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English and Foreign.

Thk D hath -Roll or 1855.—Within the last twelve months what ;i gap has been made in the memorable roll ! The sagacious and iudeftui.gable Tniro;tue earnest ami philosophic Aluleswoith ; the enterjirisiny; Parry ; the warm hearted avid upright Inglis ;-the scientific De lii Beehe; the learned Gaisfnrd ; the reforminsr Hume; the harmonious Bishop: the financial Henies; the diplomatic A'.iair; the poetical JSuanglord, also a diplom ttisi, with Eiiis and Ponsouby, his fellow labourers in the lastnamed category; the jilted Loekhart; Miss Furrier anil Adam Ferguson, connected, too, with Sir Waller Scott; L.vtl Roberts.m, the convivial jud»e; Lord Ilnihevlord, his acute compeer; Miss Mitford and strong- hearted Cnrrtr Bell ; Colburn, the godfather to half the novels of the last halt century ; Sibti.-orp, the euceuuie; the Unveiled Buckingham: Park ihe sculptor; Guruey the sliorthand writer; O. Smith, the preternatural ; the centenarian lioutli ; Black, of the Morn hit/ Chronicle : the life-preserving Captain Alanbv ; Archdeacon Il'ire; Jessie Lewers, the friend of Burns ; the injured Baron de Bode; and a lun<r file of titled names distinguished in all the pursuits of life. The war, of course, came in for the lion's share in sweeping1 among those already illustrious ; or, had fate permitted, those who would have been so; the gentle hearted, courteous Raylan, the minor of modern chivalry : the intrepid Torrens ; the amiable Estcouvt; the untiring MnikI'atn ; the brave Adams ; the gallant Campbell'; '/he honest B->xer, and the unfortunate Christie, are amongst the most prominent of the heroes whom the bullet or the Crimean fever have forcibly taken from us. Death, too, has been busy with great people in the ranks ol i»ur allies, in the field, on the wave, in the Cabi;iei, in the private home; Har.spe ; Bruat ; Mackau ; D.lia Marmora, who fought so well; the painter Isabey; the statesman Mole; the poet MicziewUz ; the widow of Lavalette; the wife of Emile <ie (jirardiu; the brother of Victor Hugo; Count Bnihl the antagonist of Phiiidor, the Kinjj of Ciiess; Khosiew Pasha, the true type-of the old Osmanli ; the chivalrous Duke of Genoa; and Adelaide of Sardinia, the early-lost wife of our liable Piedmontese ally. A Storm.—Great Loss of Life.—A dreadful sbipwre.k occurred in the course of Thursday nijjht or Friday morning, during the dreadful hurricane from the 5.8. W., under St. Govan's head, to ihe westward of Caennstrthen Bay', by which we regret to say a large American ship,

of nearly 2000 tons! burthen, was totally lost, and between 30 and 50 persons drowned. The unfortunate ship proved to be the Great Duke, ufNew YWk, Ciiplain S.impson, bound to Liverpool, from New Orleans, £nd was laden with a cargo of cotiou, \:c, valued at £30,000. For some days previous, according to the statement of the survivors (only three in number and two seamen), they had been unable in make any observation, the weather being so boisterous, when on Thursday night it c;n»e on a terrific gale from the S.S.W., and in the course of thsit night she was driven on the rocks at-the spot above named, when she was almost immediate'}- dashed to pieces, Captain Sampson and thirty of his crew meeting with a watery grave. Tire coast for miles is strewn*with a carpi of ootion, Indian corn, &v. In another part of the British channel another ship was lost, with all hands except one man. Slid was the Catherine Jenkins from Cuba bound for Swansea, laden with copper ore.' She was driven ashore on Alwicli Point, and when discovered on Friday, was found a complete wreck. At Straiiraer, on the ui.fhi of the 7th, the brigantine Eugenia \Vid<iic<unbe, of and from Liverpool, foi D >rdt, was driven by the gale into the foundation of the old pier. In a few minutes both ma ts fell over, and the vessel, drifting ulf, was dashed against a reef of rocks at the lop of the harbor, and soon went to pieces. The whole of the crew, excepting one man, were drowned. The damage done to the shipping at Shields, Greenock, Glasgow, and a great many of she other uoithern ports, by the storm was immense. By telegraphic messages received last Saturday from those ports, we fleam that the gale had entirely abated.— Plymouth Herald Feb. 16.

Right ani> Wboxg.—Right is Virtue ; Wrong is Vice. Right is Dr. Ciunming ; Wrong is Dean Swift. Kiurht is a clean shirt, and the Book t>f Common Prayet on a. Sunday ; Wrong is beer, spirits, skillies. Right is the Sunday School, and the Religious Tract Society; Wrong- is tobacco, and puch-and-toss. These more particularly apply to the. poor man, Vmt the rich are quite as amply and generously provided for. Fur the gentler sex, Right is" meekness, and Wordswurih's Excursion ; Wnmy is Byron, and the \oluptuous .Moore, liiyijt is baby-linen for the poor,-ana slippers of Tynan hue for Sybarite divines ; Wrong is too lrnu-h confidence and tnistiugness, qualities which generally hiing forth ruin and shame. Ri<_ rht is caution, contentment, and Mnriliaism ; Wrong is marrying a poor brave man whom you line. For the sterner sex, Ritiht is a tiyht umbrella and a "riirht and properI'conventional tune; Wrong, the utterance of an} 7 chiv;i]iMi.i3' sentiment or free-hearted speech. Right is deinureness and subserviency, Wroujr is sincerity and candour. Rijjht is Sir John Paul, Bates, and Company, with a fi'oodlv company of Saints, and a chape! wiili pillions who o-ive evanjrelical tea- panie«,where the scandal of the neighbourhood is well discussed ; all, of course, for the irlory of reii<jion and the honour of virtue. Such a coinmunitv necessarily iirows rich, beioy well fed by loaves of the devout and freewill offerings of the pious. When was it ever known that the righteous was deserted, or his seed })eg-»inj: their bread ? Certainly not. Chapel pews always let for hiirh rentals, on purpose to fulfil those words of the Psalmist. As a neneral rule, to be observed by all sexe s and denominations, Ritrht is money ; Wrong i poverty. liii>ht is prosperity ; Wrong is adversity. Right is success ; Wioug is misfortune. Riulit is the Tiiiws newspaper, and the Public Opinion ; Wrong is any conclusion you may (•.nine tn w!iii:li the mob does not instantly comprehend. Now, these distinctions are manifestly so clear and opposite, that it is matter of wonder to all of us how iinv one can possibly to wrong, Ml common sense and true reason point to the Right, and tell us to shun the Wrong.— Jis*a//s.

Some lime since a w-.ijjer was laid as follows : — I will bet any .man 500 dollars that he cannot make 1,000,000 strokes with pen and ink within a month. They were not to he mere d'ts or scratches hut (air down strokes, such as form the child's first lesson in writing. A gentleman accepted the challenge. The month allowed was 'our or 28 days ; so that for the (Miinplelinn of the- undertaking, an average of 30,000 strokes per day was required. This, at (i 0 per cent, <>r 8600 per hour (and neither the human intellect nor the human hand can he expected to do move), would call for 10 hours' labour in every 24. With a proper feeling of respect due to the observance of the Sabbath, he determined to abstain from his work on Sunday, and by this determination lie diminished by

four days the period allowed him ; at the same time by so doing, Ue increased the daily average of his work to upwards of 41,000 stroke.". On the first day he executed about 50,000 strokes ; on the second, nearly as many. But at length a tier many days, the'hand became stiff and weary, the wrist swollen, and it required tbe almost constant attendance of an assiduous relu tion ov friend to bespuukle ii, without interrupt ting its' progress over the paper, --vita a lotion calculated to relieve and invigorate it. On the 23rd day, the million strokes, exceeded by some few thousands, " to make assurance doubly sure,'' were accomplished, and the piles of paper that exhibit them testify to the courageous heart, the willing hand, an ! the energetic mind, that nothing is impossible. These interesting papers were claimed and received by the person who paid the wager.

Baknum's Failure, and why he Failed.— Barnum has failed—the great 'humbug' Barnum as he is somtimes termed, lias at last iound his match, and has ' gone in,'absolutely beyond redemption. This is the generally received opinion of the mass ; but there are those who pronounce it a new ' dodye,' and throw out mysterious hints that Barnum will come out ail right. It happened in this way :—Barnum wanted to build a city, and so he bought the land, and had it staked off in convenient lots ; every alternate one was to be sold to actual settlers at cost, and the otheis reserved foi a ' rise.' Many lots were sold and buildings erected, and the town was named " East Bridgeport, Conn,' Manufactories were wanted —a cluck manufactory, which turned out a loss—and then the Jerome Manufacturing Company was invited to locate there. The Jerome Company is a large clock concern, located id Nevvbaven, and having branches or agencies in every quarter of the globe. The Jerome Company would go to East Bridgeport, out they were embarrassed, and unless they had some material aid, it was doubtful if they could go un. Barnum came to their rescue, agreeing to aid them to the amount of 110,000 dols.— endorsing the notes of the company, and taking certain mortgages as security. it was agreed that for the better convenience of parties, Barnum should endorse blank notes, which were to be filled up as circumstances made necessary, these notes in the aggregate not to exceed the aforesaid sum of 110,000 dollars. The notes were put into the murker, and sold, and an investigation proves that Barnum has become responsible for 510,000 dols., an excess of 400,0J0 dollars above whac lie had agreed to assume.

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Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 387, 19 July 1856, Page 9

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English and Foreign. Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 387, 19 July 1856, Page 9

English and Foreign. Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 387, 19 July 1856, Page 9

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