not think of it, for she would abate me 2s. a week for the future; so I remained with her at 1s. 6d. as long

as I staid in London.

remain there gratis by successive Catholic tenants of the house below, as they deemed it a blessing to have her there. A priest visited her to confess her every day." From this I asked her," said my landlady, "how she, as she lived, could possibly find so much employment for a confessor?"—" Oh!” said she," it is impossible to avoid vain thoughts." I was permitted once to visit her; she was cheerful and polite, and conversed pleasantly. The room was clean, but had no other furniture than a mattress, a table with a crucifix and a book, a stool which

In a garret of her house there lived a maiden lady of seventy in the most retired manner, of whom my landlady gave me this account: that she was a Roman Catholic, had been sent abroad when young, and had lodged in a nunnery with intent of becoming a nun; but the country not agreeing with her, she returned to England, where there being no nunnery, she had vowed to lead the life of a nun as near as might be done in those circum-she gave me to sit on, and a picture stances. Accordingly she had given all her estate to charitable purposes, reserving only twelve pounds a year to live on, and out of this sum she still gave a part in charity, living herself on watergruel only, and using no fire but to boil it. She had lived many years in that garret, being permitted to

over the chimney of St. Veronica displaying her handkerchief, with the miraculous figure of Christ's bleeding face on it, which she explained to me with great seriousness. She looked pale, but was never sick; and I give it as another instance, on how small an income life and health may be supported.

THE QUAKERS OF AMERICA.
(From the same.)

THE honourable and learned Mr. | and was quartered at a gun. The Logan told me the following anec- supposed enemy proved a friend, dote of his old master, William so there was no fighting: but when Penn, respecting defence. He the secretary went down to commucame over from England when a nicate the intelligence, Wm. Penn young man, with that proprietary, rebuked him severely for staying and as his secretary. It was war- upon deck, and undertaking to astime, and their ship was chased by sist in defending the vessel, conau armed vessel, supposed to be an trary to the principles of Friends, enemy. Their captain prepared especially as it had not been requifor defence; but told W. Penn, and red by the captain. This repri his company of Quakers, that he mand, being before all the compadid not expect their assistance, and ny, piqued the secretary, who anthey might retire into the cabin; swered, "I being thy servant, why which they did, except James Lo- did thee not order me to come gan, who chose to stay upon deck, | down? But thee was willing enough

the ship, when thee thought there was danger."

that I should stay and help to fight || would not grant money to buy pozoder, because that was an ingredient of war; but they voted an aid to My being many years in the as- New England of 3000 pounds to be sembly, a majority of which were put into the hands of the governor, constantly Quakers, gave me fre- and appropriated it for the purchase quent opportunities of seeing the of bread, flour, wheat, or other grain. embarrassment given them by their Some of the council, desirous of principle against war, whenever giving the house still further emapplication was made to them, by barrassment, advised the governor order of the crown, to grant aids not to accept provision, as not befor military purposes. They were ing the thing he demanded: but he unwilling to offend government on replied, "I shall take the money, the one hand, by a direct refusal; for I understand very well their and their friends (the body of the meaning: other grain is gunpow Quakers) on the other, by a com- der;" which he accordingly bought, pliance contrary to their principles; and they never objected to it. It using a variety of evasions to avoid was in allusion to this fact, that complying, and modes of disgui- when in our fire-company we feared sing compliances when it became the success of our proposal in faunavoidable. The common mode vour of the lottery, and I had said at last was, to grant money under to a friend of mine, one of our the phrase of its being " for the members, " If we fail, let us move king's use," and never to inquire the purchase of a fire-engine with how it was applied. But if the the money; the Quakers can have demand was not directly from the no objection to that: and then if crown, that phrase was found not you nominate me and I you as a so proper, and some other was to committee for that purpose, we will be invented. Thus, when powder buy a great gun, which is certainly was wanting (I think it was for the a fire-engine."-" I see," says he, garrison at Louisburg), and the go- you have improved by being so vernment of New England solicited long in the assembly; your equivoa grant of some from Pennsylva-cal project would be just a match nia, which was much urged on the for their wheat or other grain." house by Governor Thomas; they

THE NEAPOLITAN ROBBERS.

(From Rome, Naples, and Florence, by the Count DE STENDHAL.) BEFORE I quit entirely, at least || describe the interment of the Prinby my recollections, the land of genius, to bury myself in the gloomy North, I must give two sketches: one, of a band of robbers in the Neapolitan territories; the other, the state of the Italian musical Parnassus. I have not time to

cess Buoncompagni at Rome, and my astonishment mingled with horror, when at midnight I found this young and lovely woman, only nineteen years of age, in the church of the Apostles, laid on the bier, her face all over rouge, surrounded

ed by seven or eight priests half pany of thirty men and four wớs asleep.

The church has devised every possible means of increasing the horrors of death, and has succeeded,|| at least with me. Death, which on the field of battle never appeared to me any thing more than a door opened or shut, and which while it is not slut is open, since I saw this celestial countenance thus rouged over, pursues me as a horrible phantom. What shall I say of the horror I experienced the next day, when, as evening closed in, I saw her carried through the streets, still with her face uncovered?-The young Prince Buoncompagni had married her for love, and his family, who for a long time would not acknowledge her, bad just been reconciled to them. Their loves were always unfortunate. This is one of the most gloomy recollections that I carry with me from Italy.

men, all mounted in a superior manner upon race-horses. This band calls itself the troop of the Independence; its chief is a former marechal-de-logis of King Joachim. He orders such a landlord, or such a farmer, to put such a sum of mo ney, on such a day, at the foot of such a tree; if not, he himself will be murdered and his horse set on fire. When this troop are on the march, they send orders the day be fore to all the farmers on their route, to have a repast ready at such an hour, for so many persons, the best that their means will afford. This service is more regularly performed than the provision for the royal household in its progress through the country."

About a month before I received this detail, a farmer, being piqued at the imperious manner in which the repast was ordered, sent information of it to the general, and the Independents were surrounded by a numerous band of infantry and cavalry; they fought their way through, covering the ground with the dead bodies of the soldiers, while not one of their own party fell.

As to my Neapolitan robbers: In the month of March 1817, I was out with one of my friends on a shooting party near Aquilla, when I heard the farmers talking of robberies without number, committed by the troop of the Independence. There was much talent and a Turk-Learning the treachery of the farmish bravery shewn in the manner in which they were achieved. I paid little attention to all this, robberies in these parts are so common; I was all eyes to observe the manners of the people. I gave some money to a poor woman who was with child, and who I was told was a soldier's widow, when one said to me, "O sir, she is not to be pitied; she has the ration of the banditti ;" and they went on to give me the following detail:

"There is in this country a com

er, they sent notice to him to settle his affairs. Three days after they took possession of the farm, where they instituted a tribunal, and the farmer being put to the torture, confessed every thing. After deliberating together awhile in secret, they approached the unhappy farmer, and threw him into a large cauldron which was upon the fire, full of milk for making cheese. When he had boiled there for some time, they forced all the servants to eat of this infernal banquet.

The chief could easily increase, pendents distributed among the his troop to a thousand men; but sufferers tickets upon the rich. The he says, that his talents for com- rations were a pound and a half of mand will not go beyond a band of bread for a man, a pound for a wothirty, and he restrains himself to man, and two pounds for a woman keeping up this number. He re- with child. The woman who exciceived daily applications from peo- ted my curiosity, had for a month ple to be received into the band, received six of these tickets in the but he requires a title; that is, week for two pounds of bread each. wounds received in the field of battle, For the rest, no one ever knows not certificates given from kindness: where the band are to be found; these are his very words. they get all the spies on their side. In the time of the Romans, this chief of banditti would have been a Marcellus.

This spring, the peasants of La Pouille suffered very much from scarcity. The chief of the Inde

ACCOUCHEMENT OF THE LATE EMPRESS OF FRANCE. (From MADAME DE STAEL'S Work on the French Revolution.)

ready mentioned; the other ladies attached to her service were in her dressing-room. The empress, overwhelmed with fatigue, slept for au hour: the most lively pangs awakened her; they increased, yet without bringing the crisis exacted by nature, and Dubois ascertained the 'melancholy truth, that the labour would be difficult and dangerous. He sought the emperor, who was still in his bath, and entreated. him to come and support by his presence the suffering Maria Lou

It was about seven o'clock in the evening, says Madame de Staël, when the empress felt the first pangs of labour. Dubois, her accoucheur, was sent for, who from that moment never quitted her. She spent all the night in the severest sufferings; she had with her Madame de Montebello, Madame de Sucay, Madame de Montesquieu, two first ladies of her bedchamber, two waiting-women, and Madame Blaise, the nurse. The emperor, his mother and sisters were in an adjoining drawing-room, and en-isa; at the same time revealing to tered every moment for news con- him the sad truth, that he doubted cerning the empress, observing the the possibility of saving both mos most profound caution. The pains,ther and child. "Think only of which had not been sufficiently the mother!" exclaimed Napoleon; strong during the night, became at the same time, half dried, he ran less so towards five in the morning. to the empress, and tenderly emDubois, seeing that the labour was bracing her, exhorted her to coulikely to be protracted, informed rage and patience. Soon after, the the emperor, who sent away some infant was born, under circumstanof those who waited with him, and ces of most dreadful danger and went himself to the bath. There difficulty. The emperor could not remained in the chamber of the endure the scene more than five empress, Dubois and the ladies al- minutes: he let fall the hand of Vol. VI. No. XXXI. H

FINE ARTS.

PICTORIAL CARDS.
PLATE 3.-FOUR PLAYING-CARDS.

ON THE RIVAL EXHIBITIONS AT SOMERSET-HOUSE AND IN PALL-MALL.