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a " A few days ago, while an ostler at the Bull Inn, Thomas-street,
Bristol, was dressing a gentleman's horse, the animal took a fancy to
his nose, bit it off, and actually eat it up 1 The man is now at the
Infirmary, where the wound will, of course, be cured."—Morriftsg
Herald, 7th Aug. 1812.

tissong has merited the honour of translation into the Welsh
language, and with a fidelity truly wonderful: take, u a specimen, the
very title, A hyd y nos. The air to it, now become popular ln England,
was composed by the celebrated harpist, Llewllyo Lloyd ap Dhwddlih.

PRICE 71).

"and this parcel contains the huge roll of parchment by which, doubt-
less, authors arc invested with the freedom of the theatre." Lo !it was
my tragedy itself ! A note, of which the following is a copy, accom.
ponied it

" T. R. D. L.

"Su*,—l am desired by the Managers to thank you for the honour
of the preference ; but they are of opinion that the performance of your
Tragedy, called " Sanguino, or the Blood-stained Murderer, would not
serve the interests of this theatre.--I am, Sir, &c. &c."
I was neither mortified nor much astonished at this, knowing, as I
did, through newspaper report, that the dramatic patronage of that
theatre was engrossed by three or four writers of little ability, by whose
intrigues superior genius was excluded from even a chance of appearing
before the public. I looked carefully through ithe pogo; of my
manuscript, naturally expecting to find an abundance of marginal
notes, pointing out where my play was defective, and by what means
it might be improved. Will it be believed ? not a pencil-scratch was
to be found from one end to the other ! " Well," again thought I,
" they should not have my play now, were they to offer me a thou tand
pounds for it ; and to put it beyond my power to abate one jot from thit
resolution—for. doubtless, to-morrow's post will bring me a repenting
letter from them—l will send it, by this night's coach, to Cover t.
Garden." I did so.

A few weeks elapsed, and a packet was delivered to me. The seal
bore the welcome letters, T. R. C. G. " Here is my play," I ex.
claimed, "sent down for revision, previously to its being put into re-
hearsal." I opened a small note, which was tucked between the fast
and second leaves, and read—

“ T. IL C. G.

"13111,—1 am desired by the Managers to thank you for the honour
of the preference ; but they are of opinion that the performance of your
Tragedy, called "Sanguine, or the Blood-stained Murderer," would
not serve the interests of this theatre.—l am, Sir, &c. &c."

A FEW WORDS ON CHINA.
" But in his way lights on the barren plains
Of Serleana, where CIIINESES drive
With sails and wind their cany waggons light."
btiLvoir " Paradise Lost," iiL 437.

I. known to the Greeks 2000 years ago.—Such is the opinion of
Dr. HAGER (see his " Description des Medellin Chinoises," fic.) and
that the object of the latter's long and perilous journey, was those vases
of enormous price, called murrhina by the ancients, and which were
first introduced at Rome by Pompey, in his triumph over Alithridates.
11. The Roman V and X borrowed from the Chinese.—Dr. Hager
uses many learned arguments to prove that the Romans botrowed from
the Chinese their numerical characters V and X, as they are found in the
Chow King, a work composed above 1,000 years before Cultist, and
250 before the building of Rome.
111. Their mousy.—Dr. Hager is inclined to believe that doe eon.
stunted the tiring money of the ancient Chinese. Paper money was
not introduced into China till about A.D. 1155,

IV. Ranks in China distinguished by their buttons.—" Mandarins
of all buttons were in waiting, several Princes of the blood, distinguished
by clear ruby-buttons."—ELLta's Journal of Lord Amherst's Embassy
to China, 177.

V. Number of words in their language.—The generally received
opinion, that the characters in the Chinese language are more numerous
than the words in other languages, is very erroneous. Mr. blaltallaX
(see his valuable' Dissertation on the Characters and Sounds of the
Chinese Language") took the trouble to ascirtain by a careful estimate,
the number of characters contained in Kaung Shee's dictionary, and he
found them not to exceed 35,000, many of which were synonims.
TODD'S Johnson contains 58,000 words, and WHISTLR'S English
Dictionary not leas than 70,000 !
VI. To praise the Emperor's Ministers a crime.—" If any officer
belonging to any of the departments of Government, or any private in-
dividual, should address the Emperor in praise of the virtues, abilities,
or successful administration, of any of his 3lajesty's confidential mini,.
ten of state—the offending party shall suffer death, by being beheaded,
after remaining in prison the usual time. His wives and children shall
become slaves' and his property shall be conliscated."— The Penal Code
of China, by Sir Robert Staunton, C.
VII. The Government Post.—From the above work we learn that
the rate of travelling with the Government despatches is not much less
than 100 miles per day.
VIII. China Ink.snakers.—lnk-making is considered a very res-
pectable employment in China ; it is even ranked among the liberal
arta, on account of its utility to the sciences. In a city famous for the
finest ink, the ink-makers have several small apartments illuminated
night and day.

IX. Lawyers ix China.—No attornies are authorised by law in
Chins ; that self constituted, are thus defined and described by a
Chinese classic writer:—" Villainous and perverse vagabonds, who
are fond of making a stir, and who, either by fraudulent and crafty
schemes, excite discord; or by disorderly and illegal proceedings, inti-
midate and impose upon people I"

X. Napoleon worshipped by the Chinese.—An English missionary
in Java states, that in the village of Bintenzorg, in the vicinity of Ba.
tavia, where there is a colony of 2,000 Chinese, he found in one of their
houses an European picture of Bonaparte, in a gilt frame, to which the
people offer incense, and pay their morning and evening vows.
Xl. flair dieelliags.—ln all China the houses are built upon the
ground ; 1. e. without any cellar under them. The apartments are
paved with flat, square bricks—a thing very agreeable in warm weather,
but very little suitable to the severe season of the year. To defend them
from the piercing cold which they experience in the northern parts of
the empire, the Chinese have devised subterraneous furnaces in every
direction, under the bricks of the floors, and under a kind of platforms
on which the Chinese sleep. p They even pass through the walls, which
divide the different rooms, so that the heat diffused by the tubes pro.
duces in the apartments the temperature desired. The fire is kept up
night and day in the outer stove or furnace, without the smallest danger
to the buildings, because a coat of bricks closely tontines that destruc.
the element, and opposes its disastrous effects.—See VAN Daau's
Account of the Dutch Embassy to China in 1794 and 5.

XII. Their Nankeen.—The stuff called nankeen is made of a
brown kind of cotton, which it teems can only be grown in the province
of Kiang.nam. The colour of nankeen is natural, and not subject to
fade. The white nankeen Is of the same quality, and is made of white
cotton as good as the brown, and which also grows in Kiang-nal:l.-
14X BRAM.

XIII. Rise.—The quantity of rice annually imported Into Pekin is I
truly astonishing. Van Bram was assured that the Emperor kept for
that purpose 9,999 vessels, each capable of carrying 100,000 weight of
rice. By these means, more than 750 millions of pounds (French) ofi
that grain were annually brought to Pekin. The bones of animals are
burnt, and used as manure for the rice fields, which renders them very
fertile.

XIV. Their Saints.—ln a celebrated Chinese convent and temple,
Van Bram saw 500 images of saints, nearly as large as life. The Em-
peror Kien Long, th nigh then living, and on the throne, was already
included in the number.
XV. Statistics of the Empire. There ate 185 rapitala, and the
taxes and duties amount annually to about 131 millions ; 1,912,000
tons of corn and rice are also deducted for the subsistence of the troops
The civil service costa only le million, and the military upwards of eight
millions sterling. Eight millions are al:owed for the keeping in repair
of the Yellow River, and two millions tur the gardens of Yuen-Ming.
The revenue of the state, in money and produce, is estimated at 30 mil-
lions. According to the. latest census, China contains 148 millions.—
The army forms an enormous mass of 1,263,000 men.

XVI. Brutal modsofpuniahnteat.—ter. &An in his Journal qf a
late Einlbassy to China, mentions having witnessed the infliction of a
peculiar mode of punishment, by slapping the face of the culprit with
a short piece of hide, half an inch thick. The hair was twisted on
the hand of the executioner, until the eyes appeared to be almost start-
ing from their sockets, and the blows were applied to the cheeks, which
in this state of distension, must necessarily create extreme pain ; the
crime which the criminal had committed, was robbing the baggage-
boats.

XVII. The great wall.—Thta wall, which hu been now in exist-
ence upward ut sixtsen centuries, is thus described by TINILOWIMI 1

XIX. Chinese ipleurian —Dogs are fa.ttd and eaten in Chira as
a delicious food, and are always found at the tables of the great. Hord..
flesh, rats, and mice, are standard articles of fond, and sold public!) st
the butchers ; a fact which reflects credit on the taste and good sense
the Chinese, for there are not more cleanly animals than t 10/ie existing.
Birds' nests are another article of food ; but neith, r mud .r sticks e...
ter into their composition. The nests are found in the 'treks along the
coasts of Tonquini &c. and are built by birds resemb'ing the swahow.
They arc constructed, as is supposed, of a small species of sea.tish. ce-
mented by a glutinous matter exuding from the bird i'self; and wtt.n
fully formed, resemble the rind of a large candied citron. Bears' pass
form another favorite dish. T!..y are rolled in pepper and nutmeg. and
dried in the sun. When auont to be dressed, they are soaked in rice-
water to make them soft, and titen_boiled in the gravy of a kid, and se...
coned with various spices.
XX. Chines* marriage ceremonies.—See No. 165 of the Asia:to
Journal for every information on the above very interesting subject.
XXI. Chinese Geography.—Till very lately, the Chinese, in their
maps of the earth, set down the Celestial Empire in the middle of a
large square, and dotted round it the other kingdoms of the world, sup.
posed to be 72 in number, assigning to the latter ridiculous or con-
temptuous names. One of these, for example, was Siao.gin-que. or
the Kingdom of Dwarfs, whose inhabitants they imagined to be so small
as to be under the necessity of tying themselves together in bunched, to
prevent their king carried away by the kites. _ _

J. J. IV