bookseller offered five;-our authoress did not appear hurt; disappointments had rendered her mind callous; however, some altercation ensued. This was the writer's first initiation into the mysteries of bibliopolism, and the state of authorcraft. He seeing both sides pertinacious, at length interposed, and at his instance, the wary haberdasher of literature doubled his first proposal, with this saving proviso, that his friend present would pay a moiety, and run one-half the risk, which was agreed to. Thus matters were accomodated, seemingly to the satisfaction of all parties; the lady's original stipulation of fifty copies for herself being previously acceded to. Such is the story of the once-admired daughter of Colley Cibber, poet-laureat and patentee of Drury Lane, who was born in affluence, and educated with care and tenderness, had servants in livery, and a splendid equipage at her command, with swarms of time-serving sycophants officiously buzzing in her train; yet, unmindful of her advantages, and improvident in her pursuits, she finished the career of her miserable existence on a dunghill.

HINT TO MOTHERS.-It may be useful to know, that when the breast and nipples are much inflamed, and cannot be sucked but with the most intense pain to the mother, a very simple remedy will relieve the breast from its milky burden without the slightest suffering. Fill a common bottle full of hot water, and after a few minutes, empty it and apply the mouth of it to the diseased nipple; the milk will then flow spontaneously into the bottle, giving at the same time a pleasurable sensation, and complete relief to the overloaded breast.

first, and at the second, and then, without smelling farther, gallops along the third. That animals should be found to possess in perfection every faculty which is necessary for their well-being, is nothing wonderful; the wonder would be if they did not: but they sometimes display a reach of intellect beyond this. For instance, dogs have a sense of time so as to count the days of the week. My grandfather had one, who trudged two miles every Saturday to market, to cater for himself in the shambles. I know another more extraordinary and well-authenticated example: A dog which had belonged to an Irishman, and was sold by him in England, would never touch a morsel of food upon a Friday; the Irishman had made him as good a catholic as he was himself. This dog never forsook the sick bed of his last master, and, when he was dead, refused to eat, and died also. A dog of my acquaintance found a bitch in the streets, who had lost her master, and was ready to whelp; he brought her home put her in possession of his kennel, and regularly carried his food to her, which it may be supposed he was not suffered to want, during her confinement. For his gallantry, his name deserves to be mentioned-it was Pincher. Some of his other acquaintance may remember him. Whenever Pincher saw a trunk packing up in the house, he absconded for the next four-and-twenty hours. He was of opinion that home was the best place. (Southey's " Omniana.")

CORN-FACTORS.-The following is said to be the origin of this business: -About 70 years ago, the farmers' coastways used to attend Bear-quay once a week, with samples of their grain, then lying in the river. Corn being at that time cheap, as well as abundant, it frequently happened that the farmers were obliged to return home without selling their grain; and as the Essex growers principally used the Bull Inn, in Whitechapel (which the buyers on the account also frequented), some of them who had

good opinion of the landlord, whose name was Johnson (originally the shoe-boy of the inn), began to leave their samples with him to be sold at fixed prices; but afterwards finding him very expert as a middle man, they entrusted him with a discretionary power as to market prices, which he managed so much to the satisfaction both of buyers and sellers, that in a short time he opened a little counting house on Bear-quay, and called himself the corn factor of the Essex farmers. This business he enjoyed solely to his death, and acquiring by it a considerable fortune, it devolved on his son, and afterwards to his grandson, whose partner, a Mr. Neville, joined in the corn-factoring business, with the money bequeathed him by the second Johnson.

the activity of her friend had the desired effect to a great extent the moment he represented the loss she had sustained. He visited the lodging in a day or two, but was surprised at not seeing the body. He asked the cause of the disappearence of the corpse, but the person who then occupied the place could give no answer. He went up a pair of stairs higher, and there he saw the widow, who did not appear at all comfortable at being observed. "I have brought you some money to bury poor Jack," said he, "but where is be?"

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Why, to tell you the truth," replied she, "poor fellow! I was too poor to keep him any longer." Well I am glad, at any rate, that you had money enough to bury him," -"Bury him! poor fellow, I was too poor to bury him." "And what the devil hare you done with him, then ?" cried the man, to whose imagination a premature resurrection of poor Jack was presenting itself. Why, I thought that as the body was of no use, and his soul could not be hurt by any thing that happened to it, I might as well let it go." "And where the devil is it gone?" said he. Why to the anatomy room," said she: "a gentleman offered me four guineas for the poor fellow, and I thought it better to let him have him just as he lay."

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his own neck by the strongest and most expert warrior amongst them. This story easily gamed upon the superstitious credulity of the Indians, and the request of the Highlander was immediately complied with. Being sent into the woods, he soon returned with such plants as he chose to pick up. Having boiled these herbs, he rubbed his neck with their juice, and laying his head on a log of wood, desired the strongest man among them to strike at his neck with his tomahawk, when he would find that he could not make the smallest impression! An Indian, levelling a blow with all his might, cut with such force, that the head flew off to the distance of several yards. The Indians were fixed in amazement at their own credulity, and the address with which the prisoner had escaped the lingering death prepared for him: but, instead of being enraged at this escape of their victim, they were so pleased with his ingenuity, that they refrained from inflicting further cruelties on the remainder of the pri

soners.

J. J. J.

INGENIOUS DEPRAVITY.

A MAN who had committed a robbery, attended with circumstances of peculiar aggravation, was taken into custody and consigned to the common gaol, to take his trial at the ensuing assizes. As this was his first offence, he felt all the horror and degradation which an awakened conscience could impart. Giving way to serious reflections, and anticipating his approaching destiny, he became so much dejected, that his conduct excited the attention of his fellow-prisoners; who, being greater proficients in vice than himself, amused themselves with his weakness, and, regardless of their own condition, sported with his approaching fate.

One among them, however, in whom art, impudence, and criminality were combined, took occasion more gravely to reprimand his melancholy coni

panion, on account of his dejection; assuring him, that unless he turned his attention to the means of eluding justice, the consequences would be serious. He was informed in reply by the young offender, that he had no hope of escaping, the evidence being strong and pointed against him; and that his own conscience directed him to plead guilty. "There is no case so hopeless," it was intimated, "from which a man with a little money and good management, may not be extricated. If you have any money, and will follow my directions, I will engage, for a given sum, to bring you off with honour."

Revived a little at the prospect of a release, though only promised by a fellow-prisoner, the young criminal listened with much attention, and began to inquire, on what foundation he could rest his hopes?"This is a point," replied his instructor, "which I will not reveal. Your business is to secure the payment of the money on your acquittal; to plead not guilty at the bar; and when discharged, to provide for your own safety; the rest of the business you are to leave with me." Shocked at the idea of pleading not guilty, in a case which he knew to be so clear, the young man hesitated to follow the advice given, since his only hope of a mitigation of punishment arose from a consciousness of his penitence, and the compassion of his prosecutors."Unless you will consent boldly to plead not guilty," replied the veteran, "I will have nothing to do with you, and you will inevitably be hanged." The hope of life being too strong for the voice of conscience, the young man consented to plead not guilty, and the affair was soon arranged.

'You have now," said the instruc tor, " nothing more to do, than to make me acquainted with every minute circumstance connected with the robbery. Give me the time, the place, the light,, the company, the dress, the conversation, with all the particulars of which you have any recollection." The young man again hesitated, being unwilling to put his

life into the hands of a villain, who had refused to confide in him even the means of his escape. This hesitation, however, was soon overcome, when he was reminded, "that without it he must die on the gallows; and that, even if this effort to save him proved ineffectual, he could but be hanged at last."

The affair having reached this crisis, they retired to a corner, where the young man communicated every circumstance of the robbery which he recollected. This, by repetition, was soon impressed upon the mind of his companion, who, by questions and observations, continued to increase his stock of information, until the day of trial arrived, which was to put his ingenuity to the test. The young man was first arraigned; and, contrary to the expectation of his prosecutor, and of most present, who had been informed of his penitence, pleaded not guilty. The evidences were then examined, and the facts were substantiated in the most unequivocal manner. The prisoner had no defence to make; and the only thing which was now wanting to ratify his doom, was the awful sentence of the judge, which he every moment expected to hear pronounced. At this eventful crisis, an unusual stir was heard among the prisoners who had not yet been brought to trial. On making inquiry into the cause of this disorder, one of them desired that the Court might be informed, he had something of importance to communicate; and desired he might be brought to the bar before sentence was pronounced on the prisoner then on his trial. He was accordingly ordered to appear, and to state what he knew relative to the affair then under consideration. This was just what he wanted; and having obtained liberty, he addressed the Court in nearly the following language:-"It is with the utmost shame that I acknowledge myself to have been, through a considerable part of my life, a most abandoned character; but my career of wickedness is now brought nearly to an end; for 1 ex

pect very shortly to forfeit my life to the violated laws of my country. But, bad as I have been, I canuot think of permitting an innocent man to die for a crime of which I have been guilty. I am the person who committed the robbery for which the prisoner is now arraigned; and am the only person who ought to suffer for it. And to prove to the satisfaction of the Court that my confession is true, I will relate all the circumstances connected with the robbery." Having said this, he began a history of the whole transaction, and entered into all the minute particulars of the time, place, manner, and conversation, &c., with which the prosecutor and his witnesses were well acquainted, and appealed to them in their turns respectively for the truth of his declarations: and finally concluded his account with a serious admonition to the witnesses, and to all, present, to be particularly careful how they swore away the life of an innocent man under a delusive train of appearances. On hearing this unexpected statement, the Court was much confused; the witnesses looked upon each other with astonishment; the prosecutor was visibly agitated; and even the judge was confounded. Recovering, however, from this surprise, the judge, after some observations, ordered the prisoner to be acquitted, and set at liberty.

In the meanwhile, the self-convicted felon was remanded, to appear and take his trial on the insuing day, for the offence which he had thus voluntarily acknowledged. On being brought to the bar on the morrow, when the usual question of Guilty or Not Guilty was put, to the utter, amazement of all present, he pleaded Not Guilty. The astonishment which this excited, was scarcely less than that which his previous confession had produced. He was then reminded of the transactions of yesterday, and admonished not to indulge fallacious hopes of escaping justice through the mere indulgence of pleading, which the lenity of the laws al lowed to persons who were accused'