Delaware State journal, advertiser and star. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1832-1833, 1833-08-23

sOut, out, alas pin fated gas,
That shin'st round Covent garden,
Thy ray how Fat, compared to that,
From eye of Mrs. Mardyn /"
And so on. The reader has, no doubt,
already discovered switch is the justice
and which is the thief" Byron at that
time wore narrow cravat of white sar-
snet with the shirt collar falling over it;
black coat and waistcoat, and very
broad white trowsers, to hide his lame
foot--these were of Russia duck in the
morning, and jean in the evening. His
watch chain had a number of small gold
seals appending to it. and was Topped up
to button i'll his waistcoat. His face
was void of color; he wore no whiskers.
His eyes were gray, and fringed with
long black lashes; and his air was
imposing, but rather supercilious. He
undervalued David Hume; denying his
claim to genius on account of his bulk,
and calling him, from the heroic cpistle
"The latest hog in Epicurus' sty."
One Of his allegations was, that "fat is
an oily dropsy." To stave off its vista
ton he frequently chewed tobacco in lieu
ii dinner, alleging that it destroyed the
gastric juice of the stomach, and pre-
vented hunger. 'Pass your hand down
my side," said his lordship to the writer
scan you count my ribs?" "Every one
Of them" 81 am delighted to hear you
say so. called last week on Lady;
'Ah, Lord Byron, said she show fat you
grow" But you know Lady is fond
ofsaying spiteful ,hings!" Let this Cos
sip be summed up with the words of
Lord Chesterfield, in his character Of
Bolingbroke:-Upon the whole, on "a sur
vey of Il is extraordinary character, what
can we say but, s'Alas, poor, human ma
ture!" His favorite Popes description
of man is applicable to Byron individu-
ally:
"Chaos of thought and passion all confused,
Still by himself abused or disabused;
| Created part to rise and part to fall,
Great lord of all things, yet slave to all;
Sole Judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd--
The glory, jest, and riddle of the world"
The writer never heard him allude to
his deformed foot except upon one occa
s;.-, --.l.--- o-..-:---.L- vur,, zu
iI1tuiy lane, he found Lord Byron alone.
, the youger Byrne and Miss Smith the
dancer having just left him, after an AN
cry conference about pas seul, Glad
you been here moment sooner" sale
Lord b. "you would have heard ques
ton about dancing referred to me;-
me! Cooking mournfully downward,
whom fate from my birth has prohibited
from taking single step.--Ne,c Edition
of Rejected addresses.
The Metropolitan Magazine introduces tt
us the following new character i'll the excel
lent story of ''Peter Simple"
THE LYING CAPTAIN,
Captain Kearnes certainly dealt in TIL
marvellous to admiration, and really told hi
stories with such earnestness, that actual
bell eyed that he thought he was telling tn
truth. Never was there such an instance q
conhrmered habit. Telling story of a cut
ting out expedition he said, "The French CAP
tain would have fallen by my hand, but jus
as levelled my musket, a ball came, and Gu
off the COZ k of the lock as clean as if it wa
done with knife, very remarkable instance
observed he.
"Not equalto what occurred in ship wa
in" replied the first lieutenant, "when til
second lieutenant was grazedby grape sho
= which cut off one of his whiskers, and TUT
ing round his head to ascertain what was tn
az matter, another grape shot came and took o
the other. Now that's what l call a clos
u. shave"
~ Eyes" replied Captain Kearney, ever
an close indeed, if it were true; but you execu
w me, Mr.. Phllott. but you sometimes tie
e, strange Stories do not mind it myself, b.
II. the example is not good to my young relai,
in here, Mr.. Simple.
," ..Captain Kearney," replied the first lieut.
20 nant laughing very immoderately, do u
IS: know what the pot called the kettle?"
nv "No, sir l do not" retorted the capital
e- With offended dignity, "Mr. Simple will y
Cd take glass of wine?"
=. l thought that this little brouiller
nd would have checked the captain; 1t d
-. Sc, but only fora few minutes. when
- again commenced. The first lieutena
81 observed that it would be necessary
W let water into the ship every morni,
rs and pump il out, to avoid the smell
~ the bilpe water. "There are worse smel
n than biige water" replied the captain
w. ,a .sWhat do you think Of d whole ship
;S company being nearly poisoned with ,
- to oil roses? Yet that occurred to i
~. when in the mediterranean. mean
,.L SMYRNA, looking out for French shi
49,, that was to sail to France, with pas
on board, as an ambassador-l kne
she would be good prize, and W
looking sharp oat, when oae morni
we discovered her on the lee bow. Y
made all sail, but she walked away fro
us, bearing gradually till we were be
before the wind and at night lost sight
her. AS knew she was bound 10 Nj
settles, made all sail to fall in with /
again. The wind was light and var
bic; but FIVE days afterwards, as | laid