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//- v v ~~fyz~~ .`~..~ • :::) r :' ,_. 74::/;:- ; .1-:l4'j "1 7r; . ',;',7,-T4.11' ••• T VIC VUALLING-OFFICE, JAN. Q 4, 1827. HE Co inmissiouers fur Victualling His Majesty's 2 l'ar &c. do hereby gi ve N ot i ce, that on FRIDAY, the (d February 'next, they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing sealed up), • and treat for the supply. of One Hut tired Thousand GP!Alons of WEST INDIA RUM, of the us tud strength of 1-7, per cent. under proof, by Sykes's Hy ' dromt ter. Thirty-fi ye Tons of NEW BLACK SMYRNA RAISINS. And Fifyi. Tor s of COCOA. To be ‘ . .telivored into his Majesty's Victualling Stores at Dept-; ford, one eltalf of each by the 25th February, and the remainder by the 2 'Atli MavSh meet. Sap relies of the Raisins and Cocoa, of less titan pour Aits weiglit each, must be pr o d uce d w i t h the Tenders. three Me Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this Office. tech Tender mint specify the price its words at length, and , be ea- Aeliver e d !Adig e One &Clock o n th e d ay appo i nte d ; I and the titut who ma ke s the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, must attend to answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. VICTUALLING OFFICE, JAN. 31, 1527. HE Commissioners for Victualling His Majesty's Navy, do hereby give notice, that on TUESDAY NExr, - the 6th February, they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for the Supply of Three Thousand Sacke of BISCUIT MEAL, and • Four Hundred Sacks of Kiln-dried HOUSEHOLD FLOUR. To be delivered into his Majesty's Victualling Stotts at Deptford, one-half of each by the 25th February, and th remainder by the 25th March next. The Conditions of the Contracts . tr: ay be seen at this Office. 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T HE INSPECTOR, LITERARY MAGA ZINE and REVIEW for FEBRUARY. Com.Errs.—Dialogue between the Abolitionist and West In dian.—Remonstrance of True Love to L.E. L.—Love under the Rose.—Haydn—Alemanni's Propbecy.—Royal Amusements.— Latest Intelligence from the Moon, by. Daniel O'Rourke.—ltaly. —A Chapter on Waists, by " the Little Unknorrn."—Stanzas, by. Zoe.—A Word more on the Game Laws. —Contributions by distinguished Contemporaries, No. H. ; Miss L—n.—A Peep at Bath.—Retaliation, a provincial tale.--Job Jellicoe.—Character of Clelia.—Proposed Institution for giving Adviee.—Drinking Song.—The Duel, from the German. —Aileen Artore, an Irish Tale.—The accepted Lover.—The Diary of an M.P. for January, containing notices of Lord Stanhope's, Mr. Bennett's, Mr. Whit.. more's, Bse. Ste. ; Pamphlets on Corn Laws, &o. ; Letter from a Dog to a Dog on the affairs of Portugal, &c. &c. Sic.—The Port folio, containing Memoirs of the Duke of York, by the Author of Waverly ; anyier Minor, &c. &c. —Review.—Tales of a Voyager ; Southey's History of the Peninsula War, Vol. 11. &c. &e. Btc. r —Gaieties and Gravities of the Month. Effingham Wilson, $3B, Royal Exchange. COUNTY OF EDINnURGH. THE LATE DUKE OE YORK. Wednesday a Meeting of the Noblemen, Freeholders, &c. of the County of Edinburgh, called by the Convener and Sheriff, wa., held in the County Hall here, for the purpose of voting an Address of Condolence to hie Majesty on the death of his Royal Brother, the late Duke of York and Albany. Sir JOHN HOPE, Convener of the County, having been called to the chair, stated the object of the Meeting ; and, after a few pertinent remarks on the public services and private character of his late Royal Highness, respecting which, he observed, no lan guage could be strong enough to express the gratitude of the coun try for his services to the army in particular, concluded by, moving an Address of Condolence and Sympathy to hie Majesty. The Address having been read by the Clerk, Sir JOHN Dar.aystrsz rose fur-the purpose of seconding the motion, in doing which, he said, he fat a more than ordinary em barrassment. He had had the honour to serve under the imme diate orders of hie Royal Highness. He had been personally known to hit h; had often experienced his kinelness—and, he could not therefore think of his death without mingling peittatii *lda public. feeling. With regard to the benefits he had bestowed on the army, he could add his testimony froin Iris own obeervation.— Indeed, before his Royal Highness was appointed to the Com- . mand-in-Chief, it scarcely deserved the name of an army—the whole system was bad, lie had exerted his whole energies to re•- medy the defects and to correct the evils which then existed. He had done so with success, and in such a manner, as to obtain for him the title of " the soldier's friend." Ile knew most of the Of ficers of a certain rank, if not personally, at least by their characters. In bestowing his patronage, he studied only the merits of the i n di v id uals, and was never biassed by their political opinions. He had no hesitation in saying, that but for the new system introduced into the army by his Royal Highness the late Duke of York, the brilliant victories of the Duke of Wellington could never have been achieved.— (Hear, hear !)—Considering the natural frailty of human nature, it might not have been wonderful if .his Royal Highness had en tertained some prejudices or shown some resentments ; but he be lieved there was no instance on record of his having done so.:_ He was, at all times, steady and sincere in his private friendships, and he (Sir John) need only refer to the brilliant list of names who had under him filled the offices of Military Secretary, of Ad jutant-General, and Quarter-Master-General, to show the excel lence of his choice of those who were to executt his commands, and that he knew how to select effective men, and such as would, from their high characters, reflect honour on his selection. It was with melancholy feelings that he adverted to these subjects; but as they had met for the express purpose of voting an address of condolence to his Majesty, he could not resist the opportunity of offering himself to second the address, and of expressing his opinion of the merits of his Royal Highness; and of the great loss which the nation had sustained by his death. The address was then unanimously agreed ; and on the mo: tion of M r . Gib son Craig, the thanks of the meeting were voted to the Convener and Sheriff, for the opportunity they had giien the county of expressing their sentiments on the occasion. On the motion of Mr. Sheriff Duff, it was agreed to send the Address to the Earl of Morton, to be by him transmitted to the Secretary of State. Thanks were voted to the mover and seconder of the address, and the meeting separated.—Edinburgh Advertiser. FEMALE FASHIONS FOR FEBRUARY.] (From alchermun's Repository of Arts, Fashions, Mangos- tures, te. te.) OPERA DRESS.—Dress of black crape over lavender satin; the corsage made quite plain and moderately high, with a trimming of black Italian crape folded longitudinally d la Farinet, and confined in the centre by a loop, with corded pros de Naples edges ; the waist rather long ; gigot sleeves, with an antique cuff of crape, with Bros de Naples rouleaux, extending from the wrist upwards. The skirt h as a dee p border of cra p e, wi th loops of a black satin semicircular for m, with corded edges, ar range d four in a perpendicular row, and headed by a corded bow; b e .. tween each row, which is about a quarter of a yard apart, ano ther bow is introduced ; beneath is a wadded hew. Black velvet cloak, made very long and full, and lined with Turkish satin; deep circular cape and square collar. Opera hat ala Berri, of black velvet, the crown fitting, close to the head, with an em broidered band ; the brim, which is large and circular, is placed above, and ornamented on the right side with a cord and tassels. Gold ear-rings, necklace, and bracelets ; white kid gloves, and black kid shoes. EVENING DREBB.—Dress of black Bros de Naples; the cor sage cut bias and made with a little fulness, rather high in front, and straight; ornamented with a fluted trimming of black Italian crape, narrow in front and gradually deepening to the shoulder ; the short sleeve is full, and set in a band round the arm; the long sleeve is large, and of crape, with a coronet cuff of pros de Naples, fastened by a wrought iron cameo clasp. The skirt is ornamented with an intermixture of pros de Naples and crape of a fanciful pattern, headed by a narrow rouleaux of satin, which is repea ted between the trimming, and the skirt is terminated by a wadded hem. The head-dress consists of a very full wreath of black crape flowers, and a light crepe lisse bat, d /a Marie Stuart, With long lappets reaching to the waist. Large diamond-shaped black brooch in the front of the bust ; German east-iron necklace, ear rings, and bracelets with cameo clasPs. Black kid gloves and chamois shoes. Dr. Butler has written a letter to the newspapers, stating that actg . of indecency having been committed by three boys at his school, he hag publicly expelled them. T his is ,the hill amount of the charges made solong against that establishment.. . PRICE 7D. AY EVENING, FEBRUAR,Y 1, 1827. MAGAZINE DAY. THE NEW MONTHLY Commences with Sketches of the Irish Bar, from the pen of Mr. Shicl, and certainly no - lawyer on the other side of the Channel can pretend to show off the Gen tlemen of the long robe with more spirit, inure feeling, or more indignant recollection burning over the degrada tion, fancied as well as real, to which the ambitious mind of his countrymen is subjected by the system of exclusion, barring their learned lawyers from the dignity of the Bench. The present sketch of Mr. Bellew, contains many interesting particulars of the past as well as present state of the Irish Bar. His character of this Orator, is summed up with a plentiful store of epithets of the first order, and good enough to serve for fiftcen different cha racters. The biographer says, " whether I consider him (Mr. Bellew) as an individual, as the representative of the old Catholic aristocracy at the Bar, as a politician, reli gionist, or a pensioner, I look upon this able, up right, ,slarch, solemn,. diflaclk,, pragmatical, bylexible, uncbmprOmising, - obstinate, pious, moral, good, benevo lent, high-minded, and exceedingly wrong-headed per son, as in every way entitled to regard." Now this ca talogue of worthies is long enough to constitute a saint, far less a lawyer, but Mr. Shiel delights in pouring. forth the vials of his professional love as well as those of his pa triotic wrath--and he does both with all the - freedom of an orator, and all the graceful diction of a Poet. There is much amusement in this Number, and some interesting particulars of Turkey, the ruins of the Great Babylon, and Sketchei of Parisian Society. We select the following anecdote of Sheridan, and some sweet stanzas. STANZAS. Like the young spring -buds, sweet and bright, And like the lark, and like the light, And like the wind, and like the wave, E'en such is Hope : Buds find a grave, The lark gives place unto the owl, The light is quench'd in darkness foul, The winds are fickle, waves betray, And Hope is falser far than they. Awl like the dew upon the thorn, And like the blushful break of morn, And like a vessel harbour'd well, And like a song, and like a spell, E'en such is Man : the dew exhales, The morning 'a past, the vessel sails, The song is sweet but swiftly flies, The spell is burst, and Man he dies. And Tike the azure skies of June, And like the sun, and like the moon, And like a bowl, and like a smile, And like a taper's burning pile, E'en such is Life : the changed sky rains, The sun goes down, the pale moon wanes, The bowl is drain'd, that smile's the last, The taper's spent, and Life is past. J. C. N. SHERIDAN'OI INTRODUCTION INTO THE CLUFI.—It is proper to premise, that when any gentleman is desirous of being a member of Brookes's, it is necessary that two members should propose him, and that his name, with those of the proposers, should be inscribed on a board over the fireplace of the club-room, for one montk be fore his election or rejection is decided. This must be by ballot, and if even one black ball be thrown into the nrn, the candidate cannot be admitted. This rule, in the olden time, .was, like the Median and Persian laws, never infringed: perhaps it is not now; bets the present members of the anb.are not so rigid as to the character, qtudity, and fortune of candidates, as their fathers were. Twenty years ago, the Club was select, and by no means numer ous : a citizen or merchant could seldom or never obtain admis sion ; and wealth alone, without high blood or transcendent talent, was generally excluded. Within a few late years, the number of members has been extended to fifteen hundred ; consequently wealth, or a seat in the Opposition, has been a pretty certain pass port for admission. Eleetion, by ballot, however, still continues; and the only person who ever became a member without this ceremony, was his present Majesty, then Prince of Wales. His Royal Highness entered the Club in order to have more frequent intercours e with Fox; and, on his first appearance, every member got up and welcomed him in by acclamation. But, to return to the subject of the prevent anecdote. When Fox first became acqUainted with Sheridan, he was so delighted with his company and brilliant conversation, that he was exceedingly anxious to get him admitted as a member of Brookes's, which he himself was in the habit of frequenting every night: Sheridan was accordingly propoied ; and though on several occasions every gentleman was earnestly canvassed to vote for him, yet he was sure to have one black hall whenever he was ballotted for ; which was, of course, sufficient to disqualify him. This was carried on for many months : and it was at length resolved on by his friends to find out who the person was that so inveterately opposed the admission of the orator. Accordingly, i p e r l e f, j u i d f i h eee ec w ou o l u d ld no h i ar p e rm in io d ce nce p d ro h o ina fs o to f n b o la h e le k- d b e a s il ee h n is t Majesty for the balls were marked, and old George Selwyn (whose aristocratic th re him- e ge nerations at least) was discovered to be the hostile party. This circumstance was told ;th e same evening to • Mr. Sheridan, who t be put u p aga i n as usual, and en m du ig e h tof the matter m i g h t b e left to himself. d he es g i g r e e d d .thtlaiattthehfiaarthnaemr conduct Accordingly, on the next evening, when he was to he ballotted for, Sheridan arrived at Brookes'e, arm-in-arm with the Prince of Wale., just ten minutes before the balloting began. Being shown into the candidates' waiting-room, the waiter was ordered to tell Mr. Selwyn that the Prince desired to speak with him, in the room below stairs, immediately. Selwyn obeyed the sum mons without delay; and Sheridan, to whom, by the by, he had no personal dislike, entertained him for half an hour with a po litical story which interested him very much, but which, of course, bad no foundation 'in truth. During Selwyn's absence the balloting went on, and Sheridan was chosen ; which circum stance was announced to himself and the Prince by the entrance of the waiter, who made the preconcerted signal, by stroking his chin with his hand. Sheridan immediately got up, and apologising for an absence of a few minutes, told Mr. Selwyn that " the Prince would finish the narrative, the catastrophe of which he would find very remarkable." He now found his own way up-stairs, and his name being sent in to Fox, he came out, took him by the hand, and introduced him with all due formality to the Club ; and all the members of which welcomed him ky shak ing hands, and with the most flattering compliments. Sheridan was now in his glory. The Prince, in the mean time, was left in no enviable situa tion ; for he had not the least idea of being left to conclude a story, the thread of which (if it had a thread) he had entirely forgotten, and which, perhaps, his eagerness to serve Sheridan's cause pre vented him from listening to with sufficient attention, to take up where Sheridan had dropped it. Still, by means of his auditor's occasional assistance in the way of prompting, he contrived, with a good d ea l o f h amm i ng an d h a wing, to get on pretty well for a few mi nu t es; when a quest i on f ro m old Selwyn, as t o th e R at contradiction of a part of his Royal Highness's story t o th a t o f Sherid an , comp l ete l y pose d hi m , and he stu c k f ast. Having en deavoured t o set hi mse lf r i g ht by flounderi ng a b out a good deal, and finding that it was all labour in vain, the Prince at length burst out into a loud laugh at the ludicrous figure which he cut, and exclaimed " D—n the fellow !—to leave me to finish his in fernal story, of which I know as much as the child unborn ! But never mind, Selwyn, as Shery does not seem inclined to come back, let us go up-stairs, and I dare say Fox, or some of them, will be able to tell you all about it." They adjourned to the Club Room accordingly, and old George, who did not know what to make of the matter, had his eyes corn; pletely opened to the whole manoeuvre, when on his entrance, Sheridan, rising, made him a low bow, and thus addressed him : " Pon my honour, Mr. Selwyn, I beg pardon for being absent so long; but the fact is, I happened to drop into devilish good com pany :—th ey h ave j ust b een ma king me a member,—without even one black ball,—and here I am." " The devil they have!" ex claimed G eorge.-- Facts speak for themselves," replied Sheridan ; " and as I know you are very glad of the circumstance, accept' my grateful th an k s (pressing hie hand on his breast, and 'bowing very low), .f or your f r i en dl y su ffrage. And n ow , if you will sit downhy me, I'll fi n i s h m y s t o ry; for I dare Say his Royal High ness has found conside►able difficulty in doing justice to its merits." " Your story ! It's all a lie, from beginning to end !" screamed out Selwyn, amidst immoderate fits of laughter from all parts of the room. The old man now sat down, growling, at the nearest whist-table ; but, in a short time, he could not help joining in the peal. of mirth which were occasioned by the trick that had been played him ; and before the evening was over, he shook hands with Shericien, and kindly wished him welcome. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. The very mention of this popular miscellany conjures up images of Cervantic gravity, broad humour, rapid sketches of character, and exaggerated stories of sentiment. In the two first of these the present Number is eminently successful. The contribution entitled " On Murder con sidered as one of the Fine Arts," is as amusing a specimen of grave irony, as we have seen for some years. Swift might have been proud to acknowledge it. We give the following extract as a specimen of its merits : " A philosophic friend, well known for his philanthropy and general benignity, suggests that the subject chosen ought also to have a family of young children wholly dependent on his exer tions, bit,witrof deepening the pathos. And, nodnubtedly, this is a judicious caution. Yet I would not insist too keenly on this condition. Severe good taste unquestionably demands ,it; but still, where the man was otherwise unobjectionable in point of morals and health, I would not look with too curious a jealousy to a restriction which might have the effeet of narrowing the artist's sphere. "So ninth for the person. As to the time, the place, and the tools, I have many things to say, which at present I have no room for. The good sense of the practitioner has nsually directed him to night and privacy. Yet there have not been wanting cases where this rule was departed from with excellent effeet. In re spect to time, Mrs. Ruscombe's ease is a beautiful exception, which I have already noticed ; and in respect both to time and place, there is a line exception in the Annals of Edinburgh, (year 1805), familiar to every child in Edinburgh, but which has unaccountably been defrauded of its due portion of fame amongst English amateurs. The case I mean is that of a porter to one of the Banks, who was murdered whilst carrying a bag of money, in broad day-light, on turning out of the High-street, one of the most public streets in Europe, and the murderer is to this hour undiscovered. Sed fugit interea, fugit irreparabile tempue, Singula dun capti circuruvectamur amore. " And now, gentlemen, in conclusion, let me again solemnly disclaim all ,pretenvions on my own part, to the character of a pro fessional man. I never attempted any murder in my life, except in the year 1801, upon the body of a tom-cat ; and that turned out differently from my intention. My purpose, I own, was down right murder. Semper ego auditor tantum ?' said I, nunquarane reponam ?' And I went down stairs in search of torn at one o'clock on a dark night, with the animus,' and no doubt with the fiendish looks of a murderer. But when I found him he was in the act of plundering the pantry of bread and other things..-..- Now this gave a new turn to the affair ; for the time being one of general scarcity, when even Christians were reduced to the use of potato-bread, rice -bread, and all sorts of things, it was downright treason in a tom-cat to be wasting good wheaten-bread in the way he was doing. It instantly became a patriotic duty to put him to death ; and as I raised aloft and shook the glittering steel, I fan cied myself rising like Brutus, effulgent from a crowd of patriots ; and, as I stabbed him, I 4 called aloud on Tully'a name, And bade the father of hie country hail !'" As amateurs of murder ourselves (thmigh, like the writer in Blackwood, we have never practised), we cannot refrain from entering our protest against that villainous habit which some bunglers have lately introduced of slicing the jugular. It is a very vulgar way of doing business, besides it is apt to dirty the artist. We recommend instead (as a good im plement for murder) a dose of subtle opium; it sits warns and comfortable on the stomach ; is quiet and unassuming in its operations, and above all, saves a vast deal of time.-- Consider how ugly a gentleman looks with his throat cut ; on the other hand, how pensive, how sentimental, is his countenance, as the colour flows and ebbs under the influ ence of resistless opium. We recommend this hint to the serious consideration of all future artists; who if by way of amusing an idle hour, they ever feel inclined to try their hands on a murder, will find their account in doing it by means of . poison. "Sn odgrass's Narrative of the Burmese War," is a well-written account of that im portant feature in our Oriental Annals. " The Gallery of the German Prose Classics," is prosing; " Selwyn in search of a Daughter," as good as the usual run of Magazine ar ticles, and. the verses " On the Death of a Daughter" are pensive and poetical; we give them entire : ON THE DEATH OF A DAUGHTER. 'Tis o'er—hi that long sigh she past— Th' enfranchised spirit soars at last ! And now I gaze with tearless eye On what to view was agony. That panting heart is tranquil now, And Heav'nly calm that ruffled brow, And those pale lips which feebly strove To force one parting smile of love, Retain it yet—soft, placid, mild, As when it grac'd my living child! Oh ! I have watch'd with fondest care, To see my opening flow'ret blow, And felt the joy which parents share, The pride which fathers only know. AndA h nd m a v a e r k e , a the dt that long, ten long n ight, d erflo flower rde c ay , e a y Not torn abruptly from the sight, But slowly, sadly waste away The spoiler came, yet paused, as though So meek a victim check'd his arm, Half gave, and half withheld the blow, As forced to strike, yet loath to harm. We saw the fair cheek's fading bloom, The ceaseless canker-worm consume, And gazed on hopelessly, Till the mute suffering pictured there Wrung from a father's lip a prayer, Oh God !—the prayer his child might die. Ay, front his lip—the rebel heart E'en then refused to bear its part. But the sad conflict's past—'tis o'er, That gentle bosom throbs no more! The spirit's freed—throngh realms of light Faith's eagle-glance pursues her flight To other worlds, to happier skies ; Hope dries the tear which sorrow weepeth, No mortal sound the voice which cries, " The damsel is not dead but sleepeth !" MONTHLY MAGAZINE. " METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS."--A locally inte resting paper, and acceptable to all those who love to learn the process by which a blind alley is transformed at the ned of one of our architectural necromancers into a splendid street of palaces. The article headed "Etiquette," is manifestly from the pen of a leveller, he eschews it as a young beginner does olives, and puts forwards many whimsical reasons for his radical tendencies. In addition to humour, "Etiquette" possesses thought, and this is say ing a great deal for a Magazine Contributor. " A Dis sertation on Dinners," has given us quite an appetite to read it, we shall dine cm hour earlier in consequence. " The Spells of Home," by Mrs. Hemans, is as classical and elegant as her poetry is apt to be. On the whole, this number is throughout exemplary. THE MONTHLY REVIEW. A good number enough, as Sancho Panza•obeerved of Signor Camacho's wedding dishes, but griivously stinted in point of quantity. This, however (in literature at least), is nothing new ; for, if a iiublisher hall quantity, he cares little for quality, and vice versa. Now with respect to the last clause of the above sentence, the present " Monthly Review" is highly efficient ; all its articles are pungent, racy, terse; but, when they treneh upon history, are downright failures. In proof of this we refer our readers to the attack made last month on Mr. Sharon Turner's Henry the Eighth ; an attack whose prejudice was only equalled by its presumption, and its presumption by its ignorance. The review of Mr. Banim's Tales of the O'Hara Family, in this February number, is just such a one as their highly-gifted author deserves; it is discri minating and expressive, without being compelled to re sort to the eulogistic generalities beneath which a spurious critic strives to conceal his deficiency. The article entitled " Biography and Obituary for. 1827," is just,-parti l cularly the remark upon Lord Gifford. What, indeed, does the editor of that work mean by devoting whole pages to such authorlings as Michael Kelly, Miss Jane Taylor (a nursery poetess, if we remember right), Mrs. Watts, and Lindley Murray, and dismissing Lord Gifford, the first lawyer of the present century, with a few pages of absurd comment; and Charles Mills ' the profoundest historiarof his day, without even a word ? Such discretion speaks for itself. " The Confessions of an Old Batchelor" i somewhat too laudatory ; the book, though goOd, is far from superlative, and is, as the critic shrewdly observes, fictitious. It will pass muster nexertheless, as will also the present number of the Monthly, wLich we recommend to the notice of all those who can afford tet spend half-a crown on the improvement of their minds. THE LONDON. This Number is decidedly better than the last, but it id made up rather too much of reviews of books, whose merits we have already disposed of, and cannot relish second hypercriticism upon " Old Junk." " The Troubles of a Game Proprietor" are touched off with a good deal of humour, and great natural probability. The poor game proprietor, is like most other snarers, caught in his own trap, and there could be not much harm if all sports men of his cast, who delight in men-traps and spring guns, realized the practical benefits of their labours for the good of the corrective poaching community. One such lesson would go farther to convince them of the had inanity of their labours, than a hundred lectures upon the evil tendency of the game laws. It would also go very far to impress on the minds of poachers the personal dangers they incur, by seeing in one of their nightly excursions, the body of their worthy proprietor made game'of in his of it trap, for the edification of the incredulous, and moaning condolence of the bird of wisdom perched over his peni tent head! Here follow the sorrows of a country geutle- man :- TUESDAY.--Anakened by a loud report near the house, and greeted with the pleasing intelligence, that a spring-gtui, which I had set yesterday, without giving due notice, had lacerated the leg of one of my keepers, in such a manner as to render arnpnta tion necessary. Must, of course, maintain the man for the feet of hie life !—ten children ! How inconsiderate in people, of hie Ora. tion in life, to beget such a swarm ! Sallied out, after an *ley' breakfast. Shot at a bird, which fell on my neighbour Tally t; side of the hedge ! Went after it—Tallyho himself behind the hedge ! Verily believe the fellow was lurking in ambush.. He taxed me with a wilful trespass—High words and a regular breeze. Forgot the scrub was a magistrate, and swore fiercely. He called upon me to pay a fine—laughed him to scorn. Detected my tailor carrying a double-barrelled gun on his Ai:Udder (what will this world come to !) peering over the hedge from the high road, into one of my turnip fields, the resort of two ecrveys! ' —never felt in such a sanguinary mood before. Greatly disap pointed by the rascal's giving up his meditated inroad, in eons..; quence of his perceiving me, before I could conceal myself. ? Nit WEDNESDAY.—Found the words, " bloody-thirsty tyrapii'd chalked on my walls this morning ; owing, no doubt, *if* of spring-guns , and my keeper's accident. Received no action having been commenced against me by the three y 4 worthies, treating my advertisement respecting them as libelkuve. I saw more than one of the fraternity hovering about the m* of my estate yesterday. Indeed, in every past I.lsasett, halkuir. officers have been my greatest torments. TIMRSDAT.—Took the coach this morning to A---, to con suit my attorney as to my liability to an action for libel, jn sant sequence of my advertisement: Found that my three men Weta . * but too correct in their law ; and was informed, moreover, bt MY bookseller, that they, or one of them, have ventured to publish a pamphlet, containing observations on my conduct in the preaarre. tion of game, in which they described me as a perfect hero; Mr informant adding, with au insufferable expression of countenance, triem. to put this fellow down on my black list), that the pamph let has a great sale. Met Captain O'Bloodandthundes , --always thought him a very cool hand. He had the impttdence, on pees iog his poulterer's shop, to ask me to go in with him, as he want ed to purchase a hare, and a brace of partridges, although he knew me to be a game proprietor. Considered it infra. dig. to tale , offense on such an occasion, so I accompanied him into an inner room, the poacher's sanctum sanctorum. The game WB3 qnickif produced, and the captain requesting a warranty of its freshnees, the foul dealer assured him it had but just entered his shop, direct ing him, for a confirmation of this statement, to look through a little curtained window, into a back room. I also, out of idle curiosity, little expectant of the sight that awaited me, took the liberty of a peep, and beheld, in the act of arranging a basketful' of game on the table, the quintessence of rascality in the shape of my own gamekeeper, who had obtained permission to go to town that morning, under pretence of visiting a dying relation, and whom I had always hitherto considered the most trustworthy of my menials. SATURDAY.-While engaged in extinguishing the flames, I had heard several shots fired on my estate, and dispatched James and Thomas, well armed, to reconnoitre. James, ere long, returned alone, covered with blood, and other marks of an affray with the poachers ; and stated, that Thomas had been so severely beaten, - that he could not walk home without assistance. • This was more than I could endure, I rushed out with my double-barrelled . heavily loaded, determined on desperate satisfaction ; but I had scarcely set foot on my lawn, e'er a spring gun, which had been removed from a neighbouring plantation by the ruffians who had set fire to my house, laid me prostrate, the contents severely grat ing save in m y . thighf f rom e h v e e s r t e o r c kw wound n n d i g The u n having confinementluckily, intervened, t.h t o e necessary consequence of this accident, gave sae ample time and opportunity for sober reflection. When the catastrophes of the week, and every event which memory could recall, connected with my preservation and pursuit of game, and every pain of mind and body which it had caused me, passed in mental review, I saw the egregious folly and childishness of such ardent attachment to an idle pastime, and the culpability of needlessly throwing a strong temptation in the way of my poor neighbours, for the men sake of selfish amusement with a clearness of conviction, which; in gorous health, had never shuck me. no novelty—rwho LITERARY MAGNET. There is a light information about this glittering Pe riodical exceedingly amusing—instructive, we were going to say, but truth forbids us. The chapter "on Literary enough—butliThe " maxims to e live by" possess some solid information, and accordingly Im ve p r ud lo e o n k c s e,'; or is m l o a d u e g s h t a y b i l n e we give an extract from them : Ten friends are dearly purchased, if acquired at the expense of a single enemy ; for the latter will take ten times the pains to injure you, that the former will take to do you eervice.—Proba. turn est. has su bsided, I),e telatalla2rgaminoss; a s the lt Success affords us the means of securing additional success ; deservedly celebrated writers have produced their chefs d'oeuvres ; possession is aft „ i t i„f ter t h e eruption of a volcano, that the land in its vicinity is usually the most fertile. the ofh hey-day capital rd y enables b p l it e : passion o What is fame ? The advantage of being known by people, of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you camas little. I think it is Pope, who has somewhere remarked, that to pur chase books indiscriminately, because they may happen to have the name of an eminent publisher attached to them, is just as ab surd, as it would be to buy clothes which do not fit you, because they happen to have been made by a fashionable tailor. NcontemptiblepTOtßit; This Periodical is no le rival to the 'tarot. It is not quite as g oo d j ust at present, but intends shortly, INSPECTOR. we have no doubt, to be better. Meantime, we are grate ful for what we have got offered up in the bill of fare be fore us. " Remonstrance of true love to L.. E. L." is exceedingly lachrymose, too much so, indeed, for out sen sibilities, and accordingly we shall pass it innompas"" to the n erves o f our fair Readers-. : ~ Loye under the rose" is another. meritorious Mouthful of sentiment...- " Latest Intelligence from the Moon," i s p, dainty, piquant article; we have ourselves the latest intelligence from almost every sublunary quarter of .1 * informati on from the globe; but having 0 no Report e r i n th e Moon, any *l6 that very respectabli planet; isUf eontie iiceptabre.- "K A