the 10th instant by the name of Joan, | 50,000 vols. Among the most respectable A very absent Divine, finding his sight begin to fail, purchased a pair of spectacles, and on the first day of using them preached for a brother Clergyman, but was observed to have them at the top of his forehead during the whole sermon. So you have at last taken to spectacles, Doctor," said a friend after the service. Yes (returned the unconscious absentee) I found I could not do without them, and I wonder now I never used them till to-day!' only consider them as an aggregate body of Patentees, and upon them that Public have a powerful claim. When the exclusive patents were granted, it was not for private profits, solely, but to enable private speculators, by possessing a monopoly, to accommodate the Public better than if its market had been open. Neither law nor equity can support a monopoly on any other principle; and if the Patentees neglect the duty thus imposed upon them, their patents become forfeited, and their monopoly is nothing better than a conspiracy! Let the Proprietors then look to their patented property. Sheridan no longer lives to advocate the cause of Drury Lane, either in his place in the Privy Council, or in Parliament! If some strenuous measures are not speedily adopted, their new Committee-man, Mr. Robins, may perhaps have occasion to tip them a cast of his old office: and if he cannot hammer sense into the heads of some of his coadjutors, he assembled, and one of them was induced The Convent Library at Kresmünster, that must use his hammer in some more striking way. Your correspondent T. G. will, I hope, fulfil his promises, (p. 791) not forgetting the Logierian System. I would recommend to his perusal, a little work on the common sense of musical science and practice, called the "PIANO FORTE POCKET COMPANION," which appears to strike at the root of Musical Quackery, and to clear away many of the difficulties that have impeded the cultivation of that delightful science. Q. A slight shock of an earthquake was experienced in Bangor, on Monday morning, about nine o'clock. It was, however, much more sensibly felt in the neighbourhood of Pentir. Further advices from Captain Golownin, dated Harbour of St. Peter and St. Paul, state, that the Kamschatka frigate had arrived there on the 3d of May (O. S.) having happily completed the half of her voyage round the world in eight months and eight days. To such a height has the mania of Magnetism got in Germany, the Austrian government has thought it expedient to prohibit the practice within its States. ANECDOTES BY PHILARCHON. a At a public Institution there was to put his head out to see what was the Vanitas, a man possessed of more money LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. CONTENTS OF THE JOURNAL DES SAVANS de la Classe d'Histoire et de Littérature The Library of the University of Olbmütz contained, in the year 1785, 36,000 vols. and has since been considerably enlarged by 36 Libraries of dissolved Monasteries in Moravia. The Convent Libraries, at Klosterneuburg, contain above 25,000 vols. and many MSS. of the Thirteenth Century. at Mölk, and other Convent Libraries, still existing, contain considerable Literary treasures, particularly in ancient MSS. The 2d Edition of the Memoirs of John Evelyn, Esq.-—and the new Volume of Walpole's Correspondence, will be published by Mr Colburn early next week. METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL. DECEMBER. Thursday, 10-Thermometer from 38 to 53. Barometer from 30, 31, stationary. 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This is one of those light and pleasant volumes, which being taken up are not hastily laid down again; and what is better, when laid down it contains temptations strong enough to lead to its being resumed again. description, by selecting a few specimens from the volume before us. These may appear unconnected, but they are not more so than in the original, where time seems to be the only link, and the " garrulous old age" of the narrator (76 years) the only measure. monde's in 1715, Sir William Wyndham, At a dinner-party at the Duke of Orin a jocular dispute about short prayers, told the company, among whom was Bishop Atterbury, that the shortest prayer he had ever heard was that of a common soldier Dr. King was born in 1685, and died just before the battle of Blenheim: "God, in 1763. His public and literary bio-if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a graphy is too well known to require soul." This was followed by a general notice here: suffice it to repeat, that he laugh. Atterbury seemed to join in the was a polite scholar, a wit, and till near W. Wyndham, said, "Your prayer, Sir conversation, and applying himself to Sir the close of his life a hearty Jacobite. William, is indeed very short: but I reHe acted decidedly in the most important member another as short, but a much better, political measures of his party, and seems offered up likewise by a poor soldier in the to have had peculiar opportunities for same circumstances, O God, if in the day throwing a light upon that portion of of battle 1 forget thee, do not thou forget our history which is connected with the me!"" latest intrigues for the restoration of the House of Stuart. The present work does, in fact, contain some very curious information upon that subject. The MS. whence the publication is derived, is stated to have been found in the possession of two ladies, relatives of the author, in France; and though the point is not laboured, we can safely take it for granted, that the ascription is well founded, since there could be no object in fastening these anecdotes upon Dr. King unless it was verily believed that they were his of right. The anecdotes themselves are desultory and curious: many of them little creditable to the individuals mentioned, and some of them placing high characters both in literature and politics in a point of view not very consolatory to human nature to contemplate. All men have The humiliating story of Pope, to which we have alluded, is told in the following manner : went out of the room. habit of drinking drams, is conscious that A man who has contracted the pernicious he is taking in a slow poison, and therefore he will never own it either to his friend or to his physician, though it is visible to all his acquaintance. Pope and I, with my Lord Orrery and Sir Harry Bedingfield, dined with the late Earl of Burlington. After the first course Pope grew sick, and ended, my Lord Burlington said he would When dinner was And soon after they returned together. go out, and see what was become of Pope. But Pope, who had been casting up his dinner, looked very pale, and complained much. My Lord asked him if he would have some mulled wine, or a glass of old sack, which Pope refused. I told my Lord Burlington that he wanted a dram. Upon not taste any spirits, and that he abhorred sentment against me, and said he would drams as much as I did. However I persisted, and assured my Lord Burlington that he could not oblige our friend more at that instant than by ordering a large glass of cherry-brandy to be set before him. This was done, and in less than half an hour, while which engaged our attention, Pope had my Lord was acquainting us with an affair sipped up all the brandy. Pope's frame of body did not promise long life; but he cerBut without indulging in moral re-tainly hastened his death by feeding much flections, we shall proceed to lay before on high-seasoned dishes, and drinking our readers the materials for a great spirits. many, both of an amusing and serious VOL. II. better proof than that of sipping a little cherry-brandy when sick. The corruption carried to such an extent in both Houses of Parliament by Sir Robert Walpole, furnishes several gross tales of most direct and shameful bribery. In one case, Sir Robert, when represented as putting a Bank bill for anxious to carry a particular measure, is 2000l. into the hands of one of his opponents, saying, "Such a question comes here is 2000l. for you." The bribe was on this day; give me your vote, and accepted. We do trust that in our day such an affair could not take place even between the most profligate minister and such as that just elected, which, to speak the meanest member of a parliament personages of improper character for the truth of it, comprehends as many legislators as any senate within our remembrance. As for the House of Lords, Sir Robert assured Mr. Levison (Lord Gower's brother) when standing next him in that House during a warm debate, "that for all the zeal and vehemence of the opposition, he knew the three." price of every man of them except whimsical stories, some very sensible reDr. King enlivens, with two or three marks on the custom of giving money to servants, which was carried to such a pitch at this period, that a man could not dine with his father, brother, or for his dinner. nearest relative or friend, unless he paid indeed their foibles and their vices; but which the little man expressed some re- cused himself. At last the Duke kindly it may be allowed us to express a regret when these follies or crimes are exposed to the world. We are somewhat fond of the beau ideal in our species, and cannot but grieve to have our visions spoiled by seeing Marlborough represented as a miser, and Pope as a victim to dramdrinking! Alas, for the common herd of mankind, when Heroes and Bards may be so miserable and frail. We hope the latter assertion had no Roman Catholic peer of Ireland, who lived I remember (says he) a Lord Poor, a upon a small pension which Q. Anne had granted him: he was a man of honour and well esteemed; and had formerly been an officer of some distinction in the service of France. The Duke of Ormonde had often invited him to dinner, and he as often exthe reason why he so constantly refused to expostulated with him, and would know be one of his guests. My Lord Poon then honestly confessed that he could not afford it. But," says he, if your Grace will put pleased to invite me to dine, I will not dea guinea into my hands as often as you are cline the honour of waiting on you." This frequent guest at St. James's Square, was done; and my Lord was afterwards a officer in the Austrian service, came into My Lord Taaffe, of Ireland, a general England a few years ago on account of his private affairs. When his friends, who had dined with him, were going away, he always attended them to the door, and if they offered any money to the servant who opened it | Colby of the Victualling Office, worth | as worthy of repetition, though perhaps (for he never suffered but one servant to 200,000l. who fell a sacrifice to his the first is better known to others than appear) he always prevented them, saying, anxiety to save a bottle of wine from to ourselves. in his manner of speaking English, you do give, give it to me, for it was I that the dishonesty of his servants; and andid buy the dinner.” other of his own grandfather, Sir W. Smyth, who agreed with Taylor, the him for 60 guineas; but, though the well-known oculist of that day, to couch operation was perfectly successful, cheated the operator into a compromise for 20, by pretending that he had only a glimmering and uncertain vision. The author humorously ridicules this abominable custom, by proposing an inscription to be placed over the door of every man of rank: The fees for dining here are three half crowns [or ten shillings] to be paid to the porter on entering the house: Peers or Pecresses to pay what more they think proper. The subjoined incident related of Cromwell is quite new to us, and exhibits that extraordinary man in a novel light. In the civil war, my grandfather, Sir William Smyth, was governor of Hillesdon House, near Buckingham, where the king had a small garrison. This place was besieged and taken by Cromwell. But the officers capitulated to march out with their arms, baggage, &c. As soon as they were without the gate, one of Cromwell's soldiers snatched off Sir W. Smyth's hat. He immediately complained to Cromwell of the fellow's insolence, and breach of the capitulation. Sir," says Cromwell, "if you can point out the man, or I can discover him, I promise you he shall not go unpunished. In the meantime (taking off a new beaver, which he had on his head) be pleased to accept this hat instead of your own." Dr. King animadverts upon the serious consequences which often flow from trifling incidents; and according to his manner relates some interesting or entertaining anecdotes on the subject. He Atterbury opposing a bill in the House of Peers, said that "he prophesied last winter this bill would be attempted in the that he had proved a true prophet." Lord present session, and he was sorry to find Coningsby, who always spoke in a passion, remarked that " had set himself forth as a prophet; but for one of the Right Reverend his part he did not know what prophet to liken him to, unless to that furious prophet BALAAM, who was reproved by his own ass. The Bishop, in a reply, with great wit and calmness, exposed this rude attack, concluding that" Since the noble Lord hath discovered in our manners such a similitude, I am well content to be compared to the prophet BALAAM: but, my Lords, I am at a I remember two gentlemen, who were loss how to make out the other part of the constant companions, disputing one even-parallel: I am sure that I have been rethe accent of a Greek word. This dispute ing at the Grecian Coffee House concerning proved by nobody but his Lordship." was carried to such a length that the two friends thought proper to determine it with their swords; for this purpose they stept out into Devereux Court, where one of them (whose name, if I rightly remember, was Fitzgerald) was run through the body, and died on the spot. says, The following is a more pleasing illustration : J. G. my old acquaintance, and one Mr. E. of Bristol, both single men, and in good to travel together for three or four years, health and good circumstances, agreed and visit all the countries of Europe; for The author reprobates the vice of that purpose they provided themselves with avarice, and truly remarks that the cha-passports, bills of exchange, letters of credit racter of a miser has never been so for- and recommendation, &c. About six or cibly drawn for the stage (even in the seven days after they set out, they arrived Euclio of Plautus, L'Avare of Moliere, at Brussels, where they had for supper a or the Miser of Shadwell) but that it has woodcock and a partridge; they disputed been exceeded in real life. It is in elu- long which of the birds should be cut up cidating this topic that he tells us of the first, and with so much heat and animosity, Duke of Marlborough walking from the well-tempered courage, this silly dispute that if they had not both been gentlemen of public rooms to his lodgings in Bath, in might have terminated as unhappily as the a cold dark night, in order to save six-affair at the Grecian Coffee-house. To such pence in chair hire, though he died an height however the quarrel arose, that worth more than a million and a half they did not only renounce their new design sterling. Another example is recorded in of travelling, but all friendship and correspondence; and the next morning they parted, and returned to England, one by the way of Calais, and the other through Holland! Sir James Lowther (who) after changing a piece of silver in George's Coffee House, and paying twopence for his dish of coffee, was helped into his chariot (for he was then very old and infirm) and went home; some little time after he returned to the same coffee-house on purpose to acquaint the woman who kept it, that she had given him a bad halfpenny, and demanded another in exchange for it. Sir James had about 40,000l. per annum, and was at a loss whom to appoint his heir. Other instances are adduced of this odious passion: one of a Commissioner Dr. K. insinuates that this siege is not mentioned by Clarendon, because he and Sir W. Smyth were "not good friends"! We have got into such a story-telling and gossipping mood with our companionable author, that we must abjure the idea, with which we set out, of extracting at length his remarkable account of an interview with the Pretender in London in 1750,- and very unfavourable portrait of that Prince, to whose name the ideas of so much chivalry and romance are attached. These we must reserve for our next Number, and in the interim wind up this string of anecdotes with three more which have struck us What follows is yet more worthy of a dignitary of the church. "Five Butler, Bishop of Durham, being applied to on some occasion for a charitable subscription, asked his Steward what money he had in the house. The Steward informed him, there was 5001. hundred pounds!" said the Bishop; "what a shame for a Bishop to have such a sum in his possession!" and ordered it all to be immediately given to the poor. The author rather uncharitably seems latterly to be found; that they mostly to intimate that no such Bishops were died shamefully rich, and that celibacy in the clergy is desirable to check this avaricious principle of hoarding for their families instead of dispensing to the poor. Among others he names Burnett, who was, he says, "a furious partyman, and easily imposed on by the lying spirit of his own faction; but he was a seated on the bishop's bench." He left better pastor than any man who is now his children only their mother's fortune; and declared he should think it a shame to raise fortunes for them out of the revenue of his bishopric. We conclude with three excellent maxims of an old monk to enable a man to pass through life with comfort: Nunquam malè loqui de superioribus. Fungi officio taliter qualiter. Sinere insanum mundum vadere, quò vult; nam vult vadere, quò vult. Memoirs of her Most Excellent Majesty Sophia Charlotte, Queen of Great We are much gratified by seeing, from |