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Monthly Chronicle.
notice the Ministers of State had of it , was an official one to prepare for the embassy , the forms , requisitions , & c . & c . Presents and marriage favors . to a great amount are preparing for the Princesses , & c . as well as marks of his Royal Highness ' s remembrance to several persons of both sexes about the Court . One great recommendation of the Princess of Brunswick is , that the Duke . himself has , in a great measure , superintended the education of his children ; , and they are said to be , without exception , the best-bred family in Europe .
Thereis not any where a Court where morals are more regarded than in that of Brunswick . The amiable character of Prince Augustus has endeared him to all the citizens . of Rome . In the month of June last , his Highness passed a good deal of his time at a favourite villa in the neighbourhood of Cardinal York's . His Eminence , when he was told of it , shook his head , as if it recalled the . misfortunes of his family . This intelligence rendered the Prince quite unhappy , and he wished for an opportunity to convince the Cardinal of the respect which he
entertained for him : for this purpose , he engaged a person to inform him at what time the Cardinal took an . airing in his carriage , and was told that on a certain day he would pass through such a road on his way to the city ; his Royal Highness mounted his phaeton , and as the Cardinal was passing by , he took off his hat , and bowed to him in the most respectful manner ; his Eminence , with all that politeness which marks his character , immediately returned it ; asking one of his suite to whom he was indebted for that honour , and seemed highly pleased with the information . . ' '
The Cardinal ' s gardens are thrown open for every gentleman that pleases to walk in them . On the Sunday following , as the Prince was taking a turn in them , he observed his Eminence , approached him , and saluted him by the title of his Royal Highness , and stood on his left hand ; the old man immediately recognized the . Prince , addressed him by the same title , and insisted that he should walk on his right , which he did for an hour and upwards . This circumstance was transmitted by Mr . Er . skine , the Pope ' s Ambassador , to the Prince of Wales , who . was highly charmed with the gentlemanlike conduct of his brother . .
- Anecdote of a Cautious Man . — A country shop -keeper lately had occasion to remit to the Mayor of Derby , the sum of twenty pounds ; and in order that it might go with the greater ' safety , cut a bank-bill into two parts , and deposited each in a separate letter ; he then wrote a third by way of advice , and sent them all by the same post . Some philosophers have contended , that in general , there is no precise quality in crimes ; at least , that certain acts , which are opprobious in one co . untry , may be indifferent in another ; and in another , meritorious . Tn many
countries , it may be deemed criminal in a man to " run from his wife . " In a late West-India paper , a poor negro fellow is accused of " running to his wife ;" and a reward is offered to any person who shall catch him with her . ' A gentleman in the neighbourhood of Sheffield , is in possession of a raven , which is so tame as . to follow him like a dog . When he goes from home , it will frequently hop and fly after him for eight or ten miles ; and , after having accompanied its master as far as inclination may lead , will fly back , though possessed of uncontrouled liberty , to its accustomed place of residence . These
birds are said to be remarkably long-lived . One of them was shot , some time ago , on the edge of the high moors near Sheffield , to the great concern of the neighbouring inhabitants , the eldest of whom remembered it from their childhood . LONDON INSCRIPTIONS . — The English have been called a nation of Philosophers , and there is an oracular ambiguity in our inscriptions to the different tradesmen ' s shops , which is as well calculated to puzzle , as the most abstruse line ever pronounced by the Delphic Oracle , To prevent the meaning of these lit-
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Monthly Chronicle.
notice the Ministers of State had of it , was an official one to prepare for the embassy , the forms , requisitions , & c . & c . Presents and marriage favors . to a great amount are preparing for the Princesses , & c . as well as marks of his Royal Highness ' s remembrance to several persons of both sexes about the Court . One great recommendation of the Princess of Brunswick is , that the Duke . himself has , in a great measure , superintended the education of his children ; , and they are said to be , without exception , the best-bred family in Europe .
Thereis not any where a Court where morals are more regarded than in that of Brunswick . The amiable character of Prince Augustus has endeared him to all the citizens . of Rome . In the month of June last , his Highness passed a good deal of his time at a favourite villa in the neighbourhood of Cardinal York's . His Eminence , when he was told of it , shook his head , as if it recalled the . misfortunes of his family . This intelligence rendered the Prince quite unhappy , and he wished for an opportunity to convince the Cardinal of the respect which he
entertained for him : for this purpose , he engaged a person to inform him at what time the Cardinal took an . airing in his carriage , and was told that on a certain day he would pass through such a road on his way to the city ; his Royal Highness mounted his phaeton , and as the Cardinal was passing by , he took off his hat , and bowed to him in the most respectful manner ; his Eminence , with all that politeness which marks his character , immediately returned it ; asking one of his suite to whom he was indebted for that honour , and seemed highly pleased with the information . . ' '
The Cardinal ' s gardens are thrown open for every gentleman that pleases to walk in them . On the Sunday following , as the Prince was taking a turn in them , he observed his Eminence , approached him , and saluted him by the title of his Royal Highness , and stood on his left hand ; the old man immediately recognized the . Prince , addressed him by the same title , and insisted that he should walk on his right , which he did for an hour and upwards . This circumstance was transmitted by Mr . Er . skine , the Pope ' s Ambassador , to the Prince of Wales , who . was highly charmed with the gentlemanlike conduct of his brother . .
- Anecdote of a Cautious Man . — A country shop -keeper lately had occasion to remit to the Mayor of Derby , the sum of twenty pounds ; and in order that it might go with the greater ' safety , cut a bank-bill into two parts , and deposited each in a separate letter ; he then wrote a third by way of advice , and sent them all by the same post . Some philosophers have contended , that in general , there is no precise quality in crimes ; at least , that certain acts , which are opprobious in one co . untry , may be indifferent in another ; and in another , meritorious . Tn many
countries , it may be deemed criminal in a man to " run from his wife . " In a late West-India paper , a poor negro fellow is accused of " running to his wife ;" and a reward is offered to any person who shall catch him with her . ' A gentleman in the neighbourhood of Sheffield , is in possession of a raven , which is so tame as . to follow him like a dog . When he goes from home , it will frequently hop and fly after him for eight or ten miles ; and , after having accompanied its master as far as inclination may lead , will fly back , though possessed of uncontrouled liberty , to its accustomed place of residence . These
birds are said to be remarkably long-lived . One of them was shot , some time ago , on the edge of the high moors near Sheffield , to the great concern of the neighbouring inhabitants , the eldest of whom remembered it from their childhood . LONDON INSCRIPTIONS . — The English have been called a nation of Philosophers , and there is an oracular ambiguity in our inscriptions to the different tradesmen ' s shops , which is as well calculated to puzzle , as the most abstruse line ever pronounced by the Delphic Oracle , To prevent the meaning of these lit-