Engraved on the Tomb of a Leicestershire Poacher. Here lies a rascally encroacher— A man who lived and died-a Poacher! He kill'd all he could hear or see: But death could kill as well as he. So death look'd up, and saw him coming, And in the Poacher popp'd, and so-ends all his cunning. In a large company, in which the attempt of the soldiers at Maidstone to blind themselves became the subject of conversation, a gentleman asked, what could induce them to do such a thing. On which one of the party observed, it was very natural they should wish to go home to see their friends. The son of a respectable farmer, in the neighbourhood of Newmarket, had a christening on Sunday the 22d ult. at his father's house, when, after sitting a little while, and taking a glass or two of ale, one of the female gossips asked the old gentleman for a toast; who replied, with a frown, "Remember, girl, that butter is 16d. a pound." Ham and Turkey. Napoleon one day took young Jerome aside, "A ham, fat and tender, of that country's breed, "Dear brother," said he "you, who've conquer'd the world, "Have a right from your slaves, what you please to com mand, "Go permit me the honour to flavour your hand, "And to say when my tribute you sit down to eat, "Without Turkey you'll find 'twill be still incomplete." Well pleas'd at the hint-though in viands not nice, Boney jump'd up and swore "he'd try hard for a slice”. H. A Quaker's Bargain. Some months ago one of the Friends sold a cargo of timber to a gentleman in the country; just as the bargain was closed, the conscientious dealer gently touched the gentleman on his shoulder, and affirmed, that as sure as he stood there, that the timber could not be bought any where else cheaper. It so happened, however, that the purchaser had found that he was greatly over-reached in the purchase, and meeting his friend, severely expostulated with him for the trick that was played upon him, to which Broad-brim coolly replied, "thou hadst nobody to blame but thyself, for did I stand on thy shoulder when I made the affirmation ?" The Tyrolese. We are put in possession of the following particulars of the French expedition against the Tyrol, in August last, by a Saxon officer : "We had penetrated to Inspruck without great resistance; and although much was every where talked of the Tyrolese stationed, upon and round the Brenner, we gave little credit to it, thinking the rebels to have been dispersed by a short cannonade, and already considering ourselves as conquerors. Our entrance into the passes of the Brenner was only opposed by small corps, which continued falling back, after an obstinate though short resistance. Among others, I perceived a man, full eighty years old, posted against the side of a rock, and sending death amongst our ranks with every shot. Upon the Bavarians descending from behind to make him prisoner, he shouted aloud, hurrah! struck the first man to the ground with a ball, seized hold of the second, and with the ejaculation, in God's name, precipitated himself with him into the abyss below. "Marching onwards, we heard resound from the summit of a high rock: Steeven! shall I chop it off yet? To which a loud nay! reverberated from the opposite side. This was told to the Duke of Dantzic, who, notwithstanding, ordered us to advance; at the same time he prudently withdrew from the centre to the rear. The van, consisting of 4000 Bavarians, had just stormed a deep ravine, when we again heard halloo'd over our heads: Hans! for the most Holy Trinity! Our terror was completed by the reply that immediately followed :-In the name of the Holy Trinity! Cut all loose above! And ere a minute had elapsed were thousands of my comrades in arms crushed, buried, and overwhelmed, by an incredible heap of broken rocks, stones, and trees, hurled down upon us. All of us were petrified. Every one fled that could; but a shower of balls from the Tyrolese, who now rushed from the surrounding mountains, in immense numbers, and among them boys and girls of ten and twelve years of age, killed or wounded a great many of It was not till we had got these fatal mountains six leagues behind us, that we were re-assembled by the Duke, and formed into six columns. Soon after the Tyrolese appeared, headed by Hofer, the inn-keeper. After a short address from him, they gave a general fire, flung their rifles aside, and rushed upon our bayonets with only their clenched fists. Nothing could withstand their impetuosity. They darted at our feet, threw or pulled us down, strangled us, wrenched the arms from our hands, and, like enraged lions, us. killed all, French, Bavarians, and Saxons, that did not cry for quarter! By doing so, I, with 300 men, were spared, and set at liberty. "When all lay dead around, and the victory was completed, the Tyrolese, as if moved by one impulse, fell upon their knees, and poured forth the emotions of their hearts in prayer, under the canopy of Heaven; a scene so awfully solemn, that it will ever be present to my remembrance. I joined in the devotion, and never in my life did I pray more fervently." Original Anecdotes.-The following anecdotes, although of an ancient date, have lately been published, for the first time, in a French work, from which we have translated them. During the reign of Louis XIV. a rich financier's wife occupied a bench in a church on which a duchess thought proper to take a seat. Unable, however, to bear such a low neighbour, she ordered one of the King's guards, who was present, to turn her out. Her commands were obeyed, but the triumph of pride was of short duration. The financier complained of the insulting manner in which his wife had been treated to the State Minister, to whose office he belonged, and the complaint soon reached the Monarch. 1 Louis XIV. ordered the Duchess's husband to be brought before him, and after commanding his wife to beg the injured lady's forgiveness, added these remarkable words, fraught with sense, reason, |