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We admire the manly indignation with which the Poet apostrophizes the various classes of Emigrators; and the proper respect he shews to female delicacy, and to the education of youth, in which he takes occasion to pay a just tribute to his Alma Mater, the University of Oxford.

On this subject we copy a note illustrative of the observations of Mr. Wainewright in our last, p. 343.

"In addition to the idea of obtaining accomplishments, the plea of economy is urged in favour of a foreign education. In this point, many of our best establishments. and certainly our Universities, are very defective; so that it is quite impossible for a parent of moderate fortune to bestow on a large family what is usually termed a finished education. Perhaps, in connexion with the great recent improvements at Oxford, this point may ultimately obtain the requisite degree of attention; and also another point connected with both the English Universities, namely, the necessity of providing more liberal means for specific education. It is obviously incongruous that nearly the same line of study, with some trifling ceremonial differences, should qualify equally for a degree in Arts, Physick, Law, and Divinity Still, however, economy is but a poor plea for subjecting one's son to the contamination of foreign manners and example. Where the choice lies, as in the case of parents of limited fortune it often must, between what is considered a second rate education at home, with a power of regulating the morals and instilling correct principles, and a first-rate education abroad, where those morals and principles are almost sure to be vitiated, it needs but one grain of patriotism, or religion, or right feeling, to turn the scale in favour of the former."

Describing the progress of luxurious dissipation, after lamenting the change of manners which led the wealthy to exchange their rural abodes for a residence in the crowded Metropolis, he adds,

*Thus madly rose The Bath, or Watering-place, where Summer's self,

Parent of Freedom, coop'd in narrow cell Of boarding-house, soon learnt the joyless modes

Of artificial life, nor felt a wish [smiled For solitude and groves. Stern Ocean To view where late uprose the lonely hut Of simple fisherman, yon gay hotel

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Extend its ample sweep, and boldly woo The flutterers of a Court, where shine

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The varied seasons and the varied hours, So pomp, and rout, and rivalry, be there. -Yet tasteless though the change, and dire its aim,

When each Bethesda, rising to a mart
For civic pleasures, saw eclipsed the pride
Of wide domains, deserted and forgot-
All was not lost. The eddying wealth
of fools
[land.

Still flow'd at home, nor grac'd a rival
—But ah! what counterpoise for yonder
heaps
[heir design'd
Of hard-earn'd wealth, by spendthrift
To deck a foreign shore. What in return
Shall fawning Paris yield, but what, pos-
Makes poverty more poor?" [sess'd,

One more extract must be given. Speaking of past times, he says, "Yet there was one, one truly British heart;

By native principles, and native taste, Blest be the memory of a name endear'd And Christian faith, and home-bred courtesy,

He glow'd no meteor in the frighted sky, And all that woos or wins a patriot soul! No momentary flash to shock the world With sudden blaze, and hurl destruction round;

And, like yon orb, with constant light A softer radiance mark'd his daily fires, [impede

he rose

To scatter blessings. Storms might oft His generous path, and veil the steady beam [clouds:

Yet still we lov'd his light, which ne'er That calmly shone behind opposing

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JUNIUS! What demons waken at the sound!
Record in brass indelible the name,
That ages yet unborn may learn a word
To designate each new and darkest shade
Of infamy and guilt. Ah! no, conceal'd
In blackest night he lies; black as the
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That made him infamous. Guilt's das'Midst unknown caverus seiz'd the trembling pen, [night torch, And quaked at every breeze. The midEnkindled by the breath of laughing fiends, [wrapt, The growing work beheld. In silence While man, and beast, and Nature sought repose,

The fell assassin shudder'd to review His murderous lines. Great Brutus, see thy name [t'rous hand Usurp'd to shield a wretch whose traiWould scatter discord round our peaceful shores, [throne!" And tear a guiltless Monarch from his

68. The Battle of Waterloo, a Poem; in Two Cantos. By John Haskins. 8vo, pp. 63. Black and Son.

THIS memorable Battle will continue to be celebrated in the Annals of British Glory to the end of time. Though little now remains to be told on the subject, Mr. Haskins has reputably performed his task. We will give his conclusion of the contest. "Oné desperate effort now the Gauls intend,

To bring the contest to decisive end, Their chosen troops, with animated cry, March gaily on for death or victory. Once more th' artillery 'gan its dreadful play, [away, True to its aim, and swept whole files Unaw'd they march, though still as they proceed, [lions bleed; From each discharge the throng'd battaNow near advanc'd, the glorious sight imparts

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New life and vigour to the British hearts. Instant their squares each compact front enlarge, [Charge!' Prompt to obey, they hail the word to "Tis done; they fly! the Gallic armies fly! And from the bayonet turn th' averted eye. [line resounds, Charge! Charge! along the British "Charge!' on their rear from rank to rank rebounds. [their host! What dreadful carnage now o'ertakes Shot, shells, and steel, an equal vengeance boast! [shout, Struck with a panick at the conquerors' Quickly the flight becomes a broken [the way, Here cannons, tumbrils, baggage, choak Chaging to life, impatient of delay,

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69. Catalogue of Pictures, representing Christ Rejected, Christ Healing in the Temple, and a Design of Our Saviour's Crucifixion; with Sketches from other Scriptural Subjects; painted by B. West, Esq. President of the Royal Academy, and Historical Painter to the King; now exhibiting in Pall Mall, near Carlton House. 8vo. pp. 16. Reynell.

THE subject of the principal Picture is, Christ rejected by the Jewish High Priest, the Elders, and the People, when brought to them by Pilate from the Judgment Hall.

thus

"The wonderful events, of which this incident forms so striking a portion, took place when empire had reached its zenith under the Romans, and universal peace prevailed. They had been distinctly foretold by the Inspired Writers, and no meaner agents than Angels from Heaven had announced the advent of the Messiah, 'glorifying God in the highest, and proclaiming on earth peace, and good will towards men awfully preparing the minds of men for the approach of an epoch, in which a new and mighty influence would overturn all the established moral and religious systems of the civilized world, making darkness and destruction vanish before, and give place to, light and immortality. For such a subject an Epic composition was demanded; for it seemed every way proper that the principal characters in the History, as well as the Divine Chief himself, should be brought together on the canvas, and represented by the pencil, as they had been described by the hallowed Prophets and holy Evangelists."

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highly esteemed by the Emperor Theodosius. Cassiodorus was made Governor of Sicily, created sole Consul, and pro moted to be private secretary to Theodoric. Arcadius and Honorius erected a statue in honour of Claudian; and Agropolita (one of the Byzantine Historians) was sent Ambassador to the Pope, and to John, Prince of Bulgaria. Alcuin was admitted to the friendship of Charlemagne ; Alexander was highly esteemed by Urban VIII.; Alamanni was the confidential friend of Francis I. in whose arms died Leonardo de Vinci. Arnaud was beloved by Henry IV. of France; and Paulus Æmilius enjoyed the favour of Lewis XII. Abulfaragius was made Bishop of Lacabena and Alep po. The tomb of the Persian Anacreon is the theatre of annual rural amusements ; and Lope de Vega, the idol of his age, was buried with a pomp and magnificence never before witnessed in Spain to a private person.. - Petrarch, honoured with the friendship of many illustrious men, was crowned as a Poet in the capital of Italy; the daughters of Donatus were portioned at Florence 'at the public expence; Æneas Sylvius was crowned with laurel by the Emperor Frederick's own hand; Vida was created Bishop of Alba in reward for his genius; and Ariosto was employed as an Ambassador from the Duke of Ferrara to Pope Julius II.; he was made Governor of Graffignana, and crowned with laurel by Charles V. Albani was honoured with the correspondence of several Princes; Rubens became an Ambassador; Newton arrived at wealth and honour; Prior and Grotius were Ambassadors at Paris; Boileau enjoyed the benefits of princely munificence at Auteuil; Addison became Secretary of State; the family of Fontaine were exempt from all taxes; Christina softened the misfortunes of Borelli; while Heinsius was honoured by his Country, and flattered by the approbation of several foreign Monarchs. -Such are the honours and distinctions which have been consecrated to some who have possessed talents and genius. For though, for the most part, men, possessing either the one or the other, are, when ningling with mankind, cheated by the worldly, envied by groups of many orders, and calumniated by the base and ignorant; some minds, rich in their own excellence, have never, even in the iron age, been wanting, who have scattered roses in the paths of Virtue; and who have secured from indigence and despair those labourers in Science, and those cultivators of the Arts and of Philosophy, who, but for the fortunate assistance of some nobler mind, might,

from disease, sensibility, or unrewarded industry, have sunk beneath the burden of a ruined fortune."

From much that is good under the head of " Science," only one short article shall be selected.

"From the difficulty in regard to the origin and uses of evil, a subject on which wisdom itself is taught to pause, though not to doubt, has arisen that most degrading of all mental errors, ATHEISM.-The word Atheist is a term used for the purpose of distinguishing that order of men, whose ignorance is rendered contemptible by the folly of their vanity, and by the arrogance of their pride, presumption, and pretensions. Little knowledge have they of Science, and still less of Nature's primitive forms and qualities.-Involving a vicious imagination, a credulous conception, and a warped judgment, an Atheist is as much a lusus nature, as any object that, in any age, has disgusted the eye of a Naturalist. For, presuming to decide where he ought to doubt; and hesitating, when effects allow exact precision; ignorant that chances are the results of secret causes -that it requires the same gigantic power to annihilate, as it did to createthat to govern, requires no greater exertion than to form-and that, even should Necessity have a power of existence, it possesses no power of effecting changes; with a mean idea of man, a superficial knowledge of Nature, and a total ignorance of primitive causes, an Atheist gives eternal life to magnets, yet refuses it to man! His is the hated creed, which makes the day of death the day of ruin!-Beginning in presumption, he continues in doubt; and, meeting with difficulties far beyond the measure of his feeble intellect, his faculties confused-his judgment lost, and his imagination afflicted with the plague-be loathes to die! His food, as it were, is poison, and his drink are bitters. Believing not in a God, he is the artificer of his own misery, and an object_of mental disgust, wherever he goes. For a nest of serpents is not more horrible to the fancy, than a faction of Atheists. Oh! for that sacred and exalted time, when we may be permitted to see a new satellite, a new planet, a new sun, perhaps a new system, rising from the void and formless infinite!'- To enter into what Marcus Antoninus calls an honourable familiarity with Nature, by ranging through the visible sphere with an eye of Poetry, and the judgment of Philosophy, is to form one of the best grounds for theological belief.

Since

every object which we see becomes a monument, attesting the existence of an Original Cause; to whose benevolence every object bears witness; and of whose beauty, harmony, and grandeur, the whole Universe, in detail as in combination, is a temple, through which we are led, step by step, to the sanctuary of the ETERNAL."

60. A Defence of the Doctrines of the Trinity and the Atonement, as maintained by the Church of England: in an Address to the Inhabitants of St. Alban's, and its Vicinity: occasioned by a Pamphlet, entitled A Letter to Trinitarian Christians, by W. Marshall, Minister of the Unitarian Chapel, St. Alban's, Herts. By the Rev. Thomas White, M. A. Minister of Welbeck Chapel, St. Mary-le-bone. 12mo. pp.40. Rivingtons.

NOT having been so lucky as to meet with the good woman who; when applying to Mr. White for relief," offered Mr. Marshall's 'Address'

to him for sale as a godly book,

and told him that it was the last of twelve which she had purchased at St. Alban's, and sold about the country;" we shall not further enter into the arguments here used against the 'Address,' than to state, that Mr.

White disclaims all personal animo sity, and all uncharitable rancour.

"It is my earnest desire that I may not offend in this respect; and that, if my reasoning should not appear satisfactory, my spirit and temper may, at least, be such as to reflect no discredit on the doctrines which I think it my duty to advocate.-May the same disposition prevail in all who turn their attention to this subject!"

In briefly answering the inquiry why the Unitarian opinions ["faith, says Mr. r.White, "I cannot call then,"1 excite so much horror? he adds,

ters the pride of human nature; it leads men to a false estimate of their own character; and thus throws such impediments in their way, that they are little likely to embrace the humbling but consolatory doctrines of the Gospel."

61. Christianity liberal according to the genuine and full Import of the Term : a Sermon, preached at the Visitation of the Rev. the Archdeacon of Wilts; holden at Mariborough July 23, 1816. By Walter Birch, B. D. Vicar of Stanton St. Bernard's, and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. Published at the request of the Clergy present.

THERE is such a regular train of reasoning carried through this Discourse, and one part so much depends on another, that it would in some degree be doing the Author an injustice to select any single passages from it as specimens of the whole. Let it suffice therefore to say, that a vein of no common, yet of an unaffected, eloquence pervades it. The design

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of it is to shew, that "the Christian character is essentially and empha tically liberal.” For this purpose we are presented with the supposed case of a philosophic Heathen, a man of liberal and lofty sentiments, indulging a train of reflection congenial to such a mind, and gradually led on to the study of the Christian system by the contemplation of some of the great truths of the religion of Nature."

One would, perhaps, have expected that the necessity of an atonement should have entered into the contemplation of this enlightened Heathen, as he must have seen it evinced by the propensity of man, in all ages and countries, to seek for a reconciliation with a higher power through the means of sacrifices. Yet we are inclined to give the Preacher credit for I will not pretend to say that they having omitted the consideration of are worse than avowed Atheism, or the this point, not so much from overmost profligate vice;' but I will assert sight, as from an opinion that it that they are scarcely less dangerous. would not have conduced to his main Such is the manifest absurdity of Atheobject, which probably was to conism; such the abborrence universally vince those who entertain a prejudice excited by gross profligacy; that men are not likely to be encouraged in them against Christianity as it tended to confine and narrow the minds of its by the countenance of any respectable characters: but Unitarianism veils itself professors, but who, no longer seeunder the name and profession of Chris- ing the sacrifices that were so genes tianity, whilst it robs that religion of its raily practised in the Heathen world, vital principles. It makes great preten- do not perceive the need of the one sions to reason and philosophy; it flat-only effectual offering. GENT. MAG. November, 1816.

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62. Sacred Sketches from Seripture History; containing Belshazzar's Impious Feast Jephtha-The Translation of Elijah-The Widow of Sarepta-The Annunciation The NativityThe Crucifixion-The Ascension—and other Poems. 8vo. Law and Whittaker. THIS is the first Publication of an ingenious and worthy Lady, the Authoress of the Poem on "Moscow" (see p. 54); and it is highly creditable to her, evincing at the same time a thorough knowledge of the subjects selected, and a good taste in describing them.

63. Essays in Rhyme, on Morals and Manners. By Jane Taylor, Author of Display, a Tale, &c. &c. 12mo, pp. 174. Taylor and Hessey.

WE have been so well pleased with several of the former publications of this Lady, that we opened the present "Essays" with some degree of interest: yet, though we admire the good sense and serious sensations of Miss Taylor, we prefer her works of imagination to any "Rhymes" on religious subjects, particularly when treated in a somewhat too familiar style. Miss Taylor has evidently read Mr. Crabbe's peculiarly excellent Poems; but has not quite attained the exquisite simplicity by which they are distinguished.

We do not mean to blame this wellintentioned lady for being too serious; but we think her pleasantry better than her preaching; and that she can be pleasant, the following description will amply testify:

"In yonder red-brick mansion, tight and square, [the Mayor. Just at the town's commencement, lives Some yards of shining gravel, fenc'd with box, [knocks:

Lead to the painted portal-where one There, in the left-hand parlour, all in state,

Sit he and she, on either side the grate.
But though their goods and chattels,
sound and new,
Bespeak the owners very well to do, [tray
His Worship's wig and morning suit be-
Slight indications of an humbler day.

That long, low shop, where still the name appears, [years: Some doors below, they kept for forty And there, with various fortunes, smooth and rough,

They sold tobacco, coffee, tea, and snuff, There label'd drawers display their spicy [ing low

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Clove, mace,

and nutmeg; from the ceil

Dangle long twelves and eights, and slenMix'd with the varied forms of genus der rush, [brush;

Cask, firkin, bag, and barrel, crowd the floor, [door. And piles of country cheeses guard the The frugal dames came in from far and near, [here. To buy their ounces and their quarterns Hard was the toil, the profits slow to count; [mount: And yet the mole-hill was at last a Those petty gains were hoarded day by day, [they);

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With little cost (nor chick nor child had Till, long proceeding on the saving plan, He found himself a warm, fore-handed

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