a pile of earth but newly raised, which lay at the edge of a deep abyss. He grinned horribly at the sight of the Baron, whilst he shouted in a voice of thunder

"Hugo! thou art mine!"

"Thine?" answered the terrified and almost sinking Hugo.

"Yes; thou hast possessed my gold, and, by the law of retribution, I claim thee!"

"How? thou black and stormy fiend of hell!" cried the Baron, raving des perately-" tell me?"

"Where is Griffenburgh von Rauch denfeldt ?"

The wretched Baron answered not, but sunk terrified and speechless upon the ground,-when the demon, with a loud, hideous, and exulting laugh, that made the wooded glen resound, instantly rushing upon his victim, dragged him into the newly, excavated gulph. The earth closed over them.

Such is the tradition of the demon's victim.

F.E.

ADVERTISEMENTS EXTRAORDINARY

WANTED by the Lord of London,
Ere his next November rout,

Ere he finds his twelvemonth's fun done,
Two illustrious Diners-out.
Kings and queens don't live on flowers,
Yet his Feast hath no delights,
Both the royal guests "are ours;'
True-" but not their appetites,"

Wants a courtly situation,
One Sir Joseph Surface Peel;
Anything to serve the nation,
Any place-not ungenteel.
Terms no object-advertiser

Is as harmless as a mouse;
Owns (with candour) that he's wiser
Than his friend at Apsley House.
Character is more than spotless,

Does not mind the dirty work;
Thinks (with candour) that he's not less
Than a Chatham or a Burke.
Begs to recommend his cousin,

Several-who have not succeeded; Knows (with candour) there's a dozen Who would do-whatever he did.

Wanted-by a noble lordling

(Able to translate with ease,)
Poems and romances maudlin,
Irish, German, or Chinese.
Idly now his lordship's lute hangs;
Every subject seems so silly,
Since his friends, the Orang Outangs,
Have retired from Piccadilly.

Wanted-by a city Member,

Some new ministerial stay,
To sustain him, when each ember
Of his strength has burnt away.
Nightcaps and narcotics now

Are at discount in the city;
Since the times no nap allow

When the House is in committee.

Wanted by the Oxford bard

Late upset, though first of leaders,
By a friend, who drove too hard-
Just a few admiring readers.
To a score the number's stinted,
Sworn to praise his measures pearly;
Twelve are wanting-it is hinted
Applications should be early.

Wanted for reforming uses,
Aiding ministerial steerage,
Twenty haters of abuses-

Raw material for the peerage.
Wanted-wit and eloquence,

Both for Goulbourn, prone to stanimer; For the Duke, a dash of sense;

And for Hunt-ah! Cobbett's grammar.

Wants a place, a drowsy Speaker,

(Nightly tired of trash called wit)
In some office, where the seeker
Might as sleeping-partner sit.
Also, for the House next session,
Knaves, to call the press a spy,
And to vote for its suppression---
None but Liberals need apply.

Wanted-by unfettered Poland,
Loans, not lyres, to light her way;
And by Ellenborough-Rowland,
Lest his ringlets turn to Grey.
Wants a duke, that little glistener,
Cawse, who flirts in fifty rings;
And a persevering listener

For Miss Sydney (when she sings).

Wanted-by the Nation-pensions,
Power, and places, long the spoil
Of a race of small pretensions-
"Lilies," not designed for "toil.
Wanted-this at least is true-
Statesmen sound, and sages rare,
Here and there a King or two,
Wits and Patriots every where.

Mon. Mag.

THE OPENING OF NEW LONDON BRIDGE.

MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1831.

A sight so multitudinous, and of such a busy nature, is not seen once in a century. The Bridge of London has, at various periods, been honoured by the presence of royalty, but we much doubt if ever preparations on a scale so vast and magnificent, or an assemblage so numerous and enthusiastic, ever before gladdened the eyes of monarch, or welcomed him with their loyal, honest, and heartfelt greetings. In the olden time, when pageantry was. at its zenith, and chivalry ran high in the nation's blood, we find whenever it was necessary for the sovereign to cross the bridge, he was treated with great magnificence by the citizens; and history records that when the unfortunate Richard of Bourdeaux and his youthful queen, Anne of Bohemia, had occasion, to make the passage of the bridge, they were met at its gates by the citizens, "who presented him with a mylke white steede, sadled and bridled, and

trapped with cloth of gold and rede parted togedre; and the quene, a palfry all white, and in the same way trapped with white and rede; while all the condites were rounen with wyne, both whyte and rede, for all manner of peple to drinke of."

But a truce to the lore and doings of days gone by; our purpose is now to record the present event in our pages. The following interesting particulars, gleaned from the Times and Herald, contain every minutia of the splendid and imposing ceremony.

THE ROYAL PROCESSION BY LAND.

Though it was generally known that the royal cavalcade would not leave St. James's Palace before half-past two or three, yet, as early as ten o'clock, the streets began to show symptoms of public curiosity. Numbers of respectablydressed persons were seen hurrying down the various passages leading to the river, many loaded with that great relief to John Bull's patience, the wellprovisioned basket. Before 12 o'clock all the public places from which a comfortable sight of the procession could be obtained, were occupied. The lower part of the houses were closed, but the upper parts began to look animated. By one o'clock the Strand and Charing Cross were lined with spectators down to the entrance of Somerset House, preserving a regular line on both sides of the streets in which the procession was to pass. Pall-mall did not exhibit any unusual assemblage of persons, except in the immediate neighbourhood of the Palace, till about two o'clock, when the crowd began rapidly to increase, and by half past two the whole line was without o'erflowing, full.' As his Majesty was expected to leave the Palace by the private gate in the Park, a dense crowd had assembled there, and before halfpast two o'clock the two regiments of the Horse Guards and the Royal Blues were drawn up in a double file before the gate. About five minutes to three the commencement of the procession was announced by the loud acclamations of the crowd in the Park, and in a minute after the procession entered Pall-mall, amidst the huzzas and waving of hats and handkerchiefs of the assembled spectators. The procession consisted of nine carriages; amongst the illustrious occupiers of which were his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, Prince George of Cumberland, the Princess Victoria, the Duchess of Kent, and other members of the Royal

Family; and lastly, in the ninth carriage, came their Majesties, followed by the two regiments of the Horse Guards and the Blues. Owing to the rapidity with which the procession advanced, and to the pressing care of the commanding Officers of the Guards, who kept constantly before the windows of his Majesty's carriage, very few were able to obtain a sight of his Majesty's person. By the exertions of the new police, a passage was kept clear for the procession the whole way, so that it entered Somerset House at five minutes past three o'clock, having been only ten minutes in coming from the Palace.

THE ROYAL EMBARKATION. The whole of the arrangements for the royal procession by water being in a complete and efficient state, at an early hour in the morning the numerous officers of government, acting under the personal direction of Admiral Sir T. Byam Martin, K. C. B., minutely inspected both the lines on the north and south sides of the river, not only as regarded their capability of preserving a free and uninterrupted channel for the State barges, but also with the commendable precaution of guardingagainst the loss of life, which must otherwise have occurred, from the immense assemblage of boats and small craft on the bosom of the Thames. It is scarcely doing justice to the exertions of all the officers engaged in this important duty to say that there was every anxious care shown towards the public, both as regarded the accommodation and personal safety, during this unparalleled scene of splendid magnificence. The government vessels immediately in front of Somerset House, consisting of lighters belonging to the Navy and Victualling Offices, the Ordnance vessels, and a gun brig; were securely moored, head and stern, forming the entrance to the channel between the two lines of barges by which the Royal procession was to pass; and down the river to the New Bridge vessels were similarly secured, allowing here and there a space for the entrance of boats on public duty. At nine o'clock all the Royal state barges, the Government Offices and men-ofwar's boats, were at their respective stations. From a much earlier hour, and even shortly after day-break, numerous persons, whose circumstances did not admit of purchasing a situation to witness the Royal spectacle, were stationing themselves on the bridges, wharfs, and shore-side, wherever a

priated to the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, and further on, in the same line, were the names of several noblemen and their ladies, according to the order of precedency.-The table to the left was also marked off in a similar way for personages of distinction. But the great majority of the visiters, composing several hundred persons of both sexes, were accommodated at a double row of tables running parallel in front of the throne to a considerable distance; and, as far as the business of the feast was concerned, the most minute regard was had to comfort and convenience throughout.

Shortly after one o'clock, all those who had obtained tickets presented themselves in rapid succession, and among the first arrivals were the celebrated Brahmin Rajah Ramohun Roy, and his nephew, an interesting youth of pleasing countenance. They were ushered in by Mr. Alderman Wood, and conversed occasionally with several persons whom they recognised in the promenade. By this time two military bands stationed themselves on the bridge, and next came the Alpine Singers, the Bavarian Chinchopper, and the Altona Whistler. All these in turn continued to entertain the company during the interval while they waited the arrival of the Royal party; and in the mean time Mr. Green was attending to the inflation of his balloon, which now presented itself to the view of the spectators on the south side of the bridge, preparatory to his ascent. Next to the Bramin, the Persian Envoy, who also came early, attracted general attention, by the peculiar style and richness of his eastern costume, and the full luxuriance of his black beard. From this time every moment brought with it a fresh influx of visiters, and before his Majesty had yet set out from Somerset-House, the grand promenade displayed an immense assemblage of rank and fashion, from one end to the other. All the civic authorities were present, and many of the aldermen wore their scarlet robes and chains. As the hour of three approached every eye was intently directed towards Southwark Bridge; and about twenty minutes afterwards repeated salvoes of artillery, mingled with the shouts of acclaiming thousands, announced that his Majesty had embarked. A very short time sufficed to bring the Royal barge within view, and the moment it was descried the cheers were redoubled; so much so as to make the." welkin ring" through the whole region around. At

five minutes past four precisely their Majesties and the Royal suite disembarked on the stairs on the City side.

The London-bridge Committee descended the steps, which were brilliantly carpeted from top to bottom, to receive their Majesties. The Lord Mayor waited in his robes, accompanied by the Lady Mayoress, and attended by the Remembrancer, the City Solicitor, the Comptroller of the Bridge-house Estates, and the other principal City officers, at the top of the stairs, holding the City sword. At five minutes after the Royal barge reached the stairs, and his Majesty, stepping on shore, most graciously and warmly addressed the Chairman and Mr. Routh in these words: "Mr. Jones and Mr. Routh, I am very glad to see you on Londonbridge. It is certainly a most beautiful edifice; and the spectacle is the grandest and the most delightful in every respect that I have ever had the pleasure to witness."

Her Majesty was handed out of the barge by Mr. Routh, and immediately took the King's arm, who, after having looked round with evident satisfaction, and taken off his hat upon hearing the tremendous applause which from all sides greeted him, began to ascend the stairs. Upon reaching the first landing-place, where sofas were placed for the accommodation of their Majesties, the King said, in reply to the suggestion to take a seat, that he did not find any occasion to rest. When he reached the second landing-place there was another short pause, after which the King walked to the top of the stairs with a firm step, and without being in the slightest degree fatigued.

The Lord Mayor then, on his knee, presented the sword to his Majesty, who most graciously signified his wish to continue it in the same hands.The Chairman of the Committee then presented his Majesty with a gold medal, commemorative of the opening of the Bridge, having on one side an impression of the King's head, and on the reverse, a well executed view of the New Bridge, with the dates of the present ceremony, and of the laying of the first stone. These formalities ended. The Queen most graciously saluted the Lady Mayoress, and the Nobility who were on the western stairs. Their Majesties were followed by their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland, the Duke of Sussex, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Saxe Weimar and one of