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No. 270.-Vol. VI.

Men and Manners.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1825.

this would enable us to fill many volumes, we have laid it
down as an invariable maxim, to be always as short as
possible, and to consult the pleasure of our readers much
more than our own gratification, and, consequently, we

THE JOURNEY TO BRUNSWICK.
Prolated expressly for the Kaleidoscope, from the German of now proceed forthwith in our narration.

"Baron Knigge."

BY PLODELO SPERANS.

“That may be droll enough," said Justice Wauman; very droll, indeed, to see a man sitting upon a balloon, whilst he travels as quickly as a witch upon her broomBuck." "I beg your Worship's pardon," replied the Rev. Mr. Scottenius, "Monsieur Blanchard does not sit upon the balloon; he has fixed a boat to it, and in that be proceeds very comfortably." "Oh, oh!" exclaimed the upper Forester," then he is sailing through the air, a ba? and do you mean to say that he could do it without the aid of witchcraft ?""Most certainly," rejoined ni Reverence, "we philosophers have made great discovaries during the last century; and the powers of nature have been developed to a degree of which our ignorant predecessors had not even the least idea, as I have sufficiently demonstrated in the course of my sermons, which will be printed at the first opportunity."

The conversation, of which we have selected the beginning, was produced by an article in the Brunswick Gazette of the following import :-"On the 10th of this present month, the celebrated aëronaut Blanchard will ascend from this town in a most splendid balloon. The concourse of strangers will be greater than it has ever been known on any other occasion; and those who wish to be present will do well to provide themselves with suitable accommodations."

PRICE 340

quarters an unusual bustle prevailed, and clearly showed that matters of importance were likely to be agitated. The venerable and substantial travelling-coach of the Justice stood in full order before his door; the gardener was brushing the yellow plush with which it was lined; and the housekeeper was filling the side-pockets with bread and butter, cold venison, and sausages; whilst his Honour, ready booted, and with a handsome cutlass at his side, was waiting for his heir apparent, at whose toilette the one half of the family was engaged. His sky-blue silk waistcoat had become a little too narrow, on account of his rarapidly increasing corpulency; but after having been made a little easier, by means of a dexterous cut in the back, it really looked extremely well with his pearl-coWe will not take upon ourselves to say how long the loured coat and black stock; a well powdered head and comments of the clergyman might have lasted; but they a long thin pig-tail gave a truly gentlemanly-like finish were suddenly interrupted by a voice from a corner of the to Master Valentine, and his mother was overjoyed on beroom, which eagerly exclaimed "Pray, papa, let us go holding him: the father, however, began to grow impathither: you know you have promised to take me to tient, and called for the horses; sadly afraid lest the ecBrunswick, have not you?" This address came from the clesiastic should disappoint them, by not getting up in only-begotten and very hopeful son of the Justice (Mr. time. But this fear was vain, and the supposition proved Valentine, by name.) This amiable youth was just enter- to be erroneous. The Rev. Mr. Scottenius had been fully ing upon the twenty-third year of his age, and his father equipped before day-break, only excepting his newly arintended to settle him on a small estate in the neighbour-ranged wig, the curls of which he did not choose to expose The Reverend Gentleman had been at the trouble of hood, by providing him with the requisite stock of farming during the heavy dew of the morning, and had therefore composing fifty-seven, we say fifty-seven sermons, on va- utensils and cattle. It follows, as a matter of course, that substituted for it his white nightcap, whilst walking up rious subjects, and every thing besides; so that there was a lawful wife was included in the arragements which had and down before his house, and smoking his pipe, until scarcely any thing in existence, or out of existence, to been taken for the benefit of Master Valentine; but as he the upper Forester arrived, preceded by the horses of a which he had not alluded in some shape or other, and had never travelled beyond the boundaries of the domain neighbour, which were to draw the chaise. Their vehicle which he might not claim as belonging to his department. upon which he had been born, his father had engaged to cut but a sorry figure when compared with that of the He was a great friend to free inquiry, and he promoted show him the world before his final establishment, by going Justice, who was drawn by four good horses of his own the march of intellect by all the means in his power. Not with him to some of the towns in their neighbourhood. farm, and whose man wore a silver-laced hat, and a great that be believed any thing in opposition to what he taught, Of this promise the young gentleman now availed himself, coat with a green collar. They followed, nevertheless, in what he had sworn to, and what he was paid for: he pre- to insist upon his being treated with a sight of the tokens good spirits; for both were philosophers in their way, and served the treasures which had been confided to him, as and wonders that were shortly to be performed in Bruns- cared little for outward appearance. The man of the some librarians guard the collections of rare manuscripts wick; and, as his request met with the powerful support of wood had prepared himself for the journey by means of which are under their care, preventing not only the knaw-his mother, the slight objections of the father were easily a double dram of double-distilled cherry, the narcotic ing of mice, but even the injurious effects of bleaching overruled, and the journey was formally resolved upon, effects of which made him fall into a sound sleep, as soon beams, by never meddling with the property except The upper Forester, a man of substance and of some con- as he had prevailed upon the parson to unload his pockets fer the sake of wiping off the dust on particular holydays, sequence in the neighbourhood, was on a friendly visit in of the cumbrous parcels which interfered with his comfort. show that every thing is still in existence. In the mean- the house, and he not only resolved to join the party him- The request was complied with, although with some rete, he hailed the progress of arts and sciences as the self, but also offered to defray the expenses of the clergy-luctance and many blushes; for the said parcels contained harbingers of better days, without examining very mi-man, provided the latter would furnish the company with nothing less than the above-mentioned fifty-seven sermons, Sady whether the key to every transaction was or was a chaise, of which he happened to be the possessor, by for which the honest clergyman hoped to find an editor, ant contained in the Mosaic account of earlier ages. He inheritance. The Rev. Gentleman cast a half-timid and and which he was, therefore, very reluctant to consign to strongly recommended a laudable curiosity for whatever half-inquiring glance upon his sovereign spouse; but as the seat of the chaise, although he could not altogether might tend to enlighten the understanding, and he ap- this lady had been put into tolerably good humour by her blame his companion for wishing to be at ease on a journey pealed to St. Paul as his authority. This way of think-fifth cup of coffee, and as she, moreover, understood that made entirely at his expense. He fell into various mediwas partly owing to his having been tutor in the fa- her husband would have nothing to pay, she offered but tations, which might probably furnish him with the matinly of a nobleman, where he had found frequent oppor-trifling opposition, and even that merely for the sake of ter of his fifty-eighth discourse; but as we have not been nities to converse with well-informed people, and to cul- precedent, and in order to assert her unquestionable rights. favoured with the perusal of his works, we dare not take rate his own understanding. A long residence in the On the ninth of August the sun rose as usual: the ever- it upon ourselves to give this as a positive fact; we shall, untry had, indeed, rusticated him a little, but he was still watchful cocks admonished their masters and mistresses therefore, only mention, that, in the larger vehicle, Justice superior to many of his colleagues in the neighbour- that it was time to get up; the schoolmaster stood at the Wauman pointed out to his son the various estates near od. Unfortunately, the consciousness of his superiority village bell, in order to toll it for morning-prayers ;-un- which they passed, whilst the latter remained in close de him a little vain of his acquirements, and he was so willing male-servants prepared their carts and ploughs, intercourse with the contents of the coach pockets, maknd of hearing himself talk, that he would not easily whilst their female companions obeyed the summoning ing a careful inventory of the various provisions, and conquish a subject which was likely to display his know-horn of the herdsman, by driving the cattle from the va- vincing himself, by his own taste, of their fitness for the sige. On the present occasion he gave a full, true, and rious farm-yards; in short, the general appearance of intended purpose. particular account of all he knew about aeronautics, and things, within the bailiwick of Biesterberg, seemed to we (the author) might now give a fine specimen of our usher in a day which differed in no way from others; but wa learning, by following his example; but, although this was only the case in the lower regions; in the higher

Thus the party travelled on until mid-day, when it was thought advisable to make a halt, and to provide men and cattle with regular refreshments: a village near Hilde

shheim was chosen for that purpose; because it was expected that there the expenses would be less than in the town itself. The hostess of the little inn said much in favour of a large piece of hung beef which she was in the act of getting ready; and she prided herself, moreover, on her skill in making excellent beer soups. The Justice increased this splendid bill of fare by ordering an omelet of his own invention; but as the ostler had, unfortunately, taken possession of the pan, to prepare a poultice for a lame horse, the execution of the order suffered some delay, which was still further increased by a tremendous uproar in an adjoining room. Angry words were distinctly heard, and the clergyman thought himself in duty bound to act as peace-maker: he therefore opened the door; and, lo! mine host was discovered, standing in his shirt, and upbraiding his wife. The good man had been anxious to appear before his distinguished guests in a becoming manner, and to wait upon them in his new buckskin inexpressibles, when he found, to his utmost surprise and consternation, that his careful helpmate had spread them over the hung beef, in order to preserve its heat and fla. vour, whereby this part of his finery had, of course, become scalding hot and thoroughly damp.

The appetite of our travellers was, in the mean time, so far allayed, that they resolved to continue their road for Hildesheim as soon as the horses should have finished their dinner; and this was done accordingly. The company arrived in due time at the far-famed hotel of Mr. Lauenstein, whom they found gravely pacing to and fro in his court-yard, and who courteously invited them to make themselves comfortable. They did so, and then sallied forth to look at the curiosities of the town. They

admired the cathedral and some other churches and convents, gaped at the houses, which appeared to them magnificent, and pointed with their fingers at every object that struck them. They did, of course, take off their hats whenever they met with any decently-dressed person; and they were lost in wonder whenever they saw a dirty capuchin, or some other begging friar.

The old Gentleman.-" Bravo! bravo!" Master Valentine.—“ Papa, these people are mad; do as a whole, that, captivated with the excellence of the ask for another room.'

The Justice. (Softly.)-"I say, Parson, what signifies all this ?"

The Clergyman.—“I believe they are mimi, histriones, comedians."

A Man. (from behind the stove )—" Now, it is time !” The old Gentleman rattles a basket of knives and forks with one hard, and drums with the other upon the table. "This signifies the forcible entrance of the armed men." He then knocks with his right foot against a side door; and, upon this sign, several men come in to lay hold of the lady.

The Forester."What! attack a woman! thunder and lightning! have at ye, ye scoundrels!" This was not an empty threat: the Forester never went anywhere without his cutlass and his hunting-whip, and he thought it high time to bring them into play; for, although he did not quite understand what was the matter, he could not bear to see violence used against one of the fair sex, and he laid most lustily about him. The old Manager mistook him for an amateur, who wanted to infuse a little more spirit into the performance, and he bawled out "Bravo! bravo!" with all his might. The ostler and his companions, who had been hired for the purpose, naturally thought that the Forester belonged to the party which they had to defeat; but, as their agreement mentioned nothing about real blows, they took the same in high dudgeon, and returned them with usury. This the Justice and his party could not possibly allow; they cried out for help, and the lady (who should have fallen into a swoon) joined then in their laudable exertions. The host fortunately heard these clamours, and, finding the noise rather greater than seemed necessary for a rehearsal, he came in to inquire into its cause; when an armistice was concluded, and explanations ensued, which placed every thing in its proper light. The Manager conNot being used to the stone-pavement of the town, they gratulated himself on his having so unexpectedly made returned much fatigued to their inn. On entering the the acquaintance of his Worship (the Justice), and the usual traveller's-room, they were assailed by so odd a Forester wished the Manager and all his contrivances at mixture of dissonant voices, that they scarcely knew the devil. The former, however, was not easily discouwhether they durst venture to proceed, but a powerful raged, and he was too well aware of the advantages which bass invited them to do so by all means. "This is but a he might derive from a connexion with our travellers to little rehearsal, gentlemen! and you will do us much renounce its cultivation on slight grounds. He dismissed honour by assisting; you'll represent the public at large." his motley crew with the utmost expedition, and testified The speaker was a stout, but short man, of about fifty great sorrow for the unhappy misunderstanding. years of age, with large wildly-rolling eyes, a dark com-made use of all the fine, pathetic sentences which he replexion, and a red nose; the colour of his coat was not quite so distinct, on account of the various shades which it exhibited; but it was ornamented with something that used to be known at the Court of Wurtemburg, by the name of tour appliqué, that is to say, by a piece of detached embroidery. Our good country-folk were so astounded by all they saw and heard, that they had but just discretion enough to betake themselves, in silence, to the places which were assigned to them, when matters went

on as follows:

A Lady. (Somewhat stricken in years.)" A crime! and my conscience is silent! nay, even bids me to persevere! What is political crime ?"

The old Gentleman." When you say 'My conscience,' you ought to lay your hand on the pit of your stomach; always suit the action to the words. Now, the bell ought to ring; whose business is it ?"

A young Man.-"Mine." He takes a large beer-glass from the table, and knocks against it with his tobaccopipe.

The Lady." Hark! this is the sign of the twelfth hour."

The Forester. (In an under tone.)-"The devil it is! we are much nearer seven o'clock than twelve.

The Lady.-"Ah, me! this hour betokens no good to us; I have a sad foreboding. Oh! Albrecht! Albrecht!" The old Gentleman." Louder! louder!"

He

membered from either comedy or tragedy; and he exhi-
bited so high a sense of morality, such strictness of prin-
ciple, and such delicacy in the choice of his pieces, and in
the management of his company, that the Rev. Scottenius
became firmly convinced of his greatly contributing to the
diffusion of virtue and religion, and began to look upon
Mr. and Mrs. Strenge as highly estimable persons. The
lady was, of course, no other than the persecuted beauty
of the piece, who joined the company, and contributed her
share to the conversation. In the meantime supper had
been got ready, and as the Justice made a peculiar display
of his generosity, by treating with two bottles of (Bremen-
made) French wine, all hearts opened to hilarity, and the
new acquaintances separated on the best possible terms,
when the fatigued country folk betook themselves to their
respective resting-places.

[To be continued.]

ON THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING POSSESSED OF AN
AMIABLE TEMPER.

"Give me that man

That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him

In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart."—Hamlet.

nished performance, we neglect to ascertain what the i dividual actions are, which conduce to perfect and con plete it. And in another way we are sometimes deceiver we are pleased with the deportment of some, and involu tarily respect them before we have had time to consid what it was that lead to our esteem, or before we ha had a proper opportunity to estimate their characters.

To those whose stations in society require them to mi not only with the intelligent and refined, but with person of every different description, few things will be foun more prepossessing in their favour, or conduce more t the kindness of their reception, than the virtue of an amiable disposition. With this advantage they will find themselves imperceptibly advancing in the esteem of thos with whom they are connected; for I should imagine in excellence to lie in its being progressive in its influenc on others; and the impression which may be madeat first will at length ripen into friendship. Thus its reward sy be slow, but it is sure; and though a bold but less amiabl spirit may accomplish more at a few opportunities tha the former will during life, yet he who possesses it wi have the satisfaction to reflect, that by its means he ha at least, strewed his path with flowers, if he have not orna mented it with triumphs.

So universally, indeed, is such a temper esteemed, the even persons of quite opposite dispositions, who are accu tomed to speak with a severe and morose tone, cannot r sist its influence, but insensibly relax their severity whe they are brought in contact with it.

To demand with insolence, instead of making use o conciliation and kindness, is what human nature is bu too prone to do, whenever it thinks itself armed with sufficient authority to protect itself; yet, how often in this way has it calculated wrong, and when resistance ha shown its impotence, it has sensibly felt that its failure was not owing so much to the nature of its cause, but t the intemperate manner of the demand. And dependan as we are on the society and assistance of others, it canno be unimportant to inquire by what means we are me likely to promote our own comfort as well as interest i our intercourse with them. A character of integrity an uprightness will secure the respect of others in more, per haps, than a commercial point of view; yet, if they are not joined to the excellence of an amiable temper, how many nameless acts of kindness and solace will be fore gone, since what we receive, as in mere justice due to us carries with it much less satisfaction to the mind than th sincere and endearing attentions we experience from friend. The one we regard as a debt, which it was un questionably our right to receive, the other as the disin terested regard of a heart ready to promote our best in terest.

We receive our characters from nature, variously mould ed; and whilst some enjoy from their birth a temper calm and not easily ruffled, others are obliged, through lift constantly to check, and endeavour to subdue, by unre mitting restraint, a less favourable disposition. And certainly a great proof of wisdom in any one, who is se sible of his defects, to exert his utmost to amend them; will afford him employment for his mind in many a lei sure hour, in considering the best means to obtain the ob ject he has in view, and in reviewing his conduct from to day, to see on what occasions he is most liable to offend He will thus, to his own mind, at least, confess when he has erred, and by endeavouring, in future, to avoid the fault which he has detected himself in, he tacitly passes censure upon his temper: this may be humiliating, but i will, in the end, produce the most beneficial results; for as he who has no rule over his own spirit, is like a city which is broken down, and without walls, so he who ha had the wisdom to conquer it, lives, in future, secure of the

We are not always aware how many trifling and incon- friendship of those around him, and the internal peace and

siderable actions there are which materially assist in mak- calmness of his own breast.

not, then, those who have been less highly favoured | site the house, walked down to learn the object of the nature be discouraged at the task which is thereby im- children's research; when, to their inexpressible surprise, ed upon them to perform, since, by diligent persever- they found them standing on a bank of decomposed wood, , they may arrive at a state of mind as tranquil as her generally of hazel, as was evident from the texture of the bark, and the existence of several nuts and clusters of nuts estest favourites possess; like those who, in commercial every where observable in the organic stratum. , raise themselves by their industry and integrity to an al footing with the minions of fortune and the men are born to affluence. But, like other vices, a bad per, when left without restraint, will rapidly increase us; the more we give way to it, the more in future will we have to do so, until we are at length completely under its subjection: and how truly pitiable is such a state of mind, which not only destroys its own peace, but unsettles and continually agitates the little circle with whom we live! and that, too, without producing the least advantage to counterbalance the evil of it, since all that be obtained by it would be much more easily accomplished with mildness and persuasion: for whilst we are always inclined to refuse a solicitation which is preferred with any degree of irritability, there are few of us who can resist it when accompanied with a meekness of temper that is both dignified and amiable; so much easier is it to

persuade than to intimidate.

traveller calls for his glass of ale, having been without one for more than ten minutes; and his horse stands wincing at the flies, giving sharp shivers of his skin, and moving to and fro his ineffectual docked tail; and now Miss Betty Wilson, the host's daughter, comes streaming forth in a flowered gown and ear-rings, carrying with four of her The company, who visited this grand phenomenon, beautiful fingers the foaming glass, for which, after the had the good taste to select some fine specimens of these traveller has drank it, she receives with an indifferent eye, antediluvian remains, and they had also the great good-looking another way, the lawful twopence; that is to say, ness to transmit them to the Manks Museum, where they unless the traveller, nodding his ruddy face, pays some are now deposited for the inspection of the public. The gallant compliment to her before he drinks, such as "I'd principal specimen consists of a cluster of nuts, in a matrix rather kiss you, my dear, than the tumbler,”— or “I'll of decomposed vegetable matter; the second specimen is a wait for you, my love, if you'll marry me;" upon which, piece of hazel, with every feature perfect; and the third if the man is good-looking and the lady in good humour, is a detached nut, in such a state of florid ripeness as to be she smiles and bites her lips, and says Ah-men can split at one end. talk fast enough;" upon which the old stage-coach-man, "This discovery, these facts are of a stupendous magni- who is buckling something near her, before he sets off, tude. They decide the question as to the history of the says in a hoarse voice," So can women, too, for that matearth and the nature of islands. They prove, that the ter," and John Boots grins through his ragged red locks, present earth is nothing but the ruins of a former world; and doats on the repartee all the day after. Now grassthat islands are only the summits of vast mountains; and hoppers "fry," as Dryden says. Now cattle stand in that the lower intervening grounds had been dry valleys water, and ducks are envied. Now boots and shoes, and previously to their being subject to the irruption of the trees by the road side, are thick with dust; and dogs rolling waters of the great deep.' in it, after issuing out of the water, into which they have been thrown to fetch sticks, come scattering horror among three miles further to go in a pair of tight shoes, is in a the legs of the spectators. Now a fellow, who finds he has pretty situation. Now rooms with the sun upon them become intolerable; and the apothecary's apprentice, with a bitterness beyond aloes, thinks of the pond he used to bathe in at school. Now men with powdered heads (especially if thick) envy those that are unpowdered, and stop to wipe them up hill, with countenance that seems to expostulate with destiny. Now boys assemble round the village pump with a ladle to it, and delight to make a forbidden splash and get wet through the shoes.

"Without dwelling any longer upon generalities, let us bank of hazel wood in question, is of so extensive and confine ourselves to one particular fact. The stratum, or fixed a nature as not to admit of the hypothesis of its being I am well aware that there are great inducements, from foreign to its present situation. It will not admit the the constitution of our nature, to a contrary spirit; there is assumption, that it was removed from its former site to its a certain pride of soul which idolizes its integrity, and from present bed, by some super-human agency. Hence it it thinks itself above the sympathy of others, and, in con- tile valley, where trees grew and fruit flourished. must be allowed, that its existing situation was once a fersequence, disdains to cultivate a disposition more conge"But it may be urged, that, as in many instances in mial with the acknowledged feelings of humanity." His other countries, the waters of the ocean have gradually manners were rough and austere," says a great historian gained upon the Manks coast. This argument appears and philosopher, when speaking of the Earl of Murray, fair. In the case before us, however, it is neither tenable but he possessed that perfect integrity which fre- dually on the hazel plantation, there would have been no nor sound. Why? Because, had the waters gained graquently accompanies, and can alone atone for that una- decomposed foliage, no perfectly ripe fruit. Whereas, the metable character." When joined to strict uprightness, ripeness of the fruit, and the remains of the foliage, indimuch a disposition certainly has its reward in the differen-cate a sudden inundation, and attest, that God called for tial homage of others, and there are some minds on which the waters of the sea and poured them forth on the face of the earth. Even the period of the year in which this it operates most forcibly; but let us bring the advantages terrific visitation occurred is made abundantly apparent. of both to the test of experience, and we will, without he- The perfection of the nuts bears evidence it was autumn, pitation, pronounce our approbation of a meek and quiet and that it pleased Him, who measures the waters of the spirit in preference to an austere one, though accompanied sea in the hollow of his hand,' and who sitteth upon the flood,' to devastate the earth when it abounded most in with "perfect integrity." Liverpool. W. riches and beauty. "From the trend of the hazel bank to the coast of Wales the natural conclusion is, that the Isle of Man formed the northern boundary of Wales. In respect to the material of the bank, the wood is not in a state of petrifaction; it is merely in a preserved condition-in such a one as may be attributed to the saline and marl strata on which it reposes, or with which it is incorporated throughout. So remote is the hazel wood from a petrified quality, that it has not even lost its elasticity; on breaking, it first bends."

• Hume, Elizabeth, chap. xl.

Scientific Records. [Comprehending Notices of new Discoveries or Improvements in Science or Art; including, occasionally, singular Medical Cases; Astronomical, Mechanical, Philosophical, Botanical, Meteorological, and Mineralogical Phenomena, or singular Facts in Natural History; Vegetation, &c.; Antiquities, &c.; List of Patents;to be continued in a series through the Volume.]

PROOFS OF THE FLOOD.

The Director of the Manks Museum has published, in e of the Isle of Man papers, the following account of a angular phenomenon now visible on the coast of the Isle Man:

"It is a well authenticated fact, that the last winter was aracterized by a continued succession of heavier storms, m the S. W., than what had been experienced for a at number of years. It follows that the bed of the sea the southren side of our island was frequently convulsed; tits shingle, shells, and wreck, were often cast upon e neighbouring shore, and its upper stratuin laid bare, low water mark, to the examination of the curious. "This was precisely the case in many situations; but no place so prominently remarkable as on the coast of the ocean, immediately opposite Mount Gawne, the seat Edward Gawne, Esq., lying between the bay of Castleand Port-le-Murray. It may be proper here to mark, that during the prevalence of the late tropical ather, the reflux tide flowed out to a greater distance what is on Manks record; and that, in consequence, exposed bed of the sea presented appearances of a novel

*This is a trifling slip of the learned editor, who either has forgotten, or does not know, that when it is summer, or nut time, in one part of the world, it is winter in another; and that, therefore, it is impossible that any general and simultaneous deluge, covering the whole face of the globe, could possibly have occurred at a period when every part of it "abounded most in riches and beauty." This absurdity arises from "proving too much."-Edit. Kal.

Miscellanies.

A HOT DAY.

[From the Indicator.]

Now the rosy (and lazy) fingered Aurora, issuing from her saffron house, calls up the moist vapours to surround her, and goes veiled with them as long as she can; till Phœbus, coming forth in his power, looks every thing out of the sky, and holds sharp uninterrupted empire from his throne of beams. Now the mower begins to make his sweeping cuts more slowly, and resorts oftener to the beer. Now the carter a-top of his load of hay, or plods with double slouch of shoulder, looking out with eyes winking under his shading hat, and with a hitch upward of one side of his mouth. Now the little girl at her grandmother's cottage-door watches the coaches that go "It was not, however, till towards the end of last month by, with her hand held up over her sunny forehead. Now that each unusual appearances attracted any notice, or met labourers look well, resting, in their white shirts, at the with any investigation. It was not till the 25th ult. that doors of rural alehouses. Now an elm is fine there, with the family of Mount Gawne, perceiving several children a seat under it; and horses drink out of the trough, stretchintensely occupied at low water mark, immediately oppo-ing their yearning necks with loosened collars; and the

unusual character.

Now also they make suckers of leather, and bathe all cool corners, and say millions of "my eyes!" at tittle-bats. day long in rivers and ponds, and follow the fish into their Now the bee, as he hums along, seems to be talking heavily of the heat. Now doors and brick walls are burning to the hand; and a walled lane, with dust and broken bottles in it, near a brick-field, is a thing not to be thought of. Now a green lane, on the contrary, thick-set with hedge-row elms, and having the noise of a brook “rumbling in pebble-stone," is one of the pleasantest things in the world. Now youths and damsels walk through hayfields by chance; and the latter say, "Ha' done then, William ;" and the overseer in the next field calls out to "let thic thear hay thear bide;" and the girls persist, merely to plague "such a frumpish old fellow."

Now, in town, gossips talk more than ever to one another, in rooms, in door-ways, and out of windows, always beginning the conversation with saying that the heat is overpowering. Now blinds are let down, and doors thrown open, and flannel waistcoats left off, and cold meat preferred to hot, and wonder expressed why tea continues so refreshing, and people delight to sliver lettuces into bowls, and apprentices water doorways with tin canisters that lay several atoms of dust. Now the water-cart, jumbling along the middle of the streets, and jolting the showers out of its box of water, really does something. Now boys delight to have a waterpipe let out, and set it bubbling away in a tall frothy volume. Now fruiterers' shops and dairies look pleasant, and ices are the only things to those who can get them. Now ladies loiter in baths; and people make presents of flowers; and wine is put into ice; and the after-dinner lounger recreates his head with applications of perfumed water out of long-necked bottles. Now the lounger, who cannot resist riding his new horse, feels his boots burn him. Now buckskins are not the lawn of Cos. Now jockies, walking in great coats to lose flesh, curse inwardly. Now five fat people in a stage-coach hate the sixth fat who is coming in, and think he has no right to be so large. Now clerks in offices do nothing but drink sodawater and spruce-beer, and read the newspaper. Now the old clothes man drops his solitary cry more deeply into the areas on the hot and forsaken side of the street; and bakers look vicious; and cooks are aggravated; and the steam of a tavern kitchen catches hold of one like the breath of a Tartarus. Now delicate skins are beset with gnats; and boys make their sleeping companion start up, with playing a burning-glass on his hand; and blacksmiths are supercarbonated; and coblers in their stalls almost feel a wish to be transplanted; and butter is too easy to spread; and the dragoons wonder whether the Romans liked their helmets; and old ladies, with their lappets unpinned, walk along in a state of dilapidation; and the servant-maids are afraid they look vulgarly hot; and the author, who has a plate of strawberries brought him, finds that he has come to the end of his writing.

Aware, however, that the Post-office is open for the receiving of letters till nine and half-past, perhaps that may operate against the measure; but I have heard many young men complain of the lateness of their hours, there not being any real necessity for them. By inserting this, or noticing it in such a manner that it may become a consideration, you will oblige many Knights of the quill, besides

Liverpool, 23d Aug.1825.

ONE OF THE ORDER.

MISS M. TREE.

has, in this free country, a right to keep open his | have to do with the sailing of the packets, and who may,
or his office to as late an hour as he pleases; but, if of necessity, be detained the evening previous to their
press were to hold him up to public animadversion for sailing.
ing, the press would, in that case, assume to itself
e power than the law has deemed it advisable to give
e civil magistrate. The tyranny of the press would,
such circumstances, become insupportable, and
could not be carried on with freedom, if subjected
is control." Now we deny the assertion that every
bas a right to keep his shop open as long as he pleases;
mean to say that we deny this in the sense in which
Courier asserts the right. It is true, a shopkeeper
keep his shop perpetually open, and chain him-
to the counter, if he please; but he has no right to
rison his apprentices and shopmen ad libitum. The
which gives him the control of an articled apprentice,
e contemplated such a stretch of power; for, if it be
that a master may detain his servants behind the
ter as long as he pleases, he may choose to con-
them from sunrise until midnight, or later, during the
le of their apprenticeship. The position is too mon-
as to be maintained; nor is there a magistrate in the
antry who would not conceive himself justified in inter-
ing under such circumstances. Reasonable service is
I that can be required. An apprentice is only bound to
cy lawful commands; and it cannot be lawful to de-
re any one of his exercise, health, and needful rest.
contend that the press exceeds its functions by noticing
ich is all that we recommended) the names of those
t-tradesmen who keep their shops open until most
easonable hours, is to deprive the press of one of its
ncipal advantages. If nothing is to become the subject
public animadversion, unless it be absolutely illegal,

of Fashion. The facts, our readers will perceive, are con-
We copy the following from The News and Literature
veyed in the shape of conversation between two feigned
characters:-

half of the utility of a public journal would be lost e community. If a man maltreats a horse which beto himself, he may escape punishment, from the of the law; but he is morally guilty, and ought to posed

me following are some of the letters we have received is singular subject:

TO THE EDITOR.

"You have heard the current story, then ?" I asked. "Yes, but not exactly. Is there really any foundation for it ?"

"You shall hear it exactly as I heard it, and, I believe, truly. Mr. Bradshaw courted her, and won her. It was agreed that she should, as soon as possible, throw up her employment at Covent-garden, and become his wife. So far so good-but, alas!

The current of true love did ne'er run smooth;'

and so it was in this case. Mr. B. had no objection to
marry; but his mamma had every objection that her
daughter-in-law should ever have been an actress."
"I beg pardon for interrupting you; but who is Lady
Payton

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"There the deponent_sayeth not. She lives in Gros-
venor-place, which will, I presume, become very fashion-
able as soon as the new palace is built."

"Do you know is she a woman of the first fashion ?"
"Pshaw! She, however, put her interdict on the

match, declaring, that she would never speak to her son if
he made it; and that as for ever speaking to his wife, that
was entirely out of the question. How he combated this
determination I cannot say-but finally, love was con-
trolled by advice-although poor Polly Peachum deemed
such a catastrophe impossible and he declared off!!"
"In propria persona?

"I do not know, not having the honour of being acquainted with any portion of Miss Tree's family, how the domestic part of the matter was arranged. I can only pretend to tell of the more public part of the catastrophe." "And what was that?"

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Why, when Bradshaw heard it, he was in the depths. of despair-cursed himself by all the gods he knew oflamented that he ever should have lent so easy an ear to personal feelings in short, did every thing a man quite his mother's counsel in so important a matter to his own eperdu could be expected to do. The very moment Miss Tree was visible, he besieged her he gave no one about her rest or peace, until he had an audience from herselfwould take no rejection from any body but herself-and, finally, fought himself into her presence, with what success you know already."

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Why, yes," said Martin, "the old adage-is it not in Terence?-the quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love, has held, I perceive, here also."

"What drugs, what charms, what conjurations, and what mighty magic he employed,' it is very easy to guess. They are married, you see, and off to Dover-thence to the Continent. I wish her happiness, but cannot help, saying that she is the first young lady I ever heard of who drank laudanum to so successful a termination."

The Beauties of Chess. "Ludimus effigiem belli"............VIDA.

SOLUTION TO GAME LIX.

[NO. X.]

8 King......G-8

"No; he acted as all prudent people do-he appeared by attorney. His solicitor waited on Miss Tree one fine Instead of giving one of our ordinary series of posiYou deserve well for advocating the cause of the morning about a fortnight ago, and requested to see her. tions at the Chess this week, we present our readers with a or assistants; but, as yet, your attention has been She, of course, thought that she was called on by so official table of the state of the game now proceeding between the ments, or doing those other legal preliminaries which are a personage for the purpose of signing marriage settleplayers of London and Edinburgh. In the papers from necessary on those occasions, and came down stairs, blush- which we copy it, and which give it in the old-fashioned ing, as is incumbent on young ladies to do. She soon round-about way, it is not stated which party play the found her mistake. The solicitor did his duty with all fit white or the black. We have, therefore, given the white to vast merits of the lady-was sure her beauty and actechnicality: lamented the necessity-acknowledged the the North Britons, and the black to the English. Our table complishments could not fail to provide her a suitable represents the state of the game after the 12th move of match-muttered something about family arrangements each party, and the move is now with the Edinburgh and with the deepest affliction, both for himself and Mr. players. Bradshaw, whom he had the honour of representing on the occasion, was obliged to decline continuing the engage. ment any farther.'

ly directed to those of linen-drapers, haberdashers, and ; yet there is one class whose slavery surpasses that of the negro—I mean the druggists. Few of them are who have not to toil from six in the morning till at night six days in the week; then comes the seventh, thit the same drudgery: surely there might be some tion. It may be necessary to keep them open on the y for the dispensing of medicine; but is that the real No; nine-tenths of them never see a prescription day from year's end to year's end, but are kept confined vowed end of retailing vinegar, mustard, and such groceries as may have been overlooked on the Saturday, ing to the passers-by ginger beer, soda water, &c dent of the indulgence to the young men, the earlier of shops would be an advantage to the masters; for

guarantee, if you will ask the proprietors of any of extensive establishments in Bold-street, they will tell at the profit on their sales, after eight o'clock, will not By the expense of their gas. Hoping you will persevere case, I shall conclude in thanking you for what you

ready done, and am, Sir, yours, &c.

TO THE EDITOR.

FAG.

As you seem to be deeply interested in the proof shorter hours for business in shops, may I trouble state that there are many merchants in this town p their young men as late and later than drapers, any real necessity, and many of those young men in as much need of relaxation and mental improve drapers' assistants. If you would notice this, I you might be able to procure the shutting of offices ght o'clock in the evening, instead of ten and eleven h is the case in many offices) except for those who

"And how did Miss Tree bear this ?"

"She only said, Very well, Sir,' and the man of law departed with his best bow. Then came the tragedy part. She immediately ordered her carriage, and drove off to a druggist's, where she purchased a small phial of lauda. num-little more than half the quantity which would take away life."

"Why that?"

"Oh, because druggists make a scruple and inquiry
chased. And then she drove to another shop, where she
about large quantities of poisonous matter, if they be pur-
purchased a similar phial. Immediately, on stepping into
her carriage, she swallowed the contents of both. Luckily
for her, her servant suspected that his mistress was on
some strange business, from the shops she had visited and
the purchases she had made."

"Perhaps, also," said Martin, "from her looks ?"
that she had fallen on the seat. He instantly drove to an
"Perhaps so," and, looking into the carriage, he found
apothecary, who, perceiving her hands clasped in a convul-
sive grasp, opened them, and found the bottles. He im-
mediately knew, of course, what ailed her, and applied the
usual remedies-kept her walking, or on her legs, at least,
for a dozen hours or more, and recovered her so as to get

her home and to bed."

"Did she show any signs of sorrow for her act, as soon as she recovered ?" asked my friend.