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the beau, "have at the mayor's poney," only, and seven's the main." He continued to throw until he drove home the brewer's twelve poneys, running; and then getting up and making him a low bow, whilst pocketing the cash, he exclaimed, "Thank you, alderman; for the future I shall never drink any porter but yours." "I wish, sir," replied the brewer, "that every other blackguard in London would tell me the same."-Ibid.

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By gamesters, twenty-five guineas (rolled up in paper) are called a Poney; and fifty, a Rouleau.

The Selector

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LITERARY NOTICES OF NEW WORKS.

MILES'S DEVEREL BARROW. BARROWS may be considered as excellent beacons to throw light upon those prominent features of the manners, rites, and customs, which are obscured by the dark mists of intervening centuries. The uni versal system of interment in barrows is of remote antiquity, and tends to elucidate the manners and customs of those who inhabited Britain before the page of history had extended to these latitudes; and the contents of these barrows throw

the only light we can depend upon, for the scanty history of our ancient Britons. Mr. Miles has been peculiarly fortunate in discovering the Deverel tumulus, which was raised for a family or general deposit. It contained urns and cists, which were placed in a circle, and in this circle were two large stones, which may be regarded as forming the altar. These curious urns are now safely consigned to the Museum of the Bristol Institution.

This persevering antiquary's attention and curiosity being strongly excited by Hutchin's account of the Coal Money* found at Kimmeridge, he commenced exploring the ground where these curious relics had been discovered. and found pieces," on which were traced, with mathematical exactness, circles and various angles." The origin of the coal money is involved in great obscurity, but Mr. M. thus records his belief:

"Relative to the original use of these mysterious manufactured articles, I cannot consider them to have been used as a circulating currency, nor as charms or amulets, nor as ornaments; but as representatives of coin, and of some mys

* A species of black mineral, (of the same stratum of coal as the cliffs produce,) denominated money, because of such flat rotundity, evidently a work of art.

tical use in sacrificial or sepulchral rites. -P. 49.

The Description of the Deverel Barrow and Kimmeridge Coal Money, will be read with interest by the antiquary, and praise is due to Mr. Miles for his perseverance and research. The volume contains numerous engravings, which are well and ably executed.

PESTILENCE OF ZARAGOZA.

THE average of daily deaths, from this cause, was at this time not less than three hundred and fifty; men stretched upon straw, in helpless misery, lay breathing their last; and with their dying breath spreading the mortal taint of their own disease, who, if they had fallen in action, would have died with the exultation of martyrs. Their sole comfort was the sense of having performed their duty religiously to the uttermost all other alleviations were wanting; neither medicines nor necessary food were to be procured, nor needful attendance, for the ministers of charity themselves became victims of the disease. All that the most compassionate had now to bestow was a little water, in which rice had been boiled, and a winding-sheet. The nuns, driven from their convents, knew not where to take refuge, nor where to find shelter for their dying sisters. The Church of the Pillar was crowded with poor creatures, who, despairing of life, hoped now for nothing more than to die in the presence of the tutelary saint. The clergy were employed night and day in administering the sacraments to the dying, till they themselves sunk under the common calamity. The slightest wound produced gangrene and death in bodies so prepared for dissolution by distress of mind, agitation, want of proper aliment, and of sleep. For there was now no respite, neither by day nor night, for this devoted city; even the natural order of light and darkness was destroyed in Zaragoza: by day it was involved in a red sulphureous atmosphere of smoke and dust, which hid the face of heaven; by night the fire of cannon and mortars, and the flames of burning houses, kept it in a state of horrible illumination. The cemeteries could no

longer afford room for the dead; huge pits were dug, to receive them in the streets, and in the courts of the public buildings, till hands were wanting for the heaped upon one another, and covered labour; they were laid before the churches, with sheets; and that no spectacle of horror might be wanting, it happened not unfrequently that these piles of mortality

ruth to say, rather in bet n usual; her new weeds nazingly, and her dear dehad left her handsomely a good fortune and well-a shop, where bacon, red les, bread, apples, cheese, and such items, displayed , might have tempted the st or a thief, and the mouth a hog. Judy O'Flaherty e shop, a nate bit of a sitbehind that a little closet, led the spirit-stand; and ow was luxuriating before , Kauthleen, the one-eyed in the shop. Now Kauthnly not so well looking as ies; but as the good Judy glish maxim, Pretty is 5," and had never yet coning ugly; so, in her mise was as pretty a maid as to see, though somewhat disposition; besides, her Katty was a rare bit of d crathur," for when Tety died, she set up such at one would have thought husband, instead of Mis

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weeks after the good man's his bad world, his widow little parlour, and Kauthun, as usual, attending n "the misthress" was sudden entrance of Katty, lly queer; a comical expon her swarthy counteeful, half gleesome, and nterpret, whilst her one performed sundry evoluit was more difficult still eaning. Down she sat, a word, but sighing pro

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The widow now understood, that Kau leen spoke of a visit from her late h band, and sorely terrified, she walked i the shop, where was nothing of spirit be seen, but half a hogshead of whis that stood there for sale. The widow w just after accusing Katty, in pretty stro terms, of superstition, and of telling h "a rare bit of nonsense, that hadn't ha'porth of the bright thruth in it," wh she was startled at hearing a doleful yoi resembling Terence O'Flaherty's, acco her from under the counter. Kauthle screamed and took to her heels, mutte ing, " May the black divil take th hindmost;' " and poor Mrs. O'Flaher felt herself in a most awful situation. was quite dusk-alone she was—an though she heard her late spouse's void from beneath the counter, she durst no look around for fear of beholding half dozen phookas in as many niches of th loaded shop; so the good woman shu her eyes. Terence held a long and so lemn conversation with his rib; and whe she returned to her little parlour and he tea, she was pale, trembling, and silent Next day, this awful occurrence, by the industry of Kauthleen Keenthecaun, be came the talk of half the town, for news flies fast, and faster as it is the more incre dible. That very night, (and every night after, for Terence continued his visits a desperate long time,) crowds of the idle and curious collected round the widow's door to witness this mysterious conference between the dead and the living. At

ut o' these ways, nd do as the ghost ; but divil a bit, ha'porth for all say!"

returned the misKauthleen, can't a day or so to the er thinking he'll do elly!"

oing to ould PadJudy O'Flaherty, , if you be mhaning big rogue, an' he's asther, and that's e likes o' him, an' ha' sent this vherry to give us a fright, the wile desaver's

re appeared much se in this speech of gh sorry to lose a y, she determined, see her neighbour, a man very learned but one who never thing before he was e reason that, alDined the widow's, to render her any ny, therefore, did d, without letting know aught of the ? it was said that seeking to supply ce. However that that at seven o'clock I put his ear to the quite through the r houses, and listen aid. Accordingly took his stand, and =ry interesting dia

"Is it the debts, Tharrance ? and where will I find the folks ?"

"Judy, where there's a will there's a way. May be ye'd wish to see big Bill, the bruiser ?"

"Ough! Tharrance, Tharrance! whill ye lave spaking so? Yees ban't after comin' from the blissed whurld, I knows." "And the what does it matter to you where I comes from? Whill ye be doing as I tell ye ?"

"O, Grammachree Tharrance and won't ye let me consider the thing a bit ?" "Divil take ye, Judy! yees been considering it these two months, and niver have given it a thought yet. If ye don't say yes to-morrow night, I'll take ye away, Khatty and all, and house too. So I whish you a vherry good night today."

The poor widow returned to her parlour, where she found the affectionate Kauthleen in tears, and swallowing an extra portion of whisky by way of spiritual consolation.

"Lights! lights!" bawled a voice from the shop; and on taking them, the mistress and maid discovered Jemmy M'Mullaghan standing there with a sprig of shillelah in his hands, and a couple of constables at his side. "Seize that woman," said he; and in spite of her screams and struggles, Mrs. Khatty was captured. M'Mullaghan and the other constable went behind the counter, and drew forth a heavily laden sack; on opening which, the villanous features of Thady O'Flaherty appeared. The constable took pretty good care of the culprits for the night, and Jemmy and the widow went with them before the magistrate in the morning, when the deposition of the trusty friend was briefly this, (if we can abbreviate his lengthy story :)-Supposing that Kauthleen connived at some very foul

E, I hated her all the time, ngman. Marry her in

t a bit of it!"

and many months' imprimposed upon the culprits, =of a heavier infliction if annoyed Mrs. O'Flaherty. she scarcely knew how to titude to faithful M'Mulnoble services; but, being ore to the quiet enjoyment money, parlour, and fire, the spirit stand,) it is said, not resist Jemmy's urgent make him a benedict when widowhood were accomly, the reprobate, after his a gang of illicit distillers, in a skirmish with some and Kauthleen, the bestress and benefactor, hervilest of "wile desavers," ng at a wake, in a remote

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NCIDENCE.

NDENT remarks on the lence of the Royal Huaving for its secretary a he name of Frost, when cidents to which the attenety is called are generally

ulia's eyes, "said an afColman's hearing. "I at it," replied George; red she had a stu in them

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Two gentlemen naving wagered upon number of characteristic specimens native brilliancy they should encounte a rural excursion, one of them thus dressed a stone-breaker on the road My good fellow, were the devil to co now, which of us two would he ca away ?" After a little hesitation, t savoured of unexpected dulness, the m modestly lifting his eyes from his wo answered, "Me, Sir." Annoyed by stolidity of this reply, the querist pre ed him for a reason:-“ Because, honour, he would be glad of the opport nity to catch myself—he could have y at any time."

TO CORRESPONDENTS. Clio's M.S. is left with our publisher. Philocosmos is too late in the field. We can make no use of either of G. T.'s p pers

Some dozen monodies and lines on the dea of the duke of York, have reached us, all which we must decline.

The following articles remain under conside ation:-F. R. H.; Paul Pry; Sin- Thau; 1 L.; The Spectator in London; J. B. and T.

What translation does H. E. B. refer to ? N. I. M. has been received. As a poet we ca offer him no encouragement.

A packet is left with Mr. Limbird for S. I. E Many of the anecdotes introduced by W. H. H are stale, and undeserving an early reprint The first one is untrue.

Mr. Alborough, of Norwich, is requested to pay the postage of all his future contributions. We are abundantly tired in having to read his lucubrations, to say nothing of having to pay ninepence for the privilege.

Numerous letters have just come to hana, for which we thank our correspondents, and promise them a notice the earliest opportunity.

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church, 28 the breadth of the transept, or great cross aisle under the steeple, and the remaining 100 the length of the chancel; the breadth of the body or nave of the church is 72 feet, the length of the great cross aisle is 96 feet, and the breadth of the chancel 70 feet. From whence it appears that the whole of this elegant structure ocoupies an area of no less than 20,056 square feet, which is something more than 2,228 square yards. Entering in at the great door on the south end of the cross aisle, every thing appears to be stately, magnificent, and exactly proportioned; supported by four strong and uniform pillars in the centre of this aisle, the tower, which is square, is erected, and which, from its elevation, is a noble addi tion to the view of the town from whatever point it is taken. The great cross aisle is divided from the body or nave of the church by large doors, and two flights of steps leading into the galleries, and from the chancel by handsome folding-gates, the middlemost whereof is iron. The chancel is exceedingly spacious, lofty, and noble, and is equal to, if not exceeds, any church in England. The roof is com

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