1823.] 



would that you and I were better ac- 

 quainted : from every passenger hero 

 you have prevented evil to day, and 

 to the present hour you impart its pe- 

 culiar satisfaction. I heard a father, 

 as lie lifted a little boy on his knee, 

 and gave him a cake, whisper in his 

 ear, ' You'd not have been so gay, 

 Alfred, if you'd not been so good and 

 studious.' " " Edward, (interrupted 

 the fair Louisa,) if you talk so sillily, 

 we'll not listen to you." " Pshaw, (he 

 proceeded,) I'd have been sentimental 

 in a moment, but for that interruption. 

 Man's but an infant of another age. 

 Seriously, however, we may as well 

 philosophize on the variations of cofiee- 

 bouses as the fate of empires; the de- 

 cline of the Jardin Turque as the fail 

 of Napoleon ; the elevation of Tortoni 

 as the restoration of the Bourbons — is 

 iiolal'le and impressive. I was as- 

 sured by one of those polite commu- 

 nicants one is certain to meet with 

 here in every place of resort, that du- 

 ring the fortune of imperialism the 

 unchristian turrets of the garden were 

 wont to cover crowned heads. The 

 wonder of the age has privately visited 

 Uiem, and allowed the noisy crowd to 

 elbow his victorious ribs, while he in- 

 dulged his vanity, and heard his peo- 

 ple laud him. Most respectfully I 

 took leave to doubt the fact : but the 

 man swore by his honour, and his 

 country's fame, his own eyes had seen 

 liim, his own hands once served him 

 with an ice. 'Twas very hard, but I 

 slill disbelieved; however he establish- 

 ed the contrast." Tortoni for the mo- 

 ment sunk diminished. Fashion nmst, 

 I bethought, blush now to show her 

 languid features in those walks. No 

 young maiden, vain of colour, there 

 encourages a distant admirer by pert- 

 nesj to an old lover. An errant song- 

 ster, or solitary minstrel, occasionally 

 relieves the monotony of step after 

 step ; and now and again a bufloon 

 dances bclore the crowd, to excite the 

 reatly laugh. On the seat next me 

 was a renter, old as the national debt, 

 Hcanning numbers over a frugal bottle 

 of beer. On the other side was a 

 portly d;unc, who, proud of the golden 

 days of Louis qidnze, still whis|)cr<'d 

 scandal of JNIadame dc Pompadour, 

 and drew spirit for the tale from a 

 glass of liqueur. As for dress, it 

 would be a sin to describe a concourse 

 in Prance, and omit dress ; here it 

 was an emblem of the character, — sim- 

 ple ; a uierioo is a point uf luxury, 



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27 



and as for a cachemire, the boy de- 

 clared that one had appeared at the 

 gate during the last summer; but 

 such was the rush to wonder, and so 

 great a commotion ensued, that the 

 police marched in double quick pace 

 from the station opposite, in full cer- 

 tainty of a traitor. As he would de- 

 scribe the effect, a noise within the 

 garden caught his ear ; a moment ho 

 hearkened ; ' 'Tis another cachemire,* 

 he cried, and hurried away. I follow- 

 ed, with a hope of novelty ; but how 

 different the reality: my judgment 

 soon proved in error. A poor blind 

 man had unwittingly entered the gar- 

 den; he moved warily onwards, led 

 by a miserable dog, and the people 

 pressed to see how he would make hi» 

 progress through the intricacy of the 

 bowers. Each one looked piquantly 

 in the other's face, and the wanderei 

 meekly prayed, ' Pity the poor and 

 blind r — all was silence; 'as you hope 

 for happiness yourselves,' he conti- 

 nued; and, beating the bushy sides, 

 became conscious of his dubious way. 

 His innocent little guide was then re- 

 proachfully checked, and a smile raa 

 round. ' I have fought for my coun- 

 try,' he added, still hopeful of relief; 

 'in her service lost my sight ;' at last 

 the laugh was loud, as he brushed by 

 an obtrusive branch ; and the poor dog 

 whined under his kicks. I would 

 have darted forward, led the luckless 

 creature to the street, scolded its spite- 

 ful master, and abused the false crowd ; 

 but a second's thought, and a few 

 francs, made the waiter my deputy. 

 My charm vanished: I took two ices 

 to cool my temper, and went to bed 

 in a pet notwithstanding. 



Paul Senachy. 



To t/ie Editor of the Monthly Magazhie. 



SIR, 



THE following Tables present the 

 monthly means, as deduced from an 

 accurate meteorological journal kept 

 at Epping, latitude 51° 41' 42" N. 

 longitude 27" E. of Greenwich, during 

 the year 1822. The observations from 

 which these tables have beeri con- 

 structed were made with good instru- 

 ments, and as near the times specified 

 as j)ossible; the barometer, with the 

 attached thermometer, hangs on the 

 landing-place of a first flight of stairs, 

 with the surface of the mercury in the 

 basin twelve feet from the ground, and 

 where neither is affected by any artifi- 

 cial hcHt : the external thermometer is 



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