mend the distribution of suitable tracts amongst those who attend Friends' meetings, and that at the conclusion of meetings held for the promotion of this object, or after the distribution of tracts, Friends be invited to give the weight of their influence to the temperance reformation, by signing some form of agreement to abstain from all intoxicating liquors as beverages. Many Friends will probably be aware that an association has been formed to embrace the counties of Northumberland and Durham, and that our friends, Edward Smith of Sheffield, and Samuel Bowly of Gloucester, in furtherance of the objects of the association, have visited Liverpool, York, Bradford, and Manchester. The meetings they attended in each of these places were considered both interesting and satisfactory, and a considerable number of signatures were obtained to the following simple form of agreement:-I agree to abstain from all intoxicating liquors as beverages. The committee will be glad to afford any information they can as to the formation of local associations, the selection of tracts for distribution, &c. Letters may be addressed to the secretary. York, 8th Month, 1850. Reviews. A JOURNAL OF THE LIFE AND GOSPEL LABOURS We have derived great satisfaction from the perusal 259 Christ Jesus our Lord. Therefore, man should give up his own wisdom in these things, and wait daily at Wisdom's gate, for that wisdom which alone can explain those mysteries, second coming of Jesus Christ [in Spirit], in whom is all which were hidden from ages, and are now revealed in the wisdom and knowledge, and who is blessed now and for ever more!" occupied by [the consideration] of the rest which is prepared "Fourth Month, 9th, 1823.-My attention has lately been for the people of God; this is, I believe, generally underfound in this life, reserved only and alone for God's people, those who are willing to enter therein, resting from their own labours as God rested from his. and Divinely opened, we shall see in the light, which then When our eyes are anointed shines in our dark hearts, that our works of righteousness, in which we have taken up our rest, and from which we hoped or can produce the righteousness that God will accept. to reap eternal life, were the works of man, which never did Nothing can bring the soul of man to God but the Spirit of God; our blessed Lord spoke positively that of ourselves we can do nothing, and that without his Divine aid our own works will avail nothing. The young man who came to asking what else he lacked, stumbled at the cross, would Christ, pleading his righteousness from his youth up, and not follow Christ further, but went away sorrowful. And Paul, who was faultless in the observations of an outward profession of religion, when the light from heaven shone around him, he counted his former works of righteousness but as dross and dung, which could not profit him, so that he might gain the spiritual knowledge of Christ. These are some of the mysteries of godliness, which are hid with God, and only can be revealed by his beloved Son, for whom are Lord our righteousness!' He worketh in us those things all things, and in whom the fulness of wisdom dwells-thə which we cannot do for ourselves if we be willing and obedient, we shall eat the good of the land."-Pp. 190, 216. stood to be eternal in the heavens. There is a rest to be A TRACT for the TIMES. A Treatise on the Doctrine of Baptisms. By W. DELL. London: C. GILPIN. pamphlet as truly seasonable. When such unsound WE regard the appearance of a reprint of this valuable views regarding baptism are propagated among memthose who hold the true Christian doctrine on the subbers of the Church of England, so called, it is well for ject to have it in their power, by the circulation of this pamphlet, to supply an antidote to what must be termed pestilent error. before us indicates that three thousand have already The title page of the copy been printed. Many thousands more, we trust, will be called for. William Dell, as many of our readers are aware, was a clergyman of the English Church, and at one time minister of Gonvil and Caius College, Cambridge. John Conran occupied, for many years, a conspicuous and highly important position among Friends in Ireland. In his character of a minister of the gospel, his soundness in doctrine, his abundance in labour, conjoined with his exemplary life and conversation, he was an eminent instrument in the Divine hand, during a time of peculiar trial from the inroads of infidelity, in preserving the bulk of the Society in that land on the sure foundation, Christ Jesus, the rock immutable; and hence the narrative of his life and labours, his trials, and his sufferings in the cause of Truth, will to many, we believe, minister both strength and encouragement to follow on in the path of self- JOHN CASSELL'S BOOKS for the YOUNG. Arts and denial and the daily cross, as the alone way to the rest and kingdom of God. We had marked a number of passages which we should like to have given, as specimens of the admirable clearness of John Conran's views of gospel doctrine, as the same have ever been held by the faithful under our name, from generation to generation, down to the present day. Our limits, however, preclude quoting more at present than the following. Under date of 1st Month 1821, J. C. says"Man, as born of a woman, is void of Divine knowledge of heavenly mysteries, but endowed with a knowledge of the things necessary for man, called 'the things of a man;' with this knowledge, man generally turns the strength of his mind and faculties to the obtaining of earthly things; but the Spirit of God, moving upon this state, says, in His own time, Let there be light; and, in that light, man then discovers his state of nature, and feels he is unable of [himself] to do those things which the secret counsel of the Most High shows him, in his conscience, are necessary to be done, if he attains to heaven and happiness. The light, then, is gradually separated from the darkness, and the light is called the day of merciful visitation to the benighted soul of man; and though this light appears in man, it is not of man, but from God in Manufactures, No. I. FOOTPRINTS of TRAVELLERS. Europe, Asia, Vol. 1. STRUCTOR. London: JOHN CASSELL. THAT we have not oftener noticed the productions of this enterprising publisher, is not because we have been insensible of their merits, but from a belief that the great majority of our readers are not of a class for whose benefit they are professedly designed. There is such a vast amount of information, for so little money, in the above quoted works, and that of the most useful and instructive description, that we cannot but desire they may have the widest circulation. If all who feel interested in the moral and social elevation of this most important and numerous portion of our countrymen, would use their influence in promoting doing the working classes essential service. At the the diffusion of John Cassell's books, they would be same time, we desire that the author may be remunerated in his enterprise, by an extensive and increasing sale. who was named Henrietta. At Batley Carr, near Dewsbury, HANNAH, wife of Benjamin Gill, a son; who was named William Fox. 7th. REBECCA, wife of Alfred Darby, Stanley Hall, near Bridgenorth, Shropshire, a son; who was named Edmund William. 12th. At Margate, ELIZABETH, wife of Frederic Marten, a son; who was named Cruttenden. 17th. At the house of her mother, Sarah Tayler, Wexford, ELIZABETH, wife of Jacob Sparrow, of Dublin, a son; who was named Frederick. 20th. At Stanger, near Cockermouth, ALICE, wife of William Peile, a daughter. Marriages. SEVENTH MONTH, 1850. 19th. At Tottenham, ROBERT MULLENGER, aged 64. 22d. At Askern, aged 14, HANNAH, third daughter of Benjamin Casson, of Hull. 26th. At Hull, SUSANNA STANILAND, aged 78. GEORGE BINNS, of Bradford, shopkeeper, aged about 52. This Friend was overtaken, on the private railway of the Bowling Iron Company, by a train of coal-waggons, and was killed on the spot. 30th. At Dublin, SUSANNA, daughter of Thomas II. and Hannah Todhunter, aged 1 year. NINTH MONTH, 1850. 5th. At Moss Side, near Manchester, SARAH ANN, wife of James Halliday, in her 32d year. 6th. At Batley Carr, WILLIAM Fox, infant son of Benjamin and Hannah Gill. 8th. At Tothill Cottage, Plymouth, JOSEPH BALL, aged 53. In her 8th year, ELIZA, daughter of Thomas and Mary Wright, of Sutton, Isle of Ely. 16th. THOMAS WRIGHT (Father of Eliza), of Sutton, Isle of Ely, aged 49. 22d. "At Dublin, ELIZABETH, widow of the late John Phelps, 25th. Of consumption, HANNAH, wife of Benjamin Gill, of aged 84. 26th. At Mount Parade, York, JOSEPH SPENCE, late of BirstBatley Carr, in her 32d year. 28th. At Cheadle, Cheshire, ROBERT BARKER, aged about 63. with, near Harrogate, aged 75. At Darlington, suddenly, WILLIAM KITCHING, aged 56. TO CORRESPONDENTS. W.B.; T.B.; P.J.B.; G.B.; J.C.; F.A.C.; B.E.; C.F.; J.F.; A.F.; W.F.; C.G.; G.H.; W.H.; R.H.; A.K.; J.K.; T.K.; W.K.; F.J.L.; F.M.; J.M'G.; W.M.; S.N.; H.P.; S.P.; J.R.; C.S.; E.S.; J.S.; J.S.S.; J.T.; C.T.; J.W.; W. and P.; S. W.; T.W.; C.B.; B.M.; T.D.; J.G.; J.B.; W.N.; B.G.; F.T.H.; J.H.; S.T.; and W.G.; are acknowledged. Also, a number of Books, Pamphlets, and Papers; all of which shall receive due attention. Sundry articles in type, and will appear in our next. Advertisements. 31st. At Bradford, JoHN TURNER HALL, Woollen draper, of WANTED, a Well-educated YOUTH, as an Brighouse, to ANN BINNS, confectioner, of the former place. EIGHTH MONTH, 1850. APPRENTICE to a Chemist and Druggist. Apply to A. KNIGHT, Cirencester. 1st. At Waterford, WILLIAM BEALE JACOB, to HANNAH HILL WANTED immediately, an efficient ASSIST NEWSOM; and GEORGE F. Fox, of Gloucester, to SARAH ANNE NEWSOM, daughters of the late Joshua and Isabella Newsom, of Bagnalstown, county Carlow. 7th. At Morley, Cheshire, GEORGE BADDELEY, of Stockport, Apply to H. ALBRIGHT, Chemist and Druggist, Liscard, Cheshire. 9th Month, 27th, 1850. of Nantwich, formerly of Tottenham and Martha Phillips, WANTED immediately, an ASSISTANT to the 16th. At Birmingham, WILLIAM BEAVINGTON LOWE, of Eatington, to RACHEL JANE, daughter of Samuel and Mary Lloyd, of Wednesbury. 21st. At Bradford, FREDERICK JOHN LONGMAN, of Wellingbro', ironmonger, to RACHEL WALKER, of the former place. 28th. At Bradford, CHARLES MORRIS, of Starbeck Station, near Harrogate, to MARY ELIZABETH SMITH, of the former place. 30th. At Winchmore Hill, GEORGE STACEY, jun., to MARY, eldest daughter of William Janson, all of Tottenham. General Drapery Trade. Apply to S. HARLOCK, Nantwich. WANTED, a Clever, Active, and Industrious YOUTH, of pleasing address, as APPRENTICE or JUNIOR ASSISTANT in a Corn and General Seed Shop. Apply to STEPHEN BROWN, Sudbury, Suffolk. in a Friend's Family. Apply to A. B., at SAMUEL JESPER'S, Woollen Draper, Macclesfield. WANTED, early in the Eleventh Month, a Friend, as HOUSEKEEPER, who will be required to have the care of Three Children (the youngest nearly Five Years of age); also, to take part of the Household Work, with one Assistant. Washing done at home. A Person used to children, the country, and with early habits, would be preferred. Apply to JOHN BROWN, Maltster, Earith, near Ives, Huntingdonshire. ¡ CHIEFLY DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. No. XI. GLASGOW, 11TH MONTH, 1st, 1850. REMINISCENCES OF A VISIT TO THE UNITED DEAR FRIENDS,-When you kindly forwarded me a letter of introduction to William Lloyd Garrison, previous to my departure to the United States of America, you expressed a wish to have an occasional line from me during my absence in the far West. I was unable to comply with this request; but now, on my return home, I have pleasure in transmitting a brief outline of some of the most interesting incidents of my journey. I fear, however, from a lack of descriptional -powers, that my narrative will neither be very instructive, nor comprise much that will prove new or interesting. I embarked at Liverpool, on board the British mail steamer, Hibernia, on Seventh-day, the 29th of 6th Month, 1850. My wife and father, with cousins R. and N. M., accompanied me to the steamer, in the tender which lay alongside the landing stage at George's Pier, into which we were crammed with a host of passengers and heaps of luggage. The Hibernia lay moored off Rock Ferry, nearly ready for departure; and our diminutive tender, when she arrived alongside of her, looked like a toy beside the larger ship of 1000 or 1200 tons, in which I had to cross the wide Atlantic. This small craft, however, was more than three times as large as one of the open boats of Columbus, in his first voyage, which was only fifteen tons burden, and without a deck. The Hibernia would, therefore, be seven to eight times the size of the boats used by the enterprising Spanish navigator. It is, indeed, marvellous to reflect on the daring of the early adventurers. Frobisher, in 1576, made his way from the Thames to the shores of Labrador with two small barques of twenty and twenty-five tons each, not much surpassing in size the barge of a man-of-war; and Sir Humphrey Gilbert crossed to Newfoundland, in 1583, in a barque of ten tons only, which was lost in a tempest on the return voyage. My luggage being safely on board the great steamer, I examined the berth, which was admirably selected for me by N, and I may thank him for having procured me one of the most comfortable sleeping apartments in the vessel; a matter of no little importance in a voyage of some duration, the motion being VOL. VIII. excessively disagreeable more towards the stern of the vessel. F. T. accompanied us on board the steamer, and introduced me to the captain (Lang), who is a very efficient commander. After pacing the deck for some time, until the second return of the tender, the time was at hand when I must take a long farewell of my dear relations, which I endeavoured to bear up under as well as I could, suppressing those feelings which nature prompted, desiring to commit those I was leaving behind, equally with myself, to the gracious keeping of an ever-merciful Care-taker, trusting, through his good providence, to be helped along through the dangers and difficulties which I knew awaited my path for some time to come. I took as long a look after the departing tender as possible, which hastily widened the distance between us. How joyful did I think would be the day that would again enable us to embrace each other! Before the pilot left us, I wrote a few lines for him to carry back for my friends, to know all was well. We had not much motion; and though the wind was against us the first day of our sailing, we got on very pleasantly, dashing gaily along through the briny waves, clearing Holyhead in the evening. The sail was delightful, as we proceeded along the coast of Wales, which presents a bold and rocky appearance, with its precipitous cliffs and huge frowning mountains in the background. Words can scarcely describe the grandeur of the prospect, and we hardly regretted the head wind which impeded our progress a little, so as to afford us a longer view of it. During the afternoon, we passed many vessels in full sail, bound for Liverpool, several of which we saluted, which they returned to us. I do not remember any by name except the Albert Gallatin, a fine ship, whose parting signal to us was, " A prosperous voyage, Farewell!" There appears to be no difficulty in vessels holding converse with each other, by means of flags containing certain signs, which are read from a book. After rounding Holyhead, where we were telegraphed according to custom, we had a fine view of Carnarvon Bay; soon after which the sky became overcast, and, before the evening closed, the wind was a little abated. I retired to my berth soon after dusk; and, though sleep was difficult to obtain for some time, owing to the many thoughts of those I had left behind, I enjoyed, on the whole, a good night, and rose refreshed in the morning. Although a sea voyage may be monotonous to some, there is much variety for the attentive observer. Nature is constantly presenting objects of interest; 6th Month, 30th, First-day. We had now got the sea itself, in its ever-varying phases, is a sight pretty clear of the English and Irish coasts, and began which never tires. When it was calm, we often amused to encounter the long swell of the Atlantic. Now, ourselves with watching varieties of the finny tribe alas! came the tug of war. When I arose in the gambolling, rolling, and tumbling in the water, and morning, the motion of the vessel being considerable, yet keeping up with the vessel when sailing eleven to I found it necessary to lay hold of something occasion- twelve miles an hour. Flying fish sometimes rose out ally to keep steady. I soon began to feel very of the water; and after taking short flights, dropped in squeamish; and that I was not alone in this, was again. These were pursued by a number of dolphins, pretty well evidenced by certain sounds from adjacent which, for a considerable time, kept company with apartments, indicating that the inmates were not the ship, so as to give us a full opportunity of observvery comfortable there. The equanimity of the pasing their beautiful colours, continually changing to the sengers was pretty considerably disturbed, most of us various tints of azure, green, and gold, glittering suffering more or less from sea-sickness; some very through the waves. The gold fish we have confined in much so. I hastened to get on deck as quickly as glass globes are very beautiful, but not at all to be compossible, which afforded me great relief; but I con-pared with the dolphin, which is, besides, a much larger tinued squeamish most of the day, not being able to fish, generally weighing eight or ten pounds. The take my meals. Some were so ill, they quite disap- seamen say they are good eating. Although the colpeared, and were not seen on deck again for several ours of the dolphin are exceedingly beautiful while days. Those who were well enough, collected in the alive and in motion in the sea, they are still more saloon about noon for public worship. The wind con- extraordinary when the fish is taken out of the water, tinuing contrary, we could have the benefit of no sail, and is in the agonies of death; displaying, then, every yet were going at the rate of eight knots an hour. colour of the rainbow, changing in rapid succession as We rounded Cape Clear in the evening,-so farewell long as life remains. As the dolphins pursue the flying now to the Old World! fish, so the dolphins, in their turn, are pursued by the great shark, called, from its known discernment and cunning, the "sea lawyer." Such is the activity of these voracious animals in seizing their prey, that sometimes whilst fishermen are dragging up a dolphin or some other fish, a huge shark will put up his monstrous jaws and snatch the fish from the hook. 7th Month, 1st.-Slept well during the night, but sick this morning. There was a heavy swell, with an adverse wind rising. 2d.-Wind still directly contrary. Feared we were going to have a long and unfavourable voyage. A terrific night, the ship rolling and pitching awfully. I was often in great fear, and thought, many times, we should have been swallowed up. We seemed to plunge down into the very deeps, and then up again; everything movable being upset, and it was necessary to lay hold of some fixtures to keep our places. A telescope-table in the berth-saloon flew out, and the leaves were thrown in all directions; the ship creaking as if it would fall to pieces. O! for a little rest and quiet; but it is nowhere to be found. We had a very stormy night, but were glad to find the wind abating in the morning, though it still continued quite contrary. Notwithstanding the wind dropped so much during the day, the sea continued to roll majestically; and my feelings of sickness being now nearly gone, I experienced one of the greatest treats in sitting on deck to watch the troubled ocean, which was quite as much disturbed as it was whilst the wind was blowing hard. There was less foam on the crests of the waves, and not so much of that complete mingling of sea and sky that existed whilst the storm was in the height of its fury, when the spray was carried almost mast high; but there were those fine rolling billows, according to the seamen's phrase, running mountains high, which it would be impossible to describe to those who have not seen them. Long did I enjoy the novelty of the scene, viewing the wide expanse of ocean, and watching the rolling and pitching of our fine ship as she ascended and descended these "mountain waves. The sight was magnificently grand; no pen can describe it adequately. 3d. The wind was more favourable for us to-day, our sails being unfurled for the first time since we set sail. We are now gliding away gloriously, and making quick progress across the Atlantic, which is often as smooth as our inland lakes. Our rate of sailing is now about eleven to twelve and a half knots per hour, equal to 250 to 270 miles per day-nautical calculation from noon to noon. If this continue, we may still hope to make a short passage; but in a voyage at sea, as in the voyage of life, it often happens that our prospects are not realized. The voracious shark also has its enemies. It is related by a traveller, that when he crossed the Atlantic, "the sailors, by throwing out pieces of meat, enticed a shark to come so near the ship, that one of the company, who stood upon the main-chains, had an opportunity of casting the noose of a strong rope over his head, and the other end of the rope being passed through a block, he was quickly hoisted upon deck, where he lay some time, striking the board with his tail with great violence. It was curious to see the agitation of the little pilot fishes, which accompanied the shark; and when he was dragged out of the water, they seemed to use their best endeavours to follow him. The pilot fish is something like the mackerel, but of a smaller size. On the shark's being thrown upon the deck, several sucking fish fell from him about eight or ten inches in length. These fishes, I should suppose, are a considerable annoyance to the shark, sticking close to various parts of his body like a leech. The captain, not being willing that he should be killed, on account of the dirt and disagreeable smell that he would make, and the sailors not being willing that he should escape punishment, wantonly tied a piece of wood about the size of a common oar to his tail, and then hoisted him again, and let him into the sea. Notwithstanding he had been out of the water more than a quarter of an hour, the moment he reached the sea he dived into the deep, with the encumbrance at his tail, apparently with the greatest ease, and was out of sight in a few seconds.' Sometimes the sea appeared sparkling with myriads of minute blue fishes, speckled with silver. But of the various species of the finny tribe which came under our notice, porpoises were the most common. Occasionally they were very numerous, following each other in a line at short intervals. They are large, apparently four or five feet long, and may weigh several stones; their backs of a bluish black colour; swimming without effort, seeming scarcely to move either their fins or tail. We frequently saw large shoals of them, extending as far as the eye could reach, and all driving along in one direction. Occasionally they dive, and then reappear, to take breath, at a great distance, frequently leaping up quite out of the water, so as to display their silvery white bodies. 7th Month, 4th.-A beautiful cloudless morning. Wind favourable, sails all unfurled; gliding gaily along over the magnificent ultra-marine. We all enjoyed pacing the deck; some standing in groups, others playing at chess, whilst our female friends were shading themselves under their parasols. A German artist had his paints and canvas out, and was busily engaged in sketching, in oil colours, various parts of our steamer, or sometimes a passing ship in full sail; but the latter are now seldom seen. We are days without passing one. The sunsets were sometimes magnificent; no description can convey an idea of their beauty. They who wish to know what they are, must come and witness them. 7th Month, 5th.-It was very cold to-day, but delightfully clear, and with a favourable breeze: we were gaining ground rapidly. I was sick to-day, from eating too freely at dinner. It would be well for us often, if we would bear in mind that we eat to live, and do not live to eat; and regulate our practice accordingly. We have far too many good things, which are tempting when the appetite is keened by sea breezes and walking exercise on deck. We have all sorts of soups, fish, meats, puddings, tarts, jellies, blanc - manges, and fruits at dinner; and chops, steaks, sausages, cold beef, mutton, &c., with tea and coffee to our breakfasts. In fact, the only fault is there is too much of everything that is good. All on board is very comfortable; even the berths, though small, are so nice and clean, and kept so well-aired, that I generally sleep as soundly as at home; except I sometimes dream about disasters at sea, such as coming in contact with some iceberg, which, from the continued coldness of the weather, are supposed to be in our vicinity. In the second cabin, they are very uncomfortable, being more crowded; and two or three of the passengers get drunk, and make sad uproarious work at night, going in singing at two or three o'clock in the morning, and disturbing the more peaceful sleepers. We hear nothing of the kind in the first cabin; all is closed up and every light extinguished at twelve o'clock, and a bell rings us up at seven in the morning; breakfast at eight, lunch at twelve, dinner four, tea seven, and supper for the few who incline at ten. I have taken no supper since I came on board, and spirits only once, medicinally; which I found to have the wrong effect, and therefore took no more. When I feel inclined to be sick, a glass of cold water and a biscuit or two do me most good. The sickness is either removed by this, or it assists in bringing off the stomach that which produces the unpleasant sensation. The suffering from sea-sickness does not appear to be much decreased by practice. We had one gentleman on board, who had been twenty-seven times across the Atlantic, who did not suffer much; but there was another, who had crossed fifty-three times, who was very sick on this occasion. The second mate has crossed the Atlantic ninety-three times. In a general way, all our passengers seem to enjoy themselves. In a large steam-ship, there are several very distinct societies, whose employments during the voyage are singularly contrasted. There are the sailors, all of whom are fully occupied under their officers, during the various changes of weather, furling or unfurling the sails, and attending to the ordinary duties of a sailing ship. In the saloon there are passengers who are seen lounging or reading books, or talking, or playing at whist, chess, draughts, &c., and enjoying, except in boisterous weather, all the luxuries and expensive fare of a large hotel. The engine-men and firemen appear almost a distinct race, with sooty faces and soiled clothes, pale with heat, heaping up coals on the great furnace, or regulating the machinery. Our two engines are 250 horse each. We carry on board about 550 tons of coal, calculated to last twentyone days, though only required for twelve or fourteen generally; so that we consume twenty to thirty tons daily. 7th Month, 6th.- This was a very fine day, but cold, with bright Northern lights in the evening, which are said to betoken storm. We witnessed, during our voyage, several most brilliant exhibitions of the Aurora Borealis; the sky sometimes emitting silvery streams of light, at other times a large space would appear overspread with a most delicate roseate hue. The sea appeared often very luminous at night when agitated by the paddles, and the wake of the vessel presented a splendid appearance, like a liquid blaze. This phosphoric illumination was sometimes very extraordinary, the waves sparkling as if covered with stars or diamonds. This phenomenon has been attributed to various causes, though apparently not quite satisfactorily explained. It is most probably caused by very minute luminous animalcule, though some assert it is produced by putrid animal and vegetable substances. From the descriptions I heard of its appearance sometimes when the whole surface of the ocean resembles a sea of fire, I am inclined to believe it may be owing to some electrical agency. Although there appears to be no resting-place for fowls of the air in the wide ocean, yet we saw numbers of sea-birds almost daily; often riding, like pieces of cork, on the loftiest waves, and in the most tempestuous weather. Sea-gulls and wild ducks are seen a great distance from land; and the stormy petrel (or, as the sailors call them, Mother Carey's chickens). are seen, even in the mid-Atlantic, skimming over the surface of the heavy-rolling waves of the most tempestuous sea, quite at ease and in security. These birds are the constant, roving, adventurous inhabitants of the ocean; one species or another of them being met with by navigators in every climate, and at the greatest distances from land. They seem to sport with the tempest; and run on foot, swim, or fly at pleasure over the foaming billows, with amazing velocity. In flying, they generally keep so near to the undulating waters, that the tips of their wings often beat upon the surface, and thereby accelerate their progress. In calm weather, they float and repose, as it were, on the bosom of the ocean. The frequent appearance of the stormy petrel is considered a prognostication of tempestuous weather; hence its name. It seems to foresee and fear the coming storm, long before the seamen can discover any appearance of its approach; and this these little sure prognosticators make known by flocking together under the wake of the ship, as if to shelter themselves from it, or to warn the mariners, and prepare them to guard against the danger. (To be continued.) THOUGHTS, No. II.-ON THE FORMATION OF TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETIES, COMPOSED ONLY OF MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, OR THOSE IN PROFESSION WITH THEM, OFFERED for SERIOUS AND CANDID CONSIDERATION. Ir is a remarkable coincidence, that many who advocate the continuance of capital punishments—many who defend the war system-many who support the drinking customs of society, profess to be "deeply impressed" with the evils arising from the barbarism of the gallows, from the horrors of the battle field, and from the wide-spread devastation of intemperance. |