by endeavouring to irritate him; in sending Lieutenant Drummond into the guard-room, as a spy on his conduct; in asking the opinion of some of the non-commissioned officers of the Guard, whether their Captain was drunk; in holding a conversation with Captain Lee's servan, respecting his master's situation convening the subalterns in the detached dock guard room, before he was relieved, without the consent of his commanding officer; and the expressions he made use of to Mr. Scott, all tending to the subversion of military discipline, and the good of his Majesty's service; is disgraceful to himself, as an office and a gentleman. This Court feel themselves called upon to point out, in a particular manner, the very extraordinary proposal made by Lieutenant Noble, to raise a subscription among the subalterns, for the purpose of prosecuting Capt. Lee;-a proposal subversive of all good order and military discipline. And the Court is also of opinion, that the conduct of Lieutenants Crockat and Hill, in giving their testimony before the Court of Inquiry, and this Court, is highly honourable, and much to their credit, as officers and gentlemen.

The sentence was read in open Court; after which the President delivered Captain Lee his sword, with an appropriate speech on the

occasion.

DOUBTS ON THE IMMERSION OF SWALLOWS.

caves and coal pits; while others, of more capacious credulity, endeavour to persuade us that these birds are subject to annual resurrections from the bottoms of lakes and ponds. It would certainly afford great satisfaction to many of your readers to hear these ingenious men account for the continuance of the circulation of the blood through the lungs of the feathered race, during their winter immersion; as the art of keeping alive an animal under water, who owes its usual continuance in life to a free use of atmos

pheric, air, will be a greater discovery, and more flattering to science, than all the wonders of modern philosophy.

It may be agreeable to the natu- ralist to learn; that, in the months of November, December, January, and February, in each year, the inhabitants of Jamaica have a regular visit of millions of the swallow family; not one of whom is to be seen there at any other season of the year. Your's, &c.

A NATURALIST.

NEW

THEATRICAL PERFORMERS, SEVERAL new performers, be

sides Mr. Stephen Kemble, mentioned in the early part of this Magazine, have made their appearance since opening the theatres this season, viz. Mr. Dwyer, and Mr. Cherry, in the comic line, at Drurylane. Miss Marriott, who has played Clarinda, Mrs. Sullen, and Jane Shore, at Covent Garden. And Mr.

zine.

GENTLEMEN,

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atre, at Drury-lane his first essay was Jabel, in the Jew; and Robin

They all possess, the Lady in particular, a very considerable portion of merit; and on which we may be induced to descant in our next Magazine.

FEAST

ADVERTISEMENT EXTRAORDI

SAM

NARY.

AM SMATTER, at the Apollo in Pantaloons, the corner of Parnassus-Alley, acquaints Put lishers and Editors of every denomination, that he has laid in a large assortment of Good Things, Jests, Witticisms, and Bon Mots, of every kind, well worth their attention.Also a quantity of Literary Seedlings, such as Epigrams, wanting nothing but point-Conundrums, complete in all but explanation --R busses and Acrostics, excellent, except in rational solution--Impromtus, prepared at a week's notice-Puns, at per dozen, in alphabetical order-Jokes, upon all subjects, ready cut and dried-Attic Salt, in small quantities

- Marvellous Paragraphs by weight-Stock-Fallers and Risers, with directions how to use themGala-Descriptions and Association Speeches, made to any measure, at the shortest notice.-N. B. Jokes and Puns, for circuit use, will be sold with large allowance-Obituary Characters of the true panegyricflavour are kept ready made for every age, sex, and profession University Wit is necessarily raised in price, from the late scarcity and bad harvests-A fresh assortment of Flag furling Orations, expected by the Pacific packet--Parliamentary Debates, planned for the next Ses

sions, with Speeches and Replies to fit, of every kind of Rhetoric.

WANTED-an expert Nabob Hunter, for a great assembly.-N. B. He need not have been in India. A Political-abuse-Smith may also hear of constant employment.

A Seedsman, in the neighbourhood of Thames-street, having been chosen Churchwarden of an adjoining parish, was called upon by the Organist, who had the misfortune to be blind, for the payment of 51. being the amount of a quarter's salary; and addressing himself to the Shopman, "I come," says he, "for a quarter's salary." "You cannot have a quart of Celery," replied the Shopman; "it is not our custom to serve it by the quart, Sir."—" I am sorry for it, indeed," rejoins the Organist; I have always been accustomed to receive it in that way; and it will put me to much inconvenience to alter the plan: and it surely cannot be a great object to your Master."-The Shopman, not knowing how to proceed informed his Master, who accused him of having made some blunder, and came himself to right the busi"Friend," says

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the new "what a

made Churchwarden, mount of Celery did you say you wanted?"-"Five Pounds, Sir," —“There, John," says the Seeds

man,

man, I told you it would turn out one of your blunders-nothing can be more clear; put up the Gentleman 5lbs. of Celery."--The Shopman having finished the job, was very politely proceeding to place the parcel under the blind man's arm, who, wondering at the circumstance, could not help crying, "What are you at now, Friend?" "Why only giving you the 5lbs. of Celery," says the Shopman. "What the Devil," replies the impatient Organist," is it all halfpence?"

IN the Dublin Theatre it is the custom of the Irish Gods to express their dislike or approbation of any person or performance by calling for a groan or a clap. Whilst the Union was in agitation, and the ExMinister very unpopular, Blue Beard happened to be represented, when, after the celebrated Duetto of "Pit-a-Pat, Pit-a-Pat," &c. a fel low in the gallery roared out "Come now, my honeys! a groan for PITT, and a clap for PAT."

THE late Rev. Mr. Cambridge, in his thirst of knowledge, was sometimes apt to be a little too credulous. Being informed that Camels had been found in some parts of America, he asked a Scots gentleman, who had just returned from that country, whether he had really seen any Camels while he was there, "Oh! yes," said the Caledonian, in pure simplicity," plenty of Campbells!"

THE same gentleman, as it is well known, was one of the chief literary props of the periodical paper, entiiled The World. Mr. Moore, the conductor of that Paper, in any extremity, constantly applied to his friend Cambridge, upon whose fertile genius and friendly promptitude he could always rely. It happen

ONE of the Dover innkeepers, lately complaining to a French gentleman, that his house was greatly infested with rats, and that he would willingly give a considerable sum to get rid of them, was, on the following morning, and after the Frenchman had received his bill, accosted by him, "Sure, I shall tell you vich way you shall get rid of de rat."-" I will be obliged very much to you, much to you, if you can," replied the landlord. Vell den, only charge de rat as you charge me, and I vill be d-d if de rat ever come to your house again."

As Suett and Bannister were walking a few days since in Piccadilly, a fellow on the roof of one of the Bath coaches, roared out, " How are you Dicky Gossip ?"—" Why," exclaimed Suett, "how should that man know me?"-"Easily enough," replied Bannister," don't you see he is on the Stage."

A YOUNG fellow was arraigned at the Assizes of Maryborough, in Ireland, on a charge of having married three wives, in the short space of ten months. The prisoner, on hearing the Judge express his surprise at the enormity of the offence, exclaimed-"My Lord, I am now sorry for what I have done, but I was then on the recruiting service,"

FROM

-A Park, with a Hunting field, a Warren, a Fox, and a Hare.--Two Bastards, with two Wards.-A Hill, with two Towns-ends.-Two Brooks, and a Trench.-A Taylor, with a Spencer. A Wood, with a Forrester. -Three Camels, a Bullock, and two Lambs-A Moor, with Birch Broom, Hawthorn, and Beech.-A Bishop, with Parsons, a Chaplain, and an Abbot.-A Temple, and five Fanes-Two Pits, with Coals.-A Baker, with White-bread.-And a Man and a Hussey with only one Putten.

THE Death of a Miser was lately announced in an American Paper thus:-" On Friday last died Josiah Bramtree, of Bennington, at the age of ninety-eight. He retained his money to the last!"

AN Irish soldier pretending dumbness, and the surgeon of the regiment, after several attempts to restore him, declaring him incurable, was discharged. He, a short time afterwards enlisted in another corps, and being recognised by an old comrade, and questioned how he learnt to speak," By St. Patrick,” replied Terence," ten guineas would make any man speak!”

As a thief was going to the gallows out of town near Norwich, many Boys run to see the Execu tion, when he called to them saying, "Boys, you need not make so much haste, for there will be no sport till I come."

A KENTISH newspaper advertises a General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for this day, when it says those who are on recognisance for bastardy and other parish business, must give their attend

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SPORTING

MATCHES AGAINST TIME.

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BOUT the middle of this month, bet of a hundred and twenty guineas, between R. Jones, Esq of Fonmon-Castle, Glamorganshire, and Captain Haskew, of the 15th light dragoons, was determined in favour of the latter gentleman. The match was, that Mr. Jones's chariot, drawn by four horses, should run from the Bell Inn, in Gloucester, to the turnpike leading into Cheltenham, a distance of about ten miles, in forty minutes; but it having been deemed necessary to change horses on the road, the time was exceeded by six minutes and a half.

ANOTHER match has since been determined between the same parties, in which Mr. Jones betted six hundred and fifty guineas that he would travel post from Gloucester to London, in his chariot and four, in ten hours and a half. The distance is about one hundred and four miles. He accordingly started at four o'clock in the morning, and, after changing horses eight times, reached Tyburn turnpike at one o'clock-an hour and a half within the time stipulated, being at the rate of eleven miles and a half per hour, exclusive of unavoidable stop pages at the different stages.

IN the beginning of this month, Mr. Banks, a farmer at Sevington, undertook, for a wager of five guineas, to carry a sack of wheat,

weighing two hundred and forty pounds, a mile without resting; which he performed with apparent ease in twenty-one minutes.

THIS month, was held at Aberdeen, the October Meeting of the Northern Shooting Club. Among the company present were, the Marquis of Huntly, Lord and Lady Erroll, Lord Aboyne, Lord Ruthven, Lady Harriot Hay, the Lady Keith, Sir William Forbes, and Sir William Johnston. Several good matches were run upon the raceground, between the Marquis of Huntly, Lord Ruthven, Mr. Alexander Gordon, and other gentlemen, and some hack races afforded good sport,

A PRODIGIOUS flight of woodcocks during the present month have been seen at sea, and numbers have pitched on the southern coast of Ireland, and in the fields near Margate. They are so weakened by fatigue, owing to the contrary winds, that the peasants knock them down with their sticks; and they are so poor that they are scarcely worth killing. These, we shall be told, are a certain prognostic of an hard winter; but that opinion has often proved fallacious.

THIS season three gentlemen shot a hundred and fifty-four brace of birds in the Island of Mull, in seven day's sport. It rained the greatest part of the time; and they never shot at a hen that had her young brood about her.

A GENTLEMAN