LAVATER was once quite "the go," What they really mean or import, 'Tis the radiance its flashes impart, But could learn much more by one look, Of what passes within heart or skull, Than by studying Spurzheim's whole book? There are eyes of all colours and hues In the gentlest gradation, quite down Expression or lustre you'll find But flashing resplendent in ire. Speaks a heart that is gentle and true, The bright, laughing hue of high Heaven, Which to light and to gay hearts alone By the young God of Love has been given. Thus wicked blue eyes! to be sure, What havock they'd make in the heart, Were they not much more given to cure Than to lengthen the pang of Love's smart. But Lavater's no longer " the go," Now Spurzheim and Gall are the fashion--By the shape of the Skull you're to know, For the future, each talent and passion. Your grandfather look'd for a wife, With a face that was fair and purse-full; But you, as you value your life, Must look to the shape of her skull. As if, proud of the brains in its charge, For the organ of language is there--- When developed too much in the fair. There are some pleasant organs behind, Seated just at the top of the neck :--But if too large, 'twere hard, you would find, To keep such a lady in check :--For Love, who was once so sublime, Has quitted his seat in the soul, Where he lived, in the good "olden time," For a snug little spot in the poll. But no longer on organs to dwell-What need I of organs now speak? Which it is to be hoped you'll know well Before you are married a week. DROUET, the post-master, at St. Menehoud, who was narrow-minded and ignorant, owed to chance alone the part he played in the revolution, for having recognised Louis XVI. when he was passing through St. Menehoud to go to Montmedy; he got before him by a cross-road, and caused him to be stopped at Varennes on the 21st of June. On the 18th of August, 1791, the assembly, to reward his zeal, decreed him a grant of 30,000 livres, which he refused, soliciting rather a commission in the gendarmie, as he had been for sometime a dragoon in the regiment of Condé. In September, 1792, he was elected member of the convention, where he voted for the death of Louis XVI. his sole claim to this election being his stopping the King at Varennes ; his appearance and gestures were coarse and displeasing, and the very words he uttered bore the marks of restless ferocity. Nevertheless, the violence of his temper not suffering him to refrain from speaking on subjects with which he was unacquainted, his ignorance and vulgar expressions perpetually exposed him to sarcasms from the legislative body, which irritated him to the highest degree. strove to supply all defects by a constant display, throughout the whole of his political career, of great audacity, extravagance, and revolutionary fanaticism. Being a violent Montagnard, he took an active share in the 31st of May, attacked Lanjuinais in the tribune, and eagerly persecuted the Girondins. On the 20th of July, 1793, he proposed to condemn to death as spies all the English who should be found in France. On the 5th of September, he supported the scheme of creating a revolutionary army, and spoke with such violence as to excite the murmurs of He the assembly. He also declared, that moderation and philosophical principles were insufficient, and added, " If it is necessary to the people's happiness to be robbers, let us be robbers." He afterwards proposed declaring to the suspected persons, that if liberty was in danger they should be massacred. On the 9th, he was sent to the army of the North, and in October, the same year, being shut up in Mauberge when it was blockaded by the Prince of Coburg, he endeavoured to He escape with some dragoons to hasten the succours of which the city stood in need. He was taken, however, by the Austrians, and for some time confined at Brussels, where, according to several reports made to the convention, the Austrians kept him chained in an iron cage, purposing to let him die of hunger, which would have been the case had he not been relieved by a miller, named Gerard. He was afterwards removed to Spieberg, a fortress in Moravia; and on the 6th of July, 1794, jumped through a window of his prison, in order to escape, but he broke one of his feet, and was taken back to his chamber, where he had left a very insolent letter for the enemy. In November, 1795, he, Camus, Beurnonville, and some others, were exchanged at Basle, for the daughter of Louis XVI. and he then resumed his place in the convention, then converted into the council of five hundred. The species of moderation which then reigned in France displeased him, and he scrupled not to own, that had he been in his native country during the reign of terror, he would have followed the example of Robespierre and Murat, and regretting the termination of that revolutionary reign, he connected himself with Babeuf, and became one of the heads of the Jacobin society, organized by his associate. was in consequence arrested in the night, between the 10th and 11th of May, 1796, and shut up in the Abbaye. The council of the ancients decreed that he should be tried before the high national court, at Vendome; but, in the night of August the 18th, he contrived to escape, and on the 20th published the particulars of his liberation, which had, he said, been effected by means of a tunnel in a chimney. It appears certain, that in the night between the 9th and 10th of September he was present at the attack made on the camp at Grenelle, where the terrorists were again routed, and he owed his safety solely to a milk-woman, whom he bribed to conceal him under the straw of her cart. that as it may, he retired to Switzerland shortly after his escape from the Abbaye, and he afterward found means to take shipping for the East Indies. His voyage terminated at Teneriffe, which the English, under the command of Admiral Lord Nelson, were attacking at the moment of his landing; the fight became general, and on this occasion Drouet gave proofs of valour. It was here that Lord Nelson lost his arm. On the 26th of May, 1797, the high court of Vendome acquitted him of any share in Babeuf's conspiracy; he returned to France, and was employed by the directory in his own department. After the 18th of Brumaire, the Consuls Be appointed him sub-prefect at Manehoud, an office which he held till the restoration of Louis XVJII. in 1814. In 1805, the electoral college of Marne chose him a candidate to the legislative body, but his nomination was not approved of by Napoleon. During the hundred days he was not very conspicuously employed; but, having signed the acte additionelle, he was exiled as a regicide, on the king's return ir 1815. He lately died at Macen, where he resided under a fictitious name. He was uncle of General Drouet, nick-named Count d'Erlon, a very able Buonapartean officer. Miscellanies. MINUTE INGENUITY. (For the Mirror.) GOLD-BEATERS can extend a single grain of gold into a leaf containing fifty square inches, which leaf may be divided into five hundred visible parts: these leaves are used in gilding; and they are so very thin, that 125,000 of them, laid on one another and pressed together, will not exceed an inch in thickness. It has been calculated, also, that a single grain of that metal, expended in covering gold lace, would spread over a surface of nearly thirty square yards.-See Monthly Review, May, 1824. Ac Mr. Reaumur says, "The flexibility of Glass increases in proportion to the fineness of the threads; and that, probably, had we but the art of drawing threads as fine as a spider's web, we might weave stuffs and cloths thereof for wear. cordingly he made some experiments this way, and found he could make threads fine enough, as fine in his judgment as any spider's web; but he could not make them long enough to do any thing with them." The following are "Ductile Metallic Bodies, arranged in the order of their ductility :" Gold, Platina, Silver, Copper, Iron, Tin, Lead. See Glass Exhibition and Beckman's Inventions P. T. W. JASMINE. A DUKE OF TUSCANY was the first possessor of this pretty shrub in Europe, and he was so jealously fearful lest others should enjoy what he alone wished to possess, that strict injunctions were given to his gardener not to give a slip, not so much as a single flower, to any person. To this command the gardener would have been faithful, had not love wounded him by the sparkling eyes of a fair, but portionless peasant, whose want of a little dowry and his poverty alone kept them from the hymeneal altar. On the birth-day of his mistress, he presented her with a nosegay; and to render the bouquet more acceptable, ornamented it with a branch of jasmine. The girl, wishing to preserve the bloom of a new flower, put it into fresh earth, and the branch remained green all the year. In the following spring it grew, and was covered with flowers: it flourished and multiplied so much under the fair nymph's cultivation, that she was able to amass a little fortune from the sale of the precious gift which love nad made her; when, with a sprig of jasmine in her breast, she bestowed her hand and wealth on the happy gardener of her heart. And the Tuscan girls to this day preserve the remembrance of this adventure, by invariably wearing a nosegay jasmine on their wedding-day; and they have a proverb, which says, a young girl worthy of wearing this nosegay, is rich enough to make the fortune of a good husband. The Gatherer. "I am but a Gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff."---Wotton. A TURKISH PLUM-PUDDING. WHEN Lord Paget was on an embassy to Constantinople, his cook being taken ill, his Lordship was obliged to employ the natives to dress his dinners. Having one Christmas-day a large party, he desired to have a piece of roast beef and a plum-pudding. The first was not difficult to procure; but the last, not a servant in his kitchen knew how to make. They applied to him for a receipt: he said, he thought they must take ten or a dozen eggs and beat them up together, a certain quantity of good milk, so much flower, and all these ingredients to be mixed with a large quantity of the best raisins; then the whole to be boiled for four hours in four quarts of water. They listened attentively to his instructions; but when dinner was announced, two fellows appeared, bearing in a most enormous red pan, in which was what they called a plum-pudding. The instant it appeared Lord Paget exclaimed, "God bless me, but I forgot to tell them it was to be put in a bag!" Chapel and House of Mr. Smith, at Demerara. [PRICE 2d. Ir the eighty-seven Numbers of the MIRROR already before the public, had not been sufficient to prove that we equally avoid religious controversy and political discussion, some explanation might be necessary in introducing a subject intimately connected with both; but, as we shall not deviate from a course which has been so honoured with public approbation, our merely stating the fact will be deemed sufficient. It is known to the public that Mr. Smith was the missionary at Demerara, during an insurrection of the Negroes in that colony in August last. He was accused of being privy to the revolt, and of assisting in the rebellion; was arrested, and tried by a court-martial, which continued for some weeks, found guilty, and condemned to death, but recommended to mercy to his Majesty, who was no sooner acquainted with the circumstances, than a free pardon was sent out for Mr. Smith. Unhappily it arrived too late; for his health, which had been long in a bad state, got worse, and he sunk under his confinement a few hours before the royal mercy reached Demerara. This event has excited great interest in the religious world, and numerous petitions have been presented to VOL. III. 2 C Parliament, praying that the sentence on Mr. Smith may be reversed. For reasons already stated we decline entering into any examination as to the extent of Mr. Smith's guilt or innocence, nor shall we deviate from our accustomed rule next week, when we shall give a memoir of his life, and a fac-simile of his hand-writing in the last letter he ever wrote. week we present a view of the Chapel, and the House in which he resided, at Demerara, and we doubt not they will prove acceptable to all our readers. This It The colony of Demerara, to which Mr. Smith was sent out a missionary, in December, 1816, is situated in Dutch Guiana, on the east coast of South America. is bounded on the east by the colony of Berbice, and on the west by that of Essequibo. For about 20 miles inland, along the banks of the river Demerara, the country consists of extensive meadows Plantations, chiefly of sugar, coffee, and cotton, are regularly ranged on each side of the river. The culture of rice has also been introduced. The river, which is about two miles in breadth at its mouth, affords an excellent harbour for ships; but a bar prevents the sailing of large ships up the river, which, however, is 385 The mission to Demerara was undertaken the London Missionary Society in the year 1808, in consequence of an application of Mr. Post, a respectable Dutch planter, who possessed the estate called Le Resouvenir, situated about eight miles from the principal town, then called Staarbrook, but now George Town.-On this estate stand the Chapel and dwelling of the late Mr. Smith, surrounded by colonial scenery, as represented in the prefixed engraving. Prior to the establishment of this mission, Mr. Post had taken much laudable pains with his slaves, and for a considerable time he kept a schoolmaster purposely to instruct them. The directors of the Missionary Society, having some knowledge of these circumstances, considered his application for a missionary as a call, which they durst not disregard. They accordingly sent out Mr. John Wray, who, on his arrival, was received by Mr. Post with true christian hospitality. Mr. Wray immediately entered upon his work, and found the poor Negroes very ready and willing to hear sermons, so that additional seats were, from week to week, provided for their accommodation. The congregation increased so much, that it was soon found necessary to build a Chapel, which was opened Sept. 11, 1808. About 700 people assembled, and Mr. Wray preached from Luke xix. 9." This day is salvation come to this house." This Chapel was erected chiefly at the expense of Mr. Post, who laid out for the place of worship, and the minister's House, more than a thousand pounds!-a noble example of liberality! This good man, who did not live long to enjoy the pleasure of witnessing the increasing fruits of his labours, died on the 23rd of April, 1809; and within the building, at the west end, a stone, bearing a suitable inscription, has been erected to his memory. The Chapel itself, in which a gallery has lately been erected, like all other buildings in the colony, is entirely of wood. It is 70 feet long, and, in the widest part, about 50 broad, but in the nar rowest not more than 40. Its exact shape cannot easily be described. It is neither round nor octagonal, neither square nor a parallelogram. The pulpit is at the east end. There is only one glass window, and this is small, and so situated, that the light it admits is thrown on the top of the sounding-board, on which account it is rendered nearly useless. The other windows, which resemble Venetian blinds, but are much longer, the colonists call jeloucies. but merely turn up and down, as blinds They do not open and shut like windows, are turned to admit the light or exclude the sun. Hence, when rain descends during the service, the jeloucies are shut, and both minister and congregation are nearly in the dark. The situation of the Chapel is in a populous district, being surrounded with plantations containing multitudes of slaves. Extending along the coast eastward about four miles, and just about the same distance in a westwardly direction, the enslaved negroes belonging to the different plantations have been estimated at 10,000, of whom the greater number were permitted to attend public worship. Those who compose the congregations present a motley appearance. Some of the free black girls come to the Chapel in fine white lace veils and silk stockings, with a reticule to hold their pocket handkerchiefs, and their fingers sparkling with gold and diamond rings. Many of the slaves, on the contrary, come almost naked. The attention of the blacks to religious instruction, and its happy influence on their hearts and lives, were such as to encourage the directors to send another missionary, Mr. John Davies, who settled at George Town, and built a Chapel there. He was afterwards joined by Mr. Elliot, who had previously laboured in the island of Tobago, and who has built a second Chapel in George Town, and also recently erected another on the west coast of the Demerara river. Both the congregations are large. The members of the churches diligently employ themselves in the instruction of others, by teaching them the catechism. The scripures are highly valued, and read by many. Auxiliary missionary societies have been established at all the Chapels, and considerable sums cheerfully contributed by the slaves, from their scanty pittances, for the general cause of missions. In the year 1813, Mr. Wray having received an invitation from some gentlemen, who had the management of the crown estates in the neighbouring colony of Berbice, removed from Demerara, with the consent of the directors, to establish a |