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Coblentz a number of stuffed figures , clothed in the National uniform . As these new warriors floated down the stream , they were saluted by a tremenduous fire from the fortress of Ehrenbreitstein , and all the redoubts in its environs . The boats , however , still floated down the stream , and the troops on board faced the storm of bombs and balls with intrepid calmness . The alarm of the Austrians increased , and their troops were drawn up in battle , array , until , with equal surprize and shame , they discerned the quality of their stoical opponents ! Thisjoke cost the people of Coblentz rather dear ; the Austrians , in the first impulse of their indignation , having destroyed several of their houses by a shower of bombs .

A curious circumstance occurred lately at Brightcin . Sir John Lade , for a trifling wager , undertook to carry Lord Cholmondeley on bis back , from opposite tiie Pavilion twice round the Steine . Several ladies attended to be spectators of this extraordinary feat of the dwarf carrying a giant . When his Lordship declared himself ready , Sir John desired him to strip . " Strip ! " exclaimed the other ; "Why surely you promised to carry me in my clothes !"— "By no means , " replied the Baronet ; "I engaged to carry you , but not an inch of clothes therefore *

. So , my Lord , make ready , and let us not disappoint the ladies . '' After much laughable altercation , it was at length decided that Sir John had won his wager , the Peer declining to exhibit inpuris naturalibus . A Gazette of this month announced a commission of bankruptcy issued aga ' ufst a person in the Land of Promise !—If dockets were to be struck against all persons in that extensive district , the sheets of the Gazette would spon swell to the size of the Statutes at Large .

ANECDOTE . —A lady of some rank in EDINBURGH , during the sitting of the-B RITISH CONVENTION , having a large company at her house , and the conversation turning upon the said Assembly—Parliamentary Reform , Equality , Rights of the People , & c . —sagaciously observed , that the vulgar , novi-adays , meddled with things which did not belong to them—that mankind were naturally divided into tiro classes—that , for her part , she could not help comparing the higher classes to China Ware , and the lower sort to common Crockery . Being in her own house ,

however , no person ventured to dissent from her in opinion ; but soon after-. wards ,, her young family being mentioned , the company present expressed a desire of seeing her son , an infant then in the nurse ' s arms ; on which she ordered the footman to ' tell the nursery-maid to bring him down . The man , who had . listened with more attention than satisfaction to the distinction just before drawn by his lady , in obedience to her commands left the room—but leaving the door open , he called out with a loud voice , at the foot of the stairs , " Crockery , bring down young China . " The company laughed incontinently—the lady reddened like a turkey-cock— -and the facetious footman was immediately discharged .

COELEGE ANECDOTE . —The late Dutchess Dowager of Bedford meeting once a Cambridge Student , asked him how her Noble Relation did ? " Truly , Madam , ( says he ) he is a brave fellow , and sticks close to Catharine Hall , " ( the " name of a College there ) . " I vow ( saidher Grace ) I feared as much—for he had always a hankering after the viencbes . '" ANECDOTE . —The Marquis del Campo , the Spanish Ambassador , now about to leave this kingdom , has always enjoyed here a greater portion of the Royal favour than was ever bestowed on any Member of the Diplomatic Corps . It

originated in the following circumstance , which is not generally known : —At the time when the phrenzy of Margaret Nicholson prompted her to attack the life of our Sovereign , the Marquis , with that readiness of apprehension which , marks the man fitted for great occasions , immediately took a post-chaise and set off for Windsor . —He entered into conversation with her Majesty , and prevented her , as was his object , from being disturbed by any idle rumours , until his Majesty arrived ; bringing himself the news of the traitorous attempt , and the full assurance of its failure !' AGRICULTURE . —If Dibbling , instead of Broadcast , was wholly practised , itwouli produce a saving in wheat annually of 320 , 000 quarters , besides giving employment to a great number of children .

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LONDON : Article 1
TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 2
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PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 2
Untitled Article 3
SOME ACCOUNT OF MR. BAKEWELL, OF DISHLEY. Article 4
ON THE ERRORS OF COMMON OPINION. Article 6
THE HAPPY WORLD. A VISION. Article 10
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 13
DETACHED THOUGHTS ONBOOKS. Article 15
HISTORY OF MASONRY. Article 18
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 25
ANECDOTE. Article 25
THE STAGE. Article 26
REMARKS ON GENERAL INVITATIONS. Article 27
AMERICAN ANECDOTES. Article 28
TO THE EDITOR. Article 31
ON THE LOVE OF NOVELTY. Article 34
ON THE DIFFERENT MODES OF REASONING Article 36
THE CHARACTER OF WALLER, AS A MAN AND A POET. Article 39
A METHOD OF ENCREASING POTATOES, Article 41
NEW SOUTH WALES, Article 42
TO THE EDITOR. Article 44
LIFE OF THE DUKE OF GUISE. Article 47
SINGULAR INSTANCE OF FACILITY IN LITERARY COMPOSITION. Article 48
A SWEDISH ANECDOTE. Article 49
ACCOUNT OF THOMAS TOPHAM, THE STRONG MAN. Article 50
SPEECH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, ON MONOPOLIES. Article 51
DIRECTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS RELATIVE TO FOOD. Article 52
TO THE EDITOR. Article 54
THE WORM AND BUTTERFLY. Article 56
Untitled Article 57
ANECDOTE. Article 57
THE SENSITIVE PLANT AND THISTLE. A FABLE. Article 58
FRENCH ARROGANCE PROPERLY REBUKED. Article 58
A CAUTION TO THE AVARICIOUS. Article 58
A WELL-TIMED REBUKE. Article 59
NAVAL ANECDOTE. Article 59
TO THE EDITOR. Article 59
POETRY. Article 60
IMPROMPTU, Article 60
THE SUNDERLAND VOLUNTEERS. Article 61
IMPROMPTU, Article 61
MONSIEUR. TONSON. A TALE. Article 62
SONNET. Article 65
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 65
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 66
HOME NEWS, Article 67
PROMOTIONS. Article 72
Untitled Article 72
Untitled Article 73
BANKRUPTS. Article 73
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Home News,

Coblentz a number of stuffed figures , clothed in the National uniform . As these new warriors floated down the stream , they were saluted by a tremenduous fire from the fortress of Ehrenbreitstein , and all the redoubts in its environs . The boats , however , still floated down the stream , and the troops on board faced the storm of bombs and balls with intrepid calmness . The alarm of the Austrians increased , and their troops were drawn up in battle , array , until , with equal surprize and shame , they discerned the quality of their stoical opponents ! Thisjoke cost the people of Coblentz rather dear ; the Austrians , in the first impulse of their indignation , having destroyed several of their houses by a shower of bombs .

A curious circumstance occurred lately at Brightcin . Sir John Lade , for a trifling wager , undertook to carry Lord Cholmondeley on bis back , from opposite tiie Pavilion twice round the Steine . Several ladies attended to be spectators of this extraordinary feat of the dwarf carrying a giant . When his Lordship declared himself ready , Sir John desired him to strip . " Strip ! " exclaimed the other ; "Why surely you promised to carry me in my clothes !"— "By no means , " replied the Baronet ; "I engaged to carry you , but not an inch of clothes therefore *

. So , my Lord , make ready , and let us not disappoint the ladies . '' After much laughable altercation , it was at length decided that Sir John had won his wager , the Peer declining to exhibit inpuris naturalibus . A Gazette of this month announced a commission of bankruptcy issued aga ' ufst a person in the Land of Promise !—If dockets were to be struck against all persons in that extensive district , the sheets of the Gazette would spon swell to the size of the Statutes at Large .

ANECDOTE . —A lady of some rank in EDINBURGH , during the sitting of the-B RITISH CONVENTION , having a large company at her house , and the conversation turning upon the said Assembly—Parliamentary Reform , Equality , Rights of the People , & c . —sagaciously observed , that the vulgar , novi-adays , meddled with things which did not belong to them—that mankind were naturally divided into tiro classes—that , for her part , she could not help comparing the higher classes to China Ware , and the lower sort to common Crockery . Being in her own house ,

however , no person ventured to dissent from her in opinion ; but soon after-. wards ,, her young family being mentioned , the company present expressed a desire of seeing her son , an infant then in the nurse ' s arms ; on which she ordered the footman to ' tell the nursery-maid to bring him down . The man , who had . listened with more attention than satisfaction to the distinction just before drawn by his lady , in obedience to her commands left the room—but leaving the door open , he called out with a loud voice , at the foot of the stairs , " Crockery , bring down young China . " The company laughed incontinently—the lady reddened like a turkey-cock— -and the facetious footman was immediately discharged .

COELEGE ANECDOTE . —The late Dutchess Dowager of Bedford meeting once a Cambridge Student , asked him how her Noble Relation did ? " Truly , Madam , ( says he ) he is a brave fellow , and sticks close to Catharine Hall , " ( the " name of a College there ) . " I vow ( saidher Grace ) I feared as much—for he had always a hankering after the viencbes . '" ANECDOTE . —The Marquis del Campo , the Spanish Ambassador , now about to leave this kingdom , has always enjoyed here a greater portion of the Royal favour than was ever bestowed on any Member of the Diplomatic Corps . It

originated in the following circumstance , which is not generally known : —At the time when the phrenzy of Margaret Nicholson prompted her to attack the life of our Sovereign , the Marquis , with that readiness of apprehension which , marks the man fitted for great occasions , immediately took a post-chaise and set off for Windsor . —He entered into conversation with her Majesty , and prevented her , as was his object , from being disturbed by any idle rumours , until his Majesty arrived ; bringing himself the news of the traitorous attempt , and the full assurance of its failure !' AGRICULTURE . —If Dibbling , instead of Broadcast , was wholly practised , itwouli produce a saving in wheat annually of 320 , 000 quarters , besides giving employment to a great number of children .

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