thousand, but in a plentiful four thousand, and seldom or never under: which communibus annis amounted unto five hundred pounds a yeere. Over and above this, he used to give every great festival day one hundred and fifty pence to so many poore people, to sende daily meat, drinke, and bread unto such as by reason of age or sickness were not able to fetch almes at his gate, and to sende money, meate, apparell, &c. to such as he thought wanted the same, and were ashamed to beg. But of all other, he was wont to take the greatest compassion upon those that by any misfortune were decaid, and had fallen from wealth to poor estate." The dole now given at Lambeth gate consists of fifteen quartern loaves, nine stone of beef, and five shillings worth of halfpence. These are divided into three equal portions, and distributed every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday, among thirty poor parishioners of Lambeth. The beef is made into broth thickened with oatmeal, divided into ten equal shares, and is distributed with half of one of the loaves, a pitcher of the broth, and two pence, to as many poor persons, who are thus weekly relieved by rotation. Besides this relief, his Grace of Canterbury distributes a considerable sum annually to poor housekeepers. On the annual aquatic procession of the lord mayor of London to Westmin ster, the barge of the company of Stationers, which is usually the first in the show, proceeds to Lambeth palace; where they receive a present of sixteen bottles of the archbishop's prime wine. This castom originated at the beginning of the eighteenth century. When Archbishop Tenison enjoyed the see, a very near relation of his, who happened to be master of the Stationers' company, thought it a compliment to call there in full state, and in his barge: when the archbishop being informed that the number of the company within the barge was thirty-two, he thought that a pint of wine for each would not be disagreeable; and ordered at the same time that a sufficient quantity of new bread and old cheese, with plenty of strong ale, should be given to the watermen and attendants; and from that accidental circumstance it has grown into a settled custom. The company, in return, present to the archbishop a copy of the several almanacks which they have the peculiar privilege of publishing. We must not quit the gate-house without directing the stranger's notice to a small room adjoining the porter's lodge, supposed to have been used an ciently as a secondary prison for confining the overflowings of the Lollards' tower. This room contains three strong iron rings fastened to the wall, and which have evidently remained there from its first erection. It is guarded by a double door; the windows are high and narrow, and the walls lined with stone, and of a prodigious thickness. An additional proof of the ancient appropriation of this room is, that here is the same sort of writing as in the Lollards' tower, cut in the wall with a knife or other sharp instrument. The name of Grafton, in the old English character, is perfectly legible, and near it are to be seen a cross, and other figures rudely delineated. For a further account of this ancient and venerable palace, we must refer the reader to Mr. Allen's valuable and interesting work. The Spirit of the Magazines. GENERAL RIEGO AND THE TRAITOR BALLASTEROS. By George Matthewes, First Aide-de-Camp to General Riego. GENERAL orders were then given to send out Guerilla parties to reconnoitre, and they soon fell in with Ballasteros's army. Upon approaching them a brisk fire commenced on both sides, but we soon perceived that this portion of our opponents were firing in the air; upon which, orders were given to our party to cease firing, the troops proving to be friends. Colonel Lucar, on the advance, most unfortunately received a shot through his body-the wound proved mortal, and I heard with painful regret of this gallant officer's death on the following day. When we ceased firing, General Riego came up and exclaimed, "This day, my comrades, we shall be crowned with glory.' We immediately advanced, and formed our lines for a general engage ment. The General, ordering the Staff Officers to the front, and addressing me, most flatteringly demanded, 'Matthewes, where will you take command?' I answered, 'Wherever your Excellency may think proper to order me;' adding, that he did me an honour which I feared my inexperience did not merit. He replied, that my previous conduct had given him sufficient assurance of my ability. And from this time,' said he, I request that you will consider yourself my first Aidde-Camp.' Without waiting for my GENERAL RIEGO, &c. reply, he demanded my advice and opinion respecting the mode of attack. I observed, that I conceived the most advantageous mode of attack would be, to charge with the infantry, and to flank them with the cavalry. He then desired me to take charge of a party of infautry and a troop of cavalry; and with these I advanced upon the enemy's lines. They fired a volley upon us, when my dastardly cavalry immediately fled: the General seeing this, returned, and ordered another party of cavalry to charge the enemy upon the left. I then led up the infantry, and charged the enemy in front, while the cavalry charged them on the flanks. I entered the lines, shouting 'Viva la Constitucion! Ballasteros's army returned the same cry, and immediately ceased firing. Their General, on seeing that his troops had deserted him, and had acted with fidelity to their country, advanced towards me; I rode up to him with a full intention to run him through the body, which he perceiving, cried out, Viva la Constitucion, viva Riego! His Aid-de Camp, who appeared of a contrary opinion, consulted his safety in galloping back to the lines. I returned to Bailasteros, and desired him to wait there until 1 fetched General Riego; to whom I hastened, and informed him that General Ballasteros was prisoner. He exclaimed, Viva Matthewes and we then galloped with all speed to Ballasteros, who, on the approach of General Riego, advanced to meet him with open arms. The gallant Riego received him cordially, but said, Ballasteros, how came you to betray your country, aud make a capitulation with the French, who are come merely to rob and plunder Spain? Ballasteros answered, I could not have lived had 1 not done so; upon which the hero replied,Now then, serve your country, and retrieve your honour; by so doing, you will live honoured and beloved by your countrymen, and your name become immortal. Ballasteros answered, 'You know I am a Constitutionalist.' 'Yes,' said General Riego, 'I know you were so in 1821; you gave us proofs of it, in Madrid; but I am sorry to say, since that period you have dishonoured your patriotism: I know you are an experienced general, and capable of commanding an army far better than myself; I therefore offer you the command of the troops-I will do more,' said the too generous hero, I will be your Aid-deCamp, if you think proper to command me! or take any other part in which I can serve my country, and protect her 107 liberties. If you would rather I were a deputy of the Cortes, I will return to Cadiz.' But,' said Ballasteros, 'I cannot forfeit my word of honour, which I pledged on the capitulation with the French. Upon this, I could not forbear exclaiming, General Riego, this is treason to his country and her cause. Let Ballasteros and Montés, and the rest of the traitors who command on those heights, suffer the just penalty of their treachery, and you will then have their whole army return to their country's standard.' But the heroic Riego's heart was as generous as it was brave, and he suffered the conversation to proceed, whilst my blood boiled with indignation. General Riego answered, 'Serve your country, and that will best restore your honour. To which Ballasteros only replied, 'I will form my troops.' Form, said General Riego, taking up his words, for action? No,' said the degraded Ballasteros, 'not so; but to ascertain if they will agree with your proposal.* General Riego observed, 'By so doing you will honour your country, and still more yourself.' General Riego then said, 'My troops require refreshment, and Í want my dinner. Ballasteros offered to send him some. But,' said Riego, ‘I wish my men to dine too; and to supply their wants I shall march into the town;' and he immediately gave orders to march. Ballasteros accompanied General Riego to his quarters, where the former was immediately put under arrest. General Riego then issued orders for rations, and levied contributions, and the troops lay down to rest. , "General Montes, who belonged to General Ballasteros's army, observed to General Riego, that it was impossible for General Ballasteros to violate his word of honour which he had pledged to the French. The three Generals then retired to hold a conversation privately, the result of which remained a secret : but General Riego declared to me, that General Ballasteros was an infamous traitor. I now retired to rest. "In the night, General Montes, assisted by his officers, endeavoured secretly to induce his men to leave the town, fearing they would join our army; and I am sorry to add, that they succeeded but too well in their design. They escaped, and Ballasteros with them." GREAT PRESENCE OF MIND. (From the German.) A COLONEL of the King's guards, both by his genius for war, and fine military talents, grew greatly into favour with Frederic the Great, insomuch that he was constantly about his person, and daily at his table, basking continually in the royal presence. The colonel conceived that, from the greatness of his protection, he might venture, unpunished, to fill his purse by keeping back the small perquisites of the soldiers, and putting what was allowed them for various little articles into his own pocket. The regiment murmured, but not loud, in hopes of an adjustment. The next year the colonel did the same thing, and the noise grew louder and louder. He thought, however, he had no absolute necessity to be alarmed, and refused to listen to any remonstrance on the subject. In the mean time, some of the soldiers of the company persuaded the rest to go in full uniform to the castle, and lay their complaints before the King in person. The resolution was taken, and they marched to the palace at Potzdam, and desired eagerly and impetuously to speak to the King. The King was just set down to dinner, and the colonel at table with his Majesty. The page approached the king, and whispered in his ear, that the colonel's whole company, in full uniform, was in the hall, and waited there to speak to his Majesty. The king, who immediately suspected that they were come to complain of the colonel, rose from the table, excused himself to the company, desiring them not to stir, that he would be with them again in a few minutes: then turning to the page, ordered him to bring his hat, his cane, sword, and gorget, and when he was accoutred in the full uniform of a commanding officer, ordered the page to follow him. As soon as he was come to the hall, he commanded the folding doors to be opened, in an instant, all at once, with a sudden jerk. The soldiers, who were not prepared for the king's coming so soon, were dispersed in groups, and various positions. The moment the king entered the hall, he began to give the word of command: Present your arms! Shoulder your arms! To the right about, wheel!---march! In thisposition they were conducted to the door of the hall opposite the staircase, when the king turned back, and joined the company he had left at table. The soldiers, who had no orders to halt, macrhed out of the palace, then stopped, and began to confer together upon the failure of their plan, and to accuse those who were nearest to the king of negligence in not addressing his Majesty, and to reproach them with having betrayed the cause. They excused themselves with saying, that it was impossible to interrupt his Majesty in his command given in full uniform, and that his last word was march, and that he had never ordered them to halt, and never afforded them the least opportunity of speaking. The soldiers returned home full of discontent, but when the colonel went abroad next day he heard what had happened, and guessing the cause, ordered all the company's arrears to be paid up to that moment. The king took no notice of the matter to the colonel, as in that case he must have broke his favourite officer. TAMING OF THE SHREW. (From the same.) THE way to tame a shrew, or the devil, is told in a Spanish story, of which the original is, in 1575, impresso en Sevilla. Mr. Douce alludes to the edition of the book where this story is found, in 1643. Both the publications are in 4to. with the title of El Conde Lucanor. Capitu. XLV. De lo que contescio a un mancebo el dia que se caso, p. 79, chap. 45. Of what happened to a young man the day of his marriage. Patronio spoke thus:-In a certain town there was a Moor of great respectability, who had a son, the best young man in the world, full of great projects, but so poor, that he had the will, but not the power to execute them. In the same place there was another Moor very rich, and he had an only daughter, but she was a devil, and nobody would marry her. The young man came one day to his father, and said, Father, I am weary of the poor and wretched life I lead, 1 wish to marry. The father said, he should be delighted if his son could find a party that suited him. Upon which the young man named his neighbour's daughter on hearing this the father was much surprised; but the son persisted in desiring his father to speak to the Moor, who was his intimate friend, and ask him for his daughter. The Moor said, when he was applied to, that he had no objection, but that whosoever had his daughter would be better dead than alive: the wedding day however was fixed, and the bride was led away to her husband's house, and according to the Moorish custom a supper was ROSBACH. prepared, and the table was laid, and the fathers and mothers left the bride and bridegroom together till the next day, not without great fear and suspicion that they should find the bridegroom in the morning dead, or not far from it (muerto, o muy mal trecho). As soon as they were gone, the new married couple sat down at the table, and before she could speak, he looking about him, saw one of his house-dogs, and calling to him with a loud voice, ordered him to bring water to wash his hands, which the dog not doing, he got up in a rage, drew his sword; this the dog seeing ran away, and he after him, till he caught him, and cut off his head and legs, and his body in pieces, and dashed the blood over the table, and all over the room; then came and seated himself at the table. He looked round again, and saw a Maltese beagle (un blanchete) and gave him the same order, but on his not complying, he first threatened to serve him as he had done the mastiff, then springing from his chair, he caught him by the legs and cut him into a hundred pieces; he then returned a second time to the table, making horrid faces, and furious gestures, and stared wildly around him. The bride, who was an eye-witness of all this, was beside herself for fear, and stupid, without being able to utter a syllable. He then swore he would serve everyliving creature in the same manner, not excepting his horse, which was the only one he had remaining to him; then having killed his horse, he came back to the table with his sword reeking in blood, and seeing no other animal to kill, turned his eyes on his wife, and cried, with a furious tone of voice, Get up and bring me water to wash my hands. She immediately rose and brought him water. Then he said, if you had not done it, I would have served you as I served the dogs and the horse. He then ordered her to help him, which she did, but with so horrid an accent, that she still expected to have her head cut off. In this same manner they passed the night together, and she never spoke, but did every thing he bade her; and when they had slept some little while, he said to his wife, I have not been able to rest for rage to-night, see that nobody disturb me to-morrow morning, and take care that I have a good breakfast. Early in the morning the parents of the bride and bridegroom knocked at the door, and as no one answered, they concluded, that the bridegroom was either killed or wounded, and when they saw the bride come to the door without her 109 husband, they were confirmed in their suspicions. As soon as she saw them, she began to call them traitors, and asked them how they dared come to the door without speaking; make no noise, or you are all dead men. This astonished them still more, and when they knew how the night had been spent, they thought very highly of the young man for his great skill in governing his wife, and arranging his household; and from that day forward she was so well managed that he lived perfectly well with her, and the father-in-law took a hint from his son, and killed a horse to keep his wife inorder! ROSBACH. From the same. THE French lost ten thousand men at Rosbach, in Saxony, in 1757, and the Prussians only 500, with which the subjects of Frederic the Great used to twit the Gauls upon all occasions. A Prussian officer having sold a Frenchman a fine horse, the Frenchman asked if the horse was a good goer, and could run well? O yes, replied the Prussian, he was ridden by a Frenchman at Rosbach! TO CAROLINE. Original. O'er cliffs and shores, I love to roam, I love to walk the peaceful grove, But lost these pleasures are to me, But peace, my heart-contented rest, Oh, yes!-the hours with thee I've past, Thy lovely tresses, careless flung, WM. N. A DRUNKARD, Is one that will be a man to-morrow morning, but is now what you will make him, for he is in the power of the next man, and if a friend, the better. One that hath let go himself from the hold and stay of reason and lies open to the mercy of all temptations. No lust but finds him disarmed and defenceless, and with the least assault enters. If any mischief escape him it was not his fault, for he was laid as fair for it as be could. Every man sees him as Cham saw his father, the first of this sin, an uncovered man, though his garment be on and unco vered, the secretest parts of his soul lying in the nakedest manner visible; all his passions come out now, and those shamefuller humours which discretion clothes. His body becomes at last like a miry way, where the spirits are beclogged and cannot pass; all his members are out of office, and his heels do but trip up one another. He is a blind man with eyes, and a cripple with legs on; all the use he has of this vessel himself, is to hold thus much, for his drinking is but a scooping in of so many quarts which are filled out in his body, and that filled out again into the room, which is commonly as drunk as he. Tobacco serves to air him after a washing, and is his only breath and breathing while. He is the greatest enemy to himself, and the next to his friend, and then most in the act of kindness, for his kindness is but trying a mastery who shall sink down first; and men come from him as from a battle-wounded and bound up. Nothing takes a man off more from his credit and business, and makes him more recklessly careless of what becomes of all. Indeed, he dares not enter on a serious thought, or, if he do, it is such melancholy, that it sends him to be drunk again. The late Rev. Mr. Neil, when 'taking a walk in the afternoon, saw an old woman sitting by the road-side, evidently much intoxicated. He immediately recognised her to be one of his parishioners. 'Will you just help me up with my bundle, gudeman?' said she, as he stopped': 'Fic, fie, Janet,' said the pastor, to see the like o' you in such a plight. Do you know where all drunkards go to? Aye, sure,' said Janet,' they just go whar a drap o' gude drink is to be got.' AN ECCENTRIC VERDICT. A coroner's jury having sat on the body of a young lady, who had hung herself in a fit of love frenzy, brought in this verdict:-Died by the visitation of Cupid. Biographical Sketches, ANECDOTES OF CELEBRATED No. 12.-Mrs. ELIZABETH CARTER. THIS lady, so celebrated for her trans lation of Epictetus into English, was the daughter of the Rev. Dr. Carter, rector of Deal, in Kent, at which place she was born in 1717. In her infaucy and youth she afforded no indication of her future acquirements; indeed the labour and difficulty with which she attained the rudiments of the learned languages, were such as wearied even her father's patience, and he repeatedly advised her to give up the attempt; but she was one who united the most assiduous application with the utmost energy of mind, and was resolved that nothing should arrest her progress. Not only the day, but a considerable part of the night, was devoted to study; and so unaltered was her resolution to overcome the impediments of Nature, that, in order to prevent drowsiness, she used to tie a wet towel round her temples. When the remonstrances of her father prevailed on her to retire before midnight, a bell was affixed to the head of her bed, from which a string descended to the garden; and the sexton, who rose between four and five, had positive directions to pull the cord as he passed to his morning labours, that she might be roused to the business of the day. Her incessant application triumphed, she became perfect mistress of the Greek and Latin languages, to which she afterwards added French, Italian, Spanish, and German, and no inconsiderable acquaintance with the Portuguese, Hebrew, and Arabic. History and astronomy were her favourite recreations, and she was well skilled in the mathematics and ancient geography. The classical attainments of Mrs. Carter soon procured her the friendship and acquaintance of the most distinguished characters of the age. With Dr. Johnson she was on terms of the most friendly intercourse; and he entertained such an opinion of her acquirements, that be remarked, in speaking of a celebrated scholar," that he understood Greek better than any person he had met with, except Mrs. Carter." Miss Talbot, and Mrs. Montague, who formed a part of that coterie, well known by the name of the "Blue-stocking Club," were amongst her list of friends; and such was the attention paid to her by Dr. Secker, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury, that it was supposed by many of his friends, |