Jarge inns than any other place of equal extent in Europe. The fairs fill thefe, twice in a year, for three weeks at each time; and the order, which is indifpenfable then, conti nues at other periods, to the furprife and comfort of strangers. "Round the city are feveral welldifpofed walks, as pleasant as the flatnefs of the nearer country will permit; and at intervals, along thefe, are the country-houfes of the merchants, who do not chufe to go beyond the city territories for a refidence. Saxenhaufen, a fmall town, on the other fide of the Maine, though incorporated with Frankfort as to jurifdiction, and connected with it by a bridge, is chiefly inhabited by watermen and other labourers." Frankfort is fituated in a fertile plain, 20 miles N. E. of Mentz, and 7 S. E. of Cologn. Lat. 49°. 55'. N. Lat. 8°. 40'. E. A ANECDOTES. Of Mifs ADDISON. Gentleman delegated for the purpose of foliciting the erec tion of a monument to perpetuate the memory of the much-refpected father of the honourable mifs Addifon, one day waited on her for the purpose." Go, (fays fhe) tell them my father has left a monument more lafting than brass—his works.” This, the only offspring of that truly and juftly renowned man, is now refident at a rural situation near Rugby. majefty, in his private capacity, was liable to the toll; declaring at the fame time, that, though he refpe&ted his fovereign, if ever he caine to Barban gate, he should not pass till the toll was paid. A fhort time after, honeft Robert's refolution was put to the teft; for his majesty, in his route to Worcester, came to Barban gate. On the arrival of the firft horseman that preceded the royal carriage, Robert, having previously locked the gate, stood with the keys in his hand, and demanded the toll. The equer. ry, in an accent of perturbed impatience, faid, "Open the gate instantly, for his majefty is at hand.""I know that, (replied Robert) but his majefly is not at the head of an army, and muft pay the toll." The fervant 1emonftrated, with threats and indignation: but Robert was not to be frightened; he heard him with placid indifference, till his majesty's carriage came in fight. The attendant was now reduced to the neceffity of having recourfe to polite entreaty, affuring Robert that the perfon who followed his majefty's carriage would pay the regular den and. On this aliurance the gate was opened, and the whole cavalcade, accompanied by an immenfe crowd, paffed, but Robert received not one penny. Sleath, however, was aware that his majefty would return to Cheltenham the following day, and must pass the heard that the royal equipage was gate again. Accordingly, having approaching, he locked the gate, and took his station as before. The fame equerry preceded the carriage, and Of a TURNPIKE-KEEPER. began again to remonftrate: but DURING the royal refidence at honeft Sleath fwore roundly that no Cheltenham, it was remarked, by the one fhould pass till he had received keepers of several turnpike-gates, the toll for both days. The royal that his majefty, during his fhort ex- attendant perceiving that verbal curfions, paid no toll. The right of means were not likely to prevail, paid his majefty to pafs toll-free happen. Sleath about twenty-feven fhillings, ing to become the fubject of conver- threatening to crush him with the fation in a large company at Wor-weight of legal vengeance; but Rocefter, Robert Sleath, an honeft bert pocketed the money, and has 'blunt fellow, and keeper of Barban never yet been called to an account gate, ftrenuoufly argued that his for his conduct, STORY STORY of the EXPLOITS and DEATH of CAPTAIN RAGGADO and his BRAVOS. (From the Arabian Tales: or a Continuation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments.) (Concluded from p. 109.) TH HE young bride, being conftrained to remain with this company, and to endure the brutal careffes of Raggado, wept inceffantly. "How happy fhould I be to comfort your grief, my pretty child," faid the captain; "pray drop thofe charming tears into my cup; they will render the liquor exquifitely delicious." But he turned away her head, with an air expreffive, at once, of difguft and forrow. While thofe robbers were eating and ftuffing themfelves inatiably, notice had been given to a fmali detachment, confifting of fifteen men from the garrifon of Kallacahabalaba, who ufually made their rounds through thofe parts. To this little detachment the affrighted villagers defcribed the leader of the band. By their account Raggado did not appear formidable: they invefted the house in which he and his party were making merry, and prepared to attack them. 1 arms and their bucklers, that they might flee the fafter. Raggado's companions feeing them in diforder, followed hard after them; Thalahava rained hail upon them; Bazzaknar roasted all that fell in his way; Batteniltabour fneezed in the ears of fuch as came within his reach; even Ballayah fell upon them with his book. They dropped all down. half dead with fear, and were cut in pieces by the fabre of Raggado; fo that none remained to carry home news of their mishap. After this conqueft, the victorious general returned to enjoy the meed of the victory, in the arms of his fair miftrefs: but, in the time of the battle, he had made her escape. He called upon Guillarich, in a vio-lent paffion, faying, "Holla! wilt thou fuffer thy captain to be thus deprived of all the joy he has promifed himself? Find me this infidel woman. In the name of Mahomet, a mischief upon him who conceals her." Guillarich looked with as fharp an eye as he could.. "I cannot fee her, general: I fee, indeed, a crowd of women at three leagues diftance, fleeing with their children and baggage with all poffible expedition. But the bride is not of the party. Yet the walls of the town cannot hide her from me, for they were of wood, and befides are burnt down. must be under ground; and, in that cafe, it would be impoffible for me to fee her." The commander of the detachment fuddenly entered, and, with his fabre drawn, approached Battentilta-She bour, who, by fneczing, parried the blow. Raggado, ftunned with the noife, arofe, and ftood on his defence. With one blow of his fabre, he cleaved the boldeft of the affailants from head to heel. With a back ftroke he divided, through the middle, him who was advancing in the fecond place; the third had his fhoulder demolished; the fourth loft half an arm; the fifth had his head-Go, tell Battentiltabour to found a cut off; and the fixth laid down both his legs there. When Bigftaff's other foldiers beheld this fray, they threw down their VOL. XXVII. "Ah! lucklefs wight that I am!" cried Raggado: "it is hard to tonquer, yet not enjoy the fruits of victory. This is another trick which my bitch of a ftar has played me. A thousand bombs upon her.She difputes every fort of conqueft with me. My fortune is defperate. call, and let all fit down to table. The gado, fould neck! The little troop foon rejoined their hail completed their confufion and general, and, while they fympathifed deftruction. in his affliction, they fhared in his One man had, however contrived confolation. means to deliver his country from “Ah! dear Bilamich!" faid Rag- the dreadful fcourge which now what handfome legs thou ravaged it; and conceived that he have carried about thy and his countrymen might arm Never couldst thou have themfelves with flings, and, with borne a fofter burden. But we are ftones thrown from a diflance, overnow forced, like the dervife, to lead power the plunderers. Guillarich, a life of penitence; let us, at leaft, obferved this man trying his new keep it up till midnight, that it may invention. He faw him ready to be the more meritorious. Thou, acquaint his friends with the ufe and Batteniltabour, as I have great con-advantages of it: but, at the very fidence in thy abilities, I charge thee with the care of our repofe till funrife go take thy round at half a league's distance; beat eighty drums, and when thou perceiveft any impertinently curious perfons approach, found thy trumpet with a firm tone." moment when he opened his mouth to do fo, an arrow from Nadherta-` vil's bow pierced his throat, and ftopped the good advice by the way. General defpair prevailed through the country, and news were conveyed from all quarters to Kallacababalaba, by an hundred arrows: for it was Batteniltabour obeyed, while his in this mode that requests, comcomrades continued to divert them-plaints, or information of any kind, felves, and to drink away till they all were conveyed. funk under the table. The tyrant affembled his council. An aftrologer of great fkill in geomancy was his only counfellor. what condition we are reducednobody can comezo difturb us here; but nothing can avert the famine which threatens us. My arms have hitherto combated thofe robbers who infeft my country with fuccefs; but they are now more audacious than ever, and this, no doubt, in confequence of receiving an accellion of ftrength. At their head is a leader who has, alone, deftroyed feveral detachments of my foldiers, whom I had fent out to maintain peace and fecurity through the country, and to collect the taxes. In the reports and complaints is a great deal of the marvellous. Think of fome means, then, by which we may provide for our fecurity." It is not every day that weddings happen, at which fo good a meal can fo conveniently be found ready" You fee!" faid the tyrant, "to dreffed. On the day following, Raggado's troop made many plundering excurfions on different quarters, and with fo much the more confidence, becaufé under fuch a leader they flattered themfelves with the hope of impunity. But they were now obliged to dre's their victuals themfelves. They encamped every night under the tent, the fituation of which could not be known, as it was never pitched and fpread till after it was dark. By day they were frequently obliged to fht, in confequence of meeting with fmall detachments like that which had before prefamed to attack them; but all fuch detachments were always eually cut off. Thofe who efcaped the twor or fire were firuck motionless by the voice of Battenilta bour, the dreadful founds of which percing their ears, ftruck them with inconc.ivable horror. A flower of "This is what I have been employed upon for fome tinte," replied the fage.- "I have conftructed the borofcope of every one of our enemies.. Ordinary arms will not avail against fagacity, not to follow your advice implicitly." "I tell you before-hand (faid the aftrologer) that you will find thofe arms extraordinary." "No matter; they will be fo much the better against such an ene my; one miraculous expedient muft. be oppofed to another." Captain Raggado, in the mean time, continued to ravage the plain. Bigftaff, in concert with his fage counfellor, muffered the mall army he intended to lead out against the foe. The arms and military engines which they were to use, were fecretly collected, and made ready in the arfenals. When all were prepared, a body of three hundred men, all glittering in fteel, defcended in baf fortrefs, and fpread over the plain. "The enemy! the enemy!" cried Guilarich. against them. The endowments, of which they make fo bad an ufe, are all more or lefs magical; but in this art the defect is, that all its manœuvres may be defeated by the fighteft means which are directly oppofed to them. Thus, I fall approach Batteniltabour with cotton in my ears, which will fruftrate the power of his drum. I will fpit in Bazzaknar's mouth, and extinguifh his fire, Guillarich's talent becomes of little ufe when danger is clofe at hand; steel will blunt the arrow of Nadhertavil; Karaamek is a courier whofe courfe may easily be stopped; Thalahava's power depends upon a thread which may eafly be cut; Ballayah is a cowardly dervife, and can be of no fervice where there is no water to drink; Ilnafac and Bila-kets, moved by pullies, from the mich cannot be formidable, for they are merely a part of the baggage. But the chief enemy we have to combat is captain Raggado, a man who is ever the fport of the ftars,on whom they have wreaked all "Yes, general: the baskets are their malice, and whom they have emptied yonder, and out of them formed to do all the mifchief poffible, flue three hundred men, with a but never the leaft good. His mind leader to command them.-It is the is prompt and fertile in expedients, tyrant himself: I know him by his his foul manly and intrepid, and his ftature; he is taller than common. body of uncommon ftrength: but Ah! what a fingular cafque he wears his aims are always difappointed by on his head! It is neither more nor the extravagance of his own fury; lefs than a great kettle.-His buckler he wields a magic fabre, the edge of is five inches thick his looks are which not even a diamond could keen and piercing as fire.---General! refift; were you to oppofe to it your thall I pitch Nadhertavil's pike bebrazen mace, it would be broken in fore him, that he may falute this a thousand pieces, and you difarmed. formidable enemy in the left eye His common way is to fend chal-with a complimentary arrow?" lenges: but he has already been "Pold foldier you! (said Ragga. informed, that you would accept no do) look out; but keep your challenge, unless on terms difigree-advices to yourfel. My enemy is able to him. However, fir, if you in the plain then, and armed against will please to arm your foldiers as I my attacks, in a ridiculous defentive fhall propofe, I dare venture to pro-armour-Come, Batteniltabour, mife you fuccefs against him and his call every one to order, and let us whole troop." march out against our enemy." "Is he dropping from his minarets?" faid Raggado. "Come to my arfenal (faid Big- The two armies foon met; Rag.. faff), and chufe out what arins yougado took the centre between Batpleafe, for my foldiers and myself to teniltabour and Bazzaknar, Balput on. I confide too much in your layah and Guillarich were on the Kk 2 right right wing; Karaamek, and Nadhertavil occupied the left; Bilamich and Ilnafac brought up the rear guard; Thalahava rode upon a ftorm in the air, in order to pour it upon the enemy. apothecaries and barbers? Dare but to lift against me that mace, than which the fpit on which thy meat is roafted would better become thee, and be a more fuitable accompaniment to thy cafque and buckler." "Raggado, (replied Bigstaff) thy words are like thy conduct. I come not out againft a warrior, but against a butcher. And, if it becomes me to act always nobly, it will equally become thee to perifh ignobly. Though Bigftaff, on his fide, drew up his army in a line three men deep. In the foremost rank were foldiers who wore white armour; each man in the fecond rank carried a fyringe; thofe in the third bore each a pair of fciffars; they wore all well-tem-thou dareft me to give the first blow, pered defenfive armour. Raggado faw this triple line drawn. out before him, and, confident in his own force, marched boldly out, as he fuppofed, to certain victory. He advanced himself ten paces before his trcop, as if by way of defying his enemy to fingle combat. Bigftaff advanced to meet him; the armies ftood still in fufpenfe, and Raggado ordered Batteniltabour to found a charge. Only this order was properly executed; for unforeseen events difconcerted all the reft of Raggado's projects, and fruftrated all his efforts. come on thyself, if thou canft." "By Mahomet! I fhall," faid Raggado,—and, as he spoke, let fall a blow, which founded like thunder upon the pot on his enemy's head. But when his fabre touched the pot, inftead of penetrating, it rebounded from it with fuch force as to shake the vigorous arm that wielded it. Raggado, aftonished at this unex, pected resistance, attempted to part by one blow the arm and buckler of his antagonist; but the blade of his fcimitar was broken in pieces — Inftead of ftriking on iron as he had fuppofed it, his magic fabre had been broken upon a pumpion and a mouldy cheese. No fooner did Raggado meet his opponent, and oppote buckler to buckler, than he thought to dif- "Two thoufand fquadrons!" cried charge on Bigstaff's head one of thofe Raggado, moving four fteps backdecifive blows by which he had fowards." Hola! Bazzaknar! Set often fignalifed the ftrength of his this heap in a blaze, raise an inferarm, and the temper of his fabre. nal fire." -But, before he would ftrike, he thus addreffed him over whom he thought himself fure of triumphing Bigftaff! (faid he) tyrant of fcullions! art thou not ashamed of prefuming to appear in the field of battle with a kettle on thy bead? Thinkeft thou that thy kitchen battery can fave thee from falling under my ara? Or does my evil ftar fend thee against me in this ludicrous guife that I may gain no honour from the victory but the ridiculous one of having triumphed over the prince of cooks? Muft Raggado's brave foldiers fight with Bazzaknar was about to obey, when an hundred fyringes, directed against his mouth, poured into it a deluge of water, fo that only a thick smoke was emitted. The general, thus fruftrated in his hope from thishand, called Thalahava to his aid, who was hovering over the army, with his magazine of thunder and hail ready. But now all the fciffars in the third rank of Bigftaff's army were held up in the air, and employed to cut the invisible threads, fo that they directed the ftorm upon the hoftile army of Raggado. The captain thought now, that, by calling in his third refource, he might yet |