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r N t ~ ,~ ,~ $ 414..awi LONDON, THURSDAY. Dtcemass 12, 1842. *I ~~ Are you 'wiry that there are nab* thede'eanidt themselves Liberals a party who ebuke war on the great body with even more bitterness than the eoernies ul our institutions? Thendo 'Dot light up o.e torch i,r discord m en — Ai Constitutionalist+, fa,r alarm the friends of liberty by commercin rbploinntic stnek•jobbings, or base intrigues. Do you complain of the abuse of the liberty of the pins, or take for the opinion of Constitutional lceinisrds that which is expressed by only a feeble and well-known faction I Then read the Journals which have with the greatest zeal defended liberal institutions against the attacks which have been constantly made. and still are made, upon them, both by the Absolutists - aitd the Modifiers, and from them you will learn what is the real opinion of all the Constitutionalists of Spain—men equally resolved to defend their country against the despo. tom of an absubite Monarch, and that which any taei.on, by whateier Miens it should attOmpt to OVerintss the law, might attempt to exercise. real Liberals Will never abandon the work vnawillip of their own hands to enemies of the country of any class, for the nation and the law are the idols of those *ho brake the chaihs of the Spanish people. If the wise men of the Coegress are acquainted with a 'Mode whereby laws can, sud denly and without the natural gradation which be longs to all other things, obtain that vigour which time, education, the progress of new ideas and babas are usually supposed to be alone capable of giving, let them pniat - it out, 'and we shall be glad to adept it ; but there must not be included in the,r admonitien arty propositions for modifications ur umendinents of any sort whatever, to be made in the fundamental law of the State; since, in the de fects abi.h they are supposed to attribute to it, we tied no iliconvenietice, and we have no desire for any improvement. At all eveuts, time is necessary to this kof that. In the mean time, what we want is peace; awl when we shall have experienced the ad vantages or the disadvantages of our Constitution during the eight years In which it is to be in force preetsely as it is, and without altering it in the slightest iota, we may then, if it suit us, usk the ad vice of Publicists . ; and if not, we will not trouble them. The Report of a Committee on a Memorial of the Secretary of Finance, praying a grant of money to supply the dellciency of the revenue, camped by the 'disturbed state of the country, was taken into on starvation. fu the courte of the debate upon the subject, it tree stated, that in Tarragona there were not ibOve 'IS towns which had not been occupied by the factious, and the situation of uther frontier provinces was similar. These Papers contain several long official ac- Pouts continuing the successes of MINA, the 'trio -1401 facts of which have been commuoicated by the French Papers. THE. BRITISH PRES S. At a late hour last night Ire received, by Ex• PRIM, the French Papers to the 10th instant. The fullotting are extracts : PARIS, DECEMBER 9. Yesterday the King transacted businees with the Duke of Montmorency, Minister for Foreign A ffairs. The Augsburg Gazette says, the Army of the FAO') have never been either 40,000 or 30,000 strong; bast that the Spanish Ministry designedly exaggerated their nnmbers, that they might the more easily obtain the extraordinary (lowers they requited from the Cortes. Immediately when the Curies, adds the same paper, had voted the laws of exception, the Ministry gave Mina orders to act pith decirion. A Irtter from Toulouse, of December 2, has the following postscript : On the 29th and !loth of November there was • general engagement in Spanish Cerdagne, between tt , e Army of the Faith and the Constitutional treops. Baron &Endes was cempletely defeated. Letters from Spain say, it is not known what is become of the Baron; that it is supposed he re mini'd on the field of battle.; but a dispatch re ceived by Lieutenant-General Belsir announces, that he entered France with an escort of sixty horsemen. General Mina commanded in chief; General Roten acicd under his order.. bight u'etuck is the Evetaing.—lt is this mo- Trent aunounced that Poles is at Toulouse, that he is lodged at the Grand Soleil-, and that seats hive been placed upon all his papers at the request of the hawse of Ouvrard, of Paris. A great number of priest*, clptichins, soldiers of the Army of the Fitith,ltave arrived here; seven teen officers of the Constitutional Army, who were made prisoners, and who were released upon the French territory, have also arrived.—(Constita. honed.) We were well informed io anaourteing that a vio lent straggle prevaileil in the Admioisttirtion be tween the partisans of war and of peace. to the midst of the war-cry of the EMU., and the iiitacks of the Qom/id/anise, the Antrim/ its Debits main tained a silence, which we- considered a proof that the fanatics had commenced the fire before the sig nal bad been given, and that they only endeavoured to compromise, by a social) and decisive attack, the politicians who thought it imprudent, and even dangerous. The latter, we have stated, appear to pin ground, and last morning the Journal dee Debate, who it was snpposed had been silenced, but who was only waiting for reinforcements, again dared to declare agnitist war, in an article, whose form, though somewhat pedantic, cannot disguise all the perplexity and fluctuation Of the polidy %which 'dictated it.—(?bid!) P6llll. DiCBllBtlt 9. Purim, VUNDS -.Mei per Oasts. opened at 88 f. 60 e; Iskbest at 88 f. 65 e. ; closed at 98 f. 45 e.; Baalt.9lock, 1,622 f. 50 e. ; Nespolilas 5 per Cents. 77.—Embeete on London, one month,lb f. 30c.; three mouths, 95E 1 15 e.— (telers AttlAchflque, theituder 9.) MADfiID, DPCIIBIIIIIII 4. AN EXTRiORNINARY CONVEYANCIO Government has received intelligence of The exe -titian of several leader, of the factiona, in addition iolidanuel Aniadur, surnamed el Moro; a capuchin named Marzs, Lieutenant of the Thimble, suffered death at Altakt tie Leman, mild a rill& who had appeared in the ranks of the fehels, was executed at Toledo. • General E.piaosa, previous to giving op the atl litarTtbwtmatid of the third division, addteesid a Proclamiticin to the troops under his orders, to in• form them that he is'replaced by General Tortijos. The Cortes, in the sitting oriesterday, adopted two artickm . 4f the Report •of the Committee charged famine the Memorial presented to the Cortes by\he Minister Secretary of State. -41te following is the principal one : 1- Y:t . " In addition to the 309,738,809 reels &treed by the Cones Tor the *se of the different Minister a, there shall be granted to the Minister at War, conformably to his applier. tiun, the suns of 37,739,3b8 teals foe the clothing, equipment, mid arming of the national militia in service." NOVRIIIIIIR 30. We hare received intelligence that the King will return fm Verona on the I7th of December from his journey into 'Lower Italy, that he should remain in that city 611 the 21st, Sod return by Insprock, Salzburg, and ToplUz, to Potsdam, where his Majesty vituld afrive on the 4th of January. REVOLUTION. We are driven into our intended dissertation . upon Itivonrrion more immediately than we had auticipatcd, by the stock -jobbing flourishes of the notable pair of demi-semi-official Journils, the French Etoile and the English Courier. " Arcades ■mbo, Et canine pares, et reapondere What they say of war witb Spain is not worthy of sue moment's consideration. They anticipate war solely for the purposes of speculation in the funds, and if soy man will believe them be de serves to be cheated. Si vale decipi, decipiatir. To a sensible spectator nothing can he more amus ing titan to see the bustle, the agitation, the alarm, and the tremulous hope, which certain Newspapeis feel or feign with the utmost imaginable gravity, about a war which it is as impossible should be actu ally madertaicen as to make the mountains of Spain change places with the icebergs of Greenland. If it were really in the folly of the BOURBONS to essay such a war, it were still greater folly to be lieve it until the positive vision supersede faith by fact. But in the mean time topics are suggested, ■nd discussions are entered into, which cannot fail to stimulate thought and to nouribh wisdom. This is the first direct benefit which otber nations must de rive from the Revolution in Spain. The sight of its prosperity operates upon the minions of abso lute sod abused power as salt upon gorged leeches. Precisely such is its salutary operation upon the Courier rod the Etcrik. The latter paper writes, and the former quotes as important, the following statement t " There is nothing in the declarations of the Sovereigns that is not grand, noble, worthy of iluqn ; nothing, in short, that Indicates that circumspection which woald he timidity— Sovereigns will put se end to revolutions." „ . There is a sovereign resolution ! We never felt more intensely proud of being Engl . '.!mien than at this moment, when this statement invites our uui. madversion. In Spain they most speak calmly, even of insult—res dara et *rialtos regal—the bit- terness of monks, and the unconsolidated date of their constitution, oblige the Spaniards to measure their indignation towards the insolent minions of ty. tunny. The French dare no more laugh at royal folly. No, no ; when Monsieur Popinjay, who lutes the smell of gunpowder as the shouts of an emancipated nation, presents himself aloft and talks of chaining millions of the free and brave, and of making mankind live s move, and have their being in the pleasure of some half a dozen Sovereigns—the French, the grand nation dare no longer laugh. Shrug your shoulder, Monsieur, and pass quietly by, 'tis all that now remains to yon of the grand empire. But we thank God that we are in Eng land, and can laugh, and give our reasons too for laughing, at the Sovereigns who " will put on end to revolutions." But let us understand the Sovereign.. Is it their will to put an end to the revolutions of Saturn ?—of Mars ?—of Venus ?—or of the Sea ? Poor old CANUTE, that jest of school-boys, had never been in Congress at Verona. otherwise be would not have failed so miserably in his attempt to put an end to the revolutions of the waves. To be serious, it does appear that " the Sove reigns will put an end to political revolntions"—sf they can. Bat the if ought to give them pew. The Sovereigns, With all the jaw-bones of asses which they can buy or hire, are not equal in num bers, strength, or skill, to the nations who would be benefited by revolution. How, then, are they to put an end to revolutions ? Revolutions, which deprive Kings, Nobles, and Priests of the power of committing robbery, and torture under the authority of usage or divine right—and these are the only revolutions iiithetto known among nten—hre the 'clusicest heaven. Retro• lotions, which extirpate wilier iltd burs, and in troduce animals tamed and useful fdr the mute nonce and convenience of lhan—atql inch are all the revolutions on record—are the happiest events which can befit ootious. Revohitless, which tear up by the roots 'weeds, thistles, atilt thorns, and rear by abundarit crops of food for the use of man—and such have ever been the effect of revo lutions—are the lvistst subjects of - national trayer. Revolutions ere io politics what 'undispittr provements are in all arts end scittfces. T . m peror of AusTal.t, with iihrolote consistency, teal shocked at hearing that Sir FILIIKOHRY DAVY had effected's revolution in chemistry. But improve , mem, in rill departments ire ribivoxfbus tome per sons. What a furious opposition was made by the silk-weavers to the introduction 'of frailties ? Thrashing machine, were ruinous to many I humble labourer. The Sovereigns stiller in the same ars) , : they are bet Luddites in poli tics. Taking for granted that the portion of their 'power which revolutions and:consti`totions throw tint of employment itrusirtsk, like Ate lorniag of the soil by the spacle,'or dift)waehkrig of corn by the flail—though the very'rertisS iv the troth— but taking it for granted that this superseded 1. r tion of power is useful m is own inrerirst way, anal that the arrangethent introduced by a constitution only dispenses with it by performing the same labour more expeditiously and more effectually by means of improved machinery, then the Sovereigns are as much entitled to complain as all labourers whose wages are diminished by the introduction of machinery. if, then, the Sovereigns were only to strike for higher wages (more power), like the keel men of the Tyne, we should regard their case with sonic pity, and their conduct with considerable indul gence. Suppose they should even go so far as com bination and corn pu Ision of others, after this manner : FERDINAND receives inadequate wages, therefore ALEXANDER, and FRANCIS, and FREI:MUCK, and Louts, combine with him, all strike and refuse to work sovereignly, nay all agree to shoot the man who will act the Sovereign under the full wages demanded, until the several oatious give all their ancient rate of pay;—why all this we could understand. We might lament the fully of the sovereign keelmen, but we could not deny that there would be some reason as well as spirit in their conduct. But really to hear ALEXANDER, FRAN CIS, FREDERICK, and Louis say, " We will put an rod to revolutions"—is luddism run mad. Take the field, ye gallant four, present yourselves front to front against the enlighietted and intrepid millions of France, Italy, Germany, and Spain, sod tell Them—llri ll yost?)—" We will put an end to revolulionr." In the consideration of this statement of the demi-semi-officials we havelexcluded Great Britain entirely from the question. Site has indeed no thing to de with revolutions but to encourage them abroad as she did in former times. Our constitu tion wants repair, but we want no revolution. If our Cou•titutional Sovereign and our Nobility hove excessive and hilarious influence, and that they ha►e we are ready to demon.trate, it is in violation of the Constitution ; therefore, of necessity, it is reform and not revolution which we require. Our King is not a legitimate in the continental use of the epithet. He is conventionally, constitutionally our King. He holds the sceptre by a higher, prouder, sorer tenure than any King on earth. He is degraded by those who would class him with legitimates—with the Sovereigns who " will put an cud to revolutions." The remarks of the Espectador, the Spanish Government Paper, which we have given in another column, are well entitled to attention. Their Enc. deration and forbearance are in the very tone and character which become a Spanish Ministry at the present moment. Swaggering, vaponring, and talking largely of the reception 'bath Spaniards would give to French invaders, is a style of writing utterly abhorrent to the taste and the courage of Spanish Constitutionalist,. They are not, there. fore, the less prepared to give the flesh of their invaders to the fowls of the air, and to leave their bones to he bleached by the winds of heaven. But they evidently anticipate no such act of insolent madness as an invasion of their country, because they choose to regulate their oars affairs uceordis,g to their own discretion. Yesterday afternoon his MAJESTY held a Privy Council at his Palace at Brighton, Yesterday • Court of Directors was held at the East India Donee, when Colonel ALEIAIDEII WALL ER took the usual oaths ou being appointed Governor of St. H.lens. The fol lowing Captains were sworn into the command of their respect ice ships, viz.—Captain WILLIAM MITCHELL, DEMO'. tracer—consigiird to Si. Helena, Bombay, and China ; Cap tain HICHARD ALSAGER, Waterloo—consigned to B ombay and China. Gibraltar Papers to the lath ult., have arrived. The foilowing is an extract:— MALTA. SEPTEMBER 27. An Edict was ' , surd by the King of the Two Staines, under date of the 1411, ult. which declared, that in order to eneourace the Salt Trade in Sicily, all foreign veasels of 100 ton,. and upward% leading cargoes of Salt in as, of the Porto within the limits of the Valle de Titpari, abould only pay the name rate of tonnage as is paid by Sicilian vessels." It appears from the Madrid Paper., that transla tion, of the liienelt Charter are published with notes and commetitanes„ pointiog out to the Spa niards the great odratatu:es which they would de rive from a Chamber ut Peers on the plan of that branch of the LrgiolAute, ... Afr--- ,f) 3 FASHIONABLE INTRURIENCE. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clsolmondeley and Lid Charlotte Seymour arrived yesterday evening at Choltio.,, &ley House, Piccadilly, Crum their mat, Hunglitur. Norfolk. The Marchioness of Exeter baa arrived at her seat at e noehampton from Burks. The Earl and Coutile,s of Ashbornham and Lady Ehrs. beds Ashtiurnham have left loon fur their seat, Ashburuham Place, Sussex. The Earl of Harrowby is entertaining a party of friends It hie seat, Sandell Hall, Staffordshire. The Countess of Essex, we are sorry to state, has been mods indisposed fur some dabs at her house in Hill-street. fierteley-square. Dowager Countess of Stamford had a select party yester day at her house in Charlexatreet, Berkeley.xqunre. Lord Kensington lour arrived in town from Paris. Dowager Lady Neare had a small party yesterday crea tor as her hohse in Albemarle-street. Countess de Grey has left town for her seat, Putney Heath, Surrey. The Hou. P. Asbburobsm has left town for Sussex. Mr. acd Mrs. George Lim; are expected iis town this week from Paris. Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins left Warren's Hotel, Regent street„, yesterday, us a tour. Arrivals at !thwart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street:—Sir Edward and the Misses Kyoaston from their seat in Soffiilk ; Sir George Caulfield, Bart. from Berks ,• and Sr Henry %rodeo, Bart. from his seat, Broom Park. M. and Mrs. Sawyer have left t►e London Hotel, Albe marle-street, en a tour. Arrivals at Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street :—The Earl of Meath and the Hors. W. Braba: in from Ireland ; Lord Beresford and Lieutenant Beresfurd from Riogwivoil, Hauls ; and Mr. mid Mrs. W. Freeman from their seat, Foley Court, Oxturilalsite. Departures :—Majur We t land, ad Lady Johnson au/ family, for their house, George.street, Hanover-square a and Lady and Miss Stewart for their seat, Linisfield Cottage, Surrey. By accounts arrived in town yesterday from Norfolk we learn, that Lady Aar Coke is busily expected to be con fined. UNI I' E RSIIT I NTELLIGIINCR. OXFORD. :MERRIER 7. Tlie following 'Oviedo are proposed fur the CouleeHoe Prizes, for the emitting year, viz. For Latin Versa—Are Geu/ogira• For an Euglisb Essay—Oa Palate Spirit amongst the Ancients. For a Latio Essay—Condifio Savory= aped Antique. The first of the above subjects is intended for those Gra- Heine° of the University who have nut exceeded four years from the time of their matriculation ; and the other two fur such es have exceeded four, bat nut completed seven years. Sir Rope► Netedipetee Prise—For the best consprwilion in English Verse, not eontaieieg either "twee or fewer than Fifty Lines, by any Uoder Graduate wbo has Rut ded four years from the time of his matriculation—Stonehenge. At the anniversary of Ilse Royal Society of London, on Saturday last, the Copley Gold Modal was presented, by the President aodCouncil, to the Kew. Wm. Bocklaati, of Corpus Chi Mit College, Professor of Grulogy and iHiaeralogy, is this Univeraiiy, for his account of the Antediluvian Remains, dis covered last year in a cavern at Kirkdale, in Yorkshire. Ur. Bradley received a aimilar medal in 1748, fur his Leiter on au appsseot Motion iu come of the fixed Stars. He and Mr. Dockland are the wily Oxford Professors ors whom this honour has been coast's mid. - - -- - A letter from Brighton. dated December 9, says —"The Kt NO, suite, ■od household, his MAJarry in the best apparent health, attended divine service in the Palace Chapel yesterday. Coma Myatt's* arrived at the Pavilion this afternoon." Lord and Lady BUROILERSH have returned to I Florence, where they are preparing a growl fete, against the arrival of the Autocrat of Rossi* and the Emperor of AUSTRIA, who have resolved to virit Florence after they have seen Venice. The Earl of BRISTOL, who has left lckwo►th with the Countess and family, has benevolently caused to be distriboted among the poor women of that parish and Hor►inger no less than 1W red cloaks of excel lent quality, which will prove of great comfort to them in the approaching winter. 11 Is reported that Mr. Smuts is constructing a tragedy for Drury-lane theatre; upon the foundation of Setmum's Robbers. Kean is to perform the character of Charles The piece is something more than a translation, Mr. SOANZ haring entleriakrn to omit all that is not dramatic, and to substitute from his own stores some important scenes calcu. laced to produce strong interest. It has been also stated, that Mr. RZAZELZT is occupied is a smiler task, and that Mr. &LISTON is to decide epos the me►its of the two. A WELSH BULL—As a lady was walking in the neigh. boarboud of Com, in this county, on Wednesday evening last, followed by two favourite !enters, she was most unex pectedly surprised by a ferocious and savage attack on the dugs by an animal of the eat species, and answering to But ton's description of the catamountain or ocelot, one of the fiercest of its kind. The 6ghl was unusually lung and severe, and terminated in the death of one of the dugs, leaving this other lifeless on the field. The animal has hitherto escaped; and we are given to understand has, fur a considerable time past, committed great havoc among the feathered tribe at Cwm and its vicinity.—(Carmart/ten Jaunted.) Among the electioneering anecdotes of the day at Patio, the following is related :—An elector demanded of a friend some information respecting a certain candidate, who was amply tarnished with Government recommendations. M (said the friend) is f,uher of five children. who have all places in the public ewsploi, Ike. One day he was preparing to mount the Tribune in support of a ministerial measure, when one of his f tends, a Member of the °pri mulas, pulled his coat ; and after exposing to him the evil of the measure, in its bearings as his own constituents, con cluded by obs , rvinz, What can you want; your five chil dren are all placed?'—' Yea, yes, I know it,' replied the orator; but (putting his head down to the ear of his friend), but my wife is big with the sixth!'" TREAD-MILL WIT —A brace of incorrigibles having the supreme felicity, after many years' separation, to meet et the modern round about, at Lewes, one of them observed, "It was singular that their tir.i itifrovie* should he in such a peculiar plate."-= Not at nit," replied the other (pointing to the mill), " you see how things two round." IRISH LAW Invetuessecr..—" The Law's delay."..- Our readers will be euabled to fosm a tolerably just esti mate of the expedition with which sister rouatry, from the coiumericerneot of a law argument receuily made before the twelve Judges. It was in the cause of GniVie mud Statute, to which the public mind has been lung familiarised. Mr. Ploftetr, is addressing ; their Lordships, said, that he rose, and be trui•ted it was for the last time, to argue a cuss Which had bees i* contro versy ft that Rail . for seam yews. The Counsel who had conclaved the bard ease of his unfortunate client and brought it to a successful issue, at least before a Jury of his country, bad almost disappeared. Two of them bad since gone to souther world ; his Searaiug mid abilities had ele s• ed a thhd to the Beads (MaSesjearit VANDat.tua); and a fourth, yielding to the cotsciusiruess a( powirfal and spleudid talents, has sought at another Bar, to which he could not fail is prove a most distinguished ornament, for higher rissaids and mare extensive floss (Mr. CHARLES ) ~~ FOE7PY. A VERITABLE STORY, AND ACCOUNT OF THE MERMAID. Tone—" Unfortunate Miss Daily." 'Twig on the thirty.iirst of Mardi, the night was whet ehlllt, The good ship Pal, of the Core of COI k, lay off the r..“ kt of Scilly, The Captain he wu thinking or the dear land he was born in, And ruminated o'er his grog, till night w.ts nearly naoralog Oh! the land, the dear land be was thinkmc of; the grog, the sweet grog lie was drinking• uf. He iipp'd and sipp'd his seventh ghsF, at. lung as it truitlit hold out, Then quaff'd a pint of undiluted, just to keep the r, l I ow.. And having freed himself from doubts of hi,. g, Ro the ssp'r He deem"d 'twat lime to go to bed, fur 'teas the hell ,e April:— (Ii ibe heaviness that upon hi. peepe r ., Fur Captain Sullivan he was the soundest of sl: sleeper'. In the lir/W[lin of a bed-post the weather crew unruly, The chamber smelt sulphureoudy, the candles they bur:,*.! bluely, The Captain's whiskers both shot out sparks of eleeiraity, The cat stared wildly, as to ask, " Oh ! illy poor muster, is Ii be?" Oh ! the accumulated horrors of the moment, IVords conk, never pint it, ao superfluous is camnu•nl. First rase a flash of forked lightning, then a clap of thunder. The Captain fell an earthquake's &Irk both over him ?nil under, His sepses clean a►andon'd him, 'to Ixt listening and enzinr, Aud be►ell into a deadly ,roan, both awful anti amazing ; Oh! for assafcrtids,ipartaborn, salts, or ethrr. Or sonsebody to tickle well his nostrils with a feather. , When swooning eiptain Salliess recovered from his fainting fit, Hli hey-ey (ate for any thing was, more thus fur a palatial!, 61, Ills teeth begat, to chatter, chatter—knees to knock together, Heart to roll from side to side, like porpss in wet weather; And his little cabin smelt so asby and so sahnony, It made his etowach feel as queer, as if he'd takill acrimony. Close to the table were tour chairs, beside the one he sat upon, Aod a little Wool beside Ike fire, the whit h bad bees his cat upon; No loner empty were the seats, but occupied all font of 'em, He sew ebe strangers heads and arm., but couldn't see no wore of 'em, Fur their legs, if legs they had, were hid below the table, And they tooled as if they meant to speak, as moo as they were able. The first of them was like an ■pe, 'Mk high cheek bone and ugly. His 'lose lay Bat upon his cheeks, as you've seen the note of pug II" His eyes eke colour of dead sprais—his ivories were tusk '— His voter, " metalled to melody," was croaking, harsh, aud bogy— His Minas and visage arein'd to tie, by the giimmrt of the roadie, lu colour like the tawny wood you get front Coro mandel. The second was not beautiful, bat Hies she was a female, Of her we speak more tend. rly, than bound no du of the wade, _ Her hair was been like ballrusbes, and fell ado*a lire shoal- derF, And he combed aed put curl parrs in it, spite o► the be. holders; Her it.,, she Harts amused herself with lacing and en lacniZ, ♦ad occasionally took a glass—to see her pretty face is. The gentlemen then waved his hand Out first put on his cock'd hat— An indecorum polished Captaio Sullivan RAF shock'd at); Then with a phis as grave and starch, as if to preach a se►mon, He amid, •' Your permit, Captain Sallivan, Sir, I'm • Mamas. This, Sir, i■ any lawful wife, the quern of all the Mermaids, The sovereign of roars' rocks, and theme, good Captain, ber •' A Mermaid !" eq•all'd the Captain, " I have herd dream . . . an odd flab, A kind of Dort of as it were, half woman, and half eod.Osh ; My lad, rim' humbug won't du here, you've mat a foul to . - talk 10, Mid if you don't *beer off, my buck, I'll slam you *bare you'll walk to." " To prove, Sir," ynoth the Merman, " that we do not mean to gammas, Look at my tail ;^ by Jaye! he did, and lotted it was a salnion " Yoarbosiness, Mr. Fiah.snd Seals, I pray yea, Sir, what hit, net gives to Cupfain Sullivan the honour of your vial Will you take a cup of auy th ing, or will your wife or daughter, A glass of rOll4 or whiskey punch, or a little gin sod water, A noggin of good cherry bounce, as sweeet as sugar candy, Or smoke a pipe, and sip between a gill of ale or brandy ; Quoth Mn.,.., " You're a Gentletnaa ; but, S r, we do or,l dare it, Our stomachs here are so•so-isis, perhaps they wouldn't 14ar it, We feed o• other sorts of things, beneath the twiny eaters, We suck era-serpents eser,aod drink the milk of alligators t Arid a• for smoking them there things, we hasn't got the knack bow, And another thing's 'again it' too, wive ne;il•• pipes nor 'barco. 4 We've come to ask a favour of you and your men, ' Captain, In letting go the anchor, Sir, our chimney it has drapt iu , A party came to dine with us, and 'swam indeed provoking, It overturned our cockle soup, and set the ciliation smoking. So prythee, Captain Sullivan, weigh .our and quickly, Or we'll vise a storm about your ears, will make you (eel sea.sickly." Will that the party bobb'd adieu,and sidled to the billow, Commending Carew Sullies. to seek his downy pillow, Theo arnoutli'd their scales, aod grinned a pia, sod with a graceful onetime, They their moms, and citrise)log, Arcs popp'd into the ocean ' • The fourth the Captain caught by the An, alt stopp'd her willy Lad 'tt, the very :Heiman' you may sea in Piece' dill). J. L. _~, , :.{~.