The Sun.
London, England, 1815-11-23 00:00:00

OFFICE OF ORDN,INCE, Nov. 13, 1815.

MIIE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of 'His MA-
.TE s s 0 R DiviLw.,!E do hereby give Notice,
That they Will SELL by,l7ißLiC AUCTION, at the ToWer,
on'Thursdail; the 30th of NOvemig'r in:Ft-ant; 'and, following
tll,- at i t o'clock I:74CiST.'lff on those• days, sundry LOTS .of
OLD and UNt',ERVICEABLE-.S:VORES, cansiztiug of
flames, Col lars, Bit Hatters, Rope Traces, and various other !
articles of.Sadlery and Harness; Clothing, al)d.sundry articles
of ileddrUg ; Powder Horns; Tents, Tent Poles and .Pieces,
palms, tingles, and Tinmpets; MuShet and Pistol Stocks,
Cast nd Wro.ught Iron, Round!ind Double-headed Shot;
Cast-
Iron Tricks, and tVrought-Ircin Carriage \Volk, •
Iron; Steel, Copper;•Pewter, and Mixed Metal ;
Pail , Tools of sorts, Spades, Shovels, Bellows, canthorns,
Standhlg Vices, Carts and Whelbarrows, F.uirtytaslis and
Barrels, Cartridges, Helmets, sundry Old Building Mate-
vials, and Fir Scantling. Portable Forges, Handscrevv; and
AnvilS, Whecls and Elm Ific;ard; together with 'a variety' of
other Artiele,s

The :chute of which may !,,e viewed upon application at the
,principal Storcheeper's 01/ice in the Tower, and at the Royal'
Afrscnal at Woolwich, until the day of sale, at whick places.
printed Lists of the Lots will be delivered to those persons
who nuts apply for the same. •

Ay ()plc:7I: the Bicta7l,
' R. H. CREW'', ,S"c7;itay:

. .
WONDER OF WONDERS.—STATE OF THE WHEEL.
3 .of. ..C.50,000 r of.
2....,..0f ...,... 5,0;00 1,000
. of 5OO, htiideS 3001: 200L' 1001.
NEXT SATURDAY MOIi,N,IN' G, • 9.D'Cloch:,
the LAST DAY of DRAWING the 15;000 Tickets.—
crintvliTuclratvn TIcKWIS:,4O SHARE:i. are selling
by Coe Public's oliedi,:at
• HORNS ;gill CO. Cornbill.

A W(YoN;IatitFAI,kGR.IfAT FALL IN Tl-IF, FILICES 0.14.7
LOTTERY TICKETS AND SHARES! !!

I''OD UES it.in '31,(1-C6. ' 147, C)xford-strtiCt;
I ,
;ire now selling Sharps tif Tickets, in the Present
LO'. TERY, `-at the tindicstated kire.tisy -Reduced
Prices
• 1.-Litges's Prices. 'Prices at the oth'er Offices:
Half - - L. 1.1 o 0 Halt' - - r.. 1 11 0
(-,!.ttarter - - ti :0 -glfn.rter - - :17 .0
-SOO- - 3 9 Ei
Sixteenth - - i• 10 .0 Sixteenth - . -
.1 1,5 0
Tieliets divide,' pito Sli,ires by 1-10DGE'4, jun.
and t.!o. nre cleni.itedin fi 5 Majesty's St3iiiii-Oflkc, thereto
Teitmin twesty-onti Dra,i;co, it any Prim; aiiove Fifty
Pounds, and if Fifty I'ounds or less, thece to remain fourteen
da.ys after Drawn.

--••• .
TicH N:-). 943, drawn a Prize of
4,0101: cm Thursdar lait, -was sh.ired and sold by
PV,II,IIX, 'at his,truly is'ortunate Wice, No. 1, 1-I,l!)cra Bars
(the Cornell-lonse). • • • , -
J. PERKY tales this opportunity to return his sincere
'Mantis :to his Rriend's7and thr,Publie,; for the disto44li.;heit
Support he has been favoured with iu the present Lottery,
and trwt:# tik,o9v.rAiirc.sss,is a 'prelude tar his- sellinz
fa
50M)01. and a. .2o,uool: the LAST
• DAY of Drawing the pl-f,ent.,l_,,ttery 4)6,000 Tickets. Tile
Wheel is immensely rich, i!oidaining
. Three izes of L. 59,000
Tl/4% o' ,2.0,n00
• Ooe .L. 4.0,)0: • . •
Six L. 1,000

1. • • &c. &L, • -• • - . •
More Fortunate 'fir:l.:xis and Simi es are nv on Sale at
P.El36ll.Y's .LUCK' I'FIC Bars.

NLITCHLESS
Contains the (..3-REATEST PRI/ES ever known:::
NEXT -sxruß.D.AY,..n-,:veint,er )5, at Nine o'Ciocit ill the;
Altirning,
The ,LA3 TDATof 1) raw i nit; t Lte 15,000
THREE Prizes 0f....‘;',0,000
TWO • 2.0,0pu
OSE- 4,000
SIX ..... 1.000
Besides Prize) of 3001. SOUL &c. tkc.
ee per Cent. Consols. ,
rr BISII the Contri.ich;t:, <rratefully acknow-
%tkv..dispiguilie4 preference oft be Public..Com-
is faVoit'fed ati-ie-e's;'hetwe'en the First and Second
Day* of Drawing, and inviies'their attention to the above
raatc.lits S.tate. cif, the Wheel, which frciui the number and
magnitudi:orthe- Prizes is unequailed; and by the great Rise
of S,tocls,, an advaol-a;e. is secured to Adventurers_ neyeaT
known bvfore, and Which;,pioliably ~vill never oectre
• its long any Tickets remain ,vvith T. 131 S H, the
tor, ae still preserve a:Cholce.Seketio'n, at • his Ottites;.No: 4,
(.;0;t:N1-11L1,, amid p, Londou. But
- From the no Mber and -magliAude 4lie-`llriz es ,
The extraordinary adva:itage by di e Rise of Stocks,
Antl- the f„.ew and sittirqs tr 1.5,1151,
an immediate purchase is essential, to prevent disappoint-
,

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-tx-,ATENT FLEECY HOSIERY, titri9factur-
-1- vd by HOLLAND, WA HORTON, anti Co.
the Patentees and Manufacturers to their Majesties,-No. 94,
High. HoVann; who also manufacture Cotton, Worsted, and
Lamb's'Wool, in every article of under clothing, 'for both
Lad ies'aud (; ntleiuru.
All the articles are made of the best materials, 'and of ae-
linmlledged. superiority of make and shape, tuccl may be had
of the most respectable Hosiers in Town and Country.
The-Patentees' feel it a ditty they ()We the Public, to ap-
prise, them, that a spurious hind of Fleecy Hosiery is sold by
sortie Hosiers, which.eau neither wash nor wear well, nor be
coo;fortal,;le to the wearer.

NNYTON'S . 'IOOTH P()IVDER.----This
Powtler is as fleasant in theapplieation, 'as'it-is ex-
cellent in it's Mfects; it speedily ianiderg 'OW teeth 'and
smooth, tlic galuis healthful, Veil, .and: lirro;..antl by constant
ti5C will preserve them, in this desirable state,`tif the utonk4
limits of human life. It fortillei The e,ianiel; 'and prevents '
the acearntilation hf 'tartar t teen whcretlielnainel'has
been. itupaired,•by the application of pernicious dentrifice or
any,ot hey means, it Nyill renovate it in a manner to becre-
cilited only by thosc-W!i6 exp'eribiinee. or Witness its eflicady : it
gradlially .itiAsolreatarear which neglixt may
have permitted to collect; takes not all dark qretilis,• or dz.'-
, coiourings of the teeth, _which prove su material a drawback
to beauty;. 1:i-events tlio,.e teeth which arc al'i•vaity part=ly
cayeil; fenta` ever becoming •avursit ; and 'cieaoses,
and iir.e"seii...es thn.w-:thaf are quail ; by those means'. coin-
suners.eiting necessity of a dentist's bite. Terence,
who.ie uper:atiops, thozn.cli they may tin:nor:try ifac-
t are. ofteir•sneeedeil• by th e roast 'tlisagrerAT.:fe:
II 11 CeS ;it i=ii pacts to the lireat!. unit
and.to tiii gatu3, that timid p•.incs.3 which indica•,es
state. Those wilu const,lntly use this p.o.vder as
ilirec:ted, Witt iiiir'irirv,itre'rdtsttr•mc:;-; err fet.o7 ...t"..!--;'.1111t
will pfservp7Ailtir te4thriontitl. anti eI ‘) the inu:•-t
ad-
t _tar "'
old a
Prepamil by B. H. Newton, and sold. byThis agent.• Mr.
Edwa,ds, tit, un the Follt War, Patti's Church-yard, licaly
oppos!itl-the North t";ati!.;ia• 9s: 91.1• caelt•

" • • . SUPBRIDA ADVICE.
-lIIJId Protcr.sioull Men, eminrnt for
awl experience, oiler advice, and exert their
abdities; fiir'the cure of-a:few reigning Diseases, they rise sit-
Fel ior to that prejudice which is so justly-excited ..ty,..oinst the '
advertise:l-teats Of men, ignorant, of the first principlcs, • and
ol,do,ated the. practice. of physic. Messrs-. CUla.qll:, and
Co. regular Surgeons, san,ti,ned by'evcry privilege to'prac-
tice-,-and by the uniform -success which their mode of treat- •
merit. for A/chat:al Complaiws has hitherto heeii attended,
continue iv-itti the same assiduity to direct their studies to the
scure of etir}p;:cies thili bin ,f,.:1 poison, as well as•the
rintyal-lifi•thoseAistressing
prevent 0r embitter the matrimonalTstate. In the catalogue
cifliomian ilifirmi,le.s.there are none more afflicting than those
which are'the :mayOliliti-ile•coliseq•nences of au i!tihitgt-nee ill
-
a certain dot rtiCtiVe The unliappY -sufferer- broods
over his yolisfortunes, aslmmeitto seek reiiel; until 'he is re- '
tictciil ter aneli a tint of-tiiisery as to render life-oppreirrre.
To such per:.ims it will-bea commlingreileetiOn tea know. that •
they may now, by a new and. infallible- remedy, be restored
to their former constitu:ional strength and vigour. Weak,
relaxed, and debilitated habits, 'proceeilittir, either from:an,
excess of eoujo:cti and iiln it pleasure, or from a long; resi- •
dence in hot clia.aces, drinking, the injuiliciimsuse iif
mercury, &c. are speedily r,'•tureil to aryl
It must he- a self-e,:dileotpropirition. tlt.. tHiere the ag-
of'intellectual canaeity is dire,...ted to,tne treatineat
and core of. a few peculfar tier& must be tht
greater certainty of socce,s; :Anil as a proof of 'this position
their 'method 'mire is so particularly expeditious,` as Weli ,
as safe, and so evidently superiur is the coin:nun practice,
that in some slight
.case; of infecti.ra a perfect restoration is
completed in the chart torte dttys, tool in those of
;he ataii.:st inyeteracy,,tyli::.reother practitioners have failed,
a,pitieiPerseveranCe 111 theit plan of treatiiient ensures to'
the patient a safe, well-an-minded, anti lasting. re•4!shiblish-
Mont. lly zr, early application, the.patient will escape the
danigt!rand expense of atediousAttendance upon the less,exr.
perienced practitioner., In, the must, ob.stinate and compli-.
catecl eases of veneri:l:l infection, such as ost-rut thins in the
urethra, spungYi.xereseenees, diitrd tumours, callous nlCerS;
eroptionsi 'sea-final wealinessi gth:ets, as also STRICTUILES,
whether recent or of lon!.,?„" duration, and witich has:; hailed
the 0411 olother.oractitiotters, are, by their present improved
plan' Of tqi.tnica.,-'etrectualiy anti perinamett!by .cured, With-
ottuthe patient suffering the excruciating and alarming
- hemorrhage which.- fraapiently follows the aptilication • of the
ltivar caustic. in the course of 20 years„extensive practice in
thiS metropolis, utiineriiit3 cases-of strictures 'have been and
are• daily sunder their tom!, the. total-eradication of which is
.effectiid by a safe, certain, ttl,l expeditious incite of practice,
suprior to :toe:other vet atiopted. • The weakness; Teta.N.a-'
tiotOttlaprncertiin from this complaint, is gpeetilly.
removed, 'the .patient restated to sound and vigorous
health.. But where the debility lots for yedri existed, a pro-
per, perseverance in their restoratise remedies, 'after the
stricture 'has- been 'des•troyed, 'indispensably requisite' to
revive the slumbering ,spa rite Ni life, and to re-animate the
Several:Nobleuaen and Gentlinien of the 'first 'reSpectabi-
lity have been' unde•i the care of Messrs: Currie rind 'Co: fur
the removal of c'eirtplaints of the Urethra, Strictures-,
anti having Veceived.asradicai an:l..permanent cure; request
that references limy made to t'tent►as s..atisfletorY evi,A,11,2,24.3
of the decisive superiOrity of Messrs. Corrie anti plan
of 'treatment. 7.vietUy of these Cientlemen have had Strictures
from -10 tti-QO-years, and had been under the care of Messrs.
Home, lleityisides, and other Surgeons of equal_ eminmiee,
Who attesiipteirthe care tiy the application of the lutiar
caustic, Without saceess.
'Messrs. Co. may be consulted by either Sex,
with qt" :gt9-atest delicacy., secrecy, ac,l honour, at their
' houses N0..107, • • r
"." " the Country are rcoe.sted to state the partien-
lars cii!ll)e.iv,caw., Ag'e, and generAl ltahitao lieu,, &c.
reiiiipance for itilvice and when. iiie•
will he riven or sent to ail- part. a the in, gitoiii;
east re that secrecy. sis eslcntial to their' • 11111ci't.,1Zioirs..,/be
In'.strage, of letters may be added to the accotto weclici.nes
9thitttne., ttatQa.-garden.

This Jeu d'Esprit is. possessed of considerable
stamina. There is a humouron's application of
reading in. it, which gives the wil somewhat of a.
'grave cast; and removes-it from the most approved.
standard of the present •age, which standard we_
take to In, playing- upon words and punning.
A ihort Preface, of sixteen pages, contains a sort,
of general History of Wigs, from their first mention

in the records of ancient Niltions, to the present
day,.and prepares the Reader for the. importance
of theinain Essay.

The ttliti Es.Saygires us the' particular acivpu-
tures of a •Wig,,w.hich the Author, a bit of an.
Antiquarian, had the good fofture to IlisetiVer in
the" humble' occupatioo of Duster to a Shoe-black,
pncl purchase at ;a
,cheaper rate than antiqoitics.

commonly obtain.. .On. i:xatnining the interest-
ing Relic, which is formed of manyadditions and
sae-rations of different ages, " under a Serjeant's
patch, since covered over with/hair, and between
it and the crown of the cawl"a writing is detect-
ed,"which proves to be the LILO-on' OF TUE
Of course itrannot be expected from us to fol:-
" each particular hair" of this story. The
original Fell grew on the head'of a man hanged
for horse-stealing at Tyburn ; its first avocation
as a Wig was to thatch the cranium of the noto-
rious Judge'Jefferies, of 'wiloti) it gives a curious
biogaphy; it liext covered the head of King
William the, Third, and lost a curl by a.shot at
the battle of-the• Boyne ; -front Royalty the \Vig
carne to the 13,:ke iii Marlborough, and thence
through extraordinary:kicissitudes and .gradations.
was worn by ntl old Soldier,: a Captain (resem-
blances of
.Triin and my Uncle:l'6l)o, a fanatical
'lrish Baronet, 1),,,1n Swift, Pope, Steele, Orator
Henley, a Welch Squire, a Pimp, a Seducer
(whose infamous exploits :ire inure recent than is
D,i.vy, a Charlatan, all
Alderman, (wbo went up in a balloon Ivith
a Barr;'s•rer., roUretor, Mr.
a,celebrated Masquerader, and ulti-
tuately the Shoe-black.

To "each .of thne 'cbaryter apiendeil the

of humorous biographical notices and anec-.
dozes, ivritten in style which .cannot fail to
amuse, and indeed so amusing, that. we 'tonna
them gain ground upon a second perusal. Front
this various mass we select, as a fair specimen of
the manner in %.yhicit the histOry of eti•Olti \Vi;.;
is finii'bed, t•b- story belonging tt), it as the pro- •
perry of the Irish Baronet, and are inducet), ttt
make • this extract not only t6r the ye.ISOTI above

assigned, but because it gives a very curious ac-
count of an naposture, which was, perhaps, the
'precedent for the recent" ditigraCetul imputitions
of that. fantninxl wretch, JOANNA. SOUTUcCITE.
Perhaps, we ought to guard ourselves by sayil:g
that we are not-aware of ti extent of concord-
211Ce between-the facts 'related. and the actual state
of the case.

" Tnough my new master was a milli of tare
talents and accomplishments, yet his mind sceint4
to have been formed to the fi aniet that enclosed it,
and bt!trayed -the same trortnonS obliquities, of
which nothing. could' be a stron:.!,er instance tkun
his publicly enrolling 'himself a follower and cham—
pion of that impious gang of Famsties, the- Carpi.
sari, or french rroplicts,- as they were called,
who had then just made their appearance in Eug
land.

Yet such.a dupe was he' to the imposturei,
thOugh so thinly covered, that Re prostituted his
genius to the writing- of pamphlets in vindieatitnir
of -their' delusive and I•may say blasOemons doer,
trine a-;n1 apparently., so strong:was the faith.
he-hafi•io it, ,that he had the passport which. they
sold to the believers, that k the renniant that was
to be saved, .fastened to my:eal lor.•sonie time,
till the civil power exerted itsefi.to put them down, ,
and- him, anti-i4il the believei's,:tri Shaine; and if
this had not-haupened so -soon, he was on the
point of selling his huge estates;, and converting
the firoduce; to (heir use.
". The service I was destined to zo through,
wad pot perhaps doubly_ haZ -6•4l,.yrts, like that whick
I underwent Nl:ith a corrupt judge, and iii the field
with •two deternii.ned warriors, yet it was far from
being unattended with danger,. and that
might end in disgrace; for on the head 1 eoveree!,
and I L%as •always his dress companion, I was a
imnobeit character ; and ,ve !old every :hint t,;

. . • c
'i • 1
pre,1011(1 it ,ra: the vigi•.,:tnce ni magistrat,, aiiil tfke
violence of na.,i), fot the nia,,,,nty of t;,e p,,,,,d,j

ivift always have the good i;
atid goverinn;ut, not ts he I,cd
awq by every blast Uf vidu ilvv,riue;ies it issu

a to or demagogue, and will always set their
faces against any innovation to undermine 'Church

ear "trite.

" You mast know then, that my master's
rli:+ kept pate with that of the sect Ytle -followed
42.1:1 sum carted, which at the time I Went to serve
was at its highest, for it was jatannounced,
that one of their principal females, wli'mhad long
been clerk of the Hanaper to the waled passports,
a lady turned of her grand climacteric, beeline
conscious of a mysterious conception, which,
.Aviirti matured, was to prove that we had been in
Jehi.ion for sixtven hundred years and-mpwards,
,r n.l by this birth the prophesies were to be fill-
amillennium established, artelin .and Sa-
tan annihilated. iso prepare for this great event,
yreat expenses were neccssary ; the gestation in
Ivory stage of it was to be atttntlecitibE;z:lwith all
site ceremony due to the dignity of ticr'subject ;
a,:coucheatrs, from their followers, were already
norpinated, arid Joys master, whos.e pm se bled pro-
fu,,rly on this occasion, had the promise of being
appinted to the high rank of superintendant of
the candle department.
With this view of things, Iyhen such horrid
loyhemy was preached and published, and the
“-atolling part of mankind felt insulted and alarm-
<c:!, yinu will then allow there was some ground. of
14pinThension ,for the safety of my master's ears
am/ toy curls ; especially when it is known that we
joined in all their maddest public orgies, as well
o tjwii• more ritlicillOUb private gambols; which,
thought always profane, and often indecent,- my
vrtster had still the happy talent of defending and.

spit aalizing.
" !low can I ever forget, when the scene of
rt ion was transferred from their secret back-room
ineetint:s, in the obscure courts and alleys of Lon-
don to 'Salisbury plain, where, within sight of that
ancient Druidical temple of Stonehenge, on the
'summit of two or three of the loftiest of the ve-
t,crable pyramids, in &Mit of those abominable
II-el-ender: to inspiration, and a power to pry into
the womb of futurity, vented their prophetic
Tants, and shouted the glad tidings of their ex-
pected ,Shd.o, whilst the air rung with loud ho
1164!t5, nod every hat, wig, and-aji,' 'were np
th own to attest their impious joy, Ladd -the in-
sp:ted females of the order, mad as;(tlieir 'Proto-
types of old, the I'ythian priestesSq,cfiii: the fad-
Druidesses of old Mona, whiaid round the
conicerated piles, with hair lonst,'bOsottis bare,.
sod using every wild geraiculation the/huntati body
is susceptible of, vociferating awful",al*nings to
sinners, and exhortations to all to tome. in time
time to purchase passports and be sealed' for the
'New Jerusalem. So that to give a trtie-p.;cture
of this last scene, one should lwr.rOW the colours
from the glowing pallet of Tacitus.
" This spectacle, however, altogether, was
magnificent ; and,• if I may he allowed the ex-
pre6.sion, had a profane grandeur in it, cousider-
ing die immense multitude that ‘vaseallected, to-
gether with the novelty and variety of drama,
ind-ependant of the noble theatre. in which it was
exhibited, and. its august accouipanimeuts, the
stupendous remains of the Cvclopian temple of
Britain, and the primitive sepulchres of her
mighty dead.
" In short, when I joined the choral.ascent..of
hats and wigs, referred to before, 1 way be said,
to have had a taste of the true sublime, but per-
haps, as every thing is judged of by contrast, it
was only to mortify me by repeated instances of
the bathos which snceeeded, and I could not help.
feeling ; yet, as an after-piece, wherein farce is
the principal ingredient, the scene I shall soon
treat my readers with, as a specimen of a thou-
sand still more ridiculous, may not be unamus-
ing, though probably thought derogatory to my
rank.

" My master's purse and pen being the main
pillars of this execrable imposture, -every thing
was done to gratify his pride, flatter:liis vanity,
foment his passions, and, by every 'Sfratigetn that
could be devised, to increase his nianizi. He was
the only one of the male believers who had the
privilege of being admitted into the pehetralia of
the sorariam, a choir of twelve supposed virgins,
who were cloistered as banthuaids to the miracu-
lously impregnated sister, and were visited week-
ly by the heads of the brotherhood,:;s4o came to
leven this mass of the initiateds e.,;ansing at last
snob an extraordinary ferment, as..sbewed itself
in wonberless scenes attributed workings
of the same spirit that the supposed.. parturient
lady was actuated by, and which were often
plieyed; my master and me being always of the
dramatis personx. Weekly, on the same night.
that the mysterious conception was said to haVe
been felt, the folloWing most unaccountable in-
terlude was acted. The twelve virsins, calling
themselves on that occasion, the Society for the
?'oppression. of Vee and Piomotion of Prophecy,
A't!iled, and habited in the true Flentish costume
of that day, with their petticoats stretchet4 out
by circular hoops, that made them look for all
the world, from the waist down, like a churn witlt
the bottom out, placed my master, who was little,
crooked, and short, squat on his hams, like
li-er on his shop-board; his bandy legs fitting in
other like the notched ends of a wooden
hoop ; for I must tell you that there was no do-
iag without my master, who was thertilike the
in a bowling-green, no play'without him.
" The virgins then, one-after the other, Wiping
it) a kind of trot, when itf'pAssing hint, as soon
th.;:y felt his little body in contact, to sink
theisrires into that old fashioned circular cur-
jesrv, called the Cheshire cheese ; then, in re-
suuong the strait paSition, to endeavour to pluck
me from my seat, which I have known them take
t%,.-n rounds before they could vecollipliSh ; but
wnett done, the virgin that saceeedetliin the rape
tl,apneared with me, in order thatriche pregnant
st,ter, front ~vhout all spiritual gitrcirete believed
to efillnate, might breathe upon me, and I might
be i'llirtted thus endow, d.
In the meantime, after I was carried off, the
next v.irgln in rotation Was to cover my bareheaded
*a seer with her veil, as with an extinguisher, and
coutinued this incubation till I was replaced, a
ceremony that took up about six mitintes.,
" My master. Was no sooner releVictl from this
.and Its head covered, thittrytitro .of the
virg puttiag their hands :terns; `Chilled the,
; r 77-..• •

corntr of the roont,—a very Dan copy 0 tle an-
cient tripod, on which he was placed, whilst half
the chois, making a semicircle full in front of him,
with a kind of animal magnetism, consisting of
various antic gestures and contortions Of tacc,
kept treating him, as it was called; till, by the
forte 4of imagination, operating on a visionary
mind, my master gave symptoms of feelitig the
influence of his bead and tail piece, his periwig
above, and the mystic tripod below appearing as
if roused from a torpor and uttering strange inco-
herences, but held to be profoundly oracular, and
therefore immediately chronicled in a book kept
for that purpose.
" Ani whether it was front the violent agita-
tions of my mister's brain, which during the tripod
rites seemed to foment like a beer-barrel, I know
not, but I. felt an unusual sensation in my hairy
frame ; yet to this I may probably owe my gift of
tongues.

" Though my master appeared to countenance
and acquiesce in this mummery, I still wish to
vindicate him from the imputation of folly, if not-
profaneness, in being so besotted as -to become a
dupe to such a flimsy imposture ; not but whit
think him the more criminal, with his great talents,
against conviction, to sanction doctrines that so.
glaringly militated against religion' and common
sense. No—if he was a dupe at all, it was to his
own passions ;. and to indulge them without sus-
picion, he made a sacrifice of his fortune and his
understanding.
" I 'have- already mentioned that the. Baronet
was much addicted to gallantry, wnich is proved
by an axiom of my ingenious friend .conrudo
Schenkius, in his learned treatise on the pineal
gland. For he there says, . that all men are
more or less so, as they approach, or depart
from, the straight line., Now my master, came
as near to this standard as a cork-screw ; -the
deduction therefore is
_obvious ; and I often re-.
member accompanying him on visits, which seem
prompted more by the flesh than. the spirit, when
at night, deserting the grand old tumbril family
coach, bedaubed, with heraldry, we used to take
a hackney to ses us down- at the entrance into
Baldwins Rents, Gray's Inn-lane, wrapped in a
long cloak like Guy Faux,. which clouded my
honours and disguised his remarkable pet soot.
" These .visits were to one of the inspired
sisterhood, a. buxom Flanderskin, rather Dutch
built, but of the then. fashionable standard, fat,
fair, and forty, with fire enough left to ignite a
much older Mao, and much less 'combustible than.
my master.
" NVe were no sooner entered than an initia-
tion cereumay was to taka place, and which I re-
collect the lady „called casting of the old man—a
ceremony that, by being often repeated, was a
great drain ma my mpter's substance every way,
and served to dabase file much in -my own esti-
mation. The -ceremony was briefly this
master was obliged to subulit to a change in his
dress, for that. of it matronly female, with hood
and pinners, and a.: veil over the whole; so that,
during this eclipse of the Baronet, I was igno-
miniously stuffed under the cushion of the lady's.
chair, or any where, so I was'notin sight, lest
any of the more prudish believers should happen
breok in."
* * * * * it- •

Alicr a kw althci- remkrks, which are not lie.:
cessary to the connection of the narrative, the
history proceeds

. " But befOre the expiratiojs of, the eighth
ruorttb the bubble burst, and a sudden termina-
tion was put to this farce, as well as t• the whole
drama. it made a part of, for the vehicle of the
expected Shiloh, the inflated lady, died, to the no
small disappointment, and mortification of the.duped
believers, as did my master very soon after, she of
a'tympany wind, and he of water on the brain,;
circumstance that fortunately rescued him and her
from the ignominy of the cart's tail, or acting that
pitiful part, as strikingly characterised by the vul-
gar slang, the babes in the wood, the fate of many
of the deluding and deluded."
4+ I cannot forbear remarking how much this imposture, in
its main points, seems to resemble that so recent in our me-
works, which was practised within a century after by the
late impious fanatic Johanna!' Southcote. In the former, in-
deed, the dramatis personae. were more numerous, but in the
latter,. Mrs. Soutlicote was a hoste herself. I could bare
wished that the parallel had held in every particular, and that
I could have complimented the Civil Power for its activity and
vigilance in the latter as in the former case, hut here the re-
semblance fails. 1 know it is a twaxim with law as ,•ell as
government, de minimis non curare, which may he, and too
often is, carried to a greater length than can be justified; and
to such a length, I am hold to say, in the cause of our holy re-
ligion, it was earried,_by the supineness shewn on the publi-
cation of Johannales pamphlet, this time last year, which
teemed with such outrageous blasphemy as, I may venture to
say, never before disgraced the press.

SOCIETY OF ARTS, &c.

SOCIETY FOR THE ENCoURAGYEMENT OF ARTS,

MANITWACTURES, AND COMNIELCZ.

The Members of this Institution have opened
the Session with more than usual eclat. The
premises (which had long stood in need of it)
have undergone a. most perfect repair. The alter-
ation of the. sky-light in the.Greutlicuatu4s.alt
evident improvement, and adds considerably ro
-its beauty ; and Barry's series of paintings, by
proper cleaning; are rendered•utOrt brilliant than
ever they appeared before. Among, the Liven-
. tions, &c. already sent in, are, :Modiels of a
thod to prevent-the moil -heiug *disturbed in cis-
terns ; a telegraph ; u plan to secure the outside
passengers of stage coaches from the weather;, an
'. anti-plunger ; a model to prevent. bullet shots
taking effect ; a watch escapement ; a fire escape;
a door lock ; a whale harpoon ; taoclets of a mill;
• a boot tree ; a clamp for the'use of bent and liar-
, tress makers; au expeditious navigator; a ball
probang for horses; and a machine for ventila-
-tion :—which are at this time under the ineesti-
.gation of the Committee of Mechanics—ft Com-
mittee composed of men perhaps of the first talent
. in the branch ot. nutthematical-Science-which the.
country at this time can boast. Various-et:intim'.
nications have also been received on. improvements
in Agriculture, which will forthwith :be cortsi.;...
tiered. We were happy to see the Society so Welt
attended yesterday evening. Notwithstantlingthe.
many public Establishments which have emanated
front. this; it was-a proud satisfaction to witness
the Parent Institutive so uutritroudy and respec-
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