Two dwarfs.-A man and a woman, natives of Lapland, have arrived at Grenoble : the man, 42 years old, is 3 feet 1 inch in height; the woman, his sister, aged 52, is 2 feet 11 inches high: they are both very well made, and speak the Italian language with great fluency.

Rain fallen,025 of an inch.

Sunday, 22-Thermometer from 32 to 50.
Barometer from 29, 20 to 28, 88.
till noon; afternoon and evening changeable.
Wind S. W. 4, and S. 1.-Generally raining:

Rain fallen,05 of an inch.
Monday, 23-Thermometer from 41 to 53.

Barometer from 29, 20 to 29, 322 Wind W. 2, and S. W. 3, and .-Generally cloudy; rain at times.

has not variety enough even for a farce. A hundred years in the open air without being | Saturday, 21-Thermometer from 40 to 52. sporting baronet (Blanchard) takes the wise spoiled, and has still lustre. The mosaic Barometer from 29, 48 to 29, 72. resolution of marrying his daughter (Miss work is composed of pieces of glass an inch Wind S. W. 1, and 2.-Clouds passing duBeaumont) to one of two Captains (Jones square, cut in the form of a wedge, and a ring the morning, the rest of the day clear. and Abbot) who starting fair from their quar-plate of gold is laid on them. ters shall arrive first at his mansion. The contrivances and jostling of the rivals in this exploit, aggravated by the stratagems of their common servant (Liston), constitute the whole machinery; and from the beginning to the end, it is merely a repetition of the same principle, and almost of the same incidents. No interest is raised, and there is very little fun to laugh at, though the performers did all they could, and those we have mentioned, as the public well knows, can do much with very scanty opportunities. Miss Love made her first curtsey at this house in a simple character, Phoebe; and was received in the kindest manner. Master Longhurst sung a delicious little melody "Fly all away," which needs but to be published to become an extremely popular air.

ITALIAN DIALECTS.-At the present moment, when the subject possesses extra-ordinary public interest, we copy from the Oxford Herald the following specimens of the three principal Italian dialects; those spoken at Genoa, at Milan, and at Venice. They differ from the real Italian (spoken by the welleducated) so much, that they might be regarded as very different languages. The specimens consist of the Lord's Prayer, extracted from that learned work of Adelung, of which Gazette.-The proper Italian is as follows:an account was given in a late Literary cato il tuo nome; il tuo regno venga; la tua Padre nostro, che sei ne' cieli, sia santifi

Rain fallen,35 of an inch.
Tuesday, 24-Thermometer from 40 to 50.
Barometer from 29, 09 to 29, 884.
Wind S. W.-Afternoon clear, the rest of

the day cloudy and showery.

Wednesday, 25-Thermometer from 37 to 52.
Rain fallen,125 of an inch.

Barometer from 29, 16 to 29, 49. Wind W. 2, and Middle of the day clear; morning and evening cloudy.

Rain fallen,35 of an inch. On Tuesday 31st, at 52 minutes, 22 seconds. after 7 o'clock, the 2nd Satellite of Jupiter will emerge from an eclipse.

[Since writing this, we observe the farce is defunct: it is hard upon us that we dare hardly (now a days) write a dramatic CRITIQUE early in the week, without imuninent peril of having it, volantà sia fatta in terra, come in cielo; dacci nutes, 21 seconds after 7 o'clock, the 1st Satel

before the end, converted into an EPITAPH— "Sic transit Gloria pegmatis."]

VARIETIES.

A collection of rare animals has lately been landed at Marseilles, for the Menagerie at Paris. Among them are four crocodiles from three to four feet long, an ostrich of Galam, and a beautiful marine tiger (tigre marin), the only one in Europe.

Antiquarian researches.-M. Cousinery formerly Consul of France in Turkey, is reported to be on the point of undertaking a Journey into Lower Asia, which will be highly important to the Arts. His intention is to study the antiquities of that country, and to cause excavations to be made among the ruins of the ancient Magnesia, on the banks of the Meander, from which it is hoped that many interesting archæological discoveries will be made.

THE CASTLE OF MARIENBURG IN PRUSSIA.

The Castle of Marienburg was built by the Knights of the Teutonic order, in the time of their prosperity. This splendid and remarkable edifice had suffered severely, not so much by the injuries of time, as by gross negligence, and by being frequently employed for the most common purposes. The French, if we are rightly informed, used it for a magazine, and even converted part of it into stabling for their cavalry. As soon, however, as the Prussian monarchy regained its independance, it was resolved to restore this noble monument of antiquity to its pristine splendour, and considerable progress has been made in it this summer. They will soon proceed to the repair of the great statue of the Virgin, which is placed outside of the church. It is 25 feet 4 inches high, and that of the infant Jesus is nearly 6 feet. It is in a niche of blue and gold, formed of mosaic work, as well as the statue. It is a work unique in its kind, mosaics being geDerally flat surfaces. It has stood for three

oggi il nostro pane quotidiano; e rimettici
i nostri debiti, come noi ancora li rimettiamo
a' nostri debitori; e non c'indurre in tenta-
zione; ma liberaci dal male.-Amen.

GENOA.-Poe nostro, che sei nei ze, u
vostro nome seja santificao; vegna u vostro
regno; si faza u vostra voentè, come in ze,
deemè anchè; e perdonè a nui i nostri debiti,
cosi in terra; u pane nostro quotidiano
ci lasciè cadè ne tentaziuin; ma liberateci da
come nui perdonemo i nostri debitur; e no.

ma.-Amen.

MILAN.-Padri nes, che sei ne' cieli, cas sia santificau tuo nom; cas viegna il tuo Reg; cas faghiasi la tua volontà, com in ciel, cosi in terra; pagn nes di ogni di denel inki; e rimetì a noi i nes debet, come noi a nes debitor faghium; e non ec lase cascà mighia in tentazion; ma liberen dal male.— Amen.

VENICE.-Pare nostro, che si nel zielo, sia
sia fatta la volantá tua, siccome in zielo, cosi
santificà el nome tuo; vegna el regno tuo;
in terra; el pane nostro quotidiano dene ozi
e rimetti a nu i nostri debiti siccome nu li
rimettemo a nostri debitori; e non ne induci
in tentazione; ma liberene dal male.-
Amen.

notorious as being the worst Patois in all
The language of Como and Bergamo is
Italy.

METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL.

On Wednesday November the 1s, at 42 milite of Jupiter will emerge from an eclipse. Edmonton, Middlesex. JOHN ADAMS.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. The compositions from Huddersfield (sent by BB-) seem to have little to recommend them except the distress of the writer, to which, we should be happy to administer some slight relief, though we do not feel justified in inserting the

verses,

Circumstances induce us to postpone the commencement of the series of papers to be called The Shadow, till the new year. For that period we have stored several communications. If Satan pleases to keep his word for once, and send his second Epistle, his correspondence shall Any one in want of a ton of bad poetry, may appear separately in the interim.

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What then can I, while o'er my morn of life
Dull clouded winter holds her surly reign,
And cank'ring cares and fears increase the strife
My straighten'd wishes in my soul maintain,
What then can I, the words yet doubly sweet
Had met those eyes, which vainly must eye you,
I'd caught the words fresh with their balmy dew.
Tho' from thy lips themselves,love's fav'rite seat,
Then Juliet, tho' most tenderly, sincerely,
Humbly, adoringly, I bend the knee,
And swear that swain never half so dearly
Loved, as I am willing to love thee.
If, as she ought, fortune would act fairly,
And change as I could wish my destiny;
But as it is, heart broken I recline-
Old Romeo's fortune it was bliss to mine!

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1820.

REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS.

Letters written during a Tour through Normandy, Britanny, and other parts of France, in 1818, &c. By Mrs. Charles Stothard. London, 1820. 4to. pp. 322.

out of order, therefore, we shall commence
Bretons, and conclude with what we may
our selections with matter relative to the
have to say on the subject of Normandy.
On the former topic Mrs. Stothard says-

"We expect much pleasure from our
projected excursion into Britanny A gram-
mar has been lent to me of the language of
the people; many French words have been
can judge, very like the Welsh, and I hear
ingrafted upon it; but it appears, as far as
that the inhabitants of Britanny, and of
Wales, understand each others' tongue."

I

Her first impressions are not, however, of a pleasing sort. The next letter from Rennes proceeds

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striking; little rocks and fortified islands appear in the midst of the sea, as far as the eye can distinguish distant objects. It was more found ourselves in a comfortable inn at five o'clock in the afternoon, when we once St. Malo; and at three in the morning we again commenced another tiresome journey. At noon we passed the charmingly situated town of Hedée, where, upon a high rock remains of a castle, that formerly belonged rising amidst the finest woods, stand the to the Duchess Anne. It was here that I may say, I had the first view of the people of Bretagne, in all their native wildness; the carriage rested in the market place, and gave me full time to consider the strange appearance of those who were to us a new particularly characterises the men, is greatly race of beings. The wild look which more increased by their wearing their hair long and loose; they have a most uncivilized and rude air, and seem in a state of extreme poverty. A boy came up to the carriage, and appeared anxious to induce us to buy the fruit he held in a basket; as we could not speak gave him a small piece of money, intending to him in his own language (the Patois), we to purchase some fruit; he looked surprised, and would actually have emptied the whole contents of his basket in return, could we have taken it. I afterwards found, that this would have been less than the value of what we gave him, so extremely cheap are all kinds of fruit and provisions in Britanny; their labour being paid in the same proporbut this is of little advantage to the people, tion. We continued our fatiguing journey from Hedée, and at five in the afternoon arrived at Rennes, after having had very little rest from travelling in such dreadful roads, during eight-and-forty hours."

portion of the book is its only trite feature; for all the rest (not accounting sundry Norman anticipations by Mr. Turner likely to be From Paris the tourists went to Bayeux, generally familiar) is replete with novelty. and thence into Britanny, passing through Coutances, Avranches, Granville, Dol, St. Malo, Rennes, (the capital of Upper BreWe could hardly have imagined that tagne) Ploermel, Hennebon, Auray, Vana French Tour, after all that have gone Paris by Tours and Orleans. During their nes, Nantes, Angers, Saumur, and back to before, could have been made so pleas- Bretagne course, in particular, the country ing and so interesting as the present, and its inhabitants offered a great deal worwhich does infinite honour to her ta- thy of notice; and it is here that we feel lents, and has added another of our fair most forcibly the power of interesting us countrywomen to the list of distinguish-possessed by the writer. Though somewhat ed female writers. Mrs. C. Stothard is the wife of the artist, whom we mentioned in a recent review of Mr. D. Turner's Normandy, as being employed by the Antiquarian Society to copy the famous Bayeux Tapestry, and she accompanied him in his excursion to execute that commission. But besides a residence of two months at Bayeux, our travellers visited many parts of Normandy and Britanny very little frequented by English, though not only extremely curious in a modern point of view, but thick sown with historical recollections of the most striking nature. "Surely never were there worse roads, On these places Mrs. S. has remarked than those we have passed: if they be a spewith all the lively acuteness of her sex, doubt if we return home without being cimen of what we have yet to come, I much and produced a volume of local and his- maimed. Sometimes a sudden jerk threw torical description of an exceedingly us from our seats, or tossed our heads agreeable kind; in which the entertain-against the roof of the carriage, which I ing labours of the pen are illustrated by never expected to get here without breaking many very beautiful specimens of archi- down. tecture, costume, &c. from the pencil of "I wrote my last letter to you from Avher husband. Upon the whole, making at midnight, and breakfasted the next morning remarked how much even the better class ranches. We quitted that charming place "Since we have been at Rennes, we have allowance for a few slight inaccuracies at Dol, en Bretagne, where an entirely new of people differ from the French; they have in style, and one or two short digres- scene presented itself; for the dirt and not the least trait of their complaisance, but sions, we have to express our entire misery of the people exhibited a state of ex-address you in a rough and brutal way. We admiration of this work; and announce istence so comfortless and wretched, that I have observed also their excessive dislike of it to our readers as one eminently cal- could scarcely fancy then the inhabitants of the English; and I cannot here omit relating culated to amuse them from its mana civilized country. Dol is an ancient Gothic a trifling incident that will serve to illustrate town; ner, and delight them with its embel-state; their Gothic fronts, supported by believe they are all very much alike. I was the shops still remain in their original the character of gentlemen Bretons, for I lishments. short massy ornamented columns, that unite yesterday making a sketch of Port St. with each other, and form the streets into George, an ancient gateway in the outskirts colonnades. We continued our route, and of the town, when several persons, habited the carriage after passing through an arm of like gentlemen, came up, and very uncerethe sea entered St. Malo, a fine town, adja- moniously placed themselves about me. I cent to the island of Jersey. It is surround-imagine they consider it impossible a fo ed by ramparts and strong towers, that still remain entire; these were erected more than four hundred years since: they exhibit a very perfect specimen of the strongly fortified, and walled towns of former ages. The view from St. Malo is peculiar, and

And again

lishwomen were little creatures. This re- | hands, watching their cows and goats. The only cyder, it is expressed in Britanny by mark introduced a conversation upon the Bretons dwell in huts, generally built of hanging a few apples to the side of the bush. general character of our nation, which they mud; men, pigs, and children live all toge. Here the horses were to rest two hours, abused in good set terms,' without moving ther, without distinction, in these cabins of during which time we proposed regaling from their station. As I resolved to finish accumulated filth and misery. The people ourselves with something like a dinner. Upmy drawing, 1 mustered up courage suf- are, indeed, dirty to a loathed excess, and to on entering the inn, the first view of the inficient to continue it, without heeding their this may be attributed their unhealthy, and terior made me start back; for I had never rudeness; till one of them, wishing to gra- even cadaverous aspect. Their manners are seen any thing at all similar to it before. tify his curiosity by staring me in the face, as wild and savage as their appearance: the Some faggots were blazing in a ruined chimplaced himself between me and the object I only indication they exhibit of mingling ney, by the side of which stood a miserable was delineating. I motioned with my hand at all with civilized creatures, is, that bed, where an old man sick of the gout was for him to move; but this he did not, or whenever they meet you, they bow their sitting up; the tortures of his disorder (for would not understand. I then, in few heads, or take off their hats in token of re- the fit was upon him) gave to a naturally words, civilly begged him to get out of the spect. I could not have supposed it possi- fierce and savage countenance, a malignant way. Immediately one of them exclaimed, ble that human nature endured an existence and dreadful expression; his complaints She speaks French, do all the women in so buried in dirt, till I came into this pro-burst forth in accents of impatient execraEngland speak French? I took no notice vince. The common people are apparently tion, unchecked by the presence of strangers. of this, determined that I would not give up in the very lowest state of poverty. In The curtains of his bed hung in tattered an English spirit, and be driven from my some part of Britanny the men wear a goat rags, festooned by spiders, that crawled scat by impertinence. These Breton gentle- skin dress, and look not unlike De Foe's de- about, and made their intricate web upon the men then entered into a fresh discourse upon scription of Robinson Crusoe. The furry pendant shreds of the decayed hangings. A French and English literature, and agreed part of this dress is worn outside: it is slush pool, in the centre of the room, served that all we possessed was borrowed from the made with long sleeves, and falls nearly be- the double purpose of a receiving hole for French, and that our best editions of Shak-low the knees. Their long shaggy hair foul water, and a pond for the ducks, who speare, were a translation from Voltaire, hangs dishevelled about their shoulders, the enjoyed themselves by paddling about in it. who had given him beauties of his own, head being covered by a broad flapped straw A hen-roost stood above a larder of viands, which the original never possessed. Whilst or beaver hat. Some few of the Bretons go beneath which a fowl was hatching her they were thus displaying their knowledge of without shoes or stockings: but the genera-young upon a sort of dung-hill. To think of such wonderful literary mysteries, a French lity wear sabots, and thrust straw into them, dining was impossible; we begged to be officer came up, who knew these men, and to prevent the feet being rubbed by the shewn into some other room, and inquired seemed surprised at their intrusion. He pressure of the wood. You frequently see if they could give us bread and coffee. We begged them to remove, and politely apolo- the women, both old and young, sauntering were usherd into an apartment quite in chagized for their impertinence; assuring me along the fields with the distaff, employed in racter with the rest of the house. After dethat he was no Breton, and that if I knew spinning off the flax. The girls carry milk siring that the nearly broken down chairs the people as he did, I should find them the upon their heads, in a vessel of rather an might be wiped, (a caution very necessary most brutal mannered, either in France, or elegant form, somewhat resembling the before venturing to sit down,) we ordered a any other country. common Roman household vessels. fire, and had at least the comfort of warming "We continued travelling, in the hope of ourselves, for all hope of refreshment vanishcoming into some town or village, where we ed as soon as the repast appeared. The might obtain refreshment; for, in con- bread was full of sand, that gritted between sequence of leaving Rennes so early, we the teeth, and so sour that I could not taste a had not breakfasted, and, unfortunately, my second piece; the coffee bore no resemblance little basket, from neglect, was unsupplied. to that beverage, excepting the brownYou may imagine, therefore, that the postil-coloured tinge, but seemed a mixture of lion's annunciation of a town being in sight, dirty water and sugar. We resigned it after was most agreeable intelligence to persons the first taste, and paid for looking at such numbed with cold, and sick for want of food. fare, as we could not be said to partake of it, Accordingly at noon we arrived at Pleilan, the sum of four francs; while some French to us the land of promise, and, like many travellers below, were regaled in like manner such lands, afforded only disappointment, for twelve sous each. One of these travelaugmented by the comfortable hopes we had lers had the charity to give me a bunch of indulged. The horses, who, from custom, grapes, which, with the addition of some knew their resting-place, jogged on at a full raw chesnuts that Mr. S- pulled from the trot, that was soon abated by the mud, trees as we journeyed on, was all the rethrough which they had to wade in passing freshment we could procure from five in the down the village street. Pleilan consists of morning till ten o'clock the same night, a few miserable houses, inhabited by the when we got into Ploermel. I cannot help pallid and dirty natives of Bretagne. Before thinking how useful a moral lesson a day's their doors several children, covered only by starvation would be to those who have plenty, a few tattered garments, were paddling for and a daily meal; that they may experience very sport, in the pool of slush that flooded the misery arising from the want of food, the street; their savage manners and wretch-and learn to pity and feel for the needy who ed looks, begrimed as they were with dirt, have none." gave them the appearance of little imps appertaining to some lower world.

"The excessive dislike the people of Britanny bear towards the English, is to be attributed, in a principal degree, to the idea they have formed, and yet entertain, respecting the conduct of England in the affair of Quiberon Bay, where our administration landed during the war a number of French emigrants to join the royalists. These unfortunate persons were all slaughtered in the action that ensued, and the French government, always desirous of disseminating amongst the people a hatred towards the English, caused a report to be circulated in Britanny, that we had sent the emigrants to Quiberon, for the purpose of being there murdered. I was walking yesterday with Mr. Sin Rennes, when he stopped at the door of a shop, to examise a large map of Britanny. Mr. S-- looking for Auray, traced his finger along the map, till he paused at the mark of the celebrated druidical remain; and, turning to tne, said, There is Carnac. An officer who chanced to be passing at the moment, came up to him, and, with a fierce look, placed his own finger upon the map, exclaiming, And there is Quiberon !"

A subsequent letter finishes the picture of Breton brutality. Going froin Rennes to Ploermel, Mrs. S. writes

"We continued our journey in this wildly picturesque country, passing through thick forests of chesnut trees, with which Britanny abounds. By the road's side, or in the fields, many wretchedly dirty looking women were loitering, with the distaff in their

"We stopped at the entry of what is termed an inn, distinguished by the bush suspended over the door. At most of the inns in this country, they hang out such a signal, to denote that wine is sold within. This custom, now almost obsolete in England, reminds us of the old proverb, Good wine needs no bush ;' but, if in the inns, they sell

(To be continued.)

AMERICAN INDIANS.

"No chief pays any attention to reports, though they may carry with them the marks of truth. Until he is officially and in due

From a historical view of the Indian nations, containing an account of their manners, &c. read to the American Philosophical Society, by Mr. Heckewelder,

most six weeks in the year, that of the me continues the whole year round.

n

form apprised of the matter, he will, if | neighbourhood. In an obscure part of a questioned on the subject, reply that he had wood, he saw at a distance something black not heard it. It will, until then, be con- moving, which he took for a bear, the whole "When a couple is newly married, the sidered by him as the song of a bird which of the animal not being visible to him; he husband (without saying a single word upon had flown by; but as soon as he is officially fired, and found he had shot a black horse. the subject) takes considerable pains to informed, through a string of wampum from Having discovered the mistake, he informed please his wife, and by repeated proofs of some distant chief or leading man of the the owner of what had happened, expressing his skill and abilities in the art of hunting, nation, whose situation entitles him to re- at the same time his regret that he was not to make her sensible that she can be happy ceive credit, he then will say: "I have heard possessed of a single horse, with which he with him, and that she will never want while it;" and acts accordingly." could replace the one he had shot. What! they live together. At break of day he will replied the Indian whose horse had been be off with his gun, and often by breakfast killed, do you think I would accept a horse time return home with a deer, turkey, or from you, though you had one to give, after some other game. He endeavours to inake you have satisfied me that you killed mine it appear that it is in his power to bring proby accident? No, indeed! for the same mis-visions home whenever he pleases, and his fortune might also happen to me. wife, proud of having such a good hunter for her husband, does her utmost to serve and make herself agreeable to him."

"Their belts of wampum are of different dimensions, both as to the length and breadth. White and black wampum are the kinds they use; the former denoting that which is good, as peace, friendship, good will, &c., the latter the reverse; yet occasionally the black also is made use of on peace errands, "An aged Indian who had gone out to when the white cannot be procured; but shoot a turkey, mistook a black hog in the previous to its being produced for such pur-bushes for one of those birds, and shot him; "The more a man does for his wife, the pose, it must be daubed all over with chalk, finding out by enquiry to whom the hog be- more he is esteemed, particularly by the white clay, or any thing which changes the longed, he informed the owner of the mis-women, who will say: "This man surely colour from black to white. The pipe of take he had made, offering to pay for the loves his wife." Some men at their leisure peace, being either made of a black or red hog; which the other, however, not only hours make bowls and ladles, which, when stone, must also be whitened before it is pro- would not accept of, but having brought the finished, are at their wives' disposal." duced and smoaked out of on such occa-meat in, gave him a leg of the animal, be- "In the year 1762, I was witness to a resions." cause he thought that the unfortunate man,markable instance of the disposition of Inas well on account of his disappointment, indians to indulge their wives. There was a not feasting on turkey as he expected soon famine in the land, and a sick Indian woman to do when he shot the hog, as for his ho- expressed a great desire for a mess of Indian nesty in informing of what he had done, was corn. Her husband having heard that a entitled to a share of what he had killed." trader at Lower Sandusky had a little, set off on horseback for that place, one hundred miles distant, and returned with as much corn as filled the crown of his hat, for which he gave his horse in exchange, and came home on foot, bringing his saddle back with him. (To be continued.)

"A black belt with the mark of a hatchet made on it with red paint, is a war belt, which when sent to a nation together with a twist or roll of tobacco, is an invitation to join in a war. If the nation so invited smoke of this tobacco and say it smokes well, they Marriages among the Indians are not, have given their consent, and are from that as with us, contracted for life; it is undermoment allies. If however they decline stood on both sides that the parties are not smoking, all further persuasion would be of to live together any longer than they shall no effect; yet it once happened, that war mes-be pleased with each other. The husband sengers endeavoured to persuade and com- may put away his wife whenever he pleases, pel a nation to accept the belt, by laying it and the woman may in like manner abandon on the shoulders or thigh of the chief, who, her husband. Therefore the connexion is however, after shaking it off without touching not attended with any vows, promises, or it with his hands, afterwards, with a stick, ceremonies of any kind. An Indian takes a threw it after them, as if he threw a snake wife as it were on trial, determined, however, or toad out of his way." in his own mind, not to forsake her, if she be"The Indians judge with calmness on all haves well, and particularly if he has chiloccasions, and decide with precision, or en-dren by her. The woman, sensible of this, deavour so to do, between an accident and a does on her part every thing in her power to wilful act ;-the first (they say) they are all please her husband, particularly if he is a liable to commit, and therefore it ought not to good hunter or trapper, capable of maintainbe noticed, or punished;-the second being ing her by his skill and industry, and proa wilful or premeditated act, committed with tecting her by his strength and courage. a bad design, ought on the contrary to receive due punishment.