Excsssivs Es1'iivo.—In a letter to Lord Murray, found in the Life of Sydney Smith lately published, the latter says :—“ You are, I hear, attending more to diet than heretofore. If you wislt any thing like hap iness in the ﬁfth act of life, eat and drinllt about half what you could eat and drink. Did I ever tell you my calculation about eating and drinking? Having as- certained the weight that I-could live upon so as to preserve health and strength, and what I did live upon, I found that between ten and seventy years of age I had eaten and drunk forty-four one-horse-wagon loads of meat and drink more tliart would have preserved me in life and health ! The value ofthis mass of nourishtnent is con- sidered to be worth $35,000. This is a frightful calculation, but irresistibly true ; and I think, dear Murray, your wagons would require an additional horse each."

Fscrs \Vott‘rn No1'i.\'o.—-—Tlie whole number oflnnguages spnkeii in the \Vorld amounts to 252.3 ; nume|y,C-S7 in Europe, 396in Asia, 276 in Africa, and 15104 in America. The inhabitants of the globe profess more than I000 different religions. The average life, of men is about 83 years. Orie-quarter die previous to the age of 7 years, and one-hall‘ before reaching 17. Ofevery I000 persons I rcaclies 100 years

_of life, of every 100 only ti reach the age

of65, and not more than I in 500 lives to 80 years ol'ii,t_ve. There are on the earth l,tl00,00 1,000 inhabitants. Of these 33, 383,534” die every year,9l,8:.‘.l every day, and 6.) every tnintite—or I every second. '.I‘liese losses are about balanced by an equal number of births. The married are longer lived than the single ; and above all, those who observe a sober, industrious con- dttct. 'I‘aill men live longer than short ones. \\'oinen have more chances of life in their favour previous to being 50 years of age than men have, but fewer afterward. The number of niarriziges is in the propor- tion ol'75to every 1000 individuals. Those bolt) in spring are generally more robust than otliers. Births and deaths are more

frequent by night, than by day.

DIMENSIONS or ‘rm-2 Ani:ruc.iN LAKES. —Tho latest ineasnremcnts of our fresh water seas are as follows :

The greatest length of Lake Superior is 335 miles ; the greatest breadth is 160 miles ; mean depth 9:58 feet ; elevation 627 feet ; urea 32,000 square miles.

The greatest length of Lake Michigan is 360 miles : its greatest breadth I08 miles ; mean depth 900 feet ; elevation 687 feet ; area 23 000 square miles.

The greatest length of Lake Huron is 200 miles ; its greatest breadth is I60 miles ; mean depth 800 feet ; elevation 574 feet ; arca 20,000 square miles.

The greatest length of Lake Eric is 250 miles ; its greatest breadth is 80 miles ; its tnean depth 200 feet ; elevation 555 feet ; area 6000 square miles.

The greatest length of Lake Ontario is I80 miles ; its greatest breadth is 65 miles: its mean depth is 500 feet ; elevation 262 feet ; area 6000 square miles.

The total length of all five is 1584 miles, covering an area altogether of upwards of 90,000 square miles.

Cvcumaan, (citcrmrt's.)—-The cucumber

'is a cold, watery, and iiidigestible fruit, yet

more universally liked, probably, than any arden esculent in common use. On ana- ysis, it has been found to contain in 600 parts not less than 582,80 of water-—the re- maining 17,20 consisting of thirteen different in redients, in various proportions, the principal of which are a fungous substance, nearly resembling the substance of the mushroom, and a saccharine matter which communicates to the fruit its peculiar fla- vour. To fruit well, the plant requires rather a warm, light soil, and it is not ne- cessary, that it should be very rich. It s reads rapidly, taking root as it runs, so t at thin planting is the best.

Gretna-Green will be destroyed by Lord Brougham’s new bill, which directs resi- dence of three weeks in Scotland, before marriages, and divorces in Scotland will be lsga ized in Englan .

lIASZAttll'S GAZl‘I'l'l‘l:.', JIiJN'Ei 7.

Musnztt or A Psctu.—A letter from Erzeroum says:—Feii-iullah Pacha, Veely of Sivas, at one time alluche of the Ottoman embassay in London, has been barbarously murdered in his palace, by four of his Georgian slaves. In conse- quence of ill-usage experienced at the hands of their master, they vowed ven- geance, and, having put him to death one ni ht in his sleep, went straight to his chtuga (secretary), confessed the deed, and surrendered themselves prisoners. be murdered pacha had his peculiarities, but he was not it bad miui at bottom.

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One of the examiners ofthe Statistical Society of London canie toa house in Mnrylebone, in which there was one re- markable roorn. It was occupied, not by one family, but by ﬁve. A separate fami- ly ate, dranlt, and slept in each of the four corners of this room ; a fiftlt occupi- ed its centre. ‘How can you exist .7‘ said the visitor to a poor woman, whom he found in the room (the other inmates being absent on their several nvocutions) —‘ how can you possibly exist ?’ ‘OI iiideed,your honour,’ she replied,‘ we did very well, until the gentleman in the middle took in a ledger ! ’-— Dr South- wood Smith.

Honttin Stcii1*.—The London corres-

pondent of the Tore-nlo Globe, gives an episode of the war which we have not encountered elsewhere. According to the latest news from the Critnea, the Russian oflicers are delighted at the termination of the war. They have suffered enormously during the siege. Their boats crowded with men, wliilo crossing from the north side, were frequently stink. An English diver discovered at the bottom of the har- bor, a battery of ﬁeld artillery, horses and men, all entangled in the liar-ness, their skeletons hanging together in the net work of leather. On the skeleton of one of the horses, there were the bones of a driver, held togetlier by the rags of his uniforni, and with his foot still in the stirrup. Such are soitte of the horrors of war.

Pitesianviivo Barren. The farmers inthe parish of Udny, in the county of Aberdeen, Scotland, practise the follow- ing method of curing their bntter, which gives it a great superiority over that of their neighbours :—Take two quarts of the best common salt, one ounce of sugar, and one of saltpetrc ; take one ounce of this composition for one pound of but- ter; work it well into the mass, and close it up for use. The buttercured with this mixture appears of a rich and mnrroivy consistence and ﬁne colour, and never acquires a brittle hardness nor tastes salty. Dr. Anderson says : “ I ltave ate butter cured with the above com- position, that has been kept for three years, and it was as sweet as at first." But it must be noted that butter thus cured requires to stand three weeks or a month, before it is used. If it is sooner opened,tlie salts are not suﬂiciently blen- ded with it, and sometimes the coolness of the nitre will be perceived, which to- tally disappears nfterwurds. The above is worthy the attention of every dairy- woman.

Foon rott Mn.cii Cows.—A farmer who has experimented for the lust ﬁve years in this matter, after trying nearly all kinds of food, says, that his cows give more milk and make more butter, from corn meal, wet, with cut straw, than from any other ad, by from one-third to one-half. It will not do to feed bay or stalks at the same time; it fattens the cows too much. Try four quarts of meal and one bushel ofsti-aw per day ; that is, two quarts morning and night; the straw at noon; they will gain in flash at that. Stabling is indispensable while feeding on this In.

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An exchange paper quotes from Paul’s writings, “Owe no man any thing,-” and then adds .-—" We fear some of our sub-

scribers never read Paul's Epistle’s.”

“unsectarisn Christian spirit whic

American Books In England.

The following letter is from the Itnv. 'I‘iioasAs Tusaotv, an able and pious minister in London. the author of many valuable theological and other works; and a person who has distinguished himself as the originator of of various benevolent movements in that great city. It breathes a spirit of peace and good-iv ill toward America, creditable alike to the head and heart of the writer. To sncli sentiments we heartily respond, and hope the peace and inter- course now existing between England and America may lo g be preserved inviolab|e.—l'.‘d. Juericurr Courier.

" Lonnoiv (Brre.), March 22. " Mn. Rouirr Scans '

" My Dear Sir: I am constrained by it sense of obligation. to testify to you on the part of myself, my sons, and my daughters, the inexpressible grati- ﬁcation that we feel in tlui possession of the sixteen voluirics of your beautiful works which new adorn my library with their elegant bindings. I look at them with astonishiiictit, as I reflect on their having been the production of one iiidividutil ; cuinprolicnd- ing, as they do, so large a variety of the llttlsl ini- portitiit subjects, and compiled, us their valuable contents show, from n vast number of the best publi- cations, and by a gentleman otherwise engaged in an extensive business! Having been lionored “III! the commission to offer a set. of tlieitt to Victoria, queen of Great Britain--and wliicli she hits graciously ac- cepted--I unitiinetl these volumes more piirticularl '; and I feel ndniirntion of their excvlleiit itiid usefiil Illrilftllllllult, their pure rind Cltrisii.-ri tnorulity, itnd their truly aeripturiil tlteology. I may most Justl apply to you, wh:tt it ri.-vi-rettd doctor of Ainerics oitee said to trio, after exnniiiiiitioii of hty rather tin- nterous publieittions—-‘ I are not observed .1 line of III

when you come to dis.’ high eoitipliinent front such It jtnlg".

“ By your publieittitnts, you hive tiindn all t:‘.t\’§(3S through the ivho‘e coniniunity in tlto United States, very greittl your debtors. This they are in some

rod iiii-nsiiro acknowledging, as I perceive. hy the large itnd increasing demand for your viilu:tlile wotlts; but the Inuit who plucetl itt their h.iiitl.a illnsfrnlurl pictorial volumes, relating to such it tnvitty of that \\'lli(‘lt is iiorulrrful in ‘ nature, on, lllitl iniod ;‘ so ttiiteli that is instructive lll liioginplty and history; and what is most divinely consoling in religioii und the urav: s of t-'od—in forms well iul.ipI~-.t to pro-

e peculiar condition nftlm ttiilliomi so \\idt-ly scattered, as the people tIf_\t)ll|’ vnstly-exteittlinl Uni- on, ctiinot easily be |’tlII.llllPt'ltltl(I for the l’t3t]tl'r~llt! expenditure of inertial mid physio-il lrilmr, with t 0 large amount of property employed in producing these, works.

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" It is nittur.-il for you to wish my judgntcnt—ns« that of an Englishman, more particnl:ivl_i‘—-upon your ‘ Description of Great ritain and Ireland.‘ Ile- gurding this work especially, as I ant acquainted with tiiost parts of this country, I beg to assure you that it does very great credit to your talents, research, and industry ; the information, I perceive, is derived from the best sources, and the pictorial representa- tions are good—mnny of them equal to those of the same kind published in England. You have done wisely by giving so extended an account of London, our wonderful metropolis: for, though l’.dinbu_rgli and Dublin are truly splendid cities, as the ancient capitals of the kingdoms of efeotlatid and Ireland ; and while Birmingham, Bristol.-Leeds, Shcllield, Manchester, Liverpool, and (ilnsgow. are really magniﬁcent ns provincial boroughs, great ninnul'ac- luring centres and cmporiums of trade-—l.ondon, with its sister-cit of Westniinister, is the sent and source of the inte ligence, commerce, wealth, legisln. tion and government of the vast British Empire. The

nobility are grand. Ntrlanguage or pictorial des. cription on, however. adequately represent our mighty metropolis to a stranger ; yourself, on a per- sonal survey, will be like the queen of Sheba in her visit to King Solomon and Jcrusa In

"One words as to the spirit of your writings. I

admire exceedingly the benevolence, liberality, and.

enlarged hilantbrupy, which they all breathe ; in- dicating t e author to be in the best sense ' A cut. can or -nu: woaui.’ Icordiall delight. in the pervades than that are religious : this ls worthy your profession as the follower of the world's Redeemer: and as to your work on ' Great Britain and Ireland.‘ I tender you my warmest thanks for the noble sentiments it

sp cannot look upon the Ainericnnvi, but as our own brethren. As an Englisltman, I feel the full force of the signiﬁcant expression uttered by some of our profound worldly peliticlanl-‘ Buo- LAIID Ann Aasauica agalntfani. ‘rill WGILB ! but as a minister ofthe blessed PIINCI or Place,‘ the Redeemer of all nations, I would rather say

what, in my judgment, your work is happily design,

I your tvritiitgs, tvhn-.h you may with to blot oitt: A I coir-idered tli.it it \'ery '

more the aditicatinn of all Clllisﬂﬁ, esp:-chilly lllilut in ,

palaces of the sovereign and the mansions of the (3

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British chliuimo I‘v,:tilnd°3Ii'vlihlll§"::b:hrii|; - Enansxn _urn _AIIlICAf0r am. ‘I'll! won“): Nlny we continue increasingly to co-operate b mg Bible, Missions, and Commerce, in p,,,,,,°,i,'_ , . telligence, liberty, and ha piness of ever cit I'll"- . “ I am convinced, that the two countrieys iireileoeply interested tn’tbo prosperity of each other. r o- ple are one in blood, one in language one in scianu and art. and one in religion. Oursrilves mutually both must prosper, nniIe:s‘i:ri‘tiTll?I:e-rdirley :i:.li"io.i,:n'f Ind. increasing in population, by our moral inﬂuanacr . our intelligence, religion, liberty and common-.e—g.t'| improved and perfectcd—we may be the means of reynovttig the ten thousand evils of despotism, super. stition. and false religion. which aﬂlict the great na- tions _of Lurope, Asia, Africa, and many parts of Am9_"¢l|. and of regenerating the world, under [ha gracious providence of God.

‘ wl’l'l''S W" W090“ in your various noble be- "GVOIIIIII. and Christian enterprises and that . our life and health may long be p,-“e,.,,’ed ,0 enjo 7"].

nits of your labors on earth. I rernhin yourys in Christian esteem. ' ' “ 'l‘llO.\lAS 'l‘I.\ISON."

G. W. MILLER, Agent. I‘. E. I.

MAILS. ' Summer Arrangement. ’1‘III'I MAILS for the it:-iylilvtiurii-g l'rovinces,i\'.c. will, until further notice, ho nuulo up and for-’ wurdcd its follows :—- l"or New llrunswick, Cnituda and the United

Flutes, ria Sniiitncrride and Slit-dinc. every Monday

Illltl 'l‘liursilu_v morning. at nine o‘cleck,nnd direct to

‘>lterli.tc, liy the Steniiier " l.:itly Le Marchttnt "

ever," hnd: afternoon, -it one o'clock. ’

For Nova bfcotizi, by the b'te:ttm.-r “ Lady [,9 MN». clrint,” every Ttiestlny afternoon, at two o'clock,

and every 'l'liuisrl:ty itiorning, at ten or: ,

For Nenfouiidluitd, every Tuesday afternoon, at

two 0'0 0 .

5 For I-‘.ti,-glaintl and Bermuda, to include the cones. ptHI(I\'|‘.(‘t‘ for the West ‘as, every ulternntc Tues- uy afternoon nt two o'clock, t'i7.:—

Tuesdny, the 3rd and 17th June, The Isl, I."itlt and 29th July, The l2tli und 26th August, 'l'lie Stilt mid 23rd September, The 7th and ‘list October,

,5 The «tilt and 15th Noveriilier.

Letters to lie registered and N¢,vgp;,p,gf_q mu" ho

sled li;ill'.in hour before tiio time of cloning.

TIl().\lA:5 OWEN.

i Posttitrtstur General.

. General l‘ost omco. May 2-Itlt, I856.

? N. II The >'tc:i:tier “ I.nily Ln )l:irch:int" will

5 leave -Sl.edi.tc every 'I‘|lL‘.~‘tIé|y morning at six o'clock,

and PICIIHI every \Veilne-day am] Friday morning at

eight o'clock, and will leave Cluirlottetowti for b'liudi;ic every t-‘ridity at two o'clock.

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SI-IINGLES AND BOARDS! A'l'lil.Y RI-.'Cl".lVED it few Curgoes of Pine and Spruce Boards and Shingles, warranted of the i-nine prime description as sold to customers last

' r. )0“ JAMES N. HARRIS. Juno 4, I856.-3w Isl. 6; Ad.

New Spring Goods !! -—A'l‘ Tl-ll-— “Manchester House,” Queen St., Per “ .Mujutt'c," from Liverpool.

0\V opening. and will be ready for inspection in a day or two, a large and carefully selected

supply o . . _ British lterchandize, including every variety of D Goods, suitable for the season, utid in the newest style of Fashion; Among which are the following:—

Straw, Tuscan, Chi ,Maailla, I"uncy, Crupe,

n ‘ cc silk Iloiviu:-rs. Girls‘ Iluttisto, and Girls‘ and Boys’ ltianoivs, PARAIOIJ, Silk MANTLI Muslin and Embroidered Dﬂlllll. Black and Coloured BALZABINII. Mauseline

DI Lamas,

Anrsccss, CAI!-llllll. Fancy Pitiiv-rs. White and coloured Coutille STAYI, Collars, llaliit Shirts and Sleeves. Infant Cashmere lioons, and Muslin Tucked

Straw Ilars s.

Rolls

Laces and Edgings, CVITAIK Musnix and anion

Damask Moreeas, Marseilles Toilet Quilts sad

overs. White shitting, I"rench I-‘routs, White and Grey Sitttrrnrcs and Stun-inns, White Feats, Children's Dresses, Table Linen and Towellis , Ito. dtc

With a large and choice assortment of other Goods, all of which will be found worthy of the attention of customers, and will he oﬂhred at prices iixtrernry hvr. ' _ h I “d

art or on rtations oary ex gill-ones BC‘bt'€'FI'l’0D Lon on. P” P’ SAMUEL MclIUllRAY.

May 18, I850. ueen Street.

For Sale or to Lease. SEVERAL valuable Buildin Lots well adapted -for business-«tends situate ii " Stan-roan," Township No. 48, at the Ferry. Ai.so,—Build'tag and Water Lots in Charlotte- town. snd a desirable sit for a Ship Yard. for plan and psvtiou ars, apply to the owner Muoa Baa-rs, or to the and . JOHN BALL.