HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND'S SHOW OF STOCK.

Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 34, 28 March 1844, Page 4

HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND'S SHOW OF STOCK.

The Highland *n«l Agricultural Sodety of Scot». Ih.i(l'« NK«d .if Live of T 1 u.*• - paodry, Ac. took place liitftjr, kr Dundee.'and was attended by roost ot the principal ql the kingdom. TuegtounU- übtamed tor the jubilion of the stock was a tpacioo* paik, at a eon-. ,'i it r. hi. • Irvatlon, to (lie north ot the town, in every respect siiite.i lor the . purpose. A galieiy. lot the accomirtodatiiin of ladies, was erected <>u a she commanding a fjue vteWi f the field, ami (he pavilhon for the gr«ot dinner wa'S erected unit vacant space of giound adj-oeem to the public seminary.— We pelceivc a Mr. Cussen t receiv«d a premium of £1 In. lor u Met [made from New Flax ’! * IT- - ' , A box of bread, which was packed at Rio Jantiio nearly two years ago, was opened lately at Liverpool, iu pieifency ul the Mayor and , oilier - official personages, ami proved as sound, Mfteety and irf all re.spects as good, an on the day when it was enclosed : tliK-bteid is oiunufaciured of a in iferiaiij proportions, ol rice, inea l , and wtv ni flKui. ii i *•»•«* * ,,d f ’ ;1 '

Behaviour.— There is no one thing in (he world that doth make a man more enemies, or doth disoblige more than a proud and haughty carriage, it is a thing that gives a general distaste to all mankind, and to all dispositions; to poor and to rich, to great and to small, to them that are humble, and to (hem that are proud as they; and as it makes- a man many enemies,‘ ; so it gives liis, enemieß a great advantage against him; it'nmkesa mau ridiculous, and hjm, not only to hazard, but hlsp jp contempt and Shorn, — Sir Mat tin ir Huh,. I >U^.~rMA^ l indeed; may be called a .bee in a figurative Jn* search ot ( *>w<«ets, he rqqpift in. various audi ransacks every inviting flower. Whatever displays a beautiful appearance solieits his notice and conciliates his favour, if not las affection. lie i.v often deceived by the vivid colour and aj.tracti.ve form, which, .instead of supplying honey, produces (lie rankest poison; bi|t lie perseveres in> his researches, and it he is often disappointed, he is as often successful. I he misfortune is, that when he has found ti;oney, he enters upon thp fea?t with an appetite so voracious that he usually destroys his own delight by excess add satieH.—Dr. Knox. \nJngenions Smuggtitig. — A most, extraordinary, a'ud ingenious mode of smuggling tnl .oco and cigars from Holland has afely discovered, whi’ch is, perhaps, wiihgut a parallel iu the history of the coiiiitraband large. A Chip palled the Lord Stramjford, now lying alongside Itreun i’.-v Quay, was .nui, ,1 at theOosy»ni Ilou'fe ili tii&earjy partiof/fieLweek P’llll a ca rg wnfef-trratW lftSm* U oiterdam. The togs were about to be landed when an hhldenk 1 the-Captain to exUu m, aud it was found that the logs yf wjpfed were hollow, aud \yete tilledup with hntl' cigars a plug beuig inserted at each end oj the .same colour as the Avopd. thtc of tbg .logs having warp<fn by the weather, the plug felf pal and discovered the h aud. intended on the revenue. On cXml 1 i _ linn remain - tlt*r ‘of the limber, it was found > hat a large foil . about m.\ inches m di b id beeti scooped mil in curb, a filled with cigars and tobrtied.’ The Captain immedftitpty• uitormalion to theCusioaiß, ami tbp coiuiitrsbatid cargo was seized and landed, i .The tjuauiiiy of tobacco and cigars exceeds five tons, ami the value is 1 - \ i k -. 1 ■ 1 ». Ci i i .«* Si-ici v >-11 .—.A .’eUwfifMtffttrlin. A up! 3, I.R' liie-fafclo'i'irtg L-ist week We were wiltiess■f.bWo* *|l«Ml»clfe, oi _'\liieb Mere i« scarcelyhi*exi* l •> ipflie *** nioddm time*, at* UaM in Germany— < 'sivituniiiip masquerade. This spectacle w»t- given by lin- pupils ot Ihe Koval Swimming School oi in hcHonr of Hu* 2H’h jinnivdrsafj of (he e - tablphiufnl,'winch has Vordietl 23,Slid good <vrim. tner*., « A*'***«- o'clock. l2tK) swimmers, fur the most: p«vf l. he longing to ihe nfieniblcd.in the barrack y-ird of tlie‘l nfantry of the Guard, and pros ccedetl ,10 (ml*ferreted uu the banks of the Spree, where they put bh iheir costumes. At’B b’ctyck tile(pliovvhqj procession was Men fc, swim foiwnra, and.pass Indore the view of more-than 40,000 spec-lat.-rs. FFsi came a large flat float metamorphose d into a large arhom, in which were tour bands, who executed morsek of military music—then, r car m tile shape of n ► h"11. in which rvn* scaled NepUp e with bis hair and beard ot reeds, and armed «)ih hi* trident. car was drawn bv six dolphins, and surrt-lltided by a ha.id of Nereids fend Tritons, the Utter plsjing ihe trumpet end clashing Cymbalsa tiomerous troop pi Indian mimichttfs, bearing on ttieir heads brilliant plume*, adorned with coliais : abd bracelets of cdral, aud bearing clubs—Scotchmen, Norwegians, Spaniards, Italians, and -Russians, in their n-itionfll costumes—B.icelin*, ..eaten on a pigan'ic cask, crowned With vine lEfeVifl ep'jt ivy, brandishing initue air Ipa thyrsus, with which l|.» iliiecled the grotesque evolutions .of a hundred haccbaoites, who spiirfea iqund his throne'—the king of the Frogs, represented try a gigantic frog, scai-d on h car of ree<Ui, and follow* by a train of others of the same species, itn-ugll less in bulk—ai)d last ut 1 all, ‘2OO ssilprs, sinking national nonffs. * The immense cioud who were drawn together by this strange spectacle u.'V« d about on the banka wf- the'-' Spree in parrisges, jon horrebaek, or ou fool, or varied shout in small boats adorned with ol flowers. , i , Sklmnc Wiiitb !MrN.—They not onty sell black , men in 800111 Carolina, bpl llivy dispose of white ' men at auction. Iwn weic snld at Spnritnsbnrg, j a few days ago, probably for some offence, amt hiooght the iiiMgnifiohrit miiu ot six and a quarter cents each. Thu value of »hiie skin in that qurtr" ter is low.to a most mferiilj iog degree ; any black man would have brought a thousand times mote. — Boshm I'ravcUer. _ i 1 A Fa>hi.v U*s. — A gemlemaii engaged in tuk* 1 ing the census of Loujsvilfe informs rhe editor oi the Kentuckiun. that life “c.wu-e Rcros-> a map v\ho is fitly vrars t)td“s He Tap been married three times, -, bv bis iirM wife he had sl.veii, by hiS"second wile bo. barf ten, and t»elvb by his last wife, making tliiriy-ihree children, anti Ids wife is In a most inleres'iug state. Twenty three of his* children are , buys, apd teu girls; nineteen hoys ami six girls are j living. He married in Ills eighteenth year, and iem,lined in a state ot widowhood three yeaic. 1