North Wales Gazette

ANLCDOTES OF CHARLES 1. Onirnn, however founded upon, and con-* r^< ted willi superstition and credulity, have in almost everv age, had some influence upon great minds and grenl events. The tv%.o fol. TMUS: anecdotes have a relation to I he fate; of "nr {1rliJt Charles, who was so much under Ibf infl ce of credulity-, tfvit he never fn. 5""(>(1,, 11.1 v" happiness alte* consulting the Sorter Vir" iliansp. Pernlni, the famous Neapolitan stalnarisf, r> i^e ltl)ql of kill", which his majesty voiisid,-rf,A f,,tqiils,le ,t piece of workman ■ ship. a"d so like hilll, that he was pleased to appoint '1 particular day for a select party of his friends to come aid dine with him at Cnel vvi,,re ilie roi:il residence then was ) and to finable his visitors the better to survey and e the beauties of this chief d'eeuvre of art. h: 'K itity. commanded it to he exhibited a labTe of the garden, which was ac- ry "d:nsrly done; aid while the royal and r< ble coTPp^nv v f-re p contemplation a".1 aitf.iir:i!iH)f this escelfrti! perfornnuvce, a ft • V- directly over their heads, with h:, Ir", ii, "is lakns, wtiicli lie had just wound- < •Same of the btontifcll on the neck oftleroyal.qtatue. This unlnck) circumstance vr\ nnici- disconcerted till present; one of whom. in hopes that the king did not notice it, find that he should be able to wipe away this cause of universal consternation, unper- cived by his majesty, endeavoured so to do tevetal times, by wetting his handlierchirt-i but alas every attempt was vain. The same kin? being at Oxford during the civil wars, went one day to see the public li- brary. in company with Lord Falkland; where his trnieRfN, viig shewn, among other Looks, a nob!) printed and elegantly bound Virgil. I!is lordship, in order to divert the king, would have him make a trial of his for- tune, hy consulting the Sortes Vii-gilianw, which, every body knows, was an usual kind of at that time of day. And stub was the sup«r«t>» '-g*S '■ Virgo's tJTftins's, that it was generally believed, that the words of this admired pod would point t)tvi the fate of the person who should take up the hook, and I hat he m'mht be assured, the \ersfis which first happened to catch hit eye, would prove significant of his future forttitie. Whereupon, the King is said to have dipped 1(0. nnd cast his eye upon that part ofqueen J ido's imprecation against her favourite i^.r.eas, in /En. ii. 554, lr. These lines seem most remarkably applicable to that iMiil catastrophe, vhich put a pcrtod to the King's life, ahd are thus translated by l?ryden: i. Vet let a race un^an 'd, and hrusfify fots. His peaceful enf ranee wiiti dire arms oppose; Oppressed with numbers in It" ulwilli;il fiekl, I] is men disoourat'd, and Ilimlelf him for snecur sue from pJact. to plaee, Torn from his subjects, and his sow'* embracff, Firs', 10! him see his friends in baltfe- Jotiu. .A TI(i ttleir untimely fa'e lauent in vara; whest at Jenyth the cruel \\ar shall cease, On hard conn n,-t may tie f'1t hit peace t if Nor him then enjoy supreme command, ) But fall unMniel v b) soaie hostile hand, > And U. uubury'd ou the barren sand." )

To the Editors if the North Wales Gazelle. GENTLEMEIV, I do not recollect to have seen in your enter- taining columns, any mention made of that great tuminary of learning, the late Sir William Jones. His father, Mr. William Jones was a native of Anglesey, an eminent mathematician, and F. R. S. of horrible ori. gin, born in 1680, therefore the life of Sir William •■may, without any great impropri ety, find a place he Cambrian Biography. D. "Sir William was born inTon3,ra-W46. By his father's death the care of his education de- volved oil his mother, when he was tt ree years old, at which time her pupil could read distinctly and rapiiliy any English book and in his fifth year he was so much struck by the sublimity of the description of the angel in the tenth chapter of the Apocalypse, as ever after to remember it with enotions of rap lure. The almost incredible extent of Sir W. Jwnes^s aequiremenlsrequires a stretch of thought to comprehend, much more to de- scribe them. By a paper of his own hand- writing, it appears, that he understood some-; tiling of eight-and-twenty languages; "ei!4ht:1 critically, eight leiw perfectly, hut intelligible with a dictionary^ twelve lea-st perfectly, but all attainable." As to Sir William Jones's religious opinions, the following testimony copied from his (ww-rg manuscript in his Bible may certily. "I have carefully and regular- ly perused these Holy Scriptures, and aiii of •pinion, that the volume, independently oi its divine origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, ane iiner strains of eloquence, that can he collect ed from all other book*, HI whatever jpu- iuage they may have been written." In Apri 17S3 he married Anna Maria >hipiey, the el- iest il-.ntjjhler ot the Bishop ot t. Asapl), and he died on the 27th April, 1-79ilt-

To the Editors of ihe^'orth [Vale's Gazette. GEN? t.EMEff, Perhaps it will.iuH-be to your to pcruat; II. your columns, mi account of thp. ar.tient I:, milyofthe IJtilmes*, to whose labours III, pnitlic are indebted for so large a portio*. of the Manuscnpts, now in the Bnhio Museum. c I v I S. The first Handle FWmc w-is !x>und appren- tice to Thomas Chalmier-, LMstwKi ;g at A i- ni ur Ireland, lor the term of ifitie years, from the 10th day of !5S7. He after- wards married Chaloner's viidow. 'lie v. as Mayor of Chester, 1631, died January lfi 16i4-5. lie was Alderman of the company' I of painters 52 yearti. lie paid I oi. for-con- tempt in not taking the honor of knighthood. FronHl pedigree which is on a monument 111 St. Marv's fimrch, they were descended from William Lenl deTranmore: temp. Edw. 1. The second Handle Holme, his son, waa, Vtavor 1643, died 12th March, 1699. He was sewer in extraordinary to Ring Charles I, and depntv tn the king at arms. He married the widow of Mr. Bassan<&, who was Uhster tur trchtnd. The third Randle Holme, hisamv, was Sheriff of the city of Chester, 1705, and depi ly to the I'h-d:lnd. kins: at arms. He died August 30, 1707. The family were so much reduced hy their attach- ment to the royal cat se, during tire ci\il wars, that the last descendant ot the family was a tapster at the Golden Talbot, in Liver- •pool. The arms they bore were, Barre of <10 Or. As. on a Caistou.

EPITAPHS. In every aèthe highest respfcCt has been paid to the remains of the dead. Every coun- try had its peculiar funeral rites, whkl were looked upon as most worthy of respect and reverence: and in some their magnificence and sumptuous expeuce have been restrained by the laws. But among all funeral honours Fpitaphs have always held a respectable sta- tion. By them affection is shewn to the de- ceased, and his memory is hamled down to posterity; his friends are comforted, and the reader put in mind ■of human frailty. They have engaged the notice of learned men of all ages Boxhomius has made a collection, not very ample, but exceedingly well chosen. Fa. Labbe published a French work of (he same nature, under the title of H Trcsor (Ics Fpita- phes:" and Camden, Weever, and others have done the same in otir own country. It is not our intention here to give any particular s'pe- cimen, hut merely to ahew the antiquity of the custom. The invention is referred by all authors to the scholars of Linus, a celebrated Theban pnet, who flourished about 1304 years before Christ. They lamented the death of their master in doleful verses, which, (ron) him were called Jiliua. In succeeding ages they gain- ed the epithet of Epitaphs from the Greek words epf upon and taphos a tomb. They were first sung at burials, and afterwards en- graved upon the tombs. The earlier Greeks in general only inscribed the name of the dead t, with these Good man or good woman, good morrow." Inscriptions written in Elegiac verse or prose, afterwards pre- vailed. Plato prescribed that an epitaph should be comprised in four verses, whence we may easily infer their nature. In Sparta, however, oitiv those heroes who fell in battle, and chaste women, were allowed such a dia- tinction. The Romans began their epitaphs! with DM i. c. Diia Mnnibtis, hie situs est Hospes;" introducing their dead, I)y way of prosopopreta, as speaking to the readt-r thus Let no man profane my urn, OT may he neter be admitted among the blessed and generally ended them with the initials STTL. i.e. Sit tibi terra Jevis, May the earth lay light upon JOIl" Some of them were full of moral reflections, and adorned with fine car- ved work. It has been much doubted by 'earned men, whether epitaphs and inscriptions were in use among the ancient Hebrews. However this may he, the Jews afterwards, certainly, re- ceived the custom. Buxtorfius, in his work entitled De linguae Hebrese origine, &c." produces 4 two will be sufficient for our purpose.—" I have set. this stOIlC for a monument over the head of the venerable B. libakinu deceased God grant he may repose in the garden of Eden, with the rest of the earth Amen, Amen, Se!an."—We find ano-! therfor R. Baruch, "who descended towards those who are among the cedars" and God is prayed, *• that his soul may be in the bundle of life, &c."—Inscriptions of this nature are very numerous in the writings of that people Into-our owireountry they were introduced by the Romans. King Arthur, so famous in romance, wmsecretty lurried at Gi-i-itoiibtjil, test the enemy, the Saxons, should offer an indignity to his body. About seven hundred years after, in digging for a grave in the church-yard, a stone was found, between two pyramids, deep in the ground, wflh-ft cross of lead fixed in the lower part of it. "On the inside of'the cross was inscribed, ¡in rnde Gothic characters, spl)ultus, in. clytus Rex Arturius in insula ft-vakmia under which was found a trough of oak, con- taining his bones, (Camden's Remains, p. 364. 4to. 1637.) The monks translated them into the church, anti honoured them with a tomb, which they disfigured bv a paltry monkish rhime. Tire first English inscripti- ons generally began thus:—"Pray for the soul, &c.Tlins on the tomb of Richard Ear! of Warv/tck, in St. Mary's church, 'War- wick Pray devoutly for tbt soiil, wlioi-P C-od cqsoil Of one of the-most worshipful Knights in his daies. Of manhood and cunning, Iticn-&Ri) BfiiocHAMPE, late Earl of'Warwick, ikc. &c. &c. The which, visited with fnng sickness 111 the castle of Rohan, Therein deceased full christiauly, The litst tiay of April, in the year Ot our Lord God 1489, In after times quaint rhimes and humour- ous inscriptions iprevaifvd; and at length ood tasle produced some beautiful specimens. Our best poets have at! distinguished 'tt;em- selves in this species of writing, 'hut more particularly Pepe. The !im;isof our (paper vit) ftot admit us lo-itidulge ourselves in in roduring any exaivples, but we Vill close ihe article with an extract from Addison on ibissubject,—I was very much delighted with vera 1 modern epitaphs, which are wntien v th great elegance•of <?»pressin, nndjustiea ■•f thought, an;» '!hereiore do honour to th !»vin<r trs'weil as to the dead. As n 'foreigntv. very apt to conceive all iclv: the i;?4i!\ ;aare Z)r po iteues of a nation from the tutu of their li I oils, shou'd be sitboiilted to the perusal of men of learning and uenius, before ihey are put in execution. No. $G.

:==- Miscellaneous. Parly Potatoes-—Take ,hatpot:ito(''S 'Y°II de. gn for earjy growth, Br.d place thetii'near t- the tíre, so as lo bring <vn 51 growth, when •the-shoots are*spruug some inches, cut the potatoes; lakin rare not to he break the shoot; then ptant them carefully with the shoots "prig-hi; and this will produce the crop tour or five weeks sooner than the ordi- nary way, and the crop more productive. Potatoes which art- 'too bad lor the table, are-not improper for seMing. Apprentice. — By a clause in the Mutiny Act passed the S 1st of tast, it rs enacted that no master in Enlalld shall be'entitled to claim any apprentice who shall, after the passing of this Att, 'enlist as a soldier ia his Majesty's land WrvfCe, unless such apprentice shall have been bound to him for the tfJH term of seven years. Anecdote of a lale Ce.teVtated Physician—A CEil TAl N Loudon Ifidy had heard of the talll" of the late Dr. Gregory, and postefl to Edinburgh, in order to consult him about her health. As soon as she got there, she sent for the doctor, and talked of lassitude he told her, it was owing to her journey. She said; her, it was owing to her journey. She said; she had no appetite in Ihe evening 1 the doctor I ordered hf'r'() eat a light dinner. She com plained that she was subject 10 f/filchings; he desired her to no lute to bed. She asked why she became heavy, and what remedy for such languor Hie doctor replied, ttial she sl)oiiltl rise more cad)", and take exercise. She pro- tesled that wine hurt her he told her to drink water. She had indigestions j be pre- scribed bitters. But Illy eyes fail me," hii(J the Isdy. Make use of spectacles," replied ttac Doctor. My strength likewise," added she, be- gins to fail me I am neither so healthy nor so stout as 1 have been." Because you grow in years," answered he. And what is the remedy for that weak- ness ?" 11 The shortest, Madam," returned the doctor, 1, is to pay the debt of mortality, as so many beauties have done before you." Learned physician 1 said the lady, (tossing up her head) is this all the comfort you can give iiie I-Ii it for these few simple maxims that you are so much r(,nomiied ?-Yf.-t) have told me nothing but what I knew already." Why did you not then make use of your knowledge?' replied the doctor. U 1 pretend to no dit iiiatlon if you wanted mysterious remedies, you might have found them in Lon- don, and have saved yourself the trouble uf so tong a journey." A young English noblemnn was introduced at an assembly of one of the first ladies of Na- ples, by a Neapolitan gentleman. While lie was there, his snuff-box was stolen from him. The iiext day, being at another house, he saw 3 person taking snuff out of his box. He ran to hislriendj There" said lie, that man iu blue, with gold embroidery, is taking siitiffout of the box which was stolen from me yesterday. Do you know him ? Is not he a sharper ?"—" Take care," said the olher, that is a man of the first I do not care for his quality," sard the English- man, I must have my snuff-box ain, I'll Ho ajid ask him for it." —" Pray," said his friend, be quiet, and leave it to me to get back your snuff-box." Upon this assurance Ilse Fuglisman went away, after inviting his friend to diue with him the next day. He ac- cordingly came, and as he entered, There," said he, U I have brought you your stniff box."— Well," said the Englishman, how did you obtain it ?"—" Why," said the Nea- politan nobleman, 1 did not wish to make any noise about it, therefore I picked his pockct of it." tail uiglit the lrudget was produced, and we are happy to find, notwithstanding the great amount of the Loan, no new burdens are to be imposed upon the people. The an- nual charge upon the 8 millions, borrowed for Great Britain, it calculated at upwards of 970,0001. and to defray this expence, the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposes to allot the sum of 1,200,0001. arising out of the con- solidation of Stamp Unties, it) isos, with the deduction of 150,0001. to meet the current charges of^The fund tlras allotted. THE LIVERPOOL H. P.'s.-On Monday nigh I last, in consequence of the Managers refusing to accede to the demand of the audi- ence for half-price admission, lhe Theatre at Liverpool was a tolerable immitation of the O. P.'s at Covent-garden, though the actors in thisyay-cc-were not gu'i&ed by that caution which manifested itsctf at the IRtter place. The House was filled at an early hour* and the upper boxes were taken possession of by some Cyprians of the first dtigh 4 with tlm exception there were but few ladies in the Theatre. On the rising of the curtain, a ge* neral burst of indignation was raised from every quarler, and Pizarro and the farce shared equal favnr; so also did Mrs. Glover and the lamp-lighter t Cat calls, bu^te-horns, whistles, rattles, &c. added to the harmony of sounds," and the evening's entertainment was occasionally enlivened by-some disciples of Bacchus attempting to figure away as ora- tors I A gentleman, one of the opposition we presume, attempted to speak-, but he was si-, lenced-'by three harmonious groans. Several' acts ot'violence were attempted on the per formers, but they all escaped injury with the; exception of Mr. Musgrave, who received a severe cut in thfcjip. from a halfpenny fnece. which bled copiously. M the outside ot the Thea're the rmv waskeptoo with eqki,,O spit-ii. he glass windows were -nirfedth demolished, and a valuable chandelier was broken bv the: entrance of some stones through the lobby windows The audience remained in the 'horise nearly twb hours Bf'ter the curtain dropped; but from the determined resolution evinced by Ihe iVhuor, antfS his declaration thsl he would use the utmost power vesl'ed in him by the law, the Theatre was gradually cleared. — It was expected that a similar pe fnemanfe would fake phtfe on Wednesday 'night, Extra0rdin(try Itobbery. — On Ttiesdg*ht old Gentleman, who; resides in the neighbourhood of Manchester- "treel, was sitting in liis front "parlour, no other person being in his house, lie c'x- trenieiy alarmed by the sudden appearance of i man, with u black crapfcove'r his face* The terror of fhe old Gentler,lan was considerably increased, bv the man not &.peak'ing, but re peatedly 'mnking a noWf li'ke the 'barkiag ol a masUtF-dog. The n-bher opened the back parlour (loor, and beckoned to the old Gen- tleman tf» follow hinu, which he refused The; robber 1 hen shook hi'tn 'the-shtrw^de'r*, induce hitn to g-o. The old shH rc- fusing-, the rohher forced him into theba k m,"tt)tir, at -ivti sit' aii(i iii,.idc sig-im for him to open it. rire ("(41!letyl;tli not 1 the robber proceeded tn Jake t-he keys from h'itir;j aivtl, iu I he skufHe, the oli Gent leman 1 el I over ftrhair, and a table fel.j upon him, which < ot open his nose, t»Vt»fe*e his shint. and bruised him in ofhWr parts of hi% I)o(ly III a most shoekiujr manner. The robber appeared to know ihe key of l'he safe. proceeded to unlock it. and took out three gold watches, il>ree fjold snuff-boxes, i several diamond and pearl rings, and olher trinkels, I o the nm-ft I) lit of between four art! live hundred pounds■< then, after g'ving the old Gentlemall s:V(.f;¡j:H..verehlow.IH.¡.k the candle, left the room, kel the old iGenflemafi in. \hes some time, the «od GenJiema'n recovered himself, ope the window, and gave an alarm fo the neighbour- hood. No other person being in the house, itic- neighbours were obliged to recourse to a ladder, and got over the yard-wall, And then broke open the doors. They found that the villain had left the caudle in n corner of lie froiii i)-,irlotir, in sti(-Ii a t)osilloti, ;i. there was no doubt but he intended itshollld set fire to the house; but fortunately the tallyw had run. The old Gentlcmnfl keeps a carriage, which was cut with his who resides with him, and the fool man attending her; they did not return till one o'clock. It so happened that there was no female servant belonging to the family at the time, the old Gentleman having changed his servants very often lately, and behaved rather in all eccentric maimer to- wards them. It con Id not be ascertained hy what means the robber gained admittance in- to the house, but it is supposed by the area ) and it is strongly suspected that the robber was a servant, who had formerly lived in the family, and that to prevent his being kuown by the old Gentleman he wore the crape over his face, and avoided speaking a word, but only expressed his approbation or disappro- bation by making a noise like the barking of a dog. 0 Epsex.—At at meeting last trcufc of the Freeholders to celebrate the return to parlia ittent of Mr,. Houbloiij in opposition to Mr. Burgoyne at the late election^ Mr. Conyers said that Mf. Burgoyne had detintedi that lie would contillue to disturb the country, as he had already done, at every future election. "While I have life*" sajs Mr. C. u 1 wdl also continue to mcet. and oppose him I am proud ill declarin myself bom and bred a TjOity .—a ribband of true-blue was pinned on my craditfj and another I hope of the same colour, will be nailed on my coffin 1 and when 1 am no more, there is a youth, (point- ing to his son) who, I trust, will Stulld up, and fill my post iu so consistent and rightful a contest." A female child, not more than two months old, was found in an open boat floating down the river above Westminster-bridge, on Tues- day evening. It was decently dressed carefully wrapped up in flannel. A paper was found on the bosom of the infant, repre- senting it as an unprotected orphan. A shocking catastrophe occurred at the house of Mrs. Lomaz, in Duke-street, Ox- ford street, on Monday night; Miss Julia Anna Lomaz, her daughter, having gOlle into her bed-room let the catidle f*,tl.l, ii-iiicti set tire to her dress,, and by which she was so much burnt I that she died at siX o'clock uu Tuesday morning, 1 British heroism is the same fa all emmfriefc i The Following trait does honour to the cha* i racter of our sailors, already so Iiig-h in file estimation of the world, aiid. at the satn9 j time proves that our enemies themselves not blind to their merit. We little expected to find British Tars on the list -of A a,lileoll'f Knights of Honour. In the vicinity offer' 1 dun, a village had been nearly destroyed hf fire. The house in which the flames wetf first discovered, and most of those adjoining J were soon burnt to the ground. The people j of the village fled in every direction, and ilia I place was abandoned, when a large party of British seamen, who volunteered their assi«* lance, soon found means ot stopping the lirit, (yf the flaiiif-s, and finally succeeded it quenching the fire, and saving the village For this service their conduct was the French Government by the principal inW i bitants, who solicited permission for Hie morf active of the British, Oil that occasion, 10 seturn to Lugland. I his request was ret'ligeds but each person was rewarded with » gift of 501. and ordered to he recorded a Member IIf the Leg-ion of Honour, bv which thev will be entitled to receive each about 9;. eet annum. ) A kiu-d of uniform is making v P worn on the day of Sir Francis Rurdeirs hlw ration from theTowc; The colour is to M green—Arthur O'Connor1? livery men. Thesisferof Mr Lancaster, of thr Borough* road, has reduced to practice a recent disctW very m the art of teaching needle work, 61 means /.f it any girls may teach otlu-rs to work f with the same facili y as they may be tau^lit to read after inir. L's original method. All! school of fiowever lartje, may he SIIV;" plied Kri'h" materials at the most ti-ittii pence; and one mispress may superintend tl,c needle-work with as much ease to herself, one master on the Lancastrian sisieni ca# teach boys reading, wrilnty- and ariil1* inetic ° Agr/'rulhite. At a 'tyref-ting nf Iht" i"habj innfs ol an extensive parWi in Hampshire, Churchwardens have received an order t>"$ only lo give rewards for the destruction sparrows, but to extend these rewards to U ipeC'st-s of snin;! Iiirds. Ilow irt, generality of.ma^ikind of..M'g.ir i £ oo<! Tllis on!t; inrltldes no fewer than forty <hlJ i fei eiit kmds of birds, do III)T (.;It jile grain of com "it wn'reb, in the cour^ of the spr¡n and "n¡\¡mer, devour iniliioi.s ef | uise. Is that would otherwise prove iitiiniiclj more injurous to thefarmc-i fhan all Ihe spin"' rows which iiauni !iis fields, weve tiu-\ tmvs more numerous than th<>y are. Aft4 ,'»v{>ii "i!h respe<l to sparrows, v j],cii nrrcef' | t ii i it I y in Some measure i"juriotfs to the < i(> J<s« wefe the farmer serioush to re (feet sti 'rnig'hlv has not fd'llIed a,} fal,' 1;1' ¡.IIIt whatever _,ivili,, to [licit, taut designation, he could not probably ',e so anxious for their destruction. II has f)t't!I( satisfactorily acerlsie.ed, that a single pan' t common sparrow??, while their young 4)tltlo are in tb» neSt, destroy on an a\erage\ three thousand vaferpiiiars e\ery week this rafe, if all Ihe Species of small l».nis wt to be ex! irpaled, wliiat would (hen become t vMil! — Atrron? the modern in'proyemcnt* in farming, III(, diirv, verv much neglected.. 0 nirch of fht* fit of bre. dins tiepend;ng upoti the fac'l' with which'the milk of the cow u.ay be W served during the sucki ng time of Ihecii'f^ the following substitute, used in GerliuumK the natural food of tfie yoim<r presrenv. if* he scceptablif lo o^r Country rentiers Lei S? mtich wafer he heated on fhe fi.-e as tke ^lf would be dispos«d to dru.k 5 and wlff" boils, throw »me or two haudsful of oa!a| S into if, :\t J after continuing in that. sl;iif !°l. one m'mute, take it off, and let it tie n'-M lo the temperature ot new miik, when 0' fv.o pints ofsk;mmed milk are to be "adfN'd't" j it. With this beverage, the roiin" a j »>«"H i fvill fatten and of the parent will be applied'to the daiiy?j the intelligent farmer wili immediately din' 1 ver the great advantage to he fill, produce of the farm from such all ex ilt,¡1leut: .4n Irish .4cfident.-I,It, :t youth, 19 f' i 1(. years of :>e, named J. Coliius", servant to S!r' Barry, of Hammind's Marsh, i-er, ( ork. 1»J a period to hi<> ex sleuce, by hangi.jg luin*' from a cord that w,is li xed '<> a y. r.rd-iioor- .1 re' A coroller's inquest sat oil ihe body, and turned a verdict of Ac rid em al it nth, !111M the following circumstancesIt appeal that the hoy had at a former period, bee) playing sr>me trifks to aiarm the •er<*li maids, by fixing himsell to a rope that Suspended from a step ladder de.«ceu<fti> £ l<' the kitchen. Oh the present meiattrliii»h casion, he fiXfd his neck in a slight string, tied to the door on the oitlsitle, purpose of a temporary fastenings and, though not more than" three feet fro«» ground, he by accident, received a fit^ and fell upon his knees, tit which s.^eia' he remained until strangled, and was not covered, until a servant iiiat.d. topI get info the yard, was prevented by thecllWf" and weight (if tlte body. There are in London S^pfacwofWo^iM* -the Calhedral, 1 Abbey, U4 Churche*. Chapels and Chapels of Kiase; OT M Chapels for Dissenters, 48 ChiiyeUv fox reigners, and G Synagogues, A'.hotijt public and private Schools. of Court, ('(.lieges, &c. About eiiihti 5'^ eties for Morals; ten Societies fog and Arts; 122 AsvJums for the 111 digest4.1 Asylums for Sick and Lame; 13 and 740 friendly tocietie> Charilies, tributed, jE750,000 per annum. Anecdote of the lale Lord When this nobleman was Vicexoy ul .he had a swelling (,f [he legs, which never been able to get cured. Two, happened at that time to apply fue tije of the burgeon-General to the anny s J Lord lownsiieed hesitating to wiiich hesJ|^lt^ give the appointment, determined, each of them with tho care of one o| promising I he place to him who should est cure the leg under his care, 't'hey ployed so much care and attention ift ^'e sin ess that the Viceroy was agreesbty prised to find himself completely |[|(?' holh teg. He gave fhe place to,ofM* two, and anj.|»iy recolt!i!tarjl'ù the other haying abiai*ied it. j

f or the Aorth ifales Gazelle. ON THE DEATH OF A CHILD. Happy ('hiM'! escaped from care Sna'che from sorro .v and despftir-; Those bright eyes were closed in sleep, r:t'r ,riose eJes\harllerrjl'd!o Wiep; cheek had ceased with health to 'flii,;h :Ifiei(,i-e it frit dishonour's blush: Thy ruby lips foreot. fo smile, Nftr could fhesc lips as yet beguile; Calm'd was that litlle snowy breast. And hush'd that iitte heart to rest*; Before 'hey e'er had felt five HOC, VI hich frail humanity mus' knew. Fa'se friendship ne'.er yet had grieved Nor ever falser hope deceived Remorse ne'er racked that little breast, Nor envy that heart of rest, So in pity- heav'n Took the life so N Iv'n: Baird thee happy freed from care- Snatched from sorrow and despair. Carnarvon.