Published by E Glover Materiane, Fleet Street W Clerk, Lith, W. High Delber HER MAJESTY VICTORIA 1ST ATTENDED BY THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, THE KING OF THE "UBI MEL, IBI MUSCA." No. 32-NEW SERIES.] SATURDAY, AUGUST 10. [TWOPENCE. Every purchaser of this number of "THE FLY," is entitled to an exquisitely-executed Lithographic PRINT of "The Queen going to a Review," which is presented gratuitously.-[A similar print with every number.] We are under the necessity of prematurely presenting the plate we had intended for the 33d number of the series, owing to a circumstance with which our friends in the trade will be made acquainted through another channel, and which we deem it entirely unnecessary to bring before the notice of our readers. We do not complain of the pilfering propensities of a contemporary, when we reflect on the very exalted position we have so long maintained in the public favour. We of course expect the shafts of our impotent imitator will occasionally be levelled at us, and hope we may always be as well prepared as we are this week to frustrate his roguery. We with pride present our picture to the public, and dismiss the subject with a quota. tion-freely rendered applicable : "Look here upon that picture and on this, Here is the other We are at fault! Shakspeare not having conceived the possibility of any thing so truly contemptible as the futile attempt to filch the beauties of the "Fly," which we allude to in this notice. LINES TO YOUTH. Oh youth! thou art a dream of bliss, Yet still to thee will memory cling, Its splendour o'er our tears. Hope, like a seraph cloth'd in light, And love, the choicest gift we own, Oh youth! thou art a dream of bliss, BOUSARD LE BRAVE HOMME, (Continued from page 112.) with blood, Bousard arrived at the land more dead than alive, and in a horrible state from stupor and exhaustion. All hasten to his assistance they dress his wounds and support him-his stomach has rejected the salt water with which it was oppressed. He begins to revive, his senses return, when lo! a fresh cry is heard from the vessel, and has reached his ear. Humanity still stronger than his reviving senses restores him to his wonted boldness. His strength acquires new vigour; he forgets himself. So long as there remains one unfortunate to be saved, his work is still to do. He will never repose himself. What is life to him? Life to him is the devotion of it to the use of others. He will be the providence of the evening. There he is buffeting the angry surge with fresh energies. Astonishing man! once more on board the wreckamidst the planks he finds a youth whose weakness prevented his following the rest in their late departure: he has secured him, fixed him on the rope, supports him, and has the happiness to bring him and with life even to the shore. Of ten men which the wrecked vessel had on board eight were saved, andtwo were washed overboard, the bodies of which were cast up next day a la greve, with other mutilated objects of the wreck. Bousard returned home next day to his house, escorted or rather supported by the eight sailors, the preservation of whose lives were entirely dependant on the energy and intrepidity of a single individual. To all philanthropic eyes such a trophy will be considered to rank with any pitched battle fought and won since the conquest. Dieppe and the praises of which he was the object records with gratitude the exploits of its pilot, made him acquainted with the Intendant of Rouen. He in his turn made him known to achievements, submitted to his Majesty Louis M. de Necker. That Minister, amongst other XVI. an account of his last exploit. The king immediately ordered this brave citizen to be recompensed, and a letter was dispatched from the hand of the Minister of Finance to him in the following terms : "Brave man,—It was only the day before yesterday that I heard, through M. Crosne, Intendant de Rouen, of your heroic action of the 31st of August. I lost no time in making known the particulars of it to the king, who has ordered me to testify to you his satisfaction, by announcing on his part the recompense of 10,000 francs, with a pension of 300 livres. In consequence of which I have written to M. l'Intendant. Continue in the good work of affording help to others when you may, and offer thanksgiving and prayers for your king, who loves brave people, and knows how to reward them. "L'Intendant des Finances, "NECKER." This letter, made public at Dieppe, gave new lustre and even higher consideration for their pilot Bousard. The most influential of their citizens urged him to go to Versailles, in order to return thanks to his Majesty. M. Lemoyne, mayor of Dieppe, brought him to Paris, and had the honour to present him to persons of the greatest distinction in that city. M. de Necker presented him to M. de Maurepas. This gentleman and M. Lemoyne conducted him to Versailles, to sollcit an interview of his Majesty. Placed in the saloon of Hercules, whose figure he well represented by his athletic form and proportions, the king immediately remarked him, and addressing himself to the Duke of D'Ayon, "Monsieur le Duc, who is that man ?" "Sire, it is the brave Dieppe pilot, who has come to thank your Majesty for the recompense awarded to his noble services." "What, is this the person so self-devoted that M. de Necker spoke to me of ?" "The same, sire.' "Approach, my brave fellow," said the king, presenting him to the nobles and courtiers surrounding him. "There," said he to them, "is a citizen who Dieppe is proud to cherish for his noble disinterestedness and attachment. Bousard, like your good city, I honour you too, because you are a brave man, a truly brave man. Gentlemen, do honour to this worthy and generous pilot." The great men of the Court made obeisance before him, and all loaded him with congratulations, to which the Queen, the beautiful but unfortunate Maria Antoinette, did not withhold the gracious condescension of a smile. After the presentation, the mayor of Dieppe received from his Majesty his further commands to construct without delay a house in all respects suitable for the family of pilot Bousard. This worthy man has been often heard to express himself after the following modest and simple form of language "I have before performed similar actions, and I know not how it happens that this last trait has made so much stir. My comrades are certainly as brave as myself, and it is not their fault if my strength afforded me now and then some local advantage over them." I'd never give a single thought Should gather in the sky, The violet, the cowslip, The little warbling bee, The starry twinkling glow-worm The smell gem on the Lea, Of the nightingale's soft wing. And there I'd chaunt my roundelay, The world is full of sorrow, And grief instead of glee: Oh would I were a fairy, As light as falling snows, To do whate'er my fancy bade, To wander where I chose; I'd visit many a sunny spot, And far away I'd flee, Where crime and folly seldom come Beneath the forest tree. L. E. OPINION. There are often words used in society that fly from mouth to mouth-words stupid in themselves, which make a sort of false glitter The simple and the for those that use them. would-be wits seize upon these to lard their I conversation at interludes of the bouillote and ecarte. A bit of scandal hatched in one bou. doir is soon heard to buzz in a saloon, then two, then three; next at Frascati, then at the playhouse, now every where in town; and the more absurd the report, the more implicitly it is believed. It is a spot of oil that goes on spreading, and never stops till it finds nothing more to spoil. Such and such like words and inuendos form an opinion. Opinion is the tyrant of the world; the caprice or prejudice of the mass against such or such an individual. Opinion may honour a knave, and in like manner may tarnish an honest man's fame. Opinion which dishonours is like a searing iron; the mark remains with the condemned, whether guilty or not. Opinion makes reputations sometimes without merit, and destroys them oftener without a cause. THE MARINER'S ADIEU. "Our bark is on the waters-her flag waves fair and free, And her bow is bounding proudly on the bright and boundless sea: The surge is driving cheerily along the billows blue; And our hearts are beating wearily to bid the shores adieu. "The merry dolphin dances in the golden summer day; And the rainbow, like a cherub, laughs among the diamond spray. The mighty whale, in awful sport and pride, goes tumbling by; And, To sea! to sea! my gallant lads!' ten hundred voices cry. "The foam is on the mountain side-the bark good master of a family. For near a year and a half our great man enjoyed all the pleasures of paternity, and for six months past the son of the great man no longer sucked, and Catherine the nurse, a jolly, fresh country-woman, claimed permission to return to her village, since the little one required her no longer, and who, as she said, already took soup like a grown person. The great man would not hear of the nurse leaving, for the good man too had his prejudices. He thought (the papa) after having given her milk to the son of the house, a nurse, whether of town or country, became one of the family. Thus, when Catherine asked leave to depart, the great man turned a deaf ear, and Catherine had her eloquence and her tears for her pains. Now Catherine was twenty-two years of age, more, she was married-and her husband as big as a Hercules, some forty years old, a mason by trade, and companionable by nature. When Catherine quitted her native village, master Peter said to her, "Now, mother has no call below there for more than one year, else, I come, and bon gre mal gre, fetch you back here." The year was ended, and a good deal beyond, when one fine day, master Peter, as good as his word, dropped into Paris. Ah! so there you are Peter," said the great man," and what is it you want ?" "I want my wife." Good! but we cannot spare her." "What's to become of me? do you think, if you please, that people marry to live four leagues asunder? nonsense, I want my wife." "Well! well! remain here; we'll find you employment." "To do what?" Every thing. I will make you my valet. Catherine shall not leave the child, you shall not leave Catherine." "I valet de chambre! what do I know about the trade ?" We will teach you to beat clothes and black boots is not a difficult business." "For you, who have the means, perhaps. But for me, a poor mason, it is quite another affair." "Bast! we will instruct you." "Who." "I." "You! a great man! you learn me to black boots! don't be hoaxing the people." "I am not joking, stay where you are; to-morrow morning, call me before any one's up, and I will give you the first lesson." "Look how well that goes now; there's a magnificent one-what do you think of it ?" "Superb." "I am delighted at that-now, rub up the other, you, and don't be chary of rubbing. To-morrow I'll show you how to beat clothes; to-day I have no time, and must go to the rehearsal. But to-morrow, Peter! You are now decidedly valet de chambre, and we continue your wife. My Paul will be content also; he so loves his nurse." And the great man went off, moved even to tears. The great man was called Talma, (you had guessed it, no doubt.) Eighteen years after, the house of the great man was hung in black; near the corpse wept and prayed a woman; beside her an elderly man. The woman was nurse Catherine, the man was Peter. -We are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep! F. E. MADAME VESTRIS, THE FUTURE LESSEE OF COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. Water-lane, London, begs to re-announce his Mr. Glover, print-publisher, "Fly" office, accurate portrait of this beautiful and talented actress. It is a full-length drawing, by the first artist in lithography, and is printed Reduced price 6d. on India paper, imperial size, for framing, THE TOURNAMENT! Preparations are making to present the subscribers to the "Fly" with a fine picture, accurately representing the gorgeous TOURNA MENT which is to be held at the seat of Lord Eglintoun, in Scotland. Great pains have been taken to get correct drawings of the splendid trappings to be used on the occasion, and to render the picture worthy a place in the 'Fly's" PictureGallery. Further particulars will be nounced immediately. an To point out defects, one would think it necessary to be equally conversant with beauties. But this is not the case. The best caricaturists cannot draw a common outline; nor the best comic actors speak a line of serious poetry without being laughed at. This may be perhaps accounted for in some degree by saying, that the perfection of the ludicrous implies that looseNext morning, at five o'clock, the greatness or disjointedness of mind, which receives man, who for the most part never rose before twelve, was up and at work. Before him was a white apron; in the left-hand a boot, in the right a brush, and he brushed! and brushed! whilst Peter, armed like his master with a brush, followed with his eyes and attention the benevolent preceptor, who was instructing him to the best of his power. "Now look, Peter, when you lay on the blacking, take a soft brush as the label enjoins; and you brush as I do at this moment, till the leather is polished quite bright." "Yes, sir." most delight and surprise from oddity and contrast, and which is naturally opposed to the steadiness and unity of feeling required for the serious, or the sublime and beautiful. With women, the great business of life is love, and they generally make a mistake in it. They consult neither the heart nor the head, but are led away by mere humour and fancy. If instead of a companion for life, they had to choose a partner in a country-dance or to trifle away an hour with, their mode of calculation would be right. They tie their true-lover's knot with idle, thoughtless haste, while the institutions of society render it indissoluble. THE FLY'S LETTER-BOX. "Honesty."- Our correspondent expresses sentiments that do him great credit. The person he alludes to is a general publisher, and as such must bear the odium that attaches itself to the dirty actions of those whose productions he is the means of inflicting upon the public. We regret to see him a party to such very paltry conduct. We shall not refer more directly to the subject. "Herz."-Received too late for notice this week. "John Copson."-The flattering notice taken of this gentleman's poetic productions in our last number, has induced him to favour us with the following morceau. There can be but one opinion as to its merits. 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