1821. 



Cornucojjia. 



34i 



FREE ENQUIRY, 



To prohibit an enquiry into the 

 truth of religion, is like asserting that 

 God may be gratified with the service 

 of a lie. 



TRADE against LAND. 



When the late Mr. Wiiitbread's 

 father first opposed the Duke of Bed- 

 ford's infrrest at Bedford, the Duke 

 informed him, that he would spend 

 £50,000 rather than he should come in. 

 AVhitbread, with true English spirit, 

 replied, that was nothing ; the sale of 

 his grains would pay for that. 



RESTRICTION. 



The vapnur of discontent is always 

 most dangerous when it is confined. 



THEATRICAL BILL. 



At a playacted in 1.511, on the feast 

 of St. Margaret, the following disburse- 

 ments were made as the charges of the 

 exhibition :— 



To musicians, for which, however, 

 they were bound to perform 

 three nights ------056 



For players iu bread and ale - 3 1 

 For decorations, dresses, and play 



books 100 



To John Hobbard, priest, and 



author of the piece - - - - 2 8 



For the place in which the repre- 

 sentation was held - - - - 1 



For furniture -..---014 

 For lish and bread .---() 4 

 For paintiug three phantoms and 



devils -------- 6 



And for four chickens for the hero 4 



PAINTING IN OIL. 



John ab Eyck, the pretended inven- 

 tor of oil painting, learnt that art in 

 this country. The evidences of his 

 having been in England, are three 

 paintings, one an altar piece at Chis- 

 wick, representing Lord Clifford and 

 liis lady kneeling, the other the con- 

 secration of St. Thomas a Becket, and 

 the other the original portrait of Chau- 

 cer, the projierty of Sir R. Piiillips. 



SWIFTNESS of MEN. 



Men who are exercised in running 

 out-strip horses ; or at least hold their 

 speed for a longer continuance. In a 

 journey too, a man will walk down a 

 horse ; and after they have both con- 

 tinued to jirocewl for several days, the 

 horse will be quite tired, and the man 

 as fresh iis in tlie beginning. The 

 liing's messengers of Ispahan, who are 

 runners by profession, go 108 miles in 

 14 hours. Hottentots outstrip lions in 

 the chase, and Savages wlio hunt the 

 elk, tire down and take it ; and are said 

 to have performed a jouriieyof three 

 ihoimand sir hundred milcf in less than 

 six weeks. 



PROPHECY on REFORM. 

 When a lawyer sheds tears while 'htf* 



striking a docket ; '<•*• 



WTien assessors heave eighs while they 



empty your pocket ; 

 Wheu reviewers feel pangs like the authors 



they cut up ; 

 When conscience for sale shall no longer 



be put up ; 

 When placemen, unask'd, throw up sine- 

 cures ; 

 ^Vhen any quack medicine performs any 



cures ; 

 When women of eighty confess they're iu 



years ; 

 When they make such confession without 



shedding tears ; 

 When poor curates thrive, while fat bishops 



get skinny : 

 When a note with a shilling is preferred to 



a guinea; 

 Wheu there's peace, because monarchs are 



weary of killing ; 

 Wheu a good thumping loaf's to be had for 



a shilling ; 

 When, like cattle at market, base voters 



ar'nt sold ; 

 When tea-scandal ceases, and fish-fags 



don't scold ; 

 When ale's made agair. Trom good malt 



and hops ; 

 When corn-Jews are found to rejoice at 



good crops ; 

 When truth shall no longer be deemed a 



foul libel ; 

 When men follow precepts they preach 



from the Bible ; 

 When symptoms like these shall be seen 



through the land ; 

 They'll seem to portend — " A Reform is at 



liand" 

 SINGULAR ADVANCEMENT /« LIFE. 



The Roman Emperor, C. Julius 

 iEmilianus, was a Moorish slave. 



Aurelian, the Emperor of Rome, was 

 the son of a poor peasant. 



Pope Alexander the Fifth was a com- 

 mon beggar in the Isle of Candia. 



Pope Adrian the Fourth was a poor 

 English monk. 



PAST FOLLIES. 



In the church-books of Tewkesbury, 

 which have been preserve<l for a long 

 time back, are the following entries : 

 " A. D. 1578. Payd for players ffeer, 

 sij' sheep skins for Christ's garments.'^ 

 And in an inventory recorded in thej 

 same book, 1585, are these words :, 

 " And order eight heads of hair for the 

 apostles., and ten beards, and a face or 

 vizor for the devil.'''' 



NELL GWYNN. 



The early part of the life of Eleanor 



Ciwynn is little known. Having a very 



pleasing 



