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110 SUPPL victims. There he stood, looking savagely after us through the iron railings, with distended nostrils and glaring eyeballs—altogether as ferocious-looking a monster as any wild beast. Our horse trembled at the sound of his impatient snorting—trembled as if shivering with cold.-114 Travels, by Capt. Chamier. AN ORATOR.---The following is the peroration of a grand effort made by a stump speaker desirous of representing his fellow-citizens in Congress. It is grand, lofty, stupendous : " Time is critical, blood's goin' to be poured out like soap-suds outen a wash tub, and every man that's got a soul as big as the white of a nigger's eye 'll fite, bleed, and die for his country. Them's the times—you want men in the councils of the nation that you can depend on---that's me ! Elect me to Congress, and I'll stick to you through thick and thin like a lean stick to a nigger's,. skin ! I'm not goin' to make a electioneerin' speech. I'd scorn the act. You know me---I've been fotched up among ye ; already upon the wings of toplifted imagination, I fancy I see you marchin' up to the polls in solid pha lanx, and with shouts that make the ear ring, ' hurrah for Jim Smith ' come down on my opponent like a thousand o'brick on a rotten pumpkin." THE BURNING OF OLD DRURY-LANE THEATRE.--• Accounts as to the origin of the fire vary. The day, the 24th of February, 1809, was a Friday in Lent, when there was no performance. The fire was dis covered about eleven o'clock at night ; in ten minutes it extended from the front lobby—to which one ac count states that it was at first confined—to the boxes ; and in one quarter of an hour from the first discovery, it had extended over the whole house. In another quarter of an hour the Apollo at the top fell into the pit, and very soon after the roof fell in. In about four hours from the first, the whole was de stroyed. This extraordinary rapidity of destruction might afford a very useful lesson—one which was attended to in the subsequent building, more than it has been in still later theatres. There was, we should state, an unfortunate system of construction in the case of Holland's theatre. Under the idea of advantage as re gards sound, the skeleton of the fabric was made more essentially a matter of carpenter's work, even than was usual at the time. The complete framework, indeed, was' all fmished, and stood for some considerable period before the spaces were filled with brickwork. One story tells how, that during the time of the fire, Mr. Sheridan was discovered in one of the taverns hard by, calmly enjoying a pint of wine. A friend dis covering him, expressed surprise that he could sit there under the circumstances. Sheridan replied, " What ! cannot a man take his glass of wine by his own fireside ?" This 'story, in most of the lives of Sheridari, is denied, and on the ground that when the news of the fire reached the House of Commons, Sheridan was there, and was able . to observe, on the motion for adjournment, that "whatever might be the extent of his private calamity, he hoped it would not be suffered to interfere with the public busineis of the country." That it would appear quite certain that Sheridan remained at his post, and that different anecdotes are therefore disposed of, would, however seem to be not the necessary inference, since other accounts say that the House did adjourn, many of the members going towards the theatre. The fire oc curred five months after that at Covent-garden.— Builder. SIR ISAAC NEWTON'S GENEROSITY.—His generosity and‘charity had no bounds, and he used to remark, that they who gave away nothing till they died never gave at all. Though his wealth had become consider able by a prudent economy, yet he had always a con tempt for money, and he spent a considerable portion of his income in relieving the poor, in assisting his relations, and in encouraging ingenuity and learning. He was scrupulously exact and regular in all matters of business ; and though he disregarded money, allow ing his rents often to remain unpaid, he had a deep sense of justice, and was very strict in demanding from his tenants at Woolsthorpe, even in very small matters, a rigorous performance of their obligations. His conduct, however, was not always influenced by this principle. When he had been imposed upon in pur chasing an estate at Baydon, in Wiltshire, for which he had paid double its value, and was told that "he might vacate the bargain in equity," he replied, " that he would not for the sake of £2,000 go into West minster Hall to tell that he had been made a fool of." ,EMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. The same unwillingness to have recourse to legal pro ceedings showed itself on another occasion. He one day missed bank-bills to the amount of upwards of £3,000, and he suspected that his pocket had been picked by M. Whiston, a nephew of Whiston, who had bought an estate in land of that value without any visible means of paying for it. Notwithstanding the magnitude of the loss, he could not be prevailed upon to prosecute the supposed delinquent, and when Mr. Conduitt asked how much he had lost, he only answered, " Too much." His liberality, indeed, was in some instances excessive. On one occasion he offered Cheselden as a fee a handful of guineas out of his coat pocket, and when he refused them, saying that a guinea or two was the most he ought to have, Si Isaac, laughing, said, " Suppose I do give you more than your fee." To Dr. Cheyne, who refused to take money from him, he was less indulgent. According to a statement made by Dr. Arbuthnot to Conduitt, he one day told Sir Isaac that Dr. Cheyne had written an ingenious book on mathematics, but that he had not money to print it. " Bring it to me," said Sir Isaac; and when the manuscript was brought to him, he offered Cheyne a bag of money, which he refused, and " Newton would see him no more." CROMWELL AND MILTON.—Look at Cromwell and Milton. Here are two men having so striking a family likeness that they may be considered brothers. They were both men of genius ; men of stern and earnest temperaments ; men whose days were spent in strange and unknown ways, with precipices and deep waters on every side ; but who were always upheld by a so lemn enthusiasm and calm determination, that made them set at naught all the powers of the world. For them the ordinary attractions of life had no charms. They were sent into the world for other purposes than to eat, drink, and be glad. What to them were seventy years of luxury and pleasure, if they were to be purchased by an eternity of misery ? Was the Bible true or false ? Were heaven and hell truth or lies ? They looked into their hearts, and a fluttering spirit told them that the Bible was true, that heaven and hell were true, that life, death, and eternity were true. Each then laboured under his great Task master's eye. But how different were their lives, and yet how much the same ! How unlike are their por traits, and yet how like ! Yet could Cromwell have been anything more than the statesman and the sol dier ? Could Milton have been anything but the philo sopher and the poet Was not Cromwell essentially a man of action, and Milton not less essentially a man of speculation P Could Milton have won the battle of Worcester ? Could Cromwell have written " Para dise Lost ?" It was not assuredly for want of op portunities that Cromwell was not a great poet, for his youth and early manhood were spent in re tirement and obscurity, such as were very likely to nourish habits of thought and meditation, and induce the mind to apply itself to the quiet study of literature and philosophy. We know well that Milton devoted his life to study, and how conscious even in his early days he was of his vocation. The design of some great work, which posterity would not let die, was formed in youth, health, and happiness, and carried out in old age, defeat, blindness, poverty, and ruin...-. Fraser's Magazine. A LADY at Rhyl is s, some bonnet from off until she returned to her A QUEER gatherer pretty women whom fashionable resort in a their parasol handles. A REASON FOR THEP stolen a watch, gave as and his physician advis New York Times. HUMILITY is a virtu yet everybody is conten it good doctrine for his . and the clergy for the lai ENTIRELY UNNECES jecting from the door Troy, the concluding "N.B.—Dresses made AN expeditious mode a long ladder on yo' thoroughfare, and eves, see if any one is making A YOUNG lady studying the other day there ever yet been fortunate enou she said, to the Aurol Tremens. A SUFFERER at a eh( infallibility of the pro' crusts are made to be with a pie-crust that do in toto. AN American sitting way carriage, said, ' V cushions air stuffed wi put the feathers in, but le the fowls in too !" FRAGMENT FROM COMPLIMENT.---" HOW engagements would pe: to see you! It would hallowed by time, and f recollections. AT a lecture of B 1 wished for a seat, wh , man brought one, an, jewel," said she. " jeweller—l've just set l' O f ) ; THE EYE.—Our sight is the D I tits delightful of our senses. largest variety of ideas, con the greatest distance, and action without being tired enjoyments. WANTS.—A contemporary mer to beat time for the " - of snuffers to trim the "ligh that will fit the " finger of run on the " shaft of envy," " seat of government." Do As YOU PROMISE.— breaking your word. In t raise anything unless you kn, to fulfil; and in the second before you promise, that w you will fulfil. By so doing, the confidence of those arm character is established, it w. ermine, gold, or princely diad, FEMALE NAmEs.—There female names as well as dyes. timental names of languishin , Matildas and Lauria-Marias• we have diminutive pet name Here are a few of the pet na: Ella, Cora, and Dora. The tened into Lizzie ; the sobe Annie, Harriet becomes Hatf A STRICT temperance man, after having a broken arm 5 1 / 4 in slow and measured ton. conscience as a Christian physician, eo faint , to roo' manner culpable, when a lady phor-bottle to her nose. " The dele o e s;zt sir," said the doctor, in a rage; one scruple of camphor is Worth conscience," 4 tOttilli LUIt t, 0 5 with c wit 1 ,nverse. t y ( Ott ContiOeSea al Or satiat .114 4 the ; at flft;i Ile: 1111 rY Wants t tor._ march of If' ofil C 1 ht of otherioAre beZain! f scorn ; 44 eft and a JO" etcle.r Ver l i tgi -There i 5 vi t ae fir s t o v i now it t:oft N 1,4 4 1t a 'La o rve to„, t wh ate ha you will PEkae nind yov. off vat be of 0 adems• seems et 1801T4, ss . ,Itas ies, tbe e sP°;" 4ko. ft arnes—ail/4 state 4 ,0 4411 flee ber amend V:: I ' n who s e 1` ° t)¢ liktla ;et, went t4ioo.,ne i as k e d --• • o ° l , 0 1( 1 ) . VARIETIES. MEN OF METAL.—A brass band. A GOLDEN CALF.---A stocking full of money. TRANSPORTED FOR LIFE.---A man that marries happily. WHAT dreadful death does a sculptor die ?---He makes faces and busts. DISRAELI calls one of Bright's long speeches against the war " a Pacific Ocean of words." You eat me---you drink me---deny it who can ; I'm sometimes a woman, and sometimes a man.—Toast. WHY is a coquette like a saleable cabbage P---Be cause she is a hard-hearted one. AN APPARENT ANOMALY.—The more cheques a spendthrift receives, the faster he goes on. COCKNEY WAITER :---" 'Am, sir, yes sir." "flake anything with your 'am, sir." Gent:-.- - " Yes, I do, I take the letter H." WHY is a fly one of the tallest of insects ?-•Be cause he stands over six feet without shoes and stockings. [SEPTEMBER 18, 1: \ SZI said to have lost, iOl , 4 Iv her head, and did r. 'i er dressing-roonr. ~ 'qtr of statistics sgs tvto ',l'll he met in the stre l, l' given time, 100 Were' , ,'; h e ' Fl'.—A man in gaiee , ' Clia ) 3an excuse themehe ws s 'Y( se d hire to s'l'v l iw it ~ ...# go le all preach, none p , -,i; 4 , nt to hear. 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