noble Peer, who does not confine his attention solely to the sleek looks of his hunters and coachhorses, but understands what poor people are made of, has ordered his parson to lay out the sum of ten pounds in this manner, during the severe season, among his Lordship's distressed poor. Good Mr. Printer be speedy, consider how the floods roar, and the winds howl, and oblige, as soon as possible,

Your constant reader and sincere friend,
SACERDOS RUSTICUS.

A comfortable hearty meal for six people.-Take a gallon of water, half a pint of split peas, a pound of lean beef cut in pieces, three potatoes or more, one onion, two ounces of rice, with pepper and salt; put all into a pan, and bake it in

the oven.

A few evenings ago, at a coffee-house not a mile from Temple Bar, a countryman of Dr. Lucas, the Irish patriot, speaking of that gentleman as a great orator, the following is the speech verbatim, which he delivered his opinion in on the occasion: " Upon my conscience he speaks with the tongue of an angel; when I heard him, I thought the devil was in the man."

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A woman of the village of Jurva, near Laihela, in Finland, was mother of 17 children, grandmother to 113, and great grandmother to 60, when she died. At the time of her decease, 90 of these descendants were still living in the village, where the whole number of inhabitants amounted but to 193.

A few days ago one of the men belonging to the Active, which took the Hermione, who had for some time past fixed his quarters at a public house at Portsmouth, came to town on Monday last, accompanied by his landlord, in search of his wife, from whom he had been absent about five years, and, after some enquiry, found she had been married to another man, the preceding Thursday. The tar pleaded his prior right, and insisted on having his wife back again, which the new one readily agreed to. The sailor, putting his hand into his pocket, said, "Here, friend, accept of a couple of guineas, for the service you have done my wife:" and afterwards set out with her and his landlord, in a landau and four, for Portsmouth.

Repartee.—The son of a Scots Marquis, who had seen much service on the Continent, was lately accosted by a friend in Bond Street, who facetiously desired "that as hostilities were over, his whiskers might be put upon a peace establish

ment." To that I have no objection," was answer; "but I desire that at the same time your tongue may be put on the civil list!"

Anecdotes. The Reverend M. H., a gentleman of singular humour, and brother to a no less singular law peer, retired to ease and independence, as the rector of in the county of Kent. Being a justice of the peace, he was frequently teazed with some idle differences among the inhabitants of the place. Not being willing to be broke in upon by such frivolous complaints, when application was made to him for redress of some imaginary injury, his custom was to dismiss them, with saying," he would send for them when at leisure to attend their business." The first rainy day that next happened, he took care to send for the parties, and received them sitting in the porch of his door, which just provided shelter for himself and his clerk, whilst the complainants were obliged to stand exposed to the inclement sky, all the while uncovered, to pay proper respect to the King's justice of the peace. By this means he entirely cured the country folks in his neighbourhood of a litigious disposition.

His blunt manner of enforcing wholesome truths as a clergyman,, was as remarkable as his peculiarity in the commission of the peace. One Sunday he was preaching on moral duties from these words: "Render, therefore, unto all their due." In explaining his text, he observed, that there

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were duties which a man owes to himself, as well
as to others; "and," adds he,
"and," adds he, "when they are not
attended to, I never have a good opinion of that
man. For this reason," he proceeds, turning
himself to a particular part of the church, "I have
never had a good opinion of you, John Trott,
since you sold me those sheep six months ago,
have never called for the money."

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To the Printer.-Sir, The insertion of the following in your paper, will much oblige your friend and servant. There was a lady in France, who, though ineffably ugly, had an inclination to have a portrait of herself. Accordingly she went to a painter, and accosted him thus: Sir, it is sufficiently known, that gentlemen of your profession can flatter those, whose imperfections of nature may require a little embellishment; but, for my part, though I don't want to be flattered, you may soften my features to make them more agreeable. These which I now wear, were made me a present by God Almighty; but as I am to pay for the others, I desire they may be painted agreeable to my order." The painter, not doubting that he could effectually perform her injunction, desired the favour of her to sit down a few minutes, in which time he could delineate enough of her to proceed in her command: this was for form sake only.

As soon as she was gone, he happened to cast his eye upon a beautiful wench in the street; her he substituted in the room of the lady, and as they had a similitude of features, he had nothing to do but to clothe her in silk and lace, instead of camblet and dowlas. Pleased with the execution, he waited upon the lady with it, who immediately