THIRTY YEARS OF THE REIGN OF VICTORIA. PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS BY JOHN TIMBS.

Waikato Times, Volume II, Issue 166, 31 May 1873, Page 2

THIRTY YEARS OF THE REIGN OF VICTORIA. PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS BY JOHN TIMBS.

VIII. — "THE ILLTTSTKArBO LOXDOX NEWS." A newspaper has been sensibly described as the history of the w orld for one day. It is not an institution of modern date. li 3 origin lias been traced to the Ada Diurna (proceedings of the day) drawn up and published daily ut Rome, both under the republic awd the empire, which appear 3 to hate contained an :ibsti > « r> t of the proceedings of t'lo- public assemblies, of the law courts, the punishment of offenders, an account of any public buildings or other works m progress, together with a list of births, deaths, marriages, and divorces, etc. Here we have an almost perfect reflex of the Roman newspaper, which Julius Cd»ar extended to publishing all the proceedings of tiie Senate, which single aot was perhaps the mobt fatal blow that Cesar gave to th\> aristocratic interest. Yet, it iias been well a*ked what could a newtpiper have been before the art of printing was discovered? Hence, it was not till the sixteenth century tint anything at all approaching to the nature even of the Acta Diurna ci ited iv modern times. Before the introduction of printed newspapers, it appears that great families had a sort of gazsteer in London, who transmitted to them the n >ws of the d»y in written letters. This custom accounts for the following memorandum preserved in- the Clifford family. "To Captain Robinson, by my lord's en nin.ind for writing letters of news to his lordship, for half a ye.ir, five pounds." (Wlntaker's " History of Craven.") And, even when newspapers were printed, early in the eighteenth century, on the fived duy of the arrival of the Pott, gentlemen were accustomed to assemble at Godolphin.,Hou»o, from many miles round to hear the newspaper read in the great hall. "The earliest English newspaper" was long believed to be that in the collection m the British Museu n, and entitled the English Mercuric, printed at London in 1553, and giving an account of the Spanish Armada in the British Channel. This belief passed current for nearly half a century, before it was exploded, and the copies preserved, manuscript and printed, proved to be a gross forgery ; the paper even bearing the royal arms, with the initials " G R." It appears to have been printed in the latter part of the last century. The earliest printed London newspaper is now proved" to be the Weekly Newt, May :*_',. 1622 (19-20 James I), by Nathaniel Butter. In 1605, feir Rjger 1/Ejl range brought out a paper callod the Public Intelligencer, in the first number of which appeared the following objection to the diffusion of now?, which is curious enough as coining frwm an editor of a newspaper, and as being inserted in the newspaper itself. " I think it makes- the multitudu too familiar with the actions and counsels of their superiors, too pragmatical and censorious, and gives them not only an itch, but a colourable light and license, to be meddling with their Government." Still, the action progressed so slowly, that in tho reign of Queon Anne, there was but one daily paper; the others were ■weekly. „ But it wa3 long before tho newspaper presented any pictorial sketches to illustrate its descriptive details. A Dutch newspaper, the Hollandsche Mercurinr, issued more than two centuries u^o, on the assumption of power by Cromwell, in 1653, gave a wood-cut title representing various English matters, mclulmg Uro.nwell seated in the Council, and some verses by a Dutch pot, describing the various designs upon the page. St 11, this was but a sort of Dutch Annual Register, rather than a newspaper. Then came the practice of giving prints with weekly newspapers, of which the first instance was in 1723 (the year in which the church of St. Mary-le-Strand was consecrated') when copper-plate "Portraits of the Royal Guard of the Protestant Religion, King George I, George, Prince of Wales, and Prince Frederick, were presented to the public with the Protestant Intelligencer." There have been similar presentations in our time. Their a steel-plate- portrait of King George IV was presented with the Dispatch (weekly newspaper, and many thousand copies were thus issued. In 1821 large woodengravings of the coronation of George IV were given in tho Observer newspaper ; these were the- ceremony in Wes&ininster Abbey, and the- Banquet in Westminster Hall. They were partly drawn on the wood and engraved some time previous to the day of the coronation, when the magnificent and impressive scenes were sketched for the completion of thepictures. In those days, more than half a century since, engravers could not be found to undertake such large engravings- within a few days, in time to bo printed with the type descriptive of the coronation ceremony. Many score thousand copies of the Observer sold on tins occasion ; and considering the state of the art at that period, the engravings were well executed, and continued long in demand. It might be expected that such largo sales would add permanently to the circulation of the journal ; but I was assured by Mr W. 11. Brooke, the artist principally engaged in the above engravings, that such Was not the case, the addition to tho number being inconsiderable. The next specimens of newspaper illustration were those- of the Thurtell murder in 1823, and the tragedy of Greenacre in 1837. Of these pictures of cnoie it may be remarked that the effect was rather to disgusl the public with their literal horrors and brutalities than to make them desirous of an extension of the system. Neither were these journals illustrated newspapers properly speaking, since only die subject was pictured in them, instead of the design being extended throughout tho journal. The illustrated newspaper, properly speaking, was the phenomenon of a few years later, projected by Herbert Ingram, and commenced May 14th, 1842, as the Illustrated London Neun. This was no emanation from the capital, but the bold idea projected, started, and established by a bookseller from the middle of England, and earned out in the metropolis. It was sold for sixpence, with engravings, and equalled in size the Atlas, which was then sold for one shilling, without ongrarings. The sale of No. lof the Himi rated London News reached 16,000 ; of the second, 7,000. Tho projector was not abashed, althongh he was discouraged on every side. The proprietor of the largest printing ofßce in London, and one who himself would not recognise- thew ord " impossible," foretold tho failure of the stupendous journal and the ruin of its proprietor. In 18 17, one of Charles Knight's advanced writers said of illustrated papers, " some old experienced traders shake their heads, and much question whether one ill nitrated paper will exist three years longer," and so said the news-vendor at Knightsbridge, of whom I had purchased the first number of the doomed journal. But these " false prophets " knew little of tho untiring energy of tho man who had set his hoart upon his great project, and had inscribed his first completed volume with the jubilant " Dedicatory Sonnet " :—: — " To the great public — that gigantic soul Which lends the nation's body life and light, And makes the blood -within its veins grow bright With gushing glory, we this muster roll Of all the deeds that pass 'neath its control Do dedicate. The page of simple news Is here adorned and filled w ith pictured life, Coloured with thousand tints — the rainbow strife Of all the world's emotion, all the hues Of war, peace, commerce — agriculture strife With budding plenty, that doth life infuse — And fair domestic joy, all, all are here To gild the new, and from the bjgono year Present a gift to take, to cherish, and to use." The title of the new journal was self-asserting : the projector had ob«erved that his customers in the- country eagerly inquired for the London News, and Illuitra/ed was then an attractive characteristic. Though of provincial shrewdness, he showed his better judgment, and never for a moment lost sight of our great metropolis. While his first volume was freighted with a lar.ro picture of London, drawn from the summit of York Column, and presenting an admirable view of the western metropolis, the title pago waa a picturesque view of tho Tower of London, beneath which were grouped the civic insignia ; and each number of the journal bore a view of L mdon from the Thames, with the L ird Mayor's Show upon its surface. This glorification of London closed with a carmen triumphale — " Tho City of the World," words by F. W. N. Bayley, music by E. J Loder ; and an engraved heading, symbolising the wealth of the gruat city, and its guardian geniu* j — " A spirit from a fairy world Tracked through the realms of light, And saw the cities of the earth Spread far beneath her flight ! And once her white wings furled awhilo O'er London's mighty home And gave their dow-Htarr'd beauty rest On yon cathedral dome ! " Yet tho first volume, with its certain hrigH features, scarcely prefigured what was to folio .v. The ul cijK'eially. was but poorly executed, in tho manner of th.iij \cjrs since. But it essayed a series of illustrations of royal visits, commencing with Scotland, from sketches of localities and incidents, taken en route, -as the artist travelled almost in the suite of the Queen and Prince Albert. The draughtsman entrusted with tins novel commission was Mr E'lenezer Landells, whose qualifications I have already mentioned. He was a native of Now castle, the town of the Ben icks, where ho learned sketching mid drawing and engraving on wood ; and, on coming to London being thrown among artistic and literary celebrities, he became eminently connected with tho illustrated periodical literature of the metropolis. I have already mentioned Mr Landelld as one of the originators of Punvh; for his subsequent engagement upon the Illustrated London News he was peculiarly qualified : lie possessed considerable artistic taste, aud unflagging energy, such as alone could enable an artist to sketch an engrave incidents hundreds of miles distant, so 03 to meet the requirements of a weekly journal ; and the writer happens to knoiv that some of his truthful skotche3 of celebrated Scottish localities were honoured by tho -pi-chl nut'ci 1 of her Mnjo^ty. With the second volume of the Illustrated London News eomiuenewl my tingngement upon that journal ; my first experience being in describing tho Pentonville Prison — the building in wh.it was" then known as •' the Chalk Road nnd Caledonian Fields." Its pi in — 'the Separate System" — was state 1 by the Inspector of IM o is an l the Government, to bj "likely to prove highly beneficial, both to the prisoneis tuJ the public." Tho first building cost the large sum of

£83,000. In this second volume the number illustrating the , ■ state funeral of the Duke of Sussex attained the large iale of 6-t.OOO. In tracing the progress of thu journal, among tlio subject* w inch conduced to its earliest popularity may be meimoned the historical balls given at Buckingham Palace, in lllustra-^ tion of the costume of the reign of Edward 111, md tliat ot the reign of Queen Anne - r and to these succeeded the visits of the Queen and Prince Consort to Scotland ; to the Duke of Wellington at WalineV Castle ; aud to Sir Robert Peel at Drayton Manor, Tjmworth. The historical seats of Chntsworth, the Duke of Devonshire's ; of Belvoir Castle, the Duke of Rutland's ; the Marquis of Exeter's, at BurgMej , near Stamford ; Stowe, the celebrated domain of the Duke of Buckingham, with its beautiful lanscape-gardemng, .its s'Milpture and pictures, and costly art-treasures*— were olso illustrated. Those noble seats of learning, Oxford and Cambridge, were aho visited ; and three royal visits to Ireland nllbrdcd beautiful scenes for illustration. The Queen's visit • to Germany, and her Majesty's sojourn there, yielded many subjects for the artists of the Illustrated London News, who were- hospitably received in the birthplace and other localities ,of the Prince Consort's country. Tim opening of the new Homes of Parliament at Westminster — the largest public edifice which had been erected for several" centuries in England — gave rise to a series of engravings of the external and interior beanty of that magnificent edifice, with its costly decoration, and national pictures of Britain's illustrious men and their brave deeds, executed in the highest class nf historicuF painting. These engravings of the new Parliament Houses were mostly executed under the superintendence oi|J w j Joseph Lionel Williams (eldest son of Samuel Williamu) ; and I am justified in saying that the decorative portions, in their historical accuracy, nicety of drawing, and artistic treatment (and t'ns under great disadvantages), have rarely been equalled. The spectacular event of the opening of the New Royal Exchange by her Majesty in 1814, with the royal and civic procession*, and views of the stately new edifice, were engruved with mnch spirit and elfect, the processional accessories being very splendid, and the parallel of the Exchanges of Elizabeth, and Victoria abounding w ith historical interest. *, The Great Exhibition of 1851 presented a good oppo~tunity for illustration, and was treated with co-eitensiv<J^fc spirit and care. Ilio engraving filled a volume of tho journal, and represented every stage of the construction of the vast building, from the casting of the ironwork, the joiner's work, and even the casting of the glass specially for " the Crystal Palace," as Douglas Jerrold named it. The building was shown in progress, from the raising of the first column to the clearing away of the foundation. Well do I remember the brickwork design first selected for the Great Exhibition, with its vast central iron dome and roof, and walls of fifteen millions of bricks It resembled a gigantic packing casethere wns no transept, and no arohed roof; it was an ordinary conservatory. In place of this Mr Paxton devised a plan for a structure, which wns, indeed, a vast (expansion of a conservatory design, built by him at Chatsworth, for the flowering of the Victoria Lily; and equally well do I remember the magic eftect of the first sight of Mr Paxton's^ design, which he showed me at the office of the Illustrated* > London Newt; it was merely a light outline, upon u large / surface of bank-post paper, which he had sketched as he sat in a railway carriage, travelling from Derbyshire to the metropolis. The instant Mr Paxton spread out the sheet, I exclaimed — " It is like a fairy palace ' " at which expression his bright eye§ sparkle 1 with debglit. The vast building in Hyde Park fuly realised this idea ; and one who had been thus instantly impressed with the graceful character of Mr Paxton's design wns the first to express such an opinion of its novelty and appropriateness in a newspaper of tho next day. How emph itic, too, and, m some degree, prophetic, were the opinions of Professor Cowper: "I look upon the original idea, of Mr Paxton as one of the most successful efforts of imagination and contrivance ; and I consider the way in.' which Fox and Henderson have made the bold conception practicable, one of the most successful and astonishing examples of contrivancs, tact, science, industry, perseverance, and engineering- skill the world ever saw ; and whatever wonders may hereafter be placed in this building, the itri'dure ilielfwill be the wonder of all ; and so it proved. It was nearly the length of Portland Place. " I walked therdo one evening," said Sir Charies Fox, " and there, setting out the 1,848 feet upon the pavement, found it the same length within a few yards: and then- considered that the Great Exhibition, building would bo three tunes the widfh of the street, and tho na^e as high as tho- houses on either side." The semi-circular roof of the transept, it need scarcely be added, was suggested by Mr Barry, and originated in a plan for covering the trees. On the other hind, though, this happy idea 1 as been al-o claimed for Mr P ixton. Tho Exhibition was opened by her Majesty on Thursday, May Ist, 1851, in the presence of 25,000 spectators within , the building. It was a bright morning, and the mass of glass flashed in the sunshine as the semi-state procession ' passed through the park, a'rndst the acclamation* of admiring thousands. In the verses of tho oft-quoted " May Day Od^," by W. M. Thackeray : " But yesterday a naked sod, & The dandies sneered from Ttotttcn Row, And sauntered o'er it to and fro, And see 'tis done ! > As though 'twere bv a wizard's rod, y A blazing arch of lucid glass, Leaps lil« a fountain from the grass, To meet the sun. " A quiet green, but few days since, With cattle browsing in the shade, And lo ' long lines of bright arcade, In order raised ; . A palace as for fairy prince, A rare pavilion, such a« man Saw ne\er smce mankind began, And built and glazed " Thr-only preparation in tho building for the ceremony was a carpeted! platform, and a chair of state for the Queen, placed beneath a canopy, midway in the transept : what tho pageant lost in glitter it gained in simplicity and substantity and substantial import. Her Majesty and! her royal consort, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and other branches of the royal family, entered the palace by tho northern entrance, close to which I stood with some fiends ; and nevr?r shall I forget the flush of joy wbicli the Queen and the Prince interchanged as they beheld the vast assemblage before them, as they advanced to tho dais. The Prince Consort, at the head of the royal commissioners, read to her Majesty the repo.-t of the Exhibition proceedings, to which the Queen graciously replied. The Archbishop of Canterbury then implored God's blessing upon the undertaking, and the choir sang tho " Hallelujah Chorus." A royal procession was then formed, aad on her Majety's return to the platform tho Queen declared " the Exhibition qiened," which was announced by a flourish of trumpets, and t^e firing of a royal salute on the north bank of the 1 Serpentine. Tho outdoor proccession, with the opening < ceremony,, and a portrait of Mr Paxton, appeared in the Illustrated London News, within two days, together with an A an '• Exhibition Supplement." twenty engravings of choice articles cxlnhited, and a large folding view of the Palace. It may be readily imagined that such a golden opportunity as this presented was not lost upon the proprietor of the journal. I never beheld a raan more thoroughly in earnest, grasping every subject with a spirit and comprehensiveness that was tmly nstonislnng. He ro«e with the occasion and not only \\.i-> tnc Exhibition pictured m all its aspects, but the daa-a were bodied forth in a s>erie3 of sketches in atrul^; cosmopolitan spirit. As visitors came from all quarters of the world, so their views so th^ir ncioi presented a • kaleidoscopic difference. It was a grand sight for all ages, nml e*en "the Oldest Wonaaw m the World" came from aftir to gaze upon the scene which attracted every age and colour, and showed its hutnan'smg influence in its toys o' all nations, and its triumphs of the arts of life and society. i^^F very gratifying phase of this world's fair, this "Festival of Labour," as it was poetically called by the Bishop of Oxford, was its paramount interest to the useful places, ( recognises the noble dictum of Dr Johnson . ' Justice exacts I that thoso by whom we are most benefitted should be most honoured." In every direction hung trophies of human art — the work of snvage life ar well as of the silken buron of civilisation. The arrangement of a country's articles in courts gave a picturesque and inexhaustible variety to the Exhibition, which were admirably represented in a series of the engravings, as the Canadian Court , tho Tunis Court, tho E.isfc Indean Court, the Russian Court. <fee. The articles and objects exhibited were principally engraved by Joseph Williams, whose excellent work has already been referred to ; his engravings of jewels and ornamental arms are romarkably 1 fine.

Autificul Eyes.— A. French paper gives a detailed account of the manufacture of false eyes in Paris, from which the curious fact appears that the average sale per week of eyes intended for the human head amounts to 400. One of the leading dealers in this article carries on the business in a saloon of great magnificence ; his servant has but one eye, and the eiFect of any of the eyes wanted by customers is conveniently tried in this servant's head, so that the customer can judge very readily as to the appearance it will produce in his own head. The charge is about $50 per eye. For the poor there are •ooond-hand visual organs, which have been worn for a time, and exchanged for new ones ; they are sold at reduced prices, and quantities are sent off to India and the Sandwich Islands. A writer of distinction, speaking of Guinea pigs, according t\> the Scientific American, says those plump, cleans . animals should be used for feed, a mistaken notion is enter-™ tainca generally that they are a kind of rat, and therefore an unjust prejudice ought to bo overcome, since they aro excellent eating. Guinea pigs aro not pigs. They are harmless, timid, vegetable feeders Their flesh is nutritious and dcliu.ite. If once received into our maikets, being easily raised, they would soon be prized for their most desirably delic.ite properties. Being prolific, too, they might be raised in vast abundance, their food being an item of no expense, a few ciibbage leaves, roots, or w ute niriugs being all they would require to grow inlo p opoMtoiio to fill vacar.flea in a gourmand's stomach.

Russian Fortifications.— The fortificationsofCroustadt, eayi the Eastern Budget, are being constantly enlarged. A new battery, with six inovt>nble iron turreK n being erected in front of the fort " Empeior Paul I." It is to be of the /^earno height r*> the Con>tan»ine battery 2,750,000 roubles have already been i-\ptndcd on die «oik, which is to cost 3,000,000 roubles On tin- -cithern bait en (No. i) an ironclad breastwork tor nun- •runs is being built at an intimated co«t of 70,000 ioubl<- At Seba-,t-.|»ol, the harbour is bem-,' cleared and <I««'|win>d, -o a» to enahln large ships to enter it ; and tlie niatei laN fur mk 1> ships liave already been sent to Is'icolaeil It. is Mi.d tlmt the entrance to tlio harbour of Seba-tapol will be *troi.gl.\ fortified. Tlie town itself u being Ki|ii(llr lebuilt, and tlie population has doubled within the last few years Most of the new residents are Jena. Sig>.s of Devtit. — The Academy of Sciences of Pans, in 1870, offered a prize of 20,000f. tor sonic simple and positiio Bisrn of death, which any non-professional person could understand and apply Tlie most practical and satisfactory one given (.-ay the Medical Press and Clrcutar) is mentioned m a late number oJ Yirchow's Archiv It depends upon the fact that no matter how profound tlie syncope or how death-like the person may appear, if the circulation continues, however fecbh, the person is not dead. All that is necessary, therefore, is to tie a string firmh around the finger of the supposed corpse : if the blood circulate in the least, the whole linger, from the string to the tip, will swell and generally turn a bluish-red This te«t i* exceedingly aimple and conclusive. Prosuc Timfs —Tlie Peril Moll Gazette «a;»s -—An unexpected obstacle has occurred to the coronation of the now King and Queen of Sweden A motion on the subject having been introduced into the Swedish Parliament the other day, the majority of the members expressed sneh unit lllmgeess to sanction the proposed ceremony that it is generally believed the motion will be rejected. The principal speaker (M Hedin) opposed the motion with great warmth " What is the object," he said, "of this proposal ? Is it thought that the engagements entered into by the King toward* his people would bo strengthened by untmieh ceremonies whicli to sonic people would be unplea^antiand to others ridiculous? or do wo trust our own ieehngs so little- that we must raise the temperature of our loyalty by theatrical shows? Surely in the year 1873 we cannot imagine that respect for Eoyalty can be inspired in tho masses by such amusements. In our day everyone sees through the emptiness of these ceremonies, and they would thus produce the very opposite effect to that which is sought. I protest against the xc\ ival of this obsolete custom, which arose at tlie tune when the Swedish people first submitted to the yoke of tlie Papacy, which is noway justified l ,by the spirit of our institutions and which, moreover, entails considerable expense." Several other members spoke to the snme effect, and the onl\ advocate* of the motion was the Viee-Pre«idcnt, Baron Akcrhjelm. Ultimately the motion was referred to a committee by a majority of three. The Jftonbladet lamen+s the imprudence of the proposers of the motion in not having sounded the feelings of the House before introducing it, which would have avoided a debate "winch cannot fail to produce a painful impression. A Fossil Man. — The curiosity of the moment ia the " Fo«sil man " — which must not be confounded with the Comte de Chambord, but the petrified individual recently ' discovered on the confines of Italy and France, and now exposed in the. Jardan dcs Plantes. The head and feet are covered with minute shells and- Science pledges its word and honour the rem.ims are not in plnster of P.»ns. Tlie city manufactures antiquities — some several thoussnd years old — for all tlie world, and there are Pickwicks who prize the relics. Bill Stumps, his mark, is marketable. The Le- j gitinmts must ba proud, as an nrchfrologist has discovered a stone with an inscription, near Bourbonnele«s-Bains, showing that " Bourbon " was originally a Gauliah God, that Augustus changed into a Roman deity ; thus Ilenry Y. has no occasion to fall back on so modern a progenitor as Saint Louis. It is conjectured that this Boufbon presided over "warm springs," which is quite probable, as his successors have managed to keep a great part of the world over siuce in hot water. A Big Tunnel — The Americans ha\o some reaion to boast that, ne\t to the Mount Cenis tunnel, they have the largest railway tunnel in the \vorl3. Thelloo^ac Mountain stands in the nort h- west corner of the State of Massachusetts, and blocks the direct way fiom the great port of Boston to the Wc;t. So long ago as 134S a company was incorporated to carry a railway through the mountain by a tunnel five miles long, and ever since the Hoosac Tunnel has been m some sort of progress The process of drilling the tunnel has been very similar to that of Mount Cenn As at Mount Cenis, too, it was begun at both ends, or rr.ther at one end and a short durance from tlie other, and the of the engineers has been sufficient to bring thsm to meet at the middle. The two headings meet almot f exact h a* they were msant to meet ; and the engineers hope to complete a clear way through the mountain in October next. The total length of the tunnel is 25,031 feet, and the bore will be 24 feet wide by 20 feet high, and a gradual and slight incline from both sides of tho centre of the mountain, as m the great Alpine tunnel. A The atrical Invention. — A Sa3remento papers records an advance in the realistic drama : — •' Sam Chapman, a member of the well-known 'Chepman Family" of theatrical performers, has perfected an invention designed to produce a haiuNome scenic effect on the ita^e of a theatre — that of a well-rigged ship appearing, advancing, and increasing in size. We have been shown a working model of the invention, the model which it is proposed to send to Washington in order to secure a patent. Though quite small, it work-, admirably. The ship, as she is intended to appear on tho stage, will, ■when first seen, be about eight feet long, bnt, bv an ingenious mechanism, operated on by five men, she will increase in length to forty feet as she advance*, her hull will rise proportionately from the water, her spars grow lofty, and the •ails be properly set — in fact, the effect will bo exactly tha same as a vessel sailing into port from a distance. She will have a full deck, hatchways, &c , and be to all intents and purposes a real ship. A Wife's Power.— The power of a wife, for good or evil, is irresistible. Without one, home must he for ever unknown. A good wife is to a man wisdom, strength, and courage; a bad one is confusion, weakness, and despair. No condition is hopeless to a man where the wife possesses firmness, decision, and economy. There is ro outward propriety which can counteract indolence, extravagance, and folly at home. No spirit can long endure bad inHuence. lie delights in enterprise and action, but to sustain him ha needs a tranquil mind : and especially if he is an intelligent man, with a whole head, he needs his moral fo^ce in the conflict of life. To recover his composure, homo musf be a place of peace and comfort. Tlicro his soul renews its strength, and goes forth with fresh vigour to encounter the labour and troubles of life. But if at home he finds no rest, and is there met with bad temper, sullenness, jealousy and gloom, or assailed with complaints atd censure, hope vanishes, and ho sinks into despair. Sucli is the case with too many who, it might seem, have no conflicts or trials of l ; fe ; for such is the wife's power. DOKE9TIC Happinlss. — In England there is a kind o science of good household management, which if it consisted merely in keeping the bouse rcsncctablo in ita physical character, might be let to the effectual working out of "hired hands ; but, hnppily for the women of England, there is a philosophy in this science, by which all their highest and best feelings are called into exercise. Not only must the house bo neat and clean, but it must be so ordered as to suit the tastes of all, as far as maybe, without annoyance or offence te any. Not only must a constant system of activity bo established, but peace must be preserved, or happiness will bo destroyed. Not only num. elegance be called in, to adorn and beautify the whole, but strict integrity must be maintained by tho minutest calculation an to lawful means, and telf-gratification must be made the yielding point in every disputed case. Da. BaiGHT's Phosphodyne.— Multitudes of people, arc hopolwjsly suffering from Debility, Nervous., and Lrver Complaints, Depression of Spirits, Delusions, Unfltne^s for Business or Study, Failure of Hearing, Sight, and Memory, Lassitude, Want of Power, &c., whose cases admit of permanent cuao by the new remedy Phosphodyne (Oxonic Oxygen), which at once allays all irritation and excitement, imparts new energy and life to the enfeebled constitution, and rapidly curca every stage of these hitherto incurablo ahd distressing maladies. Sold by all Chemists and Storekeepers througout tho colonies, from whom pamphlets containing testimonials may be obtained —Caution • He particular to nsk for Dr. Bright'e Phoaphodyne as mutations are abroad; and avoid purchasing single bottles, tho genuine article being sold in cases only. — Adv