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CARISBROOK CASTLE.

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.

SIR WALTER SCOTT.

when Scott assuming the dialect of his country, said, Countryman, cun 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 any difference of rank, I never met any other man (except one) who did so." We do not require great sagacity to discover the exception.

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When Bayilly, (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, bidding 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.

It was the constant wish of this extraordinary man to die near the place of his nativity, and the "land of the mountain THIS Castle stands on a steep and con- and the flood" contains all that is left of manding eminence, in the most beautiful the author of Waverley. An accident part of the Isle of Wight; its walls which occurred in his infancy deprived which enclosed about an acre and a-half him of the use of one leg; he was conseof ground, where in some parts, as ap- quently much at home, and he acquired pears from the ruins which are still from his grandfather, father, and several standing, upwards of eighteen feet in old people in the neighbourhood, great thickness; the garrison was supplied stores of information respecting the annals with water from a well withinside the of his country, which added to his natural walls, which is still to be seen in a per- turn for legendary lore, old tales, and old fect state, and which is partly cut through ballads, superinduced that wonderful dea rock, a depth of 210 feet from the sur-velopement of mind which has raised his face of the earth to the water, which, it name to the first rank among writers, and is said, at no time rises less than 90 feet given him a popularity never attained by from the bottom, thus making the whole any other author during his lifetime. In depth of the well 300 feet. stature, Sir Walter Scott was above the middle size; with the exception of his lameness, he was well-formed and of great strength; he was fond of athletic exercises, 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 gray 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 numerous paintings, engravings, &c., of Sir Walter Scott, no artist has done him justice, 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 The oath was lately administered to a forte of that great artist. The bust by Chinese in the following manner: The interChantry is most admirable; it was under-preter placed a china saucer in the witness's taken by express desire of George the hand, who threw it down and dashed it to pieces: the interpreter then said, "you shall Fourth, and it now is among the fine col- tell the truth, and the whole truth, for this lection of art at Windsor-A friend of saucer is cracked, and if you do not tell the Sir Walter's, the late Mr. Constable, truth, your body will be cracked like the saucer." Indians are sworn by pouring water used to relate that they had passed an out of the saucer, &c. 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.

But the circumstance which imparts the greatest interest to this ruin, is that 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 or 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 byCharles'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 heart. The chamber in which she expired, a small room about sixteen feet square, remaining, as it is said, in its original state, extremely plain and unornamented, is still pointed out to the visitor.

The chapel of St. Nicholas, which stands in the castle-yard, is kept up, and has a chaplain regularly appointed to it, with a salary. It is now upwards of twenty years since the voice of prayer

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,

The Bishop of Bath and Wells, in a letter addressed to H. F. Richardson, Esq. the Secretary, expresses himself thus :-" After an experience of thirty years, I feel myself justified in asserting, that I know of few plans better qualified to promote the temporal, and at the same time, the eternal happiness of the poor, than the giving to the labourer a small allotment of land to be cultivated at his leisure hours."

AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT INSTITUTION.

A gentleman showing his friend his curiosities of pictures, &c., in his gallery, on the other's praising them all very much, he gave him his choice of any one of them as a present. The stranger fixed his election on a tablet, in which the Ten Commandments were written in letters of gold. "You must excuse me there," replied the gentleman, "those I am bound to keep."

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

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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

THE HOUSEWIFE.

"A stitch in time."-OLD ADAGE.

CHEAP BEER.-Mix 14lbs of treacle and 11 gallons of water well together, and boil 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 cop

able 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.

EDITOR'S BOX.

"Fiat justitia ruat cœlum."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TOURIST.

granddaughter, great grandson, grandson, and per, or teakettle, and a tub are the only requi- the present existence of Slavery, by bringing

a son; the whole comprised in five persons.

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." Milton, when blind, married a shrew. The Duke of Buckingham called her a rose. am no judge of colours," replied Milton, "but I dare say you are right, for I feel the thorns

daily."

PATIENCE." Ben," said an angry father, the other day, "I am busy now, but when I can find time, I will give you an 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

not understand where the recommendation

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.

When Cortes 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 haugh? tily, "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. Catherine 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, because he is now Chancellor of the Exchequer."

An Irishman, in France, drinking with some company who proposed the toast, "The land we live in," "6 Aye, with all my sowl, my dear," said he, "here's poor ould Ireland."

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 had two faces; and all the organs belonging to them, namely, those of taste, sight, and smell,

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.

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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.

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 personal 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 removeable fixtures, and pass to the landlord at the end of the term. The reason is :-first, that such articles cannot be removed without injury to the premises, or without being 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 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 reality, and are not remove

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SIR: The West Indian party attempt to justify forward the fact of Slavery having been allowed under the Jewish dispensation-though in quite 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.

J.

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

"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 disThis can cussion unbiassed and unfettered. 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 acknowledged rights, Blackstone places life and liberty,' and he says, 'no human legislature has power to abridge or desstroy them, unless the owner shall himself commit some act 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.

TA SPECIAL MEETING OF THE

Now ready, Part I. of the

they Cultivate.-Office of the Institution, No 3,

A COMMITTEE OF THE GUARDIAN SOCIE-WORKS of the late Mr. LIVERSEEGE; OLD JEWRY, LONDON.

TY, for the Preservation of the Public Morals, &c., held on Friday, the 27th of July, for the purpose of taking into consideration the present state and future prospects of the Society.

Resolved: That this Meeting is deeply impressed with the extensive good, which, under the blessing of God, has resulted from the exertions of the Guardian Society.

That this Meeting, observing the income (by subscriptions) to be on an average not equal to onehalf its expenditure, feel that, unless aided by immediate support, the Society's means of usefulness must be greatly diminished, it being possessed of no funded property whatever.

That the public be earnestly entreated, both by subscription and donations, to give the Society that support which is absolutely necessary to the continuance of its efficiency. J. BROWN, Sec,

Subscriptions to any amount will be very thankfully received by John Labouchere, Esq., Treasurer, 20, Birchin Lane; by Messrs. Hoares, Praed, and Co., Hammersley and Co., and by the Secretary, 15, Exeter Hall, Strand.

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(Established January 7, 1830.) HE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE

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THE OBJECTS OF THE INSTITUTION ARB
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 cultivation, whereby all expenses,
whether of outlay or otherwise, 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 are satis-
fied; and afterwards the means, by industry and
nish implements, instruction, and other means to
the occupiers to attain these desirable objects.

T NEWSPAPER. In addition to the private newspaper, Part I. of a highly-coloured MAP OF frugality, of tequaring the

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That the above plan is neither visionary nor wild, the, demonstration of our neighbours the Dutch, who at Frederick's Oord, for sometime past, have most successfully practised it (is fully satisfactory as detailed in the Prospectus.)

The Directors have reason to believe that grants will be obtained from the Crown, and other sources, upon such terms as will enable the Society to realize their most sanguine expectations, and they are prepared to receive Tenders from such persons who may have waste or other land to dispose of on moderate

terms.

The Directors trust the public will at once see the practicability and excellence of the undertaking, a similar one having entirely succeeded in Holland, and they hope the public will come forward and assist them in this attempt (which can hardly be called an experiment,) in substituting Home Colonization for banishment, which under the name of emigration, is nothing short of a penalty, and a severer and often fatal penalty on misfortune.

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

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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 entered, 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.

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MY NOTE BOOK.-No. 1.

BURNS THE POET.

into our hands, with an assurance that they ONE or two pieces by Burns have been put 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 hours. The horse, as may well be supposed, his nag was turned out to grass for a few having such a master, was a brute of a 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 lodgand next morning, when Burns heard of the ment there. The Mayor impounded the horse; 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 the Mayor heard whose horse he had impounded, stanza was written. It is said that, when the 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!"

Mrs. M'Murdo 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 following verses:

Oh! could I give the Indies' wealth
As I this trifle send,

Why then the joy of both would be,
To share it with a friend.

But golden sands ne'er yet have graced
The Heliconian stream;

Then take what gold could never buy--
An honest bard's esteem.

VALUE OF FREEDOM.

THE advocates for slavery 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 that many of the slaves who were active in supproof of the falsity of this assertion than the fact, pressing the late insurrection in Jamaica were rewarded with their freedom? It is well known that no greater reward can be given to a slave.

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EFFECTS OF COLD.

'SIR, I shall fine you for not wearing a white cravat with your academic dress," said a strict BURNS was on the most friendly terms with disciplinarian to an unfortunate freshman, on a a gentleman named M'Murdo, at that time raw morning in January. "Fine me! I assure steward to the Duke of Buccleugh, who reyou, Sir, my cravat is white."-"How can you sided at Drumlanrig Castle. The poet hap-say so, Sir? Do I not see that it is blue?" Oh, Sir, it was white when I put it on this pened to be on a visit to his friend at the time morning, but it looks blue from the cold."

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 im

provement.

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."

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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 number of the Transactions of the Linnean 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.

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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, declare 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 mutual 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.'

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 useful.

-Ib.

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 practices beget libertine opinions.-Ib.

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Sinful men do with sinful provocation as ballplayers do with the ball whoso beginneth the other returneth it; and, when it once is up, both labour to keep it up.-SAUNDERSON.

DERSON.

Had staked all hope upon a single throw-
One prize of doubtful bliss, ten thousand blanks of
woe!

"Then, what is wisdom?" "Lady, look at me;
Wisdom herself in 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!

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'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? "Then, what is wisdom?" Lucy, follow me, And court the bowers of heaven-born minstrelsy; To weep with Byron, or to smile with Scott! Come, let us seek some wild romantic spot, 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 mourning reverence adorns thy bier! Yes, and the frequent tear A nation's sympathy records thy worth,

of ancient chivalry!

Loved and lamented minstrel of the north! "But what is wisdom ?"-let us change the scene: Where has yon sun-burnt, way-worn traveller

been?

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Little reading, with much thinking, is a more probable way to make a man learned, than very No, ask me not, my fair one, lest my tale much reading without due reflection.-GRANVIL. Should dim that eye, and turn those roses pale! The meanest man may be useful to the great-Aye, what is wisdom? so would I fain inquire, est, and the most eminent stand in need of the And far I chased the false, evasive fire; lowest; in a building the highest and lowest I sought her first among the haunts of men; stones add to their own mutual stability.-SAUN- Fool that I was! I searched the hermit's glen; She was not there. I passed the convent wall; A wise and a good man will forget the past-Folly herself obeyed the needless call; will either bear or enjoy the present, and resign And then, fair Italy, thy sculptured glades, himself quietly to futurity. 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 ancient 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 feet! Why seek thy tents, O child of Ishmael? Why court thy desert's sweet and spicy gale? Turn thee, fair lady! See yon new laid earth, There, while I sought

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 a just and a wise law.

WHAT IS WISDOM?

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," THEN, what is wisdom?"-didst thou ask me "whether himself ought to be expelled for bribery." The answer was, Yes."

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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 timewhen I call upon you, I lose mine."

MAN AND WIFE. 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.

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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!

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

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, your's obediently,

"Then, what is wisdom?"—thus with all the pride a lady's question, are founded upon fact, so
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;

Sept. 28, 1832.

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