preference to the punishment of crimes. But it seems still less known, that this almost divine writer quitted the shores of England in a dying state, and in comparative destitution! Yet such was the case, and painfully has he told it in a dedication to the public in favour of "those innocents he left behind!" "Dying he wrote, and dying wished to please." Biography has, we think, been any thing but kind to Fielding: driven from his own land by neglect and disease, he just lived to reach a climate prescribed as a remedy; put his dying hand to a delightful account, written on board ship, of his voyage to Lisbon; and then-the worthy disconsolates who attended him placed him, as they best could, in an English grave. There he laid, "without a stone, without a name," (after many inquiries, and a French consul affecting to furnish an epitaph insulting to the English,) from 1754 till 1828, when he who writes this brief notice had to search long for the spot in which he laid, and ultimately excited some intelligent young men to determine upon the erection of a monument by subscription, to which, of course, the writer subscribed, and he had the pleasure of seeing it nearly completed in a vast block of Mafra marble. There are people who can utter, either in a series or separately, very sharp, witty, sensible, and even profound things, in the reciprocations and intervals of conversation, but who yet can make nothing of a set and continuous harangue. They appear incapable of supporting the framework of an oration. Confidence and practice, two hard things to acquire, would enable them to speechify.--MS. There is certainly some connexion between the dress and the mind, an accurate observer can trace some correspondencies; and the weak as well as the strong-minded never cease to be influenced by a good or bad dress.-MS. We are indebted for some facts to the "Athenæum :”— SUSPENSION BRIDGE.-According to the French papers, an engineer at Rouen has lately obtained a patent for a suspension bridge, which will have, at the central point, an arch of sufficient elevation to admit the highest mast to pass under it. The drawbridge is said to be of so simple a construction, that it may be raised by one person with the greatest ease. The arch will be sufficiently strong to support the chains, which are On turning to the writer's copy of "The following note appended: to extend from it to each side of the river. Mr. Wright of London is doing more. SNAKES.-The much discussed point whether snakes drink or not, has brought forward a multitude of proofs in favour of their capability; among others, a boy keeping cows, who, it is said, observed one of them to be very uneasy, and, on approaching her, he discovered an adder attached to one of the teats. A NEW MUSCLE. A mollusca of the genus Mytilus, first discovered by Pallas, but the existence of which was doubted by Lamarck, has been attested by the further observations of M. Van Benedeu. It is remarkable for living either in salt or fresh water, being a singular instance among mollusca of accommodating itself to the circumstances in which it is placed. HEDGEHOG.It is said that the hedgehog is proof against poisons. M. Pallas states that it will eat a hundred cantharides without receiving any injury. More recently, a German physician, who wished to di-sect one, gave it prussic acid, but it took no effect he then tried arsenic, opium, and corrosive sublimate, with the same results. TAILORS.-At the end of one of the chapters of an elaborate treatise on the tailoring art, written by M. Barde, of Paris, are the following aphorisms:-A common person dresses himself -A man of fashion knows how to dress himself-The fop is the slave of fashion-The wise man allows himself to be dressed by his tailor. FALAISE. A new Academy of Science is about to be formed in this place; also a Society entitled, Association for the Advancement of Industry, Agriculture, and Education. It will be recollected that, in this town, the immortal Cuvier made his first step towards the discoveries concerning fossil remains, which he afterwards realised. PLAGUE. Some very curious historical documents have been published concerning the plague in Paris, in the year 1533, together with the means used both for cure and precaution. ANCIENT CHRONICLER.-Researches have been made and published concerning the life and works of Jean Desprez, otherwise called Outremeuse, a Liégeois chronicler of the fourteenth century. He followed the steps of Froissart in his manner of procuring information, and, among other means, listened to the traditions related by aged people. Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon," he finds the "Sir Walter Scott sent Captain Basil Hall to buy this delightful book at Harrison's, Portsmouth, on the eve of his departure, after observing that Fielding and Smollett went abroad only to die. That little book,' said he, the last he wrote, is one of the most entertaining and wittiest of all Fielding's productions, though written during a period of great pain and sickness. Indeed, I hardly know any more amusing book of travels than Fielding has contrived to compose out of a subject apparently so scanty and threadbare as a voyage down the Thames, through the Downs to St. Helens Roads, and then across the Bay of Biscay."-Hall's Fragments. Births, Marriages, and Deaths. BIRTHS. On the 12th, in Guilford-street, Russell-square, the lady of M. Martin, Esq., of a daughter.-At Elm House, Dulwich, Mrs. J. Jackson, of a son.At Tonbridge Wells, the lady of Major Burrowes, of a daughter.-At Brighton, the lady of Capt. Wetherell, of a son and heir.-At Dresden, the lady of P. C. Sherard, Esq., of a daughter.-At Twickenham, the lady of Capt. Sharp, of a son. MARRIAGES. On the 2d of May, at Vienna, Prince Alexander of Wurtemberg, Colonel in the Imperial service, brother to the reigning Queen of Wurtemberg, to the beautiful and highly-accomplished Countess Reday, of Transylvania. The late Emperor Francis, a short time before his death, conferred on the bride the title of Countess Ho. henstien, which she is to bear as consort of the Prince, and which is also to descend to the children of this marriage.-C. E. Houblon, Esq., of Hallingbury-place, Essex, and Welford, Berks, to Mary Ann, daughter of Lieut.-Gen. L. Popham.-A. P. Phelps, Esq., to Rachel Susannah, widow of the late A. Deans, Esq., of Jamaica.F. Clarke, Esq., of Clapham Common, to Eleanor Mary, eldest daughter of the late Major Clarke, R. M.-G. Churchill, Esq., of Collaton House, Dorset, to Frances, third daughter of the Rev. M. Onslow. Rev. S. J. Gambier, fourth son of Sir James Gambier, to Marianne Jane, third daughter of J. Smith, Esq., of Stoke d'Aubenon, Surrey. DEATHS. In Upper Bedford-place, J. S. Chauvel, Esq., of Aldenham, Herts.-F. Manners, Esq., of Kempton Park, aged 56.-At Dunster Castle, Somerset, M. A. F. Luttrell, eldest daughter of the late J. F. Luttrell, Esq.-At Calcutta, aged 29, Capt. G. Borradaile, 19th Native Infantry, Major of Brigade. On board the Braganza, from Madeira, Capt. H. E. Hoare, Esq., 66th regiment. -At Sydney, the lady of Robert Stewart, Esq., aged 33.-At Ealing, aged 88, E. Roberts, formerly of the Exchequer, in which he served sixtyone years. At Clapham, aged 94, Mrs. Elizabeth Cook, widow of the celebrated circumnavigator. She mourned every year the anniversary of her husband's death, and at every storm shrunk in remembrance of two sons lost at sea. Just before her death, she sent her husband's medal to the British Museum, and felt pleasure at receiving a prompt acknowledgment.-Miss Kelly, keeper of the Custom House, London. Mr. W. Yewd, long known near Red Lion-square, aged 81.-Mr. Blanchard, comedian, aged 66 years, who had been for more than half that period a highly respectable performer at Covent Garden theatre; for many years, also, a most worthy, liberal, strictly correct, and reputable private character. The writer speaks only of his own knowledge, and absence from England precludes his judging further. He was of the wellknown family of the same name in York, and was intended for a printer, for which he had received an excellent education; but Thalia and another wooed him; yet he still preserved an estimable character both in public and private. How his fortunes became changed, the writer cannot tell.-At Nashville, America, aged 24, Mr. J. J. M'Laughlin, of Hopkinsonville, Kentucky, while performing as an amateur the character of Bertram; the excitement of the part carried him into the phrenzy of dying the real death, and he stabbed himself to the heart. He was an accomplished young gentleman of an exceedingly sensitive cast, and was intended for the practice of the law.-March 14, on his birth-day, "Old Levy, the Jew," aged 106, having survived his wife who had borne him twenty-five children only three days, she dying on the anniversary of her wedding, aged 95, he on the anniversary of his birth. They were buried side by side, after the manner of Judea, in the cemetery of the grand synagogue, Mile End, with all Hebrew honours; and two stones, seven feet high, united at the top, mark their union in the grave. They have left eight daughters and nine sons; the youngest, Abraham, 45 years of age: of his descendants, 90 are living. Though not rich, he had been a subscriber to all Hebrew Institutions, and had been a parishioner of Aldgate seventyfive years. His occupation for a long time was travelling with watches and jewellery through the counties surrounding the metropolis, in which he was always estimated as a fair dealer.---At the workhouse of St. Margaret, Westminster, at the advanced age of 106 years, Catherine Crow; she had been an inmate of the workhouse many years, and previous to her being compelled, in consequence of having outlived all her friends, to seek parochial assistance, had been a rate-payer in Westminster for forty years. Her propriety of conduct during her residence in the workhouse, induced many respectable ladies in the neighbourhood frequently to visit her; and last year the overseers of the parish presented the churchwardens with a very well-executed portrait of the old lady, which has been placed in the Boardroom, by the side of that of Margaret Patten, who died many years since in the same workhouse, at the still more advanced age of 136 years, as the stone in the cemetery of old Broadway Chapel records. This old woman, when asked if she remembered a certain event, was won't to say, "Oh I was then but a child, I was only 80!" and when given money, "Oh! thank'e, I'll take care to spend it." She was a native of Scotland. -At Cowes Castle, Mr. Nash, the architect of Regent-street, &c. aged 83.- Our feelings will only permit us here to say, that Felicia Dorothea Hemans, formerly Miss Browne, bas departed this life. At Paris, Major-General Sir J. Campbell, K. B., K. C. H., lately appointed Colonel in Chief of the 74th regiment of Foot.-In Bedford-square, Dr. Pincaird. He was in the act of hearing some young relatives read to him, when a patient called to consult him; and in the act of prescribing, fell dead!-Aaron Ashton, formerly a soldier, aged 104. He well remembered the Scottish invasion of 1745, and the march of the rebels into Manchester; his first particular service was at the battle of Bunker's-hill in America.-In Pimlico, at an age so advanced as would appear improbable to such as knew him, W. Evans, long sweeper, with one arm, of the crossing to Buckingham-gate. He lost his other arm, it is be lieved, in Egypt, and enjoyed a pension. He is supposed to have died comparatively rich. INDEX ΤΟ THE SIXTH VOLUME OF THE LADY'S MAGAZINE AND MUSEUM. IMPROVED SERIES ENLARGED. It is particularly recommended that the Magazine be not bound for at least two months, in order that the The binder will place the monthly pages of contents, in succession, at the end of the Volume. Such of the ancient portraits as have been published uncoloured, can be had at the office, coloured in the The articles marked thus (*) are poetry; those marked thus (†) are reviews. Consumption Cured, 246 Criminal Statistics, 370 Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, by J. Knowles, Crowns, A Sketch, Classical, Historical, &c., 44 Cure of Madness, 121 Cholera, 183 Dacre, a Novel, by Lady Morley*, 95 Death of a School-fellow, On the*, 164 Description of Plates, 9, 59, 64, 118, 130, 183, Drama, The, 57, 111, 113, 117, 175, 232, 233, Marion de Lorme, by Victor Hugo, translation May and Matrimony, Essay, by Mrs. Hofland, Meadow's Dioramic Tableauf, 231 of Marion de Lorme, 125, 338 of Louis XIV., 311 Memorandum-book of A. Crowquill,† 230 Mill Church, The, a Tale, 18 Miscellany, The, 60, 61, 119, 123, 183, 244, 248, 268, 310, 368, 371 Misery Entailed on Families, 184 Music, 56, 110, 171, 231, 299, 358 Paris Chit-chat, 59, 179, 240, 303, 367 Plague, non-contagious, 246 Pilgrims of Walsinghamt, by Miss A. Strick- Pirate Helmsman, The, a Tale, 79 Queen Anne Boleyn, a Tragedyt, 168 Reconciliation, The*, 219 Rising of the Nile*, by G. R. Carter, 38 Sadak and Kalasrade, 353 Sailor's Lassie, 32 |