MISCELLANEOUS.

Wellington Independent, Volume II, Issue 69, 10 June 1846, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

How to be Bich—Hie w>.y to e et cred't is to be punctuil; the wny to preserve it is not <o use ir much. Settlr; often ; hare short account*. Trust no man's opinion—they are deceitful — p rlnps assumed for the purpose of obtaining credit. Beware of gaudy exterior; rogues u-ually dress w 11. The rich are plain men. Trust him, if any one, who carries but little on his ba<-.k. Never tru t him who flies into a passion on b."in? dunned • make him pay qiic'<ly, if there be any vi.tue in the law. Be well satisfied before you givs credit, that those to whom you give it are safe men to be trusted. Sell your goods at a small advance, and never misrepresent them; for tho?e whom you once deceive, will be aware of you a second time. Deal upright with ail men, and they will repose confidence in you, and soon become yonrpernunei.t customers. Beware of bim who is an office-s-eker" Men do not usually want an nflSce when they have any thing to do. A man's affairs are rather low when he seeks office for support. Most of all beware of idle, designing, *' pettifoggers," nnlea'rned honourably in the law, who are too 1= zy to get an honest livelihood by Industry; who are ever busily seeking to entrap the unwary; who go about prowling to undermine and destroy the peace of Boeiety, by urging on to lawsuits the ignorant and hair brained. B w*re of such unprincip'ed " funguses" on society, thsy will first drive you iato mischief, and then pick your pockets. Tm,t no s'ranger; your goods are bitter than doubrful charges. What is character worth if you make it cheap by crediting all alike? Agree beforehand with every person about to do a job, and, if a large one, put it into writing. If any decline this, quit or you will be cheated. Though you want a joa ever so much, make all sure at the onset; be nt afraid to a-k iti the best test of responsibility 5 for. if offence be token, ycu have escaped a loss.

The French Ports,—The National advocates the necessity of closing the French ports for the exportation of grain, and ihus The country" right or wrong, is at present alarmed with respect to our supply of provisions. It consequently has a right to information, and the Government which refusessuchinformation is wanting in the fulfilment of its most sa* cred duties. It is ihe Government which is responsible for our present uneasiness; and as our fears mu*t neeessari y produce a rise in the price of corn, it is to Government we m«statribute the fault of havino-, byits silence and byits language afjoravated tlie uneasiness-, if unfounded," an.J° for not having taken measures to prevent the consequences if in fact, they are fonnded on reality. The ""Last of his the Earl of Sunderland resigned office in the reign of Queen Anne, the Queen offered him a pension of .£3OOO a-year ; but the earl replied, that it he could not have the honour to serve his country, he would not incur the infamy of plundering it. Thoughts in Bed.—Happy is the man who can say «' peace-giving bed." For, oh, what a rack to the spirit of man maybe found in goose do« n ! You are in fed", peace-giving bed, you say; it is deep night, and in that solemn pause yon s r emt to feel the pulse—to hear the vtry heart of time. You try to think of many "things, but the spirit or demon of the bed sets up yourself before yourself—brings up your doings to the bar of your own conscience ; and what a set of scurvy gaol-birds maybe found among them. Tiiey peep in at your curtains, crowd in at the foot of your bed-, and though you have no rush-light you see their leering, sneaking faces.-— Jerold*

Female Eloquence.—A fashionable lady, be. ing inquired of how she liked the dinner at a distiuguished party, her reply was; " The dinner was sweet, but my seat was so promote from the nicknacks, that I could not ratify my appetite, and the pickled cherries had such a defect upon my head that I made a motion to leave the table, but Mr. gave me some hartshorn, dissolved in water, which bereaved me." Society.—Human society may be compared to a heap of embers, which, when placed asunder, can retain neither their light nor heat amidst the surrounding elements; but when brought together, they mutually give heat and light to each other; the flame breaks forth, and not only defends itself, but subdues every thing around it, '' Heroine" is perhaps as peculiar a word as any in our language : the two firse female, the four first a brave man, and the whole word a brave woman. The Eye.—The eye hath five tunics to guard it against danger. The first is like a spider's web ; the second is like a net; the third is like a berry? the fourth is like a born ; and the fifth i* the cover or lid of the eye. Here is guard upon guard, re serabling the various ways Providence hath to se cure us from ruin. Hence the five cardinal virtues.