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dress had evident appearances of each portion having been borrowed from a different quarter, for some parts were too tight, and others too wide for him. The expence of the Church service was to be provided for by the Negroes; and there stood in the body of the Church a small table, at which sat the Treasurer of the Black fraternity, and some other Officers; and upon it stood a box to receive the money. This was produced but slowly, much too slowly for the appetite of the Vicar, who had not breakfasted, though it was now nearly midday, for he and his assistant Chiefs were to chaunt high mass; therefore he approached the table, and began to expostulate with those directors, declaring that he would not go to the altar until every expence was paid. I was much amused, to see him surrounded by the Blacks, and abusing them for their want of punctuality in their contributions. There was soon an uproar in the Church among the Negroes; the Vicar had blamed some of them; and now, when he left them to themselves, they called each other to an account; and the consequences were, that many high and angry words passed between them in the Church. It was a most entertaining scene to me and a few other persons who stood by, and heard what was going on however, at last their Majesties knelt down at the railing of the principal Chapel, and the service

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menced. As soon as this was over, the new King was to be installed; but, as the Vicar was hungry, he dispatched the matter without much ceremony. He asked for the Crown, then went to the Church-door; the new Sovereign presented himself, and was requested, or rather desired, to kneel down. The Insignia were given to him; and the Vicar then said, Now, Sir King, go about thy

business."

84. The Counsels of a Father, in Four Letters of Sir Matthew Hale to his Children: to which is added, the practical Life of a true Christian, in the Account of the good Steward at the great Audit. By Sir Matthew Hale. Lord Chief Justice in the Reign of Charles II. With a Memoir of the Author. 12mo. Taylor & Hessey. 85. A Letter of Advice to his GrandChildren, Matthew, Gabriel, Anne, Mary, and Frances Hale. By Sir Matthew Hale. Now first published. 12mo, pp. 182.

THESE two little volumes may be safely recommended to Readers of every description. They will confirm the sentiments of those who are already well-disposed; and may re

claim even the abandoned from an irregular course of life. The Judge here, at the same time, speaks as if seated on the Bench, and convinces his Readers with the arguments of a Divine, and the affection of a Parent,

86. The Terra Incognita of Lincolnshire; with Observations, Moral, Descriptive, and Historical, in Original Letters, written (purposely for the im provement of Youth) during the Months of May and October 1815. By Miss Hatfield. 12mo. pp. 144. G. and S. Robinson.

MISS Hatfield has already obtained some credit, by her "Letters on the Importance of the Female Sex, with Observations on their Manners and Education; and of the Theology and Mythology of the Antient Pagans, dedicated to the purpose of Female Instruction." Of the present little volume she observes:

"I have been induced to offer in the form of Letters the contents of several fragments and notes, which have been presented to me by a friend, in which the descriptive, moral, and historical, are appropriately and effectively blended-and with no more of the imagina tion than is necessary for embellishment. Under such an appearance, and with a little indulgence on the part of the reader, I have judged them not an unacceptable recreation in the routine of studies for youth. And to be in sympathy with those who having already entered the busy scenes of the great world, have been sensible of the delights of those alternate enjoyments, found only and tasted in RURAL quiet-and in the shades of summer suns. I offer them with HOPE, arising from the liberal approbation with which my former literary labours have been honoured; and it will afford happiness to myself, if I shall have the good fortune to supplant even a single one of those innumerable books, under which the shelves of select libraries for young people are oppressed, that by the excitement of a more wholesome mental taste, the poison with which they are impregnated may be Counteracted."

The principal feature of this Terra Incognita is a Market-town, little known to the general Tourist, romantically situated, and thus described:

"At the time when the present rich and populous town of Hull had not yet emerged from the low estate of a poor fishing-place, Burton Stather was the metropolis of the busy Trent. Its bigh elevation, for some part of it with a Church,

Church, was built on the brow of these commanding hills, and founded on their different declivities on the East side of the river, unsheltered from the violence of every weather to which it was liable. In this precarious position, the Church and other buildings, by an extraordinary tempest on the mountain side, became suddenly a prey to the destructive power of the elements. Struck from their foundations, they fell upon the hills, rolling in scattered fragments, parts of which are even now frequently discovered. To avoid a similar fate, the present town, which escaped from destruction; has not extended its limits, but philosophically resigning itself to a state, reduced from former greater consequence, rests in a modest and humble retirement, invisible on that side on which the other part standing so boldly prominent fell to rise no more. The Burtonians have obtained a new charter for a market, which was formerly held on Tuesdays, and for their fairs. It bears the date of the 14th of May, 1708; but from the rising superiority of Hull and Gainsborough, they have not been able to recover their former trade. Yet my venerable reporter informed me their misfortunes did not end in the

partial destruction I have mentioned, nor by the agency of one of the elements alone, for on the 16th of November, 1770, the banks of the Trent gave in a little below Gainsborough, and in a few days, the inundation spread over all the low grounds about Burton. That a similar destruction might be in future guarded against, the shores on each side of the river are secured by numerous jetties. On the 22d of February, 1777, which he remembers to have been on a Saturday, about nine o'clock, for he is very exact in his dates, the brig Phoenix, bound from London to Gainsborough, laden chiefly with groceries and liquors, and lying off Burton, having twenty barrels of gunpowder on board, took fire and blew up. The explosion was dreadful to the village and neighbourhood of this devoted place, and was heard with terror at the distance of many miles. Several houses were unroofed, and otherwise greatly damaged, and the loss sustained was calculated at three thousand pounds. The elements did not combine, but at tempted to annihilate them by distinct visitations."

The Reader who is not over-fastidious will be pleased with the brief description here given of several of. the surrounding villages, and particularly with a letter in which the wriler says,

"I have attained the North boundary of the Trent, which is crossed by the Ouse and the estuary the Humber in the form of the letter T. The rapid and profound waters of the latter are formed out of the united streams of the two former rivers. In my present situation the Trent presents itself under a new and improved appearance. A triangular isle adorns its centre, and that the course of the vessels may remain uninterrupted, the land on each side recedes in semicircular figures, giving to the island an appearance of being situated in a capacious bed of waters. This little insulated spot of land is in summer adorned with the useful fruits of cultivation; the points of the curve form the head-lands of the river; the West, that of the Ouse; the East, that of the Humber. Across the latter I discover the plains of Yorkshire; and the mountains gracefully retiring in the back ground, with various objects on the surface, bring them into view. The chalky whiteness of their bosoms relieves the picture, over which a mist at this moment, rarified and coloured by the sun's Southern beams, appears like a veil thrown over them."

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In a walk to Wintringham the Letter-writer observes,

"Through the whole of this excursion I was particularly attracted by the almost general cultivation of the white poppy, with which every cottage garden is adorned. Anxious to know the motive for an appearance so remarkable,' on inquiring I was not a little surprised to find that this stately flower was raised for the purpose of distillation; that the villagers had frequent recourse to its Lethean juices, as an inducer to stupefaction, the worst species of intoxication. That the suffering patient, sleepless and agonized with pain, should fly to the use of opiates; that the Turk, to whom wine is religiously prohibited, should seek a temporary gratification in the delirium they produce, does not surprise us; but that the simple, healthy peasantry of Lincolnshire, who suffer no prohibitions, who live in greater plenty than those of any other county in the kingdom, should seek this deleterious enjoyment, greatly surprised me."

87. Time's Telescope for 1817; or, a complete Guide to the Almanack: containing an Explanation of Saints' Days and Holidays; with Illustrations of British History and Antiquities, Notices of obsolete Rites and Customs, and Sketches of Comparative Chronology, Astronomical Occurrences in `every

Month;

Month; comprising Remarks on the Phænomena of the Celestial Bodies: and the Naturalist's Diary, &c. &c. 12mo. pp. lxxii. 388, Sherwood and Co. IN turning over the leaves of an Almanack, the inquisitive mind of youth naturally demands an explanation of the various distinctive marks and hieroglyphic characters which crowd its pages; and of none more eagerly, than of the numerous redletter insignia appropriated to particular days. The want of a popular guide on this subject had been long felt and acknowledged, even so far back as the time of SHAKSPEARE, who observes, in reference to the Almanack:

"What hath this day deserved? what

hath it done

That it in GOLDEN LETTER should be set Among the high tides in the Calendar ?"

The annual volumes of "Time's Telescope," which we have before noticed with commendation (LXXXIII. Part ii. p. 663; LXXXV. Parti. p. 153) are, well calculated to gratify this rational curiosity, and afford much information of an interesting and useful nature on the mysteries of the Almanack, as well as scientific notices of Astronomical events, and popular remarks on the importance and utility of Astronomy-very spirited sketches of comparative Chronology--and a treasure of curious facts in Natural History; the whole being enriched with some exquisite gems of British Poesy, antient and modern.

Of the "Comparative Chronology" the Reader may form some opinion from the following specimens:

"Jan 23, 1806. William Pitt died. Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, "Twill trickle to his Rival's bier ; O'er Pitt's the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the notes rebound. The solemn echo seems to cry,

Here let their discord with them die; Speak not for those a separate doom, Whom Fate made brothers in the tomb; But search the land of living men, Where wilt thou find their like agen?' WALTER SCOTT." "Feb. 25, 1723. Sir Christopher Wren died.

The Churches, the Royal Courts, the stately Halls, Magazines, Palaces, and other public structures, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, are proud trophies of his unparalleled genius, and lasting monuments of British talent.

If the whole art of building were lost,

it might be again recovered in the Cathedral of St. Paul, and in that grand historical pillar the Monument. These would alone have eternized his memory; but, when we superadd Greenwich Hospital, Chelsea Hospital, the Theatre at Oxford, Trinity College Library, and Emanuel College, Cambridge-the Churches of St. Stephen in Walbrook, St. Mary-le-Bow, and FIFTY-TWO others in London-while we contemplate these, and many other public edifices erected a loss which most to admire-the fertile or repaired under his direction, we are at ingenuity, or the persevering industry of

the Artist: Lector, si monumentum requiris, circumspice."'"

"April 23, 1616 Cervantes died. Great Sage, whose wand at one commanding stroke

Each antique pile of elfin fabric broke, From midnight spectres purged the sorcerer's cell,

And burst stern chivalry's fantastic spell.

More than twelve thousand copies of the first part of Don Quixote were circulated before the second could be got ready for the press; an amazing rapidity of sale, at a time when the readers and purchasers of books were but an inconsiderable number, compared with what they are now. The very children, says Cervantes, handle it, boys read it, men understand, and old people applaud the performance. It is no sooner laid down by one, than another takes it up; some struggling, and some entreating for a sight of it. In fine, continues he, this history is the most delightful, and the least prejudicial entertainment, that ever was seen; for, in the whole book, there is not the least shadow of a dishonourable word, nor one thought unworthy of a good Catholick."

"Sept. 13, 1806. C. J. Fox died. A Patriot's even course he steered Mid Faction's wildest storms unmoved; By all who mark'd his mind-revered ; By all who knew his heart-beloved. FITZGERALD."

"Nov. 16, 1773. Dr. Hawkesworth died.

The hour is hastening, in which, whatever praise or censure I have acquired will be remembered with equal indifference, TIME, who is impatient to date my last paper, will shortly moulder the hand, which is now writing, in the dust, and still the breast that now throbs at the reflection. But let not this be read as something that relates only to another; for a few years only can divide the eye that is now reading from the hand that has written.

Epitaph at Bromley, Kent." "Dec.

"Dec. 16. O SAPIENTIA. This is the beginning of an Anthem in the Latin service, to the honour of Christ's Advent, which used to be sung in the Church from this day until Christmaseve."

tation, and the flowering of the plants. All vegetables contain more or less the principles of honey, only in a greater or less degree; consequently, the Bees can maintain themselves every where, and gather a stock of honey proportionate to the abundance which is offered to them in

the country which they occupy. It is.

From the "Naturalist's Diary," the most prominent and pleasing department of this Work, many delight-studded with Bowers in which the use

ful passages might be gleaned-want of space, however, prevents us from affording more than one or two specimens.

Of the Nightingale, and of the Bee, we find some interesting particulars not generally noticed.

"The following is a list of trees, plants, and flowers, from which the Bees extract their honey and wax: apple, arbutus, apricot, ash, almond, althea frutex, amaranth, aspin, balm, blackberry, burrage, betony, box, beans, buck-wheat, broom, burnet, cabbages, cauliflowers, cherry, clover, chesnut and horse chesnut, currants, cypress, dandelion, endive, elm, elder, furze, gooseberry, golden-rod, gourds, melons, cucumbers, hawthorn, heath, hyacinths, iris, jonquil, lucerne, lavender, laurel, lily, lemon-tree, mignionette, melitot (trifolium melitotus officinalis), mustard, marshmallows, oak, parsley, pear-tree, parsnip (in flower), poppy, primrose, plum-trees, rosemary, radishes, raspberry, strawberry, sage, savory, saffron, sainfoin, sunflower, single roses, turnips, thyme, willow, wild marjoram, vetches, violets, and all resinous trees. In the list of these plants and flowers, the golden-rod must be particularly noticed, as it begins to flower when all the other flowers have faded, and continues in bloom until the middle of November. This flower is always covered with Bees during the last months of the Summer, and the two first of Autumn, provided the weather will permit the Bees at that season of the year to leave the hive. This plant should be particularly culti vated in the vicinity of an apiary. It will grow in the worst of soils; and an acre of unarable land planted with the golden-rod, would furnish at the close of the season a sufficiency for a hundred hives to complete their winter stock. In general, all those plants ought to be cultivated which begin to blow in February and March, and those which keep flowering to the close of the season. The Bees, always active and laborious, turn to advantage with the same ardour the last as well as the first moments of vege

however, the rich and vast meadows well less daisy is not seen, the fields whitened with buck-wheat, the plains gilded with the flower of the wild mustard, the turnip, and the cabbage, and the forests of oak, ash, elm, &c. that present to the Bees a daily supply of excellent food, and an abundance of provisions, wherewith to fill their magazines *.

THE BIRTH OF THE BEE. "With course unvarying, thus the mother Bee

pose,

[geny: Lays in the comb her shell-bound proFour days the embryo rests in still re[close. Ere the fifth morn its brittle crust unCoil'd in a ring her pliant folds she twines, [shines; And round her frame the clear albumen While the fond parent, with instinctive [meal.

zeal,

Brings to her eager grasp the fragrant

Soon as four days their destined course

bave run, [ried sun, And sunk beneath the wave th' unweaThe full-form'd nymph clings to her

close-seal'd tomb, [the gloom. Spins her own silky shrouds, and courts But, while within a seeming grave sha lies, [rise! What wondrous changes in succession Those filmy folds, which cased the slimy [ing form; Now thrown aside, uncoils her length'n Six radiant rings her shining shape in

worm,

vest,

wing,

The hoary corslet glitters on her breast; With fearful joy she tries each salient [pigmy sting, Shoots her slim trunk, and points her Though yet of tender mould, and faintest hue,

The pale Aurelia glimmers to the view; Soon, black'ning by degrees each harden'd scale, Fringed with light hairs, she shows her. plaited mail.

When twice six suns have on brigh axle roll'd, [gold, And edged the parting clouds with fleecy To fresh existence call'd, she proudly [horns, Her limbs imprison'd, and her blunted

scorns

* Mr. Huish's Treatise on Bees, p. 371, contains a mass of curious informa/ion relative to the Natural History and management of this interesting Insect.

GENT. MAG. December, 1816.

New

New to the light, as sense impulsive
leads,
[meads,
She seeks at once the flow'r-enamel'd
Sucks the pure essence from each honey'd
bell,
[well.
And bears within her breast the crystal
Wings through the rifted wax her easy
way,
[ful day."
And hails, on fluttering wing, the cheer-
DR. EVANS'S BEES, a Poem.
THE WOUNDED Cupid.

CUPID, as he lay among
Roses, by a Bee was stung.
Whereupon, in anger flying
To his mother, said thus, crying,
Help, O help, your boy's a dying!
And why, my pretty lad? said she.
Then, blubbering, replied he,
A winged Snake has bitten me,
Which country people call a Bee.
At which she smiled; then with her hairs
And kisses drying up his tears,
Alas, said she, my wag! if this
Such a pernicious torment is;
Come tell me then, how great's the smart
Of those thou woundest with thy dart?
HERRICK."

Connected with that important subject, the plantation and growth of the oak, there is a deservedly handsome tribute to his Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in the following amende honorable, made by the Author, on account of some rather hasty remarks, in his volume for 1816.

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We shall close our extracts from this amusing volume, with a part ofthe Naturalist's Diary for July, not because we think it the best specimen that might be selected, but as it will enable the reader to form a fair eslimate of the manner in which this part of the work is executed.

"The flowers which blossomed in the last month soon mature their seeds, and basten to decay. A new race succeeds, which demands all the fervid rays of a solstitial sun to bring it to perfection. The different tribes of insects which, for the most part, are hatched in the Spring, are now in full vigour.

"What kingdoms of th' innumerous insect-kind [ing find!, On one small leaf commodious dwellPerhaps, on this mean spot, the little [like ours. The ribs, and harder parts, present their View rivers, hills, and fields; a world [rise,

powers

eyes

A ridge of mountains, that stupendous Like those tall summits the Peruvian

boasts,

[coasts. Or those that part Iberia's spreading Long winding streams appear their li-' quid veins, [less plains. And their smooth coats a width of bound

"In reference to an observation made in our last volume (p. 244), respecting the plantation and growth of the oak, it is, we think, but justice to His Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, to state, that we have had the satisfaction of perusing their last "Triennial Report," and we willingly bear testimony to their meritorious and unceasing labours in performing the important duties entrusted to their care. The inclosure of the different forests; the various nurseries established for oak, plants; the measures adopted generally for the growth of navy timber; the numerous experiments instituted to ascertain its durability; their patient investigation, and beneficial results; are equally creditable to the science and industry of the Commissioners. They have not let pass'

Their

"The fair, with praise, with honour to [THEM

occasion to remotest time

transmit! So shall their country's rising fleets to Owe future triumphs; -so her naval strength, [claim Supported from within, shall 6x her

Nature! thy minutest works amaze, Pose, the close search, and lose our thoughts in praise!"

MOSES BROWNE.

"Towards the middle of the month,. the potatoe (Solanum tuberosum), the spiked willow (spirea salicifolia), jessamine Gasminum officinale), hyssop (hys sopus officinalis), the bell-flower (cam panula), and the white lily, have their

*"The Officers on board the Spanish fleet, in 1588, called the Invincible Ar mada, had it in their orders, if they could' not subdue the Island, at least to destroy the Forest of Dean, which is in the neighbourhood of the River Severn.”

flowers

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