the King's dwarf, out of his pock et, to the no fmall wonder and laughter of the beholders.

III. JEFFERY HUDSON, was born at Latham in Rutlandshire, in the year 1619, his father was a butcher, of a flout and corpulent make; his mother was alfo of a good fize. When pregnant fhe was not cumbersome, nor did the require a midwife to bring him into the world. At 8 years old, not being 18 inches high, he was taken by the Duchefs of Buckingham, who clothed him in fatin, and at a fplendid feast, given by the Duke, there was a cold pie, which being opened, little Jeffery started up in complete armour. Soon after, he was prefented to Queen Henrietta, wife to Charles I. and he was employed by her upon a kind of embafly to France, to bring over her midwife,

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It must have been a very striking contrast to see him and Evans together; especially when at the ball at court, where Evans lugged out of one pocket a long loaf, and little Jeffery, instead of a piece of cheese, out of the other. He died about the year 1680; being upwards of 60 years of age.

IV. JOHN DUCKER, an Englifhman, was carried about for a shew, in the year 1610, being then about 45 years old. He was only 30 inches high, was wrinkled, and had a long beard; otherwife of ftrait and thick limbs, and was well proportioned.

YARM, Jan. 15, 1793.

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ANECDOTE of King JAMES I. Short time after this wife Monarch came to the throne of England, he took it in his head to go and hear caufes in Westminsterhall, in order to fhew his great learning and wifdom. According-. ly, he being feated on the Bench, a cause came on, which the Counfel fet forth to fuch advantage on the part of the plaintiff, that the fagacity of the royal Judge foon faw the juftice of it fo clearly, that he frequently cried out, "I ken the matter unco weel! The gude mon is i' the reeght! The gude mon is i' the reeght; he maun ha' it; he maun ha' it!" The plaintiff's counfel having ended, James was for determining the cause immediately; and was much offended, after fo plain a ftate of the matter, that the Judges of the Court fhould defire

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him to hear both parties before he paffed judgment. At length curiofity, to know what could be faid against so plain a cafe, rather than any refpect to the rules of the Court, made him defer his decifion. But the defendant's counsel had fcarcely begun to open their cause, when his facred Majefty appeared greatly difcompofed; and he was fo puzzled as they proceeded, that he had no patience to hear them out, but, ftarting up in a paffion, cried, Ife hear nae mair; ye're aw knaves alike! Ye gie each other the lee; and neither's i'th' reeght!"

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To the PUBLISHER,

SIR,

HAving been at Durham-market laft Saturday, I was returning to my refidence near Hartlepool, loaded with Farmer's Letters, Thomas Bull to John Bull,—the Birmingham Curate,- -Dialogue between an Englishman and a Frenchman, and some other loyal Pamphlets, difperfed by the Friends of the Conftitution at Durham, when I overtook an old friend, whom the World thinks a fly fellow, who is supposed to know every thing, becaufe he fays nothing.

In the courfe of our ride, we difcourfed of various things :-the price of corn, high rents, and heavy taxes, were difcuffed in turn. At length, I, being warmed with the toasts I had drank to the stabi

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