to tell the Marfhal, Earl of Thomond, " Some of your countrymen, Marthal, give me a good deal of trouble." He replied," Sire, your Mas jefty's enemies, make the fame complaint in every part of the world."

PROTESTANT BAKER.

During the rebellion of 1798, about the 26th of June, a divifion of hungry Scotch foldiers on their way to reinforce fone of the army advancing through, the difturbed counties, entered the village of Rathcool, eight miles from Dublin. Impelled by the keeness of their appetites, and fully acquainted with their unlimited authority they poffeffed, they immediately decreed a requifition of provifions. In their avidity and expedition a party of them detected a baker at work, who had but a few minutes before charged his oven-the affertion of the poor man could not perfuade them that the bread was not fit to be eaten. They proceeded and drew the loaves, of which they voraciously devoured a confiderable quantity, which they occafionally diluted with a profufion of buttermilk.

The raw hot food and milk, operated in fuch a manner in a few minutes, that their bodies fwelled to an unusual bulk, and fo fick and difabled, were they, by the great quantity eaten, and the fermentation that took place, that they imagined the baker had poifoned his bread; this military conjecture, was confirmed by the authority of a loyal inhabitant of the village, who affured his afflicted allies, they were dead men, as the baker was not only a reputed rebel, but was alfo a known papift.

This watch-word of deftruction, communicated a kind of frenzy to the anti-popish heroes, in a few minutes

the baker was dragged into the ftreet and fhot to death.

Some time after the murderous deed was done, the conflicting materials, fo haftily fwallowed, began to fubfide into a more tranquill ftate of order, the enlarged capacities of the bellies returned to their former dimenfions, and so much ease was restored to the red judges and exeditioners, that they were enabled to spend the evening in the utmost conviviality over fome confifcated wh key; but very candidly before they retired to reft, they honourably acquited the dead baker, of the felony for which he fuffered.

This poifoning affair alarmed feveral popith bakers, fo much that they thought it more prudent to adjourn bufinefs fine die than continue to follow a trade to pregnant with military peril.

A baker in Bray, was fo intimidated at the apprehenfions of having the custom of the army, and his houfe neglected by people of rank in the neighbourhood, who refufed to eat any more bread made in a pcpifh workshop, that the poor fellow became infolvent, and escaped to a prifon for debt.

A fpeculative man from Dublin, fucceeded the papift, and embarked largely into the business, advertising that

Mr. K. a real proteftant baker, would ferve the loyal and opulent of the neighbourhood with fuch bread, as could be eaten with peculiar pleafure, and the greatest safety." Whilft the public mind remained in the state of irritation of the day, the proteftant baker did wonders, but as foon as tranquility, was restored, his bufinefs declined fo much, that he was obliged to decamp, and was replaced by a papist, who continues to feed all ranks, without the leaft fufpicion attached to him, of meditating death against the lives of his cuftomers.

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A CURIOUS CHARACTER.

Ata place called Curragh-town,near Navan, about feven years fince lived a man of the name of Charleton: he never was married, nor even fuffered a female to appear in his house, being literally a woman hater, nor did he even entertain any visitors; or other company than that of his fervant, except on fome occafions, two or three pipers; being particularly enamoured of our Irish airs, communicated by the found of the bagpipes. With this fociety he often declared he enjoyed what he confidered the greateft degree of domeftic felicity. Whenever he hired a fervant, he entered into a regular ftipulation with him, it was provided, that whenever they rode out together, whoever advanced on the road, one yard before the other, fhould forfeit fourpence, and that each perfon fhould clean his own horfe, boots and fpurs, knife and fork. His last domeftic fo pleafed him, by ftrictly attending to every rule of the house, that they continued together more than thirty years. The meat eaten at dinner, was dreffed on every Monday, on which day, it was eaten warm, but every fubfequent day in the week, it was taken cold.

The late Lord Kilwarden, was a particular favourite of Mr. Charleton's, though not in any manner related to him-he bequeathed to his lordfhip the bulk of his fortune,& tho' he evinced through a long lite a decided diflike to enter into the marriage ftate, yet, by his laft will, with a true fpirit of philantrophy he teftified his veneration for it, by directing that a confiderable part of his proproperty fhould be annually divided

into fums of fix guineas each, to be given to a certain nun.ber of new married couples, of the labouring ranks of the community, refiding in the county of Meath.

His apprehenfions of being buried before he was dead, through any, miitake or hurry of the pertons who might be with him in his last moments, were fo ftrong on his mind, that he ordered his head to to be cut off after being placed in the coffin and for this promised act, he be→ quethed to the operator, ten gui

neas.

THE LOYAL CANARY BIRD.

The following anecdote, relating to the celebrated earl of Peterborough of whom mention is made in Lord Orford's catalogue of royal and noble authors, is given on the authority of the countels of Suffolk, who had it from his own mouth.

About the time of the abdication of James II. when Lord Peterborough was a young man, having a paffion for a lady, who had feen a fine canary bird at a coffeehoute near Charingcrois, which he was defirous he fhould procure for her; he offered the owner, a widow, a great price, but the absolutely refufed to fell it. Being refolved to have the bird, and finding the purchase of it impracticable, by the old adage, "exchange is no robery," he bought another of the exact colour, and with nearly the fame marks, but, which, however, proved to be a hen. Cautiously concealing this bird, he went to the houfe, which he was in the habit of vifiting. The miftrefs ufually fat in a room behind the bar, to which he had eafy accefs; and having contrived to fend her out of the way for a few minutes, he took the favourite from its cage, and substituted the other in its place. On the woman's return, he foon carried off his prize;

but to avoid fufpicion, continued to ufe the houfe. He carefully avoided, however, uttering a fyllable about the bird, till at least two years afterwards. when, taking occafion to fpeak of it, he faid to the widow"I would have bought that bird, and you refuted my money; but, I dare fay, you are by this time, very forry for it."- "Indeed, I am not,' anfwered the woman; "nor would I now take any fum for him; for, would you believe it? from the time that our good King was forced to go abroad and leave us, the dear creature has not fung a fingle note!"

LITERARY ANECDOTE.

According to M. Luneau de Boifgermain, the plan of the French Encyclopædia did not originate with Meffieurs Diderot and D'Alembert. Chambers's Dictionary had been known many years before; and it was an Englishman who firft under took to tranflate Chambers into French. The fact is as follows:"In 1743, John Mills, an English gentlenian, with Mr. Sellius of Dantzick, formerly profeffor at Halle, undertook the tranflation. Being in want of a printer, they applied to Le Breton, printer and bookfellor at Patis. As both were foreigners, they knew little of all the formalities which were neceffary to be obferved previously to their work being printed. Le Breton took upon himself to folicit, in their joint names, a privilege for printing the work; which he obtained, but had it inferted under

his own name. Mills being informed of it, threatened Le Breton to profecute him with fo much firinnefs that he forced him to declare, in a legal deed, that the privilege du Diction

naire de Chambers, although given under the name of Le Breton, was the fole property of John Mills This title, however, became void by want of formalities. Soon after, Mills entered into another engagement with Le Breton; by which he gave to the latter a fhare in his privilege they, in concert, announced the publication of L'Encyclopedie by fubfcription. As the number of fubfcribers was confiderable, Mills requested a fum of money, which the Bookfellors peremptorily refufed. A fuit of law was begun, but without any defini tive refult. In the mean time Le Breton got the firft privilege revoked, and obtained another in his own name. This was in 1746; and the privilege was given pour l'Encyclopé die de Diderot et d'Alembert. Mills was deprived of a work, the plan and execution of which belonged to him, without having commit ted any fault but the infringement of formalities unknown to him, and which had been artfully concealed from him by Le Breton. He was therefore obliged to come back to England; and Sellius, his partner, died mad at Charenton in 1767.

GREAT EVENT.

Thus