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\ was extremely diverted the other day
with my mothers and my old milliner: she
said she had a petition to me. What is it,
Mrs. Burtonp 1T is in behalf of two poor
Orphans | began to feel for my purse
what can do for them Mrs. Burton.' On
" if your honour would be SO compassionate
as to get them tickets for the coronation


Hor. Hahoie's Letters.


Lord Coke, speaking of the English Navy,
says among the ships Of other nations they
are like lions amongst silly beasts, or falcons
amongst fearful fowls


When Archbishop Laud had been preach
ing at certain church, Il man went about
Boosting that he had rung the bell.


Sir Matthew Hale was SO averse to the
dissipation of time, that he would not even
correspond with his friends, except on ne
ceSsary business or matters of learning.
An English Judge compared certain re-
ports to Banbury chccses, whose superiluities
being pared away, there would not be enough
left to bait what Lord Hale called the mouse
trap of the law. How widely could the
comparison be applied at the present day.


In the reign of William md Mary, it was
adjudged that an action might be maintained
for negroes for they are hcathens and there
fore man may have property in them
Logical!


Sir Harbottlc Grimston, the Bographer
of Sir George Croke, Jestice of Kings
Bench, in the reign Of Charles |. describes
him as being 'in those times of conhagration
more for the bucket than bcilo7vs, often pour
ing out the waters of his tears to quench
those beginning flames which others did ven
tilate.'


Burke had for long time an intention of
coming to America, and from an express
sion in a letter of his in 1757, (.shortly.
please God to be in America } it seems that
he had even made preparations to come.


Milton said that the trappinys of a mon
archy might set up an ordinary common
wealth.


Mr.. Wedgwood, of England, introduced
great Improvements in the potter's art, and
the Queen, to encourage the artist, gave his
manufacture the name of Queens 7oare.


A voluminous author of French novels,
who wasa corrcctor in printing office, pub
lished work without ever writing it with a
pen.


1t is supposed that n ready and rapid ora
tor can pronounce from 1000 to $500 words
OF our language in an hour. The medium Of
1900 will afford l20 words in minute, and
two words in "A second