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shone so bright and clear was soon to be clouded with forebodings of a character sufficiently painful to harrow up the soul. From sleeping the transition to dreaming is natural. It seemed as I drew near the wished-for haven, that sickness had wasted the strength of her whose smiles had given me energy, and whose approbation was a sufficient reward for all my toils and dangers. Then I saw her languid frame lying upon the bed from which she was never more to rise, the hectic flush upon her countenance, exhausted by fever, and gasping for breath. I heard her attendants whisper together, and their whispers threatening destruction to my hopes, almost chilled the life-blood at its fountain. Anguish entered into my soul. Then came the doctor to examine his patient. He stood at her bed-side declaring that art had done its utmost, the disease was gaining strength, the crisis had arrived, and that nature, wearied with the contest, must soon expire. These expectations were speedily realized the hour of dissolution came; the victim of disease sunk beneath its influence, and the loveliest of mortals, the kindest among women, ceased to exist. There she lay: she had been lovely in her life, but her former beauty was eclipsed by her loveliness in death, as if to render the separation more distressing. Her sudden transition from life to death did not affect me to the extent I might have anticipated; the truth is, she was not yet removed from my presence she was still before me! I could again look upon her pallid cheek, and take that hand, now cold in death, that had so often been clasped in mine. I could still invoke her name, and imagine that sleep had only absorbed her faculties for a time,-that she would soon return to consciousness, and bless me once more with her smiles, her counsel and her love.

These delusions, however, had but a transient existence, when they were dispelled by the entrance of the undertaker and his companions, with the coffin that was to inclose her last remains. Then came the preparations for the funeral and the day of interment. I saw the corpse leave the house, followed by the tears of affection, and many a longing, lingering look was given as the procession went forward to the house of prayer. This mournful ceremony ended, and the funeral train approached the grave. There stood the hoary headed sexton, with his mattock in his hand, waiting with manifest im

patience to complete his task. The clergyman proceeded with the service, and " ashes to ashes" had scarcely escaped his lips, when the sexton threw down upon the coffin a large lump of clay-it struck upon the plate, the sound was appalling, and thrilled through every nerve!—I thought it would injure the unconscious inmate who was now within the confines of that narrow house, which none shall quit till the trump of the archangel sounds. Nature had hitherto suffered in silence, wrought up to a pitch of desperation, I could restrain my feelings no longer, I stretched out my hand in an agony of weeping, and caught the old quaker gentleman by the nose. Awakened by this indecorous act of his hitherto sleeping companion, he cried out in an angry tone, "Friend, when thou hast sufficiently amused thyself with my nose, I will thank thee to return it to its proper owner."— I was now awake, the phantoms that had been so terrific in my dream were now dissipated, and I once more breathed freely. The coach had arrived at the end of its journey, and I parted from my companion, whom I had so unconsciously offended. Not being altogether free from apprehension, as my dream had made considerable impression on my mind, I hastened home. With a trembling hand I grasped the knocker, and all my forebodings were at once dispelled, as Eliza herself, lovely as ever, and breathing nothing but love and affection, stood before me, to welcome the absent and devoted lover.All was now forgotten, and I soon took sweet revenge on those cherub lips, that had been so pale, so cold, and so tormenting, during the continuance of my dream.

The Note Book.

I will make a prief of it in my Note Book. M. W. OF WINDSOR.

ANIMAL CRIMINALS.

A singular judgment awarded in the beginning of the fifteenth century. (From the Journal de Troye et de la Champagne Meridionale.) Attestation of the Lieutenant of

the Bailiff of Mantes and Meulon, of the expences incurred in the execution of a sow, that had devoured a child.

To all to whom these letters shall come, Simon de Baudemont, lieutenant at Meulon, of the noble Jehan, Lord of

Maintenon, knight, chamberlain of our lord the king, and his bailiff at Mantes and Meulon, greeting :-Be it known that in order to execute justice on a sow that had devoured a child, it has been found necessary to incur the expences hereafter mentioned; that is to say, for expences within the gaol six sols. Item, to the executioner who came from Paris to Meulon, to put the sentence into execution, by the command of our said lord the bailiff, and of the king's attorney, fifty-four sols. Item, for the carriage that conveyed her to execution, six sols. Item, for ropes to tie and haul her up, two sols, eight deniers. Item, for gloves, twelve deniers, amounting in the whole to sixtynine sols, eight deniers; and the above we certify to be true by these presents, sealed with our seal, and in confirmation and approbation of the above, sealed also with the seal of the castellany of Meulon, this 15th day of March, 1403. SIMON DE BAUDEMONT.

EARLY LIFE OF HIS PRESENT MAJESTY*

[The following strictly private letter, shewing the amiable manners and disposition of his present Majesty when serving in the Navy more than forty years ago, will be read with interest at the present moment. It was written while his Majesty was in command of the Andromeda, on the West India station, and was about to return home. In other respects, the letter will explain itself.]

which I have the greater reason to be
proud of, as a contradiction to the idea
that his Royal Highness is unguarded
in his conversation before women; but
so far is this from being the case, his
conduct was such as few people would
believe who were not witnesses of it.
You will readily believe it has im-
pressed us with the strongest attach-
ment to him. I have seen too much of
fessions of any man; but should our
the world to pin my faith upon the pro-
connexion with the Prince end here,
we should be most ungrateful not to
hold ourselves ever under obligation
to him, for the marked attention he
paid us in all respects. He gave us
his picture set in a ring. The infant,
whose birth 1 hourly expect, is to be
called
Prince's particular desire, if a boy; and
"William Henry," by the
"Augusta" if a girl. His Royal High-
and so are we, on that account. Little
ness is very anxious it should be a boy,
Jane has lost a charming companion
in the Prince, for they were kissing
and quarrelling all day long.

Antigua, West Indies,
April, 1789.

Anecdotiana.

BEAUMARCHAIS.

MARY S.

It has been said of this author that he was the most unfortunate man that ever lived, having buried two wives and gained three law-suits before he was 30.

VOLTAIRE.

PRAYING SOULS OUT OF PURGATORY.

MY DEAR MADAM.-His Royal Highness, Prince William, having done me the honour to say he would take charge of my letter, I write a few lines, though from my approaching confinement, wri- remark, that he had three kinds of The author of the Henriade used to ting is extremely troublesome to me; friends,-the friends whom he loved, and as I am unable to say much, I will the friends about whom he was inconfine my subject to great people.- different, and the friends whom he You will certainly be pleased to hear detested. that the Prince lived almost wholly with us during his stay in this island, upon the most pleasant and easy terms to us, and often said they were the happiest four weeks he had passed in this country. His attachment to us was most flattering, and exactly of the sort to be wished by us, expressing in the warmest terms his approbation of my husband's professional conduct; and the utmost respect always accompanied his attentions towards me; indeed, from no man did I ever receive so much;

• Court Journal.

Cardinal Richelieu used to say, that it would take just as many masses to pray souls out of purgatory as it would take snow-balls to heat an oven.

ANOTHER "MARCH OF INTELLECT."
For the Olio.

"My Cat has just publish'd her tail,"
Cried a wit," have you heard of the news?"
"Oh, no!" answer'd Jack, but I've oft
A specimen had of her mews!"
G. T. E.

Diary and Chronology.

Monday, July 26.

St. Anne, Mother of Our Lady. Sun rises 12m after 4-sets 47m after 7. This saint was the third daughter of Mathian, a priest, by his wife Mary. She was married to Joachim in Galilee, and their virtues are highly extolled by St. John Damascen.

July 26, 1680.-Anniversary of the death of the Earl of Rochester, a celebrated wit, in the profligate court of Charles If. This licentious nobleman, by a violent love of pleasure, and a disposition to extravagant mirth, involved himself in the deepest sensuality. By a disgraceful course of life, he wore out an excellent constitution before he attained his thirtieth year. Dr. Barnet, his biographer, says of him, that he lived the life of a libertine and an atheist, and died the death of a most penitent Christian.

Tuesday, July 27.

St. Congall, Abbot in Ireland -Moon's First Quarter, Oh 14m Morning.

July 27, 1654,-Expired the Rev. T. Gataker This learned man, according to Time's Telescope for 1829, was lecturer of Lincoln's Inn, and Rector of Rotherhithe, in Surrey. The following epigram, composed by himself, was discovered among his papers, and which the experienced Christian will well understand:

I thirst for thirstiness; I weep for tears;
Well pleased I am to be displeased thus;
The only thing I fear is want of fears;
Suspecting, I am not suspicious.

I cannot choose but live, because I die;
And when I am not dead, how glad am I.

Yet, when I am thus glad for sense of pain,

And careful am lest I should careless be,
Then do I grieve for being glad again,

And fear lest carelessness take care from me,
Amidst these restless thoughts this rest I find,
For those who rest not here there's rest behind.

Wednesday, July 28.

St Nisarius and Celsus, Martyrs.-High Water 40m after 6 Morning-5m after Aftern. St. Nizarius was the son of a heathen priest, but his mother was a zealous Christian; Nizarius embraced her faith with great ardour, and preached the gospel in many places with a fervour and disinterestedness becoming a disciple of the apostles. He was beheaded at Milan, with Celsus, a youth whom he had carried with him to assist him in his travels, about 68.

July 28, 1540.-Anniversary of the decapitation of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex. He had been raised from a low station, (being the son of a blacksmith at Putney,) by Cardinal Wolsey; and when his unfortunate patron was disgraced, he defended him with such spirit, generosity, and courage, as acquired himself great honour. Cromwell was accused of heresy and treason; but the real cause of his losing the favour of Henry VIII. was his having been the instrument of that capricious tyrant's marriage with Ann of Cleves; a measure which he imagined would have secured a continuance of his own greatness. Such is often the weakness of human policy!

Thursday, July 29.

t. Olaus - sun rises 14m after 1-dets 15m after 7.

July 29, 1820.-Expired Levin Christian Sander, a distinguished Danish writer, horn at Ipzihoe, November 13, 1756. He was the son of a tailor, and this circumstance, added to a weak constitution, was not peculiarly favourable to him; but he obtained the notice of the physician Trapp, and afterwards of Ehlers when at Kiel, where he continued till 1778. He then became a teacher at the institution at Dessau; while in this situation be wrote for several periodical works, and produced a romance that was honoured with the ap, robation of Wieland. Five years afterwards he went to Copenhagen, where he became tutor in the family of Count Reventlau; here he applied himself to Danish literature, and translated into German many of the best authors-Ewald, Rapbeck, Pram, Baggesen, Wessel, Slorm, &c. Subsequently he wrote some original productions in Danish, among which is his tragedy of Niels Ebbensen; Eropolis an opera; and Hospitalet, a comedy: his last publication was a collection of Ancient Danish Ballads and Songs, undertaken in conjunction with Kunzen in 1816.

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High Water 45m after 8 Morn-23m after 9 Evening.

July 30, 1588.-One of the many murderous combats that the Streets of Edinburgh were famed for, is the following:-" On this day, according to Birrel, Sir William Stewart was slain in Blackfriars' Wynd by the Earl of Bothwell, who was the most famed disturber of the public peace in those times The quarrel had arisen on a former occasion on account of some despiteful language used by Sir William, when the fiery Earl vowed the destruction of his enemy in words too shocking to be repeated, sua therafter rencountering Sir William in ye Blackfriar Wynd, by chance told him he would now and with that drew his sword; Sir Wil

liam standing to his defence, and having his back at ye vall, ye Earle made a thrust at him with his raper, and strake him in at the back and out at the belly and killed him.' Ten years thereafter, one Robert Cathcart, who had been with the Earl of Bothwell on this occasion, though it does not appear that he took an active part in the murder, was slain in revenge by William Stewart, son of the deceased, while standing inoffensively at the wall in the head of Peebles Wynd near the Tron.

With this Number is published a SUPPLEMENTAL SHEET, containing a MEMOIR AND STRIKINg Portrait of her Majesty Queen Adelaide.

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while the habits and manners of George the Third and his Queen afforded a bright example to their subjects, and gave a check to vice and licentiousness. It cannot but be gratifying to learn that her Majesty has nominated to the royal household such ladies only as are well known for their virtue and strict decorum. These situations are now held by females, whose moral excellence as wives and mothers are well known. It will be unnecessary for us to expatiate upon the portrait here presented to our readers. The countenance of her Majesty is noble and intellectual, and though it cannot be pronounced strictly beautiful, it may with truth be said to possess, that which Lord Bacon says surpasseth all beauty. But our present purpose is to give a short memoir of her Majesty, which we have drawn from the most authentic sources. Her Majesty is the daughter of George Frederic Charles, Duke of Saxe Cobourg Meiningen, by Louisa Elenora, daughter of Christian Albert Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe Langenburg. Her Majesty was born on the 13th of August, 1792, and baptized by the name of Adelaide Louisa Theresa Caroline Amelia. In the year 1803, her Majesty, having lost her father, who died at the age of forty-two, was with her brother and sister, (the present Duke of Saxe Meiningen, and the Duchess of Saxe Weimar Eisenach) left under the guardianship of her mother the Duchess, who was by her husband's last will appointed Regent of the Duchy and guardian to his children.

The excellent Duchess devoted her whole attention to the education of her children, and the happiness of the people intrusted to her care. The Duchy of Meiningen was too insignificant to attract the attention of the Emperor of France; it was left undisturbed, and its little Court uncorrupted; and its Princesses, when grown up, became celebrated for their exemplary conduct. Our late excellent Queen (Charlotte) had long kept her eye upon this virtuous family, which, flourishing like an Oasis in the great desert of corrupted Germany, had attracted much of her regard and attention; and, when she judged it prudent that the Duke of Clarence should marry, strongly pressed upon his attention the Princess of Meiningen. A marriage between the illustrious parties was the result, which took place at Kew, on the 11th of July, 1818, at

which time the marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, which had previously taken place in Germany, was solemnized according to the rites of the Church of England. Soon after the ceremony, the Duke and Duchess of Clarence went to Hanover, where they remained till the spring of 1819. In the month of March that year, her Royal Highness was delivered of a seven-months child, which expired soon after its birth, and was interred in the Royal vault at Hanover. Shortly after her recovery the Duke and Duchess visited Meiningen, where they spent six weeks, amidst the rejoicings of the inhabitants at their coming among them. In October, 1819, they left Meiningen, on their return to England, and the Duchess, who was again pregnant, probably owing to the fatigue of the journey, had the misfortune of suffering a miscarriage at Dunkirk. After her recovery the Duke and Duchess spent six weeks at Walmer Castle, where her health was restored, and they spent the winter in London; after which they took up their permanent residence at Bushy. Her Royal Highness again gave premature birth to a Princess, who however appeared likely to live, and, at the desire of his late. Majesty, was baptized Elizabeth; but when about three months old it was seized with a fatal illness, and expired in a few hours. Within six months after that event her Royal Highness suffered another miscarriage; and no change in her Majesty's state has been since announced.

The Queen is now only in her thirtyeighth year, and may yet become the mother of sons and daughters. Her Majesty's health is better than it has ever been, and though we have no reason to believe the report lately promulgated, we know of no cause why it should not be so. His Majesty is in the enjoyment of good health, and of a sound and vigorous constitution; he is younger at sixty-five than some men are at fifty. The regular and secluded life which he has led for many years, only interrupted by his short official labours at the Admiralty, and the anxiety and attention with which all his ailments have been watched and counteracted by his intelligent and acute domestic physician, have almost entirely removed the asthmatic attacks to which his Majesty was formerly subject, and his constitution has become strengthened and greatly invigorated.

Her Majesty Queen Adelaide pos

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