LONDON.—Hassuna D'Ghies, the individual who was implicated Kome of your contemporaries in the disappearance of Major ang's papers, has arrived here, and challenges enquiry. The habitants of Surrey have got up a rival to the Zoological Gardens Regent's park. The garden is laid out in the park style, and ntains within its boundaries a lake of considerable extent, with island in the centre. There are only a few animals at present the establishment, but the whole of Mr Cross's menagerie the King's mews, will be transferred thither in the course a month.-Mr Attwood has finished a new anthem for the proaching coronation.-Paganini has departed for the provinces th his suite. They filled two huge carriages.

* stimulating, afterwards narcotic. They prepare themselves taking it by indulging for a number of days in intoxicating gors. They separate-probably when drink has ceased to stidate them-into pairs, one of whom alternately blows the snuff • the other's nose through a tube of a foot in length. The ourite material of this tube, is the hollowed thigh-bone of the ir. It has occurred, that individuals have continued to blow powder so strongly and unintermittedly into their neighir's nose that death has been the consequence. Those who have n witnesses to such scenes report, that nothing can equal the erness with which a couple of these Indians fill the tube, and n approaching each other upon their knees, puff away. The sequence of the operation is-sudden excitement, unmeaning ttering, screaming, singing, springing, and dancing, until, bext the effects of drink and the powder, they fall down in a state eastly drunkenness. The Mauhés, a neighbouring tribe, some. at more advanced in refinement, use the Paricá also, but after a der fashion. The Peruvian tribes employ Ypadú powder much he same way.

NDIAN RUBBER. During our excursions, says Dr Martins, his Travels in Brasil, in the neighbourhood of Rosinha ar Para, in the Brasilian territory, at the mouth of the Ama. s), we frequently encountered the remarkable tree which lds the Indian rubber, or caoutchuc. The Brasilians call eringeira, because the pear-formed bottles, the most com. a form into which it is manufactured, were originally used as inges. Its qualities as a cleaner of paper, and some other white stances, are comparatively a late discovery. The seringeira ots up into a tall slender stem, from whose bark of yellowish y, rough and chapped near the ground, but smooth towards top, exudes, sometimes spontaneously, but more frequently n it has been wounded, a milky juice, which, hardening upon osure to the atmosphere, and assuming a pale grey colour, gs down often an ell in length, and the thickness of a goose These threads occasionally form, when they run down slentwigs, elastic pipes, and this accident seems to have suggested applicability of the material to the structure of various in. ments. Several proprietors of Fazendas, and some poor ple of colour, who have hence acquired the name of Seringeiros, e lately devoted themselves to this occupation. The great portion of the Indian rubber exported from Para is collected The wood in the neighbourhood of the capital, and upon the nd Marajó, although the tree which yields it grows spontausly throughout the capitania of Gram Para, and the whole French Guiana. The process observed by the collectors is as ows:-During a great part of the year, but particularly in the ths of May, June, July, and August, they cut pretty deep pendicular furrows into the tree, to the lower extremities of weh they attach pots of an inch and a half in diameter, baked of -urned elay. If the tree is healthy, these are filled in less than and twenty hours, with the juice in question. This half. d is thereupon modelled into the most various forms that the y of the Seringeiros can devise, by spreading it upon models lay. The pear-shaped bottles which we see so often in this try are most common, but in addition to these there are imi. ons of every kind of fruit the country produces-together with , Ounces, Apes, Lamantins, and even men. In order that the e may dry more rapidly, it is hung up in the smoke of a slow ,fed with the fruit of a species of palm, (Attalea speciosa.) It From this process that the Indian rubber derives its dark

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HE POROROCA.—Modern novelists have made a great deal of the den rising of the tide ou some of our coasts-the pororoca ds not the aid of art. By this name, the inhabitants of the res of the mouth of the Amazons denote a tremendous wall. wave, which in some rivers of the province of Para brings on hwater at one rush. In the Indian dialect of the district, the rd expresses "thundering sea." Dr Martius, while in that ghbourhood, made an excursion for the sole purpose of ob. ving the phenomenon. By astronomical calculations, he had ertained the time at which the porerova would make its aprance, and impatiently took his station on a gentle eminence

some stations on more than one river, which, both above and below, rises in this tumultuous manner. These places of repose are termed by the inhabitants esperas, or waiting stations. The highest pororocas occur at the periods of the full and the new moon, in the months of March, April, and September, and during the equinoxes. In its passage, it not unfrequently uproots trees, and imbeds them with such violence in the bottom of the river, that no trace of them can afterwards be discovered. Many a canoe was sunk with its crew, unheard of, until the mariners learned to take advantage of the esperas. In them the slightest barks now await tranquilly the passage of the wild wave, taking no other precaution than that of fastening themselves to a tree, instead of an anchor. In April 1819, the pororoca rose to such a height as materially to endanger the church of St Domingos, on the Guamá. According to the calculations of Martius, this single wave must have measured 2400 cubic feet, weighed 1680 hundred weight; while taking its swift motion into account, its impetus must have been as 100,800 hundred weight.

Theatrical Gossip.--At Covent Garden, Young, Braham, Jones (of London), and Miss Poole, lend their aid to the talents of the manager and his daughter.-At Drury Lane, Jones (our Jones) is said to be in treaty. The Parisian menagerie-lions, tigers, apes, &c. is said to be engaged for this theatre.-Vestris has secured the assistance of Liston against the reopening of her theatre. Farren has been highly complimented on his performIance of Old Dornton in the Road to Ruin at the Haymarket. A new two-act drama is announced at that establishment-" Belles have at ye all !"-Giulio Regondi, with his guitar, has succeeded Collins at the English Opera. An elegant trifle by Haynes Bayley, has been favourably received there.-Power has been re-engaged at the City theatre, Milton street. The manager has petitioned the city authorities for leave to build a new theatre, and his suit is said to have been graciously received.A "Female Kean" is enacting Richard III. every night at Dibdin's old theatre-the Sans Souci, in Leicester square. Fanny Kemble at Southampton has been received with comparative coldness.-Macready and Miss Jarman have finished their engagements at Liverpool. They have been succeeded by Miss Inverarity and Mr Wilson.-Alexander has closed at Glasgow, and proposes to open in a week or two at Carlisle.-Of the motions of our Adelphi friends, now about to leave us, we have learned little further than we were able to communicate last week.The Misses and Mr Crisp are engaged to perform for a week at Dundee, after which they proceed with Ryder to Perth and Aberdeen.-Murray is once more on the stage, and feels the planks quiver beneath him, "like a steed that knows its rider."-Yates took his benefit last night at Portobello, and takes another here to-night. Among the performances announced, is "Noctes Ambrosianæ." "He's a bold man the captain." Gardner's benefit is announced for Monday; he deserves a good one. So does Hemmings, who makes his appeal on Tuesday; so do our comic dancers, whose night is that of Wednesday. Alfred has promised us a review general of the whole establishment next week.

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We have to acknowledge, with gratitude, the reception of Mr Pitcairn's favours.-There is the true stuff in our correspondent from Wimple hall, but he is too diffuse, and his subject is not good.-Tom's olio is good-only a little too strong." On Prudence"-judicious and elegant, but not exactly adapted for our columns. As all the world knows, we have enough of that commodity; we could name some of our brethren who might be none the worse of the lecture.-" Lines by a Duellist," "On Inconstancy," "I loved her," scarcely come up to our standard.—“The Imagined Deil" is under consideration.-" Memoirs of a Learned Rat" are so good, that we are reluctant to refuse them. We wish the author would try his hand upon some other subject. We are averse to the phrase " To be continued," except in the case of particular friends.-Again we must repeat, that we cannot undertake to return short communications.

72d volume of the MISCELLANY will contain MEMOIRS OF THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE, by Dr Memes, the translator of Bourriemes Napoleon. In the present volume, Dr Memes may be considend more as rédacteur than as either translator or author, taking for his groundwork the celebrated memoirs of the Empress, by Madame de Remusat, regarding which work it may be sufficient to quote the opinion of an eminent French critic, while reviewing the volumes of

From these, the only genuine and impartial Memoirs of the Emperor, we cannot disjoin those of his first consort. While Bor rienne, in the former, describes the public acts or unfolds the send policy of Napoleon-the master of France, almost of Europe lady who writes the Life of Josephine unveils the privacy of courts of the Tuileries, Malmaison, and St Cloud. Whoever wish to be fully acquainted with the most wonderful era in moden his tory, will place these works side by side on the shelves of his library The two are inseparable. While a distinguished man describes the transactions of the cabinet and the field, a female of high rank, eminent accomplishments, and who enjoyed the intimate conver the fair inmate, narrates the occurrences of the boudoir."

This is perfectly true. The two works throw mutual light up each other. The Memoirs of the Empress, too, are particularly val able, as supplying many private details of the "hundred days," space rather hastily passed over by Bourrienne.

The appointment to both of the chairs at present vacant in the niversity of Glasgow lies with the Senatus Academicus. Dr ott of Corstorphine, and the Rev. Mr Noble, are candidates for e Hebrew chair. Dr Irving, Librarian to the Faculty of Adcates, for that of Humanity. We learn that Dr Carson does t intend to compete for the latter. No further intelligence has t reached us respecting the Church History chair in the uni rsity of Edinburgh, so unaccountably declined by Mr Aitken, ter he or his friends had stirred heaven and earth to obtain it. LONDON AND EDINBURGH CHESS CLUBS.-A German amateur has ablished a narrative of the contest between the Edinburgh and Ondon Chess Clubs, carried on from the year 1824 to 1828, with notations. He adds, in an Appendix, an account of a trial of ill between the clubs of Antwerp and Amsterdam. [By the ty, the heroes of this last game may have encountered since in ess peaceable contest.] This work is a continuation of one pub. hed some time ago by the author, F. W. von Mauvillon, upon principle that criticisms of games which have really been yed are more instructive than abstract treatises. Theatrical Gossip.-To our friend Somerset's interesting letter pecting the London dramaticals, we have only to add, that the wspaper stories of Macready going to law with Captain Polmele, have not a word of truth in them. He certainly thinks at he has been ill-used, and we agree with him; but he does not mire the remedy. We regret to learn that his health has been af. ted by his exertions during his provincial tour, but trust the re

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-ity and Mr Wilson have closed their engagement at Liverpool. A Mr Gale has fitted up a new theatre at Quebec. A company, der the management of Mr Decamp, is to open there in the arse of the present month.-The Dublin theatre has closed a son, which, notwithstanding Calcraft's strenuous exertions, has oved a losing one. The star system is blamed. The Bath and stol theatres have been united under one manager. The same mpany performs on alternate evenings in both cities. Hard work ery-Pritchard commences a three-days' engagement at Kirkdy on Monday, during which he performs Romeo, Don Felix, lock, Duke Aranza, Delaval, Jeremy Diddler, the three Singles, Gambia. Miss Eyre, of the Theatre-Royal, Dublin, performs Eiet, Violante, Portia, Juliana, Clara, and Zelinda. They prod thence to St Andrew's for a few nights, where Taylor has ned a theatre, for a month.-Bass opened at Dundee, on Friday s a week, to but an indifferent house-but hopes for better ngs when the quarantine is over. Yates is now with him.

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LONDON-Wordsworth, it is rumoured, is about to visit Sir Valter at Abbotsford, He is also said to have in contemplation a expedition to Italy.-Chantry's Pitt is admitted, by the "cometent authorities," to be the finest thing he has yet done. His eorge IV., destined for Edinburgh, is less favourably spoken of. -The coronation medals are ably executed. The king's head is n excellent likeness; and the marked profile of the queen has forded the medallist a fine opportunity for displaying the capa lities of his art. The distribution has been rather niggardly, and le scramble for them in the abbey was any thing but dignified. The Editor of a highly meritorious annual, complains that on a te occasion you have attributed to him far too lamb-like a chaeter. [We shall be most happy to be-devil the gentleman in estion the first opportunity.-E. L. J.]

LIVERPOOL-The sales at our present exhibition have been, e are sorry to say, very indifferent. The subscription to oscoe's monument fills up slowly. I fear we must call upon the terary community throughout the kingdom. -Some amateur eatricals have been attempted here, for charitable purposes, ith good success.

EDINBURGH.-The monument of Dugald Stewart is beginning to ow what it is meant to be like. The situation is commanding, ad the structure promises to be worthy of it.The site selected r the monument to be erected to Burns is by no means equally appy. The funds of the concern, too, we regret to learn, are so w, that there is considerable hazard of the affair turning out ither paltry. This is shameful. The foundation of the pedestal r the statue of the late King is digging at the crossing of Hanor and George streets. The locality will be favourable to the fect of the statue, but will considerably narrow the thorough. re. The front of the Register office, or the Royal Bank, or harlotte square, would have been preferable in this respect. Ve trust that the sapient idea of a line of statues stretching along eorge street has been abandoned.—What has become of Campall's Earl of Hopetoun ?-Etty is here at present-re-touching is Judith, now that all its component parts have met together. [orsburgh is well advanced with his engraving from Watson ordon's Sir Walter, intended for the new edition of the novels. he plate is one of high promise. The same artist is engaged pon a "Peter Peebles," by W. Kidd. The conception of Peter good.-Sir Walter Scott seriously contemplates an excursion to aly-Macdonald, the sculptor, arrived in town on Saturday last. is busts of the Earl of Errol and Lockhart are to be executed in arble.

CHITCHAT FROM GLASGOW.-At length we have a little quiet in he West. "The thunder hath hushed on the moors"-the padles of steam-boats move with only a decent rapidity, and their oilers have a breathing time.-The theatre is shut.-Our proces on is over, and public dinners are no more.-Mr Swan, accomanied by his two friends-the painter, the author, and the engra. er travelling together-have just returned from sketching the akes in the extremest north of Scotland-even to Assynt and Lord Reay's country (that was) and the result will be another asciculus of the beautiful work of Mr Swan, of uncommon novelty nd interest.-We have been much diverted here by the exhibition fa Mr Carmichael, whose powers as à ventriloquist are of a very xtraordinary kind. He seems clever-even unrivalled in his own way-but wants tact sadly. We are shortly to have a Signor Blitz with us, who is said to surpass even Herman Boaz, as a gen. eman as well as a conjuror. He has delighted the good folks of Dumfries, I perceive, by the parting benisons of our friend of the

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ECONOMY.-Some of our saving friends have been much struck with the ingenuity of one family in York place, who, on the night the illumination, sported-instead of candles or lamps-a long arrow strip of blue linen, with an inscription in whitead." Family in London-attending the coronation." Others re in raptures with the placard of a kindred spirit in George treet-" Family at Strathtyrum-pledging the King and Queen." To our minds there is infinitely more sublimity in the inscription Halkerston's wynd,-" Family in Bridewell-setting an example of obedience to the laws."

ELLISTON-Every one of our contemporaries has been contribu ing his modicum towards the remains of this illustrious individual. llustrious let us call him-for whatever he may have been on the tage, he was a splendid actor off it. We, therefore, wish to conribute our share.-Elliston had-once upon a time, as the nursery tories have it-taken half of the Worcester theatre, in conjuneion with John Crisp. The season had not been more than favour. ble. What was to be done? Elliston announced a masquerade, with fireworks. The idea was good. All the world was anxious to btain tickets. The night arrived. Crisp, a cautious manot up to the metropolitan system-grew rather anxious when he heard the fireworks had not been ordered. "My dear fellow" he began. "Pshaw!" said Elliston, in his own imperial tone. The masquerade commenced-very poor-signs of disapprobation -nothing decided, however; for the fireworks were expected. Good Heavens!" said poor Crisp, all of a cold sweat-for no fire.