect than that upon which the Glover tacle. The galley which headed the processit, was stationed. Woods and thickets ran up the sides of the its poop a species of scaffold, upon which, array mountains, and disappeared among the sinuosities formed linen, and with the face bare, was displayed 27 by the winding ravines which separated them from each the deceased Chieftain. His son, and the nears other; but, far above these specimens of a tolerable, na- filled the vessel, while a great number of bo tural soil, arose the swart and bare mountains themselves, description that could be assembled, either en in the dark gray desolation proper to the season. itself, or brought by land-carriage from Loch L "Some were peaked, some broad-crested, some rocky otherwise, followed in the rear, some of them of and precipitous, others of a tamer outline; and the clan of materials. There were even curraghs, compe "Titans seemed to be commanded by their appropriate chief- hides stretched over hoops of willow, in the ma tains, the frowning mountain of Ben Lawers, and the ancient British; and some committed themselve still more lofty eminence of Ben Mohr, arising high above formed for the occasion, from the readiest mat the rest, whose peaks retain a dazzling helmet of snow far occurred, and united in such a precarious ma into the summer season, and sometimes during the whole render it probable, that, before the accomplishe year. Yet the borders of this wild and sylvan region, voyage, some of the clansmen of the deceased where the mountains descended upon the lake, intimated, sent to attend their Chieftain in the world of spr even at that early period, many traces of human habita- "When the principal flotilla came in sight of the tion. Hamlets were seen, especially on the northern mar- group of boats collected towards the foot of the gin of the lake, half hid among the little glens that poured bearing off from the little island, they hailed a their tributary streams into Loch Tay, which, like many with a shout so loud and general, and term "Litha neaso."-Goth. "The nose joint;" the junc-earthly things, made a fair show at a distance, but, when cadence so wildly prolonged, that not only the more closely approached, were disgustful and repulsive, from their caves for miles around, and sought the from their squalid want of the conveniences which attend recesses of the mountains; but even the dress even Indian wigwams. They were inhabited by a race accustomed to the voice of man, felt the full pr who neither cultivated the earth nor cared for the enjoy the human shout strikes into the wilder tribes, ments which industry procures. The women, although them, fled from their pasture into morasses an otherwise treated with affection, and even delicacy of respect, "Summoned forth from their convents by th discharged all the absolutely necessary domestic labour. the monks, who inhabited the little islet, be The men (excepting some reluctant use of an ill-formed from its lowly portal, with cross and banner, and plough, or, more frequently, a spade, grudgingly gone of ecclesiastical state as they had the means of disp through, and as a task infinitely beneath them) took no their bells, at the same time, of which the edifice ps other employment than the charge of the herds of black three, pealing the death-toll over the long lake. cattle, in which their wealth consisted. At all other times came to the ears of the now silent multitude, m they hunted, fished, or marauded, during the brief inter- the solemn chant of the Catholic Church, vals of peace, by way of pastime, plundering with bolder monks in their procession. Various ceremonies wer war, which, public or private, upon a broader or more re-body ashore, and, placing it on a bank long license, and fighting with embittered animosity, in time of through, while the kindred of the deceased ca stricted scale, formed the proper business of their lives, the purpose, made the Deasil around the depart and the only one which they esteemed worthy of them. the corpse was uplifted to be borne into the church "The magnificent bosom of the lake itself was a scene united yell burst from the assembled multitude, To conclude, I am decidedly of opinion that the epithet to gaze on with delight. Its noble breadth, with its ter- the deep shout of warriors, and the shrill wal of Lither was prefixed to land, and pool, on account of its mination in a full and beautiful run, was rendered yet joined their notes with the tremulous voice of a more picturesque by one of those islets which are often babbling cry of childhood. The coronach was being descriptive of their sluggish, inert, stagnant, marshy, happily situated in Scottish lakes. The ruins upon that for the last time, shrieked, as the body was CAT or unprofitable nature, at the time when it was bestowed. isle, now almost shapeless, being overgrown with wood, the interior of the church, where only the neare It has nothing whatever to do with "liver," either in rose, at the time we speak of, into the towers and pinnacles of the deceased, and the most distinguished off English or Saxon: it is an error of Camden, he has sub- of a priory, where slumbered the remains of Sibilla, of the clan, were permitted to enter. The last fe stituted sound for sense, and in giving the word a deriva-daughter of Henry I. of England, and consort of Alexan- was so terribly loud, and answered by so ma tion which is not only uncommon, but inapplicable, he deemed of dignity sufficient to be the deposit of the remains hands to his ears, to shut out, or deaden, at leas, 1This holy place had been echoes, that the citizen of Perth instinctively of the captain of the Clan Quhele, at least till times when so piercing."-Vol. iii. pp. 77—86.

tion at which the descent or bend of the nose commences. It is said of Macbeth, that he was perfect of "lith and limb;" and in the productions of our poets we frequently meet with the expression "lith and listen," that is, in the Scripture phraseology, "bow down thine ear and attend." "Lentus in umbra."-Virg. "Reclined in the shade." Lath, and lather, are from the same source. Lath is that which is made thin or pliant. Lather is that which makes soft, pliant, or bending.

It is said that "a beard well lathered is half shaved."

The vulgar expression, "lether him," does not merely mean beat him, but, beat him until he becomes soft, pliant, or yielding, or, in other words, until you make "clay and mortar of him;" that is, make him as clay is made into

mortar.

has rendered it ridiculous.

JOHN CLARKE,

der the First of Scotland.

course.

A PERILOUS SITUATION.

(From Conway's Solitary Walks.)

it; it was, at all events, impossible that this could hap-
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In this dreadful and perilous situation evening passed away. No one appeared, and the river still continued to rise. The sky lowered and looked threatening; the torrent hose of my readers who have walked on the banks of rushed by, darker and more impetuous, every few moAdige, below Rovigo, in Italy, will know, that about a ments reminding me, by the wrecks which it bore along ne and a half from that town, there are one or two with it, of the frailty of the tenure by which I held my ds in the midst of the channel, between which and existence. The shores, on both sides, were changed into hore the water is not more than a foot deep; and wide lakes; and the red sun went angrily down, over a who have never stirred from home have probably waste of red waters. Night at length closed in, and a 1, that the Adige is extremely subject to violent dreadful night it was. Sometimes I fancied the tree was lations, equally remarkable for the suddenness of loosening from its roots, and sloped more over the water; rise and fall, owing to its mountainous origin and sometimes I imagined the whole island was swept away, and that I was sailing down the torrent. I found that my the evening of one of the last days of May, I arrived mind occasionally wandered, and I had the precaution to ite to one of these islands. The water was as pure as take out of my pocket a silk handkerchief, which I tore 1, gently flowing over a fine pebbly channel; the in several strips, and, tying them together, bound myself which might be about forty yards from the shore round the middle to a pretty thick branch which supported PASSENGERS which I stood, though more than double that dis- my back: this, I thought, might prevent me from falling, on the other side, was inviting from its extreme if giddiness seized me, or momentary sleep should overtake jess, and from a profusion of hyacinths upon one me. During the night many strange fancies came over a flower to which I am extremely partial. Three me, besides that very frequent one of supposing the island trees also grew upon its edge, the trunks inclining sailing down the torrent. Sometimes I fancied I was le water, and with but few branches. After a day's whirling round and round; at other times I thought the nothing is more agreeable than wading in a stream; torrent was flowing backward; now and then I fancied I I had sufficient time to spare, I resolved upon saw huge black bodies carried towards me upon the surig the island. This was soon accomplished; I face, and I shrunk back to avoid contact with them; at the depth nowhere exceed two feet, and the island, other times I imagined something rose out of the water Treached it, as agreeable as I had fancied it to be; beneath, and attempted to drag me down; often I felt ving culled a large bouquet, I lay down upon the convinced I heard screams mingle with the rushing torbank, and gave myself up to those pleasant re-rent, and once all sound seemed entirely to cease, and I ons of home, and past scenes, which the fragrance could have almost ventured to descend, so certain I felt flower brought along with it. that the channel was dry: once or twice I dropped asleep Alain, I think, about a quarter of an hour, entirely for a moment, but almost instantly awoke with so violent al of time and place, (a busy actor in scenes far re- a start that if I had not been fastened I must have fallen Have on Sale, at their GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE, Lordby both,) when my attention was slightly roused from my seat. stant sound, which I supposed at first to be thunder, deal having been heard to the northward in the of the day; and when it continued, and grew I still supposed it was one of those prolonged hich are so frequent to the south of the Alps. owever, the sound changed, and seemed like the id, as it became still louder, I started up in some and, what a sight met my eye! At the distance of undred yards I saw a mountain of dark waters towards me with inconceivable velocity, like a licular wall, and now roaring louder than the thunder. Not a moment was to be lost; the level land would be instantly covered, and to gain the as impossible, for we cannot run through water I swiftness with which we pass over dry ground. ly made for the largest of the trees, and had an elevation of about ten feet above the island le flood reached it. As it came nearer, its power d resistless; it seemed as if it would sweep the for its foundations; and I entertained not a ray that the trunk upon which I was seated would he force of the torrent. It came, and the tree d firm;-it covered the island and all its vegetain instant; and I saw it rush beneath me, bearing ith it the insignia of its power and fury-huge sand roots, fragments of bridges, implements of ld use, and dead animals. garded myself, the first and immediate danger of on was over; but a moment's reflection-one round me, showed that I had but small cause for dation. Betwixt the island and the shore, a torit no human strength could withstand rolled imly on; and, although not fifty yards over, it would en as impracticable an attempt to pass it as if its had been as many leagues. The first rush had tree unloosened, yet a second might carry it away; flood was still rising. Almost every minute 1 erceive the distance betwixt me and the water h, and, indeed, I was not more than four feet above ace. I had only two grounds of hope,-the most however, that ever was called by the name,-it sible that some person might see my situation from re, before nightfall, and bring others to my assistand it was possible, also, that the river might rise er, and speedily subside. The first of these chances e of very improbable occurrence, for this part of intry is but thinly inhabited, the high road did along the river side, and the shore, for three or four d yards from the channel of the river, was overto the depth of probably three or four feet; no uld reach the island; and if a rope or cord could own so far, it was extremely improbable that I catch it, as it was impossible for me to stir from upon which I was seated; and as to any likelif the water subsiding, there was no appearance of with."

portance, as it is not necessary to take off any part of the To persons wrecked at sea, they will be of the utmost imwearing apparel; and the wearer may thus not only preserve his clothes, but also any money he may be possessed of.

To Boats' Crews, and especially those of Life Boats, these Marine Preservers would be most invaluable, as they serve to keep the body warm and dry; nor do they, in the slightest degree, prevent the wearer from using the oars; whilst, by inspiring confidence, they may be the means of inducing seamen to venture where it would be unsafe, or fatal, to go

without them.

The night gradually wore away-it was warm and dry,
so that I suffered no inconvenience from cold. I became
nearly satisfied of the stability of the trunk, which was my
only refuge; and, although deliverance was uncertain, at
all events distant, I made up my mind to endure as long waistcoat, and they will sustain the wearer in the water, with
as I could: and thus I passed the night, under a starless the head and shoulders above the surface, without the slight-
est exertion on his part. They will defend the body from
sky, and the dark flood roaring beneath ine. Before morn-
ing broke I felt assured that the waters had begun to sub-external bruises, and keep the wearer much warmer than
he would be without them. They form no impediment to
side; the noise, I thought, was less; I fancied I saw
the swimmer; and any person may readily learn to swim by
shrubs appear above water on the island, and the trees
their means.
upon shore assumed their usual appearance; and, with the
first dawn of day, I joyfully perceived that I had not been
mistaken; the waters had fallen at least three feet; and be-
fore sunrise the greater part of the island was left dry. Never
did criminal, reprieved upon the scaffold, shake off his
bonds with more joy than I did mine that bound me to
the tree. I crept down the trunk, which still hung over
the torrent, and stepped about knee-deep on the island; I
then waded to the part which was dry, and lay down, ex-
hausted with the night's watching, and aching with the
position in which I had been obliged to remain.
The water now continued to fall perceptibly every mo-
They are equally adapted for females, and supersede the ne-
ment; soon the island was entirely dry, and the inunda-cessity of taking off any part of the apparel. They would
tion on shore had subsided into the natural channel; but also be found most agreeable to Ladies, to be used over their
still the torrent was too strong and deep to attempt a pas-ordinary bathing dresses.
sage, especially weakened as I was by the occurrences of They may be had either lined or padded, and so made as to
the last twelve hours, and by the want of food. I had no adjust themselves to persons of all sizes.
certainty as to the hour, for I had not, of course, remem-
bered to wind up my watch the evening before judging
from the height of the sun, however, the water had so
much diminished before noon, that in two or three hours
more I might attempt to gain the shore. About three in
the afternoon I accordingly entered the stream; I found
it nowhere deeper than four feet, and, with a little strug
gling and buffeting, succeeded in gaining the bank which
I once thought I should never have trodden more. The
bunch of hyacinths, which I had not forgotten to bring
from the island, I still held in my hand. I have dried a
few of them, and kept them ever since: never do I smell
this flower, as I walk through the woods or the fields, that
I do not experience, in part, the sensations I felt when I
lifted my head and saw the impetuous flood rushing to-well abroad.
wards me; and, however dreadful the reality may be, the
recollection of it is not unmixed with pleasure. I often
open the leaves where lie these withered hyacinths, and I
cannot say, that, when I look upon them, I ever think
they have been dearly purchased.

Physicians.-A physician recommended a patient to take coffee in preference to tea. A person who heard him, said, if he had prescribed the coffee for himself, instead of tea, he should not have been surprised; for "physicians like to have a fee attached to every thing they have to do

Persons in the country, who are desirous of becoming purchasers, are requested to state about their weight, and their stature and bulk.

The prices of the Preservers vary from One Pound to

Twenty-five Shillings, or upwards, according to their finish; and any person remitting the money (post-paid) may have one of the most complete description forwarded to his address.

An allowance made for a wholesale order, or for exporta

tion.

E. SMITH and Co. pledge themselves to return the purchasemoney, if these Marine Preservers do not answer the description they have here given of them.

It is presumed that these Marine Preservers would sell very