a m kingston oniciie nec rege nec populo sed utroque vol 12 saturday september 4 1830 no 10 mutations op the world frornthe british magazine edited by mr halt as a vesture thou shalt change them and they ehall be changed but thoil art the same and thy years shall not fail a vrgsrl was passing ihe calm summer seas and its ftrramcrs were floating and fannd by whov ihc rtdianco above ihe bright waters be ngal it shnfaj a promise of joy and of safety from death and it seemed as it tftdilco along gallant and a mrht sp on the waves of ciermtyb sea where now is that vessel gone sunk in the war and thr mfltara roll over its crew in their grave a rity an rtnrd in iif power and its prime whw m- kd all the rude dvasiatinnsof time wiiv i h pinnacles high and its banners un- aira soomd n threaten with slavery half ftf the m where now is its glory lia cfuplicd to tfrt ground and it mouldering ruins lipfadinp around while the breeze as it sighs through the moss on in walls wher h ho1 ofthe fiec often pea m hsslft an f inj s f f hv ihettcq irv creature 3jks 3 s inmijqrhf -r- 0c hri wiih itl a r nay each a m it 1 v iv io rv 4 r f v bmljfh biitlffcr laa and tin hfps of the future wce hri4it as the past those years of the future were mill flawing cm but where is that cheerful heart broken and gone those hopes once so brilliant are hushed in the grave disappointments chill blight all the fruit that they gave i lonked on the starry sky boundless and free and it seemed in its vastncsan emblem of thee thou clouds may sweep oer it and tempers may lotvr they but sully its brightness and calm for an hour while all earthly things vanish their pride and their fame still thou art immutable ever the same lady damer this lady was horn in the year 1746 and died in may 1828 her descent was noble as she was daughter of field mar shal heary seymour conway brother to fraocis marquis of hertford her mo ther was a campbell of the house of ar gyll art as her biographer remarks 11 seldom finds votaries of such high de scent nor is it usual for a sex slim of frame and soft of hand to enter volunta rily upon tbe severest bodily drudgery to which genius has taxed itself her birth entitled her toa life ofease and luxury her beauty exposed her to the assiduity of suit ors and the temptations of courts but it was her pleasure to forego all such advan tage and dedicate the goldeu hours of her youth to the tatk of raisiog a name hy working in wet clay putier of paris- stub born marble and still more intractable bronze where there is not latent genius in the aoul no circumstances can elicit it hut it is curious to mark the little occurrences which sometimes give the first wakenings of the operations of the high intellectual capacities the story of mrs darners conversion lo sculpture is thus told wbeu ome eighteen or twenty years old she happened to he walking with da vid hume they were accosted hy a wan dering italian boy who offered for sale rfme plastered figures anrf vases which he carried the goodnatured historian look ed at the casts cooversed with the hoy gave him a shilling aod continued his walk some time afterwards the youog lady related in company the adventure of mr homo and this wandering artist not without a satiric touch at his squandering his time on paltry plaster images be less severe miss cooway said hume those images at which you smile were not made without the aid of both science and genius with all your attainments now you cannot produce such works she soothed her monitor hy submission and smiles inwardly rcsolviug to try her hand in art as much with tbo hope of confound ing the historian as with the expectation of finding pleasure in the attempt she procured wax aud modelling tools set to work in secret and in a few days pre sented ahead which she had modelled to the philosopher this now said he is clever and much better than first attempts usually arc you have found it do easy thing to produce such workshut believe me it w much easier to model in wax than to carve in marble she was not proba bly prepared for this she however as serted that it could not bo difficult and that the hand which wrought well in wax would easily acquire skill in marble also resolving secretly lo make this second ex periment she got mmhlr rind proper nl and in a short while copied out a little rudely indeed the bust which she had made in wax and placed it before hume he had nothing more io say but to re- command a morp skilful mode of finishing for h e rould not f il to observe that the hand ft tit it jt in rhit nice delicacy of vv 4ht lillfii i 1illuuitie fiue art f mlm if r fi t fivs of t t c t v v w iii iurr f ivf rtit i i i r 1 ir u sit tiucttfti i which arc atnont f rial gre i loess she seemed anxious to merge her fa mi ly associations in the bright chisel ihe weapoos which should win her a place all her own among the worthies of her country notwithstanding these de terminations however which she for some time laboured to realize she suffered an interruption in her studies by submitting to the chains of matrimony her husband whom she married io 1667 was the hon john darner eldest son of joseph first lord milton her spouse was a worth less extravagant rake he wasted his for tune in gamin and other extravagance and terminated his life with a pistol in 177g some idea of the character of the man may be formed from considering the extent of his wardrobe which sold by auc tion for 15000- he left behind him no child by his wife to vindicate his reputa tion or imitate his vices mrs darner on the death of her husband determined to pursue her favourite studies aod for that purpose visited tbo conti- nnnt in 1799 the vessel in which she id from england was taken by a french ship of war the fair artist was however liberated and proceeded on her journey after her return she gave a stri king proof of her love of independence by the part she look in procuring th election of mr fox for westminster she returned from the galleries of rome and madrid to mingle in the better nftr1 of t hi t contested election which end- it in the r tin n of her favorite charles p for westminster three ladies of birth beauty aod it dividing westmin ster into equal pints set out with the reso lution of conqueiiug the whole motley mob of independent voters and leading them to the huhiings to give plumpers for the whig candidate these adventurous dames mrs damer mrs crewo and the beautiful duchess of devonshire canvassed for their favourite with singular activity and suc cess rustling tneir silks in tbe lowest sinvp of sin and misery and in return for the electors most sweet voices submitting it is said their own sweetcheeks to the salute of butchers and bargemen many of her works was intended to re cord the most interesting facts connected with her own family but the fair sculptor was far from con fining her enhusiasm to those of her own blood fox was her hero io the house of commons napoleon her hero on land and nelson her hero on sea admiration is too weak a word to express what she felt she absolutely adored them- with all tbe three sho was personally acquainted nelson sat for his bust so did fox and napoleon promised too but the wars which came thick and fast prevented this when the hero of the nile returned from the mediterranean he waited on mrs da- mcr and enabled her to make that bust which stands io the common council room of the city of london she loved to record the conversations which she had with her napoleon ofthe waves aod it was one of herfavorite ideas to form a lit tle book of his sayings and remarks for ihe use of her youog relative the son of alex ander johnson- she gave to the duke of clarence a copy ofthe bust in plaister and when his royal highness became lord high admiral a wish was expressed for one in bronze mrs damer then seventyeight years old began the work immediately and saw it finished a few days before she died the bust was afterwards presented to the duke of cla rence by lady johnston her cousin and residuary legatee along with the coat which nelson wore at the battle of the nile the latter precious relic has lately been deposit ed in a fit sanctuary tbe painted hall of greenwich hospital the account of mrs darners acquain tance with napoleon and his first wife is cu- fitm atid remtrntk during mrs darners early visit to france in the time of the monarchy she had become the companion ofthe fascinat- iogviscouotess beauharoois and they part ed with mutual assurauces of esteem and remembrance no correspondence how ever ensued and mrs damer heard no more of her early friend till many years af terwards a french gentleman waited on her with a splendid piece of procelain and a letter from the wife ofthe first consul much was her surprise to find that the live ly and witty madame beauharnois of for mer days was the josephine bonaparte who now invited her over to paris that she might have the pleasure of presenting her to her husband at the peace of ami cus ihe accordingly went to france and was received with unbounded kindness by josephine and by her lord as all the whigs were in that hour of hollow truce with much show of distinction napoleon a roaster in the art of conversation loved to talk with her about sculpture and more particularly about fox for whom he ex pressed unbounded admiration he re quested the bust ofhis great english friend aod promised to sit for his own of which he wished to make a present to fox mrs damer returned to london enchanted with napoleoos classic looks and more by bis conversation she again saw paris but it wan in a stormier period her amiable friend josephine had yielded to a succes sor and nipoleon himself saw those ar mies thickened around him which were to hurl him from his throne she requested an audience ofthe emperorand presented the bust of fox her name recalled ear lier and more fortunate days the friend of josephine was received not only with civi lity hut with kindness and before she nine more quitted paris the emperor gave her a magnificent snuffbox with his por trait set in iliiiinoculs which is now in the british museum family library hotrtrs noss of her own original merits audio make tbe sculptors modelling too and frornthe n y mirror the angel of time bt j k p auldino thi angel of time being commissioned by the supreme governnorof the world made proclamation that he had a hundred thous and years of additional life to bestow on the inhabitants of theerlh his trumpet echted far and wide penetrating the cities the valleys the mountains and reaching themtermost extremes ofthe universe tbe people flocked eagerly from all points of lie compass lo prefer their claims to a pontino of the beneficent gift but it was surprising to see that the crowd consisted of tie aged alone the children were en joyhg their youthful sports and paid noat- tenfon to the proclamation i the youths and maijens were wandering in the labyrinths of kve and the men and women of a mid dle age were too much engaged in the pur suit of life to think on death tlie first who preferred his petition for a few additional years was an old man of fourscour and upwards bent almost double witb age thou doubtless wishest to live a little longer for the sake of thy children and the companions of thy youth said the angel alas cried the old man they are all tfead thou art in possession of wealth and alas no i have lost my good name and am miserably poor yet i wish to live till i am an hundred and enjoy life yet a little longer the nngel bestowed upon him ihe privi lege of living an hundred years aud he went on his way rejoicing and trembliog the next applicant for lengthened years was a feeble old man who was carried io a litter when he had preferred bis request tf afifcel repfeo 1 understand thou art enamoured of the charms of women of the beauties ofthe earth the waters and the skies aod wish est to behold them yet a few years more i am blind these ten years said ihe old man thou are delighted with the music of the birds the murmuriog of the waters the echoes ofthe mountains and all the harmo- nieof the uoiverse aud wishest to hear thei a tittle longer m am deaf and scarcely hear the sound of tfty trumpet thou art fond of the delicacies of foe alas my feeble health will not permit of mich indulgences i have lived on milk an4 crust of bread these seven years past and more i am a miserably sickly old tnafl and still thou wishest to lengthen out thy miseries what pleasure dost tbou en joy in this life the pleasure of living said the old mati and the angel granted him a few years more the third who approached the footstool of the angel was n decrepid female almost heat to ibe earth and trembling with a pal sy- her teeth were gone her eyes buried deep ia their dark blue sockets her cheek holfow and fleshless and she could hardly prefer her request for ao incessant cough which drowned her voice and almost chok ed her i am come said she to beg a score of years that i may enjoy the pleasure of seeing tho cypress trees i have planted over the graves of my husband my children ray grandchildren and tbe re6t of my dear re latives spring up and flourish before i die i am bereft of all that were near and dear to me i stand alone in the world with no one to speak for me i beseech thee oh beidficent angel to grant my request though i grant thee lengthened days 1 cannot remove thy infirmities and suffer- ines they will increase upon thee an swered the angel i care not since i shall know they can not kill me before my time take thy wish said tbe angel smiling 14 go and be happy strange cried a learned man who bad come to petition for a few years to complete an explanation ofthe apocalypse and had witnessed tbe scene strange cried he curling his lip io scorn that the most helpless aod miserable of human be ings should still covet a life divested of all its enjoy men is silence fool replied the angel in a voice of ineffable contempt it rather be comes tbee ignorant mortal to adore the goodness of providence which having or dained that man should live to be old mercifully decreed at tbe same time that the love of life should supply the absence of all its sources of eujoymeut go take thy wish and finish thy commentary on tbe apocalypse proverb three thiols only are well done in haste viz flying from the plague- escaping quarrels and catching fleas i from the same matrimony the number of respectable young men who are daily falling victims to matrimony is really alarming there used to be a fine aristocracy of generous careless free spirits always ripe for any pleasant mis chief societies were formed for the pro motion of goodfellowship for the discussi on of knotty questions and oyster suppers we had pedestrian excursions in the sum mer to fish shoot ride swim aod seek pleasure in her wildest and most delightful haunts now these merry ussociaiionsare all broken up look for our choisest and rarest fellows the drollest the freest the most daring and reckless and you shall find ihem men of families established in business they have stores aod offices ibey have degenerated into brokers doctors merchants auctioneers and lawyers they are getting economical you shall hear them gravely talk of my eldest boy aud my little girl till you can scarcely i credit that these are the untraromefled companions of your earlier and happier days it isinteresting to look around upon the crowd of your youthful ptiyroates and trace them in their various imu ofteu deep ly contrasted paths from the grceu mea dow and the shaded pond uere ue snort ed together up to their prcstni stations in society to count over the bhv and the bobs the toms ntd tbe har rys of old times to remember the clear uncovered foreheads the nnooth voices which leaped with the slirrioj of every boy ish fcefing the frank haul the happy heart and then to mark how ihey have all been borne along by their unshuonable destinies some to an early gpave some to wealth and fame others lo poverty dark misfortune blasting guilt all as they ad vanced losing some precious gift of youth and discovering in greater etr less degrees the impress in mind and boiy which time is for ever stamping upon hie children of life and then to see how inevitably ibey slip ioto the matrimonial noise and with what quiet subrofrton with what resigna tion and christian fortitude they allow themselves to be haruessed op in the vari ous appendages of married men as for me 1 held it a dangerous thisg for a manf warm feelings to marry unless independent of the world it may do for those who are distinguished rather by strong common sense than feeling and the latter is much more frequently mot with than tbe former but for a youth unblessed with wealth and at all inclined to the romantic to fall into the flowery trap i almost certain disap pointment yet notwithstanding common sense and sage maims is there aman who has not in certain moments under peculiar circumstances experienced a desperate temptation to take the plunge come whal enmst 1 ate rtwrafl thai ih very persons whose susceptible feelings most easily betrpy them into sudden and warm attachments are often the last to marry or perhaps die bachelors while your plain quiet young men who attend to bu siness and who would noi step across the street to gaze on tbe lovelicnt face under heaven are the very ones most likely to disappoint general expectation si lentil choosing some softvoiced companion whose endearing attentions can fill up and decorate all the little vacancies ol life i cannot bear to see a dasing young fel low at length fairly caught much as the poets talk about the union cfhearts and so forth there is still somethiog serious in the sight of a man voluntarily pfedging all the affections of his future life to one individu al it puts me in miud of going into a con vent the feelings which be has been in the habit of cherishing for other females tbe very pleasantest of which hi9 nature is capable are hereafter to be eschewed he has entered into a species of bondage which in all probability will he for the term of his life he is to yield in a great degree the right of indulging his own tastes and of folloniog his own inclinations and yet how often this dilemma is ruu into in the most careless mannct every one docs not suf ficiently appreciate the value of perfect in dependence until it is gone for ever others like othello seem crossed by a vague pre sentiment that they are rather getting ioto a scrape and excuse themselves to their friends on the score of love for know iago but that i love ihe gentle dfsdemona i would not my unhoused fier condition put into circumscription and confine for the seas woth if the thoughts and affeciinns tbe little local attachments pnd sudden temporary relations which are continuallya rising in so ciety and ifieti passrng away could ve maoe palpable to sight what a curious prospect would be presented how many innume rable passions between the young the warmhearted and the handsome ofthe two sexes would continually appear like beautiful bubbles aod break like them notwithstanding the watchful anxiety of shrewd mothers arguseyed fathers of ma tronly old maidenaunts and particular friends who make it their business to keep a lookout over such things it is wonderful how slyly these lovers can carry on their correspondence with each other how tbey make a language of all the events around them how they speak to each other out of the mouths of the good people iu whose so ciety they happen to be it would be ano ther curious subject of investigation to find what an incredibly small proportion of the large quantity of billing aud cooing that is carried on in the world over comes to any thing it is perchance very diflicult for the youthful portion of my readers to realize but tbe more advanced understand well enough the excellent precepts of lolonius to ophelia i do know when the blood bums how prodigal the soul lends the longue vows those blazes daughter giving more light than heat extinct in both even in their promise as it is making you must not take for fire from this time be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence set your cntreatmenls at a higher rale than a command to parley clergymen two of his cousins are also clergymen this circumstance has given rise to a report that the author himself was attached to the church and is a minister of the gospel buliver is about thirtyfive years old in his last work he had been charged with the vanity of endeavoring to underrate his age his appearance how ever is youthful and the strict attention he pays to dress gave him the look of quite a young man he has rather a thin and thoughtfullooking visage his features are sotnewhatsharp aud shrewd aod he is much addicted to satire in hisoonvcrsation he is foud of the chace and is an object of much attraction in the neighbourhood where he resides he was married several years ago io liverpool to a daughter of general gascoigne and he has now four or five children s dvel between ma reddik and captain maitland the following are tbe particulars res pecting the duel mentioned in our last the parties are mr reddie advocate and captain maitland of freugh wig- tonshire the quarrel took place at tbe clydesdale hotel lanark whore mr reddie had taken up his abode along with five gentlemen of the kelburne hunt mr reddie bad been two days there when captain maitland joined the party on the 9th of april some trivial difference of opinion occurred between mr reddie and captain maitland before they were ten minutes in each others company but not of so irritating a nature as to prevent them from meeting at dinner after dinner colonel macleans riding became thesub- jwtnfmxmmtaft- ob mv- reddfew- marking that he had seen colonel mac lean while with the dukes hounds take a very awkward leap namely ditchsunk fenceup with boggy moat immediately in front so that it was necessary to check the horse on the top of the fence and take him a yard or two along the left over which colonel maclean had showed the way followed by mr ogilvy brother to mr ogilvy of chesters captain mait land flatly said there was no such leap io the country although mr reddie warn ed captain maitland that he was serious captain maitland reiterated his assertion that there was no such fence mr reddie then said what i state is correct and whoever asserts the contrary is a liar- captain maitland you understand me this occurred before the first bottle of cla ret was discussed captain maitland con tinued to sit at table for about two hours next morning captain maitland was in formed through the landlord of the hotel that breakfast was prepared for him io a- nother room and that the gentlemen with whom he had dined desired to bo alone mr reddie aod the gentlemen ofthe hunt afterwards rode to the fixture who on be ing made acquainted with what had taken place 6aid that mr reddie had acted quite properly captain maitland also made his appearance on the ground but was re ceived with marked coolness we under stand hy the gentlemen ofthe hunt and in the eveniog left lanark inconsequence as was staled of the death of a near re lation nine days afterwards 18th of april mr reddie was waited on by capt blair who demanded satisfaction on the part of capt maitland mr reddie re fused to comply with the request on the ground that captain maitland had been too dilatory io making it and had in con sequence been sen to coventry by tbe five gentlemen before alluded to but he qua- april mr reddie and his friend mr john gregory arrived at stranraer the same evening captain maitland mr reddie and mr gregory were arrested at the in stance of the procurator fiscal and bound over to keep the peace it was ultimately agreed that a meeting should take place at calais thiiberthe parties proceeded and met on the morning of the 10th instant five mrles from calais mr reddie at tended by his second mr gregory and captain maitland by his triend tfr du- pre family circumstances pnjfentio captain blair from taking ajur fa fin r con cern iu the matter dr forbes was also on the ground the seconds measured offtwelve paces and the parties fired twjee without effect mr reddie demanded a third shot but this the seconds would not sanction the parties as formerly stated after some attempts on the part of the se conds towards explanation left tbe ground no recognition or intercourse having taken place before or after the meet ing abridg edfrotn the edinburgh observer the timber trade from a correspondent of the london mot nitig riraid a statement haltappeared in the couri er of the amount of duties paid for the last three years on british north american timber aod of tbe amount which similar quantities would have paid if imported from ihe baltic a remark is added by tbe ed itor that the difference is a boon to the north american merchant and that more over tho timber is of inferior quality now sir it would have been but candid in the editor or those who have given him his lesson to point out which kiud of timber imported by ihe colonial merchant is in ferior fbf boubetf lift mis ffiefenasi pretend to say that it is all of inferior qua lity 1 proceed to state to you that no one article of wood goods imported from british north america which is also im ported from the baltic u inferior to tho latter the british north american wood trade was cnlled into importance by mr pitt when the baltic was shut against us by those who were then our enemies and who for any thing we can tell may be so again the safety of our country induced hiin to look to the british north american colonies and accordingly they supplied all her wants the large sudden and un expected demands necessarily led to a want of attention on the part ef the colo nists to the seasoning and perfect manu facturing of the wood when peace ro turned the colonist began to season and manufacture his wood goods better and at this day not only government bat all tbe large timber dealers take a pan of their supplies from the north american colo nists there is now a notice of a tender from his majestys navy board- for cana da red pine timber elm thick stuff oak timber and ash oar rafters for tbe su of the navy and it is known vernroent also supply their wants largely from the north american masts spruce deals and staves there is a party in tbe country who keep up tbe old cry that the north american wood is inferior i have candidly admit ted that a charge did justly exist against tbo colonial wood on this ground but at i stoutly affirm that it does not now justly he against it sir h parnell as the leader of the par ty writes and talks much of tbe extra tax paid by the public in tbe shape of a higher duty on baltic timber and he r tbe supply that the go- proposes re ducing the duty by 20s per load what will you say sir when 1 tell you that on lified this refusal by saying that if any three j an average not more than twelve loads of tftflftnusn duljnmoj0tmnj mfrillwipjojbirnofteeliipn thfevfth tyhmsfpsl n butwer the novelist edward lytton bulwer the novelwriter resides at an ancient seat of his family in norfolk called heydon hadj- he is an on ly son and bis mother wfro is a widow and a lady of fashion dwells in london where bulwer himself bas uied during tbe greater part of his life in england his name is pronounced as if it were spelled bxtller thff curacy of saul near norwich aud two or tlbree other small livings are in the giftofthe family there are three brothers of bis fatlber still living- general bulwer doctor biower aud the third is a curate who has tmo sods that are titled to a meeting it should be given to this captain blair assented and lord kel burne james oswald esq and camp bell fletcher were fixed for as referees these gentlemen declined giving an opi nion whereupon mr reddie notified to captaio blair that he had no alternative hut to repair to edinburgh and take the advice of a friend he accordingly in stantly proceeded to edinburgh and laid the facts before the earl of buchan who after consulting three military gentlemen set off for laoark where three of the gen tlemen who had been present at the quar rel the other two bad previously left la nark assured him that mr reddie was justified in the language he had made use of and that in consequence of captain maitland not immediately resenting that language they had declined his company under these circumstances ihe earl con sidered himself authorised to advise his friend mr reddie to persist in declining a meeting and this he notified to captaio blair captain blair replied that in this case captain maitland would horsewhip mr reddie in the most public manner practicable on the following morning mr reddie on being told this said that in the event of such an outrage being at tempted he would shoot captain maitland on the spot which determination was duly intimated by the earl of buchan to captain blair mr reddie afterwards had a personal interview with captain blair when he agreed to meet captain maitland provided any three gentlemen of the hunt would bow or speak to captain maitland during breakfast in the mean while captain maitland had posted mr reddie as a coward and the latter gen tleman being subsequently informed that lord kelburne had in consequence agreed to recognize captain maitland as a gen tleman instantly demanded a meeting stipulating for time however till a friend unfettered by a family should arrive from edinburgh this challenge was accept ed and balgraggan near stranraer was fixed on as the place of meeting the par- tics instantly left lanark on the 32d of bouses built io the united kingdom 7 here are 12 saved on a house value 1200 would it not be more honest in that party to speak out aod say that they wish to destroy the colonial timber trade and with it the shipping trade of the coun try there i6a timber imported from british north america which is not so durable for some purposes as the red pine of canada or tbe baltic that is the yellow pine tim ber there is no such timber however grows io the north of europe therefore it ia not just on this account to compare it with baltic timber as well it might be said that baltic red pine is not so durable as english oak therefore let us exclude it from our consumption altogether the yellow pine timber and yellow pine deals of british north america are used for ma ny purposes for which neither baltic red nor canadared pine are wanted and on this account also it is unjust to compare them to strength or durability those who have looked at the effect of the reduction of the duties on foreign iron aod hemp will agree with me that even the paltry saving proposed of 12 as be fore adverted to will be a delusion for if the duty on timber were reduced by 20s per load the price in tbe baltic will rise as much rail road travelling we have frequent accounts of tbe great rage for riding on the baltimore railroad and of the facilities at present offered tra vellers for that purpose the average re ceipts from those who take passage for a- musement are considerably more than a thousand dollars each week io the hot test time of tbe hottest days tbe quick mo tions of the cars causes a current of air which renders the ride at all times agreea ble in many instances strangers passing through baltimore or visiting it postpone their departure for a day aod sometimes longer to enjoy the pleasure of this addi tional trip the bridges are all built of stone tbe