of Great Britain and the United States, and the commissioners of Massachusetts will shortly shake hands in perpetual amity.

The line agreed upon is that which the King of Holland recommended, as far as the small Lake near the rise of the river St. Francis. Thence it runs down to the southwest branch of St. John's river, leaving out a strip of our territory about 100 miles long and twelve broad. This belt of land is what we give up, though the King of Holland gave it to us in his arbitration. But in lieu of that, we are to get the free navigation of the St. John's river, but without access to it, except above the great Falls. We also get Rouse's Point on Lake Champlain, a place to which some importance has been attached in a military point of view.

It was further understood that the general Government would reimburse Maine her expenses in defending the disputed territory, and that Massachusetts was to receive 150,000 dollars for her portion of the ceded territory.

THE VINTAGE AND CROPS OF PORTUGALIt is now certain, the vintage will be the most splendid that has been seen for many a year. Luxuriant grapes abound in the market. As in England, there, also, there has scarcely been any rain. The wheat crops are also excellent, but the crop of maize, the great support of the people, is wholly deficient in the province of Tras os-Montes.

MEXICO. THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTH-DAY.All the prisoners who had been taken in the expedition to Santa Fé, were on the commemoration of Santa Anna's birth liberated from prison-with this stern proviso-that if afterwards surprised with arms in their hands they should suffer death.

THE NEW LINE OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EUROPE AND ASIA, ACROSS THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA-The French are, it seems, making a settlement on the Marquesa Islands situate in the Pacific Ocean, in 11 degrees latitude.

RAPID INTERCOURSE BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW WORLD-TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS.The Belgian steam-ship British Queen, Lieutenant Eyckholdt, which left Antwerp on the 7th and Southampton on the 10th ult., arrived at New York on the evening of the 27th, having made the passage, in the face of strong gales, in 17 days. The Great Western, Lieutenant Hoskin, sailed from Kingroad, Bristol, on the 16th, and reached New York on the morning of the 28th ult., after a passage of 13 days and 12 hours. The British and North American royal mail steamer Columbia, Captain Judkins, which sailed from this port on the evening of the 19th ult., arrived at her berth, East Boston, at 5 o'clock on the morning of the 1st inst., after an uncommonly quick passage, including a stoppage of 5 hours at Halifax, of 12 days and 10 hours.-Liverpool Albion.

CONFLAGRATION-CAMENTZ, IN GERMANY.The Observateur of Brussels, announces on

the authority of a letter from Camentz, dated August 5th, 7 a.m.-"The town is in flames. Of 500 houses, scarcely 100 remain standing. The Town-hall, the Gothic church, all the hotels, &c., are already burnt to the ground. Several persons are missing. The bodies of a woman and a child have been found burnt to death. The fire broke out last night, at half-past 10 o'clock, and is said to have arisen from the negligence of a female."

The town of Knittelfeld, in Styria, was on July 26th, so dreadfully ravaged by a fire, that 56 houses and 60 farm buildings were entirely consumed, and six persons lost their lives.

A fire took place at Lugos, in Hungary, July 21st, which destroyed the town-hall, the church, and more than 300 houses.

THE DOG SMUGGLERS.-The contraband trade carried on by dogs on the frontier of France next to Belgium, says the Constitutionnel, continues to increase in extent and activity. The number of dogs thus employed is estimated at 80,000. A premium is given for the destruction of each of the quadruped smugglers, and immense numbers have fallen victims to the douaniers. but they are immediately replaced by others, Their homes are in France, where they are well fed and kindly treated, and their education consists in sending them from time to time into Belgium, where they are nearly starved, and severely flogged by men dressed as French Custom-house officers; so that they have the uniform in horror, and in the course homeward carefully avoid it, taking a circuitous route as soon as they catch sight of it. When they are let loose to return home, laden with a burden of from five to six kilogrammes of merchandize, they proceed with rapidity, and they are sure of good treatment on their arrival.

NO CEREMONY.-Count Zichy, of the wellknown Hungarian family of that name, was a few days ago in Sidon, and had his beard plucked by an Arnant in the public street, although he (the Count) turned aside to allow the man sufficient room to pass; on which the other Arnants set up a horse laugh. The Count was unarmed, and frantic with rage, and had no resource but to complain to the Bey in command of the troops. The Bey tried to appease him, and said that it was only in fun or friendship. "Then," said Count Zichy, "will you allow me to pluck your beard as a mark of my friendship for you!" The Bay frowned, taken rather aback at the readiness with which the Christian applied the test of "do unto others as you wish that others should do unto you," whispered to an attendant, and said the man should be brought. The Count waited some time, and at last the excuse was given that the man could not be found. "If you cannot give me satisfaction," said the Count, "I will take it, by shooting the first Arnant I meet in the street." No sooner was this interpreted than a general

raised a false alarm that he had gone overboard; and when the crew had ascertained this to be incorrect, he remained by the captain for some time, and when all was still, and while asleep, he lifted him out of his bed and plunged him into the sea, where he must have immediately become a prey to the sharks, which abound on the coast. The subsequent conduct of the mate and his exclamations to the men who heard the splash in the water and accused him of having thrown the captain overboard, which he at once admitted, lead to the supposition that he was labouring under temporary insanity or delirium when he took away the life of his captain and friend, and afterwards relapsed into a state of forgetfulness. It appears that the mate`s head was seriously affected by the heat of the climate in Africa, and a virulent disease which he contracted before he left London broke out afresh. He still labours under an affection of the head, which was wrapped up in flannel and bandages when he underwent his examination at the police court. The prisoner when removed from the vessel upon its arrival in London, conversed upon every subject except the murder, of which he had not the slightest recollection. He will be tried at the Central Criminal Court.

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THE ROYAL MINT AND NEW GOLD AND SILVER COINAGE. During the month of July every department in the Royal Mint has been in the utmost activity, not merely for home use, but in providing coin for exportation to India, China, and the Continent. the Proclamation of June 3rd, nearly five million sterling (sovereigns and half-sovereigns of George III. and IV., and William IV.) have been received from the Bank for recoinage, and eight steam-presses have been constantly at work to supply this deficiency. Each of these strike about 80 a minute, and could, if supplied fast enough, strike off 120 a minute. About 400,000l. has been received weekly, in bags of 1,000 ounces each. The run upon silver is now at an end, from 10,000l. to 12,000l. worth has been struck off weekly. In addition to the previous great demand to pay our troops in India and China, a large extra supply of the precious metals was sent to the Mint to be coined with all speed in anticipation of news by the overland mail. The following is the amount of the July coinage :-Sovereigns, 695,350; half-sovs., 880,000; half crowns, 125,000; and 750,000 shillings, besides 40,000 sixpences. Exportations of the precious metals:-Calcutta, 280 ounces of gold; 270,720 ounces of silver coinage, and 177,000 ounces in bars. Bombay, 4,500 ounces silver coinage, and 2,700 in bars. Mauritius, 1,280 ounces in gold, 40,000 ounces silver, and 23,632 ounces in bars. Ceylon, 900 ounces in silver. Hongkong, 145,000 ounces in silver. Launceston, Van Dieman's Land, 400 ounces. Hamburgh, 3,000 ounces sil

ver, and 6,000 ounces in bars. From the 21st of July to the 28th there was exported as follows:-Hamburgh, 1,500 ounces of silver in bars; Rotterdam, 28,000 ounces; Calais, 60,000 ounces; Hongkong, 137,054 ounces; Mauritius, 23,632 ounces; in gold, 1,150 ounces; Calcutta, 144,400 ounces in bars, and 136,920 in bullion; Cape of Good Hope and Wellington, New Zealand, 32 ounces. There is still a great scarcity of silver on the continent in consequence of France and Prussia having a new coinage about to be struck, but gold is cheaper than in this country, although they chiefly receive their precious metals from the bankers and bullion dealers in the city. In consequence of the request for the gold and silver new coinage, the half-farthings, it is expected, will not be issued to the public from the Mint before Christmas. All of the old silver coinage of George III. and George IV. paid into the Bank is not reissued for circulation, but will be recoined, being so very deficient in weight and so much defaced by wear and tear. The transfer books of Bank stock at the Bank of England will be shut from the 1st of September next till Friday, the 14th of October following. By a recent order from the Bank, bags of 501. down to 10. light gold are receivable in the Rotunda for the purpose of being exchanged for fullweight pieces.

CURE OF A TOAD-BITE.-The Perth Advertiser mentions that a house-cat having fixed its teeth in the back of a common toad, she suddenly fell sick, tumbled over, and foamed at the mouth. An eye witness, thereupon, instantly procured some sweet milk, and immersing poor puss' head in the liquid, she was soon restored to her previous good health.

HYDROPHOBIA OF A HORSE.-A fine saddle mare belonging to a gentleman of Dublin, lately died of this frightful malady. She was exercised the day before, but the groom observing her to be sulky and attempting to lie down, he rode her home directly. In the stall she was uneasy, tottering, snapping, and shortly fell down. Mr. Watts, veterinary surgeon, pronounced that she had been bitten by a mad-dog, and could not survive that day. Her mouth was tied up to prevent her biting (the way of all others to render her more furious). At length, breaking loose into a timber yard, she so cut herself that death ended her sufferings. On the closest examination there was no sign of a cut or bite; and the only evidence of ailment was a slight lameness in one foot.

MONUMENTS TO NAVAL HEROES. - The House of Commons, upon the recommendation of Sir Robert Peel, before its rising, moved that an address be presented to Her Majesty to erect monuments to Lord Exmouth, Lord de Saumarez, and Viscount Sidmouth, which was agreed to.

ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.-The dome and interior of this splendid edifice is undergoing complete repair. Divine service is at present discontinued.

SURPRISING MUSHROOMS.-In the month of March some pavement laid down through Circus-place, Einburgh, was observed to be raised upwards of an inch from its bed, and upon examination was found to be resting upon three large fungi, two of which were each upwards of three feet six inches in circumference, or about fourteen inches in diameter. The stone which was thus raised by the protrusion from the earth of these enormous mushrooms measured three feet nine inches in length, one foot eight inches in breadth, and four and a half inches in thickness, and we are informed could not be less than two and a half cwt.

QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD.-The anniversary of the foundation of Queen's College was on the 15th ult. This college was founded by Robert Egglesfield, confessor to Philippa, Queen of Edward III., (from whom it takes its name) in 1340, for a provost and 12 fellows (since increased to 16), for natives of Cumberland and Westmoreland.

CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, OXFORD.-A scholarship on the foundation of this college will be open to competition on Friday, Oct. 28. The candidates must be natives of the county, under nineteen years of age on the day of election, and present themselves to the President, Saturday, Oct. 23rd, at eleven p.m., having certificates of their parents' marriage, their own baptism; evidence of the time and place of their birth, testimonials from the college or school where they have been educated, and Latin epistles to the electors.

"MORROW," OR IRISH SPIRIT.-Our readers will remember The Rimbecco, or Corsican Revenge, a Tale in this Magazine; here is a tolerable specimen of faction fights, in the present civilized! age: - A most terrific affray occurred last month at the back gate of Sonna, on Mr. Evers' land, where a cock fight of ten matches aside took place between a man of the name of Martin Quin, on the part of Bunbrusna, and a man of the name of John Kiney, on the part of Balnacreigha, when the Balnacreigha losing five out of the first six battles, a quarrel ensued, more through a party spirit than anything else, as a number of Legan boys (Longford) and Rathowen attended, who had sticks bored about six or eight inches with an auger, and again one cross bore; through the main bore melted lead was poured, which took hold in the cross bore, and the weapon was used with a most deadly effect; the password made use of by the victimiser to the victim, in presence of the assassins, was "morrow," when shortly after, an eye being on the victim, he was without any reason frightfully beaten. A great number were made to know the word "morrow" by the weight of

the leaded sticks and alpines used on the occasion. We understand the Legan boys were borrowed for "swap." It is considered that the party who suffered on the occasion do not mean to seek any redress at law, but to retaliate in like manner. A couple of respectable young men, in attempting to rescue some of the parties, came in for their share of the weight of the bludgeons.

FLIGHT OF PIGEONS.-Pigeon flights form now an ordinary article of news, but they are, nevertheless, very interesting records. The Birmingham Advertiser furnishes us with the following :-" We mentioned some weeks since that on Tuesday, July 12, about 220 pigeons, or, as other accounts say, 300, belonging to parties at Antwerp, were started by Mr. P. H. Muntz, from his residence at Handsworth, at six o'clock in the morning. After making a few gyrations in the air, they took their flight eastward, and were soon out of sight. Mr. Muntz has since received intelligence of the safe arrival of most of the flock, the first bird having reached Antwerp at half-past nine o'clock the same morning, the others following in fives and tens in rapid succession, and the last pigeon of those which returned reaching its destination at half-past ten o'clock. Estimating the distance from Birmingham to Antwerp at 360 miles, measured in a straight line, and allowing for the difference between the time of the two places, the first bird would appear to have travelled at the surprising rate of above ninety miles an hour. A few of the birds, however, did not return, though statements to the contrary have appeared in the papers. Two of them we ourselves have seen, one of which was caught near the Asylum the Wednesday after they were let loose, the other near the Railway Station, on Friday. The latter is an old bird, and was evidently suffering through want of food when taken from the roof of a house. On its wings the following is inscribed:A.H.B.-192-Societé l'Union fait la force.-Anvers-A.H.H.'-Some of the feathers in the midst of the inscription had been shed, which may account for a want of connexions in the words."

STARVING.-The Manchester Advertiser of Aug. 6, in speaking of the improvement in trade on the one hand, the great reduction in the wages paid to the hand-loom weavers, adds," It was only last week two stout men, having nothing to do, and in a starving state, broke some windows, in order that they might get into prison and obtain some food, and the workhouse is full of paupers."

SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS.-The Manchester Courier of Aug. 6, says, in announcing the improvement of trade, " provement of trade, "All ground of complaint is now fairly cut from under the feet of the grumbling deputies of the league, who have broken up in despair only to return home to chew the bitter cud of disappointment. Bountiful and luxuriant crops, with a con

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current renewal of commercial prosperity, meet their view at every point, on their return, and mock the factious crew to scorn in their northern homes. Heaven mend their hearts to enjoy the prospect."

THE FIRST Times SCHOLARSHIP was, last month, gained by Mr. William Romanis, at a court of the Governors of Christ's Hospital. At the same court, the president (Mr. Alderman Thompson, M. P. for Westmoreland), delivered the two gold medals, which are now annually given, in consequence of his own munificent donation, as the rewards of distinct and separate proficiency in the classics and in mathematics. The former was presented to Mr. W. H. Brown, the latter to Mr. Augustus S. Harrison. The president, after feelingly impressing upon those young men the duty and benefit of combining rectitude of principle and conduct with sound learning and scientific acquirements, made a happy allusion to the recent success of one of their immediate predecessors in the school, Mr. H. J. S. Maine, of Pembroke College, Cambridge, to whom he had had the pleasure of presenting the gold medal for classical proficiency on the very same occasion two years ago, and who had this year obtained three of the annual medals (those for the English Poem, the Latin Hexameter Verses, and the Alcaic Ode) in the above University.

NEW MODE OF FILTRATION AND SUPPLY OF

PURE WATER.-A Russian merchant, son of English parents, has invented a system of filtration, which, by one machine of five feet square clear, filters no less than two millions and a half gallons per day, so thoroughly and effectually, as to have astonished Lord Brougham and the numerous scientific gentlemen who have witnessed the experiment. He has been waiting in England since last January, in expectation that the Marquis of Westminster was to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice last session, to revive the select committee on the supply of water for London. Professor Phillips has tested and certified the purity of the water filtered by Mr. Starkey, and the invention is now, we believe, to be offered (most praiseworthily) to parliament for the public benefit.

WITCHCRAFT.-The Lieutenant-Governor has been present at Fort Beaufort to counteract any disturbances which might occur from the chief Tyali, but the tribe of which he was the head were conducting themselves in a peaceable manner. The Aborigines had captured the mother of the chief Sandilla, on the charge of causing the death of Tyali by witchcraft, but no inconvenience can thus result to the farmers on the frontiers, as any trial which may arise from the circumstance, must, to avoid the interference of the British, take place on the Caffre side of the boundary.

SUBSTANTIAL BENEFIT BY EARLY RISING.In the will of the late Mr. James Serjeant,

of the borough of Leicester, is the following singular clause :-" As my nephews are fond of indulging themselves in bed in a morning, and as I wish them to prove to the satisfaction of my executors that they have got out of bed in the morning, and either employ themselves in business or taken exercise in the open air, from 5 till 8 o'clock every morning, from the 5th of April to the 10th of October, being three hours each day; and from 7 till 9 o'clock in the morning from the 10th of October to the 5th of April, being two hours every morning; this to be done for some years, during the first seven years to the satisfaction of my executors, who may excuse them in case of illness, but the task must be made up when they are well; and if they will not do this, they shall not receive any share of my property. Temperance makes the faculties clear and exercise makes them vigorous. It is temperance and exercise united that can alone insure the fittest state for mental or bodily exertion."

ARABIAN MARE PRESENTED TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT.-A very beautiful mare, the only one which has been permitted to leave the country for many years past, and which arrived in England a few days since, has just been presented to His Royal Highness Prince Albert, at Windsor, from the English Consul at Morocco. The mare, which for symmetry may almost be said to be unequalled, is of a dark gray color, standing fifteen hands high, and not more than two years old, and of the purest Arab blood. It reached Windsor by the Great Western Railway from town a day or two since, and immediately upon its arrival it was taken to the quadrangle, where it was seen by the Queen and the Prince, and several of the members of the Royal household, by whom it was greatly admired. Its mane had been cut previously to its leaving Morocco (a plan adopted in that country with respect to all mares bred there), and the only "drawback" to its beauty and general appearance is that of a "hog-mane;" but it is expected that in a few months, with the care and attention which will be bestowed upon it, this will be remedied by means of the usual training which it will be subjected to. The mare, which is now at the Royal Mews, Windsor, will ultimately be placed in the paddocks at Cumberland-lodge, under the care of Mr. Quarton, His Royal Highness's stud-groom, for the purpose of raising a stock in this country of the purest blood of Arabia.

"THE WHEATEAR," OR ENGLISH ORTOLEN. These delicious little birds, which are the same as the highly prized "becaffica" of Italy, have been lately very abundant in the neighbourhood of Lewes. The shepherds have turned the opportunity of their capture to a profitable account, and realized 1s. 6d. and upwards per dozen, when they were afterwards sold in Brighton market.