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About Augusta herald. (Augusta [Ga.]) 1799-1822 | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1821)
Cat*, l'aro’ft Journal. We have perused in our l»»e E gh.h pap< ttveral extract* fro** 'tic Journal of to. enterpr z ; ng ami adventurous Captain pa. rs commanded Hie British Exped tiun of 1819, for exploring the Arctic r. giotn. in search of a northwest passage t' the Pacific Ocean, and who has ately sail ed on a second voyage for the same pur pose. In the course of the week we pur pw.e to publish an extract of some in* tercst, which concludes his volume. In the mean time, we give the following singular account of the frozen hand of a m«n who omitted, in enterii g to put out the fire of a house they had erected, to take the necessary precautions to prevent the effects of the Irost. (JV. I'. Spectator. ** Ilis hands presented a strange appear ed ce—they were perfectly hard, inflexible, colorless, possessing* degree of translucen cy, exhibiting more the external character of pieces of sculptured marble, than those of am ated matter.—They were immedi ately plunged into the cold bath, where they continued for upwards of two hours ere their flexibility was completely recovered •, the abstraction of heat had been so great, that the water in contact with the fingers congealed upon them, even half an hour af ter they had been immersed. During the cold application, a consult ruble degree of re-action took place, attended by acute pain, from which tile patient became so faint and exhausted as to necessitate his being con veyed to bed. in less than three hours, ve ry active inflammation had supervened, ex tending high up the arm, and soon after wards each hand,drum die wn-t downward, was enc used m a bladder, cuotaining up wards us a pint us viscid serous fluid, l ucre were, however, three of the fingers of one hand, and iwo us the other, in which this visication did not form—they co.it nued cold, ami perfectly insensible ; and whilst arterial action Was powerful, as far as the first joints of these fingers, the vessels of their extre mities were in a perfect state of cnllapsion. During the employment of antiphlogistic re nedies to reduce the inflammatory sycnp- ! toms, various stimuli were need ineffectually, tor, store aminauuti to the fingers ; when the inflammation began to subside, a separa tion to >k puce between ttie dead and the living pans, and eventually die uinpulation of tnem became necessary," JW th Georgia Gazette ii IVinter Chronicle. | —Doling tne lung' winter v/mch this expe- . dit.no passed at Meivi.le Is and, several of , the crew amused themselves by making up ; a weekly newspaper, to aid in driving aw.iy , dull cure. All who pleased contributed: the paper was keptupfor twenty-one wet ks s and ih e result ol this novel undertaking, has been published in London. I'lie paper was originally fairly written out in two co.umns ot folio paper, by the ship's clerk. We have seen a number of amusing specimen’s ol this work, in the London Literary Gaz ette, and some other papers, troin winch we extract tile following : The first is a letter containing hints on fruat : “ The travt Is of the renowned Baron Mun chausen, which I recollect reading when a b'>», furnish atrong pr >of* of the very sin gular effects resulting from extreme cold i aim as it seems pr .liable we may have to encounter greater seventy of weather than even that illustrious personage expt rienced, 1 think any idea conducive to the general or individual good »t our companions, should not be hoarded in tcifint concealment, but liberally given to tins little world. " After the trust shall have exhausted all its usual efforts ot fixing the brandy bottle to tlie lips, freezing the water m the tea kettle on the fire, congealing sounds, con verting sigh* into showers ot snow, and bri ny tears into icicies, is it not pmbabie that it uuy reduce ipe temperature ol the liu ninn body so l«W, as to interfere with the internal economy, compelling the blood to roll through he veins and arteries in thu form ot peas, dropping one by one into the proper cavities ot the heart, and being a. 1 gai i discharged from thence like small ah n > l Now, when matters shall have arrived at such a pitch as this, there is sum thing in the heart, stomach, or bowels, [1 think the former,) «d many y-uing men, called love, wmcli though very hot in i’x nature, must at length ackn wleilge the Irg.onfic influence. What then will be the result! \l t . know ttist, even in the comparatively warm cli mate of Unsafe, some sorts ot liquor are fro aen tosuen adegree, that the whine strength is concentrated, perhaps, into one five-hun dredth part of its original space.—Now, should this be the care wi«h love, fierce and | burning in its present state, to what a dc- | pi irable siiuano i must it reduce the iinior- ! tunale victim ? it lie attempt* to breathe, ! emitting Haines like a lub||d dragon, while the dissolving blood rosins along in copious 1 streams and after each respiration as sud denly congeals. But, oh horror ! horror ! should he have accustomed llitnae f to the u-e ot spirits—on the first kindling of the flame—up he goes like a she I, a mine, a rocket • I hum ot this m tune, gentie youths, who-e sensibility may have betray- | •d you into love, who ‘ have drank the soft | poison of a speaking ey e.’ Boot it front ! your b.isoma ere the catastrophe arri'es, with persever ng fortitude and res.dn ion, •lid deposit this soft delusive something where it may be at hand tor use in a Hinder dime i there only can it availthen, when the moment arm. a which shows you the other tenfic symptoms I have mentioned, you wilt had me as your friend, your guar dian, yuur benefactor, “ Faos rices. •* Should my conjectures prove correct, would ii not be a national benefit to make a turn-pike road from Hudson’s Bay to tins dreary region f How many married jiau-s might hers revive the almost extinct sparks of regard, a ul as soon as Uieir bosoms w ere sntfic.eutty warmed, set i ff' and avoid the da ger ot combustion ! " AttCTIC MISERIES. ” Going nut in a winter morning for the purpo-c ot taking a walk, and before vou Ii we proceeded leu yards Iro n the ship, getung a coldbaih m the cook’s steep hole * “ When on a hunting excursion, and be ing close to a fine deer, after several as tempts to fire, discovering tUal voor p )tL it neither pruned nor loaded, while the ai i mat’s four legs are employed m carrying * way the body. * A bole in the ice for steeping salt rv Cj *c. / / 11 Setting out with a piece of new bread your pocket, on a shooting party, and hen you feel incimed to eat it, having oc sion to observe, that it is so frozen that sir teeth will not penetrate it. “ Being called from table by intelligence at a wolf is approaching the vessels, wb.ell i closer inspection, proves to be a dog, on .ding again below, detecting the cat in run mg off with your dinner. “ Returning on board your ship after an •vening visit in a contemplative humour, ml being roused from a pleasing reverie by he close embrace of a bear. “ Sitting down in anticipation of a com fortable Hieakfatt, and finding that the teo, by mistake, is made of salt water. “ Olb Comicxl.’’ Among other amusemeins. the officers got up a theatre, and wrote plays for them, selves The following song, sung on the sth ol November, ISI9, is an txample of the tuneful rapacities of some one of the crew : •Song, .Mr. Skene. Tune, Jetty of Ihimblahe. Oh ! w hat can compare with the beams of - morn, When the bright sparkling dew-drops be spangle the thorn, When Aurora’s young blushes tint deeper the sky, Ere the Sun’s flaming orb is yet mounted on high > ’Tis the soft smile of beauty, that beams from the eyes Os thy daughters, fair Albion ! the land that we prize. When distant, far distant, from all that’s held dear, From the happy fire-side, and the friend that’s sincere ; Wliat nerves for the battle the arm of the brave, Or bids us encounter the storm beaten wave ? ’rist'.e soft smile o! beauty, that beams from the eyes Os thy daughters, fair Albion ! the land that w e pr.te. Tho' thy sons in the field are undaunted in war, And the fame of thy chieftains resounds from afar; Tho’ Nature eaeh charm in thine island combines, One ray of tliv glory all other outshines. M’i* the soft smile of beauty, that beams from i he eyes Os thy daughters, fair Albion ! the land that we prize. What leads us to traverse these regions un known. And explore each recess of this dark frozen zone ? Tlin’ with thirst of renown every bosom may burn, What reward do we hope when again we return ? •Tis the soft smile of beauty, that beams from the eyes Ot thy daughters, fair Albion ! the land that we prize. The following lines are the production of Capt. Barry, lie certainly makes no awk ward figure on the slippery back of the ce lestial steed of poesy : Refectiont on teeing the Sun tet for a period of three Month*. .Yovembir, ltilj. lb-hold you glorious orb, whose feeble ray M"cks the proud glare of Summer’s livelier day I Ilis noon-tide beam shot upward thro’ the sky, Scarce gilds the vault of Heaven’s blue ca uipy A fainter vet, and yet a fainter light— And In I he leaves us now to one long cheer less tnglit ! Ami is his glorious course for ever o’er f Ami lia« he set indeed—to rise no more ? To us no mure .shall Spring’s enlivening beam. Unlock the fountains of the fetter'd stream— No more the wild bird carol through the sky. And cheer yon mountains with nule melody l • * * • a • »» Once more shall Spring her energy resume, And chase the horrors of this wintry gloom Once more shall Hummer's animating ray Enliven Nature with perpetual day Von radiant orb, w ith self-inherent light j Shall rise, and dissipate the shades of night, I In peerless splendour rt -possess the sky, And shine in renovated majesty. In yon departing nrfi meihmks r see A counterpart of frail mortality. Emblem of man ! w-Ik-m life’s declining sun Proclaims this awful truth, “ thy race is i n i!" Ilis sun once set—iis bright effulgence gone, All, all is darkness—as it ne’er had shone ! Vet not for ever is plan’s g orv fled, His name for ever • numbered with the dea I’— Lke yon bright orb, th’ immortal psrt of man Snail end in glory, as it first began,— Like Mini, encircled in celeshni light. Shall rise triumphant 'midst the shades of night. Her native energies again resume. Dispel ihi- dreary winter of the tomb, And, bidding Death with ail its terror fly, Uioom in p rpetual Spring thro'all eternity ! Ain.mg the advertisements there i* said to be considerable humor. Take the following fur example : “ Wanted, a middle aged Woman, nut a bove thirty, of good character, to assist in dressing tiie Lattice of the Theatre. Her sa lary will be handsome ; and she will be al lowed tea and small beer into the bargain. N ine need apply but -uch as are perfectly acquainted with the business, and can pro duce undeniable references. A line ad dressed to the Committee will be duly at tended to. N. B. A widow will be iiretar red. " For sale bv auction, by Nicholas Knock down, at the Ooservaton, on tne coldest day in January next. yuan.tty of Aonivai, the property ot a gentleman, who expect ed to get into the Pacific in September last. ’• Flannels and iurs will be gladly taken as part." Speech of Counsellor Phillips, ar ran last- assent, dissku or rat lokuos OHTH.I.V .iSILI/M. Mr. Phil ips having been called upon by the Royal Chairman, he Duke of Susses, I rose amidst general cheering. He felt, lie said, alter the call which had becu so unex pectedly anti indeed unnecessarily made on turn, that it was quite impossible not to say i tew words in uoedience to it. " The call, n.wever,” continued Mr. Phillips, “ lias arell moat unnecessary, tor it is impossible, n my mind, to add any th.tig to the lucid atemeuts of the Ro\ al Personage who fills tne chair—s.atctK—.ar -r.ads and powerfully aided, if aid they wanted, by the influence ot his example. However, air, on such a subject, silence Would be almost criminal, it is utterly impossible to peruse the records of this noble institution, without being filled with admiration at its benevo lence. To shelter those who are without a home—to cherish those who are without a parent—to protect the innocence which can have known no crime—to rescue misfortune from the temptations which surround it—to Substitute education for ignorance, morality for vice, and religion fur infidelity—tneie are its objects, and they are objects of which every creed and every party and every “ human form that wears a heart” must un ite in the admiration. Its positive advan tages are too obvious to be overlooked, and yet perhaps they are not manifested so clear ly in the benefits conferred as in the evils which it may have teen the instrument ol averting. The statement made hy your worthy Sheriff early in this evening, iias but too much truth in it. l.et any one reflect, who has traversed the streets of this im mense Metropolis, how many he has met, even in his daily progress who seem to have been apprenticed from their very in fancy to crime—the peach-down of inno cence scarcely faded from their cheek-., the mysteries of crime familiar to their memo ries ! Unfortunate wreiches, whom the ve ry cradle seems to have heaved into a t'rigit ful and almost miraculous maturity of vice! And yet perhaps, though now the heirs ot shame, the foundlings of the scaffold, they might have crowned manhood’s virtue vv i h the reverence of age, had they been taught to lisp even religion’s alphabet. But, alas ! their heads were pillowed on a parent’s grave, and there was no light to guide them ill the desert of their orphanage ! —Let any man refli ct on liis hours of relaxation, how mirth h.is been clouded, and amusement overcast, by the melancholy spectacles ne i been compelled to witness ! How the sha dow ot what once was health and youth and loveliness, lias flitted athwart linn, like a spectre risen from the tomb of virtue ! How Ins spirit has been bowed down—how hi* heart has been afflicted, as lie before him the gaudy ruin of life’s noblest orna ment, womans in purity the world's para gon, in her depravity its shame and degrada tion—the bane or the blessing of civilized society—the charm of tnan’9 existence i r its Curse —without any modification, eitlu t almost an angel or a fiend ! And yet, that hapless outcast, if her infancy had known a moral guardian, might lure been the centre of her domestic paradise, diffusing light and joy and luxury around it—the lovei’a hap piness, the infant’s guide—the living temple of chastity and beauty, the fairest, the pur est, and the lovelinest, in which vestal spir its nursed the flame of Heaven. Such are the blessings this charity may confer ; such are the calamities it may be the instrument of averting. Many a breaking heart will bless it upon earth ; many a soul redeemed will hallow it hereafter; the wounded sol dier will think upon his orphan and bless i' ere he dies, and the last tear winch dins the eye of virtuous misfortune, wilt be ilituni. ed and exhaled by the ray of its consolation. Happy are they to whom fortune gives this luxury of benevolence I happy and proud, and glorious is the Country, in which inclin ation thus anticipates ability; in which the merchants have been s*a d to iie Princes, and in we see to night that tnc Princess, amid the pageantries ol rank, require no monitor to remind them. • his, m my mind, is the peculiar glory of our country ; audit I wished to-morrow to display her to tl|e foreigner, I would n it ’urn him to her crowded harbor, to tier gar den landscape, to her proud metropolis, to her countless maria of opulence and com merce. 1 would not unfurl for him her tro phied flag, or unrol even the immortal char ters of your liberties. No; but I would lead him to institutions such as this ; I would show him tke Monarch’s brother, enlisting the people in the service of philanthropy ; 1 would show him her Missionaries at the tropic and the pole ; her Samaritan bene volence, pouring its oil upon the wounds of the sufferer, her hereditary Howards, her Buxtons, and her Frys, holding their fortunes but as the trustees of misery, her sun-like char ty that knows no horizon, that center iug here, expands over the world, whether there is want to- be relieved, or i Jury to be redressed, or sorrow to be comforted ; now depopulating toe pirate’s dungeon, now un fettering the distant African. Conquering with Victory herself a captive, a w llmg cap tive in the cause ot Uum.mity.—This is tier eulogimn, tar brighter than ambition’s crown, far more lasting than conquest’s acquisitions ; these are the deeds of genuine, permanent, indisputable glory. Thu is the pillar of her imperishable fame, which shad rise to Ilea ven for its island base ; triumphant and eter nal, when empire’s monuments are in dust around it. tioon then, first of na i ns, in the van of chanty. The Bowers of earth and splendors of eternity shall bloom and beam around you in your progress, and tor you, her champions in this tr -ph ed enter prize, your country will honor you ; your hearti will thank you ; when you approach your homes, you will be welcomed there by the spirits of the homeless, to whom you have g.veri shelter, when you embrace your little ones, the orphan’s blessing will mtike their eye its throne, and smile upon you the light of its retribution, and if hereafter “ the hour of adverse vicissitude should a rise,” if that home should be desolate and t iose dear ones parentless, many a -pint will put its prayer that the universal Father may took upon their orphanage, and sooth ! and shield it with the grace of his pro.ee i tio-v” Mr. Phillips was heard throughout with the most profound silence, and wtien he had concluded the cheering continued for a con siderable time. moat tbs cgißixsTov Sou razsx patriot. We deem tke anxiety to vindicate our claims to the honors of inventive genius and literary d.stmction from the sarcasms ot British critics, as having passed of late the limits of property. Let us not be too zealous in asserting our capacity for intel -1 teciual improvement and our vocation to literary glory. Let us prove our right to the honors of immortality by the solid fruits of our intellectual power and exertion. Let the fact ihat we are capable in art and in vention triumph-over the assertion that we are not. The influence of truth is irresista bie, ant! the claims of genius will make their way to the justice of mankind effectually, though slowly snd silently, in spite of the arts of envy and detraction. Tne literary tribunals, before which our merits are to be weighed and determined, are not establish ed in any particular country, but will be found wherever a love of troth and a just 1 ptrcep'io t cf mutual excel *::.cc prevail, * Our high court of appeal, in fact, for the decision of this question, is the enlightened portion of Europe, and not the course ot criticism erected in the British empire. Bill if we put in our protest to the anxiety Witt. wh'Ch we have poshed the argument on tins subject of a ,we find it still more ne cess-ry to complain of the manner in which it has been occasionally connected. It is not bv a denial of the merits of our self con stituted arbiters, that we can vindicate be fore the opinion of enlightened Europe our rights to the distinctions of literature and philosophy. It u not by donDts and hints ot the utility of their inventions and discove. ries that we shall consult cur ovn dignity and--elf respect. These are better mate rials of defence thun these at hand. An ex ample of iiliberalitv we should be too proud to imitate. With these impressions we are s .irv thi.t Mr. Adams has reiorted to the topics which from the staple ot hisliteiaij apology for us at the clo-e of Ins oration de livertd at Washington, the argument he has used is assuredly as false as are the il lustrations lie has employed to give it et fi ct conceived in the very worst taste ima ginable. We subjo n the remarks at Mr. Adams. „„ . •’ Stand forth, ye champions of Britannia, ruler of the waves ! Stand forth, ye chival rous kmghts of chartered liberties and the rotten borough I Enter the lists, ye boas ters of inventive genius I Ye mighty masters .if the palette ami the brush I Ye improvers upon the sculpture of the Elgin marbles ! Ye spawners of fustian romance and liisci vious lyrics! Come and enquire what has America done for the benefit of mankind I In the hall century which has elapsed since the 10s : a aiion of American Independence, what have yen done for the benefit of man kind? . «when Themistocles was sarcastically asked, by Some great imrtical genius of his age, whether he knew how to play upon the lute, he answered, No I but he knew how to make a great city ot a small one. We shall not contend with you for the prize of music, painting, or sculpture. We ahull not disturb the extatic trances of your i chemists, nor call from the heavens the ar- ‘ dent gize of your astronomer-. We will \ notask 'On wl o Was the last President ot your Royal Academy. We will not en* ; quire by whose mechanical combinations it j was iliat your steam-boats stem the currents of your rivers, and vanquish the opposition of the winds them-elvus upon your sras. We will not name the inventor ot the cot ton-gin, for we fear that you would a-k us the meaning of the word, and pronounce it a provincial ba’-barisrp. \Ve wall not name to you him win s ' graver defies the muta tion r.i forgery, aid -a> e- the labor of your j execu inner by taking from your greatest j geniu es of rnbb ry tne power of comm t- : tmg the crime. He is now among your- i selves ; a id, since your philosophers have p rrvtted him to pr ive to them the can- ! possibility of water, y.,u may perhaps claim ' h m for your owii. Won d you soar to fame upon a rocket, of burst into glory from a shell! we shall leave you to enquire of your n ival heroes their opinion ot the ateam Bat tery and the Torpedo. It is not by the con- i trivmce of agents of des ruction that Ame rica wishes to commend her inventive gen ius to the admiration or the gratitude of af ter times ; nor is it even in' the detection of the secrets, or the composition of new modi fications, of physical nature. “ Ercudent ahi opiruntia ntoUiu* era." Nor even is her purpose the glory of Ro man ambition; nor “ Tit regere Imperio p polos,” her memento to her sunk. Her glory is not dominion, but Liberty. Her march is tlie march of mind. Sue has a spear and a stir-- cl * but the motto upon her shield is — —Freedom, hnkpeitiUiice, Petite. This had been her Declaration; this has been, as far a- her uece,sary intercourse with (he rest of mankind would permit ner practice. Now, it is the worst logic conceivable to cite the occasional traits of impurity and bad isste which may mark the progress ol the literature of a particular country as evi deuce of its general characteristics or pecu liaritn s. Is fustian the predominant char actor of English romance ? and lascivious ness of their lyrics? Is the patronage of painting a subject of reproach or ridicule when it is uuuer this very putro age dial the genius of our countrymen, A'turn if and Lssub is nourished and disciplined? Does it derogate from the utility of Chemistry to designate the beautiful generalizations of it - cultivators “ex aiic trancies,” or, will it make the sublime discoveries of Astr • .mini les» objects of just admiration and r-n wn, to suv that vie will not “ call from the H • v ens tiie ardent gaze” of those geniuses won devote themselves to tins science? M Adams surely cannot deny the ut lity to till the world of the labours of Chimistry sod Astronomy, although lie may think that “ the detection of the secrets or the compo sition of new modifications of physical na ture” form no just boast of American gen ius. Our glory is certainly, as he savs, not tiiat of dominion, but that of liberty. Our march is ** the march of mind.” But is not the circumstance of discovery rising on discovery, in the develoueiiveut of the laws of matter, indicative of (He march of mind al so? Is not the invention of the calculus proof of the march of mind ? a d all those sublime ealeu ation-and result* of Astrono mical researcu which enable the modern mariner to find his way across the pathless' ocean in perfect security ? If you take a w»y from Locke the merit of hi* metaphi s es, and deny to IffrMX the utilitykSf his mo ral speculations, and leave to Ad im Smith no other honor but that of having brought out of chow into order and scientific ar rangement the science of political econo my, still have they not left in the fruits of ! their various meditations sufile eut to con j st.tute a solid debt of gratitude on the part 1 of mankind? These writers have not, to be s ire, “ liv. ed in the half century which has elapsed since the Declaration of American Inde pendence,’' but they contributed to the im- I pulse with the minds of the authors of that I Declaration, received from previ uis nudi- ; tation on the principles contained in their I works. Can we deny that they, in con- j junction with other master geniuses of their own ago, furnished the rudiments of that uoliticai philosophy, or that knowledge of the science of government, on which we as terwards improved We do not wish to appear the eulogists of British at the ex pense of American genius. tVe may how- ; ever be national without cessing to be just. , We may put in our claim to rank equally i with her IVar: and Ahkwiouts, lier Hoi- i toxs and BaiEstWATEKs, even above j her in naval architecture. We may safely j challenge competition with her in law and ! me.! cum, and in the sc’ence anJ practice of gvVvim.T. ;.f. Here is t..'scent te , constitute a solid body of renown. It is in bad taste to endeavour to throw ridicule on her poetry by calling it lascivious, on her works of prosefiction by caiiing them fus tian, on her astronomers, her chemists and her sculptors. Let us acknowledge that the time is not yet come when these glo ries should be poured out prefuseiy on our land, but come it will, and that soon. Let us admit our comparative inferiority in aucfi of the above pursuits, but lay claim to the possession of the material for all. Sunday in laondon. The following picture of a London Sabbath is drawn by Mr. Cxnpbeli, in his Maga zine. It must, therefore, be correct, and is certainly interesting. It may not be unamusing, perhaps not uninstructive, to consider the mode, in w hich some of the various classes of London soci ety dispose ot themselves upon the Sab bath. The rational Christian goes to church in an exhilarating spirit of grateful devotion to Go», and universal charity to mankind; and feeling persuaded that the most acceptable homage to the Creator must be the happiness of the creature, dedicates the rest of the day to innocent recreations, and the enjoy ment of domestic and social intercourse. The bigot enters his Salem or Kbenezer, hoping to propitiate the God of unbounded benignity, by enforcing systems of gJnom and horror ; by dreadful denunciations against the rest of mankind, and ascetical self-priva tions. He holds with the Caliph Omar, that we must make a hell of this world to merit heaven in the next. In all probability, he i% s vice suppressor, and, hating to see others e joy that which lie denies to himself, wa ges a petty but malignant warfare against j human happiness, from the poor boy’s kit« jto the old woman’s apple-stall. If in good I circumstances, he orders out his coachman, j footman, and horses, to go to chapel, that J the world may at once know his wealth and ; h.s devoutness ; yet dines upon cold meat, to let God Almighty see that ho does not | unnecessarily employ His servants on the ; Sabbath. Music on this day is an utter : abomination; and if he had his will, he i would imprison the running waters for : making melody with the pebbles; set the j wind in tne stocks for whistling ; and cue ! the lark, the thrush, and the blackbird intd | the ecclesiastical Court. i The man or fashion cannot possibly get ! dressed in time for church; the park is j Mum •ait ton,—there is no other place to j ride in;—he hates walking—lounges at the i subscription-house, and votes Sunday a com -1 plete /tore, until it is time to drop in at the Marchioness’s, in Arlingtou-street, j Jammed in by other carriages, and some j times unaole to move tram the same spot I for hours together, the woman of fashion spends her Sunday morning in the ring, ex ; posed to sun, wind and dust, and the rude ! stare of an endless succession of oriental [ vulgarians, j Half filling his showy and substantial csr ; rin'ge, '.lie rich citizen rides from his country, luifue to the church, fully impressed with j the impo. truce ot the duty he is performing, j and not altogether unmindful of the necessi, ty ot acquiring ah appetite for dinner. Ue has, moreover, o lurking hope, that his sup, plications rna? not have an unprdpitious es. iect on the late ol his missing ship the Good Intent, on which' he is sfiorl insuredj to strengthen whicn influence, he deplores to Ins son the irreligious omission of the intro ductoii and concluding prayer in the newly punted bill# of lading; eeo.ures the taunt impropriety in the lorn oi modern tv ids ; and informs hint that most of the old nier, cantile tegers had the words ‘ Laus i)eo* very property printed in their first page. Mis wile, fat and fine, with a gorgeous pea lu-e, and :» whole flower garden m her bon net, sits opposite to him, ami, as they go tv church to abjure all pomps and tam ties, tiieir rich liveried servant, with fifty bobs a.u| tags dangling from If.* shoulder, clatters up the male inliiiid them, to perform thp essential offices ol carryingone little prayer book, and snutting the door of their pew, U hatevcr oe the rank of those who practise this obtrusive and indecorous display, it is of the very essence of vulgar upstart pride, and constitutes an offence, winch the beadle ol every parish ought to have special orders to prevent. 1 lie city dandy and dancßsette, arrayed in "ie tfery newest of their septenary fashions, pick iiie cleanest way to the I’a.-k, and lear “ig the verdant sward, umbrageous avenues, and chirping birds ot Kensington gardens, ■ nursery maid, and children, prefer taking g me dust, and enjoying the crowd by the ? road-side, accompanied by the unceasing grating#; the carriage-wheels in the gravel. I’be maid servant, having a smart new •runnel, asks her mistress’s permission to go io morning service; and, when her fellow servants inquire wiiat the sermon was about, exclaims, with a toss of her bead, * 1 always tori Mary what the flirting of that fellow lomkms would come to; spite of all his hue speeches about the banns, they wus’nt no more asked in church titan f was.’ The laborer, or mechanic, who wstsfor nerly enabled to freshen his feet in the grass oi the green fields, and recreate his smoke-dried nose with the fragrance of» country breeze, can no longer enjoy that gratification now that London itseit is gone ut oi town, lie prowls about the duvy swamps ot Battersea or Mile-End, with aW ouli dog at his hecis, which he says be will match, for a gallon of beer, with e’er a dot* in England. Being of the same stock will) die cockney young lady, who pathetically ! “menied that she ‘ utver could h.ex-haspe j rats the Haitch,' and then innocently incmirf ) “d ‘ whether the letter we Wasnt a warreli he, with a Scrupulous inaccuracy, misplaces his U s, V’s, and Vi ’s. At Vaux-hall lie stops to buy an ash stick ; because, as he argu* inentativeiy tells Bin Gibbons, his comoan . ion, • l always likes a hash uu.’ However i “timerou, may be his acquaintance, lie nev. : tM ‘ meets one without asking him wiiat they i drink, baring a bibulous capacity as I insatiable as that ot u dustman* who, b* gnu j nln i> at s s o’clock in the morning, mil ; swallow a quart es washy small beer at every. I < b>or cn both sides of a long street. Ibe more decent art./an, having stow i ed tour young children, ad apparently of I the same age, in a hand-cart, divides with ; his wife the pleasure of dragging them, for i t‘ie benefit of the country a : , as far as the I Mother Ked Gap in the lUir.pslead-road, where he ascends into a balcony cummand j i n g a fine view of the surrounding dust, smokes his pipe, drinks' his ale, and enjoy. ' ing the heat of the lngh road, as lugs Jus burden back again, declares that ‘ tj,--/ cetntry.ejjw-jja.se n - r.'•r'"- 1
