sheathed his sword. He behaved with such extraordinary courage and conduct, on great number of delicate occa sions, that he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general, and held in universal esteem. It was at the retreat of Rebec, that his back was broke with a musket-shot. Perceivng himself mortally wounded, he exclaimed, Jesus, my God, I am a dead man.' Then kissed the cross of his sword, repeated some prayers aloud, caused himself to be laid under a tree, with a stone support. ing his head, and his face towards the enemy. He sent a dutiful message to the king, by the lord Alegre; and having made a military will by word of mouth, was visited and caressed by the constable of Bourbon, and the marquis de Pescara. He died upon the spot, in the forty-eighth year of his age.

Character of the Spaniards and Portuguese.

whilst the same custom with the Portuguese manners gives only the look of an assassin. But if we notice the difference between the men, it is still more apparent in the women of the two countries. The air, the dress, the walk of the Spanish ladies, is not only superior to that of their neighbours, but perhaps of any European nation. The lower part of their dress is black, with deep fringes; the upper consists simply of a white muslin veil, which, without covering the face, falls down on each side of the head, crosses over the bosom, and is fastened behind the back. They walk with freedom; their eyes. are dark and expressive, and their whole countenances have that bewitching air which an Englishman likes well enough to see in any woman, except his wife, his sister, or the woman he truly loves and respects.

An Irish Haul! The Drogheda Journal informs us of the following most singular sport. While a few fishermen were drawing in their net, they pulled in, at one haul, forty-eight

gun, a dead calf, a cask of ball, and a barrel of gun powder!

A Man of Taste. Boyce,the writer of the Pantheon, was a most thoughtless, extravagant, and miserable creature. At one period of his life when he was almost perishing with hunger, a friend gave him some money to rescue him. He purchased a piece of beef, but was so great an epicure, that he could not eat it without

pickles, and laid out the last half-guinea he had for truffles and mushrooms, which he ate in bed, for want of clothes, or even a shirt wherewith to cover his wretched carcase.

When General O'Kelly was introduced to Louis XV. soon after the battle of Fontenoy, his Majesty observed that Clarke's regiment behaved very well in that engagement, 86 Sire," said the General, "they behaved well, it is true, many of them were wounded d; but my Regiment behaved better, for we were all killed.

Cook,the celebrated circum. navigator, when a boy, was apprenticed in the small town of Steers, in Yorkshire, to what is termed a general shop-keeper. It happened one day, that a young woman purchased an article at the shop, and in payment offered a new shilling. The master of the shop, having seen the girl pay this new shilling, and not finding it among the cash in the till accused young Cook of purloining his property. Our young hero, indignant at this charge upon his probity, said it was false; that the new shilling certainly

was in his pocket, but that he had replaced it by another.--Unable, however, to brook his master's accusations, he next day ran away and went to sea, and from this simple circumstance the world is indebted to his great discoveries as a navigator.

Honey a cure for the Gravel. About 27 years ago (says a correspondent) I was much afflicted with the gravel, and twice in serious danger from small stones lodging in the pas sage. I met with a gentleman who had been in my situation, and had got rid of that disorder by sweetening his tea with half honey and half sugar.I adopted this remedy, and found it effectual. After being fully clear of my disease about ten years, I declined taking honey, and in about 3 months I had a violent fit of my old complaint. I then renewed my practice of taking honey in my tea, and am now more than three score and ten, and have not, for the last 27 years, had the smallest symptom of the gravel. I have recommended my prescription to many of my acquaintance, and have never known it fail.

Doctor Mead had his rise in life, from being called to see

of

CELIBACY.

Celibacy is very common in England among men in easy circumstances, till a period of life when, from various reasons, they find it difficult to change their situations. I have known a considerable number of instances where gentlemen of polished manners and cultivated minds live as bachelors, in a style of elegance and independence, often preferred in England to that state, which as Johnson says, has many pains; although they do not appear to believe the other part of the adage, that celibacy has no pleasures.

OCTOBER.

October was called the eighth from Octo, beginning the year, at Marc.

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