Thy beauties, Lord-street, next attract the eye, Cart, carriage, gig, pedestrian and rider. Yet think themselves, good souls, the very thing. By Shaughnasey O'Shaughnasey, Esq. Cust. Rot. for Here, too, if weather's fine, and streets are clean, the County of Tipperary. CANTO II. Versibus exponi tragicis, res comica, non vult.—Horat. Ars. Pect. Some authors, when they take it in their head A kind of bill of fare to tell what's coming. I well remember, in my school-boy days, For mangling which the master used to score us, I would not wish the last a line to alter, His hero's dying speech, 'tis worth a halter; Some sweet, enchanting angels you may meet, They hide themselves at home the whole of Sunday, Perhaps my heart was more than usual tender; But kept ses beaux yeux toujours sur la terre. I know a lady here, and what is strange, "Tis stamped with blushing nature's holy wile; I mean "Charge, Chester, charge-on, Stanley, on." Whose smile can waken in the coldest breast, His Waterloo, then, what a precious hum, I think the preface plan is very good For those dull, worthy, honest souls who need it; Still, by one-half it can't be understood; By others won't, because they never read it; I bid farewell to it, and pray "God speed it.” As all the worthies for whose sake I write May not exactly know this town's topography, And as some folks might say, "how impolite, He' left his readers in a bog, you see;" I beg upon a map they'll cast their sight, And study well the Liverpool geography; For then they'll find, what may, perhaps, appal, That Castle ditch-is not a ditch at all." Far from a ditch, (I vow I don't deceive) It is a well-paved street, of houses full: I try to make the people here believe That this is something very like a bull; How bulls could ever spring from English skuil. All that is tender, holy, pure and bland. From all the cold world's wrongs; thy gentle hand And warm to life and love the ude that lingers there. For the short span of years I yet have seen, But, hold! what strange theme am I now pursuing! Pray have you seen my last Ode to St. Valentine, The shops along this street are very gay, I hear 'tis sixpence now you only pay: I swear I gave two shillings: let it be; But then I had a glass ship and a fairy, The far-famed vender of the "Oil Botanic." (I know a lady who would rather die Than wear a wig; her hair turn'd grey thro' panic, Ah, me! I fear I've made a sad mistake In mentioning this, so beg my reader's pardon; But the soft vision of a hot beefsteak Rushed o'er my troubled soul. I got a card on Monday last, to beg me to partake A feast, to-day, at four, so must push hard es, And you fair creatures, who my verses seek: [ORIGINAL.] TO MARY. You ask me, why with mournful gaze It is not that I have not past It is not that I could not smile With heart that throbbed for joy; My spirit was not always cold; Once, as my young impatient eye The poetry of life was all I saw, or wished to see; And laughed to scorn the warning call On Fancy's buoyant clouds I dwelt, But such emotions are not gone, I look unto the Power, alone I vow by those bright eyes the world should not sever At the tale of distress by the fatherless told. Nor yet even wealth (the vain boast of the weak) Ah, no! my dear girl, 'tis thy mind I admire, A treasure more precious than beauty or gold, D. A jewel we cannot by riches acquire, CHRISTMAS, AS IT WAS TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Christmas, as it was two hundred years ago, is faithfully depicted in the following merry carol by George Wither; in which it will be seen, the same complaints prevailed then as of late, in regard to the decay of hospitality, the hardship of the times, and the extravaganties practised in the upper classes of life: So now is come our joyfulst feast, Let every man be jolly; Each room with ivy leaves is drest, Though some churls at our mirth repine, Now all our neighbours' chimneys smoke, Now every lad is wondrous trim, A bagpipe and a tabor; Young men and maids, and girls and boys, Give life to one another's joys; And you anon shall by their noise Perceive that they are merry. Rank misers now do sparing shun; And dogs thence with whole shoulders run, So all things there aboundeth. The country folks themselves advance, With crowdy-muttons out of France; Ned Squash hath fetcht his bands from pawn, And those that hardly all the year Now poor men to the Justices With capons make their errands; They plague them with their warrants. The poor that else were undone ; The prisoner's heart is eased; And therefore let's be merry. For nuts and apples scrambling. And here they will be merry. Now Kings and Queens poor sheepcotes have, The honest now may play the knave, Then, wherefore, in these merry days, To make our mirth the fuller; Christmas Boxes, GOOD, BAD, AND INDIFFERENT. [Continued from our last.] ANSWERS TO THE PUZZLES, ENIGMAS, &c. IN OUR LAST PAGE 221. THE PUZZLE. The Schoolboy whips Tops, and the Master whips Bottoms. ENIGMAS. TO THE EDITOR. SIR. After having studied with great attention, and for a long time, the enigma alluded to, I am satisfied that water is the solution of it; and if you do not receive from any other a better, I trust you will acknowledge mine as such; for, I can assure you, I have felt no little pride at having made the discovery, for I am not an adept at these things; yet, by the way, I may as well claim merit for having discovered the solution to Enigma V. it being the letter W. I am also a subscriber, and A WATER DRINKER. Liverpool, January 12, 1821. Explanation. WATER is an enemy, a blessing, and a curse; saves life, and takes it away; is hard and soft; is hot (at Bath) and cold; sweet and ill smelling; strong (when frozen) and weak; is subject to reflection when the sun shines; has the power of dissolving matrimony, by drowning either husband or wife; kisses the lips of ladies, when drinking it; assists them in dressing, and improves their charms, when washed with it; subservient and overbearing; produces death and its antidote, famine and plenty; it is a fluid and (when frozen) a solid; is a mountain and a valley (when frozen) in the Arctic Seas to wit; has a numerous offspring (fish;) is an enemy to children; is the subject of miracles; is the theme of poets; is an improvement to music, when performed by its side; is a defender of towns, by moats or ditches; is seen in the finest paintings; has produced the noblest architecture in the world, when frozen at waterfalls and glens in mountainous countries, as well as at sea. VI.-Noah in the Ark. VII. The letter W. REBUS.-Love. PUZZLE. What is that which is perfect with a head, and perfect without a head; perfect with a tail, and perfect without a tail; perfect with a head and tail; and perfect without a head or tail? As a contribution to this department, a correspondent, E. B. B. has favoured us with the following melange of Charades, Conundrums, &c. which we publish as we received them; as the Christmas season is so nearly over that we must not continue this subject beyond our next publication. It would be absurd to make much pretension to novelty in the department, and it is probable our young friends will here recognize many old friends. 1. Am I able to tell you the word which I mean, But lest you should wander for want of a clue, My first is a part of to be, My second, tho' never belonging to you, Is appropriate always to me. My third is an emblem of power and might, And wisdom and strength it implies; Should you be my third, with much eager delight But are you my whole? What adamant soul 2. Dear is my first, when shadow'y night is near; 3. My first denotes my constant place, Where eating's made a trade of, 4. My first is every thing, my second more than every thing, and my whole is not quite so much. 5. Why is the Queen like all the world picking their toes? 6. Why is a piece of land, bought, and not paid for, like a particular kind of poetry? 7. My first is founded on doubt, my second on certainty, and my whole the idol of the age. 8. I would go far in my second to fetch my first, and with reluctance part with my whole. 9. Why is an Hebrew in a fever like a diamond? 10, Nine angles, and a circle not quite in the middle, Please a man and tease a man worse than a fiddle. 18. I'm in every one's way yet no one I stop; My four horns each day Horizontally play, And my head is nail'd on at the top. 19. Why are spectacles like hay and corn? 20. When was B the first letter in the alphabet? 21. Which is the oldest tree in England? 22. In what place did the cock crow when all the world could hear him? 28. "Tis neither fish, flesh, nor bone, yet has four fingers and a thumb? 24. What is that which increases the effect by diminishing the cause? 87. Use me well and I'm every body, scratch my back one present did the same; he then went into the saloon, and I'm nobody. 38. What makes more noise than a pig at a gate? 39. You eat me, you drink me, deny it who can, I'm sometimes a woman and sometimes a man. 40. Why is a silk hat like a counterfeit passion? 41. The Emperor of Russia banished one of his soldiers, for misconduct, where God himself could not have banished him. Where could that be? Biographical Notices. where he took a small cup of coffee. It may be well supposed every person he invited to dinner made a good breakfast before they came, or returned to their own houses to finish their dinner. Those who took their meals with him the first time, not accustomed to his method, were actually starved; it was impossible for them to say they had made a kingly repast, though his table was well covered; but no circumstance could in duce him to remain at table more than a quarter of an hour; this used to incommode Josephine greatly, whe was often hungry, and could not find time to satisfy her appetite. At the time of Prince Eugene's marriage at Munich, which took place at eight in the evening, all the nobility in the country were invited to supper. It was ordered at nine o'clock: tables were laid for 200 persons, all seated in a long gallery, the entrance wide enough to allow the imperial banquetting table, com posed of two families, to have a complete view of the gallery. The Emperor's table was in the form of a horse shoe, elevated above that of the 200 persons The The whole was magnificent, from the splendour of the Esq, one of the deputy clerks of Session in Scotland When it was over, the Emperor immediately sat dow Mr.Jeffrey is the eldest son of the late George Jeffrey, diamonds and lustres. Every person was ordered for to be seated at table during the marriage ceremony, He was born in Edinburgh, on the 23d of October, to table; in consequence of the broad daylight, he 1778. He received the rudiments of his education at mained (which perhaps never happened before) a full the High School there: entered the University of Glas-quarter of an hour with his guests; he then went i gow in 1787; was admitted of Queen's College, Ox-draw. This order actually arrived before the whole s Josephine's room, and gave orders for every one to with ford, in 1791; and in 1795, came to the bar. MR. JEFFREY. [From the London Magazine.] He has been twice married. In the year 1801, he married Miss Catharine Wilson, daughter of Dr. Chas. Wilson, Professor of Church History in the University of St; Andrew's ; and again, in 1814, Miss Charlotte Wilkes, daughter of Charles Wilkes, Esq. of New York, and grand niece of the well-known John Wilkes, Esq. by whom he has one child. His present residence is, during the summer season, at Craigcrook Castle, a romantic spot under the Corstorphin hills, in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh. His progress at the bar was long extremely doubtful; and indeed it is only within these four years, amidst all his reputation, that he has risen into high practice. Of the Edinburgh Review, begun in 1802, Mr Jeffrey was one of the the original projectors; and, after one year, during which it was under the conduct of the Rev. Sydney Smyth, has been all along the sole editor, and chief support. Although a critic of poetry, he does not himself want a poetical genius. His verses, written chiefly in early youth, are, we understand neither few nor illcalculated to support his reputation, though, to these, his modesty has not permitted him to give publicity. We cannot help wishing that they were before the world, although we are aware it would be an act of great temerity for one who, by his judgments, has given everlasting offence to so many of this irritable genus, to undergo the fiery ordeal of their criticism. A literary friend, possessing considerable reputation as a writer, communicated to us the following impromptu, which was elicited from Mr. Jeffrey, by seemount a favourite ass on his grounds: ing his visitor and coadjutor, the Rev. Sidney Smyth, "'Thou'rt a greater democrat than Gracchus ; NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. Bonaparte was never more than twenty minutes at table; he ate and drank very sparingly; he had time, however, to partake. after his soup, of two or three dishes, and some dessert. He required to be served promptly, not wishing to lose any time; and, as there was never but one dish at his table after his soup, he was to be helped very expeditiously to those dishes he fancied; otherwise he took an almond or some other trifling thing from the dessert. When he rose from table every ble was helped; the napkins were scarcely unfolded. The poor Germans could not recover from their surprise they expected to make a splendid repast, and were obliged to go home to supper. Miscellanies. THE ARTIFICIAL LEG. Shand v. Weiss.-This was an action brought to recover ten guineas, for putting a new foot and ankle to a and the question was, whether this sum, which the de leg sent to the plaintiff by the defendant, to be repaired; fendant refused to pay, was a fair remuneration for the labour and talent employed. The plaintiff, it was stated, had amputated the leg below the calf, and with his cus tomary talent had supplied a new foot, an elastic toe, a spiral spring ankle, and other machinery which rendered it useful to the wearer. The first witness who worked for the plaintiff recollected repairing a leg for Mr. We three weeks ago. Mr. Thessiger (the Counsel for the defendant) said, that that could not be the leg in ques tion. His Learned Friends had better put the right leg foremost. Witness recollected another leg three months ago: Counsel said, non constat the leg in question Mr. Weiss, "is anxious to knock the leg from unde My Learned Friend," said the plaintiff's Counsel, us.' Witness recollected repairing another leg, whi was that in question. Mr. Thessiger was afrai him to all the support he could derive from the identi Learned Friend would make a lame story; and wel leg. The leg was then described with the minuteness of an amateur, its machinery, its motion, its steel and bra springs, &c. in order to prove its value. Mr. Shand, own person: he wore an artificial leg. Another matt the manufacturer, exhibited a proof of his ingenuity in his facturer was called, who said the leg was badly made, and he could not determine its value. Mr. Thessige My Lord, I apprehend the plaintiff must take to legs." 66 "-Mr. Earle observed, they had still another witnes "to help them over the style."-[Witness had anst mised it, had never made a leg like it; but thought, if it did not answer, it was of no value.]-Mr. Thessinger "I think I may now fairly say, my Learned Friends have not a leg to stand on."-The Learned Judge con curred; and a verdict was entered for the defendant. Fatal consequences of Noctambulation.-Early on the morning of the 1st December, a young man, the only son of a respectable family in Airdrie, arose from his bed while asleep, and is supposed to have fallen when coming out, and struck the corner of a chair with his head; he died in a few hours after. The head was in spected by the medical gentleman of the place, when s small fracture was found on the right temple bone, and a great quantity of extravasated blood between the skull and dura mater, by the rupture of a blood vessel, which occasioned his death. From his infancy he had been the habit of rising in his sleep. A few days since, as a vessel was steering for the Downs, nearly opposite St. Margaret's Bay, while two gentlemen on board were amusing themselves with their guns at a piece of board floating on the water, they saw &lard coming towards them (which afterwards proved to be a carrier pigeon) apparently from the French coast: when it came near enough to observe so many sailors standing on the beach, it made a sudden tack, if it intended to take another course; when it came ear the ship, one of the gentlemen shot at and killed t; the boat was sent and the poor bird brought on board, when, on examining it, to the utter astonishment of all present, was discovered between the feathers chiefly on the neck) six French gold rings, of the most rand and ingenious workmanship. It is reported, that prevent such contraband dealings, all the young hawks that can be met with in the ensuing summer, are to be trained up along the coast, after the same manner as those trained in many parts of Scotland, and that a falconer will be sent from thence to attend this duty. Also mews will be erected at certain places, at regular distances from each other, for their reception during the nights, as this illicit traffic by the feathered tribe can be carried on by day-light only. We understand this is to be called the flying coast blockade. Correspondence. TO THE EDITOR. SIR,-In the Kaleidoscope of last week, I observed a letter on the expediency of another Dispensary; that either that or au increase of medical gentlemen in the present one is necessary, I am of opinion; but I conceive the last measure would be the best, as it would be the most economical; a point of no little consideration at the present time. I certainly cannot agree with the writer in his panegyric on some, at least, of the present medical gentlemen of the institution; indeed it is scarcely to be expected, that men, having more private practice than they can well attend to, should give the necessary attendance to an institution from which they derive no emolument, and as it can be of no advantage to these gentlemen to hold the situation, I conceive it would be to their honour and the peace of their conscience, did they relinquish it. CAUTION TO THE BENEVOLENT. TO THE EDITOR. B—C—, and a cousin of the late estimable SIR,-A person, calling himself "The Rev." Rev. T— S—, of this town, has for several months past been soliciting the contributions of the benevolent, in Liverpool, towards the establishment of an Institution for clothing and educating the children of the mariners of the port. By artful representations, partly true and partly false, he has succeeded in obtaining a considerable sum; but for its expenditure he seems accountable to no one but himself. In truth, he is a mere adventurer, a specious impostor; and it is time the public should be put on their guard against him. He has had several warnings, and I did hope that this direct and une. quivocal one would have been rendered unnecessary. It seems, however, that the man is not easily apalled, A generous public, ever ready to succour the disand that gentle hints and inuendos are unavailing. tressed, and to stretch forth its benevolent hand for the establisment and support of the various institu But there is another subject to which I would wish to call attention; namely, providing for the apA few days ago, the horn of a fish was found sticking pointment of properly qualified men, to fill the the side of a vessel lately arrived from the West situations of physician and surgeon to the institutions which grace our land, should not be suffered ndies, and now repairing in one of the graving docks.tion, in future. The astonishing impetus with which the fish must have ruck the ship, may be estimated from the fact, that he horn had actually pierced through the planks and rabers of the ship to the depth of nine inches! Flight of Birds.-A letter from an officer of the Conay, dated Rio Janeiro, October 2, says :-In lat. 1. 20. and long. 22. 30. W. we caught a bird called a Booby, ith a piece of leather tied to one of its legs, having Henry de Nantes,' on it, which we took off, and tied a piece of silver, with H. M. S. Conway,' and the titude and longitude as above, marked on it, and then the bird fly; and what is very singular, on our aral at Rio Janeiro, we found the said ship, Henry de ey caught the bird and let it go again at least 900 antes, loading for France; and it appeared by her log, les from where we caught it." Sheridan-No man was readier with a repartee than eridan. The relater of this anecdote once encountered m nearly opposite the Adelphi, just at the moment en a cart loaded with long iron rods was passing; and casually remarking that the music it made was e of the most delightful, Sheridan immediately re,"Music-music ?" glancing at the vehicle, oh, to be sure, ironically speaking! certainly not." Scientific Records. 66 Yours, &c. and ———, of LIVERPOOL, WHO HAVE SIGNALIZED THEMSELVES BY In the metropolis it is required, that candidates him pause before he proceeds further, or he may to continue the dupe of this artful adventurer. Let for these situations, in any of the hospitals or dis-again hear, in a different way, from him who thus pensaries, shall be licentiates of the College of Phy-addresses you, induced solely by regard for the outsicians, or members of the Royal College of Surgeons; raged principles of charity. this law also obtains. It is required for the obtain in almost every provincial hospital or dispensary, g of a commission in the army or navy, and in the East India Company's service; as also in merchant TO ships, where required by law to carry a surgeon. Since the days of Frederick the Great, it has been required in Prussia, that they should be members of the College of Berlin. Some years ago, it was ordered by the Emperor of Russia, that none should tiates of the Imperial College. Last year, the same be allowed to practice in his dominions, but licenlaw was passed in the Netherlands. A similar one was made by the French Republic, which has been continued by the present Government. A law to the same effect has been passed by our own legislature, for the regulation of apothecaries; and a similar one would have passed for the surgeons, two sessions ago, but for one clause, which was opposed by an individual, and, in consequence, withdrawn for further consideration; and which bill, I understand, is again to be brought forward, in next session, when I have no doubt it will pass. To conclude, it is required by the trustees of the Infirmary SIRS,-1 beg leave, through the medium of a paper at all times devoted to the cause of humanity, to call your serious attention to the circumstances which have been lately related in the London and provincial newspapers, of the sufferings of Miss full enjoyment of health and innocence, has been at Craigg, of Bermondsey. This young lady, in the once snatched from all earthly happiness, and bedoes not appear) threw into her face an enraged cat; come the victim of a wretch, who (from what motive and which animal baving,no doubt, been made the subject of amusement to some person of your "fancy," had become mad. Such an occurrence is not uucommon; for it is asserted by several writers on the or tormented, become rabid, and by their bite comsubject, that many animals, when greatly enraged municate that fatal and most horrible disorder the hydrophobia. Now, if (as your cruel habits warrant of poor animals, and even of those of your fellowme in supposing) you are callous to the sufferings creatures, perhaps self-preservation may have the of our own town. I would ask, then, are the Comprehending Notices of new Discoveries or Improve- who apply for relief at the one institution, less ob ments in Science or Art; including, occasionally, sin-jects of care than those which apply at the other? gular Medical Cases; Astronomical, Mechanical, are they less sensible to pain, or their lives of less Philosophical, Botanical, Meteorological, and Mine- value to their families or the community; that thus ralogical Phenomena, or singular Facts in Natural History; Vegetation, &c.; Antiquities, &c.; to be any empiric is good enough for them, while regularly effect of inducing you to desist from your inhuman Continued in a Series through the Volume.] A newly-invented diving-machine was tried at Vienna Nautical Pump.-Captain Leslie, of the American rhours time. educated and approved men alone are entrusted with That there are some who have not been regularly from your own more able pen, a place in one of your A SUBSCRIBER. practices; and you may be led to consider that it is cat which your dogs, at their master's bidding, tear highly probable, if not absolutely certain, that every pieces, is more or less in a state of hydrophobia: that their bite may communicate it to your fourfrom them that most direful of all maladies may footed favourites in their work of destruction-that spread among the inhabitants of this populous town, and that, in all probability, YOURSELVES WOULD BECOME ITS FIRST VICTIMS. mend to your notice the prints by Hogarth, of" the With the same warning voice, I would recomFour Stages of Cruelty," where you will find that cat worrying" is one of the steps towards other cruelties, that I am willing to believe you will not think of without horror. TO THE EDITOR. SIR, I perused, in a recent number of your useful and pleasing miscellany, some strictures upon Liverpool society and manners by an anonymous correspondent, and had hoped that a subsequent number would have produced a reply to the charges brought against the male part of our community; but as abler hands have not heen found to undertake the task, f trust a few remarks from a very humble advocate of our town's good name in the provincial circle will not be altogether unacceptable. In the first place, your correspondent betrayed very palpable ignorance in the institutions of civil society, in drawing the ratio of our intellectual state from what he has observed in assemblies, concerts and balls. With as much propriety might a native of Ireland, for instance, who had witnessed a recent disgraceful transaction here, tell his countrymen on his return home, that the principal part of our male inhabitants wore short tailed coats, To Correspondents. W. over the morals and pursuits of young men placed un- RE-PUBLICATIONS. The articles furnished by A HOUSELESS POOR.-By the accustomed benevolence £2 0 0 Miss R. Mr. O. Wood Mr. D. M. Lydiate........ Mr. H. Denison It is also very evident that your correspondent's sphere of observation has been very contracted, or he would, ere this, have found that the generality of the frequenters of balls, &c. are but an indifferent sample of intellectual society. It is in the domestic, the social circle, in the very bosom of society that the mental endowments and the moral virtues are develloped: into this sanctuary he cannot have been admitted, or he would have found a larger portion of our commu-James Hodgson................................................................... nity "who possess eminent talents and acquirements, H. Whitaker....................................................................................................... and unite the charm of perfect ease to the still greater Mr. Swanwick grace of refinement of mind.” From the superficial nature of his observations I cannot suppose he is located among us, but merely an accidental sojourner, who having had letters of introduction to some of our mercantile houses, is, as a matter of course, invited to their balls and parties, but has never had an opportunity of tasting the sweets of select society. Such a person is surely ill calculated to write essays upon Liverpool society and manners. As the continuation of his lucubration has not appeared, we cannot judge whether he intends to confine himself to the office of censor, or to make some practical results for our improvement; but I beg to remind him that that man is more of a cynic than a philanthropist, who merely points out faults, without proposing a remedy. In justice, I must observe, that his observations upon the situation of young men in offices are very correct: removed from the protection of their parents and instructors, to strange society, it is no wonder they fall into the snares which are always spread for the unwary in a populous town like this; it is no wonder they imbibe the vicious principles and the corrupt taste of the young men of fashion and pleasure, into whose society they are thrown: and I can only lament that those who have it in their power do not endeavour to form the minds of youths over whom they have controul. This may be a difficult task, but at any rate it should be attempted. The first step would be to form some plan to put the mind in action upon something useful, and give it a taste for knowledge. I am informed this has been done with considerable success by an eminent mercantile house in this town: at stated periods, when the business of the day is over, a question is proposed for discussion, and every one is allowed to give an opinion. This appears to be an admirable method. If what I have offered meets your approbation, I shall endeavour to impress further the necessity and the practicability of our mercantile men watching G. L. Cox ............................................ Matthew Miller T. T.............. Beneficient Society, per Mr. Isaac Warbeck, B. H.-Saturday night's fireside... Mr. W. Brown................................................................................... Martha Hart, Hill-top................................................................ 1 0 0 We have to thank K. for the Trials of the Scotch Lords, which shall be returned to him, as the subject is of too political a cast for our columns. We shall shortly avail ourselves of the interesting printed account of the Plague, with a copy of which we were some time since favoured by the same friend. NATURAL HISTORY.-The interesting description of the Lark, the translation of C. from Sismondi, in our next. We suppose we may depend upon the ong nality of the translation. It occurred to us on per sal, that we had previously met with it, and we re ture to put the question, as we have not the pleas of personal acquaintance with our correspondent 1 0 0 Some letters, recently received, render it necessary of expedient on our parts, to state to our correspondensa generally, that many communications already acknow Tedged, although deferred for a time, have not been lost sight of, nor intentionally slighted. Our friends may not always see the causes of delay in the r tion of any particular article, in the same point e view in which it strikes the Editor. We trust that is not claiming too much indulgence, however, on th part of the latter, to expect that his friends will giv him credit for common sense, and some regard for own interest, as connected with the reputation of journal. If he be not destitute of the common pris ciples of human action, he must occasionally dif in opinion with his correspondents, both on the mer of particular compositions, and as to the proper for their introduction. If a youthful poet, for stance, should, in the depth of winter, produce in th hot-bed of his or her imagination, a sonnet to th Rose or the Harvest Moon, he or she may be ver loath to defer its public exhibition, until the reta of that season which would best insure the sympa of his readers. His editor, however, who m be more of a matter of fact sort of genius, here interfere, and endeavour to preserve s thing like what painters style keeping. To g one instance out of a hundred, by way of lustration, it was this taste for having "prope things in proper places" which induced us, at the i minent risk of our acknowledged character for g lantry, to resist the reiterated request of the reader who is so anxious to see in the columns of Kaleidoscope, one of Hogg's snow scenes, respe the merits of which, we fully coincide with het though we thought the most appropriate time f introduction was not in the dog days, during whic it was so warmly recommended. We might be in wrong, indeed, in this conclusion, as it might possi have operated as a kind of metaphysical ice crea but, as it did not occur to us at the time, have since waited in vain for a tremendous fall snow, as a suitable harbinger to the story alluded The meaning of this long digression in plain Eng is, that we hope our correspondents will not corelas that we have rejected their offerings because we not immediately avail ourselves of them; but give us as much latitude as possible as to the se 1 0 0 1 * Our readers will perceive that the place of refuge for these poor fellows is no longer in Kitchen-street, but in Blundell-street. The cellar in the former street was too confined, as the number of applicants is on the increase. At the time of writing this paragraph (Monday noon) there are "eightteen" inmates. A little tobacco and a few pipes would be very acceptable, not as articles of luxury, but of the most essential service under the peculiar circumstances in which these poor men are huddled together. LOGIERIAN SYSTEM.-We shall pause also before we resume the subject, upon which we have to acknowledge the receipt of a note from our quondam correspondent, SIMON GULLED. and mode of insertion. Although it may not be very material or very interesting to enter into any minute explanation on the subject of S. E. N.'s inquiry, yet as we wish to be on the best terms with our very numerous correspondents, we shall dedicate a few lines, to set the matter right. In one of our recent numbers, we inserted a short article, although it had appeared in a previous number. The reason was briefly this: when our publication was prepared for press, we found an objectionable passage in a short original letter which we had inserted, and which rendered it necessary to exclude it, in conformity with our uniform rule of conduct. There was no time to be lost, as the hour of our publication had arrived; and not being able to find any article of the same extent to supply the chasm, occasioned by the letter thus expunged, we had recourse to a short piece, called the Picture of Time, by the Rev. C. Cotton," which was preparing for one of the early numbers of the Kaleidoscope we were re-printing Further Acknowledgements.—S. S. N.-A PEDE at the time, the entire edition of that number having been sold out. Such a circumstance never occurred before, and probably never will happen again. We trust this explanation will satisfy S. E. N. Amongst other correspondents to whom the foreg remark applies, are A SUBSCRIBER--WELL-WISEL -THE SCHOOL-MASTER-A WAKEFUL ISE BITANT THE GREAT PLAGUE IN LONDON CATO F. HAMAN.-G. C.-THE MAN IN TH IRON MASK-XXI.-KAR.-A FRIEND TO T INDUSTRIOUS POOR-M. S. D.-R. H.-H A NATIVE-H. L.-CRITICUS, and many othe particularized in a recent number. TRIAN.-X.-R. H. Liverpool: Printed and published by E. Smith & |