it: ye sey, I was at Lonon, in a place they ca' the park, that is no like a hained hogfence, or like the four-nooked parks in this country- ""Hout awa," said Thomas, "I have heard a' that before: I only came ower the Know to tell you, that, if you have seen the king, the king has seen mey," (me.) And so he returned with a jocund heart, assuring his friends" it had done him much muckle gude to settle accounts wi' Andro'."

Another favour I must request is, that Mr. Balmanno will be so good as to send me a proof of these illustrations, as my hand is very bad, and there be errors both of the pen and of the press.

Jocose hæc, as the old Laird of Restalrig writes to the Earl of Gowrie.-Farewell, my old tried and dear friend of forty long years. Our enjoyments must now be of a character less vivid than we have shared together.

"But still at our lot it were vain to repine.
"Youth cannot return, or the days of Lang Syne."
Yours affectionately,

WALTER SCOTT.*

ADVICE

To" LOOK AT HOME!"

The advice given by a girl to Thales, the Milesian philosopher, was strong and practical. Seeing him gazing at the heavens, as he walked along, and perhaps piqued by his not casting an eye on her attractions, she put a stool in his path, over which he tumbled and broke his shins. The excuse she made was, that she meant to teach him, before he indulged himself in star-gazing, to "look at home."

ADVICE FOR A BROKEN LIMB.

In a late translation of Hippocrates, we read the following piece of grave advice, which, notwithstanding the great name of the counsellor, will hardly have many followers.

In a fracture of the thigh," the extension ought to be particularly great, the muscles being so strong that, notwithstanding the effect of the bandages, their contraction is apt to shorten the limb. This is a deformity so deplorable, that when there is reason to apprehend it, I would advise the patient to suffer the other thigh

From The Times, October 16, 1827.

to be broken also, in order to have them both of one length."

The founder of the Jesuits, St. Ignatius Loyola, who, to preserve the shape of his boot, had a considerable part of his leg bone cut off, would have been a docile patient to the sage Hippocrates. The story is in the Every-Day Book, vol. i. p. 1050.

SINCERE ADVICE.

While Louis XIV. was besieging Lisle, the Spanish governor very handsomely sent him, from the town, every day, fresh ice for the use of his table. M. de Charost, a favourite of the king, happening to be near him when one of these presents arrived, said to the messenger, with a loud voice, “Do you be sure to tell M. de Brouai, your governor, that I advise him not to give up his town like a coward, as the commandant of Douai has done." "Are you mad, Charost?" said the king, turning to him angrily. "No, sir," said Charost, "but you must excuse me. The comte de Brouai is my near relation."

ADVICE FOR JUDGING OF POETRY.

Cardinal de Retz desired Menage to favour him with a few lectures on poetry; "for," said he, "such quantities of verses are brought to me every day, that I ought to seem, at least, to be somewhat of a judge.". "It would," replied Menage, "be difficult to give your eminence many rudiments of criticism, without taking up too much of your time. But I would advise you, in general, to look over the first page or two, and then to exclaim, Sad Ninety-nine times in a hundred you will be stuff! wretched poetaster! miserable verses! sure you are right.”

A NOMINAL ACCIDENT.

To the Editor.

It is rather extraordinary that of the t pork-butchers in Clare-market, one of the names should be "HUM," the "SHUM."-Fact! upon honour!-See fl yourself; one is at the corner of Blackmore street, the other in the street adjoining Clement's Inn. F. C. N.

August 9, 1827.

This edifice obtained its name from the meeting of Thomas Osborne earl of Danby, and William Cavendish earl of Devonshire, with Mr. John D'Arcy, privately one morning, in 1688, upon Whittington Moor, as a middle place between Chatsworth, Kniveton, and Aston, their respective residences, to consult about the revolution, then in agitation. * A shower of rain happening to fall, they removed to the village for shelter, and finished their conversation at a public-house there, the sign of "The Cock and Pynot."t

The part assigned to the earl of Danby was, to surprise York; in which he succeeded. After which, the earl of Devonshire was to take measures at Nottingham, where the declaration for a free parliament, which he, at the head of a number of gentlemen of Derbyshire, had signed Nov. 28, 1688, was adopted by the nobility, gentry,

and commonalty of the northern counties, there assembled. To the concurrence of these patriots with the proceedings in favour of the prince of Orange in the west, the nation is indebted for the establishment of its rights and liberties.

The cottage here represented stands at the point where the road from Chesterfield divides into two branches, to Sheffield and Rotherham. The room where the noblemen sat is fifteen feet by twelve feet ten, and is to this day called "The Plotting Parlour." The old armed-chair, still remaining in it, is shown by the landlord with particular satisfaction, as that in which it is said the earl of Devonshire sat; and he tells with equal pleasure, how it was visited by his descendants, and the descendants of his associates, in the year 1788. rooms, for the better accommodation of customers, were added several years ago.

Some new

Deering's Nottingham, p. 258.

ton:

"The duke of Devonshire also, when we were partners in the secret trust about the revolution, and who did meet me and Mr. John D'Arcy, for that purpose, at a town called Whittington, in Derbyshire, did, in the presence of the said Mr. D'Arcy, make a voluntary acknowledgment of the great mistakes he had been led into about me; and said, that both he, and most others, were entirely convinced of their error. And he came to sir Henry Goodrick's house in Yorkshire purposely to meet me there again, in order to concert the times and methods by which he should act at Nottingham, (which was to be his post,) and one at York, (which was to be mine;) and we agreed, that I should first attempt to surprise York, because there was a small garrison with a governor there; whereas Nottingham was but an open town, and might give an alarm to York, if he should appear in arms before I had made my attempt upon York; which was done accordingly ;t but is mistaken in divers relations of it. And I am confident that the duke (had he been now alive) would have thanked nobody for putting his prosecution of me amongst the glorious actions of his life."

On the 4th and 5th of November 1788, the centenary of the landing of king Wil

*Son and heir of Conyers earl of Holderness.

For the earl of Devonshire's proceedings at Derby and Whittington, see Mr. Deering's History of Nottingham, p. 260. Mr. Drake, p, 177 of his Eboracum, just mentions the earl of Danby's appearance at York,

The committee appointed by the lords and gentlemen at the last Chesterfield races, the intended jubilee, on the hundredth an to conduct and manage the celebration of niversary of the glorious revolution, at the Revolution-house in Whittington, in the county of Derby, where measures were first concerted for the promotion of that grand constitutional event, in these midland parts, have this day met, and upon consideration come to the following resolutions:

That general Gladwin do take the chair at this meeting. That the Rev. Samuel Pegge be requested to preach a sermon on the occasion at Whittington church, on the 5th day of November next. That the gen

tlemen who intend to honour the meeting with their company do assemble at Whittington church, exactly at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of that day, to attend divine service.

That immediately after service cold collation will be provided. That they they meet at the Revolution-house, where a field, where ordinaries will be provided at go in procession from thence to Chester. the Angel, Castle, and Falcon inns. That the meeting be open to all friends of the revolution. That letters be written to the dukes of Devonshire and Leeds, and the earl of Stamford, to request the honour of their attendance at that meeting. That there be a ball for the ladies in the evening at the assembly-room in Chesterfield. That a subscription of one guinea each be entered into for defraying the extraordinary expenses on the occasion, and that the same be paid into the hands of Messrs Wilkinson's, in Chesterfield. That the committee do meet again on Wednesday, the 8th of October next, at the Angel in, in Chesterfield, at one o'clock. That these

The

where the Derbyshire band of music formed in the centre, and played "Rule Britannia," "God save the King," &c. clubs and corporation still proceeded in the same order to the mayor's, and then dispersed.

The whole was conducted with order and regularity. Notwithstanding there were fifty carriages, four hundred gentlemen on horseback, two thousand on foot, and an astonishing throng of spectators, not an accident happened. All was joy and gladness, without a single burst of unruly tumult and uproar. The sun shed auspicious beams, and blessed the happy day with unusual splendour.

The company was SO numerous as scarcely to be accommodated at the three principal inns. The dinner at the Castle was served in a style of unusual elegance. The first five toasts after the repast were :1. The king.

2. The glorious and immortal memory of king William III.

3. The memory of the Glorious Revolution.

4. The memory of those Friends to their Country, who, at the risk of their lives and fortunes, were instrumental in effecting the Glorious Revolution in 1688.

5. The Law of the Land.

In the evening a brilliant exhibition of fireworks was played off, under the direction of signior Pietro; during which the populace were regaled with a proper distribution of liquor. The day concluded with a ball, at which were present near three hundred gentlemen and ladies. The late duchess of Devonshire, surrounded by the bloom of the Derbyshire hills, presented a picture scarcely to be portrayed. Nearly two hundred and fifty ball-tickets were received at the door.

The warm expression of gratitude and affection sparkling in every eye must have excited in the breasts of those noble personages, whose ancestors were the source of this felicity, a sensation which monarchs in all their glory might envy. The utmost harmony and felicity prevailed throughout the whole meeting. A hogshead of ale was distributed to the populace at Whittington, and three hogsheads at Chesterfield; where the duke of Devonshire gave also three guineas to each of the eight clubs.

At this meeting party distinctions were forgotten. Persons of all ranks and denominations wore orange and blue in memory of the great event; and the most respectable Roman Catholic families vied in their

endeavours to show how just a sense they had of the value of civil liberty.*

The Rev. P. Cunningham, of Eyam, a place which readers of the last sheet can scarcely have forgotten, addressed some stanzas to the Rev. Samuel Pegge, the rector of Whittington, on occasion of the festivity, together with the following

ODE

For the Revolution Jubilee, 1788.

When lawless power his iron hand,
When blinded zeal her flaming brand
O'er Albion's island wav'd;
Indignant freedom veil'd the sight;
Eclips'd her son of glory's light;
Her fav'rite realm enslav'd.

Distrest she wander'd :-when afar
She saw her Nassau's friendly star

Stream through the stormy air:
She call'd around a patriot band;
She bade them save a sinking land;
And deathless glory share.

Her cause their dauntless hearts inspir'd, With ancient Roman virtue fir'd,

They plough'd the surging main; With fav'ring gales from Belgia's shore Her heaven-directed hero bore,

And freedom crown'd his reign.

With equal warmth her spirit glows, Though hoary Time's centennial snows

New silver o'er her fame.

For hark, what songs of triumph tell, Still grateful Britons love to dwell On William's glorious name.

VIRTUOUS DESPOTISM.
CHARACTER OF ALIA BHYE,

monarchs that ever existed, a female with One of the purest and most exemplary out vanity, a bigot without intolerance, possessed of a mind imbued with the deepest superstition, yet receiving no in pressions except what promoted the happ ness of those under its influence; a being exercising in the most active and ab sincere humility, but under the severe manner despotic power, not merely wit moral restraint that a strict conscience impose upon human action. And all combined with the greatest indulgence the weakness and faults of others.†

Pegge's Anecdotes of Old Times, p. 1xiii, &c. + Sir John Malcolm's Central India.