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about? and, as so miuiy improvomonts 

 owe their origin to sn^j^estions first 

 made puldic in tiio Monthly lAlHsjazinc, 

 I have thought it hest to seiwl this rough 

 outline tor that purpose; ieavin;^ it to 

 time and circumstances to fill up the 

 detail. H, 



Smilhfield; May 11, 1824. 



To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 

 sill, 



I SHALL feel oblificd to your cor- 

 respondent Mr. Scott, to vvlioni 

 your readers are already indchfod for 

 some intercstin;v particulars rcs)>cctiiig 

 the author of the poem enlilled " the 

 Beg^gar's Pcliiion," if he can inform me 

 in what year the said poem was written, 

 and when it was first published. 



As it is stated that the aulhor wrote 

 it when he was about twenty-tlirce, 

 should Mr. Scott be unable to answer 

 the first of these questions, but can 

 ascertain the age at which Mr. Moss 

 died, and when tiiat event occurred, it 

 will of course lead to the desired infor- 

 mation, althougli not on authority quite 

 so satisfactory as iiii;>lit be wished.* 



I should likewise be glad to know 

 ■whether the poem, as originally promul- 

 gated by Mr. Moss, diflered from the 

 copy now generally printed in any other 

 particulars than those incniioned by 

 Mr. Scott, and the writer in (he Gen- 

 tleman's Magazine to whom he refers ; 

 and, if so, can Mr, S. or any of your 

 correspondents, gratify your readers by 

 publishing it as originally written? 



Investigatou. 



JVi. 10, 1824. 



For the Monthly Mttyazi/ic. 



EXTRACTS from the JOUK.VAL of a 

 TOL'R through FRANCE. 



JUNE 29, 182.3.— Left Paris wilh 

 Mr. W. in his calcche. Passed 

 Ibrongh Charenton, celebrated for its 

 mad-house, which, though large, is too 

 small for all the fools and madmen not 

 a hunilred miles from the spot. Apropos 

 of insanily, I have read in Dr. Gall, the 

 great craniologist, that all vices and 

 crimes may be attributed to the dilTe- 

 rent species of mental alieiialion. Whe- 

 ther correct or not, it jxhibits the 

 benevolence of the doctor in a most 

 amiable point of view, thus to account 



" It may not be unimportant to remark, 

 that this circumstance only rests on Ilie 

 assertion of an anonymous wiiler, notwith- 

 standing it is said to be coniiuunieated by 

 direction of the autiior. 



through France. [June I, 



for the aberrations of frail humanity. 

 The Cains, the Alexanders, the Cnesars, 

 the Al)ershaws, &c. may all take refuge 

 in Dr. Gall's sanctuary of insanity, and 

 have salvation at a cheaper rate than at 

 the Pope's castom-houseH. It is true, 

 it may be looked ni)on as smuggling and 

 defrauding the holy father of his dues ; 

 therefore I would counsel the good doc- 

 tor not to approach the sacred toe of 

 his holiness in Italy, nor to hold com- 

 nuinion witii the resurrect ional Jesuits 

 of France; and, above all, to keep out 

 of musket-shot of the Army of the Faith 

 in Spain. No, if he like a quiet life and 

 a merry one, let liim continue to live, — 

 if he be living,— and may he live long, 

 in enlightened and tolerant Germany, 

 where perhaps he is secure from a papal 

 excommunicating kick into hades, — a 

 sudden expulsion from France, like that 

 of the good Llorcnte, — or a broiling at 

 the inquisitorial fires which may bo 

 lighted up in Spain. But, after all, let 

 him beware of the Holy Alliance; all 

 whoso seditions, plots, conspiracies, 

 and treasons, against mankind, have 

 not perhaps as yet transpireil, though 

 it has begun a drama with Naples and 

 Piedmont, the horrible denouement of 

 which may embrace not only Spain, but 

 every free counlry, — if there be one in 

 Europe, — within its grasp. Should the 

 Pope have been appointed its almoner 

 and grand in(]iiisitor, — which is proba- 

 ble, for how could it be holy without the 

 papal sanction, — the poor doctor may bo 

 delivered into the bands of the Pope, 

 from thence to the prison, and from 

 Ihcnce to llie executioner. 



Charenton le-Pont contains 1340 

 iidiabitants. At a populous village near 

 Charenton, called Anx Carrieres, is a 

 large foundry in a building which was 

 formerly a church, the proprietors of 

 which are the life-boat Capt. Manby 

 and Co. : from 4 to 500 hands are em- 

 ployed, chielly English. They have a 

 minister, who instructs their chihlreii, 

 and preaches once n-week. There is 

 likewise a manufactory of soap for 

 common use and for the toilette ; a 

 purifier of wood-fuel, and a brewer. 



In changing hordes at Provins, we 

 perceived that tlie forespring of the car- 

 riage was Ijroken, which was soon 

 spliced with a whisj) of straw and a 

 rope. Provins is situated upon the 

 Vouisie and the Darlin, which works 

 sixty flour-mills. This town contains 

 3500 inhabitants : its commerce is in 

 corn. Hour, roses called Provins, (for 

 mcdiciUHl use, which buve l>ecn grown 



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