day in exercises of devotion, an eminent of Charles the First, seem to have studied -Amen.' fed.". Henry Brooke.-One Sunday, while the congregation were assembled in the rural church of the parish in which lived the amiable Henry Brooke, author of the Fool of Quality, and other admired works, they waited a long time the arrival of their clergyman. At last, despairing of his coming, they conjectured that some accident had befallen him; and being imagination, that this unedifying and peIt may seem a wild and groundless averse to depart without some edification, dantic way of preaching, contributed to they, with one accord, requested that Mr. the downfall of the church which followBrooke would perform the service for ed; but it must be remembered, that this them, and expound a part of the Scrip- very depravation in the mode of public tures. Mr. Brooke, though not in or- instruction, gave birth to another style of ders, consented; and, after the prelimi- oratory in the coarse mouths of the purinary prayers were over, he opened the Bible, and preached extemporarily on the tans, at once slovenly and unlearned, but first text that caught his eye. In the mid-powerful and enthusiastic, which reached dle of his discourse, the clergyman entered, and found the whole congregation in tears. He entreated Mr. Brooke to proceed, but this he modestly declined; and the clergyman as modestly declared, that after the testimony of superior abiliAt the restoration of Charles the Seties which he perceived in the moist eyes cond, the old race of orthodox preachers of all present, he would think it presump-were either dead or dumb from age; tion and folly to hazard any thing of his while the rude brawlers of the commonwealth were condemned to silence, or to own. Accordingly, the concluding prayers alone were said, and the congregation dismissed for the day.' and when directed, as it quickly was, proved. Enriched also with copi ous Notes. By the Rev. T. Smith. 12mo. pp. 220. London, 1821. WHILE every improvement has been made in elementary treatises on education, comparatively little attention has been paid to facilitating the study of Greek and Latiu, if we except some theoretical works little calculated for youth. The Eton Latin Grammar, though a work of great merit, was not free from faults, and was particularly deficient in the accentuation of words. This error has been very carefully corrected by the present editor, who has not only marked the accents, but also the quantity of every Latin syllable in the book. The notes are valuable, and will be found of great service to the student who has made some progress in the language. The Peerage Chart for 1821. THIS chart is similar to that published last year, of which we spoke very favourably, with such additions and alsary. It presents a complete coup d'œil terations as time has rendered necesof the British nobility, and should have from a general summary, that the a place in every library. It appears, descent of 156 peers can be traced to the conquest, or 11th century; that of 51 to the 12th century; 52 to the 13th century; 35 to the 14th century; 60 century; and three to the 18th cento the 16th century; 59 to the 17th tury. The ancestors of seventy-eight of the peers, whose descent can be traced to the conquest, were settled in England previous to that event; the other seventy-eight came over with the conqueror. The Baronetage Chart for 1821. THE success of the Peerage Chart has induced the author to construct one on the same plan, for the baronets of the It contains the date united kingdom. secret conventicles; profligate, however, as he was, and indifferent to all doctrines, 'English Preachers.-It has been ob- Charles had a true taste for style; and as served of Jeremy Taylor, that while he the decencies of his station condemned displayed great power of expression, and him to hear one sermon weekly, he dea rich exuberance of fancy, he blended termined, that whatever became of his of the creation, age of the present batrue sense, false wit, and pedantic quota-conscience, his ear and understanding, at ronets, number of children, if any, and tion. This misfortune, the result of a least, should not be offended. The revo- the nature of the services for which the taste pedantic and affected, was partly lution was instant; nor did the transition title was first obtained. The number the fault of the man, and partly of the appear more abrupt and striking from the of English baronets is 624. Of these, time. Taylor, indeed, by the fire and sourness of the court of Oliver, to the disvigour of his genius, threw off all the solute gaiety of that of Charles; than I have acquired their titles by diplo cold and phlegmatic pedantry which from the cant, the nonsense, and the sanc-matic services-52 by naval-56 by chilled and clouded the invention of tified blasphemy of Goodwin, Sterry, and military-20 by civil-27 by legalsuch preachers as Bishop Andrews. He Hugh Peters, to the irresistible reasonings 14 by medical-20 by civic-10 as stood on a kind of isthmus between and the majestic energy of Barrow; or at a courtiers-12 by marriage-and 392 the affectations which disgraced the pul- somewhat later period, to the more diffuse chiefly on account of their wealth. pit in the reign of James the First, and and captivating eloquence of Tillotson.' Eighty-three baronets can trace their the classic purity, united with clear ratiopaternal ancestry to the conquest. cination, which began to develop themselves after the restoration of his grandThe Secretary's Assistant; exhibiting son. The writers and preachers of the reign The Eton Latin Grammar; being an Introduction to the Latin Tongue; the various and most correct Modes of Superscription, Commencement, time has since shown to be almost a prophecy, at least it was the best prayer which loyalty could offer to heaven for a beloved monarch, and has been amply fulfilled.' We make no further apology for laying the whole before our readers. and Conclusion of Letters to Persons of every Degree of Rank. By the Author of the Peerage and Baronetage Charts. 12mo. pp. 136. London, 1821. WE could not, perhaps, urge any thing-ED. stronger in favour of the utility of such a work as the one before us, than the recommendation of the Psalmist, which the author has very happily selected as a motto 'Give unto every man his proper title, lest he be offended, and ye betray your ignorance.' Such persons as have had occasion to mix much in the A Sermon Preached at the Coronation 1 KINGS, X. 9.-Because the Lord loved Israel world, and particularly in the titled A Grammar of the English Language, in which the Genius of the English Tongue is consulted, and all Imitations of the Greek and Latin Grammars are discarded. By W. G. Lewis. 12mo. pp. 216. London, 1821. We are very far from thinking, that Mr. Lewis's work will ever get extensively introduced into schools, but as its object is to render the acquisition of a knowledge of grammar, within the reach of persons who have little leisure, and cannot avail themselves of the as sistance of a teacher, it may assist the purposes of self-instruction. CORONATION SERMON OF GEORGE THE THIRD. The words lead us naturally to two important truths : 1st. That when great and good kings reign, they are the means by which God blesses a people.-It is not said, because the Lord loved Solomon, but because he loved Israel, therefore made he Solomon king. 2dly. That the duty and end of royalty is to do judgment and justice. are separated from the public good, nothing can be more unnatural and destructive; when united with it, nothing more just and beneficial: and the true end of civil society is then only attained, when the people are blessed. The merit of wise and righteous government must certainly redound to the honour of the person who administers it: the divine prerogative of communicating happiness and glory to a great people, of feeding them with a faithful and true heart, and ruling them prudently with all his power, must surely fill the mind of a prince with that inward delight and satisfaction, that attend every act of a conspicuous and distinguished virtue; but the general utility is to the people: and however he may partake of their felicity, the difficulty, the disquietude, the constant care lie upon the prince.. Is it a small thing to hold the reins of government, and direct its course Every with ability and uprightness? considerate man must be sensible of the weight, and every honest man will endeavour to support the hand that bears it. Supported and assisted it must be in the extensive concerns of a great kingdom; but the colour, the vigour, the consistency of public conduct rest chiefly upon the prince himself. To be acquainted with the connexions and dependencies of power, and to look through their force and consequences; to protect a nation from foreign injury and domestic disorder; to execute law, to exercise authority, and secure obedience, by an uniform and well-tempered scheme of mercy and goodness, of truth and faithfulness, of justice and impartiality; are matters of no ordinary skill and care. Solid principles of wisdom and virtue, enlarged views, a discerning spirit, strength and presence of mind, with constant application and watchfulness, are required to keep the sources pare, from whence flow all the benefits of civil government and order. [WHILE we, in pursuance of our promise, The Supreme Governor of the world, were preparing an article on the CoronaIs it a small thing to stand firm in tion, a much valued correspondent, to constantly exercising his providence in whom we are largely indebted, sent us a promoting the virtue and happiness of so elevated a situation? not to give copy of the last Coronation Sermon, his rational creatures, put man under way to the self-sufficiency of power, or which is now become so scarce and va- strong obligations of necessity, conve- the security of ease, or the allurements luable, that we believe we can do our nience, and inclination, thereby to draw of grandeur, which too often pervert readers no better service than by re-print-him into society; and left him in the even the best dispositions of natural ing it. The sermon was preached by Dr. hand of his own 'counsel to reap the temper, and vitiate the heart? to be Robert Drummond, then Bishop of Salis- benefits of it; to form models of go-superior to all the temptations which bury, but a few days after promoted to the Archiepiscopal See of York. The vernment, to enact laws, and pursue so independent a station suggests? and concluding part of this discourse,' says a order for the peace, safety, and public to avoid all the defects that diminish a contemporary writer on the subject *, good of mankind. For these gracious great character as well as those that Thomson, in his Coronation Ceremonies, purposes, all the powers that be, are corrupt a good one?-Whoever knows for a review of which, see Lit. Chron. No. 48. ordained of God. When these powers mankind must allow the heart to be a very resolute and stedfast in its inte- mind makes it evident, that man can- tions and promote the benefits of the not be set up on high above his fellow-constitution, at the head of which he is creatures, merely for his own indul-placed. If this happy lot fall in a gence, dominion, and advantage.- country, where the constitution in External greatness, pre-eminence, and church and state is founded upon the honours are indeed due to all that are principles of purity and freedom, and in authority, and should be maintain- justly poised between the extremes of ed; and, above all, when we look up power and liberty, he will find himself to the supreme head, that is set upon clothed with every degree of authority, the throne of a great kingdom, we na- that a heart well-intentioned can deturally and justly pay the tribute of sire, and at the head of a constitution the most dutiful allegiance; and show the best formed to convey peace and constantly every mark of respect, sub-happiness to mankind; and it will be mission, and veneration to the sacred easy to him to make the law the rule of character. Yet no tribute, which a his actions, as he measures his own inking receives, can be compared to the terest by that of his people, and his glory which the greatness of his own own duty by the public good. A free mind feels, in doing judgment and jus- constitution hath numberless dependtice. This is a talent intrusted with a ing motions, which are necessary to prince, of which he must give an ac- check each other, and which may be count; and it is a talent of the noblest sometimes stopped or disordered by kind, that can be committed into the the passions of men; it requires, therehands of any of the sons of men: for fore, early, resolute, and uniform vigihe is the minister of God for the happi-lance in the administration of government: but these very checks mark out more distinctly the mutual interest of prince and people, and necessitate both to pursue it, if they are true to themselves. In such a constitution, the power of the prince is not absolute, but sufficient for every right purpose, and which a great and good mind will de light in executing. The obedience of the people is the obedience of men, not slaves,-unforced and unfeigned, and therefore the more honourable and more acceptable to an upright king; and the temper, the affection, the vigour, which liberty inspires, will carry the dignity and greatness of a sovereign to a higher pitch, than can be attained by any other principle of government. This trust is best discharged when Whoever looks through the appear- those principles are cultivated, from ances of things, must see, that even which cometh order and every good they, who are the worthiest and fittest work.-To this end, a wise prince, for to be instructed [intrusted] with roy- his own as well as his people's interest, alty, cannot be free from difficulty and will give public honour to pure relicare; and that the benefit does not ac- gion and virtue; and, for their supcrue so much to them as to the com- port, to knowledge and science and munity. This is the purpose of Provi- every thing that is praise-worthy. dence thus to extend its blessings, and This conduct will give encouragement this purpose is in fact answered, in pro- and life to whatsoever things are true, portion to the goodness of the prince. honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good He bears the weight of government, report; will keep vice, infidelity, and that his subjects may live easy under prophaneness in awe; and thwart the it; he avails himself of the prerogative, selfish and dangerous designs of wick- When these public demonstrations and resists the dangers of his exalted ed men. The sentiments, the man- of wise and righteous administration station, that he may be a living law toners, the passions, the pursuits of many are strengthened by the prince's persothem; and he exerts himself to act up will take a right tendency; and who-nal example of love to true religion to the glory in which he finds his peo-ever are bound by the tie of a well-in- and to the constitution, the hopes and ple, that their security, tranquillity, formed conscience, will preserve a sin-happiness of a people are built upon and power may be stablished, strength-cere respect to law and a cheerful obe- the surest foundation. When a prince ened, settled. To a just prince, the dience to government; which, without acts under an habitual persuasion of difficulties will be rather a spur to ac- that tie, no authority can command, his dependance upon God, he gives tion than a curb; because he will be no power can inforce. Such a conduct the strongest pledge of right and steady ever warmly animated with the love of will raise the dignity of a prince; will conduct towards man. A mind well his country: his mind will be free, and constitute the genius, form the charac-endowed, and a heart well disposed, strong, and constant, because it is ter, and fix the credit of a people; and, are not easily drawn aside into the pure; and he will found his dignity in steadily pursued, will produce happi- crooked paths of oppression or cunthat, in which alone it can really consist ness beyond this age to the commu- ning, but are rooted and grounded in -in fulfilling his duty; in doing judg-nity, and to the individuals beyond true policy, which dispenses blessings ment and justice. all around. A character thus founded in virtue, will scatter away all evil with his eyes, and will not only maintain a decorum in manners, so essential to dignity, but exact it insensibly and yet powerfully from others. Enlarged principles of sound religion will ena This is the second consideration arising from the words of the text:-Because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice. The reason of things to an attentive this life. A wise prince will not only cultivate those principles, which strengthen the bands by which every society is knit together; but he will also unalterably adhere to those means, and pursue those ends, which secure the founda men, When he that ruleth over men, founds his dignity in thus fulfilling his duty, God is truly loving unto that nation, and his blessing is upon that people. well! ble him to act with ease and firmness you; and what can be more becoming ty, my adorable Marian, have captiand honour in every occurrence; and this great and solemn occasion, than to vated a heart impenetrable by haughty the efficacy of so eminent a pattern will offer up the most fervent supplications beauty or sordid riches. insinuate itself through all degrees of with one mind to heaven; that the Then, Marian, fare thee well! Thy When, to complete this amia- holy spirit of that God, in whose pre-wealth has formed a barrier to my hapble character, the love of the constitu- sence the king and people are preparing piness on earth. Oh, pity me, ye tion is known to be implanted in the to declare their mutual engagements, woods, where erst I haunted in your bosom of a prince, this spirit will dif- may pour into their hearts a sincere shade, and sung my Marian's praise. fuse itself through all orders of his sub- zeal for each other's happiness, and Ah, miserable me! no sympathizing jects: bis example will secure it, his in-unite them in the strictest bands of af- sigh for me, ye utter! Impressed with fluence will improve it, his counte- fection?. May the sacred oath, which thy mind's perfections, and all those hance will create emulation in every our sovereign takes at the altar of the qualifications to make life happy, I bid honest heart to perpetuate it; and the King of kings, ever recur to his mind, the world and thee adieu. My harp, fruit of this conduct will be mutual as the genuine intentions of his own which sweetly tuned thy praise, hangs confidence, strength, and glory. heart. May the homage, which we now unstrung, beneath yon blighted pay him in all truth and faithfulness, oak; now, welcome Death, thy icy be bound upon our hearts and minds hand shall quickly cool the ardour of with the ties of duty, gratitude, and my throbbing heart, beneath this willove! and from us, may unfeigned low tree. Then, Marian, fare thee loyalty spread itself through all ranks, CAMBRO. give a right temper to the conduct of all his subjects, and establish his kingdom. May justice and judgment be the habitation of his throne! May mercy and truth go before his face! May the Almighty mark every year with fresh instances of his goodness to him and to his people! May every happiness of private life alleviate the cares of royalty! and every blessing of public prosperity, yea, and abundance of peace be in his day! Late may he be called to an heavenly crown of eternal glory! And here on earth, through the mercy of the Most High, to these kingdoms, long with unsullied lustre may his crown flourish, under the guidance of that wisdom in whose right hand are length of days and ho When we rejoice in making the application, let us also seriously consider the duty we owe to the Almighty, who hath shewn this loving kindness to us; and the duty we owe to that prince, who is the instrument in the hands of Providence to bestow these blessings upon us. But the most signal bounty of Providence, the most assiduous care and concern of a prince for the public welfare, cannot make a corrupt, a dissolute, or an abject people happy. Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the mercy or the majesty of the Lord. We must fear God before we can create a confidence that we honour the king OR, POETICAL COINCIDENCES; SIR,-With but few exceptions, the attachment for the couplet of which I English poets have shewn so warm an write, that it does not require an apology for its introduction to your pages. Whether the using of particular epithets be essential or not to produce genuine poetry, I will not inquire;that, in almost all of the ancients as well as the moderns, such and such phrases exist, a few examples may suffice, and prove clearly the ridiculous affectation of critics attributing this idea or that sentence to some antecedent or contemporary poet, Although with a steadfast heart. It behoves us nour! Amen. to walk uprightly in both these paths of duty, which coincide, and to pre- Original Communications. few of the excellent in versification serve a constant sense of due subordination, and a right conduct in our respective stations. Conscience, gratitude, and even self-love, should prompt us to lessen the weight and heighten the dignity of the crown; and should incite us to co-operate, by all the means in our power, to maintain the cause of pure religion and virtue, of just government and liberty.-If we do not, we shall despise and defeat our own happiness; and the blessings of fered to us will aggravate our condemnation. But such fears would ill become this day. Let us promise ourselves better things; and let our present prayers to the Most High, who ruleth in the kingdom of men, be the sincere pledges of our uniform and hearty endeavours, that the reign of the king may be one uninterrupted course of felicity to him and to his kingdoms. What then remains, but to exhort ...... MARIAN; A SKETCH: have been accustomed to a seafaring life, yet it is astonishing how they have eulogized the breeze! Nor have A free Translation from the Welsh. MARIAN, didst thou but feel the pow-much of their time in cathedrals, yet the majority of them, perhaps, spent erful operation of love that rends my how they exult in the whisper! Whenheart and fires my veins, thy tender and compassionate nature would quick-ever they sat down in a shady valley in some delicious reverie of inspiration, ly allay the flames that threaten dethe charm, it should appear, could not struction to whatever of mortality belongs to me. be wound up without a breeze to hush its whispers among the trees. Resign thee, then, my soul unto thy fate! Presumptuous will it be in me to solicit thee, oh Marian, for a reciprocal return of that affection with which my heart bounds to thee. Fain would I wish thee devoid of those possessions, that intitle thee to my ad Thy native charms, the beams of understanding that radiate from thy polished brow, thy gentleness, thy pie I should intrude, Sir, were I to give illustrations from Cowley, Milton, lier schools of poetry; but, as Pope Spenser, and many others of the earthought it right to satirise the writers of his day with a smart breeze, I will whisper a word or two among the trees of Twickenham, about him: As snows collected on the mountains freeze, When milder regions breathe a vernal breeze, The fleecy pile obeys the whispering gales,— Ends in a stream, and murmurs thro' the vales.' Homer's Odyssey, book 19, p. 123. Before I proceed further, sir, I would remark, that in most instances there is much murmuring in the cloisters of rural solitude for those Who hear from rustling oaks Jove's dark decrees; And catch the fates, low whisper'd in the breeze.' Iliad, book 16, p. 96. Tickell, in expressing his admiration of the Earl of Warwick's scenery in the Spectator, says,— "How sweet the glooms beneath thy aged trees, Thy noontide shadow, and thy evening breeze!' P.3. And Addison, with increased satisfaction replies, that— The scent comes warm in every breeze.' He then would prune― Where buzzes echo through the hive Like winds that softly murmur thro' the trees.' And, wonderful to know,- But, as St. Cecilia ought to have the pre-eminence in charming the ear, she makes "A thousand trills and quivering sounds In airy circles o'er us fly, "Till, wafted by a gentle breeze, They faint and languish by degrees, And at a distance die !'-Ode, p. 137. Poor tender creatures! But Mrs. Singer will give you a joyful resurrection, in and heard • The hollow whispering breeze,'—P. 24. 'Aërial music in the warbling wind, But in his Nuptial Song,' p. In the quivering trees,' Soft zephyrs sigh.'-P. 124. But, as a living poet has beautifully expressed it : All must die; kings, princes must obey To pay their court to the despotic tomb; The news of Napoleon's death, 314,-which must, we think, excite sympa thy even in the coldest heart, reached town on Wednesday, and although we would gladly have accompanied our first announcement of the event with a connected memoir of his life, yet we are compelled for the present to On the other hand, Montgomery give a brief and imperfect sketch. 'The new-mown hay that scents the swelling breeze, Or cottage chimney smoking thro' the trees.' There was a time, and with some, perhaps, it is not yet past, when it was fashionable to load Bonaparte with every accusation that malice could invent. Not only every virtue, but even every talent was denied to him. Posterity, to which will be left ample materials, will, perhaps, do him that justice which party prejudice has hitherto denied him, and while it records his errors, will not be insensible to his me rits, or to the services he has rendered. One of the most frequent charges But, sir, as I dare say you think against Bonaparte was his low origin, am extending my observations beyond which, though a thousand times refutyour convenience and patience, lest Ied, was still renewed on every occasion. should infringe on the one and tire the His brother, Louis, the Ex-King of other, it behoves me to draw to a con- Holland, has, however, in his Histoclusion at the same time, I have do-rical Documents,' traced back his fazens of breezes in my folio, yet on re-mily to the middle of the thirteenth cord, especially of Blackmore, Fergu- century, when one of his ancestors was son, Scott, Campbell, Watts, and others; for, as you like it, Shakespeare says, That quivers to the passing breeze.' : 'Tongues I'll hang on every tree, Biography. CANTAB. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, EX- I Potesta of Parma, and a Knight of the order of Gaudenti †. The Bonaparte family, which had been long fixed in Corsica, in subsequent agés, quitted it when it was ceded to the English, and settled first at Lavalette, near Toulon. Napoleon was the eldest son of Carlo and Letitia Bonaparte, and was born at Ajaccio, in the Island of Corsica, on the 15th of August, 1769, the same year that gave birth to his great opponent, the Duke of WellingHe was educated in the Military School, at Brienne, in France, and first ton. A name at which the world grew pale.' He whose will was law to countless millions, whose empire threatened to swallow up the whole world, and who had only to say to one king or emperor 'go, and he goeth; and to another, come, and he cometh:' he who but yesterday might na-Have stood against the world, now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.' Toulon, when that place was in possession of the English. His military career was marked by a rapidity known only during periods of revolu tion; and, at the age of twenty-seven, he was appointed to the command of the French army in Italy, when he de * Mr. Haynes's tragedy of Conscience." +For a review of this work, in which there are very interesting particulars respecting the Bonapartes, see Literary Chronicle, No. 51. |