REV. MR. THOMAS, HIGHGATE. boast. REV. JNO. GOODE, D. D. WHITE Row. the buildings on the south side of A most incomparable man; breath'd, as it Knights Templars; of this society were, To an untirable and continuate goodness. T. of Athens, act 1. REV. MR. DAGLey, Kingswood. I never saw Such noble fury in so poor a thing; there were then but nine, although they Such precious deeds in one that promised Cambridge, Bristol, Dover, &c.: but nought But beggary and poor looks. Cymbeline. sc. 5. REV. GEO. BURder, Fetter LANE. REV. R. STODDART, LATE OF PELL STREET. Quit presently the chapel; or resolve you 422 REV. MATT. WILKS, TABERNACLE. their chief one was this at London, which They were at first so poor, that they (Vide their ancient seal.) Sir, 'tis my occupation to be plain.-Lear, s.2. with their legs, and also the arms of were here settled in the time of Edward III. is beyond dispute, and the number increased to that degree that they divided into two societies; that next the White Friars, standing farthest within the liberty of the city, was called the Inner Temple; and that between the west end of the church and, Devereux Court, the Middle Temple; and without the city liberties, from the Middle Temple, westward, including part of the Bishop of Exeter's house, now Essex Buildings, was called the Outer Temple. These lawyers held, as tenants to the said Hospitallers, up to their dissolution, 30th Henry VIII.* and afterwards from the crown, by, lease, until the 6th of King James I. when they had a grant thereof, by letters patent, dated at Westminster, August 13th, by the name of, Hospita lia et capitalia messuagia cognita per nomen de le Inner Temple, sive Novi Templi, Lond., unto Sir Julius Cæsar, Knight, then Chancellor and under Treasurer of the said King's Exche quer. The treasurer, benchers, &c. of these houses, and their assigns, for ever, for lodgings, reception, and education of the professors and students of the laws of this realm, yielding and paying to the said King and his successors, viz. for the mansion called the Inner Temple, 101. yearly, and for the Middle Temple, 101. yearly, at the Feasts of St. Michael and Annunciation of our Lady. As to the buildings: the This order was first founded about first foundation of the church is unthe year 1118; but, as their number certain; some say it was founded a increased, so did they in wealth; and, place of sanctuary, by Dunwallo Mulas in wealth, in vice, many being tried mutius, a British King, about the year for heresy and other crimes, in England, of the world 4748; but the best auwho were condemned to perpetual pen-thors agree, that it was founded by the auce in several monasteries; but those Knights Templars, in the year 1185, in France were used more severely, for and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin.' their lands were seized by King Philip, In 1240, it was rededicated, being then, and the knights, to the number of about (as it is believed,) newly erected, Pericles, a. 4, s. 4. sixty were burnt at Paris; so that, be- and the structure, probably in subtween the years 1308 and 1313, this stance, that which is now standing. order became utterly dissolved, and In the church are monuments of the A. D. 1324, their lands, (lest the same Knights Templers; the cross-leggedshould be applied to prophane uses,) ones denote those who made vows to go were given by the crown to the Knights to the Holy Land, against the infidels, Hospitallers of the order of St. John and the straight legged shew those the Baptist, or St. John of Jerusalem, that were not so bound; three of the who, soon after, demised the same for crossed-legged ones were succeeding the rent of 101. per annum, unto divers Earls of Pembroke, from 1219 to 1241. professors of the common law, who The church narrowly escaped the great. were supposed to have come from fire of London, in 1666, but was afterThaivies's lun, Holborn. wards repaired, and a new screen put up, when Sir Thos. Robinson was trea Rev. J. HUGHES, A. M. BATTERSEA. Thy tender-hefted nature shall not give Thee o'er to harshness; for thou better know'st Holy Land, and pilgrims going to visit the Sepulchre of our Lord, for which Wat Tyler and his rebels made great spoils of the records of this house in the 4th of Rich. 11. However, that they Baldwin, King of Jerusalem, gave them, at frst, a residence in his palace. went against the Turks, and took the Isle of The Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, Rhodes from them, but lost it in 1523, and finally settled in Malta. Eustace surviving, his son Edward, by surer of the Inner Temple, and Sirard, and Eustace, his brother; and As to the buildings-The Hall was erected A. D. 1506; the great gate towards Chancery Lane, was finished 1518. In the year 1558, an order was passed for the building of a brick wall and gates, for the better inclosure of the inn, but it was not finished until about the year 1667, when also the chambers Middle Temple-Another of the inns on the north side the quadrangle were of court, so called from the said Knight erected, amounting to 4151. 11s. Ild. Templars, the founders of the house, The chapel was finished, and conseand because it is situate in the mid. crated A. D. 1623; Inigo Jones, the dle, between the Inner and Outer Tem- king's surveyor, estimating the charge ple, which last was part of Essex Build-at 20001. raised by voluntary subscrip(Vide preceding account of In- tion of some, and a tax on other gen As to the buildings-the Cloister Chambers were consumed by fire, A.D. 1678; re-erected in 1681; part of the building between Brick, and Essex Court was also burnt, and rebuilt, A. D. 1704. Original Poetry. A MISUNDERSTANDING. A COUNTRY lad, in warm debate, That such and such must follow. By, at the time, a scholar sat, Who saw the blunder made, "Th' conclusion that,' said he, 'you draw A non sequiter, friend, it is,' The other's choler rises. He loud exclaimed, 'Sir, I'm no more FAREWELL. FAREWELL-my day of joy is o'er, May ev'ry bliss be thine,- A heart that once was mine. Since first we pledg'd our mutual faith, still Still for thy welfare pray. Oh! ings. The hall is ancient; it appears to have been well repaired in 1699. Their armorial ensigns are, Argent on a Cross Gules, a Holy Lamb, &c. yes, tho' very false thou art, I cannot wish thee ill; A lowly maid like me→→→ Oh! when in far far distant lands, sometimes in thy happy hours, Thou fairer forins shalt see, Bestow a thought on me. spring may bloom and summer come, They will not charm me long- This form will rest from wrong. ELIZA. SONG. This society has been honoured by several persons of very eminent learning, particularly Sir John Fortescue, Lord Chief Justice of England, Williain Lombard, and the learned anti-TUNE- Believe me if all those endearing young quary, Sir Henry Spelman, admitted 1585. On! trust not, my Stella, thy Strephon's bright eye, Lincoln's Inn-Also another of the iums of court, situate on the west side of Chancery Lane. In this place, Ralph Neville, Bishop of Chichester and Chancellor of England, built a house in the reign of Henry the Third, (as appears in the register of the house, vol. 6, fol. 361.) on ground which was given him by the king; and, after him, Richard de Wihts had his residence here; but, in the next age, it fell into the possession of Henry Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, whose inn or lodging, when in town, being here, gave it that name, which it has ever since retained; and he is said, about the year 1310, to have introduced the study of the law here; although leases have afterwards been let to the students by the Bishop of Chichester; Robert Sherborn, Bishop of that see, having conveyed it to one Syliard, a student of this house, for We hoped to have concluded the ninety-nine years; after which lease, Historical Account of the Inns of Court Sampson, a succeeding Bishop of Chi- in the present number, but find ourchester, did, by deed, dated July, selves under the necessity of extending 1536, pass the inheritance of the house it to another article, and garden to the said William Syli charms.' It false as the mirror may prove, Which reflects ev'ry fair form of whoe'er passes by The readers of this house (as those of the other three) have been discontinued many years; it arose from the serjeants being called before they had So faithless, so changeful is love. been readers (a thing not formerly Then, trust not, fair maiden, his false specious done); also the revellings and controllers have been laid aside. Their armorial ensigns are (according to Dugdale) similar to those of the Earl of Lincoln, in the church before de scribed. E. S. brow, Oh! trust his soft whispers no more; Tho' quiet and calm, love, old ocean sleeps now, Yet His billows to-morrow may roar. still, if thy bosom fast heave at his name, If still at his absence repine, Which glows with an ardour divine; We look to the future, not grieve for the past, By tumults afflictive of late has been torn ; quishes The last drifted plank, though a hope quite forlorn, Have clung to each other, 'midst woes all appalling; While thy love through adversity mounted to air, And saved the poor wretch, from his pinnacle falling, Who, but for thy succour, had sunk to despair. derable impression, and delivered se- of Kieswetter thrown away on a part COVENT GARDEN.-We are told that man is an imitative being, but he certainly never became so much so as at the present day; when the principal merit of our farces is to be inade to consist in mimicry. We thought the town had got weary of this, or that, at least, nothing but the superior excellence of Mathews would induce the pub A new after-piece, in two acts, called Mistification, was produced at this theatre, on Saturday night. It consists of a series of unintelligible and unmeaning hoaxes, with as litttle humour and ingenuity as possible. The piece was favourably received, and am-lic to tolerate it. But we are mistaken, ple justice done to it by Messrs. Coo- and a new after-piece, in one act, called per, Harley, Russell, Mrs. Edwin, London Stars, which was produced at Mrs. Orger, and Miss Povey, but their this theatre, owed its success (and it united talents will not be able to keep was successful) to Mr. Yates's imitait long on the boards. Miss Povey tions of all the principal performers of had a pretty song, composed by Mr. the metropolis, including Emery, in T. Cooke, which was encored. Tyke; Macready, in Virginius; Farren, Braham, &c. The dialogue is below mediocrity, but these imitations, with the excellent acting of Blanchard, Connor, and Mrs. Davenport, carried the piece through triumphantly. Literature and Science, Oratorios.-The last oratorio for the present Lent, was performed on Wednesday night, to a most crowded and brilliant house. This is the last year of Sir George Smart's lease of the theatre, and the selection of Wednesday was well calculated to impress the authat will be sustained in the retirement dience with a lively sense of the loss New Printing Press. The foreign of this able and most liberal conductor. journals state, that Mr. Hellfarth, a In addition to the rare combination of printer, at Erfurt, has invented a press talent which had previously graced this to print eight sheets at a time. This house, we had, on this occasion, the machine, which may be made of any But, now that our most poignant grief has sub-gratification of hearing Angrisani and size, supplies 7000 copies of each sheet And now that our darkest forebodings are Ambrogetti, Miss Stephens, the Ma-in twelve hours, making 56,000 sheets demoiselles Corri, and Madame Vestris. printed on both sides. The machine A new ode, intitled Peace, in honour is put in motion by one horse, and of the accession of his Majesty, the three men are sufficient to supply it words by Mr. Bellchambers, the music with sheets and take them away. by Bochsa, was produced, and accom- Each sheet perfects itself. panied by the composer's pupils, on the harps; it possesses considerable merit, both as to its poetry and the music, and was received with great apTis a gladness to me, which no language plause. M. Toulou, from the French sided, o'er ; Let me yield my heart's thanks to that love which presided, That love, which from mine shall be parted What, though the noon-blaze of our joy yet be no more; wanting, And the beams which are rising, at present, seem weak; To fix on one hope, is a joy so enchanting, Magnetism.-Professor Hanstein, of Christiana, has announced that he has ascertained that every perpendicular object, of whatever materials,-for instance, a tree, the wall of a house, &c. has a magnetic north pole at the foot, and a south pole at the top. Scarlet Fever.-It is announced in the Journal de Medecine Pratique of Berlin, that the Belladonna is a preservative against the scarlet fever. The fact was first discovered at Leipsic, but it has lately been confirmed by several experiments. Academy of Music, performed, for the space which is between Icy Cape and Mackenzie's River. - TO READERS & CORRESPONDENTS. WE shall be happy to hear again from L. L. D. 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This relished by the Emperor's authority, turn and submission actually took at Pekin. Translated from the Chi-place in 1771, when they returned to nese, and accompanied by an Appendix of Miscellaneous TranslaBy Sir George Thomas Price 6d. very white and shining, like ivory. It is not by nature a powerful animal, and is, therefore, not very dangerous or ferocious. It is found generally in the mud The Russians the banks of rivers. upon collect the bones of this animal, in order to make cups, saucers, combs, and other small articles. The flesh of the animal is of a very refrigerating quality, and is eaten as a remedy in fevers. The foreign their former settlements in the neigh-name of this animal is Ma-men-tou va. bourhood of China, and the Tour- We call it Kee-shoo." gouths are no longer numbered among the tribes in Russia. tions. Staunton, Bart. LL.D. & F. R. S. 8vo. pp. 330. London, 1821. Notwithstanding the apparent miTHE Embassy to the Tourgouth Tar-nuteness with which the proceedings of tars, the particulars of which are de- the Embassy are narrated by Tu-litailed in the volume before us, was cer- shin, the envoy, yet they furnish very tainly a singular and remarkable event little matter for interesting extract, in Chinese history. The appointment either relating to the Chinese themof a deputation, consisting of several selves, or to the manners and customs official persons, with a suitable train, of the people among whom they trato proceed upon a laborious, and, in velled. Of Udinsky, we are told, some degree, hazardous expedition, to a distance of some thousand miles, and through the territories of a powerful neighbour, with whom they had lit the previous intercourse, and that not always of the most amicable nature, certainly seems to bespeak the existence of a spirit of enterprise, and more enlarged and enlightened views, in the government of China at that period, than their subsequent history had taught us to expect. This spirit is, in a. considerable degree, attributable to the unusual energy which had been just infused into the administration of the Chinese government, by the then recent accession of the present Tartar dynasty, and the occupation of the throne by a monarch distinguished by his virtues and talents, and, comparatively speaking, by his enlightened liberality. There is in this country a sort of stone, about the size of the palm of the hand, which wholly consists of lamine, or flakes lying over each other. It having been found that these flakes are very thin and transparent, the people of this country separate them from each other, and use them instead of glass or crystal. The casements in the windows of all the Rus sian houses are fitted with this material. bolsky, they were well received by the esteem In our empire of China we have five ranks or orders, intitled Tsin-vang, Kiunvang, Pei-le, Pei-tse, and Kuo-kung, which orders are exclusively appropriated to the members of the imperial family, these personages being all considered as so many streams diverging from one and We have the same heavenly source. likewise other hereditary dignities; such as the Kung, Heon, Pe, and others, by which we ennoble the sons and grand-sons of former distinguished ministers. As to the administration of the government, we have, in the interior department, great officers of state immediately attending on officers of the Chinese Empire, when his Majesty's person (Ling-she-we-taemployed on service by their sovereign, chin,) and we have colaos or ministers of state (Ta-hio-Sse). In the exterior dedare not accept of the smallest present."partments we have the presidents of the Near Yeniseik, A Chinese Embassy differs much from an European one. With us an ambassador, who has the good fortune to be often employed, may amass a tolerable property in snuff-boxes, &c. which are presented to him, but the There is a species of deer, which is used both for riding and carrying burthens. It is called go-lun; its colour is white and brown; it has hons and is about the size of an ass or mule. In the woods is found the bird ho-kee, [probably a species of pheasant.] The Tourgouth tribes had separated from the kindred tribes of Eleuths, and migrated from their original place of settlement, in a more eastern division of Tartary, to that extensive tract of country which was granted them by the Russians, between the Volga and the Juik, in the vicinity of the Caspian Sea. One of the objects of the Embassy was to keep up the connexion between the Chinese and those expa-pound.' VOL. III. several supreme tribunals (Shang-shu,) and the generals and commanders in chief of the several detached corps of the army (Tu-tang, Chin-fung, Tongling, and Hookiun-tong-ling). In the provinces we have Tartar generals (Tsiang-kiun), viceroys (Tsung-too), and Chinese generals (Ti-too). All the foregoing whom we have mentioned, are great officers of state, and hold the first rank in the empire. In the very coldest parts of this northwhich burrows under the earth, and which ern country, a species of animal is found dies if it is at all exposed at any time to" In our Russian empire, the Cha-hanYec-fan Go-fan Na-si-che then said,the sun and air. It is of great size, and Khan has four great officers of state imweighs ten thousand kin* Its bones are mediately attached to his person, who * A kin is one third more than the English have power, whenever any business ocurs, to transact and determine Q-1 |