, and find one common grave. Hence, ough "We wade in wealth, or soar in fame, arth's highest station ends in here he lies, nd dust to dust concludes her noblest song." By his present Majesty every mark of pect was paid to the remains of his royal ther. He attended as chief mourner in ong purple cloak, with the star of the ter of the garter embroidered on it, aring the collars of the Garter, the th, the Thistle, St. Patrick, and the Royal noverian Guelphic order. His Majesty s accompanied by Prince George of imberland. In the metropolis, and in most parts of kingdom, the day of his late majesty's erment was distinguished by a suspension labour and the closing of shops. But happily, in many places, it was a day of t and dissipation, very little accordant th the solemnities of the occasion. Strangely intermingled with the obseties of one monarch, were the rejoicings r the accession of his royal successor. In ondon, and in most towns throughout the ited kingdom, King William IV. has en proclaimed with every demonstration loyal attachment. Not a dissenting voice is been heard; and from this auspicious ommencement it may be inferred that he as already taken possession of the hearts f his people. Instead of secluding himself om his subjects, wrapped in sullen greatess, he mingles with them, and on every onvenient occasion indulges the gaze of heir anxious curiosity. Already has trade egun to revive under his auspices. The rpid state of the last seven months has Liven place to new life in the various departments of fashion, equipage, and dress. _n every quarter, both his Majesty and his Royal Consort, are mentioned in terms of oyal affection, and the universal wish apDears to be, that he may long live to reign over a people in whose hearts he already its enthroned. GLEANINGS. Spectre of the Brocken, among the Harts Mountains.— On a certain rige, just at suorise, a gigantic figure of man had often been observed walking, and extraOrdinary stories were related of it. About the year 1800 a French philosopher went with a friend to watch he phenomenon; but for many mornings they had araded on an opposite ridge in vain. At last, howver, they discovered the monster, but he was not lone; he had a companion, and, singularly, he and his companion aped all the motions and attitudes of the observer and his companion: in fact, the spectres were merely shadows of the observers, formed by the horizontal rays of the rising sun falling on the morning fog which hovered over the valley beyond; but because the shadows were very faint, they were deemed distant, and therefore seemed men walking on the opposite ridge; and because a comparatively small figure seen near, but supposed distant, appears of gigantic dimension, these shadows were accounted giants.-Dr. Arnott, 782 Discoveries at and near Rome.-The last number of the Bulletin des Sciences contains an account of a letter from M. Visconti, communicated by M. Raoul Rochette to the Academy of Inscriptions and Felles Lettres; in which he states, that the statue discovered at Falleri, and supposed to represent Juno, is decidedly a statue of Fortune or Clemency; the only attribute belonging to it being the horn of plenty, which is common to those divinities. M. Visconti mentions the discovery of a half tigure of Bacchante, in baked clay, of exquisite workmanship; and two figures of Silenus, intended for fountains, also of good execution. He states, that by a continuation of the re searches, it has been proved that the Via Sacra did not pass under the Arch of Titus, and that all the interpretations of the vases of Martial, Ovid, and Horace, which appeared so conclusive on this subject, are erroneous. In the vicinity of the Temple of Peace, a beautiful mosaic pavement has been discovered, and in the ruins of the villa of Cassius at Tivoli, several mosaic pieces have been found; one of which is of bard stone, and of beautiful execution. M. Visconti, in conclusion, alludes to the discoveries of the Etruscan vases, which we have already noticed.-Literary Gazette. Volatile Oil-The following phenomenon is noticed in an American paper (The Louisville Public Advertiser) of March 28: A gentleman from Cumberland County informs us, that in boring through rock for salt water, a fountain of petroleum, or volatile oil, was struck, at the depth of 130 feet. When the auger was withdrawn, the oil rushed up 12 or 1 feet above the surface of the earth, and it was believed that about 75 gallons were discharged per minute; forming quite a bold stream from the place to the Cumberland river, into which it discharged. The stream was struck four or five days previous to the departure of our informant, at which time the quantity of petroleum discharged had not perceptibly diminished. Falling icto Cumberland river, the volatile oil covered a considerable portion of the surface of the stream for many miles. If ignited, it would present a magnificent, if not an appalling spectacle. British oil, which is extensively used as a medicine, is manufactured of petroleum. We have seen a specimen of this oilit ignites freely, and produces a flame as brilliant as gas light."-June 20, 1829. The World Good on the Whole." You ask, if I would agree to live my seventy, or rather seventythree, years over again? To which I say, Yea. think with you, that it is a good world on the whole; that it has been framed on a principle of benevolence, and more pleasure that pain dealt out to us. There are, indeed-(who might say nay)-gloomy and hypochondriac minds, inhabitants of diseased bodies, dis. gusted with the present, and despairing of the future, always counting that the worst will happen, because it may happen. To these I say, How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happ ned! My temperament is sanguine. I steer my bark with Hope in the head, leaving Fear astern. My hopes, indeed, sometimes fail, but not oftener than the forebodings of the gloomy."-Memoirs of Thomas Jefferson. Singular Custom.-We copy the following from a Portsinouth paper :-The Amphitrite was in dock fif teen months, during which time she has undergone some considerable repair, in the course of which, on shifting the foremost piece of keel, and trimming a new scarph out of the lower part of the stem, one of the workmen's tools came in contact with a nail, which, on examination, was found to be silver, and weighed about two ounces. This frigate was built at Bombay in 1816, by Jamsettje Bomangee, who, it is understood, has been in the habit of driving a silver nail into the lowest part of the stem of all the ships built by him, and such care is taken in the secreting of the nail, that it rarely falls into the hands of any person afterwards: another, however, was found under similar circumstances to the one mentioned, in the stem of the Asia in March last year, when in dock, making the second within the last two years-the only instances of the kind ever remembered. It appears a hole is bored in the aft side of the stem, about one-third through the piece, and sufficiently large to admit the nail being driven by means of a punch up to the head in the hole; a plug is then driven over the nail, which further secures it in the heart of the wood. There is a superstitious ceremony performed on the occasion, with the strictest privacy, and a great deal of unintelligible enthusiasm is couched under it, relative to the future safety and success of the ship. Fountain Tree-Navarette tells us of a tree, called the Bejuco, which turns about other trees, with its ends hanging downwards; that travellers cut its nib, and presently a spout of water runs as clear as crystal, enough for six or eight men. It is a juice, and natural water, and the common relief of the herdsmen on the mountains, when thirsty.-Account of China. 783 Gleanings. Literary Notices. Chimneys.-Chimneys were scarcely known in England in the year 1200, one only being allowed in a religious house, one in a manor house, and one in the great hall of a castle, or lord's house-but in other houses they had nothing but what was called Rere Dassc, where their food was dressed, where they dined, and the smoke found its way out as it could In King Henry the Eighth's time, the University of Oxford had no tire allowed-for it is mentioned, that, after the Stewards had supped, which took place at eight o'clock, they went again to their studies till nine, and then, in the winter, having no fire, they were obliged to take a good run for half an hour, to get heat in their feet before they went to bed. What is Law like?-Law is a country dance; people are led up-and-down in it till they are fairly tired out. Law is like a book of surgery-there are a great many terrible cases in it. It is like physic too, they that take the least of it are best off. It is like a homely gentlewoman," very well to follow"-and like a scolding wife, very bad when it follows us. Law is like a new fashion, people are bewitched to get into it," and like bad weather," most people are glad to get out of it.- Weekly Times. Abolition of Suttees.-We mentioned about two months ago that the Governor General of India, Lord William Bentinck, had had the courage to issue a proclamation, abolishing Suttees, Our information was derived from a letter from Benares, in which the writer stated that he had himself heard the proclamation read. Although it therefore appeared almost impossible that he could be mistaken, we began to fear that, as neither the Company nor the Govern. ment had received any intelligence of such a step, some error must exist. By the last accounts from India, we are happy to find that this is not the case, and that the barbarous practice of female immolation has really been abolished, not merely at Benares, but in Bengal, and we should suppose in all parts of India. The Bengal Hurkaru, of the 1st of December, a Calcutta paper, states, that the measure had not been at tended with any violent opposition. On Thursday last," says the Hurkaru, a woman within a short distance of Calcutta, was about to be burnt with the body of her deceased husband; but, on being informed by the constable that such an act was con trary to the government regulations, she appeared delighted, and joyfully returned home." If these regulations are properly acted upon throughout the whole of the company's territories, Lord William Bentinck will have had the honour and happiness of saving several thousands of widows every year from the most cruel and painful of deaths, and of abolishing a prac tice which has long been a disgrace to those by whom it has been permitted.-Liverpool Times. General Cemetery Company.-The establishment of a General Cemetery has been in contemplation ever since 1825. The design is to provide places of interment, secure from violation, inoffensive to public decency, and ornamental to the metropolis, in shares of 25 each. The capital required is estimated at £200,000. A public meeting was held on Wednesday, June 9th, at Freemason's Tavern. Shares may be obtained of Messrs. Snow, Paul, and Paul, Temple Bar without, on account of the Provisional Trustees; Lord Viscount Milton; Sir John Dean Paul. Bart.; Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq. M.P.; and George Fre derick Carden, Esq. Singular Power of the Mole.-A gentleman of Bath, who was riding on the outside of the coach during the late severe frost, observed a man near Old Down at work with a pick-axe on a piece of ground, which was so completely frozen as to require his whole strength to make any impression; when, strauge to relate, a mole, at the same time, and within a few feet of the labourer, worked his way to the surface, raising his little mound of earth, crumbled to the finest powder. Large Tree-A chesnut tree, the property of Lord Ducie, at Tortworth, Gloucestershire, is the oldest, if not the largest, tree in England; having this year attained the age of one thousand and twenty-nine years! and being 52 feet in circumference; yet it retains so much vigour, that it bore nuts so lately as two years ago, from which young trees are now being raised.June 20, 1829. A Hint to Quacks.--A knowledge of the structure and functions of the body, says Lawrence, is the basis of all rational medicine. 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By Edward Baines, Esq., Author of the "History of the Reign of George III." and of the "Topography of Lancashire," &c. LONDON: PRINTED AT THE CAXTON PRESS, BY II. FISHER, SON, AND CO. THE Emperial Magazine; OR, COMPENDIUM OF RELIGIOUS, MORAL, & PHILOSOPHICAL KNOWLEDGE. SEPTEMBER.] "PERIODICAL LITERATURE IS THE GERM OF NATIONAL LEARNING." EASTERN PART OF FA-RE HARBOUR IN HUABINE, AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS. In our Number 138, for June last, we published a north-east view of this harbour, accompanied with a description of its peculiarities, and also of the district in which it is situated. For the particulars of that account we acknowledged ourselves indebted to the Polynesian Researches of Mr. Ellis, a work which has done more to enlarge and correct our acquaintance with the South Sea islands and their interesting inhabitants, than any other which has perhaps ever been published. To the same source we again make our application on the present occasion, having no doubt, that both the plate and the various objects to which it refers, together with the description annexed, will prove highly gratifying to our numerous readers. It is not, however, either its mountains or valleys, its rocks or its vegetation, its billows or its shores, that confer the highest interest on Huahine. The favourable changes which have taken place in the moral and civil condition of the inhabitants, are subjects of more important moment. They have abandoned idolatry, have embraced Christianity, and turned their attention to the cultivation of the useful arts, in which they have already made an almost unexampled progress. It is therefore pleasing to contemplate the infant efforts of a people emerging from barbarism, and advancing towards a state of civilization and refinement, and to trace the development of intellect displayed in their dress, their manners, and their habitations, as delineated in the following extracts: "On our first visit to Raiatea, in January 1819, the servants of Tamatoa, the king of that island, were plastering a house for his residence: it was nearly finished; the outside was completed, and they were at work within. A day or two after our return to Huahine, we were delighted to see one in the district of Fare actually finished. It was smaller than Tamatoa's, and differently shaped, his being oval, and this being nearly square, with high gable-ends. It belonged 141.-VOL. XII. [1830. to an ingenious and industrious young man, whose name was Navenavehia, and who, although an inferior chief in Huahine, had accompanied Mahine to Eimeo, where he had resided in the family of Mr. George Bicknell, by whom he had been taught in some degree the use of tools, and the art of burning lime. It is not easy, nor is it material, to determine which of these two houses was finished first. They were certainly both in hand at the same time, and the periods of their completion were probably not very remote from each other. A new order of architecture was thus introduced to the nation, and the names of Tamatoa, king of Raiatea, and of Navenavehia, the more humble chief in Huahine, ought not to be forgotten, in connexion with the introduction of a style of building which has since prevailed so extensively among the people, greatly augmenting their social and domestic comforts, changing the appearance of their villages, and improving the beautiful scenery of their islands. "These two houses were not only the first in the Leeward group, but they were the first of the kind ever erected, for their own abode, by any of the natives of the South Sea Islands. now "The success of these individuals encouraged others, although we found great difficulty in persuading them to persevere in the heavy labour this improvement required, particularly as they were actively employed in the erection of a spacious chapel, and the frames of our dwellings. It was no easy task for them to build houses of this kind; there were no regular carpenters and masons. Every man had, in the first place, to go to the woods or the mountains, and cut down trees for timber, trim them into posts, &c. and remove them to the spot where his house was to be built, then to erect the frame, with the doorway and windows. This being done, he must again repair to the woods for long branches of hibiscus for rafters, with which he framed the roof. "The leaves of the pandanus were next gathered and soaked, and sewed on reeds, with which the roof was thatched. This 3 D |