Who loves our minstrelsy:
And here, unless report mis-say,
The grey-beard dwells; and on this day
Keeps yearly wassel, ever gay,

With festive mirth and glee.
Lordlings, list, for we tell you true;
Christmas loves the jolly crew

That cloudy care defy:
His liberal board is deftly spread
With manchet loaves and wastel-bread;
His guests with fish and flesh are fed,
Nor lack the stately pye.
Lordlings, it is our host's command,
And Christmas joins him hand in hand,
To drain the brimming bowl:
And I'll be foremost to obey :
Then pledge me, sirs, and drink away,
For Christmas revels here to day,

And sways without controul.
But foul that wight befall, who drinks not health
Now wassel to you all! and merry may ye be!

to me!

kind should be so much attached to a curse as to need this lesson; but it is too true that the wisdom of ages is thrown away upon this subject, and that the work of mutual destruction has become so glorious, that one of the surest paths to fame is to be found in the most successful pursuit of an art, which enables a man to kill the greatest number of men by means of evolutions of their fellowcreatures, and the use of horrible engines. Some nations rejoice, and others mourn, at the birth of a child; some exult, and others lament, at death: but, (and it is an extraordinary fact, if we reflect at all upon the miseries of the case,) sent to praise their gods, and give themthere is among all nations a common conselves up to joy, when they obtain a victory over another nation, and happily contrive to slay an immense number of other men, who have relatives and friends to weep for their fall-these very relatives and friends, should the result be reversed, in their turn shouting, illuminating, and triumphing. Surely there is more in this than philosophy can find out, or civilization account for; but so it is.

since washed through, but from the double cieling of bacon on the inside, which has hung there from his grandsire's time, and is yet to make rashers for posterity. His din ner is his other work, for he sweats at it as much as at his labour; he is a terrible fastner on a piece of beef, and you may hope to stave the guard off sooner. His religion is a part of his copyhold, which he takes from his landlord, and refers it wholly to his discretion: yet if he give him leave he is a good Christian to his power, (that is) comes to church in his best cloaths, and sets there with his neighbours, where he is capable only of two prayers, for rain, and fair weather. He apprehends God's blessings only in a good year, or a fat pasture, and never praises him but on good ground. Sunday he esteems a day to make merry in, and thinks a bagpipe as essential to it as evening prayer, where he walks very solemnly after service with his hands coupled behind him, and censures the dancing of his parish. His comThe frontispiece to the first volume is pliment with his neighbour is a good thump a clever, stony-looking engraving, by on the back, and his salutation commonly W. J. Fry, of Shakspeare, from Mr. Bulsome blunt curse. He thinks nothing to be lock's cast, after the monumental bust at vices, but pride and ill husbandry, from Stratford: the second is ornamented with which he will gravely dissuade the youth, several fac-similes of the signature of our and has some thrifty hob-nail proverbs to immortal bard. clout his discourse. He is a niggard all the week, except only market day, where, if his corn sell well, he thinks he may drink with a good conscience. He is sensible of no calamity but the burning a stack of corn or the overflowing of a meadow, and thinks Noah's flood the greatest plague that ever was, not because it drowned the world, but spoiled the grass. For death he is never troubled, and if he get in but his harvest Whoever loves truth, must like this that no deception should be suffered to before, let it come when it will he cares not. volume; whoever bates falsehood, must encourage either party to continue the It is from these characters, of which like this volume; whoever is disgusted ruin begun, or to begin it again at a fuwe have only selected one or two as an with vain-glorious boasting, and thinks ture period on slight grounds and for example of the author's manner, that that the surest mode of preserving peace slight causes. If countries will have Shakspeare drew his dramatic scenes of is to have an accurate view of the losses war, it is well that they should be aware the personal condition, mode of living, of war to all parties, must like this vo- of what it is they are fond. and sentiments of his inferior characters. lume. For it is a good volume: the We have rarely met with a more inThey are, therefore, not only curious as wholesome disclosures it contains are cal-structive work, in this point of view, than connected with his plays, but possessed culated to produce the best effects, by the present. Self-sufficiency, gasconadof an intrinsic value which loses nothing showing England, that even with her ing, mock-glory, egotism, and many of in the lively and striking style of the olden mighty navy she has little of advantage the base passions which nourish warlike writers. to gain in a contest with the United propensities, are sadly exposed by Mr. We shall now conclude our observa- States, and by showing America, that James; under whose inquiries prodigious tions on the First Part of this undertaking, the braggart vauntings of many of her heroes sink into horrid insignificance, and merely noticing that the chapters on the leaders, are but poor tricks to reconcile mighty deeds into gossip stories. holidays and festivals," and "supersti- her to much of suffering in a war with It would not well consist with our plan, tions," of the age of Shakspeare, are Great Britain. Even had all the vic- which is rather devoted to literature and exceedingly entertaining. We cannot do tories claimed been incontestable, which scientific information, to enter at length better than close with a Christmas carol are here proved to have been gross mis- into an analysis of this publication.— held to be the most ancient drinking representations, the pride of their con- Suffice it to describe it generally as an song, composed in England, extant. The sciousness will be well exchanged for the able and important work, which goes mioriginal is in the old Norman French, of humbler knowledge of bloody contention nately, and on official documents, into which, as well as of the translation, we and fruitless sacrifice which Mr. James the whole of the late contest between this annex a specimen. makes known to the American people. country and America, to show that most Arrogance and presumption are great of the boasted victories of the enemy causes of war: a proper sense of its were shameless gasconades, founded on mass of evils, and utter want of counter- untruths little consistent with the chivalbalancing good, produces a disinclina- rous honour that has so long been the tion to hostilities. And in our mind this brightest ornament of the warrior's occulesson is taught very forcibly in the vo-pation. England is his debtor for having, lume before us. It is strange that man- by fair statements, unplumed many a daw

A full and correct Account of the chief Naval Occurrences of the late War between Great Britain and the United And while it is so, there is but one States of America, &c. &c.; with an thing to be desired, namely, that in the Appendix and Plates. By WILLIAM history of these combats every matter JAMES. 8vo. pp. 744. should be placed on a right footing, and

Seignors ore entendez a nus,
De loinz sumes renuz a wous,
Pur quere Noel;

Car lern nus dit que en cest hostel
Soleit tenir sa feste anuel
A hi cest jur.

Lordlings, from a distant home,

To seek old Christmas are we come,

of the bearer of ill tidings, says,

in borrowed feathers; and every national Sheffield Mercury,) where this was car- We have been led to these remarks, not feeling is interested in the developements ried between every one of the columns, only as introductory to the notice of several of which his book contains so ample a and produced a singular effect. Funeral recently published engravings, but from store. Neither will the work be useless urns have also been employed to denote having it now in our power especially to congratulate the subscribers and the public in America, if received in the manner it the grief of the writers; and this is so far on the successful finish of the print of the deserves. In the end, Truth is the only from being a modern custom, that it was Canterbury Pilgrims, from the painting of conqueror; and the sooner bis reign is rather carried to a greater pitch centuries T. Stothard, Esq. R. A.; the original of established, the better will it be for both ago. In the 2d Part of Henry IV. which is in the possession of Hart Davis, Esq. countries. Should there be a rivalry, let Northumberland, describing the approach Heath, Esq. A. R. A. and is executed in a The Print has been finished by James it be an honest one. Bombast and detraction are the worst of weapons; and though our author has gone through his task with all the patriotic zeal of a Briton, it will ever be remembered to his credit, that the provocation was an attempt to set up a principle of scandalous insult and notorious wrong, "that British sailors were not difficult to be beaten by an equal force." This calumny, after their splendid achievements throughout the world, would require no refutation; but when facts and circumstances are adduced in support of it, with a minuteness resembling truth, that citizen does his duty, and merits the applause of his country, who refutes her slanderers, and rescues her honour.

This man's brow, like to a title leaf,
Foretells the nature of a tragic volume.
The title-pages were indeed most gro-
tesquely decked, and it was a common
custom to print elegiac poems with every
intermediate leaf entirely black.
But we
leave this episode, (too long for the main
subject,) to give a specimen of two of
the fifteen verses, of which Mr. Hatt's
poem consists:

Cut off as some young bud, whose tender stem
Weighs down in tears its lovely fragile form,
So drooped the fair with her own diadem,

And lily-like obeyed the sweeping storm.
Yes, thou art fled to mansious of the blest,
And with thy gentle babe, where all is peace;
Ah! when shall we enjoy so sweet a rest,
That soft society that ne'er can cease?

THE FINE ARTS.

ENGRAVED PRINTS: STOTHARD'S
CANTERBURY PILGRIMS.

According to Pope, "A man not only
shows his taste, but his virtue by the pic-
tures that hang on his walls."

This, in our opinion, Mr. James has fully done, and furnished England with a work amusing in its details, as it is vaJuable in its amply accomplished object. The argument is so extensive, and the occasions on which it is raised so multitudinous, that extract would be doing it In like manner our print shops not only injustice; and we can only refer to the show the progress of, but mark and influwork itself for a complete and interesting ence the public taste. It must of course be record of all the actions fought during obvious that some care should be taken to the late war, in which the respective discountenance whatever exhibitions of this forces are correctly detailed, the particu-kind have a tendency to degrade the national character, vitiate our taste, or corrupt lars of the engagements clearly related, and the results weighed on a comparative the wit of caricature; but there is a species our morals, There can be no objection to estimate, alike distinguished for curious of vulgar and loose prints, that are as offeninformation and impartial reasoning. For sive and low they are disgraceful. sheer entertainment we would have re- On the other hand we have great pleasure commended it, had it not laid a higher in remarking, that our respectable print shops abound with fine examples of British

man.

style of excellence suitable to the talent and character he has so long and so justly maintained. A description of the painting, by the pen of Mr. Carey, and an etching by Schiavonetti, have been long known to amateurs, from both of which the general merits of this admirable production have been also more deeply impressed on the public mind.

To the subscribers, many of whom may be ignorant of the circumstances attending the history of the plate, it may be proper to say something of the unavoidable delay, in the course of its execution; and we take it for granted that their candour will allow that the death of three persons' principally engaged in the undertaking since its commencement, may in a great degree account for this delay. When it is also considered, with how much difficulty, even under the most favourable circumstances, a performance worthy of the public attention, is brought forward to challenge regard, amidst works of contemporary merit at the painter, and stand the test of the conhome and abroad, and to satisfy the eye of noisseur, other strong grounds of excuse will be acknowledged.

Between the first projecting and the final accomplishment," is no narrow frith.” There is here no calculation of certain means

to certain ends; the foundation on which such a fabric is reared, must be of rare materials, which are not always at hand: they of triumph, or a disjointed edifice. Happily must be sought, and waited for, and its finish only can determine it a monument in the present instance another wreath is added to the British school of art.

times," as well as of its general effect and this interesting picture of the "Olden appearance as a whole. Had the state of the arts been in the highest degree of cultivation at the time of Chaucer, the imagination of of his time, and the characters are those of the poet could not have been embodied with more success. We have the costume the species, each the most perfect of its class. Without the assistance of the poem, it is impossible to mistake the expression of the more distinguished among them.

finished proof, and were gratified to see so ably We have been favoured with the sight of a claim upon us for the intelligence, utility, and foreign art, and we hope the time is not Preserved the character of the individuals in and general merit of its pages. But what-far distant when a mart may be found to ever way we consider it, we are sure we accelerate their sale. are doing right in saying, that it deserves In the mean time an occasional notice of the attentive perusal of every English-such as appear to merit attention may not be unacceptable; more especially as our ELEGY, occasioned by the Death of which interest their admirers, or are conpublication embraces all those subjects the amiable and much-lamented PRIN-nected with the fine arts. CESS CHARLOTTE; by — Hatt. Previous to the French revolution, the number of print-collectors in Paris, was This elegy is on a sheet of paper sur- such as nearly to remunerate the artist, inrounded with the black edges, to which dependent of the chance for sale by public our eyes have of late been so much accus- exhibition. tomed in the periodical publications. We Where wealth is united with taste and notice this as one of the modes of express-discernment there can be nothing to fear ing mourning adopted in the present time. from a want of encouragement. The portMost of the London Newspapers have folio therefore, as an appendage to the li for the last fortnight been bordered with brary, if generally adopted, would be at least a deep black margin; and we have seen to the collector and employment to the a means of furnishing a useful amusement an excellent provincial paper, (The artist.

The miller who leads the procession, will serve as a model for any sottish lout, with all the vulgar wit and cunning of his genus. "But first, I make a protestatioun, That I am dronke,-I know it by my soun, And therefore, if that I mis-speke or say, Wite it the ale of Southwarke, I you pray."

Mr. Robert Cromek, Mr. L. Schiavonetti, and his brother Mr. W. Schiavonetti.

His steed is equally appropriate, a heavy stumbling jade, with every appendage belonging to the character of both man and horse.

ARTS AND SCIENCES.

HYDROPHOBIA.

The following article has appeared in the
Hamburgh Correspondent.

place, and re-crossed the channel. At the usual hour they cast anchor in two fathom water, on the bank, off the east end of Stocking Island.

The contrast and variety in the whole The Fetish Rock was found, at daypiece is far beyond our power of description, "The plant (Alisma Plantago, Linnæus) and we can only indulge in stating the plea- which is successfully employed as a cure light on the 25th, to bear W. by S., and In the course sure it has given us, and the powerful inte- for hydrophobia, grows in water, either in the Beacon Rock N. E. rest it has excited. To the character of the marshes, lakes, or ponds. It has a capillary of the morning the Captain visited the scholar we are ready to exclaim, "Pro-di-root resembling that of an onion. The plant Fetish Rock, which rises perpendicularly gi-ous." There is all the vacancy of an continues under water until the month of from the river, and is completely isolated. June, at the commencement of which, or abstracted mind, simple, not foolish. The land behind exhibits a wide plain, The full and portly mien of the franklin even during the month of May, in a warm is well set off by the characters about him, temperature, from five to seven detached covered with reedy grass, and here and especially by the Knight, whose bearing is sprouts, of a long convex form, shoot from there diversified with a corn plantation. that of the soldier and the gentleman. The beneath the water. These sprouts have a The rock is distant about a mile and a females are equally well opposed, the pen- reddish bark, and are each provided with a half from the opposite bank, and it may sive mien of the Lady Prioress, with the pointed, smooth, and deep-coloured leaf. In be said completely to command the pas flippant coquetry of the Wife of Bath, and the month of June, a stalk appears, with a sage of the river. Captain Tuckey could her surrounding companions, the Friars and round green root resembling that of asparathe Monk, who are characterised in every gus. This stalk shoots from beneath the not prevail on some of the natives on feature by jollity and sensuality. The halt water, sometimes with, and sometimes with-board to accompany him in the boat, of the groupe by the flood, for the purpose out leaves. It is divided into several sprigs from their dread of the whirlpools, which of drawing lots, contributes to the action of without leaves, at the extremity of each of to them are subjects of great terror. No the horses, and shows great skill in the ar- which is a small trefoil flower, of a pale red whirlpool, however, could he discover at tist, who by this means has exhibited their colour, which afterwards contains the seed. this time. A few insignificant eddies, various movements, nor has he been less This plant is in blossom during the whole of close to the base of the rock, were the observant of their different characters. We the summer season. The latter end of Au

might go on to remark the individual ex-gust is the fittest time to gather it. It is only appearances that at all indicated that
cellence that belongs to the series of per-made use of in the following manner:-one whirlpools were to be apprehended in
The current here ran
sons composing the lengthened procession, large root, or two or three small ones, are the rainy season.
but we repeat that they have been so ably first well washed and dried in the shade. stronger than in any other part of the
and critically commented on in Mr. Carey's They are then reduced to powder, and strew-river, but did not exceed two miles and
animated and scientific description, that we ed upon bread and butter, and in this way a half in the hour. From the top of the
may dismiss the subject in the fullest con- administered to the patient. On the second, rock an extensive view of the river is ob-
fidence that the merits of the performance or at most the third trial, this remedy will
will be justly appreciated by the lovers of destroy the virus of the madness, however fained; but the prospect is only interest-
the Fine Arts, and that public encourage- violent it may be, even when the symptoms ing from its extent, as the hills which
ment will satisfy the claims of the widow, of hydrophobia have already appeared. This encompass the Congo are nearly barren,
and the exertions of those who have been root operates with equal efficacy on dogs and present nothing of that variety which
instrumental in bringing forward this truly which have been bitten, as well as on mad the eye delights to survey. Two hippo-
valuable work of art.
dogs. During an interval of twenty-five
an infallible preservative against madness. the water. A shot was fired at them, but
years, this specific has constantly been found potami were seen just as they reached
the Fetish Rock, with their heads above
It has cured individuals, in whom this dis-
ease had acquired so decided a character, without effect, other than that of deter-
that they attacked and bit all who came mining them to make a precipitate re-
near them; and no symptoms of relapse treat.
were ever observable. Numerous cures have
been effected, particularly in the government
of Tula."

fresh the memories of those who, in the lapse
It may be merely necessary to add, to re-
of time, may have forgotten the circum-
stances, that this picture of the Pilgrims was
painted by Mr. Stothard about ten years ago,
for the original proprietor, Mr. R. Cromek,
whose taste and selection in the subject was
followed up by the best efforts of the artist;
and it is curious to notice, that Mr. Stothard
had made several sketches of the different We are indebted for this notice to Mr.
characters previous to the communication F. V. Turgene, who has lately sent from
from Mr. Cromek. With this co-incidence Moscow, for gratuitous distribution, 600 co-
it cannot be doubted the subject was entered pies of an engraving and description of this
plant.

upon con amore.

Louis Schiavonetti produced his etching some time after, one of the finest specimens that had for some time appeared.

ORIGINAL AND INTERESTING
NARRATIVE.

VOYAGE TO THE CONGO.
CHAPTER THE ELEVENTH.

Favoured by a fresh sea-breeze, Capt. Tuckey and his party weighed at three in the afternoon, and at six cast anchor, off the town of Lombie. The Faka, or King's merchant, who was to introduce Capt. Tuckey to the Cheenor, or king of Bomma, resided at this place, which is considered one of some importance. Lombie contains not fewer than a hundred buts. The market of the Banya, or King's town, is held in it. No trading takes place at Banya, and in consequence all vessels that come for mercantile purCaptain Tuckey arrives at Lombie.- poses are obliged to stop at Lombie. It Restoration of a Native returning from is curious that the market of one town Some inslavery to his friends.-History of the should be held in another. man so restored.—Anxiety of an African quiries were made into the cause of this FINE ARTS.-The Diario di Roma anarrangement; to which it was answered, nounces that Mr. Grunet has finished a father for the education of his son.picture, which has attracted general atten- Perfidy of a Liverpool slave-trader.—that the market was frequented by the tion, and is accounted his chef-d'œuvre. Sudden metamorphosis of the restored people of the country in great numbers, native.Gratitude of his father. and if any dispute were to arise between them and the Banya people, the latter would be in great danger of being burnt,

Visit to the Fetish Rock.-Appear

It remained for Mr. James Heath to put the finishing hand to the plate, after being employed on the earliest works of Mr. Stothard, with whom he has so long been a dis-ance of the River and adjacent lands.tinguished contemporary.

D

'It reminded us of Dominie Sampson, in Guy Mannering.

--

A fresh sea breeze setting in, at three o'clock in the afternoon they quitted this

place, his majesty would have sufficient notice of it to be enabled to take to his heels, before those desperadoes could arrive at his palace, who would consign his royal person to the flames.

and even the person of the Cheenor | into the history of this man. He had restore him to his country, an accommight not be held sacred! If this reason reported himself to be the son of a Prince, plished scholar, and an enlightened statesbe the true one for the market being held but little attention was paid to the asser-man. The delighted father returned a at Lombie, it follows that his majesty the tion, from its being so very common thousand thanks to the kind friend, who Cheenor of Bomma cannot boast of among the negroes met with in Europe, took such a lively interest in the future being at the head of a remarkably vigor- and in the colonies of European nations. prosperity of his boy, and, through him, ous administration, since it is apprehend- He, however, was no impostor. His of Bomma. Such rewards as his gratied a squabble between the market people history, though short, is rather curious, tude could offer, were profusely bestowin the Banya might cost the king his life. and adds one dark stain to the degrada-ed, and others were promised when the It should seem, that if such danger tion and merited obloquy, which has great work, about to be begun, should really existed, some stronger measure long attached to the character of an be successfully completed. The son of would appear necessary than the esta- European slave-merchant. Mengova Seki was then confided to the blishment of a market at Lombie; but Mengova Seki, a prince of the blood, captain by his anxious parent, with a it is probably assumed, that if any and one of the principal counsellors of request that he might be educated in the tumult should arise at the last-mentioned the Cheenor of Bomma, having a high best manner, and taught, in perfection, opinion of the advantages possessed over the white man's peculiar art-that of his countrymen by the Europeans who making books. Every thing was provisited Africa, wished to correct in his mised; the Prince was assured he might offspring the deficiencies he felt in him- set his heart at rest, and look forward to self. He was not content, therefore, that see his son return to Bomma, all his It was here that Simmons, a black his son should merely be taught those fondest hopes could desire. The parent man, who had sailed with the expedition things which could be learned in Bomma. embraced his child, and the captain from England, having been sent on board His parental anxiety aspired higher, and sailed; but, instead of keeping his word the Congo, while she lay at Deptford, by he conceived the bold idea of giving him with Mengova Seki-instead of having Sir Home Popham, that he might be car-an European education. Mengova Seki the boy taught "to make books," he ried back to his own country, discovered considered, that to succeed in the object contented himself with putting him in some of his relations. His father and bro- which he had nearest to his heart, it was the way of learning to make sugar-he ther came on board and immediately recog-made before the habits of his favourite to a planter at St. Kitt's!! fitting that the experiment should be basely made a slave of him, and sold him nized him. The joy of the father was very great at finding his son restored to him, son should be fixed by years, as all the Doomed to the meanest offices of after a long absence, during which every discipline of other countries, he rationally colonial drudgery, the unfortunate boy hope of seeing him again had expired. enough apprehended, would fail to make was sufficiently sensible of his high birth, The emotion of the son bore no propor- a great, beneficial, and permanent impres-to feel indignant at finding himself thus tion to that of the father. What he had sion on one who had grown up to man- the victim of a fond father's credulity, seen of European manners, seemed to hood in Bomma. With these feelings, and a slave-dealer's inhuman rapacity. inspire him with contempt for savage life, when Simmons (as he was called by the He watched his opportunity, and escaped and he did not recal with peculiar de- Europeans) was but nine or ten years of on board of an English man of war. light his old negro associations. His age, he spoke to a Liverpool captain, in Here he served during a considerable pedeportment was not that which a poet whom he thought he could safely confide, riod, and was paid off on the reduction would have bestowed upon an African on the subject of his thoughts. He com- of the navy at the termination of the war. Prince returning from foreign lands and municated to him, without reserve, the When the expedition to the Congo was slavery, to his native soil and liberty.-fond ideas which he ventured to indulge, determined upon, he was sent on board Had he been asked in the language of of the future brilliant destiny of his son, as before stated, and acted as cook's Cowperif, on his natural abilities, that know-mate on his passage, the duties of which ledge, and those arts could be grafted, office he considered it no degradation for which formed the bases of European as- the son of Mengova Seki to perform. cendancy. The person to whom he ap- On the day after that on which he was plied, approved much of the idea which restored to his friends, he came to pay had struck the mind of the King of Bom- his old acquaintances a visit, and to ma's counsellor; he entirely concurred astonish them by his magnificence. It it is not venturing much to say, the an- with him in thinking that the great capa- was not easy for the latter to recognise swer would have been in the negative. city which the youth already displayed, him in the superb attire, in which he now He went ashore with his friends, but he would make him a prodigy, if it were made his appearance. Over his dirty refused to throw off his European attire. unfolded with European skill and care; banyan and trowsers he sported a silk Numbers crowded round him as if anxious and he did honour to that parental love coat embroidered with silver, which was to learn what he had seen, where he had and comprehensive understanding, to evidently a piece of cast-off theatrical been, and how he had been treated. which the idea of effecting this had first finery. A black glazed hat, with a large His return seemed the signal for a general occurred. One difficulty yet remained. military feather, graced his head, and jubilee, and through the whole of the Mengova Seki had no friend on whom he a cutlass was suspended to a sash, which night shonts and songs of rejoicing, ac- could intrude the important charge, had been given to him by Capt. Tuckey. companied by the sound of the drum, the superintendance of the education of His retinue equalled his dress in splenenlivened the whole town, and seemed to his beloved son. mark this as an important era in the tain relieved him at once. On this point the cap-dor. He was carried in a hammock by annals of Lombie. He promised two negroes, and an umbrella was borne to take care of him;--to watch the pro- over his head. His father, and other gress of his studies, and in due time to members of the Seki family, headed the

having seen our state,

Our palaces, our ladies, and our pomp
Of equipage, our gardens and our sports,
And heard our music; are thy simple friends,
Thy simple fare, and all thy plain delights,
As dear to thee as once?"

Till now few inquiries had been made

procession, the rear of which was brought up by a military party, consisting of about twenty ruffians, armed with muskets. Mengova Seki, anxious to mark his gratitude, presented the captain with a he-goat, a bunch of plantains, and a duck. The train that followed, however, threatened to constitute a serious nuisance. Each Faka that came, (and of Fakas there was no scarcity, that being a common title of honour,) was attended by a linguist, or interpreter, and two or three other gentlemen. Without these, they could not move, and all expected to be supplied with as much brandy as they could drink. To have met their wishes would have been a serious tax on the captain, and to guard against this, and to keep the sloop tolerably clear, was a task of no small difficulty.

The market at this place was wretchedly supplied, and the few fowls, eggs, and plantains, that were purchased, cost more in beads, than they might have been bought for in a London market. Salt was the principal article of traffic.

ORIGINAL POETRY.

"But yet, who once, as I, so blest;

By smiling virtue ever cheer'd?
Now fate has robb'd this aching breast,
And blighted ev'ry hope it rear'd!
"Can I forget," he wildly cried,

"The blessings once mine own?
Tho' envious fates to death consign,
Can I forget the gifts were mine?
Oh! never, never,-dearest wife!
Whose kind affection bless'd my life;
Who hop'd to crown a father's joy,
In bringing forth a noble boy,
Who would have been a nation's pride,

And fill'd a British Throne?

"Tho' man his ills should patient bear,
Yet, may not sorrow drop a tear
O'er worth departed, reverenc'd, and lov'd?
The husband and the father's tie,
With me, but live in memory,-
Death seiz'd what an admiring world approv'd.
«Were there no suff'rers, O rapacious Death,

Who daily hope that thou mayst end their
wo?

Who

Who, writhing, call upon thy name,
To end life's tardy lingering flame?
Could not thy unexhausted rage
With pain and misery engage?

breath;

SKETCHES OF SOCIETY.

MEMOIR

OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF

ALI PACHA, OF IOANNINA. (Concluded from our last.)

Ali Pacha's revenues are considerable, but cannot possibly be exactly calculated, because he observes no certain standard in the distribution and levying of the taxes. He regularly pays to the Turkish Government its due proportion of the revenue, and the remainder, which often amounts to more than the half, is locked up in chests. To this must be added the produce of his own possessions, and of his flocks of sheep, of which; animals he has about 50,000. To the regu lar revenues are to be farther added the confiscations, extortions, and arbitrary fines. On an average, his annual income may well be estimated at 15 millions of French livres.

Of the amount of his private treasure, nothing certain is known; only that it consists of Venetian gold coin.

Ile has got possession of all the precious stones which he could discover in the countries under his dominion. He possesses would with joy have yielded up their large collections of watches, valuable clocks, Who, for thine aid a blessing would bestow.gold and silver vessels, and immense magaO, keen thy malice!-thus to tear away, A nation's hope endow'd with ev'ry grace; Stern thy command, which all alike obey, And chill'd affection's warmth in thine embrace. Where'er I turn, now sorrow marks each face, To me the world is now an empty space,At losing virtues which, belov'd! were thine; Alas! my promis'd joys now all decline, For death has blighted England's fondest hope

and mine!

(By the Author of "MECHANICAL TALES.")
As the above title to these lines may not be
intelligible to the majority of our readers, we
beg leave to state for their information and as
our reason for departing from the resolution we
announced respecting the insertion of poetry
on this subject, that the author is truly what is
here professed "A Mechanic," who has pub.
lished a volume of poems under the unappro-"And, whilst with unaffected tears
priate title of Mechanical Tales. To natural
talent alone do we owe the productions of his
unlettered muse; and we are persuaded that
some specimens of his compositions, which we
shall present to the public, will attract consi-
derable notice and excite considerable surprize.

THE BLIGHTED HOPE.

An ardent blush had grac'd Aurora's cheek,
The passing zephyr swept the verdant lawn;
The heavens were brighten'd with each varying
streak-

All nature seem'd with smiles to hail the dawn.
Forth from his cottage hied an aged sire,

With nervous step and flowing silver'd hair;'
To offer up to Heav'n his heart-felt prayer
That Britain's future Queen might be its

care;

Nor did his earthly hopes to greater joys aspire.
He started, for he heard a groan,
Where he had thought himself alone ;-
But, when in haste he turn'd around,

A Prince in supplicating posture knelt;
His burning tears bedew'd the ground,
Whose source the aged man conceiv'd and felt.
To heav'n was his once piercing eye up-rais'd,
Now lost in thought on vacancy he gazid;
Then springing with a forc'd convulsive start,
He wept, and laid his hand upon his heart;
Tears seem'd to give that bursting heart relief,
Whilst thus in anguish he express'd his grief.
"Father of Mercies, hear my prayer;-
And pardon unintended iH;

Of wretched mortals, who shall dare
To murmur at thy gracious will?

A nation shall deplore;
How then must thy loss sustain,-
What consolation soothe the pain

That fills my breast?-the boasted pride
Of monarchs, is to grief alled ;—
The smile that wealth or pow'r may wear,
I feel can charm no more!"

He hung his head, and ceas'd to speak,-
A tear stole down his pallid cheek ;--
The peasant felt his woe;
The Prince up-rais'd his weeping eye
Toward the purple ambient sky,
And sudden comfort seem'd to feel ;-
Whilst with religious fervent zeal
His features seem'd to glow.

"Yet thou SUPREME!" he firmly cried,
"Let not thy mercy be denied,
Whose wisdom counteracteth ev'ry ill;

Man should not, then, in sorrows vain,
At thine all-wise behests complain ;-
I bow, O God! submissive to thy will!"
With resignation on his cheek,
Again he knelt,-no more could speak,—
Severe the bitter loss affection mourn'd;

Nor could the sage his tears conceal,
He felt as all the nation feel,
And slowly, weeping, to his cot return'd!

EXTRAORDINARY ANAGRAM.-The letters of the name and title of our lamented Princess, "Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales," being transposed, form this legend," "P. C. Her august race is lost! O! fatal news!"

zines of goods of every kind. All these stores are under his own care in subterraneous vaults, which are visited by nobody. but himself. His treasurer for the current expenses, which office was filled in 1807, by master, to whom he entrusts a chest of his nephew, is nothing more than a paymoney, for the disbursement of which he must account before he receives the key of revenues of his own private possessions. another. A Jew house-steward collects the

Ali keeps no accounts in writing; his memory supplies their place; he very seldom makes a mistake, and never against himself. His mode of reckoning gives rise to a new branch of revenue, which he calls Restitutions. His son, Mouctar, once had need of 100,000 francs, and asked his father's Jew steward to lend him this sum. The steward refused, and Mouctar complained to his father. Thereupon Ali sent for the Jew, and addressed him thus: "You have now been twenty years in my service; on calculating my revenues, I find that you have robbed me annually of 5000 francs; pay me thereThis order fore instantly 100,000 francs." was accompanied by a threat, which insured prompt obedience.

The military force under Ali's command is composed of various parts, which form no connected whole, and cannot be subjected to uniform and regular discipline. The body of troops in which he places the greatest confidence, and which he raises by conscription from his own possessions, may be about 6000 strong. His vassals, the governors of the provinces subject to him, must furnish at the first requisition the number of soldiers demanded. The districts of those Sandgiaks, who are immediately under his administration and government, are also bound to supply, in time of war, the troops that he deems necessary. But the last are those in whom he places the least confidence, because he well knows how much be is hated in many of these districts.