Befides which, feveral gentlemen, ftruck with his extraordinary oeconomy, winked at his going over their manors with his moderate pack. "Accident has, fince, removed this uncommon man to Lewes, in Suffex, where, on the fame ftipend, he continues to maintain the fame family. Curiofity led me to vifit this extraordinary party, about their dinner time. The two legged part of it were clean, though not fuperfluously clothed, and feemed to live like brothers with the furrounding animals. It looked, in fhort fomewhat like the golded age. Mr. O. himself feemed and acted like the father of the quadrupeds, as well as the bipeds, and as fuch, decided with the utmost impartiality, for Master Jacky having taken a bone from Jowler, he commanded inftant reftitution. And, on the other hand, Doxy, having fnatched a piece of liver from Mits Dorothea, was obliged, on the spot, to reftore it to the young lady. “On enquiry, I found that Mr. O. was the younger fon of a gen tleman of good family, but fmall fortune, in the North of England, and that having imprudently married one of his father's fervants, he was turned out of doors, with no other fortune than a fouthern hound, big with pup, whofe offspring has face been a fource of profit and amusement to him." F. G. "The writer of the above letter has informed the editor, that this very extraordinary character has lately refided, with the fame family, at Croydon, in Surrey.” Different ANECDOTES illuftrating the Force of GRATITUDE. T [From the fame Work.} HERE is a fpecies of grate ful remorse, which fometimes has been known to operate forcibly on the minds of the most hardened in impudence. Towards the beginning of this century, an actor, celebrated for mimicry, was to have been employed by a comic author, to take off the perfon, the manner, and the fingularly auk. ward delivery of the celebrated Dr. Woodward, who was intended to be introduced on the stage in a laughable character. The mimic dreff ed himself as a countryman, and waited on the doctor with a long catalogue of ailments, which he faid attended on his wife. The phyfician heard with amazement, diseases and pains of the most oppofite na eure, repeated and redoubled on the wretched patient. For, fince the actor's greatest with was to keep Dr. Woodward in his company, as long as poffible, that he might make the more obfervations on his geftures, he loaded his poor imaginary fpoufe with every infirmity, which had any probable chance of prolonging the interview. At length, being become completely malter of his errant, he drew from his purse a guinea, and with a scrape, made an uncouth offer of it. "Put up thy money, poor fellow," cried the doctor, "put up thy money. Thou haft need of all thy cafh and all thy patience too, with fuch a bundle of difeafes tied to thy back." "The actor returned to his em. ployer, and recounted the whole converfation, with fuch true feeling of of the phyfician's character, that the author fcreamed with approbation. His raptures were foon checked, for the mimic told him with the emphafis of fenfibility, that he would fooner die than proftitute his talents to the rendering fuch genuine humanity, a public laughing ftock. "A more grotefque inftance of the fudden power of gratitude, may be adduced in a modern Kentifh anecdote, perfectly well attested. "A parfon Patten, of Whitstable, was well known in his own neighbourhood, as a man of great oddity, great humour, and equally great extravagance. Once, ftanding in need of a new wig, his old one defying all farther affiftance of art; he went over to Canterbury, and applied to a barber, young in the bufinefs, to make him one. The tradefman, who was just going to dinner, begged the honour of his new customer's company at his meal, to which Patten most readily confented. After dinner a large bowl of punch was produced, and the reverend gueft, with equal readinefs joined in its demolition. When it was out, the barber was proceeding to bufinefs, and began to handle his meafure, when Mr. Patten defired him to defift, faying he should not make his wig. "Why not," exclaimed the astonished host, “have I done any thing to offend you, Sir?" "Not in the leaft," replied the guest," I find you are a very horfeit, good-natured, fellow; fo I will take fomebody elfe in. Had you made it, you would never have been paid for it." POE POETRY. ODE on His MAJESTY's BIRTH-DAY By the Rev. T. WARTON, B. D. Poet-Laureat. S when the demon of the fummer-storm Walks forth, the noontide landscape to deform; Athwart the watry welkin glide, And streams th' aerial torrent far and wide: Th' illumin'd mountain glows awhile, Such was the changeful conflict, that poffefs'd She felt her monarch's aweful fate!- And J And bending from her fapphire cloud, Bade this bleft dawn with beams aufpicious fpring, O favour'd king, what rapture more refin'.', For thus to thee when Britons bow, Such pure unprompted praife do kingdoms pay, To Latian rulers dealt of yore, Here, kindling with her country's warmth, the Muse, N 3 HYMN HYMN to the GENIUS of ODOURS. By BOCAREZ the Arabian Poet: tranflated by SIR WILLIAM JONES. Soft Pow'r of Sweetness! hither blow, But do not touch thofe piercing eyes, Soft Pow'r of Sweetnefs! Mirza's breast Bliss to the wild unconquer'd bands, Fair |