Moore, the once famous as...
The Times, 1824-12-11T00:00:00

Moore, the once famous astrologist, the worthy successor of Lily and Partridge, has of late Years terribly lost his reputation among farmers and vllRge.politieians: harvests were spoiled in spite of his predictions of fair weather; and Kings and Emperors were deposed or died; and XMoore " had made no sign." Another certain symptom of decline was, a facility and flow in the qluatrains which decorated the top of each page: prophetical verse, from Lycophron downwards, has always had the privilege and distinction of being mysterious and crabbed-a distinction formerly strictly maintained by Francis Moore: but Oh ! disgrace to his art, he has latterly been as easy and simple as the posy of a ring. No won(ler, then, his fame has sunk: if hie had been erroneous and unintelligible, or correct and intelligi- ble, he might have pone on: but to fill his pages with pro- phecies, at once false, and easy to be understood, was de- grading the digrtity of astrology to the level of cow-bovs land cinder-wvenches, and has merited the fall which has accrued to him. He is, however, mnaking one desperate effort to recover -his ground; *and with ail adroitnesss not unworthy the tribe to wlhich he belongs, has applied himself to the gentler and more believing sex. We subjoin one in- stance of the kcind of battery with which he aims at ladies' hearts, antd through themt at their purses, and through them to the increased ciyculation of his declining almanack:- ' To the Ladies.-Prediction for the year .isuing.-I flatter my- self that the ladies will not ba displeased at my infonning them, that Venus will be the prevailing planet in the spring and summer nm.onths; whioh circumstance ii calculated to occusion no small num- her of marriages; saFd even Sne 'adies who are not reokoned on the list, because their charms were on the decline, may have occasion to remember, with plcasure, the results of the year 1825. Such is the 70ice of the stats." Mai. H AYaE.-A fortnight since we copied a paragraph from the Jo?hm BzuUnewspaper, in which it was stated, that "M Mr. Mayne had paid his addresses tQ the three daughters of a Colonel ?i. consiecutively; that he was actually accepted by two of thCm, and promised a friend a large present if he would bring about his mar. riage with the third." At the time we inserted this statement, we thought it attached rather too much consequence to Mr. Hayne; and, for the smkeef theladies alluded to, we are happy to say that the principal part of it is Incorrect. It is true that fir. h7ayne did pay his atldressesto each of the three daughters of a gallant Colonel;. but that he was accepted by eithcr4 is enti'rely out of the question). The elder of these young ladies first attracte i attio, but she would not for a moment listen to hits, and he was rejected sans cc- ,'emonie. Ile now lavlshed the most assiduous attentions on the se- cotid and when he fancied lie had secured her affectons, he had the hardihood to nmke overtures to the third; but wvho, instead of " ac- cepting him," actually laughed at him. The gallunt Colonel treated him with " silent contempt," and he was forbad ever entering the house again.-Devizes Gazette. BA2tRETT AND HODSA.LL V. COLLIT.S.-'We are desi*ed to state that the defendant In this cause, which was reported in our journal of yesterday, is not Air. Collins of Spital-square. A singular instance ofitaprisonment wasbrought to light by the Society tbr relieving smaUl Debtors. A well-behaved, womar. had been imprisoned for some trifling sumn. When the creditor was spoken with on the subject,,he expressed his astonishmlent at her being in prison, as-he had gtven his consent to her liberation on the day-after she was taken into custody. On fiurther inquiry, it ap peared that the- daughter of the poer womnan bad intercepted the order for her getting oue7 and had for eight months paid the gaol al~tisent.. Thise unnaturl conduct proceeded from the girl'silesirc to be freed fim thsc restraint which her rr other's wreseslcc would -have laid pnher vicc&-G er (/ironzlct