nose. THE HISTORY OF FREDERICK B A TRUE STORY. index of an honest-enough disposition, not, mind me, from principle, but generally because the possessor is too lazy at heart, and does not think the exertion required to execute a piece of adroit knavery exactly worth the trouble. Frederick B was the son of a worthy There is a certain description of nose, too, clergyman in Shropshire, whose situation was whose outward appearance, though strikingly not equal to his merit, his living being not more expressive, and in its structure plain, simple, than sixty pounds a year; but he discharged and little complex, bears but slight indication the duties of his function in a most exemplary of its real properties. I allude to that which manner, and derived, from conscious virtue, a few men in their proper senses would wish to degree of happiness, which it is beyond the meet with in a bye-lane: the hatchet or January-power of exalted rank or large fortune to bestow. It looks sharp and scythe-like, as though He educated his son with great care, resolving, it had murderous work in contemplation, and as he could not give him wealth, to supply that was a thirst after blood,-one is inclined to deficiency by cultivating his understanding, and almost pity the very air one breathes, so pierc- training him to the love and practice of virtue; ingly does it cut its passage through it. How being decidedly of opinion, that it is not possithin, oh! how t-h-in it is! Bleak, raw and ble for a wise and virtuous man to be unhappy unreal, it seems but the carcass of a nose, and in any situation. makes a man shudder-but a tangible vampire! -having just enough blood (and that not visible) to keep it barely alive, and yet not sufficiently withered for total extinction-the line of nice distinction, the minute and nearly imperceptible boundary between something and nothing; so that an unwary and unsuspecting person might put forth his hand, and know nothing of its presence till it had cut his fingers. Every body dreads it, all avoid it, yet nobody dare molest it, lest-such a nose is worse than an highwayman-it bodes no good. Look to itmark it-have no communion with it-I say no more. Somewhat allied to this in shape, but like a humble bee, without its sting, is the moist nose, or slice of sponge, scarcely animate and frittering away in drops, such a thing invariably predicates a coward to all intents and purposes. How different from this is the nose of a valourous man,-if you would find a hero seek for the noble rhombus. The south-sea or blubber-snout, when handsomely built is a real treasure, and presents an assemblage of all that is good, rich, and valuable. What a host of good things does not its very name call to mind-of soups and savoury dishes, venison and vintries, turtle and tippling, grease, gravy, grog, and gratulation, boiling, steaming, stewing, roasting, and rumination; frying, fruition, and fricasee. Oh! Oh! Oh! it is a lordly equipage! all hail to thee most venerable blubber! how I do love thee! If I am spared, I project a few columns to illustrate the ornamental appendages, which characterise heav'ns sweetest sweet, yet deadliest darkest curse,' the ladies!-Perhaps.I do not pledge myself!-Lit. Chron. THE TEAR THAT STOOD IN EMMA'S EYE. Bade me to love that I might live: And made me snatch of joy the cup. The trowler from his path does stray, It guides him on his former way: Or wander from thy love and reign, ADOLESCENS. Frederick continued under the care of his father till he was about eighteen; when, it being necessary that he should engage in some business to procure subsistence for himself, he was sent to London, and placed in a merchant's office. Here, notwithstanding that inclination for literature which his education had inspired, he applied himself closely both to the theory and practice of commerce, and made himself eminently useful to his employer, whose confidence he soon acquired. He distinguished himself by that diligence and punctuality which are so important in the mercantile character, and was seldom seen at those fashionable places of levity and dissipation, which are but too numerous in the capital and its neighbourhood. He did not, however, entirely confine himself to the drudgery of business: he allowed himself hours of relaxation, and was not without his pleasures; but they were moderate and rational, nor attended with much expence. He often quoted the observation of a sensible writer, that, "the most exquisite, as well as the most innocent of all enjoyments, are such as cost us least; reading, fresh air, good weather, and the beauties of nature. These afford a very quick relish while they last, and leave no remorse when over." Thus did Frederick pass his time, either diligently engaged in business, or amusing himself by such relaxations as were not unworthy of a reasonable being; when his tranquillity was disturbed by a circumstance, which, though it was not unattended with pleasing sensations, was the source of much disquiet. Mr. T., his master, had an only daughter, who, during the time Frederick had been in London, was almost always at school, or with an aunt in the country, so that he had not many opportunities of seeing her. But she now came to reside wholly with her father, who had been a widower some years. She was a most amiable and accom plished young lady, about nineteen years of age; and, though not a perfect beauty her features were extremely agreeable, and her whole figure was uncommonly engaging. In consequence of Frederick's situation, he could not avoid seeing Miss T. frequently; and it is dangerous for young people of different sexes to be too much with each other. The young lady soon made a deep impression on his heart; and she, on her part, was not long before she entertained a passion for Frederick, who was tall and well shaped: and, to good sense and a polished understanding, added a degree of vivacity, which seldom fails to recommend a young man to the notice of the female sex, and to make him an object of their favour. Frederick's consciousness of the state of his own heart gave him much uneasiness. He was sensible, that, from the disparity of their fortunes, there was little reason to suppose that Mr. T. would encourage his pretensions: and he had so strong a sense of honour, not to be hurt by the thought of acting ungenerously to a man who had behaved to him with so much kindness. He therefore laboured to suppress his passion; but a powerful attachment to a fine woman is not easily confined within the rules of reason. In consequence of their frequent intercourse, though both endeavoured, for a long time, to conceal their sentiments from each other, they at length came to an explanation. They acknowledged their mutual regard for each other; and Frederick declared, with all the ardour of a youthful passion, that he should prefer the mere necessaries of life, in a cottage, with her, to the greatest affluence with any other woman: but professed at the same time, that it gave him extreme pain to reflect, that he could not solicit her affection, without giving just umbrage to her father, to whom he confessed he was under great obligations, and whom he therefore could not think of injuring or of fending and Miss T., on her part, avowed her attachment to Frederick, with all the warmth which the delicacy of her sex would permit; but declared her resolution of never marrying without the consent of her father. : It happened, that there was a clerk who lived with Mr. T. who professed, though insincerely, a great friendship for Frederick. His name was G; and he had a very high opinion of his own personal accomplishments, and, therefore beheld with envy the preference which he plainly saw Miss T. gave to Frederick. As he never had been treated with the same distinction by Mr. T. that Frederick had, he never enjoyed the opportunity of freely conversing with the young lady: he had, however, seen and learnt enough from the servants of the house, (a class of people who are always inquisitive in such matters) to be assured that an intimacy actually subsisted between Miss T. and Frederick. He knew that Frederick's fortune would not entitle him to an alliance with Miss T.: and if the lady was inclined to connect herself with one who was so much her inferior in that respect, G.'s vanity suggested to him, that she would have shewn more penetration if she had bestowed her affections upon him, rather than on Frederick. Envy is an uneasy and restless passion; and it now stimulated G. to lay hold of every opportunity which offered itself, of privately injuring Frederick in the opinion of Mr. T.; and soon went so far as to hint to that gentleman that Frederick entertained improper designs upon his daughter. Finding Mr. T. was alarmed at this suggestion, he proceeded farther, and related so many cir cumstances, some true, and some false, to prove the reality of a close intimacy between Frederick and Miss T. that Mr. T. not only gave thorough credit to it, but also believed from several particulars which G. had artfully and malignantly thrown into his account of the amour, that Frederick had used some dishonourable tricks to gain the affections of the young lady. Being thus exasperated at the supposed ungenerous behaviour of Frederick, he hastened to his daughter, and taxed her with carrying on a clandestine amour with him, without the knowledge of a father, by whom she had always been treated with the utinost kindness. The confu sion which the young lady shewed at this charge confirmed all the suspicions of Mr. T., and, being much enraged, he sent a note to Frederick, in which he informed him that he did not choose to have any farther connexion with him, and desired him immediately to quit the house; nor could he be prevailed upon to hold any converse with him on the cause of his sudden discharge. Frederick was grieved that a man he esteemed, and of whose former favours he retained a grateful sense, should manifest so extraordinary a displeasure; but it may easily be conceived, that he felt still more severely his unexpected separation from the object of his affections. His reason dictated to him that he should withdraw himself from an attachment wherein there were such obstacles to success; but his heart, at the same time, told him with how much pain every effort for that purpose would be attended. He had not been able to learn by what means Mr. T. had been so much exasperated against him; he imagined, indeed, that he had been informed of the intimacy between him and his daughter; but, of the arts which had been contrived to place his conduct in the worst point of view, he had ng suspicion; G. having desired Mr. T. not to mention from whom he derived his intelligence, a request with which that gentleman had complied. After a few weeks had elapsed, Frederick entered into the service of another merchant of eminence, as a principal clerk; an employment which the character he had acquired at Mr. T.'s, for integrity and dexterity in business, enabled him easily to obtain. In the mean time, he and Miss T. found means sometimes to correspond with each other; she had been extremely afflicted at his removal from her father's house; and their separation, instead of abating, seemed to increase the ardour of their mutual affection. Neither of them had any suspicion of the treachery of G., who still pretended to have a great friendship for Frederick, for which he had very good reasons: he united in his character, to all the cunning of a designing knave, the extravagance of a rake, and the profligacy of a gambler; and in the straits to which he occasionally brought himself by his vices, he sometimes found Frederick very useful to him, which was the true source from which all his pretended friendship took its rise. Leeds. (To be concluded in our next.) TO STELLA. Oh turn away thine eyes so bright, That fly those shafts from beauty's eye? No, 'tis against thy tender will, 'Tis spiteful fate would have me die ! Sweet is thy kiss, the honey'd sweet For angels cups alone 'tis meet, Thou givs't me nectar-there to sip. Then turn those nect'rons lips away, Thou drown'st me in ambrosial breath, Yet would I ever ever stay To die by thee so sweet a death. Of love, reclining on thy breast, ADOLESCENS. EPIGRAM ON A CLUB OF SOTS. The jolly members of a toping club, THE SWISS GUIDE. By Robert Southey, Esq. On Mr. Southey's Guide quitting him, he asked the Poet for a character; when Mr. Southey presented him with the following humorous verses; in consequence of which, and being in the hand-writing of so has become very popular, being inquired for by all celebrated a character, John Roth, the Swiss Guide, English travellers. By my troth, this John Roth And a savant beside. A Geolician, a Metaphysician, S. X. Each forest and dell, he knoweth full well, Take him for your guide, he has often been tried, A EULOGY ON BROTH. Being an Imitation or Parody of the above Verses. On my troth, this same Broth Is an excellent thing; Of its merits pray think, it is meat, it is drink, And cheers without heating the blood. For the blood of the grape turns a man to an ape, Then let me advise, be merry and wise,- her head was held a punker, an attendant fanned her with a waving handkerchief, and she was surrounded! by her relations, a few friends, and some chosen Brahmins, the populace being kept aloof by a guard from government. In this situation, I learn from good authority, she distributed among the Brahmins two thousand rupees, and the jewels with which she came decorated, reserving only as is usual on these occasions, a from a pearl or two on it), and a bracelet of plain gold small ornament in her nose, called mootee (perhaps on each wrist. From her posture I could see only her hands, which, with the palms joined, rose above her head, in an attitude of invocation; quitting, therefore, this post, I removed to an eminence, that gave me an opportunity of observing the construction of the funeral pile, and commanded the pathway by which I understood she would approach it. "The spot, chosen for its erection, was about forty paces from the river, and directly fronting the suttee. When I came up, the frame only was fixed; it consisted of four uprights, each about ten feet asunder lengthways, and under six in breadth. Soon after, by ropes fastened near the top of the uprights, was suspended a roof of rafters, and on it, again, heaped as many billets as it would bear. Beneath, arose a pile of more substantial timbers, to the height of about four feet, which was covered over with dry straw and bushes of a fragrant and sacred shrub, called toolsee; the sides and one end being then filled up with the same materials, the other extremity was left open as an entrance. The melancholy preparations completed, the lady got up, and walked forward, unsupported, amidst her friends. She approached the door-way, and then having paid certain devotions, retired a few yards aside, and was encircled as before. The dead body was brought from the bank where it had hitherto remained, close to the place the suttee lately sat on, and laid upon the pile, and with it several sweetmeats aud a paper bag, containing either flour or dust of sandal. The widow arose and walked three times slowly round the pile; then seating herself opposite the entrance, on a small square stone, constantly used in such cases, on which two feet were rudely sketched, she received and returned the endearments of her companions with great serenity. This over, she again stood up, and having stroked her right hand, in the fondest manner, over the heads of a favoured few, gently inclining her person towards them, she let her arms fall round their necks in a faint embrace, and turned from them. Now, with her hands, indeed, held up to heaven, but with her poor eyes cast, in a gaze of total abstraction, deep In frost and in snow, Broth will make your heart glow, into the den of anguish that awaited her, she stopped Yet keep your head perfectly cool. But to make this good stuff, you must have quantum Of meat-for observe, I don't jest, Sir, awhile-a piteous statue! At length, without altering suff.cended by the door-way, unassisted, and, lying down feature, or the least agitation of her frame, she as If you've nothing but bones, they're no better than stones, Then take a good slice, of beef that is nice, beside her husband's corpse, gave herself, in the meridian of life and beauty, a victim to a barbarous and cruelly consecrated error of misguided faith. As soon as she entered, she was hid from our view by bundles of straw with which the aperture was closed up, and Though you shiver and shake, thus a cordial you'll make, all the actors in this tragic scene seemed to vie with That will cause you to sing in your bed. "Poona, the 24th July, 1786.- This evening, about five, I was hastily called to be a spectator of the shocking ceremony of self-devotion, sometimes practised amongst the Brahmin females, on the death of their husbands. "Soon after I and my conductor had quitted the house, we were informed, the statee (for that is the name given to the person who so devotes herself) had passed, and her track was marked by the goolol and betel leaf, which she had scattered as she went along. She had reached the mootab, which runs close under town, before we arrived, and having performed her last ablutions, was sitting at the water's edge. Over each other who should be most forward in hurrying it to a conclusion. At once, some darkened the air with a cloud of goolol, some darting their hatchets at the suspending cords, felled the laden roof upon ber, and others rushed eagerly forward to apply the fatal torch. Happily, in this moment of insufferable agony, when pected to be pierced by the unavailing cries of nature, the mind must have lost her dominion, and the ear exthe welcome din of the trumpet broke forth from every quarter. "When the conflagration took place, and not till then, it was fed, for a time, with large quantities of ghee thrown by the nearest akin; but, except the toolsee and straw before mentioned, no combustible whatever that I either saw or could hear of, was used in preparing the pile. It is said to be the custom, that, as the suttee ascends the pile, she is furnished with a lighted taper, to set fire to it herself, and my companion, who was a Brahmin, asserted, that in this in-. stance it was the case; but I traced the whole progress of the ceremony with so close and eager an attention, that I think I may safely contradict him. "As curiosity may be expected to know something of the subject of this terrible, though not uncommon, immolation, I have collected the following particulars: "The lady's name was Toolseboy, her husband's Ragaboy Tauntee. He was about thirty years old, and nephew to Junaboy Daddah, a person of distinction in this place. A little girl, about four years of age, the fruit of their union, survives them. Toolseboy was nineteen, her statue above the middle standard, her form elegant, and her features interesting and expressive; her eyes, in particular, large, bold, and com. manding. At the solemn moment in which alone I saw her, these beauties were eminently conspicuous, notwithstanding her face was discoloured with turmeric, her hair dishevelled and wildy ornamented with flowers; and her looks, as they forcibly struck me throughout the ceremony, like those of one whose senses wandered ; or, to come nearer the impression, whose soul was already fleeting and in a state of half-separation from the body." HEROISM. The plague raged more violently than ever in Marseilles. Every link of affection was broken, the father turned from the child, the child from the father: cowardice, ingratitude, no longer excited indignation. Misery is at its height when it thus destroys every generous feeling, thus dissolves every tie of humanity! The city became a desert, grass grew in the streets, a funeral met you at every step. The physicians assembled in a body at the Hotel de Ville, to hold a consultation on the fearful disease, for which no remedy had yet been discovered. After a long deliberation, they decided unanimously that the malady had a peculiar and mysterious character, which opening a corpse alone might develope, an operation it was impossible to attempt, since the operator must infalliably become a victim in a few hours, beyond the power of human art to save him, as the violence of the attack would preclude their administering the customary remedies. A dead pause succeeded this fatal declaration. Suddenly a surgeon named Guyon, in the prime of life, and of great celebrity in his profession, rose and said firmly, "Be it so: I devote myself to the safety of my country. Before this numerous assembly I swear, in the name of humanity and religion, that to-morrow, at the break of day, I will dissect a corpse, and write down as 1 proceed what I observe." He left the assembly instantly. They adınire him, lament his fate, and doubt whether he will persist in his design. The intrepid and pious Guyon, animated by all the sublime energy religion can inspire, acted up to his words. He had never married, he was rich, and he immediately made a will, dictated by jus tice and piety; he confessed, and in the middle of the night received the sacraments. A man had died of the plague in his house within four and twenty hours: Gayon at day-break shut himself up in the same room; he took with him an inkstand, paper, and a little crucifix. Full of enthusiasm, never had he felt more firm or more collected : kneeling before the corpse, he wrote, "Mouldering remains of an immortal soul, not only can I gaze on thee without horror, but even with joy and gratitude. Thou wilt open to me the gates of a glorious eternity. In discovering to me the sacred cause of the terrible disease which destroys my native city, thou wilt enable me to point out some salutary remedy thou wilt render my sacrifice useful. Oh God! (continued be,) thou wilt bless the action thou hast thyself inspired." He began,-he finished the dreadful operation, and recorded in detail his surgical observations. He then left the room, threw the papers in a vase of vinegar, and afterwards sought the lazaretto, where he died in twelve hours-a death ten thousand times more glorious than the warrior's, who to save his country rushes on the enemy's ranks, since he advances with hope, at least, sustained, admired, and seconded by a whole army.-La Peste de Marseilles, by Madame de Genlis. BUTLER TO HIS MISTRESS. For vent'ring to disclose a flame In its own ashes it design'd But that my sighs, like blasts of wind, SCRAPIANA. Q. Who were those that found not a Physician living, but to raise them, being dead? A. Christ, Lazarus, the daughter of Jairus, the widow's son, Eutychus, Dorcas and others. Q. Who were those that once lived, and never died? A. Henoch and Elias. Q. Who was he that died and was not born? Q. Who was but once born, and twice died? Q. Who was he that spake after death? Q. Who were spoken of before they were born? A. Ishmael, Isaac, Josias, Cyrus, and John the Baptist. Q. Who prophecied before his birth? A. John Baptist, in the womb of his mother; of whom St. Austin saith, that having not seen the Heaven nor the Earth, yet he knew the Lord of both. Q. Who was he that was older than his mother? : A. Christ to which purpose the Poet thus ingeniously addeth : Behold : the Father is the Daughter's son, The Bird that built his nest is hatch'd therein: The old of time, an hour hath not out-run, Eternal life to live doth now begin." Q. Who, in seeking for his father's asses, found a kingdom? A. Saul. I I ANTIPATHIES. "I hate the dim and waning light of even, For that's the hour when happy lovers strayI hate the moon, for she looks down from heaven On their curst vows-I hate the month of MayFor she outraptures the preceding seven In smiles and tears-I hate the new-mown hay, When gather'd into cocks, for Tristram Merton And that young minx, Miss Rosamond, to flirt on. I hate the richness of Ione's tresses hate young girls, except in ancient dressesI hate the dashes of her quick bright eye I hate a snowy bosom bitterly hate each sigh that heaves, each smile that blesses Fond, foolish hearts-I hate to laugh or cry I hate all sorts of freedom, mirth, and ease- ARTS AND SCIENCES. The lovers of science have to deplore the return of this enterprising navigator from the Arctic Regions without having accomplished the hopes he had so sanguinely entertained; but we may be assured that all which haman skill could effect, or ingenuity could devise, has been put into action for this great end. It is more than probable now, that the question as to a passage into the Pacific is for ever put to rest. Heaven seems here to have set a limit to the ingenuity of man, leaving him no other reflection than that of the Creator's immeasurable power, and incomprehensible perfections. H. M. Ships Griper and Hecla arrived at Whitby on Thursday the 16th inst., and Captain Parry with the astronomer of the expedition set off in a post chaise and four for London, where they arrived on Saturday night. In 1821 the expedition explored Repulse Bay, Sir Thomas Roe's Welcome, Middleton's Frozen Strait, and that neighbourhood, and, finding no passage to the Northward and Westward, wintered in the southern bay of an island, called Winter Island, in lat. 66° 11', long. 83°. In 1822, the expedition, guided and encouraged by the information they had received, during the winter, from a party of Esquimaux with whom they had estab lished a friendly intercourse, pursued their attempt to the Northward, and examined all inlets towards the West, till they arrived at a strait which separates the Northern Coast of America from what Captain Parry considers to be clusters of islands, extending Northward towards the scene of his former voyage. The great object of ascertaining the northern limit of the Continent being thus accomplished, Captain Parry penetrated two degrees to the Westward, with considerable expectation of final success; but, in a narrow part of the strait, they found the ice fixed in that peculiar manner which indicates that it is PERPETUAL, AND NOT SEPARATED IN ANY SEASON, OR UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. The expedition was, therefore, obliged to winter iu latitude 69° 20', longitude 81o 50'. In the summer of this year, finding the ice still fixed to the shores, in such a manner as precluded all hope of any further progress in the neighbouroood in which he was, Captain Parry thought it advisable to give up the attempt, and return to England. this occasion, was not, we understand, nearly so far The point to which Captain Parry penetrated, on to the north as the spot where he formerly wintered, nor much farther, indeed, than Captain Franklin was able to reach by land. The ships, after leaving Hudson's Bay, were carried along by an immense current of drift ice for about two hundred and fifty miles, in imminent danger every moment of being crushed to pieces, and then stuck fast amid the solid waste. Here they remained immoveably locked up, and almost despairing of again revisiting old England, till exactly a month ago, when the ice broke up, and they were enabled to effect their escape. No sooner, however, did the vessels again plough the deep than new dangers awaited them. A violent storm came on, in which the vessels, much injured by being so long locked up in the ice, had nearly perished; and during their whole passage home they have encountered the most tempestuous weather. While locked up in the ice, the ships were visited by some parties of Esquimaux, who remained with them a long time, residing in snow-houses, which they constructed for themselves in the vicinity. On one occasion, these people brought to the ship two barrel staves, which, they gave Captain Parry to understand, they had procured from two vessels, which were on their beam-ends at about 150 miles distant. Captain Parry (as we understood our informant) sent out a party in search of these wrecks, who reported that the vessels were English whalers, of the crews of which they could find no trace. Although the expedition has proved abortive, as far as regards its main object, yet, from the intelligence of its commander and officers, and other gentlemen employed under him, we have no doubt that science will be considerably benefited by the many interesting observations which they must have made during their long stay in the Polar regions. The expedition has lost by illness, only Mr. Fyffe, the Greenland master, and three seamen, and one man killed by an accident. TER, FINE ARTS. We presume such of our readers as are admirers of the Fine Arts, will be gratified to learn that MR. FOSthe ingenious Artist, whose merits as a profilist were so generally admitted when he last visited Manchester, thirteen years since, is again among us: he has been in Bridge-street for some time; but has removed near the Moslev's Arms, where we have just seen specimens that convince us Mr. F.'s merit and experience, since his former visit here, have so far availed him in the way of improvement as a profilist, as not merely to do infinite credit, but to render him at this time preeminently superior to all competitors in that pleasing art, which he has so long and so successfully practised. These observations we apply more particularly to the extremely bigh and delicate finishing, so conspicuous in Mr. F.'s bronzed profiles, his professional abilities we have witnessed with extreme satisfaction, ard can assure our readers that the superior correctness and elegance of his performances, are such as cannot fail to please those who may inspect them, and we are confident our generous and judicious amateurs, will not withhold their liberal patronage from so much merit, as this ingenious professor of the art evidently prosesses particularly in this esteemed line of his practice, which is calculated to supercede the more costly, and less accurate modes of delineation. Of all those arts in which the wise excel, CRITICISM, ORTHOEPY. MR. EDITOR,-The excellent strictures made by your correspondent S. X. in retarding and exposing the multifarious and absurd innovations which are copiously creeping into our language, under the head "Orthography," encourage me to trouble you with a few lines regarding the orthoepy of the Latin language in England and Scotland. I would beg of S. X. (or any other correspondent) having studied the various intricacies of our own language, which is getting more indissolubly connected with the Latin daily, if not hourly, to say, whether of the two forms now in use of Latin orthcepy is the more consistent with the ancient Roman dialect-that of Scotland or England; taking the Augustan age as a criterion for the primitive puritive of the Latin? It must be of as great importance to the learned linguist, whether in argumentation or exposition, to know the genuine pronunciation (at least the nearest to perfection of those in use) of the Latin tongue, as well as of the Greek or French lan guage. It is singular to observe what difference prevails in the orthoepy of the dead languages in general in the two countries: a Scotchman pronouncing Latin to an English critic would be completely condemned for his broad twang, and energetic application of the vowels, if not completely put out of countenance by the strange contexture of the visible organs of the hearer! an Englishman on the other hand, would, on reading Latin in Scotland, be told that he was reading his own language and not that of the Romans! or that his affectation counterbalanced every acquisition in learning!The English no doubt have modernized the Latin pronunciation to the technical rales of their own language; as indeed they do so with every language of which they can get hold; preferring fluency and contraction to primitive and systematical arrangements. It is an old, but not altogether unjust saying, that whatever word an Englishman speaks, and of what language soever, be insensibly forms it to the idiomatical phraseology of bis mother tongue; thus proving that old proverb that "he is as much attached to his language as bis country." a Mr. Walker, in the preface to his critical Dictionary, "it is highly probable that the Scotch have resays, tained the old English pronunciation; from which the English themselves have departed;" and Dr. Hicks has observed many years ago, that the Scotch saconized in their language much more than the English; nor can it be doubted that England received many innovations in its dialect from its situation and commercial intercourse with the continent, which could never extend to Scotland, from its remoteness and less liability to be visited by foreigners. The greatest difference prevails in the sound of the vowels a, e, i, o, particularly and i: a few words as they are pronounced by the learned of both nations will ultimately exemplify this difference. If we mark the English pronunciation thus—a, e, i, o, u; and that of Scotland in its vowels aw, a, e, o, u; we shall perceive that the words amoamari-amatum-amare, are in English orthoepy-amo-amari-amatum—amare; and in Scotland, awmo -awmaure-awmautum; again, arma virumque cano, in England is arma virumkuie kano, in Scotland armaw verumkwaw kano, &c.-There is an anecdote recorded of the celebrated Grotins, in Mr. Walker's key to elassical pronunciation;-- A Scotchman addressed Grotius in Latin, when the latter, instead of returning the salutation, turned round and in a different language, begged to be excused conversing with the gentleman, not having had the honour of learning the language of the natives of Scotland! Mr. Walker concludes, "how | much more unintelligible would an Englishman be, when the great Grotius could not understand a Scotchman!" The Scotch contend that we positively miscal such names as Plato, Cato, &c. when we pronounce | them with the slender sound of the vowel a. I heard a Scotch schoolmaster once chide a pupil abruptly for saying that Cato fell upon his own sword in Utica— No such thing, says Domini Sampson, it was Cawto that killed himself there; and if he were to rise from the dead he should laugh at more than three-fourths of the nation, and call them no better than mere schoolboys for thus miscalling him." supplying the only absolute novelties in the week, and those of course in the way of caste only. In the opera, we had the pleasure of hearing Miss HAMMERSLEY, for the first time, in the character of the Countess Almaviva. This lady, without approaching perfection, is a considerable musical acquisition. Her voice possesses considerable extent and capability; and some of the higher notes are peculiarly sweet and delightful. Her chief deficiency seems to be the power of articulation, and of voluntary and correct modulation; but there appears to be nothing wanting which, with a voice of such volume and flexibility, is not to be acquired. She gave the air of Voi che sapete with great taste, feeling, and judgment, and executed her part in the exquisite duet with Miss TREE, and the bravura in the third act, not only with credit, but occasionally with masterly execution and brilliancy. In short, if Miss HAMMERSLEY is progressive in mind and acquirement, much, indeed, is to be expected; if not, as a singer, she will be of qualified merit, but respectable. So [There is a like difference between England and Ire- much depends upon this point, we think it unnecessary there is between this kingdom and Scotland in the let-singer. As an actress, Miss HAMMERSLEY is provinland arising from the pronunciation of the letter i, as to add any thing more until it be decided. This as a ter a; which often makes a conversation in that lan- cial, which is simply saying that her deportment is stiff guage difficult, the Irish giving to the letter the Italian and conventional, like the tuition of a maiden aunt, softuess-e.-ED.] which defect, we doubt not, will soon submit to the salatary collision of the Covent-Garden Green-Room. Being involved in frequent little disputes relative to this question, I beg you may give insertion to these few lines, that some of your more learned correspondents may throw additional light on the subject. I am, &c. Liverpool, 1823. GRAMMATICUS. NATURAL HISTORY. SEA SERPENT. In Vol. 1, Pages 13 and 37 of the Iris we have given some details of that extraordinary marine animal, the Sea Serpent.-The following interesting extract is from the "Travels Through Sweden, Norway, and Finmark, to the North Cape, in the Summer of 1820. By A. De Capell Brooke, A. M." It made its appearance for the first time in the month of July, 1819, off Otersun. Previous to this he had often heard of the existence of these creatures, but never before believed it. During the whole of that month the weather was excessively sultry and calm; and the serpent was seen every day. It continued while the warm weather lasted, lying motionless, and as if dozing in the sun-beams.-This part of his account reminded me of the monster of the deep, so finely described by Milton, "Or that sea-beast Leviathan, which God of all his works Created hugest that swim the ocean stream considerable The number of persons living on the island, he said, curiosity, went to look at it while it remained. This was about thirty; the whole of whom, from motives of was confirmed to me by subsequent inquiries among the inhabitants, who gave a similar account of it. The first time that he saw it, he was in a boat, at the distance of about 200 yards. The length of it he supposes to have been about 300 ells, or 600 feet. Of this he could not speak accurately; but it was of very length; and longer than it appeared, as it lay in large coils above the water to the height of many feet. Its colour was grayish. At the distance at which he was, he could not ascertain whether it were covered with scales; but when it moved, it made a loud crackling noise, which he distinctly heard. Its head was shaped like that of a serpent; but he could not tell whether it had teeth or not. He said it emitted a very strong odour; and that the boatmen were afraid to approach fish left the coast in consequence.' near it, and looked on its coming as a bad sign, as the THE DRAMA. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. MISS HAMMERSLEY.-The following account of Miss Hammersley so precisely tallies with our own opinion, which we have, out of esteem to that lady, repeatedly and personally represented to her, that we do not hesitate to give it from The Examiner, without alteration or comment of our own. "On Thursday Evening we attended the representation of The Marriage of Figaro and The Miller's Maid, CORRESPONDENCE. SALFORD WATCHMEN. TO THE EDITOR, SIR,-As a stranger, I should be sorry to censure any thing in the civil government of this ancient part of the town; and if I am in error, I hope to be corrected in your next; as however, such mistake is not connected with the conclusion I wish to arrive at, I shall proceed. I believe there are few, if any watchmen for the Salford; at least for a period of several months resiprotection of persons or property in the township of dence there, I have neither heard nor seen any. A little while ago, on a beautifully moonlight-night, the whole neighbourhood where my domicil is fixed, were roused from their beds by the shoutings and vociferations of a woman, who had from some cause or other not joined her loving husband in his humble cell. As he refused her admittance, she proceeded to demolish every pane, and having done so, passed herself through with the agility of a cat, and in an instant the man, in almost a state of nudity, made bis escape from the earthly abode followed by his indignant spouse, who was allaying the fire of his indignation within, by pouring a repeatedly filled vessel of water upon him without. BACKWARDNESS Sir, Your's, VARIETIES. PACIFICUS. OF PHYSIC, An English nobleman, walking through the New Town of Edinburgh, in company with the Honourable Heury Erskine, remarked how odd it was that St. Andrew's church should so greatly project, whilst the Physicians' Hall immediately opposite, equally receded. Mr. Erskine admitted, "That George's-Street would have been, without exception, the finest street in Europe, if the forwardness of the clergy, and the backwardness of the physicians, had not marred its uniformity." INTREPIDITY.-Admiral Boscawen obtained the name of Old Dreadnought in the Spanish war, when captain of the Glory Frigate. The captain had retired to rest early in the evening and was awoke by his first lieutenant announcing to him that two vessels of war one Spanish and one French (the smallest of superior force to the Glory) were close upon them, adding, surprise on the occasion; doubting, however, whether | they want any meat against Christmas, the usual reply GLASGOW NEW MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.-, A NEW CATECHISM.-The system of drilling children to a regular and set practice, by which they are KILL MYSELF.-In this county it is usual, at Christmade to astonish, but never left to profit, though hap-mas, for the farmers to kill each a sheep for their own pily now grown much into disuse by the introduction use; on which occasion, when the butchers inquire if of wiser systems, is nevertheless often resorted to by the ignorant, or indolent, teacher. A Tyro of this description being anxious to redeem a declining popularity, invented a new Catechism, and by placing his pupils in a regular order to receive the monotonous round of questions, so far as to perfect them, resolved to have a field day before their friends. This catechism commenced by asking, who do you believe in firstsecondly-thirdly? to which several questions the answers given were of course the persons of the Trinity; it happened, however, on the day of exhibition, that the second boy from some cause or other, was absent, and the master in the hurry of marshalling his ranks, had not observed him; just, however, as the pedagogue had asked the first question, the missing boy dropped in, and took his place at the extremity of all-the first boy questioned, audibly and correctly replied by saying-" In God the Father!" Secondly whom do you believe in?" In God the HOLY GHOST," said the lad. Here was an error with a vengeance-it was indeed his usual answer, but it was not his regular question. Exhausted at this early defeat, the master raised his voice to a tone of positive demand-" I say, Sir, in whom do you secondly believe?" "In God the Holy Ghost," the boy still persisted. "What, Sir," cried he with rage, "do not you believe in God the Son?" No, Sir," cried the innocent lad pointing to the end of the ranks, "but yonder other boy does!!! for a new institution for the instruction of the mechanics. for the new institution. The following was lately proposed by a French gen- Où l'on court le danger certain: A poetical translation is requested. A COURT OF JUSTICE IN THE WESTERN STATES OF AMERICA. (Zainsville, Ohio.)-At noon I roamed into the Supreme Court, where I saw my new friend, the Supreme Judge, Wilson, on the bench, in the midst of three rustic, dirty-looking, associate Judges, all robeless, and dressed in coarse drab, domestic, homespun coats, dark silk handkerchiefs round their DOMESTIC FELICITY.-A little while ago no less than seven women appeared at our New Bailey Courthouse, for warrants for their husbands, and the writer of this paragraph must confess, whatever had been the provocation, they bore evident marks of the strik-necks, and otherwise not superior in outward appearing displeasure of their husbands. It was in vain that the sitting magistrate, the Rev. C. W. Ethelston, humanely entreated them, one by one, to " home and go make friends; but the seventh woman yielding more to his praiseworthy remonstrances, the Rev. magistrate followed up his charitable advice, and as she was retiring said to her, Rely upon it you will not repent my counsel, and remember that in all cases of domestic turmoil, a dishonourable peace is better than an honourable war!" LONG MEMORIES.-The late Dr. Darwin was remarkable for an excellent memory, and the following instance of it has been related. Riding one day down a private lane, and having to pass through a gate to a gentleman's house, where the doctor was going to dine, it was opened by a man whom he happened to know. Thinking, perhaps, of his own dinner, he asked the man if he liked eggs.—“ John, are you fond of eggs?" | The man answered, "Yes, Sir." But the gate, in returning to its place, happening to strike against the doctor's knee, put an end to the colloquy. About seven years afterwards, the doctor was passing through the same gate, which was opened, as before, by the same man. The doctor recollecting the circumstance which took place on his former visit, said to the man, "How, John?" To which he promptly replied, "Poached, Sir." A proof that the man's memory was at least on a par with the doctor's. Another anecdote has been related of the Doctor, mentioned in the preceding article, which, shews at least his ingenuity in the art of substituting one word, of nearly the same sound, for another which he had unguardedly used to one of his female patients. Calling upon a lady, one day, whom he had but recently visited, he inquired after her health. The lady answered, Why, doctor, I don't think I am quite as well as I was the last time you were here. I believe I have taken a little cold.' Indeed, Madam; have you been out?' · Why, yes, Sir; but I have only been to church. To church, Madam! O! that d-d church!' hastily exclaimed the doctor. The lady was not a little shocked, and expressed some very natural ance to our low pen-farmers in England. Thus they nal. ANECDOTE.-A cornish clergyman, having a dispute concerning several shares in different mines, found it necessary to send for a London limb of the law, to have some conversation with the witnesses, examine the title deeds, view the premises, &c. In one excursion, as the by means of a rope which he held in his hand, he called professional gentleman was descending the deep shaft, out to the parson, who stood at the top, Doctor, as you have not confined your studies to geography, but know all things from the surface to the centre, pray how far is it from this pit to that of the infernal regions ?" "I cannot exactly ascertain the distance," replied the Divine, "but let go your hold and you'll be there in a minute.” IRISHMEN IN AMERICA.-The Yankees are well known to be fond of playing off their wit at the expence of British travellers, and this was attempted upon an young Irishman in various ways, who, a stranger in the country, had occasion to make many enquiries, which always were contrived to be so answered as to end in merriment towards poor Pat. Amongst other inconveniences, the Hibernian complained to the land lord of a tavern he was in the babit of frequenting, that doing that for?" cried Mr. Dawson from his own door. An Irishman in America, once wrote to his father in Ireland on the following terms: "Dear Father-I wish you would come and settle in this place, for your business is much better here than it is where you ure, and, besides, I dare say you would soon get to be a colonel, a justice of the peace, a member of the legislature, or a constable, for in this country they have mighty mean men to fill these offices!!! We shall always be glad to receive any articles respecting the New Institution.-The last letter on the subject inserted in the Iris, is, in our opinion, deserving of particular attention. -We are surprized that the writer's very important objec tions to the privileges of hereditary governors, have not excited more notice.-The mistake which has been pointed out is of serious importance; it may, if not rectified, prove fatal to all the other arrangements. We have laboured through " Demisemiquaver's" Lucubrations with great patience, and are fearful of committing car. selves on the subject of a system of music, which has so many aud so distinguished advocates.-Nor can we find fault with the "Shoe Makers" who make pumps till they are inspired "to dance in them," or with the motly mixture who are learning to point "the light fantastic toe," by the dulcet strains of an itinerant musician. We find still less fault because, if confined to this pursuit, they will certainly be out of worse employment, and as to the charge of twopence per night, it is the lowest we have heard of, excepting the good schoolmistress at Leeds, who announced her terms for edu cation at "threepence a week, and twopence more for those as larned maners!" Our friend under the signature of "Geoffrey Gimcrack," may be assured his ingenious and valued productions are not omitted from any slight, as our succeeding numbers will prove, and we shall always be happy of the appropriation of one of his leisure hours to a continuation of those humourous ideas, which will, in part, be found in the "Stygian Lake,” on Saturday next. We cannot advise "Viator" what course to pursue relative to the impediments he meets with in his progress over the Old Bridge, unless he could prevail upon "the powers that be," to remove the payment of the "tribute money" from these of Blackfriar's and Strangeways', otherwise he must be content to pay for his comfort, to pad the funereal pace on the parapet, or turn into the middle of the road, which in our opinion is the best of the three, as it somewhat assimilates to walking through apple-sauce. The Lines on Suicide, we fear, would have a bad impression on minds which have unhappily ever yielded to the idea of executing so terrible a deed, and might serve to fix a wavering purpose. Caswin in our next. Ignoto, our Chester correspondent, Nescius Juvenis, J. W. and several others are unavoidably postponed. We have applied the pruning knife to the Dandy as well as made a few ingraftments,—the anthor's good sense will see the propriety of the former, as his good nature must excuse the latter. |