SECRETARY FOR IRELAND. Cries Horner in his proudest hour, TEUTHANTE. IMPROMPTU, TO A BROTHER NATURALIST. [From the British Press, Jan. 30.] green? OU ask how it happens that toads are ne'er seen Near a nobleman's house, in his park or his I'll tell you at once, for I'm certain I'm ableThe toads are all eaten, my friend, at his table. No TOAD-EATER. SHORT A LAUNCH. [From the same, Jan 30.] HORTLY will be launched at Westminster, one of the finest vessels that ever came off English stocks, to be called "The Regent." This gallant vessel is of true British heart of oak. She has been much longer in joining than was necessary; a delay justly attributed to a set of idle lubberly mercenary fellows employed in the cabin part of the work; who, dreading their discharge as soon as the job was done, and that no other master-carpenter would be weak enough `to` take them into his employ, have kept on as long as they could. The vessel is not so free in her joints as could be wished, her braces being too tight, and she has scarcely a rag of sail left-defects all owing to the obstinacy of the workmen in building her upon a very defective model, produced in 1789, by that great master-carpenter, the late Mr. Pitt. It is a great pity that such such fine materials should have fallen into such bad hands! The proprietors, we understand, are greatly discontented at the manner in which The Regent has been laid down and finished.-This gallant vessel ought to have been built after the model of The Royal George. THE QUEEN'S BUCK-HOUNDS. THE Sweet Willy O.-This dog was tried on the Yorkshire Wolds, where he has frequently been hunted in couples with Preacher, Methodist, Canter, and several other hounds of note. He is well-tongued, but very deficient in bone and mettle. Brag.—This is not a good dog. lies strong he hunts tolerably steady; dull, and wants fleetness. Mr. Bathurst. When the scent but he is rather He was bred by the late Chancellor. This is a black dog, and perhaps one of the most sticking hounds in the pack. He is never well at a burst, or in running breast high; but when the pack is at fault, he is always busy. Jenky. This dog has the appearance of a sorry cur, but he has some good properties. He has been known to hunt a whole day, in the deepest and dirtiest ground, without appearing in the least blown. The pack, of which these form a part, belonged to the late Mr. Pitt, who used them frequently in Foxhunting. The many days sport they afforded under him are recorded with rapture by the lovers of the chase. Little Poucett, who now bunts them, employs them chiefly in chasing the royal deer, which they have nearly nearly scared from the royal forests; but although they have had several severe runs, they have not been able to run one of these noble animals down." Little Poucett has also enlarged the pack, by introducing several Irish tykes and Scotch lurchers. They are, of course, become a motley crew, and their cry is the most discordant and horrible din that ever astounded the ears of a huntsman! We understand that he also means shortly to retire from the field, and in that case the pack will be to be sold; but the purchaser ought to be on his guard, as the mange has broken out among them. Some have also caught the old disorder, commonly called “turning tail.” IN THE RIVAL POLITICIANS. N craft with Boney see our great men strive ; He seixes empires, while they catch a rat * ! * The following description of the particular species of rat which these great men are so anxious to catch, is extracted from a celebrated work on natural history : MUS MAGNUS PARLIAMENTARIUS.-Senatum, regiam, ædes publicas frequentare; caseorum frusta, candelarum reliquias, cæterasque sordes surripere ac deglutire solitus; "contentus vivere rapto;" Anglice, propter eximiam magnitudinem et rapacitatem [quasi proprio quodam jure et usu vocabuli] appellatus, A RAT.-Sic LINNEUS vel alius quidam de animalibus voracibus scriptor; quanquam enim rei auctoritas satis PER SE VALet, scriptorum copia in re notabili, haud desideratur-addit fama, etiamsi natura perquam caurum, mendaci muscipula animal sæpe capi. TRANSLATION FOR THE USE OF THE ENGLISH READER, THE GREAT RAT O'PARLIAMENT Infests the Senate, the Palace, and the Public Offices, carrying off and consuming cheese-parings, candle-ends, and such-like offal," content to live by pillare;" called in English, on account of its extraordinary bulk and rapacity, as if by a peculiar right and habitual application of the word, "A RAT." Such is the account given by Linnæus, or some other writer on voracious animals; for although the authority of the fact is sufficiently strong in itself (Per se valer), a multitude of writers is not wanting on a subject so worthy of notice. Report adds, that this animal, although by nature extremely cautious, is often caught in a trap prepared with a false bait. THE (113 113) THE GREAT SEAL-AN INFALLIBLE SPECIFIC. THE BY A GREAT LAW-OFFIcer. AN EPIGRAM. [From the same] 'HROW physic to the dogs" behind! The fever of the public mind We must attack a sharper way. The Great Seal clapp'd upon his back, His Constitution-kill, or cure! AN ADDRESS TO THE PRINCE-1811. A PARODY. [From the Morning Chronicle, Jan. 31.] IN all humility we crave Our Regent may become our slave; And being so, we trust that he Then, if he'll help us to pull down THE THREE ESTATES-DELUSION, PHANTOM, AND FICTION. [From the same.] N. Britain's sad hour of grief and contention, IN The three new estates fairly met in convention; Twas to help the poor country's distracted condition, And of royal authority make a partition. Delusion's Delusion's attorney, lest things might grow worse, Laid claim to his household, his peers, and his purse. 66 You 're right," exclaim'd Phantom, " and I'll serve you with zeal; But remember, I'm Keeper of him and his Seal." Quoth Fiction, "My object with yours quite accords, So I rule the proceedings of Commons and Lords." The physicians all said the division was fair; But old Anarchy swore he'd put in for his share. A IMPROMPTU. THE TWO MILTONS; THE RIDER AND THE POET, [From the same.] ONE Milton tries his poney's speed, A few short hours or so; CARRIAGES FOR SALE. [From the British Press, Jan. 31.] CELEBRATED physician having found the bowels of his patient almost devoured by worms, leeches, and other noxious vermin, and his patient thus reduced to death's-door, ordered some abstergent pills to wash away all this putrid stuff that preyed upon the constitution. The recipe concluded with stating, "these pilula" (that is, these pills) "to be taken in quovis vehiculo,❞—that is, in medical or physical language, some emollient and smooth medium, in which to wrap them up and convey then with facility down the throat, such as flummery, jelly, &c. In a few days afterwards, the physician called to see his patient, and was told that he was just gone out for an hour's drive to take the pills; for it seems that the family, not being much used to doctor's stuff, had translated the words in quovis vehiculo, literally-that is, |