Here is a lively commentary upon the _Inclosure Acts_: "To a pamphlet which was published some years ago, against the propriety of enclosing _Waltham Forest_, the following quaint motto was prefixed: "The fault is great in man or woman, Who steals a goose from off a common, But who can plead that man's excuse, Who steals the common from the goose?" How to decide a Chancery Suit: "The _Shellys_ were a family of distinction in _Sussex_. _Richard_ and _Thomas Shelly_ were a long time engaged in litigation; and Queen Elizabeth hearing of it, ordered her Lord Chancellor to summon the Judges to put an end to it, to prevent the ruin of so ancient a family."--(_Engl. Baronets_, ed. 1737.) With these pleasantries we leave the _Conveyancer's Guide_, hoping it may be long ere the witty author sings his "Farewell to his Muse." * * * * * Manners & Customs of all Nations. * * * * * THE CURFEW BELL. (_For the Mirror_.) Hark! the curfews solemn sound; Silence, darkness, spreads around. There are now but few places in which this ancient custom--the memento of the iron sway of William the Conqueror--is retained. Its impression when I heard it for the first time, will never be effaced from my memory. Let not the reader suppose that it was merely the _sound_ of the bell to which I allude; to use the language of Thomas Moore, I may justly say, "Oh! no, it was something more exquisite still." It was during the autumn of last year, that I had occasion to visit the eastern coast of Kent. Accustomed to an inland county, the prospect of wandering by the sea shore, and inhaling the sea breezes, afforded me no trifling degree of pleasure. The most frequented road to the sea, was through a succession of meadows and pastures; the ground becoming more irregular and broken as it advanced, till at last it was little better than an accumulation of sand-hills. I have since been informed by a veteran tar, that these sand-hills bear a striking resemblance to those on that part of the coast of Egypt, where the British troops under the gallant Abercrombie were landed.