come manifest till the water is again solidified, either by being reconverted into ice, or by entering into some chemical combination, when every one of the 140 degrees of latent caloric will be given out and become apparent. Thus we see why so great a degree of cold is produced by the proximity of these islands and mountains of arctic ice in a state of liquifaction.

Sir Edward Parry, in one of his early voyages, undertook to reach the North Pole over fields of ice, supposing them stationary; but after days of travel he found that they "were drifting to the south faster than his party could travel over them to the north."

Borne along by the icy current that continually sets south from the arctic circles, these masses meet with little impediment or change of temperature till they encounter the Equatorial or Gulf Stream, east of the great Banks of New Foundland, when their progress south is nearly arrested; and it is here, mainly, that passing ships encounter them.

A few of these bergs, planted deeply in the cold (now become the under) current which has floated them there from the north, make their way along our coast; but far the greater portion, with the broad ice fields, are borne before the great Southern stream, which, as we have seen, here turns to the East, towards the Azores, south of which they rarely penetrate.

A fresh N. E. wind commenced here on the 14th, and continued, without at any time amounting to a gale, to the 17th; it was attended with rain on the 16th, and afternoon of the 15th. The storm prevailed at the same time, and with destructive force, along the cisatlantic coast, from Cape Hatteras to Portland, Maine. The wind was from the N. East, and is said to have been more disastrous, from high tiles on land, and shipwrecks at sea, in harbours, and at the wharves, than any storm within the last ten years. The wind is said to have been "very violent" in New York, and to have amounted "to a perfect hurricane" in Portland on the 16th. At Boston, much damage was done by the overflowing of store cellars, including those of the Custom House. Many lives are known to have been lost; among others, two young men left in charge of that rickety structure, called a light-house, lately erected on Minot's Ledge.

A thunder storm occurred on the morning of the 6th, during which a house of worship was struck at the village of Richmond, two miles north of the city. Again, on the evening of the 27th, some rain fell, with distant thunder. On the afternoon of the same day a place of worship was struck at Danville, in this State, while occupied by the congregation, and one female was instantly deprived of life by the electric stroke; eight other individuals were at the same time seriously injured-the steeple was in this case shattered, and the house otherwise damaged. It is

WEIGHT AND MEASUREMENT OF BRITISH FOLLY. Our columns have recently contained statements of the enormous amount of money expended in the purchase of intoxicating drinks by the people of this country. A correspondent, who has a little taste for calculation, has sent us the following, with the hope that it may make the folly of our countrymen appear in a more comprehensible form than might otherwise be the case.

In round numbers, let it be assumed that the amount spent in the united kingdom in alcoholic liquors is £50,000,000 a year. The weight of 1,000 sovereigns is 21 lbs. 5 oz. 10 dwts.; thus 1,072,917 lbs., which again reduced, will make 50,000,000 sovereigns weigh (troy weight) about 400 tons avoirdupois weight.

It is calculated that a horse of average strength will draw one ton weight, exclusive of

the vehicle to which he is attached. Thus it would require a procession of 400 carts and 400 horses to convey £50,000,000.

Allowing twelve feet from the head of each horse to the tail of the cart, and twelve feet between each cart and the following horse, we have the distance of one mile and three quarters.

Thus Four Hundred horses and carts laden with Fifty Million sovereigns extending over one mile and three quarters, would represent the money spent by the people of the united kingdom every year in alcoholic drinks. A further illustration will show how far this money, in half crowns, would extend; the diameter of a half-crown is one inch and a quarter; 50,000,000 multiplied by 8-the number of half-crowns in one pound-give 500,000,000 inches, or 7891 miles; so that the money spent in strong drinks, represented by half-crowns placed side by side, would reach considerably more than one-fourth round the globe.

Again, 16 years expenditure in intoxicating drinks is equal to the National Debt, which is £800,000,000 sterling. Bristol Temperance Herald.

There are probably but few who set out in life without intending at some time to embrace a religious and virtuous course; yet the young are apt to conclude that it is too soon to begin, and those who have deferred it till age has come on, are likely to deem it too late.

ON SILENT WORSHIP.
Let deepest silence all around
Its peaceful influence spread;
So shall that living word abound,

The word that wakes the dead.

How sweet to wait upon the Lord

In stillness and in prayer?

What though no preacher speak the word, A minister is there.

A minister of wondrous skill,

True graces to impart:
He teaches all the Father's will,
And preaches to the heart.

He dissipates the coward's fears,
And bids the coldest glow;
He speaks; and lo! the softest tears
Of deep contrition flow.

He knows to bend the heart of steel,
He bows the loftiest soul;

O'er all we think and all we feel,

How matchless his control!

And ah! how precious is his love,
In tenderest touches given:

It whispers of the bliss above,

And stays the soul on heaven.

From mind to mind, in streams of joy,
The holy influence spreads;
'Tis peace, 'tis praise without alloy,
For God that influence sheds.

the ceremony.

Lady Franklin is again fitting out the Prince Albert, for a voyage to the Arctic ocean, in search of the missing expedition.

FRANCE. The accounts from the manufacturing districts are of a gloomy character, large numbers of the manufacturers being out of employment. The organs of the new ministry were endeavouring to get up petitions in favour of the revision of the constitution. Socialism continues to spread among the peasantry.

PRUSSIA AND AUSTRIA.-It is stated that besides England and France, Russia also has remonstrated against the Austrian annexation scheme. Russia has likewise desired that all the German States should accede to the Frankfort Diet. At Temesvar, in Hungary, the powder magazine in the Citadel exploded on the 3d ult., killing twenty persons.

The Austrian government recently caused a census to be taken of Croatia, Sclavonia, Banel and Transylvania, and the returns show that there are, in those provinces, 25,000 widows of men killed in the late war in Hungary.

The Sultan of Turkey has published an important firman in favour of his Christian Protestant subjects, in which he commands that they shall exercise their secular and religious affairs in their own way, without the interference of any other community whatever.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.-Accounts from the Cape represent matters as in a very unsatisfactory state.

The British forces had obtained some victories over the Kaffis, and had recaptured Fort Armstrong, but the rebellion was still far from being subdued.

PORTUGAL.-A serious rebellion had broken out in Portugal, headed by the Duke of Saldanha, a nobleman of talents and influence. The object of the rebellion does not appear to be generally known.

SICILY. A violent storm occurred in Sicily on the 12th and 13th ult., at Palermo, extending also to Messina, Cefala and the neighbourhood. In many places, cliffs and rocks were precipitated into streams, and caused inundations by stopping the course of rivers, already swollen by the heavy rains; houses were swept away, with their inmates, and gardens, vineyards and olive plantations completely destroyed. Several landslips had taken place, burying a number of houses; and hundreds of fishing boats were wrecked on the coast.

NEW GRENADA.-From a report made by Wm. W. Ridley, a civil engineer of New York, who was employed by the projectors of the Panama Railroad, in making a survey and exploration of the Isthmus, we learn that bituminous coal, of excellent quality, and in great abundance, exists upon a peninsula of the Bay of Chiriqui, which lies at some distance above the proposed termination, on the Atlantic side, of the projected railroad. The vicinity also abounds in the richest productions of nature, animal, vegetable and mineral. The report likewise states that a practicable route across the Isthmus exists at some distance above the one which the Aspinwall road will take, eighteen leagues in length, and having an excellent port at each extremity.

Chagres, arrived at New Orleans on the 2d inst., CALIFORNIA. The steamship Alabama, from bringing news from California to 4th mo. 1st. The reports from the mines and dry diggings are favorable. There have been frequent rains in the miners to renew their digging operations. Gold valley and snow on the mountains, thus enabling from quartz rock has been procured, with better success, but no machinery yet tried has proved suitable. Large numbers of people were turning their attention to agriculture.

The difficulties with the Indians are not yet definitely settled. The loss by the burning of Nevada City is estimated at $2,000,000. Extensive preparations are making to rebuild that city.

The foreign miner's tax has been repealed. The price of gold dust has risen in consequence of the operations of the U. S. Assayer. The markets are dull, with a large stock of merchandize on hand.

MEXICO.-Advices from the city of Mexico to the 9th ult. have been received. The financial condition of Mexico is represented as being hope. less, and none of her public men can be induced to undertake the affairs of the Treasury. A plot against the Government, in which a number of condemned criminals, aided by some of the soldiers, were engaged, was discovered in time to prevent its execution. Several of the conspirators had been found guilty and sentenced to death. The cholera had broken out in Sinaloa. The Indians in Chihuahua are reported to be suing for peace. Capitalists in the different States were turning their attention to the working of the mines.

Late intelligence from South America represent a conflict between Brazil and Buenos Ayres as impending, though it does not appear that hostilities have actually commenced.

at every time, and being come up within musket shot, the Lord was graciously pleased to hear our prayers, and sent a great mist and thick darkness, which interposed between us and them so that they could not see us, nor we them, any more. James Dickinson arose from his seat and took me by the hand, saying, 'now I hope the Lord will deliver us,' for he had seen all fulfilled which the Lord had shewed us before we left London. Two ships of our company, which escaped, came up with us, and we were glad to see them; and the captain of our vessel, being a very kind man, called to those in the other two ships to come aboard his, and have a meeting with us, which they readily did; and a large and good meeting we had, giving glory to the Lord's holy name for his great deliverance."

During the same voyage they were again chased by a man-of-war, and preparations were made by those on board for an engagement," but the captain, knowing it was a matter of conscience with us not to fight, was civil, and bade us go to the doctor if we pleased; at which the passengers were very angry, saying we deserved to be shot to death. We told them Christ's kingdom is not of this world, and therefore his servants cannot fight. But seeing the captain was so kind as to give us liberty of choosing our places, we would be on the quarter deck with him; which greatly confounded those who were so much against us, and gave us an opportunity to set the testimony of truth over them." The pursuing vessel proved to be a friendly one, but the example of these devoted servants is worthy of note, showing that it was no fear of man, who can kill the body, and after that has no more that he can do, that led our early Friends not to fight, but their eye being unto the Lord, they had a holy confidence in his preserving power, and depended not on any earthly defence or refuge.

History has recorded that in the early days of Christianity, it was held to be a sufficient reason that a man should say, "I am a Christian, and I cannot fight."* How sad is the reflection, that such a noble testimony was so long lost in the corruption of succeeding ages, and even now in its fulness, is so little known in professing Christendom, that we can scarcely revive it in any other language than, "I am a Quaker, and I cannot fight."

James Dickinson bears testimony of his friend,

* Maximilian being brought before the tribunal in order to be enrolled as a soldier, Dion, the pro-consul, asked him his name; Maximilian, turning to him, replied, "Why would'st thou know my name? I am a Christian, and cannot fight." Martin, of whom Sulpicius says so much, had been bred to the profession of arms, but, upon his conversion to Christianity, declined it. In the answer which he gave to Julian the apostate, for his conduct on this occasion, we find him making use only of these words, "I am a Christian, and therefore cannot fight."-Clarkson's Portraiture of Quakerism, vol. 3, pp. 46, 51.

that in his ministry "the power of the Lord was wonderfully with him, and made him as a cloud full of rain, carried by the breath of the Almighty to water the ground." "I know there was not anything more delightful to my dear companion, than to be under the influence of God's holy spirit, wherewith he was often filled, not only for his own good, but for the good of others; he having a dispensation of the Gospel committed to him of God, which he preached freely, and it was his care to keep it without charge. Though he had a large gift beyond many, yet he was glad of the least child who spoke from the motion of God's spirit, he having learned to cast down his crown at the feet of the Lamb, for whose exaltation he had given up to spend and be spent."

On the 18th day of the 7th month, 1724, Thomas Wilson was taken ill, and, for a considerable time, endured much suffering. He was freely resigned to the will of God, yet desired of the Lord, if he had no further service for him, to remove him out of his pain, which at times was very great. When he was a little easy he often spoke of the things of God, and was very much concerned that Friends should live agreeably to the doctrine of Christ, and that the good order established amongst us by our faithful elders, might be kept up and maintained; and that all differences and disorders should be kept out of the church; and said, "if Friends kept the ancient path, and observed the Lord's rules, they would be a blessed people."

He was asked if he would have anything to wet his mouth, to which he replied to this effect, "the Lord has taken away all my pain, and given me the bread of life, and the water of life, and quenched my thirst, which hath been great; the will of the Lord be done;" and fervently prayed to the Lord for his people, especially the youth, that he would be pleased to incline their hearts to follow him in the way of Truth. And soon after said, "if the youth of this meeting and nation incline their hearts to the Lord above all, he will make them a shining people; but if they do not, he will cast them off. The Lord's goodness fills my heart, which gives me the evidence and assurance of my everlasting peace in his kingdom with my ancient Friends that are gone before me, with whom I had sweet comfort in the work of the Gospel."

Near his conclusion he often desired the Lord would give him an easy passage, which was granted, being also preserved sensible to the last, and so passed away without a sigh or a groan, as if he had been going to sleep.

What heart can despond, what heart can fail to rejoice when it hears the animated declaration, "Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life."