a“): memorial macaw.

. P0 ET R Y. 'rua‘aliizaza lN THE DESERT. BY MARY ANNE BROWN.

There came a soft, lnw sound, A gentle breatlliug, like a distant'lute, And a light air a moment sigh'd around, And then again was mute‘.

’Twas laden with the breatll Of Araby’s light groves and sunny flowers; It bore the scent of many a jasmine wreath, And of fair summer bowers.

And o'er the desert vast

‘Vent tlle light murmurs oftlle cooling wind,

And fann'd the burning sands; and as it pass’d, Left hope and health behind.

And to the lonely band Ufwesry travellers, who wander‘d there, “(but tidingsnf another fresher land

Bore that sweet air?

0! on its lightsome wing

Came the loved memory of many a spot,

The bright green pasture, and the bubbling spring, And the flower-mantled cut!

‘ Tales oftheir pleasant home, ‘ And those most dear, were whisper'd by the breeze; And in its gentle murmurs would to come Greetings oflove front these.

They felt the sweet Wind blow, And every breast was bored to take its part, As if tlley wish'd its very breath to go

Into the vely heart!

And even so when we Are wandering through life's barren wilderness, When nota spot of verdure we can see,

Or ought our way to bless;—

Come promises oflove . And mercy, to our fainting spirits given, Beiiiinding us of brighter worle above— Breathing ofliope ilnd heaven.

AGRICULTURAL DINNER.

[The following speech of Mr. Everett—though now some- what out ofdate—not having we believe, hitherto found its ‘way into the columns ofany ol our contemporaries, we have much pleasure in laying it before our readers—En.)

Mr. Everett, the American Ambassador, was a guest at the annual dinner of the Royal Agricultural Society, at Derby, on the 14th July, and his health being proposed by the Chairman, Earl Spencer, made a speech, which strikes us as singularly happy.

Mr. Everett, upon rising to return thanks, was received with loud and long-continued cheering. He said—My lord and Gentlemen, I assure you, without afl'ectation, that when I consider tlle'kind manner ill which you, my lord, have spo- ken of me and my country, [am almost overpowered by my feelings,and want words to express them (Cheers). Silcli a notice from such a company,ofmyselfaml my country, from this intelligent assembly of English noblelllen, alid gentle- men and yeomen—from you‘lny lord, who have borne the flag of your country with honor on the sea—(cheers), and who sustain a position of such importance on shore—Sir, I want words to thank you as I ought.—You have done the no more than justice, I assure you, in ascribing to me the kind- est feelings towards the land of my fathers (cheers). My lord, 1 am a great believer in the efiicacy ot,‘ race and blood. 1 do not think it is confined to a question ofshort-horus and Herefords, and South Downs and Leicesters. Ibclieve ill the race of men as Well as of the inferior animals (cheers). At- tached aslam urdently, phasionately, to my own country; dosi- rons to strain every nerve iii her SBl'VlCH, and il'necd be, in shed every drop ofblood in her defence—(cheers), yetl I'eyiice that my ancestors were thecouiitrymen ot’yoiir ancestors. My lord, the sound of my native language beyond the sea is music to my ears—(cheers). 1 do rejoice that when [speak my own tongue, I speak iii the mother tongue, also, ot'a kindred peo- ple likeyourselyes—(cheers); and, thy lord, il'thel'c is any meeting that ought to bring us together as brethren, is it not at a meeting of tllosc devoted to the great parent art, the common interest ofcivilised lintions ?—(cheers). Oh, my lord, Ibelievc that ifthe one-thousandth part of the energy, the skill,t treasure that has been expended by rival natiods in the deal ly struggle of what is called the “field,” had been employed in generous emulation, to see who could excel the other in the arts of peace (cheers);l believe, my lord, iftllis had been done, your liirmers would have driven ils diplo- matists out of the field, (cheers); at any rate, you would leave us very little to do in carrying on angry international discussions. You have been pleased to allude to the impor- tant commercial connection between our two countries. It isiniportrmt, and most earnestly and heartin do I wish that it may become more so (cheers). But there isa thought on this subject which has struck me since I listened to your lordship’s instructive speech last evening, illustrating the in- ealcnlable importance of agricultural pursuits. The com- merce-between our two countries is the largest that is car- ried on between any two countries on the time of the globe. The annual commerce between Great Britain alld the United States is nearly two-fold that which you carry on with any other people. The entire annual movement of this com- inerce both ways,—your exports to the United States,—your imports from the United States—eitherot'tllem singly being tWice as great as your commerce with any other nation. And yet what think you it amounts to? About us much as the value of the annual crop of cats and beans in Great tiri— tain (cheers). 1 take the fact from the instructive essay of your worthy collaborateur, Mr. Pusey. One more fact to show the importance of your agriculture. The whole foreign commerce ofGl-eat Britain, in pursuance of which you overshadow the ocean with your fleet and plant your colonies in the farthest Islands, is actually less iii value than the annual grass crop of these Islaiids(clleers). So truly was it said that lie was the greatest benefactor who could make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before (cheers). It does not become me, my lord—l will not say as a stranger—by your kindness you will allow me to throw ofi’that name (cheers)—but as your guest—it does not be- come me to enter. into great details on this occasion, but it struck me, on gomg over your implement-yard this lllorn- mg, that however neglectful and inactive you may have been heretofore in the improvement of agriculture, there is pothing to complain of now. It does seem to me that there is an) mount of science, of mechanical skill, ofpractical saga lty, of capital, and ofattention on the part ofthe hi'vh- » er orders—ot’diligence and perseverance on the part of ille = intermediate and labouring classes, combined forthe promo-

n ofagrlculture, that has never been equalled in the history of the world [cheers]. And it is a most remarkable fact, if you ‘ Wlll pardon tne for indulging in a general reflection, that till ‘ lately all great discoveries and improvements in auriculture

seem to have been the product of the very earliest imam-y of V mankind. Who can tell, mylord, when that insirumenttllat ' lies at the basis of all civilization, the plough, was invented?

Who can tell when than first called in the humble partners of his labor, the horse, the ox, the cow, the swine, the sheep and took them into profitable alliance with himself? if ymi could find out who was the shepherd that first caught the ,wrld dog, and taught hitn to help and telld.the flock, you {ought to rear a monument of brass, or a marble cenotapb to In: memory—a higher monument than was ever raised to 'hero or monarch. Who knows where the cernal grains or the ;esculent roots were cultivated? There is but one oftliem, ls you know, the potato, of which the history is known—all

l

{the rest retire back into the darkest antiquity. They Were rcliltivated at a time when your ancestors were roaming over he morasses of the now beautiful, free and merry Ellnlalld '_ [Cheers]; when our ancestors were l‘OlIll‘llll", painteiil sa- ages, through the land. Aye, when the Roman; and Girl-ska ere living on beach nuts and llcnrlls—[lleai', bean)" It em, in thct, that in reference to the progress of Agricul- re, mankind has follmved that curious law'wl'licll Mrwaen llud'ed toat tlle council dinner yesterday—the law that ...,. rusthe ruminating animals in the tropics. He p lint-ed . t to us most beautifully that the ruminating animals there i

ii Wflnvfikhflmp between the shoulders. » This is nou.‘

rished and grows in the first fivo months ofthe year, when there is plenty of food, and they get along with the bump as Well as they can through the seven succeeding months 43f scarcity. So it seems with mankind with respect to agri- cultural discoveries. In the very infancy of the race they got this large fat bump between the shoulders, and for 3000 years they lived upon little or nothing else— chee_rs_ and laughter.] The very plough that we read of in Virgil we may now see iii use in the South ofElirope. We see it still in the bands oftlle peasantry as we discover it in has relief on the sculptured remains of antiquity. It is a most plea- sing fact that this revival of the great art ofagriculture in these latter days‘oftlle world is the work oftbe Anglo-Saxon race of which you have spoken. It has been left to you, and ifyoli will permit me to say, to us, living as we do in this iuigenial climate, beneath these weeping skies; (the rain was at this moment descending in torrents, and the observa- tion was loudly cheered ;) it has been left to us to do that which not Italy nor Greece has been able to do with all their sunny climate. Yes, and it is the want of those tropical luxuries, those enervating breezes of the south, that has given us that bardihood, that perseverance, that industry, that resolution, that are worth all the specie atid all the gold ofthe tropics-—(cheers.) Yes, it is this that enables you to make that boast in which I hope you will permit me for my country to join——

“Man is tlle noblcr growth our snil supplies, And souls are. ripened in our northern skies."

(Cheers). I beg your pardon for the length of time! have detained you, Iussure you that when those shouts shall be heard across the Atlantic, as they will in 18 or 19 days, they will be echoed frotn hearts as warm as yours——[cheers].

NATIVE COUNTRY or Till: House—I have been at con- siderable pains to discover some satisliictory record as to the original country ol the horse, and likewise to the precise era ofllis being reclaimed, aild by whom, and at what period, his Valuable services were made available ill the chase. There seems pretty good evidence forsupposing that Egypt, and not Arabia, was the native country ot'this animal, or at least the earliest recorded habital to which we can trace llilll. In the 47th cllaptcrofGeiiesis, ver. 17, we read thus—“And Joseph gave them (the Egyptians) bread ill exchange for horses.” This is the earliest notice oftllis creature extant, and refiers his existence ill Egypt to have been thus establish» ed, A. C. 1702. And again, ill tlle 50th chapter ol'the same liook—“ And there went up with him (Joseph) both chariots and llOl‘Selllell”—-A. c. 1689. As these are the first mentions of the horse in the bible,l tllillk we may safely arrive at the cottcllision, that to the Egyptians belongth honour of llle- illg reclaimed this beautiful and useliil creature as a servant. Subsequent to tllis, alid after the Hebrews had escaped from Egyptian slavery. passed through the desert, and settled ill tlle laud ofprolllisc, we find the commands ofGod, through the lawgiver Moses, very strict against breeding or‘ using horses, lest by this means intercoursi with that nation should be renewed. “ But [whoever shall be king] shall not multiply horses to himself, our cause the people to rcturti i'nto Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses.” (Deut. xvii. 16.) \Vhat could more clearly demonstrate that Egypt was then the great place for breeding this animal ?—' The Sportsman.

Tar: PERSIAN Hoasa.—Zenophon declares that, before the reign of Cyrus, Persia had, from its want of wealth, or the mountainous character of the soil, no horses; but that after his time, and encouraged by his example, every man ill Persia rode on horseback: So great, indeed, was the pre- dilection displayed by this nation for equestrian exercises, that it is understood that to this circumstance is to be attri- buted the name of Persia, which this country evel‘afterivards bore, it being taken from Pcresll, a Cllaldee word signifving a horseman. Immense numbers were subsequently bred by the Persians alid Assyrians. \Vo read of l50,000 feeding on

ma LITERARY & H'i'srromacr. SOCIETY or QUEBEC. THE Society, in conformity with the Rules of the

Institution, has resolved on ofi'ering for Competition, Prizes upon , ally of the. subjects comprehended under the followmg heads :—

I—For tlle best Essay on the Plants ofCanallal, that are used by the natives and colonists in the useful or healing arts. lee names ot'such plants to be given botamcally, With their popu air and Indian s 'non mes. I _ Q-For tlleibestyEssay on the probability of finding Mineral ‘oal in Canada.

(I 3—For the best paper on the Natural History ofthe Fishes of . . wrence and its tributaries. ' this—IF}: the best account of the most efiicient Steamboats in the Province, with their comparative powers, potlng the formf, drangllt of water, and usual speed, with a particular account 0 their engines, and every other Circumstance tllll. might seem}:

have an effect in determining their spoedand operations-WI! the improvements that have been made within ~the last ten ysllirs in their furnaces and engines; also referring to improved pa 88 and the Archimedian Screw. . _ 5—For the best means of preventing fires in buildings, and'qlr- resting their progress; and of extinguishing them when they 0 occur. as applicable to Canada at dlfl'erent seas-ins oftbe year. a 6—-For the best Essay on tlle different. modes of bootleg an ventilating dwelling houses and public buildings in use in urope and America, describing the different apparatus, With their ap‘ )licilbilit to this climate. _ l 7—Toytlle person who shall establish a new article of export: bring the produce or manufacture of this Provtnca: 8—Fur the best account of any one of tlie‘origlnal langu‘ages spoken filrmelly, and still understand on this Loiltlnent ;epra;:- ing its grammatical structure, or a vocabulary of its terms, op; 0 ; more especially ofsome of those of which no account as ye been published. . 3 I l Sl—l‘or the best illustration ofany subjects connected vut 1 tie History uftliis Country. . I r Ill—For tlle best illustration ofsome subject in moral or po lti- cal cconom . . . 11-—-Fnr tile best specimen of Poetry, descriptive ofCani‘dian Scenery, Character or Manners, in the English, French or null Languages. I I . 12—For the best Painting in Oil of a Canadian subject, painted by a student or amateur. . '13—For the heist Painting in \Valter Colours of a Canadian Lnndscu e. h a voun ' ladv or cut eman. _ . .l4——Fiir till-3l best .Aiichitizctilrgl design for a Dwelling soltable for the rcsidenco of the Governor General ofCanada.

Fourteen Prizes, Consisting of the Society's First Prize Sir.va .‘IEDAI.S, are now ofl'ured,corraspuudipg with the number of tlle subjects above enumerated, one of which Wlll be awarded to t le successful Candidate or writer oflllc best paper or essay in each.

The Society, it is to be understood, will.rcserve to itself the rigbtof withholding tlle Prizes, if,in its Judgment, no papers worthy ofthem should be presented.

CONDITIONS.

The Prize Productions to be in the English or Fyencll language, and in be open to all persons residing on the Comment or Islands ofAmerica. . b

Every Prize production is required to be accompanied y a sealed note hearing as a superscription the title of the production, and containing the author’s name land place of reSidence, a_‘nd to be transmitted, post paid, addressed to the Corresponding Secre- tary, so as to be received by him on or before the 20th February next. /

The PRIZES will be awarded the last THURSDAY in APRIL next,

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one vast plain, near the Caspian gates. The NySIBtlll horse, which the kings of Persia used in their expeditious, were celebrated ,as tlle fittest II) the world. I would here quote an observation made by Sir Gore Ollst in his. travels. lle ex-

the East, and amongst others, the sculptures on the ruins of Persepolis; llilt he says-—“ There are no figures illouutcd on horseback, although some travellers have mentioned horse- men among those sculptures. simple act of mountingr on a horse’s back would naturally have preceded the use of wheeled carriages and their com- plicated harness; yet no horsemen are found at Persepolis; alid we know Homer’s horses are represented iii chariots, from which the warriors sometimes descended to combat on foot; but the poet has not described them as lighting on horseback. The absence of mounted figures might autho- rize an opinion that these sculptures had been executed be- fore the time onyi'us, whose precepts and exaillplcs first in. spired the Persians with a love of equestrian exercises, of which before his time they were totally ignorant—lb.

CcRRYin'o Cows.—Cows should be carried as often as horses,particularly when they are shedding their hairs. lu- dependent ofother consequences, it tends to prevent them from licking themselves, by which they too often swallow the hair and receive injury.

The Courier Francois publishes the following remarks :— “The number, 13, is connected ill a singular lnanller with tlle life of Louis Phillippe, the King oftlle French. He was born ill 1773; he emigrated lll 1793. llis ellligration finished in 1813. He is at present in the 13th year ot‘bis reign. In 13 years the Count de Paris will lie nt‘age. The King has 13 palaces—'I‘uileries, the Louvre, the“ Palais Royal, the Elysees, Bourbon, Nellilly, St. Cloud, Mention, Versailles, Complegne, Fontainebleaii, Eu, Poll, and Rainy. The civil list amounts to 13,000,000tl On the 13th ofJiily the Duke ofOrlealis died. The King has 13 children and grandchil- dren. His life has been 13 times in danger since 1830. In fine, the King has seen 13 governments established in France, including his own.”

STEAMER ST. GEORGE. TO prerent the necessity of subjecting the St. George I to the risk of entering any oftllo ports by night, she will, durlng the remainder of the present season, discontinue touching at Budaque on her return froin Miramiclli every alternate week, and will, instead thereof, enter Bedeque every 'week on her voy- age up from Charlottetown. ' She will, therefore, in future, leave Miramichi every Monday rooming at ten o'clock, and Charlottetown, for Piciou, every Tuesday morning one hour after her arrival from Miramichi, find Will leave Pictou, for Cllarlottetown,evcry “’ednesday moln- lng at l0 o’clock, and will proceed for Miramichi, leaving Char- lottetown at 8 o'clock, a. 17]., every Friday, and will call at Be- deqiie, and there remain one hour, on her Voyage up each week. Goods put on board at Bedequo, to be conveyed to Charlotte- town, as also goods put on board at Miramichi, for Bedoque, will be charged freight as before. , By Order of the Directors, THOMAS OWEN.

CENTRAL ACADEMY.

THE Election of Masters for this Institution (in con- . sequence o the numerous applications) need ied the att n: Itlun oftlle Governors during the 22d and 23d ilist., End terminafed in the appointment of the following gentlemen:

Mr. John lrvtng Roddiclt, one of the Masters of the High

ipllllsngf the Mechanics' Institute, at Liverpool, to be Head

Mr. Frederick Gore,

Sept. 25th 1843.

of Toronto, to be second Master. plr. Jamesdlzlrleous, of Miramichi, to be Third Master.

its lliten e to open the School under the new arran on \Vcdnesday, Noyclilber 1st. ’ gemem’ Parties III the Island who have forwarded Trestilnon

obtain them by application at the Post Office, Ch or after tlle 27m instant.

ials, may arlutietown, on

-WW CHARLES llENSlJfiY, Secretary.

“VIII. 'SEARS’ PIC'I‘ORIAL W'ORKS—The Sub- E'I . et- lielyc just rt-ceivcd. and nfi'ur for Sale, at tllei: t": .a. ll-l‘ll'iili'tl', (iii Water Street, several entire sets of Mr splendid ‘il‘orks.

“ears”

coo ‘ g V Charlottetown, 8th Oct. 1842. PER 8‘ BREM\LR'

unlined all the relics 0t antiquity ill Persia and other parts of

One would think that the.

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