comes all at once an interesting being, and almost a friend himself. Mend us the fire, Leonora, said the old man to his daughter, and then thou shalt lay the cloth, and give us some good soup, some fresh butter, cheese, and pears; this young man will sup with us; he has been at Brême, and knows my friend. He then, advised Herbert to take off his wet coat, to put it near the fire to dry, and asked Leonora to go and bring one of bis; the young man accepted the first part of the proposal, but refused the second ;-it struck him that one of the old man's coats would not fit him like his own. He opened then his haversack, and drew from it another coat, which at once shewed them he was a young man of neatness and order. When he had trimmed himself up, he drew near his host again; replied to all the questions he asked him respecting his travels; gave him account upon account of the different provinces he had passed through. He intermingled his relations with reflections that evinced an observing and sensible mind, and an excellent heart. Leonora kept going backwards and forwards laying the cloth and getting the supper ready; she listened to every word; and every now and then her beautiful dark eyes were fixed upon the narrator: when he perceived it, he would stop for a moment, and appear to have quite forgotten what part of his tale should succeed;-then he would recollect himself and go on. Standing in the door-way with a plate or glass in her hand, she silently admired the interesting and good young man's simple eloquence, and great complaisance. At length the repast was over; they remained all three seated round the hospitable table. Herbert had never been so happy in the whole course of his life ;--and still, every look he cast upon the lovely girl, caused him to feel a sweet involuntary regret-he sighed in spite of himself, and, with an unaccountable mixture of pleasure and pain, he continued his relations. The tender emotions of his heart gave an additional force and expression to his words, though at times a sadness prevailed. Where is the youth, who, after an agreeable conversation with an intelligent and hospitable old man,after having passed an hour by the side of a beautiful and amiable girl, does not experience the most painful,-acute feelings, when he thinks he is about to leave them, and that he shall never, it may be, see them again? Then a vague and confused thought on the brief pleasures of this life,-on happy moments never to return-on the uncertainty of the future, afflicts the heart, and brings tears into the eyes. It was an emotion of this kind Herbert experienced; and the fervour he displayed in his conversation was communicated to his host and fair hostess. one There never was a prince who enjoyed a repast so much as I have mine this evening, said Herbert, in a tone of unaffected sensibility; the old man and his daughter smiled, and the old man gave him a friendly tap on the shoulder; in truth this simple repast was truly delicious,-cooked by Leonora-served by Leonora-and partaken of by the side of her. Without thinking it, she had picked out the best and finest pears. Though strangers to another, not even acquainted with each others names, they sat round this table like three good old friends. Who can help admiring a guest so sensible of the little kind. ness shewn him, and who repays it with such interesting conversation, thought Leonora: the old man did not let the talk flag; Herbert was not weary of keeping it up either, and was not now interrupted by glances on the girl, for he scarcely removed his eyes from her, though his conversation was wholly directed to the father. Herbert was not naturally a great talker, but this evening he could not keep his tongue still. Love varies in its effects, sometimes it strikes dumb, at others it is extremely loquacious. Without even acknowledging it to himself, Herbert was secretly desirous of pleasing Leonora; he observed her listen with considerable interest, and smile. Herbert therefore talked away, and with increased eloquence. Nothing animates us so much as a desire of pleasing, accompanied by the hope of succeeding. When Leonora had cleared the supper table, she brought out her wheel, and began to spin; but more than once did it cease to go round, and the thread kept breaking in ber pretty fingers. With her eyes fixed upon Herbert, she began to enquire how it was he produced so odd an effect upon her-every sentence he uttered announced such sound sense-so susceptible a heart-there was such a respect and zeal for the female character displayed--such an abhorrence for vice and dissimulation! He related to the old man how a young fellow of Brême had deceived a poor girl, how she had thrown herself into a well in consequence, and the dreadful remorse of her seducer; his expressions were so affecting his eyes were suffused with tears!-tears also ran down Leonora's cheeks in abundance.-Poor Leonora !-she felt her heart fix itself strongly on the good young and I too, thought she, I too feel a wish to man, die! The wooden clock struck nine. Herbert got up, and went out to see how the weather was; the sky had become clear; but our young traveller's soul was enveloped in sombre clouds; he felt this evening would cost him all his future happiness. Good God! thought he,-what is this my friends have done?-No.—I cannot love the girl they have chosen for me ;-I'll go,— I'll tell them so; to-morrow I'll return bere, and of what he would now do he had but a confused idea. During the time Herbert was out, the old man reflected also, and with no little sorrow, on this meeting; he had observed the tears' his daughter shed, he remarked the afflicted look she cast upon the young man as he went out. Leonora, said he to her, this stranger seems a very nice young man, but recollect, thou'rt promised.- -Herbert came in again; he heard the deep sigh, which was the only reply Leonora made; she began her spinning again, and now kept her eyes upon her wheel. It is fine now, said he,-I must proceed to the town,-I must see my parents this evening, but if you'll permit me, I'll come and see you again, and soon-Your parents!-you have parents then living near here?—I thought you were a stranger-a traveller;-who is your father?-Old Herbert, the Joiuer.-Herbert! What! Herbert! cried out the old man; God be praised a thousand times,-he has led you here; you are my cousin, and soon, very soon, he squoze the young man's hand with the greatest tenderness. Leonora Leonora, on whose countenance was a blush as deep as the rose, got up softly from her wheel, drew near also, took hold of Herbert's band, and with a trembling voice could with difficulty say the words, Welcome, dear cousin.-Has your father never written to you respecting us? resumed the old man-he is my greatest friend; he is very fond of my daughter, and frequently talked about our children. Leonora turned about, she went and tied the ribbon that he'd the hemp upon her distaff-it did not want tyeing. Be quick, Leonora, said the old father, go and get the bed in the little chamber ready,-consin stays with us tonight, and we'll go to town together to-morrow; how surprised your good father will be said he, rubbing his hands-they don't expect you of a fortnight yet. we have already The young girl, as nimble as a mouse, ran to the little chamber; her cousin's bed was soon got ready; she is soon back, calls him her dear cousin-then her dear Henry-and then her dear friend. She felt a gladness-a lightness-aye, as if a large heavy stone had been removed from her breast, and a wreath of flowers put in its place. Herbert's loquacity left him, he felt so much that he could scarcely utter a word; be thought he was surely translated into heaven, and my story is ended. Whilst I am writing, a happy family, a joyful assembly, are celebrating not far from me, at the cottage in the village, the marriage of Herbert and Leonora, which took place yesterday; and I leave it to be decided, whether those young persons, whose hearts alone have been consulted in marriage, or they who have been matched according to the whim of their parents, enjoy the greatest share of happiness. "The subject of Orthography, which teaches the art of true or right spelling, is both interesting and useful, and has not, in general, been sufficiently attended to, or critically examined. This negligence, however, is not peculiar to the English, or the English language. The private letters of Buonaparte, it is well known, abounded with errors in Orthographe; neither, indeed, was correct punctuation regarded by him, the points being sometimes wholly omitted, and at others, used iinproperly."-ANON. Spelling is, in a great measure, acquired through the medium of the eye. The centre of a circle, for instance, so frequently mentioned in Euclid, and the CentreHotel, casually noticed, in the middle of the Crescent, at Buxton, will be easily remembered (as ending in tre) by the students in geometry, and by the visitors of that fashionable and greatly improved place of resort, from all parts of the kingdom, during the summer, and greater part of the autumnal, months. 59. Centry Sentry, corrupted, Dr. Johnson says, from Sentinel. "THOU, whose nature cannot sleep, O'er my slumbers sentry keep; Guard me 'gainst those watchful foes, Whose eyes are open while mine close." 60. Cephallic 61. Errour BROWN. Cephalic, from céphalique, Fr. Error This word is spelled with a u, by Johnson, although in the quotation he has given from the bible, Heb. ix. 7, the u, is properly omitted. Mr. Todd, in this instance, has introduced the u, in contradiction to all the modern editions of the Sacred Text, including the Family Bible, lately published by the Rev. Dr. Mant and the Rev. G. D'Oyly. In the old Black Letter copy of "The Bible, translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, imprinted at London, 1589," which, in the margin, is rendered "errors."-Many improvements have doubtless been made in Orthography, in the course of the last 230 years. Intire Entire, from the French, entier. This word was formerly, and by some illiterate signpainters of the present day, is still written intire; as, Calvert's Intire Butt Beer." But this mode of spelling the word is nearly, though, it appears, not entirely obsolete. 63. Leger Ledger, from the Latin, legere, to gather. The ledger being the principal book used by merchants and tradesmen, in which all the transactions which occur in business are ultimately placed, or, as it is technically called, posted, to each individual account. In this sense of the word, the orthography, as now stated, is established by long custom; and as in any other sense the word under consideration is perfectly obsolete, no advantage can possibly arise from any attempt to alter the spelling, by omitting the letter d. 64. Metalic Metallic, from metallum, Lat. Here the accent being on the penultimate syllable, the consonant, is doubled, according to the spirit of a rule that is given in Lowth's Grammar, viz. words of one syllable, ending with a single consonant, and that consonant being preceded by a single vowel, or if of more than one syllable, double the consonant when another syllable is added to it, having the accent on 65. Moveable Translation of the last Ode of the 1st Book of Horace. the penultimate syllable. Movable This word has sometimes been written moveable, and also its derivatives, moveably and moveableness, in the same manner, retaining the e mute; but there is no necessity, says Mr. Todd, for retaining this letter, in the present word, any more than in the words, improvable and unmovable, where Johnson himself omits it; and, certainly, he was not wont to dismiss, either idly or inconsiderately, what he deemed superfluous or redundant letters. On the contrary, he has, in some justances, retained letters, which have, since the publication of his Dictionary, been decidedly and universally rejected.—With respect to the word under consideration, it may be proper to remark that in the Bible the e mute is retained, in the word unmoveable, which occurs in the last verse of the 15th chap. of the First of Corinthians, being the portion of Scripture, appointed to be read in the Burial Service. This word, being compounded of stead and fast, is, perhaps very properly spelled, by Johnson, with an a, in the first syllable, like its primitive stead. Neverthe less, it is invariably printed without this letter in every passage where it occurs in the Bible. See Eccles. xxii. 23. I Peter, v. 9. and I Cor. xv, 58. The authorities quoted by Johnson, from Dryden and Spenser, are the same; which may fairly be considered as exceptions, of an obsolete complexion, to the more general and prevailing method of writing the word at the present time. Spenser flourished in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, when the orthography of the English language was very lax and unsettled. The common words, steady, unsteady, steadily, are never written without the a; and if the a be omitted in stedfast, it should seem to be on the same account that the vowel u in odour and valour, and the vowel i in villain, are omitted in the derivatives, odoriferous, odorous, valorous, villany, and villanous. cases may easily be reconciled on the grammatical B. THE LIVERPOOL CONCENTRIC FRIENDS. No. II. In the Reading Room at six o'clock, were assembled, Friends Constant, Paradox, Frivolous, and Man; satisfactory reasons were assigned for the non-attendance of the other Members, and the Deliberation Chamber being entered, the Sociability of Man was pitched upon as the topic of discussion. Much interestGRAMMAR. ——— Communicated by S. X.)—The fol-ing debate arose the prone and the erect postures were considered, and the former was un lowing exemplification of all the ten parts of speech, in one short sentence, may possibly be new to some of your readers : In English, there are ten sorts of words, called parts of speech, namely the article (1), the noun (2), the pronoun (3), the adjective (4), the verb (5), the participle (6), the adverb (7) the preposition (S), the conjunction (9), and the interjection (10). All these are found in the following short sentence: I (3) now (7) see (5) the (1) good (4) man (2) coming (6), but (9) alas (10)! he (3) walks (5) with (8) difficulty (2). MR. COBBETT'S GRAMMAR. TO THE EDITOR, equivocally rejected. A paper on the Matrimo- CLASSIFICATION OF BACHELORS. The Enthusiast of the entrancing daughters of Jupiter-the man who makes a world, and who revels amid beauties and perfections of his own creation, can rarely find sublunary realities so exquisitely fascinating. The complexion, the features, the symmetry, and the graceful evolutions of his ideal fair, are, in the earthly sex, seldom combined with simplicity of mind, sweetness of disposition, and sincerity of affection. He is too sanguine-his estimate is above the standard of humanity-he should only dwell with imaginary forms, and ever remain a Bachelor! The Eccentric species contains four varieties; viz:-the amorous, the capricious, the penurious, and the extravagant. The first is a harmless, accomodating creature; fond of the smiles of the sex, he is their most devoted gallant, at routs, parties, and entertainments; and is ever languishing, but when at their " service to command." The second, being liable to perpetual change, would keep a family in constant solicitude and anxiety. The third would keep-nay, would not keep, a family at all. And the fourth would reduce a family from ease, affluence, and felicity, to toil, indigence, and the grave-They should remain Bachelors! The fourth species contains two varieties; viz:-the dissipated execrable, and the lascivious execrable. The first is a mean, low-minded, contemptible creature; detached from domestic, and alienated from social interests; he is devoid of moral worth, and desires only a life of insensibility, and riot. The second is of all civilized monsters the greatest, and the most to be dreaded. His look is full of guile; his word is pestiferous; his touch is moral death! He is the despoiler of innocence, the bane of beauty, the corrupter of fidelity! He betrays the simple, blasts the lovely, violates the affianced! Individual peace, domestic felicity, social purity Of the confirmed Bachelor the Concentricall, all are to him, as nothing! He sneers Friends are agreed that there are, or ought to husband! He knows not the remorse, he alleat the distraction of an injured, of a disconsolate be, four species; viz:— Species. 1. The B. Scientific. Characteristics. SIR,--A correspondent, "F." in your last week's Iris, desires to know if the following passage, which commences the Dedication of the Fourth Edition of 2. The B. Enthusiastic. The views and tempers Mr. Cobbett's Grammar, be correct :-" A work, having for its objects, to lay the solid foundation of literary knowledge amongst the labouring classes of the community, to give practical effect to the natural genius found in the soldier, the sailor, the apprentice, 4. The B. Execrable. estranged from com- viates not the wretchedness, of his victim! He feels not the excruciating pangs, the writhings of a deserted parent!-And he is regardless of the disgrace of unconscious children, and worthy connexions! Let no such man partake of your festivities, let no such man enter your domestic circle-in short, let no such man be trusted. Deliberation Chamber, Feb. 24, 1823. Nihil est ab omni parte beatum.-HOR. ually engaged in the THE IMPERFECTION OF HUMAN HAPPINESS. regions of fancy. Constitutional imbecility, exemplified by penuriousness or instability. Confirmed misanthropy, licentiousness or dissipation. and the plough boy, and to make that genius a pereu- 3. The B. Eccentric. your Majesty's perusal, &c. But if your correspondent means to object to the repetition of the word work to the one verb seeks, do not still see any irregularity or impropriety; for after the detail of the different objects of the work, as "to lay the solid foundation of literary knowledge, &c. to give practi cal effect to the natural genius, &c. and to make that genius a perennial source of wealth, &c." it becomes necessary, the nominative case, "A work," being at so great a distance, to repeat it to its verb, thus:"such a work seeks," &c. and the two nominative There are but few persons who will allow the truth of the maxim, that there is no human happiness without some admixture of affliction.Men in general, are willing to think that hap piness may be obtained in certain pursuits of life, which they call pleasures, and for this reason they direct all their attention to some one of them;-but experience, in the end, shews them the vanity of their expectations, and fully proves, that instead of finding happiness, they are filled with discontent at the disappointment. The covetous man employs all means possible to obtain riches, and even denies himself the common necessaries of life for the attainment of what he will not allow himself to enjoy; he is continually tormented with the fear of losing what he has obtained with so much labour, and anxiety of mind: and thus he leads on his miserable existence in a state of the greatest wretchedness, and at his death, leaves all that he has amassed together, and hoarded up with so much care, to his heir, perhaps a man quite the reverse of himself, who, foolishly supposing that the riches he is so easily put in possession of will never have an end, launches out into the greatest extravagance, and consumes, before he is well aware of it, the vast riches which he imagined would secure to him all the happiness he could wish for, and, never expecting a reverse of circumstances, he is totally unacquainted with any means of industry to support himself, and his unhappy family; so that, in his turn, he becomes a flatterer to those, whom, in his prosperity, he had despised, and is reduced to the necessity of living on the scanty bounty, thus meanly obtained. Though all men are not so completely wretched as these two characters, yet, with very few exceptions, we all come short of happiness by misplacing the object : if, instead of doing so, we should believe that there is no real happiness to be obtained in any worldly pursuit, and endeavour to obtain it by our expectations in another world, we should have a greater share of happiness here, and after death, we should for ever enjoy the real happiness, without any admixture of affliction, for which, the miser, if duly sensible of it, would cheerfully resign his gold, and the spendthrift, the pleasure of spending it. CORRESPONDENCE. SOPHISTRY DETECTED. TO THE EDITOR, B. SIR,-The strictures on Human Dissection contained in Paper No. I. of the Liverpool Concentric Friends, appeared so extraordinary as to induce me to take some pains for further information. I obtained a copy of Mr. Abernethy's Address, perused it with care, and after making every reasonable allowance, am constrained to pronounce it a most illiberal, insulting, fallacious composition. I would require the writer to substantiate his statements with recorded facts, and particularly that relative to the interposition of police in favour of Anatomical exhibitions. I would require to be specified, the Country, the Law, and the Execution of the Law. Mr. A. refers to the practices (or properly speaking foists in a whim of his own as being the practice) in Paris. I am of opinion that this dissector is wholly ignorant of the French laws on this point, else he would never so commit himself. Allow me, therefore, to put two or three questions for the consideration of this gentleman who deals so liberally in gross fabrication. In the city noticed, on the death of an individual what is required to be done by the person having the care of the house, and under what penalty? What step is taken in consequence? What is particular before fastening the coffin? And how is the funeral ceremony attended? The solutions of these queries will amply refute the falsehoods of Mr. Abernethy; and clearly show that the human dissectors in France, as in England, are dependent upon practices which should be abolished by the prohibition of dissecting VINDICATOR. rooms. [See Notices to Correspondents.] TO THE EDITOR, SIR, Suffer me to awaken your Liverpool correspondent J. D. as to the real causes of the productiveness of the last Liverpool season, which he is green enough to attribute to the amazing powers of Mr. Vandenhoff. and J. D. sets out with a falsehood in asserting that Brutus was acted only once during the last season at Liverpool, viz. Mr. Bass's night, and brought £224. Brutus was acted there on Thursday June 13th, by the scauty appearance of the audience that night, it may be supposed £15 was the extreme of the receipts. The success of the last season is solely attributed by J. D. to Mr. V. Why does J. D. omit the attraction of Miss Clara Fisher? Why forget the houses brought by Mr. Liston's engagement? Why sink the comforts of a newly painted and upholstered theatre? Why not mention the unusually great combination of auxiliary talent afforded throughout the season by the long vaca tions of Covent-Garden and Drury-Lane? And above all, why does he not allow some share of the profits to the amazing popularity of Tom and Jerry, played 17 nights to about £2000? If J. D. be at a loss to account for the failure of his memory in these instances let me answer for him-it was because Mr. V. was not concerned in the majority of these great resources. Taking a Benefit for an aggregate is ridiculous. Mr. Bass kad £224, but it was not the play of Brutus or Mr. V.'s acting that drew the money (I beg pardon I mean the tickets). An Actor's connexion and system of Benefit making is the grand cause of a good night, and had the performances on that occasion been Tom Thumb and Bombastes Furioso, no doubt the same results would have been experienced. Trusting this to your liberality for insertion, I remain your's, Manchester, Feb. 25th, 1823. THE DRAMA. VERITAS. MANCHESTER DRAMATIC REGISTER, From Monday Feb. 24th, to Friday Feb. 28th, 1823. Monday.--Hamlet: with Winning a Husband. Hamlet Mr. Young. Tuesday. - Julius Caesar : with the Citizen. BrutusMr. Young. Wednesday.-Coriolanus: with the Weathercock. Coriolanus-Mr. Young. Friday.-Macbeth: with Past Ten o'Clock. Macbeth -Mr. Young. The admirers of the drama have this week been popular tragedies of the unrivalled Shakespeare,—viz. highly entertained by the representation of four of the Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Coriolanus, and Macbeth: and in addition to this excellent selection, they have been gratified with the performance of MR. YOUNG in the principal character of each. This gentleman's expression and acting are so chaste and noble, as to render him an admirable study for all who would acquire a classical style from the best living models.-His pure enunciation and commanding attitudes are peculiarly striking; and whatever shades of excellency may remain undecided between him and our other leading tragedians, we hesitate not to pronounce that in the points just noticed he is excelled by none.— -We should not do justice to MR. SALTER, nor be for a moment reconciled to ourselves, were we to pass him over without particular commendation; his Cassius (which part he played for the first time) could not be objected to in the first performer of the day; nor did our townsmen fail to appreciate his performance ;-it MR. BASS, as Mark Antony, was very efficient, and was honourably distinguished by reiterated applause. played the part with much pathos and discrimination. THE LINKER'S LINES ON MEETING A FAIR FRIEND.. I left ye, Janie, blooming fair, I left ye 'mang the woods sae green, I've foun' ye buskit like a queen, I left ye like the wanton lamb, A HOMELY COT. Tell me no more of pleasure's airy flight, The gay delusions of romantic youth: Can fancy's schemes afford a just delight, Unfound by search, unrealiz'd by truth? Ah! tell me not of ever during bliss His destin'd journey, while deceitful views Beguile the tedious road, o'er which he strays, And through the day his unknown way pursues. At length, o'ertoil'd, the shelt'ring home he gains; Bleak blow the winds, and darkness veils the sky; He crowds the fire, and in his cottage reigns. Content no more the devious maze to try. So we, enamour'd of life's gaudy scene, Through youth's short period, grasp the painted air; Still disappointed, still in hopes to glean Unfading harvests from a field so fair. Weary, at last, we seek a rest to find; And, though but mean, or irksome be our lot, Still 'tis our own: and, with a quiet mind, Earth's greatest blessing is a homely cot. EPITAPHS. At Oakham, in Surrey, 1736. I met with a check, and I broke my neck, At Selby, in Yorkshire. Here lies the body of poor Frank Row, Parish clerk and grave-stone cutter, And this is writ to let you know, What Frank for others used to do, Is now for Frank done by another. At Northallerton. Hic jacet Walter Gun, Some time landlord of the Sun; He drank hard upon Friday, Then took to his bed, and died upon Sunday. On Mr. Turner, a great Usurer, who died in the Year 1648. Turner, the miser, is depriv'd of breath, And turn'd into another world by death; On the Tombstone erected over the Marquis of Here rests and let no saucy knave For he who writes these lines is sure And here five little ones repose, A leg and foot, to speak more plain, And when the guns with thunder fraught, To give the foe leg-bail. And now in England just as gay Goes to the rout, review, or play, But fortune's pardon I must beg, WEEKLY DIARY. MARCH. Among the Romans, March, from Mars, was the first month; and marriages made in this month were accounted unhappy. REMARKABLE DAYS. SATURDAY, 1.-Saint David. Saint David was the great ornament and pattern of his age. He continued in the see of St. David's many years; and having founded several monasteries, and been the spiritual father of many saints, both British and Irish, he died about the year 544, at a very advanced age.Early on the 1st of March, the young maidens of the village of Steban Hethe, now called Stepney, used to resort to Goodman's Fields (the only remains of which now not built upon is the Tenter-ground) in search of a blade of grass of a reddish tint; the charm being, that the fortunate finder obtained the husband of her wishes within the month. The leek worn on this day by Welshmen is said to be in memory of a great victory obtained by them over the Saxons; they, during the battle, having leeks in their hats, to distinguish themselves, by order of St. David. MATHEMATICS. Solution of No. 61, by Miss Agnes. In the first equation, x = 62 —y-z; in the second, 190-6y-2 190-6y-2z ; hence, 62-y-x= and 3y4. If we substitute these values of x x= 3 3 world. As Icy Cape has been reached from Bebring's from our noble Countrymen, now happily, we trust, Lit. Gaz. EDINBURGH WERNERIAN SOCIETY. when I arrived at the age of thirty, a vacancy happening in the neighbourhood of my birth, I was invited, by an uncle, to take upon me the infirmities of all the folks within the circle of twenty miles. Before I set out, I ordered the cottage barber to make me a good physical wig; under the shadow of which, with the assistance of a handsome cane, and a few very significant shrugs and solemn nods, I soon acquired the On Saturday, 26th ult. a very able scientific essay reputation of an eminent physician. Fees came on different modes of applying the power of the steam-in apace; so that in the course of thirty years, engine towards impelling vessels through the water, I had saved more money than I really knew was read at the meeting of the Wernerian Society. The what to do with whether it was my learning, advantages, the different construction, and the application of the paddle or wheel, to this purpose, were demy person, or my money, I cannot say, but a tailed at considerable length; and were followed by lady of my acquaintance took a vast liking to I was not so blind statements of several other ingenious contrivances something belonging to me. such as a spiral worm working in a cylinder, which as not to see the conquest; in short, I married receives the water at the bow, and expels it at the her. I was past the years of discretion, so I possible to convey an adequate idea of the author's the of her family, rank, and fashion in life! stern; a series of horizontal pumps, &c. &c. It is not married her. Oh, what a condescension! a lady ories in the short space which is allowed us, much less age, indeed, she was but six years younger than As for to state his calculations and arguments. We can only myself; and for fortune, if she ever had any, say, that it struck us as being a memoir which would she had spent it,--and yet I was such a fool as not long remain unpublished; and in the hope of its to be convinced that she was conferring the soon appearing, we forbear regretting that we cannot give a fuller account of it. Professor Jameson read greatest obligation upon me. an article on the natural ferocity of beasts of prey; combating the notion that the same species of animal was naturally more savage in one part of the world than in another; and attributing the apparent difference to the knowledge which the animals may have obtained by experience of the power of man, He gave several instances in corroboration of the position; stating that the authors who have affirmed the contrary have drawn No sooner had she taken upon her the management of my family, than adieu for ever to all order, peace and comfort. She began with discharging old Jonas, because he cut so queer a figure in a long queue, and white stockings, (which she insisted upon his wearing,) that the poor fellow could not help laughing at himself. She next discarded my old wig. It certainly their facts from the habits of those animals which have existed in the neighbourhood of civilized human beings: head as it did when it was new; but I continued was worse for wear, not sitting so close to my aud have thus, apparently, assumed the effect of locality as an original difference of disposition. The horn it in service, purely from this consideration, that of a rhinoceros found in Scotland was then produced: the older it grew it had the less occasion for combing. A new fashioned wig was instantly curved; of very great weight; and of large circum- substituted, which has no warmth in it, and I ference at the base. It was a very interesting subject am never suffered to stir out, however pressing for reflection, as well as an object of admiration. A the occasion, until it is dressed and powdered. stuffed specimen, and also a skeleton of the Dugong, Our prig of a footman is so long twirling and was then produced to the society. This animal is of frizzing it up, that a score of patients have 64 the whale tribe, inhabiting the seas about Java. It expired, and the fees been lost, ere I was able 169 wants the blow-hole of the whale. The anterior part of the skeleton has much resemblance to that of quadru-suit had been reinstated every year, from a patto set out and relieve them. My snuff-coloured 8 138 lution. Consequently, y = ± + 10 or 11. peds. The head exhibited many peculiarities; amongst 13 13 which the teeth were the most remarkable; besides Take y 10, then x 26 and z 26. The gen-incisores and molares, there was an intermediate range, tleman's age is therefore 26 years 10 months and 26 distant from the others, of what might be called canine days. and z in the third equation, we shall have 26y2-552y it was rather more than two feet in length; slightly +4372=1452; or, y2. 276y Whence, y 13 1460 by completing Messrs. Jones, Wilson, Andrews, Williams, and Jack at a Piach have favoured us with solutions. were they not too numerous to make that designation correct; there were three of them on each side of the jaw; they are supposed to discharge the first functions of the molares, that is, of dividing previous to grindQuestion No. 63, by Mr. Williams. ing. The molares were round and flat; the distinctive characteristics of animals not carnivorous. The stuffed What is the least velocity with which a body must be projected from the surface of the earth to reach the This animal has large mamme in the anterior part of specimen might be about three and a half feet long. moon; supposing the quantity of matter in the earth a, in the moon m; and their distance from each other, d? ARTS AND SCIENCES. CAPTAIN PARRY'S EXPEDITION. An account, though circuitously received, we are rejoiced to learn, affords fair hopes of the safety and success of the Expedition under the command of Captain Parry. It is derived from Russia, and communicated to our Board of Admiralty. The particulars are, that several fishing vessels, belonging to Kamschatka and the Aleutian Islands, saw our illustrious Navigators OFF ICY CAPE. The Russian Commandant states, that on receiving this intelligence he examined the masters of the vessels separately, and that their relation of the the body. It frequently raises itself out of the water; MORE MISERIES. MR. EDITOR,-Your fair correspondents, Diana Treacle, and Jane Nubibus, may have some cause for complaints. So have I; and, as my case is rather extraordinary, I wish you to publish it for the benefit of the nation. When a man lives unmarried till he is sixtyone, as I did, he had better never marry at all. fact agreed in every circumstance; and he expresses There are many ways by which a woman may himself to be entirely satisfied of" the truth of their report. This is great and gratifying news; for if it be correct, which there is good reason to believe it is, then is the great geographical problem solved which has excited so intense an interest, and to British intrepidity and perseverance is owing another of those grand discoveries which form epòchas in the history of the torment her husband beside being jealous of Take the general outlines of my history. The tern left in the hands of an honest country tailor. who was forbidden the house, because, agreeably to my direction, he made all my clothes wide and easy. A more fashionable habit-maker was charged to prepare a new suit, of the dandy kind, which fit me so exactly, that I dare not cross my arms, for fear of exposing my back bone. I am no longer suffered to wash myself, according to yard; though nothing was more refreshing, nor custom, every morning at the pump in my back any thing more handy than the towel which revolved on a roller fixed to the kitchen door. On my return home the other day from visiting my patients, I found the chambermaid setting my study to rights, as she called it; but the confusion this regularity has occasioned is almost inconceivable. My shoeing horn and tobacco stopper are irrecoverably lost; and my papers are disposed in such order that I know not where to find any thing I want. Two pair of Manchester velvet breeches, which I left on the back of a chair, have disappeared: and, instead of the easy slippers which I made out of an old pair of shoes, by cutting the straps off, I found a new pair of red leather, adorned with white stitches round the edges, and made so neat that I can not bear to walk in them. My woollen night cap is condemned to the vile purpose of rubbing the grates and fenders; and my wife insists upon my wearing a fine cotton one, with a large tassel on the top. I took such a violent cold, the first night that it brought a defluxion of humours into my right eye, as very | those who were discharged were wicked and nearly to deprive me of sight. The stair-case and floors are all waxed; it saves the expense of mops, but I have had such falls, that I have almost dislocated every joint about me. I must not appear in my broad brimmed beaver, not even in the summer months, however distressing the sun may be; while my neck-cloth is so stiff that I am apprehensive of having my throat cut with the paste board. When I remonstrate against any of these things, my wife stops my mouth with a kiss, and says,-my dear angel-we must pay some regard to appearances. She is, as I said before, but six years younger than myself, yet, she dresses, dances, and drives about as if she was but five and twenty. N. B. The old blacks are condemned to the carts, and we have a pair of nagtailed bays. These things she may continue to do; nay, she may wear veils, dress herself as foolishly as she pleases, and play at cards for a shilling a fish, if she will only let me have my study to myself: and if she will restore my night cap and old slippers, I will submit to wear the new coat and wig every Sunday. I am, Sir, Your's, R. T. desperate persons, who never would come to any good, because they would not work, &c.; that, notwithstanding this great number of indictments, the fifth part of the felonies committed in the county were not brought to a trial; that the number of robberies committed by the infinite number of wicked, idle, wandering people, was intolerable to the poor countrymen, and obliged them to keep a perpetual watch over the sheepfolds, &c. &c.; that the other counties of England were in no better condition than Somersetshire, and many of them were even in a worse; that there were at least three or four hundred of these vagabonds in every county, who lived by theft and rapine, and who sometimes met in troops of fifty or sixty, and committed spoil on the inhabitants; and that the magistrates themselves were intimidated from executing the laws upon them; and there were instances of justices of the peace, who, after giving sentence against rogues, had interposed to stop the execution of their own sentence, on account of the danger which hung over them from the confederates of these villains." "In the year 1575, the queen (Elizabeth) complained in parliament of the bad execution P. S. I long to take poor old Jonas again; of the laws; and threatened that, if the magisfor he was very particular about greasing my trates were not for the future more vigilant, she boots in wet weather; and never lost his time would intrust authority to indigent and needy in polishing them with either Warren's or Tur-persons, who would find an interest in a more ner's blacking. Besides, on dark nights, he al- exact administration of justice." This was a ways rode before; and, drunk or sober, he knew dangerous and impolitic expedient: it would the shortest ways all over the country. however appear that she was as good as her word; for, in the year 1601, there were great complaints made in parliament of the rapaciousness of justices of the peace; and a member said, that the magistrate was an animal who, for half-a-dozen of chickens, would dispense with a dozen of penal statutes." THE EXISTENCE OF CRIME IN ENGLAND AT THE PRESENT TIME AND IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY COMPARED. Nothing is a more common complaint, than that of the degeneracy and wickedness of the times. That a more general laxity of morals and manners prevails at the present day than at any former period, cannot be denied, but that capital and flagrant crimes, among the lower orders, are more common and prevalent, is much to be doubted. From official documents presented to the house of commons, it appears, that in 1810 the number of persons committed to the dif ferent jails in England and Wales amounted to 5337, of whom 404 were sentenced to suffer death. In 1815, the committals amounted to 7818, and the capital condemnations to 533; and in 1819, the committals increased to no less than 13,932; and one thousand three hundred and two were capitally convicted. Let us now see what was the state of society in England, with respect to crimes and outrages, three centuries ago. "In Henry the Eighth's reign," says Harrison, "there were hanged 72,000 thieves and rogues, besides other malefactors: this makes about two thousand a-year." This is more than double the average annual number of even capital convictions in England at the present day; and yet the population has been trebled within the last three centuries. Considerable allowance is, however, to be made on account of the far greater degree of rigour with which the laws were administered in the sixteenth century than in the nineteenth. An eminent justice of the peace in Somersetshire, in the year 1596, in an account of England, says, "that there had been, in that county alone, forty persons executed in a year for robberies, thefts, and other felonies; thirty-five burnt in the hand; thirty-seven whipped; and an hundred and eighty-three discharged; that SONG. On those eyes a moment gazing, Cares of life no more control, Joy and hope the bosom seizing, Love inspires the drooping soul. Should thy features so transcendent, Change beneath a sickly ray, Thon hast beauties more resplendent, That adorn, nor fade away. Sweetest tempers, mind enlighten'd, Talents that respect engage, Graces that by time are brighten'd, To the farthest day of age. These exhaustless sources flowing, Sooth and charm life's rugged way, And in softest fervour glowing, Melt into celestial day. LINES Z. Written by a Father during his absence from Home, and addressed to his Wife. The delight dearest Helen-the bliss is all thine, In the season of spring-'tis the gardener's pride And screen them from winds that so ruthlessly ride- I remember my sweet one thy parents and friends, But what their delight when another extends G. I. Henry William Hulton, aged 21 years, In a moment of youthful enjoyment, With a desire to perpetuate the salutary impression They sailed in hope, but they returned no more; Low in the grave their ashes slumber now: Ah! then, when life and death no more shall be, ANECDOTE OF LAVALETTE. When Lavalette bad been liberated from prison by his wife, and was flying with Sir Robert Wilson to the frontier, the postmaster examined his countenance, and recognised him through his disguise. A postillion was instantly sent off at full speed. Many times Lavalette urged his demand for horses. The postmaster had quitted the house, and given orders that none should be supplied. The travellers thought themselves discovered, and saw no means of escape in a country with which they were unacquainted. They resolved upon defending themselves, and selling their lives dearly. The postmaster, at length, returned unattended, and then addressing himself to Monsieur de Lavalette, he said, "You have the appearance of a man of honour, you are going to Brussels, where you will see M. de Lavalette, deliver him these two hundred Louis d'ors, which I owe him, and which he is no doubt in want of;" and without waiting for an answer, he threw the money in the carriage, and withdrew, saying, "You will be drawn by my best horses-a postillion is gone on to provide relays for the continuance of your journey." NAPOLEON AT A MASQUERADE.-I am told that the late Emperor used frequently to attend these masked balls, and an anecdote is related of him, which rests on good authority. Napoleon was at a masquerade two years preceding his downfall, in a brown domino, and with very high heeled shoes, and large feathers in his hat, to increase his apparent height, and prevent recognition. As, notwithstanding his disguise, there was still a commanding air about him, he was intrigué, as the French call it, by several females; but particularly by one in a white silk domino, who at length fixed his attention. The coquette drew him into a Loge Grilleé; to which he was followed closely by General D-s, the officer in attendance. Napoleon ordered refreshments, and, whilst the waiter went for them, shut the door. When the waiter returned, the lady took the refreshments from his hand. They consisted of a glass of orgeat, a glass of lemonade, and some biscuits. D-s stood at this time in the passage, so situated as to have a perfect view of the box when the door was open, without being seen himself; at the moment when the female had taken the lemonade from the waiter, and as she stood with her back towards Napoleon, she drew a paper from her sleeve, and poured the contents into the glass. D-s, who had heard the Emperor order lemonade for himself, and orgeat for the lady, was instantly on the alarm. He listened at the door, and when he heard the Emperor toast his companion, rushed forcibly into the box. Napoleon had the glass to his lips. D-s cried out to him not to drink. The contents of the glass were examined, and it was found that a quantity of poison more than sufficient to produce death, had been introduced. The lady, Napoleon, and D-s, went away together in a coach: the affair was kept secret for some time; but |