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London, England, 1823-11-11 00:00:00

hearing of the condemnation of Riego, wrote to
Ferdinand threatening to retaliate upon the
Priests and Bishops in his power, if Riego were
to suffer. The French Authorities and the
Royalists at Cadiz are at daggers-drawn, and re-
port says that Sir William A'Court had a serious
misunderstanding with Ferdinand and his Mi-
nisters.—Upon the whole, it would appear that
the Constitution was still regarded as alive long
after the fall of Cadiz ; and, what is somewhat
singular, great hopes were entertained of a sort
of re-action on the part of Moritlo, whom Ferdi-
nand's Proclamations have reduced to his original
poverty. -His whole property, chiefly brought
him by his marriage, was vested in purchased
crown lands, which of course revert to their
original state.

GOOD LIVING.

Mn. EDITOR—I would readily be content to

orget all that I have ever read, atidl have read

both sense and nomense enough in my time,
could I, in exchange, engraft on my memory all
that would tend to make me 44 bring forth the
fruits of good living," as laid down by that—to
Me greatest of all ORACLES, Dr. KITCHINERI I
have long since given over a4l hopes of re-
form as to our Constitution in Church and

State, and have resolved to attend to the state of
my own constitution, as infinitely the more im-
portant of the two. I know, from experience,
that it hi a thankless office to endeavour to pre-

serve the principles of freedom, and that it is a
much more successful, as well as more grateful
employment, to preserve green gooseberries; for
I can then truly say
Condo et compono quo) moz depromere posaim.
Beatles, I can pouch eggs without dread of trans.
portation under the game laws; for our free
CouStitution, though it will not suffer me to bug
a brace of birds on my own land without a cer-
tificate, considers me qualified to bottle goose-
berries, and permits me to preserve orange-chips
without a license.

I could never read without horror the economic
regulation of Charles VI. :—" Nemo audeat dare
prceter due fercula cum polagio;" " Let no per-
son presume to treat with more than two dishes,
with a pottage !" Nothing could bribe me to
live under such a law. 'What earthly potentate,
I would ask, from the reign of llezekialt to the
restoration of Ferdinand, ever bestowed a benefit
on mankind equal to the discovery of a new
sauce ? Take their collective services from that

day to this, have they ever equalled in value the
invention of a stew-pan ? No, and as for the
science of political economy, I give it to the winds;
give me the economy of the kitchen, and the
science of soups and gravies. Mill and Malthus
are very profound oracles in their way ; but are
no more to be compared with the Cook's Oracle,
than a shank-bone of ham to a haunch of venison.
Could they even invent a political system that
would give us a land " flowing with milk and
honey," it would still be nothing to a culinary
system that made it flow with rich soups, sauces,
ragouts, and piquante relishes.
I reverence Herschel for his astronomical re-
searches; but what is the discovery of the Geor-
glum sinus to the discovery of new mode of
dressing a cars heattl What concern have we
with a planet millions of miles off ? Whereas, a
new dish, to use an expression of Lord Bacon's,
" comes home to every man's business and bo-
soms ;" and there is no man with a palate to his
mouth hut must admit that the exquisite cook,
that adds to the catalogue of boos-bons, brings
more of practical enjoyment into the community,
and is therefore a greater benefactor to his spe-
cies, than the astronomer that adds to the cata-
logue of fixed stars. The concerns of our own
planet are enough for us. If, indeed, an orrery
could be contrived which would enable us to see
so clearly what passed in the moon, that we might
learn the peculiar mode in which its inhabitants
dressed their turtle, or could get at their receipt
• for flavouring a fricandenn, I should then say, let
the astronomer and his instrument be immortal-
ized. But to learn that its spots are mountains,
• and to discover a volcano ! what man is a single
mouthful the better ? Not one. Let the planets,
' each in their orbit, settle their own movements

in their own way. If Saturn were to wed Venus
with his ring, as long as each kept their proper
distance, what would their union be to us ?
Quin used to say that " of all the banns of
marriage he ever heard, none gave him half so
much pleasure as the union of delicate Ann-chovy
with good John-dory." The wit and the senti-
ment are equally worthy of the disciple of Api-
clue. This superlative sauce-maker was the
glory of a feast ; his memory will live till sauce
shall be no more !
Some grave philosopher may, perhaps, take oc-
casion to disclaim against Epicurium, and to
quote the old proverb, that a " good appetite is
the best sauce ;" but this I deny. This saying,
like half the sayings ,of the wise, is all a bag of
moonshine. The man that penned this proverb,
whoever he was, you may take my word for it,
did not know a collop of brawn from a Banbury..
cake. A good ,appttite 1. why, to be sure, a
hungary man may eat his toasted cheese without
mustard ; hut,what does that prove ? not that he
has the best sauce, but that, being keen-set, he
falls to without any sauce at all! His stomath
wants no stimulant. Cinnamon cordial would be
thrown away upon him. By.the-by) what a de-
licious restorative is this !
" Cur morbittur home, qui sumit de cinnemonio ?"
was a question which Cogger' asked, in his Haven
Health, two hundred and fifty years ago.
Ventriculum," says he, "jecur, Lienem, cerN
bruin nervosque juvat et raborat." " I reckon it
a great treasure," he adds,." for a student to have
by him in his closet, to take now and then a
spoonful." No lawyer ever gave better advice.
There is nothing to be found half so good in all
Comyn's Digest.
Eating and drinking, taken in general, are, no
doubt, very ordinary occupations, but the mate.
'Hats, in my opinion, enter more into the com.
pound character of inan than we are aware of.
" It is the soup," says the French proverb, " that
nukes- the soldier." -Vest 13 soups qui Oil le
.soldat. But what •chance 'does it stand in the
field against English beef ? Depend upon it the
,gravy here is hair the battle, and that a Int:vitt*

of tarts is of more importance infinitely than a
magazine of gunpowder.
A banquet was ever, time immemorial--which
our law, that prescribes its statute of limitations
to memory, as well as to every thing else, fixes
to be the time of Richard I[.--a banquet, I say.
was always held in due reverence ; but we are
fallen away from the wisdom of our forefathers.
A money-loving spirit has got amongst us that is
stronger than Curacoa, and turns our heads even
more. The counting-house, if I may be allowed
the expression, has turned the tables upon the
kitchen; and therefore it is that we are become
such a dwindled and degenerated race. We
starve and stunt ourselves in the midst of magni-
ficent projects and extensive speculations. Many
expend their money upon a Grand Junction
Canal and a Paddington canal, while the most
important of all, the alimentary Canal, is scarcely
supplied with the means of keeping body and
soul together. This, to my seeming, is sheer in-
sanity. In the old golden days of England the
great ties of allegiance grew out of game, and
fish, and poultry. Every page of old Blount will
testify the number of estates held by no other
tenure than the furnishing u certain quantity of
delicacies for the Royal larder. Whatever was
savoury, even spiced candle, had in those times
its due share of estimation. Thus we learn, from
that venerable record, The Doomsday Book,
that Robert Argyllon' held as much land as a
plough could pass over in a day, in return for a
relish of this sort. The tenure runs thus—

" ADDINGTON, CO. SURREY.
" Robert Argyllon holdeth one carucate of land, in Adding-
ton, in the county of Surrey, by the service of making_ one
mess, in an earthen pot, in the kitchen of our Lord the King,
on the day,of his coronation, called de la gronte ;"—i. e. a kind
of plumb-porridge, or water-gruel with plumbs in it.
This dish is still served up at the Royal table,
on Coronation-days, by the Lord of the'Manor
of Addington. At the Coronation of King
George IV., among other references to the
Court qf Claims July 12, 1820 :
" The petition of the Archbishop of Canterbury, which was
presented by Sir 0. Naler, claiming to perform the service of
presenting a dish de la greats to the King at the banquet, was
considered by the Court, and allowed."
Thus we see, that anciently a due share of
honour was bestowed upon even the humblest
article that contributed to a good bill of fare,
which serves to shew that the love of what is
good is, to use the phrase of the schoolmen, an
appetilus innatus, as well as elicitus. And, for
my own part, I have often doubted, when Esau
sold his birth-right for a mess of pottage, whether
he made so bad an exchange as we ore apt to
imagine. We see that, much nearer to our own
time, a whole manor is given away for a single
supply of plumb candle for a coronation ; and in
this case, moreover, it was eaten by the guests,
whereas Esau had his dish to himself : much, no
doubt, depends upon the seasoning ; but if it was
a rare bon-bouche, and dressed a la groute, as it
most likely was, and if his birth-right was not
greater than the Manor of Addington, and it pro-
bably was not, I think we have made his folly
proverbial without much reflection, and libelled
his memory with very little justice.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.
WHISKERANDOS.

FROM SATURDAY'S GAZETTE.

DIVIDENDS.

Dec. 4, R. Upperton, Petworth, Sussex, banker—Noy. 29,
A. Slater, Cuddington, Cheshire, corn-dealer—Dec.2, R. Smith,
Hum-Burton, Yorkshire, dealer—Nov. 29, P. Howse, Park-
street, Hanover-square, horse-dealer—Nov. 29, E. Hannuin,
Crown-court, Threadneedle-street, insurance-hroker—Dec. 2,
J. Bennet; Worcester, glover—Nov. 29, W. Murray' Pall-
mall-court, Pall-mall, tailor—Nov. 99, B. W. Henzell, White
Lion-wharf, tipper Thames-street, corn-dealer—Nov. 29, H.
Pulsford, Berkeley-street, Piccadilly, wine-merchant—Nov. 29,
B. Campbell, Prince's-square, Ratcliffe-highway, insurance.
broker--Dee. 1, H. Johnson, Waldron, Sussex, tanner—Dec.
3, T. W. Andrews, Stamford, cabinet-maker—Dec. 2, M. New-
ham, Falkingham, Lincolnshire, carpenter—Dec. 6, A. Mow-
bray, G. L. Hollinswortb, J. Wetherell, W. Shields, W. Boul•
ton, and W. R. Stoke', Durham, bankers—Nov. 29, L. Hay-
den and J. K. Hendy, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square, auc-
tioneers—Nov. 29, T. Deighton, Davies-street, Berekeley-Sq.,
saddler—Nov. 29, B. Tupling, Strand, jeweller—Nov. 29,
W. Malcolm, Great St. Helen's, merchant--Nov. 29, J; Bum-
pus, Holborn, bookseller—Nov. 29, J. P. Hollis, Boling-
brooke-row, Newington , tailor—Nov. 29, R. Faner, Bread-
street, Cheapaide, warehouseman—Nov. 29, J. M. and J. L.
Siordet, Austin-friars, merchants—Nov. 29, It. Dods, High.
street, Southwark, linen-draper—Nov. 29, R. Simpson, 13 at-
ling-street,, warehouseman—Dec. 1, C. Elliott, St. Thomas
Beckett-in-the-Clifre, Sussex, grocer—Dec. 4, G. Stock, Ash-
week, Somenetshire, farmerr—Nov4 29, J. Bond, Cawston,
Norfolk, farmer--Nov. 29, 'T. Richardson, iron-Acton, Olo-
cestenhire, tanner—Dee. 10, J. Turney, Sedgebrook,
colnshire, and W. Bates, Halifax; merchants—Dec. 4, J.
Cook, Fareham, Southampton, tanner—Dec. 15, G. Pullcyn,
York, linen-draper.
CERTIFICATES, Nov. 29.
W. Lamer, inn., Southampton, printer—J. Browning, Bel-
vedere-wharf, Waterloo-bridge, timber-merchant—W, Pitcher
Salisbury-square, carpenter—W. Barnes, Newhall, %Worces-
tershire, cow-dealer—ll. " Caton, Beaminsfer, Dorsetthire,
draper—J. Kirkby, Chelsea, liner-draper.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

T. Beasley and R. knight,:Stamford, draperaTt. Cawkwell
and R. J. Orcetham, Liverpool, millers—R. and R..ooodhugh,
Welbeck.street, Cavendialf-square, clock-makerw-8. Derry and
J. Holmes, Lichfield, pubUcans—J. and F. Purdy, Mark-
lane, brokers—W: and E. 'Knight, Maldon, Essex, ironmon-
gers—J. and H. W. Bailey , and J. and C. Noon, Chancery-
lane, printers—E. and R. W god, Tottenham-court-road, iron.
mongers—T. Clover and J. Mather, Derby, timber-dealers—
R. Banton and R. Jackson, Boston, blockamaken--W. Bart-
ley and J. C. Orocott, attornies.:-:-S! Stanley and J. Rooney,
Ashton-under-Line, Laneashire,,brush-makers—A.l. 'Walker
and M. Pickin, Durham-Massey, Cheshire, dress-Makers-r).
Morris and W. Carter,Sandbac.h, Cheshire, and Regent Canal-
basin, London,. salt-manufacturers T. and W: Stammers,
Nayland, Sufiblk, Welch and J. Newhall, Little
Knight Rider-street, Doctors'-commons, whtilesaje ironmon-
gers—W. Hayden and- H. Grimsby, .Oxford-street, hatter-
dashers--E. and R. Jackson, Hereford, wine-mer.
chants—J. Down and T. r: Setree, ' King-street; ;Covent-gar-
den „hatters—J. Crostliwitite, J: Wulff and J. Brown, Liver-
pool, merchants, so far as regards J.'wofr.

'A student of the University of Jena, who was
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apprehended after the assassination of OTZEBUE
in 1818 has lately been set at•liberty, after an
investigation which, in the true spirit of German
deliberation anti research, had• beep continued
since that period. The unfortunate student
had'amused himself with hanging bp a por-
trait of Kotzebue, accompanied by the figure
of ,a. bat ; and this, it. seems f. MRS suffi.
dent to make him be suspected of some
connexion with the crime of Sandi. The in.
quirt' which commenced before a Court at Weimar
was referred to the Central Commissiteat Mentz,
whence it Was returned to ,the tribunal at Wei-
mar, the documents having by this time accumu-
lated to 16 volumes. ; The poor student had at
last a judgment in his, favour, by which he was
declared perfectly irtnocent but, nevertheless,
was ordered to pay the costs of the investigation,
which we suppose will prove no slight punishmettl
for so trilling joke. • •