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Assrauis Ruseeacnas sun Discoveri- rue.-—From an account of Assyrian re- searches and discoveries in the last Annual Report ofthe Royal Asiiitic Society, made by Colonel.Rawlinson, we learn, that the most recent, as well as the most important discovery, in an historical and geographical point of view, is that of another obelisk, in the south-cast corner of the great mound of Nimrod, and erected by Shamasphul, the son of Shalambara, or Shaliimchnra, who raised the similar and well-known obelisk in the British Museum. The date of the obelisk is about the beginning of-the eighth century B. C. The Colonel states that he has been down the river to Bassorah, whence he has shipped off several cases to the British Museum and Crystal nlace, by the Acbar steam-frigate. which was sent up from Bombay for that purpose. The chro- nology of Assyria has received a valuable accession by the discovery of ii record of one of the early kings, whose name is read Tig'luth-Pileser, like that of the later king of Ass ria known to the Hebrews. Tig- lath-Pi eser I. is shown to have flourished 418 years before the reign of Sennacherib. From letters more recently received, we learn that Colonel Rawlinson has read the name of Semiramis on a statue of the god Nebo, du up from the ruins of the palace of Nimrod. Semiramis appears, in a legend upon the statue, to have been really the wife of Pul, King.of Assyriu, the suing ' is mentioned in the Book of Kings; ’,_ -- contemporary of Menahem, King of Isi"| . This would place Semiramis [50 years before Ncbitchadnezzar, which will curi- ously confirm the tradition recorded by Herodotus-—that this queen preced Nitocris, the wife of Ncbuchadnezzrir, by five generations, equal to 150 years. further vei;y ciiriou discovery, mhde by Colonel Rawlinson, is that the employment of the Babylonian cuneiform writing was continued down at least so low as the time of the Macedonian dominion in Asia, the commencement of the third century before

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Ixrnaonniuartv success or uisstoiunr orirnrrioas IN new zmtuiuo.

The triumphs ofthe gospel in New Zea- land are among the most remarkable of modern times. l‘he following extract from one of our London papers, contains a cor- rect and very interesting narrative of the progress ofthe mission: .

By the abounding grace and compassion of our God, the people of New Zealand have been almost entirely converted to Christianity. Oftho entire population, the late Governor estimates that there may not be more than a thousand professcdly heathen natives remaining. From being one of the most ferocious, warlike, and revengeful of the heathen tribes, they have been changed into a quiet, industrious, friendly, and even devout people.

The useful arts of lifc‘—agricu|ture and commerce—have mudo considerable pro- gress among them; and property, once valued by the measure of II. few hatchets, has become as well understood, and as capable ofready conversion, as in many countries, whose civilization dates from a remote period.

And these marvellous changes in the character and condition of this nation have been wrought within the period ofa single generation. The first convert to Cliristinn- ity was baptized in the year I825. The translation of the Holy Scriptures was commenced in ISQS. A rinting-press and water-mill were introduced in I830. These changes have been accomplished by agen- cies employed by England, under the guiding hand of its heavenly Father; and “ fi foremost” among those agencies, accord‘ to the testimony of the late Go- vernorliifthe Island, and of Bishop Selwyn, is that of the Church Missionary Society.

As a further result of this mighty work, the islands of New Zeulund, which n% foreigner could once approach in safety, have become, according to the remark of Sir George Grey, by the benign influence of Christian missionaries, without the aid of urine, or any other of the usual means by which barbarous countries have been acquired, it valuable dependency of Great Britain.

“ Christianity,” said Governor Hobeon, in the year I840, “has rendered New Zeuland a safe residence for Europeans, which it was not formerly,and it will are long be ’ opled by white men.”

but prediction has been verified. The European settlements are already divided into six distinct provinces, inhabited by a population of 35,000 souls, and comprising numerous detached farms and factories, for various purposes of commerce, where u- rcpeuns dwell in safety, without protection. surrounded by an athletic race, their core-

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ascible, reverigeful nation of cunnibels.

The conversion of the natives to Christi- anity being now almost wholly accomplish- ed, the time has arrived,when the transition t‘oin aiuiesioiisry to.a permanent e estee- ttml siste istist seuisssse.

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A HOME. If we were to tell a number of our friends that they don‘t know what a “ home ’ is, they would grow somewhat indignant—per- haps use hard words. And yet it may be remarked, that the number of persons who know what a genuine home is, by expe- rience, is surprisingly few. One man in good circumstances will tell us, that he has 0. fine house of his own, in which every comfort and convenience are provided. He has a wife and children there also, and they give life to the place. Very true. But does he prefer that home, thus furnished and thus enlivgned, to every other place in the world? Does he sigh, when the hour for leaving comes, an anti e when he is permitted to return? Does he love to sit by the cheerful lire and fondle the children, entering into all their little disputes with a curious interest? Does he take particular note of the bird in the cage. and the cat near the fire? If not, he has no home, in the dearest sense of that dearest of words. If his mind is altogether absorbed in the dusty ways of business—if he hurries from the house in the morning, and is loth to re- turn at night--if, while he is at home, he continues to think of the journal and ledger, and repulses the advances of the prattling children, he has no home; he only has a place where he lodges and takes his meals. Ah! happy is he who knows and appre-. ciutes the full bliss of home; whose heart is warmed and liumanized by its cheerful in- fluences, and who feels how superior in purity of pleasure are all its enjoyments to the turmoil delights of out-door life. Thrice happy is such it man. c has discovered the only Paradise this world can now afford. It is only such it man who can have a deep iiud sincere pity for the unfortunate crea- tures who are homeless. He re nrds them as being cut offfrom the best in uences of the earth, and exposed to the action of all the darker waves of life. He feels keenly for him who has no fireside—-iio dear ones to welcome him with smiles, and prattle over the little history of_the day—no tongue to soothe, when heavy cares have troubled the mind and rendered the heart sore; and the sympathy of such a man is not s ow to overflow in acts of benevolence A good home is the source ofthe fountain of charity in the lieiirt. Our advice to those who have no homes, such as we have described above, is, to et them as soon as possible. They can never be contented and substantial citizens, nor thoroughly happy» men, until they follow this counsel, Get homes! Fill them with the objects of love and endeiirment, nnd seek there for tlte pure delights which the world beside cannot nfl'ord.—.N'urtIi «inter.

THE TIIOCN AND THE WEATHER.

It is a question of comparatively little con- sequence to a country farmer, whether in his opinion the sun goes around the earth or the earth uround the sun; or whether ghosts prowl around at night and “raise Ned ” in old rickety houses, so long as they do not trouble him; but it is sometimes an inconvenience to be compelled to postpone the time of sowing and harvesting till new or full moon, or till a fair day is predicted in the almnnnck; foolishly supposing that the moon is the arbiter of storms, or that the iilmunat:-maker can tell better what the weather is going to be a your in advance than any other tolerable good guesser. This then, is the present point of enquiry- Does the moon exercise any influence upon the weather or upon vegetation?

We find this question most satisfactorily answered by the celebrated Dr. Lardner as follows:-'-—"In many meteorological obser- vations throughout Europe, a register ofthe weather in all respects, has been kept for a long period of time. Thus, the height of the barometer, the condition of the thermo- meter, the liydrornpter, and the rain gunge ; the lorni and character of the clouds, the time ofthe falling of rain, bail, and snow, and in short, every particular respecting the weather has been duly registered, from‘ day to day, and often from hour hour. The period of the lunar phases, it is needless to say, has also been registered, and it is, therefore, possible to compare one set of changes with another.

“ This, in fine, has been done. We can imagine placed in two parallel columns, in juxtaposition, the series of epochs of the new and the full moon and the quarters, and the corresponding conditions of the weather at these times, for filly or one hundred years back ; so that we are enabled to examine, as a mere matter of fact, the condition of

‘the weatl'ier_ for one thousand or twelve hundred full and new moons and quarter-s.

he result of such an examination has b n, that no correspondence whatever has on found to exist between the two phenomena. Thus, let us suppose that one hundred and twenty-llve full moons be taken at random from the table, if the condition of the

weather at these several e be stainin- _ed, it will be found. probably. that ia‘sixty- three cases there was a slisege st‘ .

and in sixty-two there was not, so that, under such circumstances, the odd moon in this division of one hundred and twenty-five would favor the po ular opinion ; but if in another random collection of one hundred and twenty-five fisll moons be taken, and similarly examined, it will probably be found that sixty-three are not attended by change ofweathsr, while sixty-t_wo are. With its characteristic caprice, the moon on this occasion o poses the popular opinion ; in short, a ful examination of the table shows that the condition of the weather as to change, or in any other respect, has, as a mere matter of flict, no correspondence whatever with the lunar phases.”

It is very generally believed by unedu- cated fermers, that we ave the severest frosts when the moon is shining brightly, and the moon is supposed to be the cause of it. The fact is. we have frostis only on clear nights, and none on cloudy nights. The reason is this. The earth and the leaves of plants are powerful radiators of heat; so are also the clouds. When the heavens are overcast, the radiation from the earth is compensated by the radiation from the clouds, so that the earth is kept

-warm, and consequently there is no frost.

But when the sky is clear, the radiation is only in one direction, upward, from the earth, and there being no clouds to throw the heat back again. the leaves of plants are cooled down to the freezing point, and the dew and moisture of- the atmosphere is deposited upon them in the form of white root. This also explains why it is that we never find frost under an open shed or under a tree : the radiation of heat from the cover- ing ofthe shed, or from the branches ofthe tree, keeps the earth from cooling down to the freezing point. The immediate cause of frost, therefore, is the radiation of heat and not the moon. If a person would satisfy himselfmore fully on this point, let him carefully observe, and keep a record of all frosts occurring between the first quarter of the new and the last quarter of the full moon, and all frosts between the last quarter of the full and the first quarter ofthe new moon. Let him’ keep these ob- servntions through several successive years, and then compare the two results, and see which colunm shows the greatest number of frosts.‘ This test will prove to him that the moon is entirely innocent of-the charge laid to it. . Nor is it true that the moon exercises any sensible influence upon vegetation, or upon animals. It is the popular opinion that timber felled during the decline ofthe moon is of a better and more durable quality‘ than that felled during its increase; that vegetables, plants and trees which are ex- pected to flourish and grow with vigour, should be planted, grafled and pruned during the increase of the moon; that grain alternately swells and shrinks as the moon increases and diminishes; that animals born when the moon is in certain “signs" are better, and more .suocessfully reared than those born in other “ signs;” that the moon exercises a deleterious influence upon hu- man maladies. All these questions, and a thousand others of like nature, have been carefully examined ‘ by scientific men in France, Germany and England, and the popular opinions respecting them are found to be wholly withoutvfoundation. The only well established and acknowledged effects the moon produces on the earth, besides that of giving light, are the production of tides, the precession of the equinoxcs, and the nutetiofln ofthe earth's axis. All these notions, that the moon, the stars, or the signs, exert any perceptible influence upon the weather, vegetation or upon human destiny, other than through the imagination of moon-struck fanatics, are absurd and ridiculous, and show is mind more remark- able for credulity than good sense. J. P.

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transcri tfrom the fly-lenfof ii brave oili- cer’e Bi le tells a simple tale of the dangers ofa seamen’s life, and the source of his confidence in the hour of his greatest trial,

whether battling with the elements or his country’s foe. It is or l'ollows:—-“This Bible was presented to me by Mr. Railies at the town of Hartford, January,I78l, as a reward for my punctual attendance at the Sunday-school, and good behaviour when there. And aller being my companion filly-three yeure,—forty-one of which I spent in the sea service, during which time I was in forty-five engagements, received thirteen wounds, was three times shipwreck- ed, onue burnt out, twice as ised in a boat, and‘ had fevers of ill at sorts fllteeu timu--this Bible was my consolation, rind was newl bound for me by James Bisho of Ildht h, on the Nth of Octo- ber I f , tlieday completed the eiatipth )'°|''° 3'! I It witness n it - ~lIssds N ." nsrhg. ,

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A sad state of anarchy and disorder-‘pi-9- vai_s not only at Canton, but throughout the °“""° P"°V|'|¢° Of Quinn-lung. Since the departure of the lust mail, every day has 3!"_’“8l'l llle rnost.ugIy rumours of the con- tlI|0n of the besieged city—foi- such Cgn- don must now be considered. Unable to

rive the rebels from Fat-shun, the impcri. alists have centralized themselves in Can- ton. Clly, Illltl IIIIIWOCIIOIV, plunder and rapine do IIIPIP work all around. The in- surgents were casting guns ‘at Fat-shun for the purpose of attacking Canton in ciunr-st; and when they commence, the end is already ant_icipitted—the fell’of the place. In this heliefulrnost everything of value has been removed from _the city to the interior, or conveyed to Macao. The city gates, ex- cept one, remain closed. Nothin of ii serious nature is likely to happen to (ha foreignfactories, which are well protected by British -and American ships of war. Ad- miral Sir James Stirling and the French Admiral, Daguerrc, had proceeded to Sitkn, (New-Archangel), and would co-operate with Admiral Price of the Pacific squadron, In giving a roperaccount of the Russian sin a of war ately in those seas. Shanghai stil continued in the hands of the rebels, but the imperialists were making prepara- tions for a grand attack on the city.

The United States’ store ship Supply er- rived at Hong Kong on the let of August. from Formosa, whither she and the Mace- donian had been dispatched by Commodore Perry to survey the coal-bed. They found Ute deposit of coal to be immense, and well situated for the supply of: shipping, but it required digging, and they were only ‘able to obtain a few tons. No attempt was made to explore the interior of the island, ‘ b",‘ 3100“. Naval Chaplain of the Mississippi, who had accompanied the~ex- pcdition, penetrated inland for two or three miles on a mineralogical excursion. In- surrectionery riots are said _to have taken pace on the island, but we have received no particulars.

_Tirs Kass EXPIDITION IN SIARCH or lf'a.iNiri.iN.-—'I‘he New York Herald pub- lishes ‘a letter from Dr. Hays, Surgeon of "'9 _l"'|It Advance, commanded by the in- trepid Kane, of the Grinnell Exploring Ex- pedition, written in Biiflin’s Bay, in July, I853. The health ol'the persons composing the expedition continued good, and an en- thusiastic determination to persevere in endeavouring to ascertain the fate of the long lost Franklin animated each and all of the gallant party. According to the plan agreed upon before the Advance left New York, her arrival in the United States may be looked for during the present mouth, or cnrly in November. Should she fail to. reach port within that time, it will probably be, because Captain Kane hnd determined to continue his researches in the Arctic regions for angther season.