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THOMAS, CANTERBURY.</h2> + + <p class="figure"><a href="images/268-1.png"><img width="100%" src= + "images/268-1.png" alt="" /></a></p> + + <p>The subject of the above engraving claims the attention of the + antiquarian researcher, not as the lofty sculptured mansion of our monastic + progenitors, or the towering castle of the feudatory baton, for never has + the voice of boisterous revelry, or the tones of the solemn organ, echoed + along its vaulted roof; a humbler but not less interesting trait marks its + history. It was here that the zealous pilgrim, strong in bigot faith, rested + his weary limbs, when the inspiring name of Becket led him from the rustic + simplicity of his native home, to view the spot where Becket fell, and to + murmur his pious supplication at the shrine of the murdered Saint; how often + has his toil-worn frame been sheltered beneath that hospitable roof; + imagination can even portray him entering the area of yon pointed arch, + leaning on his slender staff—perhaps some wanderer from a foreign + land.</p> + + <p>The hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr of Eastbridge, is situated on the + King's-bridge, in the hundred of Westgate, Canterbury, and was built by + Becket, but for what purpose is unknown. However, after the assassination of + its founder, the resort of individuals being constant to his shrine, the + building was used for the lodgment of the pilgrims. For many years no + especial statutes were enacted, nor any definite rules laid down for the + treatment of pilgrims, till the see devolved to the jurisdiction of + Stratford, who, in 15th Edward III. drew up certain ordinances, as also a + code of regulations expressly to be acted on; he appointed a master in + priest's orders, under whose guidance a secular chaplain officiated; it was + also observed that every pilgrim in health should have but one night's + lodging to the cost of fourpence; that applicants weak and infirm were to be + preferred to those of sounder constitutions, and that women "upwards of + forty" should attend to the bedding, and administer medicines to the + sick.</p> + + <p>This institution survived the general suppression of monasteries and + buildings of its cast, during the reigns of Henry VIII. and the sixth + Edward; and after alternately grading from the possession of private + families to that of brothers belonging to the establishment, it was at last + finally appropriated to the instruction of the rising generation, whose + parents <span class="pagenum"><a id="page98" name="page98"></a>[pg + 98]</span> are exempt from giving any gratuity to the preceptor of their + children.</p> + + <p>Its present appearance is ancient, but not possessing any of those magic + features which render the mansions of our majores so grand and magnificently + solemn; a hall and chapel of imposing neatness and simplicity are still in + good condition, but several of the apartments are dilapidated in part, + and during a wet season admit the aqueous fluid through the chinks and + fissures of their venerable walls.</p> + + <p>SAGITTARIUS.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>THE LECTURER.</h2> + <hr /> + + <h3>MINOR AFFECTIONS OF THE BRAIN.</h3> + + <p>Pain <i>in the head</i> may arise from very different causes, and is + variously seated. It has had a number of different appellations bestowed + upon it, according to its particular character. I need not observe that + headach is a general attendant of all inflammatory states of the brain, + whether in the form of <i>phrenitis, hydrocephalus acutus</i>, or + <i>idiopathic fever;</i> though with some exceptions in regard to all of + them, as I before showed you. It is often also said to be a symptom of other + diseases, of parts remotely situated; as of the <i>stomach</i>, more + especially; whence the term <i>sick headach</i>, the stomach being supposed + to be the part first or principally affected, and the headach symptomatic of + this. I am confident, however, that in a majority of instances the reverse + is the case, the affection of the head being the cause of the disorder of + the stomach. It is no proof to the contrary, that <i>vomiting</i> often + relieves the headach, for vomiting is capable of relieving a great number of + other diseases, as well as those of the brain, upon the principle of + <i>counter-irritation</i>. The stomach may be disordered by nauseating + medicines, up to the degree of full vomiting, without any headach taking + place; but the brain hardly ever suffers, either from injury or disease, + without the stomach having its functions impaired, or in a greater or less + degree disturbed: thus a blow on the head immediately produces vomiting; + and, at the outset of various inflammatory affections of the brain, as + <i>fever</i> and <i>hydrocephalus</i>, nausea and vomiting are almost + never-failing symptoms. It is not denied, that <i>headach</i> may be + produced through the medium of the stomach; but seldom, unless there is + previously disease in the head, or at least a strong predisposition to it. + In persons habitually subject to headach, the arteries of the brain become + so irritable, that the slightest cause of disturbance, either <i>mental</i> + or <i>bodily</i>, will suffice to bring on a paroxysm.</p> + + <p>The <i>occasional</i> or <i>exciting causes of headach</i>, then, are + principally these:—</p> + + <ol> + <li><i>Emotions of mind</i>, as fear, terror, and agitation of spirits; + yet these will sometimes take off headach when present at the time.</li> + + <li>Whatever either increases or disorders the general circulation, and + especially all causes that increase the action of the cerebral arteries, + or, as it is usually though improperly expressed, which occasion a + determination of blood to the head. Of the former kind are violent + exercise, and external heat applied to the surface generally, as by a + heated atmosphere or the <i>hot bath</i>; of the latter, the direct + application of heat to the head; falls or blows, occasioning a shock to + the brain; stooping; intense thinking; intoxicating drinks, and other + narcotic substances. These last, however, as well as <i>mental + emotions</i>, often relieve a paroxysm of headach, though they favour its + return afterwards.</li> + + <li>A disordered state of the stomach, of which a vomiting of <i>bile</i> + may be one symptom, is also to be ranked among the <i>occasional + causes</i> of <i>headach</i>.</li> + </ol> + + <p>These <i>occasional causes</i> do not in general produce their effect, + unless where a <i>predisposition</i> to the disease exists. This + predisposition is often hereditary, or it may be acquired by long-protracted + study and habits of intoxication.—<i>Dr. Clutterbuck's Lectures on the + Diseases of the Nervous System</i>.</p> + + <h3>HYDROPHOBIA.</h3> + + <p>There is no cure for this disease when once the symptoms show themselves. + A variety of remedies have from time to time been advertised by quacks. The + "Ormskirk Medicine," at one time, was much in vogue; it had its day, but it + did not cure the disease, nor, as far as I know, did it mitigate any of its + symptoms. With regard to the affection of the mind itself in this disease, + it does not appear that the patients are deprived of reason; some have + merely, by the dint of resolution, conquered the dread of water, though they + never could conquer the convulsive motions which the contact of liquids + occasioned; while this resolution has been of no avail, for the convulsions + and other symptoms increasing, have almost always destroyed the unhappy + sufferers. —<i>Abernethy's Lectures</i>.</p> + + <h3>EFFECTS OF KINDNESS ON THE SICK.</h3> + + <p>Under all circumstances, man is a poor and pitiable being, when stricken + down by disease. Sickened and subdued, his <span class="pagenum"><a id= + "page99" name="page99"></a>[pg 99]</span> very lineaments have a voice which + calls for commiseration and assistance. Celsus says, that knowing two + physicians equally intelligent, he should prefer the one who was his friend, + for the obvious reason that he would feel a deeper interest in his welfare. + Kindness composes, and harshness disturbs the mind, and each produces + correspondent effects upon the body. A tone, a look, may save or destroy + life in extremely delicate cases. Whatever may be the prognosis given to + friends, in all febrile cases, the most confident and consoling language + about the ultimate recovery should be used to the sick, as prophecies not + unfrequently contribute to bring about the event foretold, by making people + feel, or think, or act, differently from what they otherwise would have + done. Again, in chronic cases, as time is required for their cure, by + explaining to the patient this fact, we maintain his confidence, we keep his + mind easy, and thus gain a fair opportunity for the operation of regimen or + remedies; in short, the judicious physician, like the Roman general, Fabius, + conquers through delay, by cutting off the supplies, and wearing out the + strength of the enemy. In large cities, where the mind is so much + overwrought in the various schemes of private ambition, or of public + business, anxiety is very frequently the grand opposing circumstance to + recovery; so that while the causes which produced it are allowed to operate, + mere medical prescription is of no avail. The effects of this anxiety are + visible in the pallid face and wasted body. But if the patient be possessed + of philosophy enough to forego his harassing pursuits; if he have not, from + the contact and cares of the world, lost his relish for the simple and + sublime scenes of nature, a removal into the country is of the utmost + efficacy. The deformity and conflict of the moral world are exchanged for + the beauty and calm of the physical world; and surrounded by all the poetry + of earth and heaven, the mind regains its peace, and the health, as if by + magic, is perfectly restored.—<i>Dr. Armstrong's Lectures</i>.</p> + + <h3>DIET.</h3> + + <p>Experience has taught us that the nature of our food is not a matter of + indifference to the respiratory organs. Diseased lungs are exasperated by a + certain diet, and pacified by one of an opposite kind. The celebrated diver, + Mr. Spalding, observed, that whenever he used a diet of animal food, or + drank spirituous liquors, he consumed in a much shorter period the oxygen of + the atmospheric air in his diving-bell; and he therefore, on such occasions, + confined himself to vegetable diet. He also found the same effect to arise + from the use of fermented liquors, and he accordingly restricted himself to + the potation of simple water. The truth of these results is confirmed by the + habits of the Indian pearl-divers, who always abstain from every alimentary + stimulus previous to their descent into the ocean.—<i>Dr. Paris on + Diet.</i></p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>THE MONTHS</h2> + + <p>The season has now advanced to full maturity. The corn is yielding to the + sickle, the husbandmen,</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"By whose tough labours, and rough hands,"</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>our barns are stored with grain, are at their toils, and when nature is + despoiled of her riches and beauty, will, with glad and joyous heart, + celebrate the annual festival of</p> + + <h3>THE HARVEST HOME.</h3> + + <h4>BY CORNELIUS WEBBE.</h4> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Hark! the ripe and hoary rye</p> + + <p>Waving white and billowy,</p> + + <p>Gives a husky rustle, as</p> + + <p>Fitful breezes fluttering pass.</p> + + <p>See the brown and bending wheat,</p> + + <p>By its posture seems to meet</p> + + <p>The harvest's sickle, as it gleams</p> + + <p>Like the crescent moon in streams,</p> + + <p>Brown with shade and night that run</p> + + <p>Under shores and forests dun.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Lusty Labour, with tired stoop,</p> + + <p>Levels low, at every swoop,</p> + + <p>Armfuls of ripe-coloured corn,</p> + + <p>Yellow as the hair of morn;</p> + + <p>And his helpers track him close,</p> + + <p>Laying it in even rows,</p> + + <p>On the furrow's stubbly ridge;</p> + + <p>Nearer to the poppied hedge.</p> + + <p>Some who tend on him that reaps</p> + + <p>Fastest, pile it into heaps;</p> + + <p>And the little gleaners follow</p> + + <p>Them again, with whoop and halloo</p> + + <p>When they find a hand of ears</p> + + <p>More than falls to their compeers.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Ripening in the dog-star's ray,</p> + + <p>Some, too early mown, doth lay;</p> + + <p>Some in graceful shocks doth stand</p> + + <p>Nodding farewell to the land</p> + + <p>That did give it life and birth;</p> + + <p>Some is borne, with shout and mirth,</p> + + <p>Drooping o'er the groaning wain.</p> + + <p>Through the deep embowered lane;</p> + + <p>And the happy cottaged poor,</p> + + <p>Hail it, as it glooms their door,</p> + + <p>With a glad, unselfish cry,</p> + + <p>Though they'll buy it bitterly.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>And the old are in the sun,</p> + + <p>Seeing that the work is done</p> + + <p>As it was when age was young;</p> + + <p>And the harvest song is sung;</p> + + <p>And the quaint and jocund tale</p> + + <p>Takes the stint-key from the ale,</p><span class="pagenum"><a id= + "page100" name="page100"></a>[pg 100]</span> + + <p>And as free and fast it runs</p> + + <p>As a June rill from the sun's</p> + + <p>Dry and ever-drinking mouth:—</p> + + <p>Mirth doth alway feel a drowth.</p> + + <p>Butt and barrel ceaseless flow</p> + + <p>Fast as cans can come and go;</p> + + <p>One with emptied measures comes</p> + + <p>Drumming them with tuneful thumbs;</p> + + <p>One reels field-ward, not quite sober,</p> + + <p>With two cans of ripe October,</p> + + <p>Some of last year's brewing, kept</p> + + <p>Till the corn of this is reaped.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Now 'tis eve, and done all labour,</p> + + <p>And to merry pipe and tabor,</p> + + <p>Or to some cracked viol strummed</p> + + <p>With vile skill, or table drummed</p> + + <p>To the tune of some brisk measure,</p> + + <p>Wont to stir the pulse to pleasure,</p> + + <p>Men and maidens timely beat</p> + + <p>The ringing ground with frolic feet;</p> + + <p>And the laugh and jest go round</p> + + <p>Till all mirth in noise is drowned.</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p><i>Literary Souvenir</i>.</p> + <hr /> + + <h3>ARMORIAL BEARINGS AT CROYDON PALACE.</h3> + + <h4>(<i>To the Editor of the Mirror</i>.)</h4> + + <p>Sir,—In No. 266 of the Mirror, <i>Sagittarius</i> wishes to know + the name of the person whose armorial bearings are emblazoned at Croydon + palace.</p> + + <p>From the blazon he has given, it is rather difficult to find out; but I + should think they are meant for those of king Richard II. Impaled on the + dexter side with those of his patron saint, Edward the Confessor. Bearings + that may be seen in divers places at Westminster Hall, rebuilt by that + monarch.<a id="footnotetag1" name="footnotetag1"></a><a href= + "#footnote1"><sup>1</sup></a></p> + + <p>I have subjoined the <i>proper</i> blazon of the arms, which is + <i>azure</i>, a cross patonce between <i>five</i> martlets <i>or</i>, + impaling France and England quarterly, 1st. and 4th. azure three fleurs de + lis. 2nd. <i>or</i>, 2nd and 3rd Gules, 3 lions passant guardant in pale, + or.</p> + + <p>The supporting of the arms with angels, &c. was a favourite device of + Richard, as may be seen in divers antiquarian and topographical works.</p> + + <p>It is probable the hall of Croydon palace was built during the reign of + Richard, which will account for his arms being placed there.</p> + + <p>I am, &c.</p> + + <p>C. F.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>DEATH OF MR. CANNING.</h2> + + <p>The lamentable and sudden death of the Right Hon. George Canning has + produced a general sensation throughout this country. At the opening of the + present year our nation deplored the loss of a prince endeared to the people + by his honest worth—but a short interval has elapsed and again the + country is plunged in sorrow for the loss of one of its most zealous + supporters—one of its chiefest ornaments—one of its staunchest + friends—and one of its most eloquent and talented statesmen! The life + of the late George Canning furnishes much matter for meditation and thought. + From it much may be learnt. He was a genius, in the most unlimited sense of + the word; and his intellectual endowments were commanding and imperative. Of + humble origin he had to contend with innumerable difficulties, consequent to + his station in life,—and although his talents, which were of the first + order, befitted him for the first rank in society, that rank he did not + attain until the scene of this world was about to be closed for ever from + him. It may be said of this eminent man, that he owed nothing to + patronage—his <i>talents</i> directed him to his elevated station, and + to his intellectual superiority homage was made,—not to the man.</p> + + <p>But, in other respects, the loss of Mr. Canning is a national + bereavement. He was one of the master-spirits of the age. His very name was + distinguished—for he has added to the literature of his + country—by his writings and his eloquence he has stimulated the march + of mind; he has seconded the exertions of liberal friends to the + improvements of the uneducated, and he has patronized the useful as well as + the fine arts, philosophy and science, of his country. To expatiate at + greater length would be superfluous, as we have in another place recorded + our humble tribute to his general character.<a id="footnotetag2" name= + "footnotetag2"></a><a href="#footnote2"><sup>2</sup></a> We have now, + therefore, merely to put together the melancholy facts connected with his + death, and which will convey to another generation a just sense of the + value, in our time, attached to a noble and exalted genius. The just and + elegant laconism of Byron, by substituting the <i>past</i> for the + <i>present</i> tense, may now be adopted as a faithful and brief summary of + what <i>was</i> George Canning.</p> + + <p>"Canning <i>was</i> a genius, almost an universal one:—an orator, a + wit, a poet, and a statesman."</p> + <hr /> + + <p>The king, with his usual quickness, was the first to perceive the + dangerous state of Mr. Canning. We understand, that almost immediately after + he had quitted him, on Monday, his majesty observed to sir William Knighton, + that Mr. Canning appeared very unwell, and that he was in great alarm for + him. On Tuesday, sir William repaired to town, at the express command of his + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page101" name="page101"></a>[pg 101]</span> + majesty, to see Mr. Canning. At the interview with him, at the Treasury, Sir + William made particular inquiries into the state of his health. Mr. Canning + was then troubled with a cough, and he observed to Sir William that he + almost felt as if he were an old man; that he was much weakened; but had no + idea of there being anything dangerous in his condition, and that he trusted + that rest and retirement would set him to rights. Sir William sent Dr. Maton + to Mr. Canning, and on parting with him, he observed that, as he should not + leave town until Wednesday morning, he would call on him, at Chiswick, on + his way home to Windsor. Sir William found Mr. Canning in bed, at Chiswick. + He asked him if he felt any pain in his side? Mr. Canning answered he had + felt a pain in his side for some days, and on endeavouring to lie on his + side, the pain was so acute that he was unable to do so. Sir William then + inquired if he felt any pain in his shoulder? He said he had been for some + time affected by rheumatic pains in the shoulder. Sir William told him that + the pain did not arise from rheumatism, but from a diseased liver, and he + immediately sent for the three physicians, who remained with him, and were + to the last unremitting in their attentions.</p> + + <p>The disease continued to make rapid progress, in spite of all that the + first medical skill could do to baffle it, watching every turn it took, and + applying, on the instant, every remedy likely to subdue its virulence, and + mitigate his sufferings.</p> + + <p>On the following Sunday, August 5, bulletins were issued, stating that + Mr. Canning was in most imminent danger. The most painful interest was + excited in the public mind by subsequent announcements of his alarming + state, and on Wednesday morning, the following melancholy intelligence + reached town:—</p> + + <blockquote> + <p><i>Chiswick, Wednesday, August</i>, 8, 1827, (A. M.)</p> + + <p>Mr. Canning expired this morning, without pain, at ten minutes before + four o'clock.</p> + </blockquote> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>MISCELLANIES.</h2> + <hr /> + + <h3>BLACK BEARD.</h3> + + <p>There are few persons who reside on the Atlantic ocean and rivers of + North America who are not familiar with the name of Black Beard, whom + traditionary history represents as a pirate, who acquired immense wealth in + his predatory voyages, and was accustomed to bury his treasures in the banks + of creeks and rivers. For a period as low down as the American revolution, + it was common for the ignorant and credulous to dig along these banks in + search of hidden treasures; and impostors found an ample basis in these + current rumours for schemes of delusion. Black Beard, though tradition says + a great deal more of him than is true, was yet a real person, who acquired + no small fame by his maritime exploits during the first part of the + eighteenth century. Among many authentic and recorded particulars concerning + him, the following account of his death may gratify curiosity:—</p> + + <p>From the nature of Black Beard's position in a sloop of little draught of + water, on a coast abounding with creeks, and remarkable for the number and + intricacy of its shoals, with which he had made himself intimately + acquainted, it was deemed impossible to approach him in vessels of any + force. Two hired sloops were therefore manned from the Pearl and Lime + frigates, in the Chesapeake, and put under the command of Lieutenant + Maynard, with instructions to hunt down and destroy this pirate wherever he + should be found. On the 17th of November, in the year 1718, this force + sailed from James River, and in the evening of the 21st came to an inlet in + North Carolina, where Black Beard was discovered at a distance, lying in + wait for his prey. The sudden appearance of an enemy, preparing to attack + him, occasioned some surprise; but his sloop mounting several guns, and + being manned with twenty-five of his desperate followers, he determined to + make a resolute defence; and, having prepared his vessel over night for + action, sat down to his bottle, stimulating his spirits to that pitch of + frenzy by which only he could rescue himself in a contest for his life. The + navigation of the inlet was so difficult, that Maynard's sloops were + repeatedly grounded in their approach, and the pirate, with his experience + of the soundings, possessed considerable advantage in manoeuvring, which + enabled him for some time to maintain a running fight. His vessel, however, + in her turn, having at length grounded, and the close engagement becoming + now inevitable, he reserved her guns to pour in a destructive fire on the + sloops as they advanced to board him. This he so successfully executed, that + twenty-nine men of Maynard's small number were either killed or wounded by + the first broadside, and one of the sloops for a time disabled. But + notwithstanding this severe loss, the lieutenant persevered in his + resolution to grapple with his enemy, or perish in the <span class= + "pagenum"><a id="page102" name="page102"></a>[pg 102]</span> attempt. + Observing that his own sloop, which was still fit for action, drew more + water than the pirate's, he ordered all her ballast to be thrown out, and, + directing his men to conceal themselves between decks, took the helm in + person, and steered directly aboard of his antagonist, who continued + inextricably fixed on the shoal. This desperate wretch, previously aware of + his danger, and determined never to expiate his crimes in the hands of + justice, had posted one of his banditti, with a lighted match, over his + powder-magazine, to blow up his vessel in the last extremity. Luckily in + this design he was disappointed by his own ardour and want of + circumspection; for, as Maynard approached, having begun the encounter at + close quarters, by throwing upon his antagonist a number of hand-grenadoes + of his own composition, which produced only a thick smoke, and conceiving + that, from their destructive agency, the sloop's deck had, been completely + cleared, he leaped over her bows, followed by twelve of his men, and + advanced upon the lieutenant, who was the only person then in view; but the + men instantly springing up to the relief of their commander, who was now + furiously beset, and in imminent danger of his life, a violent contest + ensued. Black Beard, after seeing the greater part of his men destroyed at + his side, and receiving himself repeated wounds, at length, stepping back to + cock, a pistol, fainted with the loss of blood, and expired on the spot. + Maynard completed his victory, by securing the remainder of these desperate + wretches, who were compelled to sue for mercy, and a short respite from a + less honourable death at the hands of the executioner.</p> + + <h3>ISLANDS PRODUCED BY INSECTS.</h3> + + <p>The whole group of the <i>Thousand Islands</i>, and indeed the greater + part of all those whose surfaces are flat, in the neighbourhood of the + equator, owe their origin to the labours of that order of marine worms which + Linnaeus has arranged under the name of <i>Zoophyta</i>. These little + animals, in a most surprising manner, construct their calcareous + habitations, under an infinite variety of forms, yet with that order and + regularity, each after its own manner, which to the minute inquirer, is so + discernable in every part of the creation. But, although the eye may be + convinced of the fact, it is difficult for the human mind to conceive the + possibility of insects so small being endued with the power, much less of + being furnished in their own bodies with the materials of constructing the + immense fabrics which, in almost every part of the Eastern and Pacific + Oceans lying between the tropics, are met with in the shape of detached + rocks, or reefs of great extent, just even with the surface, or islands + already clothed with plants, whose bases are fixed at the bottom of the sea, + several hundred feet in depth, where light and heat, so very essential to + animal life, if not excluded, are sparingly received and feebly felt. + Thousands of such rocks, and reefs, and islands, are known to exist in the + eastern ocean, within, and even beyond, the limits of the tropics. The + eastern coast of New Holland is almost wholly girt with reefs and islands of + coral rock, rising perpendicularly from the bottom of the abyss. Captain + Kent, of the Buffalo, speaking of a coral reef of many miles in extent, on + the south-west coast of New Caledonia, observes, that "it is level with the + water's edge, and towards the sea, as steep to as a wall of a house; that he + sounded frequently within twice the ship's length of it with a line of one + hundred and fifty fathoms, or nine hundred feet, without being able to reach + the bottom." How wonderful, how inconceivable, that such stupendous fabrics + should rise into existence from the silent but incessant, and almost + imperceptible, labours of such insignificant worms!</p> + + <p>To buy books, as some do who make no use of them, only because they were + published by an eminent printer, is much as if a man should buy clothes that + did not fit him, only because they were made by some famous + tailor.—<i>Pope</i>.</p> + <hr /> + + <h3>TO MY BROTHER, ON HIS LEAVING ENGLAND.</h3> + + <h4>By The Author of "Ahab."</h4> + + <h4>(<i>For the Mirror.</i>)</h4> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Wherever your fortune may lead you to roam,</p> + + <p>Forget not, young exile, the land of your home;</p> + + <p>Let it ever be present to memory's eye,</p> + + <p>'Tis the place where the bones of your fore-father's lie.</p> + + <p>Let the thought of it ever your comforter be,</p> + + <p>For no spot on this earth like your home can you see.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>The fields where you rove may be more fresh and fair,</p> + + <p>More splendid the sun, and more fragrant the air,</p> + + <p>More lovely the flowers, more refreshing the breeze,</p> + + <p>More tranquil the waters, more fruitful the trees.</p> + + <p>But home after all things—that dear little spot,</p> + + <p>Tho' it be but a desert can ne'er be forgot.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>In the thoughts of the day, and the dreams of the night,</p> + + <p>On your eyes like the kiss of your mother 'twill + light,</p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page103" name="page103"></a>[pg + 103]</span> + + <p>Then the mist will disperse which long absence has spread.</p> + + <p>And the paths you have trodden again you shall tread.</p> + + <p>Then farewell, young exile, wherever you roam,</p> + + <p>Oh! dear as your honour, your life, be your home.</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>J.H.S.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>RETROSPECTIVE GLEANINGS.</h2> + <hr /> + + <h3>ORDERS FOR HOUSEHOLD SERVANTS IN 1566.</h3> + + <blockquote> + <p><i>Orders for Household Servantes; first deuised by John Haryngton, in + the yeare 1566, and renewed by John Haryngton, sonne of the saide John, in + the yeare 1592: The saide John, the sonne, being then high shrieve of the + county of Somerset.</i></p> + + <p>Imprimis, That no servant bee absent from praier, at morning or + euening, without a lawfull excuse, to be alleged within one day after, + vppon paine to forfeit for eury tyme 2d.</p> + + <p>II. Item, That none swear any othe, vppon paine for every othe 1d.</p> + + <p>III. Item, That no man leaue any doore open that he findeth shut, + without theare bee cause, vppon paine for euery time 1d.</p> + + <p>IV. Item, That none of the men be in bed, from our Lady-day to + Michaelmas, after 6 of the clock in the morning; nor out of his bed after + 10 of the clock at night; nor, from Michaemas till our Lady-day, in bed + after 7 in the morning, nor out after 9 at night, without reasonable + cause, on paine of 2d.</p> + + <p>V. That no man's bed bee vnmade, nor fire or candle-box vnclean, after + 8 of the clock in the morning, on paine of 1<i>d</i>.</p> + + <p>VI. Item, That no one commit any nuisance within either of the courts, + vppon paine of 1<i>d</i>.</p> + + <p>VII. Item, That no man teach any of the children any vnhonest speeche, + or evil word, or othe, on paine of 4d.</p> + + <p>VIII. Item, That no man waite at the table without a trencher in his + hand, except it be vppon some good cause, on paine of Id.</p> + + <p>IX. Item, That no man appointed to waite at my table be absent that + meale, without reasonable cause, on paine of 1d.</p> + + <p>X. Item, If any man breake a glasse, hee shall aunswer the price + thereof out of his wages; and, if it bee not known who breake it, the + buttler shall pay for it on paine of 12d.</p> + + <p>XI. Item, The table must bee couered halfe an houer before 11 at + dinner, and 6 at supper, or before, on paine of 2d.</p> + + <p>XII. Item, That meate bee readie at 11, or before, at dinner; and 6, or + before, at supper, on paine of 6d.</p> + + <p>XIII. Item, That none be absent, without leaue or good cause, the whole + day, or any part of it, on paine of 4d.</p> + + <p>XIV. Item, That no man strike his fellow, on paine of loss of seruice; + nor reuile or threaten, or prouoke another to strike, on paine of 12d.</p> + + <p>XV. Item, That no man come to the kitchen without reasonable cause, on + paine of 1d. and the cook likewyse to forfeit 1d.</p> + + <p>XVI. Item, That none toy with the maids, on paine of 4d.</p> + + <p>XVII. That no man weare foule shirt on Sunday, nor broken hose or + shooes, or dublett without buttons, on paine of 1d.</p> + + <p>XVIII. Item, That, when any strainger goeth hence, the chamber be drest + vp againe within 4 howrs after, on paine of 1d.</p> + + <p>XIX. Item, That the hall bee made cleane euery day, by eight in the + winter, and seauen in the sommer, on paine of him that should do it to + forfeit 1d.</p> + + <p>XX. That the cowrt-gate bee shutt each meale, and not opened during + dinner and supper, without just cause, on paine the porter to forfet for + euery time, 1d.</p> + + <p>XXI. Item, That all stayrs in the house, and other rooms that neede + shall require, bee made cleane on Fryday after dinner, on paine of + forfeyture of euery on whome it shall belong vnto, 3d.</p> + + <p>All which sommes shall be duly paide each quarter-day out of their + wages, and bestowed on the poore, or other godly vse.</p> + </blockquote> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>THE NOVELIST.</h2> + + <h4>No. CVII.</h4> + <hr /> + + <h3>THE WOOD KING.</h3> + + <h4><i>By Miss Emma Roberts</i>.</h4> + + <p>Already the pile of heaped-up fagots reached above the low roof of his + hut; but Carl Scheffler still continued lopping off branches, and binding + fresh bundles together, almost unconscious that the sun had set, and that + the labours of the day being over, the neighbouring peasants were hastening + to the skittle-ground to pass away an hour in sport. The wood-cutter's hut + was perched upon an eminence a little out of the public path; but he heard + the merry songs of his comrades as they proceeded gaily to the place of + rendezvous, at the Golden Stag in the village below. Many of his intimate + acquaintance paused as they approached the corner of the road nearest to his + hut, and the wild wood rang with their loud halloes; but the call, which in + other times had been echoed by the woodman's glad <span class= + "pagenum"><a id="page104" name="page104"></a>[pg 104]</span> voice, was now + unanswered; he busied himself with his work; his brow darkened as the joyous + sounds came over his ear; he threw aside his hatchet, resumed, it again, and + again casting it from him, exclaimed, "Why, let them go, I will not carry + this chafed and wounded spirit to their revels; my hand is not steady enough + for a bowling-match; and since Linda will doubtless choose a richer partner, + I have no heart for the dance."</p> + + <p>It was easy to perceive that Carl Scheffler was smarting under a recent + disappointment: he had borne up bravely against the misfortunes which, from + a state of comparative affluence, had reduced him to depend upon his own arm + for subsistence, fondly trusting that ere long his prospects would amend; + and that, at the return of the Count of Holberg to his ancestorial + dominions, he should obtain a forester's place, and be enabled to claim the + hand of Linda Von Kleist, to whom, in happier times, he had been betrothed. + But these dreams had vanished; the count's bailiff having seen Linda, the + flower of the hamlet, became his rival, and consequently his enemy: he had + bestowed the office promised to Carl upon another; and Linda's father + ungratefully withdrawing the consent given when the lover's affairs were in + a more flourishing condition, had forbidden him the house. Buoyed up with + the hope that Linda would remain faithful, and by her unabated attachment + console him under the pressure of his calamities, Carl did not at first give + way to despair; but Linda was too obedient, or perchance too indifferent, to + disobey her father's commands. He sought her at the accustomed + spot—she came not, sent not: he hovered round her residence, and if + chance favoured him with a glimpse of his beloved, it was only to add to his + misery, for she withdrew hastily from his sight. A rumour of the intended + marriage of his perjured mistress reached his ears, and, struck to the soul, + he endeavoured, by manual labour, to exhaust his strength and banish the + recollection of his misery. He toiled all day in feverish desperation; and + now that there was no more to be done, sat down to ponder over his altered + prospects. The bailiff possessed the ear of his master, and it was useless + to hope that the count would repair the injustice committed by so trusted a + servant. The situation which above all others he had coveted, which would + have given him the free range of the forest, the jovial hunter's life which + suited his daring spirit, delighting in the perils of the chase, and, above + all, a home for Linda, was lost, and for ever; henceforward he must + relinquish all expectation of regaining the station which the misfortunes + that had brought his parents to the grave had deprived him of, and be + content to earn a sordid meal by bending his back to burthens befitting the + brute creation alone; to hew wood, and to bear it to the neighbouring towns; + to delve the ground at the bidding of a master, and to perform the offices + of a menial hireling. "At least not here," cried the wretched young man, + "not in the face of all my former friends; there is a refuge left where I + may hide my sorrows and my wrongs. Fair earth, and thou fair sky, I gaze + upon you for the last time; buried from the face of day in the centre of the + deepest mine, I'll spend the remnant of my life unpitied and unknown." + Determined to execute this resolution on the instant, Carl hastily collected + such parts of his slender property as were portable; and having completed + his arrangements, prepared to cross the Brocken, and shaped his course + towards the Rammelsburg. The last rich gleam of crimson had faded from the + sky; but there was light enough in the summer night to guide him on his way. + A few bright and beautiful stars gemmed the wide concave of heaven; the air + was soft and balmy, scarcely agitating the leaves of the forest trees; the + fragrance-weeping limes gave out their richest scent, and the gentle gush of + fountains, and the tricklings of the mountain springs, came in music on the + ear; and had the traveller been more at ease, the calm and tranquil scene + must have diffused its soothing influence over his heart. Carl, disregarding + every thing save his own melancholy destiny, strode along almost choked by + bitter thought, and so little heedful of the road, that he soon became + involved in thickets whose paths were unknown to him; he looked up to the + heavens, and shaping his course by one of the stars, was somewhat surprised + to find himself still involved in the impenetrable mazes of the wood. + Compelled to give more attention than heretofore to his route, he once or + twice thought that he distinguished a human figure moving through the + darkness of the forest. At first, not disposed to fall in with a companion, + he remained silent, lest the person, whoever he might be, should choose to + enter into conversation with him; then not quite certain whether he was + right in his conjecture—for upon casting a second glance upon the + object which attracted him, he more than once discovered it to be some + stunted trunk or fantastic tree—he became anxious to ascertain whether + he was in reality, alone, or if some other midnight wanderer trod the waste, + and he <span class="pagenum"><a id="page105" name="page105"></a>[pg + 105]</span> looked narrowly around; all was still, silent, and solitary; and + fancying that he had been deceived by the flitting shadows of the night, he + was again relapsing into his former reverie, when he became aware of the + presence of a man dressed in the garb of a forester, and having his cap + wreathed with a garland of green leaves, who stood close at his side. Carl's + tongue moved to utter a salutation, but the words stuck in his throat, an + indescribable sensation of horror thrilled through his frame; tales of the + demons of the Hartz rushed upon his memory—but he recovered instantly + from the sudden shock. The desperate state of his fortune gave him courage, + and, looking up, he was surprised at the consternation which the stranger + had occasioned: he was a person of ordinary appearance, who, accosting him + frankly, exclaimed, "Ho, comrade, thou art, I see, bent on the same errand + as myself; but wherefore dost thou seek the treasures of the Nibelungen + without the protecting wreath?"—"The treasures of the Nibelungen?" + returned Carl; "I have indeed heard of such a thing, and that it was hidden + in the bosom of the Hartz by a princess of the olden time; but I never was + mad enough to think of so wild a chase as a search after riches, which has + baffled the wisest of our ancestors, must surely prove."—"Belike + then," replied the forester, "thou art well to do in the world, and + therefore needest not to replenish thy wallets with gold,—travelling + perchance to take possession of some rich inheritance."—"No, by St. + Roelas," cried the woodcutter, "thou hast guessed wide of the mark. I am + going to hide my poverty in the mine of Rammelsburg."—"The mine of + Rammelsburg!" echoed the stranger, and laughed scornfully, so that the deep + woods rang with the sound; and Carl feeling his old sensations return as the + fiendish merriment resounded through the wilderness, again gazed stedfastly + in his companion's face, but he read nothing there to justify his + suspicions: the fiery eye lost its lustre; the lip its curl; and, gazing + benignantly upon the forlorn wood-cutter, he continued his speech, saying, + "Then prithee take the advice of one who knows these forests, and all that + they contain. Here are materials in abundance for our garland; advance + forward, and fear not the issue;"—and, gathering leaves from the + boughs of trees of a species unknown to his new acquaintance, he twined them + into a wreath, and placed the sylvan diadem on Carl's head. The instant that + he felt the light pressure on his temples, all his fears vanished; and he + followed his guide, conversing pleasantly through wide avenues and over + broad glades of fresh turf, which seemed to be laid out like a royal chase, + till they came to a wall of rock resembling the Hahnen Klippers, and + entering through an arch, a grey moss-covered tower arose in the distance. + The ponderous doors were wide open; and Carl advancing, found himself in a + large hall well lighted, and showing abundance of treasure scattered abroad + in all directions. He was conscious that he had lost his companion, but he + seemed no longer to require his instruction; and casting down his own + worthless burthen, he laded himself with the riches that courted his touch. + The adventurer was soon supplied with a sufficient quantity of gold and + jewels to satisfy his most unbounded wishes; and turning from the spot with + a light heart, he sped merrily along. The country round about seemed strange + to him; but on repassing the rocky ledge, a brisk wind suddenly springing up + blew off his cap. The morning air was cold, and Carl, hastening to regain + his head-gear, discovered that the wreath had disappeared; and, as if + awakening from a dream, he found himself surrounded by familiar objects; he + felt, however, the weight of the load upon his back, and though panting with + the fatigue it occasioned, made the best of his way home. On approaching the + hut, a low murmur struck on his ear. He paused; listened attentively; and + distinguishing a female voice, he rushed forward, and in the next moment + clasped Linda in his arms. She had fled from the persecutions of the bailiff + to seek shelter in Carl's straw-roofed hut; and the now happy lovers, as + they surveyed the treasures which had been snatched from the Nibelungen, + agreed that they owed their good fortune to Riebezhahl the Wood King, who + sometimes taking pity upon the frail and feeble denizens of earth, pointed + out to their wondering eyes the inexhaustible riches of which he was the + acknowledged guardian.</p> + + <p><i>London Weekly Review</i>.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.</h2> + <hr /> + + <h3>DRAFTS ON LA FITTE.</h3> + + <h3>COOKE.</h3> + + <p>Only upon one occasion did Cooke deviate from his resolution of not + apologizing to a provincial assembly, and that was at Liverpool. A previous + breach of decorum was visited one night by the fury of an offended audience; + confusion was at its height; the people were the actors, and Cooke the + audience: yet the <span class="pagenum"><a id="page106" name= + "page106"></a>[pg 106]</span> sturdy tragedian remained callous to the + bursts of indignation which were heard around him, until destruction became + the order of the day; lamps <i>lighted</i> on the stage; benches betokened + <i>mobility</i>; <i>pedal</i> applications were made <i>forté</i> to the + <i>piano</i>; <i>basely violated</i> was the repository of the <i>base + viol</i>; and the property of poor Knight the manager gave every sign of + that being its last appearance. What popular rage had failed to produce, + consideration for the fortunes of his friend effected. At his entreaties, + the Caledonian was induced to advance to the front of the stage (never was + there a more <i>moving</i> scene than that before it); silence was obtained, + and he condescended to express his sorrow for the state in which some nights + previously he had presented himself: adding, "that <i>he</i> never + <i>before</i> felt so keenly the <i>degradation</i> of <i>his</i> + situation." Equivocal as was the mode of extenuation, the audience allied to + <i>Mersey</i> accorded the <i>mercy</i> it possessed, and was or appeared to + be, satisfied; but not so the actor, and he as fully as instantly avenged + what he deemed his misplaced submission. As he concluded his address, he + turned to the gratified but yet trembling manager, and (in allusion to the + large share in the slave-trade then imputed to Liverpool) with that + peculiarity of undertone he possessed, which could be distinctly heard + throughout the largest theatre although pronounced as a whisper, exclaimed, + "There's not a stone in the walls of Liverpool which has not been cemented + by the <i>bluid</i> of Africans." Then, casting one of his Shylock glances + of hatred and contempt on the mute and astounded audience, majestically left + the stage.</p> + + <p>On the first night of his performance at the Boston theatre, Richard was + the part he had adopted; and so strongly had he fortified himself for the + kingly task, that he deemed himself the very monarch he was destined to + enact. The theatre was crowded in every part: expectation was on tiptoe: + anticipation as to his person, voice, and manner, was announced by the + sibilating "I guess" heard around, and "pretty considerable" agitation + prevailed. The orchestra had begun and ceased, unheeded or unheard; nor + could one of Sir Thomas Lethbridge's best cut and dried have produced less + effect amongst the "irreclaimables." The curtain rose, and amidst thundering + plaudits the welcome stranger advanced, in angles, to the front of the + stage, and, as Sir Pertinax has it, "booed and booed and booed;" but + greeting could not endure for ever: well justified curiosity assumed its + station, and at length silence, almost breathless silence, reigned around, + such as attended Irving in his Zoar, or Canning when he lately produced his + budget. The hospitable clamour was over; but instead of "Now is the winter + of our discontent made glorious summer by this sun of York" being given, + Cooke, in a respectful but decided tone, requested that "God save the King" + might be played by the orchestra prior to the commencement of the play. The + proposal at first but excited mockery and laughter, which, however, gave way + to far different feelings, on Cooke firmly and composedly declaring, that, + until his request was complied with, he was determined not to proceed; and, + should it be absolutely refused, he was resolved to retire. The fury of the + Bostonians was at its height: menace, accompanied by every vituperative + epithet rage could suggest, was lavished on the actor; but he kept his + station, calm and secure as his own native island set in the stormy seas, + until anger gradually subsided through very weariness; and every effort + having been ineffectually used to wean "<i>the tyrant</i>" from his purpose, + the political antipathies of the audience began to yield to their theatrical + taste; and, after much argument and delay, the unpalatable demand was + reluctantly assented to. Cooke, however, whose nature it was, when opposed, + only to become more exigent, was not himself appeased; for, as the notes + "unpleasing to a <i>Yankee</i> ear" were sounded, with a majestic wave of + his hand he silenced the unwilling music, and, "Standing, if you please," + was as dictatorially as fearlessly pronounced, to the consternation of the + audience. So much had, however, already been accorded, that it was not + deemed matter of much moment to concede the rest: and however ungracefully + the attitude of respect was assumed, the national hymn was performed amidst + grimace and muttering; Cooke beating time with his foot,—nodding + significantly and satisfactorily at "Confound their politics;" and + occasionally taking a pinch of snuff, as, in his royal robes, he + triumphantly contemplated the astonished and indignant audience. It + ended:—"Richard was himself again," and "<i>Now</i> is the winter of + our <i>discontent</i> made glorious summer" was given with equal emphasis, + feeling, and effect.</p> + + <p>At the time that <i>greater</i> performer, the elephant, made his + appearance on the boards, his own <i>board</i> became a subject of no + trifling consideration with the managers, particularly as the African had + taken a predilection for <i>rum</i>, which the new actor used to quaff with + extraordinary zest. On one occasion Cooke was missing from a morning + rehearsal, and all had been some time in waiting for the <span class= + "pagenum"><a id="page107" name="page107"></a>[pg 107]</span> tragedian, when + the messenger whom Kerable despatched in search of him, returned grinning to + the green-room. "Where is Mr. Cooke, sir?" demanded Kemble. "He is below + <i>breakfasting</i> with the <i>elephant</i>, sir!" was the reply.</p> + + <p>It was too much for Cooke, after having so frequently disappointed full + houses, to be obliged to play to an empty theatre. It was like playing whist + with <i>dummy</i>. However, towards the close of the O. P. war, (which, by + the way, excited more the attention of the Parisians than the national + contest in which we were engaged,) the public had adopted the plan of never + commencing operations until half-price, to the injury of the manager's + purse. It was during the earlier acts of "The Man of the World," that Cooke, + in performing to "a beggarly account of empty boxes," was addressed by one + of the actors, in accordance with the scene, in a whisper; when the + <i>elevated</i> comedian, casting a glance around, bitterly observed, "Speak + out: there need be no secret. <i>No one hears us.</i>" Poor Cooke could not + plead in excuse what an actor did on being hissed for too <i>sober</i> a + representation of a <i>drunken</i> part, "Ladies and gentlemen, I beg your + pardon: but it is really the <i>first time</i> I ever was + <i>intoxicated</i>."</p> + + <p>His death was in singular accordance with his <i>taste</i> through life. + He sought the banks of the <i>Brandywine</i>, and whether it were that the + composition of its stream so little responded to its title as to prey upon + his <i>spirits</i>, or from some other cause, there he "<i>drank</i> his + last."</p> + + <h3>DICKEY SUETT.</h3> + + <p>I met with him once in a house situated on the very confines of <i>Beef + and Law</i>; on the line of demarcation between the theatres and Lincoln's + Inn; a sort of <i>debateable</i> ground between the spouters and ranters of + the stage, and the eaters of commons, by either of which party it was + frequented. Around a large table in the parlour sat a motley group. There + were ragged wits, well-dressed students, new-fledged actors, a hackney + writer or so, an Irish barrister named Shuter, a Scotch reporter, and a + hodge-podge of most discordant materials congregated under the amalgamating + power of Suett, who seemed, by the incongruity of his dress and diversified + manner, to have studied the various tastes of those he swayed, and to be the + comprehensive representative of each of the strange beings he looked upon, + with all of whom he would occasionally identify himself with so much ease, + that it were hard to say whether it was the result of labour or of tact, of + calculation, or the mere impulse of mother-wit. The <i>ropes of his + face</i>, when drawn <i>taught</i>, peculiarly commanded the attention of + the Caledonian, while the sly and humorous glance of his half-shut eye was + acknowledged by the Hibernian to whom it was addressed; the <i>snow + drift</i> of powder which lay in patches on his long, straight hair, agreed + with the taste of his dramatic nursling; the far-extended cambric of white + frill imposed upon the students, while the unseemly rents in his coat at + once compensated to the wits for what there might be of gaudy or gay in his + outward man. We were received with equal courtesy and ceremony by the + president; and were just seated, when a ballet-dancer of Drury-lane entered. + As he was a Frenchman, it became a question of <i>national</i> politeness: + and Dicky <i>chestered</i> him to his dexter! and, as was befitting, + condescended to address him. "I am proud, sir," said Suett, with the + formality of <i>Black Rod</i> himself, "to do the honours of my + <i>country</i> to the <i>representative</i> of a nation which held my + <i>master</i> Garrick in peculiar respect. He was a great actor, sir; a + wonderful man! Your Lekain, or any other <i>Cain</i>, could not come up to + him, for he was <i>Able</i>, Pardon the pun. Oh, la!—but he was vain, + sir; vain as a peacock; it could not be of his person. Had he been, as + Richard has it, <i>'a marvellous proper man'</i> like myself, one might have + said something. He used to say, I was too <i>lean</i> for <i>Suett</i>. Oh, + dear. <i>A votre santé, Monsieur,</i> happy to see you on this side the + Channel. Never been to France yet, although in the <i>Straits</i> great part + of my life, and not unfrequently <i>half seas over</i>.—Well, sir, to + return to Garrick. There was that man 'frae the north,' who wrote the + History of England and Roderick Random,—the latter a true story, they + say;—he who challenged Campbell the barrister, for calling him + <i>names</i>, <i>To bias</i> the cause. Well, sir, Davy refused one of his + farces; but the wily Caledonian <i>pocketed</i> the affront, in coolly + observing, 'that he had nearly completed another volume of his history, and + hoped he might be permitted to name <i>the British Roscius</i>, the pride of + his country, and all that sort of thing.' It was a palpable hit, + sir—the thing was settled—the <i>manager managed</i>; and + <i>Smelfungus</i> retired, <i>without</i> his manuscript, half sorry he had + not added <i>another</i> scene to his farce. Well, sir, the story got wind, + and some days after Davy dined with a lawyer who had interested himself + vainly for a friend's comedy with him, when, in the course of conversation, + the barrister observed to Davy, before a large company, <span class= + "pagenum"><a id="page108" name="page108"></a>[pg 108]</span> that he had + nearly compiled another volume of The Statutes <i>at large</i> (would they + were all <i>at large</i>), and hoped he might be permitted to name <i>the + British Roscius, the pride of his country.</i> There was a roar at the + expense of Garrick. 'The galled jade' winced terribly:—he was touchy + as tinder, sir:—never was <i>Digest</i> so ill-<i>digested</i>.'"</p> + + <p>It was when the meteor-like popularity of little Betty was at its height + that poor Suett fell ill, at what he termed his <i>town</i> residence (a + second-floor in a low street), and the pigmy Roscius, having eaten too much + fruit, kept all London in intense agony for his fate at the same moment. + Bulletins were exhibited in Southampton-row several times a-day, signed by + numerous physicians. Had he died, how posterity would have been befooled! + Suett was then <i>actually</i> dying, yet would he have his joke, and his + last moments were cheered by the horse-laugh of the rabble assembled to + <i>spell</i> the bulletin suspended to "the second-floor bell," attested by + the <i>mark</i> of the old woman who attended him. "You shall be buried in + Saint Paul's," said a friend. "Oh, la!" was the dying ejaculation of the + comedian.</p> + + <p><i>New Monthly Magazine.</i></p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>THE SELECTOR; AND LITERARY NOTICES OF NEW WORKS.</h2> + <hr /> + + <h3>AMERICAN TRAVELLING.</h3> + + <p>June 7th, at three in the morning, the steam-boat (which was of immense + size, and on the high pressure system) arrived at Albany, having come one + hundred and sixty miles in seventeen hours, including stoppages. I found + that, unluckily, the mail-coach had left the place just before our arrival, + so I booked myself in an accommodation-stage, which was to reach Boston (a + distance of one hundred and sixty miles) in three days, and entered the + wretched-looking vehicle, with a heavy heart, at eight o'clock.... The + machine in which I travelled was slow and crowded. The proprietor had + undertaken to let us rest at night on the road; but we found that his + notions of rest were very imperfect, and that his night was one of the polar + regions.—Having partaken of a wretched dinner at Sand Lake, we arrived + about one in the morning at Cheshire, where we were to sleep.</p> + + <p>By dint of most active exertion, I secured a bed to myself, the narrow + dimensions of which precluded the possibility of participation, and plunged + into it with all possible haste, as there was not a moment to be lost. + Secure in "single blessedness," I was incredibly amused at the compliments + of nocturnal arrangement which passed around me among my Yankee companions. + They were nine in number, and occupied by triplets the three other beds + which the room contained. Whether it was with a view of preserving their + linen unrumpled, or of enjoying greater space, I cannot tell; but certain it + is, that they divested themselves of clothing to a degree not generally + practised in Europe. A spirit of accommodation appeared to prevail; and it + seemed to be a matter of indifference whether to occupy the lateral portions + of the bed, or the warmer central position, except in one instance, where a + gentleman protested against being placed next to the wall, as he was in the + habit of chewing tobacco in his sleep!</p> + + <p>At four o'clock in the morning we again set off, and, as much rain had + fell in the night, the roads were in a dreadful state. The coach company now + consisted of nine passengers inside, one on the top, (which, from its convex + form, is a very precarious situation,) and three on the box, besides the + coachman, who sat on the knees of the unfortunate middle man,—an + uneasy burden, considering the intense heat of the weather.</p> + + <p>It matters little to the American driver where he sits; he is indeed, in + all respects, a far different personage from his great-coated prototype in + England. He is in general extremely dexterous in the art of driving, though + his costume is of a most grotesque description. Figure to yourself a + slipshod sloven, dressed in a striped calico jacket and an old straw hat, + alternately arranging the fragile harness of his horses, and springing again + upon his box with surprising agility; careless of the bones of his + passengers, and confident in his skill and resources, he scruples not + frequently to gallop his coach over corderoy roads, (so called from being + formed of the trunks of trees laid transversely,) or dash it round corners, + and through holes that would appal the heart of the stoutest English + coachman, however elated by gin, or irritated by opposition. I was once + whirled along one of these roads, when the leathers, (barbarous substitutes + for springs,) which supported the carriage gave way with a sudden shock. The + undaunted driver instantly sprang from his box, tore a stake from a rail + fence by the road-side, laid it across under the body of the coach, and was + off again before I properly recovered the use of my senses, which were + completely bewildered by the jolting I had undergone. I can <span class= + "pagenum"><a id="page109" name="page109"></a>[pg 109]</span> compare it to + nothing but the butt of Regulus, without the nails. When the lash and + butt-end of the whip fail him, he does not scruple to use his foot, as the + situation of his seat allows the application of it to his wheelers.</p> + + <p>We dined at New Salem at six, and arrived at Petersham, where we were to + sleep, at twelve o'clock at night, having been twenty hours coming sixty + miles.</p> + + <p>Though tired and disgusted with my journey, the prospect of a short + respite from this state of purgatory was embittered during the last few + miles by alarm at the idea of passing the night with one, if not two, of my + fellow-travellers; and I internally resolved rather to sleep upon the + floor.</p> + + <p>After a desperate struggle, I succeeded, to my great joy, in securing a + bed for myself, not, however, without undergoing a severe objurgation from + the landlady, who could not understand such unaccommodating selfishness. + Short were our slumbers. By the rigid order of the proprietor, we were + turned out the next morning at three, and pursued our journey.—<i>De + Roos's Personal Narrative.</i></p> + <hr /> + + <h3>KANGAROO WAGGERY.</h3> + + <p>One of the largest tame kangaroos I have seen in the country is domiciled + here, and a mischievous wag he is, creeping and snuffing cautiously toward a + stranger, with such an innocently expressive countenance, that roguery could + never be surmised to exist under it—when, having obtained as he thinks + a sufficient introduction, he claps his forepaws on your shoulders, (as if + to caress you,) and raising himself suddenly upon his tail, administers such + a well-put push with his hind-legs, that it is two to one but he drives you + heels over head! This is all done in what he considers facetious play, with + a view to giving you a hint to examine your pockets, and see what + <i>bon-bons</i> you have got for him, as he munches cakes and comfits with + epicurean <i>gout</i>; and if the door be ajar, he will gravely take his + station behind your chair at meal-time, like a lackey, giving you an + admonitory kick every now and then, if you fail to help him as well as + yourself.—<i>Two Years in New South Wales.</i></p> + <hr /> + + <h3>A MAGNIFICENT WATERFALL.</h3> + + <p>My swarthy guides, although this was unquestionably the first time that + they had ever led a traveller to view the remarkable scenery of their + country, evinced a degree of tact, as <i>ciceroni</i>, as well as natural + feeling of the picturesque, that equally pleased and surprised me. Having + forewarned me that this was not yet the waterfall, they now pioneered the + way for about a mile farther along the rocks, some of them keeping near, and + continually cautioning me to look to my feet, as a single false step might + precipitate me into the raging abyss of waters, the tumult of which seemed + to shake even the solid rocks around us.</p> + + <p>At length we halted, as before, and the next moment I was led to a + projecting rock, where a scene burst upon me, far surpassing my most + sanguine expectations. The whole water of the river (except what escapes by + the subsidiary channel we had crossed, and by a similar one on the north + side) being previously confined to a bed of scarcely one hundred feet in + breadth, descends at once in a magnificent cascade of full four hundred feet + in height. I stood upon a cliff nearly level with the top of the fall, and + directly in front of it. The beams of the evening sun fell upon the cascade, + and occasioned a most splendid rainbow; while the vapoury mists arising from + the broken waters, the bright green woods that hung from the surrounding + cliffs, the astounding roar of the waterfall, and the tumultuous boiling and + whirling of the stream below, striving to escape along its deep, dark, and + narrow, path, formed altogether a combination of beauty and grandeur, such + as I never before witnessed. As I gazed on this stupendous stream, I felt as + if in a dream. The sublimity of nature drowned all apprehensions of danger; + and, after a short pause, I hastily left the spot where I stood to gain a + nearer view from a cliff that impended over the foaming gulf. I had just + reached this station, when I felt myself grasped all at once by four + Korannas, who simultaneously seized hold of me by the arms and legs. My + first impression was, that they were going to hurl me over the precipice; + but it was a momentary thought, and it wronged the friendly savages. They + are themselves a timid race, and they were alarmed, lest my temerity should + lead me into danger. They hurried me back from the brink, and then explained + their motive, and asked my forgiveness. I was not ungrateful for their care, + though somewhat annoyed by their officiousness.—<i>Thompson's Travels + in Southern Africa.</i></p> + <hr /> + + <h3>SETTING IN OF AN INDIAN MONSOON.</h3> + + <p>The shades of evening approached as we reached the ground, and just as + the encampment was completed the atmosphere grew suddenly dark, the heat + became oppressive, and an unusual stillness <span class="pagenum"><a id= + "page110" name="page110"></a>[pg 110]</span> presaged the immediate setting + in of the monsoon. The whole appearance of nature resembled those solemn + preludes to earthquakes and hurricanes in the West Indies, from which the + east in general is providentially free. We were allowed very little time for + conjecture; in a few minutes the heavy clouds burst over us.... I witnessed + seventeen monsoons in India, but this exceeded them all in its awful + appearance and dreadful effects.</p> + + <p>Encamped in a low situation, on the borders of a lake formed to collect + the surrounding water, we found ourselves in a few hours in a liquid plain. + The tent-pins giving way, in a loose soil, the tents fell down, and left the + whole army exposed to the contending elements.</p> + + <p>It requires a lively imagination to conceive the situation of a hundred + thousand human beings of every description, with more than two hundred + thousand elephants, camels, horses, and oxen, suddenly overwhelmed by this + dreadful storm, in a strange country, without any knowledge of high or low + ground; the whole being covered by an immense lake, and surrounded by thick + darkness, which prevented our distinguishing a single object, except such as + the vivid glare of lightning displayed in horrible forms. No language can + describe the wreck of a large encampment thus instantaneously destroyed and + covered with water, amid the cries of old men and helpless women, terrified + by the piercing shrieks of their expiring children, unable to afford them + relief. During this dreadful night more than two hundred persons and three + thousand cattle perished, and the morning dawn exhibited a shocking + spectacle.—<i>Forbes's Oriental Memoirs.</i></p> + <hr /> + + <h3>GRACE OF CARRIAGE.</h3> + + <p>This requires not only a perfect freedom of motion, but also a firmness + of step, or constant steady bearing of the centre of gravity over the base. + It is usually possessed by those who live in the country, and according to + nature, as it is called, and who take much and varied exercise. What a + contrast is there between the gait of the active mountaineer, rejoicing in + the consciousness of perfect nature, and of the mechanic or shopkeeper, + whose life is spent in the cell of his trade, and whose body soon receives a + shape and air that correspond to this!—and in the softer sex, what a + contrast is there, between her who recalls to us the fabled Diana of old, + and that other, who has scarcely trodden but on smooth pavements or carpets, + and who, under any new circumstances, carries her person as awkwardly as + something to the management of which she is not accustomed.</p> + + <p><i>Arnott's Elements of Physics.</i></p> + <hr /> + + <h3>THE CAVALRY SCHOOL OF ST. GERMAINS.</h3> + + <p>Bonaparte frequently visited the school of infantry at St. Cyr, reviewed + the cadets, and gave them cold collations in the park. But he had never + visited the school of cavalry since its establishment, of which we were very + jealous, and did all in our power to attract him. Whenever he hunted, the + cadets were in grand parade on the parterre, crying, <i>"Vive + l'Empereur!"</i> with all their young energies; he held his hat raised as he + passed them; but that was all we could gain. Wise people whispered that he + never would go whilst they were so evidently expecting him; that he liked to + keep them always on the alert; it was good for discipline. The general took + another plan, and once allowed no sign of life about the castle when the + emperor passed—it was like a deserted place. But it did not take + neither; he passed, as if there were no castle there. It was + <i>desesperant.</i> When, lo! the next day but one after I had spoken to + him, he suddenly galloped into the court of the castle, and the cry of the + sentinel, <i>"L'Empereur!"</i> was the first notice they had of it. He + examined into every thing. All were in undress, all at work, and this was + what he wanted. In the military-schools the cadets got ammunition-bread, and + lived like well-fed soldiers; but there was great outcry in the circles of + Paris against the bread of the school of St. Germain's. Ladies complained + that their sons were poisoned by it; the emperor thought it was all nicety, + and said no man was fit to be an officer who could not eat ammunition-bread. + However, being there, he asked for a loaf, which was brought, and he saw it + was villanous trash, composed of pease, beans, rye, potatoes, and every + thing that would make flour or meal, instead of good brown wheaten flour. He + tore the loaf in two in a rage, and dashed it against the wall, and there it + stuck like a piece of mortar, to the great annoyance of those whose duty it + was to have attended to this. He ordered the baker to be called, and made + him look at it <i>sticking</i>. The man was in great terror first at the + emperor's anger, but, taking heart, he begged his majesty not to take his + contract from him, and he would give good bread in future; at which the + emperor broke into a royal and imperial passion, and threatened to send + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page111" name="page111"></a>[pg 111]</span> him + to the galleys; but, suddenly turning round, he said, "Yes, he would allow + him to keep his contract, on condition that, as long as it lasted, he should + furnish the school with good white household bread, <i>(pain de ménage,)</i> + such as was sold in the bakers' shops in Paris; that he might choose that, + or lose his contract;" and the baker thankfully promised to furnish good + white bread in future, at the same price.—<i>Appendix to the 9th + volume of Scott's Life of Napoleon.</i></p> + <hr /> + + <h3>CENTRE OF GRAVITY, IN REFERENCE TO SEA-SICKNESS.</h3> + + <p>Man requiring so strictly to maintain his perpendicularity, that is, to + keep the centre of gravity always over the support of his body, ascertains + the required position in various ways, but chiefly by the perpendicularity + or known position of things about him. Vertigo, and sickness commonly called + sea-sickness, because it most frequently occurs at sea, are the consequences + of depriving him of his standards of comparison, or of disturbing them.</p> + + <p>Hence on shipboard, where the lines of the masts, windows, furniture, + &c. are constantly changing, sickness, vertigo, and other affections of + the same class are common to persons unaccustomed to ships. Many experience + similar effects in carriages, and in swings, or on looking from a lofty + precipice, where known objects being distant, and viewed under a new aspect, + are not so readily recognised: also in walking on a wall or roof, in looking + directly up to a roof, or to the stars in the zenith, because, then, all + standards disappear: on walking into a round room, where there are no + perpendicular lines of light and shade, as when the walls and roof are + covered with a spotted paper without regular arrangement of spot:—on + turning round, as in waltzing, or on a wheel; because the eye is not then + allowed to rest on the standards, &c.</p> + + <p>At night, or by blind people, standards belonging to the sense of touch + are used; and it is because on board ship, the standards both of sight and + of touch are lost, that the effect is so very remarkable.</p> + + <p>But sea-sickness also partly depends on the irregular pressure of the + bowels against the diaphragm, as their inertia or weight varies with the + rising and falling of the ship.</p> + + <p>From the nature of sea-sickness, as discovered in all these facts, it is + seen why persons unaccustomed to the motion of a ship, often find relief in + keeping their eyes directed to the fixed shore, where it is visible; or in + lying down on their backs and shutting their eyes; or in taking such a dose + of exhilarating drink as shall diminish their sensibility to all objects of + external sense.</p> + + <p><i>Arnott's Elements of Physics.</i></p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>FINE ARTS.</h2> + <hr /> + + <h3>THE BRITISH INSTITUTION.</h3> + + <p>The following gratifying report of the directors has just been + made:—"The funds of the institution consist at the present time of + 12,500l. 3 per cent, consols. It is hoped that these funds may be + considerably increased by the exhibition of the beautiful collection of + pictures now on view at the gallery, which last year attracted such general + notice, and which his majesty, ever anxious to forward the purposes of the + institution, has again allowed the directors to offer for the inspection of + the public. The directors, finding that the two institutions which have been + established for the relief of decayed artists, were not only founded upon + the most humane principles, but conducted in the most beneficial manner, + have applied in the course of the present year, 400l, to the purposes of + those institutions; viz. 200l. to the Artists' Benevolent Fund, and 200l to + the Artists' General Benevolent Institution." The report next mentions two + pictures to be painted on the subjects of Lord Howe's and Lord St. Vincent's + victories, by Mr. Briggs and Mr. Jones, to be placed, "as well as those + which were exhibited this year in the gallery in commemoration of other + naval victories, in the hall of Greenwich hospital." It also confirms the + gift of Mr. Hilton's and Mr. Northcote's pictures to the new church at + Pimlico, built by Mr. Hakewill, and to the chapel built by Mr. Cockerell, in + the upper part of Regent-street.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>ARTS AND SCIENCES.</h2> + <hr /> + + <h3>MUSICAL COMPOSITION.</h3> + + <p>A very valuable musical manuscript, by Guillaume de Machault, who was + <i>valet de chambre</i> to Phillippe-le-Bel, in 1307, has been discovered in + the royal library at Paris. It contains several French and Latin anthems, + ballads, &c.; and concludes with a mass, which is supposed to have been + sung at the coronation of Charles V., in 1364; and which proves, at that + time they were acquainted with the art of composition in four parts.</p> + + <h3>NOISY FISH.</h3> + + <p>M. Cuvier lately read a short paper to the French academy on the species + of fish <span class="pagenum"><a id="page112" name="page112"></a>[pg + 112]</span> called <i>pogonias</i>, in which he particularly adverted to the + noise by which they make themselves heard, even under water. However + difficult the explanation of this phenomenon, there can be no doubt of its + existence; the evidence of it adduced by M. Cuvier being perfectly + satisfactory. The silurus, a large and ravenous fish, which abounds in the + Danube, gives daily proof of it.</p> + + <h3>GEOLOGY.</h3> + + <p>A treatise on the great geological question, whether the continents now + inhabited, have or have not been repeatedly submerged in the sea, has lately + been read to the Académie des Sciences, by M. Constant Prevost. M. Prevost + maintains, contrary to the generally received opinion, that there has been + but one great inundation of the earth; and that the various remains of + plants, animals, &c., which have given rise to the supposition of + successive inundations, have been floated to the places in which they are + occasionally found.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>THE GATHERER.</h2> + + <blockquote> + "I am but a <i>Gatherer</i> and disposer of other men's + stuff."—Wotton. + </blockquote> + <hr /> + + <h3>A PUZZLE FOR THE CURIOUS.</h3> + + <p>At a town in Gloucestershire the relatives as below, recently surrounded + one dinner-table:—One great-grandfather, two grandfathers, one + grandmother, three fathers, two mothers, four children, three + grand-children, ore great-grandchild, three sisters, one brother, two + husbands, two wives, one mother-in-law, one father-in-law, two + brothers-in-law, three sisters-in-law, one son-in-law, two daughters-in-law, + two uncles, three aunts, one nephew, two nieces, and two cousins. The whole + party consisted of seven persons only.</p> + <hr /> + + <h3>THE ROMANCE OF WAR.</h3> + + <p>A French soldier, who accompanied the armies of Russia, concealed a small + treasure at the entrance of a village near Wilna, with a view of taking it + with him on his return. After the defeat of Moscow he was made prisoner, and + sent to Siberia, and only recovered his liberty at the end of last year. On + reaching Wilna he remembered his hidden treasure, and after tracing out the + spot where he had hid it, he went to take it away. What was his astonishment + to find, in the place of his money, a small tin box, containing a letter + addressed to him, in which a commercial house was mentioned at Nancy, where + he might receive the sum buried, with interest, since the year 1812. The + soldier supposed this was all a hoax; he went, however, to the house pointed + out, where he received his capital, with twelve years' interest. With this + sum he established a small business at Nancy, which enables him to live + comfortably; but he has never been able, though he has taken some pains, to + ascertain how his money was taken away and restored to him.</p> + <hr /> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Two lovely ladies dwell at ——,</p> + + <p class="i2">And each a-churching goes;</p> + + <p>Emma goes there <i>to close her eyes</i>,</p> + + <p class="i2">And Jane to <i>eye her clothes</i>.</p> + </div> + </div> + <hr /> + + <p>The death of Stanislaus, king of Poland, was occasioned in a singular + manner. Being much addicted to smoking, he generally every day finished many + pipes. In knocking out the ashes he set fire to his dressing-gown. As no one + was near him, the flames had surrounded him, when the officer on guard, + hearing his cries, ran to his assistance, and extinguished the fire. He + might have survived, but a singular circumstance accompanied the accident. + He had been devout during the last years of his life, and, as a penance for + his sins, had worn a girdle with points on the inside; these became heated, + and being pressed into his body while the flames were extinguishing, caused + a number of wounds, the discharge from which, at his period of life, proved + too much for his debilitated constitution.</p> + <hr /> + + <p>Professor Porson was often in pecuniary difficulties. On one occasion he + came with a dejected air to a friend, and said he had been walking through + the streets of London all the morning, thinking how strange it was that not + one of all the crowds he met should know as much about Greek tragic verse as + himself, and yet that he could not turn his knowledge into a hundred pounds. + In these moments he often talked of retiring forever to the wilds of + America, where he formed a plan of living in solitary happiness, without a + book or a friend.</p> + <hr /> + + <p>One evening, at the Literary Fund Club, Mr. Incledon having sung with + great effect Mr. T. Dibdin's ballad of "May we ne'er want a friend, or a + bottle to give him," an elderly gentleman whispered in Mr. T. Dibdin's ear, + "Ah! my dear sir, these are the true things of the old school; what a pity + it is no one living is found to write such ditties now!"</p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote1" name="footnote1"></a> <b>Footnote 1</b>: <a href= + "#footnotetag1">(return)</a> + + <p>Vide MIRROR, p. 98, Vol. iii.</p> + </blockquote> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote2" name="footnote2"></a> <b>Footnote 2</b>: <a href= + "#footnotetag2">(return)</a> + + <p>Biographical Memoir of Mr. Canning, with a Portrait, MIRROR, Vol. + iv.</p> + </blockquote> + <hr class="full" /> + + <p><i>Printed and published by J LIMBIRD, 143, Strand, (near Somerset + House,) and sold by all Newsmen and Booksellers.</i></p> + <hr class="full" /> +<pre> + + +<div>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 10026 ***</div> +</body> +</html> + |