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No. 289.]</b></td> +<td align="center"><b>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1827.</b></td> +<td align="right"><b>[PRICE 2d.</b></td> +</tr> +</table> +<hr class="full" /> +<h2>Bushy Park.</h2> +<div class="figure" style="width:100%;"><a href= +"images/289-1.png"><img width="100%" src="images/289-1.png" alt= +"Bushy Park" /></a></div> +<p> +Among the Suburban Beauties of The Metropolis, and As an Attraction For +Home-tourists, Bushy is Entitled to Special Notice, Independent of Its +Celebrity As the Retreat of Royalty—it Being The Residence Of <i>his +Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence</i>, an Accurate Portrait Of Whom Will +Be Presented, to Our Readers With the Usual <i>supplementary Number</i> At +The Close of the Present Volume Of The Mirror. +</p> +<p> + <i>Bushy Park</i> is an appendage to the palace and honour of Hampton Court; + and though far from assimilating to that splendid pile, it is better + fitted for rural enjoyment, whilst its contiguity to the metropolis + almost gives it the character of <i>rus in urbe</i>.<a id="footnotetag1" + name="footnotetag1"></a> <a href="#footnote1"><sup>1</sup></a> The residence is a + handsome structure, and its arrangement is altogether well calculated + for the indulgence of royal hospitality—a characteristic of its present + distinguished occupant, as well as of that glorious profession, to the + summit of which his royal highness has recently been exalted. The park, + too, is well stocked with deer, and its rangership is confided to the + duke. The pleasure grounds are tastefully disposed, and their beauty + improved by the judicious introduction of temples and other artificial + embellishments, among which, a naval temple, containing a piece of the + mast of the Victory, before which Nelson fell, and a bust of the noble + admiral, has been consecrated to his memory by the royal duke, with + devotional affection, and the best feelings of a warm heart. +</p> +<p> + The park is a thoroughfare, and the circumstances by which this public + claim was established are worthy of record, as a specimen of the justice + with which the rights of the community are upheld in this country. The + <i>village Hampden</i>, in the present case, was one Timothy Bennet, of whom + there is a fine print, which the neighbours, who are fond of a walk in + Bushy Park, must regard with veneration. It has under it this + inscription:—"Timothy Bennet; of Hampton Wick, in Middlesex, shoemaker, + aged 75, 1752. This true Briton, (unwilling to leave the world worse + than he found it,) by a vigorous application of the laws of his country + in the cause of liberty, obtained a free +<span class="pagenum"><a name="page426" id="page426"></a>[pg +426]</span> + passage through Bushy Park, + which had many years been withheld from the public." Regeneration (or + the renewal of souls) is, however, a shoemaker's <i>forte</i>. +</p> +<p> + The above engraving of Bushy is copied from an elegant coloured view, + drawn by Ziegler, and published by Griffiths, of Wellington-street, + Strand. +</p> +<hr class="full" /> +<h2> + THE FUGITIVE. +</h2> +<h3> + A SCOTCH TALE. +</h3> +<h4> + <i>(For the Mirror.)</i> +</h4> +<p> + It was now abute the gloaming when my ain same Janet (heav'n sain her + saul) was sitting sae bieldy in a bit neuk ayant the ingle, while the + winsome weans gathering around their minnie were listing till some auld + spae wife's tale o' ghaists and worriecows; when on a sudden some ane + tirled at the door pin. +</p> +<p> + "Here's your daddie, bairns," said the gudewife ganging till the door; + but i' place o' their daddie, a tall chiel wrappit i' a big cloak, + rushed like a fire flaught into the bield, and drappit doun on the + sunkie ewest the ingle droghling and coghling. +</p> +<p> + "What's your wull, friend?" said Janet, glowering on him a' i' a gliff, + "the gudeman's awa." +</p> +<p> + "Save me, save me," shrieghed the stranger, "the sleuth hounds are at my + heels." +</p> +<p> + "But wha may ye be, maister," cried the dame, "I durstna dee your + bidding while Jamie's frae the hause." +</p> +<p> + "Oh, dinna speir, dinna speir mistress," exclaimed the chiel a' in a + curfuffle, "ainly for the loe of heav'n, hide me frae the red coats + whilk are comin' belive—O God, they are here," he cried, as I entered + the shealing, and uttering a piercing skirl, he sprung till the wa', and + thrawing aff his cloak, drew his broad claymore, whilk glittered + fearsome by the low o' the ingle. +</p> +<p> + "Hauld, hauld, 'tis the gudeman his nainsell," shreighed Janet, when the + stranger drapping the point o' the sword, clingit till my hand, and + while the scauding tear draps tricklit adoun his face prigged me to fend + him. +</p> +<p> + "Tak' your certie o' that my braw callant," said I, "ne'er sail it be + tauld o' Jamie Mc-Dougall, that he steeked his door again the puir and + hauseless, an the bluidy sleuth hounds be on ye they'se find it ill + aneugh I trow to get an inkling o' ye frae me, I'se sune shaw 'em the + cauld shouther." +</p> +<p> + Sae saying, I gared him climb a rape by whilk he gat abune the riggin o' + the bield, then steeking to the door thro' whilk he gaed, I jimp had + trailed doun the rape, when in rinned twa red coat chiels, who couping + ilka ane i' their gait begun to touzle out the ben, and the de'il gaed + o'er Jock Wabster. +</p> +<p> + "Eh, sirs! eh, sirs!" cried I, "whatna gaits' that to steer a bodie, wad + ye harry a puir chiel o' a' his warldly gear, shame till ye, shame till + ye, shank yoursell's awa." +</p> +<p> + "Fusht, fusht, fallow," cried ane o' the churls, "nane o' your bourds + wi' us, or ye may like to be the waur aff; where is the faus loon? we + saw him gae doun the loaning afore the shealing, and here he maun needs + be." +</p> +<p> + "Aweel, sirs," I exclaimed, "ye see there isna ony creatur here, our + nainsell's out-taken; seek again an ye winna creed a bodie; may be the + bogle is jumpit into the pot on the rundle-tree ower the ingle, or + creepit into the meal ark or aiblins it scoupit thro' the hole as ye cam + in at the door. Ye may threep and threep and wampish your arms abute, as + muckle as ye wuss, ye silly gowks, I canna tell ye mair an I wad." +</p> +<p> + "May be the Highland tyke is right, cummer, (said one o' the red coats) + and the fallow is jumpit thro' the bole, but harkye maister gudeman, an + ye hae ony mair o' your barns-breaking wi us, ye'se get a sark fu' o' + sair banes, that's a'." +</p> +<p> + "Hear till him, hear till him, Janet," said I, as the twa southron + chiels gaed thro' the hole, trailing their bagganets alang wi' 'em; + "winna the puir tykes hae an unco saft couch o' it, think ye, luckie, O + 'tis a gude sight for sair e'en to see 'em foundering and powtering i' + the latch o' the bit bog aneath." +</p> +<p> + "Nane o' your clashes e'enow, gudemon," said she, "but let the callant + abune gang his gate while he may." +</p> +<p> + "Ye're aye cute, dame," I cried, thrawing the bit gy abune, and in a + gliffing, doun jumpit the chiel, and a braw chiel he was sure enough, + siccan my auld e'en sall ne'er see again, wi' his brent brow and buirdly + bowk wrappit in a tartan plaid, wi' a Highland kilt. +</p> +<p> + "May the gude God o' heaven sain you," he said "and ferd you for aye, + for the braw deed ye hae dreed the day; tak' this wee ring, gudemon, and + tak' ye this ane, gudewife, and when ye look on this and on that, I rede + ye render up are prayer to him abune for the weal o' Charles Edward, + your unfortunate prince." +</p> +<p> + Sae speaking, he sped rath frae the bield, and was sune lost i' the + glunch shadows o' the mirk night. +</p> +<p> + Mony and mony a day has since rollit ower me, and I am now but a dour + carle, +<span class="pagenum"><a name="page427" id="page427"></a>[pg +427]</span> + whose auld pow the roll o' time hath blanched; my bonnie Janet is + gone to her last hame, lang syne, my bairns hae a' fa'en kemping for + their king and country, and I ainly am left like a withered auld trunk, + waiting heaven's gude time when I sall be laid i' the mouls wi' my + forbears. +</p> +<p> + Abune—above. +</p> +<p> + Aiblins—perhaps. +</p> +<p> + Bagganet—bayonet. +</p> +<p> + Barns-breaking—idle frolic. +</p> +<p> + Belive—immediately. +</p> +<p> + Ben—inner apartment of a house that contains but two. +</p> +<p> + Bield—hut. +</p> +<p> + Bieldy—snug. +</p> +<p> + Bole—cottage window. +</p> +<p> + Bourds—jeers. +</p> +<p> + Brent-brow—smooth open forehead. +</p> +<p> + Buirdly-bowk—athletic frame. +</p> +<p> + Clashes—idle gossip. +</p> +<p> + Couping—overturning. +</p> +<p> + Cummer—comrade. +</p> +<p> + Curfuffle—agitation. +</p> +<p> + De'il gaed o'er Jock Wabster—everything went topsy-turvy. +</p> +<p> + Dour carle—rugged old man. +</p> +<p> + Dreed the day—done this day. +</p> +<p> + Droghling and coghling—puffing and blowing. +</p> +<p> + Ewest—nearest. +</p> +<p> + Fire flaught—flash of lightning. +</p> +<p> + Forbears—forefathers. +</p> +<p> + Fusht—tush. +</p> +<p> + Gared—made. +</p> +<p> + Gliff—fright. +</p> +<p> + Gliffing—very short time. +</p> +<p> + Gloaming—twilight. +</p> +<p> + Glowering—gazing. +</p> +<p> + Gy—rope. +</p> +<p> + Glunch—gloomy. +</p> +<p> + Harry—plunder. +</p> +<p> + Ingle—fire. +</p> +<p> + Ill—difficult. +</p> +<p> + Ilka—every. +</p> +<p> + Kemping—striving. +</p> +<p> + Laid i' the mouls—laid in the grave. +</p> +<p> + Low—flame. +</p> +<p> + Loaning—lane. +</p> +<p> + Luckie—dame. +</p> +<p> + Latch—mire. +</p> +<p> + Mirk—dark. +</p> +<p> + Out-taken—excepting. +</p> +<p> + Pow—head. +</p> +<p> + Powtering—groping. +</p> +<p> + Prigged—earnestly entreated. +</p> +<p> + Rath—quick. +</p> +<p> + Rede—pray. +</p> +<p> + Riggin—roof. +</p> +<p> + Sain—bless. +</p> +<p> + Sark fu' o' sair banes—sound beating. +</p> +<p> + Scoupit—scampered. +</p> +<p> + Shank yoursell's awa—take yourselves off. +</p> +<p> + Shealing—rude cottage. +</p> +<p> + Show 'em the cauld shouther—appear cold and reserved. +</p> +<p> + Skirl—shrill cry. +</p> +<p> + Sleuth-hounds—blood-hounds. +</p> +<p> + Speir—ask. +</p> +<p> + Steiked—shut. +</p> +<p> + Steer—injure. +</p> +<p> + Sunkie—low stool. +</p> +<p> + Threep—threaten. +</p> +<p> + Tirled at the door pin—knocked at the door. +</p> +<p> + Touzle out—ransack. +</p> +<p> + Tyke—dog. +</p> +<p> + Wampish—toss about. +</p> +<p> + Worriecows—hobgoblins. +</p> +<p> + Wuss—wish. +</p> +<h4> + A G. +</h4> +<hr class="full" /> +<h2> + THE INDIAN MAIDEN'S SONG, +</h2> +<h4> + BY WILLIAM SHOBERL. +</h4> +<div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> +<p>The youth I love is far away.</p> +<p>O'er forest, river, brake, and glen;</p> +<p>And distant, too, perchance the day,</p> +<p>When I shall see him once again.</p> +</div> + <div class="stanza"> +<p>Nine moons have wasted.<a id="footnotetag2" name="footnotetag2"></a> <a href= +"#footnote2"><sup>2</sup></a> since we met,</p> +<p>How sweetly, then, the moments flew!</p> +<p>Methinks the fairy vision yet</p> +<p>Portrays the joy that ZEMLA knew.</p> +</div> +<div class="stanza"> +<p>In list'ning to the tale of strife,</p> +<p>When Shone AZALCO'S prowess bright,</p> +<p>The strange adventures of his life,</p> +<p>That gave me such unmix'd delight.</p> +</div> +<div class="stanza"> +<p>That dream of happiness is past!</p> +<p>For ever fled those magic charms!</p> +<p>The cruel moment came at last,</p> +<p>That tore AZALCO from my arms!</p> +</div> +<div class="stanza"> +<p>What bitter pangs my bosom rent,</p> +<p>When he my sight no longer bless'd!</p> +<p>To some lone spot my steps I bent,</p> +<p>My secret sorrows there confess'd.</p> +</div> +<div class="stanza"> +<p>My sighs, alas! were breath'd unheard,</p> +<p>Could aught on earth dispel my grief?</p> +<p>Nor smiling sun, nor minstrel bird,</p> +<p>Can give this aching heart relief.</p> +</div> +<div class="stanza"> +<p>Since he I love is far away,</p> +<p>O'er forest, river, brake, and glen,</p> +<p>And distant, too, perchance the day,</p> +<p>When I shall see him once again.</p> +</div> +</div> +<hr class="full" /> +<h2> + MERRY CHRISTMAS! +</h2> +<h4> + <i>(For the Mirror.)</i> +</h4> +<blockquote> +<p> + "Do you look for ale and cakes here, you rude rascals?" +</p> +<p> + SHAKSPEARE'S <i>Henry the Eighth.</i> +</p> +</blockquote> +<p> + Since, my dear readers, even in this season of busy festivity I can + spare a few moments to write for your gratification, I venture to hope + you will spare a few to read for mine. +</p> +<p> + And so here we are, once again on tiptoe for a merry Christmas and a + happy new year. My good friends, especially my fair friends, permit me + to wish you both. Yes, Christmas is here—Christmas, when winter and + jollity, foul weather and fun, cold winds and hot pudding, good frosts + and good fires, are at their meridian! Christmas! With what dear + associations is it fraught! I remember the time when I thought that word + cabalistical; when, in the gay moments of youth, it seemed to me a + mysterious term for every thing that is delightful; and such is the + force of early associations, that even now I cannot divest myself of + them. Christmas has long ceased to be to me what it once was; yet do I + even now hail its return with pleasure, with enthusiasm. But, alas! how + differently +<span class="pagenum"><a name="page428" id="page428"></a>[pg +428]</span> is it viewed, not only by the same individual at different + periods of life, but by different individuals of the same age; by the + rich and poor, the wretched and the happy, the pampered and the + penniless! +</p> +<p> + To proceed to the object of this paper, which is simply to throw + together a few casual hints, connected with the period. I would beg my + reader's attention, in the first place, to an odd superstition, + countenanced by Shakspeare, and which, if he happens to lie awake some + night, (say with the tooth-ache—what better?—for that purpose I mean,) + he will have an opportunity of verifying. The passage which contains it + is in <i>Hamlet</i> and exhibits at once his usual wildness of imagination, + and a highly praiseworthy religious veneration for the season. Where the + ghost vanishes upon the crowing of the cock, he takes occasion to + mention its crowing all hours of the night about Christmas time. The + last four lines comprise several other superstitions connected with the + period:— +</p> +<div class="poem"> +<div class="stanza"> +<p> It faded on the crowing of the cock.</p> +<p> Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes,</p> +<p> Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated,</p> +<p> The bird of dawning singeth all night long.</p> +<p> And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad:</p> +<p> The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike;</p> +<p> No fairy takes; no witch hath power to charm;</p> +<p> So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.</p> +</div> +</div> +<p> + It is to be lamented that the hearty diet, properly belonging to the + season, should have become almost peculiar to it; the <i>Tatler</i> + recommends it throughout the year. "I shall begin," says Steele, "with a + very earnest and serious exhortation to all my well-disposed readers, + that they would return to the food of their forefathers, and reconcile + themselves to beef and mutton. This was the diet which bred that hardy + race of mortals who won the fields of Cressy and Agincourt. I need not + go so high up as the history of Guy, earl of Warwick, who is well known + to have eaten up a dun cow of his own killing. The renowned king Arthur + is generally looked upon as the first who ever sat down to a whole + roasted ox, which was certainly the best way to preserve the gravy; and + it is farther added, that he and his knights sat about it at his round + table, and usually consumed it to the very bones before they would enter + upon any debate of moment. The Black Prince was a professed lover of the + brisket; not to mention the history of the sirloin, or the institution + of the order of Beefeaters, which are all so many evident and undeniable + proofs of the great respect which our warlike predecessors have paid to + this excellent food. The tables of the ancient entry of this nation were + covered thrice a day with hot roast-beef; and I am credibly informed by + an antiquary, who has searched the registers in which the bills of fare + of the court are recorded, that instead of tea and bread and butter + which have prevailed of late years, the maids of honour in queen + Elizabeth's time were allowed three rumps of beef for their breakfast!" +</p> +<p> + Now this is manly, and so is the diet it advises; I recommend both to my + readers. Let each determine to make one convert, himself that one. On + Christmas day, let each dine off, or at least have on his table, the + good old English fare, roast beef and plum-pudding! and does such beef + as our island produces need recommendation? What more nutritive and + delicious? and, for a genuine healthy Englishman, what more proper than + this good old national English dish? Let him whose stomach will not bear + it, look about and insure his life—I would not give much for it. It + ought, above all other places, to be duly honoured in our officers' + mess-rooms. As Prior says, +</p> +<blockquote> +<div class="poem"> +<div class="stanza"> +<p>"If I take Dan Congreve right,</p> +<p>Pudding and beef make Britons fight."</p> +</div> +</div> +</blockquote> +<p> + So, then, if beef be indeed so excellent, + we shall not much wonder that Shakspeare + should say, +</p> +<blockquote> +<pre> + —"A pound of man's flesh + Is not so estimable or profitable. + As flesh of mutton, beeves, or goats!" +</pre> +</blockquote> +<p> + The French have christened us (and I think it no disreputable + <i>sobriquet</i>) Jack Roastbeef, from a notion we cannot live without + roast-beef, any more than without plum-pudding, porter, and punch; + however, the notion is palpably erroneous. We are proving more and more + every day—to our shame be it spoken!—that we can live without it. At + least do not let it be said we can pass a Christmas without it, merely + to make way for turkeys, fricassees, and ragouts! "Oh, reform it + altogether!" +</p> +<hr /> +<p> + England was always famous among foreigners for the celebration of + Christmas, at which time our ancestors introduced many sports and + pastimes unknown in other countries, or now even among ourselves. "At + the feast of Christmas," says Stowe, "in the king's court, wherever he + chanced to reside, there was appointed a lord of misrule, or master of + merry disports; the same merry fellow made his appearance at the house + of every nobleman and gentleman of distinction; and, among the rest, the + lord mayor of London and the sheriffs had their lords of misrule, ever + contending, without quarrel or offence, who should make the rarest + pastime to delight the beholders." Alas! where are all these, or any + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page429" id="page429"></a>[pg +429]</span> + similar, "merry disports" in our degenerate days? We have no "lords of + misrule" now; or, if we have, they are of a much less innocent and + pacific character. Mr. Cambridge, also, (No 104, of the <i>World</i>) draws a + glowing picture of an ancient Christmas. "Our ancestors," says he, + "considered Christmas in the double light of a holy commemoration and a + cheerful festival; and accordingly distinguished it by devotion, by + vacation from business, by merriment and hospitality. They seemed + eagerly bent to make themselves and every body about them happy. With + what punctual zeal did they wish one another a merry Christmas! and what + an omission would it have been thought, to have concluded a letter + without the compliments of the season! The great hall resounded with the + tumultuous joys of servants and tenants, and the gambols they played + served as an amusement to the lord of the mansion and his family, who, + by encouraging every art that conduced to mirth and entertainment, + endeavoured to soften the rigour of the season, and to mitigate the + influence of winter. How greatly ought we to regret the neglect of + mince-pies, which, besides the idea of merry-making inseparable from + them, were always considered as the test of schismatics! How zealously + were they swallowed by the orthodox, to the utter confusion of all + fanatical recusants! If any country gentleman should be so unfortunate + in this age as to lie under a suspicion of heresy, where will he find so + easy a method of acquitting himself as by the ordeal of plum-porridge?" + This alludes to the Puritans, who refused to observe Christmas, or any + other festival of the church, either by devotion or merriment. And I + regret to say there are certain modern "fanatical recusants," certain + modern Puritans, as schismatical in this particular as their gloomy + precursors. Mr. Cambridge then proceeds "to account for a revolution + which has rendered this season (so eminently distinguished in former + times) now so little different from the rest of the year," which he + thinks "no difficult task." The reasons he assigns are, the decline of + devotion, and the increase of luxury, the latter of which has extended + rejoicings and feastings, formerly peculiar to Christmas, through the + whole year; these have consequently lost their raciness, the appetite + for amusement has become palled by satiety, and the relish for it, + reserved formerly for this particular season, is now no longer peculiar + to it, having been already dissipated and exhausted. Another cause he + assigns is, "the too general desertion of the country, the great scene + of hospitality." Now this was written just fifty-three years ago, and as + all the causes assigned for the declension of this grand national + festivity up to that period are incontrovertible, and have been + operating even more powerfully ever since, they will sufficiently + account for the still greater declension observable in our days. And the + declension appears to me to consist in this,—there is more gastronomy + and expanse, but less heartiness and hospitality; and these latter are + the only legitimate characteristics of Englishmen. Be they then + restored, this very Christmas, to the English character; the opportunity + is fast approaching—be it employed. +</p> +<p> + I know nothing better to conclude with than a good old Christmas carol + from <i>Poor Robin's Almanack</i> for 1695, preserved in Brand's <i>Popular + Antiquities</i>, to which work I refer those of my readers who may require + further information on the subject of Christmas customs and + festivities:— +</p> +<div class="poem"> +<div class="stanza"> +<p>Now, thrice welcome, Christmas!</p> +<p>Which brings us good cheer;</p> +<p>Mince-pies and plum-pudding—</p> +<p>Strong ale and strong beer;</p> +<p>With pig, goose, and capon,</p> +<p>The best that may be:</p> +<p>So well doth the weather</p> +<p>And our stomachs agree.</p> +</div> +<div class="stanza"> +<p>Observe how the chimneys</p> +<p>Do smoke all about;</p> +<p>The cooks are providing</p> +<p>For dinner no doubt.</p> +<p>But those on whose tables</p> +<p>No victuals appear,</p> +<p>O may they keep Lent</p> +<p>All the rest of the year!</p> +</div> +<div class="stanza"> +<p>With holly and ivy,</p> +<p>So green and so gay,</p> +<p>We deck up our houses</p> +<p>As fresh as the day;</p> +<p>With bays and rosemary,</p> +<p>And laurel complete,—</p> +<p>And every one now</p> +<p>Is a king in conceit,</p> +</div> +<div class="stanza"> +<p>But as for curmudgeons</p> +<p>Who will not be free,</p> +<p>I wish they may die</p> +<p>On a two-legged tree!</p> +</div> +</div> +<h4> + WILLIAM PALIN. +</h4> +<hr class="full" /> +<p> + To the proof that we are not <i>unseasonable</i>, here are in this + sheet—<i>Merry Christmas! the Turks</i>, (of a darker hue;) <i>Exhibitions; a + Consolatory "Population" Scrap; Hints for Singing</i> after a good master; + <i>a Bunch of Facts on Turnips; a column on Liston</i>—that living limner of + laughter; and other <i>seasonables</i>. +</p> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="page430" id="page430"></a>[pg +430]</span> +<hr /> +<hr class="full" /> +<h2> + MANNERS & CUSTOMS OF ALL NATIONS. +</h2> +<h3> + No. XVII. +</h3> +<hr /> +<h3> + THE TURKS. +</h3> +<h4> + <i>(For the Mirror.)</i> +</h4> +<p> + The Turks have a manly and prepossessing demeanour; being generally of a + good stature, and remarkably well formed in their limbs. The men shave + their heads, but wear long beards, and are extremely proud of their + mustaches, which are usually turned downwards, and which give the other + features of the face a cast of peculiar pensiveness. They wear turbans, + sometimes white, of an enormous size on their heads, and never remove + them but when they go to repose. Their breeches, or drawers, are united + with their stockings, and they have slippers, which they never put off + but when they enter a mosque, or the house of a great man. Large shirts + are worn, and over them is a vest tied with a sash; the outer garment + being a sort of loose gown. Every man, in whatever station he is, + carries a dagger in his sash. The women's attire much resembles that of + the other sex, only they have a cap on their heads, something like a + bishop's mitre, instead of a turban. Their hair is beautiful and long, + mostly black, but their faces, which are remarkably handsome, are so + covered when they walk out, that nothing is to be seen but their eyes. + The ladies of the sultan's <i>haram</i> are lovely virgins, either captives + taken during war, or presents from the governors of provinces. They are + never allowed to stir abroad except when the grand signior removes; and + then they are put into close chariots, signals being made at certain + distances that no man may approach the road through which the ladies + pass, on pain of death. There are a great number of female <i>slaves</i> in + the sultan's haram, whose task it is to wait on the ladies, who have, + besides, a black eunuch for their superintendant. +</p> +<p> + There are three colleges in Turkey where the children of distinguished + men are educated and fitted for state employments. The children are + first approved by the grand signior before they are allowed to enter + these seminaries; and none dare come into his majesty's presence who are + not handsome and well-made. Silence is first taught them, and a becoming + behaviour to their superiors; then they are instructed in the Mahometan + faith, the Turkish and Persian languages, and afterwards in the Arabic. + At the age of twenty-one they are taught all manner of manly exercises, + and above all, the use of arms. As they advance to proficiency in these, + and other useful arts, and as government places become vacant, they are + preferred; but it is to be observed, that they generally attain the age + of forty before they are thought capable of being entrusted with + important slate affairs. +</p> +<p> + Those who hold any office under the grand signior are called his slaves; + the term slave, in Turkey, signifying the most honourable title a + subject can bear. The grand signior is commonly supposed among his own + people, to be something more than human; for he is not bound by any laws + except that of professing and maintaining the Mahometan religion. A + stranger desiring to be admitted into his majesty's presence, is first + examined by proper persons, and his arms taken from him; he is then + ushered before the royal personage between two strong supporters, but is + not even then permitted to approach near enough to kiss the sultan's + foot. <a id="footnotetag3" name="footnotetag3"></a> <a href= + "#footnote3"><sup>3</sup></a> +</p> +<p> + This custom, which is observed by every sultan, originated in + the following manner:—Amurath I. having obtained a great victory over + the Christians, was on the field of battle with his officers viewing the + dead, when a wounded Christian soldier, rising from among the slain, + came staggering towards him. The king, supposing the man intended to beg + for his life, ordered the guards to make way for him; but drawing near, + he drew a dagger from under, his coat, and plunged it into the heart of + the great king, who instantly died. +</p> +<p> + In Turkey, no man marries a deformed wife for the sake of a fortune, as + with us; beauty and good sense, to their credit be it spoken, are the + only inducements to matrimony among the Turks. But they are an indolent + people, and are much averse to improving their country by commerce, + planting, or building; appearing to take delight in letting their + property run to ruin. Alexandria, Tyre, and Sidon, which once commanded + the navigation and trade of the whole world, are at present in the + Turks' possession, but are only very inconsiderable places. Indeed, + observes a judicious author, it is well for us that the Turks are such + an indolent people, for their situation and vast extent of empire, would + enable them to monopolize the trade of the world if they attended to it. + They appear to possess very little genius or inclination for the + improvement of <i>arts and sciences</i> although they live in countries which + were once in the possession of the classic Greeks; but seem to prefer a + slothful mode of life to an active one, continually + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page431" id="page431"></a>[pg +431]</span> + sauntering away their + time, either among women, or in taking coffee and smoking. Being men of + great taciturnity, they very seldom disturb a stranger with questions; and + a person may live in their country a dozen years, without having twenty + words addressed to him, except on important business. They seldom + travel, and have very little wish to be informed of the state of their + own, or any other country; when a minister of state is turned out of his + place, or strangled, (which is a frequent custom,) they coldly observe + that there will be a new one, without inquiring into the reason of the + disgrace of the former. The doctrine of predestination prevails, and + they therefore think it wicked to endeavour to avoid their fate; + frequently entering houses where they know the plague is raging. +</p> +<p> + All religions are tolerated in Turkey, though none are encouraged but + the Mahometan faith. The Christians have churches, which the Turks not + unfrequently convert into mosques for their own use; nor will they + suffer any new churches, or temples, to be built, without extorting an + exorbitant fine from the poor Christians. The high-priest of the + Mahometan religion is called the <i>mufti</i>; he is invested with great + power, and his seal is necessary to the passing of all acts of state. + But any individual, who pleases to take the habit, may be a priest, and + may leave the office when he is weary of it; for there is nothing like + ordination among them. +</p> +<h4> + G. W. N. +</h4> +<h3> + PULQUE. +</h3> +<p> + Pulque, which is the favourite drink of the Mexicans, is extracted from + the Manguey, or Great American Aloe; at the time of throwing its flower + stem, it is hollowed in the centre and the juice which should have + supplied the flowers, is taken from it daily, for about two months; + which juice when fermented is immediately fit for drinking. A very + strong brandy is obtained by distillation. So great is the consumption + that the duty collected at the city gates, amounts annually to 600,000 + dollars—<i>From a Correspondent</i>. +</p> +<h3> + HATCHING CHICKENS. +</h3> +<p> + The following singular, though effectual mode of hatching chickens, + prevails in the interior of Sumatra; and is vouched for by Major Clayton + of the Bencoolen council:— +</p> +<p> + The hens, whether from being frightened off their nests by the rats, + which are very numerous and destructive, or from some other cause + hitherto prevalent in Sumatra, do not hatch their chickens in the + ordinary way, as is seen in almost all other climates. The natives have + for this purpose, in each village, several square rooms, the walls of + which are made of a kind of brick, dried in the sun. In the middle of + these rooms they make a large fire, round which they place their eggs at + regular distances. In this manner they let them lie for fourteen days, + now and then turning them, that the warmth may be equal in all parts; + and on the fifteenth day, the chicken makes its appearance, and proves + in every respect as strong as those hatched according to the course of + nature.—<i>From a Correspondent.</i> +</p> +<h3> + AFRICAN COOKERY. +</h3> +<p> + The legs and feet of the rhinoceros are cooked in the following curious + method by the wild tribes of Southern Africa:—The ants nests are + composed of hard clay, shaped like a baker's oven, and are from two to + four feet in height. Some of these are excavated by the people, and + their innumerable population destroyed. The space thus obtained is + filled with lighted fuel, till the bottom and sides become red hot + within. The embers of the wood are then removed, the leg or foot of the + rhinoceros introduced, and the door closed up with heated clay and + embers. Fire is also made on the outside over the nests, and the flesh + is allowed to remain in it several hours. Food cooked in this way is + highly relished by all the tribes. +</p> +<h3> + EASTERN DIVORCES. +</h3> +<p> + If a man pronounce three divorces against a free woman, or two against a + slave, he can lawfully wed neither of them again, unless they have been + espoused by another, and this second husband dies, or shall divorce + them. When it happens that a husband wishes to recover his wife, whom he + had divorced in a passion, a convenient husband is sought; but the law + forbids a mockery being made of such marriages. They may be short in + duration, but the parties must live, during the period they are united, + as man and wife. +</p> +<h3> + ARAB CHARACTER. +</h3> +<p> + The Arabs have always been commended by the ancients for the fidelity of + their attachments, and they are still scrupulously exact to their words, + and respectful to their kindred; they have been universally celebrated + for their quickness of apprehension and penetration, and the vivacity of + their wit. Their language is certainly one of the most ancient in the + world; but it has many dialects. The Arabs, however, have their vices + and defects. They are naturally addicted to war; and so vindictive as + scarcely ever to forget an injury. Select Biography. +</p> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="page432" id="page432"></a>[pg +432]</span> +<h2> +SELECT BIOGRAPHY +</h2> +<h3> +No. LIX. +</h3> +<h3> + GENERAL FOY. +</h3> +<p> + The military career of this hero was one of singular activity. Foy was + born in 1775, and educated in the military school of La Fere, and made + sub-lieutenant of artillery in 1792. He was present at the battles of + Valmy and Jemappe, and in 1793 obtained a company—promotion was rapid + in those days. In all the subsequent campaigns he was actively employed + under Dumourier, Pichegru, Moreau, Massena, &c. In 1803, he was colonel + of the 5th regiment of horse artillery, and refused, from political + principles, the appointment of aide-de-camp on Napoleon's assumption of + the imperial throne; but was still employed, and shared in the victories + of the short but brilliant campaign of Germany in 1804. In 1806 he + commanded the artillery of the army stationed in Friuli, for the purpose + of occupying the Venetian territory incorporated by the treaty of + Presburg with the kingdom of Italy. In 1807 he was sent to + Constantinople to introduce European tactics in the Turkish service—but + this object was defeated by the death of Selim, and the opposition of + the Janissaries. On Foy's return, the expedition against Portugal was + preparing, and he received a command in the artillery under Junot, + during the occupation of Portugal, and filled the post of inspector of + forts and fortresses. He was severely wounded at the battle of Vimiera. + On the capitulation he returned to France, and with the same army + proceeded to Spain; and, subsequently, under the command of Soult, again + went into Portugal. When commanded to summon the Bishop of Oporto to + open its gates, he was seized and stript by the populace, and thrown + into prison, and escaped with difficulty. The same year he was made + general of brigade. In 1810, he made a skilful retreat at the head of + 600 men, in the face of 6,000 Spaniards, across the Sierra de Caceres; + and at the head of his brigade was wounded in the battle of Busaco. + Early in 1811 he was selected by Massena to convey to the emperor the + critical state of the French army before the lines of Torres Vedras. + This commission, though one of great peril—the country being in a + complete state of insurrection—he successfully accomplished, and + brought back the emperor's instructions, for which service he was made + general of division. In July 1812, Foy was in the battle of Salamanca, + and was one of those who, when Lord Wellington raised the siege of + Burgos and retreated to the Douro, hung upon his rear, and took some + prisoners and artillery. +</p> +<p> + On the news of the disasters in Russia, and Lord Wellington's consequent + resumption of offensive movements, Foy was sent with his division beyond + Vittoria to keep the different parties in check; and after the battle of + Vittoria, at which he was not present, he collected at Bergana 20,000 + troops, of different divisions, and had some success in skirmishes with + the Spanish corps forming the left wing of the allied army. He arrived + at Tolosa about the same time with Lord Lynedoch, and after a sanguinary + contest in that town, retreated upon Irun—from which he was quickly + dislodged, and finally recrossed the Bidassao. In the affair of the + passage of the Nive, on the 9th of December, 1813, and the battle of St. + Pierre d'Irrube on the 13th, Foy distinguished himself, and in the hard + fought battle of Orthez, on the 27th of February, 1814, he was left + apparently dead on the field. Before this period be had been made count + of the empire, and commander of the legion of honour. In March 1815, he + was appointed inspector general of the fourteenth military division; but + on the return of Napoleon, during the 100 days, he embraced the cause of + the emperor, and commanded a division of infantry in the battles of + Ligny and Waterloo, at the last of which he received his fifteenth + wound. This terminated his military career. In 1819, he was elected a + member of the Chamber of Deputies, the duties of which he discharged + till his death in November 1825; and from his first entrance into the + chamber, was distinguished for his eloquence, and quickly became the + acknowledged leader of the opposition—<i>From Foy's History of the + Peninsular War.</i> +</p> +<hr class="full" /> +<h2> + ARCANA OF SCIENCE +</h2> +<hr /> +<h3> +<i>Museum of Natural History.</i> +</h3> +<p> + There is now exhibiting in one of the Saloons of "The Egyptian Hall," in + Piccadilly, an interesting collection of zoological rarities, stated to + have been assembled by M. Villet, at the Cape of Good Hope. Some of the + specimens, especially the birds, are really beautiful; none but the + smallest being cooped up in glazed cases; but many are effectively + placed on branches of trees, whilst the quadrupeds are arranged with + still better taste. Among the latter is a fine Hippopotamus, the + Behemoth of Scripture. We are happy to hear this exhibition has already + been numerously visited, since it augurs well of public taste and + intellectual curiosity. +</p> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="page433" id="page433"></a>[pg +433]</span> +<h3> + <i>Conchology.</i> +</h3> +<p> + Akin to the preceding exhibition in its claim to popular attention, may + be noticed a pleasing collection of shells, now open to the public, a + short distance from Somerset House. To the mere tyro in zoology, shells + are attractive as the elegant sports of nature, in the beauty, + splendour, and intricacy of their colours and structure; while their + scientific arrangement is one of the most delightful pursuits of refined + minds. +</p> +<h3> + <i>Grafting.</i> +</h3> +<p> + The quince, used as a stock, has the property of stunting the growth of + pears, of forcing them to produce bearing branches, instead of sterile + ones, and of accelerating the maturity of the fruit. +</p> +<h3> + <i>Sirocco Wind.</i> +</h3> +<p> + The depressing effects of the corroding wind of a hot Sirocco can only + be conceived by those who have suffered from them; the unwonted dulness + with which it overcasts even the most active mind; the deep-drawn sighs + it will elicit; and if there be one melancholy feeling which presses on + the heart more heavily than another, it is the ample developement which + it enjoys during the prevalence of this enervating breeze. It seldom, + however, blows with force; it is rather an exhalation than a wind. It + scarcely moves the leaves around the traveller, but it sinks heavily and + damply in his heart. A stranger is at first unaware of the cause of the + mental misery he endures; his temper sours as his spirits sink; every + person, and every circumstance, annoys him; it affects even his dreams; + sleep itself is not a refuge from querulous peevishness, and every + motion is an irritating exertion. +</p> +<h3> + <i>Polar Expedition.</i> +</h3> +<p> + The government of the United States has appointed an expedition, under + Capt. Reynolds, to explore the northern coasts. A Captain Cunningham is + mentioned to have traversed the country from St. Louis in the Missouri, + to St. Diego, St. Pedro, in California. +</p> +<h3> + <i>Lithography.</i> +</h3> +<p> + From an article which has appeared in a late number of the "Biblioteca + Italiana," it appears that Sermefelder was not the original discoverer + of the art of Lithography, but Simon Schmidt, a professor at the Cadet + Hospital at Munich. +</p> +<h3> + <i>Small Pox.</i> +</h3> +<p> + Within the last twelve months, only 503 deaths have occurred from small + pox within the Bills of Mortality; whereas, in the preceding year 1299 + persons are recorded as having fallen victims to that loathsome + disease.</p> +<h4> + —<i>Vaccine Institut. Report.</i> +</h4> +<h3> + <i>China</i>. +</h3> +<p> + A valuable museum of the products of Chinese skill and industry has + recently been exhibited at Rome, in which the progress made by a people + of whom so little is known, and civilization and the arts, is + demonstrated. The manufacture of bronzes, porcelain, gold work, and + casts in copper, has arrived in China at an approach to perfection which + the most advanced European nations would find it difficult to surpass. + Some of the Chinese vases may really be compared to those of the finest + time of Greece. The sculptures and the paintings, even with reference to + anatomical precision, are as highly finished as ours. +</p> +<h4> + —<i>Literary Gazette</i>. +</h4> +<h3> + <i>Recovery from Suspended Animation</i>. +</h3> +<p> + A case is reported in a recent number of the <i>Bulletin Universel</i>, by a + French physician, M. Bourgeois, showing the importance of never + abandoning all hope of success in restoring animation. A person who had + been twenty minutes under water, was treated in the usual way for the + space of half an hour without success: when a ligature being applied to + the arm, above a vein that had been previously opened, ten ounces of + blood were withdrawn, after which the circulation and respiration + gradually returned, though accompanied by the most dreadful convulsions. + A second, and a third bleeding was had recourse to, which brought about + a favourable sleep, and ultimate recovery on the ensuing day. +</p> +<h3> + <i>Iron</i>. +</h3> +<p> + It is a singular fact, that the value of the iron annually produced in + England greatly exceeds the value of the silver annually produced in + Peru. +</p> +<h3> + <i>Hair</i>. +</h3> +<p> + At a recent meeting of the Academy of Sciences, at Paris, M. F. Cuvier, + in a memoir on the generation of feathers, spines, and hair, introduced + the following curious conclusion:—"I consider the organic system which + produces hair as analogous to that of the senses, and even as forming + part of them; for the hair is in a great number of animals a very + sensitive organ of touch. It is not only in mustaches that we have a + proof of it, but on the whole surface of the body. The slightest touch + of a hair is sufficient in cats, for example, to make them contort their + skin and shudder, as they do when they find something light attached to + the hair, and that they wish to shake off." +</p> +<h3> + <i>Population of England</i>. +</h3> +<p> + The United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland contains 74 millions of acres, + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page434" id="page434"></a>[pg +434]</span> +of which at least 64 millions of acres may be considered capable of + cultivation. Half an acre, with ordinary cultivation, is sufficient to + supply an individual with corn, and one acre is sufficient to maintain a + horse; consequently, the united kingdom contains land enough for the + sustenance of 120 millions of people, and four millions of + horses.—<i>Edmunds on Political Economy</i>. +</p> +<h3> + <i>Singing</i>. +</h3> +<p> + The following passage from a letter by the late <i>Carl M. Von Weber</i> + appears to be worthy of the attention of dramatic and other singers:— +</p> +<p> + "Every singer imparts, though unconsciously, the colouring of his own + individual character to the dramatic character which he sustains. Thus, + two singers, the one possessed of a slight and flexible voice, the other + of an organ of great volume and power, will give the same composition in + a manner widely different. The one will, doubtless, be more animated + than the other; and yet both may do justice to the composer, inasmuch as + both mark the gradations of passion in his composition, faithfully and + expressively, according to the nature and degree of power possessed by + each. But it is the duty of the music director to prevent the singer + from deceiving himself, by following too exclusively what at first + appears to him most suitable. This caution is particularly necessary + with respect to certain passages, but the effect of the whole piece + should not suffer for the sake of some favourite roulade, which the + singer must needs introduce." +</p> +<h3> + <i>Culture of Turnips.</i> +</h3> +<p> + Until the beginning of the eighteenth century, this valuable root was + cultivated among us only in gardens or other small spots, for culinary + purposes; but Lord Townshend, attending King George the First on one of + his excursions to Germany, in the quality of secretary of State, + observed the turnip cultivated in open and extensive fields, as fodder + for cattle, and spreading fertility over lands naturally barren; and on + his return to England he brought over with him some of the seed, and + strongly recommended the practice which he had witnessed to the adoption + of his own tenants, who occupied a soil similar to that of Hanover. The + experiment succeeded; the cultivation of field turnips gradually spread + over the whole county of Norfolk; and in the course of time it has made + its way into every other district of England. The reputation of the + county as an agricultural district dates from the vast improvements of + heaths, wastes, sheepwalks, and warrens, by enclosure and manuring—the + fruit of the zealous exertions of Lord Townshend and a few neighbouring + land-owners—which were, ere long, happily imitated by others. Since + these improvements were effected, rents have risen in that county from + one or two shillings to fifteen or twenty shillings per acre; a country + of sheep-walks and rabbit-warrens has been rendered highly productive; + and by dint of management, what was thus gained has been preserved and + improved even to the present moment. Some of the finest corn-crops in + the world are now grown upon lands which, before the introduction of the + turnip husbandry, produced a very scanty supply of grass for a few lean + and half-starved rabbits. Mr. Colquhoun, in his "Statistical + Researches," estimated the value of the turnip crop annually grown in + this country at fourteen millions; but when we further recollect that it + enables the agriculturist to reclaim and cultivate land which, without + its aid, would remain in a hopeless state of natural barrenness; that it + leaves the land so clean and in such fine condition, as almost to insure + a good crop of barley and a kind plant of clover, and that this clover + is found a most excellent preparative for wheat, it will appear that the + subsequent advantages derived from a crop of turnips must infinitely + exceed its estimated value as fodder for cattle. If we were, therefore, + asked to point out the individual who, in modern times, has proved the + greatest benefactor to the community, we should not hesitate to fix upon + the ingenious nobleman, whom the wits and courtiers of his own day were + pleased to laugh at as "Turnip Townshend." In something less than one + hundred years, the agricultural practice which he introduced from + Hanover has spread itself throughout this country, and now yields an + annual return which, probably, exceeds the interest of our national + debt.—<i>Sir Walter Scott—in the Quarterly Review.</i> +</p> +<h3> + <i>Coals in the East.</i> +</h3> +<p> + The Dutch newspapers state, that extensive coal mines have been + discovered in Sumatra and Bantam. +</p> +<h3> + <i>Naphtha</i> +</h3> +<p> + Has been found to burn much better than other oils in mines where bad + air prevails, and is less injurious to the health of the workmen. Oil of + colza and tallow are extinguished, where naphtha, petroleum, and oil of + bone, continue burning. +</p> +<h3> + <i>Fossils.</i> +</h3> +<p> + Plates of above 600 fossil bones, (remains of a former world) recently + discovered in the neighbourhood of Issoire, in + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page435" id="page435"></a>[pg +435]</span> + France, are preparing for + publication. They belong to more than 50 species of animals, now + extinct; among which are elephants, horses, tapirs, rhinoceri, eleven or + twelve kinds of stags, large cats, oxen, bears, dogs, otters, &c. +</p> +<hr class="full" /> +<h2> + SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. +</h2> +<hr /> +<h3> + POTIER, THE FRENCH "LISTON." +</h3> +<p> + Potier, generally speaking—and it is the same with our own Liston—has + never Actually observed any thing of what he presents to us. It is the + spontaneous effusion of his own feelings—the immediate creation of his + own mind—frequently arising at the moment at which we see it, and + therefore never to be seen a second time—but always generated by the + actor himself, and never mixed up with any thing else of an extraneous + nature. This is one cause of the extraordinary variety of this actor, + and consequently of his extraordinary popularity in his own country. We + never tire of going to see him, because he is never the same on any two + nights—or rather he never performs the same character twice in the same + manner. It is also the secret of his unrivalled originality. There are + but very few characters in which he can repeat himself, even if he + would. And those are such as depend for their comicality upon collateral + circumstances connected with them, rather than upon any thing essential + to themselves. +</p> +<p> + There are some persons whose every look, feature, expression, and tone + of voice conduce to comic effects; and many an actor has owed his + success more to these than to any mental qualities or dispositions + corresponding with them; or has even been successful in spite of these + latter being in no degree adapted to the profession which circumstances + have induced him to adopt. In proof of this fact, comic actors are quite + as often dull and solemn people, as droll ones, in private life. The + most remarkable instance of a face being a fortune, in this respect, is + our own Liston. If he had not possessed a comic countenance, nothing + could have prevented him from being a tragic actor, or have made him a + comic one; for it is well understood that all his inclinations led him + in that direction. The truth is, that Liston's style of acting is too + chaste and natural to have been so universally popular as it is, but for + the irresistible drollery of his features—which are the finest farce + that ever was written. Now in this respect, as in all others, Potier + differs from his contemporaries. +</p> +<p> + His voice, his face, and his person altogether, are in themselves + antidotes to mirth, and might almost be supposed to set it at defiance. + He might play the <i>Apothecary</i>, in <i>Romeo and Juliet</i>, or the <i>Anatomie + Vivante</i>, without painting for them—as Stephen Kemble used to play + their antithesis, <i>Falstaff</i>, without stuffing. And yet, instead of this + seeming contradiction counteracting the essentially comic turn of his + mind, the latter is so completely paramount, that it changes every thing + within its reach to its own complexion.—<i>New Monthly Magazine.</i> +</p> +<hr class="full" /> +<h3> + FRAGMENT OF THE NARRATIVE OF A STUDENT AT LAW. +</h3> +<p> + This is a portion of what the writer calls "a series of the most + singular and mysterious events," commenced January 29,1791. It is + perhaps a romance of <i>real life</i>, although there is something in it + beyond probability—but nothing impossible. Our <i>student</i> is at first + almost <i>cut</i> by an acquaintance for neglecting to notice him in the + park, when in fact he was not in the park: the hall butler of the Temple + proves by the parchment that he dined there four days of term, when he + was sick, and some distance from town: next he is <i>cut</i> by a second + acquaintance for not recognising him at a masquerade: then a similar + affair occurs with a beautiful girl in ——- square; at the Theatre; and + on the Serpentine. He is next recognised by an old friend at a + gaming-table, who mentions the sale of an estate there for his last + stake, which property our student really had sold, though under + different circumstances; and then rejected by his <i>chère amie</i> for a + slight which he never offered. The last event or link of this mysterious + chain is familiarly narrated as follows:— +</p> +<p> + In returning one morning from Westminster, as I was passing through one + of those small courts between Essex-street and Norfolk-street, (for of + late I had sought the most retired ways,) I observed that two persons, + of rather mean appearance, seemed to be dogging my footsteps. Uneasy at + this circumstance, I hastened directly on to my chambers. I had, + however, scarcely seated myself, when my servant informed me that two + men wished to speak to me. On being admitted, they told me that they + were officers of the police, and that they had a warrant to arrest me on + a charge of felony. Surprise at the moment prevented my speaking; but as + soon as I recovered myself I offered to accompany them to the + magistrate. He was sitting, and the witnesses being in attendance, my + examination took + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page436" id="page436"></a>[pg +436]</span> + place immediately. A young man, of gentleman-like + address, swore, that on the preceding evening he had been induced by one + of his friends to visit one of the gambling-houses in the + Haymarket—that he there saw me both playing and betting very + rashly—that I appeared to be losing—that at length I quitted the room, + and that soon afterwards his friend and himself followed. Now came the + accusation. He swore, that just as he was leaving the door he felt some + person drawing his purse from his pocket—that he immediately pursued + the man, and at the corner of Jermyn-street seized <i>me.</i> That at first I + submitted, and he dragged me to one of the lamps, and there most + distinctly saw my countenance, when at that moment, by some piece of + adroitness, which he could not explain, I slipped from his grasp, and + instantly disappeared. His friend corroborated the story. The + magistrate, after cautioning me, and expressing his regret at seeing a + person of my appearance before him, asked me whether I wished to say any + thing in my defence, I answered that I was the victim of some secret and + devilish conspiracy, and that I would prove that I was at my chambers on + the night in question. "I hope you may be able to do so," said the + magistrate; "but in the mean time it is, my duty to commit you;" and I + was conducted to gaol in a hackney-coach. I immediately summoned one or + two of my friends, and after laying open to them the circumstances in + which I had been placed, we concerted the best means of defence. My + laundress could swear that I was in chambers the whole of the evening + when the robbery was committed; and though this was the only direct + evidence in my favour, yet I assembled at least a dozen persons, men of + repute and station, as witnesses to my character. The trial excited + prodigious interest, but what was that interest to the agony with which + I regarded the issue! Should I be convicted, my mysterious enemies would + enjoy, in triumph, my disgrace and degradation, and might probably + proceed by the same diabolical contrivances to attempt even my life. The + day came, and I was arraigned among a herd of common felons; but the + consciousness of my innocence, and the hope of establishing it, + supported my heart. No sooner had I heard the witnesses for the + prosecution, than that hope died within me. A number of persons deposed, + that on the night in question they had seen me in the gambling-house; + but they were men of indifferent character, and not personally + acquainted with me. At last, with astonishment and horror I saw my + venerable friend, Mr. B——, put into the box, and heard him swear in + positive terms that he was present in the room, and saw me at play. My + defence availed nothing. The wretched old woman, whom I produced, as the + court and jury believed, to establish my defence by perjury, was + immediately discredited, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty. I + was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. My feelings I will not + attempt to describe. +</p> +<p> + During my confinement I made the most energetic attempts to reconcile + myself to my fatal destiny. I formed a plan for my future life, complete + in every particular. My character being destroyed, and most of my + friends alienated, I determined to convert my property into money, and + to seek a refuge in the United States. At length the term of my + imprisonment approached its close, and on the 30th of September, 1791, I + was liberated—my flesh creeps as I name the day. +</p> +<p> + I waited in the prison till it was dusk. Finding that I had the key of + my chambers upon my person, I resolved, in the first instance, to visit + once again the scene of my former tranquil studies. Before I reached the + Temple the gates had been closed, and the gatekeeper, as I entered, eyed + me with an unpleasant curiosity. I reached my chambers. There was still + light sufficient to enable me to select some papers which I particularly + wished to secure. I entered the chambers and walked in to my + sitting-room, but suddenly stopped on seeing a figure reclining on the + sofa. My library-table was before him, covered with law books. At first + I imagined that my laundress had permitted some stranger to occupy my + rooms during my incarceration. As I entered the chamber the figure rose, + and with feelings of indescribable horror I perceived the semblance of + myself— +</p> +<p> + —"And my flesh's hair upstood, + 'Twas mine own similitude." +</p> +<p> + —I cannot relate what followed, for my senses deserted me. On + recovering, my mysterious visiter had departed without leaving the + slightest clue by which I might fathom the impenetrable secret of my + persecutions. I have sometimes imagined that they arose from one of + those wonderful natural resemblances which in some instances appear to + be well authenticated; but, natural or supernatural, they changed the + current of my life. Unable to endure the disgrace of being pointed at as + a convicted felon, I converted my property into money, and, under + another name, I now live respected in a foreign land.—<i>Ibid.</i> +</p> +<hr class="full" /> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="page437" id="page437"></a>[pg +437]</span> +<h2> + THE SELECTOR; AND LITERARY NOTICES OF NEW WORKS. +</h2> +<hr /> +<h3> + "FASHIONABLE TALES." +</h3> +<p> + Lord Normanby has written one of the best, if not <i>the best</i>, of this + class of works, the tendency of which is in most instances of + questionable character. But they give a tone to the reading taste of the + day, as the recent circumstance of two of them forming the first subject + of three <i>literary</i> reviews will sufficiently attest. The work to which + we specially allude, is <i>Matilda, a Tale of the Day</i>, the noble author + of which has just produced another of the same stamp, entitled <i>Yes and + No</i>, to whose sketches and portraits we shall shortly introduce our + readers. It will be seen that his lordship is no mean artist, nor does + he belong to the novel-making tribe, whose hole-and-corner curiosity has + made us as familiar with the <i>Corso</i> as we are with our own Bond-street. + But the following snatch from <i>Yes and No</i> proves that these smatterers + of fashion—these clippers of reputation—are encouraged by some portion + of that class whose vanities they affect to expose:— +</p> +<p> + SCENE—<i>A "Hall" in the Country.</i> +</p> +<p> + "It is always as well here to know who one's next neighbour is," + continued Fitzalbert, "for this is not one of those snug parties where + one can do or say what one pleases without observation." "How do you + mean?" asked Germain. "Why, Lady Boreton encourages these literary + poachers on the manors, or rather <i>manners</i> of high life; she gives a + sort of right of free chase to all cockney sportsmen to wing one's + follies in a double-barrelled duodecimo, or hunt one's eccentricities + through a hot-pressed octavo. Not that they are, generally speaking, + very formidable shots—they often bring down a different bird from the + one they aimed at, and sometimes shut their eyes and blaze away at the + whole covey; which last is, after all, the best way. Their coming here + to pick out individuals is needless trouble. Do you know the modern + recipe for a finished picture of fashionable life? Let a gentleman<i>ly</i> + man, with a gentleman<i>ly</i> style, take of foolscap paper a few quires; + stuff them well with high-sounding titles—dukes and duchesses, lords + and ladies, <i>ad libitum</i>. Then open the peerage at random, pick a + supposititious author out of one page of it, and fix the imaginary + characters upon some of the rest; mix it all up with quantum suff. of + puff, and the book is in a second edition before ninety-nine readers out + of a hundred have found out the one is as little likely to have written, + as the others to have done what is attributed to them." +</p> +<p> + Again—here is a picture of the guests: "Captains that have been to the + North Pole; chemists who can extract ice from caloric; transatlantic + travellers and sedentary bookworms; some authors, who own to anonymous + publications they have never written; and others who are suspected of + those they deny; besides the usual quantum of young ladies and + gentlemen, who rest their claims to distinction upon the traditionary + deeds of their great grandfathers." +</p> +<hr class="full" /> +<h3> + SOCIETY OF UNITED IRISHMEN. +</h3> +<p> + At the head of the table, which occupied the centre of the apartment, + and in an arm-chair raised by a few steps from the floor, sat the + president of the society of United Irishmen. He alone was covered, and + though plainly dressed, there was an air of high breeding and + distinction about him; while in his bland smile were exhibited, the open + physiognomy of pleasantness, and love-winning mildness, which still mark + the descendants of the great Anglo-Norman Lords of the Pale, the Lords + of Ormond, Orrery, and Arran, the Mount Garrets, and Kilkennys,—in + former times, the great oligarchs of Ireland, and in times more recent, + the grace and ornament of the British court. +</p> +<p> + The president was the Honourable Simon Butler: beside him, on a lower + seat, sat the secretary. His uncovered head, and unshaded temples + received the full light of the suspended lamp. It was one of those + finely chiselled heads, which arrest the imagination, and seem to bear + incontrovertible evidence of the certainty of physiognomical science. A + dress particularly studied, was singularly contrasted with the athletic + figure and antique bearing of this interesting looking person. For + though unpowdered locks, and the partial uncovering of a muscular neck, + by the loose tie of the silk handkerchief had something of the + simplicity of republicanism, yet the fine diamond chat sparkled at the + shirt breast, and the glittering of two watch-chains (the foppery of the + day), exhibited an aristocracy of toilet, which did not exactly assort + with the Back-lane graces. The secretary of the United Irishmen, was + Archibald Hamilton Rowan. +</p> +<p> + On the opposite side sat a small, well-formed, and animated person, who + was talking with singular vivacity of look and gesture, to one of + extremely placid and even formal appearance. The first was the gay, + gallant, and patriotic founder of + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page438" id="page438"></a>[pg +438]</span> + the society, Theobald Wolfe Tone, the + other was the celebrated and clever Doctor Drennan, a skilful physician, + and an elegant writer, who might have passed in appearance, for the + demure minister of some remote village-congregation of the Scotch kirk. +</p> +<p> + A tail, elegant, and sentimental looking person sat near to them, in an + attitude of interested attention, listening to the speaker, to whom, it + seemed, he was about to reply. It was Thomas Addas Emmet, the son of the + state physician of Ireland—then a young lawyer of great promise, and + now the Attorney-General of New York. The handsome and animated Dr. + Mackenna, one of the most popular writers of the day, and Oliver Bond, + the representative of the most reputable class of merchants, had grouped + forward their intelligent heads; while one who brought no personal + beauty to the cause (that letter of recommendation to all causes), James + Napper Tandy, stood waiting with a packet of letters, which he had + received in his former quality of secretary to the meeting. +</p> +<p> + While other leaders of the Union distinguished for their birth, talents, + or principles (and it is remarkable that they were all protestants), + filled up the seats near the head of the table; more mixed groups less + distinguished by the <i>beau sang</i>, which then came forth, in the fine + forms of the genuine Irish gentry of both sects, were congregated in the + obscurity of the bottom of the room—<i>Lady Morgan's O'Briens and + O'Flahertys.</i> +</p> +<hr class="full" /> +<h3> + STORY OF RICHARD PLANTAGENET, SON OF RICHARD III. +</h3> +<p> + It was on this awful night (the night preceding the battle of Bosworth + Field), according to a letter which I have read from Dr. Thomas Brett to + Dr. William Warren, president of Trinity-hall, that the king took his + last farewell in his tent of Richard Plantagenet, his natural son, who + himself thus describes that interview:—"I was boarded with a Latin + schoolmaster, without knowing who my parents were, till I was fifteen or + sixteen years old; only a gentleman, who acquainted me he was no + relative of mine, came once a quarter and paid for my board, and took + care to see that I wanted for nothing. One day this gentleman took me + and carried me to a great fine house, where I passed through several + stately rooms, in one of which he left me, bidding me stay there. Then a + man richly dressed, with a star and garter, came to me, asked me some + questions, talked kindly to me, and gave me some money. Then the + fore-mentioned gentleman returned, and conducted me back to my school. +</p> +<p> + "Some time after, the same gentleman came to me again with a horse and + proper accoutrements, and told me I must take a journey with him into + the country. We went into Leicestershire, and came to Bosworth Field, + and I was carried to king Richard's tent. The king embraced me, and told + me I was his son. 'But, child,' said he, 'to-morrow I must fight for my + crown. And assure yourself if I lose that, I will lose my life too; but + I hope to preserve both. Do you stand on yonder hill, where you may see + the battle out of danger, and when I have gained the victory, come to + me; I will then own you to be mine, and take care of you. But if I + should be so unfortunate as to lose the battle, then shift as well as + you can, and take care to let no one know that I am your father; for no + mercy will be shown to any one so nearly related to me.' The king then + presented me with a purse of gold, and giving me a farewell embrace, + dismissed me from his tent. I followed the king's directions; and when I + saw the battle lost and the king killed, I hastened back to London, sold + my horse and fine clothes, and the better to conceal myself from all + suspicion of being son to a king, and that I might have the means to + live by my honest labour, I put myself apprentice to a bricklayer. But + having a competent skill in the Latin tongue, I was unwilling to lose + it; and having an inclination also to reading, and no delight in the + conversation of those I am obliged to work with, I generally spend all + the time I have to spare in reading by myself." +</p> +<p> + The letter says, "When Sir Thomas Moyle built Eastwell House, near + London, about the year, 1544, he observed his chief bricklayer, whenever + he left off work, retired with a book. Sir Thomas had curiosity to know + what book the man read, but was some time before he could discover it; + he still putting the book up if any one came toward him. However, at + last Sir Thomas surprised him, and snatched the book from him, and + looking into it found it to be Latin. He then examined him, and finding + he pretty well understood that language, he inquired how he came by his + learning. Hereupon the man told him, as he had beer, a good master to + him, he would venture to trust him with a secret he had never before + revealed to any one. He then related the above story. Sir Thomas said, + 'You are now old, and almost past your labour; I will give you the + running of my kitchen as long as you live.' He answered, 'Sir, you have + a numerous family; I + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page439" id="page439"></a>[pg +439]</span> + have been used to live retired, give me leave to + build a house of one room for myself in such a field, and there, with + your good leave, I will live and die.' Sir Thomas granted his request, + he built his house, and there continued to his death. Richard + Plantagenet was buried the 22nd day of December, anno ut supra ex + registro de Eastwell sub 1550. This is all the register mentions of him, + so that we cannot say whether he was buried in the church or + church-yard; nor is there now any other memorial of him except the + tradition in the family, and some little marks where his house stood. + This story my late Lord Heneage, earl of Winchelsea, told me in the year + 1720." Thus lived and died, in low and poor obscurity, the only + remaining son of Richard III! +</p> +<h4> + <i>Tale of a Modern Genius.</i> +</h4> +<hr class="full" /> +<h2> + FINE ARTS. +</h2> +<hr /> +<h3> + ART OF MOSAIC. +</h3> +<p> + At Rome are many minor fine arts practised, which are wholly unknown in + England. The most remarkable of them is the <i>Mosaic Manufactory</i>, + carried on at the cost of government: and its fruits are theirs. The + workmen are constantly occupied in copying paintings for altarpieces, + though the works of the first masters are fast mouldering away on the + walls of forgotten churches. They will soon be lost forever; it is yet + possible to render them imperishable by means of Mosaic copies; and why + is it not done? The French, at Milan, set an example of this, by + copying, in mosaic, the <i>Last Supper</i> of Leonardo da Vinci; but it was + their plan to do much for Milan, and nothing for Rome; and the + invaluable frescos of Michael Angelo, Raphael, Domenichino, and Guido, + were left to perish. +</p> +<p> + It takes about seven or eight years to finish a mosaic copy of a + painting of the ordinary historical size, two men being constantly + employed. It generally costs from eight to ten thousand crowns, but the + time and expense are of course regulated by the intricacy of the subject + and quantity of work. Raphael's <i>Transfiguration</i>, cost about 12,000 + crowns, and the labour of nine years, ten men constantly working at it. + The late works, are, however, of very inferior execution. +</p> +<p> + The slab upon which the mosaic is made, is generally of Travertine, (or + Tiburtine) stones, connected together by iron cramps. Upon the surface + of this a mastic or cementing paste, is gradually spread, as the + progress of the work makes it wanted, which forms the adhesive ground, + or bed, on which the mosaic is laid. This mastic is composed of fine + lime from burnt marble, and finely powdered Travertine stone, mixed to + the consistence of a paste, with strong linseed oil. Into this paste are + stuck the <i>smalts</i>, of which the mosaic picture is formed. They are a + mixed species of opaque vitrified glass, partaking of the mixed nature + of stone and glass, and composed of a variety of minerals and materials, + coloured for the most part, with different metallic oxydes. Of these no + less than 1,700 different shades are in use; they are manufactured in + Rome in the form of long, slender rods like wires, of different degrees + of thickness, and are cut into pieces of the requisite sizes, from the + smallest pin point to an inch. When the picture is completely finished, + and the cement thoroughly dried, it is highly polished. +</p> +<p> + Mosaic, though an ancient art, is not merely a revived, but an improved + one; for the Romans only used coloured marbles, or natural stones in its + composition, which admitted of comparatively little variety; but the + invention of smalts has given it a far wider range, and made the + imitation of painting far closer. The mosaic work at Florence is totally + different to this, being merely inlaying in <i>pietre dure</i>, or natural + precious stones, of every variety, which forms beautiful, and very + costly imitations of shells, flowers, figures, &c. but bears no + similitude to painting. +</p> +<p> + Besides this government establishment at Rome, there are hundreds of + artists, or artisans, who carry on the manufactory of mosaics on a small + scale. Snuff-boxes, rings, necklaces, brooches, earrings, &c. are made + in immense quantity; and since the English flocked in such numbers to + Rome, all the streets leading to the Piazza di Spagna are lined with the + shops of these <i>Musaicisti</i>, &c. +</p> +<p> + Oriental shells are made at Rome into beautiful cameos, by the white + outer surface being cut away upon the deeper coloured internal part, + forming figures in minute bassi relievi. The subjects are chiefly taken + from ancient gems, and sometimes from sculpture and painting. The shells + used for this purpose are chiefly brought from the Levant; and these + shell cameos make remarkably beautiful ornaments. Hundreds of artists + also find support at Rome, in making casts, sulphurs, &c. from ancient + gems and medals, and in selling or fabricating antiques. Marble and + stone-cutting are also beautifully executed both at Rome and + Florence—<i>Abridged, (but interspersed) from "Rome in the 19th + Century."</i> +</p> +<hr /> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="page440" id="page440"></a>[pg +440]</span> +<h2> + THE GATHERER. +</h2> +<blockquote><p> + "I am but a Gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff."—Wotton. +</p> +</blockquote> +<hr /> +<center> + TO **** +</center> +<p> + Moria pur quando vuol non è bisogna mutar ni faccia ni voci per esser un + Angelo.—The words addressed by Lord Herbert of Cherbury, to the + beautiful Nun at Murano. (See his Life.) +</p> +<p> + <i>Translation</i>. +</p> +<p> + Die when you will, you need not wear At heaven's Court, a form more + fair, Than beauty here on earth has giv'n, Keep but the lovely looks we + see—The voice we hear—and you will be An angel <i>ready made</i> for + heaven. +</p> +<hr /> +<h3> + A CARD +</h3> +<p> + <i>Left at the</i> Queen's house <i>during the</i> King's <i>illness in March</i>, +</p> +<center> + 1801. +</center> +<p> + "Captain Blake of the Grenadiers, (George 1st.), was in the regiment of + Colonel Murray at the battle of Preston Pans, in the year 1745. He was + left among the dead in the field of action, with no less than eleven + wounds, one so capital as to carry away three inches of his skull. Has + been preserved fifty-six years to relate the event, and enabled by + gracious protection, to make his personal inquiry after his majesty." +</p> +<hr /> +<h3> + MARGARET NICHOLSON. +</h3> +<p> + The following is the original, epistle of this famous lunatic to the + matron of Bedlam; No other proof is necessary of her insanity:— +</p> +<p> + Madam,—I've recollected perhaps 'tis necessary to acquaint you upon + what account I continue here yet, <i>maim</i>, after making you privy to my + great concerns, <i>madam</i> I only wait for alteration of the globe which + belongs to this house, <i>maim</i> and if the time is almost expired I wish + to know it <i>maim</i>. Tho' I am not unhealthy, yet I am very weak, know + <i>maim</i> therefore I hope it won't be long <i>maim</i>. +</p> +<p> + I am, madam, your most obedient, +</p> +<p> + Wednesday. M. NICHOLSON. +</p> +<hr /> +<h3> + LADY ARCHER, +</h3> +<p> + Formerly Miss West, lived to a good age—a proof that + cosmetics are not so fatal as has been supposed. Nature had given her a + fine aquiline nose, like, the princesses of the house of Austria, and + she did not fail to give herself a complexion. She resembled a fine old + wainscotted painting with the face and features shining through a thick + incrustation of copal varnish. +</p> +<p> + Her ladyship was for many years the wonder of the fashionable world, + envied by all the ladies that frequented the court. She had a splendid + house in Portland-place, with <i>et caetera</i> equal in brilliancy and + beauty to, or rather surpassing those of any of her contemporaries. + Magnificent appendages were a sort of scenery. She gloried in milk-white + horses to her carriage—the coachman and footman in grand shewy + liveries—the carriage lined with a silk calculated to exhibit the + complexion, &c. &c. +</p> +<p> + I recollect, however, to have seen the late Mrs. Robinson go far beyond + all this in the rich exuberance of her genius; a yellow lining to her + landau, with a black footman, to contrast with her beautiful countenance + and fascinating figure, and thus render both more lovely. Lady Archer's + house at Barnes Elms Terrace, had an elegance of ornaments and drapery + to strike the senses, and yet powerfully addressed to the imagination. + She could give an insinuating interest to the scenes about her; which + other eyes were viewing. Her kitchen garden and pleasure ground of five + acres—the Thames running in front as if appertaining to the + grounds—the apartments most tastefully decorated in the Chinese + style—a fine conservatory opening, into the principal apartment with + grapes, slow peaches, &c. at the end a magnificent sofa, with a superb + curtain all displayed with a peculiar grace and to the greatest + advantage. Much praise was due to her arrangement of green and hot-house + plants, the appellations of which she was well acquainted with, as also + everything relating to their history.—<i>from the Papers of the late + Alexander Stephens, Esq.</i> +</p> +<hr class="full" /> +<h2> + TO SUBSCRIBERS. +</h2> +<p> + Several of our early Numbers (which were unavoidably for sometime out of + print), having been recently reprinted, we suggest to our Subscribers + the present opportunity of Completing their Sets. Although public + patronage has long kept us in countenance, it does not enable us to keep + all our Numbers constantly in print. +</p> +<h3> + <i>The Editor of</i> "THE MIRROR" <i>has in the press</i>, +</h3> +<p> +ARCANA OF SCIENCE AND ART, FOR 1828: +</p> +<p> + Being the popular Discoveries and Improvements of the past Year, in + Antiquities Architecture, Astronomy, Botany, Chemistry, Fine Arts, + Geography, Geology, Mechanical Science, Medicine, Meteorology, + Mineralogy, Natural Philosophy, Rural Economy, Statistics, Useful Arts, + Zoology. &c. +</p> +<p> + Abridged from the Transactions of Public Societies, and other Scientific + Journals, English and Foreign, in a closely-printed volume. + <i>Printed and Published by J. LIMBIRD, 143, Strand, (near Somerset + House,) and sold by all Newsmen and Booksellers.</i> +</p> +<hr class="full" /> +<blockquote class="footnote"><a id="footnote1" name= +"footnote1"></a> <b>Footnote 1</b>:<a href= +"#footnotetag1">(return)</a> +<p> The Duke is a good economist of time; for what with excellent cattle + and the glory of Macadamized roads, his R.H. comes to town in the + morning, transacts his official business at the Admiralty, and + frequently returns to Bushy to dinner. +</p> +</blockquote> +<blockquote class="footnote"><a id="footnote2" name= +"footnote2"></a> <b>Footnote 2</b>:<a href= +"#footnotetag2">(return)</a> +<p> +"Till now some nine moons wasted."—SHAKSPEARE. +</p> +</blockquote> +<blockquote class="footnote"><a id="footnote3" name= +"footnote3"></a> <b>Footnote 3</b>:<a href= +"#footnotetag3">(return)</a> +<p>The ceremony of kissing the foot, as well as the hand, of a + sovereign, is yet observed in the east. +</p> +</blockquote> +<hr class="full" /> + +<div>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 11378 ***</div> +</body> +</html> diff --git a/11378-h/images/289-1.png b/11378-h/images/289-1.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..88e0b82 --- /dev/null +++ b/11378-h/images/289-1.png |
