run. 1718. A SPEAKING dog exhibited, who was even said to articulate distinctly sentences in German, French, and English. erected at the Red Lion in Southwark Park, | gentlemen who pleased might let their dogs where crowds went to see it; and when boiled, it was to be conveyed to the Swan Tavern, Fish Street Hill, to the tune of "What lumps of pudding my mother gave me." The place was changed to the Restoration Gardens in St. George's Fields, in consequence of the numerous company expected, and the pudding set out in procession with banners, streamers, drums, &c., but the mob chased it on the way and carried all off. 1718. A MAN who called himself the grimace Spaniard, attempted to fight a bull after the Spanish manner, but failed shamefully, and was hooted out of the arena. 1722. "I, ELIZABETH WILKINSON, of Clerkenwell, having had some words with Hannah Hyfield, and requiring satisfaction, do invite her to meet me on the stage, and box with me for three guineas, each woman holding half-a-crown in each hand, and the first woman that drops her money to lose the battle." "I, Hannah Hyfield, of Newgate market, hearing of the resoluteness of Elizabeth Wilkinson, will not fail, God willing, to give her more blows than words, desiring home blows, and from her no favour." Hockley-in-the-Hole was the place. They wore close jackets, short petticoats, holland drawers, white stockings and pumps, and fought a long time to the general satisfaction of the spectators. 1725. Ar Figg's Amphitheatre, Oxford Street, Sutton, the champion of Kent, and a Kentish woman, fought Stokes and "his much admired consort" of London: £40 to be given to the male and female who gave most cuts with the sword, and £20 for most blows with a quarter-staff, besides the collection in the box. IN Islington Road, on Monday, being the 17th of July, 1727, will be performed a trial of skill by the following combatants: "We, Robert Barker, and Mary Welsh, from Ireland, having often contaminated our swords in the abdominous corporations of such antagonists as have had the insolence to dispute our skill, do find ourselves once more necessitated to challenge, defy, and invite 66 Mr. Stokes and his bold Amazonian virago to meet us on the stage, where we hope to give a satisfaction to the honourable lord of our nation who has laid a wager of twenty guineas on our heads. They that give the most cuts to have the whole money, and the benefit of the house: and if swords, daggers, quarter staff, fury, rage and resolution will prevail, our friends shall not meet with a disappointment." We, James and Elizabeth Stokes, of the City of London, having already gained an universal approbation by our agility of body, dexterous hands, and courageous hearts, need not preambulate on this occasion, but rather choose to exercise the sword to their sorrow, and corroborate the general opinion of the town, than to follow the custom of our exparte antagonists. This will be the last time of Mrs. Stokes performing on the stage. They will fight in the same dresses as before." MRS. COMELY died in the Fleet, 1797. Her last speculation was to keep asses at Knightsbridge, and open breakfast rooms for those who chose to drink asses' milk. 1700. A GIRL with remarkably fine flaxen hair is said to have sold it in London for £60,-being twenty ounces at £3 an ounce? | Holy Scriptures they renounce chapters, verses, and contents, being only done by human wisdom. They renounce the impressions and translation of both the Old and New Testament, and that for additions put unto them by men and other causes: as first putting in horrid blasphemy, making a Tyrant patron of the church; for putting in horrid pictures, and for drawing scores betwixt the Books of the Bible. They renounce all Catechisms, larger and shorter; the acts of the General Assembly; all the Covenants acknowledging sin and engaging to duties; and that which they call preaching books; and all their works, form, manner of worship, doctrine, discipline, government, the studying of books, the thing they call preaching, by reason that instead of going to God for his mind, they go to their books making their books their God and their leader. They renounce the limiting the the Lord's mind by glasses,' ordination by men; the Covenant taken at Queen's ferry, called Carghill's Covenant, as also the declarations of Hamilton and Lanrick, as not being strict enough; wherefore it seems good to the Holy Ghost and to them to burn the said Covenants, together with all the former works of the clergy of Scotland. They renounce and decline all authority throughout the world, and all that are in authority, and all their acts and edicts. They renounce the names of months, as January, &c., and of all days, as well the days of the week as holy days. They likewise renounce all chapels, chaplains, feastings, piping, dancing, laughing, monk-land, frier-lands, churches, church-yards, mar WILLIAM III., then Prince of Orange, said to Sir W. Temple of Charles II. "Was ever any thing so hot and so cold as this court of yours! Will the King who is so often at sea never learn the word that I shall never forget, since my last passage; when in a great storm the captain was crying out to the man at the helm all night-ket-crosses, fount-stones, images, all regisSteady-steady-steady!" 1681. SOME poor crazy people at Edinburgh called themselves the Sweet Singers of Israel. They set forth a declaration "that it seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to them, to take out of their Bibles the Psalms in metre (being a human addition) and burn them in the prison, and afterwards sweep away the ashes. Likewise, in the ters of lands and houses, together with all manner of law works, ballads, romances, play books, cards, and dice. They also renounce all the customs and fashions of this The allusion is to the hour-glass still to be found, or, at least, its iron frame, in many churches. The custom of preaching by the hour-glass commenced about the end of the sixteenth century. An iron frame remains in the church of Ferring, in Sussex,-a few miles from where I write.-J. W. W. generation, and their way of eating, drinking, clothing, and sleeping." These poor creatures made the amend honourable, and were pardoned. JULY 21, 1699, Exeter. "The citizens having showed their zeal for the public good in making our river navigable, on Monday last an heroic company of near 200 women (of the parish of Alphington adjoining) appeared all in white, with clean straw hats, armed with mattocks and shovels, with drums beating, and the city music playing before them; two grave matrons, with shovels in their hands leading the van. In the centre upon a pole was carried a garland of flowers, with a globe thereon: the rear was also brought up by one of the most considerable persons with a shovel; in which posture they advanced to the works, the engineer going along with them: and having fixed their standard they fell to their work with courage, and followed the same diligently till evening, when they returned to the Mayor's door, and gave three huzzas, after which they returned to their own parish, about a mile from hence. Yesterday the gardeners and hatters to the number of 300 marched to the works likewise, with laurels in their hats; and this day 300 Grecians1 (?) of the parish of St. Sidwell's, headed by their parson on horseback, as also the best of the parish in front with eight drums, two trumpets, and other sorts of music." and rear, MONTHLY Magazine. January, 1814. Among the deaths. "At Loughborough, 81, Thomas Parkinson, tailor, and a prophet." DR. LAMBE has had more than sixty proselytes for above three years. MR. THOMAS COLLINSON controverting a scheme of vowels proposed by Dr. Shaw, observes, "that gentlemen as well as himself must be willing to sacrifice on the altar of truth all personal consideration," and that " we must all indeed console ourselves with the reflection that to err is human, but to forgive, divine!" M. Mag. Jan. 1814, p. 485. "IN the South-hams of Devonshire on the Eve of the Epiphany, the farmer, attended by his workmen, with a large pitcher of cyder, goes to the orchard, and there, encircling one of the best bearing trees, they drink the following toast, three several times, "Here's to thee, old apple tree, Whence thou mayest bud and whence thou mayest blow, And whence thou mayest bear apples Hats full! caps full! And my pockets full too! Huzza! They have likewise a custom in Devonshire on the Eve of Twelfth-day, of going "after supper "Health to thee, good apple tree; And then drinking up part of the con- COURIER, January 22, 1814. "Died suddenly, on Thursday morning, at his lodgings in Castle-street, Oxford Road, in the sixty-third year of his age, Mr. William Hughes, formerly faro dealer at the Lady's Banks. This person never had a day's illness, and never went to bed sober for the last thirty years; and drank on an average a quart of gin every day during that period, making in the whole 2,732 gallons. BARRUEL asserts that there was a Martinist Lodge at Avignon.-" Dans Paris et dans les provinces, surtout dans Avignon, chef lieu des Martinistes, il étoit de ces sortes d'écoles secrètes destinées à l'explication du code mystérieux; j'ai connu, et Herrick says among the Christmas Eve je connois des hommes appelés, introduits 1 These lines of Herrick probably allude to another custom, called in Essex the Howling of the Apples, of which the REV. GILES MOORE makes mention when he writes in his Journal: "26th Dec. I gave the Howling Boys vid." The note following is from the Sussex Archæol. Coll. vol. 1, p. 110, on the above : "On New Year's Eve it was, and it still continues to be the custom, to wassail the orchards. At Horsted Keynes, and elsewhere, the cere mony retains the name of " APPLE HOWLING.” A troop of boys visit the different orchards, and encircling the apple trees, they repeat the following words: 'Stand fast root; bear well top; Full quarts, sacks full.' à ces écoles. Elles disposoient à l'initiation; on y apprenoit de plus l'art de tromper les simples par ces apparitions factices, qui ont fini par rendre la secte ridicule; l'art d'évoquer les morts; l'art de faire parler des hommes absens. De voir ce qu'ils faisoient à mille lieues de nous. Enfin ce que les charlatans de tous les âges étudioient pour faire illusion à la populace, et gagner son argent, les Martinistes l'étudioient pour faire des impies et renverser les trônes." T. 2. p. 386. SWEDENBORG. "Son Dieu, chaleur et lumière, ou son Dieu feu et soliel spirituel, et son double monde, et son double homme, ne sont évidemment encore que de bien légères modifications du Dieu lumière, et du double principe de Manes. Les RoseCroix antiques devoient donc retrouver dans Swedenborg ce que leur rendoit les enfans de Manes si précieux. Leur science magique, et celle des évocations, et celle des Eons de toute la cabale, se montroient encore tout entières dans ses esprits mâles et ses esprits femelles. Enfin cette Nouvelle Jerusalem, cette révolution ramenant toute la prétendue égalité et liberté des premiers hommes. Combien d'adeptes ne devoientelles pas trouver dans les arrière-loges, tout disposés à les accueillir? Ce fut là en espèce. Dans le fond de leurs Loges, ces nouveaux thaumaturges nourrissoient des complots semblables à ceux de Weishaupt, mais plus atroces dans leurs formes."-Ibid. vol. 5, p. 75. effet que les mystères de Swedenborg vin- | roitre, et d'opérer cent prodiges de cette rent se mêler à tous ceux des anciens frères. Les nouveaux adeptes se donnèrent le nom d'Illuminés; malgré tout l'athéisme et le matérialisme de leur maître, ils parloient comme lui de Dieu et des esprits: ils affectoient d'en conserver le nom; on imagina qu'ils croyoient à la chose, et on les appella Illuminés Theosophes. Leur histoire se perd dans un dédale d'impiété et de charlatanisme, tout comme les écrits de leur maître, à l'époque où nous en sommes il suffit de savoir que leur chef-lieu étoit dans Avignon, qu'ils avoient encore à Lyon une fameuse loge; qu'ils se répandoient plus spécialement en Suède, et faisoient des progrès en Allemagne. Leurs mystères dès-lors s'étoient mêlés à ceux des Martinistes ou pour mieux dire, les mystères des Martinistes n'étoient guère qu' une nouvelle forme donnée à ceux de Swedenborg." : Note. "Dans un ouvrage ayant pour titre La Loge rouge dévoilée aux Souverains, on lit "que le rit de ces Illuminés Theosophes paroit avoir pris naissance à Edinbourg, où s'est formée la Loge rouge, séparée de la Blanc; que cette Loge rouge des Illuminés Theosophes s'est fait d'abord une affiliée à Avignon." P. 9 and 10. J'aurois voulu trouver les preuves de cette origine. L'auteur ne donne que son assertion. Quoi qu'il en soit, les Illuminés d'Avignon sont assez connus en France. Depuis 1783 leur loge fut toujours regardée comme la mère de toutes celles qui se répandirent en France avec tous leurs mystères."-BArruel. vol. 4, p. 162. "DES Antres moins connus, mais plus rédoutables encore étoient ceux où les frères d'Avignon, élèves de Swedenborg et de St. Martin, mêloient leurs mystères à ceux des anciens Rose-Croix, des Maçons ordinaires et des Maçons sophistes. Au-dehors, sous le masque de charlatans, de visionnaires, ces nouveaux adeptes ne parloient que de leur puissance d'évoquer les esprits, d'interroger les morts, de les faire appa "ROME est depuis long-temps, l'objet commune de tous les complots, et le rendezvous des adeptes de toutes les espèces. Malgré ses anathèmes, les élèves de Cagliostro y ont rouvert leurs Loges maçonniques. Les Illuminés de Suède, d'Avignon, de Lyon, s'y sont formé le plus secret, le plus monstrueux des collèges, et le tribunal le plus terrible aux rois. Celui qui avertit que leur tour est venu, qui nomme les bourreaux, et qui fait parvenir les poig| nards, ou les poisons." Note. "Si ce tribunal n'est pas assez constaté par ce que nous en dit l'historien de l'assassinat de Gustave (sect. 4.) au moins est-il bien sûr que ces Illuminés avoient à Rome des frères très-puissans: car le Nonce d'Avignon ayant ordonné à l'Illuminé Pernetti et à ses adeptes, d'évacuer le Comtat dans un mois, ceux de Rome eurent, ou le crédit d'obtenir, ou peut-être l'art de forger et de faire arriver à temps un contreordre. Cette affaire fut suivie à Rome de l'arrestation d'un adepte dont le procès jeta les frères d'Avignon dans des inquiétudes, dont ils ne furent délivrés que par les progrès de la révolution.”—Ibid. vol. 5, p. 229. "OUI, la secte a franchi cet Océan qui sépare la Grande Bretagne du reste de l'univers. Les adeptes n'ont point oublié la patrie de leurs ancêtres, les Puritains, les Anabaptistes, et les Indépendans. Ils les ont retrouvés dans le fond de ces mêmes antres, où Cromwell avoit su les reléguer, après avoir par eux détrôné, décapité son roi, dessous le parlement, et comme nos Pentarques, mis la nation, séduite sous le joug. Les frères d'Avignon ont revu leurs ainés dans les Illuminés de Swedenborg; ils se sont souvenus des ambassades de la Loge d'Hamp |