,,the ,,mirror ,,of ,,literature1 ,,amusement1 ,,and ,,instruction4 ,,vol4 #ac41 ,no4 #cge4 ,,saturday1 ,,june #ac1 #ahbi4 ,,price #b;d4 99 99 99 99 99 ,illustration3 ,,cumberland ,,terrace1 ,,regent',s ,,park4 ,,cumberland ,,terrace1 ,,regent',s ,,park4 ,the annexed ,engraving completes our ,series of ,architectural ,illustrations of the ,,regent',s ,,park1 and is1 withal the most magnificent ,terrace in the circuit4 ,it stands considerably above the road1 and is approached by a fine carriage sweep1 with handsome balustrades2 below which1 and level with the road1 is the garden1 or promenade for the residents of the ,terrace4 ,the architect of ,cumberland ,terrace is ,mr4 ,nash1 who appears to have been so lavish of ornament1 as to give the whole range the appearance of a triumphal temple4 ,it consists of a centre and wings1 connected by two handsome arches1 which have a very pleasing and novel effect4 ,the entrance1 or ground story throughout1 is rusticated1 and in the principal parts or masses of the elevation1 serves as a base or pediment for handsome ,doric columns1 above which is a balustrade1 on which are placed allegorical figures of the ,seasons1 the ,quarters of the ,globe1 the ,arts and ,sciences1 c4 ,each of these masses has a most imposing appearance1 and bears four figures2 the figures in the whole range amount to twenty-seven4 ,above the balustrade rises the attic story4 ,the subordinate fronts of the residences are embellished with ,doric pilasters4 ,each arch consists of four handsome ,doric columns1 with an entablature1 and blocking course4 ,the central portion of the terrace is in correspondent style with the wings2 and consists of a splendid colonnade of twelve columns and an entablature4 ,above the attic story rises a pediment surmounted with figures of ,painting1 ,architecture1 and ,sculpture4 ,this pediment is filled with a basso-relievo1 executed by ,j4,h4 ,bubb1 and representing ,britannia crowned by ,fame1 and seated on a throne1 the basis of which represents ,valour and ,wisdom4 ,on one side1 ,literature1 ,genius1 ,manufacture1 ,agriculture1 and ,prudence1 are bringing youth of different nations for instruction2 and on the other side1 the guardian-spirit of the ,navy1 surmounted by ,victory1 ,navigation1 ,commerce1 and ,freedom1 is extending her blessings to the ,africans4 ,the group is terminated on each side by ,plenty4 ,this is supposed to be the largest ornamental pediment in the kingdom1 with the exception of that of the portico of ,st4 ,paul's1 which only exceeds it by a few feet4 ,from the sweep of this terrace may be enjoyed a highly picturesque view of the park1 with the crown of ,primrose ,hill in the distance4 ,at this close of the ,series of ,views1 and as we are approaching the conclusion of our volume1 it may not be amiss to recapitulate the several engravings1 with their pages in the preceding and present volumes of the ,,mirror1 and the order in which they stand in the ,regent's ,park1 which order circumstances have prevented our uniformly following in their publication3 thus-- ,buildings4 ,architects4 ,mirror1 ,vol4 ,page4 ,ulster ,terrace xi #dja ,york ,terrace ,nash xiii #abi ,sussex ,place ,nash xiii #bgc ,cornwall ,terrace ,d4 ,burton xiii #cje ,clarence ,terrace ,d4 ,burton xii #ag ,hanover ,terrace ,nash x #cac ,hanover ,lodge xiii #di ,grove ,house ,d4 ,burton xiii #di ,marquess of ,hertford's ,villa ,d4 ,burton xiii #ha ,macclesfield ,bridge ,morgan xiii #cea ,east 7now ,gloucester7 ,gate xi #bbe ,st4 ,katherine's ,poynter xi #bgc ,master's ,residence ,poynter xi #bhi ,cumberland ,terrace ,nash xiii #dja ,chester ,terrace ,nash xiii #aic ,exterior of the ,colosseum ,d4 ,burton xiii #fe ,interior of the ,colosseum ,d4 ,burton xiii #ig ,in this ,series we have endeavoured to represent all the architectural beauties of the ,park1 and liable as are all of them to critical objection1 they are extremely interesting for pictorial displays of the taste of this castle-building age4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,king',s ,,stag1 ,c4 7,to the ,editor of the ,mirror47 ,as several of your correspondents have lately interested themselves in the sign of ,the ,cat and ,fiddle2 a few observations may not be thought irrelevant1 on the probable origin of the ,king's ,stag1 a description of which1 under the signature1 ,ruris1 appeared in the ,,mirror1 of ,saturday1 the #cjth ult4 ,its rise may1 ,i conceive1 with tolerable certainty1 be traced to the stag said to have been taken in the ,forest of ,senlis1 by ,charles the ,sixth1 about whose neck was a collar1 with the inscription1 ,caesar hoc mihi donavit1 which induced a belief that the animal had lived from the reign of some one of the twelve ,caesars4 ,this inscription also exists in the following form3-- ,tempore1 quo ,caesar ,rom1 dominatus in alt ,aureolo jussit collum signare moniti2 ,ne depascentem quisquis me gramina laedat1 ,caesaris heu caus1 periturae parcere vitae4 which has been thus literally translated in nearly the same words quoted by ,ruris-- ,when ,julius ,caesar reigned king1 ,about my neck he put this ring1 ,that whosoever did me take1 ,should spare my life for ,caesar's sake4 ,it thus appears that ,julius ,caesar is gratuitously introduced by the ,english paraphrast1 nothing appearing in the original inscription to determine its application1 or render it more probable1 that the reference should be to ,julius ,caesar1 than to ,domitian2 and the two first lines given by ,ruris1 have evidently been introduced by way of transferring the subject to our own country4 ,allow me before concluding this communication1 one word in reply to ,e4,d4's observations on the ,cat and ,fiddle4 ,it is not impossible that some resemblance 7though ,i am disposed to think it very trifling7 may exist between the tones of a flute and those of the human voice2 but ,i have yet to learn wherein consists the similarity of the notes of the clarinet and those of a ,,goose2 neither do ,i imagine performers on the violin1 7especially ,italians17 will feel themselves obliged by ,e4,d4's comparison of their favourite instrument1 to the vile squall of the feline race4 ,on the whole1 ,i should feel more disposed to concur with him who has been led away by a love of etymology that the ,cat and ,fiddle is an anomalous sign1 and that no two objects in the world have less to do with each other than a cat and a violin1 than to adopt the opposite theories of ,e4,d4 or his predecessor1 unless better supported than they are at present4 ,,iota4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,sketch-,,book4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,recollections ,,of ,a ,,wanderer4 ,the ,wreck4#a 7,for the ,mirror47 ,all night the booming minute-gun ,had pealed along the deep1 ,and mournfully the rising sun ,look'd o'er the tide-worn steep1 ,a bark from ,india's coral strand1 ,before the rushing blast1 ,had vailed her topsails to the sand ,and bowed her noble mast4 ,the ,queenly ship6 brave hearts had striven ,and true ones died with her6 ,we saw her mighty cable riven1 ,like floating gossamer6 ,we saw her proud flag struck that morn1 ,a star once o'er the seas1 ,her helm beat down1 her deck uptorn1 ,and sadder things than these6 ,,mrs4 ,,hemans ,sweet romantic ,cove of ,torwich--repository of my youth's recollections6--,a mingled gust of feeling crosses over me1 rainbow-like1--fraught with the checkered remembrances of life's eventful history1 when ,i turn to the past1 and glance over the scenes of my early life4 ,the ,bay of ,torwich1 on the southern coast1 unites in its fullest extent the singularly wild and picturesque1 with the softer features of the landscape4 ,the bay consists of two headlands1 about four miles apart4 ,on the eastern side a lofty range of rocky heights extends for a considerable way1 almost equalling those of ,dovor in sublimity1 and juts out into the sea1 on the assaults of which they seem to frown defiance1 terminating in a bold headland4 ,the violence of the sea has caused extensive and picturesque excavations and caverns2 and at the end of the cliff1 two sharp rocks called the ,needles1 raised their heads at low water1 connected by a low1 sunken reef4 ,in a westerly gale these rocks were very dangerous to homeward-bound ships1 and ,i have often sat with admiration in the heights above1 watching the grotesque forms and silvery spray of the gigantic breakers1 which after being broken in their progress1 heaved their expiring rage with a shock like thunder1 against the base of the cliffs1 causing a prolonged echo in the huge caverns above4 ,about midway between these cliffs and the western side there was another lofty headland1 which terminated the ,cove of ,torwich2 as the sea1 except at low-water in high spring tides1 washed the foot of this promontory1 it was only fordable at ebb-tide4 ,in the middle of the intermediate space1 three rocks which might truly be called forked promontories from their sharp pyramidical shape1 jutted abruptly out of the beach1 and were connected by a sort of natural causeway to the main land4 ,beyond1 a wild and rocky valley ran inland1 and the time-worn ruins of ---- ,castle1 beetling over the heights1 terminated the view in this direction4 ,this valley formed the bed of a small stream1 which ran by the end of the rocks1 composing a channel by which coasting vessels could run up and discharge their cargoes for the village of ,torwich1 only part of which was visible at this spot4 ,a natural cleft in the vein opened through the centre of these singular rocks1 resembling a lofty gothic arch1 and it was my favourite pastime to sit here in the most perfect seclusion1 reading sermons in stones and watching the progress of the tide till it kissed my feet1 and often surrounded me1 for the flood came in with great velocity4 ,between these rocks and the heights on the eastern side1 there was another little retired creek1 renowned in the village annals1 for the adventures of ,jack ,covering1 a noted smuggler on this coast1 some forty years ago1 with the locality of which the reader will erewhile become better acquainted4 ,the magnificence of the convulsed scenery1 and yawning chasms around1 the deep intonation and ceaseless roar of the ocean1 all combined to awaken in the mind of the spectator1 mingled sensations of admiration and awe4 ,the coast receded between the eastern point of the cove to that which terminated the ,bay of ,torwich1 embracing what may be almost termed a champaign country1 compared with the barren scenery ,i have described2 and displaying the uneven surface of the richly wooded ,park of ,dovedale1 with the ruins of two castles4 ,the village of ,torwich which stood on a declivity1 with an opening descent to the shore1 about half a mile from the entrance of the cove1 had little communication1 from the nature of its site1 with the neighbouring country1 except when the all-powerful attraction of a wreck existed4 ,its inhabitants were chiefly sailors or fishermen1 barring a few useless individuals like myself4 ,i loved to study life in all its gradations--the ,march of ,intellect was yet unknown here6 and though the situation afforded such numerous advantages for smuggling1 there were1 rather unaccountably1 only three persons in the village connected with the coast blockade2 and it was whispered that relying on the entire seclusion of the cove1 these persons too often winked when they ought to have been astir on their duty4 ,the day was far spent1 when towards the close of the month of ,october1 #ah--1 ,i wandered out to the shore to watch the flow of the evening's tide4 ,the weather had been unsettled for some time previous1 and the rain had fallen in torrents1 with a moderate breeze1 during most part of the day4 ,towards evening the rain ceased1 though large heavy masses of black clouds were flying about1 and backing up to seaward1 accompanied with a short gusty gale of wind4 ,i never recollect a more dismal night4 ,a thick haze overspread the lower parts of the landscape1 throwing the bloated masses of clouds higher up in the horizon1 into a sort of sombre relief4 ,as ,i passed a little look-out house on my way to the beach1 ,i sauntered to a group of sailors at their usual council1 who were gazing with deep interest at a solitary vessel dimly discernible through the fog in the offing4 ,as she neared us we found her to be a barque of apparently considerable burthen1 making a tack to weather the ,torhead1 which lay several miles under her lee1 with a strong breeze from windward4 ,she was evidently quite out of her reckoning from the indecision and embarassment displayed in her movements2 and the captain seemed not sufficiently aware of the hazard he ran4 ,i waited sometime at this place watching the movements of the ship4 ,the tide came roaring in with a broken swell increased by a high spring flood2 and there was that in the wind's eye which betokened approaching disaster2 while the gloom was increasing1 and the harsh cries and hurried flight of the sea-birds indicated tempestuous weather4 ,an ugly looking night this1 ,mr4 ---- as ,i have seen for many a-day1 remarked ,harry ,covering1 one of the oldest of the group of sailors1 and a crony of mine4 ,sink the ,customs6 if yon ship weathers ,torhead this night1 may ,i never pull an oar again4 ,it is1 indeed1 a fearful-looking night1 messmate1 and no time ought to be lost in the present state of the tide in putting off to her--for if the wind holds in this part1 it is great odds indeed1 that she does not go upon the ,needles4 ,the breeze was freshening every moment2 indeed the situation of the strange ship must soon become imminently dangerous4 ,the crew seemed at last to have awakened from their lethargy1 and were apparently making every effort to enable her to gain an offing and weather ,torhead1 before the combined force of wind and flood should render that impracticable4 ,it was a moment of deep interest4 ,i am not acquainted with any event1 notwithstanding the frequency of its recurrence1 that appeals more directly to our sympathies1 than a shipwreck4 ,the mighty power of the ocean is thus brought before us in its most striking sense1 and the general scene of disaster it occasions is almost always varied with instances of individual sympathy for some of the wrecked4 ,we were now joined by the resident officer of the coast-blockade1 and a party of men were dispatched to pull off to the ship in distress1 while the rest of us hurried towards the ,torhead1 accompanied in our rear1 7for the news had reached the village7 by a turn-out of most of its inhabitants1 influenced both by the passion of curiosity and that of expected plunder4 ,many of the older class looked upon wrecking as legitimate a trade as fishing for herrings or pilchards2 while perhaps nearly all from the force of habit and long-practised example1 regarded a wreck as a booty sent them by the elements2 the scattered contents of which it was no more crime to take than it would be to pick up any other thing cast by accident on the beach4 ,the sea was breaking over the needles with frightful violence when we reached ,torhead--the spray dashing almost to the summit of the cliffs4 ,we were now almost opposite the vessel1 which appeared to be ,french built2 but the increasing darkness prevented our distinguishing her minutely4 ,the1 flash of a gun from her side1 amidst the deepening gloom1 redoubled my interest4 ,a more interesting object than a solitary vessel in danger1 ,i cannot well conceive4 ,i have always looked upon a ship as a living creature--the companion of man--a thing instinct with life1 walking the waters--and our feelings are not only excited for the safety of the crew1 but for that of the vessel itself1 to which we attach a degree of interest as for a friend4 ,a gale was now up2 the boat put off to their aid was in danger of being swamped by the surf1 and found it impracticable to make way against a violent head-wind and tide united4 ,nothing short of a miracle could now save the ship2 however the wind suddenly shifted a little1 and ,i began to hope that if she was to be wrecked1 it might be farther on the shore2 as in case of her striking on the ,needles1 she must almost immediately go to pieces under our eyes1 without the most remote chance of the escape of one of the crew4 ,a sheet of light flashed occasionally from her sides1 calling for aid out of the power of man to grant4 ,there was a sudden lull in the wind1 which sometimes happens in the most violent tempests1 though often succeeded by increased fury2 and a strong shower of sleet and rain drove most of our followers home4 ,as it had now become quite dark1 and it was morally impossible to yield the ship any aid till daylight1 ,i returned to the village with melancholy forebodings1 having placed beacons on the heights4 ,i hastily proceeded again to the shore just before daybreak4 ,the distant moaning of the sea1 the harsh screams of the cormorants with the desolate nature of the spot1 chilled my spirits4 ,i had passed a sleepless night1 and the storm rose again1 and raged till near daybreak with increased fury1 but the wind was now greatly hushed4 ,the sea1 however1 showed marks of its violence2 the bay was white with foam1 and as ,i proceeded1 the tide1 which was just beginning to flow1 roared loudly1 and advanced in short breakers wreathed with spray4 ,the sky also looked dismally1 and gave token that the gale had not entirely passed away1 though its violence had temporarily abated4 ,i advanced with deep interest by the peaked group of rocks1 and passed the wreck of a brig lying high and dry on the sand just before me4 ,the whole of the shore between the ,heads1 was strewed with her contents4 ,i never witnessed so total a wreck in so short a space of time4 ,the violence of the surf had completely beaten her sides out1 leaving stem and stern hanging together as by a thread1 while her ribs and broken cordage and sails1 completed the picture1 had any thing been wanting to perfect it4 ,i could moralize any day on a single bit of plank on a shore--each fragment seems to tell its tale1 and awakens a train of thoughts and feelings in the mind2 but grim desolation was here visibly before me4 ,though ,i was early astir1 ,i found that the prospect of booty had been sufficiently powerful already to draw out not only the inhabitants of ,torwich1 but great numbers of the neighbouring peasantry4 ,but where was the ship1 about whose fate we had been so greatly interested the preceding evening8 ,this was manifestly not her2 but ,i distinctly saw a large1 black hull lying under the western cliffs1 half a mile distant1 towards which the people were rapidly moving4 ,she had come ashore a little after high water1 during the night4 ,i picked my way through the wreck strewn around--to a small group of persons standing near me2 five of them were strangers1 the crew of the brig4 ,i learnt that my surmises were right concerning the ship in the distance1 and that the brig which was laden with crockery came ashore about the same period4 ,i left these poor fellows endeavouring to rescue their little articles of property1 and took a route apart from the course of the crowd towards the other ship4 ,i had not gone far1 when ,i almost stumbled over the dead body of a young female1 lying with her face uppermost1 half buried in the sand-- ,her very tresses clung ,all tangled by the storm4 ,the bodies of a gentleman of foreign aspect1 and that of a lad about seventeen1 7their hands still firmly clasped together1 undivided even in death17 lay close by4 ,it was a melancholy scene4 ,they had evidently been a father and his children4 ,the long boat of the vessel1 which had ,i suppose1 taken ground here1 being staved and swamped by the surf1 was close beyond1 near which ,i observed the bodies of several other men4 ,it was with pain and horror ,i remarked that some wretches who had been here before me1 had partly stripped the bodies of the lady and others in their search after plunder1 besides rifling the contents of some cases of valuables1 which had been put into the boat4 ,i hastily turned towards the principal scene of disaster1 and addressed myself to one of the survivors1 whom ,i found to be the supercargo4 ,the vessel was ,la ,bonne ,esperance of ,brest1 of #eej tons1 homeward bound1 with a mixed cargo of rum1 cotton1 and colonial produce1 from the ,west ,indies4 ,it appeared that the captain1 mate1 and passengers had left the ship just as she struck1 and taken to the long boat1 the fatal result of which has been seen4 ,as ,i surmised1 the bodies ,i had seen consisted of one family1 the only passengers on board1 a colonel in the army1 with his son and daughter1 returning to his country after long service in foreign parts4 ,the supercargo1 in the confusion which took place1 could not get into the long boat in time1 and remained with the rest of the crew on board2 several of the seamen were washed off the decks and dashed against the rocks1 and my narrator and three others were all that survived to tell the tale4 ,the ship's hull lay jammed between two small rocks near the foot of the cliffs2 she was still almost outwardly entire1 as the tide receded just after she came ashore in the night2 but there was a hole knocked in her side from whence a portion of the cargo had been washed out4 ,the two principal masts had gone by the board1 but a part of the mizen-mast was still standing2 and the rocks were covered1 far and near1 with tattered portions of her sails and cordage pasted against their sides1 disposed by the sea1 in a grotesque manner4 ,as the principal station of the preventive corps was at a considerable distance1 some time would elapse before they could lend their aid in the protection of the property2 and the mob from the neighbouring country1 disappointed at finding little else but broken crockery at the other wreck1 seemed disposed to make the most of their time1 and were proceeding with all the violence and rapacity of professed wreckers4 ,in spite of the exertions of the officer from ,torwich and his assistants1 they were mounting the sides1 and had spread themselves over the vessel like a pack of hungry wolves on the dead carcass of a horse1 when ,i arrived4 ,a scene of greater confusion and singularity cannot be described4 ,it was not long before their attention was awakened by the tapping of a cask of rum1 which with many more had been washed out of the hold4 ,this beverage presented a powerful attraction2 the ship was soon1 in some measure1 deserted1 and the mob concentrated like a swarm of wasps round the casks4 ,all distinctions were now at an end2 the better sort of farmer or shopkeeper1 scrambled with the pauper for a cup or cap 7or shoe7 full of the mellow liquid2 while the supercargo and his men1 aided by myself and a few others1 were occupied in hastily putting into some carts the more valuable articles rescued from plunder4 ,as the parties had been immoderate in their potations1 so the effects were equally speedy4 ,women lay on the sand1 dead drunk1 beside the booty they had collected1 while unable to stir1 it was snatched from their powerless grasp by others stronger or more sober than themselves4 ,several pitched battles were also taking place1 both amongst boys and men1 which generally terminated by each of the combatants falling prostrate martyrs to ,bacchus4 ,the infection was universal1 and even the three mounseers1 the surviving crew of the ,bonne ,esperance1 could not resist an occasional sly pull at the liquor4 ,these men1 though they had only just escaped sudden death1 seemed not to be cast down2 but with their characteristic agility1 one minute assisted to roll the casks into carts1 and then ran off perhaps to whisper a compliment to some pretty girl1 shrugging up their shoulders at the unceremonious repulse they met with from mademoiselle4 ,but this scene was not to last long3 for the tide had been imperceptibly making way and closing4 ,i had always observed that after coming to a certain place1 its velocity was greatly accelerated1 and it was with feelings of alarm that ,i saw the danger which the almost unconscious people incurred4 ,from regard to our own safety we had to retreat rapidly towards the shingles1 carrying as many of the helpless as time would admit out of danger1 in which we were aided by many of the sailors from ,torwich1 who had assisted in rescuing a portion of the cargo4 ,the peasantry1 at last aware of the hazard they ran1 took to their heels also2 but from the state they were in1 many were forgotten or left behind4 ,the roar of waters came rapidly onward1 and amid the foaming eddy created by its advance1 the stifled death-cry1 mingled with the harsh and piercing shrieks of some of the half drowning victims--one moment awakened to the consciousness of their situation1 and the next hurried to eternity--burst on the ear2 and such was the advance of the spring-flood1 that a few minutes after the rush of people had reached the shingles1 the curling breakers rolled the bodies of several of the sufferers almost to their feet4 ,the most lively interest was now excited towards a small rock1 which jutted out of the sand a little distance from the wreck4 ,the two poor children of a fisherman's widow in the village1 were playing in a cavity of this rock1 when the tide surrounded them4 ,their voices were drowned by the roaring of the waters1 and their fate would have been unknown1 had not the wild appearance and frantic screams of the mother--come in search of her children--attracted notice4 ,when they were discovered1 only a ledge of the rock was discernible2 and the little sufferers were seen imploring for help amidst the spray with which the waves1 fanned by a stiff breeze from windward1 covered them4 ,several brave fellows swam off towards the rock1 but before they could reach it1 a sudden rush of tide swept over1 and engulfed the children amidst the fragments of wreck hurled forward in its advance4 ,one of the sailors seized the youngest of the children and bore him safely to shore4 ,the body of the other was found when the tide ebbed1 under a ledge of rocks on the eastern side4 ,upwards of fifteen persons were amongst the missing4 ,it was an impressive scene1 and read a powerful lesson to all4 ,wrecking has long been deservedly a national reproach4 ,it is1 however1 rarely accompanied with the cruelty and violence by which it was formerly characterized2 and such aggravated scenes now seldom occur4 ,the people of our coasts have become1 generally1 much more civilized1 and probably the march of improvement will ultimately eradicate so inhuman a custom4 ,in ,cornwall it was carried to such an excess that the example was even given from the pulpit2 and there is a story related of a ,cornish parson1 who upon information being brought to his congregation of a wreck whilst they were at church1 exhorted them to pause as they were rushing out en masse in the midst of the service2 and having gained the door1 took to his heels saying1 ,now1 my lads1 it is but fair we should all start alike6 and reached the wreck first4 ,the people view the plunder of a wreck as a right1 and it is in vain to attempt to persuade them otherwise4 ,however it is but justice to say that they have frequently risked1 and even sacrificed1 their own lives in endeavouring to preserve those of others2 though some recent instances1 especially in ,wales1 prove that the old disposition still lurks amongst the people1 and sometimes breaks out with unabated violence4 ,the arrival of a party of the ,preventive ,service that evening1 in some measure proved a check to the plunder of the peasantry2 but the guards themselves were not proof against the prevailing infection1 and similar scenes to that related1 prevailed as long as there was any thing left to drink or pick up2 however1 a considerable part of the cargo was safely stowed1 though there were few of the rum casks that did not afterwards turn out impregnated with bilge water4 ,on a fine grey morning1 about a week after these events occurred1 ,i wandered out towards the shore3 there had been rough weather in the channel1 and many wrecks1 and the turbulence of the ocean had not yet subsided4 ,it was about half-flood when ,i reached the ,bonne ,esperance4 ,she had disappeared by piece-meal under the repeated assaults of the sea1 but the principal part of the hull was still hanging together4 ,each wave as it struck her tattered timbers1 seemed to sap away her strength and threatened to shake her to fragments4 ,i sat with the supercargo for about an hour1 watching the flow of the tide4 ,her timbers cracked louder and louder at each shock of the breakers2 when a heavy sea struck her1 her joints loosened1 and she broke up at last1 scattered into fragments1 and whelmed in a gulf of boiling waters which foamed like an immense cauldron over the place she had occupied a minute before4 ,we had watched the progress to this final disaster with the deepest interest--,i may almost say sympathy--for we could hardly help looking upon the ship as a friend in need1 hovering as it were over destruction without an arm being stretched forth to save her1 and it was not without a real feeling of pain and sorrow that we witnessed her destruction4 ,about half-ebb we descended to the shore--it was covered as far as the eye could reach with her ruin and materials2 and one could almost imagine it had been the destruction of a fleet4 ,thus ended the fate of ,la ,bonne ,esperance of ,brest1 and the occasional appearance of a solitary fragment on the beach1 was soon all that recalled her history to the remembrance of the passers-by4 ,,vyvyan4 #a ,the scenes and events in tins sketch are drawn from nature1 and real occurrences on the southern coast4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,old ,,poets4 ,,good ,,deeds4 ,wretched is he who thinks of doing ill4 ,his evil deeds long to conceal and hide2 ,for though the voice and tongues of men be still1 ,by fowls and beasts his sins shall be descried4 ,and ,god oft worketh by his secret will1 ,that sin itself1 the sinner so doth guide1 ,that of its own accord without request1 ,he makes his wicked doings manifest4 ,,sir ,j4 ,,harrington4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,death4 ,death is a port whereby we reach to joy1 ,life is a lake that drowneth all in pain1 ,death is so near it ceaseth all annoy1 ,life is so leav'd that all it yields is vain2 ,and as by life to bondage ,man was brought1 ,even so likewise by death was freedom wrought4 ,,earl ,,of ,,surrey4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,beauty4 ,nought under ,heaven so strongly doth allure ,the sense of man and all his mind possess1 ,as ,beauty's lovely bait that doth procure ,great warriors oft their rigour to repress1 ,and mighty hands forget their manliness4 ,driven with the power of an heart robbing eye1 ,and wrapt in flowers of a golden tress1 ,that can with melting pleasance mollify ,their hard'ned hearts enur'd to blood and cruelty4 ,,spenser4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,learning4 ----,but that ,learning in despite of fate ,will mount aloft and enter ,heaven's gate2 ,and to the seat of ,jove itself advance1 ,hermes had slept in ,hell with ,ignorance4 ,yet as a punishment they added this1 ,that he and ,poverty should always kiss4 ,and to this day is every scholar poor1 ,gross gold from them runs headlong to the boor4 ,c4 ,,marlowe4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,feeling4 ----,the feeling power which is life's root1 ,through every living part itself doth shed1 ,by sinews which extend from head to foot1 ,and like a net all over the body spread4 ,much like a subtle spider1 which doth sit ,in middle of her web which spreadeth wide1 ,if aught do touch the outmost thread of it1 ,she feels it instantly on every side4 ,j4 ,,davies4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,injustice4 ,so foul a thing1 ,o thou injustice art1 ,that torment'st the doer and distrest2 ,for when a man hath done a wicked part1 ,o how he strives to excuse--to make the best2 ,to shift the fault t' unburden his charg'd heart1 ,and glad to find the least surmise of rest2 ,and if he could make his1 seem other's sin1 ,o what repose1 what ease he'd find therein4 ,,daniell4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,riches4 ,vessels of brass oft handled brightly shine4 ,what difference between the richest mine ,and basest earth1 but use8 for both not used ,are of little worth2 then treasure is abused1 ,when misers keep it2 being put to loan1 ,in time it will return us two for one4 ,c4 ,,marlowe4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,idiot ,,lover4 7,,drawn ,,from ,,life47 7,for the ,mirror47 ,that man that hath a tongue1 ,i say1 is no man1 ,if with his tongue he cannot win a woman4 ,john ,laconi was born in the romantic country of ,switzerland4 ,he was educated tolerably well2 he was a good musician1 and could draw excellently4 ,he possessed a small1 though independent fortune4 ,however1 notwithstanding his advantages and acquirements1 he proved1 when he became a lover1 to be an idiot4 ,at a certain period of his life1 he fell violently in love with a beautiful young ,swiss lady4 ,she was considerably younger than our hero1 was much taller1 and her elegant refinements rendered her a very desirable object4 ,john had a sister1 to whom the young lady paid frequent friendly visits1 and upon such occasions1 owing probably to that mauvaise honte1 with which he was cursed1 he was usually absent from home4 ,i will not disgust my fair readers with a minute description of all his absurdities2 one example1 or so1 shall suffice4 ,one fine evening1 in the month of ,june1 after spending the day with ,laconi's sister1 the young lady prepared to return alone to her father's chteau1 at the distance of about a mile2 and on this occasion1 ,john determined to give a specimen of his gallantry in escorting the fair one home1 resolving likewise to declare his passion in plain terms4 ,accordingly1 having put on his hat and cloak1 and stationed himself at the gate1 he appeared as formidable as any doughty knight in the days of romance1 ready to offer his protection to some forlorn damsel4 ,no sooner1 however1 did the lady appear1 than he became so confused as not to be able to answer her greeting4 ,she was also confused for a moment at his manner1 but immediately began her walk with much disgust and nonchalance2 while he1 like a silly valet de chambre1 followed behind1 leaving his dear mistress' questions unanswered1 and gazing with a vacant stare at the moon4 ,at length1 to the lady's infinite satisfaction1 the white gate of her father's chteau appeared in view1 and ,john1 finding they had nearly reached their destination1 articulated1 in a half suffocated tone1 ,i--,i beg pardon1 ma--madam1 ,i have been considering--4 ,you have1 indeed1 ,mr4 ,john1 quickly returned the smiling damsel1 but ,i think you might have chosen another opportunity1 more seasonable than the present1 to consider the moon6 ,to this retort1 he said nothing1 but looked extremely foolish and ridiculous4 ,however1 when they had actually gained the gate of the chteau1 he boldly resolved to kiss his fair enslaver2 but1 after a moment1 his resolution failed1 and his legs tottered under him4 ,without hearing the lady's sweet good night1 as she tripped gaily from him1 he exclaimed1 ,madam1 can you love me8 ,this appeal was not heard by the flying maiden1 who hastily ascended the steps to her father's door1 which opened and concealed her lovely form from the sight of the amazed lover1 who had not courage sufficient to follow her4 ,whether our idiot did not comprehend the behaviour of his mistress1 ,i cannot say2 certain it is1 he went home well contented with the success he imagined he had gained towards winning her heart4 ,but1 in reality1 she was disgusted with his foolery1 and ceased paying any more visits to her female friend1 in order to avoid the sight of so strange a lover4 ,john1 however1 was a kind of philosopher1 and calmly sustained his love misfortunes4 ,a particular occurrence happened which will somewhat account for this passive resignation4 ,one evening1 during a solitary walk1 he saw his identical mistress in company with a young ,french officer4 ,he walked sullenly home1 wrote some verses on the inconstancy of women1 drew from recollection a portrait of the cruel fair1 which he hung in his study1 and banished his former pretences4 ,report says1 that he lived the remainder of his days in a state of celibacy4 ,g4,w4,n4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,sir ,,humphry ,,davy4 ,sincerely do we regret to announce the death of this great and good man--the most celebrated philosopher of our times1 who has done more for the happiness of his species than any associated ,academy in ,europe4 ,he died at ,geneva1 ,may #bi1 aged #ea4 ,we shall endeavour to do justice to his talents and amiable character1 in a ,memoir to be published at the close of this volume of ,,the ,,mirror--prefixed to which will be a fine ,portrait of the illustrious deceased4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,spirit ,,of ,,discovery4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,discovery ,,of ,,the ,,fate ,,of ,,la ,,perouse4 ,abridged from the ,united ,service ,journal4 ,the fate of this celebrated ,french navigator1 which for upwards of forty years has remained enveloped in mystery1 has at length been satisfactorily ascertained1 a result that is owing to the active and spirited exertions of our gallant and enterprising countryman ,captain ,dillon4 ,it is a remarkable circumstance1 that the discovery of the relics of ,la ,perouse1 arose out of the massacre of the ship ,hunter's crew1 at the ,feejee ,islands1 in #ahac4 ,in this unfortunate affair1 fourteen persons in all1 from the ship ,hunter1 lost their lives4 ,the two that escaped with ,mr4 ,dillon1 were ,william ,wilson and ,martin ,buchart1 a ,prussian1 who resided for two years at ,bough4 ,the latter entreated captain ,robson to give him and his ,bough wife a passage to the first land at which he might arrive1 as they would certainly be sacrificed if they returned to the island4 ,having made ,tucopia on the #bjth of ,september1 ,buchart1 his wife1 and a ,lascar1 were put on shore1 and the ,hunter proceeded on her voyage to ,canton4 ,on the #acth of ,may1 #ahbf1 while in command of the ,st4 ,patrick1 bound from ,valparaiso to ,pondicherry1 captain ,dillon came in sight of the island of ,tucopia4 ,prompted by curiosity1 as well as regard for old companions in danger1 he lay to1 anxious to ascertain whether the persons left there in #ahac1 were still alive4 ,a canoe1 in which was the ,lascar1 soon afterwards put off from land and came alongside4 ,this was immediately succeeded by another canoe1 containing ,martin ,buchart1 the ,prussian4 ,they were both in excellent health1 and exceedingly rejoiced to see him4 ,they informed him1 that the natives had treated them very kindly2 and that no ship had touched at the island from the time they were first landed1 until about a year previous to his arrival1 when an ,english whaler visited them1 and was soon after followed by a second4 ,the ,lascar had an old silver sword-guard1 which he bartered for a few fishing-hooks4 ,captain ,dillon inquired where he had obtained it2 the ,prussian informed him1 that on his arrival at the island1 he saw it in the possession of the natives1 also several chainplates belonging to a ship1 a number of iron bolts1 five axes1 the handle of a silver fork1 a few knives1 tea-cups1 glass beads and bottles1 one silver spoon with a crest and a cipher1 a sword1 c4 ,as soon as he became sufficiently acquainted with the language1 he asked the natives how they obtained those articles1 as they said that the ,hunter was the first ship with which they had ever held communication4 ,they replied1 that about two days' sail in their canoes to leeward1 there was a large group of islands1 known generally by the name of ,manicolo1 to which they were in the habit of making frequent voyages1 and that they had procured these articles from the inhabitants1 who possessed many more of a similar description4 ,buchart proceeded to state1 that the ,tucopians asserted that a great number of articles were on the ,manicolo ,islands in a state of preservation1 and such articles were evidently obtained from the wreck of a vessel4 ,about seven months before captain ,dillon touched at ,tucopia1 a canoe had returned from ,manicolo1 and brought away two large chain plates1 and an iron bolt1 about four feet in length4 ,he spoke with some of the crew of the canoe which had last made the voyage to ,manicolo4 ,they told him that there was abundance of iron materials still remaining on the island4 ,those which ,martin ,buchart saw were much oxydized and worn4 ,the only silver spoon brought to ,tucopia1 as far as captain ,dillon could learn1 was beaten out into a wire by ,buchart1 for the purpose of making rings and other ornaments for the female islanders4 ,upon examining the sword-guard minutely1 captain ,dillon discovered1 or thought he discovered1 the initials of ,perouse stamped upon it1 which circumstance prompted him to be more eager in his inquiries4 ,the ,prussian said he had himself never made a trip to ,manicolo with the ,tucopians1 but the ,lascar had gone once or twice4 ,he positively affirmed1 that he had seen and conversed at ,paiow1 a native town1 with the ,europeans who spoke the language of the islanders4 ,they were old men1 he said1 who told him that they had been wrecked several years ago in one of the ships1 the remnants of which they pointed out to him4 ,they informed him also that no vessel had touched at the islands since they had been there2 that most of their comrades were dead1 but they had been so scattered among the various islands1 that they could not tell precisely how many of them were still living4 ,on hearing so many circumstances all tending to confirm his suspicions1 from the moment he saw the silver sword-guard with the cipher1 captain ,dillon determined to proceed as quickly as possible to the ,manicolo ,islands1 examine the wrecks himself1 and1 if practicable1 bring off the two men with whom the ,lascar had spoken1 and whom1 he said1 were ,frenchmen4 ,for this purpose he begged the latter to accompany him1 but as he was married and comfortably settled on the island1 neither promises nor threats were of any avail1 although captain ,dillon offered to bring him back to ,tucopia4 ,martin ,buchart1 on the contrary1 was tired of the savage life he had led for the last fourteen years1 and gladly acceded to the wishes of captain ,dillon1 who after prevailing with a ,tucopian also to come on board1 sailed for the island4 ,unfortunately1 as the ship neared the land1 it fell a perfect calm1 and continued so for seven days4 ,at this time the stock of dry provisions was nearly exhausted1 and there was no animal food to be procured on ,tucopia4 ,the crew lived principally on ,new ,zealand potatoes and bananas4 ,the vessel became every day more leaky from a long continuance at sea2 and a person on board1 who was interested in the cargo1 had1 during captain ,dillon's stay in the islands1 shown himself particularly discontented1 and had frequently and warmly remonstrated at what he considered an unnecessary and useless delay2 for these reasons1 therefore1 captain ,dillon determined1 though with the greatest reluctance1 to take advantage of a breeze which sprang up1 continued his voyage1 and arrived at ,bengal with much difficulty1 his ship being in a very leaky condition4 ,unwilling to abandon his favourite object1 captain ,dillon now applied to the ,asiatic ,society1 and to the ,bengal ,government2 and in consequence of his representations1 his suggestions were at length carried into effect4 ,he was appointed to the command of one of the ,company's cruisers1 of sixteen guns and eighty-five men1 called the ,research2 and on the #bgth of ,january1 #ahbg1 he sailed from ,bengal1 visited ,van ,dieman's ,land1 ,new ,south ,wales1 ,new ,zealand1 the ,friendly ,islands1 ,ro-,thoma1 or ,granville ,island of the ,pandora1 ,tucopia1 and arrived at ,manicolo on the #bgth of ,september4 ,this island 7,manicolo1 or ,vanicolo7 is not the ,mallicolo of captain ,cook1 being situated only #aah miles to the leeward of ,tucopia1 in latitude #aa deg4 #dg min41 whilst the former lies in south latitude #af deg4 #ae min4 ,captain ,dillon personally visited the reefs on which the ,french ships are ascertained to have struck and gone to pieces1 according to the accounts of the natives1 from which the following particulars have been obtained of that disastrous event3--,many years ago two large ships arrived at the islands2 one anchored off the island of ,whanoo1 and the other off that of ,paiow1 a little distance from each other4 ,soon after1 and before they had any communication with the natives1 a heavy gale arose1 and both vessels were driven ashore4 ,the ship off ,whanoo grounded upon the rocks4 ,the natives came in crowds to the sea-shore1 armed with clubs1 spears1 bows and arrows1 and discharged some arrows into the vessel2 the crew in return fired1 and killed several of the islanders4 ,the vessel continued to strike violently against the rocks1 and soon went to pieces4 ,some of the crew took to their boats1 but were driven on shore1 and murdered by the natives2 others threw themselves into the sea1 and such as reached the land1 shared the fate of their unfortunate companions1 so that not a single soul belonging to this vessel escaped alive4 ,the ship which grounded on ,paiow1 was driven on a sandy beach1 and the natives came down and also discharged their arrows into her2 but the crew prudently did not resent the aggression1 but held up axes1 beads1 and toys1 as peace-offerings1 upon which the assailants desisted from farther hostilities4 ,as soon as the wind had moderated1 an aged chief1 in a canoe1 put off to the ship4 ,he was received with caresses1 accepted the presents offered to him3 and upon going ashore1 pacified the islanders by assurances that the ship's crew were peaceably inclined towards them4 ,upon this1 several natives went on board1 and were all presented with toys4 ,in return1 they supplied the crew with yams1 fowls1 bananas1 cocoa-nuts1 hogs1 c4 and confidence was established between them4 ,the ship was now abandoned1 and the crew went on shore1 bringing with them part of her stores4 ,here they remained for some time1 and built a small vessel with the materials from the wreck4 ,when it was ready to put to sea1 as many as could conveniently1 embarked in her1 being plentifully supplied with fresh provisions by the islanders4 ,the commander promised those who were left behind1 to return immediately with presents for the natives1 and to bring them off2 but1 as the little vessel was never afterwards heard of1 the men sought the protection of the neighbouring chiefs1 with whom they lived4 ,several muskets and some gunpowder had been left them by their comrades1 and by means of these1 they proved of great service to their friends1 in encounters with the neighbouring islanders4 ,the natives of ,manicolo are not cannibals2 but when an enemy falls into their power he is immediately killed1 and his body is deposited in sea-water1 and kept there until the bones become perfectly bare4 ,the skeleton is then taken up1 the bones of the extremities scraped and cut into various forms1 to point arrows and spears4 ,their arms consist of heavy clubs1 spears1 and bows and arrows4 ,they poison the latter with a kind of reddish gum1 extracted from a species of tree peculiar to the island4 ,when any one is struck by a poisoned arrow in any of the limbs1 the part is quickly cut out1 and his life is sometimes saved2 but if the wound happens to be in the body1 where it cannot be easily excised1 he resigns himself quietly to death without a murmur1 though he frequently lingers for four or five days in excruciating agony4 ,the ,manicolans differ from almost all the other islanders in the ,south ,sea2 they are as black as negroes1 have short woolly hair1 and resemble them in their features4 ,their religion also is different2 in every village in the island there is a house dedicated to the ,deity4 ,at the principal chapel1 the skulls of all the people who were killed1 belonging to the ship that grounded at ,whanoo1 are still preserved4 ,the natives of ,tucopia1 unaccustomed to the sight of human bones1 avoid1 as much as possible1 when they visit the island1 approaching the sacred house where the skulls are deposited4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,selector2 ,,and ,,literary ,,notices ,,of ,,new ,,works4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,waverley ,,novels4 ,the new edition1 7of which ,waverley has just appeared17 is1 without exception1 the handsomest book of the day1 in editorship1 literary and graphic embellishment or typography4 ,perhaps little persuasion was necessary for a second reading of so delightful a novel as ,waverley1 but the author's piquant notes to the present edition would alike tempt the matter-of-fact man1 and the inveterate novel reader to begin again4 ,the prefatory anecdotes to ,waverley are extremely interesting--and the little autobiographic sketches are so many leaves from the life of the ingenious author4 ,we hope to introduce a few of the notes of the ,series2 but content ourselves for the present with the following3 being the original of the legend of ,mrs4 ,grizel ,oldbuck3 ,mr4 ,r----d of ,bowland1 a gentleman of landed property in the vale of ,gala1 was prosecuted for a very considerable sum1 the accumulated arrears of teind 7or tithe7 for which he was said to be indebted to a noble family1 the titulars 7lay impropriators of the tithes47 ,mr4 ,r----d was strongly impressed with the belief that his father had1 by a form of process peculiar to the law of ,scotland1 purchased these lands from the titular1 and therefore that the present prosecution was groundless4 ,but after an industrious search among his father's papers1 an investigation of the public records1 and a careful inquiry among all persons who had transacted law business for his father1 no evidence could be recovered to support his defence4 ,the period was now near at hand when he conceived the loss of his lawsuit to be inevitable1 and he had formed his determination to ride to ,edinburgh next day1 and make the best bargain he could in the way of compromise4 ,he went to bed with this resolution1 and with all the circumstances of the case floating upon his mind1 had a dream to the following purpose4 ,his father1 who had been many years dead1 appeared to him1 he thought1 and asked him why he was disturbed in his mind4 ,in dreams men are not surprised at such apparitions4 ,mr4 ,r----d thought that he had informed his father of the cause of his distress1 adding that the payment of a considerable sum of money was the more unpleasant to him1 because he had a strong consciousness that it was not due1 though he was unable to recover any evidence in support of his belief4 ,you are right1 my son1 replied the paternal shade2 ,i did acquire right to these teinds1 for payment of which you are now prosecuted4 ,the papers relating to the transaction are in the hands of ,mr4 ----1 a writer 7or attorney17 who is now retired from professional business1 and resides at ,inveresk1 near ,edinburgh4 ,he was a person whom ,i employed on that occasion for a particular reason1 but who never on any other occasion transacted business on my account4 ,it is very possible1 pursued the vision1 that ,mr4 ---- may have forgotten a matter which is now of a very old date2 but you may call it to his recollection by this token1 that when ,i came to pay his account1 there was difficulty in getting change for a ,portugal piece of gold1 and that we were forced to drink out the balance at a tavern4 ,mr4 ,r----d awaked in the morning with all the words of the vision imprinted on his mind1 and thought it worth while to ride across the country to ,inveresk1 instead of going straight to ,edinburgh4 ,when he came there1 he waited on the gentleman mentioned in the dream1 a very old man2 without saying any thing of the vision1 he inquired whether he remembered having conducted such a matter for his deceased father4 ,the old gentleman could not at first bring the circumstance to his recollection1 but on mention of the ,portugal piece of gold1 the whole returned upon his memory2 he made an immediate search for the papers1 and recovered them2 so that ,mr4 ,r----d carried to ,edinburgh the documents necessary to gain the cause which he was on the verge of losing4 ,the author has often heard this story told by persons who had the best access to know the facts1 who were not likely themselves to be deceived1 and were certainly incapable of deception4 ,he cannot therefore refuse to give it credit1 however extraordinary the circumstances may appear4 ,the circumstantial character of the information given in the dream1 takes it out of the general class of impressions of the kind which are occasioned by the fortuitous coincidence of actual events with our sleeping thoughts4 ,on the other hand1 few would suppose that the laws of nature were suspended1 and a special communication from the dead to the living permitted1 for the purpose of saving ,mr4 ,r----d a certain number of hundred pounds4 ,the author's theory is1 that the dream was only the recapitulation of information which ,mr4 ,r----d had really received from his father while in life1 but which at first he merely recalled as a general impression that the claim was settled4 ,it is not uncommon for persons to recover1 during sleep1 the thread of ideas which they have lost during their waking hours4 ,it may be added1 that this remarkable circumstance was attended with bad consequences to ,mr4 ,r----d1 whose health and spirits were afterwards impaired by the attention which he thought himself obliged to pay to the visions of the night4--,notes to the ,antiquary4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,road-,,book ,,of ,,france4 ,people who are bound for the ,continent should provide themselves with the new edition of ,mr4 ,leigh's descriptive ,road ,book of ,france--even before they get their passports at the ,french ambassador's1 or if they only intend to visit ,calais1 ,boulogne1 or ,dieppe--and the chances are that they will be induced to travel beyond these places1 which1 in truth1 give an ,englishman no more idea of ,france than ,dovor would afford a foreigner of ,england4 ,a few years since1 comparatively speaking1 people only knew their way from ,york to ,london1 much less the objects on the road--now1 by the economy of guide books they may know every good inn in ,france1 and carry the ichnography of the kingdom in their coat pocket4 ,in the present edition of the ,road ,book of ,france1 attention has been paid to the description of the delightful ,south1 especially of ,bordeaux1 the mineral springs and bathing-places of the ,pyrenees1 the navigation of the ,rhone from ,lyons to ,avignon1 as well as of ,marseilles1 ,toulouse1 c41 and some of the principal towns have been illustrated with plans4 ,dipping into the ,itinerary from ,calais to ,paris1 we were reminded of a curious coincidence3 ,julius ,caesar is supposed to have sailed from ,boulogne on his expedition against the ,britons2 and in later times1 ,napoleon ,bonaparte there prepared to carry into execution the invasion of ,great ,britain4 ,but how different have been the results6 99 99 99 99 99 ,,journey ,,from ,,the ,,bank ,,to ,,barnes4 ,a lively volume with many shreds of wit and humour1 and occasional patches of righte merrie conceite1 has just fallen into our hands1 and has afforded us some very pleasant reading4 ,there is fun in the very title1 ,personal ,narrative of a ,journey overland from the ,bank to ,barnes1 c4 with some account of the ,regions east of ,kensington4 ,by an ,inside ,passenger4 ,with a ,model for a ,magazine1 being the product of the ,author's sojourn at the village of ,barnes1 during five rainy days4 ,the author is a shrewd1 clever fellow1 who loves a little raillery on the follies of the day1 and joins with our friend1 ,popanilla in deploring the present artificial state of society2 therefore1 suppose we give a few flying extracts from his tour1 premising that the good people of the little villages through which he passed1 are not aware of what good things he has said of them2 for his little book would suit every parlour window from ,hyde ,park ,corner to ,barnes4 ,brentford4 ,the ancient and nearly deserted barony of ,brentford still contains1 in its monuments and antiquities1 vestiges of former splendour4 ,the horse-trough opposite the ,bell and ,feathers is to the antiquarian a most particularly interesting morceau2 the verdure of age has defaced it in part1 but enough still remains to prove that our ancestors had made no mean proficiency in the rustic style of architecture4 ,the reservoir1 which contains the sparkling element so grateful to that noble animal1 is modelled from the celebrated sarcophagus in the ,british ,museum2 and the posts which support it are evidently ,doric4 ,on the outside of it are several nearly obliterated specimens of carving1 as well as drawings in chalk4 ,nearly parallel with the horse-trough1 as you go down ,maud's ,rents1 is that useful1 and indeed indispensible1 triumph of hydraulics1 the pump4 ,the taste and science displayed in its execution do credit to the engineer2 and the soil in which it is imbedded1 being argillaceous1 partially encrusted with strontian1 reflects equal honour on his geological attainments4 ,this pump1 which you approach by three steps1 is perpendicular1 and of an elegant appearance2 and forms the chief ornament of the ,rents4 ,the handle is of wrought iron1 highly polished2 the snout copper1 studded with hobnails4 ,it is neatly coated with white paint1 and bears on its front the following inscription1 which ,i have copied for the gratification of the curious in antiquarian research4 ,this ,pump was erected1 and ,well sunk1 ,a4,d4 #ahbd1 from the proceeds of a ,charity ,sermon1 preached in the ,parish ,church of this ,parish1 by his ,grace the ,bishop of ,bath and ,wells4 99 99 99 ,peter ,broddupp1 ,overseer1 ,slingsby ,stygle1 and ,john ,moles1 ,churchwardens4 99 99 99 ,n4,b4 ,whoever washes ,fish at this ,pump will be prosecuted4 ,i cannot take leave of this interesting town without noticing the church4 ,it is surmounted by a neat steeple1 cut in wood1 in the pointed style of architecture2 on the top of which is a goodly key1 to indicate the wind1--which1 the inhabitants remark1 has blown due south for the last ten years4 ,the porch1 which is a curious specimen of the ,maeso-,gothic1 is rather hurt by the simplicity of the scrapers1 which1 being merely segments of iron hoops1 do not harmonize with the otherwise elaborate approach4 ,tossbury4 ,the demesne of ,tossbury 7by ,camden written ,tossbery7 was anciently a grant in feoffment to the ,college of ,physicians by ,king ,john4 ,on the spot now occupied by the burial grounds formerly stood their college2 and here they flourished until the population1 originally abundant1 diminished so alarmingly1 as to induce them to remove to ,warwick ,lane4 ,mr4 ,p4 7the landlord of the inn17 ever ready to shew his guests what at that village are esteemed great curiosities1 was indefatigable in explaining the various instances in which he has made science subservient to utility4 ,the staircase1 as far as the great dining-room1 he has1 at considerable expense1 macadamized2 which1 provided it is kept well watered1 and scrapers attached to the chamber-doors1 our worthy host assured us1 was infinitely preferable to marble4 ,he begged us to be under no apprehension as to the dampness of our beds1 as they were warmed by a steam-apparatus of his own contrivance4 ,he always keeps a ,leyden jar1 about the size of a boiler1 ready charged1 wherewith he kills geese1 turkeys1 and even lamb2 which1 he affirms1 is a much less shocking method of neutralizing the vital spark than the vulgar butchery of twisting and sticking4 ,he has lost three of his fingers1 through incautiously handling a self-acting rat-trap of his own construction2 and had his left eye blown out1 while investigating the exact interval between combustion and explosion4 99 99 99 99 99 ,i found a difference of about half an hour between the dial of ,putney ,church and my watch1 which a young gentleman intended for one of the universities accounted for from difference of latitude4 ,he likewise explained a phenomenon1 which rather startled us1 near ,kew4 ,we saw about half-a-dozen cows galloping furiously towards the river's brink2 flirting their tails1 and1 indeed1 conducting themselves with a vivacity perfectly inconsistent with the acknowledged sobriety of that useful animal4 ,he calmed our apprehensions1 by informing us they were intended for the ,east ,indies4 ,every other day they are fed with best rock-salt1 instead of green-meat2 which1 by chemical agency1 renders them fat and fit to be killed1 and sent on ship-board at a moment's notice2 the trouble and delay of salting down being totally unnecessary4 ,these cows1 he assured us1 had just finished their thirst-inducing meal4 ,near ,hill's boat-shed is the patent ,philanthropical ,hay-tosser1 a stupendous machine1 invented expressly to prevent the degradation and slavery to which thousands of our fellow men are subjected during hay-harvest4 ,it must gratify every friend to the amelioration of his species to learn1 that the humane intention of the inventer is likely to be realized1 as there are already three thousand ,irishmen out of employ4 ,here we must halt with our tourist4 ,the result of his lucubrations at ,barnes--a ,model for a ,magazine will be found very serviceable to all prospectus writers1 and furnish skeleton articles for a whole volume4 ,we have been amused with the pleasantries of the author1 and in return we thank him1 and recommend his little book to our readers4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,spirit ,,of ,,the ,,public ,,journals 99 99 99 99 99 ,,classical ,,corrections4 ,in a neat little cottage1 some five miles from town1 ,lived a pretty young maiden1 by name ,daphne ,brown1 ,like a butterfly1 pretty and airy3 ,in a village hard by lived a medical prig1 ,with a rubicund nose1 and a full-bottomed wig1 ,apollo1 the apothecary4 ,he1 being crop sick of his bachelor life1 ,resolved1 in his old days1 to look for a wife-- 7,nota bene--,thank ,heaven1 ,i'm not married73 ,he envied his neighbours their curly-poled brats1 7,all swarming1 as if in a village of ,pats17 ,and sighed that so long he had tarried4 ,having heard of fair ,daphne1 the village coquette1 ,as women to splendour were never blind yet1 ,he resolved with his grandeur to strike her2 ,so he bought a new buggy1 where1 girt in a wreath1 ,were his arms1 pills1 and pestle--this motto beneath-- ,ego opifer per orbem dicor4 ,to the village he drove1 sought young ,daphne's old sire1 ,counted gold by rouleaus1 and bank notes by the quire1 ,and promised the old buck a share in't1 ,if his daughter he'd give--for the amorous fool ,thought of young ladies' hearts and affections the rule ,apparently rests with a parent4 ,alas6 his old mouth may long water in vain1 ,who tries by this method a mistress to gain-- ,a miss is the sure termination3 ,for a maiden's delight is to plague the old boy1 ,and to think sixty-five not the period for joy2 ,alas6 all the sex are vexation4 ,daphne ,brown had two eyes with the tenderest glances6 ,her brain had been tickled by reading romances1 ,and those compounds of nonsense called novels1 ,where ,augustus and ,ellen1 or fair ,isabel1 ,with ,romeo1 in sweet little cottages dwell3 ,sed meo periclo1 read hovels4 ,she had toiled through ,clarissa2 ,camilla could quote2 ,knew the raptures of ,werter and ,charlotte by rote2 ,thought ,smith and ,sir ,walter ecstatic2 ,and as for the novels of ,miss ,lefanu1 ,she dog's-eared them till the whole twenty looked blue2 ,and studied ',the ,monk' in the attic4 ,when her sire introduced our ,apollo1 he found ,the maiden in torrents of sympathy drowned-- ,floods of tears is too trite and too common3 ,her eyes were quite swelled--her lips pouting and pale2 ,for she just had been reading that heartbreaking tale1 ,annabelle1 or the ,sufferings of ,woman4 ,apollo1 ,i'll swear1 had more courage than ,i1 ,to accost a young maid with a drop in her eye2 ,i'd as soon catch a snake or a viper3 ,she1 while wiping her tears1 gives ,apollo some wipes2 ,and when a young lady has set up her pipes1 ,her lover will soon pay the piper4 ,papa locked her up--but the very next night1 ,with a cornet of horse1 the young lady took flight2 ,to ,apollo she left this apology-- ,that1 were she to spend with an old man her life1 ,she would gain1 by the penance she'd bear as a wife1 ,a place in the next martyrology4 ,apollo gave chase1 but was destined to fail2 ,the female had safely been lodged in the mail1 ,now flying full speed to the borders2 ,so the doctor1 compelled his sad fate to endure1 ,came back to his shop1 commissioned to cure ,all disorders but ,cupid's disorders4 ,monthly ,magazine4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,bamborough ,,castle4 ,the origin of this princely establishment may be new to our readers3--,one of the owners of the castle1 ,john ,forster1 member for ,northumberland1 having joined in the rebellion1 and being general of the ,english part of the rebel army1 of course his estates1 then valued at #a1cad l4 per annum1 were forfeited2 ,crewe1 bishop of ,durham1 purchased them from the government commissioners1 and settled the whole1 by his will1 on charitable uses4 ,under a clause which left the residue of the rents to such charitable uses as his trustees might appoint1 the princely establishment of ,bamborough has arisen--where ,charity hath fixed her chosen seat2 ,and ,pity1 at the dark and stormy hour ,of midnight1 when the moon is hid on high1 ,keeps her love watch upon the topmost tower1 ,and turns her ear to each expiring cry1 ,blest if her aid some fainting wretch might save1 ,and snatch him1 cold and speechless1 from the grave4 ,,bowles4 ,the charitable intentions of a testator have never1 in any instance1 been better fulfilled than this2 the residuary rents1 owing to the great increase of rental in the ,forster estates1 became considerably the most important part of the bequest2 and the trustees1 who are restricted to five in number1 all clergymen1 and of whom the rector of ,lincoln ,college is always one1 being unfettered by any positive regulations1 have so discharged their trust as to render ,bamborough ,castle the most extensively useful1 as well as the most munificent1 of all our eleemosynary institutions4 ,there are two free-schools there1 both on the ,madras system1 one for boys1 the other for girls2 and thirty of the poorest girls are clothed1 lodged1 and boarded1 till1 at the age of sixteen1 they are put out to service1 with a good stock of clothing1 and a present of #bl4 #abs4 #f;d4 each2 and at the end of the first year1 if the girl has behaved well1 another guinea is given her1 with a ,bible1 a ,prayer-book1 the ,whole ,duty of ,man1 and ,secker's ,lectures on the ,catechism4 ,there is a library in the castle1 to which ,dr4 ,sharp1 one of the trustees1 bequeathed1 in #agib1 the whole of his own collection1 valued at more than #hjjl42 the books are lent gratuitously to any householder1 of good report1 residing within twenty miles of ,bamborough1 and to any clergyman1 ,roman ,catholic priest1 or dissenting minister within the said distance4 ,there is an infirmary also in the castle1 of which the average annual number of in-patients is about thirty-five--of out-patients above one thousand4 ,there is an ample granary1 from whence1 in time of scarcity1 the poor are supplied on low terms4 ,twice a week the poor are supplied with meal1 at reduced prices1 and with groceries at prime cost2 and the average number of persons who partake this benefit is about one thousand three hundred in ordinary times1 in years of scarcity very many more4 ,to sailors on that perilous coast ,bamborough ,castle is what the ,convent of ,st4 ,bernard is to travellers in the ,alps4 ,thirty beds are kept for shipwrecked sailors2 a patrol for above eight miles 7being the length of the manor7 is kept along the coast every stormy night2 signals are made2 a life-boat is in readiness at ,holy ,island1 and apparatus of every kind is ready for assisting seamen in distress2--wrecked goods are secured and stored1 the survivors are relieved1 the bodies that are cast on shore are decently interred4 ,quarterly ,review4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,fine ,,arts ,,the ,,diorama4 ,on the day of the unfortunate destruction of the ,oxford ,street ,diorama and ,bazaar1 by fire1 two new views were opened at the ,diorama in the ,regent's ,park4 ,these are the ,interior of ,st4 ,peter's at ,rome1 and the ,village of ,thiers4 ,we have so often spoken in terms of the highest commendation of the ,regent's ,park ,diorama1 that we hardly know in what set of words to point out the beauties of these new views1 the merits of which must not alter our meed of praise1 however the subjects may its details4 ,the ,interior of ,st4 ,peter's is by ,m4 ,bouton4 ,the point of view is at the east entry1 opposite to the choir2 the reader1 perhaps1 not being aware that the choir in this cathedral is situated differently from all others1 being at the west end4 ,so beautiful are the proportions of the cathedral itself1 that its vastness does not strike at first sight1 and this effect is admirably preserved in the ,diorama4 ,we think we could point out a few inaccuracies in the drawing2 but the projections1 capitals of the columns1 and some of the medallion portraits which ornament them1 are so well painted1 that we can scarcely believe ourselves looking on a flat surface4 ,again1 the emmet-like figures of the distant congregation are admirable illustrations of the vastness of the building2 and above all1 the flood of light shed from the lantern of the dome is a perfect triumph of art4 ,the other view is the ,french ,village of ,thiers in the department of the ,puy de ,doue1 on the bank of the little ,river ,durolle1 which is actually made to flow1 or rather trickle over large stones2 whilst smoke ascends from the chimney of an adjoining cottage4 ,as a romantic picture of still life1 its merits can scarcely be too highly spoken of1 and when we say it is quite equal to ,unterseen1 by the same artist1 and engraved in our last volume1 we hope our readers will not be long ere they judge for themselves4 ,we could have lingered for an hour in the contemplation of this peaceful picture1 with the devotional interior of ,st4 ,peter's--and in contrasting them with the turmoil of the ,great ,town out of which we had just stepped to view this little ,creation of art4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,gatherer ,a snapper up of unconsidered trifles4 ,,shakspeare4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,lines ,written impromptu1 by ,sir ,lumley ,skeffington1 ,bart4 in the ,theatre ,royal1 ,drury ,lane1 at the ,benefit of 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