very far from sanctity: preyingwith great rapacity on any of the smaller insects which fall in its way. It is also of a very pugnacious nature; and when kept with others of its own species in a state of captivity, will attack its neighbour with the utmost violence, till one or the other is destroyed in the contest. Roësel, who kept some of these insects, observes, that in their natural conflicts their manœuvres very much resemble those of hussars fighting with sabres; and sometimes one cleaves the other through at a single stroke, or severs the head from the body. During these en gagements, the wings are generally expanded; and when the battle is over the victor devours his antagonist. The Mantes Precaria is a native of many parts of Africa, and is regarded as a divinity by, the Hottentots. MIRACLE OF THESK ULL. Two men digging a grave in a church yard, at Macon, upon the river Seine, found a skull, which they threw upon the grass by them, with the common unconcern of grave diggers; but soon after, perceiving it to stir, they ran to the Curate of the parish, and told him what they had seen. The superstitious Curate immediately supposed it was the skull of some Saint, that had been buried in that place, and therefore posted thither, where, to his great surprise and joy, he found the skull still moving, up on which he cried out, a miracle! a miracle! and resolved to have the precious relic deposited in his church, with all proper ceremonies: for which purpose he sent in all haste for a consecrated dish, a cross, and holy water, his surplice, stole, and cap, ordered all the bells to be rung, and sent to give notice of the joyful news to the parish ioners, who thronged in crowds to the place. Then he had the skull placed in the consecrated dish, and being covered with a napkin, it was carried to the church in procession; during which great debates arose among the parish ioners, every one insisting that some of their family had been buried in that place, in order that they might assume to themselves the honour of having a saint in their family. Upon their arrival at the church, the skull was placed on the high altar, and Te Deum was begun; but when they came to the verse Te per Orbem Terrarum, a mole unluckily crawling out of the skull discovered the secret cause of its motion; upon which a stop was put to the cere mony, and the congregation being greatly disappointed, dispersed. FASHIONABLE MISERY. QUADRILLE. Having accepted an invitation to a stranger's ball, under the idea that you would there meet your particular friend Mrs. and her charming daughter. Accordingly, dandyfying in the first style for the occasion, paying half-a-crown for Morganising or Truefit-ting*, four shillings for kid gloves, and three shillings for Jarvey, &c. &c. Going there particularly early, finding the rooms badly lighted, merely a wretched thrummer of old quadrilles, ugly girls, posse of Strangers, and old fogys, thawing ices, stale rout cakes, dried up sandwiches, and corked port, at which, being disgusted, you have the satisfaction of learning from the lady of the house, that your charming friend will not be there!-whom you relied upon bringing you back. And to end your misery, a tremendous wet night, no coach to be procured, and three miles at least in pumps to walk. With merely the satisfaction and her ball at of wishing Mrs. the devil. Useful Domestic Hints. To prevent the smoking of a Lamp. Soak the wick in strong vinegar, and dry it well before you use it; it will then burn both sweet and pleasant, and give much satisfaction for the trifling trouble in preparing it. House Flies:-These troublesome little insects may be effectually destroyed without the use of poison: Take half a tea-spoonful of black pep. per in powder, one tea-spoonful of brown sugar, and one table-spoonful of cream; mix them well together, and place them in the room on a plate where the flies are troublesome, and they will soon disappear. Recipe for a Sore Throat.-Take a glass of olive oil, and half a glass of spirits of turpentine, mix them together, and rub the throat externally, wearing flannel round it at the same time. It proves most effectual when applied early. Sweet oil will answer the purpose equally well. Oil from Pumpkins.-The seeds of * Morgan and Truefit, two fashionable hair-cutters at the West end of the town. pumpkins are commonly thrown away; but abundance of an excellent pil may be extracted from them. When peeled they yield much more oil than an equal quantity of flax. This oil burns well, gives a lively light, and lasts longer than other oils, and emits very little smoke. Fruit Trees. Fresh lime newly slaked and mixed with water to the consistency of cream, is an excellent dressing for the rind of fruit-trees that are injured by moss and insects. When this has been well applied, the insects are destroyed, the moss disappears, the unhealthy rind peels off, and a new one is formed. Books.-A few drops of any per fumed oil will secure libraries from the consuming effects of mouldiness and damp. Russian leather, which is perfumed with the tar of the birch-tree, never moulds; and merchants suffer large bales of this article to lie in the London-docks in the most careless manner, knowing that it cannot sustain any injury from damp. Sea Sickness.Sea sickness is not caused so much by the motion of the ship or vessel, as on a certain motion made by the human body induced by a sort of almost involuntary endeavour to accommodate one's self to the ship's motion. Voyagers, who hold fast by the ropes or sides of the ship, so as to move with all its motions, and, in fact, make themselves, for the time, as it were, a part of the moving vessel, are less subject to it than others who sit down at their ease in a chair. An ex perienced traveller, in writing on the above subject, says that he could keep off the evil entirely by laying fast hold of the rudder or sides of any vessel in which he happened to be, on the very first indication of nausea. The Gatherer. "I am but a Gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff."-Wotton. ANECDOTE OF GARRICK.-Garrick 1 had, one evening, quitted Mrs. Gar- Here Thomas Sapper lies interr'd— He was third son of eight begot upon John, Much favour'd by his prince he 'gan to be But nipt by death at the age of twenty three: 12345679 PLICATORS. 12345679 9 18 12345679 27 36 45 12345679 54 63 Hooping Cough.--The hooping cough having lately, in many instances, proved fatal, a gentleman of Devizes 111 has circulated the following recipe for its cure, and it has been strongly recommended to all parents whose children may be afflicted with this dreadful complaint.-Take of finely powdered cochineal half a scruple, salt of tartar, one scruple, pure water, one gill, mix it together, and sweeten it with loaf sugar; a child may take a tea-spoonful three times a day; an adult may 777777777 take two tea-spoonsful each time. Take also a few garlicks, bruise them, and steep them in old rum, and rub the child's back, soles of the feet, and palms of the hands, night and morning.; 12345679 72 TONSON AND DRYDEN.--Jacob Tonson, the most eminent of his profession as a publisher, having refused to advance Dryden a sum of money for a work in which he was engaged, the enraged Bard sent a message to him and the following lines, adding, tell the dog that he who wrote these can write more :With leering looks, bull-faced, and freckled hair, With two left legs, and Judas colour'd hair, And frowsy pores, that taint the ambient air. The Bookseller felt the force of the description, and to avoid a completion of the portrait, immediately sent the money. The tradition of the Devil and Dr. Faustus was derived from the odd cir cumstance in which the Bibles of Faustus, who was the first printer, appeared to the world. When he had printed off a considerable number of copies, he undertook the sale of them at Paris. The copies were printed in imitation of manuscript, and it was his interest to pass them off as such. But as he was enabled to sell his Bibles at sixty crowns, while the Scribes demanded five hundred, universal astonishment was excited, and particularly when he produced copies as fast as they were wanted, and even lowered his price. The uniformity of the copies, too, increased the wonder. Informations were consequently given to "the Magistrates against him as a magician; his lodgings were searched, and a great number of copies being found, they were seized. Faustus's red ink, which was particularly brilliant, was said to be his blood, and he was solemnly adjudged to be in league with the Devil. At length, to save himself from a bonfire, Faustus disclosed his art to the Parliament of Paris, who immediately discharged him from all prosecution, in consideration of the usefulness of the invention, RECIPE FOR A LADY'S DRESS. The following recipe for a lady's dress occurs where one would least expect it, in the works of Tertullian:- Let simplicity be your white, chastity your vermillion; dress your eyebrows with modesty, and your lips with reservedness. Let instruction be your earrings, and a ruby cross the front pin in your head. Submission to your husband, is your best ornament. Employ your hands in housewifery, and keep your feet within your own doors. Let your garments be made with the silk of probity, the fine linen of sanctity, and the purple of chastity." ORIGIN OF THE PAWNBROKERS' THREE BALI.S.-The three golden balls suspended from the doors or windows of pawnbrokers, have been humourously enough described by the vulgar, as meaning it was two chances to one that the things pledged should never be redeemed; but, in fact, they are the arms of the Lombard merchants, who gave the name to the street in which they dwelt, and who were the first to publicly lend money on chattel securities. TIME. How swift the pinions Time puts on, Thus days, and weeks, and months, Depart from mortal view; Yet grieve not, Man, that thus he flies, Is soonest with the blest! England, dined one day at an inn; when the cloth was removed the land 966 lord asked him how he liked his fare? EPITAPHS./ 1. ON A MAN NAMED STONE. Jerusalem's curse was not fulfilled me, For here a stone upon a Stone you see, 2. ON MR. Partridge, wHO DIED IN MAY. Advertisements.: What! kill a partridge in the month of Engraving of the Tomb Scene, drawn by Mr. May! for plunder, Thus hail'd honest Jack, in a voice like thunder, Drop your peak, my old boy! and your topsails throw back! For already too long you've remain'd on that tack.. Jack heard the dread call, and without more ado, His sails flatten'd in, and his bark'she broach'dito. 4. Turkish Epilaph on a Child.God alone is eternal !—I was in this world but a rose bud, yet I was blighted by Fate; but I have only left the gardens of this world to enter into those of Paradise. 5. ON A DRUNKARD. The draught is drank, poor 'Tip is dead, He's top'd his last, and reel'd to bed. A New,Cheap, and Elegant Edition of the Acting Plays, at Sixpence each; called, DOLBY'S BRITISH THEATRE. is just commenced. No. 1. (Romeo and Juliet) is embellished with a Portrait of Miss F. H. KELLY, as Juliet, drawn by Mr. Wageman, and engraved by Mr. T.Woolnoth; and a Wood Cruikshank, and engraved by Mr. White. One number, of this work will be published weekly, each number will contain an entire Play or Opera, with introductory remarks, description of the Costume, and Stage Directions. Each play will be embellished with an Engraving from an original Drawing of the most interesting scene. The work will be printed with entirely new type, from the foundry of Messrs. 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THIS house, which even in its ruinous state, was for some time the residence of a British Queen, who breathed her last within its walls, was erected on the banks of the Thames, near Hammersmith, in the reign of Charles I. by Sir Nicholas Crispe, Bart. one of the farmers of the king's customs, who, during the calamitous war between Charles and his Parliament, was employed in various transactions requiring peculiar skill and deep secrecy. such cases he seldom trusted to any hands but his own. It is related of him that when he wanted intelligence he would be at the water side in the garb of a fisherman; and that he often passed between London and Oxford disguised as a butter-woman on horseback, between a pair of panniers. In In the course of the civil war Brandenburgh House was plundered by the Parliamentarians, and when their army was stationed at Hammersmith and the adjoining villages, in 1647, Fairfax VOL. I. made the mansion his head-quarters. The nephew of Sir Nicholas Crispe sold the estate in 1683 to Prince Rupert, who gave it to his mistress, Margaret Hughs, the actress. In the year 1740 the house was purchased by the celebrated Bubb Dodington* (afterwards Lord Melcombe), who made great alterations, and bestowed on the villa the inappropriate name of La Trappe. In 1792 Brandenburgh House was purchased by the late Margrave of Anspach and Bayreuth, who had married .the erratic and accomplished Lady Craven. The exterior of Brandenburgh House was never remarkable for architectural beauty either when first erected or after it had undergone great altera |