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THERE‘S A CHARM IN THE \VOODS. in units sronsnouss.

There’s a charm in the woods at the beautiful dawn, When the bright sun is warming the earth with his ray ; \Vheu dew-drops, like diamonds, ensparkle the lawn, And t e lurk high in air seems to welcome the day. Then swoet ’tis to rave where the rivulet streams, Where fur eve’r it siiigeth its sweet little song; Oh! the breath of the morning most exquisite seems, Perfumed by the flowers in floating along.

There’s a charm in the woods when the daylight declines, When the bum ofthe village no longer is heard, . I’Vben the glow-worm's pale lamp on the mossy bank shines, And stilled are the voices of bee and nl'bird : Then wander with me: for, though morning may waken The heart’s gayest feelings of gladness and 'oy, At the twilight alone earth’s cares are forsa en, . And we think that such moments possess no alloy. m SPEECH 0F FATHER MATHEW AT THE SOIREE, . ' IN GLASGOW.

Father Mathew, in acknowledging the address, spoke nearly asfollo'wsz—He received with unbounded pleasure the address from the members of the Western Scottish Union—a body to which Ireland, and temperance in Ireland, was deeply indebted. Indeed, he might say they owed a debt of gratitude to the whole of Scotland, from the differ- out bodies of which they had received the most cordial co- operation, and at a time, too, when their helping hand was more necessary than at the present. (Cheers) For these ser- vices, as, well as for their fraternal reception of liiin that day, be was exceedingly grateful; and for the sentiments expressed in this beautiful address, which fer purity and piety could scarcely be surpassed, he returned them his heartfelt thanks. He indeed felt very much indebted to the writers of this address that they had spoken thetruth, and had not given him credit for qualities which he did not pos- sess, or II" services which he had not performed. On this head he might appropriately quote the words of sacred au- thority, and say that Providence always selected. the foolish things and Weak things ofthis world to serve his purposes, that no flesh should glory in his sight. (Loud cheers.) This address gave to him the merit of originating the great 'Iem- perance movement in Ireland, and to this he was scarcely entitled. He had been solicited, and importuned into the cause by the Society ofFi-iends in Cork, and only at their

resaing solicitations had he taken it up. It was not that is heart did not go with the cause, but that he felt a difii- deuce—a constitutional timidity—to stand forward promi- nontly before his fellow-countrymen. It might be that he feared also the obloquy that he might have to encounter. Hear, hear.) At one of the meetings in Cork, however, he. iad taken the pledge,—and there was sown the grain of mustard seed that had now grown up a great and mighty tree, which had shot its roots so deep into the earth, that the blasts of hell could not prevail against it. (Cheers) Its - branches were now extending in every corner ofthe earth, and millions of souls enjoyed peace and social happiness under their shade. They had witnessed that day a magni- ficent spectacle, and though thousands and thousands were congregated on the occasion, nothing had occurred to wound the feelings of the most sensitive, or to mar the general joy. It was indeed the work of the hand ofthe most high God— it was the cause of God and morality, and it was wonderful in our eyes. The kindness he had received since he came amongst them, throughout the day, and on the present oc- casion, almost rendered him incapable ofadequutely expres- sin to them his feelings. It was only three days since he ha landed in their beautiful and highly-cultivated country; he was a stranger, and his manner, his phraseology, his sen— timents, might appear strange to many of them. But it was unkind and uncandid in him to say be was a stranger. He had received the right hand of fellowship from almost every being with whom he had come in contact—and theirs was indeed a kindly and happy greeting, and many times yester- r day and that day he had forgotten altogether that he was out of his own native Ireland—(loud cheers.)—He (Father M.) had almost tliOught he was one of themselves, and he did not see why it should not be so. c He was convinced that, though differing in features, opinions, customs or religion, they were the same people. (Cheers) He had seen nothing in Scotland to make him think that they were not natives of Ireland. (Laughter, and renewed cheering.) At all events, they were the children of one common father—born to the some riglits--redeeined by the same Saviour—believers in the some blessed gospel; and oh! that the sweet and bone- 2 ficent spirit of the gospel ofJesus Christ were difiiised from POle ‘0 Dole, uniting and making all happy, pure and guile- less. (Cheers) The world would then be a pleasant habi- tation, and its children worthy ofhettven. Though naturally timid and desponding, he felt new vigour arise within him to see so many of diflerent religious professions, (it was not likely that they could all have unity of'fuith, but they could ,, all meet in unity of ufi'ectiuu,) bonded together in behalf of l

so great and good a cause. (Cheers) He thought he heard ;. some one say, “Now, Father Mathew, this is making fine ‘ speeches to delude the people ofGlasgow; perhaps these

.,‘ are not your sentiments in your own country.” For five 1.’

and twenty years he had entertained these views; and if

‘ . any man could say that his heart had been shut against his neighbour because of differences in religion,—il any man could say that the needy had been turned from his door in

consequence ofan opposite belief,—-that the tenant had been

dismissed from his holding, or the servant from his place,

because ofa difference of religious belief—lie would allow

\ them to say, that his actions did not correspond with his words.‘ In that time he had done what in his power lay to reconcile and harmonize the warring principles of faction—— to sweeten the cup ofwoe, and to exalt the down-troddcn and unfortunate, and ifanother advice were required at his , 1' hands, he would repeat—“a new commandment I give unto ,2 you, that ye love one another.” (Immense cheering.) He : ,— ought perhaps to apologise for thus alluding to himself; but 1“ heaven forbid that he should do so from a spirit of paltry egotism, but for the glorious cause in which they all labour-

erl. (Loud cheers.) It was for this purpose that he wished

to exhibit to them the inmost recesses ofhis heart, and to

show it glowiugsjyitb low for the whole human familv. This

was accuse in which they should all unite ; it was the cause

of their common, _ > city, the cause of their common country, and the c M ofGod. (Cheers) If those who had not already embraced thdgrinciplcs of'Deetotalism were con- lcious oftho woes u tterable brought upon his own poor country, inconsequence of intemperance, they would make

every exertion in their power, even to the shedding of their blood, for the doing away of the monstrous evil. If' they could take in at _ ,view all the efl'ects of this crying ini- ‘lnltyy' lbs blom'l 0" ,Lmartyrs to inteiiipei‘ance that stained

liar green fields, the WidDWs and the orphan which it

had made, the unparalleled misery it had produced, thepic-

ture would be too frightful to gaze upon. He rejoiced, however, that a great change had been produced in Ireland. I‘hgirjails and bridewells were now nearly all emptv, and

their workhouses were not nearly filled. In Ireland, fit the present day, the passen’r'niight witness old castles crumb-

ling to decay. Whatever use these barbarous relics had at

one time been to the generations of the past, now they only served as the mouldering monuments of violence and strife.

He trusted also, that ere long their jails and bridewells and prison-houses would be reduced to the same useless condi-

tion, and that they might only remain tenantless memorials

of the crime and drunkenness and suffering which once exist-

ed in our country. (Loud cheers.) Ireland—a country that

had groaned and bled with the woes ofcenturies—liad now

left behind her long and dreary nights of folly, and emerged

into the sunshine of bright and glorious day. The means which had hitherto been successfully used to keep her peo-

ple ignorant, dwided, enslaved might udw bejtried in vain, for

she had become moral and temperate. Together with total abstinence, her sons were animated with that spirit ofindus—

try and carefulness so necessary and so useful to a poor and dependent people. Formerly, if they could enjoy the ex- citement of intoxwation, they cared not what became of them—they were reckless, illiterate and barbarous—but

- now, they were animated with the feelings of the patriot. They had become proud men ; every teetotaller was too

proud to be guilty of a base are cruel action. now more than five millions of teetotallers in Ireland, and

he was confident that the sun in his course did not shed hlS

rays 'upon a purer or more moral hotly of men. (Cheers)

The records of the late Assizes proved it. With the excep-

tion of one Barony,.in the County of’I‘ipperai-y, the decrease

of crime had been a theme for the approbation ofall the

judges, and though there had been rumours that the teeto-

tallers had been unfaithful to their pledge, it could be prov-

ed, by reference to the facts in any part oflrelaiiil, that not

one in a thousand have been base enough to break through

their solemn covenant. (Cheers) Their own Mr. Smith

(ofDeanston), when at a late cattle show in Cork, had taken a tour through the different streets and alleys ofthe any.

and acknowledged, with satisfaction, that be had not met with one individual on whom was the breath or perfume of intoxicating liquors; and this in one of the most populous cities in Ireland, with a population of'150,000, was surely

satisfactory evidence of the good effects of 'I‘eetotalism. It was pleasing also that they had now in Ireland a Society Of all classes for this great object. Numbers in the higher ranks of life had joined that Society from the best and purest of motives—that they might produce good in others. For this purpose his Grace the Duke of Iseiuster had joined, and many others of rank and respectability. The whole of the Roman Catholic clergy hadrbecome members, and bewas happy to say, that a great many Presbyteriaiis and Episcopa- lians and Dissenters had enrolled themselves under its spot— less banners. (Cheers.) It was surely the duty of allgtO show a good example in this respect. He was also happy to inform them that the females of Ireland ofthe higher and middle ranks had not refused their countenance and support. (Loud cheers.) When in Dublin administering the pledge, in Bryanstone Square, he happened to allude to thenecessuy and importance ofthe ladies doing their duty in this respect, when he was told that iftliey could get a convenient place, a number of them would take the pledge. Well, a meeting was called in the Royal Exchange, and five hundred ladies enrolled themselves teetotallers. (Reiterated cheers.) And certainly the ladies, whose distinguished characteristic was humanity, were well entitled to take apart in this movement, and use their utmost exertions to stay the ravages ofintem- perance. Enlisted in this cause, they would have the pure and holy gratification that they were saving families li‘om ruin and degradation, and meritiug the blessed reward cf him who willeth not thata single soul should die. There were many interesting facts connected with the Total Ab- stinence cause in Ireland, so many indeed that he should not know where to begin. He felt at the same time that he would tire them if he Were to continue. (Loud cries ofNo, no.) Well, as he had already told them, a society had corn- menced in the City of Cork, by the Society of Friends, With

whom he had joined. (Cheering) Their progress, however, at the commencement, was very slow. For the first: month, not more than twenty members had joined them. It was then that he had visited Limerick, and a great impetus in- deed was given to the cause. In a short space oftime more than 200,000 people, as if by some sudden impulse, rushed from every part of the Province of Ulster to take the pledge,~ and from Weakly infancy their society all at once-sprung up into vigorous manhood. Now they had branchesofit in every town in Ireland. It was said that they owed their success at first to the warm and ardent temperament ofthe inhabitants ofthe south, and that it would be a different thing‘when they cameto the north. Such was not the case however. Differences ofreligious or constitutional character made no difi‘erence in the progress of this movement. From one end of the coun— try to the other, it had been one glorious triumph of their principles. (Cheering) Persons of all ranks, creeds and professions, came forward tojoin their society, and in Ire- land lie had no doubt their associations would be perma- nent. On this subject, Dr. Channing, of Boston, said, “The Ireland of the past has disappeared—the crime and drunk- enness and folly which disgraced her once has passed away, and a new Ireland has sprung,r forth, untaiiited by the vices ofits parent.” (Chet-rs.) This day, he could assure his Scottish friends, had been one of the happiest of his life. His fondest expectations as to the progress ofthe cause in this quarter were more than realized. He could scarcely have dreamt ofthe appearance oftheir meeting that day. It had always been his hope that I'I‘emperance would prove a beautiful chain, to unite all the people ofthis Empire in one fraternal bond of charity and brotherly love, and he was happy to see that his anticipations were not disappointed. He felt truly grateful for the honour they had that night shown him, in fact, he would have been entirely overpower- ed, but from the consciousness that it was not paid to him, so much as to the great and glorious cause of'which he was the humble impersonation. Notwithstanding the rapid pro— gress of their cause, and the unprecedented success of their

‘ and barrenness of the land. As He reekoned :snd forwards across the mouth of the in one place is only 220 yards across, heights of 500 feet on each Side, we town, ainted wood, bad a

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exertions, they had still much to do, and be along with them had yet many difficulties to encounter.. It was gran; fying to him, however, to be thus received by such great bodies of his countrymen, and his path through life would be assuredly illuminated by rays scattered from that day’s glory. (Tremendous cheers, during which the Reverend gentleman resumed his seat.)

EARLY Days or Tm: FATHER or THE Panama—The father of the present Sir Robert Peel was born in Fislilune, Blackburn. At the time of the elder Sir Robert’s birth, the house itself, and the position in which it stands, were supe- rior to what they are now. The family were small but sub- stantial farmers. Their credit greater for having raised themselves from an humble origin. The merit was due to the late baronet, who was eminently distinguished for those qualities by which money is commonly made, and large for- tunes nccumulated, aided by favourable circumstances. He was one, and we think a very favourable specimen, ofa class ‘ofmen who, availing themselves in Lancashire of the dis- coveries ofother heads or oftheir own, and profiting by the peculiar local facilities for making and printing cotton goods, as well as the wants and demand which, balfa century ago, manifested themselves for the articles manufactured, suc- ceeded in realizing great opulence, without possessing either “refinement of manners, culture ofintellect, or more than common-place knowledge. They Were industrious, Ii'ugal, generally sober, honest in the payment of every legal claim; —and thus they prospered. When the first Sir Robert Peel lived in Fishlane with his brothers and parents, which was then a very respectable farm house, it was customary for respectable yeomen to use pewter plates at dinner. Sir R_obert, or his brother, sketched a figure or pattern of some kmd or other upon one oftheir plates; and a thought struck him, that he would try whether an impression would be made on calico with colour. At one end ofthe farm build- ing a young woman of the name of Elizabeth Mitton kept a calendaring machine, and he went into her house and put the plate with colour through the machine, when it left an impression ; such we believe is the origin of roller printing on calico. This information is derived from the daughter ofthe said Elizabeth Mitton, a Mrs. White, of Burnley.-— England in the 19th Century.

THE CAPITAL 0F NEWFOUNDLAND.—The first view ofthe harbour ofSt. John’s is very striking. Lofty precipitous clifi's, of hard, dark red sandstone, and conglomerate, range along the coast, with deep water close at their feet. Their beds plunge from a height of fi‘oni 400 to 700 feet, at an angle of'seventy degrees, right into the sea, where they are ceaselessly dashed against by the unbroken swell of the At- lantic waves. This immense sea-wall is the side ofa narrow ridge ofhills which strike along the coast here, and through which there are occasional narrow valleys or ravines. Tbcbse transverse vallies cut down through the range to various depths, and the bottom of one, being about fifty or sixty feet below the level ofthe sea, forms the entrance to the harbour of St. John’s, rind is appropriately termed the Narrows. 1n- side, the harbour expands and trends towards the S. and the land on the other side of'it has a much mor , slope, and a much less height than that immediately on the coast. It is also ofa better quality, and more fertile. The dark naked rocks that frown along the coast neant. John’s their stern outlines unbroken by any other vegetation than i

e gentle

tered'nooks and hollows, give a stranger but an unfavour- able idca of the country he has come to visit, and seem to

realize all the accounts he may have heard or read of the

wee. l t b much bustle ' ' ( o e . TEethrfibItihzrrbT the previous winter’s snow had,' however, fiirrowed the streets in various places With guttcis running across them, straggling, and irregular appearance, and lanes leading out of them, painted houses, sailors and fisherinenhtlie I.

' want oh: 0 ice, . blfiiifiilstildii which reignedbhroughout, it was eVident that the scene was a foreign one. I the season when a number ed from the scaling expedition, k t ' about with mono in ‘t ieir poc e s, ' iSfidrfs and premisesywerehcrovglded vyitfh their men unload- 'my the vessels and re ariuu' t e sea s or _ lfirrgt impulse bu laiiiliiiig we: to ascend the ridge on the South-east side of the harbour, which, using compass bearings instead of the true, South side, the ridge the South Side bill. which is about 750 feet above the sea, sive prospect over sea and land. ‘ ’ _ _ I mvselfaiid a fellow voyager found it quite destitute of inns anud hotels, but were lucky enough to engage very ‘comlprt- able rooms in a private lodging-house.—Jukess Lxcurstons in .N'ewfoundland.

brought to England in the Caesar; he was tree, and was put on board in door. considered a fair allowance. door being opened, one ofthe door shut. situation, . time towards the serpent, as ifiii self-defence—Tlie snake 'at first scarcely noticed the animal, but at length, turning its head, he fixedihis deadly eye on the goat, who shook in every limb; though it still continued to butt atthe serpent, who darted out his forked tongue, and raising liishead a little, set- zed tlie goat by the fore-leg with his fangs, and throwng it down,encircled it in his folds, which resembled a knot, one part of the body overlaying the other. . . . of the goat soon became extinct, and it expired in his iner- ciloss grasp. The snake, however, held him a COIISldel‘able time. _ ' for swallowmg the goat, by placing himself in from; of the head ofthe dead animal, which he lubricated With his saliva; then taking the muzzle into his mouth, sucked it in as far as the horns would allow; these opposed a little diffi- culty from their points, but they soon disappeared externally, though their progress was still very distinct on the outSIde, threatening every moment to protrude through the skin. The victim was now swallowed as far as the shoulders; and it was an astonishing sight to observe the extraordinary ac- tion of the snake’s muscles when stretched to such an un- natural extent. pearance than that ofa serpent’s skin stuffed almost, to burst- ing, still the working of the muscles were evident, and un- abated ; this seemed to be the effect ofa contractile muscu- lar power, assisted by two rows of strong hooked teeth. With all this he must be so formed as to be able to suspend his repiration for a time, for it is impossible to conceive that the process of breathing could be carried on while the mouth and throat were so completely stuffed and expanded by the body ofthe goat. The whole operation of completely gorgiug the animal, occupied about two hours and twenty minutes; at the end of which time the tumefaction or swelling was confined to the middle part ofthe body or sto- mach, the mouth and throat having resumed their natural size. quietly in his usual' torpiil state for about three weeks or a mouth, when his last meal appearing to be completely (lis- SOlved, he was presented with another goat, which he devour- ed with equal facility. meal wished to be present at the second. to behold without the most painful sensation, the anxiety and trepidation ofthe harmless victim, or to obseer the hideous writhings of the serpent around its prey, and not to iina- gine‘ what our own case would be in the same dreadful situation—English publication.