No. 2. VOL. II. ]

Acrostics.

TO MISS ARABELLA

I cannot sleep by day or night,
Lovg-will be foremost in my sight,
THEE-I see, Alas! and cherish,
DEAR-thoughts which may for ever perish,
MAID-Of virtue, of soul refin'd,
BUT- ant a word, and Oh! be kind,
LONG 'twill be foster'd in my heart,
HAVE-mercy, then, kind word, impart,
CONCEAL'D-I'll keep it. pray tell me soon,
Ir-can't but prove a precious boon.

MISS ARABELLA'S ANSWER.

On-William, you tease me all that you can,
KISS ME-Oh, no! I'll ne'er be kiss'd by a man,
MY LOVE-is fixed-with man it cannot share,
SINCE man is cruel, ah! deceitful e'er ;
You may, mayhap, in that alluring race,
HAVE made heigho, which ne'er can be eras'd,
REVEAL'D-my answer is, do not be blind,
It's from my heart, and therefore not unkind.

Anacreontics.

TO A KISS.

Soft child of love, thou balmy bliss,
Inform me, O delicious kiss,
Why theu so suddenly art gone?
Lost in the moment thou art won?

Yet go, for wherefore should I sigh?
On Delia's lip, with raptur'd eye,
On Delia's blushing lip I see,
A thousand full as sweet as thee,

YOUTH.

Rosy chaplets quick prepare,
To adorn my scented hair;
Me with songs and carols greet,
Flowers strew before my feet

Learn each pleasure to refine; Fill my cup with genial wine.

[PRICE 6d.

As the moments quickly pass,
I will quaff a sparkling glass;
Life's too short to foster sorrow!
Live to-day, and think to-morrow;
Every hour of youth employ,
Youth's the season made for joy.

Anecdotes.

GOOD CHARACTER.-The great Lord Mansfield, of Westminster-hall memory, had occasion to discharge a coachman whom he suspected of purloining his corn. In a few days afterwards he received a letter from a merchant, enquiring into the man's character; and his Lordship's reply was, that he was sober, and a good coachman, but he entertained suspicions that he had cheated him The man came next morning to return thanks to his Lordship for procuring him so excellent a place; “My master," said he, "was contented to find I was sober, and a good coachman; but as to cheating your Lordship, he thought the devil himself could not do it."

DOCTOR DESAGULIERS.- -The Doctor being invited to make one of an illustrious company, a young officer present being unhappily addicted to swearing in his discourse, at the period of every oath, would ask the Doctor's pardon. The Doctor bore this levity some time with great patience; at length he was necessitated to silence the swearer, with this fine rebuke: "Sir, you have taken some pains to render me ridiculous (if possible) by your pointed apologies. Now, Sir, I am to tell y youIf God Almighty does not hear you, I assure I never will tell him.”

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PRINCE OF WALES.-In the rooms at Bath, about twenty years ago, the Prince left Miss to enter into conversation with Mrs. -, a very plain woman. When he returned to the foriner, he was rallied for paying so marked an attention to such a person. is true, Madam," said he, " that Airfar from being beautiful, but she is sensible in her conversation, and engaging in her manners, and never speaks ill of another-not even of any of her own sex.'

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INGENIOUS STRATAGEM-The following is an account of a most ingenious stratagem

played off at Paris before the Revolution:― The last time that the late Queen of France visited the theatre in Paris, the wife of a financier, whose whole merit consisted in a heavy purse, and an ostentatious display of eastern magnificence, sat alone in a box opposite to that of her Majesty. She affected to make a parade of a costly pair of bracelets, which, as the Queen now and then cast her eyes upon her, she fondly supposed attracted the admiration of her Sovereign. She was hugging herself in thoughts that exceedingly flattered her vanity, when a person dressed in the Queen's livery, entered the box. Madam," said he, you may have perceived how attentively the Queen has surveyed those magnificent bree lets, which though so precious and costly, still receive greater lustre from the dazzling beauty of the arm which bears them; I am commissioned by her Majesty to request you will entrust me with one of them, that her Majesty may have a nearer view of the unpa ralleled jewels." Melted by the flattering compliment, she did not hesitate, and delivered one of her bracelets. Alas! she soon repented her blind confidence, and heard nothin' more of her bracelet till the next morning, when an exempt of the police begged to be admitted, and chid her politely for trusting so valuable a trinket in the hands of a stranger; "but, Madam," added he, the rogue is taken up, and here is a letter from the Lieutenant de Police, which will explain the whole." The letter was, indeed, signed "De Crone," and contained a request, that the lady would repair at twelve o'clock to the office, and in the mean time to deliver to the exempt the other bracelet, that it might be compared with the first, then in his hand, that he might have sufficient proof to commit the sharper. So much attention from the Chief Magistrate filled her with gratirude, which she expressed in the liveliest terms, bestowing the greatest praise on the vigilance of the police, which in no country was so vigilant as at Paris. In fine, after ordering up a dish of chocolate for the exempt, she put the other bracelet in his hand. They parted, but it was for ever-this pretended exempt, proving neither more nor less than the worthy associate of the Queen's bold messenger!

MARQUIS DE PONTILEMAR.-This Nobleman was once engaged in arguing against the late King of Portugal, on the power of Kings. The Sovereign, who would admit of no limitations to his authority, warmly observed, that, “if be ordered the Marquis to throw himself into the sea, he ought, without hesitation, to jump into it head foremost." Pontilimar im mediately turned short, and went towards the door. "Where are you going?" asked the Monarch, in a tone of surprise.—“ To learn to swim. Size!" replied the Marquis. The hing langled heartily, and the discussion

ended.

DEAN SWIFT.-Swift had some whimsical contrivances to puni h his servants, for disobedience of orders.-The hiring of his maid servants he left to his house-keeper, and that ceremony over, acquainted them,that he had but two commands to give them-one to shut the door whenever they came into a room; the other to shut the door after them, whenever they went out of a room.-One of these maid servants came to him one day, and requested permission to go to her sister's wedding, which was to be 'on that day, at a place, distant about ten miles from Dublin.-Swift not only consented, but said he would lend her one of his own horses, with a servant to ride before her, and gave her directions accordingly. The maid in her joy, for this favour, forgot to shut the door, when she left the room; in about a quarter of an hour after she was gone, the Dean ordered a servant to saddle another horse, and make all the speed he could to overtake them, and oblige them to return back immediately. They had not got more than half way, when he come up with them, and told them the Dean's positive commands, with which, however reluctantly, the poor girl was obliged to comply: she came into his presence, with the most mortified countenance, and begged to know his honour's commands.--"Only to shut the door after you,' was the reply. But not to carry the punishment too far, he then permitted her to resume her journey.

LOST STOCKINGS.-The same officer lost a parcel of silk stockings, and sent about a belman to offer a reward for them; but this was so small, that a friend observed, he could not expect to recover them. "Ah! by J-," says he, "but I was after advertising thein as worsted ones."

ORTHOGRAPHY.-The following is the li. teral copy of a letter sent to a Medical Gentleman, not far distant from Blackburn:-Cer -Yyle oblige me uf yole ko un ce me I hev a bad kowd am hill in my Bow Hills and hev lost my Happy Tight."

him that it is spring. Sees several persons, horses, and suits of clothes in Bond-street.Sees some pretty faces. Sees a great deal of green and white in the milliner's shops, and thinks the country must be getting pretty. Takes a ride round the Regent's Park, and sees Jones.

THE MERE MAN OF BUSINESS-Sees his clerks or apprentices up. Sees his customers come in all day. Sees their money. Sees faces occasionally go by. Sees shelves and bundles all about him. Sees his lawyer and broker. Sees dinner with brief transport,

ANCE.

Pat Flyn from the Flanders of Connaught was wild,

In face like an ape, and in symmetry worse, But he, bless the maker! was born a sweet child, Till changed by a cruel old hag of a nurse.

Bon Mots.

SUICIDE. One telling another, that an insolvent friend of theirs had drowned himself; "Ah, poor fellow," said he, "you knew he has not been able for some time to keep his head above water."

STERNE AND GARRICK.-Sterne being once in company with Garrick, happened to be inreighing strongly against some writers, whose works abounded with indelicate allusions; and amongst other observations he said that such authors, as a terror to others, ought to be hung up before their houses: to which Garrick replied, "It's well for you that you live in lodgings."

SWEATING MONEY.-Some time ago, a gentleman was explaining to some others, in a tavern at Coventry, the method of sweating money; and turning to Mr. T. said in jest, "As the business is so profitable, Mr. T. suppose you lend me some money to sweat?"

By the living G-d, Sir," returns Mr. T, "I should sweat, if I did lend you any."

SHARP RETORT.-Lord Sandwich, atter the first day's review at Portsmouth, having asked a clergyman, whether such a profusion of fire and smoke did not give him an idea of hell? the ecclesiastic replied, "Yes, when I observed your Lordship in the midst of it."

to his accounts in the evening, and endeavour's to think himself a happy man. Sees his goods adulterated. Goes to bed, and sees in his dreams a great pale multitude looking at him, whom he sets down for people he has cheated. Sees himself exposed and wakes in a trepidation. N.B. It is the fumes of indigestion, which in these and other cases inspire a man's dreams with a certain delphic horror.

THE BIGOT--Sees the sunshine, and thinks how happy he and his friends will be in heaven exclusively. Sees a party going towards the country laughing, and gaily dressed. Sees in them only so many devoted victims to eternal fire; calls the world a vile world; and sees his debtor sent to prison. Sees the building of his chapel going on, and counts up his profits, monied and eternal. Sees his servant bringing in a green goose for dinner; and says, with an air of delighted regret,that he fears his friend the gun-maker is too late.

THE MERE SPORTSMAN-Sees a fox. Sees him several times over. Sees a girl's com, plexion and ancles. Sees his friends all drunk after dinner.

THE MERE SEDENTARY LIVER-Sees his tongue in the glass. Sees the tine weather, and calls to mind all that the poets have said about it. Takes his first walk this year, and sees numberless things, but all discoloured and half pleasant. Goes home and sees with de light a new packet of books. Reads an account of a man who saw a spectre, and almost sees it himself. Goes to bed, and sees in his sleep a vision shockingly mixed up of oddity and horror.

THE OBSERVER OF NATURE.-Sees the first fine spring day and leaps up with transport, Sees a world full of beauty and pleasure even in towns. Sees the young and fair abroad, and sees their lovely countenances and minds. Sees the white pigeons careering round the steeple, the horses issuing forth with new strength and sprightliness, the dog scampering about his master in hopes he is going towards the fields, and hyacinthis, narcissuses, and vio lets n the green markets: and seeing these, he cannot but hasten the faster to see the country. Instead of reading his book at home, he take it with him, and sees what the poets describe, He sees the returning blue of the sky, the birds