course of his service, he was ordered on the recruiting duty; and at Barcelona, he raised one hundred and fifty nien. He still continued to indulge his darling passion for gaming with varied success, until by a run of ill luck, he was stripped of every farthing. In this distress, he applied to a captain of the same regiment as himself, for a loan of ten guineas; he refused it, saying, "What! lend my money to a professed gamester? No, sir, I must be excused; for of necessity, I must lose either my money or my friend." With this taunting refusal, he retired to his lodgiegs, and passed a few hours in great agitation, reflecting on his embarrassments, from which he did not perceive any possibility of relieving himself.

While he was endeavouring to fall upon some expedient to extricate himself, his friend, who had refused to lend him ten guineas in the morning, came to pay him a visit. After a very cool reception on the part of the colonel, his friend enquired what steps he had taken to retrieve himself from the anxiety he plainly saw he was in; and receiving an answer that convinced him of the sincerity of his remorse, be said, "My dear Daniel, I refused you in the morning in that abrupt manner, in order to bring you to a sense of the dangerous situation you were in, and to make you reflect seriously on the folly of your conduct. I heartily rejoice that it has had the desired effect; and henceforth, my interest, advice, and purse, are at your command." He immediately proved the truth of his friendship, by lending the colonel sufficient money to subsist himself and his recruits, until be joined his regiment with them.

EQUITABLE LEGATEE.

In the year 1744, Dr. Crowe, the Rector of St. Botolph, dying, by his will he left the sum of £3000 to the Bishop of London, in acknowledgment of the many undeserved favours conferred on him by his lordship. The bishop understanding that the doctor had many poor relations living, sought them out, and generously gave up the whole of the money to be divided amongst them.

NECESSITOUS HIGHWAYMAN.

In the summer of 1731, as Mrs. Porter, an actress of considerable celebrity in her day, was taking the air in her one-horse chaise, she was stopped by a highwayman, who demanded her money. She had the courage to present a pistol to him, but the man assured her he was no common robber; that robbing on the highway was not to him a matter of choice, but of necessity, and in order to relieve the wants of his poor distressed family. He, at the same time, threw himself on her generosity, and informing her where he lived, told such a melancholy story, that she gave him all the money in her purse, which was about ten guineas. The man left her, when giving a lash to the horse, the chaise was overturned, which caused the dislocation of her thigh bone. Let it, however, be remembered, to the honour of Mrs. Porter, that notwithstanding this unlucky and painful accident, she made strict enquiry after the robber; and finding that she had not been deceived, she raised

among her acquaintance about sixty pounds, which she took care to send to him.

A GOOD HIT IN THE DARK.

Sir Walter Blackett, in a shooting excursion on a moor adjoining to Weardale, happened to arrive at the cottage of a poor shepherd, who though unknown to him, was his tenant. To a visitor of Sir Walter's appearance, the poor cottager brought out the best his frugal board could produce. During his stay, Sir Walter enquired to whom the house belonged? "To one of the best men in the world," said the cottager; "to Sir Walter Blackett, sir; no doubt you have heard of him; but these knavish stewards for these three years past have advanced my rent to almost double the value of the little tenement I occupy. I wish I could have the honour to see my worthy landlord, I would acquaint him with my ill usage." Sir Walter smiled, but did not discover himself. departing, he presented the cottager's wife with a sum of money, and soon after ordered the house to be rebuilt, and a considerable abatement to be made in the rent.

On

HENRY THE FOURTH.

The humane Henry the Fourth of France, made the good and happiness of his people so much his peculiar care, that he diminished as much as possible both the expences of his table and his wardrobe, contenting himself with wearing a plain grey habit, with a doublet of either satin or taffeta, without the

least ornament. He used often to banter his courtiers on the magnificence of their apparel, "carrying," as he said, "their castles and their woods upon their shoulders."

In M. de Montaigne's elegant comparison between Henry and Cæsar, he says most truly: "If Cæsar conquered more cities, and won more battles, Henry acquired more real glory in making his people happy, after having delivered them from those tyrants who oppressed them. He joined to the talents of a warrior, both moral and civil virtues, which Cæsar never possessed. They were both ambitious, but the ambition of Cæsar was a crime---in Henry it was a virtue."

LITERARY LOAN.

A learned man of great merit, whose loss Germany still deplores, wrote some years ago to a bookseller, M. Voss, of Berlin, that in order to form a new plan of life, he wanted the sum of fifteen hundred dollars. He knew well, he said, that his correspondent could not draw it out of his trade, but entreated him to pro. cure it him for six years, though on a very high interest. The bookseller deliberated about it with a friend. A circular letter was written, in which, without naming the learned man, the rich were invited to bring this sum together. The privy counsellor Wlomer signed it, and paid himself a hundred dollars; Count Herzberg, and another esteemed minister of the king, did the same; almost the whole of the remainder was subscribed by Jew houses, many of which are the first banking houses in Berlin, and very eager to seize

every opportunity of showing their philanthropy. It is easily to be conceived, that men who could determine to advance money to an unknown person, thought of no interest, and left it entirely to his means or integrity whether he would repay them or not. Some time afterwards, a new circular announced the death of George Foster, the person assisted, adding, that he had left means from which the sum lent him might be collected.

CONTENT.

The Duc de Montmorenci, when travelling in Languedoc, perceived four peasants dining in the fields under the shade of a large tree. The duke approached them, and enquired if they were happy? Three of them replied, that they were satisfied with the condition God had assigned them, and that they did not wish for any thing else. The fourth frankly avowed that one thing was necessary to his happiness, or at least would contribute much towards it, the means of acquiring a small property which had long been in the family of his ancestors. "And if thou hadst this," said Montmorenci, "wouldst thou be content?" "As happy as I would wish to be," replied the peasant. The duke enquired the sum necessary, and was told two thousand francs, which he immediately gave him, rejoicing that he had made one man happy in his life.