Eccentric Character.
At the close of the assizes for York, there was often geen wander- ing about thc streets an elderly gentlensaan, who attracted the gaze of half the inhabitants of that ancient city by the extreme singularity of his dresr and appearance: he was about five feet ten inches in height, and appearedto be abov fiO years ofage. Hehad along white beard, which evidently had not feared the edge of a razor for many ears; lie wore a drab-coloured hat, made of a very uncommon .ind of beaver, and in a very unusual form -that part of it which fits on the head was nearly globular in shape, and was surrounded by a brim of such enormous magnitude, that even John Fox could not have seen it witlioUt feeling an emotion of envy. The colour of his coat, which came down to his ancles, was liglht-brown - the buttons of'it were very large, and, like angels' visits, were "few and far between ;" the pockets of it appeared of capacity suffRcient to cartyoff ten such dinners as are usually eaten in these degenerate days. I-}is waistcoat, whiclh kad a flap as large aiid as long as any waistcoat that ever was exhibited at Court in the best days of lace anti embroidery, seemed to be made up sf scraps of plumage belong- ing to various birds, and also of scraps of skins belonging to various animals, and was a vest of far more colours than any philosopher has yet discovered in the tints of the rainbow. His stockings were of a blackislh brown worsted ; they haJ red clocks; and v:hat added still more to their singularity, were studded pietty t,hickly ,with lar.ge diamond spots of the same colour. The breeches of this eccentric being-for it may be necessary to observe that lie really did wear bteeches-did. not appear to derive any as- sistance from buttons or suspenders: they were tied together down the legs by an uninterrupted succession of rosettes, which, if they were not very ornamental, appeared at least to be very useful. His shoes. qf which the soles were of great consistency, were formed of untanned yellow leather: so that ftoin the head to the foot this gentle- man formcd one of the strangestspectacles we ever beheld. The name of this individual, who crtn find a parallel in none but himself, we un- derstood to be Hirst. He resides at Rocliffe, near Snaith, in thc M'est Ridingof "ork, and is possessel of considerable properry. He amuses hinself, and trightens his neighbours, by riding on a bull; and we are informed, that heabsolutelymadehisappearance, mount. ed antd dressed as vre have described, at th^ last Doncaster races. He also drives about in a wicker carriage of his own manufacture, in which he boasts that there is not a single nail. " Tam dulce est digito monstn:ri, etdiceriHie est." ECCENTRIC_CIIARI.CTER.