thing but the purest spring or clear running water should be used for that purpose__and the ﬁrkins should be rendered perfectly dry imide after being steeped, either by long drippinga or being rubbed by a smooth towel. Old butter sh0uld never be mixed Willi new—and the li- hing ofthe casks with inferior sorts, or Grease Butter, is a practice which cannot be too much

12. The casks ought to be made of the best oak or ash,(tbe former to be preferred,) and the largest size should not exceed 84lbs gross, that being the size used in Ireland, and most convenient and saleable in the London market. The casks should be tight and well hooped. Beech plane, ash, &.c, should never be used, as that quality ot‘vmod is more apt to absorb the pickle, and, independent of the injury thereby occasioned to the butter, it will often lead to dispute about the tare.

To render these observations more com- plete, it might be thought necessary to point out the injurious, and even nefarious practices, which more or less prevail in the making ot Butter throughout the country, but as a per- severance in such practices must ultimately have the effect ofentirely destroying this pFo- ﬁtable branch ofagriCultural industry, it is hoped the makers of Butter will see it to betheir own interest to produce nothing but Butter of the best quality, and that these mal- practices, which are perfectly known, will be discontinued. The dealers in the Country have it in their power to put a check to them—and it is expected they will do so, by refusing to purchase from those who adopt any artiﬁcial means to hasten the makirig'of the butter, or to increase the quantity, while the quality is thereby deteriorated.

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THE 18w OF THE SEA or A TALE or PdS'l' TLMES.

On an Isle of the sea dwelt a few rude inhabitants, whose manners and customs were similar to the primitive ages. A hardy race, their wants few, labour in the culture of the earth, with their ﬂocks and herds gave them all their simple habits required. The country was in a wild state of nature, covered with various sorts of wood, and save here and there a cultivated spot burst on the sight, :1 perfect wilderness, the bear and wild deer wandered at large; the shores aboundcd with ﬁsh and fowl; dis- ease was almost unknown.

This rude people who began to take place of the red man of the woods, first snared the ﬁsh as a traﬁc,and in ashorttime the tall bar appeared by their shores, attracted b he goodly timber that towered aloft, and reared its branches to the skies. The sturdy youth were now taught to hew the majestic sons ofthe forest. Trade pro- duced a new order of things, and this sim- ple people, now for the ﬁrst time began to taste the sweets of commerce, and while their pine remained they were a joyful band. In process of time the Isle began t0 diffuse its population, places became ﬂamed, I say named, for many districts at- tained the appellation of Towns, ere they , had centered half a dozen houses, and for

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half a century they had but one village,— to have called it by any other name were a burlesque. After, however, a series of years, the metropolis began, though upon a lilliputian system, to assume an organized community. Here then might be seen the digniﬁed personage of Viceroy, learned Judge, with big and ter- riﬁc wig, Attorney, Gent. Lawyers, Coun- cil, et cetra, besides the different grades of society, all apeing an old system ; the re- diculous was carried to perfection—here was aﬂ'ectation of affectation. From an intercourse with other countries their views became more comprehensive, and a notion of their own importance caused them to arrogate to themselves privileges peculiar to powerful places, hence, in a short time the elective franchise became more than theoretical in the formation of a parliament, and unheard of places, must now send two or more representatives 2 from this era might be dated an endless series of squab- bles for privilege and prerogative.

Notwithstanding all this imitation, things were managed in a very bungling manner, for a long time the Viceroy and the small Aristocracy engrossed all the power and did as they liked with the simple people.

Had there been any shrewd observer of these institutes with sufﬁcient honesty to have spoken out for the good of posterity, their nefarious tricks would have beggared description.

It is a singular circumstance that persons who monopolized large tracts of land, by which they were enabled to ﬂeece the poor country pcopie, were for the most part grossly ignorant, yet by a superior cunning in local matters aided by authority, be- came an overmatch for the rude inhabi- tants. For a long time the pOpulation had little to brag of in this privilege ofa parliament. It often happened that the Viceroy only assembled them in subser- vionce to his owu views, and others would not let them meet at all if the least refrac- tory, They would however have their elections at the stated periods, and On those occasions a great deal was said in their cups abontliberty and all that, but poor folks in those gloomy times, they understood little ofher attributes. It would he not unamusing perhaps to the reader were he to refer to some of these primitive acts. they are certainly curiosities of their kind. In this brief account of the Isle ofthe Sea, we must necessarily pass over a great many events, which ifrelated would be very dry, and savor much ofmonotony, tillt'ne arrival ofanother Viceroy or tributary monarch, which appellation Well suited this haughty man; it was said he was despotic, he might have been so, but time has pretty well shown that his despotism and inﬂexi- ble demeanor Was of far more essential service than his successor.—Let his cha-

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ly did not enter into the composition, and I wish with all my heart that his successor had borrowed a little of this species of ty- ranny, and like him had suspended the rump parliament for seven years, and the Fourteen Thousand Pounds kept in the strong box, might by this time have become Twenty, instead of a few old worthless bonds,the only security for a bundle of ﬂim- sy bubbles, that represent nothing but pre- meditated poverty.

This tyrant by not conciliating his sub- jects lost their hearts ; that be stretched his prerogative cannot be denied, he cou- stantly prorogued the parliament, or rather altogether suspended it ; he would not tra- vel and eat herring and potatoes with the country people; he could not bend his haughty spirit to amalgamate with the “ Hail fellow well met” system. He was so unnatural has to promote his poor rela— tions to ofﬁce ; and last of all endeavoured to collect certain rents, due to the old King his master ; for all these things he became hated of the people, who became unani- mously determined to rid themselves of him. and his tyranny togethvr. This was easily accomplished, for what cannot the many effect when their whole power is directedto one point. aided by an iron handed dema- gogue, Whenever the hydra-headed monster is powerfully operated on by one prevailing sentiment, it is in vain to think of checking the overwhelming tide, no barrier is able to arrest its irresistable impetuosity ; it is in vain on such occa- sions to oppose its influence, by either reason or reflection, time alone can restore things to a just equilibrium. Were it otherwise the public of the Isle were suf- ﬁciently apprized ofthe intrigues of Some of their liberators, who did not aid them in their defection for naught, they did not want the wildest ambition, if they could raise themselves to a distinguished emi- nence ; this was well known ifthe tempo- rary etTervesenrc of public feeling at the time had allowed room for reﬂection. But thanks to the hand of time, as was shrewd- ly observed by a conrtier in the capitol, their power for a long time has become a mere moonshine. \Vhatever were the mo- tives that thus inﬂuenced the great ones actions, or whatever was to be the ultima- tum as regarded the public good, their in- fluence operating in unison with the general dissatisfaction, could but at the. time suc- ceed, and a new Vicaroy or tributary mo- narch soon appeared on the Isle, with all his blushing honours thick upon him. It was hardly possible for any monarch to come to the throne under more favourable circumstances. From an incessant visita- tion constantly kept up by the people, in- ﬂuenced by the leading men of the time, the tyrant, as he was termed, was no doubt goaded into acts that probably, under'other circumstances would have been foreign to