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r POETRY.. i %V ^1. ?? * ? - ? ? ? ? ? ??? ^ ? * ';' ? /-^ow /A* Mrfro/>?/i7a;?, * '??% ? ?v ? v ' , 1 love the man who wajks upright, The* same in we*t or woe ; "Who never shrinks from honor bright To either friend or fae* ' " J I ' * I hate the man whose sordid soul V Is wrapt up io himself ; Who thiuksof nou^hi but how to roll 8S6r?mbl>iiib to his pelt Ilove thewoiinwho^^^ . Kit f? 8P?a^ an(* act vv^ ??%*?' v. Who vulea her house ^fth prudent care, i > And trfesfaer friends to please. / v-.v> >? . v v, $1 ' . I hate the Woman who cantajk Against her neighbor's tame ; Froto?>hout*e tOxhaussjun wearied walk, v iTo spoil he* friend's good, name. s In aWori, 1 lore whatever is good, And hate.whaleVri* bad ; >es give a pleasant mood, h dfige j^e mad - ' Nor h it much letter,? riadeed it is ??> ?n ? ??;? ? enounce ? the .iiv! determine to live onl> ithyour relations and nenrest c*oi^ .lection : if vim go to" see them, at ?iie o'clock they arc not tip ; at two the room is full of indifferent ac <|ttaintauci!, who can talk over the Jii^h' before, and of course ait? fcoon^ er liste ned to than yourself ; at three they are gone shopping; at four they ;?re in the Park 5 at five andMit six they are out 5 at ' seven they are' dressing ; at eight they are dining ? vith two dozen friends ; at turn* nd ten the same eleven thev ai? dressing for the" ball ; ||ra7i?t twelve, when you aftyggifjP^i bed, they are gone into fcoarfy for tin < veiling. Thus are left in snli lOTPiSPr '**Sin a?"?n 1,1 tr\ *h'? world ; ? let us see what it pro duces. ; ' Hie first inconvenience qf a "Lon don life/ is the lute hour of diuui". to pass the i\uy impran8iia% and chfttjosit iH)\vn to a great dmner ^itbtvo'chw-k, is entirely against ti. tii^t dictates of common sense anil common stomachs.? Home learnt persons imlet'ri etuteavuttt to supp?? this, practice hj precedent ami qnou the iintnxn supper ; hut those sup pers vveje at three o'clock' in tin* a!' ferrioop, and 6u?rht to he iLSubjt ci <h contempt, .rather'. Man imitation in GEorsvenor Square. ? ViVrnjatf, how v eveir, are not so irrational as men, iu London ernd generally sit ilowu to Substantial luncheon, at three or four J if men Would do thejiinifc, (iit4. meal at eight might be ligmeneo m ninny ot its wfktoj difches, conversation. would be no laser ; U . it Maw 'to fie concealed, thatconvt r sat ion suffers great itUerrnpton (Von. the manner in which English din ner* are .maHfcgedV first the fcosf and hostess .(tar her unlortuna^co iidjutor) arr employed during I hive parts of dinner, in doin^ the work of the servants, helping fish, in caning large pieces offveoisun to twenty hungry souls to the total loss of the host s powers of amusement, and the entire disfign lenient of the Cur hostess's face. 'Much is also lost by the attention every one is obliged to pay* in order io$uj|JB (lvhick^c ean never do.if he il^ion sigluedf what dishes are at the other end of the table j and it a gtiest uishe* foj a glass of wjte> lie mus peep tttrqugh the Appmfos and Cu pids of the plateau, in order to find some one to drink with him, which will probably happen- in succession, so thst |fter having no wine for halj an how, he will have to drink five mi nu t em Jfc on vt nie nee teaches that the best maimer bf enjoying so&ctV at dinner, is to leave ? very thhigto sei 5 ants that servants can do; sorthat OU may have no farther trouble than to accept of t he dislies Wiat are Offer ed to yva> awl to drink at your lowrj tijne, of lhekwme*i which are hand ed rouh$. An Rnglrsh dinner, on tTie contrary, seetns to presume before hand on the silence, dullness, and stupidity of the guests, and to have prtivide^ little interruptions, like the jerk^ w hich IImS chaplain gives to the archbishop, to |*event his going to sleep during sermon. Some time after dinner comes the time of going to a haft, or ?* route ; but this i s sooner said tlian done : it WteiTTifq g^^a^iimcir ttmeirgo from fit* Mme**a Square W Cleve land How,' a* to go from London to Hounslow. It would require volumes! to disctfbe the disappointitirnt which occe?s*on arriving (ti the brilliant niol? of a hall room. ^Sometimes, as it bas been before said, a friend is seen squeezed like yourself, at an* other rnd of the room, without a possibility of your . communicating except by sign* : and as the whole arrangement of the sock ty is rega in ted hy mechanical pressure, ytiu may happen to be puffed against (hose to whpm ^o?i ,do not wl*h to H|>ejsk, w hef her Jbores, slight*!* ac quaintances, or determined energies. Confined by tlx* crowd, nod stifl ed Hy thi . \y?U dolled liy v(lie light all powers of nre1q|gf will and j^gacity Jta #ob servaikni ; indeed, the limbs are*o crushed* ami the tongue ?o parch: dial except paHicularty well dressc. Indies, all are iu case of t)< traveller. Dr. Clwrk, JiriuMi he sa> ? in (lie plains of K^tia, that eon)* Dii^ht l>l a roe hiui forqpt making tntrt :<i reflection on the the counliv ; Iwt that lie must 6<vu the heat tjmu deprived himjrf all |K>wer of tho' . Hence it ip,Hha^ the coovrrsatic rnn hjpwpd you, is general!;, notttpfraort! than *? Ha\e you here^long ? ? Have you been a* rftMT Hatroom's ? ? " Are you ^oin^ , ikMj squeeze's ? ? UentT. ^'*0. Madi\lW tie Sue I . saiffjit >er,? j stly, to ? iiii Englishman, " Dans vos routs le corps fait j>lus <le fraf* que I 'esprit." Mut cVen if there njv !? ' s?>n? of a* ciM)?titui';on robust e.'io \u fnik, they yet c!o not ihtee to do so, as twenty head* ;ire (breed i:.to ihecotnp.iss of onenqtmre foot j ?ii even when, to your great ii*rigufe* mj see a person to w hom you lm\\ -?nclijo *ay* and, by fair means V- ; <i)Im)W8 aiul toes, . knees anil Moulders have' got near thenu the\ 1' en dtMniss you wHU shakiug ,\ou '??/ ^ if^ h rnt? nndsa yfcs. ? # dear \f r. ? how do yoq do?" and then <ouuiiue in yjnVt'rsation vvith a per 'miii who^e e/r is three um;IiKs nea^r. At <one o'clock. Kb\Vevej\ thetcrow.d diminishes ; and if you are not tired: l>> th*vfiite or six hours of playing at company, which you have already i4(l, you may he very comfort atifr; fur the Teat o f Hie pveiiiu^? . " 'apgtL*: .jf' ll)LE HOUftS. From the JS. r.'Com. dvertiger. u Will ladies* Uciice encoura ge ted* o mc*i, \r>d spurn at fops with abermiiing htvim' ' How prevalent \s the "PVfr111 among young men, that the fopuffies of dress cao sire tbetn respectaoiUtV; in the eyott o&ftjie worltU or favor in the sis;Ut of the lvmale?x. A iuom de^THuirtg idea of fen> ale discern meitf could not l>e entertained. To sup pose that the exterior decorations of what may, o^ may ivpc be a h;tn<Uome pernw), are Weighed by them agaitvtf good breeding, evinced in a constant desire to plefoe, orvthe solid acquis sjilou of knowledge, is preposterous in U?e extreme. A l*dy of sensei would scorn tb*1 man who should avov* such sentiments ; and even she,' who is ltfg?<df destitute. of literary a ujuhre mem s, J|olds him cheap who depet^aofcly^n extrinsic 'qua I ilka* &<m p?, A qoxf omb may amuse i? compar ty-^ay occasionally - command % smile or a compliment front a lady, but never pt^nal repfd- A grace-: fur dancer will exdfiirodmittstipn superior linger gainUpplause; * bumortie punster will create a laugh, but it is good sense ofey that c*u4H>sure esteem, or inspire a flee y tu^fced b^Miss t(wt u * wlfmanmay always judge of the estimation in wltifh Ae lrf held, by tiie OrinVersaiion that If ad dressed to W'.feipPtett baits, fash ion^ dresses, &c. *re the stile topics | of ctmversation, a lady must natural ly suppose ^theftlm ft mean opinion is entertained of lifer understanding, <>r that the gentleman himself is des titute of thfrr rich treasury of &now ledge ; iiuacquainted with the refined Bsorc of a well stored mind ; 1411 to cojoy'the 4< feast of rea?| and the flow soul." U^Tlumgh dress should not be es-a termed our " sumtrfum ItoftuA," >et if mast not be altogether uegleeted. Let a man l>e neat? fashionable if voti please in his appear*nce'| it is * tes|>ect he o^es to his ftitfttds and to himself, but let dress be* a seconda ry cOiisideratlon.?AH tlse Useless a<# complishmenis of fashionable life cannot compensate for the want of good w^nse^Tbere are, indeed few females in Respectable society* who W.not quickly discern add diny ftp* predate a VifcRti^or 'wMI informed mind* ,x ' w,, , i* \;A* , \ display of leatfting' in; femab society^houM also be avoMed. TV* p< dJtffls as lightly esteemed as (\^ coxcomb Conversation should hi 'J * ;jr ' Steal degree* be suited to the compa ' y ; Imt NvHcilu'r ?ra\ < ? r ^ay, hUuuW u avs iu4>e a ic'iUh tug uutu), and l>e wurihv ?h a raii?.jial man Inde .? - i'.ifht of the immedijUe pleasure* ^e enjoy in the possession of kliou - led^e, tin1 adv anuses we derive from ... nie innumerable. It is this thai > < niatxls the esteem of ouc ?<??* /j j\intances, an esteem lasting, he ed n^e haved upon solid acquirement^ (hat when once attained are ours ihrou yh life ! From the National Advocate ? THE CRITICAL OMSK :VHK, 44 Industry aW^Frvgality are hand maids to fortune* It was a custom with my Uncle Bartholomew, to take a walk eveiy morning, chu-ing the summer months ; n<l it often happened that 1 accooi jj inied him in his diurnal peregriua J ions. It *as one of these walk* that I am indebted tor the above pr?* verb. W e had in th^ course of our rambles, arrived iu the middle of a lane which divided the fields of two . > - IV* T- - _ f" - hfighbotirws farmers? both of whom Here known to my uncle? he ht"HwhlwN, aud 1 thought by his I Umks, that lu> intended some whole r?J',e a^yite ? I w as not "wrong: ??Uo1n,n,c,''Sald he, "here ? ? admirable Ukistration of toe. anroJ menu which 1 have been adyanch,S I try da> in favour of industry ami ecouomy ? examine those fields well > Jhe propeny of I" spendthrift; those on the tright of an induatrtins economist." [' f8 1 w?$ Commanded, and ? m sensibly struck wlthtlie consist liOne cm the left -.wore over jtyfl with weeds,, and covered vith ruirtiwh T f'Jices w<ire in roih-^and tarda Ifi ! jH,tie were few,i"g ?? the only I ;oT grain, which the weeds had ? 'i'l Qudfr- different were the fields on the.rigljt ! There, they are K e'7' Mtyightful crop, and hVavcd their flpw lustre (o everv I HWic, cheeriog (fag heart of the I weary husbandman with hopes of a pleutifol harvest ? tile rubbish was collected in heaps to burned-rand ju \ani njight the cattle which deso lated tgpeld^ on ^ left aUt,in.? [f? ?"'? + rtttough the well piade lente?evvry thing intimated & iggz? ??<*>*?>? i rewilfetl my uncle j |#?9ed with the uffightful picture ??.u?y countenance, " Dominic, *e member t he old yniverb? " Inuub thx an#TRvpAUTg pre thHaid "fOfr'i f(f - /?Saying, foil my uncle resumed his walk, returned home vfcll rikased.^'*' ' / ^ LjH|:V a vislMo? relation oho resided jn a great commercial citv. we ?cre invited to XI ?/<?! dmner f with an acqukintance of mv Sok^rt^L^ iM wl,id' H ... .. . ? 1 * anticipated] Sitir? our n^errH)ou's lacarifflngly set out with uo frf.mil ,u " bo?our^ the Iriendly invitation. molHf W?*ac?1 l,itture Ihe astonish melTl eviboed, on being ushered in . ' 10 maSJ*\ficent mansion of our host? Uie floors of the balL ami rooms wtre covered with the most supoib luikish carpets- the wa decorated with lnndicaoes-^l tom* lined with the most costly furniture, and the sideboards eroairj ???ughters, were dressed like queen., and seemed ttjfcer better cajLn.J im 'in m ^ r!" . Co 11 * bt!t,e' \?T^tTr\ fhp ?:iK!h lln el)ltur* to describ? ?j! TV,1* *bicl' we ?*< downi Hagonts, fricasees, roasu, broft, AcJ ?c. and served iip by the liveried; dackMKiors, jn # style almost an oointitius as ^,1,1 ,* l (,|llire(| ? r for etiuutte the i. V V ? excKimiug a^inat ihu iihstandhig ad ibis up,, wealth," dtflnmatf ?a? u hardness of the times He was ofitiiiunllv Larrassed I ^ duns ? his ^ro;i crty, piece afler piece (Usui rear ing?bis credit paralysed, and his comfort gone, And wljy ? Vt* "iuse the dressing rooms of his wifo -nd daughters were Uke-ntiUinors :nops ? his sous spendthrifts and fops - htsHouse furnished like a palace ? ; his " family dinners" nmre like embassnd'rr's feasts ! Anil bow can lie remedy it ?, Why retrench? retrench ! I^et him\ giveP hi* sons good trades! ? let his wife and daugh ters, instead of reading novels and promenading th* streets, make ttieir o\> n clothes. Let him sell his cost ly furniture <and pay his debts ? .tint! let k ? family dUnuV* of a rouv.dpf beef and a plate of cabbage, be sevy Vd-up 'ty a Mingle wrvont, in -? plftip lireryj inpby word fqr It, he will realize tlm^Yrovvrd, ih?4 ?? LNDUSTrtSr aiid frugality are the handmaids to fortune:" > ^ ,J' , A Meditation. ? VVhofiifian behold rhe fnir structure of theTieavens anil the earth, without fcfVmg a power ful desire to understand their brigiii) ?and to he acquain^d in some tm a jstire, at least, witfe' ihe ArchUfit | who reared them ! Cold is the heart (hat kindles pot into devotion. \n hen |tbe Sine* blaze with teh thousand, lamps; and grovelling the mind which rises not through the system of the iuMver& to Hie groat liiut Clause ! Blind is that understanding which eaunot see, amid the vicisitudeis of seasons, *umI 4he Changing; bles sings of ilmBpi'ing, the Summer, the Autumn, and the. Winter, the suiieiinten^aoce foiththl friend, and the bounty of an unwearied Imnefaclor ! inmsthl# is, that magi ; Mho can look^npoo this grand ma- ' jchinery, and Tive in Die W*oiu of creation, yet perceive no order, no harmony, no. loveliness, , no design, ; . or npon w bom they make no imjqps sion! I^t the friend of my choice be one who can'telisb the majesty Of nature ? who on the close of the dayM will observe the evening ?|ue?d Iter grey and dusky mantle over the tea tores of the landscape, till they are lost and extinguished ? whose eye is fixed ? itl> delight on theaters as tbey irfeak one byv one through the' in* creasing obseurity, and who, with drawing from ttw world can relish i-ellwinetrt, nor envy lite dissipation of life. Tlie ffiknil of Uod and the admirer of natfti-e, is the '<> object whom I Would choose as my com panion and love as m* own souk . . . ii, f 'jp> ? i a J . t * i- i ? ? .Inecdote.-yrA medical impostor meeWg-jfcitltfa clergyman, who is - ct-lel iratWTor li? good sense and li terary abilities, declared he could d hCover any disease, and all the symptoms attAnding.it l?y the pulse, witliou any information from the pa- j lient respecting W?particn|arfee?ng?. j ?'The Rev. gentlemsn^teing him self sn invilid, reqnestea Hie Doctor to. feel his p'ulsn, and give a apeoi-. men df his skill. Upon which the Die for methodically tdhched i'hjs pulse, with necrOmatlc phiz, pretend- , ed to describe the disease, ;> and nil the feelings Which, m* |*tient expe rienced ; but not Iwsing riglrf in his 1 conjectures, MS was permitted to re p&t biatrial Several times ; tut ob serving an the countenance ^of lus patient a centfmptuous smile, the doctor passionately exclaimed:.*/ tuppotte, sir , you think I am a fool f ?Upon mtftcord doctor, replied tlie clergyman, you haee more skill than 1 expected, j for /you can disemfer a maws thoughts by his pnlss 4fif immediate possession given. " ijftE Slot't Rooms iateiy occupied by Mr. William M atii?sok. For terms ap ply to (.HARLKA J. Shannon. WilHa.W. AMflubrooke. Jiihr6. 12? if """ 1 ' - > ? ? II For hale. Jit th* Post Office, ALW AN A('-> FOll ?S,|. ^ ?ty t he grow or annUler quantity- l;V, r * ^ _j? l# - .^1