The National Register. — London, England, 1818-04-26 00:00:00

APItIL Oh Bola Y. these heroes—what creatures th e y are ! In the boudoir the same as in fields full of slang:Asir ; As cool in the Beitnion's precipitant ear. As when safe at To halm i's, o'er le'd currant-water I r n He join'd us—imagine, dear creature, my rAasy 1, irked by the orem I'd have broken ten necks to see ! Bon wisli'd to treat him with Punch a lo glace, Btu the sweet fellow swore that my bir tie, myirea-e, And my . je-n - r-erls.qaoi (then his whiskers he twirl'd) Were, to him," on de top of all Punch in de vorld.'s.... e How pretty !—though oft (as. of course, it must be) e '.'Both his French and his English are Greek, DOLL. to me. 13 • 111.1 t. in short, I felt happy as ever fond heart did ; And happier still, when 'twas fixed, ere we parted, r That, if the next day shottitt be prst•irat weather, ? We would set oft; in French buggi's. together. To see ifoutntorrn.-u —that_place which, you know. r Is s:, film out du. cherries and JEAN .1 AC ItIJ CS !lOW AU. i His card then he gave us—tlic name, rather cras'd— But 'twas CAL ICO T —something—a Colonel at least ! i After which—sure there never was hero so civil—he Saw us safe home to our door in Rue Revoli, r Where his .' , isr words, as, at parting, he threw t A soft look o'er his shoulders, were—" how do you do!" (2). Eren in this idea, poor Miss Fud was somewhat V ae t • mistaken, as appears front the last Epistle in the collec t • • tion. Oh Dor.r.r, dear Boma', ruin'd for ever I nc'er shall he happy again, Do ei.v , never ! To think of the wretch—what a victim was 1 ! •Tis too much to endure , —l shall die, 1 shall die -11(v brain's in a fever—my pulses beat quick -1 wall die, or, at least, be exceedingly sick! Oh, what do you thin! , after all my romanei ag. :My visions of glory, my sighing, my . glancing, This Colonel—l scarce can commit it to paper— This Colonel's no more than a vile linendraper I ! 'Tis true as I live-1 hae coax'd brother Ron so, (You'll hardly make out•vitat I'm writing, I sab so) Inc some little gift on my birth-day—September The thirtieth, dear, I'm eighteen, you remember— That Bon to slop kindly order'd the coach, (.Ih, little I thought who the shopnian would prove) To bespeak me a few of thaw moitchai•s do p7.11e, hich, in happier hours, I have sigh'd for my lova,— (The nmst beautiful things—two Napoleons the price— And one's name in the corner einbruider'd so nice !) Well, with heart full'of Measure, 1 enter'd the shop. But—ye Gods, what a phantom !—I thought I should drop , - There he stood, my dear DOLLY—no room for a dotibt— There, behind the vile counter, these eyes saw hint steal, With apiece of French cambric, before him roll'd out, And that horrid yard measure uprais'd in his hand ! Oh—Papa, all Oen-, knew the secret, 'tis clear— ' ['war a shynumfte meant by a Brandenburgh," dear ! The man, whom 1 fondly had fancied a King, And, when flirt too delightful illusion was reit, As a hero had worshipp'il—vile, treacherous thing To turn out but a low linendraper at last ! hly head swam around-rthe wretch smiCtl, I believe. 'But his smiling, alas, could no longer deceive-x. I fell back on lon—my whole heart seein'd to wither— And, pale as a ghost. I was carried back hither ! I only remember that Boa, a; I caught Intl, With cruel facetiousness said—" Curse the Kiddy I " A staunch Revolutionist always I've thought him. " But now I find out he's a Connter one, BIDDY!" Only think, my dear creature, if this should be known To that saucy. satirical thing, Miss Marox E ! What a story 'till be at Shandangan for ever ! What laughs and what quizzing she'll have with the meh ! It will spread through the counts—and never, oh, never Can Ili nay be seen at Kilramly again ! Farewell-1 shall du something desp rate, 1 fear— And, eh I if my fate ever Noshes your ear. Gne tear of compassion my 001.1. will not n ittudge To her poor—broken-hearted—young frie litnttv Ft UGE. Nat/ bene—l'm sureyou will hear, with delight, That we're going. all three, to see RRL NET to-night. A laugh will revive me—and kind Mr. Cox (Do you know him ?) has got us the Governor's The Sexagenarian; or, Recolledions of a I,ilerary Life.-2 vols. Bvo. BY THE LATE REV. Ma. BELO& The Sexagenarian seems to have found peculiar'solace in recapitulating the anecdotes of all his acquaintance during his past life. His college lueubrations furnished him also with many intimates of whom he has, by a pleasant memory, represented things most Eiveurably ; he very lightly touches frailties, and dwells and en larges upon merit, urbanity, and skill. There are a few allusions to his intimacy with some who have been raised to higher station, but did not always remember , nis quondam friendship, and in these notes there ap pears a taint of dissatisfaction ; but, in general, the work is an effort of a mind, happily neither clouded by adversity, nor elated by prosperity ; the even tenor of his way has led him to rejoice with those that rejoice, and to weep with those that weep—ha loved society, and has profited by all its commurications and though he alludes sometimes to the criers ef those he deli neates, he twoids, in general, to " set down aught in malice." Perhaps curiosity is not rtmre excited, than to discover the characteristic features of men of letters, because they are generally turned from view, either by their native modesty and diffidence; or by the retire ment of their studies ; on this Account, anecdotes of their manners and sayings secure an Universal reading, and every reader dwells fondly upon almost every sylla- Lle of a mariof literary eminence, as if he had himself discovered a part of the mine with which the indivi dual was stored, and thus a deliberate, though fre quently a prejudiced judgment, is formed of men who deserve a better flute. Pope, Swift, Johnson, and many more, might have gone dawn to the grave in profound silence, as regirds many of their little frail ties, or rather imperfections, had not the kind thirst of Ory•teffing laid open w: - .at was ncrer needful fernlike known—it would be painful to mark these instances. — Our Sexagenarian has avoided this spirit as much as Nut ununwttal miatake. with fonigners. TILE NATIONALREGISTEII. any collector upon literary record; his collection is no,t the less entertaining, but it is the less pungent in the circles of fashionable scandal, where they affect " to hold up the mirror to nature," and forget that they at the same time present themselves bethre a microscope. The work abounds with amusing anecdotes ; and those relating to Professor Person possess very consider able interest. There are, however, too many blanks and initials to make the subjects generally understood, and not a few ex-parte statements, which might have been dispensed with. BUOVAPARTE. The following paragraphs relative to Ilnonaparte, are ta. ken from an interesting book just published, entitled "Jour nal of a Visit to South Africa, by the Rev. C. I. Latrobe :" '• I will quote one instance (Write effect of his disatisfaction about things of minor importance, which came to my know ledge from the best authority. A butcher, at Jamestown, who used to tlelivcr meat for his table, being at length wearied out with continual repetition of complaints, though he fur uished the best meet he could procure, directed the following laconic epistle to the Governor :—' Sir Hudson ! May it please your Excellency, this same General Buoliaparte is hard to please. 1 beg to be excused sarvin: him any longer with meat.' " As be hates Sir Hodson Lowe, the latter does not tin. necessatily trouble hint with his presence, but delivers all notices to him by Sir Thomas Ready, whose polished manners, good•humoured disposition, and knowledge of the Italian language, which Gen. Bitonvis te is slid to prefer to French in conversation, makes hint o pleasant messenger. Sir Thus. has therefore had more oppoi tuoities of becoming acquainted with him in the various affections of his mind, than moat Eng lishmen with whom he has conversed. " A proof of great meanness is this, that he will not give credit to the English tUr any great warlike action. He says, that by all the rules of war, lie ought to have gained the battle of IVaterloo, and that the Duke of Wellington u4ht, if he had been a good general, to have retreated, and not made his stand where he did. Yet, at other times, feeling peculiarly indignant at the Prussians, he, of course, will not allow them to have bad any share in the result of that action, but de scribes his defeat to the firmness of the English infantry alone, by which all his plans were 'disconcerted. "General linonaparte once observed to a gentleman, at whose house he seemed to bear his lot with considerable com posure, that so many extram dimity things had happened to him in his life, which had happened to no other man, that he should nut be surprised if some time hence the BritishGoveru mina were to'recall him." Tan LATE Dn. Bun:test's Linnany,—The Committee of the House of Commons, who were directed to investigate the propriety of purchasing the library of the late Dr. Burney, have made a report, in which they strongly recommend the acquisition of so important an addition to the• public stock of literature ; they state; that the value of the colleetien as esti: mated by the most competent judges, is no less than 14,5001., hut that the proprietor is content to take 1'3,5001.: they, therefore, deem the purchase to be reasonable, at the same time suggesting, that the annual grant to the Museum shrink& for the time be suspended or reduced, iu consideration of this voidable accession to its treasures. We have nut room to enumerate all these curiosities in detail ; but we cannot omit to mention two or three of the most interesting. These are, lit, the manuscript copy of Homer's Iltiad, formerly belong ing to Mr. Townley, supposed to be as old as the 14th cen tury; 2:1, two beautiful copies of the Greek Goipels, of the 10th and 12th centuries ; 3d, a complete collection „of the dramatic literature of GI ecce, including every fragment and every comment ; 4th, a series of English newspapers, amount ing to 700 volumes, from the year 1603 to the present time ; 5111, u collection consisting of between 300 and 400 volumes quarto, containing matte iris for a history of the stage from 1660 to the present time, and particulars relating to actors and dramatists; and, lastly, a collection of portraits of actors, authors, commeniators, and other learned persons, from the latter part of Elizabeth's reign to the present day, amuanting in all to 7,000, 5,0u0 of which relate to the stage. These arti cles, as well as many others doscribed in the report, are not to be got from any other quarter, at least in such complete condi tion; and seine not at a.l. They are all well worthy of being deposited in tile National Nliiseutu, partly as illustrious speci mews of the taste, talents, aisd industry of cue of the very first scholars which latter times at least have produced ; but chiefly as documents of the highest interest anal importance to the advancement of ancient and modern literature. FOItEIGN SCHOOLS.—We have the pleasure to hear that a school, ou the plan of the British and Foreign School Society, was opsned at Mad, id on the 9th of January last, which is extremely well eflodneted, and succeeds admirably. At an examination <vesicle took on the 15Ite of March, nut quite tea weeks after the opening of the school, several of the scholars who entered the first class, moil did nut know st lettrr, were advanced to the 4th and Ali classes, and the rest employed in proportion. 'Fite Duke del intoutado patronizes the school, and the children attend with a degree of cheerfulness no known in the schools on the old system ; in proof of which we ure informed that the parents can keep . their children in on der only by threatening not mallow them to attend the school. At, increased attention is paid to the cleauliness of those tinkerer' : had language and fightiag are no lunget preetised . The lessons wed in the central school in the It:ire:nigh road are printed in Spanish and a set of them sent to the committee. A school is also building on the estates of the Count Rotelanzoff, in Russia, wirer.) the lessons al e translated and sent to press. Wednesday a dinner was given at the City of London 'Co vent, to the supporters of the Philanthropic Society, fur the discharge of persoiss cutifilied for small debits, and for the temporary relief of the necesiiholis manufacturing and Ja bots, ing pour in London and its environs. 'fete Doke of Sussex took the chair. From the first establishment of this eleemosynary institution, in 1803, upwards of 12,000 indivi duals had been relieved, and iu the last year no less thaw be tween 1,600 and 1,709 per mom had rsqeived the benefac ' lions of this eharitaule Society. Tim wired') of the subsei sp. tions raised in the course of the evening a.oolitited to near ly 8491. awl among them we oleserved thi; :mint s of the Duke I of Sits•ex, Lord *fortiw , ,toa, Mr. leyng„ Mr. Mellish, and Mr. Henry Long. A !witilsolue :to , / , *cee bridge is about to oe built over the riser b:iannon, noir. Limci re k, in it . rkinl, towards the cx pentn it which, one gentleman has liberally subscribed too thouseral pounds, and auolLs r, one thousand pouudz. ISI From Me LONDON GAZETTE, l'ucicluy, April 21. BANKRUPTS. DAVENTORT S. Fglitm. Surrey, brewers. April 25, May 3, June 2, at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Shepherd, Ifyile.strect, Bluoursbury. RAINS J. S. Wapping-wall. merchant, April 28. May 3, June 2, at Guildhall. Atta. Stokes and Cu. Basingliall-street. H1:311•11111.111J. Talbot court. Graceehurch-street. tailor, April 28. May 5, June 2, at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Lang, America-square. POWELL. J. Bristol, broker, 11Iay 5,6, June 2, at Bristol. Arts. Poole and Co. Gray's Inn-square. TETT P. Seaton, Itutlandshire, fanner, April '27, 2S, June 2. at Stanford. Att. Mr. O'Brien, Temple. So u Tll.l w J. Birmingham. baker, May is, 9, June 2, at Bintinghrun. Arts. Clarke and Co. Chancery-lane. 0 suoutort: W. Scukoates, York, merchant, April 2M, 29, June 2, at Kingston upon-Hull. Atta. Longdill and Co. Gray', Inn squar_.. Fousrt: n P. Liverpool. merchant, May 3, 16, June 2, at Guildhall. Atta. Clarke and Co. Chancery-lane. DIVIDENDS. J. Tolson, Halifax, grocer, May 12. R. Bond, Plymouth ' stationer, May 16. J• Emmy, Dover, draper, May 19. T. Welis ' Fleet-street, pocket-hook maker, May 19. J. Gray, Cawkell, Yorkshire, tarnier, May 13. W. 11. Marks, jun. Bath, woollendraper, May r. R. Barrow, Long Dean Mill, WilGlitre, paper-maker, May 21. M. Bathwick, Somerset, tailor, May 19. J. M. Stephens, Hamlet of St. Michael, Gloccster, hanker, May 13. S. Elcoek, 'Tottenham Court-road, warehouseman, May 13. H. Prince and D. Cook, Coleman -street, merchants, May 9. T. White jun. and J. D. Lubbren, Great Winchester -sheet, mer chants, May 23. R. Todd, Pontefract. York, grocer, May 19. H. G. Beasley, Austin-friars, merchant, May 19. J. Goodchild, sen. J. and W. Jackson, J. Goodchild, jun. J. Jackson, and T. Joni., Bishop-Wearmouth, bankers. May 25. C. Pugeley, Lower Road, Islington, floorcloth-nnuinfacturer, Jiay 9. M. Waters, Nicholas-lane, broker, June 27. J. Urry, Gosport, tailor, May 14. J. 1.. and G. Baker, Leeds, merchants, May 13. T. Cooke, Cotton, Shropshire, dealer, May 18. M. Furlong, Lloyd's Coffee-house, merchant, May 12. R. Lomas, Bishop Monckton, York, paper-manufacturer, May 20. J. Domain, Mentwith-hill, York, linen manufacturer. May 0. R. Stephens, Long-lane Bermondsey , tanner, May 16. It. Palmer, Brighton, plumber, May 26. W, Coles, Mincing-lane, broker, June 13. curriFicATEE—NtAY 12. .1. Warner and J. Lord, Derby, ironmongers —W. IL ("Mt Bread-street, warehouseman.—J. Mercer, Graystoneley, nor—.W. Walters, Wapping, Scotch factor—F. Burgess, Leicesnr bosier-1). Whitmore, cotton-spinner—W. Lloyd, .=en Peckham, slopseller—W. Haigh, Barnsley, grocer—S. and A. Sun-. tlerland. Barnoldswiek, corn-dealers—W. Rigby, 1 iverponl, corn factor—T. Pilsbury, Chelsea, tailor—P. Privett, Southampton, maltster—J. Morgan, Taunton, linen-draper. COUNTRY B.INKERS. On Thursday a meeting of Country Bankers took place at the cieorge and Vulture, Corribill, for the purpose of taking into consideration the Bill pending in Parliament, requiring them to make deposits iu the public binds, or other Govern ment securities. Sir W. Elfurd was called to the chair. He ol►cerved, th a t the meeting had been called upou a subject deeply af f ecting their interests, and stated that a great number of letters had been received from country bankers who were unable to at. tend, expressing their approbation of the object which they had been staninoned for. Mr. James, of the house of Galion and James, of Binning.. ham, said, he objected not only to the details, but the princi pal of the bill. Mr. James proposed a resolution, expressive of the light in which the meeting regarded the bill in Parlia meut, namely, as an attempt to injure free trade, injarious to the country banker in particular, and to the public in ge neral. The resolution was agreed to unanimously. The Chairman, and some other hankers, deprecated every thing likely to create disunion, and suggested that the reso• irtion should be divested of every thing likely to give occa sion for cavil. Mr. Payne, of Wells, censured the bill, as did Sit John Morthick. The wordy objected to in the resolution were omitted, and it was then carried unanimoogly. It wa: agreed that the Chi:rman should write letters to Lord Liverpool and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, solicit ing that they email' appoint a day for an interview with a deputation upon the subject, and containing the resolutions to which the meeting had come. _ Mr. Howes, alto was one of those who called the meeting together, stated, that he had frequent conversations with Lard Orford, Lord Coupton, and several other noble men an d gentlemen, who completely entered into the views expressed in the meetinz, and had declat ed their determination to sup port the application to Parliament. It was also mentioned that the Chancellor of the Exelseqner had intimated that he wished to have a eOIIIIIIIIIIICatiCIS of the C oun t r y Bankers, in order to bear front them any objections they to cht have to the bill. The meeting objected to any thing which did not appear respectful, but all idea of eotupromise wus diA4 hied. A l'or11.• mince was appointed with power to act. The power to cum protnifr was the okay power withheld. Sin RICHARD Cuorr's WILL.—The will of the late Sir Richard Craft, Bart. was proved in Doctor's Commons on the INtli instant, by the relict, Doctor Bailie, and John Denman, Esit, the Executors. The personal property was sworn tinder sixteen thousand pounds. A freehold estate at Somerfurd Keynes, in the Comity of Wilts, is devised to his eldest AIM Elnisley Croft. and heirs male with the usual remain. tiers; ont of which 2001. per annum is given to Lady Croft, during her life ; and power is a:so given to the Devisee to eliaree the same with a sum of emo!. for ho wile and children by his will, Freehold estates in the comities of licreford, hiidillesex, and the leasehold lisuse in Old Ritrlingtonsstreet, (the Testator's residence) arc discoed to he 5e1t1,.1,,d the pro. duce to form part of flit. personality ; the resides„ of which (after a bequest to the relict. of the 11011S1.110111(111111.111"P, plate,librais, carriage, and horses, and the. interest of a sons to beset apart during her life, et bv . tw vett byroad six thousan d pounds) is giyessfo the children, w ath the exik titiun of Mr one inheriting the 1% disbar estate. The wiit t.,late.lt!te 14th N o vember ISll. There is one Codicil, dated i n 181 d. f t d es climes the redemption of the Innd tax of the estat e at :comer. ford Keynes, and charges it with a sum of .iOJ.H. to be added to the residuary personal estate Last 'Jock n young man dropped Clown dcrid in the apartment of a female professor of the science of foretelid-.4 fatale events, restiting iti the neighitouthood 'rower-greet.