measure, to sacrifice the advantages of dress to correct and elsewhere.—Mr. Thomas Forsyth as Scipio, in | Mr. Sneyd, a Corsair-Mr. Dixon, a Turk of Aleppo.l most correct Roman costume, exhibited a model for a Mr. George Swainson, Mr. Hartopp, of the 88th, and painter or statuary. We are confident that Kemble many others; but they were, perhaps, surpassed by Mr. himself never presented a finer bust; and it was with Menzies, who adopted the manners, as well as the garb oncern that we learn that Mr. Forsyth is absolutely of Turkey with peculiar felicity.-Mr. Gabriel Swainaudible from a violent cold caught by the exposure of son (a Cossack) and Mr. Robert Greg, as a Bostanjee, his throat and neck.-Dr. Traill (who by the way ought or Turkish guard, deserve particular notice.-Mrs. to have attended better to his friend) was the pendant of Case, of Vernon-hall, was in an old and most splendid Sapin the classic garb and helmet of Epaminondas. dress, which attracted particular observation. Mrs. Loking at him, and his truly Grecian cast of features, John D. Case wore the bridal garb of the peasants of erould not help lamenting that the modern Greeks the Island of Rugen. Miss Case and Miss M. Case had not now such a leader to shake off the Turkish looked lovely as Swiss villagers.-Mr. James Hilton, as voke-Mr. Newsham was a Don Cossack. The effect the patriotic Hofer, excited general interest in the cause of the music was occasionally heightened by the addi- of the injured Tyrolese.-Miss Mainwaring was beauon of this gentleman's deep bass notes, to the more tiful in herself, and in her elegant Neapolitan attire.-accident from going the circuit, but as a Chamber fable serpent and bassoon. Mr. Headlam supported Mr. Townshend personated (and very well too) Master the dignity of his newly acquired title of Duke of Slender, and was admirably supported by his sisters, as Ripperda, to which he had succeeded the previous day, Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Page-Mrs. Lawrence, unrivalled with Spanish gravity.Miss Maury was an art- in her knowledge of costume, was beautifully dressed in less, delighted Swiss peasant, matronised by the fair a white satin petticoat, covered with embroidery and American, Mrs. James King, (in a beautiful Spanish pearls, and a splendid black gown: she followed the dress) whose sparkling eyes verified the acknowledged dress of Countess Wallenstein, wife to the great Impeattribute of her country women-Mr. King appeared in rial Commander in the thirty years' war.-Captain fall court dress.-Major Parke was an inimitable Lawrence was the painter Rembrandt.-Mr. Langton Fight Templar, Sir Brian de Bois Guilbert.-Miss wore an Albanian soldier's uniform, that belonged to Jeho represented Rowena.-Mr. John H. Parr in a Ali Pasha in his youth.-Mrs. Moss, of Otterspool, was all suit of black armour, did great credit to the cha- dressed as Margaret of Anjou.-Mr. Miller appeared ter of Cœur de Lion, though we could not observe in as the Duke de Sully, but was unhappy in the absence any of the sluggishness attributed to that knight of his royal friend and master.-Mr. Jos. Ewart was r. James Henry Clough was an excellent represen- perfectly unique in the habit of a Cardinal (once worn dive (in armour likewise) of the Red Knight, Sir by the Cardinal York) and we were happy to see that he nald Front de Bœuf.-Mr. John Stavert supported possessed the cardinal virtue of temperance, as he abpart of Friar Tuck with great pleasantry and good stained absolutely from the supper table.-Mr. John amour; and did justice to the excellent venison pasty, Ewart, as the gay Tamerlane or haughty Bajazet proresented by Mrs. James Aspinall to the committee. duced a marked effect.-Major Drake was a Squire of Mr. Arthur Heywood appeared as Prince Menzikoff the Bath, attired most correctly; this gentleman's feafired in a travelling dress for his journey to Siberia. tures bore a striking resemblance to his naval ancestor, e should have pitied this unhappy nobleman, had Sir Francis Drake.-Mrs. Drake was inimitable as Lady e not sen Miss Sarah Jones, most correctly attired Pentweazle; her dress, of itself, arrested every eye, but Elizabeth the exile, whose society and charms she rivetted attention by the correct manner in which, re well calculated to reconcile one to banishment, of by her conversation and playfulness, she supported the hatever duration. Mr. Hugh Jones was a delightful character; and the two Miss Willis' made a most strikTurk, and came to the ball with a suite of no less than ing appearance, being exactly biform, or divided into eventeen damsels.-Mrs. Jones pleased us by a living two equal parts, youth on one side, and age on the other; seture of Rubens's second wife. In her train we so that a lover might well have exclaimed, "My bane oticed a smart little figure, whom we found after and antidole are both before me."-Mr. Tartt, in a fancy ards to be Annot Lyle represented by Miss Thomp- Venetian dress.-Mr. Robert Neilson was very chastely m; she was dressed in the Highland costume, and neatly attired in a forest or hunting dress, and Mr. ad looked classically well.-Miss Hannah Heywood Barnard as a peasant.-Miss Mary Gott, as a Spanish dre-sed as the Bride of Abydos.-Mr. Knox, of lady, attracted, in turn, the eyes of the whole assen.bly 88th Regiment, was an inimitable Chinese, and she was accompanied by the Miss Ewurts, rot less uld have done great credit to the grenadiers of Kien attractive, in very elegant and well-imagined fancy -Miss Parke of Wavertree, was a fair Dalmatian. dresses.Mr. Ireland Blackburne was dressed in a -Miss Parke of Highfield, a fair Dutchwoman, so court dress-Mrs. Ireland Blackburne in a graceful and fact costume and figure as to create a momentary simple fancy dress.-Miss Kenrick as a Norman lady sm, and lead us to fancy ourselves at Groningen, was really beautiful-and Mr. Kenrick, as a Spanish ith Beveland.-Mrs. Ryan was an old lady, in a Grandee, looked particularly well.-Mrs. Bolton, as two hundred years old, and kept up the silence Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, in the dignity of her reserve of that age. Mr. John Hayward Turner manners and splendour of her dress, might have been on our readers will justly think demanded ear- well taken for the royal Anne.-Mrs. Staniforth and oked admirably. otice) was a Tyrolese peasant, and certainly Miss Morland, as Ladies of the bed-chamber to Queen His general courtesy and po- Anne, vied in elegance of manners with her Grace. and his constant attention to all, excited Sir John and Lady Tobin as a gentleman and lady of versal admiration. Mr. Walter Moore, as the the time of Waverley, were capitally dressed. Lady T. ake of Medina Celi, was an ornament to Spain. He was so much pleased with the evening, that she declared celebrated for his activity in the establishment of that when next Sir John was Mayor, she should beg him national schools in that country, for which his name to let his ball be a fancy ball, which Sir John politely proIl be handed down to a grateful posterity. Mrs. Wal-mised.-Mr. Peter Serjeantson as a Roman, (the Dicta-vating in fancy dresses, one of them as Titania.Doctor was an excellent Danish bride, whose beauty required tor Sylla, we hear) played the Roman's and the lover's aid from ornament or dress.-Mr. Walker was a Polish part. Mr. Richard Heywood was an inimitable Rob et, and descanted largely on the deviation of the Roy.-One of the most striking figures present was Miss edle, and other mineralogical subjects.-Mr. Barclay Bell Heywood, in a fanciful but elegant dress; her eared as Sir Robert Walpole; and Mrs. Barclay in beauty attracted general notice.-Miss Phoebe Heywood tasteful Grecian dress, for which her figure is well looked remarkably well as a Russian Princess.-Mr. pted-Miss Newsham looked remarkably well in Charles Saunders as a Venetian peasant (the number of Costume of Ida of Athens, the correctness of which peasants present, by the bye, was 57) looked nost striking, Miss Helen Newsham, as "sweet Ann blooming and happy; while Mrs. Saunders was delightge," made many a youth long to be a Master Slen-ed and delightful as a Florentine country woman.—Mr. she had a rival in Miss Georgiana Roach, and Mrs. Edwards were as correct representations of the 10 was similarly habited. Mr. Tonna was a old English gentry as any present.-Mr. Staniforth, as sire Troubadour of Estramadura.Mr. Bolton Dr. Culpepper, of herbal memory, was an admirable peared in a splendid Court dress, and for some old physician, and evinced such care of the company as to irs seemed delighted. At length, however, he red for the pure mountain air of Westmorland, and exhilarating pursuit of the chase.-Miss Hilton and Harriet Hilton truly adorned the room, by their rsonal charms, and beautiful Tunisian dresses: Zing on them, many a one longed to be a follower Mahomet. This is the place, perhaps, to observe, at we never saw a better collection of oriental cosparticularly Sir John Hilton, K. T. S. in an ginal Arabian dress-Mr.Sneyd, sen. a Tripolitan. excite the notice of Dr. Brandreth and Dr. Traill.-Ma- INDIAN CONJURORS. self for the occasion: he appeared first as Robinson Cru of the same order. We regret to state that several gentlemen were much tleman was a perfect Proteus, and without any change "At another time, I have seen a girl, about fifteen To conclude, we have not intentionally omitted any; if we have done so, the bewildering scene and the shortness of the time must be our apology,. As to the Ball itself, it far exceeded any thing ever before seen here; and we question the possibility of any thing being better done. There was a freshness and gaiety of appearance which heightened the general effect; and was, we think, owing chiefly to almost every dress being correct picture in itself, and new for the occasion, instead of being, as is too often the case, selected from the faded wardrobes of the Opera and Theatres. a Correspondence. TO TRADESMEN AND OTHERS. It has been a practice of late for extravagant youths make applications to taylors, drapers, and shoemaken (I mean those who are living with their parent for credit for six or twelve months, stating, that the muneration for their apprenticeship should cover these tradesmen consulted these persons' parents befe expenses they incurred, which credit has been given b some to a great extent. I think it would be proper they deliver any goods, as it would prevent much discu in a family, and many presumptuous applications whi ought not to be hired for any length of time, are afterwards made for the payment. Gigs and horm the parties are perfectly known to the owner. JUVENIS To Correspondents. FANCY BALL.-The verses originating in the recent Fancy Ball, and entitled "The Bachelers, or the Palace of Enchantment," can hardly fail to please our readers; to whom we wish to intimate, that, to car own knowledge, they have been produced on the p of the moment, at little more than four-and-twit hours' notice, by a gentleman, too, who had advantage of witnessing the scene he has so po described, but who undertook the task at thes tion of a friend. O'SHAUGHNASEY. We have before expressed opinion we now repeat; that the eloquent and poeti Incantation to our quondam correspondent, O'She nasey, cannot fail to produce the desired effect, if highly-gifted gentleman, whose fate combines mystery and interest, be really still in the land living. DREAMS. The letter of J. Q. on this subject is accep table. JUVENIS will find his suggestion has not been dies The interesting original Letter from Italy, and the Printed, published, and sold by E. SMITH and Co 54, Lord-street, Liverpool. Sold also by John Bywater and Co. Pool-lane; Mean Warrington, Mr. Harriwe Lancaster Mr. Bentham. Stoke, Mr. Tomkinson Hanley, Mr. Allbut. Wigan, Messra. Lyum Ormskirk, Mr. Garside Blackburn, Mr. Rogerwon | Northwick, Mr. Lent. The Gleaner. Ja friend in Gray's Inn, who said, I was of discretion too! Hunting belts for genevidently in rude health. Thought the tlemen hung up in glover's windows. ** I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's compliment ruder than the health. Longed to buy one, but two women in shop cheapening mittens. Three grey hairs in left eye-brow. WOTTON. THE BACHELOR'S THERMOMETER. The following specimen of genuine humor (from the New Monthly Magazine) was recommended to our notice by a correspondent, whose suggestion it required very little inducement to adopt, after a perusal of the piece itself, at which we have laughed too heartily, to require any other test of its excellence. It is certainly thef d'œuvre in its way, and the writer has perhaps never been surpassed in his playful attempt to hit off the follies, absurdities, and self-delusions, which cheat then to the end of the chapter.-EDT. KAL. 32. Passion for dancing rather on the decline. Voted sitting out play and farce one of the impossibilities. Still in stage- 36. Several grey hairs in whiskers; all box three nights per week. Sympathized owing to carelessness in manufactory of with the public in vexation, occasioned by shaving soap. Remember thinking my non-attendance the other three; can't please father an old man at thirty-six. Settled every body. Began to wonder at the plea- the point! Men grew old sooner in former sure of kicking one's heels on a chalked days. Laid blame upon flapped waistcoats floor till four in the morning. Sold bay and tie wigs. Skaited on the Serpentine. mare, who reared at three carriages, and Gout. Very foolish exercise, only fit for shook me out of the saddle. Thought boys. Gave skaits to Charles's eldest saddle-making rather worse than formerly. son. Hair growing thin. Bought a bottle of Tricosion fluid. Mem. "a flattering unction." 37. Fell in love again. Rather pleased to find myself not too old for the passion. Emma only nineteen. What then? women 33. Hair thinner. Serious thoughts of require protectors; day settled; devilishly Said to a wig. Met Col. Buckhorse, who wears frightened; too late to get off. Luckily one. Devil in a bush. Serious thoughts jilted. Emma married George Parker one of letting it alone. Met a fellow Etonian day before me. Again determined never in the Green Park, who told me I wore well; to marry. Turned off old tailor, and took wondered what he could mean. Gave up to new one in Bond-street. Some of those cricket-club, on account of the bad air fellows make a man look ten years younger. about Paddington; could not run it, without Not that that was the reason. being out of breath. Etatis 30.-Looked back through a vista en years; remembered that, at twenty, I boked upon a man of thirty as a middleged man; wondered at my error, and protacted the middle age to forty. pyself, "Forty is the age of wisdom." Reflected generally upon past life; wished ayself twenty again, and exclaimed, "If I Here but twenty, what a scholar I would be thirty! but it's too late now. Looked in ae glass; still youthful, but getting rather at Young says, "a fool at forty is a fool adeed;" forty, therefore, must be the age of isdom. 34. Measured for a new coat. Tailor proposed fresh measure, hinting something about bulk. Old measure too short; parchment shrinks. Shortened my morning ride to Hampstead and Highgate, and wondered what people could see at Hendon. Determined not to marry; means expensive and dubious. Counted eighteen bald heads in the pit at the Opera. So much the better; the more the merrier. 38. Stuck rather more to dinner parties. Gave up country dancing. Money-musk certainly more fatiguing than formerly. Fiddlers play it too quick. Quadrilles stealing hither over the Channel. Thought of adding to number of grave gentlemen who learn to dance. Dick Dapper dubbed me one of the over growns. Very impertinent and untrue. 31. Read in the Morning Chronicle, that watchmaker in Paris, aged thirty-one, ad shot himself for love. More fool the watchmaker! Agreed that nobody fell in ove after twenty. Quoted Sterne. "The xpression of 'fall in love' evidently shows, ove to be beneath a man." Went to Drury39. Quadrilles rising. Wondered sober ane; saw Miss Crotch in Rosetta, and fell mistresses of families would allow their cara love with her. Received her ultimatum; 35. Tried on an old great coat, and pets to be beat after that fashion. Dinner one but matrimonions need apply. Was found it an old little one; cloth shrinks as parties increasing. Found myself gradualthree months making up my mind (a long well as parchment. Red face in putting on ly Tontinting it towards top of table. ime for making up such a little parcel) shoes. Bought a shoe-horn. Remember Dreaded Ultima Thule of hostesses elbow. when Kitty Crotch eloped with Earl Buskon; quizzing my uncle George for using one; Good places for cutting turkeys; bad for pretended to be very glad. Took three then young and foolish. Brother Charles's cutting jokes. Wondered why I was alturns up and down library, and looked in the wife lay in of her eighth child. Served ways desired to walk up. Met two schoolglass. Getting rather fat and florid. Met him right for marrying at twenty-one; age fellows at Pimlico, both fat and red-faced. Used to say at school that they were both of my age; what lies boys tell! 40. Look back ten years. Remember at thirty, thinking forty a middle-aged man. Must have meant fifty. Fifty certainly, the age of wisdom. Determined to be wise in ten years. Wished to learn music and Looked in the money expended upon Waterloo Bridge occupied with an account of Florence, Venice, Milan, and the return to England. From these volumes we shall proceed to make a few detached extracts: From Rome, our fair author traveled to Naples, could not resist wishing it might be a little hurried Italian. Tried Logier. 'Twould not do. blessedness," and wished him a good morn-there was to be within any reasonablespace of time, the No defect of capacity, but those things ing. should be learned in childhood. 41. New furnished chambers. new glass; one chin too much. other new glass; chin still double. Art of glass-making on the decline. Sold my horse, and wondered people could find any pleasure in being bumped. What were legs made for? 47. Top of head quite bald. Pleaded Lord Grey in justification. Shook it on, the streets at Naples, when he becomes so habituated to reflecting that I was but three years re-are the odd looking little carriages, called Calessi, carry. moved from the " Age of Wisdom." Teething one or two persons, who hold the horses, retrs, the driver standing behind, and directing the horse with sound, but not so white as heretofore. his voice and whip, the temporary stages on which the Something the matter with the dentrifice. wit of the illustrious native of Naples, Punch, is das Began to be cautious in chronology. Bad thing to remember too far back. Had serious thoughts of not remembering Miss Farren. played, the moveable shops for the sale of macar melons, lemonade, &c. and the characteristics always picturesque costumes. All these carriages, tapet, shops, and people, are as fine as gaudy paint a piti. sion of gilding, and gay though often ragged stuff, tr med with gold and silver tinsel, can make them. Th of persons, and covers all sorts of things with the mest excessive love of meretricious finery pervades all false and paltry ornaments.." who surround them and crowd the streets, in varied but Our travelers were fortunate to be at Naples during the carnival, when a masked ball took place at the года 48. Quite settled not to remember Miss Farren. Told, Laura Willis and Palmer, who died when I was nineteen, certainly did not look forty-eight. It was the first fete which had been given since 49. Resolved never to marry but for restoration of Ferdinand the Fourth to the Kingdom of money or rank. the Two Sicilies; and so much was said and thought about it, that it was like 50. Age of wisdom. Married my cook. -Grimm's Ghost. THE TRAVELLER. NAPLES. waist. Read in Morning Post an advertise-[From Sketches descriptive of Italy in 1816 and 1817; with a brief Account of Travels in various parts of A few more travelers in Italy, and we shall soon be 44. Met Fanny Stapleton, now Mrs. Meadows, at Bullock's Museum. Twenty- as well acquainted with that classic country as we are five years ago wanted to marry her. What an escape! Women certainly age much sooner than men. Charles's eldest boy began to think himself a man. Starched cravat and a cane. What presumption! At his age I was a child. with our own. The Tiber will be as familiar to us as known than the Seven Dials; and the church of St. the Thames; the seven hills of Rome made better Peter as often before us in the "mind's eye" as the cathedral of St. Paul. It is not, however, from these volumes that the public must expect much information with which they may not be previously acquainted. The traveler is a lady who acknowledges her deficiency in those classic acquirements which must give an additional zest to the contemplation of Grecian genius and Roman glory; she is, however, a lively and intelligent writer, who, in an extensive ramble, has noticed every thing that came in her way; and had she confined her self to the impressions they made, without attempting to refute more able writers or to settle doubts much beLord North. Wondered at the licentiousness of the modern press. Why can't peo-religious matters, her work would have been entitled to yond her reach, and also had exhibited less flippancy on ple be civil, like Junius and John Wilkes, much praise, notwithstanding, as she confesses, the in the good old times? scenes and objects she witnessed "have been so often 45 A few wrinkles about the eyes, commonly called crow's feet. Must have caught cold. Began to talk politics, and shirk the drawing-room. Eulogized Garrick; saw nothing in Kean. Talked of 46. Rather on the decline, but still handsome and interesting. Growing dislike to the company of young men; all of them talk too much or too little. Began to call chambermaids at inns "My dear." Thought al palace: 'O'Rourke's noble fare "All strangers were dying to obtain tickets. But "In the forenoon of the day, the Principe di L—— a Sicilian nobleman of our acquaintance, came in great distress, to know if my sister or I could lend bird of Paradise plume to a friend of his, who had be vourites, to attend him all the evening; and chosen by Prince Leopold, along with four other all to be attired alike. Four of these plume bab procured; but, alas! Naples did not produ the engerness with which this chase of the Parsc in all countries, courtiers worship the Those only, who know something of courts can inc plume was conducted all over the city, on this day into how much importance these feathers rose in Ne politan estimation. I laughed at myself for the interest I took in the business; and it certainly did not a from any admiration for Leopold himself, who is a fat, heavy-looking young man, with white hair and brows, and the thick lip of the Austrian family, in which he is maternally descended. pold, his proper title is Prince of Salerno. He is believed Though generally known by the name of Prince Le to be his father's favourite; I heard it often cor fil affirmed, that Ferdinand intended the Duke of Calar to be the King to inherit only Sicily, where he was then residents Naples. An absolute monarch may do much, or Ferdinand to seat his favourite on the throne, alive; but an absolute monarch, when dead, is quite another sort of personage; and I shall doubt the powe especially as the Duke of Calabria is said to have a stres party in his favour in Naples itself, where Prince La pold is much less popular than his father. On this oc The first volume contains the tour of the fair author of the is from England to Rome, through Paris, Toulon, Genoa, for his manners were kind, frank, and affable, des casion, indeed, the old Monarch, weak and silly as he Parma, and Florence. The second is confined to a de-son sauntered about the whole evening as if half asite scription of Rome and its environs. The third includes leaning on the shoulder of one of his plumed favouries religious corte Nantes at Rome. The fourth volume is and scarcely deigning to notice any one else in the ro "The King is a good-humoured, respectable-looking and so much better described." an account of Naples, and a further account of some on a niedal. t; and seemed to enjoy the amusement from his | from this study; for, in short, there is no object or even the fourth is warmly covered up, and guarded against art. La Mogile also wore black, with a profu- relating to the Roman Empire, which is not pictured diamonds. Though the wife of the reigning sovethis lady is not allowed either the title or state of for she was the subject before she became the e King. She was created Duchess of Santa Florida; but is more commonly called La Mogile. She is young and rather handsome. The Duchess of Genoa, the daughter of Ferdinand, and her husband, brother to the King of Sardinia, were also present at this ball. He is very uninteresting, and the very plain, in appearance; but, though apparently ar from young, she is so immoderately fond of dancing, istoire out the most youthful and indefatigable courjers. Some reverses bear the head of the Empress, the son, or the daughter, of the Prince whose portrait graces the obverse: such are esteemed much by antiquarians, as they not only assist in the arrangement of a series, but ensure us the likeness of a near relation, who, perhaps, never struck a coin bearing his own head. The deities represented on the Roman coins differ from the Greek, inasmuch as the latter but give us Having now despatched the royal party, I may descen to the rest of the company, which consisted of the gods or goddesses, with their attributes, whilst on Tur, Jews, and Infidels of all descriptions-ghosts and the former they are generally attended with their devi-gods and goddesses-Tartars of the Desert, Cos- names. Thus, on a coin of Lucilla, Venus, though sack Chefs, Indian Princes, numerous Sultans, and in- well known by the apple in her hand, has yet the name unerable Sultanas-Greeks, Spaniards, Dutchmen, and Laplanders; a variety of Swiss and Italian costumes, round her, VENVS. But it is more common to have and an immense assemblage of fancy-dresses. Every an adjunct added, as on one of Faustina the younger, one as masked on entering the rooms; but none of the VENVS GENETRIX, which generally shows that oyal family wore masks, and as the King himself took the Empress has had children; it is also a reverse of hem off from some of the earlier comers, the whole comany were at liberty to get rid of the unpleasant in- Salonina. On one of Marcia Otacilia Severa, we have umbrance as quickly as they pleased. There was no the PVDICITIA AVGVSTI. And it is from this tempt at preserving character, except in dress; but, adjunct, that a writer on the study supposes all rethat respect, nothing can be imagined more splendid, aried, or elegant. The suite of rooms was extensive, verses to relate to the Emperor or Empress whose nagnificently furnished, brilliantly lighted, and splen-head is represented on the obverse. idly filled. The supper was served in great abundance On the Greek we have Ceres with her wheaten gar. and variety, on gold and silver, and seemed to form no land; Minerva, with the helmet; and the others in the adifferent portion of the entertainment to the Italian part of the company; who not only ate pretty largely like manner; whilst the Romans always give us a leof the good things set before them, but staffed their pock-gend when they bear any of the deities, though we ets with cakes and other portable articles. They did have, sometimes, reverses without, as of Titus in his this quite openly, not conceiving that any one would triumphal car, &c. think it strange, for it is the common practice all over Italy." 1 the inclemency of winter. Such are the devices of the COINAGE OF ENGLAND. SILVER COIN. Silver pence, half-pence, and farthings were coined down to the reign of Edw. III. 1354; then groats and half-groats; next a shilling or testoon, called so from a têste coined in 1503. Henry VIII. coined crowns: Edward VI. half-crowns, sixpences, and threepences; Elizabeth, threepences and three-farthing pieces: from 43d Eliz. to the present time the coinage has remained the same. Richard the First's ransom cost 1,600,000 pennies, which beggared the kingdom, and producing the discon tents under John may be said to have been the origin of English freedom. He was the first King who debased the English coinage, and he did it to 91 per cent. Henry the Eighth's side-faced coin is good; the full-faced bad. Edward the Sixth's the reverse. Edward the Sixth's is the last full-faced coin. Edward the Sixth's base coin of 1547 is the first English coin bearing a date. Under William III. was the grand re-coinage of silver, to the amount of £6,400,000: county mints were established to expodite this coinage. GOLD COIN. The first was under Henry III. 1257, gold pennies. The next was that of Florence, 1344, six shilling in vaand 20-shilling pieces. The guinea was coined in 1663, lue! then angels, angelets, ryals, sovereigns, CLOWNS, of Guinea gold, to go for 20s. but it never went for less than 21s. by tacit consent. A guinea in 1696 was worth 30s. It is computed that the whole cash of the kingdom passes through the Bank in three years. In 1733, all called in, and forbidden to circulate. the gold coins, Unites, Jacobuses, Caroluses, &c. were COPPER COINAGE. Not coined till Elizabeth, and then only as a pledge; not received well, and but little coined till 1672; then James II. with nummorum formulus inscribed. Tradeshalfpennies and farthings. Tin and copper studs under mens' tokens supplied the place of this coinage. The Duke of Savoy took Saluzzo, and coined a medal with a centaur running away with a nymph: his motto was Opportunè. Henry IV. of France retook it, and his medal represented Hercules killing the Centaur: hie motto was Opportunius.Pliny says, "Falsi denarii spectatur exemplar: pluribusque veris denariis adulcerius emitur." Is not this a strange encouragement of an imitative art? We reward the artizan with the halter. I shall conclude this letter with a few of the most One extract more, and we take our leave of Naples: remarkable reverses on Roman coins, not only as mo"Few masks, either good or bad, attend the San Carlo numents of events which then took place, but of one masquerades, and this is also the case in the semi-heb- which had happened many centuries before the date of demadal parades, in the Strada di Toledo; where no better amusement is to be found than seeing twenty or the coin; and also as models for after ages. For what thirty shabby and stupid masks pelt each other with can be finer than the coin of Titus which has the capspoonfuls of whitened dough, kneaded into little round tive daughter of Judea sitting under a palm-tree, weepballs. There is generally a large enough crowd of tators on foot; for, if you do not quarrel with the quali-ing! "This," says Cooke, "naturally reminds us of 7, you may have what quantity of people you please at that passage of the Psalmist, By the waters of BABYNaples; and accidents very frequently happen in con- LON we sat down and wept when we remembered thee, sequence. One day, a better mask than ordinary passed O Sion!" "But what is more remarkable," observes along the street, and the crowd, rushing after him, reckEs and careless of what they were doing, pushed a child Mr. Addison," we find Judea represented as a woander the wheels of a carriage which was proceeding in man in sorrow, sitting upon the ground, in a passage the line. The poor boy's leg was broken. Some notice. of the prophet that foretels the very captivity recorded it may be imagined, was taken of this affair ;-but, no ach thing. It was neither thought of, nor spoken of/on these medals," But the legend of one, in particu- The best modern counterfeit coins are by Cellini and Cagain. Accidents of this kind are, indeed, so frequent lar, is most striking, as it is an address of this captive Naples, owing to the frightful rapidity with which daughter of Jerusalem to her conqueror, VICISTI carriages are driven, that they do not seem to excite a CAESAR. Nor can I pass over a medal preserved in sation of any kind. Under l'ancien regime, if an old man was run over, a trifling penalty was exacted; but the Pembrokian Collection, which has been considered nothing whatever could be demanded for the demolition as a traditional evidence of the Mosaic flood. It is of of an old woman." " the Emperor Philip. For the reverse of which we see an ark upon the waters, containing two persons, a man and a woman, the latter being veiled. The same persons are also represented as being just landed; and, with uplifted hands, witnessing some extraordinary emotion. On the roof of the ark sits a dove, and another is in the air, on the wing, with a branch in its bill. In the front of the ark, and under the man, are the letters NNE. The legend is EII Magus AVR 18 ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Β ΑΡΧΙ ερεως ΑΠΑΜ ΕΩΝ Sub Marco Aurelio Alexandro iterum Archisacerdote Fine Arts. ON THE STUDY OF COINS. LETTER Y. [Written for the Kaleidoscope.] ON THE REVERSES OF THE ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS. Apamensium. (An engraving of it will be found on TO THE EDITOR. SI,-As the side of the coin which bears the portrait is termed the face, or obverse, so the opposite side is called the reverse. vino, Paduans, and are called the Paduan school. They may be detected by their comparative thinness, being too circular, and having the modern letters, as M. for M Anecdotes. Transcribed by a Correspondent.] The late Madam de Stael had, in her youth, the most celebrated instructors in every branch of learning; and among others, the famous Dr. Tissot and our historian the lady, before the latter had finished his lesson, said Gibbon. The former, entering one day the study of to her: "Madam, when you are sick of his philosopby, my medicine will cure you." Upon which Gibbon retorted: “ Madam, when his quackery has killed you, my philosophy will immortalize you." Marshal Villars had the government of Provence conferred upon him by Louis XIV. for his military services. It was customary in that part of France, on the accession of a governor, to present him with a purse of this had been done by the last governor, the Prince of money, which was however, generally refused; and Condé. The people having been much impoverished by the war, the same was expected from Villars, and the conduct of his predecessor mentioned to him, the Prince of Condé is inimitable," and kept the moBut, being very avaricious, he replied, "Gentlemen, reference to it, P. 3, T. 78, in the Pembrokian Collection.) There is also another curious reverse of Antoninus Puis, on which we see four persons, who seem delighted with their respective employments: and represent the different seasons of the year. Three of them are naked; one having a basket of flowers upon It is the great variety of deities, at full length, con- his head; a second with his reap-hook, ready for the giaries, allocutions, and ceremonies, public and private, harvest; and a third with the fruits of the vintage. which affords one of the principal amusements arising | These need no clothing, in the sunshine of Italy: butney for his own use. |