"But what became of the lady?" inquired Sam Slick; "and what a lubber of a tailor he must have been to have performed his work so badly!"

"The lady?" repeated Bob; "why, I gets her in tow under my arm, and shins away up the companion-ladder, the ould fellow chasing me along the deck with a boarding-pike, his tail sticking straight out abaft, just like a spanker-boom over his starn; but the charm kept him off, and away I runs to the gangway, where the shore-boat and the nigger were waiting, and you may guess, shipmates, I warn't long afore we were hard at work at the paddles; for I laid the lady down in the bottom o' the punt, and 'Give way, you bit of ebony,' says I, 'or Jumbee 'ull have you stock and fluke.' Well, if there warn't a bobbery aboard the In-fun-oh, there never was a bobbery kicked up in the world; and 'Get ready that gun there!' shouted the skipper."

At this moment the heavy booming of a piece of ordinance was heard sounding across the water. Up jumped Jemmy Ducks, and roared out, "Oh Lord! oh dear!—there's the devil again!—what shall I do!" and a general laugh followed.

"The chase is trying his range, my lord," exclaimed Mr. Seymour; "but the shot must have fallen very short, as we couldn't hear it."

"Keep less noise on the fokesel," said old Parallel. "What ails that lubberly wet-nurse to all the geese in the ship? Ay, ay, he'll have hould on you by-and-by! Get a pull of that topmast-stud'nsel tack."

The men immediately obeyed; and, as they were coming up fast with the enemy, excitement and impatience put an end to long yarns. But Bob just squeezed out time to tell them that he got safe ashore with the lady; and the "In-fun-oh" tripped her anchor that same tide, dropped down the river, and put to sea, nor was she ever heard of again afterwards. The lady was the daughter of a rich merchant in Baltimore, who had been decoyed away from her family, but by the worthy tar's instrumentality was happily restored again. Bob got a glorious tuck-out aboard, the two doubloons were safe in his pocket, and the father of Marian treated him like a prince.

Half an hour elapsed from the first discharge of the enemy's sternchaser, when he again tried his range; and, to prove how rapidly they were nearing each other, the shot this time passed over the British frigate. There was something exhilarating to the ears of the seamen in the whiz of its flight. Two or three taps on the drum aroused every man to his quarters; the guns were cast loose, and the bowchasers cleared away for the officers to practise. Heavy bets were made relative to hitting the target, the iron was well thrown, and every moment increased the eagerness of the tars to get fairly alongside. The land was rising higher and higher out of the water,—the French port was in view,—the enemy began to exult in the prospect of escape, when an eighteen-pounder, pointed by the hands of the old master, brought down her maintop-gallant-mast; and the Frenchman, finding it was utterly impossible to get away without fighting, shortened sail, and cleared for action. Three cheers hailed this manœuvre. The British tars now made certain of their prize; and, when within half pistol-shot, in came the Spankaway's flying-kites, and in five minutes he was not only under snug commanding canvass, but the moment they returned to their quarters they passed close under the French frigate's stern, and steadily poured in a raking broadside, every shot doing its own proper duty, and crashing and tearing the enemy's stern-frame to pieces, ploughing up the decks as they ranged fore and aft, and diminishing the strength of their opponents by no less than twenty-seven killed and wounded. Still the Frenchman fought bravely, and handled his vessel in admirable style. Six of the Spankaway's lay dead, and thirteen wounded. Amongst the latter was our worthy old friend Will Parallel, the master; a splinter had struck him on the breast, and he was carried below insensible. Sea-fights have so often been described, that they have now but little novelty; let it therefore suffice, that, in fifty-six minutes from the first broadside, the tricoloured flag came down, and the national frigate Hippolito, mounting forty-four guns, struck to his Britannic Majesty's ship the Spankaway, whose first lieutenant, Mr. Seymour, was sent aboard to take possession, as a prelude to that step which he was now certain of obtaining. Thus two nights of labour passed away, and the triumph of the second made ample amendment for the misfortunes of the first; besides enabling the warrant-officers to expend their stores, and not a word about the white squall.

INDEX.

A.
Addison, Mr. inedited letters of,[356,] [357,] [358,] [360,] [363;]
anecdotes of him,[357 n.;]
remarks respecting him,[358,] [359 n.,] [361,] [362 n.;]
Advertisement Extraordinary, theatrical,[152.]
Ainsworth, W. H. piece by,[325.]
Alps, inhabitants of the, observations on their superstition,[608.]
Anatomy of Courage,[398.]
An Evening of Visits,[ 80.]
Anselm, Abbot,[347.]
Anspach, Margravine of, mistake in her Memoirs respecting the elder George Colman,[ 7.]
Anti Dry-rot Company, song of the,[ 94.]
April Fools, song of the month,[325.]
Authors and Actors, a dramatic sketch,[132.]
B.
Bannister, J. his intimacy with George Colman, [ 14.]
Baon Ri Dhuv, or the Black Lady, legend of,[519.]
Barter, Richie, see Richie Barter.
——, Mrs. see Plum, Lady.
Bath, Lord,[ 7]
Bayly, T. Haynes, pieces by,[79,] [153,] [260,] [354,] [576.]
Beaumanoir, Col. de,[ 96]
Beaumarchais, M. de, passage in his life,[233]
Biographical Sketch of Richardson the Showman,[178]
Black Lady, legend of, see Baon Ri Dhuv.
Blue Wonder, story of the, [450]
Bob Burns and Beranger, [525]
Bobis Head, legend of,[519]
Bottle of St. Januarius, song of the month for January,[ 1]
"Boz," pieces by,[105,] [218,] [225,] [291,]
[326,] [430,] [515.]
Budgell, Mr. his remarks respecting Lord Halifax and Mr. Addison,[358n.]
Bugle, Miss Sarah, account of,[451.]
Bullfinch, Mr. Theophilus,[591.]
Bumble, Mr.[109,] [218,] [225,] [430.]
Byron, his opinion of Sheridan,[427.]
C.
Canada, remarks on travelling in,[559.]
Carew, Molly, lament of her Irish lover,[527.]
Castlereagh, Lord,[581.]
Chapman, T. paper by,[410.]
Chapter in the Life of a Statesman, being inedited letters of Addison,[356.]
Clavijo, Don Joseph,[236.]
Claypole, Noah, his treatment of Oliver Twist,[327;]
his quarrel with him,[336;]
conversation with Mr. Bumble,[430.]
Cleaver, Dr. sketch of his life and character,[442.]
Clifton, the Hot Wells of,[ 63.]
C——, M. de,[ 86.]
Cobbler of Dort, story of the,[403.]
Coleridge, remarks respecting,[417.]
Collier, W. paper by,[485.]
Colman, Francis,[ 7.]
——, the elder George, remarks respecting,[ 7.]
——, George, memoir of,[ 7.]
lines written by,[ 12]
impromptu by,[ 16]
Conla,[522.]
Contradiction,[338.]
Cooper, J. F. piece by,[ 80]
Courage, Anatomy of,[398.]
Cover, song of the,[402.]
Craggs, Mr. junior, remarks respecting him,[361n.]
Crichton, James (the admirable,) eulogiums on,[416.]
Critical Gossip with Lady M. W. Montagu,[138.]
Curetoun, Dr.[123.]
——, Mrs. C.[121.]
D.
Darby the Swift, his personal appearance,[543;]
story respecting him,[544.]
Dash, Capt. Lord Eustace, character of,[269;]
anecdote related by,[276.]
Davids, C. J. pieces by,[231,] [297,] [339.]
Dawkins, Jack,[439.]
Devil and Johnny Dixon,[251.]
Dibbs, Mrs.[565.]
Didler, Dick, adventures of,[565.]
Dixon, Johnny, description of,[252;]
account of his adventure with the Devil,[255.]
Doall, Dr. his professional schemes,[444.]
Downwithit, Dr. character of,[121.]
Doyle, Owen,[ 20.]
Dulcet, Dr. account of,[288.]
Dumb Waiter, lines on the,[340.]
E.
Edward Saville, a transcript,[155.]
Egan, Squire,[ 23,] [ 27,] [169.]
his adventures with Gustavus Granby O'Grady,
owing to the mistakes of Handy Andy,[171;]
with Murlough Murphy,[373.]
English poets, Gossip with some Old,[ 98.]
Epigrams,[190,] [381,] [409,]
[493,] [508.]
Eva,[522.]
Evening Meditation,[250.]
Evening of Visits,[80.]
Execution, the, a sporting anecdote,[561.]
F.
Falcon, Dr. his marriage,[450;]
his expectations from Miss Sarah Bugle,[451.]
Falstaff, Sir John,
observations on his influence with Henry V. while Prince of Wales,[494;]
Johnson's character of,[496;]
his Gadshill adventure,[503;]
remarks on his countenance,[506.]
Family Stories, No. I.[191;]
No. II.[266;]
No. III.[341;]
No. IV.[529;]
No. V.[561.]
Feaghan, Father Paul,[253.]
Fiddler, Mrs.[137.]
Fireside Stories, No. I, see Family Stories.
Fitzalban, Capt. Hon. A. F. story respecting his cow,[ 65.]
Fitzgerald, Lord E. observations on,[558.]
Fitzgrowl, Mr.[132.]
Fog, lines on a London,[492.]
Fontenelle, lines in imitation of,[ 88.]
Foote, Samuel,
remarks respecting him,[ 10;]
memoir of,[298;]
his plays,[300;]
accusations against him,[303;]
his death,[304;]
opinions of his comedies,[ib.;]
of his dramas,[ib.;]
anecdotes of him,[305.]
Fothergill, Father, description of,[344.]
Fragment of Romance,[165.]
Friar Laurence and Juliet, a poem,[354.]
G.
Gamfield, Mr.[219.]
Garrick, David, Foote's ridicule of,[305.]
Goldsmith, Oliver, anecdotes of,[ 9.]
Goodere, Capt.[299.]
——, Sir John, allusion to his murder,[299.]
Glorvina, the Maid of Meath,[614.]
Gossip with some Old English Poets,[ 98.]
Grand Cham of Tartary and the Humble-bee, a poem,[339.]
Green, Mr. specimen of his poetry,[101.]
Grey Dolphin, story of the,[341.]
Grummet, J.[ 67.]
H.
Hajji Baba, his remarks on England,[280;]
his projected mission to England,[284;]
his preparations,[364;]
instructions,[366;]
his remarks on the alterations among the Turks,[369;]
his inquiries on the state of England,[487;]
observations on France,[488;]
his passage to Dover,[489;]
remarks on the officers of customs,.[490.]
Halifax, Earl of, see Montague, Charles.
Hamburgh, Steam trip to,[509.]
Handy Andy, paper so called, No. I.[ 20;]
No. II.[169;]
No. III.[373.]
Headlong Hall, pieces by the author of,[ 29,] [187.]
Hero and Leander, a poem,[410.]
Herrick, Mr. specimen of his poetry,[ 99.]
Hints for an Historical Play,[597.]
Hippothanasia; or, the last of Tails—a lamentable tale,[319.]
Hogarth, George, piece by,[233.]
Horse-pond, Reflections in a,[470.]
Hot Wells of Clifton, lines to the,[ 64.]
I.
Impromptu, by George Colman,[ 16;]
on "Boz,"[297.]
Improvement, the victim of,[599.]
Ingoldsby, T.[201;]
papers by,[266,] [341,] [529.]
——, Caroline, legend of "Tapton Everard" related by,[195.]
Inscription for a cemetery,[473.]
Introduction to the Biography of my Aunt Jemima, the Political Economist,[382.]
Ivory, Mr. his relation of the story of "Plunder Creek,"[127.]
J.
Jackdaw of Rheims,[529.]
Jaques, criticism on Shakspeare's character of,[550.]
Jennings, Mr.[ 55,] [ 59.]
——, Mrs. story of,[591.]
Jordan, W. pieces written by,[178,] [319.]
J——, Madame de,[ 86.]
Jocund, Joyce, piece written by,[190.]
Johnson, Dr.[ 8;]
anecdotes of,[ 9;]
his remarks on Foote,[301,] [305;]
his Rasselas,[550.]
Johns, Richard, piece by,[313.]
Jonson, Ben, specimen of his poetry,[ 98.]
K.
Kats, Jacob, cobbler of Dort, story respecting,[403.]
Kingston, Duchess of, her persecution of Foote,[303.]
Knowles, Sheridan, paper by,[614.]
Kyan's Patent—the Nine Muses and the Dry-rot,[ 93.]
L.
Lament over the Bannister,[151.]
Lavender, Lord John, account of his projected marriage with Miss Sophy Miggins,[260.]
Leary the Piper's Lilt, song of the month for May,[429.]
Legends—of Manor Hall,[ 29;]
of Hamilton Tighe,[266;]
of Bohis Head,[519;]
of Mount Pilate,[608.]
Le Gros, C. F. paper by,[247.]
Les Poissons d'Avril,[397.]
Lines on the "Young Veteran," John Bannister,[168;]
to a Lyric and Artist,[177.]
Linley, Miss, poem to,[420;]
her marriage with Sheridan,[421;]
her death,[425.]
Lions, some particulars concerning a,[515.]
Literature of North America, observations on,[534.]
Little Bit of Tape, story of the,[313.]
Littlejohn, Mr.[ 67.]
London Fog, lines on a,[492.]
Love and Poverty,[469.]
Love in the City,[584.]
Lover, Samuel, pieces by,[ 20,] [ 88,] [169,] [217,] [373.]
M.
Mac Gawly, Roger,[ 34.]
——, Biddy,[ 33.]
M'Flummery, Mr. story respecting,[210.]
Madrigal Society, description of the,[465.]
Magan, Mr.[255.]
Magian, Dr. papers by,[ 2,] [105,] [494,] [550.]
Maguire, Barney,[191.]
Mann, Mrs.[109.]
Manor Hall, legend of,[ 29.]
Man with the Tuft,[576.]
Marbois, Marquis de,[ 81,] [82 n.]
Mars and Venus, a poem,[247.]
Martingal, Bob, story related by,[625.]
Marvel, Andrew, extract from his poem addressed to Lord Fairfax,[ 99.]
May Morning, song of the month for May,[429.]
Meditation, an Evening,[250.]
Memoir of George Colman,[ 7.]
Merry Christmas,[260.]
Metastasio, an imitation of,[ 88.]
Metropolitan Men of Science,[ 89.]
Miggins, Mr. Peter, his letter to Lord John Lavender,[260.]
——, Miss Sophy,[261,] [265.]
Minister's Fate, the,[577.]
"Monstre" Balloon, a poem,[ 17.]
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, remarks on her character,[138;]
comparison between, and Byron,[140;]
extracts from her letters,[141;]
her observations on Addison,[362 n.]
Montague, Charles, Earl of Halifax,
Addison's letters to,[356,] [358,] [360,] [363;]
remarks respecting him,[358 n.,] [359.]
Months, songs of the, No. I.[ 1;]
No. II.[105;]
No. III.[217;]
No. IV.[325;]
No. V.[429;]
No. VI.[533.]
Morgan, Mr.[ 25.]
Morier, J. Italian anecdote by,[103.]
Mount Pilate, legend of,[608.]
Murphy, Murtough, character of,[171;]
his duel with Squire Egan,[173.]
Muskan, Prince Puckler, paper by,[398.]
N.
Nights at Sea; or Sketches of Naval Life during the War, No. I.[269;]
No. II.[474;]
No. III.[621.]
North American Indians, remarks on the periodical literature of,[534;]
on their poetry,[536.]
Nugent, Mr. specimen of his poetical taste,[272,] [273.]
O.
Ode from the Emerald Isle,[620.]
O'Dryscull, Reddy, communications by,[ 45,] [397,] [525.]
O'Finn, Mrs. character of,[ 33;]
her conversation with Terence O'Shaughnessy,[ 41.]
O'Funnidos, Rigdum, piece written by,[208.]
Ogle, Miss, her marriage with Sheridan,[425.]
Old Age and Youth, a poem,[ 79.]
Old English Poets, a Gossip with,[ 98.]
Oliver Twist, his birth,[105;]
education and board,[107;]
escapes being apprenticed to a sweep,[218;]
his entry into public life,[225;]
conduct during his apprenticeship,[326;]
his quarrel with Noah Claypole,[334;]
his refractory conduct,[430;]
account of his journey to London,[435;]
of his rencontre with the strange young gentleman,[437;]
introduction to the Jew,[441.]
Ollier, Charles, paper by,[ 98.]
Opening Chaunt to the Miscellany,[ 6.]
"Original" Dragon, a legend of the Celestial Empire,[231.]
Original of "Not a drum was heard",[ 97.]
O'Shaughnessy, Terence, see Terence O'Shaughnessy.
P.
Paddy Blake's Echo,[186.]
Palaver, Mrs. character of,[591.]
Pantomine of Life,[291.]
Parallel, Mr. story told by,[277,] [616.]
Paris, remarks on society in,[ 86;]
picture of, in 1837,[387.]
Passage in the Life of Beaumarchais,[233.]
Perceval, Mr., remarks on his assassination,[579.]
Periodical Literature of the North American Indians,[534.]
Peter Plumbago's Correspondence,[448.]
Peters, Mr.[196.]
——, Mrs.[196.]
Phillips, Ambrose, remarks respecting him,[359 n.]
"Plunder Creek," (1783,) a legend of New York,[121.]
Plum, Sir Toby,[116.]
——, Lady,[116.]
Poets, Gossip with some Old English,[ 98.]
Pontius Pilate, legend respecting,[610.]
Pooledoune, John, the victim of improvement,[599.]
——, Roger,[600.]
Portrait Gallery, No. I.[286;]
No. II.[442.]
Pounce, Mr. story related by him to the Wide-awake Club,[209.]
Poverty, glee in praise of,[525.]
Prologue to the miscellany,[ 2.]
"Prout, Father," pieces by,[ 1,] [ 46,] [ 63,]
[ 96,] [397,] [525.]
Q.
Queershanks, Mr.[135.]
R.
Randolph, Thomas, specimen of his poetry,[ 99.]
"Random Records," extract from,[ 14.]
Rankin, F. H. paper by,[382.]
"Rattlin the Reefer," piece by the author of,[ 65.]
Rasselas, remarks on,[550.]
Reckoning with Time,[ 12.]
Recollections of Childhood,[187.]
Reflections in a Horse-pond,[470.]
Remains of Hajji Baba,[280,] [364,] [487.]
Remnant of the time of Izaak Walton, a poem,[230.]
Reynolds, Hamilton, piece by,[138.]
Rheims, Jackdaw of,[529.]
Richardson, John, the Showman, biographical account of,[178.]
Richie Barter, story of,[116.]
Rising Periodical,[101.]
Robethon, M. de, Addison's letter to,[357.]
Romance of a Day,[565.]
Rooney, Andy, see Handy Andy.
Rose, Sir George, piece by,[168.]
S.
Sabine Farmer's Serenade,[ 46.]
Saddleton, Emanuel,[341.]
Scenes in the Life of a Gambler,[387.]
Scowl, Mr.[133.]
Seaforth, Lieut. Charles, account of his somnambulism,[191.]
Seymour, Mr. story related by,[276.]
Shakspeare, criticisms on his plays,[550.]
Shakspeare Papers, No. I.[494;]
No. II.[550.]
Sheavehole, Jack, story told by,[476.]
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, memoirs of,[419;]
his poem to Miss Linley,[420;]
private marriage with her,[421;]
his plays,[422;]
anecdote of,[425;]
his second marriage,[ib.;]
his misfortunes,[426;]
death,[ib.;]
character,[427;]
Byron's opinion of,[ib.]
Shurland, Sir Ralph de, adventures of,[341.]
Signs of the Zodiac, a gastronomical chaunt,[397.]
Simpkinson, Mr. character of,[197.]
——, Miss Julia, her poetic taste,[197;]
her ode,[200.]
Slowby, Richard, account of his adventures,[313.]
——, Sir James,[313.]
Smyrk, Mr. Peter,[116.]
Snaps, Mr. story respecting,[210.]
Some particulars concerning a Lion,[515.]
Songs,
for the private theatre or drawing-room,[ 92;]
of the Anti Dry-rot Company,[ 94;]
of the Cover,[402;]
songs of the month, No. I.[ 1;]
No. II.[105;]
No. III.[217;]
No. IV.[325;]
No. V.[429;]
No. VI.[533.]
Sonnet to a Fog,[371.]
Sorrows of Life, lines on the,[290.]
Sowerberry, Mrs. character of,[229;]
dislike of Oliver Twist,[335.]
——, Mr. description of,[225;]
takes Oliver Twist as an apprentice,[227;]
his conversation respecting him,[328;]
character of,[433.]
Spectre of Tappington, story of the,[191.]
Spencer, Charles, Earl of Sunderland, remarks respecting him,[363 n.]
Spriggings, Miss Priscilla,[572.]
Steam Trip to Hamburgh,[509.]
"Stories of Waterloo," pieces by the author of,[ 33,] [251.]
Stray Chapters, No. I.[291;]
 No. II.[515.]
Summer Night's Reverie, a poem,[428.]
Sunderland, Earl of, see Spencer, Charles.
Swift, Dean, anecdote of,[ 2.]
T.
"Tales of an Antiquary," pieces by the author of,[121.]
Tappington Everard, description of the Manor House of,[192.]
Terence O'Shaughnessy, account of his first attempt to get married,[ 33.]
The Abbess and the Duchess, a poem,[153.]
The Abbey House,[187.]
Theatrical Advertisement Extraordinary,[152.]
"The Bee-Hive," pieces by the author of,[286,] [442.]
"The Old Sailor," pieces by,[269,] [474.]
The Spectre, a poem,[131.]
The Two Butlers,[306.]
Time, Reckoning with, a poem by Colman the Younger,[ 12]
Timmins, Mr. his description of the Wide-awake Club,[209.]
Tom ——, story respecting,[306.]
Tomnoddy, Lord,[561.]
Travelling, remarks on,[561.]
Tulrumble, Mr. N. account of the public life of,[ 49.]
——, Mrs.[ 51,] [ 52.]
Twigger, Edward,[ 53.]
U.
Useful Young Man, a poem,[485.]
V.
Victoria, Princess, ode on her birth-day,[620.]
Visit to the Madrigal Society,[465.]
Visits, an Evening of,[ 80.]
W.
Wade, J. A. pieces by,[186,] [492.]
Warwick, Countess of, notice of her marriage with Addison,[362 n.]
Webbe, Egerton, paper by,[371.]
Wharton, Duke of, anecdote of,[357 n.]
——, Thomas, Earl of Wharton, lord lieutenant of Ireland, remarks respecting,[356 n.]
Whitehead, C. pieces by,[155,] [461.]
Who are you? a song,[ 88.]
Who milked by cow? paper so called,[ 65.]
Wide-awake Club, character of the,[208.]
Whitbread, Mr. his respect for Mr. Perceval,[583.]
Y.
Youth's New Vade Mecum, a poem,[462.]
Z.
"Zohrab," papers by the author of,[280,] [364,] [487.]