"White Elephant's dread king, then hear our pray'rs;

"Let no man rule us, as you did decree;

"We'd have for viceroys only Barkout's heirs,
"To his and thine we'd rather bend the knee."

Wise Saon Mahon scratch'd his head, full fraught,
Whether 'twere best to follow up his whim:

If they're so fond of quadrupeds, he thought,
They might prefer his Elephant to him.

This jealousy prevail'd-he feign'd good will,

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And said "No more shall Johor feel disdain

My place let Mandarin Miracha fill,

"His former post good Mani shall retain.”

Well, what turn'd up? Miracha would not take
Mani's advice; and, striving to excel

Barkout, so widely did the way mistake,
The dog he render'd more respectable.

The moral of this tale, according to the Chinese account, in which the history of Barkout is preserved, is this: "That next to a prince who is willing and able to manage himself the affairs of his government, the most desirable is a monarch of indifferent abilities, who will consent to be directed by an able and well-intentioned minister."--We

readily acquiesce in this inference of the Chinese moralist; but we would wish to be informed how a king of indifferent abilities should know whether he bas such a minister, unless he deign now and then to consult the people on that head. It would be absurd to ask the minister himself; because no man was ever known who entertained even an indifferent opinion of his own talents-witness our late bread-bottomed administration, whose blunders were palpable to the touch. We may also instance Mr. C-nn-g, among the present ministry, who asserts that the nation is at this moment rising, although he only imagines it to be the case, because (as SF▬▬▬▬ B▬▬ told him) he was rising himself. Thus men intoxicated fancy that the room runs round, although it is only themselves that totter!-Hence is implied that a king and his people should talk plain language to each other, but in terms suited to their respective situations. This mode would naturally beget the greatest confidence and har

mony, which could only be dissolved by what, in that case, there would be little reason to apprehend-foreign subjugation. When speeches and actions are designed to agree, it would be vain to attempt from abroad to embarrass our councils, and corruption, becoming useless, would consequently die away in our cabinet.

THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE ARE THE SECURITY OF EVERY ESTABLISHMENT!!

Those foolish kings, who assimilate themselves to the Creator, and despise their people, may be, and mostly have been, in turn, despised by them. For instance, on the garden front of the royal palace of Versailles, was formerly this inscription :

Hic fuit, ante, Chaos!

Dixit Ludovicus,

Et inde Regia fit Divo!

Facta est ita maching

Mundi.

Formerly,

Chaos reigned here!
Louis spoke,

And thence sprung a palace fit for a God!
So was formed the machine

Of the world!!!

The descendants of this heaven and world maker cannot, at present, boast a foot of this divine manufacture.

About the middle of the last century, an artist of Vienna constructed an automaton, dressed in the habit of an Austrian gentleman, with a pen in one hand, and a standish in the other; after dipping the former in the latter, it would strike a kind of spiral line upon a sheet of paper, and in the spaces between write these words: Augustæ domini Austriacæ et Imperatori, Deus nec metas nec finem ponet.-In English-God will set neither bounds nor period to the House of Austria and the Emperor! But Buonaparté, a petty Corsican adventurer, has already put bounds to the one, and will probably put a period to the other ere long, notwithstanding

that his Imperial Majesty bought the wonderful piece of parasitical mechanism, and settled a considerable pension on the inventor.

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-Who does not recollect, when the present emperor of Germany marched into Brussels, in the year 1794, to head the allied armies against the French, this remarkable inscription on the trophies:-" Cæsar adest -trement Galli."-Cæsar is at hand-let the the Gauls tremble!--Who trembles now? Surely there have been examples enough of this kind to have taught kings that they are but human beings, and, consequently, should bow with more reverence to God, and behave with more becoming respect to their fellowcreatures. Crowns are not a more certain tenure than any other hereditary possessions, since both originate in, and owe their protection to, the laws of the land. They have been usurped; resumed by the people for implied breaches of contract and abdication; and they have been even extended for the benefit of creditors, of which the following notable precedent occurred in this metro