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London, England, 1824-03-01 00:00:00

Flow to be rid of a and The / Ili of Anew/ale:
Oki by Rizabeth nhella th.ce; Authith.of Lelte's
froth the Nortl/4 11414:ads, 4-c. 2 Vols. 12mo.
These vol.imes, though they will not serve to raise
the fair author to a ranch higher station than she before
po.sessed among tl.e ten-elle wiiters of the day, will
not in any way burz her
The first story p:ole.se, to be founded on a well
known fact. A Dake of lielnion buys an interesting
female horn a brutal lensband for twenty guineas.
LThis we cone-.s wits nut our palate]. He however
sends her to St. Omer's to be educated, and, after the
death of her huslland, eventually marries her:- This
Story is i Jerspersed With various amusing domestic
iketche,. —not we like still better the.secon_d
" Lily of A :niandale," a romantic tale, which is
iiippo,e..l to have lwypene.l during the ieign of the nn-
ftrttinate Mary, Q.teen of Scots, on the borders of Scot-
land. It is founded on the ballad of Kirconnel
imaginative and pathetic, and of a much higher cast
than its associate tale.
The Outcasts,. a Itomance. Translated front the Ger-
:nattily George 'Soaves. -V Vols. I2rno. .
The Baroness de la. Motte Fouque is the Author of the
German original, and has evidently taken for heimodel
-the Scotch Novels; and for her subject too she has ap-
plied to our English History. To expect anything like
• a' perfect itottrtute from the pen of one brought up in
such a co, nip; school, respecting taste,
.as the German,
would.he fAly; but her very attempt to infuse • into
Northern literature a portion of health. • ana to teach
the German Romaincers (as' remarked by her trail's-
later) to substitute InstoriC character and sound th:nking
for the cant of msstvisin and sentiment," is certainly
deserving of praise.
She commences her story with that eventful period'
when the expected death of Edward. VI. had created
much alarm respecting the succession. The Claimants;
to the throne were Mary, Elizabeth, and the Lady Jane
Grey. Each of there was the leader or the instrument
of a party, and concentred in themselves the hopes,
agitations, and fears of nearly the whole kingdom.
On the death of Edward every effort is made to in-.
duce the reluctant Lady Jane to permit herself to be
p.roclain.;%l Queen by the Northumberland party. The
Proclamation is unavailing. The l)oke of Nothurn-
bet land is defeated by the adherents of Mary; and after
a year the. accomplished Lady Jane herself is sent to
the scaffold. _ _ _

The bloody- persecuting reign of Mary causes much.
misery to England, and many are forced to 'seek safety'
iw flight. Among these are the Duchess of Suffolk and:
her husband, Sir Richard Bertie, both of whom' had
turned to the Protestant faith. They betake themselves
to Flanders. In her journey, the Duchess Meets with
an interesting and deserted female infant-, which she as-
sumes under her own protection. 'This orphan, it after-
wards appears, is the child of Lady Jane Grey. To the
mean time these outcaAs are cot trained to fly from
town to town for salt ty (such is the effect of religious
bigotry), till at length they find an aiyrum in the Court
of Sigi4nund Augustus of Polaud: But we-must .be
brief. Daring the succeeding reign
.of Elizabeth they'
return to their native country.
Oa the whole, the Baroness.has contrived to wolk up'
her stoi y with some degree of skill, and to throw over
the vhoie a degree of interest which we should hardly
hare expected.

Edited by

The Mcmoirs of J. Deca.ltro, Comedian. .
11qmpleregs. 8 vo.
Our Readers be sal itied that this is an amusing
volume, by the following lively anecdotes, selected from
many others :

LORD MANAILLD AND JOSEPH JACOBS,' NICKNANIED
JOE WANT NIONEV.
" During the time the above able lawyer presiied as
Chief Justice of the King's Wench, this sameioseph Jacobs
was in the constant habit of justifying bail for consider.;
able sums before hint; and one day, when he went up
to justify for a very heavy sum, he was.oppmed by Ser.
katit Davy, who Inid a mortal hatred to him, and clues-
tumi'd him as usutl about his property; brit Joe was
dressed according to the costume of that time, and eo:!
vexe- all over with gold lace,; upon which Lord Mans*.
field archly replied, • Oil! take !aim, he'll burn torthe moa
they: At another time, Serjermt Davy was again opposed,
tolhiai, and Joe 'coming to the knowledge that there was.
a bill of the Setjeal.es lying over due in Cornhill, took
it up, and when the Counsel, as he thought, was cut'
tiag Joe up without mercy, upon his being asked--
• Where is your property, Joe?' he ru2sweretl, Itraty
pocket; for he had been previously fuiui• bed with the,
amount be was to bail for in notes, with the exception.
of the Serjeant's bIll; and adds, here si.e are in notes in
part; and if you %ill just take up slat bill (banding it
to tlar litejeant) yid; is so In over due, it vill make up
de unapt,},.' A loud ittuAh ensued, and his bail tvastakens,
• OLD GRIMALDI AND. NO POPERY.
• "In the year 1780,' daring the • riots nil Ilondon,. it
was a common practice to 'write in chalk on the !street-
doors and shutters of the houses, ANO Popery. Gri:
tnaldi seeing it, went into the' sweets and says, Vat is
all dis about ?'—when he was informed that he must
write on the outside cf his house, •• No Popery upon
which he immediately goes in the front, (as we suppose
to steer clear (.1 all orties) and writes up,' No religion
at alt lute,' which uas so good-naturedly read by the
rimers, th at he and his pre nr meg wer e passed unmolested:'

TOM WESTON.
a When the Bristol Theatre was under the manage-
ment of Messrs. Holland and Powell, Mr. Weston ap.
plied for .an engagement, and was readily accepted. He
had ma performed many times before he was attacked
by a-violent fever, eccasioned by his irregularity and
excesses. The faculty deemed him irrecoverable; and
declined farther prescriptions; but Tom possessed a pe.
collar kind of sarcastic philosophy, which induced him
to had•danger in contempt rather than any measures
to avert it ; to that he was continually jesting on his
own infrmities, and tihculing his friends on their anxiety
Pr his recovery. Several of his brother actors paid him
visit one morning, and .formally took leave of him, as
it*, supposed, fur the last time; and Weston, obseay.
lug an unusual solemnity in their manlier,' nsisted on
knowing the cause, which he 'had nb sOnnerlearnt, than
CsAledior per!, ink, and paper, and wrote the fol.
ioSitiog kittes :
Here lie the bones of Thomas Weston,
Who all his life was made a j‘..it on:
Please tir refused so pay his club,
But still ass Abought a inight.y Scrub.'

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