of King Charles I., were deprived by the Protector Cromwell, of such decorations as displayed the magnificence of royalty. This usurper caused the pictures to be removed, which, besides adding to the beauty of their interior, afforded an opportunity of admiring and appreciating the style of the most celebrated masters in that art; so that all that is now worth seeing consists of a few pieces of painting

On the king's birth-day, in order to celebrate it with some especial tokens of joy,

and his highness, and followed by the rested to his highness by his Majesty, and se-
of the company, adjourned into the first conded by all present, for the continua-
apartment, where he chatted for a time tion of a sincere friendship, and a confir-
with his accustomed affability, and then mation of the alliance between the royal
returned to the palace incognito, as he family and the most Serene House of
had come.'
Tuscany. After supper, his Majesty
passed nearly an hour in conversation in the
prince's apartments, till he was informed
that the carriages were ready for his return
to the palace. The king then went down
stairs with the duke, and with the whole
of his retinue, in the same form that he
had observed in coming, and was accom-
panied by his highness to the door of the
house, and as far as the carriage. Having
stepped into the carriage with the duke,
his Majesty renewed his expressions of
courtesy and gratitude to his highness;

His highness, caused to be constructby a good hand, placed there by the ed, in the open place before the Earl of king. Besides the sumptuousness of this St. Alban's house, in which his highness building, and the pleasantness of the gar-lodged, a machine, with different fanciful dens, the amusements of hunting and fish-artificial fire-works and squibs, which, as ing are not wanting, those diversions be- far as the shortness of the time and the ing at hand in the park, which is of conskill of the artist permitted, were well contrived, and, during a great part of the night, served to amuse the populace, who flocked thither in great numbers to see them, and to participate in the liberality of the prince, who, for their greater gratification, distributed among them several casks of Italian wine and beer, which called forth increased applause, seconded by discharges of harquebuses and carabines, which were let off by the individuals of his highness's court.'

siderable size, both in length and breadth, inclosing large meadows, where the preserved deer feed. To vary the delights of these beautiful premises, several canals or ponds are distribnted in different parts of the park, in whose transparent waters quantities of fish are seen sporting, which are reserved for the diversion of angling.'

The courts of law and the two houses of parliament next occupied the attention of the Grand Duke, and he is very particular in describing the procredings in both, and giving a list of all the members. Among the noblemen with whom the Grand Duke dined, was the Duke of Buckingham, the King and the Duke of York being present:

On the evening before the Grand Duke's departure, the king did him the honour to sup with him, at the house of his highness, when a curious scene took place:

The entertainment was most superb, both as to the quantity and quality of the dishes, and as to the rarity and exquisite The table was served in a splendid ness of the best Italian wines, and those of style, suitable to the rank of the guests other countries. The supper was served and the munificence of the host. Toasts up in eighty magnificent dishes; many of were not forgotten, being considered an which were decorated with other smaller indispensable appendage to English enter- ones, filled with various delicious meats. tainments. His highness began by prò- To the service of fruit, succeeded a most posing the king and the royal family, excellent course of confectionery, both which was three times followed up with those of Portugal and other countries, faloud cheers by all present. His highness, mous for the choiceness of their sweetto do honour to the toast, would have meats, which was in all respects on a par given it standing; but this his majesty with the supper that preceded it. But would not allow, absolutely compelling scarcely was it set upon the table, when him to keep his seat. In return for the the whole was carried off and plundertriple compliment, the king pledged his ed by the people who came to see highness and the Serene House of Tus- the spectacle of the entertainment; cany in an equal number of rounds, and nor was the presence of the king sufat the same time accompanied this act of ficient to restrain them from the kindness by taking hold of his highness's pillage of these very delicate viands; hand, which he would have kissed; but much less his majesty's soldiers armed the prince anticipating him, with the with carabines, who guarded the entrance greatest promptitude and address kissed of the saloon, to prevent all ingress into that of his majesty. The king, repeating the inside, lest the confinement and too his toast, wished to shew the same cour- great heat should prove annoying; so tesy to his highness; but he, withdrawing that his Majesty, to avoid the crowd, was his hand with the most delicate respect, obliged to rise from table, and retire to would not permit it, which his majesty his highness's apartment. In addition to perceiving, immediately kissed him on the other festivities of the table, there was the face. The toasts given by his majes-no want of toasts, proposed by his highty and his highness having been thus mu-ness, to the welfare of his majesty and the tually acknowledged and replied to, a royal family, and returned by his majesty concluding one was proposed, and drank to his highness's fortunate voyage, and to with unbounded applause by the guests the prosperity of his serene house. These to the intimate union and alliance of the were successively repeated to the same Royal House of England and the Most effect by the rest of the guests, so that, by Serene House of Tuscany. this conviviality, the entertainment was protracted to a great length, and finally concluded with a most kind wish tender

The tables being now removed, his majesty arose, and, attended by the duk e

and when the carriage was about to drive to retire to rest as soon as possible, on acoff, the king's majesty intreated the prince count of the fatigue which he would have to undergo on the following day, which was fixed for his departure; but his highness, keeping his hand upon the door of the carriage, to prevent it from being closed, instead of taking leave, with great address stepped himself into the carriage, to wait on his Majesty to the palace, in spite of the opposition of the latter.'

to this work, precludes us from quotThe space we have already devoted ing the grand duke's description of the court, of the metropolis, or of the various religious sects, which are distinctly noticed; and we shall, therefore, conclude with his highness's character of the English in general, and particularly of the inhabitants of London :

The common people of London, giving way to their natural inclination, are proud, arrogant, and uncivil to foreigners, against whom, and especially the French, they entertain a great prejudice, and cherish a profound hatred, treating such as come among them with contempt and insult. The nobility, though also proud, have not so usually the defects of the lower orders, displaying a certain degree of politeness and courtesy towards strangers; and this is still more the case with those gentlemen who have been out of the kingdom, and travelled, they hav ing taken a lesson in politeness from the manners of other nations. Almost all of them speak French and Italian, and readily apply themselves to learn the latter language, from the good will which they entertain towards our nation; and, although by their civil treatment of foreign gentlemen, whom they endeavour to imitate, they moderate a little that stiffness or uncouthness which is peculiar to them, yet they fail in acquiring such good manners as to put them on a level with the easy gentility of the Italians, not being able to get the better of a certain natural melancholy, which has the appearance of eternally clouding their minds with unpleasant thoughts.

The English in general are by nature,

proud, phlegmatic in execution, and pa- nour in the highest respect and venera-
uent in their behaviour, so that they never tion. They do not easily fall in love, nor
hurry those who work for them by an in-throw themselves into the arms of men';
discreet impatience, but suffer them to go but if they are smilten by the amorous
on at their own pleasure and according to passion, they become infatuated, and sa-
their ability; this proceeds from their me- crifice all their substance for the sake of
lancholy temperament, for which those the beloved object, and if he deserts
who live in the north of England are more them, they are sunk into great despair and
remarkable than those in the south; the affliction. Their style of dressing is very
former being saturnine, and the latter elegant, entirely after the French fa hion,
somewhat more lively. They consider and they take more pride in rich clothes
a long time before they come to a deter- (which are worn of value even by women
mination; but having once decided, their of the lowest rank) than in precious jew
resolution is irrevocable, and they main-els, all their expense in the latter article
tain their opinion with the greatest ob- being confined to pearls, of which they
stinacy. It is a common custom with the wear necklaces of very great price; con.
lower order of people, however, rather sequently. pearls are in great esteem and
than with the nobility, who are less given request in England. They are remark-
to it, after dinner or at public houses, ably well informed in the dogmas of the
when they are transacting business of any religion they profess; and when they at-
kind, to take tobacco, and smoke, so that tend at the discourses of their ministers or
there does not pass a day in which the ar- preachers, they write down an abridg
tizans do not indulge themselves in going ment of what they say, having in their
to the public-houses, which are exceed letters, abbreviations, which facilitate to
ingly numerous, neglecting their work, them and to the men also, (thanks to their
however urgent it may be; hence it is natural quickness and the acuteness of
that the French make fortunes in London, their genius,) the power of doing this with
for, being more attentive to their business, rapidity; and this they do that they may
they sell their manufactures at a lower afterward avail themselves of it in the
price than the English, who would fain controversies and disputes which they
derive the same profit as other artizans, hold on religious matters. Such and so
however little they work.
great is the respect which the English
entertain for their women, that in their
houses the latter govern every thing de-
spotically, making themselves feared by
the men, courageous as they are on other
occasions, and of a most manly spirit, and
valiant in war, both by land and sea, to a
degree that amounts almost to rashness.
The truth of this remark may be seen by
recurring to the history of the times when
they have been governed by queens, who
have reigned over them with an authority
that was absolute, and more decided than
that of kings themselves.'

The English are men of a handsome countenance and shape, and of an agreeable complexion, which is attributable to the temperature of the climate, to the nature of their food, and to the use of beer rather than wine, and, above all, to the salubrity of the air, which is almost always clear; that thick atmosphere which is seen from a distance hovering over London, not being caused by corrupt vapours, but arising casually from the smoke of the mineral coal from Scotland, which issues from the chimneys, and which the coal, being an oleaginous substance, produces in great quantities.

Whatever may have been the talents of Cosmo himself, it will be seen from The women of London are not infe- the preceding narrative, that he was rior to the men, either in stature or in attended by men of considerable abibeauty, for they are all of them hand-lities, who not only directed him to some, and for the most part tall, with black eyes, abundance of light-coloured every thing worth seeing in this country, hair, and a neatness which is extreme; but who described what they saw their only personal defect being their with great spirit and fidelity. The work teeth, which are not, generally speaking, exhibits a curious picture of England very white. They live with all the liber- at an interesting period, and, as such, is ty that the custom of the country autho- a valuable contribution to the literarizes. This custom dispenses with that ture of the country. rigorous constraint and reservedness which are practised by the women in other countries, and they go whithersoever they please, either alone or in hend. 12mo. pp. 360. London, 1821. company; and those of the lower order THERE is, perhaps, no class of works frequently go so far as to play at ball with which an editor's library is so publicly in the streets. They are very abundantly furnished, as with those fond of paying respect to foreigners, and productions yclept Poems. Our tain society shew them a vast deal of cour-ble actually groans under the accumutesy and attention. The slightest possilated and accumulating load; and, with ble introduction is sufficient to be admitall our love of poetry, it required no ordinary effort of courage to attack the formidable pile; and we were rather seduced to commence with the present

ted to their conversation, on the same terms as their countrymen and relations, who, on their parts, behave to them with the greatest modesty, holding female ho

Poems. By Chauncey Hare Towns

volume, on account of its smooth pages
and engraved title. We must not,
however, class Mr. Townshend with
the mere 'mob of gentlemen who write
with ease,' for he does more; he writes
with elegance, and, in the work before
us, which is a formidable one for so
young a debutant, displays considera-、
ble and varied talents.
The poems
include Odes, Songs, Sonnets, &c.,
many of which were written between
the ages of fourteen and sixteen,
and would do no discredit to an
author of maturer age. Among the
larger pieces, we have been most
pleased with the Weaver Boy, a pa-
thetic tale, in which sound morality
flows in pleasing numbers, and a Dra-
matic Ode on the Passions, in which
there is a good deal of genius. We
quote, as au extract, Despair:—
Last of the Gorgon train, and worst, I come,
And lay my icy fingers on his heart;

Joy

withers at the touch, and Grief is dumb, Feeling is sear'd, yet will not all depart. Unfit to live, yet unprepar❜d to die,

At war with earth, yet not at peace with heaven;

From all he loathes, endeavouring still to fly,

Yet back, for ever back, by furies driven; How shall he gaze around, with madness fraught,

While pang on pang comes grappling with his soul,

And

pray but for one hour's suspended thought, But no! still on the waves of misery roll.

Till, sunk in sullen apathy profound,

Worse than extremity of keenest ill,

My winding-sheet shall wrap his soul around,

Not in repose, but winter's deadly chill. Such peace is mine, such peace will I bestow, But other peace he cannot, shall not know.'

The miscellaneous poems present us with a pretty piece, intitled

Sweet nurse of thought-parent of virtue pure,
He fondly calls thee, and, with grateful zeal,
Sings pensive ditties in thy gentle praise.
He thinks upon thee, 'till thy form appears
Distinct, self-shadow'd to his vision'd eye,
And thou assum'st substantial life and being,
No more the coinage of a feverish brain..
Within the twilight of the chequer'd grove,
Where meeting trees a fitting temple form,
He views the goddess, at whose shrine he

Contemplative she stands; her eyes half
raised,

Nor fix'd on earth, nor wholly lost in heav'n;
Tho', as a vestal's, white her spotless robe,
A tender shadow dwells along its folds.
Tho' calm her brow, upon it meekly sits
Such chasten'd woe, as if, subdued by time,
It gently sank to resignation there.'

There are a large number of sonnets in this volume, some of which are pretty, but we shall conclude with a very charming song:

'CONSTANCY.

Let love burn with fiercest flame,
If to more than one it fly,

"Tis not worthy of the name:

The crown of love is constancy!
Let love still adore the same,
If it fade with cheek or eye,
"Tis not worthy of the name:

The crown of love is constancy!
Let it be love, no force can tame,

If absent, it burn less than nigh,
'Tis not worthy of the name:

The crown of love is constancy!
Give me the love, whose faithful aim

Can absence, change, and time, defy;
This is worthy of the name-

This is crown'd with constancy!'
If we cannot, at present, assign Mr.
Townshend a high rank as a poet, we

A bridge uniting the opposing poles,
As if for Seraphim thereon to lead
Their chariots and bright cohorts. The white may safely say he gives great promise

to attain it, and we recommend his volume to every lover of poetry.

It is remarkable, that the challenge to any person to deny the King's right

to be crowned, is not made until after

the coronation has been concluded. It
is made at dinner, between the first and
second course.
Most of the claimants
demand fees; these are frequently either
disallowed or curtailed. The following
are generally granted :—

• An account of what quantity of plate is given at the time of the coronation, according to the claims delivered in to the Lord High Chamberlain of England for that day :

cup

30 oz.

4. To the Mayor of Oxford, as assistant to the Lord Mayor of London, a gilt cup or potole, weighing about

110 oz.

5. To the Lord of the Manor of Great Wimondley, in Hertfordshire, as Chief Cupbearer, a silver-gilt cup, weighing about

32 oz.

18 oz.

20 oz.

46 oz

120 oz.

30 oz.

rope

15. The same for Bath King of Arms;mation in the System of Provincial in all 70 oz. 19 dwts. Banking,' which the author proposes 16. The silver-gilt coronet for Claren- to effect by obliging country bankers to cieux King of Arms, about 17. The silver-gilt collar of S. S. for the give security to the amount of the notes badges of portcullis only they may issue, by lodging adequate 18. The gold chain and badge, about property in the hands of public func7 oz. 1 dwt. 17 gr. tionaries, such as the Court of Chan19. The same for Norroy King of cery, &c. authorized for the purpose. Arms-in all about Also a Statement of the Present Tim20. The collar of S. S. partly gilt and ber and Deal Trade, as regards Euand the British American Colopartly white, for the six heralds 21. The collar of S. S. all plain silver, nies,' which is an original article, and for the four pursuivants appears to contain much useful information. The author is an enemy to any further encouragement of the timber trade from Canada, on the grounds of the noted defectiveness of the produce itself; and also from the ill ef fects which the encouragement given already to the Canadian trade has had upon the trade between the European nations and this country. The author is what our friend Baillie Nicol Jarvie would call ' a man of figures, a man of calculation,' and his statement is evidently the fruit of much patient investigation and personal experience, and is on that account well deserving attention.

22. The Usher of the Black Rod for
England, whose garniture is of gold lace,
upon a fine black ebony stick or rod,
weight about
5 oz. 6 dwts.
23. The Usher of the Green Rod for
Scotland, whose garniture is of silver, part
gilt upon a green • • •, weighing about
20 oz. 15 dwts.

24. The wedges of gold which the
King and Queen offer at the altar, each
two wedges, at 20 oz. each,-in all gold

40 oz.'

The Pamphleteer, Nos. XXXV. and

6

XXXVI.

1. The Lord High Almoner for the day, according to claim, two large gilt basons 305 oz. THE last two numbers of this very 2. To the Duke of Norfolk, as Earl of useful work, present a variety of interArundel, claiming, as Chief Butler of England, a gold cup, of a wine quart 32 oz.esting articles, many of which are oriIn the literary department of this 3. To the Lord Mayor of London, as ginal, on politics, jurisprudence, comassistant to the chief butler, and to serve merce, literature, &c. In the thirty-number, we may notice Two Pairs of the King with wine after dinner, a gold fifth number we find, under the head Historical Portraits,' by Mr. Meadley, of politics, The Declaration of Eng author of the Memoirs of Dr. Paley,' land against the Acts and Projects of and of Algernon Sidney.' In the arthe Holy Alliance, Reflections on ticle before us, he gives ingenions pathe conduct of the Allies,'-Con- rallels between the characters of Octastant's celebrated Pamphlet on The vius Caesar and William Pitt, and NiDissolution of the Chamber of Depu- colo Rienzi and Bonaparte; the lat ties,'-and Phocion in Reply to Cato, ter pair is new to the public, and is the in Defence of the People of England, most interesting of the two, particularand in Vindication of the Public ly at the present moment. Press.' In jurisprudence, we have an article considered as of a literary cha➡ Essay on Criminal Jurisprudence, racter, is Mr. Bowles's Observations with the Draft of a New Penal Code: on the Poetical Character of Pope, by Mr. Barber Beaumont, which is being a further elucidation of The also continued in No. 36. We shall Invariable Principles of Poetry,' with notice the code of this modern Solon in a sequel, in reply to Mr. Gilchrist,-a a week or two. There is another pam-subject unworthy of the lengthened phlet on the same subject, by Mr. discussion it has undergone. Holford, intituled Thoughts on the Criminal Prisons of this country,' and the Exclusion of the Queen from the Liturgy, historically and legally considered, by a Barrister;' a concise well-written tract, proving that the mention of the Queen's name in the Liturgy, has formed a part of our church service ever since the time of Henry the Eighth, and that the King has no power in himself to alter or dispense with it, any more than with any other existing law, without the consent of the legislature.

Uuder the head of commerce, there is the Sketch of a Plan for a Refor

The thirty-sixth number contains a large proportion of articles entirely original. The first of them is on that ever-fruitful subject, the national deht, and is entitled, On the Expediency and Necessity of STRIKING OFF a Part of the NATIONAL DEBT; with Observations on its Practicability, with the least possible Injury.' The author first examines into the distress of the country, and then into its expenditure and revenue, of which he gives a table fully and accurately made out; he then proceeds to consider retrenchment, taxation, and loans: shewing that the first is not sufficient, the se

cond not practicable; the third, an increase of an evil already nearly insupportable in its effects. He then considers the proportion of the taxes which goes merely to pay the interest of the national debt, and the sacrifices already made by the land-holder, merchant, and mechanic, which brings him to his main argument, as to the propriety of the fundholder making a sacrifice in return; and he with much ingenuity and ability endeavours to show, that this sacrifice, after all, would be attended with so many beneficial results, and make his remaining property so much the more valuable, that it would be rather a nominal than a real one, though the advantages of it would be really and actually felt in every part and throughout every class of the united kingdom, by the diffusion of occupation, the consequent improvement of the moral character and happinesss of the people, and the increase of the national prosperity.

forms the fifth article in this number. duct of that princess, in regard to the parThe sixth is a new translation of Cor- tition of Poland, but being unable to ob naro's celebrated pamphlet, intituled tain an employment suitable to his wishes, Sure Methods of attaining a Long remainder of his days to the cultivation he returned to France, and devoted the and Healthful Life, with the Means of of literature. In his "Studies of Nacorrecting a Bad Constitution,' being ture," he embodied with some fanciful the thirty-third edition. The seventh theories the observations of his whole article is an original Letter to the life, in language glowing with eloquence, Bishop of Norwich, on a subject of the and fraught with sentiments of the warmfirst importance to literature in gene- est philanthropy and unaffected tenderral; and we, therefore, rejoice to see it nes. The same quality pervades his so ably treated in these BRIEF OB- from the recent work of Mr. Aimé Mar"Paul and Virginia," which, as we learn SERVATIONS on the COPY-RIGHT BIIL: tin, would probably never have been gi attempting to prove its injustice to-ven to the world but for Mr. Vernet, the wards authors, and its tendency to in- eminent marine painter. St. Pierre had, jure the cause of literature.' We con- one evening, read this tale at Mr. Neckfess, however, that we by no means er's, to a company, among whom were think the copy-right law so great an Buffon, Thomas, and the Abbé Galiani, evil as the author represents it. The and from the manner in which those eminent writers listened to his production, St. eighth article is the continuation of an Pierre was convinced that it was unworthy original one, commenced in the thirty- to see the light; and even formed the fourth number of this work, under the idea of committing the manuscript to the title of Protection to Agriculture, or flames. Soon afterwards he received a Universal Ruin.' The ninth, which is visit from Vernet, who dissuaded him likewise original, presents us with from his intention, and by his warm comThe second article is Two Letters Further Remarks on some Passages mendation of the performance, prevailed to the Right Hon. Lord Byron, in an- in SCRIPTURE, relating to MARRIAGE upon him to publish it. The extraordi swer to his lordship's letter to Mr. and DIVORCE,' with reference to the nary success of the work confirmed the Murray, by the Rev. W. L. Bowles, pamphlet under that title, in No. thir- opinion of his friend, increased the popularity, and greatly improved the pecuniwhich we reviewed in our 104th num-ty-four. And the tenth and conclud- ary resources of the author. St. Pierre died in 1813, leaving an unfinished work, since published under the title of "Harmonies of Nature," resembling, in its general character, his earlier productions.'

ber.

ing one is A Letter to the Right
Hon. Lord Byron, protesting against
the Immolation of Gray, Cooper, and
Campbell, at the Shrine of Pope.'

We are happy to see the Pamphle-
teer keep up its character, confident
that, while so well conducted, it will
form a very valuable record, for the use

of future historians, of those floating
materials which it is the province of
history to arrange and to condense.

Picturesque Tour of the Seine.
Part VI.

The third article is a continuation of Mr. Barber Beaumont's pamphlet. The fourth article is an original "Letter to G. Webb Hall, Esq. Secretary to the Board of Agriculture, &c. &c. in reply to his letter to the President of the Board of Trade, &c. and to the Views and Demands of the Agricultural Associations of the united kingdom. By Captain Robert E. Broughton. This gentleman; a little whimsically, sets all our constitutional maladies in the most alarming point of view, and then says, that to propose a THE concluding part of this elegant remedy would be foreign to his pur-work is just published, and as we have pose. Indeed, he leaves off so abrupt- frequently noticed it in its progress, ly in remarking, that now-a-days 'the we shall now only observe, that it has moon comes nearer to the earth,' that, fully justified the promise it gave at unless he himself is more under its in- the commencement, and that it ought fluence than from the soundness of his to have a favourite niche in every good remarks respecting the importation of library. From the description of Hacorn, we should be willing to imagine, vre de Grace, we quote a brief notice we may reasonably hope that he means of St. Pierre:to resume his subject in some future Dumber of this interesting miscellany. -The same arguments respecting the importation of foreign corn, which the writer maintains is no way inimical to the agricultural interests, as are advanced in the letter we have just mentioned, are also urged in the Letter to the Rt. Ho.. F. J. Robinson, President of the Board of Trade, on the present depressed State of Agriculture,' which

Waltz; an Apostrophic Hymn. By

Horace Hornem, Esq. 8yo.. pp. 40.
London, 1821.

MOST gladly would we give to every man his proper title, lest he be offended,' yet we are compelled to withhold from Horace Hornem, Esq. the addition of the title-page, that he is the noble author of Don Juan.' We do not profess to be either so deeply skilled in the poetry of Lord Byron, or so much in the secret with his friends, as to pronounce on every poem that has been attributed to him, that it has or has not proceeded from his pen; but, with all due deference to the publisher of the Waltz,' who declares his lordship to be its author, we disbelieve it, and positively deny that the style in Havre has to boast of having given which it is written, clearly evinces the birth to J. H. Bernardin de St. Pierre, the pen of its noble author.' In support: celebrated author of "The Studies of Na- of this assertion, we might appeal to ture" and the exquisite tale of " Paul and the whole poem and the notes, not a Virginia." Qualified by his mathematisingle passage of which breathes the cal studies for the profession of a military engineer, he endeavoured to obtain a suit-genius or spirit of Byron. A single but without success; on which he went unlike it is to any thing written by his couplet will be sufficient to show how. able appointment in his native country, to Russia, and offered his services to lordship:the Empress Catherine, by whom they were accepted. Disgusted by the con.

Tersichore forgive! at every ball
My wife now waltzes and my daughters shall.”