file which includes the original illustrations4 ,see #adjaa-;h4htm or #adjaa-;h4zip3 7https3_/_/www4gutenberg4org_/dirs_/#a_/ d_/j_/a_/adjaa_/adjaa-;h_/#adjaa-;h4htm7 or 7https3_/_/www4gutenberg4org_/dirs_/#a_/ d_/j_/a_/adjaa_/adjaa-;h4zip7 ,,the ,,mirror ,,of ,,literature1 ,,amusement1 ,,and ,,instruction4 ,,vol4 ,,xiv41 ,,no4 #chi4 ,,saturday1 ,,september #ab1 #ahbi4 ,,price #b;d4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,sion ,,house4 ,illustration3 ,sion ,house4 ,taylor1 the water poet1 or ,samuel ,ireland1 the picturesque ,thames tourist1 could not1 in all their enthusiasm of jingling rhymes and aquatint plates1 have exceeded our admiration of ,sion ,house4 ,its whitened towers and battlemented roof are known to all the swan-hopping and steam navigators of our day1 and none who have floated ,to where the silver ,thames first rural grows1-- can be strangers to the magnificence of the river-front4 ,sion ,house stands in the parish of ,isleworth1 on the ,middlesex bank of the ,thames1 and opposite ,richmond gardens4 ,it is called ,sion from a nunnery of ,bridgetines of the same name1 originally founded at ,twickenham1 by ,henry ,v4 in #adad1 and removed to this spot in #adcb4 ,this conventual association consisted of sixty nuns1 the abbess1 thirteen priests1 four deacons1 and eight lay brethren2 the whole thus corresponding1 in point of number1 with the ,apostles and seventy-two disciples of ,christ4 ,but the inmates were neither sinless nor spotless2 many irregularities existed in the foundation1 and consequently1 ,sion was among the first of the larger monastic institutions suppressed by ,henry ,,viii4 ,the estimated yearly value was #a1idd l4 #aa s4 #h-a_/b d41 now worth #ch1hia l4 #ad s4 #b;d4 ,after the dissolution of this convent1 in #aecb1 it continued in the crown during the remainder of ,henry's reign2 and the ,king confined here his unfortunate ,queen1 ,catherine ,howard1 from ,november #ad1 #aeda1 to ,february #aj1 #aedb1 being three days before her execution4 ,edward ,,vi4 granted it to his uncle1 the ,duke of ,somerset1 who1 in #aedg1 began to build this spacious structure1 and finished the shell of it nearly as it now remains4 ,the house is a majestic edifice of white stone1 built in a quadrangular form1 with a flat and embattled roof1 with a square turret at each of the outward angles4 ,in the centre is an enclosed area1 now laid out as a flower garden4 ,the gardens were originally enclosed by high walls before the east and west fronts1 so as to exclude all prospect2 but the ,protector1 to remedy this inconvenience1 built a high terrace in the angle between the walls of the two gardens4 ,after his execution1 in #aeeb1 ,sion was forfeited2 and the house1 which was given to ,john1 ,duke of ,northumberland1 then became the residence of his son1 ,lord ,guildford ,dudley1 and of his daughter-in-law1 the unfortunate ,lady ,jane ,grey1 who resided at this place when the ,duke of ,northumberland and ,suffolk1 and her husband1 came to prevail upon her to accept the fatal present of the crown4 ,the duke being beheaded in #aeec1 ,sion ,house reverted to the crown4 ,queen ,mary restored it to the ,bridgetines1 who possessed it till they were finally expelled by ,elizabeth4 ,in #afjd1 ,sion ,house was granted to ,henry ,percy1 ninth ,earl of ,northumberland1 in consideration of his eminent services4 ,his son1 ,algernon1 employed ,inigo ,jones to new face the inner court1 and to finish the great hall in the manner in which it now appears4 ,in #afhb1 ,charles1 ,duke of ,somerset1 by his marriage with the only child of ,joceline1 ,earl of ,northumberland1 became possessed of ,sion ,house3 he lent the mansion to the ,princess ,anne1 who resided here during the misunderstanding between her and ,queen ,mary4 ,upon the duke's death1 in #agdh1 his son1 ,algernon1 gave ,sion ,house to ,sir ,hugh and ,lady ,elizabeth ,smithson1 his son-in-law and daughter1 afterwards ,duke and ,duchess of ,northumberland1 who made many fine improvements here1 under the direction of ,robert ,adam1 ,esq4 ,the late duke 7who distinguished himself at the battle of ,bunker's ,hill7 passed the principal part of his time at this seat2 and here1 also1 he died1 in the year #ahae4 ,the present duke has expended immense sums in the improvement of the mansion1 grounds1 and gardens4 ,the entrance is from the great road through a fine gateway1 having on each side an open colonnade1 and on the top a lion passant1 the crest of the noble house of ,northumberland4 ,a flight of steps leads into the great hall1 sixty-six feet by thirty-one feet1 and thirty-four in height1 paved with white and black marble1 and ornamented with colossal statues1 and an extremely fine bronze cast of the ,dying ,gladiator1 cast at ,rome1 by ,valadier4 ,a flight of veined marble steps leads to the vestibule1 with a floor of scagliola1 and twelve large ,ionic columns and sixteen pilasters of verde antique4 ,this leads to the dining room1 ornamented with marble statues and paintings in chiaro oscuro1 after the antique1 with1 at each end1 a circular recess1 separated by ,corinthian columns1 fluted1 and a ceiling in stucco1 gilt4 ,the drawing room has a rich carved ceiling2 and the sides are hung with three-coloured silk damask1 the finest of the kind ever executed in ,england4 ,the antique mosaic tables1 and the chimney-piece of this apartment are very splendid1 as are also the glasses1 which are #ajh inches by #fe4 ,the great gallery1 serving for the library and museum1 is #acc- feet by #ad1 is in stucco1 after the finest remains of antiquity1 and is remarkable as the first specimen of stucco work finished in ,england4 ,a series of medallion-paintings here represents the portraits of all the earls of ,northumberland1 in succession1 and other principal persons of the houses of ,percy and ,seymour4 ,at each end is a little pavilion1 finished in exquisite taste2 as is also a beautiful closet in one of the square turrets rising above the roof1 which commands an enchanting prospect4 ,from the east end of the gallery is a suite of private apartments leading back to the great hall1 and hung with valuable paintings1 among which are the following portraits3 ,henry ,percy1 ninth ,earl of ,northumberland1 who was implicated in the ,gunpowder ,plot1 and imprisoned in the ,tower2 he died ,november #e1 #afcb1 the anniversary of the day so fatal to his happiness4 ,lucy1 ,countess of ,carlisle1 his daughter1 one of the most admired beauties of her time2 she also died ,november #e1 #affj4 ,algernon ,percy1 tenth ,earl of ,northumberland4 ,charles ,i4 and one of his sons1 by ,sir ,p4 ,lely4 ,charles ,i4 by ,vandyke4 ,queen ,henrietta ,maria1 ,vandyke4 ,the ,duke of ,gloucester1 son of ,charles ,i4 ,the ,princess ,elizabeth1 daughter of ,charles ,i42 this is believed to be the only picture extant of this lady4 ,the above portraits of the ,stuart family are placed in the apartments in which ,charles had so many tender interviews with his children1 after the latter were committed to the charge of ,earl ,algernon ,percy1 and removed to ,sion ,house1 in ,august1 #afdf4 ,the earl treated them with parental attention1 and obtained a grant of ,parliament for the king to be allowed to see them2 and in consequence of this indulgence1 the latter1 who was then under restraint at ,hampton ,court1 often dined with his family at ,sion ,house4 ,two of the principal fronts of ,sion ,house command very beautiful scenery2 for even the ,thames itself appears to belong to the gardens1 which are separated into two parts by a serpentine river that communicates with the ,thames4 ,the gardens were principally laid out by ,brown3 they have1 however1 been lately improved and re-arranged2 and the kitchen-garden is almost unequalled by any thing in the kingdom4 ,here is a range of hothouses upwards of #djj feet in length1 constructed of metal1 even to the wall-plates1 the doors1 and framing of the sashes2 the whole being glazed with plate-glass4 ,it is impossible for us to describe the extent and completeness of these improvements1 connected with which1 ,mr4 ,loudon observes--nothing can be more gratifying than to see a nobleman employing a part of his income in so judicious and spirited a manner4#a #a ,mr ,loudon promises an account of these improvements for the next number of his valuable ,gardener's ,magazine4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,retrospective ,,gleanings4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,monkish ,,verses4 7,for the ,mirror47 ,,mirror1 vol4 xii4 pp4 #ih1 #afe4 ,the following is said to have been the epitaph on the tomb of ,fair ,rosamond1 at ,godstow3-- ,hic jacet in tomba1 ,rosamundae non ,rosamundi1 ,non redolet sed olet quae redolere solet4 ,,translated4 ,within this tomb lies the world's fairest rose2 ,whose scent now charms not1 but offends the nose4 ,,mirror1 vol4 xiii4 p4 #ih4 ,the couplet on ,york ,minster1 translated4 ,as of all flowers the rose is still the sweetest1 ,so of all churches this is the completest4 ,on the stone in the coronation chair in ,westminster ,abbey4 ,ni fallat fatum1 ,scoti quocunque loquitur1 ,inveniant lapidem1 regnare teneter ibidem4 ,,translated4 ,unless old proverbs fail1 and wizard's wits be blind1 ,the ,scots shall surely reign1 where'er this stone they find4 ,luther sent a glass to ,dr4 ,justus ,jonas1 with the following verses3-- ,dat vitrum vitro1 ,jonae1 vitro ipse ,lutherus1 ,se similem ut fragili noscat uterque vitro4 ,,translated4 ,luther a glass1 to ,jonas ,glass1 a glass doth send1 ,that both may know ourselves to be but glass1 my friend4 ,,prior4 ,,mirror1 vol4 xii4 p4 #ahd4 ,prior's epitaph on himself was parodied as follows3-- ,hold ,mathew ,prior1 by your leave1 ,your epitaph is very odd3 ,bourbon and you are sons of ,eve1 ,nassau the offspring of a ,god4 ,which being shewn to ,swift he wrote the following3-- ,hold1 ,mathew ,prior1 by your leave1 ,your epitaph is barely civil2 ,bourbon and you are sons of ,eve1 ,nassau the offspring of the devil4 ,in the ,spectator1 is part of an epitaph by ,ben ,jonson1 on ,mary ,herbert1 ,countess of ,pembroke1 and sister of ,sir ,philip ,sidney4 ,the following is the whole1 taken from the first edition of ,jonson's works1 collected as they were published3-- ,underneath this stone doth lie1 ,as much virtue as could die2 ,which when alive did vigour give1 ,to as much beauty as could live2 ,if she had a single fault1 ,leave it buried in this vault4 ,another on the same1 from the same source3-- ,underneath this sable hearse1 ,lies the subject of all verse1 ,sidney's sister1 ,pembroke's mother1 ,death ere thou hast slain another1 ,fair1 and good1 and learn'd as she1 ,time shall throw a dart at thee2 ,marble piles1 let no man raise ,to her fame2 for after days1 ,some kind woman born as she1 ,reading this1 like ,niobe1 ,shall turn statue and become ,both her mourner and her tomb4 ,a ,,correspondent4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,londiners pronounce woe to him1 that buyes a horse in ,smith-field1 that takes a ,seruant in ,paul's ,church1 that marries a ,wife out of ,westminster4 ,londiners1 and all within the sound of ,bow-,bell1 are in reproch called ,cocknies1 and eaters of buttered tostes4 ,the ,kentish men of old were said to haue tayles1 because trafficking in the ,low ,countries1 they neuer paid full payments of what they did owe1 but still left some part vnpaid4 ,essex men are called calues1 7because they abound there17 ,lankashire eggepies1 and to be wonne by an ,apple with a red side4 ,norfolke wyles 7for crafty litigiousness37 ,essex stiles1 7so many as make walking tedious17 ,kentish miles 7of the length47 --,moryson's ,itinerary1 #afag4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,origin ,,of ,,the ,,word ,,smectymnuus4 7,for the ,mirror47 ,this was a cant term that made some figure in the time of the ,civil ,war1 and during the ,interregnum4 ,it was formed of the initial letters of the names of five eminent ,presbyterian ministers of that time1 viz4 ,stephen ,marshall1 ,edmund ,calamy1 ,thomas ,young1 ,matthew ,newcomen1 and ,william ,spenstow2 who1 together1 wrote a book against ,episcopacy1 in the year #afda1 whence they and their retainers were called ,smectymnuans4 ,they wore handkerchiefs about their necks for a note of distinction 7as the officers of the parliament-army then did7 which afterwards degenerated into cravats4 ,p4,t4,w4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,civic ,,feast ,,in #aejf4 7,for the ,mirror47 ,in the court room of ,salters' ,hall there appears1 framed and glazed1 the following ,bill of fare for fifty people of the ,company of ,salters1 ,a4,d4 #aejf4 s4 d4 ,thirty-six chickens #d #e ,one swan and four geese #g #j ,nine rabbits #a #d ,two rumps of beef tails #j #b ,six quails #a #f ,two oz4 of pepper #j #b ,two oz4 of cloves and mace #j #d ,one and a half oz4 of saffron #j #f ,eight lbs4 of sugar #j #h ,two lbs4 of raisins #j #d ,one lb4 of dates #j #d ,one and a half lb4 of comfits #j #b ,half a hundred eggs #j #b-a_/b ,four gallons of curds #j #d ,one ditto gooseberries #j #b ,bread for the company #a #a ,one kilderkin of ale #b #c ,herbs #a #j ,two dishes of butter #j #d ,four breasts of veal #a #e ,brawn #j #f ,quarter load of coals #j #d ,faggots #j #b ,three and a half gallons of ,gascoigne wine #b #d ,one bottle of ,muscovadine #j #h ,cherries and tarts #j #h ,verjuice and vinegar #j #b ,paid the cook #c #d ,perfume #j #b ,one bushel and a half of meal #j #h ,water #j #c ,garnishing the vessels #j #c ------------- ,total of feast for #ej people #a #ac #b-a_/b ------------- ,,curios4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,selector2 ,,and ,,literary ,,notices ,,of ,,new ,,works4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,vidocq4 7,concluded47 ,we have a vulgar book called ,frauds of ,london laid open1 and ,vidocq's fourth volume will serve for ,paris1 since he defines the nomenclature--nay the very craft of thieves with great minuteness3 thus-- ,the ,chevaliers ,grimpants4 ,the ,chevaliers ,grimpants1 called also voleurs au bonjour1 donneurs de bonjours1 bonjouriers1 are those who introduce themselves into a house and carry off in an instant the first movable commodity that falls in their way4 ,the first bonjouriers were ,i am assured1 servants out of place4 ,they were at first few in number1 but1 soon acquiring pupils1 their industry increased so rapidly1 that from #ahjj to #ahab1 there was scarcely a day that robberies were not committed in ,paris of from a dozen to fifteen baskets of plate4 ,the ,almanach du commerce1 l',almanach royal1 and that with twenty-five thousand addresses in it1 are1 for bonjouriers1 the most interesting works that can be published4 ,every morning1 before they go out1 they consult them2 and when they propose visiting any particular house1 it is very seldom that they are not acquainted with the names of at least two persons in it2 and that they may effect an entrance1 they inquire for one when they see the porter1 and endeavour to rob the other4 ,a bonjourier has always a gentlemanly appearance1 and his shoes always well made and thin4 ,he gives the preference to kid before any other leather1 and takes care to bruise and break the sole that it may not creak or make any noise2 sometimes the sole is made of felt2 at other times1 and especially in winter1 the kid slipper1 or dogskin shoe1 is replaced by list shoes1 with which they can walk1 go up stairs1 or descend a staircase1 without any noise4 ,the theft au bonjour1 is effected without violence1 without skeleton keys1 without burglariously entering4 ,if a thief sees a key in a door of a room1 he first knocks very gently1 then a little harder1 then very loudly2 if no person answers1 he turns the handle1 and thus enters the antechamber4 ,he then advances to the eating-room1 penetrates even to the adjoining apartments1 to see if there be any person there2 returns1 and if the key of the sideboard is not to be seen1 he looks in all the places in which he knows it is generally deposited1 and if he finds it1 he instantly uses it to open the drawers1 and taking out the plate1 he places it generally in his hat1 after which1 he covers it with a napkin1 or fine cambric handkerchief1 which1 by its texture and whiteness1 announces the gentleman4 ,should the bonjourier1 whilst on his enterprise1 hear any person coming1 he goes straight towards him1 and accosting him1 wishes him good morning 7le bonjour7 with a smiling and almost familiar air1 and inquires if it be not ,monsieur 'such a one1' to whom he has the honour of addressing himself4 ,he is directed to the story higher or lower1 and1 then still smiling1 evincing the utmost politeness and making a thousand excuses and affected bows1 he withdraws4 ,it may so happen1 that he has not had time to consummate his larceny1 but most frequently the business is perfected1 and the discovery of loss only made too late to remedy it4 ,the majority of the thieves in this particular line commence their incursions with morning1 at the hour when the housekeepers go out for their cream1 or have a gossip whilst their masters and mistresses are in bed4 ,other bonjouriers do not open the campaign until near dinner time2 they pitch upon the moment when the plate is laid upon the table4 ,they enter1 and in the twinkling of an eye1 they cause spoons1 forks1 ladles1 c4 to vanish4 ,this is technically termed goupiner la desserte1 7clearing the cloth74 ,one day one of these goupineurs la desserte was on the look out in a dining room1 when a servant entered carrying two silver dishes1 between which were some fish4 ,without being at all disconcerted1 he went up to her1 and said--',well1 go and bring up the soup1 the gentlemen are in a hurry4' ',yes1 sir1' said the maid1 taking him for one of the guests1 'it is quite ready1 and if you please you can announce the dinner4' ,at the same time she ran to the kitchen1 and the goupineur1 after having hastily emptied the dishes1 thrust them between his waistcoat and shirt4 ,the girl returned with the broth1 the pretended guest had retired1 and there was not a single piece of silver left on the table4 ,they denounced this theft to me1 and from the statement given1 as well as the description of the person committing the robbery1 ,i thought ,i had recognised my man4 ,he was called ,cheinaux1 alias ,bayer1 and was discovered and apprehended in ,saint ,catherine's market4 ,his shirt was marked with the circumference of the dishes1 in consequence of the remains of the sauce left in them4 ,another body of bonjouriers more particularly direct their talents to furnished houses4 ,the individuals forming this class are on foot from the dawn of day4 ,their talent is evinced by the adroit mode in which they baffle the vigilance of the porters4 ,they go up the staircase1 sometimes on one pretext1 and sometimes on another1 look round them1 and if they find any keys in the doors1 which is common enough1 they turn them with the least possible noise4 ,once in the room1 if the occupant be asleep1 farewell to his purse1 his watch1 his jewels1 and all that he has that is valuable4 ,if he awakes1 the visiter has a thousand excuses ready4 ',a thousand pardons1 sir1 ,i thought this was ,no4 #ac2' or1 ',was it you1 sir1 who sent for a bootmaker1 tailor1 hairdresser1' c4 c4 ,the ,detourneurs and ,detourneuses4 ,the robbery la detourne is that which is effected whilst making purchases at a shop4 ,this species of plunder is practised by individuals of both sexes2 but the dtourneuses1 or lady prigs1 are generally esteemed more expert than the detourneurs1 or gentlemen prigs4 ,the reason of this superiority consists entirely in the difference of dress2 women can easily conceal a very large parcel4 ,in retail shops it would be an advisable plan1 when there are many customers to serve1 that from time to time the shopmen should say to each other1 deux sur dix 7two on ten71 or else allumez les gonzesses 7twig the prigs74 ,i will bet a thousand to one1 that on hearing these words1 the thieves1 who have very fine ears1 will make haste to take themselves away4 ,shopkeepers of what class soever1 particularly retailers1 cannot be too much on their guard2 they should never forget that in ,paris there are thousands of male and female thieves la detourne1 ,i here only speak of robbers by profession2 but there are also amateurs1 who1 beneath the cover of a well-established reputation1 make small acquisitions slyly and unsuspectedly4 ,they are very honest people they say1 who with little scruple indulge their propensity for a rare book1 a miniature1 a cameo1 a mosaic1 a manuscript1 a print1 a medal1 or a jewel that pleases them2 they are called ,chipeurs4 ,if the ,chipeur be rich1 no heed is paid to him1 he is too much above such a larceny to impute it to him as a crime2 if he be poor1 he is denounced to the attorney-general1 and sent to the galleys1 because he robbed from necessity4 ,it must be owned that we have strange ideas as to honesty and dishonesty4 ,this is what we call ,shoplifting4 ,a milliner once told us that ribands and flowers not unfrequently attach themselves to the cuffs and sleeves of fair purchasers4 ,careurs ,belong to the same class of thieves1 and are gipsies1 ,italians1 or ,jews4 ,the female ,careurs are very expert in robbing priests2 and ,vidocq apprehended a mother and daughter for more than sixty such offences4 ,the gipsies do not confine themselves to these means of appropriating to themselves the property of another3 they frequently commit murder1 and they have the less objection to commit a murder1 because they have no feeling of any kind of remorse2 and they have a peculiar kind of expiation whereby they purify themselves4 ,for a year they wear a coarse woollen shirt1 and abstain from 'work' 7robbing74 ,this period elapsed1 they believe themselves white as snow4 ,in ,france1 the majority of the persons of this caste call themselves ,catholics1 and have every external show of great devotion4 ,they always carry about them rosaries and a crucifix2 they say their prayers night and morning1 and follow the service with much attention and precision4 ,in ,germany1 they seldom exercise any other calling than that of horse doctor1 or herbalist3 some addict themselves to medicine1 that is to say1 profess to be in possession of secret means of effecting cures4 ,a vast number of them travel in bodies1 some tell fortunes1 others mend glass1 china1 pots1 and pans2 woe to the inhabitants of the country overrun by these vagabonds4 ,there will infallibly be a mortality amongst the cattle1 for the gipsies are very clever in killing them1 without leaving any traces which can be converted into a charge of malevolence against them4 ,they kill the cows by piercing them to the heart with a long and very fine needle1 so that the blood flowing inwardly1 it may be supposed that the animal died of disease4 ,they stifle poultry with brimstone2 they know that then they will give them the dead birds2 and whilst they imagine that they have a taste for carrion1 they make good cheer1 and eat delicious meat4 ,sometimes they want hams1 and then they take a red herring and hold it under the nose of a pig1 which1 allured by the smell1 would follow them to the world's end4 ,rouletiers ,are fellows who plunder carriages of portmanteaus1 imperials1 c4 ,one day ,i followed a famous rouletier named ,gosnet4 ,on reaching the ,rue ,saint ,denis1 he jumped up on a coach1 put on a cloak and cotton cap which he found lying close to his hand1 and in this dress got down again with a portmanteau under his arm4 ,it was not later than two o'clock in the afternoon2 but to elude all suspicion1 ,gosnet1 on alighting1 went straight to the conducteur 7guard71 and after having spoken to him1 turned down a street close at hand4 ,i was in waiting for him1 he was apprehended and sentenced4 ,tireurs1 ,or pickpockets are as abundant as mushrooms4 ,there was in ,paris a thief of such incredible dexterity that he robbed without an accomplice4 ,he placed himself in front of a person1 put his hand behind him1 and took either a watch or some other valuable4 ,this species of thievery is called the vol la chicane4 ,a fellow named ,molin1 alias ,moulin le ,chapelier1 being under the portico des ,franais1 was desirous of stealing a gentleman's purse3 the sufferer1 who was near the wall1 thought he felt some one picking his pocket2 ,molin1 full of presence of mind1 effected his object in an instant1 the purse was torn from the pocket1 he opened it1 and taking out a coin1 asked for a ticket for the play4 ,at the same moment the person robbed said to him--',but1 sir1 you have taken my purse1 give it to me4'--',the devil ,i have1' replied ,molin with an air of affected surprise1 'are you quite sure8' ,then looking attentively at it--',by heavens6 ,i thought it was mine4 ,oh6 sir1 ,i ask your pardon4' ,at the same time he returned the purse1 and all the bystanders were persuaded that he had done it involuntarily4 ,this is being fly1 or ,i know nothing about it4 ,at the time of the great fog1 ,molin and a pal named ,dorl were stationed at the environs of the ,place des ,italiens4 ,an old gentleman passed1 and ,dorl stole his watch which he passed to ,molin4 ,the darkness was so great that he could not discern if it were a repeater or not1 and to ascertain this1 ,molin pressed down the spring3 the hammer instantly struck on the bell1 and by the sound the old man knew his watch1 and instantly cried out--',my watch6 my watch6 pray restore me my watch1 it belonged to my grandfather1 and is a family piece4' ,whilst uttering these lamentations1 he endeavoured to go in the direction whence the sound had proceeded1 to get his watch as he expected and hoped to do4 ,he came close up to ,molin1 who1 under cover of the dense fog1 put his hand with the watch in it close to the old gentleman's ear1 and pushing the spring again1 said1 whilst the watch was striking--',listen then to its sounds for the last time2' and with this cruel advice the two thieves then went away1 leaving the worthy undone elderly to bewail his loss4 ,the ancient voleurs la tire cite still1 as amongst the celebrated personages of their profession1 two ,italians1 the brothers ,verdure1 the eldest of whom1 convicted of forming one of a band of chauffeurs1 was sentenced to death4 ,on the day of execution1 the younger1 who was at liberty1 wished to see his brother as he left the prison1 and with several of his comrades took his station on the road4 ,when thieves go out in the evening into a crowd they generally have a preconcerted word of alarm or summons1 by which to call or distinguish their accomplices4 ,young ,verdure1 on seeing the fatal car1 uttered his1 which was lorge1 to which the criminal1 looking about him1 replied lorge4 ,this singular salute given and returned1 it may be imagined that young ,verdure retired4 ,on his road he had already stolen two watches2 he saw his brother's head fall from the block1 and either before or afterwards he was determined to carry matters to their utmost4 ,the crowd having dispersed he returned to the cabaret with his comrades4 ',well1 well1' said he1 laying down on the table four watches and a purse1 ',i think ,i have not played my cards amiss4 ,i never thought to have made such a haul at my frater's death2 ,i am only sorry he's not here to have his share of the swag4' ,ring-droppers1 and ,emporteurs 7gentlemen who lose themselves7 are next shown up3 to the latter class belong the fellows who1 under pretence of inquiring their road1 fall into conversation with you1 invite you to billiards1 and cheat you4#b ,ring-droppers are very troublesome in ,paris1 especially in the ,champs ,elyses1 where you may be teazed to buy a copper-framed eye-glass which they have just found4 ,riffaudeurs1 or ,chauffeurs1 ,were thieves assuming the garb of country dealers1 or travelling hawkers2 and they sought to wring from their victims a confession of where they had concealed their treasure1 by applying fire to the soles of their feet4 ,the ,fourth ,volume closes abruptly with a story of a gang of them1 which has all the horrors of rack and torture4 ,in the ,translator's sequel we find the following3-- ,since the commencement of these ,memoirs1 ,m4 ,vidocq has given up his paper manufactory at ,st4 ,mand1 and has been subsequently confined in ,sainte ,pelagie for debt4 ,his embarrassments are stated to have arisen from a passion for gambling1 a propensity which1 once indulged1 takes deep root in the human mind2 and few indeed1 lamentably few1 are those who can effectually eradicate the fatal passion4 ,vidocq1 who could assume all shapes like a second ,proteus1 who underwent bitter hardships1 and unsparingly jeopardized his life at any time1 could not resist the fell temptation which has brought him to distress and a prison4 ,it has been stated in some of the ,journals that ,vidocq has a son named ,julius1 who was condemned to the galleys1 and when liberated was employed by his father at ,sainte ,mand4 ,this must be another bitter in his life's cup1 which ,vidocq seems condemned to drain to the very dregs4 ,we need hardly be told why ,vidocq has withheld the information respecting the state of crime in ,france1 which he promised1 and made a grand parade of possessing4 ,the length to which his ,memoirs have been spun out is tedious1 and the air of romance which he has given to some scenes in the concluding volume1 almost invalidates its forerunners4 ,still we are bound to confess that his adventures are equal in interest to any work of fact or fiction that has appeared for several years4 ,we omit the translations of some slang songs1 one of which appeared recently in ,blackwood's ,magazine2 still1 they are exceedingly clever in their way4 ,the present volume has a portrait of ,vidocq1 upon which we hope the physiognomists will speculate2 for with all his peccadilloes1 7and a hard set of features which the engraver has probably hardened7 the author must be a clever and a very pleasant fellow2 and we wish some myrmidon of our police--some ,english ,vidocq--would write four pretty pocket volumes like those of the ,french policeman4 ,perhaps some of the new appointed will take this hint4 ,to conclude1 after what we have said1 our readers need not be recommended to turn to ,vidocq's ,memoirs4 ,they will find the translation generally well executed1 although we have detected several slips in the last volume4 #b ,a ruse of this description will be found in the ,,mirror1 vol4 ,x4 page4 #cje1 prefixed to a paper on ,french ,gaming ,houses4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,southwell ,,church4 ,illustration3 ,southwell ,church4 ,the town of ,southwell1 in the county of ,nottingham1 is situated in the midst of an amphitheatre of well-wooded hills2 the soil is rich1 and the air1 from the vicinity of the ,river ,trent1 is remarkably pure4 ,it is fourteen miles north-east of ,nottingham1 about as many south-east of ,mansfield1 and eight south-west from ,newark2 the ,river ,greet1 famous for red trout1 runs by the side of the town1 falling into the ,trent1 at about three miles distance4 ,the most ancient part of the church is of the order usually called ,saxon1 and from tradition is said to have been built in the time of ,harold1 predecessor of ,william ,i4 ,but there is no history or written instrument of any kind now extant1 concerning the origin of this structure4 ,the two side aisles are of pure ,norman architecture4 ,the choir was built in the reign of ,edward ,,iii4 as appears by a license of the eleventh year of that king's reign1 to the chapter1 to get stones from a quarry in ,shirewood ,forest for building the choir4 ,the chapter-house is a detached building1 connected by a cloister with the north aisle of the choir1 and is on the model of that at ,york4 ,the arch of entrance from the aisle1 is said to exceed in elegance and correctness of execution1 almost every thing of the kind in the kingdom2 the chapter-house is of ,gothic architecture1 and the arch forming the approach is considered of modern insertion1 the sculpture being finer and more delicate than any thing near it4 ,this church and ,ripon are said to be the only parochial1 as well as collegiate1 churches now in ,england1 the rest having been dissolved by ,henry ,,viii4 or his successors4 ,at the ,reformation1 its chantries were dissolved1 and the order of priests expelled about the year #aecf4 ,in #aedb1 ,lee1 then ,archbishop of ,york1 granted1 by indenture to the king1 the manor of ,southwell4 ,in the thirty-fourth year of his reign1 ,henry ,,viii41 by act of parliament1 declared ,southwell the head and mother church of the town and county of ,nottingham1 and soon afterwards re-founded and re-endowed it1 probably at the instance of ,cranmer1 at that time in the height of favour1 who was a native of ,nottinghamshire1 not far from ,southwell4 ,soon after the accession of ,edward ,,vi4 the chapter was again dissolved1 and its prebendal1 and other estates granted to ,john1 ,earl of ,warwick1 afterwards made ,duke of ,northumberland2 by him they were sold to ,john ,beaumont1 ,master of the ,rolls1 and coming soon afterwards to the crown1 by escheat1 were granted to the favourite ,northumberland1 who retained them until his attainder in #aeec1 when they again reverted to the crown2 and by ,queen ,mary were restored to the ,archbishop of ,york1 in as ample manner as they had before been holden4 ,it appears from the ,registrum ,album1 a register of the church1 that in the latter end of the reign of ,william ,i4 there were at least ten prebends4 ,in the office of augmentation1 an estimate of ,southwell ,college1 in the first of ,edward ,,vi4 states ,king ,edgar to have been the founder of the church1 which consisted of sixteen prebends1 and sixteen vicars4 ,there are now sixteen prebends1 of which the ,archbishop of ,york is sole patron1 a vicar-general appointed out of the prebendaries by the chapter1 six vicars1 and six choristers4 ,alfric1 appointed to the ,see of ,york in #ajbc1 gave two large bells to the church of ,southwell 7,william of ,malmsbury47 ,this was about the time of bells coming generally into use4 ,king ,stephen granted that the canons of ,southwell should hold the woods of their prebends1 in their own hands1 which succeeding monarchs1 ,henry ,,ii4 ,richard1 ,john1 and ,henry ,,iii4 confirmed4 ,there are two fellowships1 and two scholarships1 founded in ,st4 ,john's ,college1 ,cambridge1 by ,dr4 ,keton1 canon of ,sarum1 twenty-second ,henry ,,vi4 to be presented by the master1 fellows1 and scholars of that college1 to persons having served as choristers in the chapter of ,southwell4 ,in the civil wars nearly all the records of ,southwell ,church were destroyed1 the ,registrum ,album escaping1 which contains grants of most of the revenues belonging to the church1 from soon after the conquest1 nearly to the end of ,henry ,,viii4 ,southwell is supposed by antiquarians to be the ,ad ,pontem of the ,romans1 one of the stations on the ,roman ,way from ,london to ,lincoln1 situated at a distance from any route of importance between the most frequented part of the kingdom4 ,for many centuries it was hardly known by name--and1 till within thirty years there was no turnpike road to it in any direction4 ,thus denied access to the rest of the world1 the people of ,southwell lived a separate and distinct society1 retaining their own manners untainted by the world2 and among them traditions were handed down pure and unadulterated by the speculations of the learned1 or the discoveries of antiquarians4 ,,nemo4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,sketch-,,book4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,sighmon ,,dumps4 ,anthony ,dumps1 the father of my hero 7the subject matter of a story being always called the hero1 however little heroic he may personally have been7 married ,dora ,coffin on ,st4 ,swithin's day in the first year of the last reign4 ,anthony was then comfortably off1 but through a combination of adverse circumstances he went rapidly down in the world1 became a bankrupt1 and being obliged to vacate his residence in ,st4 ,paul's ,churchyard1 he removed to ,no4 #c1 ,burying ,ground ,buildings1 ,paddington ,road1 where ,mrs4 ,dumps was delivered of a son4 ,the depressed pair agreed to christen their babe ,simon1 but the name was registered in the parish book with the first syllable spelt ,s--,i--,g--,h2--whether the trembling hand of the afflicted parent orthographically erred1 or whether a bungling clerk caused the error ,i know not2 but certain it is that the infant ,dumps was registered ,,sighmon4 ,sighmon sighed away his infancy like other babes and sucklings1 and when he grew to be a hobedy-hoy1 there was a seriousness in his visage1 and a much-ado-about-nothing-ness in his eye1 which were proclaimed by good natured people to be indications of deep thought and profundity2 while others less flattering sweet1 declared they indicated naught but want of comprehension1 and the dulness of stupidity4 ,as he grew older he grew graver1 sad was his look1 sombre the tone of his voice1 and half an hour's conversation with him was a very serious affair indeed4 ,burying ,ground ,buildings1 ,paddington ,road1 was the scene of his infant sports4 ,since his failure1 his father had earned his livelyhood1 by letting himself out as a mute1 or mourner1 to a furnisher of funerals4 ,mute and voluntary woe were his stock in trade4 ,often did ,mrs4 ,dumps ink the seams of his small-clothes1 and darken his elbows with a blacking brush1 ere he sallied forth to follow borrowed plumes2 and when he returned from his public performance 7oft rehearsed7 ,master ,sighmon did innocently crumple his crapes1 and sport with his weepers4 ,his melancholy outgoings at length were rewarded by some pecuniary incomings4 ,the demise of others secured a living for him1 and after a few unusually propitious sickly seasons1 he grimly smiled as he counted his gains3 the mourner exulted1 and1 in praise of his profession1 the mute became eloquent4 ,another event occurred3 after burying so many people professionally1 he at length buried ,mrs4 ,dumps2 that1 of course1 was by no means a matter of business4 ,i have before remarked that she was descended from the ,coffins2 she was now gathered to her ancestors4 ,dumps had long been proud of gentility of appearance1 a suit of black had been his working day costume1 nothing therefore could be more easy than for ,dumps to turn gentleman4 ,he did so2 took a villa at ,gravesend1 chose for his own sitting room a chamber that looked against a dead wall1 and whilst he was lying in state upon the squabs of his sofa1 he thought seriously of the education of his son1 and resolved that he should be instantly taught the dead languages4 ,sighmon ,dumps was decidedly a young man of a serious turn of mind4 ,the metropolis had few attractions for him1 he loved to linger near the monument2 and if ever he thought of a continental excursion1 the ,catacombs and ,pre la ,chaise were his seducers4 ,his father died1 his old employer furnished him with a funeral2 the mute was silenced1 and the mourner was mourned4 ,sighmon ,dumps became more serious than ever2 he had a decided nervous malady1 an abhorrence of society1 and a sensitive shrinking when he felt that any body was looking at him4 ,he had heard of the invisible girl2 he would have given worlds to have been an invisible young gentleman1 and to have glided in and out of rooms1 unheeded and unseen1 like a draft through a keyhole4 ,this1 however1 was not to be his lot2 like a man cursed with creaking shoes1 stepping lightly1 and tiptoeing availed not2 a creak always betrayed him when he was most anxious to creep into a corner4 ,at his father's death he found himself possessed of a competency and a villa2 but he was unhappy1 he was known in the neighbourhood1 people called on him1 and he was expected to call on them1 and these calls and recalls bored him4 ,he never1 in his life1 could abide looking any one straight in the face2 a pair of human eyes meeting his own was actually painful to him4 ,it was not to be endured4 ,he sold his villa1 and determined to go to some place where1 being a total stranger1 he might pass unnoticed and unknown1 attracting no attention1 no remarks4 ,he went to ,cheltenham and consulted ,boisragon about his nerves1 was recommended a course of the waters1 and horse exercise4 ,the son of the weeper very naturally thought he had already too much of water2 he1 however1 hired a nag1 took a small suburban lodging1 and as nobody spoke to him1 nor seemed to care about him1 he grew better1 and felt sedately happy4 ,this blest seclusion1 the world forgetting1 by the world forgot1 was not the predestined fate of ,sighmon3 odd circumstances always brought him into notice4 ,the horse he had hired was a piebald1 a sweet1 quiet animal1 warranted a safe support for a timid invalid4 ,on this piebald did ,dumps jog through the green lanes in brown studies4 ,one day as he passed a cottage1 a face peered at him through an open window2 he heard an exclamation of delight1 the door opened1 and an elderly female ran after him1 entreating him to stop2 much against the grain he complied4 ',twas heaven sent you1 sir1 said his pursuer1 out of breath2 give me for the love of mercy the cure for the rhumatiz4 ,the what8 said ,dumps4 ,the rhumatiz1 sir2 ,i've the pains and the aches in my back and my bones--give me the dose that will cure me4 ,in vain ,dumps declared his ignorance of the virtues of medicinal gums4 ,the more he protested1 the more the old woman sued2 when to his horror a reinforcement joined her from the cottage1 and men1 women1 and children implored him to cure the good dame's malady4 ,at length watching a favourable opportunity1 he insinuated his heel into the side of the piebald1 and trotted off1 while entreaties mingled with words of anger were borne to him on the wind4 ,he determined to avoid that green lane in future1 and rode out the next day in an opposite direction3 as he trotted through a village a girl ran after him1 shouting for a cure for the hooping cough1 a dame with a low curtsey solicited a remedy for the colic1 and an old man asked him what was good for the palsy4 ,these unforeseen1 these unaccountable attacks were fearful annoyances to so retiring a personage as ,dumps4 ,day after day1 go where he would1 the same things happened4 ,he was solicited to cure all the ills that flesh is heir to4 ,he was not aware 7any more than the reader very possibly may be7 that in some parts of ,england the country people have an idea that a quack doctor rides a piebald horse2 why1 ,i cannot explain1 but so it is1 and that poor ,dumps felt to his cost4 ,life became a burthen to him2 he was a marked man2 he1 whose only wish was to pass unnoticed1 unheard1 unseen2 he1 who of all the creeping things on the earth1 pitied the glowworm most1 because the spark in its tail attracted observation4 ,he gave up his lodgings and his piebald1 and went in his angry mood to ,tewksbury4 ,i ought ere this to have described my hero4 ,he was rather embonpoint1 but fat was not with him1 as it sometimes is1 twin brother to fun2 his fat was weighty1 he was inclined to blubber4 ,he wore a wig1 and carried in his countenance an expression indicative of the seriousness of his turn of mind4 ,he alighted from the coach at the principal inn at ,tewksbury2 the landlady met him in the hall1 started1 smiled1 and escorted him into a room with much civility4 ,he took her aside1 and briefly explained that retirement1 quiet1 and a back room to himself were the accommodations he sought4 ,i understand you sir1 replied the landlady1 with a knowing wink1 a little quiet will be agreeable by way of change2 ,i hope you'll find every thing here to your liking4 ,she then curtseyed and withdrew4 ,frank1 said the hostess to the head waiter1 who do you think we've got in the blue parlour8 you'll never guess6 ,i knew him the minute ,i clapped eyes on him2 dressed just as ,i saw him at the ,haymarket ,theatre1 the only night ,i ever was at a ,london stage play4 ,the gray coat1 and the striped trousers1 and the hessian boots over them1 and the straw hat out of all shape1 and the gingham umbrella6 ,who is he1 ma'am8 said ,frank4 ,why1 the great comedy actor1 ,mr4 ,liston1 replied the landlady1 come down for a holiday2 he wants to be quiet1 so we must not blab1 or the whole town will be after him4 ,this brief dialogue will account for much disquietude which subsequently befell our ill fated ,dumps4 ,people met him1 he could not imagine why1 with a broad grin on their features4 ,as they passed they whispered to each other1 and the words inimitable1 clever creature1 irresistibly comic1 evidently applied to himself1 reached his ears4 ,dumps looked more serious than ever2 but the greater his gravity1 the more the people smiled1 and one young lady actually laughed in his face as she said aloud1 ,oh1 that mock heroic tragedy look is so like him6 ,sighmon sighed for the seclusion of number three1 ,burying ,ground ,buildings1 ,paddington ,road4 ,one morning his landlady announced1 with broader grin than usual1 that a gentleman desired to speak with him2 he grumbled1 but submitted1 and the gentleman was announced4 ,my name1 sir1 is ,opie1 said the stranger2 ,i am quite delighted to see you here4 ,you intend gratifying the good people of ,tewksbury of course8 ,gratifying6 what can you mean8 ,if your name is announced1 there'll not be a box to be had4 ,i always look after my own boxes1 ,i can tell you1 replied ,dumps4 ,by all means1 you will come out here of course8 ,come out8 to be sure1 ,i sha'n't stay within doors always4 ,what do you mean to come out in8 ,why1 what ,i've got on will do very well4 ,oh1 that's so like you1 said ,opie1 shaking his sides with laughter1 you really are inimitable6--,what character do you select here8 ,character6 said ,dumps1 the stranger4 ,the ,stranger6 you8 ,yes1 ,i4 ,and you really mean to come out here as the ,stranger8 said ,opie4 ,why1 yes to be sure--,i'm but just come4 ,then ,i shall put your name in large letters immediately1 we will open this evening2 and as to terms1 you shall have half the receipts of the house4 ,off ran ,mr4 ,opie1 who was no less a personage than the manager of the theatre1 leaving ,dumps fully persuaded that he had been closeted with a lunatic4 ,shortly afterwards he saw a man very busy pasting bills against a wall opposite his window1 and so large were the letters that he easily deciphered1 ,,the ,,celebrated ,,mr4 ,,liston ,,in ,,tragedy4 ,this evening ,,the ,,stranger1 the ,part of ,,the ,,stranger ,,by ,,mr4 ,,liston4 ,dumps had never seen the inimitable ,liston1 indeed comedy was quite out of his way4 ,but now that the star was to shine forth in tragedy1 the announcement was congenial to the serious turn of his mind1 and he resolved to go4 ,he ate an early dinner1 went by times to the theatre1 and established himself in a snug corner of the stage box4 ,the house filled1 the hour of commencement arrived1 the fiddlers paused and looked towards the curtain1 but hearing no signal they fiddled another strain4 ,the audience became impatient2 they hissed1 they hooted1 and they called for the manager3 another pause1 another yell of disapprobation1 and the manager pale and trembling appeared1 and walked hat in hand to the front of the stage4 ,to ,dumps's great surprise it was the very man who visited him in the morning4 ,mr4 ,opie cleared his throat1 bowed repeatedly1 moved his lips1 but was inaudible amid the shouts of hear him4 ,at length silence was obtained1 and he spoke as follows3-- ,ladies and ,gentlemen1 ,i appear before you to entreat your kind and considerate forbearance2 ,i lament as much1 nay more than you1 the absence of ,mr4 ,liston2 but1 in the anguish of the moment1 one thought supports me1 the consciousness of having done my duty4 7,applause47 ,i had an interview with your deservedly favourite performer this morning1 and every necessary arrangement was made between us4 ,i have sent to his hotel1 and he is not to be found4 7,disapprobation47 ,i have been informed that he dined early1 and left the house1 saying that he was going to the theatre2 what accident can have prevented his arrival ,i am utterly unable to-- ,mr4 ,opie now happened to glance towards the stage box1 surprise6 doubt6 anger6 certainty6 were the alternate expressions of his pale face1 and widely opened eyes2 and at length pointing to ,dumps he exclaimed-- ,ladies and gentlemen1 it is my painful duty to inform you that ,mr4 ,liston is now before you2 there he sits at the back of the stage box1 and ,i trust ,i may be permitted to call upon him for an explanation of his very singular conduct4 ,every eye turned towards ,dumps1 every voice was uplifted against him2 the man who could not endure the scrutiny of one pair of eyes1 now beheld a house full of them glaring at him with angry indignation4 ,his head became confused1 he had a slight consciousness of being elbowed through the lobby1 of a riot in the crowded street1 and of being protected by the civil authorities against the uncivil attacks of the populace4 ,he was conveyed to bed1 and awoke the next morning with a very considerable accession of nervous malady4 ,he soon heard that the whole town vowed vengeance against the infamous and unprincipled impostor who had so impudently played off a practical joke on the public1 and at dead of night did he escape from the town of ,tewksbury1 in a return mourning coach1 with which he was accommodated by his tender hearted landlady4 ,our persecuted hero next occupied private apartments at a boarding-house at ,malvern4 ,privacy was refreshing1 but1 alas6 its duration was doomed to be short4 ,a young officer who had witnessed the embarrassment of the stranger at ,tewksbury1 recognised the sufferer at ,malvern1 and knowing his nervous antipathy to being noticed1 he wickedly resolved to make him the lion of the place4 ,he dined at the public table1 spoke of the gentleman who occupied the private apartments1 wondered that no one appeared to be aware who he was1 and then in confidence informed the assembled party that the recluse was the celebrated author of the ,pleasures of ,memory1 now engaged in illustrating ,,his ,,italy with splendid embellishments from the pencils of ,stothard and ,turner4 ,dumps again found himself an object of universal curiosity1 every body became officiously attentive to him1 he was waylaid in his walks1 and intentionally intruded upon by accident in his private apartments2 a travelling artist requested to be permitted to take his portrait for the exhibition1 a lady requested him to peruse her manuscript romance and to give his unbiassed opinion1 and the master of the boarding-house waited upon him by desire of his guests to request that he would honour the public table with his company4 ,several ladies solicited his autograph for their albums1 and several gentlemen called a meeting of the inhabitants1 and resolved to give him a public dinner2 a craniologist requested to be permitted to take a cast of his head1 and as a climax to his misery1 when he was sitting in his bedchamber thinking himself at least secure for the present1 the door being bolted2 he looked towards the ,malvern ,hills1 which rise abruptly immediately at the back of the boarding-house1 and there he discovered a party of ladies eagerly gazing at him with long telescopes through the open windows6 ,he left ,malvern the next morning1 and went to a secluded village on the ,welsh coast1 not far from ,swansea4 ,the events of the last few weeks had rendered poor ,sighmon ,dumps more sensitively nervous than ever4 ,his seclusion became perpetual1 his blind always down1 and he took his solitary walks in the dusk of the evening4 ,he had been told that sea sickness was sometimes beneficial in cases resembling his own2 he1 therefore1 bargained with some boatmen1 who engaged to take him out into the channel1 on a little experimental medicinal trip4 ,at a very early hour in the morning he went down to the beach1 and prepared to embark4 ,he had observed two persons who appeared to be watching him1 he felt certain they were dogging him1 and just as he was stepping into the boat they seized him1 saying1 ,sir1 we know you to be the great defaulter who has been so long concealed on this coast2 we know you are trying to escape to ,america1 but you must come with us4 ,sighmon's heart was broken4 ,he felt it would be useless to endeavour to explain or to expostulate2 he spoke not1 but was passively hurried to a carriage in which he was borne to the metropolis as fast as four horses could carry him1 without rest or refreshment4 ,of course1 after a minute examination1 he was declared innocent1 and was released2 but justice smiled too late1 the bloom of ,sighmon's happiness had been prematurely nipped4 ,he called in the aid of the first medical advice1 grew a little better2 and when the doctor left him he prescribed a medicine which he said he had no doubt would restore the patient to health4 ,the medicine came1 the bottle was shaken1 the contents taken--,sighmon died6 ,it was afterwards discovered that a mistake had occasioned his premature departure2 a healing liquid had been prescribed for him1 but the careless dispenser of the medicine had dispensed with caution on the occasion1 and ,dumps died of a severe oxalic acidity of the stomach6 ,by his own desire he was interred in the churchyard opposite to ,burying ,ground ,buildings1 ,paddington ,road4 ,his funeral was conducted with almost as much decorum as if his late father the mute had been present1 and he was left with-- ,at his head a green grass turf1 ,and at his heels a stone4 ,but even there he could not rest6 ,the next morning it was discovered that the body of ,sighmon ,dumps had been stolen by resurrection men6--,sharpe's ,mag4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,spirit ,,of ,,the ,,public ,,journals4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,maria ,,gray4--,a ,,song4 ,,by ,,the ,,ettrick ,,shepherd4 ,who says that ,maria ,gray is dead1 ,and that ,i in this world can see her never8 ,who says she is laid in her cold death-bed1 ,the prey of the grave and of death for ever8 ,ah6 they know little of my dear maid1 ,or kindness of her spirit's giver6 ,for every night she is by my side1 ,by the morning bower1 or the moonlight river4 ,maria was bonny when she was here1 ,when flesh and blood was her mortal dwelling2 ,her smile was sweet1 and her mind was clear1 ,and her form all human forms excelling4 ,but ,o6 if they saw ,maria now1 ,with her looks of pathos and of feeling1 ,they would see a cherub's radiant brow1 ,to ravish'd mortal eyes unveiling4 ,the rose is the fairest of earthly flowers-- ,it is all of beauty and of sweetness-- ,so my dear maid1 in the heavenly bowers1 ,excels in beauty and in meetness4 ,she has kiss'd my cheek1 she has komb'd my hair1 ,and made a breast of heaven my pillow1 ,and promised her ,god to take me there1 ,before the leaf falls from the willow4 ,farewell1 ye homes of living men6 ,i have no relish for your pleasures-- ,in the human face ,i nothing ken ,that with my spirit's yearning measures4 ,i long for onward bliss to be1 ,a day of joy1 a brighter morrow2 ,and from this bondage to be free1 ,farewell thou world of sin and sorrow6 ,blackwood's ,magazine4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,bewick1 ,,the ,,engraver4 ,by a ,correspondent of the ,magazine of ,natural ,history4 ,bewick's first tendency to drawing was noticed by his chalking the floors and grave-stones with all manner of fantastic figures1 and by sketching the outline of any known character of the village1 dogs1 or horses1 which were instantly recognised as faithful portraits4 ,the halfpence he got were always laid out in chalk or coarse pencils2 with which1 when taken to church1 he scrawled over the ledges of the bench ludicrous caricatures of the parson1 clerk1 and the more prominent of the congregation4 ,these boards are now in the possession of the ,duke of ,northumberland1 by whom they were replaced2 and when his chalk was exhausted1 he resorted to a pin or a nail as a substitute4 ,in consequence of this propensity to drawing1 some liberal people1 of whom he says1 there were many in ,newcastle1 got him bound apprentice to a ,mr4 ,bielby1 an engraver on copper and brass4 ,during this period he walked most ,sundays to ,ovingham 7ten miles17 to see his parents2 and1 if the ,tyne was low1 crossed it on stilts2 but1 if high-flowing1 hollaed across to inquire their health1 and returned4 ,this infant genius 7but it was the infant ,hercules struggling with the snakes7 was bound down by his master to cut clock-faces and door-knockers--ay1 clock-faces and door-knockers6--and he actually showed me several in the streets of ,newcastle he had cut4 ,at this time he was employed by ,bielby to cut on wood the blocks for ,dr4 ,hutton's great work on ,mensuration4 ,hutton was then a schoolmaster at ,newcastle 7#aggj47 ,after his apprenticeship1 he worked a short time for a person in ,hatton ,garden2 but he disliked ,london extremely1 still panting for his native home1 to whose braes and bonny banks he joyously returned2 where he was occupied in cutting figures and ornaments for books2 and now received his first prize from the ,society of ,arts for the ,old ,hound1 in an edition of ,gay's ,fables4 ,a glance at this cut will show what a low state wood-engraving was at1 when a public society deemed it worthy a reward2 yet even in this are readily visible some lines and touches of the future great master of this delicious art4 ,he never omitted visiting itinerant caravans of animals1 from whose living looks and attitudes he made spirited drawings4 ,this led to his ,history of ,quadrupeds1 #agij2 the first block1 however1 of which1 he cut the very day of his father's death1 ,nov4 #ae1 #aghe4 ,from this work he obtained very considerable celebrity2 which led him shortly to draw and engrave the wild bull at ,chillingham1 ,lord ,tankerville's1 the largest of all his wood-cuts1 impressions of which have actually been sold at twenty guineas each2 and also the zebra1 elephant1 lion1 and tiger1 for ,pidcock 7,exeter ',change17 copies whereof are now extremely scarce and valuable4 ,he also executed some curious works on copper1 to illustrate a ,tour through ,lapland1 by ,matthew ,consett1 ,esq42 and his ,quadrupeds having passed through seven editions1 his fame was widely and well established4 ,the famous typographer1 ,bulmer1 of the ,shakspeare ,press 7a native of ,newcastle17 now employed ,john ,bewick1 who1 at the age of fourteen1 had also been aprenticed to ,bielby1 in co-operation with his brother ,thomas1 to embellish a splendid edition of ,goldsmith's ,deserted ,village and ,hermit1 ,parnell's ,poems1 and ,somerville's ,chase4 ,the designs and execution of these were so admirable and ingenious1 that the late king1 ,george ,,iii4 doubted their being worked on wood1 and requested a sight of the blocks1 at which he was equally delighted and astonished4 ,it is deeply to be lamented we have so few specimens of the talents of ,john ,bewick1 who died of a pulmonary complaint1 #agie1 at the early age of thirty-five4 ,i now1 in this hasty1 feeble1 and divaricated biographical sketch1 approach the great and favourite work of my admired friend1 ,the ,history of ,british ,birds4 ,the first volume of this all-delighting work was published in #agig1 jointly by ,bielby and ,bewick1 but was afterwards continued by ,bewick4 ,this beautiful1 accurate1 animated1 and 7,i may really add7 wonderful production1 having passed through six editions1 each of very numerous impressions1 is now universally known and admired4 ,the first time ,i had personal interview with my venerable friend was at ,newcastle upon ,tyne1 on ,wednesday1 ,october #a1 #ahbc1 after perambulating the romantic regions of ,cumberland and ,westmoreland1 with my friend1 ,john ,e4 ,bowman1 ,esq41 ,f4,l4,s4 ,we had been told that he retired from his workbench on evenings to the ,blue ,bell on the side1 for the purpose of reading the news4 ,to this place we repaired1 and readily found ourselves in the presence of the great man4 ,for my part1 so warm was my enthusiasm1 that ,i could have rushed into his arms1 as into those of a parent or benefactor4 ,he was sitting by the fire in a large elbow-chair1 smoking4 ,he received us most kindly1 and in a very few minutes we felt as old friends4 ,he appeared a large1 athletic man1 then in his seventy-first year1 with thick1 bushy1 black hair1 retaining his sight so completely as to read aloud rapidly the smallest type of a newspaper4 ,he was dressed in very plain1 brown clothes1 but of good quality1 with large flaps to his waistcoat1 grey woollen stockings1 and large buckles4 ,in his under-lip he had a prodigious large quid of tobacco1 and he leaned on a very thick oaken cudgel1 which1 ,i afterwards learned1 he cut in the woods of ,hawthornden4 ,his broad1 bright1 and benevolent countenance at one glance1 bespoke powerful intellect and unbounded good-will1 with a very visible sparkle of merry wit4 ,the discourse at first turned on politics 7for the paper was in his hand17 on which he at once openly avowed himself a warm whig1 but clearly without the slightest wish to provoke opposition4 ,i at length succeeded in turning the conversation into the fields of natural history1 but not till after he had scattered forth a profusion of the most humorous anecdotes1 that would baffle the most retentive memory to enumerate1 and defy the most witty to depict4 ,i succeeded by mentioning an error in one of his works2 for which1 when ,i had convinced him1 he thanked me1 and took the path in conversation we wished4 ,in many instances1 ,i must remark1 though frequently succeeding to the broadest humour1 his countenance and conversation assumed the emitted flashes and features of absolutely the highest sublimity2 indeed1 to an excitement of awful amazement1 particularly when speaking on the works of the ,deity4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,naturalist4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,duration ,,of ,,life4 ,it appears from well authenticated documents1 that the mean term of ,roman life1 among the citizens1 was #cj years--that is to say1 taking #a1jjj persons1 adding the years together they each attained1 and dividing the total by the number of persons1 the result is #cj4 ,in ,england1 at the present time1 the expectation of life1 for persons similarly situated1 is at least #ej years1 giving a superiority of #bj years above the ,roman citizen4 ,the mean term of life among the easy classes at ,paris is at present #db4 ,at ,florence1 to the whole population1 it is still not more than #cj4 ,we have gleaned these interesting facts from a review of ,dr4 ,hawkins's ,elements of ,medical ,statistics2 and as the subject is like human life itself1 of exhaustless interest1 we shall proceed with a few more3 ,counties of ,england and ,wales4 ,in #aghj1 the annual mortality of ,england and ,wales was #a in #dj4 ,by the last census 7of #ahba17 the yearly mortality had fallen to #a in #eh1 nearly one-third4 ,the rate of mortality is of course not equal throughout the country4 ,according to ,dr4 ,hawkins1 this is mainly influenced by the proportion of large towns which any district or county contains4 ,the lowest well-ascertained rate of mortality in any part of ,europe is that of ,pembrokeshire and ,anglesey1 in ,wales1 where only one death takes place annually out of eighty-three individuals4 ,sussex enjoys the lowest rate of mortality of any ,english county2 it is there #a in #gb4 ,middlesex1 on the other hand1 affords the other extreme1 #a in #dg2 yet here1 where the rate of mortality is higher than in any part of ,england1 great improvements in the mean duration of life are taking place2 for in #ahaa1 the mortality was as great as #a in #cf4 ,kent1 ,surrey1 ,lancashire1 ,warwickshire1 and ,cheshire1 are the counties where1 next to ,middlesex1 the deaths are most numerous4 ,the three last named counties enjoy many natural advantages1 but these are more than counterbalanced by the number and density of their manufacturing towns4 ,it is a circumstance well worthy of note1 that the aguish counties of ,england do not1 as might have been expected1 stand high in the list4 ,in ,lincolnshire1 the rate of mortality is only #a in #fb4 ,dr4 ,hawkins hesitates whether to attribute this to the large proportion of dry and elevated district which that county possesses1 or to the exemption of fenny countries generally from consumption4 ,we are strongly inclined to suspect that the latter is the true explanation of the fact4 ,the notion was originally thrown out by the late ingenious physician1 ,dr4 ,wells1 who even went so far as to advise the removal of consumptive patients to the heart of the ,cambridgeshire fens1 rather than to ,hastings or ,sidmouth4 ,the author goes on to remark1 that the decline in the mortality is even more striking in our cities than in our rural districts4 ,while the metropolis has extended itself in all directions1 and multiplied its inhabitants to an enormous amount1--in other words1 while the seeming sources of its unhealthiness have been largely augmented1 it has actually become more friendly to health4 ,in the middle of the last century1 the annual mortality was about #a in #bj4 ,by the census of #ahba1 it appeared as #a in #dj3 so that in the space of seventy years1 the chances of existence are exactly doubled in ,london1--a progress and final result1 adds the author1 without a parallel in the history of any other age or country4 ,the high rate of mortality in ,london about the year #agej1 exceeding considerably that of former years1 has been attributed to the great1 abuse of spirituous liquors1 which were then sold without the very necessary check of high duties4 ,one of the results of these statistical investigations which1 a priori1 we should least have been prepared for1 is the uncommon healthiness of ,manchester4 ,the rate of mortality there at the present time does not appear to exceed #a in #gd4 ,the statistics of the sexes afford some curious results4 ,the relative numbers of the sexes are the same in all parts of the world1--namely1 at birth1 twenty-one males to twenty females1 but as the mortality among males during infancy exceeds that of females1 the sexes at the age of fifteen are nearly equal4 ,a late ,french writer1 ,m4 ,giron1 thinks himself warranted in the opinion1 that agricultural pursuits favour an increase in the male1 while commerce and manufactures encourage the female population4 ,there exists throughout the world considerable variety in the proportion of births to marriages1 but1 upon an average1 we may state it at about four to one4 ,it has been uniformly found1 however1 that improvements in the public health are attended by a diminution of marriages and births4 ,the great principle is this3 as the number of men cannot exceed their means of subsistence1 if men live longer1 a less number is born1 and the human race is maintained at its due complement with fewer deaths and fewer births1 a contingency favourable in every respect to happiness4 ,the author illustrates this very important principle by the population returns both of ,england and ,france4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,gatherer4 ,a snapper up of unconsidered trifles4 ,,shakspeare4 99 99 99 99 99 ,on reading in a provincial paper1#c a passage entitled1 ,ornaments of the ,bench and ,bar4 ,imitate no one you despise1 ,said one whose mind was great1 ,did he not think8 despise not him ,you cannot imitate4 ,,talbote4 #c ,the ,manchester ,courier1 #beth ,july4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,simplicity4 ,major ,r---- was not long since riding near a building which presented to his admiring gaze a fine specimen of antique ,saxon architecture4 ,desirous to learn something respecting it1 he made some inquiries of a man1 who as it happened was the souter of the village4 ,this learned wight informed the inquisitive stranger that the building in question was reckoned a noble specimen of ,gothic architecture1 and was built by the ,romans1 who came over with ,julius ,caesar4 ,friend1 said the ,major1 you make anachronisms4 ,no1 no1 ,sir1 replied the man1 indeed ,i don't make anachronisms1 for ,i never made any thing but shoes in my life4 ,the same gentleman1 one day fitting on a new under-waistcoat1 which he had ordered to be made of a material that should resist rain and damp1 said to the tailor in attendance1 ,but are you sure that it is impervious4 ,o dear1 no1 ,sir1 replied the man1 with a look of astonishment1 ,i certainly can't pretend to say that it is impervious1 for it is wash-leather4 ,m4,l4,b4 99 99 99 99 99 ,some men make a vanity of telling their faults2 they are the strangest men in the world2 they cannot dissemble2 they own it is a folly2 they have lost abundance of advantage by it2 but if you would give them the world1 they cannot help it4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,arlequins4 ,in ,paris1 small lumps of mixed meats sold in the market for cats1 dogs1 and the poor1 are called ,arlequins4 ,they are the relics collected from the plates of the rich1 and from the restaurateurs4 99 99 99 99 99 ,by love's delightful influence the attack of ill-humour is resisted2 the violence of our passions abated2 the bitter cup of affliction sweetened2 all the injuries of the world alleviated2 and the sweetest flowers plentifully strewed along the path of life4 99 99 99 99 99 ,at the meeting on the ,covent ,garden stage1 the other day1 a gentleman inquired for ,mr4 ,kemble3 ,he's just gone off1 replied another1 evidently connected with the theatre4 ,such is the force of habit4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the late ,murgravine of ,anspach wrote an impromptu charade1 and presented it to her husband1 ,lord ,c41 as the person most interested in the subject of it1 and most capable of judging of its truth3-- ,mon premier est un tyran-- mari- ,mon second est un monstre-- age2 ,et mon tout est--le diable-- mariage4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a farmer applied to a county magistrate for a warrant3--,a warrant1 for what8 says the magistrate1 ,to take up the weather1 please your worship4 ,p4,t4,w4 ,n4,b4 ,warrant refused4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,conversation1 7from ,swift47 ,nature hath left every man a capacity of being agreeable1 though not of shining in company2 and there are a hundred men sufficiently qualified for both1 who1 by a very few faults1 that they might correct in half an hour1 are not so much as tolerable4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,limbird',s ,,edition ,,of ,,the ,following ,novels is already ,published3 s4 d4 ,mackenzie's ,man of ,feeling #j #f ,paul and ,virginia #j #f ,the ,castle of ,otranto #j #f ,almoran and ,hamet #j #f ,elizabeth1 or the ,exiles of ,siberia #j #f ,the ,castles of ,athlin and ,dunbayne #j #f ,rasselas #j #h ,the ,old ,english ,baron #j #h ,goldsmith's ,vicar of ,wakefield #j #aj ,sicilian ,romance #a #j ,the ,man of the ,world #a #j ,a ,simple ,story #a #d ,joseph ,andrews #a #f ,humphry ,clinker #a #h ,the ,romance of the ,forest #a #h ,the ,italian #b #j ,zeluco1 by ,dr4 ,moore #b #f ,edward1 by ,dr4 ,moore #b #f ,roderick ,random #b #f ,the ,mysteries of ,udolpho #c #f ,peregrine ,pickle #d #f 99 99 99 99 99 ,printed and ,published by ,j4 ,,limbird #adc1 ,strand1 7near ,somerset ,house17 ,london2 sold by ,,ernest ,,fleischer1 #fbf1 ,new ,market1 ,leipsic2 and by all ,newsmen and ,booksellers4