and in a tone of assumed moderation, For ourselves, ladies, this matter touches us not; the disloyal minion and the frontless minx would have been forgotten in silent scorn, but that we will neither suffer our pub lic service to be neglected, nor the decency of our court to be violated. For the latter, let the name of this flirting puppet be scratched from the list of our maids; and touching this misproved and disobedient Lord Deputy, who has dared to desert his post, and return from Ireland in open defiance of our orders, we will see that he be straight way humbled; where is our secretary? let him join us forthwith in the council room.' The same evening the Earl was committed a prisoner to his chamber, and after much delay and numerous vacillations occasioned by the miserable perplexity of the Queen's mind, as she fluctuated between severity and returning tenderness, she at length publicly disgraced him, and deprived him of all his great offices and emoluments. Always haughty and ungovernable, and rendered alike desperate in fortune and in mind by these indignities, the ill-fated Earl was driven to those frantic and well-known projects of rebellion which shortly afterwards conducted him to the scaffold. The Bijou. ANECDOTE OF THE KING OF That I would not attempt, said he, were you Almansor himself; for in this dark night we might easily both be smothered in the marshes.' 'What is Almansor to you,' said the king, that you should mention his name?' What is it to me?' replied the fisherman; 6 a thousand lives, such as yours or mine, are not worth one of his least important days! No prince better deserves the affection of his subjects; and that I have for him is so great, that I love him better than myself, and yet I love myself very well.' You must have received some very considerable favours from him, or you would not talk thus.' Indeed I have not: but, in fact, what more considerable favours can we receive from a good king, than strict justice and a wise and peaceable government? Under his protection, I enjoy in peace whatever it has pleased God to bestow on me: I go into my cottage and come out of it when I please, and no person dares to injure or disturb me.-Come, you shall be my guest to night, and to-morrow I will shew your way wherever you please.' The king followed the good man to his cottage-dried himself, supAlmansor, king of Morocco, one ped with his family, and took his day lost himself while hunting. A repose till the next day, when he soon found his courtiers and the furious storm arose, and the earth was drenched with torrents of rain; company with whom he had been and, as night approached, the dark-hunting. He amply rewarded the ness rendered the tempest still more dreadful. While the king sought a place of shelter, he met with a poor fisherman, who was going to fish for eels in a neighbouring pond. Almansor accosted him, and asked fisherman, giving him his castle of Cæsar Alcubir, which afterwards became one of the finest towns in Africa, distinguished for the arts and sciences, and the cultivated manners of the inhabitants. H. R. Donne CHRONOLOGY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS DURING THE YEAR 1827. (Concluded from page 31.) APRIL. 5. His Majesty arrives in town to complete the ministerial arrange ments. -. The net produce of the quarter's revenue ended this day is 9,360,3201, 9. A meeting takes place in Westminster on the state of the supply of water in the metropolis. 10. Mr. Canning is appointed First Lord of the Treasury. 11. The Duke of Wellington sends in his resignation to his Majesty. 12. Six other members of the Cabinet send in their resignation to the King. Both Houses of Parliament adjourn for the Easter recess. 17. The Duke of Clarence is appointed Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdoms. 23. Sir J. Copley is created Lord Lyndhurst, and appointed Lord Chancellor. 24. Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Plunket, and Sir C. Abbott, are created Peers, by the several titles of Lord Goderich, Lord Plunket, and Lord Tenterden. Mr. Canning is appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer. 25. After much negotiation, a junction takes place between Mr. Canning, with his immediate friends, and the leaders of the Whig party. 27. The new Ministry is Gazettéd. 29. The King presents Lord Eldon with a silver-gilt cup, on his retirement from office. 30. His Majesty holds a Court, at which Lord Lyndhurst received the Great Seal; Mr. Canning the Seals of the Chancellor of the Exchequer; Mr. Sturges Bourne those of the Home Department; and Lord - The Deputation of the Common Council are prevented from presenting their Address to his Majesty. -. Mr. Brougham is made a King's Council. 5. The Queen of Wirtemberg arrives in England. 10. The Haytian Miring Company explodes. 12. Ascot races commence. 15. Fifty-six public and private Bills receive the Royal Assent. 16. The nuptials of the Duke of St. Albans and Mrs. Coutts are celebrated. 19. A public dinner is given to Mr. Brougham at Liverpool. 21. Forty-seven public and private Bills receive the Royal Assent, completing the number of 170 Bills for this Session, which have been passed into laws. 26. The Unitarians' Marriage Bill is carried in the Lords. 29. The case of Lord Charles Somerset is brought before the Com 1. His Majesty holds a Court at Windsor, when Mr. Huskisson is appointed Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, and Mr. Herries Chancellor of the Exchequer. 5. Snow is observed to fall at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 20. Rains are continued and heavy about this time. 21. The Royal George, of 120 guns, is launched at Chatham 25. The Rev. Robert Taylor receives the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors' Act. 26. The Aurora Borealis is visible in London with peculiar brilliancy. 29. Captain Parry arrives in London from his unsuccessful expedition to the North Pole. (To be continued.). Original Poetry. THERE'S MUSIC IN EVERY THING. 'Tis not in the harp's soft melting tone, That music and harmony dwell alone; 'Tis not in the voice so tender and clear, That comes like an angel's strain o'er the ear; They both are sweet, but o'er dalè and hill, I hear it in every murmuring breath, In the rustic's laugh, as it echoes along; In the whizzing sound of the wild bird's wing, There's music, there's music in every thing. There's music in the first love sigh, And raises the trembling blush in the cheek, And says far more than words can speak. There's music, too, in the evening breeze, When it shakes the blossoms from the trees, And wafts them into the moon-lit heaven, Like fairy barks from their anchors driven, And they, through the clear and cloudless night, Float in a waveless sea of light. There's music, too, when the winds are high, And the clouds are sailing thro' the sky; Yes, e'en in the tempest's jubilee, for me... PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J DUNCOMBE, 19 LITTLE QUEEN STREET HOLBORN: Where all Communications (post-paid) for the Editor, are requested to be addressed also by Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, Paternoster-row; Mac Phun, Glasgow Sutherland. Edinburgh; and of all other Booksellers and Newsmen. OF AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION, IN History, Science, Literature, the Fine Arts, &c. DEATH IN THE KITCHEN; OR, CORPORAL TRIM MORALIZING. Are we not here now?-continued the Corporal (striking the end of his stick perpendicularly on the floor, so as to give an idea of health and stability) and are we not' (dropping his hat upon the ground)' gone!-in a moment ?-TRISTRAM SHANDY. TRIM, thou art right!-Tis sure that I, The dreary grave!-Oh, when I think My eyes are fill'd with dismal dreams Yes, jovial butler! thou must fail, |