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rem THE TRAVELLER.

Men occasionally meet with circumstances so far
removed from the common course of things, that,
notwithstanding the certainty of their existence. any
attempt to promulgate them is sure to induce an
impeachment of the veracity of the narrator. Such
was the fate of the ingenious and indefatigable
Bruce, whose relations were once deemed fabulous ;
but, having been since confirmed by the experience
of later travellers in the same quarter, are now
generally and deservedly believed.
Amongst other strange things, he notices a cus-
tom, which obtained with a certain people, of cutting
from a live beast, so much flesh as the exigence of
the moment required, and then sending it forth
until their future cravings inclined them again to
seek the same animal. Nut having Bruce by me,
I cannot point out the page in which this particular
fad occurs ; but I well f ememher that it vr.s greatly
ridiculed, and, as it has since appeared, without
justice. However much Englishmen might be
shocked at tie inhumanity of the a;.lt, they had but
little cause to express so much stupid wonder at it,
since the subsequent quotation will prove, that the
•ery identical thing was formerly praffised in their
own dominions.
HARLEIAN NIISCELLAVY, rot 6 p
" Their cruelty descends to their beasts, it being
a custom, in some places, toildat a Irving roar;
they tic her in the middle of them, near a great
fire, and then cat collops of this poor living beast,
and broil them on the fire, till they have abing.ed
her all to pieces; nay, sometimes they pal ariy .rr
4. as watch as quill suttlti, thew present appehtel, and
let Ate go. till their greedy stomachs call for a new
supply; such 11,,rri'Jle cruelty as can scarce be pa.
rafleled in the while world."—A mod 0: n topmost aj
„„ Bngli.h Gent4,cs, M Iti7U.
Ut supra.

Satarday last, at Egremont market. wheat
from 2‘2,. to '4ls. the Cvniherland bushel; oats from
10s. to 41 s. 6J; barley the same; and potatoes as ed.
the stone. A fat sheep. supposed to be the roo.s so
of any ever seen in that market, was sold the same
Jay. It was a one-shear wether, bred by Mr.
Isaac PLAII4OII, farmer, at Catgill Hall in that
pariah, *and killed by Mr. J 014114 PONSONSV, butcher.
l'he carcase weighed 1`2.51b. the fat 261 b. and the
11.41 V.:lb. The head 101 J for 2s. (id. and the plu;Y
for 1 44.

A wager of two guinea was 1.4.1 between two
butchers, about the weight of the "
the other. that 0 .sor. One Lid
of h: • we Orin atilt sheep was the weight
~ -•• cow hide, allowing him 2nii.—The owner
n' the vow hide won by the cast of the beam.
supposed
to be not more than one ounce. The
e:.-.1- was ki11.... •
. Mr Moos Selects., butcber in
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S4I3f;VSISIJ tY, ficrY 19. •
At our RaCN, se+iieh cunrnenced vester lay, ;11,..
Mai.len Purse id :oat. *One, Ow gift of Sir Wil-
liam Pulteuey, Bart. and the Hon William
was run for by
J+lrß CI .toa ti •-• b f I,isephina, 4 yrs. 014 . I
Sir It S. Glynn Ran c. m 4 y..• 44 . . 2 2
Fivrrster, 3 yrs. old . . . 4 3
M. M ollingtri i't bl. In. 4pi old . . . . 3
The following are entered for the G-nil Am-n's Sub-
scription of AOI. to be rerrfor this day :

Jelin Clifto.., Eset.'r S r tlhc ‘44Cillisot, 4 rs. ,14..
Mr. li.llingtou's b. c. Forr,. er,
East of Stanford s b c. Gay elan, 3 yes M.
And for the Ilandlcap Sweepstakes to-morrow:
Mr. hn'.b h NCH •s, 5 I'm. old
T L Brook 4, Esq.'s b. h. IL, Mustori, .5 yrs. old.
F. L. Astley, h. h. Cit,r,s, sr.!
On Sunday evening last, or early or. bfon,lee
morning, ehitty sheep and lambs were stolen from
a field near Lee Bridge, th • property of some gra-
ziers in the country. I his of late has become a
common praftice in the vicinity of London.
On Wednesday night, about ten o'clock, as Mr.
Lupton., of Caimui,-sheet, in the city re'. or
ing to town on horseback, he- was 'slapped by two
highwaymen, armed with pistols. One 0: the eilems
held the horse by the head while the other lobbed Mr.
LI: tit.ow of what money he had about him, which
was upwards of eight pounds, with winch they
rode off.
Thomas and William T,ss,, the two boys who were
committed to Dorsi:ester ga.ol a. lOW 4141)4 age,
charged with attempting to sitik the schooner Betsrur
off the island of PustlAnd, which design, it is said,
they did not attempt rt., deny before the slagistrietess
but in the most hardened manner regtetted that the
ship did not sink before the m ister had time to run
her on shore : one of them 14 t years of age, the
other only 10. The water had increased we 6 feet
deep in the hold, before the sinking state of the ves-
sel was diseoveted t on her retching the shore, the
two boys made their escape, which led to suspicion,
and they were shortly aio•r apprehended, one at
Pool, and the other at Blamlford.

It is suoposed that nearly 30,000 Mils. of pilch-
ards have been canght and cured by the Devon and
Cornish Fsherrnen this season, which will average
Ins. or 21 s. per barrel ; besides .1.1./001. received ior
fresh 6,11, sold for present use in the market.
It is an undoubted fag, but which will hardly
be believed, thit a hare war shot, a few dais atop
at Banstead, in hurry, by Trios. Bat rift's keeper
to J. JUDvOK, l'eslworth House, which, on
opening, was round to COOL4III four young ones all
alive The circumstance appearing so estrarwelnary
to the keeper, he wrapped themlqsin a sill, hand-
kerchief, put them into his bownia. and carried them •
home to his wife, Who determined to d.i all she
could to preserve diem. Accoriingly she warmed
some milk, and gave it them. One or the little
animals died, but the other three are likely 6. live.
IVi-dnesday, a Coroner's Inquest was held at the
Barley Mow public-house, in Is /mit •street, on the
body of a female, who was taken front the Serpen-
tine River, on Monday night. Several witnesses.
who knew the deceased. stated, that she was a straw-
hat ....11.4isr, wiewris, ~rd seis AltsluCt 111
tlr.ti fits. She had gone for a walk im tie evening
of her death.—Verdia, Ace:deotal Deed:.
.4;.,‘lttalh el is the Annals If Lotterit,.
. . . of . . . • 420,000
...of . . . . 1(1,01Y)
3...0f . . . . .%000
NEXT MONDAY
The Drawing begins.
.C 40,000
Given to the purchasers more than in the!ast Lottery.
TICKETS and Snsass,
Consequently, Ore Found Ten shillings cheaper,
Are selling by
Hoarisav S Co. 2ti, Cornhill.
••• All Prizes, whether of
.C.:10 or £20,000, paid on
Demand.
The great, th' irn;ortant day approaches fast,
131,‘ with the fate of unity thousand Tickets
At Cooper's Ilall, Dante Fortune bold. her court,
And then diipenses showers of shining goad
To these who court her smiles
Corse Nrward, then, ye Cai.Jitl.tre for Ve-31.11
(Without which, honour% but an empty name),
And spew your owl to gain the highest ping
By pu,chasiug, without the least delay, •
At Fortune's lieens'd temples, Tickets;
Which many thousand points may pis.
There is little doubt but that the few rernalnirg
Tickets left for sale will be quickly disposed of, as
the Scheme is so much approved. Huass• v and
Co. remind their friends and the public, that the
State Lottery begins drawing the 124th of the pre.
ant month.

N. B. Orders, by letter or carrier, for Tickets
and Shares, executed 'sadly on the same terms as
if present.
••• All ?riles. whether of 201. or et. ),0001. paid
on demand, at the old established Sate Lottery Oi-
lice of Hoaxsar and Co Cti, Cornhill.
The Grand Scheme of the approaching Lottery
will commence Drawing on Monday nest, and con-
tains near Seven "Thousand Prises, exclusive of
Nine large Capital:, vit. Three of 20,0001. Three
of 10,0031. and 'Three of 5,0001. each, and only
25,000 'I kkets.—Messni J. Jon .sots and Co. most
respectfully solicit the atentson of their nt.nterous
Friends and the Putlic to an iininediam Purchases
as they will adeaneo every Jay ; and inform them,
that the 'Pickets, halves, qtarreis, Eighths, and
Sixteenths, are selling, in a grcat variety of rum-
berg, at the lowest prices. at th..ir old and truly
fortunate Licensed mate Lortery Office, No. 3.
Pope's Head-alley, Loo,bri, established
more ti.en Thirty Vedrs.
TM' present Grand Scheme is so well adapted to
the very spirit of a Lottery, that all descripti. •. are
anxious to secure their claim to the Capital ['rites,
by purchasing T,cketa and Shares before Monday
next, on which Day the Drawing commences.—
There are only 25,000 lickets, some of which moat
gain
Three Pri-es of Tseory Thorma,,cl Pounds,
Three Prowl of The 7'4.7e,enrl Pounds,
Three Prim. eTbad•*e.:d Poundi,
besides several other Capitals, stilts° Prize lass than
wenty Pounds. AIL

IflnfL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOVTH, SETT. 19.
Sailed the Derogation bomb, Capt. Dilatier,,W ILh
convoy, fair the Downs
Dropped down t' St. Helen's the CkAttetr store
ship, Cwt. Spear, and remains with the Success fri-
g rte, Capt. Scott.
;.tiled the Mar)/ schooner on a unite.
The Aoiiinwo-t, of r_.; ;, guns, Capt. igg<, order-
ed to the east,eard to be paid (1..
DEAL. itP 1. 19.
Sailed the PoonL,air armed ship, for the Humber.
Arrived the f,,. armed defence-ship,
from the liiimher, a!:d remains in the Downs, with
the rest of the ships as per labt.—Wind S. variable.
sairrot., sr.vr. 17.
. _ _

. Came in, the Clarendon, Drew, and lect6ella, Lock-
hart, from St. Vincent's; Commerce, Godfrey, from
Dominica ; Se;//v, Tee•l, from Antigua ;.
Serrth, from Nevis ; R. 1.7.111, Marshall, from De.
toerara.
Arrived at Milford. Laura, Withers, from De-
merara, and -tr Jamc,, from St. Lucia, both
bound for Dristc.l.
,onnreoetc, StPT. 15.
Arrived yesterday, the three following vessels
from Demerara: .tictuud, Maric, Jamieson,
&ivy, Sinclair. The division Prom that colony, con-
• aisting•of 32 sail, sailed thence under convoy of the
KT of war, but did not reach Tortola till
*ix drys after the departnre of the fleet, and proceed-
ed on theirs nyage, seral were met at sea by another
sloop of war, detached by the Commodore of the
• Leeward Island fleet, which took charge of them,
and the Otero, returnrd the Vest Indies.
Arrived late last evening, the Isabella, King, from
• St. Kitt's, one of the Leew.trd Islan fleet:
CAMe in fry the North of Ireland, having *parted
eonWty in thick ar.d blowy weather a day before
they made the land. The Hermit, Paterson, from
• Tortola, another of the lea, arrived through the
right at the tail of the bank. There were eight sail
altogether fur the Clyde. As the wind ;s quite fair,
the Test may be Ith,ked for in the ccuric of the day.
FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
. GsAersats, Sarr. 19.....Pa5,i31 by the Beceri;:k. Maik,
trout Norway ; Petit Fredmmk, Ludernaii, front Stvoi,n;
Tiara, Clocric.fr.m Uantaie; YOJIII Anna, Joision. from Ton-
tungen ; Tmo.!!itoer.,, Jowly, from l'apoentr!rgli; Young Ca-
-I,•arina, pall; Gaßarrv, Itsnle; and th- Vs.,/ AliAa, from
E,L,..ica. Lilted ilia 1W..7. DS,et., for Cork ; Anna Etiribeth,
W.glt, for Nanny; and tha Atnepenscian, Helm, for Co
PdaltaZ,zal•
. attatran.
At Cowes—tht Comilop,hte, Thompson, from St. Tho-
inum's; wln. Munk-k, Tlsimpson, from Virginia; and the
tkorge Washingtoo, from Sstleta...

At Livr•ponl—the taeor;,•e, Purely, tram Demerara ; Theria,
.Tat 'A.m., from Pltrbit.e, 84,1311 e j and the Alesaud.r,
Ate, (tom Q.-mien.
At Cl,de—the Cambridge, Ppm Tohalp.
At Gremada--.the Union, it,ten, trom Lmdrt
At Tencrltfe—the Patient., , trom Loa-Nt.
At 'no-tat-41.2 Lady APG, Martin, from Lon .on
At Rev X 442 Lot.dat Packet, Black, from London.
PERTH, SEPT, 14.

St. John's Jay market was held here on Tuesday
last. lhe oecupationsiof the harvest prevented the
-c.o pra-G amer, i! se as is frequent at
this fair. The retail Witless of the shop-keepers was
consequeittly s nail. In the Horse.merlcet, there
were few good horses, and the prices, which were
high at first, declined considerably towards the
evening. The prices of cattle kept well on. Cheese
and butter, in great pls:ntv„ were excellent. Tice
former fell from cis. (id. to ss. and Ss. GI The latter
from 420: to ins. and 17s.
The Sheriff substitute has lately ziven a decision,
which it is proper all servants should be made ac-
quaintest with. A gentleman in the neighbour.
hood dismissed a farm servant who had been with
'him nine months, and refuse i to give him ar.y
wages for his service during that period, becalms of
his impertinence. negleeling his work, makriaing
• the horses, &c. &c. The Gentleman proved these
charges, and the Sheriff gave an interlocutor, justi-
fying the rete:,:ion of all the servant's wages.
On Wednesday, two of th 501.. i :s vho v e7e to
st tad trial at the approaching circuit, for the robbery
of Mr. Spiers, effected their es.cape from prison. When
Mrs Bennet, the gatler's mother, eecompaniei by
a soldier, went in at eight o'clock in the evening
with their supper, they tennediately knocked her
down, took the keys from her—and the certiael,
who is in the same corps, did not prevent their
flight When the news became public, the Velum
leers turned out in great numbers, and dispersed
themselves over the country, h girder to retake
them. At Ave o'clre k on Thursday morning, one
of them was appreht nded at the Bridge of Earn.
• The other has not yet been taken ;• bot we ender-
. stand there is such information procured as gives
. the officers of justice reason to hope he will nut tong
elude their vigilance. Mrs. Bennett is much hum.
The sentinel is imprisoned.
MLA of a Letter front an 01fics, r 011 board the Sqoa-Iron off
Ferrtli, Sopa 7, lae4.
"There is little eews here. Tne Spaniards have
just ordered duce flr it rates to be commissioned and
got ready fur sea, some storeships and other
small craft. It is supposed they are toe the use of
the French.
• Three of the provinces are just now in a state of
remit, and muster already upwards of 20,000 men
ander arms. Two of the French line of battle ships
are ready for a start, and wait for a dark night to
• get by our squadron. They are supposed to be
going to the East ladies."
A ship from the West In4ia, he Intel to Liverpool,
is reported to b lost in &. George's Channel, sup-
posed to be the 'Won, or Algol..
Admiral VASNOM has hoisted his fiag on board
the Te.ll, of (4 guns, at Leith, during the repair of
eV! At Sheerness.
The preeentation of the colones of the East Bat-
tali. aof the Mendip Legion took place on tresday
last on Havyattlrreen. Ilse colours being conse-
crated by the Rev. Mr Wv odic, as representative of
. the Right I het. WILNR AIJMNOTOPI, who gives
the colours to 0.1 regiment, which is command...l
by his brother, C. r.. eel AontNo FON, Mr. WVLDIt
prei.e.ited them wilt a judicinus and becoming ade
er ss to the Commanding Officer, A sham engage.
all -lards took place, ti ; which that part of
eecuijarty adapted.—A a immense
arended the spenaele.

ELWELL/IMES.

FROM TUE NLONSTEUR.
•
Historx,it its Gauls, from their Origin to their mixing srit*
tho Fia.4l, rtuttl the Cominr,terinent of the Fir,..s.:h NILO
narcily. Hy Sau Picot, a Gnscra, Professor of History
owl Statics, In the Actd.Nity iit that City.
• ' }root wit l'aper of "'fonds). last.)
From these scenes of terror, the• author seizes
moment to relieve the riiind of the readerly more
peaceable scenes. It is impossible to read, without
being affeZted, the history of Saberius and Eponine;
and his description of the marriage of Clovis, and
the conversiim of the Franks to Christianity, are
equal!) interesting. In this place he introduces an
account of the origin and manners of the Franks,
from which we think it better to give the following
eztrad :

" When light succeeded the darkness which had
reigned for almost a thousand years over the greatest
part of Europe, and the roundness of truth banished
the fables which were so intermixed with history,
it was then that they ceased to. attribute the origin
of the Franks to the Gauls, to Scythia, to Scandi-
navia. to Troy, or any others, which were not de-
monstrated by the most positive evidence of the an-
cients; the truth has been examined with greater
attention, and a mere sincere desire to attain a real
discovery.
" At first it was believed that the Franks had for
a long time inhabited Franconia, and that they were
a people little known or heard of till they suddenly
made an effort, crossed the Rhine, and made the
Roman empire tremble. We do not find ancient
historians have-spot:en much of the Franks before
the middle of the third cenitily of the Christian zra,
and even after that their name was often confounded
with the Germans, or rather with those various na-
tions who dwelt on the borders of the Rhine, as the
&aliens, the Chamaves, Chaucer, the Cauiees, &e.
We find, at des time, en account of the country in-
habited by those people, which is described as being
swampy. and cunimunieetiog with the ocean ; that
the Franks had been able navigators,' and often
joined their neighbours the Saxons to make excur-
sions on the coasts of the Belgic and Armeisque:
We also find, that in Pentingte's map, and ei the
ancient descriptions of the Roman empire, in the
fourth centur , the country of these people, which
was called Fiance, was situated on the borders of •
the Lower Rhine.
" '1 he historians who have Riven us those, and
some other accounts, conclude w!t'l intim/nog as,
'that many Getnrau nations, about the middle of
the third century, united and formed a kind of con•
federacy to preserve their libertyeeld ro defend them-
selves from the attacks of die Romaes, the denims,
and some neighbouring Germans, who might Lave
effeeled their subjugation, if they had remained sie
panne. This assnaretion called themselves, or ra-
ther they were given the name of Franke, which; in
the Teutonic language, signifies heeety, .0 denote
the purpose of their association. tech of these ne.
:ions preset ved their chiefs, or kiegte till tlif.:time
when they were altogether ennfnended amongst
each ether, when the most velient of the kings had
the command given up to him by all the other
The Salient, the Cheinaves, the Brueeeres, the
Tenchteres, the Caitielit, the Cherusgues the Usi-
rate., sh.. Attutbri,ac, she Chetie+t, the AmOsive-
rieli., and some others, were leaped in this con-
federacy, and were sometimes called Sicainbres, be-
cause they succeeded those people in their country,
which had been defeated by Augustus. They in-
heinied that country situated between the sea, the
Rhine. the Maine, and the lobe, that is to say.
Westphalia, the Landgraviate of Hesse. and part of
Lower 'Saxony. The Friezlenders, the Saxons, '
end ete Germans, were their nearest neigh
bours to the lunch, east and south ; and at use
west the Rhine separated ;hem from Gaul.
" The Franks, who were, as we hive already
mentioned, a German na'inn, Le all the peculiar
charafteristics. They wrre large and r..hust; they
had blue eyes and light hair, which was gathered to
the front, and cropped don. behind. They dkt'not
shave their faces, but let their beard grow in pitches
here and there. They were clothed in tight gar.
lents, which displayed the suppleness and strength
of their limbs. In their infancy they. were accuse
tomes' to the use of arms, and reared to endure the
inclemency of the weather. Their contemporary
writers have'described their boldness and courage in
the mess lively 'terms. They say; that the sea,
when agitated by the most violent storms, was not
a more terrifying objelt than their eyes ; that they
-heal no idea of fear. or shrinking from danger ; they
preferred the icy coldness of the north to any softer
temperature, and a flowery plain was not to them
so agreeable an chjeet as a desert covered with snow.
The blessings of peace were to them mi eurttines, as
I their greatest happiness lay in war. They considered
repose as an evil; to conquer or die was the first
vale of their lives, and even when they were muti-
lated, they ran towards the enemy and fought with
the arm that remained; they never separated from
their weapons of war on any occasion, but to eat or
sleep; and their laws were framed to reward their
boldness, or rather their temerity.
" The err:vier of the Franks was the only import-
ant pmperty on which they might be said to set any
value they were a simple people, but little cover-
sant iii arts ; a few workmen were sufficient for all
their necessary labour; and the loss of one could in-
stantly be replaced by any individual. They were
ignorant of the use of cuirasses and brassets, the
greater number did not wear casques, p ad they
fought with their bodies nearly naked down to the
hips, having their back and their breast uncovered.
" Cevalty was not made 'much use of in their
armies, having no more than a small body to escort
their kings ; but they made amends by being ex-
tremely well taught in foot exercise. 'lley did not
use the bow, the sling, or die da: t ; a sword and
buckler hung at the left tide, a two' edged hatchet,
sheep at the sides and very lick in the middle, with
* very short wooden hurdle, such were their usual
arms. With their hatchets they endeavoured to
break the bucklers of their enemies, and sometimes
they lewd a sort of lance ea:led over, or short den,
which they, handled with great dexterity, being con.,
stringed its vsch a manner as to be eq.aelly useful,
near or at a certain distance; the wood of these was
calmed with plates of iron, and .the ends made
doubly strong; they were edged with little 11011
points, which were bent like fishing hooks. If
ono s.f these augers made an incisiiior. it was
very difficult to diaw it out, because of the

•
bearded- points,. which fastened in the flesh, and '
tore it in such a manner, th.tt they often preferred
leaving the hooks in the wound, which generally
became• m,rtal. If the• auger penetrated the
covering, of the buckler, it was' very difficult to
draw it out or cut it away. because of the roe
which covered' t ; therefore, when a Frank saw that
his anger had pierced'the buckler of his enemy, he
instantly nay:med. end setting his foot on the other
end, lowered the,
.buckler. pf his antagonist, which
uncovered his head and breast, and struck.hirn with
his hatchet; or perhaps with a second auger caught
his throat, or made use of any ocher speedy me-
thod of putting him to death.. ~
" With such courage and such arms 3s we have
described, the Franks acquired a great reputation,
were for many centuries the terror of the neighbour.
ing people, and concluded by conqttering the most
beautiful country in Europe. In which progress, ;t
is time to follow them.

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