; the actuarial ‘meratn.

POETRY.

[Foe m COLONIAL Hanna.)

0 l i. oni' , s in at l—s ee ev'r strin ; Heztfiin’b aopfragiantprnea,’ ' Nor Mayflower—“ pretty little thing"— Shall wakan thy repose. Oll'times, indeed, thy antics strains, And tender minstrels , Might sullen Greenlaan icy plains, And melt its snow sway! Sweat Isle! there seems a magic spell, B goblin tongue and hand, Dealt all abroad, when mutter’d well, To spoil thy lovely laud. There's suffocation in the breeze-— A amok atmosphere— A mourn ul tnumi’rin 'rnong the "my Which soon will al be here. Around thy shares, with foreign skill, -Tha wily Yankees play, And while our povert we feel, They steal our wealth away. 0, there's a spell on all that grows, Or swims, or sleeps, or flies; Huabed is the music of thy crows, And blue thy auburn skies! And a'en th frogs have ceas'd to sing Their ant ems to the breeze : If thine were everlasting spring, Thy rivers would not freeze ! And there are sympathetic hearts, Aa soil as blister steel, And many a manly bosom smarts, Thy backwardneee to feel. And wealth far from thy “ saa-girt shore," _ Has lately fled away, And oh ! it grieves our bosoma sore To see so little hay!

Hipothegreen, July 29, 1842. m

HOUSE OI“ COMMONS, July 18.

On the question that a sum of3,070l, be granted for de- frayin the charges of the civil establishment of Prince Ed- ward land, .

Mr. Hume said that in 1818 this colony, through the hou- tenant-governor, proposed to bear its own expenses, oti condition that the appointment of the ofiicers of Customs was placed in its own hands. He thought it was advisable that the colonies should have the management of their own civil establishments. He wished to know whether the of- ficers of customs in Prince Edward Island were appointed by the governor ot the colony or by the Home Government?

The Chancellor of the Exchequer stated, that the Custom- house officers held their appointments from the Commis- sioners of Customs in this country, and not from the colo- nial authorities. The vote was then agreed to.

On the question, that a euro of 13,2151. be granted for de-

A You‘ru or 18.

fi'sying the expenses of the ecclesiastical establishments of wick.

the British North American provinces, and of New Zealand, Mr. V. Smith said, since the proposal of this vote last year an addition had been made to it for the salary of the Bis- hop of New Zealand. It was proposed by this vote that a sum should be rented by Parliament for the erection of a colonial bishopric in New Zealand. He was aware that the noble lord opposite, in making his proposal, wasonly Wlow' ing the example of his noble friend near him, who had in 1849 tnade a similar sug cation. On that occasion be (Mr. Smuh) urged his noble ricnd to reconsider the proposal, and he was successful in inducing the noble lord to relin- quish his intention. He would not now enter into the ques- tion asto the policy ofsupporting the church of England in our colonies. He was only anxious to ask the noble lord opposgte to withdraw frotn this vote the sum required for the Bishop of New Zealandhin order that the principle ""8"! brought before the house for discussion in a more lulltantial form. Many colonies, some of them entirely Protestant, had no episcopal establishment, and they at any rate had equal need of one with New Zealand. He was not Il‘glttng that no bisho rice should be established, but what he cotitcnded for was, t at they should not be paid for by the mother country, but by the colonies themselves. He had nllo .anotlicr objection to the manner of supporting this his- bopl'lt'. He had often heard the noble lord the Secretar of State for the Colonies object to placing the payment ol the church on estimates, and he was surprised at his proposing this vote. He (Mr. V. Smith) had great objections on reli- ious grounds to such a mode of payment. The vote might agreed to one year and refused the next.

_ Lord Stanley had heard with much surprise this objec- tion come from such a quarter. He was not assentiug to the Principle of making the established church dependent on annual vote of a popular Assembly. So far from that, quite concurred with what had fallen from the right hon. mym . Who had just sat down. But the house would bear With him while he stated the circumstances under which he this vote. On the 31st of December, 1840, a letter was written by the Secretary of State for the Colonial De- partment, under whom the right hon. member (Mr. V. Smith) acted, to the Lords of the Treasury, in which Lord John ulsoll stated that after mature deliberation and inquiry be ad tp recommend the founding of new bishoprics in the colonies of New Brunswick, Van Dicman’s Land, and New land; that the Roman Catholic church in this respect was fully organized, and so was the chnrcli of Scotland, and without some such measure the church of England must be left entirely to voluntary contributions : and be recommend- ed that the lmperial Parliament should make provision for each of_thcso biahoprics to the extent of 6001. per annum, and which amount should appear in the estimates. To this an answer yvas returned from the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty a Treasury, that they did not object to the pro~ application to Parliament to the extent of 600l. per annum for eachof these biehoprics. It was true that no vote had been taken on the estimates; but, so far from the noble lord havuig given tip his intention, the Rev. Dr. Scl- wyn had neon appointed Bishop of New Zealand, and it was arranged that he should go out at the expense ofthe Parlia- mentary estimates. As soon as be (Lord Stanlev) came into officenaucha promise having been given to Dr: Selwyn, be conceived that the Government was bound in good faith and otir to complete the promises of the former Governmeut, and that, however inconvenient and objectionable be con- celved the mode to be of lacing a bishop’s salary on the annual estimates to come fore Parliament, be conceived tb_at in lhts case they tied no alternative but to fulfil the pro- mises formally and officially entered into by the noble lord. Hear, hear.) He had refused, on application being made to

im, where there were no colonial funds for the purpose, to propose to Parliament to place an annual '

bop for Van Dieman’s Land, and a biaho had been a mint- ed tbrthat colony, and also another for die Medit m and be was in hopes, bgotlie assistance of the Society for Colonial Mboprics, to enabled to appoint others, but be had declined to take any vote for such a purpose. (Hear, car. Mr. Hume said it appeared to him to be an insult to the offlngland to call on them in their present state of dates. to pay money in this sort of way, and for “tell a purpose. If Lord John Russell had made this pro- tons to Selwyn, Lord John Russell on ht to pay the money himself; (Loud laughter.) He shoul pro ,as an amendment, “ that the amount of the vote shoul ho reduc- ed by 874l. 13s. 1d., the expense of this bishopric.” If his amendment were rejected, he should propose that Lord John Barbell _be called on to pa the amount. Laughter.) He behaved his Shord J. Russellls) salary was all paid up, so that they coo d not seize upon that. (Loud laughter.) Mr. V. Smith thought it better on such a subject to abstain flom party allusions. He had made no attack on the noble lord. On this point he did not agree with his noble friend

erraiiean ;

Lord J. Russell.) He was extremely sorry that the noble ord had taken this occasion to make a more miserable Personal attack upon him.

Lord Stanley said he had made no personal attack 0"_ "‘9 ri bt hon. gentleman. In consequence of the observations

the right lion. gentleman, it was necessary for him to ex- plain the precise circumstances under which he was calle on to bring forward this vote.

Mr. Hume wished it to be understood, that if the house rejected his amendment, he should propose that Lord John Russell do pay the amount which he had promised to Dr- Sclwyn. Loud laughter.) _ _ _

Mr. W. illiams wassorry bis hon. friend had not object- ed to the whole vote. It was an insult on the oppresse people ofthis country to call upon them to contribute to the ecclesiastical establishment ofthe colouics.

Mr. Packingtou objected to the inconsistency which up-

ercd on these estimates, that while this country was pay- ing to the Roman Catholic Bishop onucbec, there was no vote whatever for a Protestant bishop of Quebec. No duty was more incumbent on the mother country, in his opinion. than to supportthe established church in Canada. (Bean)

Lord Palmerston said he should certainly vote for grant- ing this salary ofthe Bishop ochw Zealand, as it was life proposal of his noble friend (Lord J. Russell); but he did not vote for it on the ground that this country ought to pay and tnaintuin ministers of religion in all her colouies. _Thfll practice ought to he the exception, not the rule. But in the caseof New Zealand, where, as the colony was recently founded, there existed no means of making provision for a bishop, be thought it was right that the purpose should be accomplished by a vote of the 'luiperial Parliament. He therefore voted for the estimate, not wishing that this should be a permanent arrangement.

The committee then divided, when there appeared—

For Mr. Hume's amendment .. ... 25 Against it ... .. ... .. ... 131

Majority against the amendment... 106 '

The vote of8,18Sl. for dcfraying the charges ofthe cIVIl establishment of the Bermudas, and the expense ofltght houses, was agreed to.

18,6671. were voted to defray the salaries oftlic governors and Lieutenant-governors ofthe \Vcst India colonies.

24,0001. Were voted to aid the colonial Legislatures in pro- yidiug religious and tnorul instruction for the negro popli- ation.

5,0001. were voted for the relicfofsick and destitute emi- grants, on their arrival in Canada from the United Kingdom.

The stun of-IOOI. for the establishment ut Sable Island, for the relicfofsliipwrcckcd persons.

The sum of200,939!. for the charges oftlic Commissariat Department.

The sum of 48,746l. for the arts and invautions’ allowance in the Comuiissariut Department.

Extract from the Report oft/ts British and Foreign Bible Society, 1842.

Bai-risn Noa'ru Ausaica.-—Your Society’s valuable agent, the Rev. James Thomson, has renewed and complet- ed his visit to the provinces ofNova Scotia and New Bruns- He has sent, as usual, full atid interesting details of his operations and movements.

Most ofthe Bible Societies ofthe above provinces have been visited; and in the course of the three years many new Societies have been formed, some of them probably but small, 'ct calculated b their combined efi'orts, to effect a wide distribution of tie Sacred Volume iti districts where it was much needed, and amongst a people that may be considered as having special claims on the parent county.

The Nova Scotia Auxiliary, at Halifax, has remitted £381 8s. 6d., and ordered 3799 Bibles and Testaments.

The l’ictou Auxiliary has sent £80, and ordered 977 Bi- bles and Testaments.

The New Brunswick Auxiliary, at St.John, has made re- mittances to the amount of £467 8s. 3d, and ordered 8001 Bibles and Testaments,

The Yarmouth Auxiliary has sent £26 17s. 8d., sad r - ceived 170 Bibles and Testaments, besides a grant f 4 Bibles aiid ’ ‘estnments towards supplying the destitute fa- milies in that district. -

The Fredericton Auxiliary has remitted £125, and has ordered books to the amount of 408 copies; besides which it has received a grant of 1000 cheap Bibles and Testaments, for distributiuuumong the settlers.

The Miruiiiichi Gentleiiieu’s Auxiliary, formed by Mr. Thomson during his late visitthere, has remitted £30 89. and ordered 112 Bibles and Testaments.

The Miramiclii Ladics’ Society has remitted £42 12s. 5d., and ordered 272 Bibles and Testaments. The Auxiliary at Prince Edward Island has remitted £90, and ordered 1214 Bibles and Testaments.

The Newfoundland School Society has paid the sum of £73 15s. on account of books sold by their teachers in New- foundluud. A grant of 300 Bibles and 500 Testaments has been made.

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SKETCH or A Fa-r Lnnunv or a New Oaasass HOTEL. —The person oers. Carmichael, the dimensions of Which were seen in whatever direction she could be placed, very nearly six feet by four, was not only enormous ltl size, but so astonishingly out ofall Ordinary shape, as to make it no easy matter to clothe it at all. It is not very surprising, there— fore, considering the prodigious bulk ofcvery limb, whereby every movement became a labour, that Mrs. Carmichael should get into her clothes with as little labour and pains as possible. And then the licut! Poor Mrs. Carmichael suf- fered dreadfiilly from the heat, and, certainly, cured greatly lees how her draperies looked in the eyes ofothers than how they felt to herself: So her enormous white calico gown, with its colossal hanging sleeves, was fastened so loosely in the from, by one single pin, as to create per ictual alarm iii the bystanders tie to the stability of t e iiivcsturc by which this very important portion of her covering was attached. There was, indeed, what might have been about a yard square of pink gauze loosely tucked in about the bust; but even this depended for its adheston to the aforesaid pin, and “ itliout it must have floated away into air still thinner than itself; Notwithstanding the immensity of Mrs. Carmicliael‘a person, it was not, as in the case ofn pre- ternaturally expansive oak tree, the result of advanced age, every year of which had added to its bulk. All the fat which had thus miraculously found a resting-place on the bones of Mrs. Carmichael had been considerabl less than forty years in collectipg itself together; and, had or face been finished by one chin instead of three, and the rest of her features in less danger of being smothered, she would have been far from ill-looking. Excepting the pink gauze and the white robe already described, with the probable garment under it, together with her large slippers, and, probably, stockings, she ivas as much without the foreign aid of ornament as Eve herself Stays she had none; she were nothing on her hands: nor was there the slightest reason whatever to sup- pose that she was ctiibnrrassed by any thing more in the way ofclothiug than what has already been described. Ex- ccpting the hard breathing, and an occasional ejaculation expressive of fatigue from moving, Mrs. Carmichael uttered nothing forseveral minutes after she entered the apartment. Having, at length, made her way to the part of the rootn where Major Allcn Barnaby stood fanning himself, she dropped down upon a large cane chair, without arms, every part of which, back and all, became so completely invisible that she seemed to have perched herself on a three legged

e cs on the major’s face, and seemed to ex c t should speak first. But her heavy breathing lg“; lg:- 1;: much theappeuraiicc of being as yet, unfit for any exertion that her vnsttor was too polite to address her, and it was, therefore, Mrs. Carmichael herself who at last Opened iliti conversation. “What is your pleasure, sir ?” said she in a voice which, notwithstanding her want of breath, wad liar- monious, though somewhat drawling. “I have called, mad- am,» he replied, at the request of our friend Captain ’l‘iins, to inquire whether you can accommodate our party with board and lodging.”

Mrs. Carmichael eyed the numerous group very complacently. “ For the who it kit of you, sir ?”

d any two of the ladies could lie together. —[Ncw Monthly

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a letter to his friend, observes, “As I su poultry, I mayl tellfyou that it has been a . . you mix wit) tieir 00d 1 ' ‘ - ir-

stool ; having thus deposited her person, she fixed her soft chalk, which they eat gl'gesfllg'iflflgtyqlth’ll‘llnlh’ll0fch Shells or twice or thrice as many eggs as befbre. ' , disposed to lay a vast number of eggs, Without the materials for the shells, other respects her food may be ; itideed, a fowl and water,frce from carbonate oflime, and not findi tn the soil, or in the shape ofmortar, which the

ofl‘the walls, would lay no eggs at all, the world.”

beat, according to their intensity. sorbs odour more than a white one,

‘ 'bl a she demanded, With a smile as sweet as it fizzlgpsfiths, smile could be frotm lips fixivgrvyoheléntzlogyish we", sir?”

I s. u _ - “min/giynliliglydmt‘i’da‘i’n; but that must depend onl cizcull‘gt sauces.” ubfcouiae sir,.of course. _ Well that]; provided know, I rather expect I iiitght make it 001,1,Venl

. . ,, Magazine: Mrs. Trollope’s “ The Barnahy’s in America. ]

' from ._ ie slii Ontario, at_ New York, _ Eri‘gliiZtIlflc‘iiiiie #:8821193 lllilar‘ii'iet Linormore, returning ilrimaetothe 0y an. I. . . fro'llltinti,pil'8we ifiismke not}, is l.23:85,?3flnxlifigfl2:821:33It: that extraordinary Woninn )09 I" 1 f1 losha mm hm to Jcrusalem,——wamle.-ing in the Valley 0 ei _ }K 3.0" ‘ ' hing her feet iti e l , thing In the stream ofJordun, Was ‘ d mek to the sum- "u tothe man or at Bethlehem, uu - ihiii't (g)livct, gatheiilng p0:iifggtgiagzgsfi{Gfilifggiagfi[53:3 ' '1 ulvur out 5 re c 11 I _ E‘llii’miiiniii: stung; Ayniies Ofilllllllcd‘ Triillgtlilpltnivy‘gngftosyipn ‘ m the tem ile am no tom i, w it e iiiiili their blciiclied bones ; atid guarded caravans.({:ll':lpli's:y to robbers front the Desert, as theyjourney ttlov‘VJit n the 80“ Item. And yet a lonely woman, With no kin rt. (:0 bribe u; no knowledge oftlieir language, and no infley m and the Prowmon’ goeslup from '3? illiiiltft? otlliiiliiilevds‘iatias, spares w out-lies ier not. lVl , . liiiifuel‘lie robber, whose trade seems to have m: gearing; tion ofages, awaultslicr not in_lier progress.l I_i and we Citv where poverty and suspicion bar the too ,n is" or zca'l ofthe Mosleni makesa merit of liroctt'tEHg ‘1 Otytbe death to the Christian pilgrim, there the wit. ct ga e I and convent opens for lien reception, and the wastling ligated to the decaying crttse of the mondicaut seem to is d rsten increase licr comforts. It is delightful to sit a3 I l to the tales ofthe ivayliirer towards Jerusalem, an tip pio- jouruer within its gates. Others _go hedged abounwzit l mans and decrees, defended With spear, suppoiltc . w:er staff; and provided with scrip. 'lhcy cuter not tit? um (i most recesses of the houses and hearts oftliepeop e,' up) yet attempt to describe their manners and their mom a, y what tbev sue at the wells, and bear nt the cat-avunsurtes. It is not sfraugc that such should find all barren and waste, moral and physical, fi'oin,Dun to Becrshcba. But the ttlrn; vellcr, whose wants require, and whose sex wariunts, in she should be of the iumoat chambers, that she should sit down with mother and children, she can learn the secret oftlicir living, which is not revealed to tlic'wauderuig \\ orld of traVellcrs. She can tell what is devotiout and what is suffering. She can see and judge, and she Will kpmv, that beneath the exterior of strange customs, ultd binding laws, the feelings ofwomcn are the same in Syria as in America. And, though the tyranny ofcustom may bind or crush these feelings there, yet they will, like the healthful herbage, f0tcc a growth, atid perhaps sweeten and ornament the very ob- ject that has pressed them down. .liVe shall learn some- thing ofthis frotn the returned pilgrim—U. S. Gazette.

Ms'riion or ASCERTAINING 'rni: wmonr or CATTLE wuth LIVING.—Tllls is ofthe utmost utility for all those who are not experienced judges by the eye, and by the. fol- lowing directions tlie weight can be ascertained Within a mere trifle. Take a string; pttt it round the beast, standing square,just behind the shoulder blade ; measure on a foot rule the feet and inches the animal is 111 circumference; this is called the girth ; then with the string ineusnreifrom the bone ofthe tail. which plumbs the line With the binder part of the buttock; direct the litie along the .back to the forepart ofthe shoulder blade ; take the dimensions on the foot rule as before, which is the length, and work the figures in the following manner: Girtli ofthe buttock, 6 feet 4 inches; length, 5 feet 3 inches; which, multiplied .by 23,_ (the number ofpouuds allowed to each superficial foot of all cattle measuring less than seven atid more than five feet in girth),make\i 713 lbs; and allowing 14 lb. to the stone, is 50 stone 13 lbs. \Vliere the animal measures less than nine and more than seven feet in girth, 31 is the number of pounds to each superficial foot. A ain, supposes pig or any small beast should tncasure two set in girth, and two loot along,' the back, which multiplied together makes four square feet; that multiplied by eleven, (the number of pounds allowed for each square foot of cattle measuring less than three feet in girth), makes 44 lbs; which divided by 14, to bring it to stones, is three stones two pounds. Again, suppose a calf, sheep, 8w. should measure four feet six inches in girth and three feet nine inches in length, which multiplied together, makcs sixteen and a balfsquare feet; that multiplied by sixteen (the number of polinds allowed to cattle measuring loss than five feet, and tnore than three in girth), makes 261 lbs., which divided by fourteen, to bring it into stones, is eighteen stone 12 pounds. The dimensions ofthe girth and length ofbluck cattle, sheep, calves, or bogs, may be as exactly taken this way as is at all necessary for any computation or valuation ofstock, and will answer exactly to the fourquurters, sinking the ofi'al, and which every man may easily perform. A deduction must be made for a half— fattcd hen-t, ofouc‘ stone for twenty, from that ofa fat one ; and fora cow that has had calves, one stone must be allow— ed,nud another for not being properly faL—Callle chpcrs’