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pmetlqe qan be nanietl, ftat J s Jjaor'e \Mebent thafi' nvliisperingj e r ID arty way giving vnbeifliessy or desigrted worship ^ieniWy; and itplaiDly difcovers ;that the oJFeftdi^c,,beside^ being devoid of religioft, is eithex igrtOlattt o f idre rulas o f good bxeedirfg, n r . violates, tbiemr 'si^ilfu^hj, and withinxni^e?ableins^^^ ^ J(;Xvf|elbd, n tninikter in ^Tew-Eng|artd, . F h o a ,iy % aiw i^virtg a family of ^any sinidi ebildven, his.fpor wife'fell a #ecp- ingihid' sjdd:, what wilidJenolhe of ail these children? He preserttly andpjleasantly, fepiied,^*.KeTeT f e a f; He that feed$ thb, y-oung Tfixeas, 'wm not etarve the young Serous.’' dndittdeddit eame it) pass ac^ cofdipgly. ‘ ' w m m m - Pdi CfeJdsniiih'd^^^ a very eady peViodi, dgns o f genius that engaged the notice of-alj ‘fhef,fxiertds o f Hbe lanaily,- aad^at the age of seVep'nr eight ev|naed a natural turn for rhyndag t ihe' Mlewing ipstance o f his; early wit. is hapded down. 4 large.ponlpany of 'yopng ,peopLe>weVe '^assembled'Orte eVehing at his uncle’s,, and pljyer, then' but nine years old, ngm I'eV, Jpdred tc^ttaace a horhpiper a yoiith play;^ png a t the same time eh a. liddle. Beihi bqt newlyfeGoVeved: from the small.po^, by which he/was mnph disfignxed, and ids iniowtedgiuenl was produced hy the olh- cer, and the following, passage was read: frdm-it;:, “ Bfagnon said he never robbed hut twice saidit was Crawford.’* , s %• 'f’his^ it wilfbe obseiwl^ h adpo mark •of the .pfjcitigr^s having any^oMort qf;punc:- tn a t i o n h h t the meaning h e a tta^^d will be etideiit from thefeilowjDgnoode of p.rintlng'.it:: ' : f f;. / Magnon said he never robbed but twiCe-'-^sdtd it tsm CraTsoford.” , f ‘ ' ■ j^r. Q^Gorpan., the conucii for the pri?*' oner, hegged^td look af the paper. He perused It,’ and rather astonished, thh peace ofScer ,,hy asserlisgt^ far from itspreving the msui’s gnilt, it cleaiiyes- tabfished- his innocence. “ This,” Said the lOatned: gentleman,' ‘^ig the fair and obiddhs rCaciing o f the sentence: “ Magrton saidheneVeV robbed— Bxtt tm(;e m id it aps Themian was o f course acj^uitted. ■ \ FISH, . . The newspapers- have described, as a matter of woiidef, the process adopted by a | f r . Barlow, for hatching eggs,. - but: m which there-is' in reality nptlnng surprian^v the proces§ having beea lorig\ known and practised in the east. The follovmng account of a mode of hatching % h will he allowfed,^perhaps, to he a little more extraordinary iT^The Cliinese ftsh; erttien cqHect with--cam, on the . margin and surface of^the: water., all those gelatL* nous matters wMch cpntaih the spawn of himtd^sopdanoingi;? mids^lirhm'ping on die idea, .ydijch he. cpiiceiv.ed to fae very briihh the .lan^ suddenly .turned against Mm by Oliyef’g Slopping short in the dance with this rdtort i ‘ , ‘^Qmher^d-huth-^roclaim'dthis sayiug^ .S?e, 45 s(>p OaHcingjaaid hi? monkey playing.^ This smart reply decided his fortuhe/ for from that time it was determined to send him^Th the* university, iy |th this -a certain numhhr of days, ^hey break the shell in vvaferv warmed-by the sun.. Tihe young fish are presently hutched, andnre kept in pure fresh water till they are large .enough to he lhrown, into the -pond ivithi the old .fish. The sale of sp^wn for . this purpose forms an important branch o f the trade in China.- ^ n tll^^ as in some other, matte'ray-we mny |>erliaps take som.e useful lessons from the phincse,- The • destruc tion of the spawn , of fish b y ‘troll-nets, threatens, in many parts, the utter extinc- view hc :^s: rerntwed to the school: of to e i d y very Ashton,, and froth thence, ^ e t jemainihg two. years, to -fEdgeWorthtOn, ■’distance ahout WVehty miles 'frpm his home'i, In -Ms last Journey M ’tMs'sOhbol he'had an' advwntjire'which is ihou^ht to -have-sirg- .•guinea ; and in his Way to Edgeworthton he'had diverted himself h y viewing the ’'gentlemen’s seats on the road, -until at ■the fidl of thh mght h e found hhugelfitt a' vsmtBl town named Ardah. H e re he in- squired, for the best house in the hlaee, tipeaning an inn i but» being understood “too literally, he Was shown to the house ’o f k private gentleman; -iVhen cdling for .snmebody..to take his horse; and leadTim to the .stablje, h e alighted, and was coUr .ducted to -the pairlottrj bemg supposed a ,guesteome to visit th e master, A^hom h e found sitting by a good fire. The gentle- .lAJur inun^^^^f^^y discovered'Oliver’s mis tak e ; ' and ■‘being & man of good hUmoUr, end also learning from Mm the name of Ms father,w h o happened to be his ac- . quaintaoce, he encouraged h i| dCceptioiB. Oliver .accordingly called about Mm,' Or dered a'good-^supper, and -generously In vited the master, his vVife and daughters, to partake of it, treated, them with a bot tle o f wine, and .when going to bed, or- 4ered a hot calce to be prepared for his breakfast, not vvas i t tilT his departure, when h e called'for his bill, that h e found hq had been hospitokly entertain^ iii a Ttivate house, ■.'HOW’Tb FINH LOST..PIIOPEETY. A countryman had driven his liorses into the woods to graze, and when he • came, in the evening to drive-them home, a grey horse wa& nussingi Ke looked a great wMle for Hm, and ran about the' neighbourhood to no purpose^ At length he met a man on horsehaok, and-asked Jhimif h e bad seen Ms grey horse. No,” said.hc, “ hut have-you looked for Mm ?” “ To'be .sure,” answeredthe counli-yman, every where.” Every Avhexe 1” re- tbrued the horseman, “ have yopdooked for him in the crow’s,nest on that tr^e f ’ “ No,” said the ebuntryman, how Hionld he come up tfiere-?” “ That is all the. same to you,” replied the other, “ only climb u p : one must look for tilings where thpre is the least reason to expect them ; if they were in the place one Supposes them, they Would not he lo&t.” The Goimtryman,:(Whphadno''ahsvver to this,) began climbjng.up: .die high tree ; mid When he had got. about MtlfwaV up, he Oried out joyfully, I have found himl I haveTound h im r ’; “ So'i thought,'” Said the mati'On horseback, find;rocIe mv'ay No-ty the countiymah had not indeed found the horse in the-, nesf; but as eVows build upon the highest trees, he could overlook the whole wood, and then saw his horse grazing in a field beyond it. - ' 'ir'r ■fhTrxrri. ' - ’ --1? i- ittJfilix J N .--sN-JEW S # f -hdh of 'Hie difirexenccs between, England and {bat peWer. T h e fohqwmg‘arMall- the exiracts which wc fihd in the Quebec Gazettci .— Stiftesinmu X qu A u ., Fhreigjn. O0p'e ' . rtdp-riz h i , 18^4. T h e Bight Hon, freorge Canning,' H> M.'Principal'■Secretary, of State for To-; reign Affairs, has received his hfajesty’s fish. Afier they. have, found ^ suTcient .coirnnaads to .signify-to the ministois of quantity, they fill, with it the shell <of a fresh hpn-egg, yliicb they have pr-evions- ly^emptied, stop up the hcle^ and put,it; ! friendly and neutral powers residing at this .Qonrt, that the necessary measures have bee'h taken by command of H O T a - under a sitting fowl. 4 t the expiration of J.esty for tihe blpoklde of the port of Al prOducll||S----EbadQn Jjt<agc;2:in&. ... ‘ - ' TOEfilTY OP A DOG. On Thursday last, some persons in the Tillage otf'Ea Prabie ohservpd a dcig on the Ice in-the r iver: curiosity w a s eXCited, and fivo or three men put off from the shore in a canoe. ‘ .On approaGhing the animal he was found to he guarding a man’s hat'and a hag. Which were lying hear a bote ih the ice: all attempts to draWoT the dog from those relicks -Were vain, neither Would he suffer any one to come n ear him. T h e par^Metuxned to the shore, shoixtiy ^ tefw h ich the hag was- up longer visible. Hu Friday, that part oftheice ph wMch the dog was, sepam- down the ' river the h a t was discemable, but the fidthfal animal could mo longer'be seen. T h e probability is, iliSt sotne map> accompapiad by Ms ^og,- was'on Ks way to this city, and Unfortunately fell through Sie ic e ; and 'tlibt his trUsty frieffd, after suffering from Mtnger and cold, became iihable to retain Ms situation after the se paration of the ice, and'shared the same prernattee fate as bis master .—Montreal Caurant, J}j)fU .14. T h e following extract will rctoind-our readers of the Canadian Boat Song!— The boatmen o f the Nile are accustom ed to row in cadence to-songs, which, in the stillness of a moonlight night, are very agreeable ; these songs are generally ex temporary, and are like the following :— Steenman—''My 'soia.St you are men, row a-\vay stoutly.” Chortts af boatmen —^‘.Gsod and Moliammed!” Steerman — God streng;then you.” Chorus —^“G 0(1’and Mohammed S” Steeremarv — Tlie moon shines brightly.”. Chorus—\ God and. Mohammed!” ' Steersrnan — The smootli riVer runs swiftly.'” C/jor«s—“God and Mohammed !” Steersman — The wind is against us, l>nt God is for us.” ■C&oras-T-“ God and Mohammed !'’ SteersmanX^' The pacha is fiivom-ed by the Lord oF YictOry.” Ckorus-^'* G'od and Moliainmed !>” Steersman-^\- The canHctt: has spoken, and who has answered ?” Chorus —“ God and Mohammed !” Steersman —“ Ro-w on, tny sons, the supper is boiling.” -Chorus —“ God and Mohammed!” ylng.dfaqk Spelicet liiu|li, Msisfocl'. on kpo\yiE}|. what occasicgcd Ms. jpxxth'4 nncl ppcm!s(}(a-to.■ fofg^vh^'M^^ be .It it wuultl;.' W’hy4 tke4iAtoP*3.l^ ^‘I wtis Hiitjlcing hMT ihh brancIjEqs >vhfi|tl flchrish‘if'th44o6tV^ei‘e,’ niMer gtcfipfi;’’' Thfereisk lahQh^;5f tito Mmdas'weli^os ^:<jf thc4i^%J apd sqhtoptopM^’fhemsH’m very usefiilly to society, who do but. little vntli tfciOlr irPhclf-, Bat the1abour'.o|tlm bo'dy 4toCQgthen4. the nfindand those who do n o t labour from necessity, should Igbour for keifith « i ■•-A . : Latest- .-fmvt EngUnd-.^The • Quebec, Gazette, received this nfiorning, contains extracts from T iverpouIpppers, as late as the li>th. .of4pri1, .received there by .the ■slup B4argarefe,-.<|h\tM4y'Qkt days'; from thnt place,'arrived at Quebec . q « the. n t h lust. Th© intelligence is .not of particu lar mp;iupfih P«G.ep,so far ag'felates'to t!ie..b)ockude .of and the cuntinna- it t() the Suliots, ther.; Albania, was (fi«tnrhed by a'civil war.;, Arta wa^'lhft1wil%^ clrecl men, ondT^ce^lspyfh au.d the letters say, “ nll'the .prospects of ffte* Greeks are brightening.” . ‘ At thh ittstaP<5,e-; of L ord Byron, twenty-four Turkislr p ri soners, women and .children, have hadAbe offer-of being/TeleaSe4l -.nine o f them r e s giet^ and thaf frqm this time alt the, mea sures' aalh.orized.hy .tlie lawbfnations will lie adopted and executed with respect to all vessels which may attempt to yiPlate the said blockade. ' ■ , Intelligence has been received from the BritisL squadro.n off Algiers. Admiral H. B. Neale tvas off that-port in the-Re^jengc,, with five frigates; the Dey had refused to treat, and was making preparations to sustain i bombardment., For felus purpose lie liad disniantled J b e vessels of war which were iii the Bay, and had drawn them-nader the Mole. He bad also com manded an.', immense number of troops from' tire interior to gain the fortresses. This news was'brouglit from Gibraltar on (lift IGtti ult. by the PJioetoH to me, which had been despatohed by the Admiral. , Lefctors from Gibraltar, o f t’- 18th and I'Sth ult. communicate son ”ticulars relative to the bloclcading .rou off AlgieEs, wlfich ore not W’iti ui interest. It appears that the Dey has obstinately refused to accede to the terms proposed to hiiH b y the British Admiral ; but that his own officers are, for the greatest part, deternimed to resist his authority, ’as they are hy no means disposed to undergo the horroxirsof abombtodment. An attempt a s S t o g « » « “ « tte m of March, which very narrowly missed success. IJp to the l-7tb, n<y .attack had been «mde by the British squadron, and it was still expected that the differences would be adjusted. These letters state that accounts had been received from the IVIorea, o f unfortunate differences between the Greek chiefs ; but we are'happy in being able, from direct channels, to state that these differences have been remo-v- ed. The-recent alteraticnis in the silk trade, by reducing the duties, produced a riot at Macclesfield, among the, persons engaged inthfemahufacture^ wMch was soon sub-, dued by the assistance of -the troops.— Twelve thousand persons had collected, and several of the yeoman cavalry were severely injured by brickbats. IMPORTANCE. ,0F- PUNCTU.ITION. ' A .correct and very ingenious expedient •wasiately resorted, to, at a trial in Dub lin, to save aprisonor ehaiged with robbe ry. The principal thing that appeared in evidence against him was a confession ai- ledged to have been made by him at the publick olfice, and talcen down in writing by a police otlicer. The document purport ing to contain this seif-criminating ac- LITERARY PHY.SICIAN.s. It is remarkable, that of all men-of tot- ter.-5 who pursue any profession, none so willingly quit their avopations, to write on other matters, as physicians. Ficinnius has given a lmtin version of Pluto, and ex plained his system. ?ulins Sruliger, who was a doctor in physic, hns written much criticism. Perrault, the antagonist of Boileau, translated Vitruvius, and gave publick lectures on geometry and architec ture. Akenside and Arm«troag are cele brated for Iboir poetry ; and doctor Smol lett had more fi-equently his pen than the- puhe of a patient in his hancL ROOT AND BRANCH. .Sarali, duchess of Alarlborotigh, was accustomed to make an annpal feast, to. which she invited all her i*elafion.s. At one of these family-inoetings she drank. their healtli, adding, “ IVhata glorioii‘- sight it is to see .such a iinniht-r of branch es iloui-ishiiig from one root f ’ bat ob-'-tn-- ApriL The most interesting intelligence they furnish, is contained in the extracts beloiv, relating to the successful progress of the Greeks. There was considerable apprehension in England that it 'ivtsnld be necessary to open the ports by the 5th of August, for the admission o f foreign grain.— Statesman,^ '-Paris papers contain nceounts of horri ble. massacres and excesses' which have takeir place in several cities of Spain.— The prisons at Madrid hail been broken open, and many persons detained for po litical offences, sacrifiesd. At Cordova, about -ten have been massacred, for the plot succeeded only in part. At. Valen cia, tlie ejcalis thi’cw numbers into prison. the Spanish proclamation, wliich we pub lished yesterday, from a Gibraltar paper. Lettei'.s fi-om Rio faneiro, state that Lord Cochrane had had a Seriotis diffe rence Avith the Brazilian government, and was about to return to England. Lady Cochrane is' arrived by the packet. The llccla and Fury, discovery ships, are rqpidly preparing itt Deptford for the Polar expedition. Every precaution seems to Imve been talmn, that comfort and higenility can dtwise to complete their success. They will proceed about the middle of May. Trksie,.March 2f}, 'Letters from Corfu of Afarclu give an important piece of umvs but which needs confirmation—-it is the .surrenderor Arta,by a particular conv<m- tiou, -to the Greek ^ n e r a l Bozzaris. It i-abdoiltliat tlr,; Albaniun troqps liad j'un cd with thp ihsihgpnis# ■^vhb irnmediately advanced to Joanina, which they hope likewi^e fo bring to a'CapitUlaliobi - When the Greelis are once masters o f these twq fprtrqtoftS! tney mayAiobsidpf thetoselvhs OS'finally established jn . ■ . . A M tef toom'Gtofs;' o f f “ The iiay kfonfe yes a J of horrent and ;'ryhp absolutel Royalists had resolved to & s|sinkte :the. GopsfitafiQh^hMi-.'aafi moW fon the 1 :te3^dufibff of-their plan, St. day.' 1 ; ;Eprtonatoly,toejr;snoo.#dedbn^ ; ''tVj'dfifos'c^y-peHshed*.'. Iffere Frt^ch gQverimfent there. had K 4 Oh embairgo on -affBglhshtotktotoahjetoeiM'; ‘ - \ \ Letters fi-om Missolonghi, bearing.date Il lh, l'8th,' and I9fii .Ee||i'pm-y,,,weti. ceived yestorday morniog. They state' the complete aj-i’angement o f the niilitary laboratory furnished by the Greek com mittee, which will be ' o f the gteatost ilia- portance -to the success-of tlie war.-.; T wo - spies had just arrived fx(>nvLepanto; 'tliey; stated that the AlbmiiaHt .hadsetoedl' l^^ citadel , and were determined to surrender; and set on firg h y the crerv, found that she could not escape capture-,; another was blown up af Lepauto on .the same day. 'These, iyith fhe • one lost at Ithaca, had greatly weakened .the Tuikish - naval force. - A polyglot- newspaper had been establfohed, called the Gvec/c Tele- grap'h, the prospectus of which'was to bcs -sent in a few days to England. •By letter^ from'Missolonghi, we learn that J faura Micheli, Bey of Maina, --and' cx-^president of the executive council, who had for some time been in apposition to the views«of some of the best ‘friefids o f ■ independence, has at length made a sacri fice of all his private interests, and accept ed the command in chief of the army o f Livadra. Several of the Albanian pfovln- ces-had declared war against. Tfirkey on th e ir ' own account. Letters from the same quarter to the 19th of February, say that all the prospects of the Greeks' are brightening. Lord Byron was taking an active anff' siiccessfiit part in their be half . -..y It was stated on Monday afteihoon in’ the city^ upon tlie authority of a^letter from Zante, fhatLorct Byroii was. d ^ g e r- ousiy .ill; that- a vein of the neck had been opened-; and that one of Ms Suliotes had shot the guard of L o rd Byron, on the refusal of the guard to admit the Holibto into the presence of Ms lordship. W e found, however, yesterday, that a letter had been received firom the particular friencl and companiqn of Lord Byron, which pnfo an-end to all fear as to the life of his LordsMp. On the 15th of Tebj-jia-’ ry, Lord Byron. \yas attacked by a ner- great excitement, which was really dan gerous while it lasted, but wliich. left no other effect than excessive, weakness.— The affair of the Suliotc occurred on the: 18th of February. It ivas a private qnax-. rel between Mm and on Englishman, in wMch toe latter was shot. Accounts from Naples, of the l&th.ult. state that steam-pkclvets would next month j begin to ply between 'Naples, Pa lermo, and .Marseilles^ That intended for Marseilles wil| perform the voyage in five days;-- Thcrothor-wlli;perforni its voyage to Palermo in twenty-four bQtpa^'T.^dbiceu Buttra is at the^ead of toe -undertaldng. J(ew~York, Afoy 27. The packet ship WDIiam Thompson, captain Croker, brought London papers to the 14th, and Liverpool, to the 16tha)f promised to contribute largely to a Frank The Greeks .—^Letters froin Missolonghi give the most favourable accounts of the progress o f the G reeks.' Newspaper^, in various languages, Were 6iriulated and read with avidity; and. Lord Byron had paper about to be commenced. T i e fol lowing is an extract of a letter to a mer chant in the city, from tlie Greek minister of state, George ConduriottisThe government, which has a full conviction of the virtuous and philanthropick charac ter of the British nation, looks towards it with every confidence, believing that it can have no interested views in the inde pendence of Gheece, but, on the contrary, look to the sympathy jtpd, protection of^ that nation, for the establishment of its freedom and the restbratwin of the Muses to their venerable and sacred temples;— while generations to come of gratefuf Greeks'will not cease to address their ho mage o f thankfulness. If for {V moment tv order prevails there , and that the f^dple that there is ppAraialptiflily^^ day ;pr.hyITperSons faaTTheen exe^ „ i'Gutefftoetc.: : .. At Itotehcja, toe cony .finue, 'jAhfopg to§ n ^ ^ h h i h f ^ who are arrested, is the |Harqb'isbf Alnis- dayar. Those hvo cifie?, «rge'js|y solicit ;|T |» ^ to b p p s . avlilage. S ced by ioyVff;Vtohptbtosv, ; It is certain' that huinerons 'Axedution^ fire going to' tokh lfiac^ are go ing to be laid on f Af hemjQiuent is The same- day the funeral obsequies, of, the ■delhbrated \^T^iffessa 'whose remaihs w ere removed, to tlie Jesuit’s- College of St.'Jndpre,. wqrc celebrated with great pomp*. 4 funeral oration was pronounced op toe deceased, who js considered as a martj’T. T h e common p e p ^ say, that - his body has remained in a''perfect state for .these three years, which they ascribe to a miracle, and consider him as a saint. Gen. Bourmont has accompanied his Ma jesty, “and all the T'l’cuch troops are to evacuate Madrid by the SDtln 'It is said that It is infendecl to make a trial .of the spirit o f the capital Syhen it is left to itshlt;; General Que^da who remains-at Mad rid with his troops, iseaid to h ^ ^ m a d e himself ahswerahle for the; jmeseirvation off tranquillity. ’ All persons even suspected of liberal senfimen.t| ha^^e been .ordered to renapve to the .cfistance o f fifteen leagues from. Aranj'uex. This measnrp appear ed to serve even under present circum-, stances, that some rririohstrances' ivere i ventured on y h a t instead-of tocir being, listened to, it is apprehended that those, -viio-ventured to make them will suffer for their rashness^ No Granger will .|be al.-;: I0r^fcd-to Mpjf at-Aifaiyuez: mbre- than 24; , jfc, -. — ' ' :b6nrs, without an c a r e s s permission of| the government.-^ T h e late execution of !' some robbers has hot deterred those, w h o '! follo.'w th e ,same prafesrion.' T h e Only three diligences in Spain were robbed on. their-last journey;- ' Considerable -quanti- ■ ties o f wool, lately sent from Segovia toi Catalonia, w.e.re .pillaged on the road.-— {i Many persons at Madrid were greatly i averse to the'King’s departure, HisAfajes- i ty’s absence, tlieysaid, has too often been: the rignal of 'great misfortunes. It is said! vous convulsive fit, the consequence, of the King will be absent at feast Six mphths,, ' 1 These circumstances explain the cause of disorders and dissention have troubled the progress of our revolulipto they can only be considered as a necessary consequence of the struggle in v/bicli ive have been en gaged. Little by little these dissentions have been dissipated, and soon they will exi^no longer,” From the British Pr^ss of April t9,th. The following Bayonne letter of the third o f April contains a dreadful descrip tion of the state of Spain. The wretched Spunim-ds, under toeir present rule, are “ supping ihll of bo rr ours murders and executions thicken, in all its cities. These are the blcssiiigs the arms of the Bourbons the 18th of hare brought with them within the Pyre- nee.s. B.ivo.\'XE, April 3. With the news from Madrid of the 29th, wo have a letter from Cordova of the 2Ist, which contains the following statement: Some troops were sent before to guard the road by which the Royal family was to travel. Fbfirs are entertained that when the French troops have left the capital dis orders will ensue. Thqre has been ^ re port of an intention io banish 7 or 8|,0G0 persons from Madrid ^ butthatM r. Argo- na, the superintendant of Police, oppo sed this rigorous measure, and represent- I ted to his Miqesty the danger of such’a i proscription. However, several persons ^ • have been exiled, especially Chiefs o f the . t Militia, Meiribers e f toe Municipality, &c. ; V All the FrencL,except the'AmMssa- doi^eave Madrid toe first-of Aqinil^ t a go . into cantonments at some leagues from the ’ capital. The Gardfes du*Coi-ps are going to occupy Cardova; no more ^rill remain? ^ at Aranju,ez than are absolutely neiTessary ; to the duty. The troops are dissatisfied |;| -with this removal, and the officers say, it £ | is enough to h e in Spain, without being banished unto toe villages- The execu tions have began ; two persons were’ hanged on the Sfith. On the same day numerous proceSsi(>ns paraded all the streets , of the capital. The soldiers of;!| the Faith, who ai-e recognized by the di- | j versity of their uniform's, have possession of the city* Quesada has received a as reward for his sendees, the Grand Cross of St. F e r dinand. - ’ ■ It is reported that additional French troops are going to enter 'Spain. A few days ago, a servant girl entered the shop of a courteous silk mercer, in a - fashionable town notquite a hundred miles from the banks o f the Chelt, apd asked for some pink rihand., The obliging mer cer, who does not himself dislike a joke, determined to banter the poor damsel, an<l placing some purple riband()nthe counter, facetiously asked her whether she could not “ fancy it was pink.” “ Oh yes,” re plied the arch Abigail, certainly, sir.; please to cut me off twelve yards of it.” The bowing shopkeeper obsequiously “ obeying her high bequest,” measured the required quantity, and with his;mos{ graceful bow presented it to Ids.customer, -vvho, after thanking him for his civility, thus played off one of the best retorts thi t Hve have heard of for a long time. “ To oblige you, sir, I fancied this purple riband was pink—to oblige me, pray fancy your self paid! and, bowing, left the shop.--- This Scene we pronounce inimitable I— Thus “ fancy docs q,!! colours show.”— Chittenhem Ch rnuide. h PROPERTY OF UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ORIGINAL MUTILATED
