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his intentions arose out of his pec uliar situa- tion as a consequent re-action. is sun was now set, and his successor rose with splendour, all orders of men with some few exceptions, were unanimous in decrying the old Faquin, as he was termed by an electioneering demagogue, who after a va- riety of intrigue, ultimately put the public purse in his pocket, and abused the conti- dence of twelve poor men who have become his security in a place of great trust.

All were solicitous to do homage to the new King,nothing now was heard of but re- velling and rejoicing,tilts and tournaments, ringing of bells and ﬁring of ordinance; every day was a Gala. Little did the unthinking multitude dream who were to pay the piper. care was given to the winds.

The people were all love, &the monarch all condescension, unlike their former aus- tere ruler, whose taciturn manners kept his subjects aloof, rather than he would have lost one inch of popularity, would have kissed the great toe of the meanest ofhis subjects Alias. So moch did he profit by the stumbling block of his prede- cessor. In truth he was a rare politician, and every thing worked together for his good ; his was an easy task, he gave him~ self no trouble, the representatives of the people were so courteous as to take all the responsibility upon themselves, and all power was nearly vested here ; they were immaculate, they could not err, they were the choice of the people. Oh, there was a perfect and reciprocal understanding between them; they sat on their rumps seven years, some of them to their eternal shame, without opening their mouths to say any thing but aye or nay, and that not in the right place. King and parliament shook hands in the festive dance,norjostled each other in the septenuial round. Deline- ating the portrait ofthis beloved monarch would be a piece ofinjustice to his liberali- ty,not to mention some of his acts of muniti- cence. He patronisedAgriculturalSociet es; Oh, how much more exuberant was our soil on that account. He encouraged the no- blesse of the Isle to establish horse racing, how princely. He brought over a huge blind stallion to improve our native horse, for which one guinea a leap was exacted. They say also that the Isle was lndt ' ted to him for certain Rams And the last though not the least, the Isle was indebted to him for alordly bull. These acts of generosity ought not to be forgotten. I verily believe without all this horsing, taming, and bulling‘, it will be some. time ere the Isle will forget him or his rump parliament. He loo~ed the public purse strings, did he, and never during his whole reign found it in his heart t- draw them tight again. No, what with cut- ting roads and cutting dash, paying house- rent and feasting the ramps for seven lung

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years, the Lady Isle was,I think,pretty well physiced by himself and his doctors.

All the great and magniﬁcent works might have been done at one thirl the ex- pense. The moon and the stars would have kept on their same course had _he never came. Had the old Faquin remain- ed there would have been no preter natural convulsions of the earth, neither would by- pocrisy have long run about the streets crying, hic niger est. Thanks to a reform- ed administration beyond the sea,he is recal- led and I hear ofno great lamentation.'The rump par iament ifnot, in due time died a natural death, and were it not for the re- surrection of some of its members, no one but would have cause to rejoice.

ROSICRUCIOUS.

THE INDICATIONS OF LOJV'GEVITY.

Hufeland, in his celebrated work on the means of preserving health, presents the fol- lowing beau idealofa frame destined to ion- gevity.

Let me now be permitted to delineate the portrait of an individual destined to long life. He has a well-proportioned stature, without however being too tall; but rather ofthe middle size, and tolerably thick set, his complexion is not too ﬂorid: too much ruddiness, at least in youth, is seldom a sign of longevity. His hair approaches more to the fair than to the black; his skin is strong but not course. His head is not too large—he has prominent veins on the limbs, and his shoulders are rather round than ﬂat. His neck is neither very long nor short—his stomach does not project—and his hands are large, but not too deeply cleft. His foot is rather thick than long, and his inferior limbs are ﬁrm and round. He has a broad arched chest, :1 strong voice, and the faculty of retaining his breath for a Considerable time without inconvenience or dilﬁculty. In ge- neral, there is a complete harmony of pro- portion among all parts of the body. His senses are good, but not too delicate—his pulse is slow and regular.

His stomach is excellent—his appetite good, and digestion easy. The joys of the table, in iiioder.ition,are to him of importance—they in- crease the vigor of his system, and tune his mind to serenity while his soul partakes in the pleasure which they communicate. He does not, however. eat merely for the sake of eat- ing—but each meal is an hour ofdaily festivity, a ki'id of delight. attended with this advantage. among others, that it rather increases than di- minishes his riches. He eats slowly, and has not too much thirst. An insatiable thirst is always a sign of rapid self consumption.

In general he is serene, loquacious, active, sus- ceptible ofjoy, love, and hope, but insensihle to the impressions ofhatred, anger, and avarice. His passions never become too violent. He is fond ofemployment, partiCuIarIy calm medita- tion and agreeable speculations—is an optimist, a friend to nature, and domestic felicity—has nn unbounded thirst after the honors or ii ‘hcs of the world, and banishes all unnecessary thought of to marrow.

TEMPORAL LNSTRUCTIOJV BY CLERGY- MEJV'.

If Clergdymen, in addition to their spiritual du‘ t u, woul attend a little more to the things of the body, and instruct their hearers in mat- ters of natural science and political economy,

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as Dr. Chalmers does and proposes to on,“ they would do them much real service. 3,1,, ving their attention exclusively directed to world to come, they are diverted from the‘ temporal miseries here, and taught to linger in suffering, asif it. were a condition of in existence, and a sort of penance to insure { ture happiness, instead of. exerting thermal", to improve their Worldly Circumstances.

(We fully agree with Mr. Loudon. that ti. usefulness of Clergymen might be greatly i [ended by considering the works of nature well as the Bible, to be a revelatronj-wy Farmer.

Expense of ardent spirit:.—A farmer in Co necticut, who has occupied the same farm, . lease, for about thirty years past, was lately complaining that he had been able to lay u' nothing, from his thirty year’s labour. A nei bouring storekeeperoﬂ‘ered to explain toh' the reason :aml proceeded as follows:—‘ Duri the thirty years that you have been on that fa ,. Ihave been trading in this store, and the distill . spirits I have sold you, with the interest oftbi money, would have made you the owner .1 the farm you now hire. On examination of . books of the storekeeperr his assertion it found correct. The farm was worth abo ﬁve thousand dollars.-—- Ibid.

THE HAIR.

In children, keeping the hair short is a Cit cumstance of no little importance, and shou not from any light consideration be neglects Their health, and We conceive in some respe their beauty.a|so is prejudiced by acontra practice. Nothing is more common than see a luxuriant head of hair accompanied' children by paleness of complexion, we eyes, and frequent complaints of headac Upon this subject we find the following exce lent remarks in a little work entitled ‘Advi to young mothers—by a grandmotlier‘-we re. commend their attentive perusal to every pa rent.

‘ The hair on children should be cut short until they are eight or nine years ofage,as tlu shorter the hair can be kept, the less danger there is of many maladies peculiar to that part of the body especially water on the brat Besides, there is a good reason for bellev‘ll’lg that children who have a great quantity 0 hair, are most liable to eruptions, as to r head, &c.; it is at least certain, that in the eruptions are ver diﬂiciilt to remove. _ trouble, als -, of coping long hair sutiiu ently clean,and the length of time necessa' for this purpose. is often a cause of much i humor and manycross words, between chll (Iron and their attendants, which it would v better to avoid.”

‘Motlicrs whose vanity may be alarmed, lcstre peated cutting the hairfor so many years shoul make it course, may be assureﬂthey have M cause for this apprehension, provided the hi“ be kept constantly brushed. l have never see oftcr, ﬁner liair, than on girls who have hldl kept short—like that ofschoolboys_until the, warein their tenth year.’-Journal of HM“

“ Amusement in North America"—Under ti heading, the Liverpool Times, ofJuly 28, re lates that—“ In Salem, Massachusetts, all the heavy and deep snowfall, a man was '* covered sticking sticks into a huge ‘wmt bank of snow.’ On being asked why he amt! himselfthus.’ ‘Amuse !’ said be, ‘ ﬁne '- ment‘. 1 have lost my shop—it used to somewhere near this spot.”