cises, such as golf, the putting the stone, throwing the sledge hammer, &c. His features were characterised by an appearance of great good nature; his face was even coarse, but the attentive observer could perceive in the forehead an extraordinary capacity, in the small grey eye! a quickness, a fire which no artist could ever catch; and about the mouth a roguish smile, which Chantry has transferred to his bust. Of the nu In a pew in Allington church, Dorset, were a great grandfather, great grandmother, grandfather, two grandmothers, three mothers, a father, husband, two wives, two daughters, a merous paintings, engravings, &c., of Sir THIS Castle stands on a steep and com-granddaughter, great grandson, grandson, and Walter Scott, no artist has done him jus-manding eminence, in the most beautiful a son; the whole comprised in five persons. part of the Isle of Wight; its walls, A man in the Exeter Hospital had his leg which enclosed about an acre and a-half amputated, he having undergone a like operation of ground, were in some parts, as appears some time since, so that the poor fellow is now legless When the operation on the last leg was from the ruins which are still standing, finished, the surgeon said to him, Well, my upwards of eighteen feet in thickness; good fellow, it is all over." "Bless your soul, the garrison was supplied with water from sir, dy'e think I didn't know that? "Tisn't the a well withinside the walls, which is still first time I've had a leg cut off." to be seen in a perfect state, and which is partly cut through a rock, a depth of 210 feet from the surface of the earth to the water, which, it is said, at no time rises less than 90 feet from the bottom. thus tice, although all resemble him. We have the man, the good man; but the intelligence of the poet's face is wanting. Wilkie has failed entirely in his portrait of Scott, but portrait painting is not the forte of that great artist. The bust by Chantry is most admirable; it was undertaken by express desire of George the Fourth, and it now is among the fine collection of art at Windsor-A friend of Sir Walter's, the late Mr. Constable, used to relate that they had passed an evening with Robert Burns in 1792; that the latter was wonderfully struck with the powers of young Scott, and prognosticated his future greatness. Scott himself never alluded to it, but he boasted as the highest honour, of having been acquainted with the author of Tam O'Shanter. The magic of Walter Scott's name was never proved more strongly than at the Coronation of George the Fourth. Sir Walter was late, and bustling through the crowd,—a serjeant of the Greys said it was impossible for him to proceed, when Scott assuming the dialect of his country, said, Countryman, can ye no mak' way for Walter Scott? This was irresistible, and a way was formed for the Baronet in a trice. George the Fourth, whose fine taste was never called in question, used to say that there was a charm about Scott which he never met with in any other man; besides, his late Majesty used to add, "He is always at home with me, and when he differs in opinion, he argues his point like a man, a gentleman, and an equal. It is only upon his entree and conge, that there is difference any of rank. I never met other man any (except one) who did so." We do not require great sagacity to discover the exception. When Bailly, (physician to Henry IV. of France,) perceived he was about to die, he called his servants to him singly, and gave to each of them a portion, first of his money, then of his plate and furniture, bid. ding them, as soon as they had taken what he had given them, to leave his house, and see him no more. When the physicians came to visit him, they told him they had found his door open, the servants and the furniture removed and gone, nothing in fact remaining but the bed on which he lay. Then the doctor, taking leave of his physicians, said, "Since my baggage is packed up and gone, it is time that I should also go." He died the same day, Nov. 5th, 1605. making the whole depth of the well 300 feet. Milton, when blind, married a shrew. The Duke of Buckingham called her a rose. "I am no judge of colours," replied Milton, but I dare say you are right, for I feel the thorns daily." reign, her customs rented for 20,000l. per an PATIENCE." Ben," said an angry father, the other day, "I am busy now, but when I can find time, I will give you a hearty flogging.""Don't hurry yourself, pa," said the patient boy, "I can wait." An Englishman who went to establish himself at New York as a hatter, placed on his sign the not understand where the recommendation could LONDON.-In the beginning of Elizabeth's num; her lands at Pentonville, and in the other vicinities of the capital, rented for one shilling the greatest interest to this ruin, is that of London did not include one brick house. But the circumstance which imparts per acre. The greatest estates in the kingdom did not exceed 20,000l. per annum; and the city of its having been for a considerable time the prison of that unfortunate Prince, Charles the First. The ruins only of that wing of the castle in which the unhappy King's apartments were situated now remains, but the window from which he attempted to effect his escape, is still pointed out to the visitor. This is placed at an immense height from the ground, and is fortified with a strong iron grating, through the bars of which it is said Charles succeeded in forcing his head, but could not afterwards pass his shoulders, or again withdraw himself; in this painful received by the Emperor, Charles the Fifth. situation he remained for some time, dur-One day he suddenly presented himself to that Monarch. "Who are you?" said the Emperor, ing which his suffering forced from him haughtily. "The man," said Cortez, as haughthe most heart-rending moans. At length tily, "who has given you more provinces than he succeeded in liberating himself, and, your ancestors left you cities." to inform those of his partizans who were waiting near at hand to assist him on his reaching the exterior of the castle wall, that the attempt had failed, the unfortunate Monarch placed a lighted candle in the window, and his friends, thus warned, effected a retreat just as the guards, alarmed by Charles's cries and groans, had commenced a search after them. The Princess Elizabeth, Charles's second daughter, died a prisoner in this castle, at square, the age The chapel of St. Nicholas, which stands When Cortez returned to Spain, he was coolly The charms of virtue are so great, that it who wish to seduce it. Catharine de Parthemay commands respect and admiration from those was assailed by the importunities of Henry the Fourth of France; her reply was, "Sir, I am too poor to become your wife, and of too good a family to become your mistress." PERSONALITY.-An eccentric individual once concluded a somewhat personal story, by saying, "I will not mention the gentleman's name, be cause he is now Chancellor of the Exchequer." We have heard of a wit who kept a nutmeg. man was mentioned, "there's a-grater.". grater on his table, in order to say when a great company who proposed the toast, An American newspaper advertises for a wetnurse, to take charge of a basket of children! AN INFANT JANUS.-In the month of February, 1828, a female child was born in Paris, and lived for about a quarter of an hour, which them, namely, those of taste, sight, and smell, had two faces; and all the organs belonging to double. A NEW WATER.CLOCK.-An old inhabitant of Grenoble, some time ago, invented a clock which is impelled, not by springs or weights, but by water. The rain which falls upon the roof of a house, collected in a reservoir, is sufficient to keep it in perpetual motion. THE HOUSEWIFE. "A stitch in time."-OLD ADAGE. CHEAP BEER.-Mix 14lbs of treacle and 11 gallons of water well together, and boi! them for two hours with six ounces of hops; when quite cool, add a tea-cupful of yeast, and stir it well, by a gallon or two at a time; let it ferment for sixteen hours in a tub covered with a sack; then put it into a nine gallon cask, and keep it well filled up; bung it down in two days-and in seven days it will be fit to drink, and will be stronger beer than London porter. This is the simplest, as it requires no skill-a washing copper, or teakettle and a tub are the only requisites; and nine gallons of beer can be obtained at the following cost: PRINCESS CHARLOTTE'S MONUMENT; ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL. COLDS.-There cannot be much fear of the person, who, like Spencer's March (Fairie Queene vii. 7,) shall bend his brow to the blast, and shall dig his rood of land, and sow his bushel of seed, whether the bleak north or the biting east wind scatter consumption and death among the feeble inmates of the parlour, or the half famished tenants of the hut or the garret. Free exposure to every wind that blows, provided always that requisite clothing and active exercise be attended to-will do more to banish coughs and consumptions than all the fox glove or Iceland moss that ever grew, or all the bleeding, blistering, or long rubbings that were ever tried. Confine yourself to a warm parlour, and you will shudder at every blast, and probably catch a bad cough or a cold fever at every slight change of weather, and will find it dangerous to venture out of doors during the cold and chilly days of winter and spring; but by free exposure and brisk exercise, you may learn to set the weather at defiance, and put on the vigorous and healthy look of the young spring, instead of the church-yard cough and undermining fever of age and debility. DUELLING. FIXTURES.-A tenant, who takes possession of a house, either fits it up with fixtures, or buys such fixtures as he finds upon the premises. It he puts in fixtures himself, provided they be for the ornament and furniture of the house, or for domestic use and convenience, such as pier glasses,ta. pestry, put up in lieu of wainscot, chimney-pieces, marble slabs, window blinds, coppers, cisterns, grates, locks, bells, &c.,-although nailed down, screwed, and virtually attached to the freehold, he has a right to remove such articles during his term, and to consider them in the light of per sonal goods and chattels. The annexation to the freehold does not at all alter the quality of the thing, or divest the tenant's right. But if he papers a room. affixes a balcony or viranda to the front of a house, puts up water closets or sinks a pump in the yard, all such articles, though put up by himself, will in most cases lose the character of removable fixtures, and pass to the landlord at the end of the term. The reason is:-first, that such articles cannot be removed themselves greatly deteriorated and spoiled in value by disannexing them. For it has been said by an able judge,-that articles, even of this description of fixtures put up by a tenant, can only be removed where they are so attached to the man. That duellists, who, nine times in premises as not to have become part of the sub- ten, can strike a dollar, should, at the stance and fabric of the house. If a tenant add a same distance, either miss their anviranda or conservatory (not being for the purposes of trade, as a nurseryman) by way of orna- tagonists altogether, or that part of them ment, and the removal of it would materially at which they levelled, must be referred disfigure the premises,-that is, if it be substan- to want of self-possession. Conscious tially united to the house, he has, by reasonable implication of law and equity, permanently anthat they are doing wrong, their hands nexed it to the freehold, and cannot remove it. tremble, and carry the bullets aside The same rule of law obtains in the erection of from their aim; otherwise, the death of garden sheds, arbours, hot houses, and erections of the like kind. They are quasi dedications to both parties would be much more common the realty, and are not removeable by the tenant than it is. at the expiration of his lease. Even iron ovens, without injury to the premises, or without being cupboards, and shelves, cisterns and pumps, may be so affixed, and may be so necessarily incorpo. rated with the realty from the damage that would result from their removal, that, by implication of law, they would pass from the tenant to the landlord on the expiration of the lease; but this is not commonly the case. EACH constitutes himself judge in his -is left to the decision of the best marks A few duels are recollected as having taken place before the revolutionary war, and were often fought with swords. During and since that period, they have been much more frequent, and always with pistols. Their folly is equal to their guilt. They decide nothing-they neither prove the courage, the justice, nor the innocence, of the parties. The greatest cowards may be urged on to fight duels, of duty to God and man, and from a conand the bravest men may, from a sense viction of their absurdity, refuse that Gothic mode of settling disputes. They occasionally rid the world of a fool, a madman, a gambler, a bully, or a blackguard; but sometimes deprive society of a worthy man, who, though possessed of many virtues, has not courage enough to follow his own convictions of duty; and who is so afraid of the imputation of cowardice, that he acts the part of a coward; for, induced by fear of the censure or ridicule of a misjudging world, he deliberately does what his conscience condemns. TO GIVE AN EXTRA POWER TO GUNPOWDER Mix four ounces of fresh quick lime well pulverised, to one pound of powder, which may be preserved in any vessel closely shut. We recommend this to sportsmen, particularly in wet seasons, as pure powder is very apt to get damp. LACONICS. "The best words of the best Authors." Every weight ill-carried is increased in gravity; and as it is impossible to make human misery accommodate itself to our will, it is more prudent and less fruitless to strive to accommodate ourselves to human misery. that amounts to a forfeiture.' Where these acts of forfeiture have not been committed, these rights are not subjects for consideration and discussion, and therefore upon them all have a right to demand and none have a right to refuse a pledge-he to whom it is a matter for consideration, and to be dependent on discussion, whether a man has a right to 'life and liberty,' should be sent to school and not to parliament; if he doubts whether all have this right, he will soon doubt whether any have it-if he has made up his mind he cannot hesitate to say so-if he has not, he is not fit for a British Senator." Time is like a creditor, who allows an ample space to make up accounts, but is inexorable at last. Time is like a verb than can be used in the present tense. Time, well employed, gives that health and vigour to the soul, which rest and retirement give to the body. Time never sits heavily on us, but when it is badly employed. Time is a grateful friend-use it well, and it AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT IN never fails to make suitable requital. The true spirit of religion cheers as well as composes the mind; it banishes indeed all levity of behaviour, and dissolute mirth; but fills the mind with perpetual serenity, uninterrupted cheerfulness, and an habitual inclination to please others, and be pleased ourselves. We are too apt, in religious matters, to call the man who goes beyond us in belief a fanatic, and he who comes short of our creed an infidel; not reflecting, that He who is the light and the truth, sees not with our eyes, and judges not with our judgment. STITUTION, for AFFORDING EMPLOY. The Most Honourable the MARQUESS OF DOURO TIMER The Right Reverend the LORD BISHOP OF BATH and WELLS The Right Reverend the LORD BISHOP OF ROCHESTER The Right Honourable LORD TEYNHAM The Right Honourable LORD ASHTOWN The Honourable WILLIAM POLE TILNEY LONG WELLES- The Right Honourable StR J. KEY, Bart., Lord Mayor HENRY THOMAS WILLATS, Esq. And many other Noblemen and Gentlemen. SIR: The West Indian party attempt to justify the present existence of Slavery, by bringing forward the fact of Slavery having been allowed under the Jewish dispensation-though in quite Sir John William Lubbock, Bart.; John Alden Clarke, another form, and under totally different circumstances to our colonial system. Now, if they will insist upon bringing the Bible forward on their side, let them have itbut they must stand by it, for on looking at the 21st chapter of Exodus, where the laws relating to Slavery are given, I find in the 16th verse, the following: "He that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death." The Negroes in the West Indies were originally stolen, and they are yet to be found in the hand of these men-so that out of their own mouth the West Indian party are condemned, and if they pursue their present conduct much longer, their sentence will be put in execution by the Negroes themselves. Pledges are very fairly objected to on subjects of general policy and commercial regulation, because Parliament is a deliberative body, and therefore the members of it ought to approach the subjects for consideration and diseussion unbiassed and unfettered. This can never apply to any matter in which first principles and the immutable laws of God and nature are involved: if these laws are not enforced, every man, be he high or low, rich or poor, peer or peasant, is bound, to the extent of his power, to enforce them; if any suffer by the violation of these principles and these laws, as all are naturally interested in their support, and as all may become the victims of this violation, all are bound to unite to preserve them inviolate to themselves and to restore them unimpaired to others. These are not subjects for consideration; these cannot be subjects for discussion. The laws of God invest all mankind with certain rights these are not dependent upon any earthly tribunal; these cannot be annulled by any earthly legislation. No law can add force to the Divine Law-no human enactment at variance with it is binding-all such enactments are impious and foolish. "Amongst these acknowledgedrights, Blackstone places life and liberty,' and he says, no human legislature has power to abridge or destroy them, unless the owner shall himself commit some act TREASURERS. Esq.; and Edward Foster, Esq. SOLICITOR AND SECRETARY. Henry F. Richardson, Esq. Now ready, Part 1. of the WORKS of the late MR. LIVERSEEGE; Containing "The Weekly Register," "The Inquiry," and "Captain Macheath," beautifully engraved by Giller, Quilley, and Ward. Prints, 10s. 6d.; Proofs, £1 s.; separate Prints, 58. London: Moon, Boys, and Graves, 6, Pall-mall; and J. C. Grundy, Manchester. Also, just published, LADY PEEL. Painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence, exquisitely engraved by Samuel Cousins. Prints, 12s.; Proofs, £1 18.; India Proofs, £1 11s. 6d.; before Letters, £2 2s. Just published, in three vols, post 8vo. price 24s. boards, HE DOUBLE TRIAL: the Tquences of an Irish Clearing. A Tale of the pre sent Day. 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Printed and Published by J. CRISP, at No. 13, Wellington-street, Strand, where all Advertisements and Communications for the Editor are to be addressed. THE TOURIST: OR, Sketch Book of the Times. "I pencilled things I saw, and profited by things I heard."-LETTER OF A WALKING GENTLEMAN. VOL. 1.-No. 4. MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1832. LAMBETH PALACE. PRICE ONE PENNY. THIS palace is the venerable mansion of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The founder seems to have been Archbishop Boniface, in the 13th century. It suffered much in Wat Tyler's rebellion, 1381, when the insurgents of Essex en tered, and put to death Archbishop Sudbury. On the decolation of Charles the First, it was purchased by a Colonel Scott, for £1073, who converted the chapel into a dancing-room. The parish church of Lambeth joins the old gateway, or entrance into the palace, the tower of which is very lofty, and exhibits the marks of many centuries; it contains a pleasant ring of bells, and is a prominent figure in the landscape, at many miles distant. It was beneath the old walls of this church, that Queen Mary, wife of James the Second, when flying from Whitehall with her infant son, to escape the ruin impending over her family, took shelter from the rain of the inclement night, December the 6th, 1688. It was here she waited, with little attendance, till a coach could be found to convey her to Gravesend, from whence she sailed to France, and never more returned to this country. ATHENS.-Frequently did Athens owe her safety to the illustrious men she had produced."How often," exclaimed one of her conquerors, "must I spare the living for the sake of the dead." MY NOTE BOOK.-No. 1. BURNS THE POET. ONE or two pieces by Burns have been put into our hands, with an assurance that they have never before been published. It is not probably generally known that the Poet once paid our "merry City" (Carlisle) a visit, though there is no doubt that he did once, at least, get "unco happy" within our ancient walls. He had come into the city on horseback; and his nag was turned out to grass for a few hours. The horse, as well be supposed, having such a masmay ter, was a brute of taste, and took into his head, that the grass in a field belonging to our worthy Corporation, which adjoined that in which he had been put, was of a better and sweeter flavour than its own allotment, and accordingly made good a lodgment there. The Mayor impounded the horse; and next morning, when Burns heard of the disaster, he wrote the following stanza : Was e'er puir poet sae befitted, The maister drunk-the horse committed:Puir harmless beast! tak' thee nae care, Thou'lt be a horse, when he's nae mair (mayor). His Worship's mayoralty, we should have premised, was about to expire on the day It is said, toat the stanza was written. when the Mayor heard whose horse he had impounded, he gave instant orders for its liberation-exclaiming, "Good God, let him have it, or the job will be heard of for ages to come!" Burns was on the most friendly terms with a gentleman named M'Murdo, at that time steward to the Duke of Buccleugh who resided at Drumlanrig Castle: the Poet happened to be on a visit to his friend at the time Mrs. McMurdo was lying-in; and on the morning of his departure he wrote the following stanza upon a pane of glass in the room: Blessed be M'Murdo till his latest day! May no dark cloud o'ershade his evening ray; Oh, may no son of his the father's honour stain, Nor ever daughter give the mother pain. To Mr. M Murdo he afterwards sent a pound of snuff, accompanied with the fol lowing verses: Oh, could I give the Indies' wealth Why then the joy of both would be, But golden sands ne'er yet have graced Then take what gold could never buy- VALUE OF FREEDOM.-The advocates for siavery frequently assert, that the happiness of the Slaves is so exquisite, it not only exceeds that of the peasantry of England, but that many Slaves who have had freedom offered to them would not accept it. What can be a stronger proof of the falsity of this assertion, than the fact that many of the Slaves who were active in suppressing the late insurrection in Jamaica were rewarded with their freedom? It is well known that no greater reward can be given to a Slave. EFFECTS OF COLD.-Sir, I shall fine you for not wearing a white cravat with your academic dress," said a strict disciplinarian to an unfortunate freshman, on a raw morning in January. "Fine me! I assure you, sir, my cravat is white."-" How can you say so, sir? Do I not see that it is blue."-" Oh, sir, it was white when I put it on this morning, but it looks blue from the cold." THE STRAND. In the reign of Edward III. the Strand was an open highway. A solitary house Occasionally occurred; but in 1353, the rugged-verned by laws which they have made themselves, The liberty of the people consists in being goness of the highway was such, that Edward appointed a tax on wool, leather, &c., for its im "a road for ducks." LAW.-A celebrated barrister, retired from practice, was one day asked his sincere opinion of the law. "Why the fact is," rejoined he, "if any man was to claim the coat upon my back, and threaten my refusal with a law-suit, he should certainly have it, lest, in defending my coal, I should lose my waistcoat also." WORKING BEES.-In a late No. of the Transactions of the Linnæan Society of Bourdeaux, a M. Espaignes affirms, that he has ascertained that the working bees are all of one sex-the male. If this be true, we shall have to look on these wonderful creatures, as miracles of civilization as well as industry. EBENEZER ADAMS.-This celebrated Quaker, on visiting a lady of rank, whom he found. six months after the death of her husband, on a sofa covered with black cloth, and in all the dignity of woe, approached her with great solemnity, and, gently taking her by the hand, thus accosted her: "So, friend, I see that thou hast not yet forgiven God Almighty." This seasonable reproof had such an effect upon the person to whom it was addressed, that she immediately laid aside her trappings of grief, and went about her necessary business and avocations. ELEGANT PHRASEOLOGY.-In Pere la Chaise is an epitaph upon a person who was the most famous restaurateur in Paris in his day, which says that his whole life was consecrated to the useful arts." A LIGHT UPON THE SUBJECT.-The candlemakers, one and all, dcelare that the abolishing of general illuminations effectually contradicts the assertion of this being an enlightened age. A SWAMPY KINGDOM.-In the reign of Charles II., at the east-end of St. James's-park there was a swampy retreat for the ducks, denominated Duck Island, which by Charles was erected into a government, and a salary annexed to the office, in favour of the celebrated French writer, M. de St. Evremond, who was the first and last governor. PROPER DESCRIPTION.-The Bishop of London, in a late discourse delivered at St. James's church, alluding to the subject of duelling, described the seconds as engaged "in defining the punctilios of mucual murder." CLOSE SHAVING.-Tertullian, the father of the Church, was a great enemy to smooth faces. "Shaving the beard," he says, "is a lie against our own faces, and an impious attempt to improve the works of the Creator.' PUNISHMENT.-Sir John Trevor, cousin to Lord Chancellor Jeffries, was an able man, but as corrupt as he was able. He was twice Speaker of the House of Commons, and officially had the mortification to put the question to the House, "whether himself ought to be expelled for bribery." The answer was "Yes." EQUALITY.-Boileau used to be visited by an idle and ignorant person, who complained to him that he never returned his visit. "Sir," replied the satirist, "we are not upon equal terms you call upon me merely to get rid of your time-when I call upon you, I lose mine." MAN AND WIEE-In a certain village in Yorkshire, a man and his wife were quarrelling violently in the open streets during service-time, on a Sunday, as the churchwarden was going his round. He quaintly observed, "Whom God has joined together, let no man put asunder;" and very properly placed the wrangling pair in the stocks. In confinement the goldfinch has often been known to live 16 or 18 years. Gester saw one at Mentz which had attained to 23; but the people of the house were obliged once a week to scrape its nails and bill, that it might eat, drink, and sit on its bar. It had subsisted principally on poppy seeds, it was incapable of flying, and all its feathers had become white. under whatsoever form it be of government; The Chinese have a great number of very short, but very expressive maxims, among which It was decreed that upon the monument of A man must be esteemed in order to be use- The avarice of time which he exhibited may be allowed to prove the sense which Maximus entertained of his own happiness.-(Gibbon.) Without the power of expressing the thoughts with correctness and elegance, science is but learned lumber; a burthen to the owner, and a nuisance to every body else.-(Warburton.) Licentious habits in youth give a cast or turn to old age. The mind of a young creature cannot remain empty if you do not put into it that which is good, it will gather elsewhere that which is evil. (Berkeley.) A young rake makes an old infidel: libertine practises beget libertine opinions.—(Ibid.) Sinful men do with sinful provocation as ball players do with the ball: whoso beginneth the other returneth it; and when it once is up, both labour to keep it up.-(Saunderson.) Little reading with much thinking is a more The meanest man may be useful to the great- A wise and a good man will forget the past, POETRY. WHAT IS WISDOM? "Then, what is wisdom?" didst thou ask me this? To the full vaze of that enquiring eye, As with a bright intelligence it shone, Then, what is wisdom?" thus with all the pride Those persons whose business is pleasure, When persons of rank are coachmen or cooks, However weak a Prince may be, he is never so If any private person had the least idea of the duties of a King, he would never wish to be one. The Salique law, that excludes women from the throne, is a just and a wise law. THE MORNING AIR.-There is something in the morning air that, while it defies the penetration of our proud and shallow philosophy, adds brightness to the blood, freshness to life, and vi gour to the whole frame-the freshness of the lip, by the way, is, according to Dr. Marshall Hall, one of the surest marks of health. If ye would be well, therefore - if ye would have your heart dancing gladly, like the April breeze, and your blood flowing like an April brook-up with the lark-"the merry lark," as Shakspeare calls it, which is "the ploughman's clock," to warn him of the dawn;-up and breakfast on the morning air-fresh with the odour of budding flowers and all the fragrance of the maiden spring;-up from your nerve-destroying down bed, and from the foul air pent within your close drawn curtains, and, with the sun, "walk o'er the dew of yon high eastern hills." But we must defend the morning air from the aspersions of those who sit in their close airless studies, and talk of the chilling dew and the unwholesome damps of the dawn. We have all the facts in our favour that the fresh of the morning is uniformly wholesome; and, having the facts, we pitch such shallow philosophy to fools who have nothing else for a foot-ball, "No, ask me not, my fair one, lest my tale Why court thy desart's sweet and spicy gale? "Turn thee, fair lady! See yon new laid earth, "There, while I sought-_" A shriek of maniac mirth, The cruel madness of a broken heart. My Lucy had herself the answer given: Sir: The above lines, written in answer to a lady's LONDON DESCRIBED BY AN INDIAN CHIEF.-The Rev. P. Jones, the Indian Chief, thus writes to the Editor of the Canada Guardian:-"London is a great city, and is full of people. I wonder how they all get their living; for they are as thick as musquetoes, and almost run over one another. There you may see the rich man who has everything he wants, and here you may see the poor man who knows not where he may get his next meal." |