SALE OF RARE ENGLISH COINS.
t The first week's sale of the extraordinary collection* pt English coins formed by the late Lieut. Col. Durrani, of Lbwistoft, w»i -concluded on'Stturaiy Jnit by.Meuri. Sothebyand Wilkiospn." Thiii f collecti6n, one of the moit rare and T»lu»ble in thecduntryj cpmpriied some of the finest pattern <poini of Sirnon,)Rt- , msjp, and, Blondeau, and the following notice pf^the prices a few of the coins fetched willihowltheiryxtraordintry value :'— a penny' ofiEdgbert^dtte'BoO, •old for 15 guineas; a similar coin or^Aifred^formerly 1 in the Diraidale collection, sold for £5 ; a^enny.ofEuitice, second .son of Stephen, sold^forlS^uibeas *}*■ and one of Stephen /and * Matilda, struckinyl 153 to J commemorate a treaty with Stephen and Henryl -sold
f6F^l4 si7{ a Itiilling^of -HeiwyiVil.Jthe first coin issued inlEugUffd-'Sy the^nainVofs^Jnniingi sold for. £19 ', a sovereign or double rial.of the same monarch, 1 one of the Yareit coins in the English .series psold for] £33 lOi. ; a testoon or ihiUing^of soldi for £14 ; .a George noble of the same 'monarch, finely! preserved,' sold for £23 Bs. ; a croW'a of Edward VI., ■old for £16 10i. ; a groat: of the same 'king, made of bate sitter, told for 10 guineas ; a fine double sovereign, , coined in the fourth year of Edward VI, iold for £38lOi.; a penny of Queen Mary told' for if B 7s. 6d. ;] and/ a rial of the same* reign,' a most' beautiful and rare, coin, sold for the large turn Vf £66 ; a half-crown, in j fine preservation, of the same reign, sold for £20; aj Z9». piece, of the Oxford Mint; struck in 1,644, sold for £22 10s;,a crown of one, of the finest, rarest, and most remarkable coins in the English series /and known as the Oxford Crown, sold for £56; a pattern for a! crown, by Briot, considered bis cllief.d'ceuvre^»o\& for-; £SB.; a pattern for a half- crown of the Common-, wealth, by Ramage, sold for £24 10s. ; a pattern for a ( h'slfscro'wn by Blondeau, sold for 15 guineas ; a pattern for a shilling, by Ramage, sold for 16 guineas ; a , pattern (or a farthing, in copper, of Oiiyer Cromwell, ' sold for 10 guineas ; a pattern for a coin called a two* .•hilling pifce, iold for £17 ; a half- broad, -or ten shil-, • Hni; piebe, coined in 1656/by'Th'omnl Simon, sold for "• £22 l lOs. OOrn r Monday the sale was returned, and ambh'git the lots sold was the celebrated Petition Crnyvn of Simon, so called from having the petition of the ' maker sttuclc.upon it.. The competition to obtain this rare. coin! t>nijr SdVavliig been struck.' watery great. ' '^pS^dJed tftw ! 'sl »^^fss^thsWrMpU' sold on' titondij ' WriSlSte'd' B^ coin's of the t^a of Charles 11., Jameell.; William iind 1 Mary, and! QueeD Ainneiiand brbugh't remarkably high prices.
[ /How to acquire FrJCB/JCTxirEßAijcp.— The! power of uttering thought so at to tianifuse it into the mind' of mother, r or (till better, to «s to stimulate another's independent thought, , is a possession which iV as impart<mt a« it is difficult to acquire.' Practice— pnctica —practice — it the only recipe. He who will noi ipeak till he knew* precisely, how, to" speak, i»; like the old scholastic who would not enter the water till he knew how to swim* And when, and where, and how, is this, practice to be obtained? When the serious business of life has been begun, it is' too late. , The apprenticeship must precede the journey.' work. - Save in such societies as these, I know not u vf here, the' /needful experience and, lelf-poaession can" be gained/. Here they may be gained to a very great extent, and be it observed, it is not sought to produce finished orators, -or special pleaders, or powerful declairhers, but to give to erefy one such a control over hfs ,oyfn language and his own, feelings and thoughts, so as to enable, him without trepidation; or bashfulness, or hesitation,- ts utter forth what truth is .in him,;?ao4biit s neither bis own 'attention, nor that, of others, shaJll.be fixed on the vehicle and mode of, utierance, rather than on the, •übstanceof that which'is uttered.^ I know that there* are persons fluent and glib of speech,, without a «orr«spdndent depTh of 'thought*, jienioni who dilute an irifinitessimal portion of idea with a copious 'deluge of watery, talk; and that such; personi excite in the dis v -., cerning'^a contempt and ,jdittr6stof v all'ready?speechii - but tKe two things are' surely iioPfccottipttible. ir , Nor ean J if be truly said tllkt^clear utterance has no reflex bearing on cle«rneis of thought. j-Qur own-ideas gain greatly in precision i and in force by the, very attempt to impress others with them.. A thought seen through the medium, of anothoi'a sympathy i» no * longer the cold*" doubtful abstraction whith' it waa'in the iolifude .of ourjown mind. It has a new warmth, vitality, and speaking theiß^ aSd'Writmg''t6^'but ; mdre especiafly by speaking (for 'the' communion bf f mind with mind is more rapid nndMirectj^do we greatly aid our efforts' fa 'obtain • order, precision, and accuracy, and readineis of thoue;ht.r-D>*.' fHofltonfr Addrets, to the Liverpool Mental Ittiproperqenl Society.^ _ ,
„ OF THE ' PIUtSENT PoPB.— W« read W the! Monfle lUustrato "of.Rome^y/A/.vrefalth^ no Me? mta^desired jo ? conititute one of his two sons his universal legttce, oh conditionthat tie would make a sacrifice of part of his propertyitb^tli8 7 chmch? r Thc two sons, knowing that the father was very eccentric, determined, whatever will he j might make, to divide hit fortune between them. Irritated atthii the father made a secret will, by wbichjrhe left a very small mm indeed to his tiro ions, and the bulk of his property Jo the priest irhd should happen to r say the first" mass in the church, in which his, funeral, was, to take place. This will be deposited with a notary.' On his death, which took place shortly "after ," the nbtary'opened the will, and struck by its gingur»lity, took it to ■the Pope. It was late at night that ltis'Holineis became' acquainted wi'h it, but before daylight- the next morning- he hastened to the church at which the funeral ceremony was to take plnee,*caused'the do6rsto,be opened by stating who he was, .and celebrated the sacrifice of the mass fefore any priest had' arrived.* ,He thus' became legally entitled to the property of ' the "deceßsed» and iinmediatly made it all over to tblet^p' Sons/' ' ' - ' Some thieyesat* Paris )a dresl ai ' *ieryanti|V" : and. Visit t]a t e different tradeimen,', 'requesting certain t accounti|; theythsh dreii as tradesmen^ JtakV the accounts to'^he p artirs; receiTe the mo'iieyjinajijolt. " i t ' '' ' ';' ov Prince ALBBRT'ATiftoYD's.— On Mqnday, the marble statue of his Royal Highneis Prince Albert was opened to public tiewi' The- corn* mitteefor erecting ihe stat«e and the .committee of Lloyd* proceeded through ,the underwriting-room to the ' veitibule. On the -covering being removed, ,^a, uuiversal' buzz of approbation ehiued;' after "which 7 Mr. Tj I ;Baring;' M. Kf'addre'i^d[ 1 M l «Aie%blj ; ,' ! and%bBer; ycd thatithey iMrero T all.)airar< ? that Jthejmerchants- and underwriter!, 1 in'bVder to,comeoaorate ; the laying: of tlie' first stone of the .Royal Exchange, had , subf bribed . to pjiice a.ftatue of his Royal Highness., Prince Albert in a conspicuous part of the building, and' he. f.e)t, assured that those who 1 now withetied the "success wjkih, had attended the ! labours of tbe c»mmittee .would congratulate thfeoi W the"-beautiful statue which has justbeen uncqverrd^ohheir view. -Threet hearty "cheerio were then -given "for^the^ statup, followed by three other cheers for Mr. Lough, the, sculptor. The mejtting then sepirated.' f "'."' J ■ >' t .\, It is stated* in the American journals that the safe of the novels of Sue, DanW, and oUier writers of that school has Utterly fallen off so much in the United States, that it is no longer worth while to translate them for that market. *-- , * -
* Burkill'ji Chbistmn Citizin itatei thit Mr. Fredrick, Douglaishai RitingupthtproipectofpulTlishing auftati-ilarery pkp^rin America. 1^ r , ! It ii iaid t in an Americin^pnpcr^ that the citizem [of Cincinnati hare refused to receireinto tneir' houiei ;delegatei .attending general conTeritionii of Baptiiti and jPreibjterians, unleii they conient to renounce the vie 'of tobacco. * «.' 4 »-{-■* < " ;
I Thb^bw/Palacb AT^isTMrNSTßa^There jus j|>&f 6 'men;engaged upoti' thdVorkiof ttie' ueW^ptlace, are'etnployed Vt tlw I*47^ aV^'the, ; s qa»i:fics. 228 at the goTcrDmcat worki'tt Thiitpt 'Bank* joiner's f|tUtf|i ;«tfidwood oarviDgi, and "193 .upon miiceilaacquf' worki- both »t tho building add elieTrhcrcV • : t \.j * v o't 1 •*-•»• *•
; Shp**^imb 'O^cSATpßpAys^The carpenjerjjind;; joiners of t^e metropolii, have Wemorialtieditheirj em - 1 '^loyeri, tpe most influential *pf< whom; I^amjhappy I to tnj, have wet their wiihes io a 'corresponding^ gqodj , ipiiit. ' Mr.'ThomM JDjublK; 'MrV Will Tim Cubitt, [Mr. Baker, MNKelk^.Mr^ Jackson,. 'Mr.* Piper, \ Main. rArm<trbDg .a^^mUhJ"Mry|rea^MrjMyeM; Mr. Fitz.Patrick^SfT.^^Wd 1 Mrl ? Seth Smuu^haTe I already, giTen"the.pii^l6ge\^To. thMe^mtl^merfitlie * | trademuit^eel'^thlS fel ve>fgrate^Uy|ob'liged^l^fi: tnoble diiplay of good^foeling^&^dUiffte^ediaTni;; •'will -be productive. ofeinoreaTedgtltiafMtiSa^^DYfo^ft^ {•nd'g^d;:WiH:XnjEe^ide|pJiFfwoTk^e^M 'at a laudable ex»mpler,w?orihy^f^/nntiipon 4 by^otfiec «,employers.iLTKere can be^noidoubrbuytliaißthe^prJTiv > ilege in question will beconae;, general 5 before rlobgi-^1 \CorretyQrid4nkofithe,Buildei.» ,~ '', .V- Sito^iijat
j D bath of TH«^O'.CoNqii^DoN.?^We'htTeltd r |nß [noaacethe^djec&aM^»thoXKght: > 'HoaqttrAblP I Dfl'irA^ O'Conor, commonly called the pjConorjDpnSpne'ldf f her M^atyOM^'itj^^^nrfl^B^^iii^Sl* cured on Thur«d*y -morning at^iereiii fo'docicjfat'ftiig j residence} l :51, Pall-mall : ,West* Thßi/deceaieiJi wail 'born iDjljf94,io t^ihe^waifiij^s^fifty^hi^^tr;" lln 1824 hoJwaV-marri6<l4to> M,arj}Ana^jdiughte^,qf the Houie of Coramoai-asrcpreaentatiYe, of. the country ot Ro>commog!iinwr;iB3 1 rMtth'aile rtiaiffbTenk lixieea yean t member of the" Britiih^arlwment.k 7 ' Tlie o'Conbr"Doa jra? regarded ', as;the,£cliiej 'oif r the ■ ancient family of the O'Coaors, *■ his titieindicatcd.*— '
The ImrunrcE p», Wombn.— ; Hpjg^joftenyitveJ ■ r leen a company of men, tho^wer^diipoie"d^o>be^not-t ou§, checked' all at "once i into decisucy.bv^the »accidcn-f tal entrance of an* amiable lenie and oWi^inf deportment 1 cbarj^^ the m>mt^'t leait a temporary conTictionlhat there, iiVSolhing^io.. beautiful ai femtle excellence, nothing^io^delight^ul ai female converiation. ,T6'form^th^inanneM*of men*/. nothing contributes so much^theeai^pf th^ womi^ they converse with.. Thole vrhoiare ;moit; aispciated with women of>iftUe!and underitindirigiwUKalwaji^. be found the mortjimiible'chaMC^ beyond erery thing. eiie»%bJaA"offJl»oprotuiwnBiTßat^ gire'to naany_ an Lungracehfl "roughnew ;^l>ro|ucej¥*^ polish more perfeQt.aadfplekiin^hala that wHichtltii* ls received l by a ; geperaU^m^ laitii often ipacious^ut comjftonly.f iuperficlali^th'e ? oth'ei ; iaTthe Kfvfit&bg<Mil*i&t&lmsij^ g«nt humanity ; the heart itiejf it moulded, and habiti i of^ndiiiembledcourteiy^efo^med^^^qr^^
almpst e»eryuai»n, a period whe^Je^readiVlows^nid^' quotes poetry. At first all that rcomtiiwithiQ;hii r retch' it food; but at he adtancei hii taite lcidi him* tojs«lect : with greater] care, nnd^admit but, little it worthy, hii; laiting admiration. It ii to be regretted that^poetry, it j not read more -through life, e«peciallyrtbyj;profestiaii*r men. Poetry, is a child ot tli<?r:t]de%.{ NonitelijfCquoii: ngn^trnayity The appropriate -quqtttioiK^notgthts* oaiy tbidg that U beautiful. T he inin(irtb."rough^hicii. ; it pauei. like the clear xbarjnel.irii which the, mouatam, b'rook>unt, leemi t'ob'e^e^iifu^bj^t^wa^^tjfaX^ paii through itf The . young rjLfie^in^dmit&ng *an*d, c cultivating a taste for poetry 'are ! becoming thliir.owQ v ( benefactors ; and thty are putting thewunuiJde'r the. guidance of » teacher, whose y,ice jritl'everlbe' 1 aa'liweet 1 aVthe silver . trumju t, andj*hosejrobe\like^thqiea"\of'-. the angel, wilt reflect the purityVad drop ihe orderi 1 of heaven —Act) /. Todd. «, Mlt ' = ' « "^
j iNDirsTRY.-rThere ii iio'lirl Vr ticienco^thajt* ii'tdojL ■difficult for industry to attain to. f It?iifiheVgift*dF; ;tonguci, tnntjnakes a man understood- tnd-Viiu.dliaJ all "countries aad bj all> natwnV*; it^w"^the* phUw^ phcr'i itone, that turni«j[l*^wajiriandfeveri{it§ne!i/ nto gold, and auffen "not^want^t6, < lMfeBkrfntd* ) "iri'. dwelling ; ; it ii -the north-weit^ pamge,~>tli^bVingtl jlbe^ mm chtntV «Bip ai •oon\to. him -as ite ean j deijrV-H-io a wor.l, it coDqjcrs nil enemici,;»nilv:m»iiei. fortune itself,p»y.<sohtributioa.-7-CTar«nifon.^| !r9 -»r4 I
' Dcr&rriOM or i loVkr.— A lorerJjiTJjee^lthjl^etiioa of ,«n anbther.-hii lo»f. posiei|ipttlof^laihiVcl*«~
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New Zealander, Volume 3, Issue 165, 29 December 1847, Page 3
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