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only put me quite at ease in his presence, but made me repeatedly forget that re spectful attention with which it was my duty, as well as my wish on every account, to treat the fallen monarch. The interest he took in topics which were then uppermost in my thoughts, was a natural source of fresh animation in my own case; and I was thrown off my guard more than once, and unconsciously addressed him with an unwarrantable degree of freedom. When, however, I perceived my error, and of course checked myself, he good-humouredly encouraged me to go on in the same strain, in a manner so sincere and altogether so kindly, that I was in the next instant as much at my ease as before.

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"What do these Loo-Choo friends of yours know of other countries ?" he asked. I told him they were acquainted only with China and Japan. Yes, yes, continued he;" but of Europe? What do they know of us ?" I replied, "They know nothing of Europe at all; they know nothing about France or England; neither," I added, "have they ever heard of your majesty." Bonaparte laughed heartily at this extraordinary particular in the history of Loo-Choo, a circumstance, he may well have thought, which distinguished it from every other corner of the known world.

I held in my hand a drawing of Sulphur Island, a solitary and desolate rock in the midst of the Japan Sea. He looked at it for a moment, and cried out, "Why, this is St. Helena itself." When he had satisfied himself about our voyage, or at least had extracted every thing I could tell him about it, he returned to the subject which had first occupied him, and said in an abrupt way, "Is your father an Edinburgh reviewer ?" I answered, that the names of the authors of that work were kept secret, but that some of my father's works had been criticised in the journal alluded to. Upon which he turned half round on his heel towards Bertrand, and nodding several times, said, with a significant smile, "Ha! ha!" as if to imply his perfect knowledge of the distinction between author and critic.

Bonaparte then said, "Are you married?" and upon my replying in the negative, continued, "Why not? What is the reason you don't marry ?" I was somewhat at a loss for a good answer, and remained silent. He repeated his question, however, in such a way, that I was forced to say something, and told him I had been too busy all my life; besides which, I was not in circumstances to marry. He did not seem to understand me, and again wished to know why I was

a bachelor. I told him I was too poor à man to marry. "Aha!" he cried, "I now see-want of money-no moneyyes, yes!" and laughed heartily; in which I joined, of course, though, to say the truth, I did not altogether see the humorous point of the joke.

The last question he put related to the size and force of the vessel I commanded, and then he said, in a tone of authority, as if he had some influence in the matter, "You will reach England in thirty-five days,"- -a prophecy, by the by, which failed miserably in the accomplishment, as we took sixty-two days, and were nearly starved into the bargain. After this remark he paused for about a quarter of a minute, and then making me a slight inclination of his head, wished me a good voyage, and stepping back a couple of paces, allowed me to retire.

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My friends, Mr. Clifford and Mr. Harvey, were now presented to him. He put some civil common-place questions, and after an audience of a few minutes, dismissed them.

Bonaparte struck me as differing considerably from the pictures and busts 1 had seen of him. His face and figure looked much broader and more square, larger, indeed, in every way, than any representation I had met with. His corpulency, at this time universally reported to be excessive, was by no means remarkable. His flesh looked, on the contrary, firm and muscular. There was not the least trace of colour in his cheeks; in fact, his skin was more like marble than ordinary flesh. Not the smallest trace of a wrinkle was discernible on his brow, nor an approach to a furrow on any part of his countenance. His health and spirits, judging from appearances, were excellent; though at this period it was generally believed in England, that he was fast sinking under a complication of diseases, and that his spirits were entirely gone. His manner of speaking was rather slow than otherwise, and perfectly distinct: he waited with great patience and kindness for my answers to his questions, and a reference to Count Bertrand was necessary only once during the whole conversation. The brilliant and sometimes dazzling expression of his eye could not be overlooked. It was not, however, a permanent lustre, for it was only remarkable when he was excited by some point of particular interest. It is impossible to imagine an expression of more entire mildness, I may almost call it of benignity and kindliness, than that which played over his features during the whole interview. If, therefore, he were at this time out of health and in low spirits, his power of self

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Being desirous of satisfying myself in a more particular manner, I placed several vessels containing two ounces of water. each, in a room without fire, facing the

'Tis sweet when the night-star of Venus is east, and the window being left open the shining,

To list to the ocean waves, roaring afar;

wind, then at north, could but indirectly penetrate into it. The result of these

Or, chance, on affection's fond bosom reclining, experiments was, that the water in the

Recount the past pleasures of glory and war. Yet there is a time when each pleasure seems sweeter,

Unheedful of grandeur, with happiness rife ; When the bright hours of joy pass on fairer and fleeter, Unclouded, uncheck'd-'tis the May-morn

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DIMINUTION IN THE WEIGHT OF WATER WHEN FROZEN.

(To the Editor of the Mirror.) SIR,-Your valuable correspondent Jacobus observes, in No. 233 of the MIR

ROR, "that water loses in weight by being frozen, and it evaporates very nearly as fast when frozen as in a fluid state." Allow me, therefore, to add a few remarks; for having tried several experiments on water whilst freezing, I found that evaporation did not take place without it was exposed to the air, and that it

room suffered no diminution in weight, whilst several vessels containing the same quantity of water exposed to the frost in the open air, lost twelve grains in less than half a day, the wind then blowing strong from the north. Continuing to try the experiment for several days, I weighed the vessels twice a day, and found that in proportion to the force of the wind, the water lost its weight, varying from four grains to twelve grains in the half day, and that it did not lose the least air be quite calm. particle in the most intense cold if the

Trying another experiment, I filled with water two cylindrical pots, within half an inch of the brim, the water being eleven ounces in weight; having covered one pot, I placed them on a crossbar-window facing the north, the thermometer was then at (0), and remained so during five days; I carefully weighed them each day, and found that the one covered had suffered no diminution in weight, while the one uncovered lost on the first day eighteen grains, the second twenty-eight, the third twenty, the fourth twelve, and the fifth ten grains, making a total diminution of eighty-eight grains in five days out of eleven ounces of water. It follows from this experiment, that water ceases to evaporate when it is in the consistence of ice, provided it be secure from the agitation of the air and wind. But as I should be occupying too much of your valuable pages, in stating the result of my experiments to account for the diminution in the weight of ice exposed to the open air and wind, I shall only state that the result of them was, that it was not the effect of evaporation, but, on the contrary, of an extremely fine rasping which the wind rubbing against the ice carries off continually.

OMICRON.

A GRAVE writer on the laws of England, says, that "when a jury of matrons is impannelled, the foreman ought to be a woman of known and good repute."

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stir it, and his prediction was accon plished. The explosion took place wit a horrible crash; all the windows of th laboratory were smashed to pieces, an two hundred auditors whirled away in the garden. Fortunately none receive any very serious injury, the greatest vid lence of the explosion having been in th direction of the chimney. The demon strator escaped without further harm tha the loss of his wig.

VOLTAIRE.

WHEN Voltaire was writing his traged of Merope, he called up his servant on morning at three o'clock, and gave hin some verses to carry immediately to the Sieur Paulin, who was to perform the tyrant. His man alleged that it was the hour of sleep, and that the actor migh not like to be disturbed, "Go, I say,' replied Voltaire, "Tyrants never sleep.'

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Nos. 235 and 236 of the MIRROK are Supplemen tary Numbers, containing full descriptions o the Funeral and Lying-in-State of his late Roya Highness the Duke of York, with fine illustra tive Engravings-one of which, on a HALF-SHEET presents a correct view of the entire line of Procession, commencing in St. James's-street &c.

Jacobus will find a note for him at our pub lisher's.

We have no recollection of the drawing in quired after by S. D.

Thanks to J. G. S. for a pleasing original drawing.

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ed by a richly carved finial; the wall on each side of the gablet is relieved by paneling. The piers of the arcade have projecting buttresses, above which is a moulded cornice with Gothic pateras at intervals, the whole finished by a parapet of open tracery and pinnacles over the piers; above this arcade rise the walls of the aisles and nave, and the flying buttresses springing from the former, in order to counteract the ceiling of the nave, have an extremely light and airy effect. Above the body of the church, the tower rises to a height of about 120 feet from the ground, and near the top, the walls and octangular buttresses are ornamented by paneling, the heads of which are filled in with tracery; above this a large moulded cornice with grotesque heads and other ornamental devices fronting it, is continued entirely round the walls and but tresses, and an embattled parapet, pierced by two tiers of upright divisions, with pointed heads filled in with tracery, finishes the walls of the tower, but the buttresses are continued about 20 feet higher, and are also pierced similar to the parapet by four tiers of openings; the pinnacles are also open at the bottom and are crowned by finials; thus, the parts just described, may be said to form an entire mass of decoration, affording a light and elegant finish to this noble appendage to the more useful part of the

structure.

The north and south fronts are divided by buttresses of bold projection into nine compartments, in seven of which are inserted windows containing three upright divisions crossed by a transom, and the heads filled in with tracery; small blank windows occupy the two extreme compartments, the windows of the clerestory are similar to those of the aisles with the omission of the transom; in these fronts the flying buttresses are seen to the best advantage, and each being partly contained on the walls of the clerestory. is crowned by a pinnacle; the extreme buttresses of the aisles are also surmounted by pinnacles; the parapets are pierced with open tracery. A sunk area extends the whole length of these fronts, serving to admit light and air into the extensive vaults under the church, the entrance to which is on the north side.

The east front presents a magnificent aspect, and if divested of the building designed for a vestry, which occupies the whole space of the centre division to a height of about fifteen feet, would certainly appear to still greater advantage. The great eastern window is divided horizontally into seven lights, or spaces, by upright mullions, which, being crossed

by transoms, the height is made into five divisions; the head of the window contains a circular light enriched with cinquefoils, between sub-arches springing from the centre and extreme mullious, filled with ramified tracery. At the angles of the nave are octangular turrets rising above the roof, and near the top are ornamented by long panels pierced with open tracery; they are each covered by a cupola of an ogee form crocketted and finished with a finial; on each side of these turrets are entrances to the aisles.

The principal access to the interior is through a lofty vestibule, with a paneled ceiling enriched with tracery; here are spacious staircases to the galleries. On entering the body of the church, the spectator is forcibly impressed with the grandeur and solemnity here depicted, with the boldness that characterizes the interior of our ancient cathedrals, and being in unison with the feelings when engaged in devotion, must be of great assistance towards the well performing that important part of our duty. As a novelty of the age, and the skill required in the construction of such a work, the vaulting of the nave, built entirely of stone, claims the highest praise; it is the first of the kind that has been executed since the revival of Gothic architecture; it is groined and the arch is of an obtusely pointed form; it commences from the capital of a slender shaft rising from the clustered pillars of the nave, from whence nine carved ribs diverge and intersect the ribs from the opposite side at the vertex of the arch, along which a rib is continued with carved bosses, where intersected. The vaulting over the communion and organ gallery varies from the preceding, each side of the arch being divided into two rows of panels, with pointed heads enclosing cinque-foils; at the springing of the arch is a moulded cornice, with busts of angels projecting from the same. The nave is lofty and capacious, and is divided on either side from the aisles by an arcade supported by six clustered pillars, and two semipillars next the abutting walls; they are placed on plinths as high as the pewing. These pillars serve to support the galleries, extending the whole length of the nave and breadth of the aisles, the fronts of which are ornamented by Gothic panels. Immediately above the arcade and under the sill of the clerestory windows, are ornamental recesses, in imitation of the ancient triforium; these afford a fine relief to the wall here, which, had they been omitted, would have had too bare. an appearance. The altar-screen is a very splendid composition, profusely de

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