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portion of his person might properly entitle in Queen Elizabeth's time, entitled "Execu- the East-India Company under the name of him. A sir-loyne of beef was set before tions for Treason," the sum of those who common bohea; but it was soon found that him, so knighted, saith tradition, by this suffered during Mary's reign is thus reclowness of price would not ensure extended king Henry,-on which the king laid in lus-koned: "Four hundred persons suffered consumption, and the Company accordingly tily, not disgracing one of that place for publicly in Queen Mary's days, besides those relinquished the further importation of the whom he was mistaken. Well fare thy who were secretly murdered in prison; of common bohea since the last eighteen years; heart,' quoth the abbot, and here in a cup these, twenty were bishops and dignified anxious however to supply, for the poorer of sack I remember the health of his grace clergymen ; sixty were women; children more classes of society, an intermediate tea beyour master. I would give an hundred than forty; some women big with child.tween that of common bohea and congo, the pounds on the condition I could feed so One woman bore a child in the fire, and the Court of Directors directed the exportation heartily on beef as you doe. Alas ! my weak child was burned.” of a secondary class of congo teas, adapted to and squeazie stomach will hardly digest part THE BETTER OBSERVANCE OF THE SAB. the wants of the humbler ranks of people. of a small rabbit or chicken. The king BATH.-We are happy to perceive that seve-This tea was necessarily higher priced than pleasantly pledged him, and heartily thanking ral active publicans announce that meetings the common bohea, the prime cost being him for his good cheer after dinner, departed will be holden daily at their houses, for the nearly 1s. 6d. per lb., but cheaper than the as undiscovered as he came. Some weeks purpose of discussing the above, or any congo; and the Company gave it the name of after the abbot was sent for by a pursuivant, other question. John Barleycorn, esq., a "best bohea." The prefix best was soon brought up to London, clapped in the Tower, well-known and much-admired character, dropped, whilethe usual appellative remained, kept close prisoner, and fed for a short time (whose power of ubiquity is not his least re- and the new tea daily grew in favour with with bread and water. Yet not so empty commendation,) has kindly promised to be those by whom the common was rejected.— his body of food as his mind was filled with present at them all, and the attendance of State of the Tea Trade. fears, creating many suspicions to himself some choice spirits may also be relied on, to when and how he had incurred the king's enliven the company. All honest and well-who are interested in the science of entomodispleasure. At last a sir-loyne of beef was disposed persons are invited; but it is parti-logy will learn with regret that the death of set before him, on which the abbot fed as cularly requested that no "Sabbath cove" M. Latreille was announced to the Academie the farmer of his grange, and verified the will venture to intrude. des Sciences on the 11th of February last. proverb, that two hungry meals make the third a glutton. In springs king Henry ont ADULTERATION OF TEA IN CHINA-For This illustrious naturalist, the collaborateur of of a private lobby, where he had placed him- a long period it was a matter of astonishment the great Cuvier, was born at Brives (Corrize), self the invisible spectator of the abbot's what the Chinese required such large quin- ia the year 1762; he was attached to the behaviour. My lord,' quoth the king, tities of Prussian blue for; and it was at Museum of the Garden of Plants at Paris in 'presently deposit your hundred pounds in last discovered that the article was required 1797, as assistant to Lamarck; with whom gold, or else no going hence all the dais of for giving a bloom and freshness to old un-he was afterwards made adjunct Professor, your life. I have been your physician to cure saleable teas, or to the leaves of various plants and upon his death succeeded to the chair of you of your squeazie stomach, and here, as I which are sold at Canton under the denomi- the Natural History of Invertebrate Animals. deserve, I desire my fee for the same. The nation of tea; a fraud which it requires longHe was elected into the Academy of Sciences So far as regards in 1814. His principal works are : The Naabbot down with his dust, and glad he had experience to detect. escaped so, returning to Reading as some-quality, no means are left untried which the tural History of the Salamanders of France, what lighter in purse, so much more merrier unparalleled cunning and ingenuity of a vol. 1800. The Natural and General His. in heart than when he came theuce." Chinaman can devise to impose on foreigners; tory of Auts, with a Collection of Memoirs, aud, as to weight, the plentiful addition of vol. 8vo. 1802. Natural History of Crustacea WICKLIFFE.-Wickliffe's epitaph is curi-iron filings is a ready resource, or peculiarly and Insects, forming a continuation of ous: The divel's instrument, the churche's heavy and dark sand, which the application Sonnini's edition of Buffon, 14 vols. 8vo. enemie, --people's confusion,--heretic's idol, of the magnet will not detect-State of the Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum, 4 vols. -hypocrite's mirror,-schism's broacher,— 8vo. 1809. Natural History of Reptiles, hatred's sower,— lies' forger, — flatteries' A late number of the "Canton Register" forming a continuation to the Buffon of sink; who at his death despaired like Cain, mentious a fact connected with the use of Castel, 4 vols. 8vo. The third volume of the and, stricken by the horrible judgments of Prussian blue in China, which is one instance 1st edition of Cuvier's Règne Animal, and God, breathed forth his wicked soul to the out of many, of the desire of all nations to be the fourth and fifth volumes of the 2d edition dark mansion of the black divel." Yet some independent of foreigners. It is as follows: of the same work; many Memoirs among of the popish writers were very confident in Prussian blue, an article which was for-those of the Academy of Sciences, and of the propagating a story of his recantation. The merly brought in considerable quantities from Museum of Natural History; and the priuauthor of the Life of Bishop Fisher says, England, is now totally shut out from the cipal articles ou Entomology, in the Dictionary "The first unclean beast that ever passed list of imports, in consequence of its mode of of Natural History by Deterville. He has through Oxonford, (I mean Wickliffe by manufacture being acquired by a Chinaman been succeeded by M. Valenciennes, a natu name,) afterwards chewed the end, and was in London; and, from timely improvement, ralist well known since his association with sufficiently reconciled to the Roman faith, as it has been brought to that perfection which Cuvier, in the "Histoire Naturelle des appears by his recantation, living and dying renders the consumers independent of foreign Poissons." supply!"

conformable to the holy Catholic church."

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Tea Trade.

DEFENDER OF THE FAITH.-When Henry BOHEA.-There is a great variety of bohea received his new title he was highly elated, teas, good and bad. The word "bohea" is and could not help exhibiting unusnal marks a corruption of the word "wooe," the name of exultation before the courtiers. His fool of the hills in the province of Fo-kien, where coming in at the moment, asked him the the black trees grow which are required for cause? the king replied, "The pope had ho-European consumption. Bohea is, in fact, youred him with a title more eminent than the refuse of all the black teas which are any of his ancestors-Defender of the Faith." not thought worthy of being packed in the "Good Harry," quoth the jester, "let thou tea-country, and are brought to Canton in and I defend one another, and let the faith | baskets, there thrown into heaps, along with alone to defend itself." all the refuse black teas that have remained unsold for several years, and then packed at leisure. This tea was formerly imported by

NUMBER OF MARTYRS.-In a book corrected, if not written, by the Lord Burleigh,

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COUNTIES PALATINE.-Chester, Durham, and Lancaster, are called counties palatine. The two former are such by prescription, or immemorial custom, or, at least, as old as the Norman conquest; the latter was created by King Edward III, in favour of Henry Plantagenet, first earl, and then duke of Lancaster; whose heiress being married to John of Gaunt, the king's son, the franchise was greatly enlarged and confirmed in parlia ment, to honour John of Gaunt himself, whom, on the death of his father-in-law, the king had also created duke of Lancaster. Counties palatine are also called à palatio,

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Journal of Literature, Science, Music, Theatricals, and the Fine Arts.

No. 17.

SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1833.

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This Journal is Edited by F. W. N. BAYLEY, Esq. the late Editor and Originator of The National Omnibus," the first of the cheap Publications; assisted by the most eminent Literary Men of the Day.

REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS.
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott,
Bart. Vol. I. Edinburgh, Cadell; Lon-
don, Whittaker and Co.

THE first volume of the collected poetry of
the northern Wizard is now before us, and
will, in a few days, be before the public. It
is very judiciously, in our opinion, printed
nuiformly with the edition of the "Waverley
Novels;" published at the same price; to be
comprised in twelve volumes, illustrated with
designs, taken from real scenes, by J. W.
Turner, R.A.; and to be issued monthly, from
the 1st of May, until completed. It adds
greatly to the value of the collection, that
the arrangement of the pieces is by the la-
mented poet himself, and that the great
majority of the notes proceeded from his own
haud and judgment, or were dictated to his
son-in-law, Mr. Lockhart, the editor of the
series. The work may, in truth, be re-

garded as much Sir Walter's own as though sanctioned by the fact of his existence; for he approved of and matured its plan, exe

withholden.

The work commences with the "Minstrelsy of the Scottish Borders," the poet's first great work.

the Minstrelsy, as he could gather from the,
private correspondence of Sir Walter Scott,
now in his hands, or remembered to have
dropt from his lips in the course of his rides
among the scenery of Border warfare.

"One of the reviewers of the Minstrelsy,
when it first appeared, said, ' In this collec-
tion are the materials for scores of metrical
romances. This was a prophetic critic. In
the text and notes of this early publication,
we can now trace the primary incident, or
broad outline of almost every romance,
whether in verse or in prose, which Sir Wal-
ter Scott built in after-life on the history or
traditions of his country. The editor has
added inferences by which the reader will
find it easy to compare the original detached
anecdote, or brief sketch of character, in these
pages, with the expanded or embellished
narratives and delineations of the author's
greater poems and novels.

"The airs of some of these old ballads are for the first time appended to the present edition. The selection includes those which Sir Walter Scott himself liked the best; and they are transcribed, without variation, from the MSS. in his library.

terity; and much as it may be now esteemed, it is only in times yet gathering in the bosom of futurity, when the interesting traditious, the chivalrous and romantic legends, the wild superstitions, the tragic songs, of Scotland, have wholly failed from the living memory, that this gift can be duly appreciated. It is then that these volumes will be conned with feelings akin to religions enthusiasm, that their strange and mystic lore will be treasured up in the heart as the precious record of days for ever passed away-that their grand stern legends will be listened to with reverential awe, as if the voice of a remote ancestor from the depths of the tomb had woke the thrilling strains of martial antiquity.'—P. lxxix.”

edition of the "

From the "Introductory Remarks on Popular Poetry," written by Sir Walter Scott himself, in 1830, and prefixed to the last following examples of the ease and energy Minstrelsy," we quote the with which he expatiated on a topic on which there are few anthorities who can be listened to with equal respect:

cated the greater portion of it, and what remained to be performed was chiefly confided "It would be throwing away words to by him to the skill and discretion of its able "According to Mr. Motherwell, the edi- prove, what all must admit, the general taste editor, who doubtless has the additional ad-tor of Minstrelsy, Ancient and Modern, and propensity of nations in their early state vantage, melancholy though it be, of interest-1827,' the Old Ballads, which appeared for to cultivate some species of rude poetry. ing our feelings by comments on the charac- the first time in this collection, are forty- When the organs and faculties of a primitive ter and habits of the poet, which, had he thrce in number, viz. Auld Maitland, The race have developed themselves, each for its still survived, must, from delicacy, have been Song of the Outlaw Murray, Lord Ewrie, proper and necessary use, there is a natural The Lochmaben Harper, Jamie Telfer of the tendency to employ them in a more refined fair Dodhead, Kinmont Willie, The Death of and regulated manner for purposes of amuseFeatherstonehaugh, Bartrame's Dirge, Archie ment. The savage, after proving the activity o' Ca'field, Johnny Armstrong's Good Night, of his limbs in the chase or the battle, trains The Lads of Wamphray, The Battle of Phi- them to more measured movements, to dance liphaugh, The Gallant Grahames, The Battle at the festivals of his tribe, or to perform of Pentland Hill, The Battle of Loudon Hill, obeisance before the altars of his deity. The Battle of Bothwell Bridge, Erlington, From the same impulse, he is disposed to The Douglas Tragedy, Young Benjie, Proud refine the ordinary speech which forms the Lady Margaret, Sir Hugh Le Blond, Græme vehicle of social communication betwixt him and Bewick, The Lament of the Border and his brethren, until, by a more ornate Widow, Johnnie of Braidislee, Katharine diction, modulated by certain rules of rhythm, Janfarie, The Dowie Deus of Yarrow, The cadence, assonance of termination, or recurGay Goss-hawk, Brown Adam, Jellon Gra-rence of sound or letter, he obtains a dialect hame, Willie's Lady, Clerk Saunders, The more solemn in expression, to record the Demon Lover, Rose the Red and White laws or exploits of his tribe, or more sweet Lily, Fause Foudrage, Kempion, The Wife in sound, in which to plead his own cause to of Usher's Well, King Henry, Prince Robert, his mistress. Annan Water, The Cruel Sister, The Queen's Marie, The Bonny Hind, and Thomas the Rhymer.

"Two volumes of the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Borders," says Mr. Lockhart, in the preface to this volume, "were published in 1802; a third followed in 1803; and, in the course of subsequent editions, the arrangement of the ballads underwent various changes, and numerous additions were made to the Notes. Sir Walter Scott drew up, in March 1830, the "Introductory Remarks on Popular Poetry,' which appear at the head of the present volume, and an Essay on Imitations of the Ancient Ballad,' which will be given in the fourth volume of this edition. He kept by him, as long as his health permitted him to continue his literary pursuits, an interleaved copy of the Collection by which his name was first established, inserting various readings as chance threw them in his way, and enriching his annotations with whatever new lights conversation or books supplied. The work is now printed according to the copy thus finally corrected, with some notes, distinguished by brackets, in which the editor has endeavoured to compress such additional information concerning the incidents and localities mentioned in

"This primeval poetry must have one general character in all nations, both as to its merits and its imperfections. The earlier "Mr. Motherwell adds, Fortunate it poets have the advantage, and it is not a was for the heroic and legendary song of small one, of having the first choice out of the Scotland that the work was undertaken, and stock of materials which are proper to the still more fortunate that its execution de- art; aud thus they compel later authors, if voived upon one so well qualified in every they would avoid slavishly imitating the respect to do its subject the most ample jus- fathers of verse, into various devices, often tice. Long will it live, a noble and interest-more ingenious than elegant, that they may ing monument of his unwearied research, establish, if not au absolute claim to originalicurious and minute learning, genius, and ty, at least a visible distinction betwixt thentaste. It is truly a patriot's legacy to pos- selves and their predecessors. Thus it hap

united into their present form those divine poems, would otherwise, if preserved at all, have appeared to succeeding generations in the humble state of a collection of detached ballads, connected only as referring to the same age, the same general subjects, and the same cycle of heroes, like the metrical poems of the Cid in Spain,* or of Robin Hood in England."

peus, that early poets almost uniformly display | cumstances which can place before the eyes a bold, rude, original cast of genius and ex- of others a scene which only exists in his pression. They have walked at free-will, own imagination. This last high and creaand with unconstrained steps, along the wildstive faculty, namely, that of impressing the of Parnassus, while their followers more mind of the hearers with scenes and sentiwith constrained gestures and forced atti-ments having no existence save through their tudes, in order to avoid placing their feet art, has procured for the bards of Greece the where their predecessors have stepped before term of Horns, which, as it singularly them. The first bard who compared his happens, is literally translated by the Scottish hero to a lion, struck a bold and congenial epithet for the same class of persons, whom Thus he proceeds in his inquiry, touching note, though the simile, in a nation of hun- they termed the Makers. The French on the fugitive poetry of England, and gloatters, be a very obvious one; but every sub-phrase of Trouveurs, or Troubadors, namely, ing over the minstrelsy of the Border, and sequent poet who shall use it, must either the Finders, or inveators, has the same re- the peculiarities of Scottish song. Following struggle hard to give his lion, as heralds say, ference to the quality of original conception these "Introductory Remarks," we have the with a difference, or lie under the imputa-and invention proper to the poetical art, and original introduction to the edition of the tion of being a servile imitator. without which it can hardly be said to exist" Minstrelsy," written in 1802, with the apto any pleasing or useful purpose.

"It is not probable that, by any researches of modern times, we shall ever reach back to an earlier model of poetry than Homer; but as there lived heroes before Agamemnon, so, unquestionably, poets existed before the immortal bard who gave the King of kings his fame; and he whom all civilized nations now acknowledge as the father of poetry, must have himself looked back to an ancestry of poetical predecessors, and is only held original because we know not from whom he copied. Indeed, though much must be ascribed to the riches of his own individual genius, the poetry of Homer argues a degree of perfection in an art which practice had already rendered regular, and concerning which, his frequent mention of the bards, or chanters of poetry, indicates plainly that it was studied by many, and known and admired by all.*

pendix and dedications; then the ballads “The mere arrangement of words into themselves, with their new and illustrative poetical rhythm, or combining them accord- notes; the volume concluding with the origiing to a technical rule or measure, is so nal music of the Battle of Otterbourne aud closely connected with the art of music, that Johnnie Armstrong, which solaced and dean alliance between these two fine arts is lighted the poet at Abbotsford. Altogether very soon closely formed. It is fruitless to this first volume is rich in attraction, and enquire which of them has been first invent- more than fulfils the promises of its conduced, since doubtless the precedence is acci-tor and publishers. "An author's best modental; and it signifies little whether the nument are his works;" and the combined musician adapts verses to a rude tune, or series of prose and poetry which will now whether the primitive poet, in reciting his shortly constitute the monument of Scott in productions, falls naturally into a chant or all the libraries (worthy of the name) in the song. With this additional accomplishment, kingdom, will form an imperishable record the poet becomes doidos, or the man of song, of his genius, unparalleled in the history of and his character is complete when the addi- literature. tional accompaniment of a lute or harp is added to his vocal performance.

"Here, therefore, we have the history of early poetry in all nations. But it is "It is indeed easily discovered, that the evident that, though poetry seems a plant qualities necessary for composing such poems proper to almost all soils, yet not only is it are not the portion of every man in the tribe; of various kinds, according to the climate that the bard, to reach excellence in his art, and country in which it has its origin, but must possess something more than a full the poetry of different nations differs still command of words and phrases, and the more widely in the degree of excellence knack of arranging them in such form as an- which it attains. This must depend in some cient examples have fixed upon as the recog-measure, no doubt, on the temper and man

nised structure of national verse. The tribe mers of the people, or their proximity to

speedily become sensible, that besides this those spirit-stirring events which are natudegree of mechanical facility, which (like rally selected as the subject of poetry, and making what are called at school nonsense on the more comprehensive or energetic verses) may be attained by dint of memory character of the language spoken by the tribe. and practice, much higher qualifications are But the progress of the art is far more dedemanded. A keen and active power of pendent upon the rise of some highly-gifted observation, capable of perceiving at a glance individual, possessing in a pre-eminent and the leading circumstances from which the uncommon degree the powers demanded, incident described derives its character; whose talents influence the taste of a whole

quick and powerful feelings, to enable the bard to comprehend and delineate those of the actors in his piece; and a command of language, alternately soft and elevated, and suited to express the conceptions which he had formed in his mind, are all necessary to eminence in the poetical art.

"Above all, to attain the highest point of his profession, the poet must have that original power of embodying and detailing cir

• Sir Walter Scott, as this paragraph inti

mates, never doubted that the Iliad and Odyssey were substantially the works of one and the same individual. He said of the Wolfian hypothesis, that it was the most irreligious one he had heard of, and could never be believed in by any poet.-ED.

nation, and entail upon their posterity and
language a character almost indelibly sacred.
In this respect Homer stands alone and
unrivalled, as a light from whose lamp the
genius of successive ages, and of distant
nations, has caught fire and illumination;
and who, though the early poet of a rude age,
has purchased for the era he has celebrated
so much reverence, that, not daring to
bestow on it the term of barbarous, we dis-
tinguish it as the heroic period.

"No other poet (sacred and inspired au-
thors excepted) ever did, or ever will, pos-
sess the same influence over posterity, in so
many distant lands, as has been acquired by
the blind old man of Chios; yet we are
assured that his works, collected by the
pious care of Pisistratus, who caused to be

Fragments of Voyages and Travels. By
Captain Basil Hall, R.N. Third Series.
3 vols. 18mo. R. Cadell, Edinburgh;
Whittaker and Co. London.

We have fortunately obtained a peep at the
first volume of the forthcoming new series of
Captain Hall's all-popular and amusing
overlaid" with subject-matter for our pre-
"Fragments;" and though already rather
sent number, what would we not postpone
of the graphic delineator of scenes and im-
to the simple sketches, full of life and nature,
pressions, animated varieties, social and
professional manuers and peculiarities, who
now again appeals to the favourable opinion
of young and old? As to these Fragments,
ed exclusively for juvenile readers, if the
from the commencement, having been adapt
author must say they actually were so in-
tended by himself, good,—it is a point of mo
desty in him; but the truth is, that no one
Can be too old to peruse them with satisfac-
tion, and that those whom they do not in-
struct, they must assuredly interest and

divert.

details as are calculated to illustrate the pro- in the fond hope that the fatal law will prove more dependent upon one another than in a ceedings of our distant fellow-countrymen, less severe than usual in their particular crowded society. in war, in peace, and in diplomatic arrange-case, and so they droop and die! I have ments with the native powers. known stout hearts broken in this way. The children, indeed, when sent home, may be left in England by their mother, who then rejoins her husband; but what a fearful dislocation of a household is this!

In the second volume are given sketches of some of the numerous excursions made by the author in the Eastern islands, and on the continent of India.

The third is devoted almost exclusively to those nautical topics in which people on shore take the greatest interest, and in the consideration of which, says the Captain, the rising generation afloat may, perhaps, find their account.

From this exposition, it will be inferred, that the first volume is not the most attractive; it is, nevertheless, full of instruction and entertainment, and, uudoubtedly, the most popular, intelligible, and readable account of the Anglo-Eastern empire and its connexions, that has ever been submitted to the public. We shall return to these volumes next week, after having perused them with the attention they deserve. Meantime, the following extract, from vol. i. illustrative of domestic life in India, and the lamentable deficiency of female society felt by the British officers, must satisfy the curiosity of our readers.

"Domestic life, accordingly, in India, even at the presidencies, cannot by possibility be the same as at home, even supposing the parties concerned to be permanently stationed at those spots. A very small number of the whole service, however, are fixed in their situations. And what becomes of the rest? What can the residents at the native courts, the judges and magistrates in the interior, the collectors in the upper country, see of English female society?-Almost nothing. Still less can the military officers, who are continually on the march from distant region to distant region-from the banks of the Indus to the confines of China-from the beach of Travancore to the mountains of Thibet.

"It is a curious sight, and one I have often watched with a mixture of amusement and pity, to witness the arrival at the presidency of a person who has been tanning himself for some ten or a dozen years far in

"Perhaps, after all, it is not saying too much to assert, that, under the present re-land. The astonishment of a newly-arrived strictions, India answers fully the purpose young lady from Europe can hardly be greater, of a colonial vent-not an indiscriminate one at first beholding the gorgeous wonders of the certainly for the mother-country. When East, than is the surprise of the sun-dried ciwe c usider the vast numbers of accomplished vilian or war-worn soldier, who gazes at the young men belonging to the upper and mid-rosy cheeks of the European damsel-too die classes of society in Eugland, who find, soon, alas! to fale. No less bewitched does if rot an ample, at least a respectable pro- he find himself by manners and conversation vision in the East, we shall probably have to which he has been long a stranger; and reason to think, that as complete an opening he straightway sets down as an angel upon is already provided for the spare exertions of earth every European female whom he our countrymen, as can prove useful either meets with, and feels surprised how he could to England or to India. I allude not merely possibly have remained blind to such charms to the civil or military services of the com-in those by-gone days, when he would no paty, which afford occupation exclusively more have thought of marrying than of murfor gentlemen, but to employments which are mechanical, such as those of carpenters, blacksmiths, and other artisans, not to mention the private soldiers in the King's and the Company's European regiments.

"Strange matches, however, are occasionally made up; and, what is not to be wondered at where the supply and demand bear no just proportion to one another, a great many rebuffs are given. So numerous, indeed, are refusals of this kind said to be, that a burlesque club has been spoken of, in ridicule of these rejected addresses. I remember, shortly after I arrived in India, asking a person standing by me who a certain gentleman was I saw flirting about the ball-room?

"Oh, that,' said he, is the president of our Juwab club.'

"What may Juwab mean?' I begged to know.

"Ask your neighbour,' whispered he.

"I did so, in all the innocence of my griffinage, and said, "Pray, sir, what does the word Juwab mean?—they tell me you know well.'

The gentleman reddened with sudden anger; but seeing at once, from my manner, that I had been tricked, he recovered himself, laughed, and said,

"Oh! Juwab means an answer, or rather-a refusal.'

"On my smiling at this, my informant continued: 'I dare say all this is very good fun to you; and doubtless the newly-arrived ladies must think us strange fellows to be so precipitate. But,' added he, with a sigh, 'you little know, and the people of England little know, what we poor Indians suffer, and to what sad privations we are subjected. But the bitterest of all, by far, arises from the almost total absence of English female society.""

Travels of an Irish Gentleman in Search of a Religion. With Notes and Illustrations. By the Editor of " Captain Rock's Memoirs." 2 vols., post 8vo. London, 1833. Longman and Co. dering a young lady. Without taking such THIS work will startle all the big-wigs, and an extreme case, it may well be conceived astound all the shovel-hats in the United how it happens that men so peculiarly cir- Kingdom; re-illume the almost extinguished cumstanced as the servants of the East-India flame of polemical controversy, and open |Company, must necessarily fall out of those wide the floodgates of religious argument "There is one other circumstance relating habits of familiar intercourse with ladies and disputation. It will cause a most "uuto the structure of the English society in which exercise such a salutary influence christian effusion of ink," and the destruction India, which must not be omitted, as it very upon the character of men in Europe. The of reams innumerable of respectable paperessentially modifies its structure. In England education and family of by far the greater for "Little, young Catullus of his day," the there are about as many ladies as gentlemen part of the gentlemen forming the East-India wild and voluptuous Thomas Little, "the in most companies. It is quite different in Company's service are excellent, and, couse-meiodious advocate of lust," "alias Thomas the East. At the presidencies, no doubt, quently, their opportunities of seeing good Moore, the bard of Ireland-"Oh! weep there are many ladies, and the society at society at home has been such as to give for the hour," when we relate it, weep those places has its tone given it, in some them originally correct tastes, and a right on, weep on"--Anacreon Moore, the inditer degree, by that circumstance. But even direction to their thoughts on the subject of of sentimental immoralities, and of sweetthere, everything is so transient and flue- matrimony. But these thoughts and feelings nesses which almost palliate sins; the intuating, that the benign influence of female become strangely modified in the East, insidious intimater of "the genial hour for companionship over the mauners of the op- spite of the best resolutions; and the couseposite sex is grievously limited. The nature of quence is, that not a few hasty and ill-as-dresses calculated for melting moments. burning," and the specious adviser of adthe climate renders it generally an unfit resi-sorted unions are formed. Of course, many Thomas Moore hath devoted all his energies, dence for children, so that one of two very persons do marry well, and become all the his genius, his learning, and his satire, to painful alternatives must always be adopted-better members of society, both in a public the degradation of Protestantism, and the either the children are separated from their pa- and a private point of view. Indeed, were it establishment of the Roman Catholic faith as rents, and sent to England, or the mother is not for the heart-breaking separations forseparated from her husband, to accompany merly alluded to, marriages might well be as her children home, It occasionally happens happy in India, and very often happier than that the poor little things are kept too long, elsewhere, for the parties in that country are

Byron's English Bards.
"Be an angel, my love, in the morning,
But oh! be a woman to-night!"