to rot; the king's doctor cut off the tip on the days of new and full moon, and I climbed to the top of an old pagoof his nose, ears, lips, tongue, and fingers, the days of the moon's quartering, so that da, by several flights of narrow ruinous which, with some of his blood, is to form there are four in each lunar month. stairs. The two lower stories have a a compound in some medicine of wonderful September 28. In the morning, accord-flight in each angle, arched over and efficacy in insuring longevity and prosperi- ing to appointment, Mr. Keys waited on steep. The first, about a yard broad, and, ty to those who are so happy as to obtain the enga's whoon, who received him with in height, from the steps to the top of the a portion of it from his majesty's bounty. particular attention, seated him on a arch, about five feet, ending in a small This is one of the palace nostrums, of couch-bed beside him, and had prepared turret placed over the angle, and from which there are many others equally a collation for him. Baha Shein Atto- the door of which only they receive light. mystic in the preparation, and wonderful whoon, of Hunzawuddy, and some other The height of the whole of the first flight in the operation; these his majesty occa- persons of middling rank were present, and story is about forty feet; the height sionally dispenses to the credulous multi- and seated on carpets on the floor: the of the second nearly the same, but the tude. The fall of a rich man proves a conversation first turned on alchymy; the arch lower, and passages narrower; the source of revenue beyond the amount of enga's whoon said that many Burmhans rest of the steps are on the outside, leadhis immediate assets. His books are had ruined themselves by such pursuits ing to the top of three other stories, from carefully examined, and all whose names without being a sufficient warning to whence the dome rises. The first two are there entered, whether the account others, as they still remained impressed stories are surrounded by a Gothic archhas been settled or not, are sued for the with a belief, that if they could find a cer- ed gallery, along which are arranged varifull amount of the entry, and are obliged to tain root they should succeed; but this root ous images of their deities. The building pay the demaud, without daring to demur was not to be found, and many lives had itself is quadrangular, each face fronting or question the legality of the action; and been lost in searching for it. Niebuhr, the four cardinal points of the compass, names are often inserted on the occasion,' think, mentions a similar opinion prevail- with a projecting portico, and correspondIt is part of the Burmhan policy ing in Arabia, where he met with some mi- ing niches within, wherein is placed on a to give young ladies of the court in serable adepts, who described a plant that throne, or altar, a colossal gilt figure of The principal figure seems marriage to the heirs of the most pow-grows on the mountains of Yemen, and Godoma. erful subjects, with a view to secure tinges the teeth of animals feeding on it uniformly to be placed to the east, where their fidelity or report their defection yellow, as a species of the plant, the desi- there is the greatest projection for the deratum of alchymists: and, I apprehend, shelter of those who come to pay their or mal-practices. For this purpose, the modern rage for alchymy amongst the devotions. the queen mother, the queens, and prin- Burmhans has been introduced by the cesses take the courtiers under their Mahomedans itinerant or settled amongst protection, and educate them in their them, who have also impressed them with respective palaces; a plan which the a belief of the sovereign efficacy of conparents readily agree to, as affording a fections, of rubies, the precious metals, certain provision for their daughters. and others, the farrago of nostrums which Alchymy is a favourite study at the have so long been a fruitful source of profit to the empires of the western world. Burmban court. The mayhoon, who, do not, by this, mean to ascribe to the as well as most of the royal family, is Arabians the invention of these follies, -fond of this study, sent to Captain but the renewal of them; as we have inCox for some quicksilver, which was dubitable proofs of their having been given to him by Mr. Keys:practised in the east from the earliest periods of time, and the Burmhans themselves boast of ancient books amongst them which treat of the science of transmutations. As a proof of this assertion, it may be sufficient to quote the Shanscrit Ashlogue, translated by Mr. Halhed, in his preface to the Code, or Digest, of Hindoo Laws: His excellency produced a mixture of drugs, which he had been preparing, which was to make people invulnerable; and when perfected, a little held in the hand, would make a person's countenance resplendent with glory, and enable him to fly; and, in spite of all Mr. Keys' arguments, persisted in believing that the transmutation of metals was known in Europe. Mr. Keys told him, that he hoped his excellency would let him into the secret when he had acquired it; which pro-tals of the mountains. duced another general laugh, and his excellency was so much pleased that he told him, that in case I left the country, if he would stay with them, he would do every thing in his power to make the Burmhan dominions agreeable to him: detailing many sensual temptations, which make the sum of a Burmhan's happiness. Previous to his going to the mew whoon, Mr. Keys had called on the enga's whoon, and had been equally successful in conciliating his good will; he gave him some vulnerary balsam, salves, and lint, and shewed him "From the insatiable desire of riches I have digged beneath the earth, I have sought by chemistry to transmute the me From the top of this pagoda, I commanded a full view of the remains of the city and adjacent country, which, as far as the eye can reach on the eastern side of the river, is rugged downs; sterile, uncultivated, and covered with scrubby bushes, &c. To the south-east, about three miles inland, a ruggid ridge of hills rise abruptly from the common level of the country, and extend about five or six miles north and south. The ruins of the pagodas extend about four or five miles along the banks of the river, and inland, about one mile and a half. I counted to the south of me fifty; and to the northward there might be seventy more, distinguishable, of various forms and sizes; but numberless others have sunk into indistinguishable masses of rubbish, overgrown with weeds; and the plain is every where covered with fragments of their materials, Immediately above the bank, where my boat lay, is a part of the wall of the western curtain of the fort; and, about a quarter of a mile to the eastward, parallel to it, I passed through a breach in the eastern curtain, and think I saw the north angle bastion, about seven hundred yards from me. It is probable, therefore, that the fort was not larger than the present one at Amarapooral; or they may have fixed dimensions for their imperial forts. The wall is composed of small bricks and mud, about Captain Cox experienced the utmost fourteen cubits thick, and has the redifficulty in getting his business trans-mains of a dry fosse without. I sketched acted at the Burmhan court; at length the figure of one of the most perfect and he determined to take his leave. On the largest I saw. My view is of the "I have traversed the queen of the oceans, I have toiled incessant for the gratification of monarchs. "I have renounced the world, to give up my whole heart to the study of incantations; I have passed whole nights on places where the dead are burnt. "I have not gained one cowry ;-begone, O avarice! thy business is over.' how to use them; and pleased the old his return, he passed the new city of west front, which measures, at the base, man so much that he made him promise to pass the next Burmhan Sunday at his house, as he should then be at leisure to hear him all day. The Burmhan Sunday, or day dedicated to rest and prayer, falls Gucayne, and afterwards stopped at about one hundred and eighty-three feet; and, as nearly as I can judge by my eye,is about two hundred feet in height. Its interior is similar to one I have described, but in better preservation. It is built of bricks of two dimensions; the largest, which are used in the body of the building, are seventeen inches long, eight and a half broad, and three and a half thick. The least are fourteen and a half long, seven and five-eighths broad, and one and a half thick. They are well burnt, and joined together with great skill and nicety. Their surface and edges being ground, perfectly correspond, and lie so close as that not the least cement can be seen between them; if any was used, it must have been a very fine gluten. As far as relates to the exterior surface of the body of the building, the masonry is the best I have ever seen, but I doubt much whether this holds good throughout; perhaps it is only observed in the cannon revetments. The whole building has been plaistered over in the usual manner, and it is where this plaister has scaled off, that the workmanship is to be observed. A little further to the eastward, without the walls of the fort, is another, about the size of the one I sketched, but somewhat different in form. It has been repaired and beautified by the present Prince of Pagaan, and is deserving of more attention than any time or circumstances would permit me to bestow on it. It is also quadrangular, but its porticoes project further, and the spire is loftier, and it has two vaulted galleries surrounding it, in the walls of which are numerous deities. In the four principal centreniches, filled with various images of their niches, are four erect colossal gilt images of Godoma, about twenty-five feet in height, standing on the lotos flower. It is remarkable that these have all crisped hair! the poonghees deny that they have any affinity with Caffres, but say that, when Godoma assumed the religious ha linquished the game, while the astonished Abbé was lost in admiration.' depth seventeen feet, height thirty-five or forty feet. The partition wall between the two galleries, and the outer wall also, Benevolent Gamesters.-A very rehad several small arches for the passage of spectable gentleman, who had an averair and light at different heights. To get sion to cards, but did not wish to seem unto the second story, it was necessary to fashionable in a family where he often vicreep along a cornice, about fourteen feet sited, and where public days for play were above the pavement, and only sixteen set apart, found himself under the neces inches broad, a risk which neither our de-sity of playing deep. It was his good votion or curiosity could tempt us to en- fortune, however, generally to be successcounter. I have only to add, that the ful. After some years of intimacy, the avenues to the inner cloister, had great master of this family took him aside one folding grated gates; but the only pre-day, and imparted to him the melancholy cautions used, are seemingly intended to secret, that his affairs were in a most emkeep out cattle. We were permitted to barrassed state. The gentleman expressed traverse and examine every thing without his concern at his friend's distress, and enmolestation; a few persons, who, I sup-treated him not to despair. pose, were slaves to the pagoda, attending 'On his return home, he opened a prius out of curiosity. However, to recon-vate drawer in his bureau, in which he cile them to our measuring, &c., I told had nightly deposited his winnings at the them we had nothing of the kind in our card tables in his friend's house; and the country; and if I was not particular in next day, insisted on refunding the sum writing down the length, breadth, &c. this inconsiderate man and his family had the people there would not believe that lost. It was sufficient to save his friend there was such a building in the world. from instant imprisonment, and to give a In the two galleries of the lower story, I turn to his affairs; but he restored it only think there are at least two thousand on condition that they should never play images in the niches, of stone and wood at cards again. guilt, the carving tolerable; and in little 'The late General Scott, so celebrated compartments on the outside of the sur- for his success in gaming, was one evenbase, were figures in relief, of green var-ing playing very deep with the Count nished pottery, and also on the frieze of D'Artois and the Duke de Chartres, at the cornice.' Paris, when a petition was brought up from the widow of a French officer, stateach put in one, two, or three louis d'ors; ing her various misfortunes, and praying relief; a plate was handed round, and but when it was held to the general, who was going to throw for a stake of five hundred louis d'ors, he said, " Stop a moment, if you please, sir, here goes for the widow?" The throw was successful; and he instantly swept the whole into the With this extract we close as origius. While it presents a singular picnal a work as any that has come before ture of oriental manners, it furnishes much important information for the guidance of future embassies to the Burmban empire. THE PERCY ANECDOTES. bit, he cut off his hair with his sword, TAE twenty-first part of this popular Plate, and sent it down to her. leaving it rugged or furrowed, and the features of a genuine Burmhan have a good deal of the Caffre cast. These principal niches form a kind of sanctum sanctorum, and are railed off, so as to prevent the too near approach of the multitude. Over each figure is suspended a chattre of dominion. In the vestibule of the western front, is a large stone, with the prints of the feet of Godoma. These are only representations of those sacred impressions which he has left in various parts of the earth, particularly in the Burmban dominions. The following are the rough di'mensions which I took of the building, to form a ground-plan from. The outer wall of the portico fourteen feet thick, breadth of the passage ten feet. Portico or vesticule, length forty feet, breadth twenty-one, heighth thirty-five, passage of ditto to first cloister or gallery, fourteen feet in length, breadth ten feet. First gallery, greatest length one hundred and forty-three feet, breadth eighty-six, passage thence to the inner gallery fourteen feet, breadth ten feet; inner gallery, greatest length one hundred and one feet ten inches, breadth eight feet six inches: Niche for the idol, breadth twenty feet, work is devoted to Anecdotes of Beneficence, and contains numerous instances of the exercise of this godlike virtue. It is very appropriately dedicated to Mrs. Fry, who is termed the female Howard of her times.' An eledotal memoir of this distinguished lady, gant portrait, and an interesting anecare given in the part. The following are extracts :— 'Delicate Generosity.-A French Abbé, celebrated for his wit as well as his political knowledge, was much embarrassed for the sum of five hundred louis d'ors. The Abbé was high-minded, and being constantly at Versailles, he carefully avoided every thing that might lead to the discovery of his embarrassment. Some person, however, whispered the secret to the Queen, the beautiful but unfortunate Marie Antoinette. On the same evening, her Majesty meeting the Abbé at the Duchesse de Polignac's, engaged him in a party at tric-trac, her favourite game, in which she contrived in a short time to lose the sum which her partner wanted; then, smilingly she rose from the table, and re Many years since, a Mr. Bradshaw had won about 2001. at a gaming table. A gentleman standing behind him, exclaimed, "How happy should I be with that sum!" Bradshaw, without looking at him, handed the purse of money over his shoulder. The stranger took it, fitted himself out for India, and in a few years to England he waited on Mr. B., to whom acquired a large fortune. On his return he made himself known, and offered restitution. Mr. B. however, declined accepting it; but he soon afterwards received from the gentleman a present of much greater value. A similar incident to the preceding is related of the Constable de Montmorency. He was at an assembly at Montpelier, where there was very high play at Basset. A poor gentleman who was behind, and saw the constable put three thousand pistoles upon a card, said softly to one who was near him, "Oh, what a sum! it would make me easy for life!" It happened that the constable won; when, turning quick upon the gentleman who spoke, he said, "Sir, I made that stake for you;" and gave him the six thousand pis toles.' Kosciusko.-The hero of Poland once wished to send some bottles of good wine to a clergyman at Solothurn; and as he hesitated to trust them by his servant, lest he should smuggle a part, he gave the commission to a young man of the name of Zeltner, and desired him to take the horse which he himself usually rode. On his return, young Zeltner said that he never would ride his horse again, unless he gave him his purse at the same time. Kosciusko inquiring what he meant, he answered, "As soon as a poor man on the road takes off his hat and asks charity, the horse immediately stands still, and will not stir till something is given to the petitioner; and as I had no money about me, I was obliged to feign giving something, in order to satisfy the horse."" | shaken, therefore, in his resolution, and in "What How to Spend a Saturday Evening.The late Mr. James Bundy, of Bristol, who, from humble poverty, raised himself to circumstances of great affluence, was 'Farinelli. The celebrated Italian in the regular habit, on Saturday evenings, singer, Farinelli, who was a great favour of visiting the markets; not as an idle obite with Philip the Fifth of Spain, going server, but to do good to the poor. If he one day to the King's closet, to which he beheld a poor person at a butcher's stall had at all times access, heard an officer of inquiring the price of a piece of meat, and the guard curse him, and say to another then turning away for want of more money; that was in waiting, "Honours can be he would call him back, saying, heaped on such scoundrels as these, while can you afford to give?" On being told a poor soldier like myself, after thirty years' how much, he would produce the addiservice, remains unnoticed." Farinelli, tional sum, and enable the poor man to without seeming to hear the reproach, make the purchase. He would then go complained to the King that he had neg- in quest of other persons of the same delected an old servant, and procured a re-scription, and assist them in like manner. giment for the person who had spoken so It was thus Mr. Bundy spent his Saturday harshly of him in the anti-chamber. On evenings, relieving promiscuously the quitting his Majesty, Farinelli gave the wants of the poor, who, in return for his commission to the officer, telling him humanity and benevolence, offered up that he heard him complain of having prayers and poured blessings upon him. served thirty years; but added, "You After he had gone round distributing his did wrong to accuse the King of neglect- bounty, he would then purchase pieces of ing to reward your zeal." meat for his own poor, or those indigent families whom he visited at their own homes. When he had finished this work of charity and labour of love, he would return home with a glad heart, and recount the blessings he enjoyed above others.' Prince Leopold of Brunswick.-In the year 1785, Prince Leopold of Brunswick, son of the reigning duke, lost his life in endeavouring to relieve the inhabitants of a village that was overflowed by the Oder, which had burst its banks in several places, and carried away houses, bridges, read it to Mr. Percy some years ago; and he (as we both considered these things as trifles at best,) told me, with his usual good humour, the next time I saw him, that he had taken my plan to form the fragments of Shakespeare into a ballad of his own.' The delica cy of the doctor in not charging his friend with a plagiarism, and the rest of the letter, are well worthy of the imitation and the perusal of your correspondent. I will take this opportunity, too, of refuting another accusation of a newer but not less idle kind. A correspondent in your last, who signs himself MODESTUS, first asserts that Mr. Leigh Hunt is the author of a paper on the Fine Arts, which appeared in the London Magazine for July, and then charges him with the gross vanity of article in a late Examiner. Now, bewriting a laudatory critique on that sides the internal evidence that the original article is not from Mr. Hunt's pen, (for it bears no marks of his peculiar style, and, though it is certainly a very clever paper, is not quite so good as any of the worst productions of his versatile mind,) it is very well known to be from the hand of a Mr. Wainwright, a very young and promising writer, who will, I hope, prove himself all that may be wished, when time and a severer taste have corrected some errors.. But your correspondent, in his hurry to catch Mr. Hunt tripping, has not mentioned the very essence, marrow, and best intention of the article in question; namely, the generous offer of 101. in favour of a subscription for and every thing that opposed its progress. Original Communications. a very worthy artist: now this is un This amiable prince was standing by the side of the river, when a woman threw herself at his feet, beseeching him to give orders to some persons to go and rescue her children, whom, bewildered by the sudden danger, she left behind in the house. Some soldiers who were in the same place, were also calling out for help. The prince endeavoured to procure a flat-bottomed boat, but none could be found to venture across the river, although he of fered large sums of money, and promised to share the danger. At last, moved by the cries of the unfortunate inhabitants of the suburbs, and being led by the sensibility of his disposition, he took the resoJution of going to their assistance himself. Those who were about him, endeavoured VINDICATION OF DR. GOLDSMITH fair, to say no more of it. It gives me pleasure, therefore, to be able to turn AND MR. LEIGH HUNT. away the brand of disgrace from the To the Editor of the Literary Chronicle. forehead of Mr. Hunt, and, at the MR. EDITOR, A correspondent of same time, to drop on the head that your's, two numbers back, charges deserves it, the crown of approbation. Goldsmith with having borrowed his Mr. H., with all his literary faults, is, 'Hermit' from Dr. Percy's 'Friar of Or-I am glad to say, as incapable of the ders Grey;' if he had consulted the act charged against him, from intellecletter to the printer of the St. James's tual honesty and uprightness, as he is, Chronicle, written by Goldsmith, I am sorry to add, incapable of doing which usually precedes the first-men- the liberal thing unnoticed, from the tioned ballad, he would then have superior calls of a large family, and the found the charge reversed; but I will deprivations which long illness and an quote the doctor's own words: Ano- inability to use his pen were likely to ther correspondent of your's accuses produce. to dissuade him from the hazardous enme of having taken a ballad I publishterprise; but, touched to the soul by the ed some time ago, from one by the indistress of these miserable people, he nobly replied, "What am I more than either genious Mr. Percy. I do not think you or they? I am a man like your-there is any great resemblance between selves, and nothing ought to be attended the two pieces in question. If there be to here, but the voice of humanity," Un- any, his ballad is taken from mine. I It would be as well for both your correspondents not to be in so great a hurry, in future, to charge either a dead or a living author with a gross frterary sin. Wishing Modestus more charity, 1 to all possible cases of the human sys- L. Him and Hall you beeing With be- Layneham, Wilis, July 20, 1821. and hall the housen. Biography. AN ELEGANT EPISTLÈ. To the Editor of the Literary Chronicle. MRS. INCHBALD. SIR,-No doubt but many of your It is very rarely that the lives of inreaders recollect Sarah Hartop's love dividuals who devote themselves to li letter to her sweetheart, which was ver- terature, present that variety of incisified by Jack Ellis, the money-scri- dent which give interest to biography; vener, and a copy of which has been to those who wish to trace the progress preserved in Southey's Specimens of of the human mind, they, indeed, fur- • the later English Poets. The follow-nish abundant scope for reflection. It ing elegant billet-doux, the original of is not, however, merely so with the which is in my possession, may form a subject of the present memoir; for alfit companion to that of Sarah Hartop; though, as a female and an author, she I need scarcely add, that it is unique stood in the very first rank, yet her hisin its kind, and I beg leave to recom- tory is not only highly interesting, but mend its genuine simplicity to all who in no small degree romantic. are engaged in amatory correspondence. I am, &c. HAPPINESS is the goal of each man's progress through life, the boundary which terminates all exertions, fatigues, and undertakings, the certain something which is to compensate for all anxieties; and yet it is that, which few, if any, are satisfied with the possession of. To define what true happiness is would be an Herculean labour. How varied are the ideas which different persons form of this much-desired treasure! and how diversified are the roads which, in their several opinions, lead to it. As on all other subjects of disputation, so it is particularly observable in this case, that the supporters of each side of the question manfully uphold their own peculiar views of happiness, and pursue them with determined vigour. Seldom is reflection suffered to occupy a place in forming this resolution, which is invariably founded on those principles which have predominated in their education, produced their early DEAR SALLY,-I have the pleasure habits, or created in their imaginations, of Writghting to you to let you now susceptible of any impressions, a certain that I did not like fiary will, your goin character, or personification, of what is to Charles Stelleys Sunday Jan. 12th familiarly termed HAPPINESS. This, per- with my Sister Elizabeth-I didint haps, may account for so much disap- like your comming a way Thout Her pointment to many, when they have real-With Morgan Stelley. I didint like ized their utmost hopes, and have ac- your goking Bote the Gether up and tually grasped the object which they down the Leanes Thursday the 14th had marked out as the climax of their I hated woorst then all he goin dowers wishes. Did men but examine before With you and Promised you that he they proceed; would they but look yauld go whom With you by Case She more into their own dispositions, than Promised me yt He yould give you up Having lost her father in her infancy, to what they erroneously think will suit tome if I yould Treat him with a gal- she was left under the care of her them, there might, perhaps, be less dis-lon of stroung Bear and I told him yt mother, who continued to occupy the satisfactiou. But men in general do I yould not, Thearefore he gets long farm, and brought up the children so mistake themselves; they so little with you gest to Terrify Ir-and I can with strict attention to their morals. understand their own disease of wants cares forbare byding way from your During her many solitary hours, Miss and desires, that they, of course, ap-house. I Must by Case if I wast to Simpson applied herself sedulously to ply an improper remedy, and thereby come and yould not be in my compa- books, and, anxious to become açrender abortive their attempts at any, it yould make me the wast than quainted with the world of which she cure. The existence of a definite ever, and nif you wast to be in my read so much, she formed the romantic good, denominated happiness, adapted company, it yould please my fiary resolution of visiting the metropolis; Always anxious to correct any error into will; But not be in my company, and but finding her intention did not meet which we may either have fallen ourselves or then be long with Mogin Stelley-with the approbation of her friends, she been led by our correspondents, we give ready heaxt time you see him Thearefore you seized an opportunity, early one mornhad neither seen the Examiner,' nor read the send a Letter Nif you please as soon as ing, in February, 1772, of eloping article in the magazine, but inserted the letter you please. from her family. She had previously of Modestus' on the faith of his accuracy, as packed up a few necessary articles in a we believe him to be very incapable of intenthese she rap tionally accusing any man wrongfully, or of band-box, and with withholding honour to whom honour is due. about two miles across some fields, and there waited with impatience for insertion to this letter. We confess that we -ED. Wheother you Yould be in my company or not, nif you yould be in my company and not hissen, I will freely forgive you Hall you Hafe been with Elizabeth Inchbald was the daughter of Mr. Simpson, a respectable farmer at Staningfield, an obscure village about five miles from Bury St. Edmund's. She was born in the year 1756, and at an early age was remarkable for the beauty of her person and her fondness for reading; to this she was the more inclined, as she unfortunately had such an impediment in her speech, that she was scarcely intelligible to those who were not acquainted with her, and, therefore, she went very little into company. the stage that was to convey her to London. This first important step in her life, will doubtless by many be reckoned a rash and imprudent one. But the common rules of custom and prudence are not the ordinary standard by which minds bent on adventure and experiment are regulated. The difficulties to be encountered form an apology in the breast of the adventurer, and if success attend the experiment, it is followed with admiration. counter. At two o'clock in the morn- struck with her beauty, gave her an ing, she found herself at Holborn immediate engagement without trial. Bridge, and seeing the stage set off for He became also her instructor, and in York, which she understood was full, him she imagined she had found a she entered the inn, pretended that she friend, but she soon discovered the nawas a disappointed passenger, and so- ture of his friendship. Indignant at licited a lodging. Here she remained the dishonourable proposals which he for the night, and next day was told that dared to make to her, she hastened the York stage would set off again in to Mr. Inchbald, whose kindness had the evening. This intelligence having inspired her with confidence, and inbeen delivered with an air of suspicion, formed him of every circumstance. which was extremely mortifying, she Afflicted by her sorrow, this gentleman immediately took out all the money endeavoured to soothe it, and recomMiss Simpson was at this time about she had, to the last half-crown, and ab-mended marriage as her only protecsixteen years of age, and remarkable solutely paid for a journey she did not tion. But who would marry me?' for the beauty of her features and the intend to take. The landlady, now sa- cried she. I would, replied Mr. elegance of her figure. On her arrival tisfied, invited her to breakfast, but this Inchbald with warmth, if you would in London, she sought a distant rela- was declined, saying she was in haste to have me.' 'Yes, sir, and would for ever tion, who had lived in the Strand; but visit a relation. Thus she escaped the be grateful.' And for ever love me,' on reaching the place, she was, to her expense of a breakfast, and on return- rejoined he. The lady hesitated-but great mortification, told that he had re-ing to the inn, said her relation wished not doubting her love, in a few days tired from business, and was settled in her to remain in town a few days lon- they were married, and thus unexpectWales. It was near ten o'clock at ger. By this means she secured her edly she became both a wife and an acnight, and her distress at this disap-apartment, and while she daily took a tress. pointment moved the compassion of walk to purchase what she could af the people of the house where she in- ford, it was supposed by the people of quired, who at her request generously the inn that she was feasting with her accommodated her with a lodging. relation; but, alas! at this time she This civility, however, awakened sus-feasted not, but was in the utmost dispicion; she had read of various modes tress; so much so, that during the last of seduction practised in London, and two days of her residence at the inn, apprehended that she was in a danger- she subsisted on two halfpenny rolls, ous house. While the poor people and the water which the bottle in her were whispering their pity for her bed-room contained! youth, and praising her beauty, she, During one of her daily rambles in alarmed at her situation, seized her the metropolis, Miss Simpson attractband-box, and without uttering a sin-ed the notice of a performer at Drury gle word, rushed out of the house, Lane, who, with some difficulty learnleaving them to stare at each other, and ing her situation, recommended to her think their compassion had been mis- the stage as the most probable means placed. of support, and offered to instruct her. Miss Simpson now run she knew not A few meetings having convinced her whither, but being much fatigued and that his designs were not honourable, alarmed, she knocked at a house where she prudently declined his company, she saw lodgings to let, and was just on but determined to follow his advice. the point of being admitted as a milli- Accordingly, she applied to Mr. King, ner's apprentice, when, to her great of Drury Lane, the manager of the surprise and confusion, she saw at her Bristol theatre, and having communielbow the tradesman from whose house cated her intention with much stamshe had just escaped, and who, impel-mering, which was increased by her led by curiosity, had followed her. Confounded by this detection, she attempted another escape, but the door was locked, and she was detained as an impostor. Sincerity was all that she had now left, and with a flood of tears she candidly confessed her real situation; but even now her truth was doubted, and, after a threat of being sent to the watch-house, the fair adventurer was dismissed, and left again to wander through the streets of London. She now walked where chance directed, exposed to all those insults which unprotected females must en anxiety, the comedian listened to the Mr. Inchbald first introduced his wife on the stage at Edinburgh, where she continued four years, and performed the principal characters, when she was but eighteen years of age; from which it may be inferied that her previous unsuccessful attempts had proceeded principally from natural impediments and private prejudices. For one who could with tolerable acceptance appear at so early a period as a principal actress, must have possessed a considerable degree of intellect and no cominon insight into the human character. At length Mrs. Yates, who had been. long in possession of the public favour in London, visited, Edinburgh, and became the formidable rival of Mrs. Inchbald, whom she is said to have treated with great incivility: in consequence of which, she and her husband quitted Edinburgh, and passed two years at York. Mrs. Inchbald's health being now much impaired, a tour to the south of France was recommended, and, after staying abroad about a year, she returned with her husband, with whom she lived in the most perfect harmony. Two years after their return, Mr. Inchbald died. She now returned to London, and continued to act for. four years at Covent Garden Theatre. She next visited Dublin, and performed under Mr. Daly's management for some time. On quitting the Dublin theatre, Mrs. Inchbald returned once more to Covent Garden, where she continued to act for some years, but suddenly re |