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diff --git a/11343-h/11343-h.htm b/11343-h/11343-h.htm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b41bb77 --- /dev/null +++ b/11343-h/11343-h.htm @@ -0,0 +1,2208 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> + <head> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" + content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> + <title> + The Mirror of Literature, Issue 369. + </title> + <style type="text/css"> + /*<![CDATA[*/ + <!-- + body {margin-left: 10%; margin-right: 10%;} + p {text-align: justify;} + blockquote {text-align: justify;} + h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 {text-align: center;} + pre {font-size: 0.7em;} + + hr {text-align: center; width: 50%;} + html>body hr {margin-right: 25%; margin-left: 25%; width: 50%;} + hr.full {width: 100%;} + html>body hr.full {margin-right: 0%; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%;} + + .note, .footnote {margin-left: 10%; margin-right: 10%; font-size: 0.9em;} + + span.pagenum {position: absolute; left: 1%; right: 91%; font-size: 8pt;} + + .poem {margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left;} + .poem .stanza {margin: 1em 0em 1em 0em;} + .poem p {margin: 0; padding-left: 3em; text-indent: -3em;} + .poem p.i2 {margin-left: 1em;} + + .figure {padding: 1em; margin: 0; text-align: center; font-size: 0.8em; margin: auto;} + .figure img {border: none;} + .figure p + --> + /*]]>*/ + </style> + </head> + <body> +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 11343 ***</div> + + <hr class="full" /> + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page305" name="page305"></a>[pg + 305]</span> + <h1> + THE MIRROR<br /> + OF<br /> + LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. + </h1> + <hr class="full" /> + <table width="100%" summary="Banner"> + <tr> + <td align="left"> + <b>VOL. XIII, NO. 369.]</b> + </td> + <td align="center"> + <b>SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1829.</b> + </td> + <td align="right"> + <b>[PRICE 2d.</b> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <hr class="full" /> + <div class="figure" style="width: 100%;"> + <a href="images/369-1.png"><img width="100%" + src="images/369-1.png" + alt="Cornwall Terrace, Regent's Park." /></a> + </div> + <p> + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page306" name="page306"></a>[pg + 306]</span> + </p> + <h3> + CORNWALL TERRACE<br /> + REGENT'S PARK. + </h3> + <p> + Adjoining <i>York Terrace</i>, engraved and described in No. + 358, of the MIRROR, is <i>Cornwall Terrace</i>, one of the + earliest and most admired of all the buildings in the Park; + although its good taste has not been so influential as might + have been expected, on more recent structures. It is named + after the ducal title of the present King, when Regent. + </p> + <p> + Cornwall Terrace is from the designs of Mr. Decimus Burton, + and is characterized by its regularity and beauty, so as to + reflect high credit on the taste and talent of the young + architect. The ground story is rusticated, and the principal + stories are of the Corinthian order, with fluted shafts, well + proportioned capitals, and an entablature of equal merit. The + other embellishments of Cornwall Terrace are in correspondent + taste, and the whole presents a facade of great architectural + beauty and elegance. + </p> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2> + THE COSMOPOLITE. + </h2> + <hr /> + <h3> + THE TIMES NEWSPAPER. + </h3> + <p> + (<i>Concluded from page 292</i>.) + </p> + <p> + Passing over the leading articles, and some news from the + seat of war, next is the Court Circular, describing the + mechanism of royal and noble etiquette in right courtly + style. The "Money Market and City Intelligence"—what a + line for the capitalist: only watch the intensity with which + he devours every line of the oracle, as the ancients did the + <i>spirantia exta</i>—and weighs and considers its + import and bearing with the Foreign News and leading + articles. What rivets are these—"risen about 1/4 per + cent"—and "a shade higher;" no fag or tyro ever hailed + an illustration with greater interest. Talk to him whilst he + is reading any other part of the paper, and he will break + off, and join you; but when reading this, he can only spare + you an occasional "hem," or "indeed"—his eyes still + riveted to the column. This has been satirically termed + "watching the turn of the market;" although every reader does + the same, and first looks for those events in the paper which + bear upon his interests or enjoyments; for pleasure, as well + as industry, has her studies. Thus the lines "Drury Lane + Theatre," and "Professional Concert" are 'Change news to a + certain class—and a long criticism on Miss Phillips's + first appearance in Jane Shore will ensure attention and + sympathy, from anxiety for an actress of high promise, and + the pathos of the play itself; and we need not insist upon + the beneficial effect which sound criticism has on public + taste. To pass from an account of a Concert at the Argyll + Rooms, with its fantasias and <i>concertanti</i>, to the fact + of 940 weavers being at present unemployed in + Paisley,—and the death of a young man in Paris, from + hydrophobia, is a sad transition from gay to grave—yet + so they stand in the column. A long correspondence on + Commercial Policy, Taxation, Finance, and Currency—we + leave to the capitalist, the "parliament man," and other + disciples of Adam Smith; whilst our eye descends to the + right-hand corner, where is recorded the horrible fact of a + mother attempting to suffocate her infant at her breast! + Humanity sickens at such a pitch of savage crime in the + centre of the most refined city in the world! + </p> + <p> + The commencement of the third folio is a gratifying contrast + to the last horrible incident. It describes the Anniversary + of St. Patrick's Charity Schools, with one of the King's + brothers presiding at the benevolent banquet, and records an + after-dinner subscription of 540<i>l.</i>! What a delightful + scene for the philanthropist—what a blessed picture of + British beneficence! Yet beneath this is a piracy—a + tale of blood, whose very recital "will harrow up thy + soul"—the murder of the captain and crew of an American + brig, as narrated by one man who was concealed. In the next + column are two reports of Parish Elections, which afford more + speculation than we are prone to indulge, as the turning-out + of old parties and setting-up of new, and many of the petty + feuds and jealousies that divide and distract parishes or + large families, the little circles of the great whole. At the + foot of this column a paragraph records the death of a + miserly bachelor schoolmaster, who had worn the same coat + twenty years, and on the tester of whose bed were found, + wrapped up in old stockings £1,600. in interest notes, + commencing thirty-five years since, the compound interest of + which would have been £4,000.; and for what purpose was + this concealment?—a dread of being required to assist + his relatives! Yet contrast this wicked abuse with a few of + the incidents we have recorded—the dinner of St. + Patrick's, for instance, and is it possible to conceive a + more despicable situation (short of crime) than this poor + miser deserves in our chronicle. + </p> + <p> + The third column opens to us a scene of a very opposite + character, the Newmarket Craven Meeting—the most + brilliant assemblage ever known there; the town crammed with + the children of <span class="pagenum"><a id="page307" + name="page307"></a>[pg 307]</span> chance, the innkeepers + trebling their charges, and like the Doncaster people, doing + "noting widout the guinea." What an heterogeneous mixture of + fine old sport, black legs and consciences, panting steeds + and hearts bursting with expectation and despair, and the + grand machinery of chance working with mathematical truth, + and not unfrequently beneath luxury and the mere show of + hospitality. + </p> + <p> + The moralist will turn away from this rural pandemonium with + disgust; but what will he say to the records of wretchedness + and crime that fill up nearly the remainder of the folio. A + Coroner's Inquest upon a fellow creature who "died from + neglect, and want of common food to support life"—and + another upon a poor girl, whose young and tender wits being + "turned to folly,"—died by a draught of + laudanum—are still more lamentable items in the + calendar. + </p> + <p> + Beneath these inquests is a brief tale of a romantic robbery + in an obscure department of France. The priest of a village, + aged 80, lived in an isolated cottage with his niece. About + midnight, he was disturbed, and on his getting out of bed, + was bound by two men, whilst a third stood at the door. The + robbers then proceeded to the girl's chamber, very + ungallantly took her gold ear-rings, and by threatening her + and her uncle with death, got possession of 300 francs. Two + of the ruffians then proceeded to the church, broke open the + poor-box, and took about 30 francs. They then bound again the + old man and his niece, and departed. One of the robbers, + however, left an agricultural tool behind him, which led to + the discovery of two of the thieves, who are committed for + trial. This is a perfect newspaper gem. + </p> + <p> + The fifth column has terror in its first line "Law Report," + and commences with an action in the Court of King's Bench, + against the late Sheriffs of London for an illegal + seizure—one of the glorious delights of office. The + next portion relates to an illustrious foreigner, who stated + that he professed to swallow fire and molten lead, "but he + only put them into his mouth, and took them out again in a + sly manner, for they were too hot to eat." (Much laughter.) + He could swallow prussic acid without experiencing any ill + effects from it; that was what he called <i>pyrotechny</i>; + "he had no property except a wife and child, &c." + </p> + <p> + Next are the Police Reports, sometimes affording admirable + studies of men and manners. The first is a case of a man + being locked up for the night in a watch-house, "on suspicion + of ringing a bell"—and brings to light a most + outrageous abuse of petty power. In another case, a gang of + robbers pursued by one set of watchmen, were suffered to + escape by another set, who would not stir a foot beyond their + own boundary line! Neither Shakspeare, Fielding, nor Sheridan + have given us a better standing jest than this incident + affords. It reminds us of the fellow who refused to take off + Tom Ashe's coat, because it was felony to strip an + <i>ash;</i> or the tanner who would not help the exciseman + out of his pit without twelve hours' notice. + </p> + <p> + The Births, Marriages, and Deaths—and the Markets, and + Price of Stocks, in small type, which well bespeaks their + crowded interest, wind up the sheet. Yet what thrilling + sensations does this small portion of our sheet often impart. + What hopes and expectations for heirs and legacy + hunters—people who want the "quotation" of Mark Lane + and the Coal Market—and others whose daily tone and + temper depends on the little cramped fractions in the + "Stocks" and "Funds." Another catches a fine frenzy from the + "Shares," and regulates his day's movements "the very air o' + the time" by their import—and hence he dreams of gold + and gossamer, or sits torturing his imagination with writs + and executions that await adverse fortune. + </p> + <p> + Such are but a few of the pleasures and pains of a newspaper. + Shenstone says the first part which an ill-natured man + examines, is the list of bankrupts, and the bills of + mortality; but, to prove that our object is any thing but + ill-natured, we have glanced last at the Deaths. The paper + over which we have been travelling, wants the Gazette and + Parliamentary News, and a Literary feature. The Debates would + have enabled us to illustrate the rapid marches of science + and intellect in our times, as displayed in the present + perfect system of parliamentary reporting. But enough has + been said on other points to prove that the + <i>physiognomy</i> of a newspaper is a subject of intense + interest. In this slight sketch we have neither magnified the + crimes, nor sported with the weaknesses; all our aim has been + to search out points or pivots upon which the reflective + reader may turn; the result will depend on his own frame of + mind. + </p> + <p> + There is, however, one little paragraph, one pearl appended + to the Police Report which we must detach, viz. the + acknowledgment of £2. sent to the Bow Street office + poor-box, the <i>seventh</i> contribution of the same amount + of a benevolent individual (by the handwriting, a lady) + signed "A friend to the unfortunate." + </p> + <p> + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page308" name="page308"></a>[pg + 308]</span> Read this ye who gloat over ill-gotten wealth, or + abuse good fortune; think of the delights of this divine + benefactress—silent and unknown—but, above all, + of the exceeding great reward laid up for her in heaven. + </p> + <h4> + PHILO. + </h4> + <hr /> + <h3> + CAT AND FIDDLE. + </h3> + <p> + (<i>To the Editor of the Mirror</i>.) + </p> + <p> + Your correspondent, double X has furnished us with a well + written and whimsical derivation of the above ale-house sign, + and partly by Roman patriotism and French "lingo," he traces + it up to "<i>l'hostelle du Caton fidelle</i>." But I presume + the article is throughout intended for pure banter—as I + do not consider your facetious friend seriously meant that + "no two objects in the world have less to do with each other + than a cat and violin." + </p> + <p> + How close the connexion is between fiddle and <i>cat-gut</i>, + seems pretty well evident—for a proof, I therefore + refer double X to any <i>cat-gut scraper</i> in his majesty's + dominions, from the theatres royal, to Mistress Morgan's + two-penny hop at Greenwich Fair. + </p> + <h4> + JACOBUS. + </h4> + <hr /> + <h3> + THE ROUE'S INTERPRETATION OF DEATH. + </h3> + <p> + (<i>For the Mirror</i>.) + </p> + <blockquote> + "Death! who would think that five simple letters, would + produce a word with so much terror in it."—<i>The + Rou.</i> + </blockquote> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i2"> + Death! and why should it be + </p> + <p class="i2"> + That hideous mystery + </p> + <p> + Is with those atoms integral combin'd? + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Alas! too well—too well, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + I've prob'd unto the spell + </p> + <p> + In each dark imag'd sound, that lurks entwin'd! + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Eternity, implied + </p> + <p class="i2"> + In Death, and long denied + </p> + <p> + Now sacrifices my tortur'd menial gaze! + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Whilst, with its lurid light + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Heart-burnings fierce unite + </p> + <p> + And what may quench, the guilty spirit's blaze? + </p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i2"> + Annihilation!—this, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Was once, the startling bliss + </p> + <p> + I forc'd my soul to fancy Death should give! + </p> + <p class="i2"> + But, whilst I shudd'ring bless + </p> + <p class="i2"> + The hopes—of—nothingness, + </p> + <p> + A something sighs: "Beyond the grave I live!" + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Tophet! I thrill! for scorn'd + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Was the sere thought, though warn'd + </p> + <p> + Ofttimes that Death, enclos'd that dread abyss! + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Now, by each burning vein + </p> + <p class="i2"> + And venom'd conscience—pain + </p> + <p> + I know the terrors of that world, in this! + </p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i2"> + Heaven! ay, 'tis in Death + </p> + <p class="i2"> + For him, whose fragile breath + </p> + <p> + Wends from a breast of piety and peace, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + But darkness, chains, and dree + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Eternal, are for me + </p> + <p> + Since Death's tremendous myst'ries never cease! + </p> + </div> + </div> + <h4> + M.L.B. + </h4> + <hr /> + <h3> + TO JUDY. + </h3> + <p> + (<i>For the Mirror</i>.) + </p> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p> + I have thought of you much since we parted, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + And wished for you every day, + </p> + <p> + And often the sad tear has started, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + And often I've brush'd it away; + </p> + <p> + When the thought of thy sweet smile come o'er me + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Like a sunbeam the tempest between, + </p> + <p> + And the hope of thy love shone before me + </p> + <p class="i2"> + So brilliantly bright and serene, + </p> + <p> + I remember thy last vow that made me + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Forget all my sorrow and care, + </p> + <p> + And I think of the dear voice that bade me + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Awake from the dream of despair. + </p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p> + I regard not the gay scene around me, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + The smiles of the young and the free, + </p> + <p> + Have not <i>now</i> the soft charm that once bound me. + </p> + <p class="i2"> + For <i>that</i> hath been broken by <i>thee</i>; + </p> + <p> + And tho' voices, <i>dear</i> voices are teeming, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + With friendship and gladness, and wit, + </p> + <p> + And a welcome from bright eyes is beaming, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + I cannot, I cannot, forget— + </p> + <p> + I may join in the dance and the song, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + And laugh with the witty and gay, + </p> + <p> + Yet the heart and best feelings that throng + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Around it, are far, far away. + </p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p> + Dost remember the scene we last traced, love, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + When the smile from night's radiant queen + </p> + <p> + Beamed bright o'er the valley, and chased love + </p> + <p class="i2"> + The spirit of gloom from the scene? + </p> + <p> + And the riv'let how heedless it rushed, love, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + From its home in the mountain away, + </p> + <p> + And the wild rose how faintly it blush'd, love, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + In the light of the moon's silver ray: + </p> + <p> + Oh, that streamlet was like unto me, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Parting from whence its brightness first sprung, + </p> + <p> + And that sweet rose was the emblem of thee, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + As so pale on my bosom you hung. + </p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p> + Dearest, <i>why</i> did I leave thee behind me, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Oh! why did I leave thee at all, + </p> + <p> + Ev'ry day that dawns, only can find me + </p> + <p class="i2"> + In sorrow, and tho' the sweet thrall + </p> + <p> + Of my heart serves to cheer and to check me + </p> + <p class="i2"> + When sorrow or passion have sway, + </p> + <p> + Yet I'd rather have thee to + <i>hen-peck</i><a id="footnotetag1" + name="footnotetag1"></a><a href="#footnote1"><sup>1</sup></a> + me, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Than be from thy bower away; + </p> + <p> + And, dear Judy, I'm still what you found me, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + When we met in the grove by the rill, + </p> + <p> + I forget not the spell that first bound me, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + And I shall not, till feeling be still. + </p> + </div> + </div> + <h4> + F. BERINGTON. + </h4> + <hr /> + <h3> + ANCIENT PLACES OF SANCTUARY IN LONDON AND WESTMINSTER. + </h3> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p> + "No place indeed should murder sanctuarise." + </p> + <p> + SHAKSPEARE. + </p> + </div> + </div> + <p> + The principal sanctuaries were those in the neighbourhood of + Fleet-street, Salisbury-court, White Friars, Ram-alley, and + Mitre-court; Fulwood's-rents, in Holborn, Baldwin's-gardens, + in Gray's-inn-lane; <span class="pagenum"><a id="page309" + name="page309"></a>[pg 309]</span> the Savoy, in the Strand; + Montague-close, Deadman's-place, the Clink, the Mint, and + Westminster. The sanctuary in the latter place was a + structure of immense strength. Dr. Stutely, who wrote about + the year 1724, saw it standing, and says that it was with + very great difficulty that it was demolished. The church + belonging to it was in the shape of a cross, and double, one + being built over the other. It is supposed to have been built + by Edward the Confessor. Within this sanctuary was born + Edward V., and here his unhappy mother took refuge with her + son, the young Duke of York, to secure him from the villanous + proceedings of his cruel uncle, the Duke of Gloucester, who + had possession of his elder brother. The metropolis at one + time (says the Rev. Joseph Nightingale,) abounded with these + haunts of villany and wretchedness. They were originally + instituted for the most humane and pious purposes; and owe + their origin to one of the sacred institutions of the Mosaic + law, which appointed certain cities of refuge for persons who + had accidentally slain any of their fellow creatures. The + institution, as Marmonides justly observes, was a merciful + provision both for the manslayer, that he might be preserved, + and for the avenger, that his blood might be cooled by the + removal of the manslayer out of his sight. In the year 1487, + during the Pontificate of Innocent VIII. a bull was issued, + and sent here, to lay a little restraint on the privileges of + sanctuary. It stated, that if thieves, murderers, or robbers, + registered as sanctuary-men, should sally out and commit + fresh nuisances, which they frequently did, and enter again, + in such cases they might be taken out of their sanctuaries by + the king's officers. That as for debtors, who had taken + sanctuary to defraud their creditors, their persons only + should be protected; but their goods out of sanctuary, should + be liable to seizure. As for traitors, the king was allowed + to appoint them keepers in their sanctuaries, to prevent + their escape. After the Reformation had gained strength, + these places of sanctuary began to sink into contempt, and in + the year 1697, it became absolutely necessary to take some + legislative measures for their destruction. + </p> + <h4> + P.T.W. + </h4> + <hr /> + <h3> + TRUE PHILOSOPHY. + </h3> + <p> + A footman who had been found guilty of murdering his + fellow-servant, was engaged in writing his confession: "I + murd—" he stopped, and asked, "How do you spell + <i>murdered?</i>" + </p> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2> + THE SELECTOR AND LITERARY NOTICES OF <i>NEW WORKS</i> + </h2> + <hr /> + <h3> + TIMBER TREES. + </h3> + <p> + In the last volume of the MIRROR, we gave several extracts + from a delightful paper on <i>Landscape Gardening</i>, + contained in a recent Number of the <i>Quarterly Review</i>; + with an abstract of Sir Henry Steuart's new method of + transplanting trees, and a variety of information on this + interesting department of rural economy. We are therefore + pleased to see that the Society for the diffusion of Useful + Knowledge, have appropriated the second part of their new + work to what are termed "Timber Trees and their + applications;" and probably few of their announced volumes + will exceed in usefulness and entertainment that which is now + before us. Indeed, the Editor could scarcely have devised a + more successful means of impressing his readers with a + sincere love of nature and her sublime works, than by + introducing them to the history of vegetable substances in + their connexion with the useful arts. + </p> + <p> + We subjoin a few specimens, with occasional notes, arising + from our own reading and personal observation. + </p> + <center> + <i>Picturesque Beauty of the Oak</i>. + </center> + <p> + A fine oak is one of the most picturesque of Trees. It + conveys to the mind associations of strength and duration, + which are very impressive. The oak stands up against the + blast, and does not take, like other trees, a twisted form + from the action of the winds. Except the cedar of Lebanon, no + tree is so remarkable for the stoutness of its limbs: they do + not exactly spring from the trunk, but divide from it; and + thus it is sometimes difficult to know which is stem and + which is branch. The twisted branches of the oak, too, add + greatly to its beauty; and the horizontal direction of its + boughs, spreading over a large surface, completes the idea of + its sovereignty over all the trees of the forest. Even a + decayed oak,— + </p> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p> + "———dry and dead, + </p> + <p> + Still clad with reliques of its trophies old, + </p> + <p> + Lifting to heaven its aged hoary head, + </p> + <p> + Whose foot on earth Hath got but feeble hold—" + </p> + </div> + </div> + <p> + —even such a tree as Spenser has thus described is + strikingly beautiful: decay in this case looks pleasing. To + such an oak Lucan compared Pompey in his declining state. + </p> + <center> + <i>The Cedar</i>. + </center> + <p> + The cedar of Lebanon, though it has been introduced into many + parts of England as an ornamental tree, and has + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page310" name="page310"></a>[pg + 310]</span> thriven well, has not yet been planted in great + numbers for the sake of its timber. No doubt it is more + difficult to rear, and requires a far richer soil than the + pine and the larch; but the principal objection to it has + been the supposed slowness of its growth, although that does + not appear to be very much greater than in the oak. Some + cedars, which have been planted in a soil well adapted to + them, at Lord Carnarvon's, at Highclere, have grown with + extraordinary rapidity. Of the cedars planted in the royal + garden at Chelsea, in 1683, two had, in eighty-three years, + acquired a circumference of more than twelve feet, at two + feet from the ground, while their branches increased over a + circular space forty feet in diameter. Seven-and-twenty years + afterwards the trunk of the largest one had extended more + than half a foot in circumference; which is probably more + than most oaks of a similar age would do during an equal + period. The surface soil in which the Chelsea cedars throve + so well is not by any means rich; but they seem to have been + greatly nourished from a neighbouring pond, upon the filling + up of which they wasted away. + </p> + <p> + Various specimens of the cedar of Lebanon are mentioned as + having attained a very great size in England. One planted by + Dr. Uvedale, in the garden of the manor-house at Enfield, + about the middle of the seventeenth century, had a girth of + fourteen feet in 1789; eight feet of the top of it had been + blown down by the great hurricane in 1703, but still it was + forty feet in height. At Whitton, in Middlesex, a remarkable + cedar was blown down in 1779. It had attained the height of + seventy feet; the branches covered an area one hundred feet + in diameter; the trunk was sixteen feet in circumference at + seven feet from the ground, and twenty-one feet at the + insertion of the great branches twelve feet above the + surface. There were about ten principal branches or limbs, + and their average circumference was twelve feet. About the + age and planter of this immense tree its historians are not + agreed, some of them referring its origin to the days of + Elizabeth, and even alleging that it was planted by her own + hand. Another cedar, at Hillingdon, near Uxbridge, had, at + the presumed age of 116 years, arrived at the following + dimensions; its height was fifty-three feet, and the spread + of the branches ninety-six feet from east to west, and + eighty-nine from north to south. The circumference of the + trunk, close to the ground, was thirteen feet and a half; at + seven feet it was twelve and a half; and at thirteen feet, + just under the branches, it was fifteen feet eight inches. + There were two principal branches, the one twelve feet and + the other ten feet in girth. The first, after a length of + eighteen inches, divided into two arms, one eight feet and a + half, and the other seven feet ten. The other branch, soon + after its insertion, was parted into two, of five feet and a + half each.<a id="footnotetag2" + name="footnotetag2"></a><a href="#footnote2"><sup>2</sup></a> + </p> + <center> + <i>The Yew Tree</i> + </center> + <p> + (Called <i>Taxus</i>, probably from the Greek, which + signifies swiftness, and may allude to the velocity of an + arrow shot from a yew-tree bow,) is a tree of no little + celebrity, both in the military and the superstitious history + of England. The common yew is a native of Europe, of North + America, and of the Japanese Isles. It used to be very + plentiful in England and Ireland, and probably also Scotland. + Caesar mentions it as having been abundant in Gaul; and much + of it is found in Ireland, imbedded in the earth. The trunk + and branches grow very straight; the bark is cast annually; + and the wood is compact, hard, and very elastic. It is + therefore of great use in every branch of the arts in which + firm and durable timber is required; and, before the general + use of fire-arms, it was in high request for bows: so much of + it was required for the latter purpose, that ships trading to + Venice were obliged to bring ten bow staves along with every + butt of Malmsey. The yew was also consecrated—a large + tree, or more being in every churchyard; and they were held + sacred.<a id="footnotetag3" + name="footnotetag3"></a><a href="#footnote3"><sup>3</sup></a> + In funeral processions the branches were carried over the + dead by mourners, and thrown under the coffin in the grave. + The following extract from the ancient laws of Wales will + show the value that was there set upon these trees, and also + how the consecrated yew of the priests had risen in value + over the reputed sacred mistletoe of the Druids:— + </p> + <p> + "A consecrated yew, its value is a pound. + </p> + <p> + "A misletoe branch, threescore pence. + </p> + <p> + "An oak, sixscore pence. + </p> + <p> + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page311" name="page311"></a>[pg + 311]</span> "Principal branch of an oak, thirty pence. + </p> + <p> + "A yew tree, (not consecrated) fifteen pence. + </p> + <p> + "A sweet apple, threescore pence. + </p> + <p> + "A sour apple, thirty pence. + </p> + <p> + "A thorn-tree, seven pence halfpenny. Every tree after that, + fourpence." + </p> + <p> + By a statute made in the 5th year of Edward IV., every + Englishman, and Irishman dwelling with Englishmen, was + directed to have a bow of his own height made of yew, + wych-hazel, ash, or awburne—that is, laburnum, which is + still styled "awburne saugh," or awburne willow, in many + parts of Scotland. His skill in the use of the long bow was + the proud distinction of the English yeoman, and it was his + boast that none but an Englishman could bend that powerful + weapon. It seems that there was a peculiar art in the English + use of this bow; for our archers did not employ all their + muscular strength in drawing the string with the right hand, + but thrust the whole weight of the body into the horns of the + bow with the left. Chaucer describes his archer as carrying + "a mighty bowe;" and the "cloth-yard shaft," which was + discharged from this engine, is often mentioned by our old + poets and chroniclers. The command of Richard III. at the + battle which was fatal to him, was this: + </p> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p> + "Draw, archers, draw your arrows to the head." + </p> + </div> + </div> + <p> + The bowmen were the chief reliance of the English leaders in + those bloody battles which attended our unjust contests for + the succession to the crown of France. Some of these scenes + are graphically described by Froissart. + </p> + <center> + <i>Box</i> + </center> + <p> + Is a native of all the middle and southern parts of Europe; + and it is found in greater abundance and of a larger size in + the countries on the west of Asia, to the south of the + mountains of Caucasus. In many parts of France it is also + plentiful, though generally in the character of a shrub. In + early times it flourished upon many of the barren hills of + England. Evelyn found it upon some of the higher hills in + Surrey, displaying its myrtle-shaped leaves and its bright + green in the depth of winter; and, till very recently, it + gave to Boxhill, in that county, the charms of a delightful + and perennial verdure. The trees have now been destroyed, and + the name, as at other places called after the box, has become + the monument of its former beauty.<a id="footnotetag4" + name="footnotetag4"></a><a href="#footnote4"><sup>4</sup></a> + </p> + <p> + Yet no tree so well merits cultivation—though its + growth be slow. It is an unique among timber, and combines + qualities which are not found existing together in any other. + It is as close and as heavy as ebony; not very much softer + than <i>lignumvitae</i>; it cuts better than any other wood; + and when an edge is made of the ends of the fibres, it stands + better than lead or tin, nay almost as well as brass. Like + holly, the box is very retentive of its sap, and warps when + not properly dried, though when sufficiently seasoned it + stands well. Hence, for the wooden part of the finer tools, + for every thing that requires strength, beauty, and polish in + timber, there is nothing equal to it. There is one purpose + for which box, and box alone, is properly adapted, and that + is the forming of wood-cuts, for scientific or other + illustrations in books. These reduce the price considerably + in the first engraving, and also in the printing; while the + wood-cut in box admits of as high and sharp a finish as any + metal, and takes the ink much better. It is remarkably + durable too; for, if the cut be not exposed to alternate + moisture or heat, so as to warp or crush it, the number of + thousands that it will print is almost incredible. England is + the country where this economical mode of illustration is + performed in the greatest perfection; and just when a + constant demand for box was thus created, the trees available + for the purpose had vanished from the island. + </p> + <center> + <i>Mahogany</i> + </center> + <p> + Is of universal use for furniture, from the common tables of + a village inn to the splendid cabinets of a regal palace. But + the general adoption of this wood renders a nice selection + necessary for those articles which are costly and + fashionable. The extensive manufacture of piano-fortes has + much increased the demand for mahogany. This musical + instrument, as made in England, is superior to that of any + other part of Europe; and English piano-fortes are largely + exported. The beauty of the case forms a point of great + importance to the manufacturer. This circumstance adds + nothing, of course, to the intrinsic value of the instrument; + but it is of consequence to the maker, in giving an + adventitious quality to the article in which he deals. + Spanish mahogany is decidedly the most beautiful; but + occasionally, yet not very often, the Honduras wood is of + singular brilliancy; and it is then eagerly sought for, to be + employed in the most expensive cabinet-work. A short time + ago, Messrs. Broadwood, <span class="pagenum"><a id="page312" + name="page312"></a>[pg 312]</span> who have long been + distinguished as makers of piano-fortes, gave the enormous + sum of 3,000<i>l</i>. for three logs of mahogany. These logs, + the produce of one tree, were each about fifteen feet long + and thirty-eight inches wide. They were cut into veneers of + eight to an inch. The wood, of which we have seen a specimen, + was peculiarly beautiful, capable of receiving the highest + polish; and, when polished, reflecting the light in the most + varied manner, like the surface of a crystal; and, from the + wavy form of the fibres, offering a different figure in + whatever direction it was viewed. A new species of mahogany + has been lately introduced in cabinet-work, which is commonly + called Gambia. As its name imports, it comes from Africa. It + is of a beautiful colour, but does not retain it so long as + the Spanish and Honduras woods. + </p> + <center> + <i>Planting</i>. + </center> + <p> + The publication of his Sylva, by Evelyn,<a id="footnotetag5" + name="footnotetag5"></a><a href="#footnote5"><sup>5</sup></a> + gave a considerable impulse to planting in the time of + Charles II.; but in the next century that duty was much + neglected by the landed proprietors of this country. There is + a selfish feeling, that the planter of an elm or an oak does + not reap such an immediate profit from it himself, as will + compensate for the expense and trouble of raising it. This is + an extremely narrow principle, which, fortunately, the rich + are beginning to be ashamed of. It is a positive duty of a + landed proprietor who cuts down a tree which his grandfather + planted, to put a young one into the ground, as a legacy to + his own grand-children: he will otherwise leave the world + worse than he found it. Sir Walter Scott, who is himself a + considerable planter, has eloquently denounced that + contracted feeling which prevents proprietors thus improving + their estates, because the profits of plantations make a + tardy and distant return; and we cannot better conclude than + with a short passage from the essay in which he enforces the + duty of planting waste lands:— + </p> + <p> + "The indifference to this great rural improvement arises, we + have reason to believe, not so much out of the actual lucre + of gain as the fatal <i>vis inertiae</i>—that indolence + which induces the lords of the soil to be satisfied with what + they can obtain from it by immediate rent, rather than + encounter the expense and trouble of attempting the modes of + amelioration which require immediate expense—and, what + is, perhaps, more grudged by the first-born of Egypt—a + little future attention. To such we can only say that the + improvement by plantation is at once the easiest, the + cheapest, and the least precarious mode of increasing the + immediate value, as well as the future income, of their + estates; and that therefore it is we exhort them to take to + heart the exhortation of the dying Scotch laird to his son: + 'Be aye sticking in a tree Jock—it will be growing + whilst you are sleeping.'" + </p> + <hr /> + <h3> + KITCHINERIANA. + </h3> + <p> + (<i>From the Housekeeper's Oracle, by the late Dr. + Kitchiner</i>.) + </p> + <p> + The Greek commanders at the siege of Troy, and who were + likewise all royal sovereigns, never presumed to set before + their guests any food but that cooked by their own hands. + Achilles was famous for—broiling beefsteaks. + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + Instead of "Do let me send you some more of this mock + turtle"—"Another patty"—"Sir, some of this + trifle," "I must insist upon your trying this nice melon;" + </p> + <p> + The language of <i>hospitality</i> should rather run + thus:—"Shall I send you a fit of the cholic, Sir?" + </p> + <p> + "Pray let me have the pleasure of giving you a pain in your + stomach." + </p> + <p> + "Sir, let me help you to a little gentle bilious head-ache." + </p> + <p> + "Ma'am, you surely cannot refuse a touch of inflammation in + the bowels." + </p> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p> + If you feed on rich sauces, drink deep of strong wine, + </p> + <p> + In the morn go to bed, and not till night dine; + </p> + <p> + And the order of Nature thus turn topsy turvy! + </p> + <p> + You'll quickly contract Palsy, jaundice, and scurvy!! + </p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"></div> + </div> + <hr /> + <p> + The man who makes an appointment with his stomach and does + not keep it disappoints his <i>best friend</i>. + </p> + <hr class="full" /> + <p> + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page313" name="page313"></a>[pg + 313]</span> + </p> + <h2> + SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY + </h2> + <hr /> + <div class="figure" style="width: 100%;"> + <a href="images/369-2.png"><img width="100%" + src="images/369-2.png" alt="Swan River Settlement." /></a> + </div> + <center> + Copied from a handsome Chart, by permission of the publisher, + Mr. Cross, 18, Holborn, opposite Furnivals' Inn. + </center> + <p> + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page314" name="page314"></a>[pg + 314]</span> + </p> + <h3> + EMIGRATION. + </h3> + <center> + SWAN RIVER SETTLEMENT. + </center> + <p> + (<i>Concluded from page 300</i>.) + </p> + <p> + [We resume the description of the Swan River Settlement, + which will be further illustrated by the annexed outline.] + </p> + <p> + The animal productions, we may take for granted, are + generally the same as those of New South Wales. The human + species, in their physical qualities and endowments are the + same. Most of them wore kangaroo cloaks, which were their + only clothing. They carry the same kind of spears, and the + womera, or throwing stick, as are used by those in New South + Wales. In the summer months they frequent the sea-coast, + where their skill in spearing fish is described as quite + wonderful. In winter they mostly adhere to the woods on the + higher grounds, where the kangaroos, the opossum tribe, and + the land tortoises are plentiful. These, with birds and + roots, constitute their sustenance. They have neither boat + nor raft, nor did the party fall in with any thing resembling + a hut. They made use of the word "kangaroo" and other terms + in use at Port Jackson. The party saw only the three kinds of + animals above-mentioned, and heard the barking of the native + dog; no other reptiles but iguanas and lizards and a single + snake presented themselves. + </p> + <p> + Of birds, the list is somewhat more extensive. The emu is + frequent on the plains, and that once supposed "<i>rara + avis</i>," the elegant black swan, was seen in the greatest + abundance on the river to which it has lent its name, and + particularly on Melville lake. Equally abundant were numerous + species of the goose and duck family. White and black + cockatoos, parrots and parroquets, were every where found. + Pigeons and quails were seen in great quantities, and many + melodious birds were heard in the woods. + </p> + <p> + Seals were plentiful on all the islands. Captain Stirling + says that it was not the season for whales, but their debris + strewed the shore of Geographer's Bay. The French, in May and + June, met with a prodigious number of whales along this part + of the coast, and sharks equally numerous and of an enormous + size, some of them stated to be upwards of two thousand + pounds in weight. Vlaming mentions the vast numbers of large + sharks on this part of the coast, and he, as well as the + French, found the sea near the shore swarming with + sea-snakes, the largest about nine or ten feet long. Captain + Stirling's party procured three or four different kinds of + good esculent fish; one in particular, a species of rock-cod, + is described as excellent. + </p> + <p> + "The bottom of the sea," says Captain Stirling, "is composed + of calcareous sand, sometimes passing into marl or clay. On + this may be seen growing an endless variety of marine plants, + which appear to form the haunts and perhaps the sustenance of + quantities of small fish. When it is considered that the bank + extends a hundred miles from the shore, and that wherever the + bottom is seen, it presents a moving picture of various + animals gliding over the green surface of the vegetation, it + is not too much to look forward to the time when a valuable + fishery may be established on these shores. Even now, a boat + with one or two men might be filled in a few hours." + </p> + <p> + The island of Buache is admirably adapted for a fishing town. + The anchorage close to its eastern shore in Cockburn Island + is protected against all winds; and the island itself, of six + or seven thousand acres, of a light sort of sand and loam, is + well suited, as Mr. Fraser thinks, for any description of + light garden crops. The side next the sea is fenced by a + natural dyke of limestone, coveted with cypress, and in many + places with an arborescent species of Metrosideros; and all + the valleys are clothed with a gigantic species of Solanum, + and a beautiful Brownonia. The soil in these thickets is a + rich brown loam intermixed with blocks of limestone, and + susceptible, Mr. Fraser says, of producing any description of + crop. Fresh water may be had in all these valleys by digging + to the depth of two feet. On this island Captain Stirling + caused a garden to be planted and railed out; on which + account he named it "Garden Island." + </p> + <p> + On this island, Buache, or Garden (as the party named it) + Captain Stirling left a cow, two ewes in lamb, and three + goats, where, he observes, abundance of grass, and a large + pool of water awaited them. They would be, at all events, + perfectly free from any disturbance from the natives. + </p> + <p> + Rottenest Island is the largest in this quarter, being about + eight miles in length; it contains several saline lagoons, + separated from the sea, on the north-east side, by a beach + composed mostly of a single species of bivalve shell. Like + Buache, it is covered with an abundant and vigorous + vegetation, and a small species of kangaroo is said by + Freycinet to be numerous upon it. Vlaming, who first + discovered it, speaks in raptures of the beauties of this + island, to which, from the multitude of rats, as he thought + them <span class="pagenum"><a id="page315" + name="page315"></a>[pg 315]</span> to be, he gave the name of + the "Rats' Nest." The French call this animal the <i>preamble + ... long new</i>. + </p> + <p> + It is not to be supposed that a hasty visit could enable the + party to explore the mineralogical resources of the country. + It appears, however, by a list of the soils and rock + formations in Captain Stirling's report, that he brought home + specimens of copper ore, of lead ore with silver, and also + with arsenic, two species of magnetic iron, several varieties + of granite, and chalcedony, and of limestone, with stalagmite + incrustations, &c. The high cliffs of Cape Naturaliste + abound with large masses of what Mr. Fraser calls "an + extraordinary aggregate," containing petrifactions of bivalve + and other marine shells, every particle of which was thickly + incrusted with minute crystals. Here, too, he says, veins of + iron of considerable thickness were seen to traverse the rock + in various directions; and he speaks of the caverns formed in + the minacious schistose between the granite and the + limestone, as something very extraordinary. They contained + rock-salt in large quantities, forming thick incrustations on + every part of the surface, beautifully crystallized, and + penetrating into the most compact parts of the rock. In many + of these caverns were very brilliant stalactites and + stalagmites of extraordinary size adhering to the nodules of + granite which form their bases or floors, and which are from + forty to fifty feet above the level of the sea. + </p> + <p> + In several parts of the limestone formation, mineral springs + were found; one in particular was noticed within half a mile + of the entrance into Swan River. It bubbled out at the base + of the solid rock in a stream, whose transverse area was + measured by Captain Stirling, and found to be from six to + seven feet, running at the rate of three feet in a second of + time. It was thermal, saline, pleasant to the taste, and + some, who partook of it, attributed to it an aperient + quality. + </p> + <p> + Such is the outline of a country on which the government have + determined to establish a colony, and over which they have + justly, and we think judiciously, appointed Captain Stirling + to act as lieutenant-governor. The plan on which it is to be + founded is, in our opinion, unobjectionable. It promises the + most advantageous terms to qualified settlers, and deserves + only to be known to ensure as many of the most respectable + agriculturists as may in the first instance be desirable. + </p> + <p> + In point of climate, this colony and New South Wales may + perhaps be equally salubrious, though we are disposed to + think that the western aspect and the sea-breezes may + preponderate in favor of the new one;—this being, + probably, milder, as the western sides of all continents and + large islands are, than the eastern sides, in the + winter,—while the refreshing breezes cool the air in + the summer. "In my opinion," says Captain Stirling, "the + climate, considered with reference to health, is highly + salubrious. This opinion is corroborated by that of the + surgeon of the Success, who states in his report to me on the + subject, that, notwithstanding the great exposure of the + people to fatigue, to night air in the neighbourhood of + marshy grounds, and to other causes usually productive of + sickness, he had not a case upon his sick list, except for + slight complaints unconnected with climate." + </p> + <p> + It likewise appears, from Captain Stirling's report, that the + thermometer, in the hot months of January, February, and + March, averaged, in the morning, about 60 deg.; at noon, + about 78 deg.; and in the evening 65 deg. The barometer + averaged about 30 deg. The weather generally fine,—some + rain and showery weather, and occasionally thunder and + lightning. + </p> + <p> + In geographical position it has an incalculable advantage + over New South Wales. In the first place, it is not only much + more conveniently situated than that colony, but is much + nearer to, and has much more easy means of communication + with, every part of the civilized world, the east coast of + America perhaps excepted. The passages to it from England, + and from the Cape of Good Hope, are shortened by nearly a + month, and the return voyages still more. The voyage from it + to Madras and Ceylon is little more than three weeks at all + times of the year, and only a month from those places to it; + while for six months in the year, namely, from November to + April, inclusive, when the western monsoons prevail on the + northern coast of Australia, the passage from New South Wales + through Torres Strait, always dangerous, is then utterly + impracticable; and that through Bass's Strait nearly so to + merchant vessels, on account of the westerly winds which blow + through it at all times of the year, and which generally + oblige them to go round the southern extremity of Van + Nieman's Land. The Success frigate left Port Jackson on the + 17th of January, and did not reach Cape Leeuwin till the 2nd + of February, being six weeks and two days; and Captain + Stirling observes, that the only chance, by which the passage + could be accomplished at all, was by carrying a constant + press of sail. + </p> + <p> + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page316" name="page316"></a>[pg + 316]</span> One point of consideration,(says the writer of + the "Hints,") in the proposed measure (although in reality of + no essential importance to pecuniary success) is of + considerable magnitude, as regards moral feeling and the + pride of many—that is, there being no admission of + convicts into the proposed colony! Without any illiberal + sentiment, this is a disadvantage under which Port Jackson + and Van Nieman's Land certainly suffer. Nevertheless these + thriving colonies, in the course of thirty or forty years, + have made surprising progress in agriculture, population, + commerce and wealth. The situation of Port Jackson was the + most distant from the mother country; its position was not + peculiarly adapted to production or traffic with any part of + the globe; therefore, the improvement can only be attributed + to a favorable soil, free from the taxation of old European + governments, a low fee cost, or a nominal pepper corn rent, + which circumstances have not only been capable of maintaining + those who adventured, but of yielding a profit for capital + sufficient to induce others to pursue the same course. + </p> + <p> + In the infancy of a colony, the certain maintenance of the + settlers should be well established; and it is also right to + know with what facility and at what cost, an adequate supply + of necessaries, comforts, and even luxuries may be obtained. + Adjacent, and favorably situated to Cockburn Sound, are the + Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, Timer, Java, Sumatra, and the + East Indian Presidencies. + </p> + <p> + <i>Rice</i>, from Java, can be obtained in five weeks, at or + under 1<i>d</i>. per pound. + </p> + <p> + The bantam fowls and China pigs at equally moderate prices. + </p> + <p> + <i>Sugar</i>,<a id="footnotetag6" + name="footnotetag6"></a><a href="#footnote6"><sup>6</sup></a> + from the Mauritius, Java, or Calcutta, at 3<i>d</i>. per + pound. + </p> + <p> + <i>Coffee</i>, from Java, 4<i>d</i>. per pound. + </p> + <p> + <i>Spices</i>, the production of the Moluccas, Celebees, + &c. &c. at the lowest possible rate:—viz. + pepper, nutmegs, cloves, &c. + </p> + <p> + Algoa Bay, the Cape of Good Hope, furnishes cattle and sheep. + The coast of Cockburn Sound and Swan and Canning Rivers, + promises plenty of fish for the table—also, oil for + use. Tea will not cost more than 2<i>s</i>. 6<i>d</i>. per + pound through Java; from whence stock of cattle, poultry and + pigs can be added of the best quality. + </p> + <p> + There is no intention in these remarks to shew the extent of + production of which the soil and climate are capable; time + and prosperity will be requisite to bring forward all their + capabilities. Nothing, therefore, has been said of the + articles grown in similar latitudes in Asia, and carried to + Smyrna and other Turkish ports at immense distances, for + export to England, France, and Holland. There is, however, no + reason for supposing that silk, (equal to that of Brussa,) + opium, madder roots, goats' wool, senna, gums, currants, + raisins, and the highly esteemed Turkish tobacco, and various + other productions, may not be cultivated to advantage half a + century hence. But in the commencement, it is sufficient to + look to <i>early, certain, and profitable returns</i>; + without calculating upon chances of wealth, which may not be + realized in the lifetime of the present adventurers. + </p> + <p> + It remains only for us to offer a word of advice (says the + writer in the <i>Quarterly Review</i>) to the multitudes who + we understand are preparing to take their flight to this new + land of Goshen,—which is this: that no one should <i>at + present</i> think of venturing on such a step, unless he can + carry out with him, either in his own person or in his family + or followers, the knowledge of agriculture, and the + capability of agricultural labour. It is quite certain that, + for the first few years, every settler must be mainly + indebted for the means of subsistence of himself and family + to the produce of the soil; beyond this the country itself, + for the first year, will afford him nothing, with the + exception, perhaps, of a little fish—the rest must be + raised by the labour of the ploughman and the horticulturist. + The only settlers, therefore, who can reasonably hope to + thrive in the infant state of the colony must consist of this + description of persons; any others, with very few exceptions, + must inevitably be disappointed, if not irretrievably ruined. + A clergyman, a schoolmaster, a land-surveyor, an apothecary, + a few small tradesmen and fishermen, may reasonably expect + employment and make themselves useful to the new community; + as will also a limited number of house-carpenters, joiners, + bricklayers, black-smiths, tailors, shoemakers, and common + labourers, the latter being required to assist in building + habitations; but the unproductive + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page317" name="page317"></a>[pg + 317]</span> class, or idlers, had better wait a few years + before they embark for a country where, as yet, there is + neither hut nor hovel, and where the "<i>fruges consumere + nati</i>" have unquestionably no place in society. We cannot + forget what happened, when, a few years ago, the government + resolved to send out, at a very considerable expense, a + number of new settlers to improve and extend the agriculture + of the Cape of Good Hope; giving allowances to the heads of + parties, proportioned to their respective numbers. + </p> + <p> + The persons best calculated for effecting the improvement of + the colony, and, at the same time, their own condition, must + be looked for among the English and Scotch farmers; these + cannot fail. To such we would recommend not to encumber + themselves, and incur a great and unnecessary expense, by + carrying out live-stock from home, but to take them from the + Cape of Good Hope. At Algoa Bay, which is perfectly safe for + six months in the year, they may be supplied with every kind + of domestic animal, in good condition, and at reasonable + prices, which may be carried to their destination in the + short space of twenty-eight days. Seed corn and the seeds of + culinary vegetables may be taken from home; but of young + plants of peaches, pomegranates, oranges, figs, and vines, it + may be advisable to take a supply from the Cape of Good Hope. + For these, and many other species of fruit, the climate is + admirably adapted; and the vine, in particular, is just + calculated for the limestone ridge which extends along the + coast facing the western sun. + </p> + <p> + It appears that apprehensions of interruption were once + entertained from a prior settlement from France; these fears + are however, removed by that nation having fixed on a point, + to colonize, in latitude 25 deg. south, (which is distant + north of the Swan River 400 miles) called Shark's Bay, within + which there is an inlet called Freycinet's Harbour. The + country in this neighbourhood much resembles the western + coast. + </p> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2> + SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS + </h2> + <hr /> + <h3> + THE AIR BALLOON. + </h3> + <center> + IN LAUDEM BULLAE AERO-NAUTICAE. + </center> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i2"> + They may talk as they will + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Of their steam-engine skill, + </p> + <p> + But, as sure as the sun shines at noon, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Straps, boilers, and springs + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Are a wagon to wings, + </p> + <p> + Compared with the air-balloon. + </p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i2"> + If you're troubled with taxes, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + You cross the Araxes, + </p> + <p> + Or fly to the plains of Hairoun; + </p> + <p class="i2"> + In the height of the summer, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Cool as a cucumber, + </p> + <p> + You sit in your air-balloon. + </p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i2"> + The ladies, poor souls! + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Once sent sighs to the poles; + </p> + <p> + We may now send the sighers as soon: + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Painted canvass and gas + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Whisk away with the lass, + </p> + <p> + In the car of the air-balloon. + </p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i2"> + Our girls of fifteen + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Will disdain Gretna Green, + </p> + <p> + The old coupler must soon cobble shoon; + </p> + <p class="i2"> + With a wink to the captain, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + The beauties are wrapt in + </p> + <p> + The car of the air-balloon. + </p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i2"> + Old fathers and mothers, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Grim uncles and brothers, + </p> + <p> + May hunt them from Janu'ry to June; + </p> + <p class="i2"> + They are oft to the stars, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + And in Venus or Mars + </p> + <p> + You may spy out their air-balloon + </p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i2"> + Your makers of rhyme + </p> + <p class="i2"> + May at last grow sublime, + </p> + <p> + Inspired by a touch at the moon; + </p> + <p class="i2"> + And lawyers may rise + </p> + <p class="i2"> + For once to the skies, + </p> + <p> + In the car of the air-balloon. + </p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i2"> + Your ministers, soaring, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + May shun all the boring + </p> + <p> + Of country and city baboon— + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Or, like ministers' spouses, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Look down on both Houses— + </p> + <p> + From the car of the air-balloon. + </p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i2"> + The sweet six months' widow + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Her weeds will abide, O, + </p> + <p> + No longer, nor cry "'Tis too soon!" + </p> + <p class="i2"> + But range the skies over, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + In search of a lover, + </p> + <p> + In the car of the air balloon. + </p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i2"> + If you wish for a singe-a + </p> + <p class="i2"> + In Afric or India, + </p> + <p> + Or long for an Esquimaux' tune, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Or wish to go snacks + </p> + <p class="i2"> + With the king of the blacks,— + </p> + <p> + Why,—call for your air-balloon. + </p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i2"> + If, on Teneriffe's Peak, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + You'd wish for a steak, + </p> + <p> + Or dip in Vesuvius your spoon, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Or slip all the dog-days, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + The rain-days, and fog-days,— + </p> + <p> + Go, call for your air-balloon. + </p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i2"> + Your doctors of physic + </p> + <p class="i2"> + May banish the phthisic. + </p> + <p> + Your cook give you ice-creams in June— + </p> + <p class="i2"> + If a dun's in the wind, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + You may leave him behind, + </p> + <p> + And be off in your air-balloon. + </p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i2"> + On the top of the Andes, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Who's tortur'd with dandies? + </p> + <p> + On Potosi, who meets a buffoon? + </p> + <p class="i2"> + But, for fear I'd get prosy, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + I'll stop at Potosi,— + </p> + <p> + So, huzza for the air-balloon! + </p> + </div> + </div> + <p> + <i>Monthly Magazine</i>. + </p> + <hr /> + <h3> + ALVISE SANUTO. + </h3> + <center> + <i>A Venetian Story</i><a id="footnotetag7" + name="footnotetag7"></a><a href="#footnote7"><sup>7</sup></a> + </center> + <p> + Alvise Sanuto was a young man of whom his country entertained + the proudest <span class="pagenum"><a id="page318" + name="page318"></a>[pg 318]</span> hopes. His courage had + been gloriously tried in the battle of Lepanto, in which he + had performed prodigies of valour. His prudence and foresight + had been often the subject of admiration in the great council + of the state. The old man, his father, esteemed him as the + ornament and grace of his family: Venice pointed to him as + one of her best citizens. Alvise was destined to fall by an + infamous death. + </p> + <p> + At that period both public and private manners were + exceedingly severe. The ladies, who gave law to them, only + issued from their homes to go to church, wrapped up in a veil + which hid their face and figure. The balconies of the palaces + still present signs of this ancient severity, the parapets + being purposely made so high and large, as to render it + difficult to see from them. Alvise had a heart of the most + passionate and fiery nature; he felt the imperious sway of + love, but as yet had met with no lady on whom he could bestow + his affections. The arrival of the French ambassador at + Venice, in great pomp, excited public curiosity. The manners + of the strangers bore an aspect of perfect novelty to the + inhabitants of the republic, as the ladies who accompanied + Amalia, the ambassador's daughter, displayed a fire and + vivacity, which to many seemed scandalous as well as + astonishing. Amalia was in her seventeenth year, and to + cultivated and sprightly powers of mind, added those French + graces, which, if they do not constitute beauty, are still + more effectual than beauty itself in seducing the beholder. + Alvise saw her when she was presented to the Doge, and + regarded her as a being more than human. He gazed on her as + if beside himself; and what female could have beheld him + without admiration? Amalia read in the noble countenance of + Alvise what he felt at that moment; she was affected, and, + for the first time, her heart palpitated within her bosom. + </p> + <p> + Alvise from that day was another being. He knew his unhappy + state, and that his misfortunes could end but with his life, + since the severe and unyielding laws of his country rendered + all hope chimerical of ever being united with the stranger + lady. His ardent fancy suggested to attempt any means of + again seeing her who was dearer to him than life. His abode + was divided from that of the ambassador by a narrow canal. + Having procured the assistance of a French domestic, he + passed over to the palace, and secretly entered the chamber + of Amalia. + </p> + <p> + It was midnight; and the young lady, her own thoughts perhaps + disturbed by love, had not yet laid down, but was seeking + from prayer consolation and rest. She knelt before the image + of the virgin, her hands clasped in the attitude of devotion; + and Alvise, beholding her angelic countenance lit up by the + uncertain light of the lamp, could not restrain an + exclamation of surprise, which roused the maiden from her + pious reverie. Struck with the sight of him, she at first + fancied, according to the superstitious notions of the times, + that he was a spirit sent by her evil genius to tempt her, + and uttered some words of holy scripture by way of exorcism; + when Alvise, advancing, threw himself at her feet, and before + Amalia could speak, disclosed to her, in the most passionate + terms, his love, the inconsiderate step he had taken, and the + certain death that awaited him should he be discovered. + </p> + <p> + Terror, rather than indignation, filled the breast of Amalia. + "Oh, heavens!" she exclaimed, "what madness could prompt you + thus to expose your own life and my reputation? Haste, fly + from this spot, which you have profaned; and know, that if my + heart recoils at your death (and here she gave a deep sigh,) + yet at my cry those would appear who would not suffer your + insult to pass unpunished," so saying, she pointed + imperiously to the door. + </p> + <p> + Alvise listened to her as if he had been struck down by + lightning. "Then let me die!" he exclaimed, "for without you + life is odious to me. You are just taking the first steps in + this vale of tears; one day, however, your heart also will + know the emotions of love, and then, then think of the + unhappy Alvise; how great must have been his pangs, and how + ardent his desire to terminate them!" + </p> + <p> + He now made an effort to go away; but Amalia held him, while + she said, "Alas! I seek not thy death: live, but forget me + from this fatal moment." "To forget thee is impossible; to + love thee is death: thy compassion would sweeten the last + moments of my existence!" "Alvise!" exclaimed Amalia, + weeping, "live, if only for my sake!" "Do + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page319" name="page319"></a>[pg + 319]</span> you comprehend the force of these words?" + </p> + <p> + She trembled at the question; but the idea of her lover dying + in despair overcame all her scruples. "Yes, live for my + sake," she repeated in an under tone. + </p> + <p> + Unhappy beings! they were intoxicated with love, while the + abyss was yawning beneath their feet. A spy of the state + inquisition, who was going his rounds, saw Alvise enter the + palace, and recognised him. Denounced before the dreadful + tribunal, he was dragged thither that very morning. Convicted + of entering the abode of the French ambassador, he was + desired to explain his motives tor so doing, but remained + obstinately silent. The members of the inquisition were + confounded, accustomed as they were to see every thing yield + before them, and reminded him that death would be the + inevitable result of his silence. "Death," he replied, "had + no terrors for me when I fought at Lepanto for the glory of + my country and the salvation of Italy; on which day I proved, + that under no circumstances could I ever become a traitor. I + call heaven to witness that I am not one. But something + dearer to me than life or fame now imposes silence on me." + </p> + <p> + He was beheaded, and his body exposed between the two columns + of the palace, with this inscription: "For offences against + the statute." The populace were speechless at the sight, + while his companions in arms, his relations and friends, + abandoned themselves to despair. Venice presented one + universal scene of mourning. + </p> + <p> + On the evening of the fatal day, Amalia stood upon the + terrace of her palace, overlooking the grand canal. She + contemplated with pleasurable melancholy the calm and even + course of the moon, whose modest light shone in the cloudless + sky. Her thoughts were of Alvise. To divert them, she turned + to gaze on a long procession of illuminated gondolas, from + which she heard a strain of plaintive music, as if of prayers + for the dead, A dreadful presentiment seized her heart; she + inquired the purpose of the procession, and heard, with + unspeakable terror, that it was the solemnization of the + funeral rites of a Venetian nobleman, who had been beheaded + for high treason. "His name?" cried the breathless girl, in + almost unintelligible accents: "Alvise Sanuto." + </p> + <p> + She fell, as if shot; and striking her head in the fall upon + a projecting part of the terrace, was mortally wounded, and + expired.—<i>Lettere su Venezia</i>—<i>Translated + in the Oxford Literary Gaz.</i> + </p> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2> + THE ANECDOTE GALLERY. + </h2> + <hr /> + <h3> + INDEPENDENCE + </h3> + <p> + Is the word, of all others, that Irish—men, women, and + children—least understand; and the calmness, or rather + indifference, with which they submit to dependence, bitter + and miserable as it is, must be a source of deep regret to + all "who love the land," or feel anxious to uphold the + dignity of human kind. Let us select a few cases from our + Irish village—such as are abundant in every + neighbourhood. Shane Thurlough, "as dacent a boy," and + Shane's wife, as "clane-skinned a girl," as any in the world. + There is Shane, an active, handsome-looking fellow, leaning + over the half-door of his cottage, kicking a hole in the wall + with his brogue, and picking up all the large gravel within + his reach to pelt the ducks with—those useful Irish + scavengers. Let us speak to him. "Good morrow, Shane!" "Och! + the bright bames of heaven on ye every day! and kindly + welcome, my lady—and won't ye step in and + rest—it's powerful hot, and a beautiful summer, + sure—the Lord be praised!" "Thank you, Shane. I thought + you were going to cut the hayfield to-day—if a heavy + shower comes, it will be spoil'd; it has been fit for the + sithe these two days." "Sure, it's all owing to that thief o' + the world, Tom Parrel, my lady. Didn't he promise me the loan + of his sithe; and, by the same token, I was to pay him for + it; and <i>depinding</i> on that, I didn't buy one, which I + have been threatening to do for the last two years." "But why + don't you go to Carrick and purchase one?" "To + Carrick!—Och, 'tis a good step to Carrick, and my toes + are on the ground (saving your presence,) for I + <i>depindid</i> on Tim Jarvis to tell Andy Cappler, the + brogue-maker, to do my shoes; and, bad luck to him, the + spalpeen! he forgot it." "Where's your pretty wife, Shane?" + "She's in all the woe o' the world, Ma'am, dear. And she puts + the blame of it on me, though I'm not in the faut this time, + any how: the child's taken the small pock, and she + <i>depindid</i> on me to tell the doctor to cut it for the + cow-pock, and I <i>depindid</i> on Kitty Cackle, the limmer, + to tell the doctor's own man, and thought she would not + forget it, becase the boy's her bachelor—but out o' + sight out o' mind—the never a word she tould him about + it, and the babby has got it nataral, and the woman's in + heart trouble (to say nothing o' myself;) and it the first, + and all." "I am very sorry, indeed, for you have got a much + better <span class="pagenum"><a id="page320" + name="page320"></a>[pg 320]</span> wife than most men." + "That's a true word, my lady—only she's fidgetty like + sometimes, and says I don't hit the nail on the head quick + enough; and she takes a dale more trouble than she need about + many a thing." "I do not think I ever saw Ellen's wheel + without flax before, Shane?" "Bad cess to the wheel;—I + got it this morning about that too—I <i>depinded</i> on + John Williams to bring the flax from O'Flaharty's this day + week, and he forgot it; and she says I ought to have brought + it myself, and I close to the spot: but where's the good? + says I, sure he'll bring it next time." "I suppose, Shane, + you will soon move into the new cottage, at Clurn Hill. I + passed it to-day, and it looked so cheerful; and when you get + there, you must take Ellen's advice, and <i>depend</i> solely + on yourself." "Och Ma'am, dear, don't mintion it—sure + it's that makes me so down in the mouth, this very minit. + Sure I saw that born blackguard, Jack Waddy, and he comes in + here, quite innocent like"—"Shane, you've an eye to + 'Squire's new lodge," says he. "Maybe I have," says I. "I am + y'er man," says he. "How so?" says I. "Sure I'm as good as + married to my lady's maid," said he; "and I'll spake to the + 'Squire for you, my own self." "The blessing be about you," + says I, quite grateful,—and we took a strong cup on the + strength of it; and <i>depinding</i> on him, I thought all + safe,—"and what d'ye think, my lady? Why, himself + stalks into the place—talked the 'Squire over, to be + sure—and without so much as by y'er lave, sates himself + and his new wife on the laase in the house; and I may go + whistle." "It was a great pity, Shane, that you didn't go + yourself to Mr. Clurn." "That's a true word for ye, Ma'am, + dear; but it's hard if a poor man can't have a frind to + DEPIND on."—<i>Sketches of Irish Character, by Mrs. + S.C. Hall</i>. + </p> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2> + THE GATHERER. + </h2> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p> + "A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles." + </p> + <p> + SHAKSPEARE + </p> + </div> + </div> + <hr /> + <h3> + POTATOES. + </h3> + <p> + One is almost induced to imagine that certain orders of + London conceive that "<i>takers</i>," as they commonly call + them in their uncooked state, is a generical term; and that + they only become entitled to the prefix of "<i>pot</i>," + after they have been boiled. + </p> + <hr /> + <h3> + DINING LATE. + </h3> + <p> + A wag, on being told it was the fashion to dine later and + later every day, said, "he supposed it would end at last in + not dining till to-morrow!" + </p> + <hr /> + <h3> + MOORE'S LIFE OF BYRON. + </h3> + <p> + Moore has printed between three and four hundred pages of his + Life of Lord Byron, which is interspersed with original + letters and poems, of singular merit—after the manner + of Mason's Life of Gray, and Hayley's Life of Cowper. Nearly + the whole of the manuscript is in town, and the work, + consisting of a thick 4to. volume, will be published during + the season.—<i>Court Journal, No. 1</i>. + </p> + <hr /> + <h3> + PISTRUCCI. + </h3> + <p> + This gifted improvisatore (who is poet to the King's + Theatre,) sometimes astonishes his + acquaintance—especially if a new one—by holding + his hand close over the flame of a candle, or an argand lamp, + for several minutes together. It is a singular fact that + several of the male branches of this family—of whom the + unrivalled artist who cut the die of the sovereign, with the + St. George upon it, is one—have one of their hands + covered with a thick coat of horn-like matter, as hard as + tortoiseshell, and perfectly insensible.—<i>Ibid.</i> + </p> + <hr /> + <h3> + WRITTEN EXTEMPORE IN A COPY OF COKE UPON LITTLETON, 1721. + </h3> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p> + O thou who labours't in this rugged mine, + </p> + <p> + Mays't thou to gold th' unpolish'd ore refine; + </p> + <p> + May each dark page unfold its haggard brow, + </p> + <p> + Fear not to reap, if thou canst dare to plough; + </p> + <p> + To tempt thy care may each revolving night, + </p> + <p> + Purses and maces glide before thy sight; + </p> + <p> + So when in times to come, advent'rous deed, + </p> + <p> + Thou shalt essay to speak, to look like Mead, + </p> + <p> + When ev'n the bay and rose shall cease to shade + </p> + <p> + With martial air the honours of thy head, + </p> + <p> + When the full wig thy visage shall enclose, + </p> + <p> + And only give to view thy learned nose, + </p> + <p> + Safely thou may'st defy beaux, wits, and scoffers, + </p> + <p> + And tenant in fee simple stuff thy coffers. + </p> + </div> + </div> + <h4> + T.H. + </h4> + <hr class="full" /> + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote1" name="footnote1"></a> <b>Footnote 1</b>: + <a href="#footnotetag1">(return)</a> + <p> + <i>Hen-pecked</i>, to be governed <i>by a wife</i>, (see + Johnson.) + </p> + </blockquote> + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote2" name="footnote2"></a> <b>Footnote 2</b>: + <a href="#footnotetag2">(return)</a> + <p> + We believe the finest cedars in England to be those at + Juniper Hall, between Leatherhead and Dorking. + </p> + </blockquote> + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote3" name="footnote3"></a> <b>Footnote 3</b>: + <a href="#footnotetag3">(return)</a> + <p> + Yew trees—those gloomy tenants of our + churchyards—appear to have been planted there in + ancient times. In the will of Henry VI. there is the + following item:—"The space between the wall of the + church and the wall of the cloyster shall conteyne 38 + feyte, which is left for to sett in certayne trees and + flowers, behovable and convenient for the custom of the + said church." Several reasons may be assigned for giving + this tree a preference to every other evergreen. It is very + hardy, long-lived, and, though in time it attains a + considerable height, produces branches in abundance, so low + as to be always within reach of the hand, and at last + affords a beautiful wood for furniture.—The date of + the yews at Bedfont is 1704. + </p> + </blockquote> + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote4" name="footnote4"></a> <b>Footnote 4</b>: + <a href="#footnotetag4">(return)</a> + <p> + In the twelfth volume of the MIRROR, we gave an accurate + picture of the past and present celebrity of <i>Box + Hill</i>, especially with respect to the quantity of box + grown there. The box trees on the hill are again + flourishing, and with these and other evergreens the chief + part of Box Hill is still covered. + </p> + </blockquote> + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote5" name="footnote5"></a> <b>Footnote 5</b>: + <a href="#footnotetag5">(return)</a> + <p> + Evelyn passed much of his time in planting; and his + <i>Sylva, or a Discourse on Forest Trees</i>, is one of the + most valuable works in the whole compass of English + literature. He describes himself as "borne at + <i>Wotton</i>, among the woods," situate about four miles + from Dorking, in a fine valley leading to Leith Hill. In + book iii. chap. 7, of his <i>Sylva</i>, he says, "To give + an instance of what store of woods and timber of prodigious + size were grown in our little county of Surrey, my own + grandfather had standing at Wotton, and about that estate, + timber that now were worth £100,000. Since of what + was left my father (who was a great preserver of wood) + there has been £30,000. worth of limber fallen by the + axe, and the fury of the hurricane in 1703, by which + upwards of 1,000 trees were blown down. Now, no more + Wotton! stript and naked, and ashamed almost to own its + name." The Wotton woods are still flourishing, and within + the last fourteen years we have passed many delightful days + beneath their shade. Many a time and often in our rambles + have we met the venerated Sir Samuel Romilly in one of the + most beautiful ridges of the park, called the + <i>Deer-leap</i>, wooing Nature in her delightful solitudes + of wood and glade. He resided at Leith Hill, and the + distance thence to Wotton is but a short ride. + </p> + </blockquote> + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote6" name="footnote6"></a> <b>Footnote 6</b>: + <a href="#footnotetag6">(return)</a> + <p> + Cunningham, in his account of New South Wales, recommends + the cultivation of sugar, but he acknowledges the latitude + of 28° scarcely sufficiently warm for the purpose, and + enters into an argument of economy, whether convicts or + slaves would be the cheapest mode of supplying labour; but + this system would alter the whole character of this + proposed settlement in the neighbourhood of Cockburn Sound, + the great feature of which is healthiness of the climate, + and a fertility of the soil, capable of producing useful + exportable commodities, more than sufficient to pay for + tropical productions of luxury, raised at an increased + expense of life and slavery; and a very little insight into + foreign trade will show with what ease this may be + accomplished. + </p> + </blockquote> + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote7" name="footnote7"></a> <b>Footnote 7</b>: + <a href="#footnotetag7">(return)</a> + <p> + The nobility of Venice were subject to the most rigorous + <i>surveillance</i>, and dearly paid, occasionally, for the + small degree of power conceded by the ducal house. The + jealousy of the government with regard to these men was + carried to excess. I may mention three regulations among + the many that related to them, as illustrative of the + galling yoke that pressed on them, amid all their pride and + splendour. The first forbade them to leave the dominions of + the state without the special permission of the council of + ten; and this was granted with difficulty. The second + prohibited them from possessing foods and chattels out of + the state. This was with a view of preventing the danger + that might arise from attempts to betray the republic under + an idea of finding an asylum elsewhere. The third and most + severe decree forbade communication with foreign + ambassadors, under pain of death! The terror inspired by + this was such, that not only the ministers of the court, + but their secretaries and domestics, fled from the + ambassadors as if they were infected with the plague. This + decree had numerous results, and among others, one that was + attended with truly tragical circumstances. + </p> + </blockquote> + <hr class="full" /> + <p> + <i>Printed and Published by J. LIMBIRD, 143, Strand, (near + Somerset House,) London; sold by ERNEST FLEISCHER, 626, New + Market, Leipsic; and by all Newsmen and Booksellers</i>. + </p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <div>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 11343 ***</div> +</body> +</html> diff --git a/11343-h/images/369-1.png b/11343-h/images/369-1.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..3655c63 --- /dev/null +++ b/11343-h/images/369-1.png diff --git a/11343-h/images/369-2.png b/11343-h/images/369-2.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..5219d84 --- /dev/null +++ b/11343-h/images/369-2.png |
