procession with four triumphal cars, on the four Sundays immediately preceding Lent; the first with bread, the second with flesh, the third with vegetables, and the fourth with fish. These provisions are piled up very high, with musicians placed at the top, and guarded by armed men, till they are given up to be pillaged by the populace. But that which draws the greatest concourse to Naples, is the castle built according to the rules of fortification, and faced all over with pieces of beef, bacon, hams, geese, turkeys, and other provisions. This welcome spectacle is exhibited once a year, and on each side of the castle is a fountain running with wine during the whole day. A party of soldiers is posted to restrain the ardour of the populace till the viceroy appears in his balcony, which is the signal for the assault, and it rarely happens that the fortress long withstands the united efforts of so many active assailants. H. B. A PORTION OF THE PROBLEMA OF ERASMUS. Translated for the Olio, by G. M. MOTION.-(motus animalis) To animal motion these situations are peculiar :forwards, backwards, right, left, and circular motion, in the beginning of animal motion, strength gives celerity, and spes* perveniendi continues it. Motus Natvus-natural motion appertains to inanimate bodies, those which are heavy descend, and those of sufficient lightness ascend. Motus violentus.-Forced motion in its progress becomes less slow than at first as an arrow from a bow; this motion is in contradistinction to natural motion, which is demonstrated by a stone falling from an eminence. ELEMENTS. Fire is lighter than air, and water is heavier than earth, as Ovid says, ignea convexi vis et sine pondere cœli emicuit, summaq locum sibi legit in arce; proximus est aer, &c. Clouds, although they contain much water, are supported by air, yet this is owing to the attractive quality of the sun, and consequently their combination with fire, is the cause of their lightness,-and their fall is occasioned by the too great density of water, destroying the agency of the sun. Air is sometimes lighter than fire, and earth heavier than water, owing to their * The definition is somewhat metaphysical, a characteristic feature in the writings of the philosophers of his time, when the "peculiarus et occula in rebus cognatio," could not be divined. mixed natures, and being pure elements, as that earth which contains a body of water becomes unusually heavy, and that containing salt, light, salt possessing the properties of fire in an eminent degree as the air which is in contact with dense or subtle bodies partake of their respective natures. MINERALS, &c.-Stones partake chiefly of the nature of earth, and lead of fire, yet lead is well known to be of a greater weight, and the reason is that stones are of a porous nature, and contain a great quantity of air, and some stones will float on the surface of water, as the pumice, &c. so that it is the density of lead that distinguishes it, gold is known to be heavier than lead, it is of course of a still greater density, although gold contains a greater quantity of fire, it was said by the ancients to emit rays of light by night, thus Pindar in Olym. I. Αριστον μὲν ὕδωρ· ὁ δε και μεγάνορος ἔξοχα πλουτου is contained in oil, and " omnium pinIt is also the quantity of fire which guim" that causes them to float upon the surface of water, though they are of a greater weight than the body which supports them, and it is only when heat is produced by forced or artificial means, that it can be subdued by water as heated, iron when immersed in water. DENSITY, &c.-There was shown to me once a piece of wood (aloèn) combi ning the lightness of a reed, and the durability of iron, but on being immersed in a fluid descended with the force of lead+ in this instance it could not be attributed to density, but to a certain unrevealed nature in things which can never be dis-' covered, as some bodies attract others, and some repel, as the magnet attracts steel, and the vitis repels the brassica and the fire will attract naptha, although they metal will float on quicksilver except appear of different natures, all kinds of gold, this cannot he accounted for unless it was ordained that the one was made to detect the other, to these and many other phenomena no answer can be given, or why the Arethusian waters which are of a greater weight float upon the surface of + This statement few of the admirers of Erasmus believed. That great progress has been made in natural philosophy since this self acknowledgment of ignorance is indisputable since there are few or none of the members of our modern mechanical institutes that could not give a satisfactory answer to this phenomenon. 66 A poor man once went to Mahommed, who was sitting in an assembly of learned men, and cried, "Oh Prophet, I am poor!" Mahommed replied, "Poverty is my glory!" Presently afterwards another man came, saying, "Oh Prophet, I am poor." Mahommed replied, " Poverty makes men blush in both worlds. You are surprised, my friends," said he, turning to his companions, " at my giving such contradictory answers to these two beggars; but the fact is, the first is a pious man, who for religion's sake has left the world, but the other is a man whom the world has deserted." H. BLAMPOON ON HYDE LORD CLARENDON. Mr. D'Israeli, in a note to his life of Charles I. states that the following bitter piece of wit he recovered from its manuscript state, the nature of it shews the treatment a political family may meet with when the furor of party rages. It turns on the family name of the Clarendons : When Dido landed, she bought as much ground, As the Hyde of a lusty fat bull would surround; But when the said Hyde was cut into thongs Here's nought to be seen, but Hyde! Hyde! Of old, and were law the kingdom divides, 'Twas our Hydes of Land, 'tis now Land of Hydes! FOOTE THE MIMIC. When Foote the actor was in the habit of taking off, as he called it, upon the stage, all the popular men of his day, being in company with some of his associates, one of them reminded him of the Rev. John Wesley, observing that he This fiction is thought by some to be misplaced in so mechanical a controversy. For an impressive description of this lake and the surrounding country, see the last Eclectic Review. would be a good subject for his purpose. Foote went and heard Mr. Wesley with great attention. It happened to be at a time when Mr. Wesley had considerable liberty in preaching, and, on those occasions, his friends used to say he excelled himself. When Foote again met with his friends they inquired of him whether he intended to take off Mr. Wesley. His reply was, "How is it possible to take off perfection." EFFECT OF MUSIC ON A MANIAC. The following anecdote of Madame Camporese is related by Mr. Ebers in his "Seven years of the King's Theatre,' which does great honour to that highly talented lady, and speaks volumes in praise of the kindness of her disposition, and the goodness of her heart. "An intimate acquaintance waited on Madame Camporese one morning to make a request. In the hospital for the insane a man was confined, literally fanatico per musica, he had lost his senses on the failure of an opera, in which the labour of the composer was greater than the excellence of his music. This unfortunate had by some accident heard of Camporese, whose fame filled the City of Milan, and immediately conceived an ungovernable wish to hear her. For awhile his representations passed unnoticed, he grew ungovernable, and had to be fastened to his bed. In this state Camporese's friends had belield him. She was dressing for an evening party when this representation was made to her. She paused a moment on hearing it. Then throwing a cloak over her shoulders, said, 'Come then,' Whither?' To the Ospedale.' But why? there is no occasion to go now-to morrow, or the next day.' 'To morrow,-no, indeed, if I can do this poor man good, let me go instantly.' And they went. Being shewn into a room separated from that of the maniac only by a thin wall, Camporese began to sing one of Haydn's melodies. The attendants in the next room observed their patient suddenly become less violent, then composed at last he burst into tears. The singer now entered, she sat down, and sang again. When she had concluded, the poor composer took from under the bed a torn sheet of paper, scored with an air of his own composition, and handed it to her. There were no words, and nothing in the music; but Camporese rupning it over, sang it to some words of Metastasio, with such sweetness, that the music seemed excellent. Sing it me once more,' said the Maniac. She did so, and departed accompanied by his prayers and the tears of the spectators." CORRESPONDING CHRONOLOGY. July 9 St. Ephrem was a deacon of the church of Edessa in Syria. The death of this saint is said to have happened A. D. 378. 1540. Lord Cromwell Earl of Essex, was arrested on this day, in the council chamber, for heresy and treason. For these alleged crimes he was behead ed on Tower-hill, on the 23th of this month. The ruin of this nobleman was principally caused by the union of Henry VIII. with Ann of Cleves, which match he projected. 10 This saint and her seven sons were martyred at Rome in the time of the Emperor Antoninus, in the 2nd Century. 1723 Born in London the learned English judge, Sir William Blackstone, author of the Commentaries, ahd other valuable works on the jurisprudence of England. Besides having a sound knowledge of the laws of his country, he understood fully the science of architecture, and was an able cultivator of poesy in his early days. 11 St. James.-This Saint was a native of Nisibis, in Mesopotamia, of which place he was promoted to the bishopric. It is said of him that he wrought many miracles in Persia, and that he chose the highest mountains for his abode. His death happened A. D. 361. 1797. Died Charles Macklin, the celebrated come- 121543. On this day Henry VIII married his sixth 15 This saint flourished in the ninth century. He TIM BOBBIN. THIS famous Lancashire pastoral-for such it is has been just reprinted, with an interpretation. The new edition contains, besides, some poems of the whimsical author of Tim Bobbin,' and is ornamented by five plates from the pencil of Mr. George Cruikshank, of which anon. Of the author of Tim Bobbin' not much is known, but a brief account of him will be found in Aikin's Manchester.' His name was John Collier, and he was born in Lancashire, on the 16th of December, 1708. The exact place of his birth is not ascertained, for both Warrington and Mottram claim that honour-so we must be content to leave it in the same predicament as the native city of Homer. His father was a clergyman, in humble circumstances, and he was bred a weaver. But, speedily becoming disgusted with such an employment, and being a man of respectable education, he gave it up, and opened a small school at Rochdale, in Lancashire, where he died on the 14th of July, 1786, in his 78th year. These are the principal events of his noiseless life. He was a good-humoured, clever, and convivial fellow, and was much liked and respected in his own little circle. Tim The subjoined extracts from his Bobbin, we think will be relished by most of our readers, and prove that Tim was a man of considerable powers of humour, and one whose relations are capable of setting the table in a roar. The work Tim Bobbin,' is a dialogue in seven scenes, between a Lancashire clown, servant to a farmer, and a female fellow-servant, in which poor Tom Williams details a series of most hapless adventures which had befallen him. The day before yesterday, he informs us, he had been sent with a cow and calf to Rochdale, and, as ill luck would have it, he took his dog, Nip, with him. When he got within a mile of Rochdale, he stopped at an ale-house door, when a mare kicked the calf in the head and killed it. He succeeded, after some difficulty in selling the hide to a butcher, for thirteen pence, and contrived, by much persuasion, to get the person, to whom he was sent, to agree to take the cow off his hands, without the calf. The villany of the butcher must be related in his own words : "Tho. I went and bought two pounds of salt and an ounce of black pepper for our folks, and went towards home again. "Mary. With a fearful heavy heart, I'll uphold you. "Tho. Aye, aye, that's true-but what will you say, when I tell you he VOL. I. 2 F never buried the calf; but sold her at Oldham that morning, for twopence halfpenny a pound! Mary. Say! why by my troth, it was fair cheating; but it's just like their rascally tricks; for there's not an honest bone in the hide of never a greasy tyke of 'em all. "Tho. Indeed, Mary, I am of thy mind; for it was right wrong; but I think in my guts, that rascals in the world are as thick as wasps in a humble-bee's nest." It is impossible not to assent to the truth of this last assertion. It is as good as anything in Rabelais. Tom is next the victim of a waggish trick, played on him by some boys, who persuade him to go owling with them; To unbut his misfortunes soon thicken. derstand what follows, our readers must know, that a bandyhewit is a pass-word in Lancashire, given to a dog, when a trick is about to be played upon his owner. When a gull, on April day, for instance, has been persuaded to offer a bandyhewit for sale, the person to whom he applies, sends him to another, and so on. "SCENE III.-The First of April. Tho. Misfortunes come on me a thick as lightning. 66 egad! Mary. Odsblood! not through Nip, "Tho. Through Nip!-aye, through Nip and I would her neck had been broken in nine places when she was whelped for me, (God forgive me, the dumb creature does not hurt neither,) for I had not decently washed and dressed, and limped into the lane again, but I met a fattish-looking fellow in a blackish wig: and he stood and stared at Nip: quoth he, honest man, wilt thou sell thy dog? Said I, my dog's a bitch, and so is never a dog in the town; for, by my troth, Mary, I was as cross as two sticks. Mary. Egad, but you were bobbersome, and answered roughly too much. "Tho. But dog or bitch, said the fellow, if I had known of her three days since, I'd have got thee twenty shillings for her, for I see she's a right staunch bandyhewit, and there's a gentleman that lives about three miles off, that wants one just now. Now, Mary, to tell the truth, I'd a mind to cheat, (God forgive me!) and sell him my_sheep-cur for a bandyhewit; though I no more knew than the man in the moon what a bandyhewit was. Why, said I, she's primely bred, for her mother came from London, though she 28-SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1828. "Tho. Why, quoth he, what dost ask for her? She's worth a guinea and a half in gold, said L; but a guinea I'll have for her quoth he, I gave a guinea for mine, but I would rather have thine by a crown; but if thou'lst go to the justice—justice hém-let me see,—But I forget how he's named (but a great matter on him, for I think he's a piece of a rascal as well as the rest) he'll be glad of the bargain. cr it not. Mary. That was clever indeed, was "Tho. Aye, middling. Then I asked him what way I must go? And he told me; and away I set, with my heart as light as a feather, and carried Nip under my arm; for now, thou must understand I was afraid of losing her, ne'er doubting but I should be rich enough to pay my master for the calf, and have somewhat to spare. Mary. Odds-fish! but that was brave; you are in no ill luck now, Thomas. "Tho. But thoul'st hear it was a weary way to it; however, I got there by three o'clock; and before I opened the door, I covered Nip with the rag I dry my nose with, to let him see how I stored her. Then I opened the door, and what the deuce do'st think, but three little tiny bandyhewits, as I thought them, came barking as if the little stinkers would have worried me, and after that swallowed me alive. Then there came a fresh coloured woman as stood as stiff as if she'd swallowed a poker, and I took her for the shejustice, she was so mighty fine; for I heard Roger Jackson tell my master, that the she-justices always did most of the work. However, I ask'd her if Mr. Justice was at home, she could not open her mouth to say aye or no, but simpered and said, Yes! (the dickens yes her, and him too.) Said I, I would you to tell him I would fain speak to him. "Mary. Egad, but you was bold; I should have been timorous; but let's know how you went on? "Tho. Why, well enough, for they may nip and cheat as bad as any other clerks, and they'll not meddle with thee; but thou must not cross nor teize them, for they ar❜nt to be vexed. "Mary But how went you on? Was the justice at home? Tho. Aye; and came slap, and asked me what I wanted? Why, said I, I've a very fine bandyhewit to sell, and I hear you want one, sir. Humph! said he-a bandyhewit!-Prithee, let's look at it ? Aye, said I, and I pulled the handkerchief from off her, stroked her down the back, and said, she's as fine a bandyhewit as ever ran before a tail. : "Mary. Well done, Thomas-you could not have mended that, if you had to do it again; but you're fit to go out in faith. "Tho. She's a fine one, indeed, said the justice; and it's a thousand pities but I'd known of her yesterday. for a fellow came, and I bought one not so good as this by half a guinea; and I'll uphold you, you'll take a guinea for this. And that I'll have, if I could light of a chapman, said I. She's richly worth it, said he, and I think I can tell thee where thou may part with her, if he is not fitted already. Mary. Dear me, but that was a good-natured justice-was he not? "Tho. Aye, Mary, thou talk'st like a silly dunce: for, take my word for it, nothing that's good for any thing can come of it when a man deals with rascally folk; but, as I was telling thee, he named fellow that lived about two miles off him, (but the devil forget him, as I do); so I must go back again to Rochdale. So I got Nip under my arm again, made a scrape with my foot, and bid the justice good night, with a heavy heart thou may'st be sure; and, but as I thought I could as well sell her in this other place, it would' certainly have broken. "Mary. Lord bless us ! it was like to trouble you mightily!" While on this sage expedition poor Tom fell into a stream, by missing his footing on a slippery plank, that supplied the place of a bridge across it; and independent of the fright and the wetting, lost his salt and pepper, which sadly annoyed his person, by making it smart **os if foive hundurt pissmotes wur eh me breechus,' [as if five hundred pissmires were in my breeches.] By this time night was coming on, and he did not well know his way, which was pointed out to him by a gen tleman, with a name plus quam Hispanic. Up spoke I-Who's that? A lad's voice answered in a crying din, Aye, lawk, do not take me! do not take me!" No, said I, I'll not take thee, by Our Lady; whose lad art thou? Why, said he, I am John's o'Lall's o'Simmy's, o'Marrion's o' Dick's o'Nethon's, o' Lall's o'Simmy's in the lanes, and I am going home. Odds, thinks I to myself, thou'st a long name in thee: and here, Mary, I could not but think what long names some of us have, for thine and mine are mode |