barefoot, on a red-hot bar of iron: a large block of marble of between two and three thousand weight she will permit to lie on her for some time, after which she will throw it off at about six feet distance, without using her hands, and exhibit several other curious performances, equally astonishing, which were never before seen in England. She performs exactly at twelve o'clock, and four, und six in the afternoon. Price half-acrown, servants and children a shilling. Professor Parrot, of Paris, has invented a filtering machine, which purifies water, by descent and ascent. A syphon is the principal agent. This tube is to be filled to a certain height, with fine sand; the water to be purified is to be put into the longer leg, and it will, of course, flow out of the shorter; and, in its passage through the sand, the impurities will be retained. Wanted.-A sound orthodox divine of the established church, to do the whole duty of a very large parish, such as visiting the sick for some miles, marrying, christening, and burying, besides reading prayers twice every Sunday, and preaching twice too. He must be an excellent scholar, have an irreproachable character, and make no objection to assist his master's coachman in rubbing down the horses at leisure hours, or doing any thing else that may be wanted in the family.Christmas-box he must expect none; but to compensate for that loss he will be entitled to his master's cast hat and wig every other year, and be now and then suffered to dine in the kitchen with the rest of the servants. To prevent at variety of applications, twenty pounds is the salary, and the person employed must never preach upon any topics without paying particular compliments to people in power, and remembering that every minister is of course the most excellent character of the times. Whoever this may suit, is desired to send a full account of himself, both with respect to family and qualifications, to the Passive Obedience Coffee-house, near Westminster-hall, and if approved of, he shall be immediately treated with by GREGORY Gobble. Extract of a Letter from Mr. Wilkes, to his Friend in London, dated Naples, March 25, 1765.The foreign Gazettes are very impertinently sending me into the service of half the Princes of Europe; I hope my friends at home do me more justice, and think of me as I do of myself, ever actually in the service of England, and for mý life unalienably attached to my native country. The most unjust and cruel persecutions, the most unmerited outlawries, shall never warp my allegiance. I do not forget the present page of our 1 history, and a second letter to the borough of Aylesbury shall soon prove it. I ask L M pardon, for I was several days at Rome, and never once saw either the Old Pretender or the Cardinal of York, or his L- --p's own brother, the titular Viscount of Dunbar, in his green ribbon, or his own sister, the Countess of Inverness. P. S. It is pretended and believed at the Pretender's Court, that L- M- will be created a Knight of the Thistle upon the next promotion, which gives no small satisfaction here. To the Printer of the London Evening Post.The following Scripture sentences, as also a copy of verses, &c. are on a tomb stone, erected by one Mr. Oliver Miller, on Haydown-hill, near Arundel, in Sussex, which he intends for the reception of his body after death. These Sentences are on the top of the Tomb. 1 Cor. xv. 22. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. John i. 17. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. John iii 15. That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. Eccles. iii. 22. Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man shall re joice in his own works; for that is his portion : for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him? 2 Peter i. 14. Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. The underwritten Copy of Verses, with the Moral, are on the East side of the Tomb. Why should my fancy any one offend, Whose good or ill on it does not depend? 'Tis at my own expence: except the land (A gen'rous grant!) on which my tomb doth stand. I grant the same; but where shall we e'er find This more depends on what a life we live. When the last trumpet shall begin to sound, "Twill not avail 'em where the body's found. The Moral. Blessed are they, and only they Who in the Lord the Saviour die; And sleep in peace where'er they lie. The Hieroglyphic of Death and Time, with the following Lines, are on the West side. Death! why so fast? Pray stop your hand, And let my glass run out its sand. As neither Death nor Time will stay, Let us improve the present day. Why start you at that skeleton! "Tis your own picture which you shun: And thou, when dead, like that shall be. But though Death must have his will, That's allotted us by Fate. When that's done, then Time and Death The above gentleman has also his coffin in his own house, which he takes a view of every morning as soon as he rises. To the Printer of the London Evening Post.Sir,-As a proof, amongst many others, how much princes are kept in the dark, relative to the real state of their affairs, the following anecdote will evince. When the Portuguese in the year 1640, threw off the Spanish yoke, and elected the Duke of Braganza, their King, by the title of John the IVth, the Spanish Minister, `Olivarez, introduced the intelligence to his master, Philip IV. by wishing him joy of the disturbances created in Portugal by the Duke of Braganza; "for," says he, "as soon as ever this rebellion is crushed, your Majesty will have an opportunity of getting at the Duke's coffers, which are immense.' This piece of joyful news, however, turned out quite the reverse, as the Duke not only kept his money for himself, but was the cause of dismembering the kingdom of Portugal from Spain to this very hour. HISTORICUS. |