INVOCATION. Answer me, burning stars of night! That past the reach of human sight, Ask that which cannot die." Oh! many toned and chainless wind! Tell me if thou its place can find, Ye clouds that gorgeously repose Answer! have ye a home for those The bright clouds answer'd-" We depart, Ask what is deathless in thy heart, For that which cannot die." Speak then, thou voice of Gon within, Answer me, through life's restless din, And the voice answered-" be thou still! Enough to know is given; Clouds, winds and stars their part fulfil, [Mrs. Hemans. Extracts from Periodicals. -00 in person Prince Albert is highly prepossessing, with an expression indicative of great good sense and good feeling. His manners are unassuming and amiable, and his conversation is just such as it is to be expected from a very well-bred and well-informed man. He speaks English with great fluency and a good accent, and, in a word, is a favourable specimen of the best style of gentleman. To be sure, he does not possess some of the qualifieations which are highly prized by our young men of fashion. He is a bad boxer, and cannot drive four in hand; and we should strongly dissuade the owner of a favourite from entrusting an important race to his Royal High ness's jockeyship. But, on the other hand, as a painter, as a performer and even composer of music, he has given proof of superior talent. We have before us a collection of songs and ballads, stated on the title-page to have been written, and set to music, by Princes Albert and Ernest. The poetry is chiefly by Prince Ernest, the music by Prince Albert. In three of the songs Prince Ernest is the author both of words and music. Prince Albert does not appear as a poet. We have been pleased with the songs of Prince Ernest, which breathe a kindly spirit, and show a mind susceptible of the influence of strong feelings of domestic attachment. The song of Schlaf, O! schlaf mein Kindelien,' is excellent of its kind, but the translation gives a very faint idea of the tenderness and delicacy of the original. Such, then, is the young man whom fortune, propitious alike to all the par. ties most interested, has destined to fill the high position of consort of the Queen of England. All Englishmen must be deeply interested in him. It is impossible but that he must exercise some influence over the royal mind, and it is of vast importance that that influence should be wisely exercised. We may congratulate ourselves that all that is known of him is highly in his favour; that he is known to possess a good heart, good abilities, an irreproachable character, refined tastes, and agreeable manners, and that, in short, descent, circumstance, and personal endowments, have in him combined to form precisely the character whom effecti onate subjects would wish to see united to a youthful Queen.-- Westminster Review. CHAMFORT said of the ancient government of France that it was a monarchy tempered by songs. The present government is a monarchy tempered (or distempered) by newspapers. The stanza is superseded by the paragraph: the chansonnier gives place to the feuilletonnistes and Béranger is thrust out of fashion by Janin. Enter the Chamber of Peers when a new batch are to take their seats, and the odds are that every third man of them is an editor or ex-editor. Attend the Chamber of Deputies on a field-day, and the most influential speaker will be a gentleman of the press. Dine at the Rocher de Cancale, and the chief room is engaged by a rédacteur en chef: ask for a stall at the Théâtre Français, when Mars or Rachel is to act, and the best are secured for his contributors. That suite of rooms, brilliantly lighted, has been fitted up by the founders of a journal, who give a ball to-night in honour of the undertaking; that grand cross of the legion of honour, who is just coming out, gained his decorations by his articles: that splendidly. dressed woman, who is just going in, is the daughter of a millionnaire, who lately bestowed her hand and fortune on a journalist: that gay cabriolet, now dashing through the street, be longs to a theatrical critic, who sup. ports himself by levying contributions on the singers and dancers of the opera. Vogue la galère! Power, pleasure, places, wealth, ribands, stars, heiresses, truffled turkeys, and cham pagne, all showered down in endless profusion upon men, many of whom were living au cinquième in want of downright necessaries until the glori ous Revolution of July! No wonder that they are intoxicated with their success; that they have grown giddy with their elevation; that, like other usurpers, they have forgotten the prin ciples which raised them to the throne, or, like other possessors of irresponsi ble authority, have become capricious, tyrannical, and corrupt: no wonder, lastly, that their dynasty is now tottering to its fall.-Quarterly Review. IN a lucubration of one of our political illuminati, we this week find the following declaration:-" Emiration, especially emigration as at pre "man sent conducted, is a dead loss to this country, and a subtraction from its resources. It is like a man giving away fractions of his fortune without return. Emigration is the exportation of capital, labour, and principle from the country, none of which we can spare. The doctrine of over-population is blasphemy against Divine Providence." This language is an excellent specimen of the stupid and audacious ignorance, which is by no means infrequent among the Gordianknot-cutting political writers of the day. With the doctrine of over-population, at present, we shall not meddle. What means our dogmatist when he tells us that emigration is like a giving away fractions of his fortune without return?" Of course, upon this principle we get no wool from Australia, no sugar and coffee from the West Indies, no timber from Canada, no cotton from the United State, no indigo from India. Of course, too, our colonies create no demand for our manufactures, give no stimulus to our commerce, and employ none of our shipping-they take no cloths from Yorkshire, no cottons from Lancashire, no cutlery from Sheffield, no ironwork from Birmingham! Why, instead of emigration being like a man giving away "fractions of his fortune without adequate return," it is like a man putting out his money at compound interest, so that he is sure to receive cent. per cent. in the process of time. Is this a sample of the instruction which the community is to receive from our teachers in political science. -S. A. Record. REGISTER OF WEATHER AT THE MADAWELLATENNE ESTATE FOR AUGUST 1840. -000 very unusual occurrence, and of course has very much impeded planting, but t is hoped that the October 'rains will, by a good average not far below that of good seasons. supply, make the yearly KOBBE GALLA, REGISTER OF WEATHER ON THE HANTENNE ESTATE FROM THE IST TO THE 15TH SEPTEMBER 1840. —000 Frequent light showers during the first week with gentle breezes. The planters in this part were consequently induced to renew their operations in placing out young trees and forming nurseries. During the second week there was a constant succession of light refreshings howers, altogether more than in the proceeding, which have proved highly beneficial to the planters work. Every one is taking advantage of the cool showery weather to make amends for. the very indifferent planting season we had last rains. The health of the peo ple on this estate is excellent, there not being, or having been, a single case of fever or sickness of any kind. ... DIARY KEPT IN THE VALE OF DOOMBERA-NEAR 【KANDY. AUGUST SEPTEMBER 1840. From August 16th to 22d.-A continuation of the dry, hot weather of last week with a cloudless sky. Moderate breezes from the W. S. W. with little if any dew falling during the night, Average of. Thermom: 6. A. M. 70% 2. P. M. 80. 8. P. M. 77°. Operations. This dry weather is taken advantage of to clear weeds and jungle, and to burn such wood as may have been previpusly piled and dried; the moderate breeze assists this operation much. The general appearance of the trees in this locality is unfavourable, for during this monsoon when little dew falls, all vegetation appears to suffer more from a cessation of rain than in the N. E. monsoon. On elevated spots the leaves are turning yellow and many of the plants are drooping. August 23rd to 29th.-This week began with a change from the dry clear weather of the last-Light clouds with moderate breezes from W. S. W. all day in the early part, and light continued showers the last 3 days of the week, with little or no sunshine-Ther: average in the early part of the week-73 6. A. M. 789 2. P. M. 76' 8. p. M.-The last 3 rainy days-70 74′′ 729. Operations.-Keeping the parts that have been planted and those which are in bearing, more particularly, free from weeds; planting as usual during the rains which are now of great service in bringing the coffee to its full size previous to ripening. •August 30th, to September 5th.-A continuation of cloudy, showery weather all this week, with strong breezes from the W. S. W. during the day-Making the climate cool and pleasant. Range of the Ther: 729 6. a. M. 76′′ 2. P. M. 75 8. P. M.-Though we have had showers every day yet it is astonishing how small a quantity of rain actually fal! in this valley compared with what falls to the south-eastward of this place, as in Kandy, distant not four miles. This is not peculiar to Ceylon; many tropical islands, as in the West Indies, have valleys distant only 2 or 3 miles from each other varying exceedingly in their climate. Operations.-This week there has been as usual much work on newly planted estates; besides these the planter whose estate is in bearing begins to get ready his pulping houses, cisterns, draining platforms, &c., for preparing the coming crop; sees that his dam, watercourse, &c., are all right to convey the water to his cisterns-for the rains which fall during crop gathering are generally heaviest from the change whtch then occurs in the monsoon. September 6th to 12th.-A good deal of wind all this week from the S. W. generally clear weather, with a very slight shower occasionally, in the middle of the day, and a fierce sun in the intervals, Ther: average 740 6. A. M. 77, 2. P. M. 75° 8. p. м. Operations.-The same as last week.-In some parts of the estate a few berries are becoming ripe, and if more rain fell the whole crop would soon ripen-On the Colombo side of Kandy the na tive gardens and one or two plantations can show many ripe berries on the trees, September 13th to 19th.-This week has been drier than the last. Though the weather has been generally cloudy, no rain, with the exception of one or two very slight showers, has fallen, and those not sufficient to penetrate the soil an inch deep-the breeze has been strong from the S. W. until the last day or two, when the weather has become close and hot, with a calm and cloudy atmosphere which is generally the precursor of rain here-Ther: average 141⁄2 6. ▲ 2.77 2. 2. M. 75° 8. F. M. |