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Hogarth before he readied that pinna- 

 cle of renown which has endeared his 

 memory to his admiring countrymen ; 

 on tlie other side, enveloped in the 

 fumes of tobacco, and shrouded in 

 darkness, there is another sketch of 

 bis pallet, entitled, "the Hudson's 

 Bay Porters." 



It appears that Hogarth lodged in 

 this house in his days of obscurity, and 

 painted almost every pannel in it, 

 which, the present landlord informs 

 me, were removed long before he 

 entered upon the premises. 



Cullum-street. Enort Smith. 



For ike Montldy Magazine. 

 ITALY; from the JOURNAL of a recent 



TRAVELLER. 



{Concluded from page 16.) 



WE now pursued our journey 

 through the delicious plains of 

 Piedmont and Lombardy, productive 

 of all that nature can pour out, along 

 a beautiful level road, the continua- 

 tion, as it may be called, of Napoleon's 

 grand work of the Simplon, to the Lago 

 Maggiore, the delightful scenery of 

 which enchants the spectator. We 

 slept at Scsto, on the opposite bank 

 of the Ticino ; whence, journeying 

 through the lovely plain, we arrived 

 at Milan on the 25th of September. 

 My mind was now enraptured witli 

 the prospect of all that is magnificent 

 in nature and art, and which I was 

 about to re-contemplate, when, turn- 

 ing towards my friend and companion, 

 I felt an irresistible propensity to di- 

 vulge to him some few scattered ideas 

 upon the manners and political situa- 

 tion of the country we had now 

 entered. 



Travel was ever my favourite topic. 

 The concatenation of associations, in- 

 variably linked with Ihe indulgence of 

 a favourite passion, had in England 

 produced wonders in my economical 

 arrangements; and, ere ten days had 

 elapsed, since the first communication 

 of my decision to my friend, I found 

 myself in a disposition 1o reiurn for 

 several years to my secon<l home, (lor 

 such I had always considered Italy,) 

 full of projects in my own imagination, 

 forme<i, as I conceived, for the benefit 

 of myself, and diH'cring only in the 

 varioiM methods I intended to pursue 

 for their execution. 



But my fricn<l was a novice in tra- 

 vel. Fostered in prejudice, he had 

 fltill the advantagcsof a libera! educa- 



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tion ; but, beyond the food of noyeltjs, 

 he could see but a scanty banquet in 

 the improvement aflbrded by it. His 

 mind had not been sufficiently awa- 

 kened to the merits of the various 

 states of Europe, by learning not to 

 place in unequal counterpoise the de- 

 merits they may possess. He could 

 not devote an attention to the many 

 little unassuming obligations of civi- 

 lity which foreigners would subject us 

 to, in return for a little condescension 

 so grateful to them on our part. And 

 yet, by observance of these little nice- 

 ties of intercourse, how agreeable be- 

 comes travel ! 



Among the impressions I was anxi- 

 ous to inculcate upon the mind of my 

 companion, as a guide to his general 

 observations upon intercourse with the 

 Italians in particular, was one, that 

 the English are wont to boast too 

 much of their own character among 

 this unfortunate people, and to deem 

 it, in their own minds, a sufficient rea- 

 son not only tacitly to despise, but to 

 evince, in their conduct, an open dis- 

 regard for them ; which opinion, by 

 the more ignorant of our wealthy, is 

 confirmed by the supposition, that 

 their purses alone are to create sub- 

 mission from the people of the Conti- 

 nent. The native boisterousness and 

 impatience of the Englishman are ne- 

 ver laid aside on these occasions, 

 which produce in tlie minds of th» 

 Italians an unwelcome feeling of re- 

 pugnance. That English travellers, 

 following pursuits abroad, which do 

 not bring them in immediate collision 

 with the inhabitants, should not choose 

 to mix in society with a people, among 

 whom character, honour, and virtue, 

 are, from established maxims, not per- 

 haps so punctiliously attended to as 

 with ourselves, may be consistent in- 

 deed with our austere and proper 

 notions of morality ; but even this 

 often originates from exaggerated pre- 

 judice, which may be greatly removed 

 by intercourse and better information. 

 The English, on the other hand, know 

 they are amongst a people who will 

 not fail to take advantage of them in 

 spite of every precaution and fore- 

 sight; and, in this respect indeed, the 

 Italians have somewhat attracted to 

 themselves the rude conduct of the 

 English, who again pay no regard to 

 that apparent affability andcourteous- 

 ness which the Italians are willing to 

 shew them ; because they conceive, 

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