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j\igni ijor^en scorc^or-nii.sgu'en souls- are;'cemT iripnjy iiu»ii'u*nSl. lipref-i'aritU'a-iiumlMr' 'of-M h'einv ? Hs s'eerf \i\x aiirxa's.'v is'f6Wj pass tf jrpuglr trarV tloi»rs lead ing-tu-Pli^8'siVe-yi6lv pir ,the- land 'of ?-'ihiraeHa.-^-
n/h uui iuu« , ^^ si-.-tH?igtj .tii '?? uea^ ..' nncK nouses, - me ?ifrsl^dfj^H^li.*is theiAusfraiiah' 'Bank- ?liaving a ?n^sive^aScM-porticp.Hii^colUmnaw^^ anHfaVsWW-lthb^'pilaters;;1 ^ whiclf 13 hot' according HoJHoyle; ;j?e}cbhceiyei- :The'strorig^; vault bf this ^bank^'containing.airits trt'asiire8,' hon'ds'j- and rao 'hies^was^re^ntly-bnlefej atelytooli-^vvdyi it S'saidi' between ten and fiftten ;lhousa,nd;-pc^i^ there is yet: [vt^-detfotiiiit^ti^. y; Oh~rfur ''righ't is. a blank space, I and 'nBx't;|t the^-r/'rststoryjof a once Infonded then (rer I jAy.jgmiu'f' :it;vis ': the' Sydney Gazette Office, %from jwhonce; thaffiicIusiripUs officidl organ jourmi 1 ?issubs-threetimes-pe^ w&ek, coating .the subge fibers $ ?Jt-,sfx £6undsH year:; Some'littie time ngo' it was ^published tlt'iily'i*! .bUt:this pV6v-ed a stiolce be y 0-/d t he'ruarkf^ J; As'phil6spi3heiH,: our Inisihess in l'.'e Ktreijt, :.is to'rutter 'wis^p'tn' or' 'akj' nothing, wt fhejeefere' bid;good; morning1 to the Editor,' 'as iye would to the flayer, 'were' he heighriour, bfiJievirig vylmt Hamlet sVy.s. of -;t1xc'- latter is also- true of the former: ''After your 'death you were better have a: bad epitaph; than the|r ill report while you live.'' Here we comt-tb;the^foot -of Church . Hill; and looking up, ;see the several snug family houses, a- windmill, a green, and the humble stone edifice of :St., l'hilip'8 ChurcUt.'iQrtvthe'Jeft.at- the corner, is the '-Lumber- 'j'ara,''1 'full ' of Syrtrk-rslrops ' and stbres, :.wriereic^wt jiv^icanfeshel^tp'biiild an;i' decorate jthis.newT^ity^'pn ^«ach'&ide-6t it» s!ioP3^re built 'and-- build'nig-Hjf^stone, ^chtiBijfr- or itisticateb,' in a style .of'ril'ihieas. and' elegance, scurcely'.td he ex Lpjt^'^Bi:.til'^'lI|0r^^'!i-l'^ai ?^v!»ge wood. ' But so '' V. ?fsV«ivfl-/Te^:lIina'n1'i8:a: species :ot .magician, com - ?rQaHdingflKielemen^J ant}: the vasty, deep.'' Is it ?bettor ?ly^'be-fcrimgician ? -. '' Pros j-ero was of tii e true order,;- ?yet?:held if only as' aa mstrunierit. — - Who' come here;?,..Ajr9qp Qt' blacks walking 'to .?jhe-njilitaryjbandito feedt.their ears with the music, l-hese; unsophisticated .beings' .have no conjuring booki- bijt are-.alike hare and unfurnished 'us the fpiir-footcd prowlers of the wilderness. ' Bun^aree -is at'the (lead/ -vith his; military cocked hat° on, Mpptd iwithr invariable- politeness to.avery gcntle irian-— (rwd- rwtFtuiig, Sir, Aoiu are -you * ? v Qwitij'well,- Buqgaree, thank you.'' .Can- you lendrue-bne tittmp. Sir J- -Master / I tai/rSiri yoii-knqiv T/ttiy.:./iavt!.:ypu.ffot any coppers ? ? ?V What's; yoiir name V\ })is/fia£ Sir. ,1 cornt from tlm Coal liibher you know. ?« Aye, Aye, Sydney's a fi lier place, than Newcastle f ' ' O yes, Sir.jintr, vmrry finer% iou^and house's, tmory toustnd iompid. houses. Jlave i/au svhenpence hapenHy, Sir ? .lend me one du?-ip— coppers Master-— buy a: loaf, you Anoxv—took at my belly — murrv hunnru. Sir !
rine shops, on each, side j general warehouses of every known .manufacture,- whether of China or London, the islands of the South Seas, or the coiu tinentsof both hemispheres. -Every thing is sold here .except, as the sages of Greece would say, virtue and wisdom j but the latter is, sometimes Bold, dear enough, when the article is rare. The, Australian Newspupe r Otiice. 'J'liis paper has eold 600 copies twice per. week, it issakl, and the cony, right was recently disposed of for d£300oO, to eight ahareholders, hy ,pv. VYardell. A i.rool that in New South Wales there is a rnonicJ or a reading puhlic. . . We know come to the long blank wall inclo* ing, the military barracks, which are e«jual to the barracks of any provincial town in England, though rathershowy than substantial — opposite are several neat detacl»ed houses, and the Bank of Ne* South Wales, the shareholders of which, till lately, realised 40 per cent, on their shares. . , What a whirlpool of dust'.' Huff, sand-blind— quite a tornado— passed in a moment— but to be IS 'e i f a moinent» « enoiighV We must step to Mr. Salcuce, and interrogate him as to the proba bilities of a new- coat. Mr. S. was born to lie a courtier of the first limpidity, but tor Anthropos, or the fatal shears. '? Good morning Air. S. ?'— Your servant. Sir. « When can we have the coat ordered six weeks ago, which was to he done instanter ?'? Why, Sir, I'm very sorry to disap
L m nearly certain it is— but Jerry, .tun . and see, and let theliave it if it is. .- Beg.- your pardon. Sir ?? will you condescend to take a chair, lam informed that the ship just come in, brings late Em-Jish news. Hem] Eh?— I am very sorry, quite ashamed indeed, but your coat shall be (hushed by to-mowow evening — or, the end of the week at farthest. 'Pray do not fail then. Mr. S.' Ko, Sir, you may rely upon me, and. I'm very much obliged for your 'indulgence so long — but the coat,1 Sir, shall baa beautiful coat— the cloth is like silk, soft as as velvet j 1'msure it will give you satisfac tion— -dk very handsome— ? -Ha! ha! hat All my people—Old Standard for ever! Commodore tor ever!y What sable Democritus is this, holding his side m a tit of laughter? Billy Blue, him. -do you.da* Go home child and learn yourn your took, there's a good child. Good morning William* Good mormng your Honor,— morning Str, 1 hope, your Honor's well and all the family -athomi? -'Ive teen ike day. A-h.em! Young woman tAere,-~go on, go on. Let the ladies pass. Ha! ha! ha! Colours! Colours! Standard for ever! The Cottwiodore for ever! never strike.! ? This old man deserves a pension. From one end of the street to the other, scarcely, a day passes but Billy Blue, an OUogenarian, a poor American black, makes more than Jialf the laces he meets look happier. Many a oneamiles or laughs at him, and at nothing else. Mirth is the proper euerves., cence of life, and sadiiess iar a gloomy vice, or a disease, destructive to soul and body. Here come the military hand in their gray uniforms. What a pleasing buoyancy i3 given to the air. We step lighter, feel nothing but music, and are tempted to |O|n. in. the martial 'tufte.;'.. ?' -;. ??' 'With'/ielmet oh h'is bro-u-,and sabre on 'his thighs 1 he soldier momits his gallant steed U'eo'nqnei: ?or .to. die! . v -'''',. ''' ''j ':'?': ???'?-'--i .-??-'??'?,.. ..,' Then lei th.e.trwipeTi tifysf, to the braxtn drum reply, .. - .'7 ? :'-r'C'T.*1-':*''')^ ?'?'' -i--^'.- ??.', Ajsoldier \mu,sifioiiht'tiq\ji^ ti^'b^at' Once ?with: s ? honor die7'''.',J-y''i'M'ts::i'-''liii:''Ci^^'i ?'?^^?.^ ?'- - -; .-: :'~ .We now pass a'fe^;houae'i!in-s^ se- veral cletached;;sltuctu^^ somexyhat ', disfigured ''. ; by 'a ' 'CoVered 'gateway, the inseparable ;., cpnc.omitanit:of Sydney' avchilecture1 He, -who would, lay out 'a'rie^ fown without back-t jane3,. alleys, .9auRres^%eaa^^h;a-'a'-'-m'«ltitude.-.of- footpaths, in the subutbcV has nbblalm to thei'gra titude of posterity .''Sidney 'l8 defi'dieht in all thusit requisites at present, aiVd as: Jt lias arisen -from ;'a- .?v»)aj;e- of wooden'.huts, by -pattial iniproxenjenta.; no one benva' the' blame; of. what it ;i8,-; ?Btit Hie po pulace of a; town sliontd-nlways be mntle-eomfort^ able;', as a .reo6trivgen--e amliglmrantee for! . the.;res-' trictionji'of-ndcumulatedfijir{)perfy. Ji'i'.'jV.y.^v !'??-, ;-V Passing King-street, \vhere theneisa vista Wf the neat Chlireh' of'St. ?' Jamus's^1 we 'como itov.'a lofty ediflfae-siuccqed, -vith' aiV iin/iniiihijd -portico isup, ported liy.sqtiaie ooli]mn8,:aiRI'a.;scroll podiment nbov«; like the front :?Sr n-Buttsh housi», 'htivtiig 4jii t hi* roar a -wnriilidi isb, ?-ri'p^areutl y ^ four stories h igli, .with p wtiitlmijl rtbbya tlKV.root'.-;Thifi^\vavehou8'e iiikMMinJIy' is lilted u|i'rV8'a4lieatrd,nnd3'thuVf^ ** v'^^H1 ^''???'lU'Tlhe. rOJ'ijjiiV'o'i'CH'Upisnctfcaiiiofcicon.- i -.--. i. . ', ? i ??-.' ? .''.'??-?I '-'?' Jfv ,!«,fi i--.rf.-A.
troverted or doubtful question, it is said, than the propriety of a theatre in our Protean* Harlequinade society. . ? ' . ?J-j&H tOV*V;ks£Hi» to ?swarm. Fish ho! Fine sand .mullet. Snappers, all aliv*. Here's your fine large King-Jish, sand mullet t -w Siting, ?fish-no ! . . . ? . *.?? Oysters ho! -all fat. Fat and good oysters ho, all fat, all fat. H«y !-.- What's the price of , your oysters? 'Six-pence a pint:' Does that pay? ' Yes Sir,, but there's a deal of trouble to takethera out of the shell, .and we have to fetch them five or six miles off and perhaps farther.'' ?The cries of Sydney are all genuine cockney, per fect in tune, from the deep guttural to the' shrill and plaintive cadence. .Another is approaching.* Fine' Jiatibttz-y. cakes and mutton, pics, all /imtr all piping- hot, all .hot and smoking, ail piping hot^ This'felfow was at ona ttnie a banker and bill broker lo.ij large asnount, in dollar, notes jihd i luarter dollars, but richis have wings,- and; gran-.1 duur, as^llse.poet says, '« isadrcaui; the.nian,y-/c Celebrate must (Tod a tomb.' ~ . , .C-fi y.- ? Shte viator ! lhat is to.sayatop ! 'What cr.y- \k y ond,. like the ruttling- of a: turkey-cocW ?. . WeJiaV^j ' heard it for years, and often tried to catchian; odil syllable of - interpretation, but were invariably hafled, though we have a school of tongues in our stomach. . Good man! (filthy rather too) pray - tvhaMiave you for sale ! ' Cau.l,builoclc-head,and bullock-pluck.' Htm! Beside these cries, theic ire otherschanging with the seasons, as orangfes. peaches, melgns, lemoi.a, pumpkins, &e., milk at 8d. per -quart, 30 per ctnt ualer proof; the pror£ is, perhaps, too strong foi mos constitutions in |hi« ulimate, though to say a land lowing with' milk iud honey, conveys, a fine lux irioiis^maire of-i««
ritchness an/Hatnoss. Here, is t!ie Waterloo Wart -' houaei an extensive brick building, nve sloritH high. . The, murket- place i« opposife, and as it is maiket-day we will pass through -it. -- On the outside, of 'the gateway, amongst, other 'small ad venturers too needy to pay for a rftand within th« fence, w-a observe one of ike tnulr, a vendor oi' literature.' , ..» What are these books about V ?'Sojue very good books Sir j there's the history. pC Iheodore (joodchild, and some beautiful i'racs with cuts and a .volume of true prayer, and t!i«s trial.of Jonathan Wild, Newgate Calendar, Ready Kockoner, and Hamilton Moore, a little soiled. This market J9 like a vilhtge-fair. On the left v.-e.ace n-ai=e and wheat for.sale; on. the -right.' green tbtage, pumpkins, melons, cabbages, tiirkiev uiiC.s, geese, sucking pigs, fowls, &?-.'. ; in front a:e rows of bootl* full of drapery and grocery - then there are pots, pans, and but ier 3s. i per lb-5 and potatoes ISs. j-ct cwt. These girls with bmtec are somewhat salluw and sun-freckle»l, have sharp duns, wide-foreheads, flat faces, and are of r.iaiestie. slatiire— natives, evidently. What a powerful cf feet the chmuU'.nmst hiive, to change as ft does the1 contour and mould oi our children all at -once, without any reason. assigned by the chy mist. , Yet im might write a volume upon this subject very well, aualyss gallons of air, tending to prove that it is so. A number of respectable persons, especially of the lair so*, louuge about the market , every Ihursclay, to diversify the time. At the further end, fronting a public building surmounted with i dome and cupola, which was former! v a market
— „ — » -..y. ^.^nc puiiLi-unice, umresiana tntee several stocks of unusual height; and instead of hsinjf grown over about with grass and brambles, as we hiive seen such instruments in England, thes« ar.em daily oetupation. Here, the poor and ic norant, who contrary to the l^ws of physics 3iiper-. saturute their earthly pail, are doomed to a peni tential exhibition, unless they nay down five shil lings for their ransom. Several who deem this too much, embrace the open mortification as a- minor evil, and. ?? refuge jheir shame,' as. Shakespeare says, ' think ing that many have, and othen must sit there.. ihe erring sex, are especially subject to this alternative. ,...,.. . J ? f lle ,iyiice O*c« and watcli-houso conticuovi inclosed by a high brick wall, aiTord every wnve* nience required. In fact few town* hav* « more ample police establishment than this, or a mpre^eflective one, considering the materiel or which Un; subordinates arcessentially composed.^— I here stands one quavering his staff of office ov«r » degenerate caitif, . -more gay than rich, and more / werry than sober. Walk, and give me nl sauce. I-moTo a free j»an /—Come ^alk—.TU^alk if I like, or I'll dance tf 1 like, I'm a fre.e nian^ \Ij? CtV- J'nrnnhl'-V » ? tallalde diddle /at f What company, ia this, with straw, hals on and wnproo caps, some with shoes and some -without. - :Iad m jacket and trowsers f On the latter ao-, )endage:tliere is the imprint of a javelin, and the .iHtial characters R B. P. B., and C. B. They itep mrajik and file, with a deliberation of move- ? nent, u»knowu to more giddy, mortals. An anli juanan, might pontlerover the picture of tiws« ieopleforyeare, without finding their, origin cc' Helots of Lacedemonia looked, or the Israelite* roderPharaoli, or lweit,e thousand JeWs who built he Colueum at Koine, but. we suppose they ouked something like these nven -. ami if thev poked so, it was not very bad. though bad enough. -ome have an obdurate scowl about their ^efea. . md othera an innocent twinkling ; 'and othersT iave a settled expiession.of eitheVapathy,^*: jair, or resignation. \*t wretches at, fiome thmk. hat loss of needom it. nothing here, that slaverr s not slavery. ! ?« ?' *
V'ose .to wnere we now stand, is the foundation of an mtenaed new..Cathedral. laid by Macquaiie! but aljandoned on Mr.. Bigg^'g inquiry. tS site w well chasen. being central and' elevated. ,'jfaS ' this church.been proceeded with according to tha plan, it would not.have been finished before it wa* wanted, for it is wanted, now. ' ' A herd p( cattle approaches leisurely. Well mv iny in^i, whose cows are these? Different people's Sir, i s tho town flock. I'fpt 8d.- a head a week, or taking charge': Soniq good cowg among them,, bu poor, dread ul poor. 'VYt?s Sir, ^.ne, fine fMtmts ot co ws.' And where do you obtain pas ture lor. these twenty or .thirty head? ' » Pasture bir ? Lord bless you, It.'s very bare of feed where they go. But I lake them duteftrly ma morning! an4 they gut.a snift of fresh air as sun. rises, and « diin,t.ol line Avater. so ftoy pick abont Mike till il3il1*}? to come home, and then I water, thenv. again I he cow w known to lje:a ruminatitin l.««:. common -place if not vulgar, weobsenS 'oi Z where. lcdole. has » taken tli^antiquarKacS More every human .iinplemenriised in past-Genem ' WnH.-oreyen the present, niay be'iunS and iB:Jar;inpre,roQ4oriV.d ;,,id h\pny ' - ™ ' °
«?«-— :- ? . ? ?, '...'.' r' I ' '^J^^J. ?^Osd,\arid thiBUarge^tiisiillefy.prBiriue* of-Mf. Ri ?^ Coo pftr-icijst,.'jt h» Eaid, twenty thousand {»oundi, YjjAUo-Uie turnpike house, a heat Gothic structure ; the asylum, where the old and Xlm infirm; (poverty T.-i$\Bpn deicrijjt. liere) find ' a^ koine ; the. cartels* i.^racks»: where the. juvenile delinquents of Bri uiida arc trained to be workmen instead of roblwra; ' and Uttf rreiv burial ground, which is. already half ;i filled up.; for people die here, it would seem, as -fast and «» soon, as they do in the raw foggy cli --.luate of England. The sight pi tins cemetery, i:.\»heresucU numbers aie laid, stricken before the '^..terni of. threescore and ten,. has prompted many an . exile to turn his steps homeward, or to wander ; still- to som,e other clime. A- foreign grave-yard like this, where no one knows who his neighbour ,'? is. for there are no epitaphs here but of good peo ?. pie gone to Heaven, can have but little to recotn ? mend itself to the Imagination. In the flat be n^ath is the new cattle market, which, from the V ettcnt of ils : accommodation, frill 'need no eri largement for a few centuries to come. The horn ; s-wids of the Royal Hail Coach for Parramatta, --to which place two coaches run daily ; betides i -another,' at intervals, to Windsor, and one to Li v.verpool. Full of passengers as usual, ? inside aud bvoutsuie. ;\fare 6s. and Ss. On the pannels is a wall :;»i painted kangaroo, a figure, we take it, which .i/wilbbe stamped on- tho coin of this, future king j doin,. unless the image and. superscription of IGaesar should predominate. What would it be * -worth, to see before u& a fcw centuries t Our eyes ; ici bas ate dim and feeble, but when we look -J ; without, immaterially* what fine prospects then f - ^ /Sydney is built on a- promontory a mile and a ' i- half long, being now on the west side covered with ?-S: :? str?gsjing cot tagesi— some with neat verandahs, r./arid so hie mere hovels ; several of the streets are ^sreicky and impassable ; while over the bay which jSr4.Jjtt5'af(jw. schooners,, a brig, and a ship, we see 'iXbtirren. cr.pgy' shores, islands, and ridges, with ^'stunted t»ees- on thern-—the east side fronting Port -y Jac;kso;v * is at .present the most cburtly— -to Vhis Vi-rjuarteV wo;therefore pass, on to the Race Course or rtiiUydD Park, as it is called, an area of half a mile v i: by !n, quarter, without b. tree upon it, and as much lite Hyde Park as a river in this country is like J 7-the' Oaajies, -the Plata, the Po, or the Mississippi. -♦Notwithstanding, there is a pretty, view from it, . : -and/ -a plea^nt freshness in the air. We see on -V the right, rising out of the bush, several neat stone r windmills; and the newgaol wall, which is twenty F- ifeetihigh, and four hundred feet square, or there . abouta. Close to where we stand is the mouth of v; i't.he aqueduct that is to bring water from the swamps r. of Botany Bay, to supply Sydney, the accom plishment «f which, will confer deserved renown, u'r.on those by tthorojt is ertected. .. ('Eastward of, tlmpark without trees, is the Ca ? itholic Chapel, and a view of Port Jackson, with ^its' numerous bays; and woody shores. ' This Go ? thic edifice, though a plain structure without the v-ii unial {vrclniravos, fretwork, moulding and saulp v future, is a surprising piece of work, standing where i* it does. We see in some of 1he lonely parts of i ' fnglund, and near modern vulgar towns, tome - v matchless Gothic buildings remaining, but passing : . byUhem, we know that there were giants on ? the ? ?'?? 'earth formerly Here there is no such tradition:; , v.;this-M)ric has arisen, however, as a memento of '?- ilie old ivirkl which may excite in the new, reflec-. .': tion,€iniilatinn, and general improvement. When the set tlei beyond the Blue Mountains, the ridge ? cf which wo ouu discern from here, brings his ^jovvn-up to Sydney to see a ship, lie also comes ?- with 'him to look at the Catholic Chapel, and the ^-conversation which ensues, conveys instruction to :.--?; one -and pleasure to both. This building, begun U-in^lB'JO, and now rootiing in, is in the form of a «ross, having at each corner octagonal buttresses .rising above the roof with high-pointed caps, or '--}' lYaniehtcd with turrets. These, and a circular pro ejection in the transept for the altar/ constitute the ^principal decorations, yet the whole has a fine Reflect', and by moonlight, but that the stone is lJ fresh* you might fancy it to be some old abbey, - and l*%in to dream accordingly. In the valley ^ lierieatb on tlie other side, is a Urge verandah cot tage; with dormer windows, and a row of Norfolk --Island pines, each exactly tapering as if cut to re temblea pyramid; and in front, is the little bay . called by the blacks Woolloomooloo: The abori ginal language is certainly beautiful and highly expressive, much more so, we conceive, that any European tongue Where did they get it I Gogaga 1 ijrthefr name of the bird we call the Laughing jackasts, and- Gogaga repeated quick is part : of - : the.chuck t ing notes which distinguish that ludicrous -forester. ?- Here we have several public buildings -close tit hand; The Prisoners' Barracks, called, by -courtesy, Hyde^ park Barracks, a neat brick build iiig; in which are lodged -and fed five or six hun - dred men, and in Macquarie's time double that number. Opposite to it is St. James's Church, the Court-houEe, and a Public School, ail brick ??? edifices, capacious, lofty, and well fitted up. There -is also tlie Methodist Chapel, a more plebeian structure thin the rest. Churches and Chapels are works of imagination, most decided indications. , A sectarian considers the gilding his prayer-book would be a waste of money, and that a place of ' worship built beyond what convenience and shelter from the inclemency of the weather require, in stead of feeding the poor, feed vanity and pride. As the sectarian advances in wealth by adhering to - these careful ma vims, he enters the patrician order and talks of temples to the honor of God; but if not so, if he still follow the lowly path of his an. ' cestors, be is apt to degenerate, and then, accord ing to Beaumont or rather Fletcher, the illustrious dramatist,' 'fits only words of health, and Ttatrjef of ficknets, finding n» trne dilute in ' man but money'~he talks much, but chiefly against the shadow of himself. _ / The Church of St; James's, which is the Court church* has recently baen beautified, with an ex : cellent organ, which #ost 600/ ; and if the south ! portico wf the Church, which is blocked up to make a vestry, were iopened, all would then be 'done that is required to complete the orjginal-«difice,r« The spire of it is framed of wood and cased with copper, lofty andupright, or with but a slight inclination. We will ascend however and see what prospect it commands. The bills here, though thebest in tbe parish*. are too Lilliputian for a treble Bob major, or for any symphony of » minor ??''cast,0'' .? .' ' '. ' ' ?' .„'.'? '' . ?'?'? From this-height -we havs a magnincient patio rsina.' ;- All Sydney together is but a little spot, ?'?^intersected by a parcel of formal, streets, with -boxes -on each side; and here arid there a few shrubs. There has been a great pother to raise up the ditoinutivc work we see, some of which appear rniffhty l«tge and fine, to the mortals beneath. Port Jackson appears like Windermere, an exten sive lake, the shores somewhat sombre. The chtU at its entrance, or the Heads «? we call them, an '?' abrupt- on one is the Light-house, a pretty object from Sydney, tmd behind we con see from this ' beiffht a nnrm^: portion of- the blue main, which ' Feemed lioshod and motionless, though we can ?.?tJ6tnctln»ea-.lKJor U roar at tiight when the wind -is ?? *ouiherlv. ; Looking --over -Hyde-park ? and so.ne. ' creen swamps; %%e..Bee a broad oheet-o.f ahnUow wdt'r with low hiJJs behind -it;- called Botany Hay, the ?benorocn of this unfortunate land. One or t*o cottagesbn eacli side, are fell thatrcsiue its sandy ffhoresfromthe dead gloom spread over it by the fc&ma of n«t^re. In a glen nearer. ?**? catch ,a. 2l inipie of several stone buildings three or four *Kt»igh close together, the distillery JP™™**
laid out on. them one and twenty tbousaud. pounds,' without being able to distil any thing hitlierto, Irom the continued high price of grain. After alt there is comfort to be found in the vi cinity of Botany Bay. With a breast «f veal or a couple of s^evl-legged fowio, a ham and a glass of Madeira, our existence may be rendered tolera ble easy even at the ends of the earth. Sitting in this arm chair with every thing at command for a single word, our thoughts are divested of all care, o.- envy, or strife, and we hear with equanimity, the happy confusion of talking and singing, now issuing from the Tap and the Dolphin. Enormous Salmon. — The Hampshire Tele Sraph and Sussex Chronicle relates that a. Danish sherraan lately caught , in the 'Baltic an enormous salmon, round the throat of which was tied a sort of amulet, with antique characters which ,tbe Academy of Copenhagen declared to be Runict signifying — « Fish, you were once my prisoner, bu merciful as skilful, the great and powerful Erik res tores you to the sea deities i return thanks, there, fore, to Odin.' This is expressed in five lines of poetry, which is another inscription. - It appears, according fo common report, that: the salmon, was first caught before the kingdoms of Norway, Den nark, and Sweden were con vetted to Christianity. Importance of Bithing to Jfea/th. — Ths Eng lish are far behind the French in the most import ant part, of cleanliness— frequent xi; a thing of tht. whole body. At Rouen you can get a most com fortable warm bath for eighteen pence (in London it costs four shillings at the least) and lor half a crown, one is brought to your bedside M. Dt» tnoulins, a young physician of talent wtablUhed in that city, states, that since the introduction of baths (there are now jcdim)* diseaserof the ?kin, and other serious disorders, have greatly decreased. Tha French doctors order very little pljysir, oper ating chiefly by diet, bathing, aad exercise. Their charges too are not half so much at those of the Eitclish mpdifjil men. ? ' '