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

CARISBROOK CASTLE.

BREVITIES.

CIVILITY. A young gentleman was found asleep in George-street, at an unreasonable hour. When brought before the Magistrate, he confessed that he had been tipsy. "Young man, you should be very sorry." "I am sorry.""You must be fined." Handing over the money, "I am fined."

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

A man in the Exeter Hospital had his leg

amputated, he having undergone a like operation some time since, so that the poor fellow is now legless. When the operation on the last leg was finished, the surgeon said to him, Well, my good fellow, it is all over." Bless your soul, sir, dy'e think I didn't know that? "Tisn't the first time I've had a leg cut off."

Duke of Buckingham called her a rose. I am

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. tice, although all resemble him. We part of the Isle of Wight; its walls, have the man, the good man; but the in- which enclosed about an acre and a-half telligence of the poet's face is wanting. of ground, were in some parts, as appears Wilkie has failed entirely in his portrait from the ruins which are still standing, of Scott, but portrait painting is not the upwards of eighteen feet in thickness; forte of that great artist. The bust by the garrison was supplied with water from Chantry is most admirable; it was under- a well withinside the walls, which is still taken by express desire of George the to be seen in a perfect state, and which is Fourth, and it now is among the fine col- partly cut through a rock, a depth of 210 lection of art at Windsor-A friend of feet from the surface of the earth to the Sir Walter's, the late Mr. Constable, water, which, it is said, at no time rises used to relate that they had passed an less than 90 feet from the bottom. thus evening with Robert Burns in 1792; making the whole depth of the well 300 that the latter was wonderfully struck feet. 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.

the greatest interest to this ruin, is that But the circumstance which imparts 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 situation he remained for some time, during which his suffering forced from him the most heart-rending moans. At length he succeeded in liberating himself, and, 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 the age of fifteen, as it is said, of a broken When Bailly, (physician to Henry IV heart. The chamber in which she expired, of France,) perceived he was about to die, he called his servants to him singly, and a small room about sixteen feet square, gave to each of them a portion, first of his remaining, as it is said, in its original money, then of his plate and furniture, bid-state, extremely plain and unornamented, ding them, as soon as they had taken what is still pointed out to the visitor. he had given them, to leave his house, and see him no more. When the physicians found his door open, the servants and the came to visit him, they told him they had 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.

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 his point like a man, a gentleman, and an equal. It is only upon his entree and conge, that there is difference of rank. I never met any other man (except one) who did so." We do not require great sagacity to discover the exception.

argues

any

The chapel of St. Nicholas, which stands in the castle-yard, is kept up, and has a salary. It is now upwards of twenty chaplain regularly appointed to it, with a years since the voice of prayer was heard to ascend to the throne of Grace from those holy walls, within which royal martyrs were formerly wont to offer up their orisons.

Milton, when blind, married a shrew. The no judge of colours," replied Milton, "but I dare say you are right, for I feel the thorns daily."

num; her lands at Pentonville, and in the other

LONDON.-In the beginning of Elizabeth's reign, her customs rented for 20,000l. per anvicinities of the capital, rented for one shilling of London did not include one brick house. per acre. The greatest estates in the kingdom did not exceed 20,000l. per annum; and the city

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 intimation that he was a hatter-not from London-but " from the village." Jonathan could be; in fact, it puzzled all the Yankees for a considerable time, until the hatter explained he merely announced himself from the village," in order to please the inhabitants by giving them an opportunity of guessing.

not understand where the recommendation could

When Cortez returned to Spain, he was coolly

received by the Emperor, Charles the Fifth. One day he suddenly presented himself to that Monarch. "Who are you?" said the Emperor, haughtily. "The man," said Cortez, as haughtily," who has given you more provinces than your ancestors left you cities."

The charms of virtue are so great, that it commands respect and admiration from those

who wish to seduce it. Catharine de Parthemay 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

An Irishman, in France, drinking with some company who proposed the toast, "The land we live in," Aye, with all my sowl, my dear," said he, "here's poor ould Ireland."

An American newspaper advertises for a wet.

nurse, to take charge of a basket of children!

AN INFANT JANUS.-In the month of Feb

ruary, 1828, a female child was born in Paris,
and lived for about a quarter of an hour, which
double.
had two faces; and all the organs belonging to
them, namely, those of taste, sight, and smell,

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 3s. 6d.

cost:

14lbs. of treacle 6 oz. of hops

0 41
3 10

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. If 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,tapestry, 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, EACH constitutes himself judge in his though put up by himself, will in most cases lose the character of removable fixtures, and pass to own case, at a time when pride or passion the landlord at the end of the term. The reason hides both truth and justice from their is:-first, that such articles cannot be removed minds. The laws of God and man being without injury to the premises, or without being themselves greatly deteriorated and spoiled in set aside, the important question of right value by disannexing them. For it has been said and wrong-of character and reputation by an able judge,-that articles, even of this de--is left to the decision of the best marksscription 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 substance and fabric of the house. If a tenant add a viranda or conservatory (not being for the purposes of trade, as a nurseryman) by way of ornament, and the removal of it would materially disfigure the premises, that is, if it be substantially united to the house, he has, by reasonable implication of law and equity, permanently annexed it to the freehold, and cannot remove it. The same rule of law obtains in the erection of garden sheds, arbours, hot houses, and erections of the like kind. They are quasi dedications to the realty, and are not removeable by the tenant at the expiration of his lease. Even iron ovens, cupboards, and shelves, cisterns and pumps, may be so affixed, and may be so necessarily incorporated 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.

Conscious

ten, can strike a dollar, should, at the
same distance, either miss their an-
tagonists altogether, or that part of them
at which they levelled, must be referred
to want of self-possession.
that they are doing wrong, their hands
tremble, and carry the bullets aside
from their aim; otherwise, the death of
both parties would be much more common
than it is.

taken place before the revolutionary war,
A few duels are recollected as having
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, and the bravest men may, from a sense of duty to God and man, and from a conviction 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 re. commend 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.

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 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.

EDITOR'S BOX.

"Fiat justitia ruat cœlum,"

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TOURIST.

SIR: The West Indian party attempt to justify

the present existence of Slavery, by bringing forward the fact of Slavery having been allowed

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 dis-
cussion, 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 hesi-
tate to say so-if he has not, he is not fit for
a British Senator."

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TREASURERS.

under the Jewish dispensation-though in quite Sir John William Lubbock, Bart.; John Alden Clarke,

another form, and under totally different circumstances to out 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.

J.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TOURIST SIR: I have read a deal on the subject of Par. liamentary Pledges, but all previous observations on this popular topic sink into insignificance compared with the following paragraph, which was put into my hands a few days ago. Z.

Esq.; and Edward Foster, Esq.
SOLICITOR AND SECRETARY.
Henry F. Richardson, Esq.

THE OBJECTS OF THE INSTITUTION ARE-
To obtain waste and other land by gift, grant, lease, or
purchase; to cultivate and divide the same into smaller
portions where adviseable; and by means of letting it to
the poor, to bring the same into a state of profitable culti
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wise, may be gradually repaid, and a small rent charged
upon the occupier, leaving a comfortable subsistence for
himself and his family, until the outlay and expenses
frugality, of acquiring a competency. And to furnish
are satisfied; and afterwards the means, by industry and
implements, instruction, and other means to the occu-
piers to attain these desirable objects.

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'Pledges are very fairly objected to on subjects of general policy and commercial regula. tempt (which can hardly be called an experiment,) in subtion, because Parliament is a deliberative body, stituting Home Colonization for banishment, which under the name of emigration, is nothing short of a penalty, and therefore the members of it ought to and a severe and often fatal penalty on misfortune. approach the subjects for consideration and dis- Noblemen and Gentlemen inclined to promote the eussion unbiassed and unfettered. This can objects of this Institution, are solicited to send their names and communications to the Office, No. 3, Old never apply to any matter in which first princi-Jewry, London, where Subscriptions will be thankfully ples and the immutable laws of God and nature received; also by the Treasurers, Mansion House-street, are involved: if these laws are not enforced, by the Bankers, and by the Secretary, to whom comevery man, be he high or low, rich or poor, peer munications are requested to be addressed. 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.

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"I pencilled things I saw, and profited by things I heard."-LETTER OF A WALKING GENTLEMAN.

BREVITIES.

THE STRAND.-In the reign of Edward III. the Strand was an open highway. A solitary house occasionally occurred; but in 1353, the ruggedness of the highway was such, that Edward appointed a tax on wool, leather, &c., for its improvement.

A ROAD.-When George III, was hunting over Wingfield-plain, he came to a watery lane. Meeting with a countryman, he inquired of him if that was a road? "Yes," answered Hodge, "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 coat, 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.

LACONICS.

"The best words of the best Authors."

The liberty of the people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever form it be of government; the liberty of a private man, in being master of his own time and actions, as far as may consist with the laws of God and of his country.(Cowley.)

The Chinese have a great number of very
short, but very expressive maxims, among which
we find the following:-"The tongue of women
is their sword, and they never suffer it to grow
rusty."

It was decreed that upon the monument of
Augustus the titles of the laws which he had
enacted should precede the enumeration of the
victories which he had gained.-(Tacitus.)
Life is not long enough for the attainment of
general knowledge.-(Wesley.)

A man must be esteemed in order to be use-
ful.-(Ibid.)

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 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 probable way to make a man learned, than very much reading without due reflection.-(Granvil.)

The meanest man may be useful to the greatest, and the most eminent stand in need of the lowest; in a building the highest and lowest stones add to their own mutual stability.-(Saunderson.)

A wise and a good man will forget the past, will either bear or enjoy the present, and resign himself quietly to futurity.

POETRY.

WHAT IS WISDOM?

"Then, what is wisdom?" didst thou ask me this?
And with a smile of doubting emphasis?
Oh! would to Heaven, I could with truth reply
To the full gaze of that enquiring eye,
As with a bright intelligence it shone,
Courting a ray as dazzling as its own!
"Then, what is wisdom?" thus with all the pride
Of soaring intellect, the statesman cried,
As scornfully he viewed the herd of fools
That thronged his levee to become his tools;
Amply repaid for all their anxious toil,
By one unmeaning, condescending smile,
From him who answering ambition's call,
Had proved himself the greatest fool of all;
Had staked al: hope upon a single throw;
One prize of doubtful bliss, ten thousand blanks of woe!
Then, what is wisdom?""Lady, look at me;
"Wisdom berselfin Fashion's votary see!
"A galopade at Almack's in the season,
"A glance at Vestris, sure, is all in reason;
"I ask no more to crown my happiness;
"Am I not wise?" Yes, fair exclusive, yes.
"Then, what is wisdom ?" view yon mass of gold,
Piled up in heaps, most accurately told,
And ten times weighed with yet unwearied care,
In scales of truth, adjusted to a hair!
"Believe me, Ma'am, when all is said and done,
"Real wisdom is to think of number one.'
"Then what is wisdom?" Lucy, will you try
The walks of cold and calm philosophy?
Wander in science? hidden worlds explore?
Or ponder on vast tomes of learned lore,
Or seek to analyze the lightning's gleam,
Or teach mankind to meditate by steam?

"

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Then, what is wisdom" Lucy, follow me, And court the bowers of Heaven-born minstrelsy; Come, let us seek some wild romantic spot, To weep with Byron, or to smile with Scott! Let the world frown! I love the awful gloom, Darker than night, that shrouds our Byron's tomb ! Let the world laugh! I joy to cull the flowers, That Scott has scattered 'mid the halls and bowers Of antient chivalry! yes, and the frequent tear Of mourning reverence adorns thy bier! A nation's sympathy records thy worth, Loved and lamented Minstrel of the north! "But what is wisdom?" let us change the scene: Where has you sun-burnt, way-worn traveller been? His eye speaks knowledge, health his elastic limb, Come then, my Lucy, let us ask of him! "No, ask me not, my fair one, lest my tale "Should dim that eye, and turn those roses pale ! "Aye, what is wisdom? so would I fain enquire, "And far I chased the false, evasive fire; "I sought her first among the haunts of men, Fool that I was ! I searched the hermit's glen; She was not there. I passed the convent wall;

Those persons whose business is pleasure,
never succeed in their intentions of amusing"
themselves perpetually.

When persons of rank are coachmen or cooks,
without being obliged to be so, they are in the
state for which nature designed them.
Indolence, rather than length of time, too often
induces old age.

However weak a Prince may be, he is never so
much governed by his Ministers as the world
supposes him to be.

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 à 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.

"Folly herself obeyed the needless call;
"And then, fair Italy, thy sculptured glades,
Thy broken terraces and dark arcades,
"Echoed the slow and meditative tread
"That sought her vainly 'midst thy mighty dead!
"I scaled the pyramid of antient days,
"I grovelled through its labyrinth of ways,
"Thy temples, Athens, heard my anxious cry,
"Answering with smiles, of classic mystery!
"Why did I turn to mosque and minaret?
"Why scorch with Syrian sands my weary feel?
"Why seek thy tents, oh child of Ishmael?
"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,
A look of mental agony, impart

The cruel madness of a broken heart.
"Father of mercy! listen to my prayer!
"Take the poor traveller to thy tender care !
"Restrain the wanderings of unbridled grief!
"Oh, Holy Spirit! come to his relief !"
And thus, unconscious, on her bended knee,
And bathed in tears of Christian sympathy,
My Lucy had herself the answer given:
She asked of Wisdom while she thought of Heaven!

Sir: The above lines, written in answer to a lady's
question, are founded upon fact, so far as regards the
concluding incident. The returning wanderer found his
affianced bride a corpse. So true is it, that the romance
of real life far exceeds all the pictures of poetry!
I am, Sir, yours obediently,
Sept. 28, 1832.