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her hand the thirty-two were gone, but the other 

 two, which had not been charmed, were still there. 

 She subsequently tried to get rid of these two in 

 the same manner ; but the charm would seem to 

 have been broken by her telling of it, and they 

 remained where they were. 



As this circumstance happened In the family of 

 a highly respectable London tradesman, at his 

 country-house in one of the neighbouring villages, 

 it seems to indicate that fifty years ago charms 

 were in use in a class of society in which we should 

 not now expect to find them. 



The Devonshire charm for a wart is to steal a 

 piece of meat from a butcher's shop, rub it over 

 the wart in secret, and throw it over a wall over 

 your left shoulder. N. J. A. 



Rhymes on Winter Tempest. — 



1. " Winter's thunder, 



Poor man's death, rich man's hunger." 



2. " Winter's thunder, 



Summer's wonder." 

 What others exist ? R. C. Warde. 



A muffled Peal on Innocents' Day. — On Inno- 

 cents' Day, hearing the bells of Maisemore 

 Church, in this neighbourhood, ringing a muffled 

 peal, I inquired the reason, and was told by a 

 parishioner that they always ring a muffled peal 

 here on Innocents' Day. Is this peculiar to 

 Maisemore ? C. Y. C. 



Gloucester, 



SCHOOL AND COLLEGE FEES IN SCOTLAND EIGHTY 

 TEARS SINCE. 



Sir James Mackintosh, in his autobiographical 

 sketch published by his son, has affectionately re- 

 corded his early education at Fortrose, where a 

 popular academy then flourished. The following 

 copy of one of his school-bills, which lately fell 

 into my hands, is curious : 



" Capt. Angus Mackintosh, of the 7\st, for his nephew, 

 James Mackintosh, Dr. 



£ s. d. 



1775, July 15. To school fees from this to 

 July 15, 1777, at 5s. per qr. - - 2 



1776-7. To cock's fight dues for 2 years, 2s. &d. 

 each - - - - - 5 



To cash for a Mair's Introduction, 2s. Od. ; 

 Cajsar's Com., Is. 6d. - - - 3 6 



To ditto for 3 months' fees at the dancing 

 school, minuet, country-dances, and horn- 

 pipe, &c. - - - - - 18 



To ditto for practisings at ditto - - 9 6 



To ditto at a public [ball] for himself and 



partner - - - - -020 



To ditto at going to Connage and Inverness 



[to visit his relations] for 2 years - - 4 



July 15. For answering the school fees, and 

 other accidental demands, for the year com- 

 meacing of this date - • - 1 



£5 2 0" 



It IS impossible to forbear a smile at the asso- 

 ciation of the cock-fights and minuets with the 

 future amiable and somewhat ponderous philo- 

 sopher ! The scholar's board with a decent 

 householder in Fortrose at this time was twelve 

 pounds per annum. Here is one of the receipts : 



" Fortrose, 30th Maj^ 1780. 

 " Reed, of Ba. [Bailie] John M<=Intosh, on account of 

 board wages for Ja. M<=Intosh, son to Capt. John Mack- 

 intosh, of the 73rd regiment, from Nov. 15th, 1779, to 

 May 15th, 1780, day and date as above, the sum of &L 

 St. Pr. Alex.-Man." 



In the autumn of 1780 James Mackintosh left 

 the academy at Fortrose, and proceeded to Aber- 

 deen College, the sum of twenty shillings being 

 paid for his proportion of the chaise hire from' 

 Inverness to Aberdeen. At college his expenses 

 were, of course, greatly increased, and some of his 

 relatives hinted at " prodigality," a charge which 

 he strenuously denied. The following affords 

 some data for forming a conclusion on this point; 



"Note of Expenses laid out on Jamie Mackintosh, from 

 30th May, 1780. 



£ s. d. 

 Cash at different times from that date to 



5th Julv, 1781 - - - - 34 8 



Cash froni 31st October, 1781, to 16th April, 



1782 - - - - - 29 14 



Cash from 10th June, 1782, to June, 1783 - 37 1 

 Cash for clothes and other advances, from 



15th September, 1780, to July, 1782 - 26 



Cash for clothes and other advances for James 



from July, 1782, to October, 1783 - - 27 10 



£154 8 0" 

 Many of the students at Aberdeen College lived, 

 and many still live, at less cost ; but James 

 Mackintosh was of the higher class of the youth 

 attending the university. He was the son of an 

 officer in the army, the heir to a small Highland 

 estate (then valued at about WOl. per annum, and 

 which he afterwards sold), and he was of social 

 tastes and habits, as well as a great reader and 

 collector. His future career is well known, — a 

 career honourable alike to his great talents, his 

 genuine benevolence, and simple dignity of cha- 

 racter. R. Carruthers. 



A Russian and an English Regiment. — The 

 courage of an English army is the sum total of 

 the courage which the individual soldiers bring 

 with them to it, rather than of that which they 

 derive from it. When I was at Naples, a Russian 

 and an English regiment were drawn up together 

 in the same square: — "See," said a Neapolitan 

 to me, who had mistaken me for one of his coun- 

 trymen, " there is but one face in that whole 

 regiment ; while in that (pointing to the English), 

 every soldier has a face of his own." 



Coleridge's Friend (J. M. O.) 



