LE[LA ‘DA on THE JEWISH CON- lcheek. \\'ch-onto dropl I woiild on no account forego thy }'i\3:l5t|I‘t.‘. llm pnssmiis when acted

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From the sure word of prophecy, we have sources ol‘doep delight.

reason to expect the conversion of the Jews, at no very distant cried. No great number, indeed, has yet been brought to acknowledge the long rejected Messiah. Instances, how- ever, are from time to time occurring, which serve to awaken the seal and quicken the itcti~‘ vity of the people of God, on their behalf. Al most beautiful example we have. in the case of! the remarkable female whose name stands at‘ the head of this article. A more interesting’ book. than one lately published under the title of Leila Ada or the Jewish convert, it has scarcely ever been our privilege to peruse. '1‘hc character delineated seems almost too perfect to be expected, in the present state of our wrecked humanity. We might be ready to conclude thpt it was an ideal picture, rather than a reality, even not the materials drawn from her _own diar . She was. indeed. a plant too etherial to be ong conﬁned to the ungenial soil of this terrestrial region, and therefore destined soon to be transplanted to the paradise above. W hat Cooper says of happiness might be appropriately applied to her.

“ ’ ‘is an exotic of celestial truth, and blos- soms only in celestial earth. The infant days of Leila were passed on a romantic and se-

cluded sport, in Cornwall in England, to which her lather had retired after the death of his wife. He had married when he was twenty- ﬁve years of age. The union was most happy, being the resultof warm mutual affection. e and the _rtner of his choice seemed to be kin- dred_spirits. When three years after their marriage a lovely daughter was born to them, their earthly felicity seemed to be com lets. But. ah! how transitory is all terrestrial liss.

In two years more he is compelled to witness C

the eyes of his beloved partner closed in death. His grief seemed insupportabls. Often did he wish,_that he and his infant child were laid also, in the lonesomeness of the grave. In pro- cess of time the loveliness of his infant dau h- ter gradually unfolds itself. The charm in is heart be ins to be ﬁlled up. His whole heart is un up in his child, his whole time is sinploysd for her improvement and gratiﬁca- tion, tie seemed only to live for her, she is, as he himself expressed it, the very soul of his existence. ‘ is tenderness and care of her Hrent were beautifully reciprocated by Leila. er wlioie heart is intent to remote the happi- ness of her dear father, an she studies by all means to administer to his enjoyment. The talents of Leila were of a high order and the qualities of her heart were not inferior to those of her mind. She possessed great amia- bleness of disposition. She was naturally ofa retlective and retired turn of mind. She loved. its she herself expresses it, to spend her time in her dear closet alone, with her book and her pen. bho_ osscssed an invincible regard to truth, which determined her to pursue it, what- ever sacriﬁces it should cost her. She easily discovered an intense concern about the salva- tion of her soul. A prayer penned by her at the com lotion of her thirteenth year, is truly wonder iii. The rules laid down by her, for the regulation of her life, discover a character the most estiinatble. She had read the Talmud. but mid too inucii pen-tration not to see, and too n_ii_ic_h truthfulness not to acknowledge. its puerilities and obsceneties. She was determi- ned to make the m:i_i:stic Scriptures, as she °f’~ll°d lvlwllly the sulvja.-ct of her daily study. Irom their perusal she was led to conclude, that the appearance of the Messiah was proba- bly near. Although earnestly seeking salvation, she seems, (it this I.llI.it', to li:t\‘r\ in-on in mu;-,h darkness and distress, in regard to the way of salvation. I.eil:i was eighteen years of nge, and her father determined to visit with her the lloly Land. _'I‘he prospect of this tillcd her with the most delightful emotions. llcr unticipalions of pleasure are beautifully expressed, in ii letter written to it friend, just before leaving Eng- land. “I love the East," says she, " it hits always been the sweetest spot in my imagina- tion. All in anticipations tire in joyous excer- cise. Isha 1 be ﬁred by the loneliness of the ocean, the stirring ercitements of new scenes, the romantic and historial associations con-' nected with the places through which I pass, their variety of manner, customs, and costumes, the shores and hoary mountains which border upon the sea the sublime solitariness of the wildly beautiful islos of the blue .‘Egean and a hostel‘ adventures and pleasurable situations. At every step I shall be furnished with mate- rials_for thought and retiection.

Her religious concern however, was by no means abated. Witness her langu " For a while then I must leave thee‘ my much loved C.—.-,--'fhe green sword on which [have so often "I tied. the groves which have so often rung.w th my wild and girlish joy, the sweet river, whose constant changes and whose lul- ling murmurs give a sweet variety and music to the seem, an a my lovely ﬂowers, whose culture has so e n engaged my attention and

me to look '3 to him whose son exalts, whose breaQii‘perfnniss' yen, and whose encii paints ; s, I mustdsave you all. She l I ever_agai hold you! A stray tear ﬂows, down _ By’!

Thou Inﬁnite Eternal go with me. that land, which has in u .~lIL‘L'ltll manner been. visited by the exhibition of my 1lill‘£lL'|llUllU power. the land in which our ll-.:!iers worship- pod. (lb! tliait. the s.ilvtilion of lsrziel \vero come out of Zion. When God In iugeth buck the captivity of his ieople, Jacob shall rejoice and Israel shall be rlad.

I am sensible of my sinfuluoss; I am unwor- thy of the slightest mark of favour from thy band, but cost me not utterly from th pre- sence Save me 0 God by thy mime; ta e not thy lloly Spirit from me; then deniest no other sacriﬁce than that of a broken spirit and a con- trite heart, this I offer thee. Dispel the cloud that affects my soul, enable me to rejoice in thy salvation and everiuore glorify thee in my body and spirit, life and conversation."

She also records the blessed clfects, upon her, of reading the Old Testament Scriptures, l_ie_r determination to peruse them still more dili- gently and, also, her resolution to examine the New Testaiiient, that she might know upon what round the Christians built their hopes. Thus a e took that step which led to her con- version.

Leila now in company with her father, left London for Ostand to proceed to the lloly Land. Thence they pursued their way_ to Cologne and than to Switzerland. _ Some time they spent in visiting the sublime Alpine scenery, and the neighbourhood ot the lovely Genevan bake. mind of Leila and called orth seine of the beautiful productions of her gifted pen. Iier mind however, was ever elevated from nature to its great Author, rem the creature to _tbe reator. We can only quote to a very limited extent.—“I ﬁnd these scenes" says sh “inestimable value in stirring me u to a deeper ac uaintanco with the word of God, and also in en arging my views and conceptions of his majesty, power, greatnes and love.” was her concern for her spiritual interests at all abated amid the contemplation of the sublime and beautiful scenery presented to her view. Prevented from snljoying true peace, through the cold and com ortless influences of Judaism, how powerfully does her condition awaken our sympath . “What can 1 do" says she “ all the cursss of Gods laws seem impendig over me, my soul is earthly; the heavens reveal my iniquity: and God is ajust God, but he is also inexhaustible in mercy. lie is a being all love. 0 that I and my sins ma be swallowed u in its pure unsearchable sea. 0 then Eterna , I a peal to thee if I do not love thee with my w ole heart, thou knoivest that with all my soul Idesire to serve thee.

I can scarcely write for weeping. Often I spend the night watches restless and watering my couch with my terrs. am in it strait of hitter darkness-—darkness which may be felt, I know not the way of salvation. in the Talmud l have no faith, I can have no faith. The more I read the lively Scri tures, the more clearly do I perceive, that that oek is altogether a fabri- cation ofmiin.| I can believe nothing else; nay more, I Il‘0l that for worlds [could not insult God by i:nputin;_: it to l.llll, or supposing that he bu-l any thing to do \vith its being written. And the Mosaic law I cannot lullil, it is impos- sible to me and till my nation. Lord help me and save me. 0 that thou wouldest have compassion on my Wr)i:flil st-its and tcncli uie what to do.

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Wim-2 .~\wxiu;.—.\n “Early liising Association" has just been formed (says the »S'um1crla/tdllcrultl) in the thriving and populous town of Middlcsbro’. All the members are bound, under penalties, not to be in bed aflcr liulf-past live o'clock, A. M.

AN ENldl\lA'l‘lCAl. .iccous'r.

A bill of which the following is a copy, was lately presented to it i‘(‘V(.'l'On(l gentle- mnn ntlicisting in a rural district, who was indebted to the writer for s wlicelbnrrow:

llcv.—-—- D to \Vvn.-———, d

'|‘n it wooden barrow and a wood'n do. «I 6 'l‘o ti wooden barrow and ii wood do. 4 6 4 6

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debt for one biiri-ow, llt!'WﬁlO surprised to find liiniself apparently debited in the bill for four, and his puzzle was rather increas- ed than dimlnshed by the total being only equal to it single item. Upon inquiry, however, it turned out that the account was a kind of npccinipp of rustic phono- grnphy, which, translated, meant that the writer had made ii wooden .bIrrOw which wouldn’t do, and a second which did do, I d which alone he had charged for.- Bath Journal. ‘ '

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‘ISIIIPWIIICCK AND Ml‘.'L:\!\'CHt)l.Y l.t).~lS UF

l.II“l'3. Inptnin Spillane, of the Burque I’ullas,

I visitllllili '[‘ons burthen, of mid from Cork bound

to Quclicc, rcui-.bcd 'l‘on'n on \Vediicsduy lust, lroni St. l’uul'.s Island, wlicre he had

his vcsst-l. \Vc have obtained li-om hiiii- sclftlic purticulzii-s oftlic int-lunclioly casu- alty, ivlicri-by 72 lives \\‘t'l'L‘ lost. They zirc in brief as tbllowsz

The linrqni: sailed from Cork on the ‘28lli of April last, with I36 pnsst.-tigers, bound to Quit-bcc. Nothing of uionient occurred during the voyage up to the day of the catastrophe. 'l’he Cnptnin had “ sighted," during the morning ofthc 30th May, ult., the Noith eastern const of Cape Breton, undlhe lsland of St. l’uul‘s. lit the ullei-noon ufthat day, at nbout 6 o’clock he discovered that the compasses in the binnucle, varied, the one from the other, and both from the “ Tell-tale,” in the Cub- in—thcre being too points of diﬂ'ci'enco be- tween the two former, and one point be- tween one of them and the “Tell-tale." Two spare compasses were next tried, but they also proved incorrect. 'l‘lie Captain next tested the Tell-tale, with an azimuth Compass, which he found to correspond ; —and thereupon corrected the courses, steered from noon froin the Ct)ll|pISd in the binniicle, and shaped a course between Cape North and St. Paul's Island. About 10 o'clock, same evening, heard the report ofa Gun, whereupon efforts were made to brin the ship to the wind ; but she lind reaclied the breakers, and immediately

the rock having vanished, the Captain ordered the life boat to be lowered from the “devils,” with the hope and expects- tion oflanding all on board in safety, on ti large rock, within sight, and towards which the sea presented ii favorable surl'uci_-., by which it was hoped that could be effected : but many oftlie panic stricken passciigors, with the thouglitlcssness too often exhibited on similar occasions ofdangcr, rushed into the boat, whilst yet in the davits, when, by

the ringbolls broke, nnd the poor souls who had thus secured :1 lodgonient in the bout were precipitated into the sea, and were drowncd. By this accident every prospect of reaching land was cut oil; the bout, litiwcvcr. wus cit-iii-r.-d from the (invite dur ing the night, mid the two inntes reached the land in it.—'l'hc ship ht-ing now bilgcd, she lay over on one sidc,—llic t‘~l‘.ll oc- casionally Wilslilngz over her, {Hill in its fury carrying oil‘ from the wreck many of those who were clinging to it. In the morn- ing, at day light, the Superintendent oftln‘ lsliind sent off the boats, which, with the one in charge of the males, took safely to land all tliost: nho rcuiaiiiicd. The cnplaiin bud :1 iiurrow escape with his life, and lost iill his personal pt'4Ip(‘l‘ly'.——U|mIt counlin_-_r the niiinbcr srivt il, Si-.'t'F..\"l'\' T\\'t) .-«.ul:: \\'t.‘l't,‘ found to be ini.~i.-ixig-—iiicliidiiig sci oi-ail no- men uml cliililr«n—-ivbo l::i.l all mut n watery grave. Only xiv bodies h:id l.'t:i*li rot-.ov(-rt-tl \\'lIt‘ll Cnplnin Spillane loft llll‘ sland—thosc of tlircc seamen, and .l.l:l‘t.'L‘ pnsscngcis--ivhicli wt-rc buried under the (lll‘t't'lli\n ofliiinsolf, and tho Siipci'iiiton<l- , Mr. Campbell, of the lnllcr wliosc ltlll(lllCS§ those suvcd niukc lioiioihlilc incu- tioii. A vessel iris It-lt this for the Island, to take the musti-.r and crew, illill l‘usscii- gors, on to Quebec.

it would pain the hearts of the most burdened to hear from cupluin Spillane even a tithe of the scenes and sulfci-iiigs of that dreadful night. \\’e fervently hope that himself, his crew, and passcngi-rs, mny

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' sutcly reach Quebec. without furtlicv ac-

cident. . —-—o---—

ANECDOTI: or Coi.ettinon.—At :1 dinner party at Mr. Cuniiing’s, Coleridge, in his usual manner, monopolized the coiivcrsa- tion, making Spain the text of ahout'a three hours sermon. He ave_a sketch of the Moors ; was very pathetic over the fall oflionbdil ; elaborately described the Al- hambra ; epitomized Den Quixotic ; ;quot- cd naarl half of Caldron and Lope do Vega ; "raw ii vivid pisiilre of Ferdinand and Isabella ; denounced their neglect of Columbus, and hastily rccapitulutcd the

Peninsular War, including a few tail lights,‘

siilll-mtl shipwreck, nnd the total loss of

struck. Every hope of getting her clear of

the pressure and violence thus used, one of

auto dafe’s, etc. At length he concluded by saying, “ All these reflections rose to my tiiind in coiisequoiice of my meeting, on my way to this hospitable mansion, two of tliose~gallnn.t soldiers, ‘the Life Guards, who lulifllcéllllllle Spii’l;l|8l| war under the iinmorta e ington.

Hook exclaimed across the table, “ what mi escnpc we have had ; only suppose if Coleridge had met the regiment !”

TH!-.' Uses oi-‘ Ice —'l‘he French doctors have discovered that ice is safer and better to use in surgical operations than chloro- form. By tiio application of pounded ice and common salt to the diseased parts, thus causing numbness and insensibility, a sur- goon lately succeeded in removing a large tumor, without giving the patient any pain, and occasioning very little less of blood. The only inconvenience was, that the doc- tor froze his ﬁngers.

Tits Dav or ‘run PRESIDENTIAL Euc- 'rioN.—'I‘uesday, the fourth day of Novem- ber next, being the Tuesday alter the first Monday of that month, is the day on which the people throughout the entire country will cast their votes for electors of Presi- dent of the United States. It will be the most memorable contest that has ever mark- ed the politics of that ccuiitry.

The Fnsiscu Mime-rut had complained to Mr. Marcy of the receipt of an insultin anonymous letter on the envelo e of which was the seal of the State epartmcnt. Mr. Marcy disavowed all knowledge or responsibility concerning the letter. The author, who was in clerk in a government office relieved both parties of their embar- russment by making himself known and at once resigning his situation. '

llut few men die of old age. Almost all die ofdisappointincnt, passion, mental or bodily toil, or accident. The passions kill men sometimes even suddenly. ’l‘he coiiiiiioiicxpressioii, “ choked with pes- sion,” has little cxiiggt,-rtttioii in it; for even though not suddenly fatal, strong passions shorten life. Strong bodied men often die young; \\'t'1ll( men live longer than the strong, for the strong use their strt-ngtli, and the weak have none to use. The latter take care of themselves, the former do not. As it is with body, so it is willi mind and lt‘lllp(‘l'. 'l‘lie strong are apt to break down, or, like the candle to run; the wick burns out. The infer- ior zinimuls, which live, in general, rcgiilur and temperate lives. have usually their proscribed term of years. 'l‘lic horse lives twenty-five years, the ox fifteen or twenty, the lion about twenty: the dog ten to tivvlvo; the rabbit night; the gzuiin-rt-pig six to seven years. 'l‘hcso numbers nil l)l‘.:ll' ti similar proportioii to the time the ainimzil takes to grow to its full size.

Wlicii tho C£ll'lil.'1'_!lll0ilS parts of the l_nmt-. ll--conic o.-xiii» Al, the limw t-exist-s to L'l‘n\\'. 'l'i:is lukcs pluco in lliilll tit about l\\'t'lllV years on an ll\'Cl‘ﬂ_2t'?_Z in the cum--l at eight; in the horse at five; in the ox .'il four: in the lion in four; in the do-_; zit two ; in the cut at L‘l_£'.lllt:Ul) niontlis in »lll(.‘. rabbit at twelve; in the guinea-pig at st,-vcii. Five or six times those mini- lwrs give the term of life; live is pretty i:o:ii'ilic average; some animals greatly 4,‘Xt‘(‘(‘(l it . But man, ofnll the aniiiials is the one that seldom comes up to his average. ile ought to live :1 hinidrcd years, according to this physiolo lcal law, for ﬁve times twenty are a lnin red, but instead of that he scarcely reaches on the average four times his growing period ; whilst the dog res-chessjx times; the cat six tunes; the rabbit even ei ht times the standard of measurement. reason is obvious. Man is not only the most irregular and mostintemperate, but the most laborious and hard-worked of all animals. He is also the most irritable of all animals; and there is reason to believe, though we cannot tell what an animal secretly feels, that, more zthsn any other animal, men cherisheswrath to kec it warm, and consumes himself with t‘c"ﬁl'e of his own secret redec- ,ions.—Blaclmocd’s Jllog ' s.

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