I should like, worthy Sir, to meet you; any night after our shops are shut, to talk this dangerous matter more seriously over a bottle. I am, worthy Sir, your brother in distress, Bucklersbury, Saturday Evening. BENJAMIN BUCKRAM. CROSS READINGS. [From the British Press, March 2.] MR. EDITOR. THE HE following Cross Readings may amuse some of the daily admirers of your paper; they actually took place a few days ago, at old Mrs. Deborah Dizzy's, whose chambermaid usually reads the newspapers to her. Hackney, Feb. 25, 1812. I am, Sir, yours, &c. TOM SEEBRIght. "Last week as a fat lusty gentleman, not an hundred miles from P-1 M--, was coming out of his house, in apparent good health, he was seized 66 By the constable, and instantly conveyed to Hertford gaol, where he now lies in the closest confinement, and double ironed; permission has been granted him to see some of his old companions, in hopes of his being induced to give up his accomplices; however, he declares that he is unable to face them at this moment." "We understand the M- -s of H- -d has been at last persuaded to accept the high office of▬▬ -Valet, or upper servant, where the wages are good, and perquisites allowed. He has a large family, who are handy men, and willing to undertake any jobs in the House, or out of the House. Inquire for Mr. Jeremiah Sneak, at the private door of the Feathers Hotel, Mr Se. "His R. H. the Pe R- -t has shown great prudence and exemplary wisdom in not accepting the services services of the friends of his early life, as he is now fully aware that 66 -The unfortunate, weak, and misguided monarch, Charles II. owed all his misfortunes to the fatal advice of mistresses and minions. How happy the people of this country now are, who live in days when such fatal events cannot befal them!" "Lord C-―h has certainly accepted the office of Secy of S-e, and means to prosecute the war in Spain with redoubled vigour: his Lp has engaged to send twenty thousand troops to- 66 -- -Their graves: they will be followed by all the military in that country." "Report mentions that L-d Vis-t Sh has written a letter to the Right Hon. Sr Pl, in which he endeavours to feel the pulse of the Minister as to his own services being accepted in any way that may be most likely to administer comfort to his diseased country, by which its intestine commotions may be relieved, it wounds healed, and to purge it of those bad humours which now corrode and fester its body politic. As yet, we do not understand that any positive answer has been sent to—— Dr. Solomon, the efficacy of whose medicines is too well known to need any encomiums. He is the only vender of Bragge's pills, and Hiley's drops. The Doctor may be consulted at his own house, in Watergruel Street, any time between the hours of nine and three. Letters must be post paid. Please to enclose a one pound note and a shilling, if an opinion is required. "The E-l of C-n certainly retires 66 The distresses of this poor man and his family may be ascertained by inquiring at the Calf's Head public house, An St, Py: smallest donations will be thankfully received." the "It is now confidently asserted that L-d V—t Ch Ch has not taken office, and that the M-r makes it a condition, before his L- p comes into the Cabinet, that- "A reasonable trial is to be granted, when a fair price will be given, provided he is warranted sound. For further particulars inquire of Paddy O'Rafferty, ostler, at the sign of the Archer with two Strings to his Bow, Wh-t-ll.-N. B. A few Irish cattle to be disposed of." "The E-l of C**********y has been most anxious in his solicitations to the P-e R-t and the Mr, to become L-d Sd of the H-d 66 -For, as Mr. Aircastle says in Foote's comedy, "I remember him well; he was a fellow who lost his forefinger in stealing toasted cheese out of a rat-trap." One of the vacant blue ribands, rumour says, is destined for the E-1 of L-—— ❝—————————— He is a thin ill-looking man, about fortyfive years of age, wears his own hair loose about his head, was dressed in a blue coat, and generally wears nankeen breeches; he has gone by various names, and frequently changed his situation; it is supposed that he is not absolutely hired to his present master, but only on a waiting job. He is frequently seen at a public house in W—t-r. No greater reward will be offered, as he is a well-known offender." "The abominable tricks, outrages, and depredations which have been for such a length of time practised upon the public, to the disgrace and scandal of those who administer justice in the metropolis, has at last awakened the energy of the police magistrates, and they are now employing all their runners to apprehend and bring to punishment that very notorious character 66 -The E-1 of Y-h, on whom the refulgent beams of pr-c-ly favour so brightly shine, who will shortly, we trust, be elevated to the high situation which such services so justly merit." "The "The E-1 of Wd is not to keep his office: he is about to retire from the elegant and polished circles of fashion of which he has for so many years been the ornament; in future he means to enjoy the otium cum dignitate which he will find in a country life, and the society of 66 -Two young ladies, who are willing to engage in a nobleman's or gentleman's family, as governesses or teachers. They can instruct persons of all ages in the modern languages and the study of the graces, as well as in elocution, dancing, the fine arts, &c. &c. Inquire for P. Q. R. at Mrs. Diana Trusses's, No. 22, New Road." "We can assure the public, that the Chancellor has no thoughts of resigning; on the contrary, he has, within these few days, given orders for himself and his attendants, that all the -Old hats may be made to look as good as new, shoes mended, coats turned so as to appear with the gloss on, and every article in the way of dress done up in the best manner, by me, John Saveall,› Chancery Lane. "Wanted, some second-hand suits of black." EPIGRAM ON MARK ANTONY. [From the Morning Chronicle, March 31 ARK Antony of old, we find, MA For love alone the world resign'd. EPIGRAM ON A LATE APPOINTMENT. И. WALCHERENSI6, MOTTOS FOR VIGNETTES. MR. EDITOR, I HAVE procured this frank, to consult you on some mottos for Vignettes, designed by the Minerva critic for a little publication that will soon make its appearance, entitled, "Observations on Observations." Frontispiece-Ist, a Rose drooping, with "Marcescit" (under): at the end a number of priests, supposed to be attending on some funeral procession; the most prominent figure with a book open in his hand, in which you may read as follows Iidem isti Eumolpidæ Sacerdotes-rursus illum resecrare cogebant, qui prius eos devoverat; pilæque illæ, in quibus Devotio fuerat scripta, in mare præcipitatæ. Second, and last Vignette, a neat painted box, with numberless folios on it, most of them open, with nothing written in them, surmounted with a full-blown Rose couchante, with the following inscription" "Hic jacet in-tombâ Rosa"-(cætera desunt.) There are two or three parts which I have noted as requiring some explanation; perhaps you can assist me, as your researches as an Antiquary may throw light on what I can only guess at, and you are F. R.S. and A. S. S. Eumolpidæ, vide Camden, is a place distans circa viginti millia passuum ex oppido Lud, vergens ad Septentrionem; insignis Sale Medicinali (vulgo dict. Amar.). This appears to be extracted from some very old Author, as indeed its Latin proves, being evidently Monkish, and probably of the middle ages; it is, I think, plain that Epsom must be the place; the Epsom salts, and the bitter salts, being the same. Devotio" query, whether this be the Register Bill, which would be the greatest curse to the Clergy and Laity, if passed, or whether it means the |