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S'cec-Th'e Haynarcrket. Time--Erly Morning, after the Banquet
 of tthe 101st Middlesex.
 ar ly in Uniformi:-" I'Nrs AW moirrT, OLE FL'ER!"



 NEW LIGHTS ON .OLD WORTHIES.


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 Sucn ready credence was lately given to a talkative lady's descrip- former reports that the fleet had been heard of in I lie Sound, bll, iut
tion of NELSON, as a rude, boisterous, boastful, sea-captain; so suddenly gone to a point of Ayr, wherever that might be. The (' lve
widely for certain days did this new (and contemptible) idea take has not deigned to reply, and is supposed by ny lords to ble illier
the place of our old conception of him as a tender-hearted, modest, corkey or afloat.
gallant gentleman, that we may shortly expect similar new lights to
be thrown upon other worthies. We have indeed, in our own NARROW ESCAPE.
possession, the MS. Diary of our late aunt, Miss MARTH. G F; (From or ecial 'cny-a )
and though candour compels us to own that she was both can- ( nrio g our S social ciit d w lint ,'.)
tankerous and silly, we lay a few extracts before our readers for their T'1e usually quiet ncifgliostr'hoo of' ('h:ipdlle wisl yiacjsloay
own consideration. scahrowpe into a state of' conlstlirn tilS. JOS thl foilhn oig II midi: oils,is
 April 1, 18-.-I had always a'shrewd suspicion that MR. WILBER- escape: it s s that Hiss.. .ois (of lli tirn of' J,'l:s ,i (ll .
FORCEt was no better than he should be. I have lately been a good Maugling d n hier "), had loft the fron door olt' fe r y ,ti.,
deal in his society. Alas he is sadly different from the ideal of my on, WtheI (a tite, ii> of lrout hiu yers u' ronu), le io prl ure,
young imagination. His manners, which have often been described d the assge, had j ius profiled his hiot ili',, 'l te :,prli',
as mild and gentle, are of the most offensive kind. On one occasion when his mother', iwith ailittiih pirc^e i" tiil d, puIllihd ht,,
he trod upon my cat. His appetite is voracious and ... ...-i..;., forcibly back; the boy's len atd ws al ll,adw, tinl is trcnift, ,.Itd nI d do,,t
and I, myself, once saw him pour something that looked like lobster the eourageos mat on been at his lho w, tlIr is scirvly: 111hd
sauce over what appeared to be a veal cutlet. His temper is fierce, but that her chili woul, in another illtt, have put both hii, artts
arrogant, and gloomy; his expressions, I grieve to state, coarse in out. The precincts have not yet recovered.
the extreme. I think his interest in the black slave must be mere
hypocrisy, for I have heard that his own servants are underpaid and RECEIPT rou Bisior.-An Oxford niudil-cap (t o bl drawn well over
stinted in their meals. His convivial excesses are but too notorious. the eyes) by Mil. )tsu.cSAElA :-'Two-filt.lis Foft siop1, omlne iwdlr, two of
I am told that he was recently found lying in the gutter, very much suiar, a suspicion of politic spice: stir at a guod ciurcl rate until
overcome, and that onr being asked his name, lie said that it was DISusAELI rises to tio tti, tllop, t it allow.
lICtARD BtINSLEY SHERIDAN. His partizans, indeed, assert that it L F -Inmah-akinain c-ikiteris g l
was really SIHERIDAN who pretended to be WILLIAMt WI1LBERFORCE ; La great sin a flam springs Iup, atnd is lsnppofl t o i filsgt ll y
 a great shine altle springs up, titd is srppofed t I tit, fiil the
 Feb. 31, 1- Yesteray I visited s. F match burns itself out, or till the spark of life is extingulislhd.
 Feb. 31, 18-.-Yesterdlay I visited MRs. FRY. Another illusion NOTE Y T E CE -.'T ]>,0 IR ., ,
 gone Ah! how sad are these disenchantments! She lias a reputa-- NirE BY T tE Ecc,.SIOi,.O(;ICAL SOCIETY.-I 'II.'.IS IPeno is :Ii ,,!.l
 tion for philanthropy; but people who ascribe it to her never 'form of the paper (Pap) duty.
 obtained a glimpse, I should think, into her domestic life. A LICENSED HIAWKER -An American.
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 WILLIAM \WORDSWORTTl was pointed out to me, this aflertoon, in the
street. lie is a short, burly man, with a coarse red face. Although
his poetry breathes of nature, his habits are those of a townsman of
the common stamp. Half his time is passed ill taverns, where,
enveloped in tobacco smoke, he holds forth by the hour together, 1 nem
given to understand, in praise of democracy, and in violent abuse of
church and state. His conduct is quite as lax as his principles, amd
the most shocking immorality is practised by him without the least,
regard to decency or attempt at concealimeil. There is not the
excuse for WORaSWotRTn that there is for 3Hus. l"Fiy. etcr lits of tiger-
like fury, and her constant brooding ill-will, nmy be ascribed to that.
singular custom of visiting prisoners. Iow true is it that there is a
decidedly corrupting influence in evil comnnunications!
 March 22, 1S-.-The poet, SAMUEL rOGEEns, is a bachelor, lins con-
siderable wealth, and seems somewhat partial to ime. 1 am I lhereltre
as civil to him as every English gentlewoman would be in umy peculiar
position; but his society is very wearisome and his egotism most
offensive. Ono day, after quoting four hundred and thirty-six lines
that lie had written before breakfast (his rapidity of comiposition is
certainly wonderful), he said that none of the earlier poens of Loneti
BY'lto were worth-but I will not pollute my pen. (n another oca-
sion, when he was unaware of my approach, I distinrcly saw hi in
his knees at a little chiffonier, which lhad been left open, and drinking
Jamaica rum out of a bottle with the avidity of a dmlon i or a li:lh.
So much for the pleasures of memory.
 Octolr 22.-2-Had the honour of an invitation to Apslcy house, IIsf,
 night, if honour it can be called. However, 1 went. 'I'lie DukI iln hi;
 usual state after dinner; if anything more noisy anl vain-gl orio's
 than ever. Ho sang "The British CGrenadieri" :mi "l'ITho lhoil
 Soldier Boy." Conversation entirely confined to Nat I l of \Vaterloo.
 Duko said ho was wounded in three of his nrins, and hald twenlty-
 seven horses killed under him ; also that he capt'llii('d lth whole ol'
 MARSHAT NEI's division in single combat. On the Mi\iUpts s '
 ANGLESEA's venturing to contradict this slatemett, DI)uko flung ia
 claret-jug at him, and called him a pig-headed old dragoon."
 Such are our Heroes!


 SHIP A-HOY !
 THi sailing qualities of the German fleet far surpass those of ouri
 own navy. There was reason to expect a few additional knots an
 hour, but if the subject has not proved itself too knotty a one for our
 German cousins, we must envy them tie amazing speed of which
 their navy is capable. The fleet, all a-taunto, was spokin (of) sme-
 time since, but immediately proceeded on another tack, down ltt
 wind's eye, and out of sight. Several logs and loggoe rheads liIvo
 been conned, but nlono of them allppar to have fillen in or tout with
 these modern Flying DIutchlen. Tlio lIhy at, tli Nro anid tli,
 Cove of Cork ihavo been telegraphed to iliti tli Admiralty; 11l'