lady to accompany him to his houfe, | caftle built here by William the where he introduced her to her bufband, inftantly leaving them alone that they might feel no restraint. Conqueror's eldeft fon Robert, to defend the country against the Scots, whofe kings had this town in their poffeflion before the Norman conqueft, and fometimes refided here. Soon after the building of the castle, feveral monafteries and hofpitals were built here, and it was greatly enlarged, and enriched by a confi Great was the furprise and confufion of fir George at this unexpected interview with his amiable but much injured lady, who fmiled upon him with ineffable fweetness, the tear gliftening in her eye. Struck with a fenfe of her loveliness and good-derable trade on the coafts of Gernefs, a conviction of his own errors, and thame for his paft mifconduct, he threw himself on his knees before her, entreating her forgivenef. "Best and most amiable of women! (exclaimed he) thy virtue overpowers me, and renders vice most abhorred. Admit me again to enjoy the happiness I fo foolishly neglected and abandoned. No more will I wander from fo much beauty and goodnefs; and to you, while I live, Thall my life-" many, and by the fale of its coa! to different parts of England; for which and for other merchandise, it is become the great emporium of the north parts of England, and of a great part of Scotland, and is the Sineft and largest town of the north, next to York. In the reign of Edward I. a very rich burgher, being carried off by the Scots, ranfomed himself for a round fum of money, and began the first fortifications of this place, which the townfmen finiflied and encompaffed with ftrong walls, which have leven gates, and a great number of turrets: but they would be but a weak defence, in cafe of a fiege, for want of outworks. It is a borough at least as ancient as Language is inadequate to exprefs the feelings of the reconciled pair. Sir George called in Mr. Harbord to witness the fuccefs of his scheme, and fhare in the general joy; and fincere and heartfelt was the pleafure of that worthy man in having thus fucking Richard II. who granted that a - ceeded in his attempt to reclaim his fword fhould be carried before the friend from the paths of error, and mayor; and king Henry VI. made reftore him again to domeftic felicity it a town and county incorporate of and real enjoyment. itfelf, independent of Northumberland. It is at prefent governed by a mayor, nineteen aldermen, a recorder, a fheriff, a town clerk, a PESCRIPTION of the Town of clerk of the chamber, two coroners, NEW CASTLE-UPON-TYNE. (With a View elegantly engraved.) and other officers. This town may be faid to be fituate ed both in the county of Northumberland and the bishopric of DurTEWCASTLE is a very ancient ham; but that part of it which is in town, exceedingly large and the latter, called Gateside, is rather a populous, and is called Newcastle- fuburb to the town than part of it. upon-Tyne, to diftinguish it from They are both joined together by a Newcastle-under-Line, in Stafford-bridge of nine arches, as large at NE leaft as thofe of London-bridge; and which fupports a street of houfes as that formerly did. The fituation of this town is very uneven and unpleafant, efpecially that that part which is most confiderable for business, and which lies upon the river: for it is built upon the declivity of a steep hill; which renders it very unfafe to ride down on horfeback. The houfes are clofe, and built mostly of stone; though fome are of timber, the rest of brick. The upper or north part of the town, where the politer part of the inhabitants live, is much more pleasant than that next the river, and has three streets, which are level, wellbuilt, and fpacions. Pilgrim-ftreet, which is the principal, has fine houfes and gardens. Upon the bridge is a Jarge iron gate, which is the extent of the liberty of the town: the arms of the bishop of Durham are carved on the caft fide, and the arms of the town of Newcafle on the weft. This gate was of great fervice fome years ago by ftopping a terrible fire, which otherwife might have confumed the houfes on the bridge, as it did thofe beyond it. The exchange is a noble and magnificent building, and the wall of the town runs parallel with it from the river, having a fpacious piece of ground before it, between the water and the wall; which being well wharfed up, and faced with freeftone, makes the longeft and largest quay for landing and lading goods that is to be feen in England, except that at Yarmouth, in Norfolk; it being much longer than that at Brifiol. Ships of any moderate burden lay their broadfides to this quay; but the colliers generally take in their lading below, between the town, or at Shields, the coals being carried down to them in lighters, called keels, and the men that are employed in them are called keelmen. They are very numerous, and have built a large hofpital by contribution among themfelves, for the maintenance of the poor of their fraternity; a charity which, had it not met with difcouragement, might have been a noble provifion for the poor of fo numerous a fet of people. The mayor has a house here to refide in during his mayoralty, with all neceffary offices and attendants, at the town's expenfe, with an annual allowance of fix hundred pounds. Here is likewife a hall for the furgeons to meet in, who have fome anatomical rarities. A library, confifting of upwards of fix thousand valuable books, was given to this corporation, in the year 1714, by Dr. Robert Thomlin, rector of Wickham, in the county of Durham, and prebendary of St. Paul's: he also fettled a rent-charge of five pounds a year, for ever, for buying new ones. And fir Walter Blacket, baronet, late one of their reprefentatives in parliament, has built a handfome repofitory for the reception of thofe books, and fettled a rent-charge of twenty-five pounds a year, for ever, for a librarian. It adjoins to St. Nicholas' church. The town is defended by an exceedingly ftrong wall. The caftle overlooks the whole town, but is now old and ruinous. The haven is fo fecure that ships are in no danger from storms, when they have paffed Tinmouth bar and are within it. Befides the coal, glass, and falt trade, which fo greatly enriches this town, there are a number of merchants in it who trade to Hamburgh, Holland, Norway, and the Baltic. Travellers, when they arrive here, generally expect to find falmon in great plenty and cheap, and are not a little furprised to find it rather fcarce. What is ufually called Newcaftle falmon is taken as far off as the Tweed, about fifty miles farther, and is brought, by land, on horses, to Shields, where it is pickled, cured, and fent to London, and other parts of the kingdom; fo that it ought properly to be called Berwick falmon. 1 There are four parochial churches in Newcastle, St. Nicholas' church is the principal one. It stands on any more bread, till the fum was the top of a high hill, and was built paid.-The cries of his wretched by David king of Scotland. It is a babes, almost expiring for want, and very large and handfome ftructure, the tears of an affectionate wife, with a fine steeple which terminates pierced him with unutterable anin an uncommon manner. The guifh. "Deareft husband, (faid the four corner pinnacles are, in reality, distracted mother) fhall we fuffer four octagon turrets; and between thefe miferable infants to perith? them, on the fides, are four smaller Have we given them birth only to of like conftruction. Two arches behold them die of hunger? See fpring from oppofite, corners of the thefe poor victims, the fruits of our tower, and upon the crown of them love, their cheeks already covered both (where they crofs each other) with the palenefs of death! For me rifes a fquare open turret, with a-I expire with grief and mifery. fmall fpire and vane, as all the other Alas! could I but yet preferve their turrets alfo have. There is a great lives at the expenfe of my own-Run defcent from it, and a stream of water-fly to the next town-fpeak our runs down from a noble conduit, diftreffes-let not a falfe flame conwhich stands far up the town, and is ceal them!-Every moment you lofe of great ufe to the inhabitants. There is a dagger to your dying family. are, likewise, several chapels as large Perhaps Heaven may yet be touched as churches; befides meeting-houses, by our miferies-you may find some and feveral well-endowed charity-good heart who may yet relieve us." schools. The Firth, fituated on the weft, without the walls, was formerly a bowling-green, but now ufed as a place for ladies and gentlemen to walk in. Near it is the public infirmary, a large handsome building. In another part of the town is a new hofpital for lunatics called St. Luke's Hofpital; and in the fuburb called Sandgate, is a handfome chapel, with a fpire fteeple erected not many years ago. Newcastle is fixty-five miles from Berwick, and two hundred and feventy-fix from London. THE GENEROUS PEDLAR; [From A A TRUE STORY. The unhappy father, covered with rags, and more refembling a fpectre than a man, haftened to the town. He entreated, he folicited, he defcribed his wretched fituation, with that affecting eloquence which the bitterness of anguish muft infpire. In vain he implored compaffion.Not one would hear him.-Not one would affift him. Rendered defperate by fuch unexpected cruelty, he entered into a wood, determined to attack the firft paflenger. Dire neceffity now appeared a law, and an opportunity foon occurred.— A pedlar paffing by, he ftopped him, The pedlar made not the leaft refift, ance, but gave up his purfe, contain " Anecdotes, &c. by Mr. ing twenty crowns.-No fooner had Addifen."] Ninhabitant of a village, in the circle of Suabia, was reduced to the most extreme poverty. For fome days his family had fubfifted only on a little oatmeal; and this being exhaufted, their mifery was extreme. A baker, to whom the father owed nine crowns, refuted, with unrelenting cruelty, to fupply them with the unfortunate man committed this robbery, than he felt the horrors of remorfe, and returning to the pedlar, he threw himself, all in tears, at his feet. "Take back your money (faid he): - believe how much it has coft me before I could be refolved to commit this crime. My heart has been unused to guilt.--Come, I befeech you, to my cottage. You will there fee the only motives that could |