file which includes the original illustration4 ,see #aadjd-;h4htm or #aadjd-;h4zip3 7http3_/_/www4ibiblio4org_/gutenberg_/#a _/a_/d_/j_/aadjd_/aadjd-;h_/#aadjd-;h4ht m7 or 7http3_/_/www4ibiblio4org_/gutenberg_/#a _/a_/d_/j_/aadjd_/aadjd-;h4zip7 ,,the ,,mirror ,,of ,,literature1 ,,amusement1 ,,and ,,instruction4 ,,vol4 #ab1 ,,no4 #cdc4 ,,saturday1 ,,november #bi1 #ahbh4 ,,price #b;d4 99 99 99 99 99 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,admiralty ,,office1 ,,whitehall4 ,,the ,,admiralty-,,office4 ,the ,admiralty ,office1 ,whitehall1 has few pretensions to architectual beauty4 ,it is1 however1 to use a common phrase1 a commanding pile1 and its association with ,britain's best bulwarks--her ,,navy--renders it an interesting subject for representation4 ,the ,admiralty-office adjoins to the north side of the ,horse ,guards1 and was erected by ,ripley1 in the reign of ,george ,,ii41 on the site of ,wallingford ,house4 ,it recedes from1 but communicates with1 the street by advancing wings1 and is built principally of brick4 ,in the centre of the main building is a lofty portico1 of the ,ionic order1 the taste of which is not entitled to much praise4 ,it consists of four columns1 and on the entablature is an anchor in bold relief4 ,here are the offices1 and the spacious abodes of the lords commissioners of the admiralty1 together with a handsome hall1 c4 ,on the roof of the building is a ,semaphore telegraph1 which communicates orders by signal to the principal ports of the empire4 ,but the most tasteful portion of the whole1 is a stone screen1 by ,adams1 in front of an open court1 and facing the street4 ,the style is exceedingly chaste and pleasing1 and the decorations are characteristic naval emblems1 finely executed4 ,the representation of two ancient vessels in the end entablatures1 merit especial notice4 ,since the appointment of the ,duke of ,clarence to the office of lord high admiral1 the ,admiralty has been the town residence of his royal highness4 ,the exterior has been repaired1 and the interior in part refitted4 ,the screen has likewise been renovated with much care1 and two of the entrances considerably enlarged1 but with more regard to convenience than good taste4 ,the portion occupied by the royal duke contains a splendid suite of state rooms1 within whose walls have frequently been assembled all the bravery1 as well as rank1 of the empire2 for the interests of the noble service are too dear to his royal highness to be eclipsed by the false lights of wealth or fashion4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,huitain ,,de ,,clement ,,marot4 7,for the ,mirror47 ,plus ne suis ce que j'ay est ,et ne le scaurois jamais estre1 ,mon beau printemps et mon est ,ont fait le saut par la fenestre4 ,amour6 tu as est mon maistre ,je t'ai servi sur tous les ,dieux1 ,o si je pouvois deux fois naistre1 ,comment je te se virois mieux6 ,imitation4 ,i am no more1 what ,i have been ,and ne'er again shall be so4 ,my summer bright1 my spring time green1 ,have flown out of the window4 ,oh love1 my master thou hast been1 ,i1 first of gods1 instal thee1 ,oh6 could ,i e'en be born again1 ,thou doubly would'st enthral me4 ,d4,m4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,temple ,,at ,,abury4 7,to the ,editor of the ,mirror47 ,there is an inconsistency in the account of ,abury in ,no4 #cda1 perhaps overlooked by yourself4 ,i would ask1 how could that arrangement of the fabric1 so fancifully and ingeniously described by ,stukely1 be intended to represent the ,trinity1 when the place was confessedly in existence long anterior to ,christianity8 nor is there any thing in the old ,druidical or ,bardic tenets that can be twisted to any such idea4 ,this ,abury1 with ,silbury1 is supposed to be the ,cludair ,cyfrangon1 or ,heaped ,mound of ,congregations1 mentioned in the ,triads1 the building of which is recorded as one of the three mighty achievements of the ,isle of ,britain2 and here were held the general assemblies of the ,britons on religious occasions1 and not at ,stonehenge1 as is generally supposed4 ,this last place is decidedly more modern than the pile at ,abury2 the ,welsh call it ,gwaith ,emrys1 7the work of ,emrys17 and it ranks as another of the mighty achievements of the ,isle of ,britain1 the third being the raising of the ,stone of ,keti1 supposed to be the ,maen ,ceti at ,gwyr1 in ,glamorganshire4 ,the presumption that ,stonehenge is more modern than ,abury is founded upon the fact that ,stonehenge exhibits marks of the chisel in different parts1 while the former does not4 ,the ancient ,british documents give us the founder of the latter1 namely1 ,emrys1 or ,ambrosius1 while we are left in ignorance as to who raised the pile of ,cyfrangon4 ,nor was ,stonehenge ever of such magnitude as ,abury1 the diameter of the former being #ii feet1 whilst the latter was #a1djj2 the largest stones of the former weigh #cj tons1 but the latter weigh #ajj tons6 ,gwaith ,emrys was possibly more for political than religious assemblies4 ,here was held the meeting of the ,britons and ,saxons1 when the ,plot of the ,long ,knives 7,twyll y ,cyllyll ,hirion7 was consummated1 and the flower of the ,british chiefs treacherously destroyed by their pretended friends4 ,different authors have strenuously contended for giving the honour of supremacy to either of these places over both ,britain and ,gaul1 in the days of ,druidism2 but ,rowlands has industriously placed its chief seat in ,anglesey4 ,,leathart4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,translated ,,epitaph4 7,to the ,editor of the ,mirror47 ,quod fuit esse quod est1 quod non fuit esse quod esse1 ,esse quod est non esse1 quod est non1 erit esse4 ,as a translation of this curious epitaph 7in ,lavenham churchyard7 which is formed out of two ,latin words1 has been requested from some of your readers1 ,i send the following3-- ,what ,john ,giles has been ,is what he is1 7a bachelor47 ,what he has not been1 ,is what he is1 7a corpse47 ,to be what he is ,is not to be1 7a living creature47 ,he will have to be ,what he is not4 7dust47 ,,joseph ,,mason4 99 99 99 99 99 ,another4 ,what we have been and what we are1 ,the present and the time that's past1 ,we cannot properly compare ,with what we are to be at last4 ,tho' we ourselves have fancied forms1 ,and beings that have never been1 ,we unto something shall be turned-- ,which we have not conceived or seen4 ,g4,h4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,mary ,,queen ,,of ,,scots4 7,for the ,mirror47 ,the ensuing letter1 though very short1 discloses one or two instances connected with a subject of unfading interest--the death of ,mary ,queen of ,scots4 ,it need hardly be stated1 says an able writer on this subject1 that ,queen ,elizabeth's conduct with respect to the execution of ,mary was a mixture of unrelenting cruelty1 despicable cowardice1 and flagitious hypocrisy2 that whilst it was the dearest wish of her heart to deprive her kinswoman of her existence1 she attempted to remove the odium of the act from herself1 by endeavouring to induce those to whose custody she was intrusted to assassinate their prisoner2 that when she found she could not succeed1 she commanded the warrant to be forwarded2 and that when she knew it was too late to recall it1 asserted that she never intended it should be carried into execution1 threw herself into a paroxysm of affected rage and grief1 upbraided her counsellors1 and first imprisoned and then sacrificed the fortunes of her poor secretary1 ,davison1 one of her most virtuous servants1 as a victim to her own fame1 and the resentment of the ,king of ,scots4 ,these damning facts in the character of ,elizabeth are too well known to require to be dilated on2 they have eclipsed the few noble actions of her life1 and remain indelible spots on her reputation as a woman and a sovereign4 ,but we learn from this letter the humiliating effects made by her ministers to appease her fury1 and her implacable resolution to overwhelm the unfortunate ,davison with the effect of her assumed1 or perhaps real repentance4 ,in his apology1 that statesman informs us1 that on the ,friday after ,mary's execution1 namely1 on the #ajth of ,february1 arriving at the court he learnt the manner in which the queen had expressed herself relative to the event2 but being advised to absent himself for a day or two1 and being1 moreover1 extremely ill1 he left the court1 and returned to ,london4 ,woolley's communication being dated on ,sunday1 7the manuscript is so excessively badly written as to be almost illegible17 shows that ,elizabeth did not summon her council1 and evince her displeasure at their conduct1 until ,saturday1 the #acth of ,february1 two days after she was informed of ,mary's fate4 ,davison had been attacked with a stroke of the palsy shortly before1 and all he says of his committal is1 that he was not sent to the ,tower until ,tuesday the #adth1 on account of his illness2 though some days previous 7probably on ,saturday the #ajth7 the queen assembled her council4 ,this letter also exhibits a specimen of ,leicester's characteristic meanness2 for notwithstanding that he was a party to the act of forwarding the warrant for ,mary's death1 as his name occurs among those of the council who signed the letters to the ,earl of ,shrewsbury1 the earl marshal1 and to the ,earl of ,kent1 both of which were dated on the #crd of ,february1 #aehf-g1 commanding them to cause it to be put into execution1 he took care to withdraw from court before ,elizabeth performed the roll1 which has so justly excited the scorn of posterity4 ,it may be also remarked1 as another example of the official duplicity of the period1 that ,sir ,francis ,walsingham likewise affected not to have been concerned in the affair of dispatching the warrant1 as in his letter to ,lord ,thulstone1 the secretary to ,king ,james1 dated at ,greenwich1 on the #dth of ,march1 #aehf-g1 less than a month afterwards1 he says1 ,being absent from court when the late execution of the queen1 your sovereign mother1 happened1 though we find that he signed both the letters just mentioned4 ,g4,b4 ,a ,letter from ,john ,woolley1 clerk of the ,council in the time of ,elizabeth1 to the ,earl of ,leicester4 ,to the ,righte ,honorable my singular good the ,earle of ,leycester1 one of her ,maties ,most ,honorable ,privie ,councell4 ,,ryghte ,honorable and my moste especiall goode ,lorde1--,it pleased her ,m'tye yesterday night to call the lord treasurer and other of her councell before her into her withdrawing chamber1 where she rebuked us all exceedingly1 from our concealing from her our proceeding in the ,queen of ,scott's case2 but her indignation particularlye lyghteth most upon my lord treasurer and ,mr4 ,davison1 who called us togeather1 and delivered the commissione1 for she protesteth she gave expresse commandement to the contrarye1 and therefore hath taken order for the committing of ,mr4 ,secretary ,davison to the ,tower1 iff she contenew in the mynd she was yeterday night1 albeit we all kneeled upon our knees to praye her to the contrarye4 ,i think your lordship happy to be absent from these broiles1 and thought it my dewtye to lett you understand them2 and so in haste ,i humblye take my leave4--,at the ,courte1 this present ,sunday1#a #aehf4 ,your lordship's ever most bounden1 ,j4 ,,woolley4 ,p4,s4 ,i have oftentimes sent unto ,john1 your old servante1 ,mr4 ,norld1 to pray humbly your lordship's orders for the ordering of his case2 he hath been long in prisone1 and desireth your lordship's orders for the hearing of his case1 which it may please your lordship to express unto me4--,cottonian ,,mss4 ,caligula1 c4 ix4 fol4 #afh1 7,original47 #a #abth ,february1 #aehf-g4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,topographer ,a ,,visit ,,to ,,studley ,,park ,,and ,,fountains ,,abbey1 ,,yorkshire4 ,with a ,notice of the ,roman ,military ,road1 leading from ,aldborough 7the ,isurium of the ,romans17 to the ,north4 ,yet still thy turrets drink the light ,of summer evening's softest ray2 ,and ivy garlands1 green and bright1 ,still mantle thy decay2 ,and calm and beauteous1 as of old1 ,thy wand'ring river glides in gold4 ,a4,a4 ,,watts4 ,among the most attractive scenes of northern ,yorkshire is ,studley ,park1 renowned for the richness of its sylvan scenery1 which embosoms the noble ruin of ,fountains ,abbey4 ,for the date of my visit to this ,arcadia1 ,i must refer the reader to that season of life when the pure source of thought and feeling is untainted by the world4 ,it is eleven miles from my home to ,studley ,park1 five of which ,i walked in the twilight of a summer's evening1 and slept at a little cottage by the way4 ,the day had been sultry1 and the moon rose slowly over the mounds of ,maiden ,bower1 once the site of the noble mansion of the ,percys1 now destroyed and desolate2#b and fell in dreary softness on tower and wood1 illumining the sable firs of ,newby ,park1 and throwing another lustre on the gaudy gowans that decked the adjacent meadow4 ,here was a scene for the poetic sympathy of youth3 ,that time is past1 ,and all its giddy rapture2 ,yet not for this faint ,i1 nor mourn2 ,other gifts have followed2 for such loss ,i would believe1 abundant recompense4 ,,wordsworth4 ,the morning found me1 after an early breakfast1 on the road to ,studley ,park4 ,now there are some moods of my own mind in which ,i detest all vehicles of conveyance1 when on an excursive tour to admire the antique and picturesque4--,thus what numerous attractions are presented to us1 sauntering along the woody lane on foot1 which are lost or overlooked in the velocity of a drive6 ,on the declivity of a meadow1 inviting our reflection1 rises a little ,saxon church1 grey with antiquity1 and solemnized by its surrounding memorials of ,here lies4--,across the heath1 encircled with fences of uncouth stones1 stands a stern record of feudal yore2 at the next turn peeps the rectory1 encircled with old firs1 trained fruit trees1 and affectionate ivy2 beneath yon darkened thickets rolls the lazy ,ure1 expanding into laky broadness2 and1 beyond yon western woods1 which embower the peaceful hamlet1 are seen the everlasting hills1 across which the enterprising ,romans constructed their road4 ,i next passed the boundaries of ,newby ,park1 the property of ,lord ,grantham4 ,here beneath enormous beeches were clustering the timid deer1 in sunshine remote2 and the matin songs of birds were sounding from the countless clumps which skirt this retreat4 ,within that solitude had ,i enjoyed the society of a brother1 alas1 now no more6 and yet the landscape wore the same sunny smile as when ,i carved his name on the towering obelisk before him4 ,i felt that sorrow so exquisitely described by ,burns3 ,how can ye bloom so fresh and fair2 ,how can ye chant1 ye little birds1 ,and ,i so weary1 fu' o' care4 ,leaving ,rainton1 a sudden rise brings you to the ,roman ,military ,road1 leading from ,aldborough1#c the ,isurium of the ,romans1 to ,inverness1 in ,scotland4 ,this road was repaired by the ,empress ,heleanae1 and hence the corruption1 from her name1 of ,learning ,lane1 its present designation4 ,it was laid by the ,romans1 with stones of immense size1 which have frequently been dug up4 ,the ,via ,appia1 at ,rome1 which has lasted #a1hjj years1 resembles it in construction4 ,raised considerably above the level of the country which it crosses1 it is an object of wonder and interest even to the illiterate1 on account of the continuous perspective it presents2 there being no bend in it for several miles4 ,traversing this noble monument of art1 how are we led to think on the strange mutations which have overthrown kings and kingdoms in the period of its duration1 whilst the road remains like an eternity3 ,,on ,,crossing ,,the ,,roman ,,military ,,road1 ,,leading ,,from ,,isurium ,,to ,,the ,,north4 ,o'er classic ground my humble feet did plod1 ,my bosom beating with the glow of song2 ,and high-born fancy walk'd with me along1 ,treading the earth ,imperial ,caesar trod4 ,a thousand rural objects on the way ,had been my theme-but far-off years arose1 ,when ancient ,britain bow'd beneath her foes1 ,adding resplendence to great ,caesar's day3 ,when sounds of ,roman arms through valley rung1 ,and rose that glorious morn upon our isle1 ,no night can hide1 or cloud conceal its smile1 ,that dazzling morn1 which out of darkness sprung4 ,enduring cenotaph of ,roman fame-- ,more than this record of their mighty name6 ,i reached the ancient town of ,ripon as the bells were merrily ringing in the towers of its old collegiate minster1 for it was the anniversary of its patron saint1 ,st4 ,wilfred4 ,after refreshment1 and a walk of three miles1 ,i arrived at ,studley ,park4 ,the fairy effect produced on entering this beautiful retreat is almost indescribable4 ,we suddenly exchange the field and forest scenery for all the poetry of prospect4 ,on the right is a declivity clothed with laurel1 and stretching far away2 and on the left a lofty and well trimmed fence of laurel1 forms a screen or curtain to the valley beneath2 the sighing of distant woods and the dashing of waterfalls1 break on the enraptured ear1 and cause the anxious eye to long for some opening in the verdant shroud4 ,anon the valley is seen2 and through an aperture in the laurel wall1 cut in imitation of a window1 breaks as sweet a scene as ever ,claude immortalized6 ,unwilling to hazard a formal description1 ,i will merely attempt an outline4 ,far below1 the silver waters of the ,skell meander softly amongst statues of tritons1 throwing up innumerable fountain streams4 ,these are masterly executions after the ancient sculptors1 and give the scene an air of ,grecian classicality4 ,around these triumphs of art1 rise lofty woods of graceful birch1 varied by dark fir1 and interspersed with erections of ,roman and ,gothic design4 ,it is in the contemplation of these beauties that fancy recalls the mythology of rocky woods1 peopled with ,dryads and ,fauns4 ,passing by a circuitous path to the other side of this ,eden1 by sloping walks shaded with ilex1 ancient oak1 sycamore1 cypress1 and bay1 we have a view of the extent of the valley1 terminating with the ruins of ,fountains ,abbey1 and flanked by rocks1 wildly overgrown with shrubs2 and before us1 seen more distinctly1 are the statues of ,hercules and ,antaeus1 and a ,dying ,gladiator--the ,temple of ,piety1 in which are bronze busts of ,titus ,vespasian and ,nero1 and a fine bas-relief of the ,grecian ,daughter4 ,in front of this temple the water assumes a variety of fantastical forms1 ornamented at different points by statues of ,neptune1 ,bacchus1 ,roman ,wrestlers1 ,galatea1 c4 ,the banqueting-house contains a ,venus de ,medicis1 and a painting of the ,governor of ,surat1 on horseback1 in a ,turkish habit2 on the front of this building are spirited figures of ,envy1 ,hatred1 and ,malice4 ,from the octagon tower1 ,mackershaw ,lodge and ,wood are seen to great advantage2 and from the ,gothic temple1 the dilapidated abbey is an object of striking solemnity2 whilst an opening in the distance shows the venerable towers of ,ripon ,minster4 ,wandering eastward1 we arrive at the precincts of ,fountains ,abbey1 which gradually presents its monastic turrets midway in a dell1 skirted by hills crowned with trees1 and varied by rocky slopes to the brook4 ,this abbey was founded in consequence of the disgust which certain monks of the ,benedictine order at ,st4 ,mary's1 ,york1 had imbibed against their relaxed discipline2 when struck with the famed austerities of the monks of ,rievaulx1 they left their abode1 and retired to this valley1 under the shade of seven yew trees1 six of which were 7in #ahah7 standing4 ,the abbey was destroyed in the reign of ,stephen1 and rebuilt in #abjd4d ,the present ruin is celebrated for the sublimity of its architecture1 many parts of which are as perfect as when first erected4 ,the tower is #afj feet in height1 and is a fine specimen of ,gothic1 in its best taste4 ,it may with safety be asserted1 that no church or abbey in ,england can boast of such an elegant elevation4 ,the cloisters1 #bgj feet in length1 and divided by #ai pillars and #bj arches1 extend across the rivulet1 which is arched over to support them2 and near to the south end is a large circular stone basin4 ,this almost subterranean solitude is dimly lighted by lancet windows1 which are partially obscured by oaks1 beeches1 and firs2 and the gloom is heightened by the brook beneath1 which may be seen stretching its way through the broken arches4 ,the only tomb in the church is that of a cross-legged knight1 which lies near the grand tower1 and represents one of the ,mowbrays1 who died at ,ghent1 in #abig4 ,near the altar is a stone coffin1 in which1 according to ,dugdale1 ,lord ,henry ,percy was interred in #acae4 ,contiguous to the church is an extensive quadrangular court1 which has been converted into a flower garden4 ,on the east side is a line of beautiful arches1 under one of which is the entrance to the chapter-house1 a weed-grown solitude of deadly silence-- ,where the full-voiced choir ,lie1 with their hallelujahs1 quench'd like fire4 ,in #agia1 by the removal of some fragments of ruin in the chapter-house1 the sepulchres of several of the abbots were discovered2 but the inscriptions were obliterated4 ,over the chapter-house were the library and scriptorium4 ,the architecture or ,fountains ,abbey is mixed2 in some parts are seen the sharp-pointed windows1 in others the circular arches4 ,the great eastern window is indescribably magnificent1 being #bc feet in width4 ,there has been a central tower1 which has long since fallen to decay4 ,the sanctum sanctorum is #aca feet in length2 over one of its eastern windows is the figure of an angel holding a scroll1 dated #abhc4 ,the total length of the church is #ceh feet4 ,on the north side of the quadrangular court is the refectory1 which was supported by large pillars1 and adjoining it is the reading gallery1 where portions of the ,scriptures were delivered to the monks whilst at their meals2 by the side of it are the kitchen and scullery1 the former remarkable for its spacious arched fire place4 ,over the refectory was the dormitory1 which contained #dj cells2 and under the crumbling steps leading to it is the porter's lodge4 ,near to the refectory are the remains of the abbot's chambers4 ,but adieu to the waning glory of ,fountains ,abbey and the receding towers of ,ripon ,minster1 while retracing my path of yesterday morning4 ,i must linger awhile on the ,roman way1 where antiquity maintains her supremacy in spite of the war of time1 and where the earth looks immutable4 ,now the groves of ,newby ,park re-appear with their sylvan majesty1 creating unutterable sympathies2 for the wind that bows the surrounding branches moves me to weep for that romantic spirit whose ashes moulder on the shores of ,india1 where ,when the sun's noon-glory crests the wave1 ,he shines1 without a shadow on his grave4 99 99 ,h4 #b ,here ,henry ,percy1 the fourth ,earl of ,northumberland1 was murdered by an infuriated mob1 in the fourth year of ,henry ,,vii42 he having1 as lord lieutenant of the county1 levied a tax on the people by order of his sovereign1 for carrying on the war in ,bretague4 ,skelton1 poet-laureat to ,henry ,,viii4 lamented his death in some elegiac lines4 #c ,aldburgh1 or ,aldborough1 so called by the ,normans1 was the ,iseur of the ,ancient ,britons1 and the ,isurium of the ,romans4 ,perhaps there is not another ,roman city1 not even excepting ,york1 where so many antiquities have been discovered4 ,the opening of ancient baths1 burial vaults1 c4 has led to the finding of tesselated pavements1 coins1 urns1 rings1 lachrymatories1 seals1 monumental inscriptions1 medals1 statues1 chains1 sacrificing vessels1 c4 ,it is to be lamented that modern ignorance and barbarity are fast obliterating all traces of the ,roman walls of ,isurium2 their foundations having been dug up for the mercenary purpose of obtaining their materials4 ,we cannot sufficiently censure such irreverence to hoar antiquity1 or the contracted and grovelling ideas which actuate such village ,vandals4 #d ,the following letter was addressed by ,layton1 one of the emissaries of the ,dissolution1 to ,lord ,cromwell1 at the ,reformation3-- ,please your worship to understand that the ,abbot of ,fountaynes hath so greatly dilapidated his house1 wasted ye woods1 notoriously keeping six ------2 and six days before our coming1 he committed theft and sacrilege1 confessing the same2 for at midnight he caused the chapleyne to stele the keys of the secton1 and took out a jewel1 a cross of gold with stones2 one ,warren1 a goldsmith of the ,chepe1 was with him in his chamber at the hour1 and there they stole out a great emerode with a rubye1 the said ,warren made the ,abbot believe the rubye was a garnet1 and so for that he paid nothing for the emerode1 but #bj4 ,he sold him also plate1 without weight or ounces4 ,subscribed1 your poor ,priest and faithful servant1 ,r4 ,,layton4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,anecdote ,,gallery 99 99 99 99 99 ,,paley4 ,paley would employ himself in his ,natural ,theology1 and then gather his peas for dinner1 very likely gathering some hint for his work at the same time4 ,he would converse with his classical neighbour1 ,mr4 ,yates1 or he would reply to his invitation that he could not come1 for that he was busy knitting4 ,he would station himself at his garden wall1 which overhung the river1 and watch the progress of a cast-iron bridge in building1 asking questions of the architect1 and carefully examining every pin and screw with which it was put together4 ,he would loiter along a river1 with his angle-rod1 musing upon what he supposed to pass in the mind of a pike when he bit1 and when he refused to bite2 or he would stand by the sea-side1 and speculate upon what a young shrimp could mean by jumping in the sun4 ,with the handle of his stick in his mouth1 he would move about his garden in a short hurried step1 now stopping to contemplate a butterfly1 a flower1 or a snail1 and now earnestly engaged in some new arrangement of his flower-pots4 ,he would take from his own table to his study the back-bone of a hare1 or a fish's head2 and he would pull out of his pocket1 after a walk1 a plant or stone to be made tributary to an argument4 ,his manuscripts were as motley as his occupations2 the workshop of a mind ever on the alert2 evidences mixed up with memorandums for his will2 an interesting discussion brought to an untimely end by the hiring of servants1 the letting of fields1 sending his boys to school1 reproving the refractory members of an hospital2 here a dedication1 there one of his children's exercises--in another place a receipt for cheap soup4 ,he would amuse his fire side by family anecdotes3--how one of his ancestors 7and he was praised as a pattern of perseverance7 separated two pounds of white and black pepper which had been accidentally mixed--patiens pulveris1 he might truly have added2 and how1 when the ,paley arms were wanted1 recourse was had to a family tankard which was supposed to bear them1 but which he always took a malicious pleasure in insisting had been bought at a sale-- ----------,haec est ,vita solutorum miser ambitione gravique2 the life of a man far more happily employed than in the composition of political pamphlets1 or in the nurture of political discontent4 ,nay1 when his friend ,mr4 ,carlyle is about going out with ,lord ,elgin to ,constantinople1 the very headquarters of despotism1 we do not perceive1 amongst the multitude of most characteristic hints and queries which ,paley addresses to him1 a single fling at the ,turk1 or a single hope expressed that the day was not very far distant when the ,cossacks would be permitted to erect the standard of liberty in his capital4 ,i will do your visitation for you 7,mr4 ,carlyle was chancellor of the diocese17 in case of your absence1 with the greatest pleasure--it is neither a difficulty nor a favour4 ,observanda--#a4 ,compare every thing with ,english and ,cumberland scenery3 e4g41 rivers with ,eden1 groves with ,corby1 mountains with ,skiddaw2 your sensations of buildings1 streets1 persons1 c4 c42 e4g41 whether the ,mufti be like ,dr4 ----1 the ,grand ,seignior1 ,mr4 ----4 #b4 ,give us one day at ,constantinople minutely from morning to night--what you do1 see1 eat1 and hear4 #c4 ,let us know what the common people have to dinner2 get1 if you can1 a peasant's actual dinner and bottle2 for instance1 if you see a man working in the fields1 call to him to bring the dinner he has with him1 and describe it minutely4 99 99 99 99 99 #d4 ,the diversions of the common people2 whether they seem to enjoy their amusements1 and be happy1 and sport1 and laugh2 farm-houses1 or any thing answering to them1 and of what kind2 same of public-houses1 roads4 #e4 ,their shops2 how you get your breeches mended1 or things done for you1 and how 7i4e4 well or ill done27 whether you see the tailor1 converse with him1 c4 #f4 ,get into the inside of a cottage2 describe furniture1 utensils1 what you find actually doing4 ,all the stipulations ,i make with you for doing your visitation is1 that you come over to ,wearmouth soon after your return1 for you will be very entertaining between truth and lying4 ,i have a notion you will find books1 but in great confusion as to catalogues1 classing1 c4 #g4 ,describe minutely how you pass one day on ship-board2 learn to take and apply lunar1 or other observations1 and how the midshipmen1 c1 do it4 #h4 ,what sort of fish you get1 and how dressed4 ,i should think your business would be to make yourself master of the middle ,greek4 ,my compliments to ,bonaparte1 if you meet with him1 which ,i think is very likely4 ,pick up little articles of dress1 tools1 furniture1 especially from low life--as an actual smock1 c4 #i4 ,what they talk about2 company4 #aj4 ,describe your impression upon first seeing things2 upon catching the first view of ,constantinople2 the novelties of the first day you pass there4 ,in all countries and climates1 nations and languages1 carry with you the best wishes of1 dear ,carlyle1 ,your affectionate friend1 ,w4 ,,paley4 ,quarterly ,review4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,spirit ,,of ,,discovery4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,tea ,plant4 ,the tea leaf is plucked from the plant by the manufacturers at three periods during the spring1 which crops they call1 in their technical phrase1 the head1 or first spring2 the second spring2 and the third spring4 ,the quality of the tea varies according to the time of the plucking4 ,the young and tender leaves of course make finer tea than tough and old ones4--,asiatic ,register4 ,portsmouth ,literary and ,philosophical ,society4 ,we have been much interested with the report of this ,society for #ahbg-h1 and we are happy to record the prosperity of the establishment4 ,some of the lectures1 especially those on ,geology1 or ,mineralogy1 are very attractive2 and in the curator's report1 we notice that the ,museum1 previously rich in fossil organic remains1 has been enriched by numerous donations in this department1 during the past session4 ,the entire number of specimens in the ,museum is upwards of #i1jjj4 ,we have not been at ,portsmouth for these three years1 and till we saw this report1 were not aware that the ,state ,chambers1 lately on the ,platform ,battery1 had been pulled down towards the close of last year4 ,the building was of some interest4 ,it was of stone1 with walls of considerable thickness1 and square vaults below1 descending to a level with the parade1 and used at different periods as dungeons4 ,the part on which the vane stood1 was erected in the reign of ,queen ,elizabeth1 and the other part was built in the time of ,charles ,,ii41 whose name1 with the date1 was on a marble slab above the doorway4 ,of late years the building had been modernized and used as a signal-house and subscription reading-room4 ,if we are not mistaken1 the edifice had often been much injured by the encroachments of the sea1 and probably this led to its removal4 ,conversations on ,geology4 ,we notice with much pleasure a handsome volume under the above popular title1 which represents that delightful science in the very attractive form of a series of dialogues between a mother and her children4 ,the ,huttonian and ,wernerian systems and the ,mosaic ,geology1 are here familiarly explained1 and illustrative phenomena and recent discoveries glanced at in the progress of the conversations4 ,how much more profitable are such family recreations than sitting hours over spotted pieces of paper1 counting the pips of dice1 or simpering over fashionable novels and tales of scandal run mad4 ,bookish families are usually the happiest1 at least if we rightly estimate the term4 ,in an early number we shall endeavour to find some portion of these ,conversations for our columns4 ,arcana of ,science for #ahbi4 ,this work will appear early in ,january4 ,it will be on the same plan as the volume of last year1 and will contain at least thirty engravings1 on copper and wood4 ,the mechanical department is unusually copious1 and there are some abstracts in the chemical1 which are of high value4 ,rice4 ,trials have recently been made to grow the dry rice of ,china in ,italy2 and it is expected that in time an advantageous cultivation of it may be introduced in ,france4 ,turf4 ,a correspondent of a ,french work on gardening thinks that green turf may be obtained in ,france by trenching the ground1 freeing it from stones1 covering the surface with two or three inches of rich compost1 and then laying on the turf4 ,the improved soil1 he thinks1 will retain moisture sufficient to keep the turf growing all the summer1 and1 consequently1 green4 ,garden of the ,hesperides4 ,lieutenant ,beachey1 in his ,travels in ,cyrene1 recently published1 has thrown some curious light on the ancient account of these celebrated gardens4 ,it appears1 that1 like many other wonders1 ancient and modern1 when reduced to simple truth1 they are little more than common occurrences4 ,baron ,humboldt and ,mr4 ,bullock have reduced the floating gardens of ,mexico to mud banks1 with ditches between2 and lieutenant ,beachey makes it appear1 that the gardens of the ,hesperides are nothing more than old stone quarries1 the bottoms of which have been cultivated4 ,preparation of ,cinnamon4 ,the rough bark is first scraped off with knives1 and then1 with a peculiar instrument1 the inner rind is stripped off in long slips2 these are tied up in bundles1 and put to dry in the sun1 and the wood is sold for fuel4 ,the operation was thus explained to bishop ,heber by the cinnamon peelers2 but in the regular preparation1 the outer bark is not scraped off2 but the process of fermentation1 which the strips undergo when tied up in large quantities1 removes the coarse parts4 ,the peelers are called ,chaliers4 ,power of the ,sun's ,rays4 ,mr4 ,mackintosh1 contractor for the government works at ,stonehouse ,point1 ,devon1 lately had to descend in the diving-bell with workmen to lay the foundation of a sea wall4 ,the machine is fitted with convex glasses1 in the upper part1 to serve the purpose of windows2 and ,mr4 ,mackintosh states1 that on several occasions1 in clear weather1 he has witnessed the sun's rays so concentrated by the circular windows1 as to burn the labourers' clothes1 when opposed to the focal point1 and this when the machine was twenty-five feet under the surface of the water6--,from the ,,ms4 ,journal of the ,bristol ,nursery ,library4 ,the ,cowslip and ,polyanthus4 ,by sowing the seed of the wild cowslip in the garden1 a number of varieties will be produced1 some of which have flowers of a beautiful bright red colour4 ,may not this process be the first step towards the formation of our garden polyanthus8 if that be not1 as is generally supposed1 a variety of the primrose1 rather than of the cowslip4--,gard4 ,mag4 ,french ,method of making ,coffee4 ,the principal points are these3--,the coffee1--,turkey or ,bourbon1--should be roasted only till it is of a cinnamon colour1 and closely covered up during the process of roasting4 ,in ,france this is done in closed iron cylinders1 turned over a fire by a handle1 like a grindstone4 ,the coffee should be coarsely ground soon after it is roasted1 but not until quite cool3 some think its aroma is better preserved by beating in a mortar1 but this is tedious4 ,the proportions for making coffee are usually one pint of boiling water to two and a half ounces of coffee4 ,the coffee being put into the water1 the coffee-pot should be covered up1 and left for two hours surrounded with hot cinders1 so as to keep up the temperature1 without making the liquor boil4 ,occasionally stir it1 and after two hours' infusion1 remove it from the fire1 and allow it a quarter of an hour to settle1 and when perfectly clear1 decant it4 ,isinglass1 or hartshorn shavings1 are sometimes used to clarify coffee2 but by this addition you lose a great portion of its delicious aroma4 ,coffee in ,england is generally over-roasted1 and to this fault arise all the inconveniences which are so often attributed to coffee1 but which1 in reality1 are produced by the imperfect modes of its preparation4--,from the ,coffee-,drinker's ,manual1 translated from the ,french4 ,ivy4 ,attached to the officers' barracks at ,winchester1 is a very fine specimen of ivy2 its trunk has been severed off to a height of more than two feet from the ground1 yet it has for years continued in healthy vegetation4--,gard4 ,mag4 ,parasite ,sycamore4 ,in ,kinmel ,park1 ,denbighshire1 is an oak tree1 which1 twenty or thirty years ago1 lost one of its largest branches by the wind1 and a partial decay was the consequence2 a key from a neighbouring sycamore fell into the fracture1 which1 vegetating1 has formed for the old mutilated oak a new head4 ,this parasite appears to have so completely seated itself1 that1 though the place of its first lodgment is twelve feet from the ground1 it is thought that its roots will very soon penetrate to the earth1 and at last destroy its venerable nurse4--,ibid4 ,turpentine4 ,common turpentine is the produce of the ,scotch pine4 ,trees with the thickest bark1 and which are most exposed to the sun1 generally yield the most turpentine4 ,the first incision is made near the foot of the tree1 and as the resin flows most abundantly in hot weather1 the operations are begun about the end of ,may1 and continued to ,september4 ,the juice is received into holes dug in the ground1 is afterwards taken out with iron ladles1 poured into pails1 and removed to a hollow trunk1 capacious enough to hold three or four barrels4 ,essential oil of turpentine is obtained by distillation4 ,common resin is the residuum of the process for obtaining the essential oil4 ,tar is obtained from the roots and other parts of old trees4 ,med4 ,botany4 ,gum ,arabic4 ,the purest and finest gum arabic is brought in caravans to ,cairo1 by the ,arabs of the country round ,mounts ,tor and ,sinai1 who bring it from this distance on the backs of camels1 sown up in bags1 and often adulterated with sand1 c4 ,the gum exudes spontaneously from the bark and trunk of the branches of the tree1 in a soft1 nearly fluid state1 and hardens by exposure to the air1 or heat of the sun4 ,it begins to flow in ,december1 immediately after the rainy season1 near the flowering time of the tree4 ,afterwards1 as the weather becomes hotter1 incisions are made through the bark1 to assist the transudation of the juice4--,ibid4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,spirit ,,of ,,the ,,public ,,journals 99 99 99 99 99 ,,recollections ,,of ,a ,r99,t4 ,written by ,himself4 ,from ,blackwood's ,magazine4 ,this is a pleasant piece of satire upon the autobiographic mania of the present day4 ,the original article extends to twenty pages1 and is throughout a masterly graphic sketch4 ,we have marked a few extracts1 which we shall endeavour to connect4 ,a ,r--t6 a ,r--t6 clap to the door4 ,,pope4 ,as ,i intend to write the following pages entirely for my own amusement1 and as they will most probably never meet the eye of mortal man1 who alone can decipher them1 it is unnecessary for me to make any observations on the doctrine of metempsychosis1 to which indeed my reader 7if there shall ever be one7 may perhaps not be inclined to give implicit belief4 ,it is unnecessary for me1 therefore1 to begin by alluding to my former visit to this earth4 ,i shall not even hint1 whether if it ever took place1 it was in antediluvian ages1 or during the ,babylonian1 ,grecian1 or ,roman glory2 or in more modern times4 ,be assured1 however1 gentle reader1 7if any there ever be17 that ,i have the faculty of observation--that ,i have seen many generations of men--that ,i have been in almost every corner of the habitable world1 and that ,i am intimately acquainted with the history of mankind4--7,sir ,walter ,scott's ,novels ,i have listened to with the greatest attention67--,i have eat opium in ,constantinople--garlic in ,italy--potatoes in ,ireland4 ,i have dabbled my whiskers in ,guava jelly--have drunk rack at ,delhi1 and at ,new ,south ,wales ,i have enjoyed the luxuries of ,kangaroo soup and ,opossum gravy4 ,i have been at the ,highland-moors with young ,englishmen--at ,melton with young ,scotsmen1 and at bathing-quarters with old dowagers and their daughters4 ,i have travelled in all ways--by seas--by land--on foot--on horseback--in a carriage--in a ship--in a palanquin--in a muff2 but the motion of the camel ,i never could bear1 it so jolted my poor old bones1 and discomposed my whole body4 ,india never agreed well with me4 ,the insects1 not to mention the serpents1 annoyed me4 ,the heat made me quite bilious2 and1 indeed1 ,i began to feel my liver affected4 ,and however partial ,i naturally was to perfumes1 ,i soon had a great dislike to the strong smell of musk1 which ,i felt about myself1 and which1 as ,i observe every historian agrees1 very soon begins to appear in all of my species who reside for any time in ,india4 ,musk should not of itself be disagreeable2 but to have it constantly below one's nose1 and to have every thing you touch smelling of it1 you may easily conceive must be very annoying4 ,the ,count de ,buffon1 whom we reckon one of our best historians1 ,i see1 says we are an omnivorous animal1 and that we only seem to prefer hard substances to those which are tender or succulent4 ,in this1 however1 he is mistaken2 at least ,i can answer for myself4 ,i know1 for my part1 ,i prefer mulligatawney and a tender young chicken1 to an old pair of boots or a well-picked bone4 ,i have the misfortune1 my reader1 whoever you may be1 to belong to a race to which you have an aversion2 ,i may say a perfect horror4 ,i am a wretched proscribed animal4 ,a lady would faint at the sight of me2 and if ,i should merely run across a room1 a whole legion of boys and footmen would be after me2 and if they should kill me1 they themselves1 and ,i am afraid every other person1 would give them credit for doing a meritorious action4 ,but1 gentle reader1 our character is worse than it should be4 ,although we never received any kindness from man1 ,i am sure ,i can answer for myself1 at least1 ,i have not very often done him mischief for mischief's sake2 and do remember that ,i did not choose my own form1 and that perhaps ,i am now doomed to animate it from the contempt and cruelty1 with which1 in better days1 ,i may have used the species4 ,but ,i moralize1 and this does not well suit my present condition4 ,you may think it as ridiculous an idea as an oyster in love1 which1 ,i remember1 used to tickle my fancy4 ,i must only for one moment be allowed to observe1 that man bestows far too much care and attention on that green-eyed monster1 which ,i do detest--,i mean the cat4 ,if we were caressed and made much of like it1 and half so carefully attended to1 ,i am sure we would make a much better return1 and be truly grateful and attached4 ,my friend ,buffon seems perfectly to understand their character1 and ,i must be allowed to quote a sentence or two from him1 which ,i know will be much more credited than any thing ,i could myself say4 ,they possess1 says he1 an innate malice1 and perverse disposition1 which increase as they grow up1 and which education teaches them to conceal1 but not to subdue4 ,from determined robbers1 the best education can only convert them into flattering thieves1 for they have address1 subtlety1 and desire of plunder4 444 ,they easily assume the habits of society1 but never acquire its manners1 for they have only the appearance of attachment and friendship4 ,and again he says1 the cat appears to have no feelings which are not interested--to have no affection which is not conditional-- and to carry on no intercourse with man1 but with the view of turning it to his own advantage4 ,even the tamest are under no subjection1 for they act merely to please themselves4 ,the dog is a very different animal4 ,he is really attached to his master1 and only lives to serve him4 ,a dog is a perfect gentleman1 and ,i love to fight with gentlemen4 ,the ,apostle ,paul1 in his ,epistle to the ,philippians1 says1--,beware of dogs6 c4 iii4 v4 #b4 ,now1 ,i cannot help always having thought1 that he must have meant cats4 ,it is very easy to suppose the ,greek word ,greek3 kunas1 may have crept in instead of ,greek3 galas and this1 indeed1 is ,i believe1 corroborated by the folio manuscript copy of the ,bible1 of #abbc1 in the ,british ,museum4 ,our race is generally said to have come from some of the islands in the ,levant1 or according to others1 from ,sweden2 but ,i can ascertain with certainty1 that my family came to ,france along with the ,huns1 and that my immediate ancestors came over to ,england with ,william the ,conqueror1 in #ajff4 ,i consider my blood1 therefore1 as purely ,british as any of the inhabitants of the island4 ,there is a tradition among us1 that the descendants of the pair who cruised with old ,noah1 settled in the north of ,asia1 and that we were to be found no where else for about #ejj years afterwards4 ,as to this1 however1 ,i do not pretend to speak with certainty2 but one thing ,i know1 that wherever man is seen to inhabit1 we are to be found--wherever he goes1 we attend him4 ,we sent out parties to make discoveries with ,vasquez de ,gama1 ,dampier1 ,anson1 and ,cook1 and although we ,english gentlemen 7who have no blood-relationship with the ,norwegians7 are known to have such a natural abhorrence at cold1 the love of science prevailed1 and a strong party were sent to the frozen seas with ,ross1 ,lyon1 and ,parry4 ,pontoppidan sagely observes1 that neither the wood nor water ,r99ts can live farther north than ,norway2 that there are several districts1 as that of ,hordenvor1 in the diocese of ,bergen1 and others in the diocese of ,aggerhum1 where no ,r99ts are to be found2 and that the ,r99ts on the south banks of the ,vormen soon perish1 when carried to the north side of it4 ,but we do not reckon ,mr4 ,pontoppidan a historian implicitly to be believed1 and indeed the ,admiralty took such care of us1 that we might have remained for years at the ,pole itself1 without even having the toothache6 ,we always accompany the first visiters of countries1 and when they take possession for their king1 we do so for ourselves2 and without being put to much trouble in carrying out stores1 we have always the best and the pick of every thing4 ,often have ,i laughed at the pains man took to preserve his property from man4 ,stone and iron are made to do their best-armed sentries walking night and day--when all the time ,i have1 with the coolest composure1 been daily wallowing in the best of every thing4 ,nature abhors a vacuum1 and will not allow us to starve1 especially in the midst of plenty2 but ,i may safely say1 that ,i never wantonly destroyed1 and1 if possible1 have always preferred the rich man's store4 ,before the flood1 as the cave of ,yorkshire no doubt proves1 we were to be found in this island--but upon this subject ,i shall not enter at present4 ,probably what is now ,britain1 was not then an island--,i leave this1 however1 to wiser heads6 ,in the beginning of the year ----1 my parents accompanied the baggage of the ---- ,dragoon ,guards to ,scotland4 ,they told me they came in the carts with the sergeants' wives1 as being the most comfortable4 ,i was born above one of the stables on the east side of the court of ,piershill barracks1 or as ,i used to hear the soldiers then call it1 ,jock's ,lodge1 which is within a mile and a half of ,edinburgh4 ,my father was a kind1 sensible gentleman1 and was much esteemed by all his friends2 and ,i sincerely forgive him for the great desire1 and the many attempts he made to eat me up4 ,it was a natural instinct1 and poor fellow1 he could not be blamed for it4 ,if he had succeeded1 it would have saved me many vexations and trials1 but my poor mother thought otherwise2 and ,i am sure she fought most valiantly with my father whenever he made any attempt of the kind4 ,he might1 perhaps1 have lived and died in the barracks where he was born1 had it not been for his miraculous escape from a hunt by the officers of the dragoons4 ,a few nights afterwards a large band of ,r99ts made an excursion of several miles1 and in returning1 remained for a day or two at ,leith4 ,it being a sea-port1 they met with some of their own species from all parts of the world1 the language of most of whom they could not understand4--,he travels in the pocket of a captain to ,edinburgh4 ,his adventures in this city are very amusing4 ,he next sails for ,holland4 ,we set sail in a few days with a fair wind down the ,frith1 and soon left the ,bass and the ,may behind us4 ,i must confess1 ,i was a little afraid1 when1 for the first time1 ,i was out of sight of land4 ,it is a dismal thought to have nothing but sea and sky around1 and only a frail plank between us and the fathomless depths of ocean4 ,this was my first voyage2 but many a day and month and year have ,i spent on the water since that time4 ,i was a little squeamish or so for the first day1 but nothing like some of our passengers4 ,the great secret ,i have always found1 is to eat plenty1 and drink a little brandy2 that is much better than all your quack receipts4 ,we had a dog on board1 but he was a lazy1 mangy fellow1 and gave us little trouble4 ,the wind continued favourable1 and on the sixth evening1 the lights of ,goeree and ,helvoetsluis were visible4 ,some of the passengers left us at the latter town2 but ,i merely went ashore and took a rapid look of the streets1 and of the guard-ship1 which was in the ,dock in the centre of the town1 and returned to the smack by the captain's boat4 ,i saw rather a curious scene on board the man-of-war4 ,some of her men had been engaged in a row the previous night1 and were sentenced to be flogged4 ,after being stripped1 they seemed to dip each man in the water before commencing the more disagreeable part of the operation4 ,if ,i had not been in such a hurry1 ,i should certainly have made bold to have carried a biscuit to a poor little midshipman1 who was condemned to remain twelve hours at the mast-head for some nonsense or other1 and who looked most miserably cold4 ,mynheer is certainly a strange fat-bottomed animal after all4 ,his pipe never seems to be out of his mouth1 nor his hands out of his pockets4 ,the pilots who came on board1 with their very little hats1 their immense wide1 short breeches1 and large wooden shoes1 surprised me not a little4 ,the ,dutch get the credit of being very cleanly1 but ,i cannot say much as to that1 in their persons at least4 ,the ,bad ,huis1 or ,bath ,hotel1 which is on the ,boom ,keys1 the best street in ,rotterdam1 was recommended to me as the only one a gentleman could go to1 and there accordingly ,i and four of the passengers took up our quarters4 ,upon the whole1 there did not appear much to be seen in the town4 ,the inhabitants seemed more an eating and drinking sort of people than any thing else4 ,their ferries through the town are a very great nuisance1 as one cannot always have a doit about them2 and a surly1 brown1 ,dutch rascal at one time had the impudence to stop me till ,i had to borrow from a friend4 ,the statue of ,erasmus is a shabby concern4 ,a party were intending1 ,i found1 to make a trip along the ,rhine2 so ,i thought ,i could not do better than join them4 ,we went by the ,hague1 ,haarlem1 and ,amsterdam4 ,with the last1 ,i was much disappointed4 ,they say it contains #bjj1jjj human inhabitants1 but it has not even a tolerable hotel4 ,the famous ,haarlem tulip gardens1 ,i of course visited1 particularly those of ,van ,eeden4 ,i wonder what the fools could see in tulips1 who gave #aj1jjj guilders for one root4 ,the organ is certainly very fine2 but it nearly cracked the drum of my ears4 ,when at ,amsterdam1 ,i was nearly carried off to ,archangel1 which would1 at the time1 have been rather a bore indeed4 ,after a grand let-off1 given by a rich burgo-master1 to which my friends got me a special invitation1 ,i incautiously exceeded in the curaoa1 of which ,i did not at all then know the strength4 ,the vessel put to sea1 and ,i had enough to do to secure my retreat in the pilot boat4 ,from ,amsterdam we proceeded in a curious1 large diligence to ,utrecht1 and from that to ,cologne4 ,we had twelve 7human7 passengers inside1 who smoked the whole time without intermission4 ,i1 as well as all my species1 are most partial to perfumes1 and ,i did not therefore fail to visit the representative of ,signior ,jean ,marie ,farina in his shop1 ,no4 #defh1 la rue haute ,cologne4 ,nothing struck me particularly in this town of ,cologne4 ,the streets are very narrow1 and seemed dull enough4 ,to be sure1 the principal one1 which is said to be a ,german league in length1 is rather fine4 ,the old convent of the ,ladies of ,st4 ,ursula1 is curious at least4 ,they show you in it the bones of #aa1jjj virgins1 who they say were murdered by the ,huns at the time of their invasion1 when they destroyed the town4 ,i might easily have had a taste of them2 but ,i had no fancy for such antiquated old maids4 ,in the ,cathedral1 or ,dom1 as they call it1 you see the tomb of the three famous kings of ,cologne1 and the gold and silver chests which contain the bones of the ,holy ,engelberth4 ,i don't think1 in the whole town1 there is any thing else worth the trouble of looking at4 ,the hotel ,le ,prince ,charles1 ,i found tolerably comfortable3 there is a good ,french cook1 but he is a saucy fellow4 7,to be concluded in our next47 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,selector2 ,,and ,,literary ,,notices ,,of ,,new ,,works4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,mother',s ,,love ,oh1 beauteous were my baby's dark blue eyes1 ,evermore turning to his mother's face1 ,so dove-like soft1 yet bright as summer skies2 ,and pure his cheek as roses1 ere the trace ,of earthly blight or stain their tints disgrace4 ,o'er my loved child enraptured still ,i hung2 ,no joy in life could those sweet hours replace1 ,when by his cradle low ,i watched and sung-- ,while still in memory's ear his father's promise rung4 ,long1 long ,i wept with weak and piteous cry ,o'er my sweet infant1 in its rosy bloom1 ,as memory brought my hours of agony ,again before my mind3--,i mourned his doom2 ,i mourned my own3 the sunny little room ,in which1 opress'd by sickness1 now ,i lay1 ,weeping for sorrows past1 and woes to come1 ,had been my own in childhood's early day4 ,oh6 could those years indeed so soon have passed away6 ,past1 as the waters of the running brook2 ,fled1 as the summer winds that fan the flowers6 ,all that remained1 a word--a tone--a look1 ,impressed1 by chance1 in those bright joyous hours2 ,blossoms which1 culled from youth's light fairy bowers1 ,still float with lingering scent1 as loath to fade1 ,in spite of sin's remorseless1 'whelming powers1 ,above the wreck which time and grief have made4 ,nursed with the dew of tears1 though low in ruin laid4 ,the ,sorrows of ,rosalie4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,fagging ,,at ,,winchester ,,school4 ,the following outline of a recent quarrel at ,winchester ,school serves to illustrate the ,system of ,fagging as practised at one of our leading schools1 among the future clergy1 lawyers1 legislators1 and peers of ,england4 ,it is extracted from a pamphlet by ,sir ,alexander ,malet1 ,bart42 and we hope this expose will lead to the extermination of the custom3-- ,the prefects1 or eight senior boys of the school1 are in the habit of fagging the juniors2 and that they may have a greater command of their services during meal times1 they appoint one of the junior boys with the title of course keeper1 whose business it is to take care that whilst the prefects are at breakfast or supper1 the juniors sit upon a certain cross bench at the top of the hall1 that they may be forthcoming whenever a prefect requires any thing to be done4 ,during that part of the short half-year in which there are no fires kept1 a sufficient number of boys for this service was generally furnished from the fourth class1 and it was considered that the junior part of the fifth class1 which is next in the ascending scale1 was exempt from so disagreeable a servitude4 ,it appears1 however1 that within these few years1 there has been a much greater press of boys to enter the school than formerly2 the consequence has been1 that they have come to it older and more advanced in their studies than formerly1 and the upper departments of the school have received a greater accession of numbers in proportion than the lower classes4 ,the fourth class1 therefore1 gradually furnishing a smaller number of fags1 the prefects issued a mandate1 that the junior part of the fifth class should share with the fourth in the duty of going on hall3 this was for some time submitted to2 but at length one of the boys of this class intentionally abstained from seating himself on the cross bench at supper-time1 and being seen by the senior prefect1 and desired by him to go on hall1 refused to do so1 and argued the point as a matter of right1 alleging1 as the ancient usage of the school1 the exemption of the junior part of the fifth class from this duty till the commencement of fires2 he referred to the course keeper as being the depositary of the rules1 and expressed himself prepared to abide by his decision4 ,the course keeper1 who does not appear to have been very well versed in the usages of the school1 decided that the boy ought to go on hall2 and the prefect therefore resolved1 not only to enforce this new rule1 but to punish the contumely of this unlucky boy by giving him a public chastisement4 ,to this1 however1 the junior did not feel inclined to submit1 and a second prefect laid hold of him1 that he might not evade the beating destined for him3 a simultaneous movement then took place amongst the juniors1 who pinioned the two prefects1 released the boy who was being beaten1 and gave them to understand that the intended chastisement should not be inflicted4 ,the prefects instantly laid a complaint before the head master1 who expelled the boy who had refused to go on hall1 and five others1 who had appeared most active in preventing the prefect from punishing him4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,written ,,in ,a ,,lady',s ,,album4 ,as sweeps the bark before the breeze1 ,while waters coldly close around1 ,till of her pathway through the seas ,the track no more is found2 ,thus passing down ,oblivion's tide1 ,the beauteous visions of the mind ,fleet as that ocean pageant glide1 ,and leave no trace behind4 ,but the pure page may still impart ,some dream of feeling1 else untold1-- ,the silent record of a heart1 ,e'en when that heart is cold4 ,its lorn memorials here may bloom1-- ,perchance to gentle bosoms dear1 ,like flowers that linger o'er the tomb ,bedewed with ,beauty's tear4 ,i ask not for the meed of fame4 ,the wreath above my rest to twine1-- ,enough for me to leave my name ,within this hallow'd shrine2 ,to think that o'er these lines thine eye ,may wander in some future year1 ,and ,memory breathe a passing sigh ,for him who traced them here4 ,calm sleeps the sea when storms are o'er1 ,with bosom silent and serene1 ,and but the plank upon the shore ,reveals that wrecks have been4 ,so some frail leaf like this may be ,left floating on ,time's silent tide1-- ,the sole remaining trace of me1-- ,to tell ,i lived and died4 ,malcolm's ,scenes of ,war1 c4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,suicide ,,lover4 ,a young man1 of rich and respectable parents1 was for a long time passionately in love with a young lady of the same town1 whose birth and fortune were equal to his own2 he had also the good fortune not to displease the young lady4 ,both families were anxious to bring the business to a conclusion2 notwithstanding which the intended always found some specious pretext to put off the ceremony4 ,the parents of the lady1 after yielding for some time to the different excuses of their future son-in-law1 as they could not find out the motive1 began to be weary of being put off so often1 and at last declared to him that a rival1 who was his equal in every thing1 had presented himself1 and that if he did not soon make up his mind1 they should be obliged to give up to the desire of his rival4 ,the young man upon this information made up his mind2 and1 after the necessary arrangements1 the day for the ceremony arrived4 ,the bride1 the two families and friends1 were assembled1 and waited only for the bridegroom in order to proceed to church1 when a servant arrived with the sad intelligence that his master was taken suddenly ill1 and in consequence requested that the celebration of the nuptials might once more be deferred for a few days4 ,two of his friends1 who witnessed both the surprise and even the indignation which was marked on every countenance1 left the party1 and hastened to the gentleman's house1 and pointed out in such strong colours the folly1 as well as the bad consequences of his behaviour1 that he sent them away1 assuring them that he would dress himself and follow them immediately4 ,but an hour having elapsed1 and no bridegroom appearing1 the two friends again set out to inquire into the cause of the delay1 which seemed to them more than ever extraordinary4 ,they had just arrived at the foot of his staircase1 when they heard the report of a pistol4 ,they hastened to ascend1 and having forced open the door of the young man's apartment1 they found him dead upon the floor1 weltering in his blood4 ,they were so shocked at the sight before them1 that they could not return to announce the fatal news1 but instantly dispatched a servant for that purpose4 ,it is more easy to conceive than describe the consternation such a piece of intelligence was likely to throw every one into2 but the situation of the bride was most to be pitied2 she not only lost a lover just on the point of being her husband1 but fancied that he had received some calumnious information which caused him to prefer death to the necessity of being united to her4 ,it was some days before this mystery was cleared up1 as it was not until the seals were broken1 that they found the following written paper in his desk1 dated eight days before the fatal catastrophe3--,i adore ,mademoiselle de ,n----1 and shall do so all my life4 ,her virtues surpassed if possible her charms2 and ,i would sacrifice the last drop of my blood rather than cause her the least uneasiness4 ,but the cruel and dangerous passion of jealousy possesses me to such a degree1 that notwithstanding all her merits1 the bare idea of a rival makes me wretched4 ,every effort on my part1 joined to the voice of reason1 has never been able to eradicate this dreadful poison from my heart1 and which ,i fear is incurable4 ,if ,i yield to my penchant for her1 and become her husband1 instead of being a tender lover1 of which she is so worthy1 ,i should be a tyrant1 whose frenzy would render her more miserable than myself4 ,they press me to bring our union to a conclusion1 they threaten me also with a rival1 who without doubt deserves her more than ,i4 ,how can ,i1 miserable wretch that ,i am1 how can ,i ward off the blow which threatens me8 ,i flatter myself1 at least1 to have succeeded in my endeavours to conceal the vice of a heart which1 although entirely her own1 can never exterminate the miserable passion which possesses it4 ,the time approaches with rapid strides when ,i must make up my mind4 ,good ,heaven direct me6 shall ,i risk making her unhappy8 ,can ,i resolve to see her the wife of another8 ,never1 no never6 rather let me die a hundred deaths4444 ,this unfortunate youth had written no more1 but it was sufficient to prove that he had sacrificed himself for the happiness of his mistress4 ,album of ,love4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,crusader',s ,,song4 ,remember the ,holy ,sepulchre4 ,forget the land which gave ye birth-- ,forget the womb that bore ye-- ,forget each much-loved spot of earth-- ,forget each dream of glory-- ,forget the friends that by your side ,stood firm as rocks unbroken-- ,forget the late affianced bride1 ,and every dear love token-- ,forget the hope that in each breast ,glow'd like a smould'ring ember-- ,but still the ,holy ,sepulchre1 ,remember6 oh remember6 ,remember all the vows ye've sworn ,at holy ,becket's altar-- ,remember all the ills ye've borne1 ,and scorn'd to shrink or falter-- ,remember every laurel'd field1 ,which saw the ,crescent waving-- ,remember when compell'd to yield1 ,uncounted numbers braving3 ,remember these1 remember too ,the cause ye strive for1 ever2 ,the ,cross6 the ,holy ,sepulchre6 ,forget--forget them never6 ,by ,him who in that ,sepulchre ,was laid in ,death's cold keeping-- ,by ,her who bore1 who rear'd him4 ,her ,who by that ,cross sat weeping-- ,by those1 whose blood so oft has cried ,revenge for souls unshriven6-- ,by those1 whose sacred precepts guide ,the path to yonder ,heaven6 ,from youth to age1 from morn to eve ,from ,spring-tide to ,december1 ,the ,holy ,sepulchre of ,christ ,remember6 oh remember6 ,literary ,remains of ,henry ,neele4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,serenade4 ,wake1 ,lady1 wake6 the midnight ,moon ,sails through the cloudless skies of ,june2 ,the ,stars gaze sweetly on the stream1 ,which in the brightness of their beam1 ,one sheet of glory lies2 ,the glow-worm lends its little light1 ,and all that's beautiful and bright ,is shining in our world to-night1 ,save thy bright eyes1 ,wake1 ,lady6 wake6 the nightingale ,tells to the ,moon her love-lorn tale2 ,now doth the brook that's hush'd by day1 ,as through the vale she winds her way1 ,in murmurs sweet rejoice2 ,the leaves1 by the soft night-wind stirr'd1 ,are whispering many a gentle word1 ,and all ,earth's sweetest sounds are heard1 ,save thy sweet voice4 ,wake1 ,lady6 wake6 thy lover waits1 ,thy steed stands saddled at the gates2 ,here is a garment1 rich and rare1 ,to wrap thee from the cold night-air2 ,th' appointed hour is flown4 ,danger and doubt have vanish'd quite1 ,our way before lies clear and right1 ,and all is ready for the flight1 ,save thou alone6 ,wake1 ,lady6 wake6 ,i have a wreath ,thy broad fair brow should rise beneath2 ,i have a ring that must not shine ,on any finger1 ,love6 but thine-- ,i've kept my plighted vow2 ,beneath thy casement here ,i stand1 ,to lead thee by thine own white hand1 ,far from this dull and captive strand-- ,but where art thou8 ,wake1 ,lady6 wake6 ,she wakes6 she wakes6 ,through the green mead her course she takes2 ,and now her lover's arms enfold ,a prize more precious far than gold1 ,blushing like morning's ray2 ,now mount thy palfrey1 ,maiden kind6 ,nor pause to cast one look behind1 ,but swifter than the viewless wind1 ,away6 away6 ,ibid4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,gatherer ,a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles4 ,,shakspeare4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,filthy ,,water4 ,if the unhappy victims of mud-juice had constant access to the solar microscope1 and there was occasionally in ,london a little sunshine to set off the animated bedevilments which are crowded into the composition1 and could see thousands of animals1 generated in filth1 and living in the highest spirits and the greatest abundance1 in the stuff destined for their stomachs1 they would go mad4 ,boiled down in tea 7for which1 in the midst of starvation1 a cockney pays five hundred per cent4 beyond its value1 and a tax of five hundred per cent4 more than that17 these centipedes1 toads1 small alligators1 large worms1 white bait1 snails1 caterpillars1 maggots1 eels1 minnows1 weeds1 moss1 offal in detachments1 gas-juice1 vinegar lees1 tallow droppings1 galls1 particles of dead men1 women1 children1 horses1 and dogs1 train-oil1 copper1 dye-stuff1 soot1 and dead fish1 are all1 according to the chemistry of the washerwomen1 neutralized1 mollified1 clarified1 and rectified--but this we doubt2 and if any of the unhappy persons who imbibe nastiness fourteen times a week1 under the idea that it is good and wholesome because it is hot1 will take the trouble to look at the agreeable deposit in the bottom of the slop-basin1 they will find that independent of all the muddy1 fishy1 oily1 gaseous1 animal and vegetable stuff1 introduced into their stomachs under the guise of that most poisonous of all herbs1 tea1 they are in the habit of swallowing mud1 earth1 stones1 sand1 and gravel1 in quantities sufficient to establish in less than three months spaces of land as big as ,cornish freeholds in their insides4--,john ,bull4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,napoleon4 ,while ,napoleon was a subaltern in the army1 a ,russian officer remarked1 with much self-sufficiency1 ,that his country fought for glory and the ,french for gain4--,you are perfectly right1 answered ,napoleon2 every one fights for that which he does not possess4 ,,ina4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,forbidden ,,fruit4 ,sir ,richard ,steele1 who represented the borough of ,stockbridge1 ,hants1 in parliament in the reign of ,queen ,anne1 carried his election against a powerful opposition1 by sticking a large apple full of guineas1 and declaring that it should be the prize of that man whose wife was first brought to bed after that day nine months4 ,this merry offer procured him the interest of the ladies1 who1 it is said1 commemorate ,sir ,richard's bounty to this day1 and once made a vigorous effort to procure a standing order of the corporation1 that no man should ever be received as a candidate who did not offer himself on the same terms4 ,,halbert ,h4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,epitaph ,,on ,a ,,silly1 ,,drunken ,,sot4 ,his life and death five letters do express2 ,a4,b4,c4 he knew not1 and he died of ,x4,s4 ,g4,j4,f4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,convenient ,,absence4 ,an individual often visited a landscape painter1 who had a very beautiful wife1 but he always met with the husband4 ,zounds1 said he1 one day to him1 for a painter of landscapes1 you are very seldom in the country4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,tarragon4 ,we recommend our correspondent1 ,qy8 to steep shalots and tarragon in vinegar1 to be used as a sauce with rump-steaks4 ,or he may chop the shalots and tarragon very fine1 and sprinkle them over the meat4 ,tarragon sprinkled over mutton chops is a nice relish2 and with sauce piquante flavoured with the above vinegar1 makes a dish on which the gods might dine4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,peremptory ,,conclusion4 ,an advocate1 whose pleading appeared too diffuse for the cause he was defending1 had received an order from the first president to abridge it2 but the former1 without omitting a word of his intended address1 replied in a firm tone1 that all he uttered was essential4 ,the president1 hoping at length to make him silent1 said to him1 ,the court orders you to conclude4 ,well1 replied the advocate1 then ,i conclude that the court shall hear me4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,grounds ,,of ,,recognition4 ,a man went to a restaurateur's 7or chop-house7 in ,france1 to dine4 ,he perceived another man in the room and hurried away to tell the master4 ,if you do not1 ,sir1 order that man1 who is dining alone at the table in the corner1 out of your house1 a respectable individual will not be able to sit down in it4--,how is that1 ,sir8--,because that is the executioner of ,r----4 ,the host1 after some hesitation1 at length went and spoke to the stranger1 who calmly answered him3 ,by whom have ,i been recognised8--,by that gentleman1 said the landlord1 pointing out the former4 ,indeed1 he ought to know me1 for it is not two years since ,i whipped and branded him4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,singular ,,mistake4 ,a courtier was playing at piquet1 and was greatly annoyed by a short-sighted man with a long nose4 ,to get rid of it he took his pocket handkerchief and wiped his troublesome neighbour's nose4 ,ah1 sir1 said he immediately1 ,i really beg your pardon1 ,i took it for my own4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,brothers ,,and ,,sisters4 ,during the revolution1 a young man was travelling in the ,diligence to ,lyons with a brother and a friend1 when they had got about half way the latter's purse became empty2 ,brother1 said he to the young man1 pay for me1 and ,i will return it to you at ,lyons4 ,i cannot4--,why1 are we not brothers8 ,oh certainly1 but our purses are not sisters4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,spanish ,,refugees4 ,as philanthropy is of no caste or creed1 let us dip our pen in the milk of human kindness1 and recommend each of our readers to contribute the amount of the ,,mirror purchase-money--,two-pence--to the fund for relief of the ,spanish ,refugees4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,annuals4 ,the ,,supplement announced in ,no4 #cdj of the ,,mirror1 will be published next ,saturday1 ,december #f1 and will contain ,notices of such of the ,,annuals as were not included in the previous ,supplement1 with a ,,fine ,,engraving1 and their ,spirit1 or ,second ,sight4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,limbird',s ,,edition ,,of ,,the ,following ,novels are already ,published3 - s4 d4 ,mackenzie's ,man of ,feeling 4 4 4 4 4 4 #j #f ,paul and ,virginia4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #j #f ,the ,castle of ,otranto4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #j #f ,almoran and ,ramet4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #j #f ,elizabeth1 or the ,exiles of ,siberia4 4 #j #f ,the ,castles of ,athlin and ,dunbayne 4 4 #j #f ,rasselas 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #j #h ,the ,old ,english ,baron4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #j #h ,nature and ,art 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #j #h ,goldsmith's ,vicar of ,wakefield 4 4 4 4 #j #aj ,sicilian ,romance 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #a #j ,the ,man of the ,world 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #a #j ,a ,simple ,story 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #a #d ,joseph ,andrews 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #a #f ,humphry ,clinker4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #a #h ,the ,romance of the ,forest4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #a #h ,the ,italian4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #b #j ,zeluco1 by ,dr4 ,moore 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #b #f ,edward1 by ,dr4 ,moore 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #b #j ,roderick ,random4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #b #f ,the ,mysteries of ,udolpho 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #c #f 99 99 99 99 99 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