Simon:send them an invitation, give | for the party. A great statesman, whose them a good dinner, and take my word for theories change with the phases of the it, they will soon become humanized." moon, had for a whole month been an adSome very respectful and urgent invita-vocate for industry. He declared that the tions were sent off that very evening; and welfare of the state required that Simon next day, at the appointed hour, twelve Lambert should enter the ranks; that a Great Men descended from two carriages, place was reserved for him in Paris, if he and entered in a file. The dinner was chose to accept it; but that there was not sumptuous, but not very cheerful. The a department in all France, which would great men eat much and spoke little. Fran- not be proud of having such a deputy as M. val, in derision, proposed some healths to Lambert. "To-morrow, at day-break, my be drunk. "Do you mean toasts?" in- dear friend," added he, "have post-horses quired a thin, pale man, in a pedantic tone in readiness. If you do not succeed in the of voice."Know that we drink to nobody." west, turn to the east; by the help of in-How! but there is one who must surely sinuating circulars, and, above all, by be dear to the hearts of all Frenchmen!keeping open table for the electors, you "I say, once more, we drink to nobody," may be present both in the north and south replied the pompous gentleman, still more at the same moment." drily. Madame Lambert, who was a native of Picardy, and who had all the frankness peculiar to her country, could no longer contain herself."The gentlemen," said she, "may shew themselves good Frenchmen here, without any risk At these words, Simon Lambert frowned, and, taking upon himself to defend the honour of his guests, had well nigh, like the Bourgeois-Gentilhomme, exclaimed to his better half:-" Hold your tongue, wife, you are a fool!" Franval contented himself with repeating the old proverb, which says, "Do not force people to drink when they are not thirsty." For the first time in his life, Simon Lambert went beyond the boundary of the jurisdiction of Paris. His new instructors had drawn so dreadful a picture of the evils which weighed upon France, under the despotism of the Bourbons, that he was surprised to see the fields cultivated, and the houses with doors and windows. He chanced to pass through a village where the excessive heat of last summer had occasioned a fever. On seeing the pale countenances of the inhabitants, he inscribed in his journal, that the effects of misery and grief were every where observable. His To make amends for the incongruities of book was already enriched with many such profound remarks; when unluckily his carhis wife and friend, Simon Lambert became doubly courteous towards his distin-riage broke down, and he was obliged to stop at a little inn of another village. The guished visitors. He was well repaid: a people were not accustomed to receive travelwriter of comic-operas offered to give him lers of such importance, and curiosity soon advice respecting his commercial transac-induced the notables to flock round the oputions; a translator to teach him the art of lent Parisian. They were eager to hear making old things look like new; and a renews from the capital; but Simon Lambert cluse to makehim acquainted with all that was wished, in the first place, to be made acpassing in the world. Full of gratitude, Simon quainted with the news of the village. An Lambert requested that they would dine eloquent speaker, who mingled about thirty with him that day week. The invitation words of French with his patois, kindly was accepted, and each of the beaux esprits offered to satisfy him. shook hands with him at parting. A shock Though the harvest and the vintage," of electricity could not have been more said he, have been equally abundant,rapid; the good citizen of the Marais had though the granarics and the cellars are become a philosopher; and on the follow-full, you must not, on that account, suping day, he declared, even among his work-pose that we are a bit the happier. Why inen, that he was an Independent. "but should we labour, cultivate our fields and our The day appointed for the dinner arrived vines, when, if God, (pardon me, I meant but too slowly. Madame Lambert and to say the supreme Being) should bless the Franval obtained permission to sit at the land, the priests and the nobility are always table, on condition that they would not speak in readiness to devour its fruits before our a word. The rest of the company, howeyes ?" Ah!' exclaimed Simon Lamever, found abundant subjects of conver-bert, the little blue book told me all this. sation. The electoral colleges were about to assemble. They discoursed on the necessity of admitting none but men whose principles were guaranteed by their previous conduct. One of the guests, lowering his voice, confidentially asked Simon Lambert how he had been employed during the revolution. "Oh, replied the honest manufacturer, aloud, I made more than a hundred pieces of calico, and without the Our philosophers looked at each other, and shrugged up their shoulders; but Simon Lambert was possessed of millions, he employed five hundred workmen; he was a glorious conquest maximum Interesting villagers! Tithes and corvées are then restored among you.' "Not exactly," replied the village orator; we know too well what we have to expect. Judge for yourself: about a week ago, two ci-devants were passing along the high-road here: our children, who are well trained, and who can readily distinguish these figures at the distance of a mile, began to call out, Down with the nobles! What did the gentlemen do, think you? They began to laugh maliciously, which, you know, was as much as to say, Call after us as long as you please! we know how to be even with you! And yet, my dear Sir, if we had only to pay the old taxes, we should think ourselves well off. But they will not be satisfied until they have reduced us to the level of the African negroes, that they may enjoy the pleasure of buying and selling us like cattle. Was it not so, Sir, in the reign of Louis XIV. of whom the liberal Journals speak with such horror?" Simon Lambert modestly replied, that he could not answer the question, but that he would refer it to the gentlemen of the little blue book. But it was now time to consider of the main point. Simon Lambert inquired the names of the principal electors of the district. The rustic independent undertook to describe them off-hand. "There is, however," said he," one whom you may dispense with seeing, namely, our old Lord, who is buried alive in that gothic castle which you see yonder. It was built by his ancestors, at the time when Knights took a fancy to march to the Holy Land: it is said that they were rich and powerful Lords; but what signifies that, since the present one is ruined?"- Ah! I am not proud,' said Simon Lambert; I will go and visit him in his Manor House. I have been advised to follow the English custom. In England, a Candidate does not despise the vote of the poorest Elector.' He proceeded to the castle. There, every thing presented an appearance of decayed splendour. He asked for the Count, who was then from home. The Countess, how ever, politely invited him to stay. Surrounded by her children, she was giving them lessons suited to their sex and age. When she named their noble ancestors, like the widow of Hector, she spoke "rather of their deeds, than of their high descent." The Count returned. He had been inspecting his humble domains, of which he was himself the principal cultivator. Simon Lambert mentioned the occasion of his visit ; he had already learnt to flatter. "As Lord of this district," " said he, "it is but right that I should pay my first respects to you."— I am no Lord,' replied the Count, nor ever supposed myself to be so, except so far as it lay in my power to benefit the inhabitants of this village. You solicit my vote; it is a powerless one: but allow me in the first place to ask one question. You wish to represent our department: do you know it?' The good Parisian blushed. The parish bells now began to ring. The Count and all his family prepared for church. Simon Lambert wished to seize this opportunity of shewing himself. By the way, he met his village liberal, who was expatiating on religion and the clergy in a style which would have done honour even to a city liberal. Lambert entered the church. The Curate, a venerable old man, had chosen for his text these words of the Divine Master: "Love one another." The good Pastor was not eloquent, he did not even know what eloquence was his language was simple, but his moral was sublime. He closed his patriarchal discourse by a fervent prayer for the welfare of the King and the happiness of France. Simon Lam 1 bert had prepared himself for a tedious of puffing may be excusable, but such noto- Madame Lambert was both surprised and delighted at her husband's speedy return. He gave her a faithful account of his journey. She embraced him, and congratulated him on having again become a sensible man and a good citizen. As soon as the liberals heard of the return of their Amphytrion, they paid him a visit, in the hope of renewing their philosophic dinners; but they found the door closed against them. To treat them according to their own taste, Franval sent them a little circular, couched as follows:-" Mighty philosophers, you who are continuallytalking of Voltaire, though you have never read him, if ever you should look into his works, you will find the following lines, which my friend Simon intends to adopt as his future rule of conduct: On quitting the church, he went to visit COVENT GARDEN.-The brief notice and the servant of God. He found him prae- faint praise which we bestowed upon the tising what he had taught. Indigent and new comedy," A Word to the Ladies," in infirm, he was distributing consolation and our last, would sufficiently indicate to our succour among the poor. Full of confi- readers, that we did not feel it to be condence in the old man, Lambert made him sistent with expediency to waste much acquainted with the object of his journey. space upon the review of that production, "You wish," said the reverend Pastor, or with justice to say more in its favour. "to be the deputy of this country? Be Being already, apparently, consigned to what is still better: be its benefactor! Es- oblivion, it should seem that the public tablish a manufactory here, feed the indus- voice has confirmed our first impression; trious poor, they will bless you, and you and therefore we need not take up the ashes, shall prosper. Leave politics to those who either to show how much is caput mortuum, have made it their study, and the governor how many live embers of wit might be ment of states to those whom heaven has found mingled in the mass. For, in truth, appointed."— Worthy inan!' exclaimed though the prevalence of dull sentiment, Lambert, accept my interest and my and the want alike of prominent character money; all that you do must be right. 1 and leading interest proved fatal to this shall return to Paris, more satisfied with play, it must be conceded that it contained myself than when I set out; but be assured a number of good points, and embraced I will come and see you again!' good qualities, worthier of a more happy fate. Its grand defect was in the level and nearly equal pretensions of almost every one of the dramatis persona: there were so many candidates for attention, that we could attend to no one; but, like the last cluster of horses at a sweepstakes, were forced to lump them altogether. It arose out of this injudicious plan, that every party had much to do and say, which, while it was doing and saying, kept the other parties so long out of sight, and their business so out of mind, that when they did re-appear the audience had much ado to recollect what they had been about when they last made their exits. The interest was thus divided and frittered away till the whole was rather a succession of different scenes, than a well constructed and continued drama. Then there was a vast deal too much of gentlemen hugging or saluting each other, and of ladies telling dismal stories of their griefs, both exceedingly disagreeable to behold and to hear. In other respects the dialogue is of the better order, and often rises to true comic excellence. It is therefore clear that the author could have made the whole much better than he has done, but for some radical defect which destroyed his powers in their source. This defect is not far to seck. It lies in the common practice of play writing in these times,-not according to original conceptions and the fitness of parts, but according to the performers in the Theatre, and their fitness for particular lines of acting. Thus Mr. Kenney did not sit down to produce a good Comedy; his object was to produce characters for Mr. Young, Mr. Macready, Mr. C. Kemble, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Jones, Mr. Farren, Mr. Liston, Mr. Emery, &c. &c. &c.; and when he had accomplished this design pretty tolerably, he and the managers imagined they had a fine Piece with all the strength of the House in it. All the strength they had, but the piece was not worth a rush. But as A Word to the Ladies has been thrown away, we shall not say another word about it, even to describe the plot, and shew that it was rather a train of in Assez des grands esprits, dans leur troisieme étage, N'ayant pu gouverner leur femme et leur merage, Pour moi, je n'entends rien aux affaires d'etat; et, dans ma vie obscure, Je laisse au Roi mon Maitre, en pauvre citoyen, La soin de son Royaume où je ne prétends rien. THE DRAMA. DRURY LANE. We visited this theatre to see Brutus again, and found that much of its first effect was gone: even Kean's exertions failed under the test of repetition, and the other miserable adjuncts became doubly tiresome. The house was very poorly attended, little spirit was diplayed in any part of the performances, and the applause was unfrequent and partial. What we have now stated, is, upon the honour of criticism, the bare and simple truth; yet was it asserted in the bills of the ensuing day, that the House was crowded, the acting admirable, and the approbation constant and rapturous. A moderate degree TO CORRESPONDENTS. Many letters on the Question, "Was Hamlet mad?" are received. By a mis-directed letter, we have got a scolding for men. toning, in our last Number, that a rising young actress styles herself still Miss instead of Mistress. Heretofore, we had thought that on certain mis-haps (such as the child-dropping affair in the police reports this week,) the only risk of error was in letting out the secret that ladies, who should have been Mistresses were only Misses; but we now see there is danger all ways, and we will never call Miss S-lle Mrs. B-n again as long as we live. Indeed it is necessary to be cautious how one speaks of theatrical folks-especially of the frailer sex, and we had hoped that by treating them all as married women, we might aroid scandal!! *.* We have received the several circulars, sent (as we suppose) to all recpectable periodical publications, by a efforts to the devising of means for the Encouragement of Industry and Reduction of the Poors Rates. These objects Committee sitting in the Poultry, and directing their are so vitally important, that our recommendations could add no force to that urgency with which they appeal to every considerate mind; and the necessarily long discussion of the most effectual remedies for idleness and pau perism is not consistent with the plan of our work. We can therefore only heartily wish success to these benevotent endeavours, and mention that such a body exists for the collection of illustrative facts, and the opinions of the well-informed. ERRATA. In our last Number, in endeavouring to do justice to a Contemporary, we did him wrong; and by mistake stated that the excellent account of a Scotch Penny Wedding had appeared in a rival publ.cation instead of that in which it actually was, namely, in CONSTABLE'S Edinburgh Magazine.-For "Corvello," in the Digest of Politics, read Corvetto.-In No. 99, p. 794, 1.31, of the Ballad, for "mid this gay group to seek," read "I exclaimed to seek here." London: Printed for the Proprietors, by BENSLEY and Son, Bolt-court, Fleet-street: Published every Saturday, by HENRY COLBURN, Public Library, Conduitstreet; JOHN BELL, Dealer in Newspapers, Sweeting'salley, Cornhill; and PINNOCK and MAUNDER, Booksellers, at the Literary Gazette Office, 267, Strand, where Communications (post paid) are requested to be addressed to the Editor. Also supplied by all Booksellers, Newsmen, and Stationers, in Town or Country. INDEX TO THE LITERARY GAZETTE FOR THE YEAR 1818. ABEL'S Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, Acasto, or the Felon, a Poem, review of, 725 Actors and their Saints, 727 Address to the Public, 367 Aikin's Memoirs of the Court of Q. Elizabeth, rev. of, 209 Anglo-Cambrian, a Poem, by M. Linwood, review of, 739 Antiquities discovered in Tuscany, 271-Avignon, 314- Antonia, a Poem, by Murdo Young, review of, 369 261, 319, 350, 447, 729, 734 Artists' Benevolent Institution, Anniversary of, 137, 171 Discoveries in the, 23, 137, 185, 215, 250, 267, 269, 760 Austrian Archdukes Tour through England, 49, 65, 81, Baffin's Bay, Curiosities brought from, 799 Barrow's History of the Voyages to the Arctic Regions, 754 Baxter's Views of Swansea, Noti. e of, 439 Beaumel, an Error corrected respecting, 710 Blunt's Stranger's Guide to the City of New York, review Book Auctions, Origin of, 95 Bostock's History of Galvanism, review of, 802 Bourgoine, Letters on Sweden, by the Baron, 7, 23 Bramsen's Letters of a Prussian Traveller, rev. of, 386, 406 British Institution, Exhibition, rev. of, 72, 89, 104, 123, 137, Bryan's Biographical Dictionary of Painters, 132 Buonaparte's Bees, some account of, 22, 136, 389 Burney, Biographical account of the Rev. Dr. 179 Byron's Beppo, review of, 163-Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto the 4th, review of, 273 Calleville's Recollections of Norway, 674 Carey, a Defence of the Poetical talents of Henry, 606 Childe Harold's Monitor, review of, 500 -, Peter, Account of the Elgin Marbles, 380 Dagley's Compendium of the Theory and Practice of Dandies, the Dynasty of, 620 Danish Literature, account of the, 8 De Courci, and other Poems, by Thompson, rev. of, 135 125, 140, 156, 173, 189, 206, 221, 236, 252, 270, 285, 301, Foreign, remarks on the, 13, 29, 61, 77, 94, 125, Earth, new Theory of the, 508-Measure and Form of, 537 pointed to be celebrated on the wrong day, 68 Egyptian Doctrines of the Lower World, by Von Ham- Elections, 401 Elgin Marbles, account of the, 379 Elliston's Reply to the Memorial of Drury Lane and Co- Epinay, Memoires et Correspondance de Madame D', re- Epistles from Bath, review of, 36 Epitaphs, Collection of curious, 7, 39, 367 Expeditions to the North Pole, Account of the, 180, 226, Fanaticism and Conversion, 733 Fellowes's Account of the Monastery of La Trappe, 466 Ferrari, a Treatise on Italian Singing, by, 788 Fine Arts, review and register of the, 24, 41, 42, 72, 104, Florence Macarthy, an Irish Tale, by Lady Morgan, re- Foreign Players, 430 Forkel, Biographical account of Dr. J. N. 605 Franklin's (Dr.) Life and Writings, rev. of, 145,466, 489, 519 French Army in Russia, an Account of the Distribution Gas, a new kind of, discovered, 215 Gent's Lines suggested by the Death of the Princess Georgel, Memoirs of the last half of the Eighteenth Cen- German Universities, State of the, 104-Emigration, 822, Gifford, John, Memoir of, 332 Gilly's Spirit of the Gospels, review of, 582 Grecian Antiquities, an Account of the Discovery of, 282 Greenland, review of Captain Ludwig Metzler Giescke's Guy Mannering, Flagiarism in, 57 Hackett's Narrative, review of, 729 Hall's Travels in Canada, review of, 401, 420 Account of a Voyage of Discovery, 89, 98, 116. Hammer's, Von, View of the Egyptian Mysteries, 87, 102 Harvey's Sensibility, the Stranger, and other Poems, 708 Highland Society of Arts, an Account of, 215 review of, 290 Holman, Biography of Mr. George (actor) 44 Homburg, Biography of the Prince of Hesse, 305 Hooker's Muscologia Britannica, review of, 295 Humboldt and Bompland, review of the Personal Narra- Hunt's Foliage, and other Poems, review of, 210 Ice, the Formation of Ice in the Sea, 154 Iron Meteoric, account of, 778 Italian Literature, 469, 664, 792 Jackson's 700 Errors in Shakspeare's Plays, 643 James's Account of the War with the United States, 450 INDEX TO THE LITERARY GAZETTE FOR THE YEAR 1818. Jesuit's Barks, 730 Johnson's Journey from India to England, review of, 434 Jomard's Notes on the Egyptian Monuments, 328 183, 198, 207, 214, 232, 249, 271, 335, 359, 376, 411, 424, Kaleidoscope, Description of the, 250, 314, 345, 427 Kennedy's Poem on the Death of the Princess Charlotte, Kephalides' Account of Italy, 709, 726 King's (Dr.) Political and Literary Anecdotes of his own Kirby and Spence's Introduction to Entomology, review Kotzebue's Voyage round the World, an account of, Kunheim, Biographical Memoir of Count Von, 173- La Prima Musa Clio, translated by Baldwin, rev. of, 279 39, 89, 103, 136, 153, 169, 184, 200, 215, 235, 249, 267, —————, “an account of the Picture Gallery of Sir John, Leipsic Fair, 377 Lester's new Discoveries in Optics, 457, 490 Libraries in Austria, account of the, 814 Literary Intelligence, 14, 46, 78, 111, 127, 143, 159, 191, 223, 238, 286, 303, 335, 351, 367, 383, 399, 416, 431, 479, Lucretia, a Tragedy, 518 Luther's Marriage, account of, 212 Macdonald's Paraphrase on Economy of Life, rev, of, 182 Mandeville, by Godwin, a review of, 116 Marco Polo's Travels, by Marsden, review of, 776 Medusa, Narrative of Shipwreck of the French Frigate, 953 Memorabilia of 1818, 679 Memorial to the Lord Chamberlain from the Theatres Royal of Drury Lane and Covent Garden, with Mr. Meteoric Iron, 778, 808, 800 Meteorological Journal, 14, 30, 47, 61, 78, 95, 111, 127, 143, 159, 175, 191, 207, 223, 238, 254, 271, 287, 502, 319, Mexico and Mexican Language, remarks on, 92 Millington on the Polar Ice, 169 Mill's History of Muhammedanism, review of, 264 Milton, Emendation of, 71, 261 Minstrel of the Glen, review of, 805 Mitchel's Account of Modern Italy, 343-Remarks on Modern Greek Literature, 562-Authors, 7+7 Moir's Inquiry into some of the most curious and inte- Monthly Magazine, Inconsistency of, 362 Morgan's Sketches of the Philosophy of Life, rev. of, 721 Murder, remarkable Discovery of, 223 by W. J. Hooker, review of, 295 Natural and Spiritual Visions, 710 Neale's Antiquities of Westminster Abbey, review of, 449 Necker, Madame de Stael Holstein's Life of, review of, 133 Nepaul, Explanation of an Inscription on a Block in, 126 Northcote's Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds, review of, 757 Olympian Jupiter, or the Art of Aucient Sculpture con- Opera House Dispute, a Statement of the, 403 Paddock's Shipwreck of the Oswego, 657, 675 and Compositions of, 60, 74 Palmer, Biography of Mr. Robert (actor) 43 Pananti, an Account of Algiers, by ŝignor, review of, 289 Paris, a Poem, by Rev. W. Croley, review of, 340 Peak Scenery, by Rhodes, review of, 293 Peter's Complaint, and other Poems, 658 Poesy, a Satire, with other Poems, 64 Poetry, Original, 8, 27, 43, 59, 73, 90, 106, 124, 139, 142, 155, 171, 187, 201, 219, 235, 251, 269, 284, 300, 315, 390, Polar Ice, Conjectures relative to, 169, 547 Porden (Miss) Arctic Expeditions, a Poem, review of, 246 Quarterly Musical Magazine, review of, 423 Ran, Biography of Professor Sebaldus, 91 Roma Bilinguis, 598 Roman Antiquities, 522, 821-Numerals, 383 Monk's Vindication of the University of Cambridge Rossini, Eiography of the celebrated composer, 189 against Sir J. E. Smith, 611 Moore's Almanac, Key to, review of, 135 Morier's Second Journey through Persia, &c. review of, Roubiliac the Sculptor, Anecdotes of, 779 Royal Academy, General Meeting of, 104-Lectures at Royal Institution, account of the Lectures at the, 104, 122, 136, 153, 215, 233, 250 Ruben's Gallery, Leicester Square, account of the, 283, 473 Persia, 151, 316, 431, 507-Sketches of the South of, 155 Saving Banks, review of the Annals of, 168 Sea Monster, some account of a, 78 Shipwreck of the French Frigate Medusa, 353 Society, Sketches of, 10, 108, 124, 139, 155, 187, 202, 219, St. Helena, Letters from Madame Bertrand at, 441, 454, Sun-Dial used as a Moon-Dial, 729 Syracuse, extracts from A Walk to, 202 Ts of my Landlord, Second Series, review of, 497 Thomson's Observations introductory to a work on Eng- (Jas.) unpublished Poems, account of, 629, 680 Tin, Crystallization of, 426, 443, 586 Treneuil, Biographical Memoir of M. de, 221 Tuscany, Antiquities discovered in, 271 Varieties, 14, 30, 47, 7, 111, 126, 143, 158, 175, 190, 207, Vartic, Memoirs of John, written by himself, rev. of, 21 Voltaire upon Rousseau, 777 Vondrel, the Dutch Poet, Biographical account of, 27 Upcott's Bibliographical account of the Printed Works Walpole's European and Asiatic Turkey, review of, 51 Walter, Biography of Professor, 91 Warner's Epistolary Curiosities, review of, 243 Wellington and Scipio, a Parrallel, 428 Wilkie, Mr. elected afmember of the Highland Society, 155 review of, 229 Wilson's American Ornithology, 626, 644, 660, 677 Windows in Men's Breats, 743 Witches, some account of, 342 Woman, or Minor Maxims, a review of, 594, 612 Woman, a Poem, by E. J. Barrett, review of, 292 Young's Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey, rev, of, 820 |