The thoughts of this bids me go on, And wait and dissolution With hope and comfort, dear, (forgive LINES TO MARIA OF CADIZ. GRIEVE not, Maria, though thy love Has prov'd himself a German-rover, A Weimar Burlesque it will prove, And all the farce will soon be over. His Lover's Vows are False Alarms, His greatest Prize is dear variety; No Rival Queens, for him, have charmsHis Rage is known for Notoriety! The pompous Stranger shines away, What means such wondrous ostentation? C'est l'Egoisme, tout à faitBut, Who's the Dupe of Speculation? The Critic may Review, indeed, Some strange eccentric Acts with Wonder; The Busy Body asks what Need, Can from his country him thus sunder? Maria, know, it has been said, Some Chieftains shun the gallant quarrel; Whilst the Poor Soldiers in their stead Are gath'ring all the Sprigs of Laurel! Offêtes in peace, then let him write, To that non-entity Sophia; His Feats and Plots may more delight His King, his Country, and Maria. GUILDEROY. FIORENZA. "O STAY me not, thou tender mother, "One little hour is all I pray ; "For now the bell has toil'd its last; "And lonely lies my Mary's clay. "I'll go to see where they have dug "Her grave beneath the moaning yew; "I'll go to pay my parting tear, "To kiss the turf and bid adieu." "O go not, go not from my side; "You must not go my gentle boy, For now I have but only thee, I have but now my Guilderoy." He waited for the hour of Jeep, He watch her eyes, when they grew weary; Then stole away at de.d of night, Alone to seek the church yard dreary. But who can tell a mother's love; She follow'd o'er the printed dew. She heard him say his last farewel, The turf is hallow'd where they lie--- Ou sabbath-eves are seen to stray; W. P. THE MAIDEN'S APOLOGY. A beautiful Parisian Girl of fifteen, being at a Christening, refused to embrace the new-born Infant. Being informed, on her return home, that the mother of the child had been much hurt by the refusal, she sent her the following elegant apology. As circling dames, dear Clara, press'd, Your dimpled boy to see, That I withdrew while they caress'd, 'Twas easy sure my court to pay, And all offence remove, But, ah! what would the world theu say, Full well they know the thing forbid And many a voice the deed had chid, As gidddy, bold, and free: That prudence thus should you aggrieve, FASHIONS FOR SEPTEMBER, 1811. EXPLANATION OF THE PRINTS OF FASHION. WALKING DRESS. A large French bounet, composed of fine India muslin; the crown in the cone form, finished on the top with a bow of lace, trimmed round the face with a deep full frill of Mechlin lace, and lined thoughout with a bright sea-green sarsnet. A short round dress of India jacconot muslin, cut round at the bosom, and ornamented round the bottom with a worked border, edged with small tucks. A short round French coat in green sarsnet, falling back from the shoulder, trimmed round the arm-holes with lace, confined at the waist with Margate braces. A beautiful long lace scarf cloak thrown over the shoulders, and caught up behind in a long loop of ribband, carefully suspended upon the right shoulder. Gloves of York tan. Shoes of white Morocco. Parasol of brown and green shot silk. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON FASHION AND DRESS. This is not the season for fashion or novelty in dress; splendour and gaiety are under an eclipse, and we have only to enumerate the several modes and articles of dress most in request among our fashionable fair. For the promenade satin spensers are be coming very numerous, and on account of the unusual chilliness of the atmosphere during the last mouth, pale colours have given way to dyes of a more glowing and luxuriant hue and texture; they are made in the wrap form, with collars, and rather short in the waist; as the season advances it is imagined that rich silk Brandenburg trimmings will receive an added portion of fashionable approbation; what appeared heavy and superfluous in summer, will confe-sedly add much to the comfort and elegance of the winter costume. Pelisses, mantles, tippets in satin, or sars net trimmed with lace, and French cloaks, areall in equal estimation; the light transparent shawl and scarf will soon be most appropri ately displayed, over a spenser or tippet of white or coloured satin; it is essential to that idea of delicacy, always so interesting when connected with the female person, that the autumnal winds should not be suffered to sport too lightly with it. Morning dresses have undergone no variation, except that in addition to buttoning down the front, they are frilled entirely round with narrow cambric; some we have observed unconfined before, and to these we give the preference, as more graceful, and setting off the figure to more advantage. The Roman sandal is a very proper appendage to this style of dress. Dinner or home dresses are mostly made in cambric, muslin, Opera nets, figured gauze, and Merino crapes; low in the neck, fitting the shape with great exactness, either entirely plain, or with a simple gymp rimming, with short sleeves and short French train. Evening dresses of white satin, velvet, fiue muslin, sarsnet, crape, or gauze, with white satin boddices, and short lace sleeves and small trains, trimmed with lace or beads, worn over white or coloured satin slips; the glove is worn very short of white kid, as is also the || slipper. Small aprons in lace, crape, or muslin, ornamented with ribband, are much worn. Lace and sarsnet tippets are still a necessary appendage to dress. Feathers are very generally worn, beads are a little on the decline, silver flowers and ornaments prevail. The dresses continue to be worn much off the shoulders, the sleeves not extravagantly short; the bottom of the dresses are frequently trimmed with lace; above which, when in muslin, is a rich worked border. Bouquets of natural flowers in the centre of the bosom, and short Grecian waists must not be omitted mentioning. Some difference prevails in the mode of wearing the hair; it is no longer closely braided and twisted up behind, but carelessly fastened up by a comb; the ends curled and left to fall negligently in the neck; and curled before in thick round curls. In respect to jewellery, gold chains are in great estimation, as is a plaiu string of large pearls, long enough to encircle the throat with ease, confined by a brillant, clasp. A profusion of rings are worn, and brooches in every device. Emeralds are a favourite species of ornament, and garnets are extremely becoming to the complexion; watches are very numerous, rather smaller than last summer, Roman sandals and Kemble slippers of coloured jean, with satin and kid for dress, are all the varieties worth remark in this order of dress. The prevailing colours for the season are jonquille, pink, blue, violet, and amber. The object of the architect, in the building before us, appears to have been to introduce as much lightness and delicacy of ornament as are compatible with this particular style of building: and that effect has been considerably heightened by the tracery in the roof admitting the light; although in our opinion it deprives the mouldings of those strong shadows which contribute greatly to the beauty of Gothic architecture. The crocket work over the large entrance door from the dining-room, is peculiarly rich, and notwithstanding the great number of buttresses, pinnacles, niches, and canopies it contains, yet the works are so varied in their form and disposition, that every part appears distinct. On each side of this door is a niche, with richly ornamented buttresses and canopies. At the west end of the building are correspondent niches. The doors, which at the fete were covered with the drapery, are exquisitely rich and beautiful; the workmanship of them is much and very justly admired, the various moldings throughout are enriched with beautiful foliage. and other ornaments suitable to the Gothic style. Numerous grotesque figures form the CONSERVATORY AT CARLTON-HOUSE. || capitals to the columns. The principal arches INTERIOR OF THE THIS view of the interior of the Conservatory at Carlton-House exhibits merely the outline of its principal parts; the ornaments ia detail being such as not to admit of delineation on so circumscribed a plan. The building is in the florid Gothic style which prevailed about the reigns of Henry VII. and Henry VIII. admirable specimens of which remain to us in Henry VII.'s Chapel, and King's College, Cambridge. and cornices are'crowned with light coronets; and throughout the whole building are disposed trefoils and quatrefoils containing port, cullises, Aeurs-de-luce, and roses. The win dows are ornamented with iron work corres ponding with the peculiar richness of the building. We shall give the exterior of the Conservatory. in our next Number. MONTHLY MISCELLANY, INCLUDING VARIETIES, CRITICAL, LITERARY, AND HISTORICAL. PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Winter Theatres.-The Wood Demon is a splendid spectacle, which has the double recomLYCEUM, ENGLISH OPERA.-The Mana- mendation of a good plot, and of some sweet gers of this Theatre exhibit equal taste and music. The merit of Kelly as a composer is ardour in providing entertainment for their well known; with Italian science he unites our Summer audience, and it would be ungracious national simplicity, and thus gives an elegance not to acknowledge that they are entitled to and effect to our most familiar tunes. The great praise. The house is comfortable, and music in the Wood Demon coustitutes the maiņ the performances must give pleasure even to charm of the piece, and the town are doing it those accustomed to the best exertions of the justice by its general applause. ။ WORKS IN THE PRESS. A new work, consisting of Poems, Essays, &c. &c. said to be the production of a late amiable Viscountess, is preparing for the press, and will shortly appear under the title of "Selections from the Portfolio of the Lady Ursula —;" embellished with an elegant Portrait. James Morrier, Esq. Secretary of Embassy to the Court of Persia, has nearly ready for publication, a Journey through Persia, Asia Minor, &c. in the years 1808, and 1809. Mr. D. Cummin, translator of Aristotle's Rhetoric, is employed on a poem entitled The Battle of Clonfert, which embraces an interesting proportion of Irish history. Mr. Park is preparing for the press a History of the parish of Hampstead, in Middle sex. Mr. H. M. Brown, of Banbury, has nearly ready for the press, Speculatious and Opinions on the Effects and Utility of Counter Irritation, in a variety of serious diseases incident to the human frame. P. R. Hoare, Esq. will soon publish Reflections on the Possible Existence and Supposed Expediency of National Bankruptcy. The Battle of Albuera, a Poem, dedicated to Lord Wellington, will appear in a few days, priated uniformly with the Battle of Talavera. The London Catalogue of Books, with their Sizes and Prices, corrected to August 1811, will be published this month. DAVY'S LECTURES ON GEOLOGY —NO. III. In this lecture, Dr. Davy described the secondary rocks. The first family of these rocks consists of what he calls secondary granite, micaceus shist, porphyry and sienite. These rocks are crystallized like the primary rocks, but their crystallization is less distinct, their texture is not so firm, they decompose more speedily, and they contain minute parts of other rocks, which may be perceived when they are carefully examined. These portions or fragments of other rocks, in some instance, are rounded by water, which proves that these rocks differ from the primary, and were formed by the united action of chemical agency and mechanical deposition. Small par ticles of chlorite may also be found in this family of rocks, but they contain no remains of animals or vegetables. The next family of secondary rocks includes a greater variety, in all of which the crystallized parts and mechanical deposits are more equally mixed; they also contain a greater quantity of chlorite, and some few organic remains. In this family are the various traps, grey wacken, siliceous, shist, secondary limestone, breccias, &c. The secondary lime-stone of this family differs from the primary in its colour, imperfect crystallization, and contains a great abundance of organic remains. These two families of rock include all those which Werner calls transition rocks, from the supposition that they were formed when the earth was passing from an uninhabitable to a habit these rocks; when it occurs, it is of that able state. Very little coal is found amongst kind which contains no bitumen, and burns without smoke. The next family includes various sand. stones, shale, coal, lime stone, chalk; with these were enumerated basalt, which Dr. Davy distinguishes from trap, having discovered that they yield, inflammable gas wher heated, and contain some bitumen. We believe this fact was also observed by Mr. Kirwin in some basalts. According to Dr. Davy, the constituent parts of trap are hornblende and felspar, in which it resembles sienite. Amongst the lime-stones of the third family, is that which contains a considerable quantity of magnesia; it is distinguished from other lime-stones by dissolving very slowly in acids, and communicating a milkiness to the solu tion. It is injurious as a manure, but it is used in architecture, and for a cement in water. Calcareous sand stones sometimes contain remains of entire fishes and bones of quadrupeds. Specimens of these were exhibited, amongst which were the teeth of an elephant found in this stone, in the county of Keut. In the arrangement of the strata of secondary rocks, frequent irregularities and dislocations are observed, which the supporters of the Plutonic theory assert were not occasioned by a force acting from beneath; this force was York Minster is built of this stone. central fire, which had crystallized the pri- | pears to have more connection with poetry than with philosophy. mary rocks nearest to it; but as the incumbent rocks were removed to a greater distance, they were less intensely acted upon, and therefore more imperfectly crystallized. The Neptunians, on the contrary, assert the primary rocks were chemical solution, deposited by crystallization; that the next rocks contain a mixture of mechanical depositions, and the lower order were almost entirely formed of them. It Dr. Davy observed, that there were facts which strongly opposed both theories. might be urged against the supporters of the Plutonics, that strata of every fusible rocks were sometimes interposed in an uncrystallized state between other less fusible rocks that were perfectly crystallized. Against the Neptunists, it might be objected that strata are sometimes found arranged without any regard to crystallization or specific gravity. A denser crystallized stone is often incumbent on another consisting entirely of mechanical deposits. The Neptunists endeavoured to support their systein by the aid of revelation, and by a forced interpretation of the Sacred Writings. This practice of supporting fanciful theories by texts from Scripture, was well reprobated by Lord Bacon, who styles it the Apotheosis of Errors. Neither of the systems alone could explain geological appearances in a satisfactory manner; it is impossible that both heat and chemical solution were operative in their production. The fire which the Plutonists supposed to have acted, would heat the water to a considerable degree, and water, when heated, became a solvent of siliceous earth, as is evident at the boiling springs of Iceland. A WATERING-PLACE STORY-That romantic watering-place, Seaton Carew, has already been the scene of an adventure as curious as it is laughable. A gentleman who had arrived in the course of the day, took up his quarters at Mrs. Goldbraith's, the principal lodging-house in the village, and where a number of families had previously taken up their abode. On the gentleman retiring for the evening, he was shewn into a bed room; but before he had fallen asleep, a lady, who had formerly occupied the same chamber, and had not been apprized of the change, entered it. Unconscious of who was there, she sat down to read, and afterwards undressed. The gentleman in the mean time was awake, and shewed no disposition either to alarm the lady, or acquaint her with her mistake. On putting out the candle and going into bed, she was, however, sensibly surprised with the awkwardness of her situation. The geotleman seized his fair victim with the ardour of a legal lover, but was speedily undeceived in his object by the cool intrepidity of our heroine's resistance. She threatened to alarm the house if he did not desist from his rude embraces, and he reluctantly complied, upon condition of having one quiet kiss of her fair lips. The condition was granted; but instead of fulfilling the contract, he bit her lip, and she was then suffered to retreat. Naturally alarmed at being in this state exposed, she intended immediately to leave the house, but, upon the suggestion of Mrs. Goldbraith, that that step would immediately detect her, she consulted her female friends, who all resolved to place a patch on their lips. The gentleman, on his arrival the next morning at the breakfast-table found himself completely out-witted, as he could not then fix on any lady, every one seeming to have a sore lip. He in revenge, however, communicated the story to the gentlemen; but such was the effect, contrary to what he intended, that both they and the ladies determined to send him to Coventry, which threat they put in execution at the dinner-table, and he was ob Dr. Davy adverted to the theory of Whiston, which if admitted, would explain striking facts in the history of the globle, such as the dislocation of the strata, the marine remains found on the loftiest mountains, the fossil bones of elephants in Siberia, and the general appearances of a universal deluge. This Whis ton supposes to be produced by the approach of a comet, and the overwhelming tides which it occasioned, moving in a direction from the south to the north-west. But our limits for-liged immediately to decamp with mortificabid us to dwell longer on a theory which ap- tion and disgrace, |