"In the 35th of Edward III. were summoned by writ to parliament, to appear there by their proxies, viz. Mary Countess of Norfolk, Alienor Countess of Ormond, Anna Despenser, Phillippa Countess of March, Johanna Fitz Water, Agneta Countess of Pembroke, Mary de St. Paul Countess of Pembroke, Margaret de Roos, Matilda Countess of Oxford, Catherine Countess of Athol. These ladies were called _Ad Colloquium et Tractatum_, by their proxies, a privilege peculiar to the peerage to appear and act by proxy." P.T.W. N.B. They no doubt _manfully asserted_ their _colloquial rights_. * * * * * FASTING. _From a very old work, "Noble Numbers."_ Is this a feast to keep, The larder leane, And clean, From fat of veales and sheep? Is it to quit the dish Of flesh yet still To fill The platter high with _fish_? Is it to fast an _hour_, Or, ragged to go Or show A downcast look or snore? No, 'tis a fast to dole Thy sheaf of wheat And meat Unto the hungry soul. It is to fast from strife, From old debate And hate; To circumcise thy life. To show a heart grief rent, To _starve_ thy sin, Not bin; And _that's to keep_ thy Lent. * * * * * ANNUAL OF SCIENCE. This Day is published, price 5s. ARCANA of SCIENCE, and ANNUAL REGISTER of the USEFUL ARTS for 1831. Comprising POPULAR INVENTIONS, IMPROVEMENTS, and DISCOVERIES Abridged from the Transactions of Public Societies and Scientific Journals of the past year. With several Engravings. "One of the best and cheapest books of the day."--_Mag. Nat. Hist._ "An annual register of new inventions and improvements in a popular form like this, cannot fail to be useful."--_Lit. Gaz._ Printed for JOHN LIMBIRD, 143. Strand;--of whom may be had the Volumes for the three preceding years. * * * * * _Printed and Published by J. LIMBIRD, 143, Strand, (near Somerset House,) London; sold by ERNEST FLEISCHER, 626, New Market, Leipsic; G.G. BENNIS, 55, Rue Neuve, St. Augustin, Paris; and by all Newsmen and Booksellers._ End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 484, by Various