A however, was so unwilling to leave his "The Cardinal alleged that it belonged to his see; but at last complied, and obtained the King's leave to remove to Richmond for the benefit of the air; but this was much opposed by the Duke of Norfolk and others, who wanted to have him removed to York. He, however, went to Richmond, and delayed his journey to York as long as he could. While at Richmond he removed from the Lodge to the Monastery of the Carthusians at Shene, the Church of which he visited every morning, and in the afternoon conferred with some monk most remarkable for his piety. He put on a hair shirt, and conformed to the strictest rules of a penitential life. His subsequent removal to York, his arrest and death at Leicester Abbey, are well known to the readers of English History, and furnish a striking memorial of the instability of human grandeur. "On the death of Wolsey the estate devolved to the Crown, and was afterwards possessed by the families of the Drakes and Lattons; the latter of whom sold the house to Peter de la Porte, one of the South Sea Directors. On the breaking of that bubble and the seizure of his es- the indefatigable artist will meet with that encouragement which his talents entitle him to. DISSOLUTION OF MONASTERIES. The monasteries in the time of Henry VIII., had a prodigious number of very valuable manuscripts. It was said, that there were more in England than in any other country in the world of equal size. When the abbies were sold by Henry VIII., the purchasers of them destroyed and wasted them all. Many of the old MS. bibles were cut in pieces to cover pamphlets. The following is the lamentation and complaint of John Ball to King Edward VI., A. D. 1549. "A number of those persons who bought the monasteries, reserved of the library thereof, some to serve their jakes; some to scour their candlesticks; and some to rub their boots; some they sold to the grocers and soap-sellers; and some they sent over sea to the bookbinders, not in small numbers, but at times whole ships' full. Even the universities of this realm were not all clear in this detestable fact. I know a merchant-man, that bought the contents of the two libraries for forty shillings price. The stuff thereof he hath occupied, instead of grey paper, by the space of more than these ten years; and yet he hath store enough for as many Our posterity may well years to come. curse this wicked fact of our age, this unreasonable spoil of England's most noble antiquities." The fine collection of manuscripts belonging to the cathedral church of Durham, was saved by being concealed within one of the pillars of the church. Dr. Dee presented a supplication, the original of which is now in the Cotton Library, to Queen Mary, in the year 1556, for the recovery and preservation of ancient writers and monuments; but there was no attention given to it. However, we learn from it, that Tully's work, De Republica, was once extant in this kingdom, and perished at Canterbury. Cardinal Pole told Roger Ascham, that he had been informed that this work of Cicero's was in Poland, and that he had sent a man on purpose thither at the expense of a thousand golden crowns, about £900 sterling, in search of it, but to no purpose. Science and Art. MODE OF PRESERVING EGGS. A chemist at Geneva, states, that he has discovered an easy mode of preser- | ving for six years, or probably for a lon ger period, eggs, perfectly fresh, and fit to eat; and a confectioner in the same place has this year employed in his business a ton of eggs, which had been so preserved. All that is necessary, is to put fresh eggs into a bocal (a large round bottle with a short neck) and fill it up with lime water. The way to make the lime water is as follows:-Throw into a vessel containing between twenty and thirty pints of water, five or six pounds of quick lime, shake it well several times, then let the lime precipitate itself, and pour off the water, which is perfectly limpid, although it has dissolved a portion of the lime. This is the water to be used. To make sure of its being saturated with the lime, after filling the bocal containing the eggs, until the water is about three inches above them, dust in a small quantity of quick lime, and close the bottle. Lit. G. Customs of Various Countries. KISSING HANDS. The kissing of hands is of great antiquity, and seems to have been equally employed in religion and in social life. It was thus that the sun and moon were worshipped from the remotest ages. Job alludes to this custom when he says, "If I have looked upon the sun when he was shining forth, or at the moon advancing bright, and my heart have been secretly enticed, and my hand have kissed my mouth, this also were an iniquity, (&c." And Lucian relates of Demosthenes, that having fallen into the hands of Antipater, and obtained permission to enter a temple in the neighbourhood, he carried his hand to his mouth on entering, which his guards look for an act of religion, but, when too late, found that he had swallowed poison. In society, the kissing hands has always been regarded as a mute form of compliment, and used in asking favours, in thanking those from whom they have been received, and in making veneration for superiors. Priam, in Homer, kissed the hands and embraced the knees of Achilles, in conjuring him to restore the body of Hector;-and not to multiply examples, Cortez found the custom in Mexico, where upwards of a thousand of the nobility saluted him by touching the earth with their hands, which they carried afterwards to their mouths.-Week. Rev. Anecdotiana. The Gazette of Pekin, speaking of the death of the Emperor Kiaking, says, briefly," In the city of Jeho, 25th day of the 7th moon, His Majesty set out to wander among the Immortals." CURIOUS COINCIDENCE. The Bristol Mercury observes, that it is rather a singular coincidence, that the names of the last two masters of the jhospital in College-street, (Bristol,) have been Hopper and Walker, and that the candidate highest on the list for the situation which is at present vacant, is Gallop! All we hope is, that a Canter may never be elected. THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL. A poet of the north, wishing to recommend himself to the late SIR WILLIAM FORBES, (the author of the Life of Dr. Beattie,) wrote the following description of the worthy baronet's house at Colinton: Behold the house of SIR WILLIAM FORBES! Surrounded with trees all covered with corbies, From whence the Pentland hills are seen, Pastured with sheep for ever green! JOANNA SOUTHCOTT. On a neat tablet of black marble, edged with white, which is affixed in the wall that surrounds the church-yard of the new Mary-le-bone Church, St. John's Wood, is the following inscription. With the exception of the star at each end of the word sacred, the whole is in letters of Gold, they being in Silver. SHE Sacred TO THE MEMORY OF JOANNA SOUTHCOTT, WHO LIES INTERRED 26 FEET FRONT OF THIS TABLET. DEPARTED this life, deceMBER 27, 1814, AGED 65 YEARS. While through all thy wondrous days, Heaven and Earth enraptur'd gaz'd, While vain Sages think they know Secrets THOU ALONE' canst shew, Time alone will tell what hour Thou'lt appear in 'GREATER' power. BEHOLD the time shall come that these TOKENS which I have told thee shall come to pass, and the BRIDE shall APPEAR, and SHE coming forth shall be SEEN that now is WITHDRAWN from the earth. 2d of Esdras, chap. 7th, verse 26th. For the Vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it shall speak and NOT LIE: though it tarry WAIT for it, BECAUSE it will SURELY COME, it will not tarry. Habakkuk, chap. 2nd, verse 3rd. And whosoever is delivered from the aforesaid evils shall see MY WONDERS 2nd of Esdras, chap. 7th, verse 27th. See her Writings. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE SINCERE FRIENDS OF THE ABOVE, ANNO DOMINI, 1828. DATE. DAYS. Diary and Chronology, DIARY. Dec. 14 St. Spiridron was a shepherd of Cyprus. He was made bishop of Iremithus early in the 4th century. His assiduity in performing his religious functions and his piety gained him the honour of all ranks of men. He died A.D. 348. 1784.-Died on this day our great lexicographer and incomparable moralist, Dr. Samuel Johnson, Æт. 78. This great man in his last illness, when attended by the eminent physician Dr. Brocklesby, we are told, inquired of him in the language of the great Shakspeare's Macbeth, Can'st thou not minister to a min1 diseas'd, Therein the patient must minister 8 The death of this saint is placed by St. Jerome in 371. 1799.-Anniversary of the death of General Washington, who died through a severe inflammation of the throat at his estate of Mount Vernon, on the Potomac, in the 67th year of his age. The government of the United States by Washington, who was their first president, was marked by the same prudence, energy, and moderation, as characterised all the actions of this distinguished man. 9 St. Ado was chosen archbishop of Vieune in 860. He held this see to the time of his death, which happened A.D. 875. 1798-Died on this day, Thomas Pennant, the celebrated naturalist and topographer, at Downing, in Flintshire, the place of his birth. Mr. Pennant was the author of a number of meritorious and ingenious performances. His work on Zoo. logy, and his Account of London, perhaps are the most esteemed. His various" Tours" contain a fund of antiquarian information. At the time of his death he was engaged on a description of India, only one volume of which he lived to complete, 10 This saint who was the founder of the Beguines, was the daughter of Peppin of Landen, and sister to St. Gertrude of Nivelle. 1809.-The marriage of the late Napoleon Buonaparte with the Empress Josephine was dissolved on this day. 11 This saint became the first bishop of Tours in the third century. He came from Rome with Saint Denys. 1774.-Expired on this day, T. 78, Philip Miller, the famous botanist, and author of the Gardener's Dictionary. He was gardener to the Apothe caries' Company, which office he resigned on account of his infirmities. By foreigners, Miller was emphatically called HORTULANORUM PRINCEPS, 21 Our saint was the foundress of a monastery on the borders of Meath in Ireland. She died A D. 788. 1660. On this day it was ordered by parliament, that Francis Windham, Esq. and Mrs. Lane, should each of them receive 10007. for preserving King Charles after the fight of Worcester. 13 This saint who was a hermit, died A.D. 956. 1793. On this day, the Bog of Castlegard, in the County of Louth, in Ireland, moved in a body from its original situation, to the distance of some miles, crossing the high road towards Doon, covering every thing in its way, at least twenty feet in many parts, and throwing down several bridges, houses, &c. Ellustrated Article. THE POPE'S PROMISE. Ir was St. John's Eve: the summer sun was sinking behind the distant hills, while his last beams glittered on the lofty spires and towers of Marcerata, one of the oldest towns in Italy, and formerly the metropolis of Ancona. The uncommon beauty of the evening had tempted forth most of its younger inhabitants, who were seen in detached groups along the high road, or in the fields, enjoying the fresh air. The wealthier females rode forth, attended by cavaliers well dressed and gallantly mounted, while the happier peasants were dancing on the level plains without the town, to the merry notes of the pipe and tabor. The streets were deserted, the sounds of labour had ceased, and the voice of joy alone mingled with the chiming of the convent bells, which announced the hour of evening prayer. Yet Pietro Ariano was still hard at work at his stall-Pietro, who was reckoned the best singer and the VOL. II. 2 D best dancer in Marcerata, and who was withal, though only a poor shoemaker, as handsome and as well grown a young man as any in the Pope's dominions. Pietro's little domicile stood just without the town, by the road side, and his stall fronted a long low latticed window that commanded a fine view of the adjacent country, and within the shade of which the young follower of St. Crispin was seated, busily plying his awl. His present fit of industry appeared more like an act of imperative duty than choice: his bent brow expressed both impatience and fatigue, and he flung his various implements from side to side with a sullen and dissatisfied air, glancing wistfully from time to time towards the open plains, and muttering imprecations against every fresh party of pleasure that passed his stall. His wife, a lovely dark-eyed young woman, was earnestly engaged in binding the fellow shoe to that which Ariano held half finished in his hand; and she beguiled the lingering hours by singing, in a sweet voice, an old ditty, to amuse the infant that smiled upon her knee; 53 while from under her long dark eyelashes she watched the perturbed countenance of her husband. As the sun gradually declined in the horizon, Pietro's patience sank with it, and before the glorious luminary had totally disappeared, its last remaining spark was utterly extinguished: and, casting down his implements of labour, he exclaimed, in a hasty tone"Now, by the mass! not another stitch will I set in slipper or shoe to-night were it to please the Pope! Ha! 'tis a beautiful evening; and the merry tinkling of that guitar has called forth all my dancing wishes, and my legs, in idea, have been in motion for the last two hours. What say you, my pretty little Francesca," he continued, unconsciously as suming a gayer tone, and slapping his wife briskly on the shoulder, "will you put your boy to bed, and join with me the merry group yonder ?" The young woman shook her head, and looked up into his face with an arch smile, No, no, Pietro! not till you have performed the promise you made to the handsome young friar last night." Ariano sullenly resumed his work. "Ay, keep my promise, forsooth, and be repaid by promises for my labour! Oh, these monks are liberal patrons who are too spiritual to attend to any temporal wants but their own. To convert neats' leather into shoes and sandals, for their accommodation, is as difficult a task as bringing over so many Turks and heretics to the true faith; and they are more nice to fit withal than the vainest damsel that ever sported a smart foot and ankle. They live on the general contributions of the public, and take good care to want for nothing that can be obtained by way of extortion. O, 'tis a dainty life:" he continued, plying his awl, in despite of his recent vow, with increasing energy, whilst inveighing against his principal employers, a rich community of Franciscan monks, who belonged to the noble monastery, whose august towers formed the leading feature in the beautiful landscape before him, "O, 'tis a dainty life! whose very motto is laziness.' They are the hooded locusts that devour the substance of the land, and receive a patent from the Pope, heaven bless him! to live in idleness. Would that my father |