3 cruelty to strangers, extended in process of time against members of the same tribe. Anger and resentment are predominant in savages, who never think of smothering passion. But this character is not universal: some tribes ate remarkable for humanity. Anger and resentment formed the character of our European ancestors, and made them fierce and cruel. The Goths were so prone to blood, that in their first inroads into the Roman territories they massacred man, woman, and child. Percopius reports,, that in one of these inroads, they left Italy thin of inhabitants; they were however an honest people; and by the polish they received in the civilized parts of Europe, they became no less remarkable for humanity, than formerly for cruelty. Tosila, their King, having mastered Rome, after a long and bloody siege, permitted not a single person to be killed in cold blood, nor the chastity of any woman to be attempted. One cannot without horror think of the wanton cruelties exercised by Tartars against the nations invaded by them under Gengiz Khan and Timor Bec. ་ - A Scythian, say's Herodotus, presents the King with the heads of the enemies he has killed in battle; and the man who brings not a head, gets no share of the plunder. He adds, that many Scythians clothe themselves with the skins of men, and make use of the sculls of their enemies to drink out of. Diodorus Siculas reports of the Gauls, that they carry home the heads of their enemies slain in battle); and after embalming them, deposit them in chests as their chief trophy; bragging of the sums offered for their heads by the friends of the deceased, and refused. In similar circumstances men are the same all the world over. The scalping of enemies, in daily use among the North American savages, is equally barbarous. (To be Continued.) The Amusing Chronicle is published at No. 6, Gilbert's Passage, Portugal Street, and served at the houses of the subscribers, in the same manner as newspapers and magazines. AMUSING CHRONICLE, A Weekly Repository for MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE. No.XXIII, Price 4d.) Feb. 22, 1817. (Vol.II. The certainty that Spence's plan will be alluded to by future Historians, induces us to insert Dr. Watson's Letter to Lord Cochrane, with some Remarks selected from the last Quarterly Review. MAXIMS for the Instruction of a PRINCE, Taken from the Memoirs of the Count d'Angoulesme; it contains the important advices which Charles King of Sweden left on his death-bed to his Son Gustavus Adolphus II. which are in the Library of the most Christian King. This Count was Ambassador from France to Vienna 1621; and at that time Gustaphus Adolphus, who was but Twenty-nine Years of Age, was already looked upon as invincible by the Muscovites, the Danes, and the Poles, and formidable to all the rest of Europe. 1. A CROWN is a very heavy Burden, if the faithful Servants of the Prince who wears it, and the Love of his People, do not sustain one part of it, and his own Virtue the other. 2. He ought never to have that done by his Ministers and Officers, which he can do with Decency himself. 3. Let him see and hear every thing himself; and let his own Wisdom and Goodness provide for every Thing the Remedy. Printed by T.Kaygill, 36, Frith,Street, Soho, 4. Let him have none for his Confidents but Men that are wise, disinterested, and wealthy. 5. Let Men of Abilities take the Tour of EUROPE every Year, to find out such Persons for his Service, as are most eminent in all sorts of Professions. 6. Let him learn several Languages, in order to be the better acquainted with the several Nations, and to gain their Affections. 7. Let him take pains to form his Judgment by the Arts. and Sciences, and all necessary Knowledge, that he may be able, on all Occasions, to distinguish that which is true, just, and solid, from that which is false, unjust, and plau, sible. 8. Let him endeavour, by his good Nature, Humanity and Affability, to acquire the Goodwill of all Mankind, and the hearts of his Subjects. 9. Let his Countenance be open, and his Bosom close and let his Behaviour in all his Actions appear consistent with his Dignity. 10. If the Predecessor of the Prince, or himself, has, in certain unhappy Conjunctures, been relax in the Observation of the Laws, or of good Order in his Dominions, let him not hesitate to restore them to their former Lustre, as soon as possible. 11. Let him make use of all his Wisdom and Prudence that is possible, neither to deceive nor to be deceized. 12. That he may be able to reduce and subject Rebels and Tyrants, let him begin with the Conquest of his own Passions. 13. Let him not be shocked by Labour and Pains at his first setting out, but accustom himself to it by degrees; for besides the Time which he sets apart for the Administration of State Affairs, he will have enough to unbend his Mind to honest diversions, 14. Let his Dominions be the Refuge and Asylum of oppressed Princes, and let his Sword and his Valour have the Glory and Advantage of restoring them to their Gran deur.. 15. He must help the Widow and succour the Orphan : both the one and the other have a right to expect from the Goodness and Justice of their Sovereign, that he will not suffer them to be oppressed in their unhappy Condition. 16. When either good or ill Offices are done to a Man, by way of admonishing a Prince, what Persons he ought to esteem, and whom to suspect, let the Prince carefully examine whether such Admonition springs from a principle of Hatred or of Friendship, or from a disinterested motive of serving the Prince; because the Court and those who frequent it, are commonly full of Envy, Suspicions, and Artifice. 17. Let him know, that the shedding of innocent Blood, and the saving of the Guilty, call equally aloud for Vengeance from Heaven. 18. He must mortify the Proud and the Insolent, and encourage those that are humble and modest. 19. He ought always to remember, that 'tis altogether as important for the Preservation and Maintenance of his Government, to punish Faults as to reward, Merit. 20. Let his Liberality never extend to Profusion, and let his Favours be always distributed with Judgment and Möderation. 21. Let him look upon Flatterers with as much A version and Scorn as Traitors; let him consider the Idle and the Indolent as dead Men in Society, and let him treat the Factious and Liars with Scorn. 22. Let his Beneficence be attended with a Familiarity so circumscribed as to impress Love and Respect; and let his Wrath, when he is obliged to give vent to it, strike Terror and procure Amendment, by taking heed that he punish Vice rather than the Vicious. 23. He ought never to seem uneasy or chagrined, unless when any of his good Servants die, or commit some great Error. 24. Let him excuse and pardon Fault, rather than Flattery. 25. Let him be accessible and affable without Resentment, and without Gall. 26. May the Truth penetrate to his Ears, and be receiv ed in the most secret and retired Places of his Palace, from which the generality of Princes often suffer to be banished: nay, there ought to be Rewards ready for any of his Subjects whatsoever, who has the courage to represent it strongly to his Sovereign, with all the respect due to Majesty. 27. Let him at the same time he shews his displeasure, be so dexterous to remove the rancour in the hearts of his People, made uneasy by Taxes and Imposts, who if they only contribute to the exigencies of the State, and the pub lic Necessity, will do it without murmuring. 28. Let not a Foreigner be discouraged, either in his Court or Armies; but let him be regarded, tho' with some sort of difference from the Prince's natural born Subjects. 29. Let a chaste Marriage Bed be the sweetner of those bitter Potions which are inseparable from Humanity, and especially from Royalty. 30. Let him beg of Heaven that he may have virtuous Children, or none at all.. 31. Let him trust the Government of his Provinces, and particularly of those that are newly conquered, to such Persons only as have clean Hands, and are easy of Access. 32: Finally, let him so behave in all his Actions, that he may be upon Earth a true Image of the Deity, by giving all Mankind certain and impartial marks of his Probity and paternal Love for his People, whose Hearts if he gains, he possesses the most precious of all Treasures. TEMOCLEA; or a Tale for the LADIES. Continued from page 101. Now loud thro: Thebes the victor's trumpets sound, And glutted falchions now forget to wound; High on a throne of gold above the host, |