108 Anecdotes, &c. illustrative of Literature. [VOL. 4 pocketing his gains; and Lady Mary in an assumed tone of pity and of kindMoody expressed the intoxication of ness. A sick head-ache which dissuccess. This she strove to stifle, but tracts me,' answered Lady L. and it flushed on her cheek, spoke on her flounced away unattended by a beau, half opened lip, and sparkled in her which circumstance was observed with eyes. How little do these fair crea- different remarks and comments from tures, thought I, know how their looks half a dozen different quarters at once. betray them! So much are they a How little charity one female has for prey to the passion of gaming, that not another, thought I! and at cards this even these magnificent Venetian mir- quality exists not. rors can bring a useful reflection to cure them of this vice. I now perceived Sir Herbert, who had been looking over his wife's play, I now moved towards the door, and and must have been giving her some got into a crowd of beaux and of belles, unwelcome hints. "Did I play ill in and into a confusion of tongues. The trumping?" sweetly and softly uttered broken sentences which came to my she in a silvery tone. 'Not at all,' reear from different quarters were ridicu- plied he, in a sharp tone: if you wishlous enough. Lady Racket was dis- ed to lose, you could not play better.' coursing about a new novel; Sir Weth- She gently raised up her shoulders, and erby Justle was holding forth on horse- heaving a sigh, said, “ My dear, I am racing; a new Member was affecting sorry for it." It's always the same,' the ministerial tone, and laying down exclaimed he, and broke unkindly away the law to a deaf Dowager who had from her. What a pity that a few hearts the best of it, for she was paying at- and clubs, ill painted upon the surface tention to an antiquated Exquisite the of a card, should occasion such contend whole time. Mrs. Marvellous told me ing passions, should sow such dissenthat Lady T- was ruined, and that sions, and embitter the hours of so she owed her butler only one thousand guineas. Lady Longtick has made a good thing of it to-night," whispered Lady R-'s maiden aunt to a young Guardsman; her dress-maker will now have a chance of being paid," continued she. 66 66 Lady Lovemore passed by at this moment convulsed with rage, but bridling her temper as well as she could, She had not only lost at cards, but perceived a happy rival in the affections of the Colonel, to whom he was paying the warmest assiduities, and her rival had smiled contempt. Lady Racket even seemed to enjoy the defeat of Lady Lovemore: "I fear that your Ladyship is not well," said Lady R. to her many rational beings that a card, played out of place or without judgment, should mar the domestic felicity of an otherwise happy couple! and that Lady Maxton should persevere in playing without any abatement of ill fortune abroad, or of dryness and blame at home. I now perceived a number of the beau monde going to their carriages, and, upon striking my repeater, found that it was four o'clock. Thus were four hours consumed, when I retired to rest; but the countenances at the lootable were before my eyes in my dream, and I longed to be able to give a little advice to the fair creatures in question. THE HERMIT IN LONDON. MINUTIE LITERARIE. OBSERVATIONS, ANECDOTES, &c. ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HISTORY OF LITERATURE. From the London Monthly Magazines, &c. Aug 1818. ANECDOTE OF HEYLIN. TH the New Forest, Hampshire, with directions where his servant should meet him to conduct him thither. As soon as he was joined by the gentleman's servant, they struck off into the thick of the VOL. 4.] Observations, Anecdotes, &c.-Ancient Papers. 109 forest, and after riding some time, Mr. to a tree; pass him through the pikes Heylin asked if that was the right road; instantly, or shoot them all before my and to his astonishment received for an- face; cut me in pieces those fellows swer that the conductor did not know, who hold out that steeple against the but he had heard there was a very near king; burn this village, set fire to the cut to his master's house through the country for a quarter of a league round; thicket; and he certainly thought, as and all this,without any intermission of Mr. Heylin had written the "Geogra- his paters, till he had finished them, as phy of the World," that such a road he would have thought it a great sin to could not have been unknown to him. LORD CHATHAM, 66 His eloquence was of every kind, tranquil, vehement, argumentative, or moralizing, as best suited the occasion, In 1764, he maintained the illegality of general warrants with great energy in the House of Commons. "By the British Constitution," said he, every man's house is his castle; not that it is surrounded with walls and battlements, for it may be a straw-built shed. Eve ry wind of heaven may blow around it, all the elements of nature may enter in; but the King cannot, the King dares not." put them off for another hour, so tender was his conscience.' intolerant zeal against heresy, have, useful and active services. Decrees and Orders of the University of Cambridge. (Extracts.) breeches under the forfeiture of 10%. Noe taylor in towne to make great chancellor, that noe inhabitant in the It was decreed by Dr. Meye, vicetown of Cambridge, being either scholer or scholer's servant, can or may be privileged by that title from the com on dayes workes of mendinge the highwaye. Item. It was ordered and decreed (Dec. 2, 1579,) that only And, Smyth, and Tho. Medcalfe, for that they were apprentices to the mistery of waxechandelers, should sell torches and lynks within the town of Cambridge, The Constable Montmorenci deservedly ranks among the illustrious men of his age, though his great qualities were balanced by many delects. In temper he was harsh, austere, and dic tatorial, obstinate in his opinions, and impatient of contradiction. He was accounted exceedingly pious, but his religion was much more that of a soldier than of a christian. Brantome aud noe other. gives the following lively picture of it. He never failed every morning to say his paternosters, whether he staid at home, or mounted on horseback; but it was a saying in the army, Take care of the paternosters of monsieur the Con- Brewers shall pute noe ale to sell stable; for his way was, while reciting till they have sent for yo taster to tast itt: or muttering them, as any disorders or doing the contrary, for every time, to irregularities came in his view, to cry, forfeit vid. Take me up such a man; tie that other Eodem. It was likewise ordered and decreed yt Tybbe, because he only was brought up in the mistery of brewing ale, should only brew ale in the towne, and noe other. Severall women are com anded to 110 Journal of the Austrian Archdukes. VOL. 4 ward; for that, contrary to ye charters, for setting upp ye trade of a ferrier, be they bye apples, eggs, butter, peese, &c. to sell againe before iii of the clock, &c. Johnson's wife for scoldinge and for slanderinge her neighbours, is adjudged to the cokking-stool. Thos. Thaxter, of Cambridge, is condemned to staude at ye bull ringe for counterfetinge a pcept in Mr. Vice Chanc. name, &c. Rich. Wright is amerced in ye list ing under ye age of thirty yeares, and not married: sed quia constitit illam artem non contineri in catalogo eoru qui p'hibentur in statuto, dimittur ab ulteriori molestia. Robt. Spakeman, for haveinge two wives, is condemned to stande in a sheete upon the market-hill, &c. and to doe ye like in ye parish where he was married. Cole 28. JOURNAL OF A TOUR IN ENGLAND.† From the New Monthly Magazine, August, 1818. WE next went to Holyrood House, state. It contains some monuments : We were told of a singular privilege of this palace, in which debtors who cannot satisfy their creditors, find an asylum from prosecution by them. were From Holyrood House we taken to the Register Office, where the public and family archives of Scotland vents many lawsuits, by the careful preservation of all family writings. The most ancient of the documents here is of the year 1405, and of the reign of King David An aged woman, who understands how to render old faced manuscripts legible, is employed for that purpose in this office. the ancient palace of the Kings a very old one of white marble, made of Scotland. It is situated on the East in Italy, is shewn in the tower, and side of the Old Town, and forms a large considered as a curiosity, from its square. At present it is inhabited by having escaped destruction in the nusome of the nobility, the Marquis of merous civil wars. Douglas, Lord Dunmore, &c. A great hall, adorned with the portraits of the Kings of Scotland,is used for the election of Peers to serve in Parliament. A particular interest is excited by the apartments formerly inhabited by Queen Mary Stuart, in which all the furniture has remained unchanged ever since. are preserved. This establishment preThere are two rooms, each with a closet adjoining. The red damask curtains, bordered with green fringe, have suffered by time, and are much damaged the Queen's arm-chair, harpsicord and toilet, on the other hand, are in good preservation. Next to her room is the cabinet in which she was at supper in the company of the Countess of Argyle, and of Rizzio, when Lord Darnley entered at the head of the conspirators, and dragged the unhappy favourite into the bed-chamber, where he was murdered. In this room they shew a trap-door leading to the private staircase, by which the murderers entered. On the floor they pointed out some drops of blood, which, as we heard, are fresh painted every year. In one of the rooms there is a picture of Lord Darnley; and in a closet a glove is preserved, which is said to have belonged to him. They also shew a small oil painting of the Queen. Near the palace there is a chapel in the Gothic style, but in a very ruinous + Continued from page 79. We viewed St. George's Church, which is built in the Greek style, and ascended into the lantern of the dome, from which there is an extensive prospect over the city and the surrounding country, as far as the sea. On the 5th of December we visited the buildings where the Scotch parliament met before the Union: it is used at present for the sittings of the Courts of Justice. The Courts happened to be sitting that day, and a place was given us near the Judges; though I did not understand what was said, I ceived that the mode of proceeding was like that in England, which has been imitated in France. In another Hall" we found the Court of Exchequer as per VOL. 4.] Highland Agricultural Society-John Paul Jones. 111 sembled. It decides on causes between &c. The object of this society, whose the crown and private individuals. The labours are eminently successful, is the case then before it was that of a brewer, improvement of agriculture, and the who affirmed that by means of a new breeding of cattle, the cultivation of invention, he could make use of the waste lands, the encouragement of usespirituous parts, which during the cooling of the beer evaporate in the air and are lost. His idea was to collect these parts in a pipe, where they should be condensed like common brandy. The royal officers, on their side, made objections to this, affirming that some fraud upon the revenue might be intended. We were shewn the library of the counsellors, which is in a handsome room, and had not been long established. Another library, belonging to the lawyers,* consists of 40,000 volumes. It contains the best ancient and modern works, a collection of manuscripts, and a complete collection of documents relative to the history of the country; the oldest of these last is of the year 1350: the earlier ones are said to have been lost in the passage to England by sea. We saw among them a letter written by Mary Queen of Scots, while she was in France, to her mother; the handwriting and the style were good for that time. ful inventions, by the distribution of premiums and other rewards. Another Society to promote instruction in Christianity, was founded in 1701. It receives 1000l. per annum from the King, and many schools are supported by it. We made a little excursion to the town of Leith, distant about two English miles from Edinburgh. The way to it is along an uncommonly fine, broad, paved road, which has an almost uninterrupted row of houses on both sides of it, so that you bardly think that you are in another town when you arrive at Leith. There is the old harbour, and they are busy in forming a new one. The first is at the mouth of the little river Leith; but it is too confined, and is dry at low water: the new one will consist of a row of docks, several of which are completed. We saw large three-masted vessels, which go to Greenland on the whale fishery. They are distinguished by the strength with which they are built, and The Bettering house, or House of by the covering of iron on the bows, to Correction, is on a hill of trap, called resist the masses of ice. They sail eveCalton Hill, and is one of the best or- ry year, in March, to Greenland or dered establishments of the kind we Newfoundland. The fishery is not alhave seen. On the same hill there is a ways successful, and these enterprizes monument in honour of Nelson. are often attended with loss. On the 6th of December we began Leith is defended by some batteries, our daily rounds with visiting the High but they are not very formidable. DuSchool, in which 800 young people of ring the American war, Paul Jones all ranks receive preparatory instruction, sailed into the river with three armed The school has five classes. The boys vessels, and spread terror as far as Edingo through the lower classes in four burgh. Leith possesses several manu→ years, under four teachers or professors. factories; the principal branch of its inIn the fifth they receive the preparatory dustry is linen. The town is in the instruction immediately previous to be- period of its increase, and had already ing sent to College. The branches of attained a high degree of prosperity, learning taught there are reading, wri- when several of its merchants made great ting, Latin and Greek, geography, his- speculations in colonial goods to the tory and mathematics. The methods Continent: the turn of political affairs of instruction seem to be good. disappointed their hopes, so that several One of the most useful institutions of of these houses became bankrupt; and the city of Edinburgh is the Highland Society of Scotland, which has a president, four vice-presidents, and members of all ranks of society, nobles, merchants, * The Adveontos' Library,—Ed. while we were there, one of them, the only one who had commercial relations with the East Indies, declared itself insolvent in the sum of 250,000l. sterling. We returned to Edinburgh by the 112 Superstitious Ceremonies of Allhallow Eve. [VOL. 4 same road, and visited on the way, a Town did not begin till the year 1768; great manufactory for spinning cotton before which time there was not a trace and hemp, which is put in motion by a of it. Ten handsome streets, parallel steam-engine. The Botanic Garden, to each other, now traverse the city on which we saw after our return, is neither its whole length from East to West. large, nor, as it appeared to us, well Queen Street is a hundred feet broad, kept. There are in Edinburgh several and has only one row of houses, the inale breweries, many manufactories of habitants of which enjoy the most beausal volatile, sal ammoniac, &c. The tiful prospect towards the North, over city is supposed to have received its the county of Fife, and the whole course name from a castle which a Saxon of the Firth of Forth. This advantage prince, named Edwin, had built here in renders the street a very agreeable prothe year 626, and which was called menade in summer. St. George's Edwinburgh. Street is a hundred and ten feet broad, This city will at a future period cer- and terminates at each end in a fine tainly become one of the most beautiful square.. Princess Street, along the cities in Great Britain. Its situation is Fosse, serves as a winter promenade. uncommonly favourable, on an emi- Its broad foot pavement is frequently nence near the sea, and combines ad- crowded with walkers. The fine street vantages of every kind. The New leading to Leith is a third very agreeaTown, which was built after a regular ble promenade. plan, is every thing that can be wished The architecture of the houses in the in respect to the architecture both of the New Town agrees with that usual in public and private buildings. The con- London: the kitchens are below trast between the Old and New Town ground, and receive their light from a is striking; the former are black, grated window looking towards the crowded together, and the streets be- street; but they are more spacious and tween them, in part, no more than from comfortable. The streets of the New six to ten feet broad. The two towns Town have raised pavements on both are joined by a handsome bridge, which sides for the foot passengers, and are was begun in 1765, and finished in paved with basaltic stones, which are 1769. The building of the New found in abundance near Arthur's Seat. From the London Time's Telescope, for Nov. 1818. SAINTS' DAYS, OBSCURE CEREMONIES, REMARKABLE EVENTS, &c. ALL SAINTS, NOVEMBER 1. IN NOVEMBER. Some strange customs are observed by rustics on Allhallow Eve. Young people, in the north (according to Mr. Brand) dive for apples, catching at them when stuck at one end of a hanging beam, at the other extremity of which is fixed a lighted candle, and that with their mouths only, having their hands tied behind their backs; with many other fooleries. Nuts and apples chiefly IN the early ages of Christianity the word saint was applied to all believers, as is evident in the use of it by St. Paul and St. Luke; but the term was afterwards restricted to such as excelled in Christian virtues. In the Romish church, holy persons canonized by the Pope, are called saints; and are invoked and supplicated by the professors of that religion. The church of England compose the entertainment; and from instituted this festival in memory of all good men defunct, proposing them as patterns for Christian imitation, but not allowing any prayers to be addressed to them.. the custom of flinging the former into` the fire, it has, doubtless, had its vulgar name, of nut-crack night. In Scotland (says Mr. Pennant) young women determine the figure and size of their |