RIDDLE.

My owner who loves me almost as his soul
With his fair one yet ventures to leave me,
He loses me quite, she possesses the whole,
Yet she never was known to receive me.
In a casket enshrin'd with abundance of care,
From all harm you would think me secure,
At least that no very great ills were my share
So long as the shrine should endure.
Yet oft in a terrible flame I'm involv'd
When the casket can scarce be call'd warm,
As by lightning they tell us a sword is dissolv'd,
Yet the scabbard shall suffer no harm.

BRIGHTON HERMIT.

THE RUBBER.

(By Captain Collins.)

The hour employ'd at tea being o'er,
(The noisiest in twenty-four)
Scandal and politics suspended,
And each has charming converse ended,
John sets the table, cards appear,
And enter-Int'rest, Hope, and Fear.
The different lots are drawn, to shew,
In this strange combat, friend from foe.
Their parties made, they take their seats,
Declare their play, and name their bets.
All mov'd by Int'rest, now proceed-

And-"You're to deal." "Then I'm to lead.”—

I would invoke my gentle muse,

T'explain each quaint-coin'd phrase they use;
But know, my pray'r would not be heard,
My gentle muse near touch'd a card.

-

The cards are dealt-the trump display'd Signal for fight-" Who led the spade?""Those clubs have answerd"-"Aye, a curse.""I hope those hearts will do no worse." "How hot the room! my face is burn'd.""That trick again, before it's turn'd.""I'm puzzled now-I do protest

I think that di'mond is the best."

(And up he casts his eyes, appealingTo what? Why-look again-the ceiling.) "We've got the trick-had you an honour ?""Yes, I'd the queen; for, fie upon her,

I almost blush at what I tell,

She fell, alas! to your king fell!"

Well, how are honours

equal, say you ?

Then deal again—and, Madam, play you.'
The other party now advance,

As fav'rites of the goddess Chance ;
For they who lost the trick before,
Now save their luck, and add two more.
This rais'd their hope, dispell'd their fear.
Express'd by laughter, noise and sneer.
But short their glory, short their fame,
The others win a single game.

Now Int'rest waxes warm apace—
The cards are shuffled-" Cut! an ace !"
"An ace-
—fore gad—'tis very plain,

You slip the cards-let's deal again."
"The deal is right, attend your play."-

S'death, Ma'am, you throw the game awayAnd, what is worse, my money too!

I ne'er, again, will play with you."
"Be patient, Sir; for, had you play'd-"
"Patient, indeed! see what they've made!
They'll call next time, and will be out:
You ne'er had luck-'tis past a doubt."

Would it not have been wrong, to balk
One who could thus prophetic talk?
The cards were dealt-the honours came-
They triumph'd in a double game.
The patient did the peevish drub,
A single, double, and the rub.

BANKRUPTS.

SATURDAY, JANUARY, 25.-J. Jameson, Little Queen-street, coachmaker.-W. Stirk, Preston, Leeds, woolstapler.-J. Barton, Freekenham, Suffolk, innkeeper.-J. Unitt, Tuddington, Stanway, Gloucester, farmer.-S. Lister, jun. W. Lister, and W. Walker, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside, warehousemen.-W. C. Dewsnop, St. Bride's-court, Bridge-street, painter and glazier.W. Blunden, sen. East Malling, Kent, farmer and paper maker.J. Larbalestier and J. Warwick, New Basinghall-street, wine merchants.-D. Wagstaff and J. H. Wagstaff, Skinner-street, Snow-hill, carpet warehousemen.-J. O'Brien, Broad-street Buildings, merchant.-C. B. Greatrex, Abberley, Worcester, apothecary.-W. Young, Bernard-street, insurance broker.-A. Allan, jun. Topping's Wharf, Tooley-streets, provision merchant.-P. Holaham, London-street, Fenchurch-street, wine and brandy merchant.-J. Littlefield, Portsea, Southampton, plumber and glazier.-W. Shunds, Old Change, baker.

TUESDAY, JANUARY, 28.-W. Walker, Rochdale, Lancaster, woollen manufacturer.-J. Bainbridge, Queen-street, Cheapside, woollen draper.-J. Birch, Birmingham, jeweller.-C. Culverhouse, Walcot, Somerset, flour factor.-W. Lovell, Kilmersdon, Somerset, linen draper.-R. Goodrich, Painswick, Gloucester, baker.-C. Mason, Birmingham, druggist.-I. Bradshaw, Adlington, Lancaster, dealer.-W. Armstrong, Arundel-street, Strand, tailor.-S. Wagstaffe and T. Baylis, Kidderminster, carpet manufacturers.-W. Stevenson, jun. Bawtry, York, cooper.-J. Scobel, Hinton St. George, Somerset, builder.-F. W. Forck, Whitechapel-road, baker.-M. J. J. Donlan, Cleveland-court, St. James's-place, tailor.-A. J. Cumming, High-street, Southwark, cheesemonger.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY, 1.-R. Pinnigor, Watchfield, Berks, corn dealer.-T. W. Elam, Bradford, Wilts, clothier.-W. Sprinks, Brixton, Surrey, baker.-J. Bowman, Salford, Lancaster, dyer.-G.. Blair and W. Plumpton, Lower Thames-street, seedsmen.-J. Wighton, Basinghall-street, warehousemen.-D. Johnson, Nantwich, Chester, druggist.-J. Spencer, Eagle-street, Red Lion-square, livery stable keeper.-P. Mitchell, Bungay, Suffolk, stationer.-R. Seammell, Frome, Selwood, Somerset, fuller.-E. Davis, Chancery-lane, victualler.-H. Osborne, New. Brentford, Middlesex, fislimonger.-J. Stevens, Newgate-street,

carpet_mauufacturer.-T. Smith, Watling-street, warehouseman.-L. H. Martelly, and J. Dyrie, Finsbury-square, merchants.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 4.-J. Smith, Hulme, near Manchester, common brewer.-W. Stephens, Oxford, liquor merchant.—R. Wright, Hatfield, Broad Oake, Essex, grocer.-T. Dudley, Brighton, Sussex, carpet dealer.-J. Newland, Liverpool, boot and shoemaker.-J. Winscom, Andover, Southampton, linen draper.-J. and E. Willington, Birmingham, cabinet casemakers.-J. Green, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Somerleyton, Suffolk, and J. Green, Somerleyton, brickmakers.-T. Byrne, King-street, Bryanstone-square, tailor.-J. Beaumont, Hunterstreet, Brunswick-square, coachmaker.-W. King, Edgewareroad, Middlesex, cheesemonger.-H. Porter Taunton, Somerset, draper.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8.-L. J. J. Noel, Great Ormand-street, bill broker.-E. Muns and J. Hodgskin, Maidstone, Kent, grocers. -E. Mac Grath, late of Winchester-row, New Road, dealer.― P. Morganti, East-street, Brighton, jeweller.-T. Lane Chandosstreet, oil and colourman.-J. and W. Barlow, Sheffield, York, manufacturers of razors and scissors.-R. Manning, Sackvillestreet, tailor.-W. Wade, Gloucester-street, Queen-square, carpenter.-J. Holden Sampson, Sculcoats York, merchant.-J. Green, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and of Somerleyton, Suffolk, brick maker.-H. Harrison, Southwark Bridge Stone Wharf, stone-mason.-C. F. Gadderer, Lime-street-square, and Cannonstreet Road, insurance-broker.-W. C. Atmore, Wood-street, London, warehouseman.-J. Isherwood, Wortley, Leeds, York, cloth-manufacturer.-J. Morehouse, Well, Somerset, cabinetmaker.-W. Brown. Barton-upon-Humber Lincoln, nurseryman. -J. Salter and. J. S. Foster, late of Kingston, Surrey, brewers.

TUESDAY FEBRUARY. 11.-R. G. Spice, Drury Lane, dealer in ham and beef.-R. Collins, Regent-street, Oxford-street, carpet dealer.-H. Havell, Busklebury, Berkshire, baker.-H. Upsall, Wood Enderby, Lincolnshire' cattle jobber.-G. Lewis, London, merchant.-G. Blount, Liverpool, iron merchant.-J. Nathan, Liverpool, watch manufacturer.---C. Arnold, Axminster, Devonshire. surgeon.---T. Fitzgerald, Lawrence Pountney Hill merchant.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY, 15.-E. Boyel, Leicester-square, printer. -J. Jarmain, Cumberland-street, New-road, upholsterer.-W. Bickers, Great Titchfield-street, Oxford-street, linen draper.W. Johnson, Addington-place, Camberwell, Surrey, butcher.— R. Hamilton, Liverpool, merchant.-J. Adams, Stamford, Lincoln, liquor merchant.-C. Vere, Cloth Fair, London, draper.— G. Mercer, Basinghall-street, London, woollen draper.-T. James, Chepstow, Monmouth, tea dealer.-C. Rummen, Rainham, Kent, wine and brandy dealer-J. French, jun. Keyford,

Frome Selwood, Somerset, clothier.-W. J. Blackhouse, jun. Frome Selwood, Somerset, dyer.-W. Symes, Crewkerne, Somerset, linen draper.-J. Boulton, Rowarth, Derby, publican and cotton spinner.-S. Hallen, Bradley, Stafford, iron merchant and manufacturer.-E. Needham, Fore-street, Cripplegate, warehouseman.-J. S. Jones, Frome Selwood, Somerset, linen draper. -R. P. Evans, Bernard-street, Russell-square, merchant.-R. Osborn, Gravestone, Norfolk, shopkeeper.-J. Stephenson and John Carlean, Abingdon, Berks, bankers.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 18.-W. Armstrong, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, auctioneer.-G. Capes, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincoln, draper.-W. Barrett, Cardiff, Glamorgan, innholder.-H. D. Hughes, Shottisham, Suffolk, apothecary.-J. Ward, Lowestoft, Suffolk, twine-spinner.-J. Earl, jun. and T. Lee, jun. Birmingham, merchants.-T. Ince, Yedingham, York, horse dealer.-A. Thompson, Liverpool, merchant.-W. Ford, Black Prince-row, Walworth-road, linen draper.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY, 22.-W. Turquand, Shorter's-court, Throgmorton-street, broker.-H. T. Pepper, Kingston-uqonThames, Surrey, stone mason.-J. Atkins, Great Portland-street. chemist and druggist.---A. Bennett, Fountain-court, Minories, packing-case-maker.---J. A. Lamb, Whittington-place, Highgate, coal merchant.---G. Round, Reading, Berks, silk weaver. ---C. Read, Lower East Smithfield, coal merchant.---W. Lee, Charles-street, Covent Garden, theatrical and fancy dress maker.---T. Wight, Duke-street, St. James's, tailor.---R. J. Tratt, King-street, Bloomsbury, butcher.---J. Scudamore, King's Bench Walk, Temple, London, and Egham, Kent, dealer. ---W. H. Budd, Gerrard's Cross, Buckingham, and Old Change, London, common carrier, and coach master.---W. Craig, Cityroad, upholsterer.---S. Cave, Cheltenham, Gloucester, jeweller. ---T. Welch, Great Tower-street, wine aud spirit merchant.--J. Pool, Madron, Cornwall, miller.---A. J. L. Vieira, and A. M. Brago, Tokenhouse-yard, merchants.---R. J. Draper, Fleet Market, glass and earthenwareman.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25.---J. and J. Adams, of Southampton, toysellers.---J. Park, of Tower-royal, London, merchant.---J, Littlewood, of Rochdale, Lancaster, stationer.---W. Fentiman of Peterborough, linen-draper.---T. Griffieth, of Liverpool, merchant.---J. Westwood, of Brierly, Leominster, Hereford, farmer. --W. R. Glasier of Park-street, Westminster, money-scrivener.