hand side (as the book is opened) of the outer cover is a double-gilt brass crucifix, which was kissed by the Kings upon their inauguration; and the whole is fastened together by a strong clasp of brass fixed to a broad piece of leather, nailed on with two large brass pins. Antient Scottish Manners. On the fourth week after the lady's delivery, she was set on her bed, on a low footstool, the bed covered with some neat piece of sewed work, or white satin, with three pillows at her back, covered with the same: she in full dress, and a fan in her hand. Having informed her acquaintances what day she is to see company, they all come and pay their respects to her, stand Bay of Islands, they put themselves under | his protection, and though the old Chief did all in his power to prevent their being massacred, his efforts were unavailing, and they fell before his eyes, the last victims in this last scene of blood and horror. But here I am wrong, this was not the last scene, for there was one more at which humanity will shudder, as well as the person who records it. These savages, not satisfied with the vengeance they had already taken, and true to their character as cannibals, feasted themselves on the dead bodies of their victims, devouring the mangled flesh till their inhuman appetites were completely glutted. The four who had escaped the cruel destiny of all the rest, consisted of a woman, two children, and the cabin-boy; these, except the last,ing or walking a little through the room, had fortunately eluded the search of the barbarians till their thirst of blood was satiated, and then being discovered, were spared, and treated with some kindness. The cabin-boy having, during the voyage, ingratiated himself into favour with George, by several acts of friendship, had now the good fortune to receive that reward, which of all others, was the most valuable to him, his life. The Chief impressed with a grateful recollection of his kind Offices, received him in an affectionate manner; while he ran to him for protection, and crying out in a piteous strain, "George, you won't kill me?" he was answered by the other, who shewed, that with all bis cruelty, he was capable of gratitude" No, my boy, I won't kill you; you are a good boy;" and taken by him under his own immediate care. The Gatherer. No. XIII. for there are no chairs; they drink a glass of wine, and eat a piece of cake, and then give place to others: towards the end of the week all the friends were asked to what was called the Cummerfealls; this was a supper where every gentleman brought a piut of wine to be drank by him and his wife: the supper was, a ham at the head, and a pyramid of fowls at the bottom, hens and ducks below, partridges at top; there was an eating posset in the middle of the table, with dried fruits and sweetmeats at the sides. When they had finished their supper, the meat was removed, and in an instant every one flies to the sweetmeats to chairs overturned, and every thing on the pocket them; on which a scramble ensued, table-wrestling and pulling at one another with the utmost noise and violence. When all was quiet, they went to the stoups, (for there were no bottles for wine,) of which the women had a good share: for though it was a disgrace to be seen drunk, yet it was none to be a little intoxicated in good company. A few days after this, the same company were asked to the christening, "I am but a gatherer and dealer in other which was always in the church, all in high Men's stuff." Bibliotheca Antiqua. The original book upon which all our Kings, from Henry I. to Edward VI., took the coronation oath, is now in the library of a gentleman in Norfolk. It is a manuscript of the Four Evangelists, written on vellum; the form and beauty of the letters nearly approaching to Roman capitals. It appears to have been written and fitted up for the coronation of Henry I. The original binding, which is still in a perfect state, consists of two oaken boards, nearly an inch thick, fastened together with stout leather thongs, and the corners defended by large bosses of brass. On the right dress, a number of them young ladies, who were called maiden cimmers; one of them presented the child to the father. After the ceremony, they dined and supped together, and the night often concluded by a ball. Etymological Anecdote. A dispute once arose in the way of raillery, between the Earl of Temple and the first Lord Lyttleton, on the comparative antiquity of their families. Lord Lyttleton contended that the name of Grenville was originally Greenfield; Lord Temple insisted that it was derived from Grande Ville. "Well then," said Lord Lyttleton, "if you will have it so, my family may boast of the higher antiquity; for Lit tle towns were certainly antecedent to Great cities; but if you will be content with the more humble derivation, I will give up the point, for green fields were certainly more ancient than either." Queen of Scots' Ring. The original diamond ring of Mary, Queen of Scots, upon which are engraved the Arms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, quartered, and which was produced in evidence at the trial of the unfortunate Mary, as a proof of her pretensions to the Crown of England, was in the possession of the late Mr. Blachford, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, at the time of his death. The history of this fatal ring is curious. It descended from Mary to her grandson Charles I, who gave it, on the scaffold, to Archbishop Juxon, for his son Charles II, who, in his troubles, pawned it in Holland for £300, where it was bought by Governor Yale, and sold at his sale for £320, sup. posed for the Pretender. Afterwards it came into possession of the Earl of Illa, Duke of Argyle, and probably from him to the family of Mr. Blachford. At the late sale of his effects, it was said to have been purchased for the Prince Regent. Lancastrian Rose. Lines written by the Duke of Clarence, in the 15th century, and sent with a white rose to Lady Eliza Beauchamp, daughter of the Duke of Somerset, a staunch adherent to the House of Lancaster : If this fair rose offend thy sight Admiral Roddam. The good admiral attributed his capture to the ship missing stays at one time, under the management of Lieutenant James Wallace, while be was taking some refreshment. This was some hours before the Greenwich was taken; but the missing stays got the ship entangled with those of the enemy, in some way or other, so that the misfortune was never re covered. The admiral used to relate with much good humour, that when he gave the printer at Kingston directions to publish the minutes of the court martial, he ordered a copy to be first given to each member of the court martial, to his brother officers, and to some other friends to sell the remainder. It was some time afterwards that he again saw his publisher, when, in order to settle accounts, the book was referred to, and the man stated, that, according to order, so many copies had been disposed of. "Why that is went the number I ordered you to give away in my name, how many have you sold?"-" Not one," was the reply, "though I advertised in all the papers." -"That is strange!" said Captain Roddam, "for Admiral Byng's trial through two or three editions in a week.” "That is a different case, said the printer; "if you had been condemned to be shot, your trial would have sold as well; but the public take uo interest in an honourable acquittal." Female Influence. When Haydn was in England, one of our Princes commissioned Sir Joshua Reynolds to take his portrait. Haydn went to the painter's house, and sat to him, but soon grew tired. Sir Joshua, careful of his reputation, would not paint a man of acknowledged genius with a stupid countenance; and deferred the sitting till another day. The same weariness and want of expression occurring at the next attempt, Reynolds went to his Royal Highness and informed him of the circumstance, who contrived a stratagem. He sent to the painter's house a pretty German girl, in the service of the Queen. Haydn took his seat for the third time, and as soon as the conversation began to flag, a curtain rose, and the fair German addressed him in bis native language, with a most elegant compliment. Haydn, delighted, overwhelmed the enchantress with questions; his countenance recovered its animation, and Sir Joshua rapidly seized its traits. Poets and Painters. It is dangerous to disoblige either a great Poet, or Painter. Virgil in his second book of the Georgics, had bestowed very high eulogiums on the fertile territory of Nole Campania; but the inhabitants of this city not choosing to allow their waters to run through his lands, lie erased Nole, and put Ora in its place. Dante also placed his master Brunetto, who had offended him, in his "Inferno"-such is the vengeance of Poets! Michel Angelo constituted the imperative personage in Hell, in his picture Pope's master of the ceremonies, Biggio, an of "the last judgment!"-Such is the vengeance of Painters. Antient Ceremony. The following curious ceremony was formerly observed on taking possession of the Duchy of Austria:-In a pleasant valley, near the town of Saint Voit, are to be seen the ruins of an ancient town, the name of which is unknown; in the neighbourhood of these remains stands a piece of marble, ou which, at the inauguration of the Duke, a peasant of a particular family possesses | Genosee country, on the banks of the great an hereditary right to take his station, having on his right hand a black meagre bullock, on his left a lean mare, and being at the same time surrounded by a crowd of peasants and other people. When thus prepared, the Prince, environed by his officers, advances with the standards and insignia of the Principality. Count Goritz, who is Marshal of the Court, heads the pro cession with twelve small standards, and is followed by all the magistrates in their robes of office, while the Prince himself appears in the habit of a simple shepherd. His Highness is no sooner perceived by the peasant on the marble stone, than he exclaims in the Sclavonian tongue, "Who is he that comes attended by such a proud magnificent train?" He is answered, "It is the prince of the country." The peasant again inquires, “Is he an equitable judge, zealous for the good of his country? Is he of a liberal disposition? Does he deserve to be honoured? Is he an observer and defender of the Catholic religion?" Being answered in the affirmative, "I desired to know," he again exclaims, " by what right he comes to take my place?" Count Goritz answers, "The favour is purchased of thee for sixty deniers; these beasts are thine; thou shalt have the clothes the prince now wears, and thy family shall be exempted from taxes." The prince then approaches the peasant, from whom he receives a box on the ear, and an exhortation to be an equitable judge. On ending his harangue he resigns his place to his prince, and retires, driving off the bullock and the mare. The prince having mounted the stone, brandishes his sword, swears to judge his people impartially, descends from the marble, goes to hear mass, quits his pastoral garb for apparel more suitable to his rank, and returns to the stone from whence he hears some causes or grievances, and receives homage for the vacant fiefs. Cognoscenti puzzled. When the great Michel Angelo had finished his fine statue of the Drunken Bacchus, which is now in the Louvre, he buried it in the earth; but previously, he broke off the right arm in the middle. He then contrived to have it dug up, as if by chance; and it was shewn to the Cognoscenti, who one and all pronounced it to be truly antique, and far superior to any thing he could have done. Michel Angelo then produced the arm, which being applied to the corresponding part, conveyed at once an answer to their science and injustice. river Obin, are supplied with shop goods from vessels which navigate it, and, are fitted up with counters, shelves, and drawers, in the same manner as are shops on land, and as well stored as many of them with all kinds of goods that are in demand. On approaching a plautation, while they sail along the river, a horn, or conch shell is blown, to give notice of their arrival ; when the planters, with their wives and daughters, repair to these floating shops, and select such things as they require; and make payment in the produce of their plantations, such as flour, cotton, tobacco, dried venison, the skins of wild animals, &c. The shopkeeper having disposed of his goods in this way, returns home with the produce he has collected, and again renews his stock, and proceeds on another voyage. Sir Hugh Palliser. In 1762 Sir Hugh Palliser had been despatched, with three ships of the line and a frigate, to retake the town of St. John, in the island of Newfoundland; but on his arrival, he found that Lord Colville and Colonel Amherst had anticipated his intended service. After the peace, Sir Hugh was again sent to Newfoundland, as governor, and with orders to protect the British fishery on that coast against the encroachment, of the French. Sir Hugh had the Guernsey, a 50 gun-ship, bearing his broad pen dant, and several frigates, under him. On the coast, he met with a French commodore, who with a similar force, was pretending to regulate the fisheries of that nation, but in fact was increasing them. He pretended also to be authorised to settle such disputes as might occur with the English. Sir Hugh Palliser, however warned the French commodore to quit the coast; informing him that the sovereignty of the island belonged to Great Britain, and that he would not suffer any foreign authority to interfere with his government. In consequence of this and other spirited exertions, the French ambassador in London presented several memorials against Sir Hugh; and amongst other contemptible artifices, insisted that Cape Ray was Point Rich, thus introducing a new claim to the fishery all along the western coast of Newfoundland. In support of this, the French government, with the low finesse of a common swindler, alleged that the English chart mis-named those places, and that their names had been transposed for the purpose of narrowing. the limits of the French fishery. Their ambassador produced a French chart which had been sent to him, in which those places were named agreeably to the claim which they contended for. Sir Hugh Palliser, however, soon repelled this attempt, by shewing that all the English charts had been extant before the time of making Point Rich a boundary. He happened to have a French chart in his possession, which was an impression from the same plate as that which the French ambassador had produced. Point Rich and Cape Ray were then placed the same as in the English charts; and Sir Hugh Palliser completely fixed the fraud of altering the plate, and transposing those names, with the French government, for the purpose of supporting its encroachments. It is said, that the French ambassador himself appeared to be ashamed of this transaction. A cursory view of the Bills of Mortality will induce every one to conclude that disorders in children must not only be severe and fatal in their nature, but frequently hidden and obscure, requiring an exclusive and more particular attention by the Faculty than has hitherto been given: nor can there be a doubt but that an institution for their special investigation must, by a concentration of cases to one point, daily open a new and additional field for the culture of medical science in their peculiar treatment. The advantages that have followed the exertious of the institution since the short period of its opening, are those that have been predicted by its promoters. It has already afforded, upon an extensive scale, prompt and efficacious relief to the infant poor, in cases of difficulty and danger, as the following statement proves: and has HINTS, PLANS, and PROCEEDINGS laid a foundation for the treatment of dis OF Benevolence. Homo sum: Humanum nihil a me alienum puto. UNIVERSAL DISPENSARY FOR CHILDREN. In the midst of great national difficulties, it has been our pleasing task to record almost innumerable instances of British benevolence and humanity, of the most gratifying kind. We have now to add to the list, a MEDICAL INSTITUTION, which by exclusively directing its efforts to the preservation of health, and the prevention and cure of diseases among the children of the poor, has already been found to diminish in every district of the capital, and in the adjacent villages, the number of premature deaths, which annually oc cur. It is a fact too well known, and too melancholy, to be slightly passed over, that a very large proportion of those who are born in London perish before they attain their fifth year, from a want of that prompt and particular medical aid, which such an INSTITUTION is calculated to afford. eases among that class of helpless and hitherto unprotected beings, which cannot fail eventually to produce the most beneficial results. In the short space of fifteen months, from the opening on the 24th of June, 1816, to 30th Sept. 1817, no less than 2346 children have been brought to the Dispensary for medical and surgical aid, a fact corroborative of its want and utility. The account from the register of patients kept by the Apothecary is as under: Number of patients admitted into this charity from June 24th, 1816, to Sept. 30th, 1817 is... in all 2946 Whereof have been cured and relieved Have died .... Have been inoculated for the 1751 88 48S Total 2346 Within the period of these admissions, an unusual and highly dangerous complaint of an inflammatory nature, has prevailed among children, the mortality of which, has been materially diminished, by the A peculiar feature of this establishment prompt assistance rendered at this Dispenis to give advice to children without recom- sary, in consequence of its being open in mendation, in cases where immediate relief ALL CASES, on a first application, without is required, and thus the supporters of this waiting for a formal recommendation. UniUniversal Dispensary have had the heart-versal in its principle, its utility has not felt gratification of rescuing from disease many a pitiable object, who from the inattention or ignorance of its parents, might have fallen an early victim to a lingering and premature death. been confined by any local bounds. From all parts of the metropolis and its vicinity, children have been brought to partake of the benefits of this peculiar and distinctive establishment. From the success that has already attended the laudable efforts of the promoters of this useful institution, let us hope that it will meet with a liberal and fostering care from the public at large; and we think we may be fairly permitted to indulge this expectation, not only from the actual and prospective advantages of an institution which is designed one day even to extend its utility, through the medium of stations, to every quarter of the metropolis, to its extensive suburbs, and the country; but, also, from the great benefits of more antient medical institutions, with regard to the poor, being now well understood, and fully confirmed by experience. Neither is it less to the interest and advantage, than it is to the credit of every parent-of all individuals, particularly those in whose manufactories, strong and active young men, capable of enduring fatigue and labour, are required, to encourage an institution which, at a trifling expense, may afford ease and relief to the afflicted infant offspring of their servants, labourers, and dependants. It is surely important for such persons to favour a plan for stopping the ravages of those diseases which would substitute a puny and debilitated race, for a hardy and vigorous set of men, unfit to sustain those laborious employments that constitute the sole means of their own subsistence and of their children, and their parents; all of whom, if the father possess a delicate and feeble constitution, must eventually become, with himself, a burthen to his employer, to his friends, and the parish, and this in consequence of some disease or infirmity established in his infancy, to which at length he falls a premature and lingering victim, thus unavoidably fixing the expense and maintenance of his family upon the middle and upper orders of society. We give the following rules and regulations of this society, as interesting to those who may feel disposed to promote its benevolent objects. I. This Institution consists of a Patron or Patrons, Patroness or Patronesses, President, Vice Presidents, Treasurer, Life and Annual Directors, Life and Annual Governors, together with such officers as may be deemed necessary. Any branch of the Royal Family becoming a member of this Institution, shall be deemed a Patron or Patroness. II. A subscription of One Guinea anDually constitutes a Governor, with the right of having two patients on the books at a time a subscription of Two Guineas annually constitutes a Governor with the right of having four patients on the books at a time, and a double vote at all Elections. III. A benefaction of Ten Guineas, or a contribution of this sum within the year, constitutes a Governor for Life, with the privilege of having four patients on the books at a time. A benefaction of Twenty Guineas, or a contribution of this sum within the year, constitutes a Director for Life, with the privilege of having an unlimited number of patients on the books at one time.- Directors have a double vote at all Elections. IV. Any person leaving the institution a legacy of FIFTY POUNDS, all his or her executors shall be made Governors for Life any person leaving the charity a legacy of One Hundred Pounds or more, all his or her executors shall be made Direc tors for Life. The following extracts contain intelligence received from Ireland since the General Meeting in May last, and the publication of the last Annual Report. They will doubtless be read with great interest by benevolent individuals, and be very gratifying to the members of the Auxiliary Institutions connected with the Hibernian Society. In May last the number of schools was 347-of children educated therein 27,776. From Mr. B-, the Society's principal Agent in Ireland. Mr. Bstates several instances of the most violent hostility to the Society's Schools, on the part of some of the Catholic priests; the effects of which were severely felt, by the withdrawing of some of the children. But he goes on to mention, that most of them have gradually returned to the schools; and adds, The renewal of hostilities on the part of the Popish Clergy, Bull of the Pope against the Bible Society, may, no doubt, be attributed to the late as it has given the pretext to indulge their irreconcileable enmity to the scriptures. However, we have the testimony of facts to prove, that were the whole Hierarchy |