and smuggler, Gopal:-"Gopal is at present about forty-two years of age, a tall, athletic man, with a most hideous muddy eye, having the glare of hell itself. It is said that he has always fifteen servants upon stated pay, and can in a few hours command the services of three hundred armed and desperate men. He is a smuggler of salt, and although mean in his apparel (how is it that the greatest geniuses are generally so slovenly? is it a law of nature?) he asserts that his daily expenses exceed six rupees, and he must get them, either by robbery or smuggling. The strength and vigour of the Calpee police may be fairly estimated by the fact, that Gopal has been known to walk into the dwelling house of a rich merchant, in the centre of the most populous part of the town, and when he was surrounded by his alarmed servants and family, he has very coolly selected the gold bangles of his children, and silenced the trembling remonstrances of the Mahajun by threats of his vengeance. Nor is this a solitary instance; but he pursues this line of conduct with so much tact and judgment, that he has now established his character, and is greatly respected in the city. When he murders, Gopal is equally above all concealment, as in the recent case of a sepahee returning with his savings for the subsistence of his family, who was waylaid and murdered by our hero in open day. After securing the plunder, he very coolly gave himself up to justice, acknowledging, with the most praiseworthy candour, that he had killed the sepahee, who had first as saulted him. It was proved on the trial that the sepahee was wholly unarmed. He was sentenced to be hung by the court of Hameerpore, on his own confession; but so tender are Feringees, that Gopal was released, from want of evidence, by the Sudder Court at Calcutta. Their objection was excellent, though curious; it was, that if Gopal's confession were taken, it must be taken altogether, and not that part only which could lead to his conviction. Gopal was released, and now walks about in his Sunday clothes, or may be seen smoking a delicate chillum in the verandah of his brother's house. Gopal is a living evidence of British tenderness."

REMAINS OF PILGRIMS.-In March last, as I was crossing the Soubunreekà river (India), my attention was attracted to a number of human skeletons, which lay scattered upon the white sands adjacent to the course of the stream. Upon inquiry, I learned that these were the remains of pilgrims who were on their road to the great pagoda at Juggernaut, and had been drowned two evenings before by a ferryboat sinking with them. On approaching several of these sad vestiges of mortality, I perceived that the flesh had been devoured

from the bones by Pariah dogs, vultures, and other animals. The only portion of the several corpses I noticed that remained entire and untouched, were the bottoms of the feet and the insides of the hands; and this extraordinary circumstance immediately brought to my mind that remarkable passage recorded in the 2nd Book of Kings, chap. 9, relating to the death and ultimate fate of Jezebel, who was, as to her body, eaten of dogs, and nothing remained of her but the palms of her hands and the soles of her feet. The former narrative may afford a corroborative proof of the antipathy that the dog has to prey upon the human hands and feet. Why such should be the case, remains a mystery.— Correspondent of the Malta Times.

The Gatherer.

Strange Deity.-The Saxon idol was placed on a pedestal, armed at all points. In its right hand a standard appeared on which a rose was depicted, and in its left was the balance of Justice, On the breast was carved a bear, and on the shield a lion. This strange object was worshipped with great devotion, and its temple filled with costly offerings.

A Barrow Bull.-In the life of Lord Anson Sir John Barrow says the fleet of the Spanish Admiral, attempting to double Cape Horn, were driven by a storm to the eastward, and “dispersed altogether."

Calumny.-The famous Reformer Calvin told Francis I that "there would be no such things as innocence, either in words or deeds, if a simple accusation was sufficient to destroy it;" nullam neque in dictis, neque in factis, innocentiam fore, si accusâsse sufficiat.

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Sub-division of Labour.-The manufacture of knives is divided, so that no one class of workmen are able to finish a knife, or to complete more than their own work the forging of the blades, the grinding and polishing of them, and the making of the handles, are three perfectly distinct branches; and even these are again subdivided into the various processes of riveting, fitting, polishing, &c.

Bull in Germany. - A new English paper is about to appear at Heibelberg, under the title of Bull in Germany.' It will contain fashionable, literary, and political intelligence. The ladies are assured in the prospectus that "they will pass an agreeable half-hour weekly, if so inclined, with a 'Bull' in their fair hands."

The late Mr Wrench.-Mr Wrench, whọ died last week, made his debut on the London boards about thirty years ago, as Belcour, in the 'West Indian,' at the Lyceum, when the Drury-lane company acted there. He had previously acted under

Tate Wilkinson, who declared, on seeing his first performance, that "there was some roast beef in him."

Danger of Tapping.-After a consultation, several physicians decided that a dropsical patient should be tapped. Upon hearing of the decision of the doctors, a son, remarkable for his devotion to John Barleycorn, approached and exclaimed, "Father! don't submit, for there was never anything tapped in our house that lasted more than a week."

Death of a Great Man.-When a great man dies, then has the time come for putting us in mind that he was alive; biographies and biographic sketches, criticisms, characters, anecdotes, reminiscences, issue forth as from opened springing fountains; the world, with a passion whetted by impossibility, will yet a while retain, yet a while speak with, though only to the unanswering echoes, what it has lost without remedy; thus is the last event of life often the loudest; and real spiritual apparitions (who have been named men), as false imaginary ones are fabled to do, vanish in thunder.

Wisdom of Providence.-I pity the man who can survey all the wonders of the animal and vegetable kingdoms, who can journey through so delightful a district, and afterwards exclaim, "All is barren!" Still more do I pity those, though the sentiment is mixed with strong disapprobation of their conduct, who, after having seen much to admire, shall, when they meet with a circumstance which they do not understand, presumptuously dare to arraign the wisdom and benevolence of Nature.-Abernethy's Last Lecture.

Rapid Transit. An attorney's clerk may steam it to St Petersburg and coach it to Moscow, and be back before the long vacation is over; ay, though he do Warsaw and Berlin by the way. The shopboy in Liverpool, after his Saturday's labours are ended, embarks his cherished person on board a steamer for Dublin; stares at Nelson's pillar in Sackville street, and Wellington's obelisk in the Phoenix park; and after hearing Paddy's Opera in the cathedral where Swift once presided, and visiting two or three meeting-houses (the best schools for flirtation in the world, as is known to every visitor to the Irish metropolis), he may re-embark about bedtime-when he may reckon with tolerable certainty upon being home in time to open his master's shop at the wonted hour, and soberly resume the cares and duties of the week.-Modern Traveller.

Debates Suppressed.-When Bonaparte was still an advocate for liberty, before he thought of becoming Emperor, as First Consul he did not disdain to interpose his influence to prevent the French public from knowing what had passed in the

Chambers. "Incidents," says the Baron Locré, "had occurred in certain debates which an adversary might have taken advantage of, however unfairly. I felt this, and apprehensive that I might compromise myself whether I published the passages as ordered or whether I suppressed them, I went to the First Consul in order to communicate to him my difficulty. He anticipated me, saying upon my approach, 'Have you sent the continuation of the journals to the printer?' 'No,' I replied, I come on the contrary to-- 'Do not print them, then,' continued Napoleon, we will consider of it by-andbye.""

Man a Revelation.-Friend Novalis, the devoutest heart I knew, and of purest depth, has not scrupled to call man what the Divine Man is called in Scripture, a "Revelation in the Flesh." "There is but one temple in the world," says he, "and that is the body of man. Bending before men is a reverence done to this revelation in the flesh. We touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body." which notable words, a reader that meditates them, may find such meaning and scientific accuracy as will surprise him.— Teufelsdreck.

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State of English Industry.—Inquiry has visited schools, explored the loathsome and pent-up dwellings of the urban poor, inspected villages, soared among the mountains, dived into mines, ransacked the very gutters of our towns, and brought to light horrors enough to stock and people a pandemonium; so much vice, filth, disease, ignorance, and suffering, has there been found rankling, not alone in one or two isolated spots, but more or less infesting and polluting all the spheres of industry, and therefore the springs of life to this great and civilized nation. What practical result has followed? What have we done to expiate the guilt of indolence, of which we are at once the self-accusers and the witnesses? As a nation, absolutely nothing— Westminster Review.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. "Churchman."-The name of Methodist was given to a sect of physicians at Rome, founded by Themison, but a new set of polemic doctors sprung up about the seventeenth century, distinguished by their zeal in defending the Romish church against the attacks of the Protestants. The name is now given to the followers of Wesley and Whitefield: the former sect are Calvinists, and the latter depend upon justification by faith, as is done by the Armenians. The Transformation' is rather too long for us, and the measure chosen is hardly to our taste. "L.M. T." is informed his signature was omitted by We are happy to hear from Mr Andrews again. accident to the poem of Ten Years to Come.'

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Among the claims to the admiration and gratitude of his countrymen, put forth by Sir Christopher Wren, not the least, we should say, is that which is least remembered, the bold and virtuous recommendation to Majesty to convert a royal palace into a hospital for veterans of the sea. It was shortly after the accession of King William and Queen Mary that a project was formed for providing for aged and disabled seamen, and Sir Christopher then suggested that the unfinished palace at Greenwich (the old one having been taken down in the reign of Charles II) should be completed and enlarged for their reception; this advice being adopted, he nobly contributed his valuable time and abilities by superintend ing the works for several years without any emolument. Such was the origin of Greenwich Hospital, of which the first stone was laid June 3rd, 1696. The erections have since been improved in the reigns of successive monarchs, till they have formed the magnificent pile we now behold. The hospital is principally built of Portland stone, and consists of four distinct quadrangular masses, which bear the names of the several sovereigns under whose auspices they arose. The grand ront opens on a terrace skirting the sonthern bank of the Thames, being 865 eet in length, in the centre of which is a descent to the river by a double flight of steps. The view given above is taken from the park, and consequently presents the back front of the building, with the river and the opposite coast beyond, and buildings in the distance.

Nearly a square is formed by the ground plan of the whole edifice, of which the por tions raised by King Charles as a palace occupy the north-west angle, Queen Anne's the north-east, King William's the south west, and Queen Mary's the south east. The interval between the two former buildings forms a square 270 feet wide, in the middle of which is a statue of George II, sculptured by Rysbrach out of a single block of white marble which weighed eleven tons, and was taken from the French by Admiral Sir George Rooke. The statue was given to the hospital by Sir John Jennings, who was governor of the hospital from 1720 to 1744. The space between the two latter buildings, which include the hall and chapel, with their elegant domes and the two colonnades, forms a lesser square, apparently terminated by the ranger's lodge in the park. The two squares are intersected by a spacious avenue leading from the town through the hospital. A general correspondence in style and arrangement will be remarked in the buildings which front the Thames. The north and south fronts of each exhibit the appearance of a double pavilion, con

joined above by the continuation of an attic order, with a balustrade which surmounts the whole, but is separated below by an open portal. The centre of each pavilion displays an elegant pediment supported by four Corinthian columns, and the sides a double pilaster of the same order. King Charles's building contains the apartments of the governor and lieutenant-governor, the council-room and ante-chamber, with fourteen wards, wherein 300 pensioners can be accommodated. In the council room there are several portraits; in the ante chamber two large seapieces given to the hospital by Philip Herman, Esq., representing the exploits of his ancestor, Captain Thomas Herman, of the 'Tiger' frigate, in the reign of Charles II, and a series of six small pieces descriptive of the loss of the 'Luxembourg' galley in 1727. Queen Anne's building contains several apartments for inferior officers, with twenty-four wards for 437 pensioners. King William's building, as above mentioned, stands to the south-west of the great square, and comprises the great hall vestibule, and dome. It was designed and erected by Sir Christopher Wren, between the years 1698 and 1703. To the east of these adjoins a colonnade 327 feet in length, supported by Doric columns and pilasters 20 feet in height. The great hall is 106 feet in length, 56 in width, and 50 high. The ceiling and sides are covered with portraits and emblematical figures painted by Sir James Thornhill, for which he was paid at the rate of 31. per square yard for the ceiling, and 17. for the sides, amounting in the whole to 6,6851. Here the car which carried the remains of Admiral Lord Nelson to his last resting-place in Sir Christopher Wren's other great structure, is preserved. The west front of King William's building, which is of brick, was finished in the time of George I, about the year 1725, by Sir John Vanbrugh. The eastern colonnade is similar to the west, and the foundation was laid in 1699, but the chapel and other parts of Queen Mary's building which are joined to it were not finished till 1752. The chapel, one of the most elegant specimens of Grecian architecture in the kingdom, was erected from the classical designs of the late James Stuart, Esq., commonly called "Athenian Stuart."

To detail the various arrangements made for the comfort of the inmates of the hospital is here unnecessary. Suffice it to say that they are conceived in a noble spirit of liberality, and those who have braved death in the cause of their King are appropriately indulged with a happy home in the magnificent domain which was once the abode of royalty.

Such it appears to have been so early

as the time of Edward I. From Greenwich King Henry IV dated his will. By Henry V it was granted to Thomas, Duke of Exeter. It was the favourite palace of Edward IV, Henry VII, and Henry VIII. In the days of the last-named monarch it was the scene of much festivity. Queen Elizabeth was born at Greenwich, and here she passed much of her time. Here her maiden Majesty was accustomed to walk with Essex, Burleigh, and their renowned contemporaries. In the Antiqua rian Repertory,' we find a curious scene, in which Elizabeth and her secretary were performers. It occurs in "A parallel between Robert Devreux, Earl of Essex, and Villiers, Duke of Buckingham." "The Queen, not having for a good while heard anything from Scotland, and being thirsty of news, it fell out that her Majesty, going to take the air towards the heath, the Court being then at Greenwich, and Master Secretary Cecil then attending her, a post came crossing by and blew his horn. The Queen, out of curiosity, asked him from whence the despatch came, and being answered from Scotland, she stops the coach, and calleth for the packet. The secretary, though he knew there were in it some letters from his correspondents, which to discover were as so many serpents, yet made more show of diligence than of doubt to obey, and asks some that stood by (forsooth in great haste) for a knife to cut up the packet, for otherwise he might perhaps have awaked a little apprehension; but in the meantime approaching, with the packet in his hand, at a pretty distance from the Queen, he telleth her it looked and smelt ill-favouredly coming out of a filthy budget, and that it should be fit first to open and air it, because he knew she was averse from ill scents, and so. being dismissed home, he got leisure by this seasonable shift to sever what he would not have seen."

At Greenwich there was formerly an arsenal and powder magazine. M. Jorevin, in his book published in 1672, says :"I went from London five miles down the river, to see the Arsenal of Greenwich, where every year are built many of the largest ships of war constructed in England. I went expressly to see the launch of that called Charles the Second; the King and Queen were both present. I had already seen it on the stocks, and had great pleasure in seeing it in all its parts."

Greenwich of late has much increased. The cheapness and expedition of the means of transit, brought down to onethird of what was formerly paid, induces many to reside there who have business in town. From Westminster bridge the fare is now but fourpence to Greenwich, or even to Woolwich.

THE DESPOT; OR, IVAN THE TERRIBLE.

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THE extent to which this pretended reverence for the tormentor was carried is hardly to be conceived. It seems next to an impossibility that the power of dissimulation could be carried so far. By some philosophers it has been supposed that speech was given to man for the purpose of concealing his thoughts, but that the tongue could be used for such a purpose by a perishing wretch, while enduring exquisite agony, they could never have surmised. Yet this is actually recorded. One of Ivan's nobles, inhumanly impaled, during his protracted sufferings, which lasted twenty-four hours, never ceased to exclaim, "God save the Czar." For this few could be prepared. The exclamation which was common from indifferent parties when an execution was ordered, of "It is the will of God and the Czar," only illustrates the maxim of Swift, that "one man can bear the sufferings of another like a Christian."

Most impartially unsparing was the blood-stained chief. Not even his son, the sharer of his cruel joys, and who promised fair to inherit the ferocity with the title of his father, could escape his demoniac rage. The Prince's mind had been polluted by the scenes he had witnessed, and by the base admiration expressed for them by the beholders. One virtue, however, he retained-courage, and that cost him his

life.

Hostilities had broken out between the Poles and the Russians. The former had besieged Pskof. The son of Ivan wished to gain a name in arms, and begged that he might be placed at the head of a body of troops and allowed to relieve the place. Than this, nothing could be more praiseworthy, at least nothing more inoffensive, it might have been presumed. however, no safety with a capricious despot. It awakened the jealousy and with it the ire of Ivan. Fury flashed from his eyes, and sternly regarding his son, he exclaimed "Villain! traitor! rebel! thou wishest to join with the disaffected boyards to dethrone thy father "

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While speaking he raised his arm, in which, as already mentioned, he usually carried an iron rod, and made an effort to strike the Cæsarowitch. One of his attendants, Godunof, endeavoured to interpose between the father and son, but in vain. Ivan was not to be restrained. He assaulted the youth with the heavy weapon in his hand, struck him repeatedly, and at length a violent blow descending on his head brought the Cæsarowitch to his feet covered with blood. Then a spark of feeling awoke in the cruel bosom of the father. Shocked at the deed he had perpetrated he turned