FRIGKTINING CHILDREN.

The short extract we give below from the Glasgow Chronicle, is a practical illustration of the evil eﬂ'ects of frightening children. It is a practice too common among mothers, for the purpose of correction, to thrustinobedieut

‘ children either into dark closets, or put them down cellar : than which nothing can he more prejudicialor dangerous. In the government

.of a child, every thing calculated to distort the

imagination, or make false impressions on the mindushould be cautiously avoided- Earlyim. pressions are not easil eradicated, and false notions of fear once xed on the mind of a child, will continue to “ grow with his growth, and strpngthen .with his strength.” But the following speaks volumes on the subject.

“ A short time ago in this neighborhood, a girl ofseven ears of age, whose imagination had been ﬁl ed with those frightful nursery tales that are conjured up by ignorant servants and others, to frighten children into their 0. bedience, was thrust into a dark closet for some tale she had carried to her parents. The poor thing continued to scream with the most violent apprehension : and when the door was opened to take her from her abode of terror, she was 1 ing on the ﬂoor in strong convulsions The con ict was too powerful for her tender reason, and she now exists one of the most mi- serable objects of human sympathy. Her a- rents and friends see their hopes blasted—their interesting little favorite is now an idiot.”

AN ICELAND CHURCH.

The scene at an icelandic Church on a Sun- day, is said by a traveller to be of a singular and interesting kind. The little ediﬁce con— structed of wood and turf, is situated, perhaps amid the rugged ruins ofa stream of lava, or beneath mountains which are covered with he.

"aver melting snows, in a spot where the mind almost sinks under the silence and desolation of surrounding nature. Here the Icelanders assemble to perform the duties of religion. A group of male and female peasants may be seen gathered about the church waiting the arrival of their pastor, all habited in their best attire after the manner of the country; their chil- dren with them, and the horses which brought them from their respective houses, grazing qui- etiy around the little assembly. The arrival ofa new corner is welcomed by every one with the kiss of salutation, and the pleasures of so— cial intercourse. so rarely enjoyed by the Ice- landers, are happily connected with the occa. ston which summons them to the discharge of their religious duties. The priest makes his appearance among them as a friend : he salutes individually, each member of his ﬂock, and stoops down to give his almost paternal kiss to the little ones who are to grow up under his pastoral charge. These ofﬁces of kindness performed, they all go together to the house of prayer.

J! Young Metaphysics’an.—“ Tell the truth, Ben,” said a mother to her hopeful son of ten or eleven. “ How can I mother, when I don’t know what truth is ?”

The following letters, it is said, were written over the ten commandments in a church in Wales. and remained unexplained more than a century.

PRSVRYPRFCT M N VRKPTH SP RCPTSTN.

To discover the meaning add the vowel E where is is wanted—eight times to tbeﬁrst line, and nine times to the second.

THE BRITISH AMERICAN communscarrox.

Mn. Editor,

1 certainly must have a depraved taste when I diﬁ'er with the majority of people in Scotland, who, as a learned public Orator in this Island tells us,have a great dislike to the soundof an Organ in Church. From the same authority. it would appear that we unfortunate ecclesiastical Protestants. are likely to have the Con- gregation of St. Paul's Church thinned, by the intro- duction of this oﬂensive machine therein, nevertheless, obstinate habit has that prevalence over good taste that [am unrightsous enough to admire an Organ; it may be more natural to sing without one, and so it is, and it is still more natural to sing badly without one. Music, i am so stupid as to think, has relation to time and sound, in order to mak e a delightful harmo- ny ; but new fashions, we all confess, have new charms. and as the formation of an Organ is at least three thousand years old, it maybe said that it is out of fashion. There was one at Jerusalem that might be heard at the Mount ofOlives, and [believe there is one at the Church of Ulm in Germany, which has sixteen pair of bellows; how preposterous! David certainly had a bad taste, for he invokes his subjects as well as all other people to praise the Lord in the sound of the trumpet, upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the lute and harp, upon the cymbals. and the loud cym- bals, the tabret and upon aloud instrument.

.10 With gentle psaltry‘s silver sound “ With Organs join'd his praise advance."

And even Dr. Young among hundreds of other foolish writers, speaks of“ music lending her elevating sound.” But neither David nor (for Ought! know) Dr. Young had ever been in Scotland. yet in that respect 1 cannot plead ignorance, for I have attended divine Servicc at some of the principle Towns and Cities in North Britain, and. could not bring myself to admire either their three Bells, which] believe was the general al- lowance for a Peal. or their stentorion labours within doors. Discord we are told forms I part of music, and in dissecting a dish at table. it is but fair to allow every person their own choice of a slice, besides we learn patience, which is a most valuable part of philo- sophy, bylistening fora given time to a number of voices attempting to sound the same notes in different keys. i never in a Battle heard the melodious sound of a Bagpipe. but i can conceive that it may have a most inspiring sheet to call our latent faculties into action. and I can scarcely persuade myself that the Divine Being who framed the Creation in harmony would not be at least as well pleased to witness our ex- ertions in harmonious singing, and an accompaniment even of an Organ as to hear the loudest bawling and screaming that strong lungs counl oﬁ'er. Although it certainly may appear incensistent with the genuine principles of liberty to limit every man to sing your own way,but we shall have more liberal notions of things when we come to hold this Island as Tenants in common—as to which a word in my next letter.

Yours &c. AMT!!-

lnkd'l'L—In Aliter's communication of last week, for the word ‘Commus,’ read Commis.

LATE INTELLIGENCE,

From the Glasgow Free Press, July 4. London, Saturday Evening 1M“ 7. Yeswrday eveni it was very conﬁ ently stated on Change that Don P re had eﬂ'ected a landing in Por- tugal. The intelligence was said so have been bro-gar: by telegraphic dispatch. and the report created t liveliest anxiety amen, the Portu uese refugees, espe- eially those who look orwssd wi Den Pedro's sue-

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cess, and to return to their long oppressed and long suf. fering native country. We have not to day heard any 3 thing further, but to mOI'lOW we expect a conﬁrmation of the news. The merchants and others connected with ‘ Portugal, give fullcredit to the report, and the delay ‘ by the arrival of the Lisbon steam boat, goes certainly to corroborate its correctnesa it is said that Don Pedro landed immediately below Lisbon, and without meetin with anything beyond a shewufopposition from the forts. , So enerally was the report credited on Change. that im- , mi . (

iately the demand increased for the new Regency scri ,and also for Portuguese bonds, each advancin 3—2 to one per cent. before the close of the market. I am inclined to credit the intelligence, and cannot doubt that the measures taken by our Government to r, secure the neutrality of Spain. will give a speedy "1- ‘i nmph to the constitutional party. Connected with the 3 events in Portugal.we have to notice that the inde'l'ati. gable and intrepid Spanish Chieftain Mina is hoveripg on the Spanish frontier, ready to tune advantage of the - ﬁrst movement ofa popular nature that may occur. ’ A change of aﬁairs in Portugal must unquestionably ' lead to a change throughout the whole of the pe. a ninsula. On this the Spanish Government is we" aware; and it is possible, therefore, that the rumours circulalated a few days ago. oforders havin been gi- ’ ven to the Consul in Spain. for the reception of ten l sairofthe line from Russia, have been founded in fact. The Cabinet of Russia has often shown great uneasiness at the prospect offreedom gaining a foot. ing in the peninsula, _and i consider it as a very \. likely case, that Russia will make an early demon. *1 sration in favour of Ferdinand, in the hope of preser- 59:4 v'ing to despotism its present ascendency in Spain. Rus-

sia knows that the peninsula once free. all hope. of the Continental powers acting with success against France, would be entirely at an end; and besides. in such a case, the liberation of the whole of Italy would not long it} continue problematical. Much, very much, undoubt. ly depends on the success of the liberal party in Por-

tu a . ﬁNe have additional tumours relative to Holland, but little that can be relied upon as authentic. All ac- counts concur in stating that the Dutch King has refused his adhesion to the terms prescribed in the last ' Protocol.aod that he is resolved to resist the forces ‘ of the allies in carrying the protocols into effect; that is. should such resistance On his part be pg. cessary. We are now told on the one hand. that the "samba of the citadel of Antwerp is yet to be delayed; and on the other it is said that it is propo- sed to ' vs up the citidel to the English, and Venice to the ssisns, till affairs are settled. I doubt this last item of intelli ence. and incline to my former opinion. that the ingot Holland acts u n a good 1 understanding with more than one of the ontinential powers—with Russia especially, I have seen nothimg ' to induce me to cha o my sentiments of this Protoco business. and conceive that every thing is rapidly ap- proaching to that war which seemed at the ﬁrst as the mostlikely termination which the affair would end in.

From France we have important news. for which i refer you to the Standard's Express of last evening.

On all hands it seems apparent that the citizen King will have a short reign.

In consequence of the arrival yesterday of Baron dc ‘ Tine! with impomnt despatches from France, the whole of the corps diplemalt'qus assembled at the F0- reign ‘oﬂiee, and held a long conference, Two Couriers also arrived from St. Petersburgh. We are et unin- .4, formed of the nature of the inte ligence broug t.

Tomorrow Lord Durham sets out on his mission to /

. The objects of the noble Lord's journey, are i said to be the qbtaining of terms for Poland. and the the invasion of France, which it is said is

contemplation.

. y tumours are circulatedlrelative tothe disso- lution of Parliament. It is said it will sit till August, meet again in November, and be dissolved in Februa- ry The general opinion I believe is, that Parliament will continue sitting till November, when the dissolu- tion will most likely take place. x r

Consols closed yesterday at 85 1:8. “ a,

amigo», July 4, use. i

, IMPORTANT FROM FRANCE. J

At length the point may.be said robe reached is l'rance, which-deaths the faseef Louis Philllp's Oo-

vernrnenr.’ The Court of Cessation, the French Ju- ;

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