And now it is a withering thought, From the enchanted tower of hope SCRAPS FROM THE GERMAN. WHOEVER has always a smile at command is certainly a knave.— Stollberg. Children talk of what they do; old men, of what they have done; fools, of what they will do.-Oxenstiern. 'I know!' is the saying of a proud ignoramus-I know not that of a simpleton-I know, that I know nothing!' that of a wise man.-Oxenstiern. The desire of being happy is an indispensable part of our nature; and the desire of making others happy, the noblest pleasure of an honest man.-Gellert. Philanthropy is founded on nature; esteem on power, talent, merit; friendship on harmony. I love man, because he is man: I honour the individual who is more exalted, more intelligent, more virtuous than myself: I am his friend, whose heart and sentiments are in unison with mine. I can solicit for affection,-I can acquire esteem-but not friendship,—it gives and receives of itself.—Lavater. A school-master of Paris wished to prove, that he was the finest person on earth. He argued thus,-Europe is the finest part of the world, France is the finest country in Europe, Paris is the finest city in France, the University is the finest quarter in Paris, my room is the finest in the University, I am the finest thing in my room-ergo I am the finest man in the world.-Rievethal. The populace in the neighbourhood of Smyrna are in the practice of diverting themselves with Storks in the following manner. After abstracting their own, they put hens'-eggs under storks that are breeding. The unexpected appearance of the young chickens so discomposes the male-bird that he calls his neighbours together with a loud cry-to witness the disgrace of his polluted nest;-they then fall upon the innocent female, and peck her to death, while her disappointed mate with the most woeful clacking bewails his destiny.—Rievethal. Every human station may have its burden. It has also and in no less a degree particular pleasures peculiar to itself, and these pleasures become so much the sweeter on account of opposite grievances.-La vater. MATHEMATICS. QUESTIONS FOR SOLUTION. Proposed by Mr. Rutherford, Mathematical Master of the Corporation's Academy, Berwick. 4. A person was desirous of giving 3d. a-piece to some beggars, but found he had not money enough in his pocket by 8d; he therefore gave them each 2d. and had then 3d. remaining: required the numof beggars? Proposed by Mr. Weatherhead, Teacher, Swinton. 5. A gentleman intending to dig a circular fish-pond in his pleasure ground of such dimensions as the digging at 3d. a solid yard should cost as much as the inclosing did at 16s. a yard; It is required to determine the diameter of the pond, (its depth being every where 9 feet) and also the expence ? Proposed by Mr. George Giles, Teacher, Tweedmouth. 6. Admit I travel from a certain town situated on the meridian 0° longitude, but in north latitude. I started at past 3 p. m.; after travelling some days on a directl ine in the S. W. quarter, I found myself 236.7 miles distant from the place of starting and on the meridian of 5° 50′ West longitude. The sun's azimuth at the place and time of starting was 59° 1′ 27′′ from the South towards the West, and the sun is on the equinoctial. Required the name of the town I left, and also the name of the place arrived at ? LITERARY GOSSIP AND VARIETIES. HOLDSWORTH and BALL will, ere this, have given to the world— "THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL and other Poems," from the pen of Mr. David Mallock. If a long and intimate acquaintance personally with the author, and a careful and unprejudiced perusal of many of his earlier productions form a just ground of confident hope, then may we predict that the volume in question will do equal credit to the head and heart of the writer, and will powerfully contribute to uphold the literary, but especially the poetical character of the age. Nor are we solitary in thus expressing ourselves of Mr. Mallock's qualities and talents; for, even granting a liberal allowance to the prepossessions of friendship, it can hardly be that we have wandered far from the cold and simple truth, when our own opinion is corroborated and made creditable by such men, among others, as Thomas Campbell and Professor Wilson,-whose judgment-given in absence at the time of all knowledge of the Author-must have been impartial. Most certainly we shall favour our readers next month with several specimens. We are glad to observe that Mr. Gilfillan's poems have been very favourably noticed by the public Press; we have especially in our eye at this moment the critical remarks of THE METROPOLITAN, whose liberal quotations include a song that first appeared in our own Maga zine. The Ettrick Shepherd is the reputed penman of the aforesaid. Kean, the king of living actors, lately performed several of his fa vourite parts at Edinburgh. The reviewers of the drama agree in lamenting the all but total extinction of histrionic powers, which formerly never failed to evoke from assembled multitudes a prolonged tempest of applause. Nothing now is visible but the remains of energy, that once wielded at will the passions of the soul,—the hopes and fears of men. Generally weak, brief periods of might yet occasionally occur, like the convulsive throes "Of some strong swimmer in his agony ;" or like the vivid lightning and the deep thunder-roll, repeated at dis tant intervals, which serve to indicate the splendid awfulness and terrific grandeur of the passing storm; or to use the milder, though perhaps less applicable, metaphor of a "patriot Scotchman" 'As the flush through the clouds of the ev'ning is seen To tell what the blaze of the noontide had been.' Theatricals, in fact, seem fast waning in the Northern Metropolis, if not every where. Can this betoken the approach of a new and brighter day in the moral horizon ?-Notwithstanding, Miss Fanny Kemble's tragedy of Francis the First has proved highly attractive and, in a pecuniary point of view, uncommonly productive. Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths. BIRTHS. Here, on the 25th ult., Mrs. George Henderson, of a daughter. Here, on the 29th ult., Mrs. R. Fender, Western-lane, of a son. On the 30th ult., at Bell's Hill, near Belford, Mrs. Darling, of a daughter. At Belford, on the 30th ult. Mrs. Morton of a son. On the 7th inst., at Lilburn Grange, Mrs. Thomas Howey, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. At Paxton, on the 13th ult., Mr. Wm. Johnstone, steward at Kimmerghame, to Miss Eliza Goodwill. At Banff, on the 20th ult., James Campbell Brodie, Esq., of Lethen, to Mary Catherine; and John Clerk Brodie, Esq., to Bathia Garden, both daughters of Stewart Souter, Esq., of Melrose. At Chirnside Manse, on the 26th ult., Abraham Logan, Esq. Woodend, to Agnes Watt, youngest daughter of the Rev. Dr. Logan, Chirnside. In Berwick Church, on the 10th inst., Alexander Souter, Esq. of Banff, to Isabella, second daughter of the late Grieve Smith, Esq. of Budle. REGISTER OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES & DEATHS. 291 At Perth, on the 10th inst., Mr. A. Mallock, of the Tweed Bank, Berwick, to Margaret, second daughter of Mr. Adam Reed, Dowally. DEATHS. At Grant's Braes, near Haddington, on the 2d ult., aged 68, Anna bella Burns, sister of the national bard Robert Burns. At Coldstream, on the 6th ult., Mr. David Allan, agricultural-implement maker, aged 54 as a friend, a father and a husband deeply lamented. At Morpeth, on the 7th ult., Mrs. Taylor, relict of John Taylor, Esq., formerly of this town, printer. At Coldstream, on the 8th ult., aged 80, Mrs. Thomson, widow of the late Mr. Alex. Thomson of this town. At North Shields, on the 14th ult., Mr. George Banks, aged 80, formerly of this town, and well known throughout the neighbouring counties as a dancing-master. At Coldstream, on the 14th ult., after nine hours' illness, Mr. Andrew Elliot, of Lees Mill. Same day and place, Mr. Jas. Cleghorn, merchant. Same place, on the 15th ult., Frances, wife of Mr. Halliburton, bookseller, aged 39-deeply regretted. Same place, on the 18th ult., Mary Ann, wife of Mr. W. Jeffrey, spirit-merchant, aged 21. Here, on the 21st ult., William, eldest son of Mr. William Paulin, in his seventh year. At Bowsden, on the 17th ult., Edward, son of Mr. William Young, farmer, aged 29. On the 17th ult., at Belford, Prideaux Selby, Esq., in his 91st year. He was much and deservedly esteemed. In this town, on the 27th ult., George Gilchrist, one of the Corporation's Waits, aged 76. On the 27th ult., at Alnwick, Ann, relict of the Rev. L. Wilson, of Holy Island, aged 70. On the 28th ult., after a long and painful illness, which he bore with remarkable fortitude, Mr. James M'Burnie, gun-maker, Highstreet, aged 57. The deceased had acquired great celebrity in his profession, and up to the day of his death occupied a high rank in the esteem of his townsmen. On the 17th ult., at her house, 18, Lambeth-road, London, aged 64, Mrs. Bowes, relict of Andrew R. S. Bowes, Esq., late M. P. for Durham, and High Sheriff of the county of Northumberland. On the 2d inst., while in Harwich harbour, on board the schooner Jess of this port, Mr. Michael Brown, captain of that vessel, aged 58. Here, on the 2d inst., after a lingering illness, Anne, wife of William Riddell, Esq., aged 64. At Tweedhill, on the 24th ult., James Macbraire, Esq., aged 70. At Gunsgreen Cottage, on the 2d inst., Mr. James Herriot, formerly tenant in Ayton-law, in the 88th year of his age. To Readers and Correspondents. The valuable paper on Criticism, &c. by a beloved friend and right trusty contributor shall open the succeeding Number; in which also we expect to publish a rare document, which traces the genealogy of an ancient Border family once eminent in the pride of predatory power and warfare. H. P. has disappeared in a very strange and mysterious manner.— According to the Printer-fiend's account, "a smart knowin (query— known?) gentleman-like person" stepped in to the office one evening at dusk, snatched the doomed article from before the astonished compositor, and flew off-if not in a flash, at least—with the rapidity of lightning. We hope ere long to furnish a better account of H. P's fate. Lawrence Glendale and others shall speedily be aroused from their long sleep. 50. 231 233 50. pro and sound-lege and the sound. pro Weiknachtslust-lege Weihnachtslust. 13. pro together with their little ones. They-lege toge With their little ones they. |