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till she could send for me, and having settled a few other articles, took places for herself and my brother in the stage coach.

"I have not forgotten, and perhaps shall never forget, my anguish when I saw them depart! Alas! I little thought I should see my poor mother no more! My eyes followed them as long as the coach was in sight, and when I could see it no longer, my distress was indescribable. I cried and sobbed bitterly. I thought my heart would break; and, notwithstanding the tenderness of my governess, tears continued to flow a considerable time; however, the recollection of my mother's promise to send for me, after a time, quieted me.

"Almost a month passed away before we heard any thing of my mother. A letter at last arrived, from which we learnt that her expectations had not been realized, and that the very relations who created her first feeling of discontent, had blamed her for coming to London, and had given her many cold and shy looks; that she had experienced many trials, but hoped to do better, and soon send for me. This was the first and the last letter we received, for from that time we never heard a single word concerning her; and though inquiry was instituted by my friends at and by the officers of the parish, not the least tidings were heard, nor any clue afforded, by which to diseover what became of either my mother or

brother.

About a month after the receipt of my mother's letter, my governess became uneasy about me. She did not know how to act, she knew not where to look for the payment of my expences, and though she was very affectionate and kind, she could not afford to support me without some remuneration. The matter became noised abroad, and a few persons who had known my father, contributed something and raised a trifling sum for my support, in the hope that my mother would soon send for me. When a few months had elapsed, and no tidings of my mother arrived, these friends became tired of supporting me, stating, that although they wished me to be taken care of, yet as they had families of their own, they could no longer assist me, and adding that there was support to be obtained from the parish for such as were destitute.

"The case was considered among themselves, and at the vestry meeting was submitted to the persons present; the result, was an order that I should be removed to the workhouse, where, however, the master promised that I should be tenderly treated.

"At length the day fixed on for my removal came. My governess, with tears in her eyes, called me aside, and said, Sarah, my dear, I would not part with you if I could afford to keep you, but I cannot. I have spoken to Mr. Conway, the master of the workhouse, and I believe he will use you well. Be a good girl. Remember your prayers, and God will bless you. Here is a little testament which belonged to my poor Jane that died. I will give it you as a keepsake: but remember to read it, and pray to God to help you to understand it.' Then kissing me most affectionately, she added, I shall always be glad to see you when Mr. Conway will let you come.' I could make no reply, but cried exceedingly.

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workhouse called for me, and spoke to me very civilly, telling me that I should be with his own children, and should want for nothing. I took leave of my governess with an almost broken heart, and then went to my residence.

"You will suppose that I did not forget my mother. I often inquired of Mr. Conway if he had heard from her, and every time the postman brought a letter my hopes were raised, but raised only to be the more depressed. When I was told no letter had arrived, I used to go and sit upon one of the steps at the garden wicket, and cry till I sobbed again. I often went to some cross roads not far off, where was a guide-post, upon one of the arms of which was painted To London.' Here I would sit down, and look first at the post and then at the road, wishing I could see my mother coming. I would then turn slowly away, and with tears in my eyes, return to the workhouse. One day I was wonderfully delighted to hear that an old man had been brought to the workhouse from London. I immediately ran to find him, and eagerly inquired if he had seen my mother. My sorrow, however, was only aug mented by this incident, for he said, rather surlily, that he had not seen her, and did not know her.

"One day, however, as I was sitting near the guide-post I have mentioned, the London stage waggon passed along. I had several times noticed it before, and as I read upon its painted cloth in front, " TO THE BULL AND MOUTH, BULL AND MOUTH STREET, LONDON;' I wondered how the driver could find his way so far. But seeing it this time, I imme diately thought that the waggoner must have gone right before, and as he must now know the road well, he would go right this time too. It immediately entered into my childish mind, that if I were to follow this waggon, it would take me to London, and there I should see my mother and brother. The thought no sooner entered my mind than it was acted upon, and letting the waggon go some distance before, yet not so far as to be out of sight, without any thing except the clothes upon my back, and even without a bonnet, I actually commenced a journey to London.

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"I did not proceed without sorrow. thought of the place I was leaving! I thought how angry Mr. Conway would be when I was missed! I thought too they would fear some accident had befallen me, and they would distress themselves on my account, and I almost resolved to go back! but the dread of their anger on the one hand, and the hope of seeing my mother on the other, induced me to proceed, and I continued to follow the waggon.

"I continued on my way about nine miles, when the horses stopped to bait. I was also obliged to stop, and, at some distance behind the waggon, I sat down on a large stone by the road side, and found rest very desirable and pleasant. I had not been there long before an old woman came up, and accosting me very civilly, asked me several questions. I told her I came from, and was going to London, to find my mother; and also that I intended to follow the waggon there. She seemed a little surprised, but said I could never hold out to follow the waggon, and reminded me of what had never entered into my calcu lation; viz. that food would be necessary. 20

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THE subject of this volume will certainly recommend itself as one which has claims on public attention. Bathing has been the practice of all ages, from the remotest antiquity to the present time; of all nations, the most barbarous, the most civilized; of all climes, torrid, frigid, or temperate. For amusement, for exercise, or for health, we still quit the land for the water, and live in an element not our own.

In this country, and especially among the fashionable circles, bathing has become the popular, the luxurious employ of the summer months. To those, who during the winter are shut up in the smoke, and bustle, and crowds of the town, the pure air and natural scenery of a watering-place, form such a transition, as is better known by experience than by description. The sun, as he approaches the northern solstice, half desolates our cities; attracting thousands of gay and trifling, thousands of emaciated and dying creatures, to the edge of springs, to the banks of rivers, and to the shores of the ocean, where his fervid rays are tempered by the cooling breeze, or evaded in the cooling flood.

It will occur to the reader, that the above account of Southsea, is given by a "Resident Practitioner." But it so happens, that we can vouch for the spot. its accuracy; having ourselves visited

Among the thousands who frequent the bath, there are comparatively but few, who inquire into the principles by which it invigorates or restores the constitution; but few who enter into the science of the subject. And hence, there are not wanting instances, in which the injudicious use of the bath has promoted, perhaps confirmed, the evil it was intended to remove. A book, therefore, which professes to trace bathing to those physiological principles, by which it so variously acts upon various constitutions, deserves the notice of those, especially, who seek the bath to recruit the energies, and repair the wastes, of a diseased or debilitated frame. Such are the professions of the volume before us; and as far as we are capable of forming a judgment upon the subject, they are professions very ably supported.

Mr. Williams is not the first who has treated the subject of bathing as connected with the doctrine of animal heat. This is a department of his work, which he seems most maturely to have investigated, and therefore he speaks upon it with decision and assurance. We submit the following quotation, as expressing the author's views upon this particular; for which we beg leave to make the author himself responsible.

"The superiority of Southsea, in the island of Portsea, for a Bathing station, consists in the fine shingle beach, which slopes off gradually into the sea, which is by consequence exceedingly transparent and pure. Bathing may be performed here, at any time of tide. The whole island is a desirable residence for the invalid, being defended on one side by a

bathing. We have, we trust, fully shown, that a large demand on the vital energies, in such a state of exhaustion, would occasion a wasteful expenditure of the natural strength, and expose the body to the most serious effects. In these resorts of the invalid, (watering-places,) we too frequently see persons slowly walking down to the sea side, lest they should become heated, and even reposing with careful solicitude on the open beach, exposed to the keen blast until they are cool enough to bathe. Of all errors, this is one of the most fatal; and it were better, like Fal

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be read by the patient, for the prescriptions, cautions, and directions in the use of the cold and warm bath, which it contains; it may also be read by the philosopher for its scientific research, by the scholar for its numerous classic allusions, and by the general reader for its fund of miscellaneous and valuable information.

Mr. Williams has evidently brought to the investigation of his subject, a high degree of mental energy, and no small share of industry. Neither reading, nor study, nor experiment, has been spared in the prosecution of his work. The quotations we have made are an adequate specimen of his style, which throughout the whole book will be found lively, luxuriant, and figurative; we think too much so, for a work whose predominating feature is scientific, but perhaps not too much so, for the class of readers among whom it will most extensively circulate.

Our commendation of this volume is by no means unqualified. It contains some specimens of what we do not hesitate to pronounce negligent writing. The public, however, will excuse this, when they think of an eminent Practitioner, in a populous district, whose rapper is never still; and whose circle of patients presents diseases, so numerous, so diversified, that their names alone are more than the head of an ordinary person can contain. The candour of Mr. Williams will excuse our notice of these inattentions; and his pen will correct them in the second edition of his Essay. The book is a good book; but he who wrote it can write a better.

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REVIEW.-Epsom Salt not a Nostrum, being Remarks on a Tract, entitled "Instructions for the proper use of Epsom Salt," &c. By C. W. Johnson. To which are appended, some Considerations relative to certain alleged cases of Poisoning, by mistaking the Oxalic Acid, and other deleterious substances, for this Salt. By N Goose, 8vo. pp. 36. Baldwin, Cra

dock & Joy; and Simpkin & Marshall, London.

THERE are not many controversies easily to be understood, except by the parties engaged in them, and few can include more difficulties than those which refer to chemical subjects. In reply to the claims of Mr. C. W. Johnson, Mr. Goose undertakes to prove, that no individual has any right to demand from the public an exclusive patronage, either as the maker or the vender of Epsom Salt,-that his claims to superiority are unfounded,

and that the charges brought against deleterious articles having been sold under delusive appearances, may be traced to causes, which have no immediate connection with the Salt under consideration. On both of these points, Mr. G. seems to have argued successfully; but we think his pamphlet would be more generally acceptable, if, divested of personalities and local allusions, it had only aimed to embrace science, principle, and fact.

WESLEYAN MISSIONS.

THIS discourse seems to be adapted to the situation and comprehension of those young persons, for whose benefit it was delivered. The observations are plain and practical, calculated to enforce the necessity of seeking after a communion with God in early life. The motives on which this is urged, are obvious to every capacity; and the advantages to be derived from piety, appear as the inevitable result.

and furnishes new proofs of the advantages which result from the active co-operation of their advocates, and of their beneficial tendency among the heathen nations of the earth.

The annual meeting of the London District Auxiliary society, was held on the 25th of April, in Great Queenstreet chapel, Mr. Alderman Rothwell in the chair. The Report was read by the Rev. Mr. Watson. The speakers on this occasion were, the Rev. J.Buck