s. d. Thirty-six chickens 4 5 One swan and four geese 7 0 Nine rabbits 1 4 Two rumps of beef tails 0 2 Six quails 1 6 Two oz. of pepper 0 2 Two oz. of cloves and mace 0 4 One and a half oz. of saffron 0 6 Eight lbs. of sugar 0 8 Two lbs. of raisins 0 4 One lb. of dates 0 4 One and a half lb. of comfits 0 2 Half a hundred eggs 0 2-1/2 Four gallons of curds 0 4 One ditto gooseberries 0 2 Bread for the company 1 1 One kilderkin of ale 2 3 Herbs 1 0 Two dishes of butter 0 4 Four breasts of veal 1 5 Brawn 0 6 Quarter load of coals 0 4 Faggots 0 2 Three and a half gallons of Gascoigne wine 2 4 One bottle of Muscovadine 0 8 Cherries and tarts 0 8 Verjuice and vinegar 0 2 Paid the cook 3 4 Perfume 0 2 One bushel and a half of meal 0 8 Water 0 3 Garnishing the vessels 0 3 ------------- Total of feast for 50 people £1 13 2-1/2 ------------- CURIOS. * * * * * THE SELECTOR; AND LITERARY NOTICES OF NEW WORKS. * * * * * VIDOCQ. (Concluded.) We have a vulgar book called _Frauds of London laid open_, and Vidocq's fourth volume will serve for Paris, since he defines the nomenclature--nay the very craft of thieves with great minuteness: thus-- _The Chevaliers Grimpants_. "The Chevaliers Grimpants, called also _voleurs au bonjour_, _donneurs de bonjours_, _bonjouriers_, are those who introduce themselves into a house and carry off in an instant the first movable commodity that falls in their way. The first _bonjouriers_ were I am assured, servants out of place. They were at first few in number, but, soon acquiring pupils, their industry increased so rapidly, that from 1800 to 1812, there was scarcely a day that robberies were not committed in Paris of from a dozen to fifteen baskets of plate.