The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 362, March 21, 1829

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Various. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 362, March 21, 1829

CHESTER TERRACE,

REGENT'S PARK

HAVER

ANCIENT POWER OF THE HARO, OR HAROL

THE GREAT TUN OF KONIGSTEIN

THE COOK AND THE CRANES

SPOONS

THE TOPOGRAPHER

HORSHAM, SUSSEX

THE SELECTOR, AND LITERARY NOTICES OF NEW WORKS

DEATH OF CAPTAIN CLAPPERTON AT SOCCATOO

SONG

SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS

THE VICAR

TAILORS

THE ACTOR

THE NOVELIST

THE BROKEN HEART

THE ANECDOTE GALLERY

BEARS ON THE ICE

THE GATHERER

ANCIENT AND MODERN THEATRES

REGENT-STREET

STEALING PICTURES

RAMSAY'S ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF, IN A POEM ADDRESSED TO MR. JAMES ARBUCKLE

ESPRIT DE CORPS

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On the annexed page is a spirited representation of this splendid range of palatial residences, which present as noble an appearance as any similar structure in the Park.

To familiarize the topography of Chester Terrace, we should say it stands between the Colosseum and St. Katharine's Church, these being the most conspicuous buildings in the circle; and the majestic cupola of the former building is shown in the distance of our engraving.

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Clamour de haro is a cry or formula of invoking the assistance of justice against the violence of some offender, who, upon hearing of the word haro, is obliged to desist, on pain of being severely punished for his outrage, and to go with the party before the judge. The word is commonly derived of ha and roul, as being supposed an invocation of the sovereign power, to assist the weak against the strong, on occasion of Raoul, first duke of Normandy, about the year 912, who rendered himself venerable to his subjects, by the severity of his justice; so that they called on him, even after his death, when they suffered any oppression. Some derive it from Harola, king of Denmark, who, in the year 826, was made grand conservator of justice at Mentz. Others from the Danish a a rau, help me, a cry raised by the Normans in flying from a king of Denmark, named Roux, who made himself duke of Normandy. The haro had anciently such vast power, that a poor man of the city of Caen, named Asselin, in virtue thereof, arrested the corpse of William the Conqueror, in the middle of the funeral procession, till such time as his son Henry had paid the value of the land in question, which was that whereon the chapel was built wherein he was interred.

One of the greatest curiosities in the neighbourhood of Dresden is the Great Tun, erected at Fort Konigstein by General Kyaw, the height of which is 17 Dresden ells, and its diameter at the bung 12 ells. This vast vessel, which is always replenished with excellent wine, is capable of containing 3,709 hogsheads; and on its head is a plate with a Latin inscription, to the following purport:—

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