MISCELLANEOUS.

Auckland Times, Volume 2, Issue 55, 30 January 1844, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

A Word of Advick to Females. —AB ihe lime of your ma'iiage draws near, you will naturally be led with < a*e and pleasure into that kiurl of unlimited confidence with the companion of your future lot, which forms in reality the great charm of married life. But even here a caution is required ; for though all the future, as connected with your own experience, must belong to h m, all the past must belong to o'hers. Never, theiefore, make it the subject of your confidential intercourse to relate the his* tory of your former love affairs, if you have any. It is bad taste to allude to them at all, but especially so under such circumstances ; and although such details might serve to amuse for the moment, they would in all probability be remembered against you at some future time, when each day will be sufficiently daikened by its own passing clou< Is. Will, regard to all your other love affairs, then —“ let by-gones be by-gones.” It could do no good w ha'.ever for you to remember them ; and the more you' re dissociated from every other being his own sex, the more will the mind of your husband dwell upon you with unalloyed satisfaction. On the other hand, let no other illadvised curiosity induce you to pry too narrowly into his past life, as regards affairs of (his nature. However close your enquiries, they mav st II lie baffled by evasion ; anj if it be an important point with you, as many v\ omen piofesa to make it, to occupy an unsullied page in the affections of your husband, it is wiser and safer to take for granted this flattering fact, than to ask whether anv other name has been written on that page before, — Mrs. Ellis. Doing Good. —How often do wo sigh for opportunities of doing good, whilst we neglect the openings of Providence in lit le things, which would frequently lead to the accomplishment of most important usefulness ? Dr. Johnson used to sav, “ He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do any.” Good is done by degrees. However small in proportion the benefit which follows individual attempts to do good, a great deal may thus be accomplished by perseverance, even in the midst of discouragements and disappointments.— Crabbe.

Pope and the Slave Dealer. — Pope was one day with Sir Godfrey Kneller, when his nephew, a Guinea trader came in, —•* Nephew,” said Sir Godfrey, “ you have the honour of seeing two of tfie greatest men in the world.” “ I don’t know how great you may lie,” said the Guinea man; “ but I don’t like your look ; I have often bought a man much better than both of you together, all muscles and bones, for ten guineas.” Ancient Nineveh. —Mr. Botta, the French Consul at Mossoul, commenced a year back, makiug excavations on the ground formerly covered by the city of Nineveh, which was situated on the Tigris,opposite the present town of Mossoul. '1 he walls are still obseVvable, as well as some large piles of bricks, which served as foundations of the palace of the Kings of Assyria. In one of those piles he discovered the remains of a palace, the walls of which are covered with bas reliefs and inscriptions in cuneiform characters. —This discovery is the more important, as no sculptured monument Was hitherto possessed of the Assyrians. Ihe Government has sent M- Botta a sum of money, to enable him to pursue his undertaking.— Galignani.