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I - fittsinvi OCIVBE'R 30, 1827. ->v' [Parci Sri MIRY'S CAitiNIBP MAGNESIA continues to irypiredwitlt kle ascot edittptilous care and attention, by .je e - saye Ilexes and ileittriat 4ibbiltr, Manufacturing Chemists, w a orter. It is scold is beoglas, price 23. 9d. or with glass ',topers at 4;:. 6d. stamp includedtvAth full directions for its use, by titer various Agents in the Metropolis, and throughout the United Kingdom; but it cannot be genuine, unless their names art engraved on the Government Stamp, which is fixed over the cork ur stopper of each bottle. Of moot of the venders of the Magnesia bad, ausiestiotfitil by a similar Stamp, 1111111 IT'S Aatottarc &last of Vanua, the invention of Mi. Henry, and the only Aptiatoe prepardtion of that article. SIR WALTER 1 - I'. name was Patterson, than I had been able to acquire daring my . short conversation with bim. He was (as I may have somewhere already stated) a native of the parish of Clo:ehurn, in Dumfries-shire, and it is be lieved that domestic affliction, as well as devotional• feeling, induced him to conmence the wandering mode of life, which he pursued for a very long period. It is more than twenty years. since Robert Patterson's death, which took place on the high road near Lockerby, where he was found exhausted and ezpiring. The white pony, the companion of his pilgrimage, was standing by the side of its dying .master; N e whole furnishing a scene not unfitted for the pencil. Tile particulars I•had from Mr. Train. ,Another debt, which I pay most willingly, is that to which I owe to an unknown cor• respondent (a Lady). who favoured me with thehistory of the upright and high-principled female, whom, in the Heart of Mid Lothian, I have termed Jeanie Deans: his fatally tiad prrnieity were exposed to the syitena of v;odlctive diatitttftovt r too generally carried Into exec,. lion through tharicoaatry of the insurgtots. it was now Colonel Whkeford's time to. evert himself; end 4a wearied ail the authorities, civil and military,' with his solisitstiOaS for pardon to the saver of his life, or at !east for a protection !ar kb wife and family. His applicationowere fee aloottinse 116,111CCAM ful— , I was found with the mark of the beast upan me in teary lift; was Iniernahyle's expresoion. At length Colonel Whiteford applied to the Doke of Cumberland, and urged th suit with egrety argument which he could think of. Being still repulsed, he took his commission from his bosom, and. having said somrilsing of his own and his family's services to the Hawse of Hanover, begged to I resign hissituation in their service, since be coula not be permitted to chew his gratitude to the person to whom he owed big life. iiks Duke, struck with his earnestness, desired him to rake up bis 031131. • recnired for the fluttilt orb- " To descant at this time of day," oblerves the Lite rary Gazette, in its criticism oat The Chronicles of the Canongote," on the genius of Sir Walter Scotti and the characteristics of his writings, appears to us to• be a most superfluout labour. No man living has bets the source of so much pleasurable enjoyment to his fellow creatures throughout the wide world ; and• the sum• of love and gratitude due to him on this account•can nei. ther be paid nor calculated. Could-wrier:lion : the many weary hoots he has beguiled -from the mass of •human languor and distress, we could tell that he has merited a hundred fold, all the dross and admiration that ever requited his delightful toils. Of such . a person we cannot know enough. His delightful letter and fa mily picture in the Bijou has been read with feelings of individual interest and attachment in every quar ter; and we are sure his Introduction to these page, (also foil of private history) will, for the same reason, be esteemed still more highly than even the best wrought of his fictions. In this persuasion we insert the whole ars -document, 'whkb, if the public .taste Staled' with - . our own, will be read with Jamisaigsatiikadisn ." • .4 .I•.m. " All wbo are accoainte4 with the may history of the Itsliasstage are aware,the Arlechino is noi,in his ni iginal conception, a mere worker of marvels -with his wooden sword, a jumper into and out of Windows, as upon our theatre—but, as his party•coloored jacket implies, a buffoon or clown, whose rnouth,.far from being inter ' flatly closed as amongst us, is filled, like that of Touch stone, with quips, and cranks, and witty devices, very often delivered extempore. It is net easy to guess how he became possessed of his black vizard, which wasan ciently made in the resemblance of the face (if a cat; but it seems that the mask was essential to the perform ance of the character, as will appear from the following -theitrical anecdote. • An actor on the Italian stage per mitted at the Foire du St. Gel main, in 'Paris, was re nowned for his wild, venturous, and extravagant wit, the brilliant sallies add fortunate repartees with which be pro digallyseisoned the character of the party coloured jester. Some critics, whose good will towards a favourite actor was stronger than their judgment, took occasion to re monstrate with the successul performer on the subject of the grotesque vizard. They went wilily to their pur pose, observing that his classical and attic wit, his deli cate vein of humour, his happy turn for dialogue, was rendered but lesque and ludicroiis by this unmeaning and bizarre disguise, and that those attributes would become far inore impressive, if aided by thespirit of his eye and the expression of his natural features. The actor's vanity was easily so far engaged as to induce him to m eke the experiment. He played Harlequin barefaced, but was considered on all hands as having made a total failure. He had lost the audacity which a sense-of in cognito bestowed, and, with it, all the reckless play of raillery which gave vivacity to his original acting.— He cursed his advisers, and resumed grorescre visard ; but, it is said, without ever being able to regain the careless and successful levity which the coniciosts- LETTgiI ?RON LINCOLN. GENTLEMEN Jane Carter, of Golthn, near Wrathy, was for many years afflicted with a disorder. which . ipap pg. upon het health, and brought. bet to a very feeble . state ; .ankftem there beirtg . acrofoloSis sores and eruptions, the was led to tiespecN that • AN grievous' complaints , aiose from Scurvy. She bought seaeVtal Minks of ybeir,Antiseorentic Drops, at Drury and Son's s deer the Stonebow, Lincoln, and. is quite .romored; t i n ge timulle, mates her case foe your perusal. Her words are : 41 . I yag s sebeted foe many years with a Scorbutic Disorder, which wasibe came I great aufFerine to one, both inwardly and out ' Warily,' and il'grew wdrse, until my digestion became bad, and I had no Appetite, sad could not sleep ; bad ,eruptions yam goat oe :she face,tand ether Pesci $ Beek became puifithaP aid dalady, sad dm blood detest. &Mot length I wnsind away to a very alaanal ing degree. The ploadovilok brake obt did am ilool,af holt. • every reason vu beam,- dim 'I silladlithave soon sisniVider :try n eterings,•had not-yoor Medicine, .which I bought at Mraithl Drury s shop, near ike Stoneham,. •Lbscoln, completely eradicated the disorder. I Ora tried a small bottle, and found myself better &lewdly, though it brotight the complaint more than ever out- 'nanny ; but, by continuing dishing one summer, and taking a tittle nahe spring sod fall, of the ye l ir, I am restored, after years of riming, to a mate of sound health, which I have been a stranger to ewe since I was dame@ yeara of age. My appetite has int.' voted surprisingly, and my . digestion has equally sn; I have got great additional strength, and now sleep the night through; the eruptions and bad breaking, out have all disappeared, leaving the skin sound, and the compleitiou of a clear and healthy tolOilf. It i• also worthy of notice, that some violent windy spasms at the uoanch and chest have beep . eured at the same time; and I base the happier. , of feeling myself quite restored . by mean! of your Medicivarconcerning.which I shall be ready tonmeer any en-, quints. " JANE CARTEH." This amount of herself has this day been communicated by Mrs. Caner, in c•nnpaoy with &neighbour, who was eyewitnesa to all itnicolar., and who bought the medicine from Messrs. Drat,' and noo.—Fle whom l'am, Gintlemen,,yours -respectfully, Lincoln, March 43, 1826 JOHN ROBERTS. To ;timers. John [Agoura and Soo, Surgeons, Manchester. The circumstance 01 by an act of peljury. London to obtain bar carried for tint purpose, ender some remarkitile stope. o. _ root of some tree, where her father might And it as he crept by night•from his lurking place. Times became milder, aoJ my excellent [rims% was relieved fmm proscr i pt i on by the Act of in. ''Aniierocin whbind furdser particulars, will be referred toile& Carter, be 'application to hiatus. Drury and Son, • Stossebow, Lo cda VII by tenor pcbt 10.4 d). Iles* Drops are sold In moulded square bottles at 2s. 9d. 44. ed. did I Is. eaefi; by John tignum and Son, Surgeons,kc. qa, Bridge renter, Manchester • I. *anger 150 i Oefertotreet ; I F and C. Evans, 42, Long-lane, We danger, ; Barclay and Sons, 93, Fleet-market; Butlers, Chemi;ta, Chealtside corner of St. Paul's, London ; 75. Prince's•Vtivet, Edinburgh; and: 54, Sackville-street, Dublin; Siitton and Co. 10, Bow Church-yard; Evan Idwards, 66, St. Paul's Church=yard ; F. Newbery and Sons, 45, St. Paul's Church-yard; Henry hlackrill, 55, Whitecharl, London; F. Newbury and Sons, 29, Dame-street, Dublin ; beat and Or, 100, South Bridge Edinburgh ; ft. Nelson, Surgeon, Glasgow ; and all respectable : Nledicine Venders. Of wham also may be dad, Mr. Lignum's Improved VIM& TABLE LOTION, fur all Scorbutic Eruptions, price 2s. 9d. duty isorketed. Lipinta's SCURVY OINTMENT may row be had of the above Agent% price Is. WI. each Put, duty inctsided. nets of the disguise bad formerly bestowed. l'eshaaw Htheaktohor of Waverley is now about to anent a risk of the same kind, and endanger his popularity by having laid aside his incognito. It is certainly not a voluntatoy experiment, like that of Harlequin ; for it was my ori ginal intention never to have avowed these works during my lifetime; and the original manuscripts were care fully preserved (though by-the care of others rather than mine), with the purpose of supplying the necessary evidence of the truth when the period of announcing it should arrive. But the affairs of my publishers having unfortunately passed into a management different from t)seir own, I had no right any longer to rely upon se crecy in that quarter ; and thus my mask, like my atint . Dinah's in Tristram Shandy,having begun to wax a little threadbare about the chin, it became time to lay-it aside with a good grace. unless I desired it should fall inpieces from my face. Yet I had not the slightest intention of choosing the time and place in which the disclosure was, -finally made; nor was there any concert betwixt my learned and respected friend Lord Meadowbank and myself upon that occasion. It was, as the made, is pro- bably mime, upon the 25d February last, at a public Inviting, called for establishing a professional Theatri cal Fund in Edinburgh, that the communication took place. Just before we sat down to table, Lotd Mea dowbank asked me whether I was still anxions to .pre serve my incognito on the subject •cf • what. was called the Waveley Novels? I did not immediately see the purpose of his Lordship's question.although I certainly jnight have been led to infer it, and replied, that the secret had now become known to so many people, that I was indifferent en the subject. Lord Meadowbank was thus induced, while doing me the great honour of proposing my health to the Mee:ing, to say something on the subject of these novels, so strongly connecting them With me as the author, that, by remaining silent, I must have stood convicted, either of the actual pacts- • THE HOAX; •••. • • insT OF FASIIIOrei*.f! 1, 1111132-INDIA IMFIDIqII.. J. N Kingston. the pride of J‘rnaica's fair Isle, Where Fortune Is prune on her vueries to smile, A Hoe: wee tiled lately, a bet to decide, (The parties agreesl by such proof to abide,) Whole use of the arts In the island supplied, Was most to lee Taste and high Fashion allied Neat day ba s Dealer in deluge there came 'ln mullete variety, items of fame, both uative end foreign, who saw with surprise The produce of lima in secession still rift ; The articles brought by their venders and makers, AU craftsmen including, and even undertakers, For bhe of deep dolour assuming the mien, Four long-visaged Mutes In their sables were seen, /steel on petedity's vieNnts to thrive, And bury the Dealer or dead .r alive ! The Dealer on battle inclining to border,— " Behold," one and all then exclaim d, " Sir, your Order!" While Hence with your evils not goods," he cried out, And scatter'd each portable Item about.— " Tou too," to the Mutes, " with Tour damnable faces, Made up still as wanted, in Scirrow s grimaces, The fame Ito tragedy quickly shall torn, . If hem in my mansion you longer sojourn !." The confine at last deemed it prudent to scamper, One man only left, with a well.furnished hamper : " At, this,: said the Dealer, the contents unpacking, " Is weknme unasked tor!" 'twas Waanales Jet Blacking. AU doubt thus resolv'd, in the empire of Taste That W4llllol'll fine Jet, SO resplendent said chaster Is jest in rumen % it still reigns as the test Of Fashion, the 'Janda throughout of the Vest. This Easy Shining and Brilliant BLACK G Prepared by ,;ezvz. 30, STICAND, 'London ; And sold in every Town in the Kingdom. LIQUID in Battik', 6d. 30d. lad. and lad. each. Al's PASTS BLACKING, in Pots, 6d. 12d. and lad. imeh. A Whet Pot of Paste is equal to Four Is. Bottles of Liquid. THE MARKETS. 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I now think it-further ne cessary to s y, that•while I take on myself all the.me. sits and chmerits attending these • compositions, I am bound to acknowledge, with gratitude, hints of subjects and legends which I have received fr( m various quar ters, and have occasionally used as a foundation of my fictitious compositions, or woven up with them in the shape of episodes. I am bound, in particular, to ac knowledge the unremitting kindness of Mr. Joseph Train, supervisor of excise at Dumfries, to whose un wearied industry [have been indebted for many curious traditions, and points of antiquarian interest. It was Mr.. Train who recalled to my recollection the history of Old Mortality, although I myself had a personal in-. terview with that celebrated wanderer, so far back as about 1792, when I found him on his Usual task. He was then engaged in repairing the gravestones of the Covenanters who had died while imprisoned in the castle of Dunnottar, to which many of thous were coin milted prisoners at the period of Argyle's-4'in ; their place of confinement is still called the Whig's , Vault, Mr. Train, however, proctued -fur me, far more extensive information concerning this singular person, whose trite .by..nsp. fair anss t6toisidei Mc_ poaa.- alai personage interesting.hp.osero rectitude of principles, ass4l4ll by *lvrea.. sense and temper, without any Of the *Moly, g,- . talent, accomplishment,' and wit, to riled' a heroine , of romance is supposed to have alneesriptive tight. If the portrait was received with interest by Abe. public. I am eoustioos how. mach it was. o.wiall to the truth and fbree of the original sketch, which• I regret that I ant unable to present to the pub lie, as it wait written with much feeling mid spit it.— Old and odd books, and a considerable collection of family legends, formed another quarry, so ample, that it was much more likely that the strength of the la• bianer should be exhausted, than that materials should fail. 1 may mention, for example's sake, that the ter. riblecatastrophe of (Iselin& of Lammermoor actually occurred in a Scintish family of rank. The female re lative, by avhora the melancholy tale was communi cated to me many years since, was a near connexion of the family in which the event happened, and always told it with an appearance of melancholy mystery, whidls enhanced the interest. She • had known, in her youtb, the brother who rode before the un happy victim to the fatal altar, who, though then a mere soy, and occupied almost entirely with the gallantry of his own appearance in the bridal procession, could not but remark that the hand of his sister was moist, and cold as that of a statue., It is unnecessary further to withdraw the veil from this scene of farriily distress, nor, although it occurred more thsn a hundred pears since, might it be altogether agreeable ,to the representatives of the families con cerned in the narrative. It may be proper to say, that e events are imitated; but I had neither the means nor intention of copying the manner, or tracing the charac aerie, of the persons concerned in the real story. Indeed, l .If may here state generally, that although 1 have deemed.l historical personages free subject of delineations, I have Dever on .;ivy occasion violated the respect due so pri-1 rate life. It was indsiod, impossible that traits proper to persons, both living ... and dead, with whom I hare had intercourse in society, should not have risen to my. pen in such works as Waverley, and those which fol. lowed it. But I have alwa.ys steadied to generalise the portraits, so that they should still seem, on the whole, the productions of fancy, though possessing some re semblance to real individuals. Yet I must own my attempts have not in this last particular been uniformly successful. There are men whose characters ate so pe culiarly marked, that the delineation of some leading and principal feature inevitably places the whole pet son before you in his individuality. Thus, the cha racter of Jonathan Oldbuck, in the Antiquary, was partly founded on that of an old friend of my youth, to whom I am indebted for introducing me to Sbak speare, and .other invaluable favours; but I thought I had so completely disguised the likeness, that it mould not be recognised by any one now alive. I was mis. taken, however, and indeed had endangered what I desired should be considered as a secret ; for I after wards learned that a highly respectable Gentlemen, one of the few surviving friends of my father, and an. acute critic, had said, upon the appearance of the work, That he was now convinced who was the Author of it, as he recognised, in the Antiquary, traces of the character of a very intimate ft iend of my father's family. I may here also notice, that the sort of exchange of gallantry, which is represented as taking place betwixt the Baron of Bradwardine and Colonel Talbot, is a li teral fact. The real circumstances of the anecdote, alike hoehurable to Whig and Tory, are these:—Alex. ander Stewart, of Invernahyle--a name which I cannot write, without the warmest recollections of gratitude to the friend of my childhood, who first introduced me to the Highlands, their traditions, and their manners—lead been engaged actively in the troubles of 1745. As he charged at the battle of Preston with his clan the .Stewarts of Appine, he sew an officer of the opposite army standing alone by a battery of four cannon, of which he discharged three on the advancing High landers, and then drew his sword. Invernahyle rushed on him, and required him to surrender. 4 Never to rebels!' was the undaunted reply, accompanied with a longer which the Highlander received on his target; but instead of using his sword in cutting down his now defenceless antagonist, he employed it in parrying the blow of a Lochaber axe, aimed at the officer by the Miller, one of his own followers, a grim-looking old Highlander, whom I remember to have seen. Thus overpowered, Lieutenatit-Colonel A len Whiteford, a Gentleman of rank and consequence, as well as a brave officer,.gave up his sword, and with it his purse and .watch, which lovernahyle accepted, to save, thenrfrom his followers. After the affair was over, Mr. Stewart sought out his prisoner, and they were introduced to each other by the celebrated John Roy Stewart, who acquainted Colonel Whiteford with the quality of his captor, and made him aware of she necessity of receiv ing back his property, which he was inclined to leave in the hands into which it had fallen. So great beta the confidence established betwixt them, that Inverse. kyle obtaine d from tbe.Clevalier his freedom upon pa. role; .and aoon afterwards. having been sent back to the Highlands to raise men, he visited Colonel White ford at his own house, and spent two happy clays with him and his Whig friends, without thioltinF, on either side,, of. the civil ,war which was then raging. When She bauleof Culloden Opt an end to the hope. of Charles laternahyle, wounded and Doable' to move, 'was bornelrom the field by the faithful - seal-of his re —6 - Dates be bad been a. distigiguisbed•Jafobite, : . . dentnity. I Such. is the interesting story sehlil I have rather injured than improved, by the manner in which it It told in tra inee* Ibis incident, with several other circumstances illustrating the tales in question, was communicated by me to my late It minted friend, William Erskine (a Scottish judge, by the title . Lord Kitiecider}, who afterwards reviewed, with far _too numb partiality, the Tales of 'Hy Landlord, for the Quarterly Rieder of 'lottery 1811. In the -sante article are contained •Other illustra tions oldie novels„with which I supplied hay mcompidueof friend, who took ,the trouble to write the review.—Tbe rear, who is desirous of suchrinformation, will And the origloafof . eg .11erilers, anell believe of one or two other personages of the some cast of character, in the article referred to. I they abo'nsentiort, that the tragic'and savage circumstances which are repeemmid as preceding the birth of Allan Mac Aulay, IN the-Legend of Montrose, really happened in the family of Stewart of Ardvoirloch. The wager about the candlesticks, whose .plate was supplied by Highland torch-bearers, was laid and watt by one of ' the Mae bones of Keppoch. There can be bat little amusement to Winnowing oat the few grains of truth which are coo - sniped in •this masiof employ fiction. I inay, however. before dismissing the subject. allude to the various localities which have been axed to some of tre signet', introduced into these novels, by which, for example. Wolfs-Howe is identified with Fast Castle; in Berkshire;- "Fillie;adlem with Draphane, in Clydesdale; and the valley in the ,Monastery, called Glendearg, with the dale of the Allan, above Lord Somerville's villa, near Melrose. I Can. only say that, in . these„ and otti..e stances, I had no rurpos e of describing any articular -local spot; atid the resemblance must therefore be of that ginerai kind phias necessarily exists betwixt scenes of the same charzeter. The irombouna,coastAlf Scotland affords upon its headlint:s and pro. montories fifty such castles as Wolfs-Hope; every country has a valley. more or less resembling Glendearg; and if castles like Tail. lietadlem, or mansions like the Baron of Brailwardine's, are now less frequently to be met witb,lt is owing to the rage of indiscrimi nate destruction, which has removed or ruined so Many mono- Malt/ of antiquity, when they were not protected by.rheit inacces sible situation. the scraps of poetry which havEtecn hi most casts tacked to the begintdog of cfilipten ire these novels, are sometimes quoted either from rentlinuse friew memory. but, in tine 'general ease are pure ibatisattoss. 'IA:Mud it too troubtmcrhe to. turn to the collection of the Ileitish portals discover apposite motto!, and, to the situation of the theatrical mechaniet. wh?, when the white pa. per which represented his - shower of snow Was exhausted, conti nued the storm by snowing brown, I drew ott my memory as bog as I . could, and when than failed, eked it out. with koveivioa. I believe that, in some cases where actual names are i•lfixed to the supposed quotations, It would lie to little parpo4e to seek thorns in the works - of the authors referred to. And' now this feeder may expect me, while in the confes•innal, to expiate thecnosives why I have so long•persisted •in, disclaiming the work" of which I Ban now writing. To this it would be difikult to give any other reply save that of Corporal Syrit-A* It was the humour or caprice of the time." I hope it will not be construed into in. gratitude to the Public, to *dame iodulgeoce I hare _oweti much more then io any merit of my own, if I conies. that I .am, and 'have been, more indifferent to success, or to failure, as an'autbor, thus may be the case with others, who feel aloft strongly the pas sion for literary fame, probably ecause they are justly'eonwienk of a better title to it. It was not until I had attained the age of thirty years that I made any serious attempt, .at distinguisisiog myself as an author; and, at that period, men'shwes.dygires, and wishes, have usually acquired something of a decisive chihcter, and are not eagerly and easily diverted into a new When, made the discovery (for to me it was one} that, lip.aiinuskig myself with composition. which I Mt a delightful occupa4ion, I could also give pleasure to others, and became aware that ,fiterary pursuits were likely to engage io future a considerable portion of 'My time, I felt some alarm that I might acquire Mime habits of pliklusy and fretfulness Which have lessened, and even degraded,. thembaracier of the children of .imagination, and rtatdgred them * . hy petty squibbles and mutual irritability, the laughing stoA ,of the people of the world. - I r esolved, therefore, in this respect, to turd my breast (perhaps an unfriendly critic may add, my brow)Niith triple brass, and as much as possible to avoid resting My' thoughts and wishes upon literary success, lest I should endanger my own ream of mind and tranquillity, by literary failure. It would.grgue either stupid apathy or ridiculous affectation to say thatj hay . e been in sensible to the public applause, when I have been honouked with its testimonies; and still more highly do I prise the invaliable ft lend ships which some temporary popularity has enabled ate to forth among those most distinguished bytalents and geoius,and which! ven tuse to hope now rest upon a basis more firm than the circumstances which gave - rise to them. Ye t, feeling all these advantages, as a rum ought to do, and must do, I Tarsal, with truth and confidence, that I have tasted of the intoxicating cup with moderation, and that I have otter, Whet In conversation or correspondence, encouraged discussions respecting my own literary pursuits. On the contrary, I have usually foetid such topics, even when introduced front motives most flattering ty Myself, rather embarrassing and disagreeable. I have now frankly cold my moults for concealment, so far as I am cooselons W havloganyouni thepu hilt will forgive the egotism of the detail. as what is neceitearily connected with it. The author, so long andloodly called for, has appeared - on the stage Land made his °beds. to the audience. Thus far his condtict is a mark . of respect. To Mager In their presence would be intrusion. I have only to repeat, that I avow mytelf irrpriut, as formers; in *phis, the. sole and .assisted author of all the Novels published's, the composition Cr the " Author of Wavetley." . I do chi' akhout shame, for I am unconscious that.there Many thlttg.in Melt composition which deserves reproach, either math/ score of religion or morality ; and without any feeling`of einiffitlon, because, whatever may have been their temporary McCain, Lens 1411 aware hew much then re putation depends upon the caprice of fashion ; sod I have already Mentioned the precarious tentilieby which it is held, as a reasels lerslisplayhi no great avidity in gyaspinght the possession. ougtft M mention, before concluding, that twenty persons at least well, either front intimacy or from the retteideoce which circumstances /wader necessary,"perticipant of i9fs eseret ; and as there seas no letteect, to my knowledge, (deny rem of tile number bredu, g the confidence required front them,. I em. the more obligsd to them, because the slight and - trivial character of the mystery wa. not qua iled to inspire much respect to those mistrusted with it. As for the work whichlollbsiri, it was meditated, and in part printed, keg before the avowal orthe novels took place, and engatally cons ced with a declaration that it was neither to havtintroduction Mar preface of any kind. •This long proem, prefixed to a. wort in. Minded nut to have any;may, however, seise to theve'liow human purposes, in the most trifling as Well as the roost 110 in-unit affairs, eh liable to be controlled by the course of events. 'rhos, we begets - - to cross a strong river.' - the point of the opposite gradually giving way to braitch or bush, to extricate daiiierues landins•plece, wAic► we b.d Aced taeedet will afford to I .01i ate avuut wkrc► Wittlaile. I beg lea.- ;4 Abboust — Ord, Oct. • with our ryes and our reaulutswa filed on le shore, ou which we purpose co Jai d ; but, ro the tomtit, Art glad, by the aiintethara of tricate owraehtes at segue again 'and•petikops cc, much farther doirisidse shwas gum abst d oar totemioos. Hoping that ih courteous k known and fanialiar.go4ntruce ~.me pot. :la be extended too choguiao cac didatt. for his ',subscribe Myself itiselsibted bitidie servile. 1827. i s • !sight,VlE Ls' • .• . • - P • Di a Ca 0 0. 811 0 Ta Of. SP Sips