May plight his faith to Maids who love:
By oft repeating makes us believe
Those vows are true, tho' false they prove,
These false vows plighted,
We are delighted

To pay in kind such Swains as these ;
Tho' we believe them,
We can deceive them,
For we can do whiche'er we please.

so constant to them as they ought to be, Airs and concerted Pieces that were selected endeavours to provide a substitute for the disdetermine, as an experiment to try their from Mozart and other Composers of emi-gusting exhibitions of slang and vulgarity with faith, that each shall address himself to the nence, as bad as it well could be; but bad which we have been of late so freely indulged. other's mistress, and report to one another as that was, it was quite good enough for The part of Simpson was upon this occasion the reception they may meet with. This the poetry it had to illustrate, which, of a assigned to Mr. Farren; and although it is design, which is overheard by Anselmo (Mer- truth, appears to be the most wretched doggrel not precisely in his general line of acting, yet cer,) is detailed to the young Ladies, who, ever put to paper. The acting, on the other he performed the character with great spirit, for the sake of tormenting their lovers, re- hand, was excellent throughout. Braham, and gave a most ludicrous representation of ceive their addresses with an apparent degree Miss Stephens, and Madame Vestris, were the unmerited distress in which the worthy of favour, and after a little entreaty, give up all in fine voice, and exerted themselves with citizen found himself involved, and of which their respective portraits. The Count and a zeal that would have well become a better he could hit upon no natural solution in his his friend being now convinced that their cause. Liston, although his fops are not own unsuspecting, straight-forward and inmistresses are unfaithful, tear themselves generally his best parts, contrived to make genuous mind. The scene in which he appears away, and proceed to a village a few miles himself tolerably amusing; whilst Dowton at last to have discovered the clue to the off, where the ceremony of choosing the Rose and Terry, in the two Old Men, were well whole affair, and is determined to have Queen from the most virtuous of its maidens contrasted to each other in appearance and what he calls a "Hoax of his own in reis about to take place. Here, however, they address, and descanted upon their favourite turn," was most admirably worked up, and both fall in love with Pauline (Madame Ves- topic with characteristic energy; and Knight his by-play throughout the whole was exceltris,) a pretty villager, who pretends to favour and Harley, the one as the jealous rustic, lent. Cooper was a very good representhem, and appoints a meeting with both, on and the other as the village schoolmaster, tative of the young and gay Bourgeois, and the same evening, in her father's garden. were equally at home. Upon the fall of the played with his accustomed ease: it is the Matilde and Emile, in the mean time, learn- curtain, which was not till after eleven o'clock, best comic part he has yet attempted. Mrs. ing what has become of their admirers, fol- it was announced for repetition, but with Gibbs was very entertaining in Mrs. Simpson, low them in the disguise of gipsies, and some opposition: the contents, however, evi- and the querulous tone of voice she occachancing to meet with Jerome (Dowton,) the dently prevailed. We subjoin the whole of sionally assumed in the jealous scenes mafather of Pauline, who is the Village Mayor, a serious, and the better part of a comic terially heightened the effect. Miss Chester inform him that two wandering Troubadours Song, as specimens of the versification, as- was the Mrs. Bromley, and a more engaging are lurking about his house with the inten- suring our readers that we have been im- and fascinating representation of" one of the tion of carrying off his daughter; in conse- partial in the selection: prettiest wives in the city," we have never quence of which the old man watches them, The sighing Swain who will deceive, seen. Her long illness, we are happy to find, and at the place of assignation seizes them has by no means impaired her beauty, although and sends them to prison. After having been we thought that her voice (which, by the way, confined for some time, Philander makes his was always rather thin) was something weaker escape, and is proceeding to the Count's than formerly; practice, however, and a concastle to fetch some of his retainers to his tinuance of good health, will soon restore it rescue, when he is met by his own and his to its proper tone. Miss Love's Mrs. Fitzfriend's mistress, who come to the Mayor's allan was altogether too knowing; her eyes house, explain every thing to his entire satisare we dare say very fine ones, but she is too faction, and the Piece concludes with the conscious of it, and makes too much use of union of the lovers. There is also a sort of them; she was also too extravagantly dressed underplot, arising from Jerome, and Pierre for a lady who has been recently widowed. (Terry,) two peasants, who pursue different Mrs. Pearse was but a very wretched sort of modes in the education of their daughters, French woman; but we forbear visiting her the one acting the indulgent father, the other offences with the censure they deserve, be the severe one. But it turns out that the cause she acted only as a substitute. The result of both systems is the same,-the one part, we learn, was sent to Mrs. Chatterley, having a lover, Blaise (Knight,) unknown to but she declined appearing in it; a circumher father; and the other being privately stance that surprises us, for it is completely married to Anselmo, equally without the in her way and manner, and we are satisfied knowledge of hers. Upon this foundation, a she would have played it well. part of which is taken from Joconde and the Ballet of the Prince Troubadour, another part Progress of Lying.-Even with our knowfrom a French piece called Les deux Philiberts, ledge of what passes behind the curtain (both and another still from every Play and Farce We have been much gratified by witnessing theatrically, and in respect to periodical pubwe have ever seen or read, the author, Mr. the performance of Simpson and Co. for the lications,) we are sometimes surprised at the Beazley, has erected a superstructure to which first time at this Theatre. It appears to us to minute and circumstantial forms in which the he has been pleased to give the title of a Comic be, without exception, the neatest, the smart- lies of the day are circulated. We often meet Opera. It will easily be perceived, however, est, and the most finished petite-comedy that persons in the street who ought, according to that it has little or no pretensions to the has been produced for many years. Here report, to be in bed at the point of death from name it has assumed, the characters being are no wretched paranomasial associations, inflammation of the lungs, brought on by eatbut slightly and imperfectly sketched, and as they are called, to create a laugh in "some ing ice in the warm supper rooms of A. B. C., the situations, with one or two exceptions quantity of barren spectators;" no legitimate or some equally explicit disease traced to an only, any thing but comic. The light Co-descendants of our old friend "Joe," tor- equally notorious fact: nay, the other day we medies of the French School, indeed, from tured and disguised in every variety of shape saw, to our amazement, a friend, who had died which our dramatic writers draw so largely, to please the galleries,-no boxing,-no Tom in the preceding week, driving a cabriolet, are very well as far as the extent of a single and Jerrying,-in short, none of the ingre- and started with horror when he offered to Act or a single Scene; but when their meagre dients that by common consent seem now to shake us by the hand. But the Stage is of plots and trifling incidents come to be stretch-form the materials of a modern drama, and all others the most prolific source of current ed out into three long Acts, we cannot much the utmost resources of the farce-writers of falsehoods, and an instance of this kind led marvel if an English audience who have been the day. But, in the room of all these, we us into these remarks. For the last fortnight accustomed to something more substantial, have genuine comic incidents, and situations we heard in every company where the drama and to a broader style of humour, should find ingeniously and artfully arranged; equivoques was spoken of, and frequently from Perthem insipid, and turn from them either with bearing all the marks of truth and probability, formers who ought to have been well informed indifference or contempt. Philandering, there- and characters such as we meet with every on such matters, a very particular story of a fore, although it was heard patiently to the day in common life in the most trifling degree, deadly quarrel between Messrs. Elliston and end, excited but little merriment, and con- only overstepping their usual bounds, to fit Macready. It run shortly thus, though a long tributed but little to our amusement. The them for the places they are to occupy for the tale in the telling:-M. in the Green Room, music, from which, in consequence of its amusement of the audience. The author, in- full of actors, expressed his dislike to play Rob having been so much puffed, great expecta- deed, deserves the very best thanks of the Roy, a melo-dramatic character, for his last tions were formed, was, if we except those public for this dramatic morceau, and for his night till Easter, at Drury Lane. E. pet

But for want of children, we
Never had a family,

For which Mrs. L she would sigh;
So she took a little school,
And to follow such a rule,
For the matter of that, so did I.

But, alas! one rainy day
She talk'd her breath away,
And when the breath is out, one must die:
"Tis pity, yet 't is true,

Yet just the same must you,
For the matter of that, so must I.

COVENT GARDEN.

We have neither foreign news nor home murders this week. The sudden death of Mr. Marryat, M.P., and the author of several pamphlets, chiefly on Colonial Policy, is the only incident to record.

come.

VARIETIES.

the extension of your benign act to my race,
and eternally oblige your faithful follower
A POODLE PUPPY.

A curious exhibition is announced in Paris; an actor of a novel species is given out in the bills of the conjuror Comte. A puppet, the LITERARY NOVELTIES. work of that celebrated mechanist, M. MaëlScottish and Irish Publishers, especially the former, zel, is to take its part in a forthcoming little comedy. M. Emile Vanderbuch is the author do themselves material injury by not having such of their works as receive a favourable Review in the Literary of the words to be said and sung by the won-Gazette, appointed to be sold by some Bookseller in derful doll. What a prospect of immortality London. We have had fifty applications within the last for the writer, poet laureate to the Automa- fortnight for books which we have noticed, but which are not to be got here by parties desirous of purchasing them. tons.-Paris Journal. A Dissertation on the Gowrie Conspiracy is being prepared for the press by James Logan, with an exaand embracing Biographical Memoirs of the ancient mination of Logan of Restalrig's alleged participation, families of Ruthven and Logan.

Mr. Joseph Gwilt is preparing to publish, in Six Parts, the Decorative part of Civil Architecture. From the a fourth edition of Sir William Chambers' Treatise on acknowledged talents of the editor, we anticipate much from his Notes on this valuable work, and from an Essay on Grecian Architecture, which he also promises.

Theatrical Coup.-A fellow named Martial, describing himself as an artist and dramatic author for one of the inferior theatres about Paris, was lately convicted of stealing some silver dishes. Just as sentence was about to be pronounced, he drew a knife from under his clothes and stabbed himself desperately in the breast. He fell, the court was in conMr. J. Williams, Editor of the last Edition of Blacksternation,-women fainted,-a doctor was called. He approached the wounded or dead stone's Commentaries, is about to publish a new edition man, who immediately opened his bosom for of Milton's Poetical Works, with copious Notes, and inspection, and it was discovered that the numerous corrections of Dr. Johnson's criticisms, &c. Memoirs of Riego and his Family, including a History air-drawn dagger was one of those mortal of Spain from the Restoration of Ferdinand, is antheatrical instruments which inflict no punc-nounced by the Canon Riego, for the benefit of the late General's widow, ture!

A volume of Romances, by Mr. Charles Ollier, author

of "Altham and his Wife," is on the eve of publication.

Journal des Savans.-November:-Klaproth, Asia Polyglotta; reviewed by M. Abel Remusat.-2. D'Obsson, Empire Ottoman, tome 3; M. Silvestre de Sacy.3. Chefs-d'oeuvre des Théatres étrangers; M.Kaynouard. 4. Eusebe Salverte, Horace et l'Empereur Auguste M. Daunou.-3. C. C. Sallustius, curante J. L. Bourne uf M. Letronne.-6. Carmen Almotenabbii, &c.; M. Sil

vestre de Sacy.

December:-1. Guizot. Essais sur l'histoire de France;

by M. Daunou.-2. Hug et Cellerier, d'une introduction -3. Chefs-d'œuvre des Théatres étrangers; M. Raycritique au Nouveau Testament; M. Silvestre de Sucy. nouard.-4. Silvestre de Sacy, Les Séances de Hariri (in Arabic); M. Chézy.-5. Civiale, sur la rétention d'Urine; M. Abel Remusat.-6. Explication d'une Inscription de la Statue de Memnon, par M. Letronne.

LIST OF WORKS PUBLISHED SINCE OUR LAST:
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moirs of Amos Green, Esq. 8vo. 10s, 6dThe Reveries
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METEOROLOGICAL TABLE.

I yesterday saw a dozen passionate loveletters in the hand of Napoleon, addressed to Josephine; one anterior to their marriage. Several of these letters are on large official paper, having the words "Liberté égalité" Mineralogy and Geognosy. Dr. Charles inscribed on it. Napoleon speaks slightingly Naumann of Dresden, in 1821-2, made a of his victories, and is uneasy only on the scientific tour through Norway, the result of score of the rivals whom he apprehends which is, his statement that little has hitherto about Josephine. "Love them if thou wilt," been done to explain the peculiar character he says to her, "thou wilt never find any of of the mountains in that country. Von Buch's them adore thee as I do."-(Stendhal's Life account is but partial; and Varga, Bademar, of Rossini.) The Scritura, in Italy, is a little convention and Smith, in their travels and essays, give only incidental notices. The obstacles to in- of two pages, which contains the reciprocal vestigation in Norway are represented as obligations of the singer and of those by whom being very numerous, and difficult to over- he is engaged. In engaging the first talents, In the Western chain of mountains, there is always a great deal of intrigue, and the ground is so broken, that it often requires frequently much more wit than in any other a journey of several days, through rough, in-kind of diplomacy. The genius of Rossini has hospitable, and snow-covered districts, and almost always been under the influence of devious voyages on intercepting fiords, before the Scritura which he had signed. A prince, you can get from one valley to another. Tra- who should have granted him a pension of velling is only tolerable on the sea-coast, 3000 francs, would have enabled him to wait where clergymen and the authorities welcome for the moment of inspiration before he wrote; and by this simple means would have the stranger. The edition of M. Jouy's works has a brilliant impressed a new character upon the producHis preliminary Discourse is much tions of his genius. Our French composers admired :-"Happy the man of letters who are very much at their ease, and write an can say, I leave behind me some traces of Opera once a year. Rossini, throughout his usefulness; my pen has never been dipped youth, has been obliged to write four or five in gall, and it has never been polluted by jea. Operas in the year, in order to pay his landIt is difficult lousy, falsehood, and adulation. Even in its lord and his washer-woman. mirthful occupations it has respected what to struggle with low and vulgar difficulties all ought to respect,-justice, morality, and which thus repress the imagination.-(From patriotism. I have never deified power, ex- Stendhal's Life of Rossini.) Humanity.-To RM, Esq. Friend tolled meanness, or offered incense to folly when enshrined. Genius and virtue have of humanity, I address myself to you. Why, found in me an ardent admirer, rising talent Member for G....y, confine thy cares to has received from me kindness and atten- galloways and the galling of horseflesh? Are tion, and rival talent has not to accuse me of not other animals worthy of thy superlative envy or detraction; and if some of my thoughts protection? I pray you walk from Charing should outlive me, they will not present, I Cross up Bond-street, and convince your may venture to believe, either pictures of benevolent heart of the hardships to which I, shame or maxims of slavery, but useful les- as well as my brother puppies, am exposed. sons and noble recollections." This is ex- Consider, Sir, the cruelty of our situation. ceedingly well said; but unhappily for litera- Bared to the air, but denied the privilege of ture and society, few men of letters, at least exercise. Rudely handled by ruffians, and among us, can adopt such soliloquies without offered for sale. Our loins and posterior ex-Type ready, and consequently to be able to disappoint exposing themselves to the danger of be-tremities barbarously uncovered; our eyes coming infinitely ridiculous.-Paris Letter.

success.

Making the Most.-A single verse of Boileau has inspired another author with a five act comedy in verse; entitled, Le Procureur Rollet, now preparing for representation at the Odeon.

running over with salt tears; our handsome
feet divested of that fur which would shield us
from the inclemency of the weather, (while,
to add to our distress, we are gazed upon by
muffed beauties and ruffed dandies.) Ob
brutally kind legislator! do come; supervise

January.
Thursday...
Friday
Saturday

Sunday
Monday.
Tuesday,

Thermometer. from 28 to 36

28 to 45

Barometer. 30-20 to 30-11 30-11 to 30-09

8

9

JO

11

40 to 47 .... 31 to 41

30-08 to 29-90

30-05 to 30-27

12

24 to 38

30-30 to 30-29

Wednesday. 14
.... 21 to 32 30-24: to -30-23
Wind SW. and NE,-Alternately clear and cloudy;

mornings generally foggy.The Comet on Monday
last had moved much farther towards the North, its
right ascension being 2470, and declination 330; it rose
at midnight, and set at six in the evening of the follow-
ing day; and from the rate it was travelling, we may
conclude that by this time it does not set. Ito' distance
The tail has decreased considerably.
from Gemma was, on Monday morning at six, 130 37.
Edmonton.

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