( 373 ) ON MITRE COURT, FLEET STREET. "Principibus placuisse viris haud ultima laus est.' "-HOR. PROPER terms here are met-for, whatever our forte, There's no way to the Mitre, except through the Court. ON A SUNBEAM PLAYING ON A MASS OF SNOW; OR, ART AND INNOCENCE. [From the same.] " Ad populum phaleras.”—PERS. MARK, in yon beam, the world's destructive guile! It melts us into ruin-with a smile! PARODY OF HORACE. ODE 29, BOOK 1. ADDRESSED TO THE FT L--D OF THE TY. [From the Morning Chronicle, Dec. 29.1 "Icci, beatis nunc Arabum invides BOLD P-1! you now aspire To place and pow'r; than which no higher To gull the Commons you prepare, Who, if they now are gull'd, will ne'er Have been so gull'd of old *. Your embryos of defence you hatch, You will not balk inquiry's whim; Non ante devictis. What What maid can you, what dauntless fair, As that which made you all turn pale What youth have you, from Cambridge hot f And tutor'd how to press Who will deny that rivers now, Your love of legal story; € 375) ON THE LATE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE'S [From the Morning Chronicle, Dec. 30.] POOR Josephine now may run mad-avec raison- M. IMPERIAL REASONING. [From the British Press, Dec. 30.] "THE public good," said Bonaparté, Requires, my love, that I should part ye.” "Why part with me?" said Josephine. "The public good requires a queen :"--- The heir of Great Napoleon; Whom I may educate and fashion, Some thirty years on earth to spend.- A reason so convincing, sure, CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES. AMONGST the amusements of the season, the fol lowing dramatic pieces have been performed, or are in preparation, at the seats of the nobility : The The Margravine of Anspach-The Rites of Hospitality-A Day in Turkey-The Man of Fashionand Who Wins? or, The Widow's Choice. Alnwick Castle The Hero of the North-English Hospitality-with The Roast Beef of Old EnglandConscious Lovers-and The Expected Wedding. Lord Leveson Gower-The World in a Village— Matrimony-The Day after the Wedding-and The Honey Moon. Countess Dowager of Kingston-The Refusal; or, Lady's Philosophy The Unexpected Visit-and Nat at Home. Tullamore Park-The Vicegerent-The Connoisseur -Modern Antiques—and The Interlude of Taste; or, Lady Pentweazle. Lady Cahir-The Romance of an Hour-and All in good Humour. EPISTLE FROM AN IRISH BLEACHER TO A LONDON LINEN DRAPER. [From the Morning Post, Jan. 3, 1810.] GREAT orator of famous London city! Thou more than Cicero in a Common Hall! Oh how I long to open a connexion, I deal in dowlas, and all kinds of linen, The best that Irish looms produce, I swear; (A prodigy of virtue sure art thou!) That on each invoice I a bonus clearly Of six per cent, my fav'rite will allow. By THE VIGOROUS ADMINISTRATION. By Commerce I've been pamper'd, and I thank her; Oh! could I bellow at the Crown and Anchor, Like thee and Gale, how I would raise the wind! Banks of Bann, Dec. 26, 1809. 377 SAM. SHIRTING. THE VIGOROUS ADMINISTRATION. [From the Morning Chronicle, Jan. 4, 1810.] Tune-" Abraham Newland.” WHEN Billy went out on his duelling bout, Says John Buil, "If you 're popt, who 'il succeed you?" Quoth he, "Never mind-little Percy you'll find, As well able to blister and bleed you. When Like me he'll bamboozle the nation, Vigorous Administration!" Oh, what an Administration! What a wonderful Administration! What a wonderful, vigorous, Vigorous Administration! thought it right with the Talents to fight, For admitting of sects to their manger, That |