TO THE EDITOR. SIR,-You will, doubtless, be much surprised to receive a communication from so distant a quarter as this date presents; and perhaps not a little flattered, when I inform you, that you are an universal favourite among a large family-party of us, not excepting even the ladies, who sound your praises in a very open and unrestrained manner. By the diligence of a cousin in Chester, we get your Kaleidoscope every week, and are all very much amused and delighted with the agreeable dish of all sorts it constantly presents. Cousin Frank, who is the constellation of our little hemisphere, reads it aloud, in his best manner, with appropriate action and commentations, to a listening audience: and we were all most unanimous and coincident on the merits of the paper and its contents, when an unexpected question has entirely divided our opinions, and effected a complete schism in the federal league of approbation we had hitherto most religiously observed: this is nothing more or less than a desire to know what kind of a man it is who gives us so much amusement; and the clashing of opinions on this extraordinary inquisition has occasioned a very serious feud between the respective elders of this house. My father, who is generally content with your first page, and was wonderfully taken with "The siege of Lathome-house," affirms you to be a rum old fellow, with a phiz inclined to the saturnine, a brutus wig, brown coat, ivory-headed cane, and large silver shoebuckles: : my maiden aunt (au contraire) who, though on the autumnal side of her "grand climacteric," is still fond of poetry, and anxious to secure lovers, draws you as an elderly youth, with a soft black eye, pensive cast of countenance, very sentimental, and rather inclined to be bilious: while my little madcap sister, a regular disciple of Democritus, and in love with every thing in the way of fun and humour, fancies she sees enough of her own way of thinking in some of your risible paragraphs, to designate you as a "little, round, fat, oily man," with a face bursting with fun, and expressive only of broad good humour and easy good nature; so far our triumvirate of speculative physiognomists; they indeed are the hottest in the controversy: my mother, good soul, being too anxious to preserve her character, rather as a mediatrix between the parties than an opponent in the question; still her efforts go but little way in calming the occasional tempests the subject occasions. My aunt Bridget, whose original sweetness of temper, disappointments in love, and increasing years have soured, quite lost the aforesaid temper in a dispute with my father; in the course of which, the worthy old gentleman, doubtlessly intent upon suiting the action to the word, broke his best spectacles by a bang on the table, while discussing the nature of your eyes, while the venerable lady in the verboilings of her passion popped a cup of scalding tea upon the back of poor Grimalkin, who, reckless of the argument, was very composedly washing her face before the fire (which untoward circumstance, did not at all contribute towards a restoration of harmony.) To prevent a recurrence of these hostilities, I have, with cousin Frank's advice, taken the liberty of addressing you, in the hopes of either seeing your bust and features neatly executed, on the first page of your future Kaleidoscopes, TO THE EDITOR. SIR-It gives me infinite pleasure in having to TO THE EDITOR. J. P. RAYMOND "There was a marriage solemnized on the 27 November, 1809, in the parish church of Crosti near Kerswick, at which were present two brothers, n sisters, two cousins, three husbands, three wives, fathers, three mothers, four sons, four daughters, uncles, two aunts, two nephews, two nieces, and yet SIR,-Having seen a remark in one of the late num-party consisted of no more than six persons." bers of your interesting miscellany respecting an amateur play, I should consider it a great favour, if you could inform me, through the medium of the Kaleidoscope, how a youth may be introduced among the company forming the dramatis persona, so as to be enabled to undertake some conspicuous character. I am but young, and am afraid I should not meet with much success; but as there is nothing like trying, I should like to make the experiment. The characters I should most like would be Laertes, in Hamlet; Wilford, in the Iron Chest; or Richmond, in Richard III. To the Editor of the Kaleidoscope.-Permit me to point out the dangerous state of the hole dug at the top of Bold-street, which has long been a disgrace to that street; and unless the owner means to proceed to build, ought, in my opinion, to be filled up. A poor man, some time ago, fell into it in the dark, and was obliged to be carried to the infirmary, to be cured of the bruises he received, and I had well nigh shared the same fate a few nights since. AN INHABITANT OF BOLD-STREET. 13th November, 1820. LIVERPOOL THEATRE. On Monday evening, Mr. Vandenhoff, so long a distinguished ornament of the Liverpool stage, took his farewell benefit at our theatre, and was honoured by one of the most brilliant audiences of the season. Af ter playing Coriolanus with his wonted energy and effect, he sustained the part of Lord Henry, in the pleasing interlude of Personation, with considerable front of the stage, amidst loud and enthusiastic cheers from all parts of the house, and delivered with great feeling the following speech: eclat. At the end of the interlude he advanced to the "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, "My professional duties, as a member of the Liverpool Theatre, are now drawing to a close; but if, in the tide in which I am embarking, it should prove that I have taken it at the flood which leads to fortune, haply some current in the voyage of my life, may bring again the venturer to your shores. Yet, "I should be guilty of a great omission of duty à la Blackwood; or, if the expedient does not hit your were I to leave the theatre this evening, without offerfancy, to imitate your prototypes, the Guardian, Specta-ing to my friends my grateful acknowledgements of tor, &c. &c. and give us, by the earliest opportunity, the many favours I have experienced at their hands, a minute description of your person, manner, and usual since first I had the honour of appearing on this stage. habiliments; if both these are revolting to your modesty, for heaven's sake send us a private line on the subject, as really there is no comfort in a house where petty war rages so hotly and so uncontrolably, and where nothing but a decided blow can have any chance of procuring an effective armistice; for my own part, I have adopted the wisest plan; and, by remaining neutral, have escaped many a home thrust; my plan is, on an application being made to my judgment, to smile and look very wise, which has hitherto answered the desired end. With the greatest impatience then I shall await the success of this application; despairing till that period of seeing a smile again dilate my father's November face, or one redundant wrinkle chased from my aunt Bridget's mahogany brow. Since the affairs of men rest still uncertain, Whatever may be for one thing only can answer. "Ladies and Gentlemen, permit me respectfully To Correspondents. LATHOM HALL.-We have suspended the siege of La thom House for a week, in order to obtain time f parley with the correspondent to whom we are oblig for a narrative which has proved gratifying to the m jority of our readers. Owing to the MS. not havin been paged, but numbered in sheets, we do not f quite confident that we have it entire and consecu’IMI There appears to be something missing between Na and No. 6. The narrative appears, however, to be us interrupted; and as the figure 6, in the MS., is so across with a pen, we are inclined to think that th writer intended to substitute the figure 5, but omne to do so. If, however, our correspondent distinct recollects forwarding a sheet marked 5, our only co clusion is, that it must have been mislaid. The MS sheet, which is marked with No. 6, erased with the pen, commences thus-" The house, though v fenced against the shot of the cannon, has mu ward building of wood," &c -If we do not her fr our correspondent we shall proceed with the MS. week, and reserve the notice of any errata w conclusion of the whole. The packet containing notes (1, 2, 3,) has been received. BAGATELLES.-During the Christmas holidays it is intention to devote a portion of the Kaleidoscope such subjects as that recommended by A READE for present insertion. Amongst others, the artic alluded to shall have a place. CHESS. A FRIEND is informed, that we have, in 1 siderable degree, exhausted our collection of cr situations in Chess, having given 61. We do not to abandon the subject; and if any of the works in possession supply us with any further good specime we shall not fail to avail ourselves of them. If we fail to pay our individual respects to our co pondents this week, we must entreat their pardor the score of an extraordinary press of public busine We shall endeavour to make the amende honorabi week. Printed, published, and sold Manchester, Mrs. Richardson. To the above notice of Mr. Vandenhoff we will add, Warrington, Mr. Harrise Preston, Mr. Whittle, Stoke, Mr. Tomkinson Hanley, Mr. Allbut Wigan, Messrs. Lyon. Ormskirk, Mr. Garside. Blackburn, Mr. Rogers Northwich, Mr. Kent No. 22.-NEW SERIES. Antiquities. OR, Literary and Scientific Mirror. A BRIEF JOURNAL OF THE "UTILE DULCI." TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1820. PRICE 3d. tance for fear of the madmen in the castle. [the enemy so diseased and beaten both in One thing may not here be omitted: that jest and earnest, many of them quit their day wherein our men gave Rigby that charge: the rest cryed out for pay, ready to shamefull defeat, had he destined for the take any occasion to leave the plunder of execution of his utmost cruelty, he had Lathome-house to others. Colonell Rigby perceiving them ready to crumble into mutinies, endeavoured to cement their breaches, with some small pittance of their pay, declaring it had cost him £2000 of his own moneys in the siege, invited as 'tis now generally confessed, all Biege against Lathom House. two o'clock, his own time, gave him a very he became a public robber by law. But (THE FIGURES REFER TO THE NOTES). (Continued from our last.) scurvy satisfying answer : so that his The house, though well fenced against the shot of the cannon; has much inward building of wood, an antient and weak fa-house by any other means but starving us brick, with which many men's lives was nakedly exposed to the perier, and by this days action preserved; of which in respect of all other occurrences in the seige, we may say what Livy speaks of the battle of Nola. It was the greatest and most fortusate exploit-ingens eo die res, ac nescio, en maxima illo bello gesta sit. (Liv. lib. 23, 16.) out, or withdrawing the water, which our they must remember he had been a lawyer, and a bad one. All this cheap talk would uot keep his souldiers from defection, many ran away, one whereof escaped from the enemies work, at mid-day came to us, from whom we received this intelligence. Our men not judging it safe to trust a fugitive enemy, would not yet venture upon another sally, imagining some treas chery might have been weaved in all these plain webbs, and covered by the artifice of this strange convert. But Rigby hearing tell of his renegado, presently smelt a plott, and every day and night doubled his From this time to the 25th of May, we guards. His men, wearied out with extraHer Ladyship, though not overcarried had a continued calm, Mr. Rigbys spirit* ordinary duty, and himself perplexed with with any light expression of joy, yet religi- being laid within our own circle, so that fears and jealousies, was forced to call down ously sensible of so great a blessing, and we were scarce sensible of a siege, but Colonel Holland from Manchester, with his desirous, according to her pious disposition, only by the restraint of our liberty. But regiment, to his assistance. About this to return her acknowlegements to the right now our men continually vexed their quiet, time we discovered a cessation of their mine author, God alone, presently commands her either by the excursions of a few in the works, the abundance of rain so slackening Chaplains to a publick thanksgiving. Circa night, or by frequent alarums, which the and loosing the earth, that their trench all Alesiam (vero) tantæ res gestae, quantas Captains gave the souldiers leave to invent fell in, with the death of three of their miaudere vix hominis, perficere (pone) nullius for their recreation; sometimes in spite of ners. nisi Dei, fuerit. (Paterculus, Lib. 2. cap. 47) their perdues, they would steal a cord On Thursday, May 23, Captn. Edward The enemy so terrified with this defeat, about some tree, near the enemys work, Mosley brought another summons to her durst not venture to their works again till and bringing the end round, would make it Ladyship, from his Colonell, Mr. Holland, midnight; towards morning removing some terrible with many rankes and files of light and Rigby, something fuller than the former, of their cannon; and the next night steal-matches. Sometimes doggs, and once a it not beseeming Mr. Rigby's greatness to ing away all the rest save one piece, for a forlorn horse handsomely starred with remit ahy thing of his former rigour.) That This one escaped nailing, match, being turn'd out of gates, appeared her Ladyship should forthwith yield up her which the Colonells durst not venture on in the dark like young constellations. But house, her arms, and goods, all her servants, own mount, but planted at a vast dis its The Mortar-piece.--Edit. her own person and children into their hands, A VIEW OF THE GARRISON, THEIR to be submitted to the mercy of the Parlia- | and others, who kept the pass at Stopford, | Crane, which will give honour to his High ment. Which being read, her Ladyship the second key of the country,) stole away ness, and glory to the action, so long a smiled, and with a troubled passion chal- betwixt twelve and one a clock in the night there is one branch of that princely famil lenged the Captain with a mistake in the The next day Rigby drew up his compa- which his Highness that day preserved. paper. "Mercy instead of cruelty." "No," nies, and what fresh supplies he could raise, says he, "the mercy of Parliament;" when in all about 3000, (Mr. Holland being reher Ladyship quickly and composedly re-treated to Manchester, and Moore to Liplied, "The mercies of the wicked are verpool,) into Eccleston Green, six miles ruell. Not that I mean," says she "a from Lathome, standing there in great susHer Ladyship commanded in chief, whos wicked Parliament, of which body I have first care was the service of God, which pence which way to turn. At last imaginan honourable and reverend esteem, but ing the Prince would march either through in sermons and solemn prayer, she duly wicked factors and agents, such as Moor Blakeburne or Lancaster, for the relief of executed. Four times a day was she com and Rigby, which, for the advantage of their York, he intends not to come in his way, with two little children, the Lady Mary 34 monly present in publick prayer, attended own interests, labour to turn kingdomes but diverts to Bolton, formerly a garrrison, and the Lady Katherine, for piety into blood and ruine. That unless they and still fortified. In this town the Prince treated with her Lord, they should never intended to take up his quarters, being tru-sweetness, truly the children of so princely have her, nor any of her friends, alive," ly certified by his scouts that it was with- a mother; and, if daringness in the time of which the souldiers seconded with a generall out enemy; but, being happily prevented danger may add any thing to their age a by Rigby, and some auxiliaries from Colo- vertues, let them have the testimony, the The Captain finding her still resolute in nell Shuttleworth, to the number of 4 or though truly apprehensive of the enemies her first intention, in his discourse with 5000 in all, his Highness on Tuesday drew malice, they were never startled with any her Ladyship and four others, gave a tacit up his army before the town, as truly happy appearance of danger. Intimation (belike not without instructions of the occasion to fight with the merciless from the Colonells,) that her Ladyship besiegers of a Princess in misery; and forthmight now have her own first conditions with with all gallantry and resolution, led to quit the house: but she returned the up his men to an assault. (32.) Captain with the first answer, that she would never treat without commands of her acclamation. Lord. HER CAPTAINS. (35.) and and The SOULDIERS were 300; proportiones to every Captain his number. Their de was every second night, 150 upon watch, excepting sixteen select mark out of the whole, which all the days the towers. Captain Henry Ogle, Capt. Clusnall, Capt Edward Rawstorne, Capt. W. Farmer, Cap The Earl of Derby, desirous to be one of tain Molineux Radcliffe, Captain Richard the first avengers of the barbarousness and Fox, assisted in their consultations by W cruelty expressed to his lady, with a part of liam Farrington, of Wearden, Esq., who, the Princes horse, charged a troop of the for executing the commission of array, and enemy, which* (had) issued out of the attending her Ladyship in her troubles, had town to disorder and vex our foot in the suffered the seizure of all his persets! assault. These (were) checked to the very estate, and the sequestration of his lands. walls, where he slew the cornett, and, with his own hand took the colour, the first ensign taken that day, which he took to his Highness. At first pass into the town, closely following the foot in their enterance, his Lordship met with Captain Bootle, (33) formerly one of his own servants, and the The SALLIES were by lotts; the Capta most virulent enemy against his Lady in the drawn by her Ladyship chose their Lies siege, him he did the honour of too brave a tenants. Without the walls is a deep dit death, to dye by his Lords hand, with some fenced on each bank with strong pallisadoe other of his good countrymen, that had Upon the walls nine towers, convenient three months thirsted for his Ladies and flanking each other. Within the walls a his children's blood. The Prince that day lyned with earth and sodds, two yards thic not only relieved, but revenged the most by the industry of the souldiers in th noble Lady his cousin, leaving 1600 of her siege. The same night one of our spies, sent out for news, approached the enemies works, and taking the opportunity of a single centry, pistolled him, and entered the house with intelligence from his Lordship, that his Highness, Prince Rupert (30) was in Cheshire, on his march for her Ladyships relief; which gave us joyfull occasion to praise God for our preservation, and to pray for the Princes happy and victorious approach. 24th and 25th (May) Friday and Saturday, were passed over in a hopefull ignorance, for whilst we knew nothing, we had good cause to hope well, it being the custom of the enemy to storm us with the most hideous tales from their trenches, when they had the least foundation for a lye. 26th,-On Sunday night, our centries discovered in the enemy, by the thinness of their relief; wherefore the Captains agreed to sally out besiegers dead upon the place, and carrying The ORDNANCE, (36) six sacres, t the next morning at three a clock with 200 away 700 prisoners, for a perpetuall memo- sling pieces, upon the walls in every towe men. Captain Ogle and Captain Rawstorne riall of this victory, in a brave expression of one or two murtherers to scour the ditche were allotted for the action; but they, like his nobleness and gratious respect to her La- Our greatest fears were want of powde good provident fellows, thrifty of their own dyships sufferings. The next day he pre- which had been suddenly spent had not th Lives, prevented the Captains of this honour; sented her Ladyship with 22 of those co- Captains dispensed it frugally, and pre who hearing of the Princes victorious en-lours, which, three days before, were proudly bited the souldier from waste of shoot trance into the country, (by the defeat of flourished before her house, by the hands Every sally brought us in some new sto Colonel Dukenfield, Mainwairing, Buckley, of the valiant and truly noble Sir Richard which the souldiers found in the enemic trenches, to encrease our magazine. This fear made the Captains sparing of their ordnance and sallies, who would else have prevented their near works. In the whole siege we spent but seven barrells, besides that we took from the enemy. In all the time they gave us no alarums. The PROVISION would have lasted two months longer, notwithstanding the souldiers had always sufficient, whom her Ladyahip had a care oftentimes to see served herself. We lost but six men in the whole siege, four in service, and two by their own negligence, or overdaringness, appear ing above the towers. A VIEW OF THE ENEMY. THE ORIGIN OF CARDS. About the year 1390, cards were invented, to divert Charles VI. then King of France, who was fallen into a melancholy disposition. That they were not in use before, appears are to be seen in any paintings, sculpture, 2dly. No prohibitions relative to cards, by the King's edicts, are mentioned, although some few years before, a most severe one was published, forbidding by name, all manner of sports and pastimes, in order that Sir Thomas Fairfax commanded in chief, the subjects might exercise themselves in Hunder him (37) Col. Ashton, Colonell Hol- shooting with bows and arrows, and be in land, Colonell Moore, Colonell Rigby, by a condition to oppose the English. Now it turns, assisting one another. The common is not to be presumed, that so luring a game ouldiers continually in leaguer, betwixt as cards would have have been omitted in (2 and 3000, which divided into tertia's, 7 the enumeration, had they been in use. r800 watched every third day and night. 3dly. In all the ecclesiastical canons prior three sacres. niards have espades (swords) in lieu of pikes, which is of similar import. By diamonds, are designed the order of citizens, merchants, and tradesmen, carreux (square stone tiles or the like.) The Spa niards have a coin dineros, which answers to it; and the Dutch call the French word carreux, stieneen, stones and diamonds, from the form. Treste, the trefoil leaf, or clover grass bandmen and peasants. How this suit came (corruptly called clubs) alludes to the husto be called clubs is not explained, unless, borrowing the game from the Spaniards, who have bossos (staves or clubs) instead of the trefoil, we gave the Spanish signification to the French figure. French in drollery sometimes call the cards, The history of the four Kings, which the is David, Alexander, Cæsar, and Charles French cards.) These respectable names (which names were then, and still are on the represent the four celebrated Monarchies of the Jews, Greeks, Romans, and Franks under Charlemagne. The ARTILLERY, (38) one demi-can-to the said time there occurs no mention of on, one culvering, a mortar-piece, and cards; although twenty years after that her, Judith, and Pallas (names retained in By the Queens are intended Argine, Estdate, card playing was interdicted the cler- the French cards,) typical of birth, piety, Their WORK was an open trench, round gy, by a Gallican Synod. About the same fortitude, and wisdom, the qualifications.rethe house; a yard of ditch and a yard of time is found in the account book of the siding in each person. Argine is an anagram surf, at the distance of 60 or 100 or 200 King's Cofferer, the following charge:for Regina, queen by descent. yards from the walls. "Paid for a pack of painted leaves bought The SCONCES, eight, raised in such places for the King's amusement, three livres." By the Knaves were designed the servants as might most annoy our men, in the sally, Printing and stamping being then not disco-servant; and in an old translation of the to knights (for knave originally meant only built directis lateribus, two yards in ram-vered, the cards were painted, which made -piere, and a yard in ditch; in some places them so dear, Thence, in the above synodistaked and pallisadoed, to keep off a violent cal canons, they are called pagillæ pictæ, painted little leaves. Assault. Their PIONEERS were first sheltered by basketts and hurdles, afterwards by a kind of testeudo, a wooden engine, running on wheels, rooft towards the house with thick planks, and open to the enemy, for liberty o cast up darts. They shot 107 cannon, 32 stones, and 4 4thly. About thirty years after this came a severe edict against cards in France; and another by Emanuel, Duke of Savoy; only permitting the ladies this pastime, pro spinulis for pins and needles. Of their design. The inventor proposed granadoes. They spent by confession of by the figures of the four suits, or colours, as the French call them, to represent the heir own officers, near 100 barrells of pow-four states, or classes of men in the kingdom Jer, lost about 500 men, besides 140 maimed and wounded. By the Caesars (hearts) are meant the Gens de Chaur, choir men, or ecclesiastics; Of a brief journal of the Siege of Lathome and therefore the Spaniards, who certainly FINIS, House. received the use of cards from the French, The nobility, or prime military part of Bible, St. Paul is called the knave of Christ) but French pages and valets, now indiscriminately used by various orders of persons, were formerly only allowed to persons of quality, esquires (escuiers) shield or ar mour bearers. were designed by those cards, because HoOthers fancy that the knights themselves gier and Lahire, two names on the French cards, were famous knights at the time cards were supposed to be invented, ANECDOTE OF TWO GREAT PERSONAGES. When Erasmus, the great Reformer, visited this counSir Thomas Moore and he should meet without knowing try, it was determined by the friends of each party, that each other; for this purpose both were invited to an ele at the Guildhall of that city. The two strangers, seated gant entertainment, given by the Lord Mayor of London, by each other, soon began to converse in the general language of the times (viz. Latin) and almost as soon entered into a controversy on religion, the prevailing theme of that day. Each, eager partizans, they became warm: but Erasmus finding himself hard pushed, and having heard of the Chancellor, began to suspect he was his competitor, exclaiming "Tu es Morus aut nemo." "You must be Moore, or nobody." To which the other shrewdly answered, Et tu es Erasmus, aut diabolus;" "and you must be Erasmus, or the devil." Poetry. Can I forget, Oh! heav'nly light- Can I forget the deep brown hair, Oh! never, never. Can I forget the lovely glow But more, far more, th' exalted mind, Oh! can I ever All these forget? O! heaven's, forget; No, never, never. SONNET ON THE APPROACH OF WINTER. Winter, I fear thee not! tho' long I've seen Thy dread approach-clad in thy mantle grey, With friendship, books, and music's soulfelt charm Come, Winter, cast around thy tracts of snow, SONNET. NIGHT. See how from high the tranquil lamp of night FROM "STANZAS WRITTEN ON A SUMMER'S By Mr. G. Millner, jun. of Derby, I look'd on the ocean, I look'd on the sky, I look'd on the sun, and he fled with a sigh, That rose like a watch on the ocean; But the scene is now past yet its splendour remains, To dwell in the heart, and while memory reigns, Literature, Criticism, &c. TO THE EDITOR. The Gleaner. "I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff." WOTTON. FRENCH VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY. The following is an extract from a letter written by M. de Frecynet, commanding his Most Christian Ma jesty's ship Urania. The letter was written at sea, in the passage from the Sandwich Islands to Port Jackson, and it contains some interesting particulars respecting his voyage of discovery. 66 "On board the Urania, Nov. 10, 1819. My dear M.-When, on my departure from. Bour bon, I did promise to write to you from the several parts we should put in at, it did not occur to me that I should meet with very few opportunities to send you my letter. I therefore only wrote to you once; and this was my arrival at Coupang, on the Island of Timor. Having then given you all the particulars that related to my navigation at that time, I shall make no further mentien of it. "When we bore off again, our ship was visited by severe dysentery, owing partly to the unwholesomenes of the air, and to some of our crew having neglected to take the necessary precautions recommended in such cases. Several of them were cut off by this cruel dis ease; among the number was my second lieutenant, who, after having lingered two months, died a victim to this malady. "I explored successively the northern coast of Timor, the Island of Dombay, and a few more before we crossed the straits of Amboine. I next directed my course towards the Papoux land, where I was to choose one of tions which I was appointed to make. I gave the pre my principal stations, agreeably to the physical aber ference to the Island of Rawack. I shall not enter uto all the particulars which my numerous geographical operations have given rise to in our present voyage, ber about the dangers we encountered by having once SIR, The French query which I lately submitted to the critical examination of your correspondents has, in my opinion, and most probably in yours also, been satisfactorily answered. The authorities which have been adduced in support of my objection to the phrase, "Mes très chers père et mère," though sanctioned by several professors of the French lan-expectedly found ourselves upon the shelves in the night guage in this town, must carry conviction to every unprejudiced mind, I was therefore much surprised to see, in the last number of your Kaleidoscope, an attempt to overturn the principles which have been so fully established. I shall waste neither your time nor my own, in replying to the absurd, and almost unintelligible observations of your correspondent, W. P. B. for it must be evident to your readers, that he does not even understand the construction which he professes to defend. These observations I should not so much as nofice, had not the writer of them brought forward in their support, the name of an author deservedly eminent in French literature. But so far is the time, and twice striking upon the corals where there w "Every where we touched at, our inquisitive spiri Abbé d'Olivet from countenancing the construction led us into every kind of information we could possibly of the disputed phrase, that he does most unequivo-draw from the soil or the inhabitants of these var cally condemn it. I therefore advise your corres- and at the other Marianna Islands that our researches countries; but it was particularly at Guam, at Tinian pondent not to obtrude in future bis unmeaning rewere crowned with success, and where we could re marks on a subject which lies beyond the reach of more real knowledge. We every where improved out his conception, nor attempt to deceive your nume-time to the greatest advantage, and though our ma rous readers by absolute falsehoods. Pardon the disasters had greatly reduced our numbers, our labou severity of these expressions. I should not use has proved so productive that I have been led to think them concerning any one who had not, by the great-that this deficiency would not be perceived; or if it est disingenuousness, forfeited all claim to literary great encomiums would not only be bestowed on forbearance. good intentions, but even the benefit of them wa undoubtedly, be felt. Liverpool, November 23, 1820. W. |