,,the ,,mirror ,,of ,,literature1 ,,amusement1 ,,and ,,instruction4 ,no4 #cgi4 ,,saturday1 ,,july #d1 #ahbi4 ,,price #b;d4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,milan ,,cathedral ,illustration3 ,,milan ,,cathedral4 ,show the motley-minded gentleman in2--the old friend with a new face1 or1 in plain words1 ,,the ,,mirror in a new type4 ,tasteful reader1 examine the symmetry1 the sharp cut and finish of this our new fount of type1 and tell us whether it accords not with the beauty1 pungency1 and polish of the notings and selections of this our first sheet4 ,for some days this type has been glittering in the printing-office boxes1 like nestling fire-flies1 and these pages at first resembled so many pools or tanks of molten metal1 or the windows of a fine old mansion--,hatfield ,house for instance1--lit up by the refulgent rays of a rising sun4 ,the sight inspires us1 and fires us2 and we count upon new letter bringing us new friends1 and thus commence our ,fourteenth ,volume with new hopes and invigorating prospects4 ,but what subject can be more appropriate for such a commencement1 than so splendid a triumph of art as ,,milan ,,cathedral2 situate almost in the centre1 and occupying part of the great square of the city4 ,it is of ,gothic architecture1 and its materials are white marble4 ,in magnitude this edifice yields to few in the universe4 ,inferior only to the ,vatican1 it equals in length1 and in breadth surpasses1 the cathedral of ,florence and ,st4 ,paul's2 in the interior elevation it yields to both2 in exterior it exceeds both2 in fretwork1 carving1 and statues1 it goes beyond all churches in the world1 ,st4 ,peter's itself not excepted4 ,its double aisles1 its clustered pillars1 its lofty arches2 the lustre of its walls2 its numberless niches all filled with marble figures1 give it an appearance novel even in ,italy1 and singularly majestic4 ,the admirer of ,english ,gothic will observe one peculiarity1 which is1 that in the cathedral of ,milan there is no screen1 and that the chancel is entirely open1 and separated from the nave only by its elevation4 ,the pillars of the cathedral of ,milan are more than ninety feet in height1 and about eight in diameter4 ,the dimensions of the church at large are as follow3--,in length four hundred and ninety feet1 in breadth two hundred and ninety-eight1 in interior elevation under the dome two hundred and fifty-eight1 and four hundred in exterior1 that is to the summit of the tower4 ,the pavement is formed of marble of different colours1 disposed in various patterns and figures4 ,the number of niches is great1 and every niche has its statue1 which1 with those placed on the ballustrade of the roof1 are reported to amount to more than four thousand4 ,many among them are said to be of great merit4 ,over the dome rises a tower or spire1 or rather obelisk1 for its singular shape renders it difficult to ascertain its appellation1 which1 whatever may be its intrinsic merit1 adds little either to the beauty or to the magnificence of the structure which it surmounts4 ,this obelisk was erected about the middle of the last century1 contrary to the opinion of the best architects4 ,though misplaced1 its form is not in itself inelegant1 while its architecture and mechanism are extremely ingenious1 and deserve minute examination4 ,in ascending the traveller will observe1 that the roof of the church is covered with blocks of marble1 connected together by a cement1 that has not only its hardness and durability1 but its colour1 so that the eye scarcely perceives the juncture1 and the whole roof appears one immense piece of white shining marble4 ,the view from the summit is extensive and even novel1 as it includes not only the city and the rich plain of ,milan1 intersected with rivers and canals1 covered with gardens1 orchards1 vineyards1 and groves1 and thickly studded with villages and towns2 but it extends to the grand frame of this picture1 and takes in the neighbouring ,alps1 forming a magnificent semicircle and uniting their bleak ridges with the milder and more distant ,apennines4 ,the traveller1 says ,eustace1 will regret as he descends1 that instead of heaping this useless and cumbersome quarry upon the dome1 the trustees of the edifice did not employ the money expended upon it in erecting a front1 7for that essential part is still wanting17 corresponding with the style and stateliness of this superb temple4 ,a front has indeed been begun1 but in a taste so dissimilar to that of the main building1 and made up of such a medley of ,roman orders and ,gothic decorations1 that the total suspension of such a work might be considered as an advantage1 if a more appropriate portal were to be erected in its place4 ,but unfortunately the funds destined for the completion and repair of this cathedral are now swallowed up in the general confiscation4 ,had it been finished1 and the western front built in a style corresponding with the other parts1 the admirers of the ,gothic style would have possessed one specimen perfect in its kind1 and accompanied with all the advantages of the best materials1 set off by a fine climate4 ,in materials1 the cathedral of ,milan surpasses all the churches of the universe1 the noblest of which are only lined and coated with marble1 while this is entirely built1 paved1 vaulted1 and roofed with the same substance1 and that of the whitest and most resplendent kind4 ,the most remarkable object in the interior of this church is the subterranean chapel1 in which the body of ,st4 ,charles ,borromeo reposes4 ,it is immediately under the dome1 in form octangular1 and lined with silver1 divided into panels representing the different actions of the life of the saint4 ,the body is in a shrine of rock crystal1 on1 or rather behind the altar2 it is stretched at full length1 drest in pontifical robes1 with the crosier and mitre4 ,the face is exposed1 very improperly1 because much disfigured by decay1 a deformity increased and rendered more hideous by its contrast with the splendour of the vestments which cover the body1 and by the pale ghastly light that gleams from the aperture above4 ,the inscription over this chapel or mausoleum1 was dictated by ,st4 ,charles himself1 and breathes that modesty and piety which so peculiarly marked his character4 ,it is as follows3 ,,carolus ,,cardinalis ,,tituli ,s4 ,,praxedis ,,archiep4 ,,mediolan4 ,,frequentioribus ,,cleri ,,populiq4 ,,ac ,,devoti ,,faeminei ,,sexus ,,precibus ,,se ,,commendatum ,,cupiens ,,hoc ,,loco ,,sibi ,,monumentum ,,vivens ,,elegit4 ,of the statues crowded in and around this edifice many are esteemed1 and some admired4 ,of the latter1 that of ,st4 ,bartholomew is the first2 it stands in the church1 and represents the apostle as holding his own skin1 which had been drawn off like drapery over his shoulders4 ,the play of the muscles is represented with an accuracy1 that rather disgusts and terrifies than pleases the spectator4#a ,the exterior of the chancel is lined with marble divided into panels1 each of which has its basso relievo2 the interior is wainscoted1 and carved in a very masterly style4 ,the whole of the chancel was erected by ,st4 ,charles ,borromeo4 #a ,the following lines are inscribed on its pedestal1 in ,latin1 and in ,english3-- ,lest at the sculptor doubtfully you guess1 ',tis ,marc ,agrati1 not ,praxiteles4 ,this statue is reckoned worth its weight in gold4 ,in describing this magnificent cathedral1 we have availed ourselves of abridging the description in ,eustace's ,classical ,tour1 a work of high authority and sterling value on all subjects connected with the ,fine ,arts4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,rustic ,,amusements4 7,to the ,editor of the ,mirror47 ,three years ago you gave a pleasing illustration of the ,amusements of ,may1 and at the same time lamented the decrease of village festivity and rural merriment1 which in days langsyne cheered the honest hearts and lightened the daily toil of our rustic ancestors4 ,from the sentiments you express on that occasion1 ,i am led to fancy that it will afford you pleasure to hear that the song1 the dance1 and innocent revelry are not quite forgotten in some part of our land1 and that the sweet and smiling spring is not suffered to make his lovely appearance without one welcome shout from the sons and daughters of our happy island2 and1 therefore1 ,i will recount to you 7and by your permission to the readers of the ,,mirror7 a village fte which ,i lately witnessed and enjoyed4 ,on the #ith inst4 7,whit-,tuesday71 after a few miles' walk1 ,i arrived in the village of ,shillingston 7,dorsetshire71 whose inhabitants annually dedicate this day to those pastimes which 7as one of your correspondents has observed7 seem a sort of first offering to gentle skies1 and are consecrated by the smiles of the tender year4 ,attracted by musical sounds1 and following my ears instead of my nose1 ,i soon found my way to the vicarage-house1 where the company were just arriving in procession1 preceded by a pink and white silken banner1 while a pipe and tabor regulated their march4 ,next after the music were four men each bearing a large garland of flowers1 and after them followed the merry lads and smiling lasses in good order and arrayed in their holiday kirtles4 ,the vicar's house stands on a fine lawn commanding a most enchanting view4 ,on this verdant carpet1 after a promenade and general salute to their worthy pastor and his numerous guests1 dancing took place2 for the time all distinctions were laid aside1 and the greatest gentry in the neighbourhood1 taking the hand of their more humble neighbours1 led them through the mazy dance with a feeling of kindness1 friendship1 and good humour such as ,i have seldom witnessed4 ,two or three hours of as beautiful an evening as ever zephyr kissed were thus spent1 after which1 drawing up before the house the ,king was given1 with three times three2 next came ,god save the ,king1 and then ,hurrah for the ,bonnets o' ,blue led the party off in the order they came to witness the ceremony of dressing the ,may-,pole4 ,about five hundred yards brought us to the elevated object on which was placed1 with all due solemnity1 the before-mentioned garlands1 and the pole being considered fully dressed1 we all adjourned to a large barn1 where dancing was kept up with great spirit1 until night drew her sable curtain over the scene1 and the company retired with light hearts and weary feet to their peaceful homes4 ,such1 sir1 is the ,dorsetshire way of hailing the return of gentle skies and genial seasons2 a custom of the olden time1 which is productive of good feeling among all classes1 and is at present conducted with good order and respectability4 ,sturminster4 ,,ruris4 99 99 99 99 99 ,old ,poets4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,cupid',s ,,arrows4 ,at ,venus' entreaty for ,cupid1 her son1 ,these arrows by ,vulcan were cunningly done3 ,the first is ,love1 as here you may behold ,his feathers1 head1 and body1 are of gold4 ,the second shaft is ,hate1 a foe to ,love1 ,and bitter are his torments for to prove4 ,the third is ,hope1 from whence our comfort springs1 ,his feathers are pull'd from ,fortune's wings4 ,fourth1 ,jealousy in basest minds doth dwell1 ,this metal ,vulcan's ,cyclops sent from ,hell4 ,g4 ,,peele4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,mind4 ,it is the mind that maketh good or ill1 ,that makes a wretch1 or happy1 rich or poor1 ,for some that have abundance at their will1 ,have not enough but want in greatest store1 ,another that hath little asks no more1 ,but1 in that little is both rich and wise4 ,,spenser4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,world4 ,the first and riper world of men and skill1 ,yields to our later time for three inventions1 ,miraculously we write1 we sail1 we kill1 ,as neither ancient scroll nor story mentions4 ,print4 ,the first hath opened learning1 old concealed ,and obscure arts restored to the light4 ,loadstone4 ,the second hidden countries hath revealed1 ,and sends ,christ's ,gospel to each living wight4 ,these we commend1 but oh6 what needeth more4 ,guns4 ,to teach ,death more skill than he had before4 ,j4 ,,bastard4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,kings4 ,kings are the ,gods' vicegerents on the earth ,the ,gods have power1 ,kings from that power have might1 ,kings should excell in virtue and in birth2 ,gods punish wrongs1 and ,kings should maintain right1 ,they be the suns from which we borrow light4 ,and they as ,kings1 should still in justice strive ,with ,gods1 from whom their beings they derive4 ,,drayton4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,company4 ,remain upright yet some will quarrel pike1 ,and common bruit will deem them all alike4 ,for look1 how your companions you elect ,for good or ill1 so shall you be suspect4 ,t4 ,,hudson4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,poesie4 ,all art is learned by art1 this art alone ,it is a heavenly gift1 no flesh nor bone ,can praise the honey we from ,pind distil1 ,except with holy fire his breast we fill4 ,from that spring flows1 that men of special chose ,consum'd in learning and perfect in prose2 ,for to make verse in vain does travel take1 ,when as a prentice fairer words will make4 ,,king ,,of ,,scots4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,twelve ,,foul ,,faults4 ,a wise man living like a drone1 an old man not devout1 ,youth disobedient1 rich men that are charity without1 ,a shameless woman1 vicious lords1 a poor man proudly stout1 ,contentious ,christians1 pastors that their functions do neglect1 ,a wicked king1 no discipline1 no laws men to direct1 ,are twelve the foulest faults that most commonwealths infect4 ,w4 ,,warner4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,rivers4 ,fair ,danubie is praised for being wide4 ,nilus commended for the seven-fold head2 ,euphrates for the swiftness of the tide1 ,and for the garden whence his course is led1 ,and banks of ,rhine with vines o'erspread4 ,take ,loire and ,po1 yet all may not compare ,with ,english ,thames for buildings rare4 ,,storer4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,naturalist4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,quadrupeds ,,and ,,birds ,,feeding ,,on ,,shell-,,fish4 ,it is nothing surprising that the different species of walrus1 inhabitants of the ocean1 should feed partly on shell-fish1 but perhaps you would not expect to find among their enemies animals strictly terrestrial4 ,yet the oran otang and the preacher monkey often descend to the sea to devour what shell-fish they may find strewed upon the shores4 ,the former1 according to ,carreri ,gemelli1 feed in particular upon a large species of oyster1 and fearful of inserting their paws between the open valves1 lest the oyster should close and crush them1 they first place a tolerably large stone within the shell1 and then drag out their victim with safety4 ,the latter are no less ingenious4 ,dampier saw several of them take up oysters from the beach1 lay them on a stone1 and beat them with another till they demolished the shells4 ,wafer observed the monkeys in the island of ,gorgonia to proceed in a similar manner2 and those of the ,cape of ,good ,hope1 if we are to credit ,la ,loubere1 perpetually amuse themselves by transporting shells from the shore to the tops of mountains1 with the intention undoubtedly of devouring them at leisure4 ,even the fox1 when pressed by hunger1 will deign to eat muscles and other bivalves2 and the racoon1 whose fur is esteemed by hatters next in value to that of the beaver1 when near the shore lives much on them1 more particularly on oysters4 ,we are told that it will watch the opening of the shells1 dexterously put in its paw1 and tear out the contents4 ,not1 however1 without danger1 for sometimes1 we are assured1 by a sudden closure1 the oyster will catch the thief1 and detain him until he is drowned by the return of the tide4 ,the story1 ,i regret to say1 appears somewhat apocryphal4 ,these are amusing facts2 the following1 to the epicure at least1 may be equally interesting4 ,in some parts of ,england it is a prevalent and probably a correct opinion1 that the shelled-snails contribute much to the fattening of their sheep4 ,on the hill above ,whitsand ,bay in ,cornwall1 and in the south of ,devonshire1 the ,blimus actus and the ,hlix virgta1 which are found there in vast profusion1 are considered to have this good effect2 and it is indeed impossible that the sheep can browse on the short grass of the places just mentioned1 without devouring a prodigious quantity of them1 especially in the night1 or after rain1 when the ,blimi and ,hlices ascend the stunted blades4 ,the sweetest mutton1 says ,borlase1 is reckoned to be that of the smallest sheep1 which feed on the commons where the sands are scarce covered with the green sod1 and the grass exceedingly short2 such are the towens or sand hillocks in ,piran ,sand1 ,gwythien1 ,philac1 and ,senangreen1 near the ,land's ,end1 and elsewhere in like situations4 ,from these sands come forth snails of the turbinated kind1 but of different species1 and all sizes from the adult to the smallest just from the egg2 these spread themselves over the plains early in the morning1 and1 whilst they are in quest of their own food among the dews1 yield a most fattening nourishment to the sheep4 7,hist4 of ,cornwall47 ,among birds the shell-fish have many enemies4 ,several of the duck and gull tribes1 as you might anticipate1 derive at least a portion of their subsistence from them4 ,the pied oyster-catcher receives its name from the circumstance of feeding on oysters and limpets1 and its bill is so well adapted to the purpose of forcing asunder the valves of the one1 and of raising the other from the rock1 that the ,author of ,nature1 as ,derham says1 seems to have framed it purely for that use4 ,several kinds of crows likewise prey upon shell-fish1 and the manner in which they force the strong hold of their victims is very remarkable4 ,a friend of ,dr4 ,darwin's saw above a hundred crows on the northern coast of ,ireland1 at once1 preying upon muscles4 ,each crow took a muscle up in the air twenty or forty yards high1 and let it fall on the stones1 and thus broke the shell4 ,many authorities might be adduced in corroboration of this statement4 ,in ,southern ,africa so many of the ,testcea are consumed by these and other birds1 as to have given rise to an opinion that the marine shells found buried in the distant plains1 or in the sides of the mountains1 have been carried there by their agency1 and not1 as generally supposed1 by eruptions of the sea4 ,mr4 ,barrow1 who is of this opinion1 tells us1 in confirmation of it1 that there is scarcely a sheltered cavern in the sides of the mountains that arise immediately from the sea1 where living shell-fish may not be found any day of the year4 ,crows even1 and vultures1 as well as aquatic birds1 detach the shell-fish from the rocks1 and mount with them into the air3 shells thus carried are said to be frequently found on the very summit even of the ,table ,mountain4 ,in one cavern at the point of ,mussel ,bay1 he adds1 ,i disturbed some thousands of birds1 and found as many thousands of living shell-fish scattered on the surface of a heap of shells1 that for aught ,i know1 would have filled as many thousand wagons4 ,the story1 therefore1 of the ancient philosopher whose bald pate one of these unlucky birds mistook for a stone1 and dropped a shell upon it1 thereby killing at once both1 is not so tramontane as to stumble all belief4 ,land shells furnish a few birds with part of their sustenance1 and the principal of these are two well known songsters1 the blackbird and the thrush4 ,they1 ----whose notes ,nice finger'd ,art must emulate in vain4 depend in great measure1 when winter has destroyed their summer food1 on the more common species of ,hlices 7snails47 ,these they break very dexterously by reiterated strokes against some stone2 and it is not uncommon to find a great quantity of fragments of shells together1 as if brought to one particulur stone for this very purpose4--,loudon's ,magazine4 ,notes of a ,reader 99 99 99 99 99 ,,sussex ,,cottages4 ,we have been delighted with the following admirable sketch of ,english comfort from the pen of ,mr4 ,cobbett3 ,i never had1 that ,i recollect1 a more pleasant journey or ride1 than this into ,sussex4 ,the weather was pleasant1 the elder-trees in full bloom1 and they make a fine show2 the woods just in their greatest beauty2 the grass-fields generally uncut2 and the little gardens of the labourers full of flowers2 the roses and honeysuckles perfuming the air at every cottage-door4 ,throughout all ,england these cottages and gardens are the most interesting objects that the country presents1 and they are particularly so in ,kent and ,sussex4 ,this part of these counties have the great blessing of numerous woods3 these furnish fuel1 nice sweet fuel1 for the heating of ovens and for all other purposes3 they afford materials for the making of pretty pigsties1 hurdles1 and dead fences of various sorts2 they afford materials for making little cow-sheds2 for the sticking of peas and beans in the gardens2 and for giving to every thing a neat and substantial appearance4 ,these gardens1 and the look of the cottages1 the little flower-gardens1 which you every where see1 and the beautiful hedges of thorn and of privet2 these are the objects to delight the eyes1 to gladden the heart1 and to fill it with gratitude to ,god1 and with love for the people2 and1 as far as my observation has gone1 they are objects to be seen in no other country in the world4 ,the cattle in ,sussex are of a pale red colour1 and very fine4 ,i used to think that the ,devonshire were the handsomest cows and oxen1 but ,i have changed my mind2 those of ,sussex1 of which ,i never took so much notice before1 are handsomer as well as larger2 and the oxen are almost universally used as working cattle4 ,throughout this county ,i did not observe1 in my late ride1 one single instance of want of neatness about a poor man's house4 ,it is the same with regard to the middle ranks3 all is neat and beautiful1 and particularly the hedges1 of which ,i saw the handsomest white thorn hedge at ,seddlescomb1 that ever ,i saw in my life4 ,it formed the inclosure of a garden in front of a pretty good house4 ,it was about five feet high1 about fifteen inches through2 it came close to the ground1 and it was sloped a little towards the top on each side1 leaving a flat about four inches wide on the top of all4 ,it had just been clipped2 and it was as perpendicular and as smooth as a wall3 ,i put my eye and looked along the sides of the several lines near the top1 and if it had been built of stone1 it could not have been truer4 ,i lament that ,i did not ask the name of the owner1 for it does him infinite credit4 ,those who see nothing but the nasty slovenly places in which labourers live1 round ,london1 know nothing of ,england4 ,the fruit-trees are all kept in the nicest order2 every bit of paling or wall is made use of1 for the training of some sort or other4 ,at ,lamberhurst1 which is one of the most beautiful villages that man ever sat his eyes on1 ,i saw what ,i never saw before2 namely1 a gooseberry tree trained against a house4 ,the house was one of those ancient buildings1 consisting of a frame of oak wood1 the internal filled up with brick1 plastered over4 ,the tree had been planted at the foot of one of the perpendicular pieces of wood2 from the stem which1 mounted up this piece of wood1 were taken side limbs to run along the horizontal pieces4 ,there were two windows1 round the frame of each of which the limbs had been trained4 ,the height of the highest shoot was about ten feet from the ground1 and the horizontal shoots on each side were from eight to ten feet in length4 ,the tree had been judiciously pruned1 and all the limbs were full of very large gooseberries1 considering the age of the fruit4 ,this is only one instance out of thousands that ,i saw of extraordinary pains taken with the gardens4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,winter',s ,,night4 ,how beautiful this night6 ,the balmiest sigh ,which vernal ,zephyrs breathe in evening's ear1 ,were discord to the speaking quietude ,that wraps this moveless scene4 ,heaven's ebon vault1 ,studded with stars unutterably bright1 ,through which the moon's unclouded grandeur rolls1 ,seems like a canopy which ,love had spread ,to curtain her sleeping world4 ,yon gentle hills1 ,robed in a garment of untrodden snow2 ,yon darksome walls1 whence icicles depend ,so stainless1 that their white and glittering spears ,tinge not the moon's pure beam2 yon castled steep1 ,whose banner hangeth o'er the time-worn tower ,so idly1 that wrapt ,fancy deemeth it ,a metaphor of ,peace--all form a scene ,where musing ,solitude might love to lift ,her soul above this sphere of earthliness2 ,where silence undisturbed might watch alone ,so cold1 so bright1 so still4 ,p4,b4 ,,shelley4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,hackney ,,coaches4 ,nothing in nature or art can be so abominable as those vehicles at this hour4 ,we are quite satisfied that1 except an ,englishman1 who will endure any thing1 no native of any climate under the sky would endure a ,london hackney coach2 that an ,ashantee gentleman would scoff at it2 and that an aboriginal of ,new ,south ,wales would refuse to be inhumed within its shattered and infinite squalidness4 ,it is true1 that the vehicle has its merits1 if variety of uses can establish them4 ,the hackney coach conveys alike the living and the dead4 ,it carries the dying man to the hospital1 and when doctors and tax-gatherers can tantalize no more1 it carries him to ,surgeons' ,hall1 and qualifies him to assist the march of mind by the section of body4 ,if the midnight thief find his plunder too ponderous for his hands1 the hackney coach offers its services1 and is one of the most expert conveyances4 ,its other employments are many1 and equally meritorious1 and doubtless society would find a vacuum in its loss4 ,yet we cordially wish that the ,maberley brain were set at work upon this subject1 and some substitute contrived4 ,the ,french have led the way1 and that too by the most obvious and simple arrangement possible4 ,the ,omnibus1--for they still have ,latin enough in ,france for the name of this travelling collection of all sorts of human beings--the ,omnibus is a long coach1 carrying fifteen or eighteen people1 all inside4 ,for two-pence halfpenny it carries the individual the length of the ,boulevard1 or the whole diameter of ,paris4 ,of those carriages there were about half-a-dozen some months ago1 and they have been augmented since2 their profits were said to have repaid the outlay within the first year3 the proprietors1 among whom is ,lafitte1 the banker1 are making a large revenue out of ,parisian sous1 and speculation is still alive4--,monthly ,mag4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,franklin',s ,,grave4 ,captain ,basil ,hall1 in his ,travels in ,north ,america1 just published1 says1 ,on the #abth of ,december1 we made a pilgrimage to the tomb of ,franklin--dear old ,franklin6 ,it consists of a large marble slab1 laid flat on the ground1 with nothing carved upon it but these words3-- ,,benjamin ,,and ,,deborah ,,franklin4 #agij4 ,franklin1 it will be recollected1 wrote a humorous epitaph for himself2 but his good taste and good sense showed him how unsuitable to his living character it would have been to jest in such a place4 ,after all1 his literary works1 scientific fame1 and his undoubted patriotism1 form his best epitaph4 ,still1 it may be thought1 he might have been distinguished in his own land by a more honourable resting-place than the obscure corner of an obscure burying-ground1 where his bones lie indiscriminately along with those of ordinary mortals2 and his tomb1 already wellnigh hid in the rubbish1 may soon be altogether lost4 ,one little circumstance1 however1 about this spot is very striking4 ,no regular path has been made to the grave1 which lies considerably out of the road2 but the frequent tread of visiters having pressed down the rank grass which grows in such places1 the way to the tombstone is readily found without any guide4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,an ,,indian ,,sultana ,,in ,,paris4 ,it is known to very few even in ,france that an ,indian ,sultana1 a descendant of ,tamerlane1 named ,aline of ,eldir1 has been living in ,paris1 poor and forgotten1 for above forty years4 ,this heiress to a great kingdom was stolen almost out of her cradle1 and deserted by the robbers on the coast of ,france4 ,she was presented to the princesses of the old court1 and conceived a particular attachment for the ,princess de ,lamballe2 but when1 at the age of only nine or ten years1 her beauty had attracted too much notice1 and nothing but a lettre de cachet could secure her from the persecutions of an exalted personage1 she exchanged a convent for a prison4 ,the revolution set ,aline at liberty4 ,at the time of the ,egyptian campaign1 the man who was destined to rule ,france1 and almost all ,europe1 and who had probably thus early turned his attention to ,india1 is said to have thought of the heiress of ,tamerlane1 and to have formed the plan of restoring the illustrious stranger to her native land4 ,josephine interested herself on this occasion for the ,sultana2 but this had no influence upon her condition4 ,unhappy1 surrounded only by a few pious nuns1 and urged by her confessor1 she renounced the religion of ,mahomet1 and became a ,christian4 ,at length1 in ,december1 #ahah1 an ,indian ,sheik1 named ,goolam1 arrived in ,paris1 with instructions to claim the ,princess ,aline from the ,court of ,france4 ,the ,envoy sought out the ,sultana3 he informed her1 that her relations were desirous of her return2 that she should be reinstated in the rank which was her right1 and again behold the bright sun and the beautiful face of her own ,asia1 upon the sole condition that she would forsake ,christ for ,mahomet4 ,no persuasions1 however1 could prevail upon the convert to comply with this requisition2 ,goolam went back to ,india without accomplishing the object of his mission1 which produced no improvement in her straitened circumstances4 ,two years afterwards1 she learned that an ,indian ,prince had landed in ,england with a splendid retinue1 including three females1 but that he had been obliged by the ,english government to embark again immediately for ,india4 ,aline had no doubt that this event had some connexion with her history1 but she heard no more of the matter4 ,these particulars are chiefly extracted from the preface to the books of the ,princess1 written by the ,marquess de ,fortia4 ,this nobleman generously took upon himself the charge of supporting ,aline1 who has now attained the age of sixty years in a foreign land4--,court ,journal4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,making ,,punch4 7,from the ,noctes--,blackwood47 ,shepherd4--,i hae mony a time thocht it took as muckle natural genius to mak a jug of punch as an epic poem1 sic as ,paradise ,lost1 or even ,queen ,hynde hersell4 ,odoherty4--,more1 my friend1 more4 ,i think an ingenious comparison between these works of intellect could be easily made by a man of a metaphysical turn of mind4 ,north4--,a more interesting consideration would be1 the effect produced upon the national character1 by the mere circumstance of the modes of preparing the different beverages of different countries4 ,much of the acknowledged inferiority of the inhabitants of wine countries1 arises from the circumstance of having their liquor prepared to their hand4 ,there is no stretch of imagination in pouring wine ready made from carafe1 or barochio1 or flask1 into a glass--the operation is merely mechanical2 whereas1 among us punch drinkers1 the necessity of a nightly manufacture of a most intricate kind1 calls forth habits of industry and forethought--induces a taste for chemical experiment--improves us in hygrometry1 and many other sciences--to say nothing of the geographical reflections drawn forth by the pressure of the lemon1 or the colonial questions1 which press upon every meditative mind on the appearance of white sugar4 ,,lion-,,eating ,,and ,,hanging4 ,north4--,when ,i was at ,timbuctoo-- ,shepherd 7aside47--,a lang yarn is beginning the noo-- ,moses ,edrehi4--,sind sie geweson1 sare1 dans ,i',afrique8 ,north4--,many years--,i was ,sultan of ,bello for a long period1 until dethroned by an act of the grossest injustice2 but ,i intend to expose the traitorous conspirators to the indignation of an outraged world4 ,tickler 7aside to ,shepherd47--,he's raving4 ,shepherd 7to ,tickler47--,dementit4 ,odoherty 7to both47--,mad as a hatter4 ,hand me a segar4 ,moses ,edrehi4--,yo suis of ,madoc4 ,north 7aside47--,zounds6 7to ,edrehi7 ,i never chanced to pass that way--the emperor and ,i were not on good terms4 ,moses ,edrehi4--,then1 sare1 you was good luck to no pass1 for the emperor was a man ver disagreeble ven no gut humours4 ,gott keep ush6 ,he hat lions in cage--and him gab peoples zu de lions--dey roarsh--oh1 mucho1 mucho6--and eats de poor peoples--,gott keep ush6 a ver disagreeble man dat emperor4 ,shepherd4--,nae doot--it canna be a pleasant thing to be gobbled by a lion4 ,oh1 sirs1 imagine yoursell daundering out to ,canaan1 to take your kail wi' our frien' ,james1 and as ye're passing the ,links1 out jumps a lion1 and at you6 ,odoherty4--,the ,links--oh6 ,james1 you are no ,polyglott4 ,tickler4--,i don't wish to insinuate that ,i should like to be eaten1 either by lion or shepherd1 but ,i confess that ,i consider that the new drop would be a worse fate than either4 ,north4--,quite mistaken--the drop's a trifle4 ,moses ,edrehi4--,ja whl1 ,milord4 ,shepherd4--,as to being hangit1 why1 that's a matter that happens to mony a deacent man1 and it's but a spurl or tway1 and a gaspin gurble1 an' ae stour heave1 and a's ower2 ye're dead ere a body's weel certified that the board's awa' from behind you--and the night-cap's a great blessing1 baith to you and the company4 ,the gilliteen again1 ,i'm tauld its just perfectly ridiculous how soon that does it's turn4 ,up ye come1 and tway chiels ram your head into a shottle in a door like1 and your hands are clasped ahint ye1 and swee gangs the door1 and you upset headforemost1 and in below the axe1 and hangie just taps you on the neck to see that it's in the richt nick1 and whirr1 whirr1 whirr1 touch the spring1 and down comes the thundering edge1 loaded with at least a hunder weight o' lead--your head's aff like a sybo--,tuts1 that's naething--onybody might mak up their mind to be justified on the gilliteen4 ,odoherty4--,the old ,dutch way--the broadsword--is1 after all1 the best2 by much the easiest and the genteelest4 ,you are seated in a most comfortable arm-chair with a silk handkerchief over your eyes--they read a prayer if you are so inclined--you call for a glass of wine1 or a cup of coffee--an iced cream--a dram--any thing you please1 in fact1 and your desires are instantly complied with--you put the cup to the lip1 and just at that moment swap comes the whistling sabre4 ,shepherd4--,preserve us6 keep your hand to yoursell1 ,captain4 ,odoherty4--,sweep he comes--the basket is ready1 they put a clean towel over it--pack off the cold meat to the hospital--scrub the scaffold--take it to pieces--all within five minutes4 ,shepherd4--,that's capital4 ,in fact a' these are civilized exits--but oh6 man1 man1 to think of a lion on the ,burntsfield ,links--what would your gowfers say to that1 ,mr4 ,tickler8 ,tickler4--,a rum customer certainly4 ,shepherd4--,oh6 the een1 the red1 fiery1 fixit1 unwinkin' een1 ,i think ,i see them--and the laigh1 deep1 dour growl1 like the purring o' ten hundred cats--and the muckle white sharp teeth girnin' and grundin'--and the lang rough tongue1 and the yirnest slaver running outour the chaps o' the brute--and the cauld shiver---minutes may be--and than the loup like lightning1 and your back-bane broken wi' a thud1 like a rotten rash--and then the creature begins to lick your face wi' his tongue1 and sniffle and snort over owre you1 and now a snap at your nose1 and than a rive out o' your breast1 and then a crunch at your knee--and you're a' the time quite sensible1 particularly sensible4 ,odoherty4--,give him a dig in the muzzle1 and he'll tip you the coup-de-grace4 ,north4--,what a vivid imagination the ,shepherd has--well1 cowardice is an inspiring principle4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,head ,,wager4 ,the following is a story from a ,,ms41 copied by ,gaillard1 in his ,life of ,francis ,i43-- ,duprat said in one of the conversations with the emperor's minister1 that he would consent to lose his head if his sovereign had aided ,robert de la ,mark against ,charles4 ,the ,spanish chancellor claimed du ,prat's head as forfeited1 for1 he said he had in his possession letters which proved ,francis's connivance with ,robert de la ,mark4 ,my head is my own yet1 replied ,du ,prat1 for ,i have the originals of the letters you allude to1 and they in no manner justify the scorn you would put upon them4 ,if ,i had won your head1 replied the imperial chancellor1 you might keep it still4 ,i protest ,i would rather have a pig's head1 for that would be more eatable4 ,monthly ,mag4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,novelist4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,fair ,,fanariote4 ,in consequence of the numerous revolutions that have accompanied the fall of the ,greek empire in ,byzantium1 most of the inhabitants of ,fanari1 near ,constantinople1 boast of being descendants of the dethroned imperial families2 a circumstance which is probable enough1 and which nobody takes the trouble to dispute1 any more than the alleged nobility of the ,castilian peasantry1 or the absurd genealogies of certain great families4 ,in a retired street in ,pera1 7one of the suburbs of ,constantinople17 a descendant of the ,cantacuzenes followed the humble calling of a butcher2 but1 in spite of industry and activity1 he had great difficulty in earning a sufficiency to pay his way1 and maintain his wife and his only daughter1 ,sophia4 ,the latter had just entered her fourteenth year1 and her growing beauty was the admiration of the whole neighbourhood4 ,fate1 or1 if you please so to call it1 ,providence1 ordained that the poor butcher should suffer repeated losses1 which reduced him to a condition bordering on beggary4 ,his wife unfolded her distressed circumstances to a ,greek1 one of her relations1 who was ,dragoman to the ,french embassy1 and who1 in his turn1 related the story to the ,marquess de ,vauban1 the ambassador4 ,this nobleman became interested for the unfortunate family1 and especially for ,sophia1 whom the officious ,dragoman described as being likely to fall into the snares that were laid for her1 and to become an inmate of the haram of some ,pasha1 or even of a ,turk of inferior rank4 ,prompted by pity1 curiosity1 or perhaps by some other motive1 the ambassador paid a visit to the distressed family4 ,he saw ,sophia1 was charmed by her beauty and intelligence1 and he proposed that her parents should place her under his care1 and allow him to convey her to ,france4 ,the misery to which the poor people were reduced1 may perhaps palliate the shame of acceding to this extraordinary proposition2 but1 be this as it may1 they consented to surrender up their daughter for the sum of #a1ejj piastres1 and ,sophia was that same day conducted to the ambassador's palace4 ,she found in the ,marquess de ,vauban a kind and liberal benefactor4 ,he engaged masters to instruct her in every branch of education2 and elegant accomplishments1 added to her natural charms1 rendered her an object of irresistible attraction4 ,in the course of a few months the ambassador was called home1 and he set out1 accompanied by his ,oriental treasure1 to travel to ,france by land4 ,to diminish as far as possible the fatigue of the long journey1 they proceeded by short stages1 and having passed through ,european ,turkey1 they arrived at ,kaminieck in ,podolia1 which is the first fortress belonging to ,russia4 ,here the ,marquess determined to rest for a short time1 before undertaking the remainder of his tedious journey4 ,count de ,witt1 a descendant of the ,grand ,pensionary of ,holland1 who was governor of the place1 received his noble visiter with every mark of attention4 ,the ,count1 however1 no sooner beheld ,sophia1 than he became deeply enamoured of her2 and on learning the equivocal situation in which she stood1 being neither a slave nor a mistress1 but1 as it were1 a piece of merchandize purchased for #a1ejj piastres1 he wound up his declaration of love by an offer of marriage4 ,the ,count was a handsome man1 scarcely thirty years of age1 a lieutenant-general in the ,russian service1 and enjoying the high favour of his sovereign ,catherine ,,ii4 ,the fair ,greek1 as may well be imagined1 did not reject this favour of fortune1 but accepted the offer of her suitor without hesitation4 ,it was easy to foresee that the ,marquis de ,vauban would not be very willing to part with a prize which he regarded as lawfully acquired1 and to which he attached no small value4 ,the ,count therefore found it advisable to resort to stratagem4 ,accordingly1 his ,excellency having one day taken a ride beyond the ramparts1 the draw-bridges were raised1 and the lovers repaired to church1 where their hands were joined by a papa4 ,when the ,marquess appeared at the gates of the fortress and demanded admittance1 a messenger was sent out to inform him of what had happened2 and1 to complete the denouement of the comedy1 the marriage contract was exhibited to him in due form4 ,to save ,sophia from the reproaches which her precipitancy1 it may perhaps be said her ingratitude1 would have fully justified1 the ,count directed the ambassador's suite to pack up their baggage1 and join his ,excellency extra muros4 ,the poor ,marquess soon discovered that it was quite useless to stay where he was1 for the purpose of venting threats and complaints2 and he had no hope that the ,court of ,france would think it worth while to go to war1 for the sake of avenging his affront4 ,he therefore prudently took a hint from one of the ,french poets1 who says3-- ,le bruit est pour le fat1 la plainte pour le sot1 ,l'honnte homme tromp1 s'loigne1 et ne dit mot2 and he set off1 doubtless with the secret determination never again to traffic in merchandize which possesses no value when it can be either bought or sold4 ,about two years after his marriage1 the ,count de ,witt obtained leave of absence1 and1 accompanied by his wife1 he visited the different courts of ,europe4 ,sophia's beauty1 which derived piquancy from a certain ,oriental languishment of manner1 was every where the theme of admiration4 ,the ,prince de ,ligne1 who saw her at the ,court of ,france1 mentions her in his ,memoirs1 in terms of eulogy1 which ,i cannot think exaggerated2 for when ,i knew her at ,tulczin1 though she was then upwards of forty1 her charms retained all their lustre1 and she outshone the young beauties of the court1 amidst whom she appeared like ,calypso surrounded by her nymphs4 ,i now arrive at the second period of ,sophia's life1 which forms a sequel perfectly in unison with the commencement4 ,count ,felix ,patocka1 at the commencement of the troubles in ,poland1 raised a considerable party by the influence of his rank and vast fortune4 ,during a temporary absence from the ,court of ,poland1 he made a tour through ,italy1 and on his return1 he met the ,count and ,countess de ,witt at ,hamburgh1 when he fell deeply in love with ,sophia4 ,not to weary you with the details of the romance1 ,i will come to the dnouement at once4 ,nothing is so easy as to obtain a divorce in ,poland4 ,the law extends so far on this point1 that ,i knew a gentleman1 ,m4 ,wortrel1 who had no less than four wives1 all living1 and bearing his name4 ,count ,patocka1 therefore1 availing himself of this advantage1 and having previously made every necessary arrangement1 one morning called on ,count de ,witt1 and1 without further ceremony1 said--,count1 ,i love your wife1 and cannot live without her4 ,i know that ,i am not indifferent to her2 and ,i might immediately carry her off2 but ,i wish to owe my happiness to you1 and to retain for ever a grateful sense of your generosity4 ,here are two papers3 one is an act of divorce1 which only wants your signature1 for you see the ,countess has already affixed hers to it2--the other is a bond for two millions of florins1 payable at my banker's1 in this city4 ,we may1 therefore1 settle the business amicably or otherwise1 just as you please4 ,the husband doubtless thought of his adventure at the fortress of ,kaminieck1 and1 like the ,french ambassador1 he resigned himself to his fate1 and signed the paper4 ,the fair ,sophia became1 the same day1 ,countess ,patocka2 and to the charms of beauty and talent1 were now added the attractions of a fortune1 the extent of which was at that time unequalled in ,europe4--,court ,journal4 99 99 99 99 99 ,retrospective ,gleanings4 99 99 99 99 ,,john ,,locke4 ,lord ,king has just done the state of literature some service1 by the publication of the ,life of ,john ,locke3 with ,extracts from his ,journals1 c4 ,in this task his lordship has drawn largely on some valuable papers of ,locke1 preserved by their having gone into the possession of ,sir ,peter ,king1 the ancestor of ,lord ,king1 his near relation and sole executor4 ,among these treasures are ,locke's correspondence1 a journal of his travels in ,france and ,holland1 his common-place book1 and many miscellaneous papers2 all of which have been preserved in the same scrutoire in which they had been deposited by their author1 and which was probably removed to ,oakham1 7,lord ,king's seat17 in #agaj4 ,from the latter portion of ,lord ,king's valuable work1 we select a few notes1 illustrative of ,manners and ,customs in ,,england1 #afgi4 ,the sports of ,england1 which1 perhaps1 a curious stranger would be glad to see1 are horse-racing1 hawking1 and hunting2 bowling1--at ,marebone and ,putney he may see several persons of quality bowling1 two or three times a week all the summer2 wrestling1 in ,lincoln's ,inne ,field every evening all the summer2 bear and bull-baiting1 and sometimes prizes1 at the ,bear-,garden2 shooting in the long-bow and stob-ball1 in ,tothil ,fields2 cudgel-playing1 in several places in the country2 and hurling1 in ,cornwall4 ,london4--,see the ,east ,india ,house1 and their magazines2 the ,custom ,house2 the ,thames1 by water1 from ,london ,bridge to ,deptford2 and the ,king's ,yard at ,deptford2 the sawing-windmill2 ,tradescant's garden and closet2 ,sir ,james ,morland's closet and water-works2 the iron mills at ,wandsworth1 four miles above ,london1 upon the ,thames2 or rather those in ,sussex2 ,paradise by ,hatton ,garden2 the glass-house at the ,savoy1 and at ,vauxhall4 ,eat fish in ,fish ,street1 especially lobsters1 ,colchester oysters1 and a fresh cod's head4 ,the veal and beef are excellent good in ,london2 the mutton better in several counties in ,england4 ,a venison pasty and a chine of beef are good every where2 and so are crammed capons and fat chickens4 ,railes and heathpolts1 ruffs1 and reeves1 are excellent meat wherever they can be met with4 ,puddings of several sorts1 and creams of several fashions1 both excellent2 but they are seldom to be found1 at least in their perfection1 at common eating-houses4 ,mango and saio are two sorts of sauces brought from the ,east ,indies4 ,bermuda oranges and potatoes1 both exceeding good in their kind4 ,chedder and ,cheshire cheese4 ,men excellent in their arts4 ,mr4 ,cox1 in ,long ,acre1 for all sorts of dioptical glasses4 ,mr4 ,opheel1 near the ,savoy1 for all sorts of machines4 ,mr4 ----1 for a new invention he has1 and teaches to copy all sorts of pictures1 plans1 or to take prospects of places4 ,the ,king's gunsmith1 at the ,yard by ,whitehall4 ,mr4 ,not1 in the ,pall ,mall1 for binding of books4 ,the ,fire-eater4 ,at an iron-monger's1 near the ,may-pole1 in the ,strand1 is to be found a great variety of iron instruments1 and utensils of all kinds4 ,at ,bristol see the ,hot-well2 ,st4 ,george's ,cave1 where the ,bristol diamonds are found2 ,ratcliff ,church2 and at ,kingwood1 the coal-pits4 ,taste there ,milford oysters1 marrow-puddings1 cock-ale1 metheglin1 white and red-muggets1 elvers1 sherry1 sack 7which1 with sugar1 is called ,bristol milk17 and some other wines1 which1 perhaps you will not drink so good at ,london4 ,at ,gloucester observe the whispering place in the cathedral4 ,at ,oxford see all the colleges1 and their libraries2 the schools and public library1 and the physic-garden4 ,buy there knives and gloves1 especially white kid-skin2 and the cuts of all the colleges graved by ,loggins4 ,if you go into the ,north1 see the ,peak in ,derbyshire1 described by ,hobbes1 in a ,latin poem1 called ,mirabilia ,pecci4 ,home-made drinks of ,england are beer and ale1 strong and small2 those of most note1 that are to be sold1 are ,lambeth ale1 ,margaret ale1 and ,derby ale2 ,herefordshire cider1 perry1 mede4 ,there are also several sorts of compounded ales1 as cock-ale1 wormwood-ale1 lemon-ale1 scurvygrass-ale1 college-ale1 c4 ,these are to be had at ,hercules ,pillars1 near the ,temple2 at the ,trumpet1 and other houses in ,sheer ,lane1 ,bell ,alley1 and1 as ,i remember1 at the ,english ,tavern1 near ,charing ,cross4 ,foreign drinks to be found in ,england are all sorts of ,spanish1 ,greek1 ,italian1 ,rhenish1 and other wines1 which are to be got up and down at several taverns4 ,coff1 th1 and chocolate1 at coffeehouses4 ,mum at the mum houses and other places2 and molly1 a drink of ,barbadoes1 by chance at some ,barbadoes merchants'4 ,punch1 a compounded drink1 on board some ,west ,india ships2 and ,turkish sherbet amongst the merchants4 ,manufactures of cloth that will keep out rain2 flanel1 knives1 locks and keys2 scabbards for swords2 several things wrought in steel1 as little boxes1 heads for canes1 boots1 riding-whips1 ,rippon spurs1 saddles1 c4 ,at ,nottingham dwells a man who makes fans1 hatbands1 necklaces1 and other things of glass1 drawn out into very small threads4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,spirit ,,of ,,the ,public ,journals4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,new ,,magazine4 ,mr4 ,sharpe1 the proprietor of the ,anniversary1 has just published the first number of ,the ,three ,chapters1 which is one of the most splendid ,magazines ever produced in this or any other country4 ,it has a charming print by ,h4 ,rolls1 from ,wilkie's ,hymn of the ,calabrian ,shepherds to the ,virgin1 which alone is worth the price charged for the number4 ,southey1 ,a4 ,cunningham1 ,l4,e4,l4 and ,hook1 shine in the poetry and romance1 one of the ,three ,chapters1 from which we have just room to give the following3-- ,,epitaph ,,in ,,butleigh ,,church4 ,,by ,,robert ,,southey4 ,divided far by death were they1 whose names1 ,in honour here united1 as in birth1 ,this monumental verse records4 ,they drew ,in ,dorset's healthy vales their natal breath1 ,and from these shores beheld the ocean first1 ,whereon1 in early youth1 with one accord ,they chose their way of fortune2 to that course ,by ,hood and ,bridport's bright example drawn1 ,their kinsmen1 children of this place1 and sons ,of one1 who in his faithful ministry ,inculcated1 within these hallowed walls1 ,the truths1 in mercy to mankind revealed4 ,worthy were these three brethren each to add ,new honours to the already honour'd name2 ,but ,arthur1 in the morning of his day1 ,perished amid the ,caribbean sea1 ,when the ,pomona1 by a hurricane ,whirl'd1 riven and overwhelmed1 with all her crew ,into the deep went down4 ,a longer date ,to ,alexander was assign'd1 for hope ,for fair ambition1 and for fond regret1 ,alas1 how short6 for duty1 for desert1 ,sufficing2 and1 while ,time preserves the roll ,of ,britain's naval feats1 for good report4 ,a boy1 with ,cook he rounded the great globe2 ,a youth1 in many a celebrated fight ,with ,rodney had his part2 and having reach'd ,life's middle stage1 engaging ship to ship1 ,when the ,french ,hercules1 a gallant foe1 ,struck to the ,british ,mars his three-striped flag1 ,he fell1 in the moment of his victory4 ,here his remains in sure and certain hope ,are laid1 until the hour when earth and sea ,shall render up their dead4 ,one brother yet ,survived1 with ,keppel and with ,rodney train'd ,in battles1 with the ,lord of ,nile approved1 ,ere in command he worthily upheld ,old ,england's high prerogative4 ,in the east1 ,the west1 the ,baltic1 and the midland seas1 ,yea1 wheresoever hostile fleets have plough'd ,the ensanguined deep1 his thunders have been heard1 ,his flag in brave defiance hath been seen1 ,and bravest enemies at ,sir ,samuel's name ,felt fatal presage in their inmost heart1 ,of unavertable defeat foredoom'd4 ,thus in the path of glory he rode on1 ,victorious alway1 adding praise to praise2 ,till full of honours1 not of years1 beneath ,the venom of the infected clime he sunk1 ,on ,coromandel's coast1 completing there ,his service1 only when his life was spent4 ,to the three brethren1 ,alexander's son 7,sole scion he in whom their line survived17 ,with ,english feeling1 and the deeper sense ,of filial duty1 consecrates this tomb4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,love4 ,a ,,ballad1 ,,by ,,the ,,ettrick ,,shepherd4 ,o1 ,love's a bitter thing to bide1 ,the lad that drees it's to be pitied2 ,it blinds to a' the warld beside1 ,and makes a body dilde and ditied2 ,it lies sae sair at my breast bane1 ,my heart is melting saft an' safter2 ,to dee outright ,i wad be fain1 ,wer't no for fear what may be after4 ,i dinna ken what course to steer1 ,i'm sae to dool an' daftness driven1 ,for are so lovely1 sweet1 and dear1 ,sure never breath'd the breeze o' heaven2 ,o there's a soul beams in her ee1 ,ae blink o't maks are's spirit gladder1 ,and ay the mair she geeks at me1 ,it pits me aye in love the madder4 ,love winna heal1 it winna thole1 ,you canna shun't even when you fear it2 ,an' ,o1 this sickness o' the soul1 ',tis past the power of man to bear it6 ,and yet to mak o' her a wife1 ,i couldna square it wi' my duty1 ,i'd like to see her a' her life ,remain a virgin in her beauty2 ,as pure as bonny as she's now1 ,the walks of human life adorning2 ,as blithe as bird upon the bough1 ,as sweet as breeze of summer morning4 ,love paints the earth1 it paints the sky1 ,an' tints each lovely hue of ,nature1 ,and makes to the enchanted eye ,an angel of a mortal creature4 ,blackwood's ,magazine4 99 99 99 99 99 ,spirit of ,discovery4 99 99 99 99 99 ,regent's ,park4 ,it is much to be regretted that those who first designed the plantations of the ,regent's ,park seem to have had little or no taste for1 or knowledge of1 hardy trees and shrubs2 otherwise1 this park might have been the first arboretum in the world4 ,instead of the 7about7 #ej sorts of trees and shrubs which it now exhibits1 there might have been all the #c1jjj sorts1 now so admirably displaying their buds and leaves1 and some of them their flowers1 in the arboretum of ,messrs4 ,loddiges at ,hackney4 ,a walk round that arboretum1 at this season1 is one of the greatest treats which a botanist can enjoy1 and a drive round the ,regent's ,park might have been just as interesting4 ,it is not yet too late to supply this defect1 and the expense to government would be a mere bagatelle4 ,the ,zoological ,society in the mean time1 might receive contributions of herbaceous plants1 and be at the expense of planting and naming them4--,london's ,mag4 ,zoological ,society4 ,a catalogue of the members has been published1 which includes #a1bia names1 besides corresponding members4 ,the museum in ,bruton ,street has received1 and is daily receiving1 valuable additions1 as is the garden in the ,regent's ,park4 ,the extent of this garden has been1 in consequence of the various donations and purchases1 considerably increased1 and several neat and appropriate structures are now erecting for the abode of different specimens4 ,it is a gratifying circumstance that these specimens are1 for the most part1 clearly and distinctly named1 with the native country of the animal added4 ,we could wish to see a greater variety of trees1 shrubs1 and herbaceous plants introduced1 and equally clear names and geographical indications placed at them also4 ,why should it not1 as far as practicable1 be a botanic garden as well as a zoological garden8--,ibid4 ,galvanism4 ,mr4 ,becquerel has discovered that the temperature of a conducting wire communicating with the two poles of a pile1 increases from each of its extremities1 and constantly reaches its maximum in the middle of the wire4--,brewster's ,journal4 ,alloyed ,iron ,plate4 ,a manufacture of prepared iron has been practised1 and the substance produced used to a considerable degree in ,paris4 ,this has been to prepare iron in large plates1 and other forms1 so that it will not rust4 ,this has been effected by coating it with an alloy of tin and much lead1 so as to form an imitation of tin plate4 ,trials have been made1 and proved favourable2 it resists the action of certain fluids that would rapidly corrode iron alone2 it can be prepared of any size1 and at a low price4 ,its use in the manufacture of sugarpans and boilers1 in the construction of roofs and gutters1 is expected to be very considerable4 --,bull4 d',encouragement4 ,saline ,lake of ,loonar in ,berar4 ,this curious lake is contained in a sort of cauldron of rocks amidst a pleasing landscape1 and is of course the object of superstition4 ,the taste of the water is uncommonly brackish4 ,mr4 ,alexander1 who describes it1 found by a rough analysis that #ajj parts contain ,muriate of ,soda #bj parts1 ,muriate of ,lime #aj parts1 ,muriate of ,magnesia #f parts1 ,the principal purpose to which the sediment of the water is applied is cleansing the shawls of ,cachmere4 ,it is also used as an ingredient in the alkaline cake of the ,musselmans4--,trans4 ,lit4 ,soc4 ,madras4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,selector2 ,,and ,,literary ,,notices ,,of ,,new ,,works4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,an ,,illustrious ,,swindler4 ,here is a whole-length of a fine1 slashing ,french thief1 from the third volume of ,vidocq1 the policeman's ,memoirs1 of which more anon3-- ,winter was only twenty-six1 a handsome brown fellow1 with arched eyebrows1 long lashes1 prominent nose1 and rakish air4 ,winter had1 moreover1 that good carriage1 and peculiar look1 which belongs to an officer of light cavalry1 and he1 therefore1 assumed a military costume1 which best displayed the graces of his person4 ,one day he was an hussar1 the next a lancer1 and then again in some fancy uniform4 ,at will he was chief of a squadron1 commandant1 aide-de-camp1 colonel1 c42 and to command more consideration1 he did not fail to give himself a respectable parentage2 he was by turns the son of the valiant ,lasalle1 of the gallant ,winter1 colonel of the grenadiers of the imperial horse-guard2 nephew of the general ,comte de ,lagrange1 and cousin-german to ,rapp2 in fact1 there was no name which he did not borrow1 no illustrious family to which he did not belong4 ,born of parents in a decent situation of life1 ,winter had received an education sufficiently brilliant to enable him to aspire to all these metamorphoses2 the elegance of his manner1 and a most gentlemanly appearance1 completed the illusion4 ,few men had made a better dbut than ,winter4 ,thrown early into the career of arms1 he obtained very rapid promotion2 but when an officer he soon lost the esteem of his superiors2 who1 to punish his misconduct1 sent him to the ,isle of ,r1 to one of the colonial battalions4 ,there he so conducted himself as to inspire a belief that he had entirely reformed4 ,but no sooner was he raised a step1 than committing some fresh peccadillo1 he was compelled to desert in order to avoid punishment4 ,he came thence to ,paris1 where his exploits as swindler and pickpocket procured him the unenviable distinction of being pointed out to the police as one of the most skilful in his twofold profession4 ,winter1 who was what is termed a downy one1 plucked a multitude of gulpins even in the most elevated classes of society4 ,he visited princes1 dukes1 the sons of ancient senators1 and it was on them or the ladies of their circle that he made the experiments of his misapplied talents4 ,the females1 particularly1 however squeamish they were1 were never sufficiently so to prevent themselves from being plundered by him4 ,for several months the police were on the look out for this seducing young man1 who1 changing his dress and abode incessantly1 escaped from their clutch at the moment when they thought they had him securely1 when ,i received orders to commence the chase after him1 to attempt his capture4 ,winter was one of those ,lovelaces who never deceive a woman without robbing her4 ,i thought that amongst his victims ,i could find at least one1 who1 from a spirit of revenge1 would be disposed to put me on the scent of this monster4 ,by dint of searching1 ,i thought ,i had met with a willing auxiliary1 but as these ,ariadnes1 however ill used or forsaken they may be1 yet shrink from the immolation of their betrayer1 ,i determined to accost the damsel ,i met with cautiously4 ,it was necessary1 before ,i ventured my bark1 to take soundings1 and ,i took care not to manifest any hostility towards ,winter1 and not to alarm that residue of tenderness1 which1 despite of ill usage1 always remains in a sensitive heart4 ,i made my appearance in the character of almoner of the regiment of which he was thought to command1 and as such introduced to the ci-devant mistress of the pretended colonel4 ,the costume1 the language1 the manner ,i assumed were in perfect unison with the character ,i was about to play1 and ,i obtained to my wish the confidence of the fair forsaken one1 who gave me unwittingly all the information ,i required4 ,she pointed out to me her favoured rival1 who1 already ill-treated by ,winter1 had still the weakness to see him1 and could not forbear making fresh sacrifices for him4 ,i became acquainted with this charming lady1 and to obtain favour in her eyes1 announced myself as a friend of her lover's family4 ,the relatives of the young giddy pate had empowered me to pay his debts2 and if she could contrive an interview with him for me1 she might rely on being satisfied with the result of the first4 ,madame ------ was not sorry to have an opportunity of repairing the dilapidations made on her property1 and one morning sent me a note1 stating that she was going to dine with her lover the next day at the ,boulevard du ,temple1 at ,la ,galiote4 ,at four o'clock ,i went1 disguised as a messenger1 and stationed myself at the door of the restaurant's2 and after two hours' watch1 ,i saw a colonel of hussars approach4 ,it was ,winter1 attended by two servants4 ,i went up to him1 and offered to take care of the horses1 which proffer was accepted4 ,winter alighted1 he could not escape me1 but his eyes met mine1 and with one jump he flung himself on his horse1 spurred him1 and disappeared4 ,i thought ,i had him1 and my disappointment was great2 but ,i did not despair of catching my gentleman4 ,some time afterwards ,i learnt that he was to be at the ,caf ,hardi1 in the ,boulevard des ,italiens4 ,i went thither with some of my agents1 and when he arrived all was so well arranged1 that he had only to get into a hackney coach1 of which ,i paid the fare4 ,led before a commissary of police1 he asserted that he was not ,winter2 but1 despite the insignia of the rank he had conferred on himself1 and the long string of orders hanging on his breast1 he was properly and officially identified as the individual mentioned in the warrant which ,i had for his apprehension4 ,winter was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment1 and would now be at liberty but for a forgery which he committed while at ,bictre1 which1 bringing on him a fresh sentence of eight years at the galleys1 he was conducted to the ,bagne at the expiration of his original sentence1 and is there at present4 ,this adventurer does not want wit3 he is1 ,i am told1 the author of a vast many songs1 much in fashion with the galley slaves1 who consider him us their ,anacreon4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,ancient ,,tyre4 ,the ,tyrians1 although not so early celebrated either in sacred or profane history1 had yet attained greater renown than their ,sidonian kinsmen4 ,it is useless to conjecture at what period or under what circumstances these eastern colonists had quitted the shores of the ,persian gulf1 and fixed their seat on the narrow belt between the mountains of ,lebanon and the sea4 ,probably at first they were only factories1 established for connecting the trade between the eastern and western world4 ,if so1 their origin must be sought among the natives to the east of the ,assyrians1 as that race of industrious cultivators possessed no shipping1 and was hostile to commerce4 ,the colonists took root on this shore1 became prosperous and wealthy1 covered the ,mediterranean with their fleets1 and its shores with their factories4 ,tyre in the course of time became the dominant city1 and under her supremacy were founded the ,phoenician colonies in ,greece1 ,sicily1 ,africa1 and ,spain4 ,the wealth of her merchant princes had often tempted the cupidity of the despots of ,asia4 ,salmanassar1 the ,assyrian conqueror of ,israel1 directed his attacks against ,tyre1 and continued them for five years1 but was finally compelled to raise the siege4 ,nabuchadonosor was more persevering1 and succeeded in capturing the city1 after a siege that lasted thirteen years4 ,the old town1 situated on the continent was never rebuilt2 but a new ,tyre rose from its ruins4 ,this occupied the area of a small island1 described by ,pliny as two miles and a half in circumference4 ,on this confined space a large population existed1 and remedied the want of extent by raising story upon story1 on the plan followed by the ancient inhabitants of ,edinburgh4 ,it was separated from the main land by an armlet of the sea1 about half a mile in breadth and about eighteen feet deep4 ,the city was encircled by walls and fortifications of great strength and height1 and scarcely pregnable even if accessible4 ,family ,library1 ,no4 #c4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,sir ,,william ,,devereux1 ,a ,portrait--by the ,author of ,pelham4 ,my uncle did as his ancestors had done before him2 and1 cheap as the dignity had grown1 went up to court to be knighted by ,charles ,,ii4 ,he was so delighted with what he saw of the metropolis1 that he foreswore all intention of leaving it1 took to ,sedley and champagne1 flirted with ,nell ,gwynne1 lost double the value of his brother's portion at one sitting to the chivalrous ,grammont1 wrote a comedy corrected by ,etherege1 and took a wife recommended by ,rochester4 ,the wife brought him a child six months after marriage1 and the infant was born on the same day the comedy was acted4 ,luckily for the honour of the house1 my uncle shared the fate of ,plimneus1 king of ,sicyon1 and all the offspring he ever had 7that is to say1 the child and the play17 died as soon as they were born4 ,my uncle was now only at a loss to know what to do with his wife1 that remaining treasure1 whose readiness to oblige him had been so miraculously evinced4 ,she saved him the trouble of long cogitation1--an exercise of intellect to which he was never too ardently inclined4 ,there was a gentleman of the court celebrated for his sedateness and solemnity2 my aunt was piqued into emulating ,orpheus1 and six weeks after her confinement she put this rock into motion1--they eloped4 ,poor gentleman6 it must have been a severe trial of patience to a man never known before to transgress the very slowest of all possible walks1 to have had two events of the most rapid nature happen to him in the same week4 ,scarcely had he recovered the shock of being ran away with by my aunt1 before1 terminating for ever his vagrancies1 he was ran through by my uncle4 ,the wits made an epigram upon the event2 and my uncle1 who was as bold as a lion at the point of a sword1 was1 to speak frankly1 terribly disconcerted by the point of a jest4 ,he retired to the country in a fit of disgust and gout4 ,here his own bon naturel rose from the layers of art which had long oppressed it1 and he solaced himself by righteously governing domains worthy of a prince1 for the mortifications he had experienced in the dishonourable career of a courtier4 ,hitherto ,i have spoken somewhat slightingly of my uncle2 and in his dissipation he deserved it1 for he was both too honest and too simple to shine in that galaxy of prostitute genius of which ,charles ,,ii4 was the centre4 ,but in retirement he was no longer the same person1 and ,i do not think that the elements of human nature could have furnished forth a more amiable character than ,sir ,william ,devereux1 presiding at ,christmas over the merriment of his great hall4 ,good old man6 his very defects were what we loved best in him2 vanity was so mingled with good nature that it became graceful1 and we reverenced one the most1 while we most smiled at the other4 ,one peculiarity had he1 which the age he had lived in1 and his domestic history1 rendered natural enough1 viz4 an exceeding distaste to the matrimonial state3 early marriages were misery2 imprudent marriages idiotism2 and marriage at the best he was wont to say1 with a kindling eye and a heightened colour1 marriage at the best--was the devil4 ,yet it must not be supposed that ,sir ,william ,devereux was an ungallant man4 ,on the contrary1 never did the beau sexe have a humbler or more devoted servant4 ,as nothing in his estimation was less becoming to a wise man than matrimony1 so nothing was more ornamental than flirtation4 ,he had the old man's weakness1 garrulity1 and he told the wittiest stories in the world1 without omitting any thing in them but the point4 ,this omission did not arise from the want either of memory or of humour1 but solely from a deficiency in the malice natural to all jesters4 ,he could not persuade his lips to repeat a sarcasm hurting even the dead or the ungrateful2 and when he came to the drop of gall which should have given zest to the story1 the milk of human kindness broke its barrier despite himself1 and washed it away4 ,he was a fine wreck1 a little prematurely broken by dissipation1 but not perhaps the less interesting on that account2 tall1 and somewhat of the jovial old ,english girth1 with a face where good nature and good living mingled their smiles and glow4 ,he wore the garb of twenty years back1 and was curiously particular in the choice of his silk stockings4 ,he was not a little vain of his leg1 and a compliment on that score was always sure of a gracious reception4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,gatherer4 ,a snapper up of unconsidered trifles4 ,,shakspeare4 99 99 99 99 99 ,lord ,sundon was one of the commissioners of the treasury in the reign of ,george ,,ii4 ,the celebrated ,bob ,doddington was a colleague of the noble lord1 and was always complaining of his slowness of comprehension4 ,one day that lord ,sundon laughed at something which ,doddington had said1 ,winnington1 another member of the board1 said to him1 in a whisper1 ,you are very ungrateful3 you see lord ,sundon takes your joke4 ,no1 no1 replied ,doddington1 he is laughing now at what ,i said last board day4--,monthly ,mag4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,stinging ,,mistake4 ,a certain person1 who shall be nameless1 filled the situation of ,plumian ,professor of ,astronomy at ,oxford4 ,he was a great stickler for decorum1 and all due respect to his office4 ,one day he received a letter by the post1 directed to himself1 as the ,plumbian ,professor4 ,he shook with indignation4 ,what an insult6 ,plumbian professor6 ,leaden professor6 ,was it meant to insinuate that there was any thing of a leaden quality in his lectures or writings6 ,while thus irate1 a friend of the professor happened to drop in4 ,he showed him the letter1 and expatiated upon the indignity of the superscription4 ,his friend endeavoured to convince him that it must be merely a slip of the pen4 ,in vain4 ,the professor would not be pacified4 ,well1 said his friend1 at any rate1 it is evident the b has stung you4--,ibid4 99 99 99 99 99 ,an ,irish barrister had the failing of ,goldsmith1 in an eminent degree3 that of believing he could do every thing better than any other person4 ,this propensity exhibited itself ludicrously enough on one occasion1 when a violent influenza prevailed in ,dublin4 ,a friend who happened to meet him1 mentioned a particular acquaintance1 and observed that he had had the influenza very bad4 ,bad6 exclaimed the other1 ,i don't know how bad he has had it1 but ,i am sure ,i have had it quite as bad as he1 or any one else4--,not quite1 ,i think1 replied his friend1 for poor ,mr4 ,gillicuddy is dead4--,well1 rejoined our tenacious optimist1 and what of that8 ,i could have died too1 if ,i had liked it4--,ibid4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,late ,,sir ,,humphry ,,davy1 ,,bart4 ,,the ,,supplement1 containing ,title1 ,preface1 and ,index to ,vol4 xiii4 and a fine ,steel-plate ,,portrait ,,of ,,sir ,,humphry ,,davy1 ,,bart4 ,with a copious ,memoir of his interesting ,life and ,discoveries1 ,notices of his ,literary ,works1 c4 is now ,publishing4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,limbird',s ,,edition ,,of ,,the ,following ,novels is already ,published3 s4 d4 ,mackenzie's ,man of ,feeling #j #f ,paul and ,virginia #j #f ,the ,castle of ,otranto #j #f ,almoran and ,hamet #j #f ,elizabeth1 or the ,exiles of ,siberia #j #f ,the ,castles of ,athlin and ,dunbayne #j #f ,rasselas #j #h ,the ,old ,english ,baron #j #h ,nature and ,art #j #h ,goldsmith's ,vicar of ,wakefield #j #aj ,sicilian ,romance #a #j ,the ,man of the ,world #a #j ,a ,simple ,story #a #d ,joseph ,andrews #a #f ,humphry ,clinker #a #h ,the ,romance of the ,forest #a #h ,the ,italian #b #j ,zeluco1 by ,dr4 ,moore #b #f ,edward1 by ,dr4 ,moore #b #f ,roderick ,random #b #f ,the ,mysteries of ,udolpho #c #f ,peregrine ,pickle #d #f