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till within these few years in the main 
street of Dartford, near the principal 
inn on the north side. It was a consi- 
derable premises, and the new erection 
on its site is one of the best houses in 
Dartford. I once enquired at a bar- 
ber’s shop in Dartford which was the 
house in which Wat Tyler lived—and 
he and his wife, after a moment’s con- 
sultation, replied, with great navieté, 
that they knej no such person, and 
that no one of that name had lived in 
Dartford within the last ten years! 
DANIEL DAMER. 
Men of genuine and exalted good- 
ness have frequently deviated from the 
precision, and, in some instances, 
spurned at the rules of trne propriety. 
Shall I say, with a laudable and manty 
spirit? Oh! que non! When a fire 
broke out at his lodgings in Bedford- 
street, Mr. D. retired with the utmost 
composure, with'a picture of Milton 
(whom he adored) in his hand. leaving 
all his valuables to be consumed by 
the flames. As an Englishman, Mr. 
D.’s loyalty was perfectly consistent 
with independence, and his efforts were 
studiously directed to the propagation 
of Whig principles. As an aroma of 
sweet-scented loyalty, he generously 
gave away from £400 to £800 per an- 
hum, to the friends of liberty in dis- 
tress. His charity, as is well known, 
extended also to colleges and univer- 
sities. 
BURKE 
being asked for a motto to a publication, 
in which the subject of discussion was 
the Isle of Man, jocosely replied: 
“The proper study of Mankind is Man.” 
‘On the unfinished BUST of BRUTUS, 
at FLORENCE: MICHAEL ANGELQ, 
Sculptor. 
Brutum effinxisset sculptor, sed mente 
recursat, 
‘Multa viri virtus, sistit et obstupuit. 
The distich contains a very ingenious 
and animated remark, the meaning of 
which may be thus pointed ont, ‘* The 
sculptor would fain have given his tes- 
timony in favour of that great person- 
age Brutus, have left a lasting impres- 
sion of his vigorous and houourable 
physiognomy, but the peculiar charac- 
ter of his virtue, hushed, silenced the 
artist’s feelings, and barred his effectual 
saction.”’ 
GEORGE f. 
‘believed in the prediction of a French 
‘prophetess, that he should not survive 
“ his wife a year. Soon after her death, 
he took leave of the prince and prineess, 
Stephensiana.—No. VI. 
[March 1, 
lis successors, with tears in his eyes, 
-telling them he should never see them 
more. I, for my part, am inclined to 
think his belief was sincere, and that 
he acted upon it as such. He was then 
indeed on the pveint of setting out for 
Germany, Whence it appears that he re- 
turned not, as at the end of a few weeks 
he died. Some say he hated heth— 
whatever of supposition there may be 
in this, it sounds to reason that he 
should be honest and just enough to 
say of his son, afterwards George II. : 
* Tl est fougueux, mais tl dé de Vhon- 
neur.”” He is very hot and fastidious, 
but he has a gr.at feeling and sense of 
honour. 
As to Queen Caroline, he thus named 
her to his confidants: Cetfe Diablesse, 
Madame la Princesse. George 1. was 
fond of punch, and this is an argument 
of it ad hominem, that sometimes, un- 
intentionally, he got intoxicated. Let 
not this seem strange—what philoso- 
pher can judge of cause and effect, 
without regarding the human passions ? 
George II. was fond of ale—his mis- 
tresses presented him with two Saxon 
China mugs, which they pretended to 
consider as necessary to a man so cir- 
cunstanced. In judging of such, let 
none assume the high tone of a philoso- 
pher. George II. had the Countesses of 
Suffolk and Yarmouth in succession. 
Love can never die. 
LORD BATEMAN, 
an amiable old nobleman, who resides. 
on his estate in Herefordshire. When 
knowledge fails, accomplishments de- 
cay, and mental vigour dies,—charity 
may shine through life. This worthy 
peer hada guineas’ worth of silver laid 
on his breakfast table, every morning, 
to divide among the poor. 
ORIGINAL LETTER of WASHINGTON, 
addressed to SIDY MOHAMMED, Em- 
peror of Morocco. 
Great and Magnanimous Friend, 
Since the date of the letter, which 
the late congress, by their president, 
addressed to your Imperial Majesty, 
the United States of America have 
thought proper to change their govern- 
ment, and to institute a new one, 
agreeable to the constitution, of which 
I have the honour of herewith enclos- 
‘ing acopy. The time necessarily em- 
ployed in this arduous task, and the 
derangements occasioned by so great, 
though peaceable a revolution, will 
apologize and account for your Majes- 
ty’s not having received those regular 
advices and marks of attention from 
the 
