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THE. BACHELOR'B' REPLY TO THE LAMENT OF

SINGLE LADIES.

Dear Maids, how cruel you must be, To taunt ua with‘yourii'o'n ! Pretending you are fond ofbeanx,

Only to tempt us to propose.)

a too ridiculous, when we Know it to be hyperbole. 0b! were we sure you did not jest, You soon would bring us to the teat ; To we? would be a p easing teak, But we re such Cow'rds we dare not ask; For though our vanit be great, We hold ypu at so big a rate, We have put courage to demand The blessings of your hurt and hand- Thlsia the true and only cause

_ e're not bound by H yrnen's laws. It]. Wey we require—

Mm Preclona treasures we desire; For beauty, modesty, and mind,

With gracefnlneaa, and taste refined, And tempera free from eve gttile, Fair data More of Prince ward Isle, Justice ltgoa us to own,

Are found in your sweet selves alone. And we poor red-coats, hope and pray, That we may soon be sent away,

For hero tomptation'a postwar is strong- Our hearts we cannot master long. ‘

true, we're cautious, but not cold,

Though some of us are rather old: Then only say you do not just,

And soon, how soon, shall we be bloat!

""‘ a If on our troubled minds will case '9 3' c'll‘do our very best to please, ’ \ < Trusting, while at your fact we kneel, , The wounds you've made you’ll deign to heal. I. Murmur. Buses.

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Anecdote qf Bishop Jflyrmn—Hume‘ the Deist r marked, that all the devout persons he had ever in with were melancholy. On this, Bishop Home 0

Iratdplace, it was tnost likely he saw very few, h frten s in the second place, the si ldevout man look melanchol ~ M'Laaoyrr. mixed up with

ght of him would make y at any time. '

ore him in his " mind's e littleneee, all” their cuttin v trivings. -Aa aaciaeman callin at the house of d-h ed landlady at Shrewsbgury, a goo umou Dome liquor that had been d

exciseman ribbed below, and soon found the middle in water, which the had forced into the cellar. \

Aa’r or Puvsrcxmo.——Few medicines are agreeab

to the taste; but one ofthc principal objects ofthe art of prescribing ts to modify their nauseous taste as much this. In the domestic administration or medi-

aa gig... this should not be overlooked :. indeed, it is mo

essential that in medical prescriptions, as the medicines are more frequently given in their simple form, nauseous medicines have little taste when mixed with

with substance, and 'when they are they are mixed. Thns the Met

pletely covered, if the mixture be taken directly. or by cofi'ee; and it is also diminished when the oil brandy floated upon the oil.

with cold water, although it does not lessen the activi

ol' the drug. The ordinary senna tea is covered by the addition of a few_ grains of cream of tartar, or by the Aloes are rendered . more printable by alittle oi the extract of liquorice leave the room, which she did on the condition

added to their solution.— T/tomsnn’s Domestic manage-

mixturc of common Bohea Tea.

amt! of (he Sick-room.

Dr. Bowring tells a characteristic anecdote in his report that, ,when he expressed his surprise to Meltemet Ali, that

the pilgrims going to MeCca, should avail themselves of t steamboata of the infidels which navigate the Red Sea, t

'I’acha said with a luugh—‘Thct‘e is not a word against

steamboata in the Koran.’

M Lord Dcnbigh being about to marrya fortune, l Lord, Gowcr asked him how long th last. lle rcplicd—‘Don't tell me oft c honey-moon ;- it the harvest-moon with me.’

Caocxroaa’s.—Tltis celebrated aocide, the resort exciti- of the bout (an, no longer exists—True, the house

as.

where it did, and doubtless the new club will lo

beer the charmed name of Crockt‘ortt’s; bttt the Crockford’s

is no more, and the late proprietor has no longer a interest in the management ofthe table. retiree to enjoy in peace his princely fortune. The new cl is in the hands of a committee.

Ta: Putin or Joan or Alto—Alla so many centur

have lntervened, it is indeed singular that we should this wonderful woman. iii the Venice journals,

acquire anything new respectin Yet M. Mai-zone has announc that in investi ting the archives of the city of Bologna,

has discoverer that the far-tinned Maid of Orleans was of the ancient famil ' obeislieri, of that city, and was in fact the daughter of crralite Gliislieri, who was obliged to fly fi'om Bologna in 140l, when John Bcutivoglia usurped the

sovereign power of that republic.

A Horarut. Scum—A late English pa ‘ in individuals lproclaimed outlaws, on Eleonduy week, open (hurt, it e

Ex-Speaker of the House of Commons.

Buuuan Israonucrtos.—The warmest manner trumpet Brazilian ‘can introduce another to a family F“. n ‘ ismy friend—.ifhe steal anything, I am accounts

or it.

A It‘aca' roa. rim Na‘mums‘r.—In the bag of a cow, arles Cntmmack, of this

which was slaughtered by Mr. Ch town, was founda seven shilling

tece‘, a large rusty t

three mobs-Jo length, and a ban ul of large sized shot.—

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or a Piuch Passer-A Mr. Lsnormand,aFrench

mechani has lately discovered the means of printing

one cylin er, both sides of the same sheet, which enables his mechanical press to act with a quickness double any hitherto known, and can produoe 4,000 copies in an hour. During the last year the Independents have built filly-seven

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the late Charles James Fox, whois fast a preaching hundredth year, is now livingat St. Anne’s ill, Che Barnett- Pans Cuaaascv.—-—lx 189, the amoun

In. the year 1891, th and Wales. In 1828, ‘numb‘eswas reduced to mac, 17; and int1838, it wagonlyCa

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served, this might very probably be the case; for, in the

and acquaintances being of another sort; and,

—'The lawyer is more conversant and the affairs ofthe world in general than any other human being, a cabinet minister himself not excepted. The lawyer in full practice knows the de- signs apd devices of halfour acquaintance; it is true, rofissional decorum seals his lips, but In: hasthetn all ye,” all their litigattons and g8, and carvings, and con.

was 'consulted by her about ' epoarted in her cellar with- out apernnt. At the words” without a permit,” the

himselfup to flooding of the Severn

honeyomoon would

The tuillionarc

r says—Among

mp, oflicer to the Sherifi‘ of Middlcsex, was the Hon. . Manners Sutton, son of Viscount Canterbury,

la in England, and considerably enlarged thirty-nine. he Hon. Mrs. Fox, the widow ofthat celebrated statesman

t ofbills in circulation in GreatBritain andlrcland, was£132,123,460. Ottawa“: 114 executions in En land

not! wart suntan.

(Hamlin: Liverpool Minn.) ‘ Ourreaders will recollect the account wht last eer,ofthc two armed iron steamersthe the hie hon, built by Mr. John Lin head. ey will also recollect, t _ I proceeded to the China Sea, and jet directed against the Chinese empire. received from Cline by the overla to which one of these vessels, the

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“The steam vessels,” says the account i attacked the fleet ofjunks lying in Anson’s bay,_ to the shallowness of the water only the Nemesrs cor!

ships. Her first rocket set fire to the wdér-magazine o

vessels of war, but even to the other steamer.

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Is up one ofthe largest, with all her crew. a

after junk was boarded and set fire to.

only navigable for junks.

r- her, the others falling short, or going over.

DUELS BETWEEN FRENCH WOMEN. ‘ That women, who can mostly get silly people to fight for

le vie of Moloire with another woman, both in- male attire.

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ded by a regular challenge. duel that took place on the Boulevard St Antoine

a cs t to a c o , . . street fought her lover of the name of Antinottt.

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‘3' a meeting was obliged to kneel down before her and im- tlore her forgiveness. One evening at a ball, having be- liavcd in a very rude manner to a lady, she was re dated to at those gentlemen who had warmly espouscd the lady’s cause should accompany her. To this proposal they reed ; when, alter a hard combat, she killed them all, and quttly re- turned to the ball-room. Louis XIV. granted her a tardon, and she withdrew to Brussels, where she become to mis- tress of the Elector of Bavaria. However she soot after- wards returned to the Parisian opera, and died in 707, at the age of thirty-seven. ., Under the regency a pistol meeting took place ltween the Marqucse de Nesle and the Countess .Poltgnac tr the possession oftlte Due de Richelieu; and in more todcrn times, so late, indeed as 1827, a Madame at SRam- bert, received a challenge to fight with pistols ; am about the same period a lady of Chateauroux, whose httsbtd had recieved a slap in the face without resenting the last, call- ed out the offender, and fighting him with swords vcrely wounded him.

“In 1828 a duel took place between a young git-ind a gut-dc du corps. She. had been betrayed by the guilt sol- dier, and insisted upon satistiiction, selecting her 0» wen- parts by the right of an hfi'ended party. Two sho were exchanged, bttt without any result, as the secon very wisely had not loaded with ball. The young lady, Raver, ignorant of this precaution, fircrl first, and receive e fire of her adversary with the utmost coolness, when, tcy her courage, allcr taking a long and deliberate aim, fired in the air, and thus terminated the meeting which ntloubt led to many others ofa less hostile nature.

In the saute month, as a striking instance ofthe cmgion of this practice,a duel was fought near Strasbourg lween a French woman and a German lady, both of whomtre in love with a painter. The parties met on the grounrmed with pistols, with seconds of their own sex. The rman damsel wanted to fire across a poeket-handkerchiefut the French lady and her seconds insisted upon a distariof25

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Nemesis and rd, of North Bfiken' hat both thesereggels ned the expedlfilon The accounts 1"“ nd mail show the use Nemesis, had ,been I” the attack on the fleet of Junks lyingl tttltleAngonsugzlg but owing ld ap-

proach them, towing twalve armed boats from her Mejes‘lyls

one junk, 18 others were blown up by air own crews, and the rest escaped into the inner waters.” The buoyancy 0f the Nemesis is owing to her being constructed entirely of iron, and her consequent light, draught of water enabled her to enter a harbour inaccessible, not merely to the ordinary The result was the total destruction of the Chinese junks. In file attack on the forts the Nemesis also did good service, having, in‘ conjunction with the Queen, thrown shells1nto the upper tower which commanded the lower fort. A let- ter, dated Macao, Jan. 7, gives further particulars of the service rendered by the Nemesis on this occasronz—f‘ The Nemesis, afier disembarking the 37th regiment native tn- fantry, took up anadvantageous position under the upper battery of Clinenpee, in company with the lion. company’s ship Queen, and commenced throwing shells thh good effect, lodging many within the walls, thereby enabling the . troops to advance and take possession, which they did ID the most gallant stile. This accomplished, she proceeded round the point to assist in silencing the lower fort, throu- ing in grape, canister, anti mnsketry, thereby distracting the attention of the enemy on the sea-side, and givtng the troops and some of the Hyacinth’s crew, whom we .ob- served scaling the walls, greater facilities for entering, which they speedily did, driving all bctbre them. She then pushed on to attack the war—junks strongly moored at the mouth ofa small and shallow river at the bottom of Anson’s 'Buy, and, when witbitt five hundred yards, com- menced a heavy fire ofisbot and shell on the four ltl'gest, which was returned by them. The first Congreve racket fired by her took terrific and instantaneous efl'ect, blowing The others being soon silenced, she then despatched her boats in company with those of her Majesty’s ship Sulphur, 'and one or two others from the Lame, Calliope, and Hyacinth. Junk The whole, eleven in number, blew up as the fire reached their magazines, and thus were completely destroyed. She now proceeded toatown up the river, much to the astonishment of the natives, and brought away two junks which were moored to the shore, without firing a shot, or receiving any, such was the consternation at her appearance alone ata place A remark made by Captain Elliot, the chief superintendent, that the Nemesis had done the work of two line-of-battle ships, proves that her ser- vices have been somewhat important: one shot only struck

them, should not fight themselves is natural, but there are instances on record in which ladies have shown their deter- mination to avenge their own wrongs. Madame do Ville- chen mentions a duel fought with swords by Henriette Syl- In thelcttcrs of Madame Dunoycr, a case is mentioned ’ofa lady Beaucaire and a young lady of rank, who fought with swords in their garden, and would have killer] each other had they not been separated; this meeting had'bcen prece- De la Colombiere mentions a , between two ladies of doubtful virtue, in which they infi'idted on taken the ntoment each other’s face and bosom several wounds, two points at W‘s-J. - ‘ ~ . . that of-Rhubarb, when either is mixed in milk, is com- The

nauseous taste‘ ofcastor oil is covered by warm milk,

‘ 1 But the most celebrated female duellist was the actress Maupin, one ofthe performers at the Opera. Seranc, the famous fen- cing-master, was one of her lovers, and from him she recei- mwd “P0” some com Will". and a teaspoonfull Of ved many valuable lessons. Being insulted one day by an The disagreeable taste of actor ofthc tiarqe ofDurfneny, slip called llum outibut as hp

' ‘ ' ' ‘ refused to ive ier satis action, s to carrier away in watc . “mu I. confidemmy less When we Infusion '5 made and his sufifiibox as the trophies ofher victory. Another performer having presumed to offend her, on his declining

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from the B0 : commissioner ha by the plentpoten- lly informed Commodore laced in his hands. It

' ed at M8056! at arm he Chinese roposed

sfeamer M ’ gasc ' ' inthli once that, t

’ rrliifiisgddgio accegde to the terms p. tiary, and that the latter had oflilqpsv P - business was ' - gzngibdrll;htfnderstood that the Commodore had, in con

forts on the 7th or 8th, 'seqnetlhceinggh‘iiiifdl tiib cadtdd‘iiidh]: Offered were not acceptefé In 6 r . - - e Ina lfljAccOI-dineg, on the: 7th Januar ,.((I,ISIEOSIROE:;8;fabOUt for attacking the 50.115 In “1,9 Boccaf nimble; Pratt, of the 26 1,300 men, under] the gqénqfiltg: d0 in :JBay below WWI)“ regiment, was t )ere‘ ’ h' .Callio 5: Lame, and Hya- fm'h While Her M3355”, s s lps‘ the ibtiver battery 0f the Cinth: l°°k “P “ Posmonfi Owe-sue e steamers Queen and it?" an}: 03,33,211: thllgpngitlltt, gttiiaat efi'e’ct into the upper emesr a , te - ‘ v ' kly compelled to evacua tort, so that the garrison Viele qutc ' . t Ge ascended the it. The land forces, after some leSlS an ,. ' d _ - - ' fort poured a very 6 bill, and taking possesston_of this a . f the lower ctive fire of musketvy into the garrison, o . _ biiiiery, and, within me hour; lgroin theifr tigptfipgistllllefgglsil; ' waved over the fort. ‘ e 055 0 fsitaigcd to have been 3 killled Billd 22350tzflggg; that Of the ' se is variousl rate at rom _ . r . ~ _ ChSliiiiultaneouslv vitrith this attack Her Majesty’s ships quldi. ‘ Columbine took up their posmon Samarang, Modesto, and . I d h S uthem opposite the fort of Ty-cock—tow wlnch guar st efi o h. h entrance ofthe Bocca Tigris, and opened a heavy re,)v It! was, fora short time, b’riskly returned; but it being social silenced, a party of sailors landed, and, after a deteimlnle resistance on the'part of the Chinese, this foxt was a so captured. The first lieutenant of the Samat'ang was woun - ed in the assault. f h f t ‘ After the ’ca ture o t e or s, destroy the war? junks in Anson’s Bay; but the shallowness of the water admitted only of the approach of the Nemesis, towing some 10 or 12 boats. The 'junks endeavoureddto escape, but a rocket from the Nemesrs blew _up the pow er magazine of one of them, and 18 more, which were set on fire bv the English boat crews, all successwcly blew up. . 1 l’réparations were then made for attacking the princth fort of .dnwtghoy on the following day, when a flag of trqu was dcspatcbed to the superintendent, and hostthttes cease; . The result of these affairs was the circular from Captain Elliot, dated January 20, which we have given amongst our extracts, together with the singular document of the Impe- vial commissioner, Keshen. - Details of the attack on the forts, extracted fi‘om the Bom- bay Tinws'and Canton Press, are given hereafter. The two forts were utterly destroyed, the guns rendered useless, and the numerous dead buried. it» It appears that on the 21st all the ships had left the Bougue, and it was said that part oftbem would sail for Houg Kong immediately, and take final possession of the Island. The English colours had been removed from Cliuenpee, and those of the Chinese {nation substituted. Hong Kong 15 to be garrisoned by Her Majesty’s 18th Royal Irish, .and_ two IB-gun vessels are to constitute the naval force, which is to be under the command of Commodore Smith, C. B. The British flag was to have been hoikted on the 25th January, and a. portion of the troops disembarked to take possession, but they were then to return and remain on shipboard tlll proper quarters could be provided for them on shore. Her Majesty’s ship Columbine has proceeded to Chusan to recall the whole of the troops, as the possession of the island is now to be returned to the Chinese. Everything appears to have been proceeding peaceably in that direction. The health of the troops hasgreatly improved, provisions have been plentiful, and the weather more favourable. Some reports have been rife as to the intention of the Chi- nese to commence hostilities, and endeavour to drive away the new possessors; but these appear to have been Without foundation, as a friendly and pacific feeling has generally prevailed. The prisoners, with the exception of the chm- mon soldiers and seamen, seem to have been well treated at Ningpoo, and no fresh captures have been made. ' The Chinese have, as usual, published a great number of edicts, ii-om the translations of which it seemsthat they still

speak of the British nation with contempt. mamas . 21,125.62: 321225133331“: °“ 6th, but on the request of Lord Palmerston, who statg'dl mix]: while those matters, exciting a strong feeling on-both sides of the Atlantic, were the subject of communication betWeen the-two governments, both of ‘which entertained an anxious desire to bring the matter to an amicable and satisfactory termination, anything like a discussion of the details in the House, would only tend to delay, and perhaps to defeat the object, not only of the mover but of the English Govern- ment, and the Government ofthe United States—be con- seated to postpone the motion. ’ Thctliritish nation are rejoicing that Queen Victoria is again in a state of domestic solicitude. There is a fair prospect that she will increase the pension list as tnuch as her grandfather George II]. Each of the nurses of the royal babies receives a retiring pension for life of 200 pounds sterling; and George III. had eleven nurses, living at one time With these pensrons, amounting to 11,000 dollars a year about: half as much as the salary of the President of the, United States. Our people, instead of being obliged to raise our rulers from the egg-shell, find plenty of them read mqsle to their hand.—./1merican pa er. . y BATH or GENERAL Sm R. . FERGUSON . — General Sir R. C. Ferguson, G. C. B., and M. RTE" lgottiiiv- ham, died on the 10th oprril, at his residence in Bolted- row. General Ferguson entered the army as an tension on the 3d of April, 1790, and attained the rank of major-gebueml m 1808. On several occasions be distinguished himself as a- gallant soldier and most able leader, but in the midst of his brilliant career in the Peninsula, he was compelled b severe indisp0smon, by which his life was in imminy‘i danger, to Withdraw for a time from active service B (if) death the colonelcy of the 791i: regiment of foot or Camy ‘ is Highlanders, becomes’ vacant General Fet'gtison has 61 on VlVed his brother, the late Robert Ferguson ES 0 lur- few months. Sir Ronald Ferguson represented thgborguéfi

of Nottingham before the assin . of th has continued to sit ibr it evgr sincge e Reform A“, and