The National Register.
London, England, 1816-07-29 00:00:00

TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER.

POETRY.
LINES IN ANSWER TO " HINTS TO FARMERS."
If the Farmers their daughters put under the cow,
And the eons must do nothing but follow the pie/444
Let the Tradesmen themselves to their counters confine.
And give up their dashing, theirportire, and trine;
Let theides their [mirk: and
.figlies forego,
And lire as the worthies did ceneries ago !
Why front farmers alone expect reformation ?
When alike 'its required from all ranks in the nation.
LAURA.
ON THIS RAINY MONTH.
To name this month his own, great Caner chose;
The one it merits now is, Pluviose.
•NOTIIER.
All ye may ape your stores without delay,
Who hoarded them against a rainy dry.

I MPRO PIT%
flow arts improve in this inspiring age,
Peers mount the box, and horses tread the stage;
While waltzing females, with unblu.shiug face,
Disdain to dance hut in a ntan's embrace.
How arts improve when :Modesty is dead,
Aud Sense and Taste are, like our Bullion, fled !

A Clergyman in the West, who had unfortunately quarrelled
with his parrishoners, )iad lately the misfortune to hare a shirt
stolen from the hedge where it Long to dry, and he posted hand-
bills offering a reward for the discover,: of the offender. Next
morning the following lines were found written at the foot of the
copy stuck against the chinch-door
Some thief has stol'n the parson's shirt,
To skin nought could be nearer;
The parish will give Five flu, Iced Pounds
To him that steals the wears'.

The following is the subject of* raricatnre that has appeared
in Park :—Marshal Sachet is looking with an air of contempt
on his new truncheon ( Buten de Marechan ornamented with ►he
,etude lye ; you see his old one buttoned under him. coat, and
pressed to his heart, with one of the ends peeping out, on which
is the imperial eagle : in the back ground are seen, on one side,
Tarragona, and on the other side Bedouin in flames; under-
neath are the two tim couplets of a popular song made against
the rebel army of the Loire :

TRANSLATION.
From the hanks of the Loire I ant come,
A robber right fiutious in story;
Twice my King I betrayed, Sir, but—mums
'Twits all from the passion of glory.
Your Bayards, Dugueselins, and stuff,
Are names at which sickens my heart;
My motto is, Mandrin the bluff.
Grim eartouche, and the grand Buonaparte.

HACKNEY-COACH ACT.

As we see by the daily reports from the Police-offices that
much ignorance prevails as to the regulations of hackney-
coacbes, anti that thus fraudulent drivers are continually at-
tempting the most barefaced impositions, we think we cannot
do better than re-publish un abstract from the principal fea-
tures of the last Hackney-coach Act. The Act consists of ten
clause', of which the fidlowing are the most important:- -
Clause 3. The driver of a hackney-chariot is compellable to carry
three grown persons without any addition to the fare.
4. The usual additional fares are allowed upon driving into the
country; with this exception. that in the day Gnu no addition is allow-
ed except the distance be four miles front town, and then at the rate
of6d. for every mile above four.
6. The driver of hackney-coaches wherein any pmperty, is left, shall
carry such pmperty, in the state in which it was found. within four
days, to the hackney--coach other, and deposit the same with one of the
clerks, under a penalty not exceeding 214.
7. No agrenteent to pay more than the regular fire is Muting: any
person may, twkrithstandbyT such agreement, refuse to pay more than
the established tare: anti it he pays more, he may recover the over.
play, the driver bring subject to the penalty of 31. for non-payment.
8. Hackney-coachmen, who leave their coaches unattended, whether
hired or ma, are liable to a penalty not exceeding al.
9. Drivers must not refuse a fare, althongh they may have been nut
12 hours: no more than the regular fare is allowed on such occasions.
tn. Hackney-coachmen, watennen, he. liable to a fine and impri-
sonment for abusive language, he.: the penalties of funucr acts con-
tinue in force.

One of the Paris Papers states, that M. Fournier, a
physician of Lyons, attributed the present inclemency of
the weather to the death of 11w moon. which he says has
lately experienced an attack of apoplexy ! The learned
Physician also asserts that the sun is sick, which ac-
counts fin. the paleness of his countenance!!—The Jour-
nal which announces this, very gravely adds a perhalo,
that all this sickness exists only in the brain of the Phy-
sician.

In France, as well as in this country, and generally
throughout Europe, the prediction of the mad Italian
Prophet, relative to the end of the world, had produced
great dread in the minds of sonic—so that they neglected
all business, and gave themselves up entirely to despon-
dency. The Ilath Paper says, that " a maiden lady, who
resides in a village in Somersetshire, was deeply affected
at the expected approach of a second chaos, and had taken
great pains to impress the younger branches of the tinni-
ly with similar apprehensions. The latter however laugh-
ed at her folly, and were severely rebuked for their unbe-
lief: On Thursday morning, between six and seven o'clock
a girl, eight years of age, got out of bed, and ran to the
lady's chamber, crying out—Anat„luni, the World's at an
End ! These words struck so much terror into the mind
of the lady, that she has not spoken since; and on Friday
morning, she remained in a state of insensibility!"
An elopement from Tunbridge Wells took place last
week ; the parties, Miss Elira Ann Pattie, only child of
a deceased servant of the East India Company, and a
young gentleman named Wakefield, about 19, nephew
of the Chancery Barrister of that name. The young
lady is possessed of a fortune of 50,0001. anti is a Ward
of Chancery; where the affitir is to be investigated, at
the instance of the young lady's mother.
Capt. R. Dacres has resiped his situation as Governor
of the Royal Naval Asylum at Greenwich.