Tl-ll TURKS AT A FIRI.

Iwas not long in Constantinople before I came in for what is of very frequent occurrence there, namely, ii tire. Indeed, I believe that, as a storm is said to be always going on in some parts of the sea, so ll contlagration, larger or sinalli-r, is always raging in some parts of the narrow wooden streets of Staiiiboiil.

The people have few public iiinusi-ineiits, and this is considered or c of the best, if I may judge by the deineunour ofthe crowds, whose singular hearing was to me more interesting than the spectacle Iwitnessed in common with them. At tirst I knew not what it ineiint. 1 had observed that vast multitudes were moving with what, for a Turk, is haste, towiirds the eouit of one ol their in -sques, and stationing tlii-nisi-Ives, as soon as they had l‘t‘ilClll'tl it, on the steps, baliisti-aides, and every spot \\lI(‘llcC it view was eoniinaiidcd.

Joining the coinpany, l ilisi:ovei-t-il the cause oi'tlieir asseiiilily, in a whole street from which clouds of sinoke were rising, and front tvhich it was «~vvi'_\' in-nneut ex- pected that the flames would burst. No- thing could c.\cecd the liiisiiii-.-as like ala- crity »«t tliose who Sl.lll_____'l.‘.l tivr xi place in the l)‘ll't)lll<‘.~‘_ or the lvlneid t'lt.i'I_\lll|‘lll til tlio.-re an-i hail attained one. In expecta- tion of the great event, piles of czirpi.-ts, pilows, and ciisliioiis had lit‘t’Il ulrc:id_v l)l'Ull-_{lll troin the iieiglilioitrin_r ll-bllSi.‘.~‘, and placed \\'lI\.'l't‘\'t'l' rooin could he liilllltl.

On tii.-.-.o coiiit'oi't;ilile st-iits the ltllllllllltl(‘ had t'.~llllll.~‘llt‘t.l thciii.-‘t'l\‘e.~'-llie men in one pziii, seilsitely suioking; tl.c \\'t'llll.'l‘l in nnotlier, now l.-z-king, nt.il now pla_\in'__r with their children. ln ii inoinont rel'resli-

iiieiits of all suits were proviilrd; sweet-‘

meats, C0lll'L‘Cll'lllltl'_/\', :i:r.l ~ln-i-bet, by a number of rival t)lll'\'t'}‘til.~', ulio adtanced with iinnlaiined iIliI('|'ll_\', amid the smoke and falling spars, plainly considering the scenc of dc.-atruction n s nt of “ lieiiirlit," got tip l"-ii‘ their especial be-liool', and unce- reiiioiiionsly elliowing to one side the police, who ru.-lied with pails of \\’.Ilt'l' on their heads, to the I‘t.'.~Clle ol‘ the hiiriiiiig lioii:~‘t:s.

In a feiviiiiiiutes more the tl.inu-s burst outwith a loud crash, iiioiiiitiiig high into the heavens, and tlinging an exciting and surable heat into the lace ol the. crowds, who, without ever ri-moving their pipes, (except to drink,) gazeil with silent but impassioned interest on a scene which, to them, was no more a matter of surprise than a street preacher would be in Edin- burgh, a “ Funziane” at Rome, or Punchi- nello at Naples. Among the calm crowd ofspectstors were the proprietors of the

burning houses, smoking like their neigh- ed

bars, and well assured that their loss had been determined by Allah long before the prophet was born.— De Vang’: Sketches.

I.VIPl.E.\lEN‘l'l or HUIBANDIY.—Th0 in vontor of improved implements not only renders labour more effective, and in- creases productivencss, but ho indirectly advances the intelligence, the social enjoy- lliont, an t o moral worth of a whole poop . VVo have long been of opinion that tho indivi mont in agriculture, about as elfectivoly as the preacher, tho educator, or any other, advsncos tho boot and tho highest interests of a nation. Our climate, though on tho wholo adosirablo one, is peculiar. We have short summers and long winters. It is so, at losst in the Northern and Eastern Ststss. Unlike what happens in Vt'estsrn Europe, most of our farm work is to be done in a short time. England, though some twolvs dogroos north of New England, has twice as long summers. Tho growth of crops is thoro slow and long-continued; horo it is rapid, and tho groivin season is soon ovor; consequently the iarm work, which thoro can be spread over nearly the wlrolo year, must horo be done in a few months.

Tn Jswisii Wirs.—The wife was “to grind the meal, to bake, to wash, to cook, to nurse her children, to make her hus- band's bot‘, and to work in wool.” Thoso rsgiilstiotis woro modiﬁed if she was weal- thy. "If she had brought with her oiio slsvo, sho was not required to grind tho " to tasks, or to wash; it‘ two sliivos,

from cooking and nurs-

dual who promotos improve-r

lIASZARD’S GAZE

quirod to make the bed, oi- work in wool: if four slaves (it is added) she might sit in her easy chair." Ilowi-ver, this iiidiil- gence was limited, and, under all circum- stances, the wile is expecteil at least, to work in wool. It", by it rush vow, ti liiis- hitnd had li)l's\V0t‘tl liiinsi-It‘ not to allow hi.-i wife to work, he was bound iniin--diati-ly to divorce her, in; it was tliouglit thiit idleness induced iiisuiiit_v.——IIisIur_i; of the Jewis/t .VaIioii, by I):-. '4/crs/iciiii.

SUICIDE.-—“ Siippose, Sir, rsriitl Bos- well to Dr. Jolin.-‘on, after liariiig put the ease of one who was accused oi’ forging a will, and who had sunk liiuisi-If into the Tliiintes before the trial of its authenticity came on,) that a iiinii is absolutely sure, that it he lives it tew d-i_\’s longer, he shall he detected in a l'i-auil, the consequence of ‘rwliieli will be iitierilis;_vi'ai:e mid expulsion from sot-iet_v.” Johnson replied, “'l‘lieiI, sir, let him go abroad to a distant country; let hint go to some place where he is not known; doii’t let llltli go to the devil, wliere he is known.”

Books IN 'l'i;nii'i~:i‘.—.\li-. Schautlle who has long laboured liIl' the Jews, has now ' turned his attention to tho 'l'in-ks. He will

prepare books and tracts in the Arabic

t‘lllll'il(‘lt’l'. 'l'liei'c are two colpoiteurs now t-iigiigi-il in selling liooks in this cliaraeter t ;\lo.-leiii-'. ()iie ol these has sold in It jinonth .~‘('\'t‘lll_\' copies oi‘ the Seripturi-s and New 'l'i-.~'taineiit in .'\l‘:llilC. lle lately sold llIl'L‘t' copii-.~i ol' the New 'l'e.~'tatiii'nt in the Com‘! of SI. Sopliia. Shall not the “ \\'oid of Lifts” _\'l'l. l't‘-|'lIlt‘l‘llHIl wonilci'- tiul inoituiiit-nt of tll'L'lIll(‘Cllll‘.tl skill.’ l A coiisidi-rublc part of .lc\velt's “ Cliris- tian \'i.<itor" has been translate-il into Ar- iiieno—'l‘tirki.-li, by the labourers conncctei with the Churcli Missionary Society. at Sinyriin; also, that valuable tract, "The »‘ltlllt.'l',s l*'ricnil.” 'l‘|ie tifili part of Veiin’s “ (‘oinpli-te duty of Man,” nami-ly, “ On "l*'aitli." has been printed at the same plttce, in Modern Greek. The iiiissioii=iry book- jshop and colportage have been the ineans H-l' circulating the \\'ord of God, and Chris- ltian books and tracts, in various languages, ,to the amount of—-l'lol_v Scriptures, either {whole or in part, 675; religious tracts, and books ofa larger size, 3347. This bookshop is a very useful addition to the rnissioiinry estublisliment, as also the col- portage, which, during the year has been carried on by one of the native Protestants. The books and tracts thus circulated amongst the people of a great and populous town and neighbourhood, may be consider- as so many messengers of peace pro- claiming the truth where the living voice does not reach.

As Isirrucricnu OLD LAhY.—"It is stated," says the Union, "that Baron Jamos do Rothschild is at present much in the same predicament as Frederick the Great of Prussia was, when ho could not get a miller, whose tenoinont stood in the way of an improvement the King was ma- king st Sans-Souci, to give up his property for love or monoy. The Baron, it seems, has set his heart upon a piece of land belong- ing to an old lady, a neighbour of his at lioulogno-sur-Seine, and which is most inconvonioatly wed ed in between his own domains. The lan is hardly worth 60,000 francs, and yet the Baron liiis successively offered from , francs to l.000,000 rancs for it without success. The old lady, not content with this, has brought an action against him to prevent his breaking up a road which he has bought from tho communo, and which cuts his private park in two. She insists upon its being proscr- vod, ass necessary communication with her own property."

Aosn SAvss.—Baron Humboldt attained his eighty-seventh birthday on Sunday week, which he passed in strict retirement. It will be ratifying to the many admirers of this “ ostor of Science” in En land to boar, that though he finds it expedient to withdraw somewhat from the more noisy exhibitions of society, he remains intellec- tually fresh and vigorous in the enjoyment of his honoured groon old ago.

Dr. Tsit. tho proxiruiito bisho of London, dean of Uurlislo, is the first Scots man who has

.57. i rag or aidiiniidiiir thros, she was not rs-

rosohod thsnpipiscopsl bsnoh sinco tho death of tlggslsbrs Gilhstt Biitnst, Bishop of Salis-

'l"I‘E, NOVEMBER 5.

Hoiiiiisu INciosrir.—Six children were

Mr. Dawson, in \Vest Union, Virginia, on the ‘.‘5th ult. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dawson narrowly escaped with their lives, having been awakened barely in time to avoid the fate oftlicir little ones. r. Dawson seiz- ed one of the smaller children, and made his way to the door, wllclli l“v‘C"'"”‘g "‘"" Iused, be rushed back into the liotl-Ui ‘W5 mined by the smoke, lo.-t the Clt|'l(l,.illl_(l was himself‘ so badly burned that his lite is despairi-d of——so that Mrs. J). is _perh.ips the only survivor of this truly terrible ca- lainitv. One incident in this cruel tlrillllil was -almost awful in cliaracter. \Ve are told that during the progiess of the lltllm‘-S the upper lloor gave way, and ii bed, on which were two or three giirrsﬂllf‘.

tliroii,-,;li to the lower lloor, Ill plain view‘ the hysiniidci-.~x. Appalliiig sprctzurlvl “"3 \\'i'etclied children were still alive, but. \\'ei_'e i-ngirt by the licry eleinent und writliing in the agonics of de.itli.—Ric/iuiimd 1IlqIlt)‘('I"

Sr. L.i\vni:.\'ci: Nivii:irio.\'.——-'l‘he (,‘.oin-

l!llll.~‘SltillL‘l'S t'l..I)lllilllJ \\'orl<.< at’ lioinc llit'\'(' ji'epri~tt~tl in l:i'.'oi', Sil}s the i5illI)]}lIl;_:"(lll' ,:rIIi-, oftlie ndvi.<:ib:lit_y ol i-i'ei~tiog it light» lliousc on the Bird I{.|l(.'l\.‘l, near the .\l:igdai- 'leii l.~’l:Illtl:l. 'l'lio t'|'t‘('lltlll of u li,.‘lIl “II llllt‘~t' rocks has long; been l'eiptii'etl. 'l‘h~ isiinatioii ot the liird ll-~i-k.<, in t't|ll|ll‘l'll<H‘- with the other poiiits wlit-to lights are in‘;- ,liibitiil in the ti-ill", adiniitibly adapts lllt'lll ‘as ;r _\‘|]|;_Vl(,‘ point for the iiiariiii-1'. 'l‘liert- is ‘it new ll;lilliiill.~t' en cling on Cape llc-xx-4'. j.\iioilii-r ougltt to be built on Point ._-\g_1nillx_', ‘on the coast of xC\\li|lllltllillltl, lit‘l"l(‘ this part t=l' the (."Hl>'l can be l'4't_Till'(lt'tl ::.< ..<ulii— i-ii,-iitl_v protected. \\'ith lllt‘:~'('. new ltvli: =. 1]“; “,,\i:__r;iiioii of the St. lli't\\'l't'll*‘.t" ti.~;.i ICape Hay to l‘Ullll‘(lL' .‘vlivlIl.~‘, woiili. ii .i g|'(\"[ "I.-us“;-0 he need troin those ‘ll.~l{'-‘ iilii(:'.i at present inipi-ril that active (‘ttll_'|il- [inn by \\‘;|)' (if Ilii,‘ licsidcs, IIS lllt? ,\lnntii-al lionrd of 'l'r:idi-, well Ul).~‘l'l‘v't', ‘every Liglitlioiise aitd every iiiiprovriiii-iit oftlie coast has a direct tendeiicy to lessen the cost of insurance and to facilitiite and clieupcn the cost ol'tran.-port.

Er.r:c1*iossr.iiiNi:.-—\Ve have lately heard of a little sharp practice that linpperieil in Maine at the late election, which is literally true. One oftlie " nnterriﬁed" Democra- cy in a certain town had $l5tl0 sent him for electioneering purposes, previous to _the State election, with instructions to use it to the best advantage.

Ho accordingly spent $l000 of it in tak- ing up a mortgage on his farm, rode round town ono day and called that $10, rind pocketed the balance, probably to use at the Presidential election. \Vho will say that he did not use it to the best advantage? —Boslon Journal.

Accinsic-r on ri-is Riii.itoAn.—Wo read in tho VVostmorland Times that on Thurs- day last an inquest was held before Jacob Wortriian, Esq., Coroner, and s Jury, view of the body of Hannah Taylor, who was killed under the following circumstan- ccs:—0n Wednesday evening, dccsascd in conipsny with a youn man, (an acquaint- anco,) loll one oftho shantios immodiiitoly abovo Harris’ mill stream, for the purpose of visiting some of their friends who lived a short distance below, and while crossing by the bridge one of tho Railway cars (called it Lorrio) was being driven by some of tho workmen, and earns down so rapidly that Miss Taylor was knocked down, snd_tho wheel passing over her head she was killed on the spot; the youn man was knocked oil’ the bridge, a hoig t of about I5 feet, and severely injured, but hopes are outcr- tainod of his recovery.

In justice to all parties we are bound to say, that no blamo whatovor can be attach- ed to an orio connected with the works. The occurrence was purly accidental, and the jury thorsforo rsturuod a vordict ac- cordingly.

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WuirrisLo’s Psssoniuo.—Whitﬁold preached in thirty-livo yosrs oightoon thou- sand sermons. Ho once put himself on what he called short allowance, numoly, three sermons on the Sabbath, and one on ovory wosk day.

i there 3 VVliat should we do to distinguish a colony

=ox 1.N‘niitlis all livin«__v_ in the same to\\'n, with

lﬁniitli, &c.

;' ---.<a.:; _l’li'lipll.ii\e_\ oi'i ind viii

CHINISI Soiiiuniss.—'I‘ho weather with

c,,,,_.,,,,,,e,j in the ﬂumeg or the residence of which we had started had changed into .

pouring rain, which did not disconcert us much, as we had determined to go and call on a friend of mine, who lived about six miles oil‘, mid spend a day with him. His name was U, and in his village there was no second surname. In the place itself there were but a thousand littlllllcs of this

flltllllt‘, Init in the iininedintc iicigliboi-liood {three thousand more; while at it ilace half

ti day's journey l'r<-iii Ningpo, called Si-ii, were. about llve tliousand more

of Browns, or Joni-ses, or Sinitlis_ oftliig tent? Only tlitiik of twenty thousand

hardly nnotlier suriniine among them. I found this siiigtil.-ir cii'euin.~tance at another

' place besides Si-ti, wlicre twcntv tliousand ‘per.-‘oiis if the name of Dziiig I'C_<id()d_

'l'lie \'ill‘ltillH branches ofthc fainily are dis. tinguislii-il by some patrenyinie, which gives at once the p:irt of the chin to which they bel-~nr_v. Jrst as if the t'atlii-r of guy. naine .\‘uiith, Sllntlltl have i-lmsi-ii \\'el|esley then all his (‘llll(ll‘t‘tl wotild be \\'ellesleys— (leorgc \\'i-lli-.-‘le_v .\'initli, Jolin \Vr-llesley .-\iiothi~r would ll" llitrvi-v; and so there would be .ltllllt.'s' l l.irvi~_i Slllllill, .\'.'nnes in (‘hina lit-in;_' illiiiiitnhle in nuinbi-r, as :1 rule no two llitHit'.-‘ of any (Iliiiiaincii being

rillllit‘, the distinction is are still titt't'(! ea~ily

niade than lllt'_\' uonld he in l‘:ll;_!lillltl. 'l'hr'ri- are prob'il:l_v at l('-'l.'~‘l it lllllltll't'tl iiiil- lion ilitl't-rriit llllltli".~‘ in China, nhilc the .-:nt'iinnie~' ainount to but at lIlllltll't'tl. The head iiieinb’vr oi llll‘l-ll1tll_\' we \i~‘ited was not at hoine, but his tno sons rt-adil_v did

the honours of the In ll.~'t‘t in their llllllL‘l"S ::!>»-(‘iii-i-. l I‘ \'.':i~‘ _'_‘_\.'i1t‘ to the lit iI_:liliot‘iiig <<it_v of \'_\‘ii:':l.:ii to roll upon the 4‘ltt‘—lIl‘l'll, or (‘lll!‘lilllll;_;i_.t|-,1“-y who \-.'a.-: an old :~’t.‘lIt'IIl- ::i:ite. 'l'lii- i~.iiitii;:iiiiiri- ol the ruin contin- ed us nithin, and we had :1 .~ll(.'tT(‘.~.~‘i<rll of

vi~itor.-', who came llllltl vnii-vu.-' putts of the village to see us. I\\'tI.~ pviitty well known there; for in the spi ing U it-li-liwoiig sin song, or“ 1' virtue liright .\lr."—.-o do ltlio (‘liiiii-so and we ileli;_-ht in (‘Ultll'ilIlt‘S-- fliad taken lItt' all over the place, to .\llii\V ‘me, as the tiist speeiincii of the kind who illﬂtl paid them a visit, to all the iiilialniiants. —From . 'arrnIii'c of a Tour in C/iina, by

Rev. R 11. Cobbold.

Tits UTILITY or Fn Mi-:A'r.-—\’\’lien fat meat is judiciously used, it is said on big authority to be among the best kinds of food which can be used. It is economical, and it is healthful, especially in cold wea- ther, as it furnishes fuel for lhe system. It is said that those who use fat meat are rarely consumptive. Perhaps the use of cod-liver oil, by consumptive persons, may be explained on a similar principle.

The Sydney, C. 3-. News of Saturday lsst ssrs that the telegraph is now com leted from St. John, N. ., to Port ood, C. .. an that the line from the latter place was expected to he in working order on Monday, which will bring Nowluniidlund into tslogrsgli communication wit tho other Provinces, and tho United States.

“ Until the last ten days the resent autumn hll boon one of unprecedented mililnoss, and up to tilt present limo thr-ro has not boon any frost to spelk of, although on sums of tho hills in this county tlioro h.vo been several falls of snow. We ll!" boon inforrnod that Dr. Creed, of Pugwsllb gathered rips strawberries in his garden about tho ssmo dsto we observed a snowball bush ls Mr. Prirnror-o's garden, in this place, in bl_ooiI for ilio socoiid tims sinco last spring .—PId0¥ cursor.

Subscriptions in NM York, for On Hsadrsd Csanoris for Sordiain.-—'I‘hs lislisiis in Now York, as wall as tlioss who sympsibiso for Sat- diiiis. in her pressnt struggle against Assins. have opened a voluntary subscription to contrihnls iowsrds defrsying the expenses of one handrail cannons ; to be presented to tho Ssrdiriisn people for arming the new fortress on the point of eros- iion st Alexandria, in Piedmont.

1-‘ass Srsscri iii Vncniu.-Anoilisr also list just occurred, which shows that ovon wliiis men are Slaves at tho South. Tlis Rev. Charles Howard Malcolm, liss boon disnirnlssod from the psrtorsl oﬂico of tho Baptist Church. in Whsol- ing, Vs., upon a written chsrgo brought scllnll him, "in conssqiisaoo of comic rsinsrks is your report to tho Board loading to tho belief that you inisnd to tosoli abolition ssriiiinsrits in oonssctton with tho pasiimis orssld Church,” and for re- t‘iisliig“to proisiots tbs coins of Christ in har- mony with Soiitliorii iatitiitioss."