kept the Crown and Magpie tavern, the house was famous for the culinary preparation, said to have been invented by Apicius, called "a barbacued pig." This dish, which every glutton in the metropolis might envy, and, like the Umbrano's head sought by Lazarillo, the hungry courtier, in Beaumont and Fletcher's play,+ desire the possession of, probably gave rise to the Pig's Head club, formerly held at the George and Vulture tavern, in Cornhill, which Mr. Kenton for some years constantly attended. To each of the members of this society that were his contemporaries while he belonged to it, he, in the event of their surviving him, bequeathed a legacy of 5001. Of these, we are informed, only two were living at the time of his decease, viz. Mr. Patrick Macleod, who died lately at Blackheath, and Mr. Maxwell, of Oxford-court, Lawrence-lane, Cannon-street, who still exists. Independent of this singular act of friendship and generosity, we understand that he left legacies of 5001. each to forty different persons, with whom he had been in the habits of intimacy. PROPOSAL for the EMPLOYMENT of BOYS in the MARINE SERVICE. Trand, we sent to the churchHE following letter has, we under wardens, overseers, and trustees of cha rity schools, in the district whence it is dated; and, as it recommends a measure at once so important and beneficial, it affords us pleasure that we can, by insertion, give to it a more general circulation. *This house we have always considered with esteem and veneration for its being, as we have already stated in the Vestiges, one of the last specimens of the ancient taverns, such as once abounded in the metropolis, and which certainly were as far superior in point of comfort, and indeed of delicacy, to the modern newfangled coxcomical coffee and chop-houses, as a man's own table is to a public ordinary, or indeed to a public dinner. It is not that we are any admirers of the tavern lives of our ancestors, or of the eating-house lives of our compatriots; but upon a mental comparison, it is certain that the former understood convenience, aye, and conviviality too, much better than the latter. + The Woman Hater. The respectable club termed "the Pig's flead" (for though it had a strange appellation, it was in its members truly respectable) still exists, and has followed Mr. Holdsworth from the George and Vulture, where it was first established, to his present situation, THE LONDON TAVERN, Public-office, Worship-street, Shoreditch, 17th Nov. 1803. "GENTLEMEN, "Understanding from high authority, that it has been deemed expedient to increase the number of boys of the second and third classes on board his Majesty's ships and vessels, the age of those boys in the second class not to be under fifteen years, and those of the third class not to be less than thirteen, the former to be allowed a bounty of one guinea each, and the latter of half-a-guinea each, towards clothing them, on being received on board the ships in which they may be respectively appointed to serve, when they will be allowed the following wages, viz. boys of the second class, 81. per annum, and of the third 71. per annum, with the same allowance of provisions as men: It has from the above circumstances occurred to us, that you, Gentlemen, have under your direction, a number of boys answering the above description, who may be usefully employed in the service of the public, and advantageously to themselves, on board his Majesty's ships, according to the rules and regulations that we have stated. "This mode of providing for the boys that you may have to dispose of, would, we conceive, Gentlemen, be much better than those which are generally adopted, as they would be initiated into and secured in all those advantages attendant upon a maritime life; they would be removed far from those scenes of distress, and too frequently of corruption and immorality, with which they often become acquainted, and be in a course of becoming estimable instead of dangerous members of society. If you should have the same opinion of this important measure that we have, and have any boys, answering the forementioned description, to dispose of, you will please to intimate the same to us at this office, and care shall be taken to forward them to their respective destinations without any expence to the parishes, &c. to which they may belong. "We are, Gentlemen, "Your very obedient humble servants, "JOSEPH MOSER. W. PARSONS." EXTRAORDINARY APPLICATION of the MAGNET. N extraordinary case has lately occurred, of a smith, who having had the misfortune to have a small bit of iron fly into his eye, had it successfully extracted by the magnet. RECIPE for the DROPSY. NE ounce of powder of bark; two ounces of Battle, gunpowder; one ounce of brown mustard seed, bruised, and one bottle of mountain wine, mixed together, to stand twenty-four hours; take one wine glass three times a-day to be well shaken. LORD PENRYN'S SLATE QUARRY, NEAR BANGOR, N. WALES. ening to fwITH A VIEW.] HE slate quarry of which the an nexed Plate is a representation, was the property of the late Lord Penryn. It is on the side of a lofty mountain, and within half a mile of the great post road from Capel Cerig to Bangor, in the county of Carnaryon. This quarry may be reckoned one of the curiosities of Carnarvonshire; and any traveller taking the tour of North Wales should not omit seeing it. The solid masses of slate dug from the summit to the base are from 80 to 100 feet; and when the sun reflects its beams on its sides, it gives the finest prismatic colours imaginable. The dividing the strata of slate from the main body appears to a stranger beholding the workmen a service of danger, particularly when they a employed in splitting the rock from the summit. This is effected by a small beam fastened to the top, with two ropes at each end, on which four, five, or six men frequently stand, and with their iron crows and sledge-hammers Blake off the slate from the sides, in pieces from two to eight feet in thickness, and six to seven in length. In other places, the slate rock is divided by blasts from gunpowder. From the miners, the different pieces go to the persons who shape them. This is done on the spot; and when finished are put into small waggons that hold near half a ton each, and from this conveyed along an iron rail-way, which runs on a gentle declivity for two miles and a half to Port Penryn, and from thence shipped to Ireland, Scotland, and many parts of England. The slate produced from this quarry is of a remarkably fine quality, a close texture, very light, and a bright seagreen colour in general, but some parts of the strata are a purple blue. They form them of different sizes, for the different purposes they may be used; such as grave-stones, chimney-pieces, and covering for houses. The first are prepared with a high polish, about six inches thick, and fit for the sculptor's hand, without any further trouble than his engraving these are generally sold by the ton weight. Others, that are only half finished, and used for stairs, horseblocks, &c. and left in that state to be formed according to the purposes wanted, are also sold by the ton the first are sold about 55s, and called imperial; the latter at 30s. per ton. For the roofs of houses, three sorts are made, and go under the following de scriptions, duchesses, countesses, and ladies: the first measure 24 inches by 12, and sell for 61. per thousand; the next, 20 inches by 10, and sell for 41.) per thousand and ladies, 16 inches. by 8, and sell for 21. per thousand. At the port of Penryn school-states. are made and framed in a complete manner for use, which are also exported in great quantities. Having described the quarry, it would be doing injustice to the distinguished taste of Lady Penryn to pass over in silence her beautiful cottage, which by her polite attention, is allowed to be seen by every person travelling this part of Wales. It is simply elegant; a ne lawn before the house extends to the rapid river Ogwin; and immediately opposite, the slate quarry, screened by a stupendous mountain at the back, gives this place a most romantic appearance. The walks in the domain are laid out with uncommon taste; and on the summit of a high rock, which bends its craggy brow over the Ogwin, the view is prodigiously grand. Near the foot of the bill is a great fall of water, over large rocks, roots of trees, &c. and would make one of the richest studies possible for any artist to take his subject from. Lady Penryn has fixed on this rock several seats, formed of wood painted like mushrooms, that have a most novel and whimsical ap-pearance. About a mile from the cottage is the farm. This also lays claim to the visitor's attention, as being the completest thing of the kind in Wales. The poultry-yard, pig-styes, dairies, and all the offices are composed entirely of high polished slate; and water laid in to every division in such abundance, as makes the poultry and pigs superior to those that in general are to be met with. Her ladyship has fitted up two rooms in this farm, where the family frequently dine. The cottage is called Ogwin Bank; and the stables, stairs of the cottage, &c. are all made of slate. THE PURRAH. An AFRICAN TALE. IN THREE ACTS. Dramatized by JOSEPH MOSER, Esq. Act III. Scene I. Displays a wild and mountainous part of the coast, bounded on the right by a series of white rocks and cliffs, on which are interspersed pine, palm, and banana trees. The front rock, which seems of alabaster, is embellished with vines and other clinging plants, that climb toward ils summit, and drop in elegant festoons over different crags. On the opposite side appears a grove, and through a long avenue is seen a distant view of the river, the waves of which, the sparry rocks, trees, &c. are emblazoned by the rays of the rising On the fore-ground is displayed a small straw-thatched cottage; from which enters ZEMINA, in a loose dress of while muslin, confined by a zone of blue; her hair and arms adorned with chains and bracelets of shells, &c. a bow in her hand and quiver at her back. sun. ZEMINA sings. Hail, oh glorious orb of day! No longer fears prevail. [Kneels. Here, therefore, let a simple maid CAPTAIN HATCHWAY, who had entered while ZEMINA was singing, and observed her, comes forward. Captain Hatchway. Attracted by the cadence of a most musical voice, I have, unattended, wandered further from the fort than, perhaps, prudence would have prescribed, or than my situation ought Europ. Mag. Vol. LIV. Nov. 1908. to have warranted; but I have been rewarded for my deviation from the strictness of our rules, by the discovery of a nymph who, if she had been of another complexion, and in another country, would have been called a virgin huntress in the train of Diana. Here she must be acknowledged as the daughter of Phoebus. In her orisons she named Ergetta as her friend: I will therefore speak to her. [Goes toward the cottage; ZEMINA appears at the door: just us he approaches, the boatswain's whis tle sounds. Zemina. Heaven protect my life! What men are these? [She rushes into the cottage, and shuts the door. Captain Hatchway. So my rascals have frightened the timid virgin: it is much to their credit: but I must not blame even impertinence which has for its basis affection for me. [Retires behind the cottage. Enter STERN, INVOICE, GANGWAY, and Вов Воом. Stern. I tell ye, my hearts, if he has not foundered in the passage, he must have dropped anchor here: I saw his vessel afloat, and steering this way, the factory bearing full north, just after I had piped the morning watch. Invoice. Why did you not inform him of his danger? Stern. Avast, avast, lad! you're a pretty sort of a fresh water sailor. Inform the captain of an English frigate that there was danger in any trip he was about to make. I should have deserved to have had a hoist by the yard tackle-Danger, indeed! [The captain appears on one side, and ZEMINA at the door of her cottage. Bob Boom. Muffle your oar, Stern, there he is. Stern. Ha, ha! there he is indeed; but he seems as shy as Admiral Jerome, as we call him. You remember our chase; a fine one it was; his vessel flew like the negro-girls: however, as the captain has been in chase of another letter of marque, for she's black and white, I hope he'll have more success. Gangway. By her head and keel, I should take her to be a collier." Captain Hatchway (advancing). Why, you porpusses,do you mean to crack your forecastle jests on your commander? [Holding up his cane. Xx |