on the road, tne journey was frequently performed in from four to five hours, Since the opening of the railway, by which the distance is now run in less than two hours, most of the coaches have disappeared. Stages, however, on the various cross roads, run as usual. By the rapidity of railroad travelling, and the moderateness of the fares, Brighton experiences a vast influx and reflux of visitors daily. The trains run eight times in the four-andtwenty hours; and there is usually an express train from London at four in the afternoon on Saturday; returning from Brighton at half-past nine on Monday morning. There are various other points of accommodation on this railway: periodical tickets between London and Brighton may be had at £12 for one month; at £20 for two months; at £25 for three months; and at £50 for twelve months. Day tickets for going and returning, may also be had at about a fare and a half; and Sunday trips, in the respective trains, first, second, and third-class, are charged only half the customary fare, Another advantage to Brighton, resulting from the employment of steam, is the shortening of the distance between London and Paris, in consequence of which, there are many additional birds of passage. From London to Paris, viâ Brighton and Dieppe, the journey is more than ninety miles shorter than by Dover and Calais. To persons subject to seasickness, there is a set-off against this advantage, in the length of the sea passage (seventy-three and a half miles) between Brighton and Dieppe. By the steampackets, however, which start from the Chain Pier, Brighton, and Kingston Wharf, Shoreham, to Dieppe, three times a week during the summer months, the passage is usually performed in from eight to ten hours. The railroad from Rouen to Paris is now open; trains from each point leave six times a day; and the journey is accomplished in four hours. It may be use ful to add, that a gun is fired one hour before the time of sailing from Brighton, and a blue flag pierced with white hoisted at the Pier Head as a signal. On the arrival of a packet, a gun is also fired, and a red flag pierced with white hoisted. Within the memory of man, Brighton, though now a place of such extensive fashionable and popular resort, was only a fishing town, known by the name of Brighthelmstone. In the early part of the seventeenth century, however, it was in a more flourishing state, containing not fewer than 600 families, who were chiefly employed in the fishery. It had then seven narrow streets, and several lanes; and, having been repeatedly attempted by the French, though without effect, it was defended by strong fortifications. Afterwards, through re Royal Progress.-In the course of the present month it is expected the Queen will visit Germany. Her presence is looked for at Stolzenfels, where Meyerbeer and Mendelssohn are to attend. Jenny Lind, and other celebrated performers, are als to be there to assist at a grand music: festival. Beau Brummel-Speaking of this noto rious fribble, Lady Hester said-"He was no fool. I recollect his once saying to me, in Bond-street, riding with his bridle between his forefinger and thumb, as if he held a pinch of snuff, 'Dear creature! who is that man you were talking to just now?? -Why,' I answered, that is Colonel -Colonel what?' said he, in his peculiar manner; who ever heard of his father?' So I replied, And who ever heard of George B.'s father'? 'Ah! Lady Hester,' he rejoined, half-seriously, 'who, indeed, ever heard of George B.'s father, and who would have ever heard of George B. himself, if he had been anything but what he is? But you know, my dear Lady Hester, it is my folly that is the making of me. If I did not impertinently stare duchesses out of countenance, and nod over my shoulder to a prince, I should be forgotten in a week: and, if the world is so silly as to admire my absurdities, you and I know better, but what does that signify.'" Exhibition of Criminals about to suffer.Formerly it was customary, in some instances, to make a show of criminals about to die at Newgate, for the benefit of the servants of the prison. On the occasion of Dr. Dodd's execution, the Public Ledger of the following day, reporting the attendant circumstances, says "At seven o'clock in the morning the little gate of Newgate was resorted to by a vast concourse of people, who were desirous of gratifying their curiosity with a sight of the unfortunate man in the press-yard, which was extremely crowded, to the great emolument of the turnkeys, who levied a tax of a shilling a head, so that they must have profited very considerably." The exhibition lasted two hours. t Criminal Returns.-The commitments in such as mounting him on a giraffe, imthe last ten years were as follows: 1835 20,731 1840 27,187 Unhappily it is found that there is a great increase in crimes formerly punished capitally, which are no longer visited with death. Names of a Prince.-The Prince of PorOtugal at his baptism received the following I names:-" Dom Luis Filippe Maria Fernando Pedro de Alcantara Antonio Miguel Rafael Gonzaga Xavier Francisco de Assis Joao Julio Augusto Volsondo de Braganza e Bourbon Saxe Coburg Gotha." h The first chapter of the gospel of St. Matuthew should have been consulted to furnish mo respectable addition to his distinctions. had Milton's Watch is still in existence. It imp inscribed Joanni Milton, 1631," purtporting to be a presentation to John Milton at that time, which is the year he left Christ's College, Cambridge, and went to reside with his father at Horton, Bucks, at the age of twenty-three. The maker's name, "Gulielmus Bunting, in Pope's Head-alley," is found in the books of the Goldsmiths' Company, and afterwards, as one of the first members of the "Clockmakers' Company," which was formed in 1632. 66 Handsome Bar-maids.-The following advertisement appears in a late New Orleans paper:-"Wanted, two handsome ladies, to assist in two bar-rooms, and to whom liberal wages will be given. Beauties from New York, Charleston, or Savannah, will be preferred. Due attention will be paid to applicants, at No. 60, Camp-street." Dwelling Houses at Cologne." Of what avail are stately palaces, broad streets, or airy markets, to a town which can boast of such a treasure as the bodies of those three wise sovereigns who were star-led to Bethlehem ? Is not this circumstance enough to procure it every kind of respect? I really believe so, from the pious and dignified contentment of the inhabitants. They care not a hair of an ass's ear whether their houses be gloomy and ill-contrived, their pavements over-grown with weeds, and their shops half choked up with filthiness, provided the carcasses of Gaspar, Melchior, and Bathazar might be preserved with proper decorum."-The late Mr. Beckford. Sultan Mahmoud's Jester.-Abdi Bey, the sultan's jester, who died in 1835, held this post under different sultans for forty years; and in the early part of his career his profession was no sinecure, as the jokes were then practical and at his own expense, mersing him in water, &c. &c. But sultan Mahmoud having no relish for such amusements, he was latterly employed to keep him in good spirits by smart sayings and diverting stories. He left behind him £150,000. Grand Scientific Re-union.-The twentythird annual congress of German naturalists will assemble at Nuremberg, on the 13th of October, in the present year, and continue its sittings for three weeks. The king of Bavaria has placed at their disposition the ground floor of the palace of Nuremberg, him on Durrow Abbey, the Seat of the late Lord Norbury. -Durrow Abbey was,nearly seven hundred years ago, the scene of the murder of an English nobleman by one of his own servants. In A. D. 1186, Hugh de Lady, when superintending the erection of the castle of Durrow, on the site of the his own workmen, who struck ancient abbey, was slain by one of the head with a pick-axe, as he stooped to give directions about the building. The murderer was incited to the bloody deed by religious zeal. He looked upon the erection of the castle as a profanation of holy ground, for Durrow is a spot still regarded with superstitious veneration by the Irish. Here are St. Columb's cross and Holy Well; and hither pilgrims annually swarm. Rare Times.-In another part of the present number, a correspondent pleasantly but feelingly touches on the strange doings of advertisers, and the extravagant advantages they seek to gain. The following advertisement from the Times of July 11, will show him that the elderly gentleman can be as exacting as any of those he has particularised:-"Wanted immediately by an elderly gentleman of quiet and regular habits, board and lodging in a respectable family, where there are no young children. A separate bed-room would be required, and the comfort of a home expected, as the advertiser would take all his meals with the family, and occupy the same sittingroom. The distance, if out of town, must not exceed a sixpenny omnibus. Terms, not more than 11s. per week." The modest elderly gentleman, with his board and lodging for 11s. per week, who allows of no other inmate or children, probably expected answers from Belgrave Square. ENDURING BEAUTY-NINON L'EN CLOS. Among the numerous episodes with which Le Sage has enriched his admired fiction, few, if any, are more striking than that of Donna Inesilla and Don Valerio. Our cut is from one of the designs of Gigoux, prepared for the Paris edition of "Gil Blas," reprinted in England by Willoughby and Co. Inesilla, pursued by Valerio with a degree of ardour. which is painful to her feelings, endeavours to repel him by pointing to the dial, and telling him that at that hour on that day seventy-five years, she first saw the light. Her beauty, however, is so dazzling that this has no effect. The impetuous suitor became more than ever pressing, and at length the lady exclaims, "Hold, rash wretch! I will bridle your impetuous ardour; know that you are my son!" This incident, which many readers have regarded as the extravagant thought of a romance writer, is not so. It is true, and fifteen age, of the celebrated Ninon L'Enclos and her woman. soon The two first are her hands, the next are her eyes; Such was her celebrity, that even a of Sweden, in 1654, appeared in the crowd queen was among her visitors. Christina who thronged to her small villa near Paris. The arts by which her beauty was so long preserved without blemish or wrinkle, Among the vulgar it was supposed she had were the subject of much speculation. sold herself to the devil for a long career of attractions. This was a more rational conjecture than that which, at the same period, was countenanced by high_authority in England, where it was absurdly supposed that unhappy females sold themselves to the evil one for age, ugliness, and decrepitude. Having lived to be ninety years of age, Ninon at length "shuffled off this mortal coil." She died in 1705. She had long been the friend of Madame de Maintenon, and, according to Voltaire, M. de Villarecau was their common lover. That pious lady in the day of her greatness did not and seems to have promised herself, to add disdain to remember the ancient beauty, to her other triumphs, the glory of reclaiming the gay Ninon. With a view of inducing her to prepare for another world, she intimated that she would take care of her fortune in this, provided she would change her mode of living, and think seriously of religion. A bitter satirical answer was the return made to this kindness. To show her scorn for what she deemed the hypocrisy of Madame de Maintenon, Ninon caused her to be told that, for her part, she did not value fortune, and had no occasion to wear a mask! DR. LEE'S ACCOUNT OF THE LAST A very interesting narrative has been written by Dr. Lee, under the above title. It may not appear to every one what necessity should exist, or what circumstances render it desirable to give, at this moment, a detailed account of the death of a monarch, who closed his career twenty years ago. We know of nothing to render it particularly expedient, but the circumstances under which several Russian emperors suc cessively passed away have attracted much attention; and the death of Alexander, not less than that of his predecessors, strongly arrested public attention. Not only was it unexpected, but it was followed by consequences that were really extraordinary. Then it was that Europe at large knew, for the first time, that Constantine, the supposed heir to the throne, had, some years before, abandoned his claim. Remembering how Peter had been dealt with by Catherine, that according to Peter Pindar “Her husband dear, just happening to provoke her, Was shoved to Heaven upon a red-hot poker," and further remembering that Paul had been strangled by his officers, some suspicion was naturally conceived that Alexander had not been more happy in his death. Dr. Lee's statement of all that immediately preceeded the event clears up every doubt, if this had not been previously effec ted. He went, in November, 1824, to join the family of count Woronzow, in capa city of physician, and reached Odessa on January 7, 1825. In October that year he received a letter from count Woronzow at Taganrog, informing him that the emperor intended visiting the Crimea, and on the 25th Alexander arrived at Sympheropole. His manner seems to have been cordial and condescending. "Though apparently active, and in the prime and vigour of life, the emperor stooped a little in walking, and seemed rather inclined to corpulency. He was dressed in a blue military surtout, with epaulettes, and had nothing to distinguish him from any general officer. He took count Woronzow by the hand, and afterwards warmly saluted him, first on one cheek and then on the other. He afterwards shook hands with us all, and then inquired of me particularly about the health of the count's children at Biala Cerkiew, whom I had seen not long before. He then inquired if I had visited the south coast of the Crimea during the autumn, and if so, how I was pleased with it. Looking up at the moun tains above Yoursouff, and then to the calm sea, upon which the sun was shining, his majesty exclaimed, Was there ever such magnificent scenery! I replied that the coast of Italy between Genoa and Nice presented the only scenery I had ever witnessed that could be compared with it-a part of Italy which his majesty stated he had never visited. "I set out from Yoursouff on the morning of the 26th of October, before the emperor, and rode along to the coast of Aloupka. It was a sultry day, and the scenery was rendered still more interesting to me than on all former occasions, in consequence of the artars having come from all parts of the Crimea to see the emperor, on his way from Yoursouff to Aloupka, where he arrived about four o'clock. I was informed that a Tartar female complained to his majesty, at Orianda, of her having been beaten and ill-treated by the superintendent; when the offender was ordered to appear before his majesty; he threw himself upon his knees and implored forgiveness. Alexander ordered him to be arrested, and said, with great severity, that it was an eternal disgrace to injure any female, more especially one in her situation, she being pregnant. The emperor was greatly pleased with Orianda, and immediately determined to purchase the estate from count Kisseloff, and build a palace there. Before coming to Aloupka he visited the vineyard at Martyan, and the princess Galitzin at Musghor, distributing liberally to the poor in his way." The doctor, Sir James Wylie, and General Diebitch, had the honour of dining with the emperor. What follows to the conclusion of the tragedy, we abridge from Dr. Lee's narrative. "There were oysters at dinner, and a small worm was adhering to the shell of one presented to his majesty. This was shown to Sir James Wylie, who said it was quite common and harmless, and he reminded the emperor of a circumstance which had occurred to them at the Congress of Verona, A person at Venice had then sent to the emperor to intreat that he would abstain from the use of oysters, as there was a poisonous marine worm or insect in them. This led the conversation to the insects of the Crimea and Ukraine, of which I had made a considerable collection, and the emperor inquired of me if there were scorpions, scolopendras and tarantulas in the Crimea. I said scorpions of large size were not uncommon, and that at Musghor, during our former visit, we found a scorpion of great strength in the apartment where we passed the night, but that it was harmless. Scolopendras of great length I had often seen around Odessa, but not in the Crimea, nor tarantulas, although, as I had been informed, they were not very rare. I heard of no instance during the autumn in which they had inflicted any injury by their bites or stings. He said, he supposed they were the same as in Italy, and then alluded to the dance for the cure of the bite of the tarantula; Sir James Wylie reminded his majesty of the scorpion which was found in his bed at Verona, and of the prescription which he had then written for the cure of the bites of the carbonari. Then followed a long discussion on homoeopathy, and the peculiar views of Hahnemann, which were at that time greatly in vogue, not only in Germany but in Russia. Again, the emperor expressed how much he was |