There is much genuine feeling and true Greatness of soul should to the great belong; poetry in the whole poem, which com-To hate so closely (e'en had she done wrong) If not, to whom?-and surely 'twas not well

mences with an address to Branden

the corpse of Seetoo, evidently killed and
preyed upon by a tiger, and since torn by
jackalls. His arms, so often bathed in the
blood of others, had lain useless by his
side, and were stained with his own. Aburgh House, on the immortality it
few jewels and money, provided for his has acquired, by being the residence
flight, were in his scrip. They would not of one whose sufferings have made it
bribe the fierce and savage lord of these sacred; for, exclaims the poet,—
wilds from his foul meal. Papers and What is it hallows temples, cities, tow'rs?
passports, framed and prepared with art Not the pale marble which their forms com-
to ensure safe conduct through populous
pose,
and peaceful districts, had failed him here;
where, under the fangs of an irresistible
and powerful wild beast, only less blood-
thirsty and cruel than himself, he perish-
ed, as hopelessly as the trembling female
or tottering infant, under his lifted spear.'
We shall conclude with a description
of the Bheels, who are supposed to be
the Aborigines of the provinces of Gu-

zerat:

They lived by the chace and rapine;

on the roads they never shew themselves armed; the bow and arrow and javelin, are their weapons; but I never saw any remarkable for size or strength. They are a short thick-set people, with hideous countenances, flat noses, and thick lips, but far less handsome and finely formed men than the Africans; neither have they the very dark complexions, and that fine clear shining black; their hair is straight; they look stupid, to speak of them as men, but yet have a quick little piercing eye, such as would discern the far-off deer, the deep-swimming fish, the lofty bird's-nest, or the wild bee-hive. Their women are even more hideous than the men; these you meet more frequently, and in larger groupes, carrying bundles of wood for sale. The favourite haunts of this half-barbarous people, are in the deepest and most unknown recesses of the jungles. They often plunder and murder on the roads, and seemed to hold no fellowship with any other race.'

These extracts will show the general character of the work, and will, we doubt not, create a very favourable opinion of the whole, which, notwithstanding the slight objections we have mentioned, is a very entertaining volume.

But their proud owners' spirits, that influence

our's,

And sacred bones that in their walls repose.

Greece had not been rever'd, nor Rome been

held

Holy, but for the mighty minds that sway'd
Their sceptres-minds that tyranny repell'd:
How glorious once! but now how lowly laid!
All faded, but their fame ;-and that can never

fade.'

After noticing the immortality which the ancient heroes, poets, &c. have conferred on particular places, the author These have been glorious,-are so still, and thus apostrophizes Britain:

we,

Though not unspotted, to posterity:
Perchance, with other nations, may go down,

For Albion has high names, that give renown
To her,-unfading jewels in her crown,
That bore her glory o'er the wave afar;
The proudest nations trembled at their
frown-

*

Gods of the ocean, thunderbolts of war,
From old Hispania's scourge to him of Tra-
falgar t.

Gower,

While living; base, when death had rang her knell.

But when did Mercy with the pow'rful
dwell?

In life's hot pride the adder deadliest stings.
Ob, 'tis enough to make the blood rebel,
When we behold that noblemen and kings
Have less in them of gods than meaner earthly
things.

Peace to her spirit! in another clime,

More worthy of her than our own, she lies,
Far from the land of meanness and of crime,

And the proud dwellings of her enemies.
High to her memory the song shall rise
In after years, when purer hearts shall come,
And offer up their gen'rous sympathies;
The wreath of sorrow o'er her dust shall bloom,
When weeds alone shall grów round her op-
pressors' tomb.'

We have drawn somewhat too freely on so short a poem, and, therefore, shall conclude with recommending it as a beautiful tribute to the memory of the late Queen, and one that reflects great credit on the poetical talents of its author.

A Narrative of the Campaigns of the
British Army at Washington and
New Orleans.

(Concluded from p. 529.)
IN our last we gave an account of the
Washington, an event which the Ame-
taking of the republican capital of

Hampden, and Sydney, Raleigh, Spencer,
The mighty Magian and immortal pair §,ricans represent as entirely tarnishing
‡
Our own blind bard ||, of poesy the flow'r, the glory of the British arms, and an
Gray, Butler, Erin's minstrel, minds that indelible stain upon our national cha-

were

All matchless in their line, and who will bear
And bid her name to future ages bloom;
Thomson, McPherson, Ramsay, Burns, and
Blair,

Robertson, Smollett, Beattie, Scott, and
Hume,

With him to whom as yet his country gives no

tomb**.

With others, equal in their lustre, whom

Our craving eyes would almost wish to see,

Bursting the dull cold fetters of their tomb,

Before us stand in all their majesty.

Fond, but vain wish, alas! that ne'er can be!
Great as they were, their names alone remain
For us t'admire, and our posterity

To rev'rence, when from this world we are ta'en
To lay our fading dust, perchance, where their's

has lain.'

racter.

work of destruction had not been so We certainly wish that the extended as it was, but still we doubt that our army did any thing contrary to the laws of nations; and besides, the Our author, who was an eye-witness, facts have been much exaggerated, and who writes with great candour, says he could not help admiring the forbearance and humanity of the British troops, since, irritated as they had every right to be, they spared, as far as possible, all private property, not a single house in the place being plun dered or destroyed, except that from which the general's horse had been killed, and those which were acciden tally thrown down by the explosion of the magazines.' The general's horse, it will be recollected, was killed from under him, when accompanying a flag of truce. But one of the most serious

Reflections on viewing Brandenburgh House, the Residence of her late Majesty. By S. R. Jackson, Author of The Lament of Napoleon,' The Fall of the Crescent,' &c. 8vo. pp. 14. London, 1821. ALTHOUGH We have more than once had occasion to notice Mr. Jackson's poems very favourably, yet his present **Falconer. It is a stain upon his country, production, we think, presents stronger that a poet like Falconer, should be without a claims to our approbation than any monument to his memory. Not that the bard that have preceded it. The author is needs the aid of the sculptor, to carry his name a warm advocate of her late Majesty, to future ages; for even when the dust of Co-point. Speaking of the try of the and expresses himself in bold and man-ed by the wave that wrecked hini, it will surlonna has mingled with the sand that is washly indignation against her persecutors. I vive.

Goldsmith.'

charges against the British was that they destroyed the bridge-a noble structure, of nearly a mile in length: now let us hear our author on this

British troops, and the dismay occasioned in Washington, he says,

They were taken completely by surprise; nor could the arrival of the flood be more unexpected to the natives of the antediluvian world, than the arrival of the British army to them. The first impulse of course tempted them to fly, and the streets were in consequence crowded with soldiers and senators, men, women, and children, horses, carriages, and carts, loaded with household furniture, all hastening towards a wooden bridge which crossed the Potomac. The confusion thus occasioned was terrible, and the crowd upon the bridge was such as to endanger its giving way. But Mr. Maddison, having escaped among the first, was no sooner safe on the opposite bank of the river, than he gave orders that the bridge should be broken down; which being obeyed, the rest were obliged to return, and to trust to the clemency of the vic

tors.'

So that, after all, Mr. Maddison was the republican Rostopchin; and the English were no more guilty of destroying the bridge at Washington, than Bonaparte was of setting fire to Mos

cow.

The next object of our army, after it had effected a safe retreat from Washington, was to attack Baltimore. Our author paints with much feeling

the eve of a battle :

There was something in this state of preparation at once solemn and exciting. That we should obtain possession of a place so important as Baltimore, without fighting, was not to be expected; and, therefore, this arming, and this bustle, seemed, in fact, to be the prelude to a battle. But no man, of the smallest reflection, can look forward to the chance of a sudden and violent death, without experiencing sensations very different from those which he experiences under any other circumstances. When the battle has fairly begun, I may say with truth that the feelings of those engaged are delightful; because they are, in fact, so many gamblers playing for the highest stake that can be offered. But the stir and noise of equipping, and then the calmness and stillness of expectation,-these are the things which force a man to think. On the other hand, the warlike appearance of every thing about you, the careless faces and rude jokes of the private soldiers, and something within yourself, which I can compare to nothing more nearly than the mirth which criminals are said sometimes to experience and to express previous to their execution; all these combine to give you a degree of false hilarity, I had almost said painful, from its very excess. It is an agitation of the nerves, such as we may suppose madmen feel; which you are inclined to wish removed, though you are unwilling to admit that it is disagree

able.'

At the very commencement of the attack on Baltimore, General Ross,

It is likewise told of an officer of enwho, as soon as the firing began, rode to the front, was shot by a rifleman.gineers, that having overtaken an AmeriThe Americans, our author says, are, fellow gave him his rifle very readily, but can soldier, and demanded his arms, the individually, as brave as any people in the world; and their general had taken hilted dagger and silver-mounted carbeing ordered to resign a handsome silvera good position, but they had not been touch-box which graced his side, he reaccustomed to a general action; and fused to comply, alleging that they were hence,private property, and that by our own proclamations private property should be respected.'

It was curious to observe their dread of every spot where a cannon-ball had struck. Having seen the shots fall, I kept my eye upon one or two places, and perceived that each company, as it drew near to those points, hung back; and then assuming, as it were, a momentary courage, rushed past, leaving a vacancy between it and the company which next succeeded.'

Though the Americans maintained themselves with great determination, and stood to receive our fire till scarce twenty yards divided them, yet they would not hazard a charge; but the whole army fell into confusion :

Our army now advanced on Baltimore, but finding that the naval force could not assist them, as nothing but the lightest craft could make their way within six miles of the town, all idea of storming the enemy's lines was given up; the army, therefore, retreated, and the regiment to which our author be longed sailed for Jamaica. While at Kingston, he witnessed, for the first time, one of the beautiful peculiarities of a tropical climate.

set in, and

Darkness had

'Infantry, cavalry, and artillery, were The air was filled with fire-flies, which huddled together, without the smallest re-emitting a phosphoric light, something sigard to order or regularity. The sole milar to the light of the glow-worm, only more red and brilliant, danced around me subject of anxiety seemed to be, which should escape first from the field of bat-like sparks from a smith's anvil, when he tle; insomuch, that numbers were actu- is beating a bar of red-hot iron. These in the hurry of the flight. Yet, in spite noise, and frequently settle in large ally trodden down by their countrymen creatures flutter about with a humming of the short duration of the action, which swarms upon branches of trees, giving to lasted little more than two hours from its them the semblance of so many pieces of first commencement, the enemy's loss timber taken newly out of a fire. When was severe. They stood, in some reviewed by day-light, they are in no way spects, better than they had done at Bla-remarkable for their elegance, resembling densburg; consequently we were more in the shape of the body a long beetle, mingled with them when they gave way, which may be seen in the fields after and were thus enabled to secure some sun-set, without wings or scales. In coprisoners; an event which their more lour they are a dingy brown, and, like immediate flight had on the other occa- the glowworm, carry their light in the sion prevented. In the capture of guns, tail. however, were not so fortunate. Their pieces being light, and well supplied with horses, they contrived to carry off all except two; both of which would have also escaped, but for the shooting of the leaders.

we

But, considering the nature of the ground which they occupied, the number of killed and wounded in the American army was enormous; while in ours the casualties were much fewer than might have been expected.'

As I had not before chanced to see any thing of the kind, and forgot at the moment that such an insect as the fire-fly existed, I was for a few minutes at a loss to what cause to attribute the phenomenon; and was at last indebted to my negro guide for refreshing my memory on the subject. The effect, however, cannot be conceived without being witnessed. A cluster of two or three glow worms shine so brilliantly, that they will furnish subject for the commendatory eloquence of One or two anecdotes connected any one fortunate enough to perceive. with this engagement are amusing: them together; but their brilliancy is as a 'It is said that when Admiral Cock- farthing candle to the sun, when comburn, who accompanied the army, and at-pared with that of the fire-fly. Not two tended poor Ross with the fidelity of an aide-de-camp, was in the wood where the dance around, filling the air with a waverlatter fell, he observed an American rifle-ing and uncertain glimmer, of the extreme man taking deliberate aim at him from beauty of which no words can convey an behind a tree. Instead of turning aside adequate conception.' or discharging a pistol at the fellow, as any other man would have done, the brave admiral doubling his fist, shook it at his enemy, and cried aloud, d-d Yankey, I'll give it you!" upon

"O you

which the man dropped his musket in the
greatest alarm, and took to his heels.

or three, but thousands of these creatures

Jamaica was the general rendezvous of the expedition destined to attack New Orleans. This place, though not fortified, presents the greatest obsta cles to an invader; and it was, therefore, determined to effect a landing on

the banks of the lake, and pushing directly on, to endeavour to get possession of the town, before any effectual preparation could be made for its defence. A flotilla of fifty open boats, under the command of Captain Lockier, was destined for this service:

It was not long before the enemy's guns opened upon them, and a tremendous shower of balls saluted their approach. Some boats were sunk, others disabled, and many men were killed and wounded; but the rest pulling with all their might, and occasionally returning the discharges from their comrades, succeedéd, after an hour's labour, in closing

up

with the Americans. The marines now began a deadly fire charge of musketry; while the seamen, sword in hand, sprang the vessel's sides in spite of all opposition; and sabring every man that stood in the way, hauled down the American ensign, and hoisted the British flag in its place.

One cutter, however, which bore the commodore's broad pendant, was not so easily subdued. Having noted its preeminence, Captain Lockier directed his own boat against it; and happening to have placed himself in one of the lightest and fastest sailing barges in the flotilla, he found himself alongside of his enemy before any of the others were near enough to render him the smallest support. But, nothing dismayed by odds so fearful, the galtant crew of this small bark, following their leader, instantly leaped on board the American. A desperate conflict now ensued, in which Captain Lockier received several severe wounds; but, after fighting from the bow to the stern, the enemy were at length overpowered; and other barges coming up to the assistance of their commander, the commodore's flag shared the same fate with the others.' The troops were landed on a wretched swamp, incapable of furnishing even fuel to supply their fires, and exposed to a cold pelting rain. While the troops were thus assembling, an embassy was sent to the Chactaws, a tribe of Indians then in alliance with the British ;-and our author, who accompanied the embassy, describes it as a most amusing expedition. Having ar rived at the settlement, which consisted of about thirty huts, two men came to meet them :

consequence, the King having two broad
pieces of gold suspended from his ears,
and bracelets of the same metal round his
were
wrists; while the warrior's ears
graced with silver rings, and a whole Span-
ish dollar hung from his nose. With these
men, Colonel Nickolls, of the marines,
who conducted the embassy, was well ac
quainted, having been previously appoint-
ed generalissimo of all their forces; and
they, therefore, extended to us the right
hand of friendship, and conducted us into
the largest hut in the town.

The rest of the warriors were by this
time roused from their lethargy, and soon
began to crowd about us; so that in a few
minutes the hut was filled with upwards
of an hundred savages, each holding in
his hand the fatal tomahawk, and having
his scalping knife suspended from a belt
fastened round his middle. The scene
was now truly singular. There is a so-
lemnity about the manner of an Indian
chief extremely imposing; and this,
joined with the motions which were meant
to express welcome, compelled me, al-
most in spite of myself, to regard these
half-naked wretches with veneration.'

*

Having brought with us an interpreter,
we were informed by him that the King
declined entering upon business till after
the feast. This was speedily prepared,
and laid out upon the grass, consisting of
lumps of buffalo flesh, barely warmed
through, and swimming in blood; with
Of
cakes of Indian corn and manioc.
The
dishes and plates, there were none.
meat was brought in the hand of the fe.
males who had dressed it, and placed upon
the turf; the warriors cut slices from it
with their knives; and holding the flesh in
one hand, and the cake in the other, they
eat, as I thought, rather sparingly, and in
profound silence. Besides these more
substantial viands, there were likewise
some minced-meats of an extraordinary
appearance, served up upon dried hides.
Of these the company seemed to be par-
ticularly fond, dipping their hands into
them without ceremony, and thus convey-
ing the food to their mouths; but for my
own part, I found it sufficiently difficult
to partake of the raw flesh, and could not
overcome my loathing so much as to

taste the mince.

tained their senses sufficiently unclouded to understand what was said. From them, therefore, we obtained a promise, that the tribe would afford to the expedition every assistance in their power; after which we retired for the night, to a hut assigned for our accommodation, leaving our wild hosts to continue their revel as long as a single drop of spirits remained.'

The two chiefs accompanied the embassy back to the ariny, which was then disembarking with great spirit, on Pine Island; a landing was afterwards made in another place, and the army marched forward to the attack in the dead of night, when it was soon surrounded by a very superior force, and no alternative remained but either to surrender at discretion or beat back the assailants. Such a battle then ensued, as the annals of modern warfare can hardly match:

All order, all discipline, were lost. Each officer, as he was able to collect twenty or thirty men round him, advanced into the middle of the ene.ny, when it was fought hand to hand, bayonet to bayonet, and sword to sword, with the tumult and ferocity of one of Homer's combats.

'To give some idea of this extraordinary combat, I shall detail the adventures of a friend of mine, who chanced to accompany one of the first parties sent out. Dashing through the bivouac under a heavy discharge from the vessel, his party reached the lake, which was forded, and advanced as far as the house where General Keane had fixed his head-quarters. The moon had by this time made her way through the clouds, and though only in her first quarter, gave light enough to permit their seeing, though not distinctly. Having now gone far enough to the right, the party pushed on towards the front, and entered a sloping field of stubble; at the upper end of which they could distinguish a dark line of men; but, whether they were friends or foes it was impossi ble to determine. Unwilling to fire, lest he should kill any of our own people, my friend led on the volunteers whom he had got around him, till they reached some thick piles of reeds, about twenty yards from the objects of their notice. Here they were saluted by a sharp volley, and being now confident that they were ene

But a brother officer, who accompanied him, was not so convinced, assuring him that they were soldiers of the 95th, upon which they agreed to divide the forces; that he who doubted should remain with one part where he was, while my friend, with the rest, should go round upon the flank of this line, and discover certainly to which army it belonged..

When the remnant of the food was removed, an abundant supply of rum, which these people had received from our fleet, was produced. Of this they swal-mies, he commanded his men to fire. lowed large potations; and, as the spirit These proved to be the chief and the took effect, their taciturnity gave way beprincipal warrior of the tribe; the first an fore it; till at last, speaking altogether, elderly infirm person, and the last a man each endeavoured, by elevating his voice, of fierce countenance, probably about to drown the voices of his companions, the age of forty. They were not, how- and a tremendous shouting was the conseever, distinguished from their country-quence. Springing from the ground, men by any peculiarity of dress; being where hitherto they had sat cross-legged, arrayed, as the others were, in buffalo many of them likewise began to jump hides, with a loose scarf of cotton thrown about, and exhibit feats of activity; nor Taking with him about fourteen men, over one shoulder, and wrapped round was I without apprehension that this riot- he accordingly moved oit to the right, their loins; the size of their ornaments ous banquet would end in bloodshed. when falling in with some other strag alone indicated that they were persons of The king and chief warrior alone still re-glers, he attached them likewise to his

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party, and advanced. Springing over. a high rail, they came down upon the left of those concerning whom the doubt had existed, and found them to be, as my friend had supposed, Americans. Not a moment was lost in attacking, but having got unperceived within a few feet of where they stood, they discharged their pieces, and rushed on to the charge. the whole course of my military career, I In do not recollect any scene at all resembling that which followed. Some soldiers having lost their bayonets, laid about them with the butt end of their firelocks; while many a sword, which till to-night had not drank blood, became in a few minutes crimsoned enough.'

taken was in advance of the body of the works, being cut off from it by a ditch, across which only a single plank was thrown. Along this plank did these brave men attempt to pass; but being opposed by overpowering numbers, they were repulsed; and the Americans, in turn, forcing their way into the battery, immense slaughter. On the right, again, at length succeeded in recapturing it, with the 21st and 4th being almost cut to pieces, and thrown into some confusion by the enemy's fire, the 93d pushed on and took the lead. Hastening forward, our troops soon reached the ditch; but to scale the parapet without ladders was impossible. The English and the Americans another's shoulders, succeeded in entering Some few, indeed, by mounting one upon were so mingled, that they could the works, but these were instantly overscarcely know friends from foes, and powered, most of them killed, and the more feats of individual gallantry were rest taken; while as many as stood without performed in the course of this night, them down by whole companies. It was were exposed to a sweeping fire, which cut than many campaigns might have af-in vain that the most obstinate courage forded. We lost more than five hundred men, and the field of battle was dreadful. Our author says,

was displayed. They fell by the hands of
men whom they absolutely did not see;
lifting their faces above the rampart,
for the Americans, without so much as
swung their firelocks by one arm over
the wall, and discharged them directly
upon their heads.
guns, likewise, from the opposite bank,
The whole of the
kept up a well-directed and deadly can-
nonade upon their flank; and thus were
they destroyed without an opportunity
being given of displaying their valour, or
obtaining so much as revenge.

Within the small compass of a few hundred yards, were gathered together nearly British uniforms. Not a single American a thousand bodies, all of them arrayed in was among them,-all were English; and they were thrown by dozens into shallow holes, scarcely deep enough to furnish them with a slight covering of earth. stood by smoking a segar, and apparently Nor was this all. An American officer counting the slain with a look of savage exultation; and repeating over and over to each individual that approached him, that their loss amounted only to eight men killed, and fourteen wounded.'

ter, intelligence of peace arrived from and safely re-embarked; and, soon af The army effected a good retreat, England. Our author makes some very acute remarks on the failure of the partly owing to the many errors comattack on New Orleans, which was mitted, to the misconduct of one regiment, and to the plan of operations being known and anticipated by the

enemy.

time when the subject has lost much of Although this work is published ata circumstances respecting the American its interest, yet, as it explains many war, little known or much misrepresented, it will be read with pleasure by every one proud of his country or zealous of the glory of the British arms.

The Modern Church;

a Satirical Poem; comprising Sketches of some Popular and Unpopular Preachers. By John Laurens Bicknell, F. A. S. THE modern church is a most ample 8vo. pp. 63. London, 1820. field for satire, perhaps no subject more fertile, whether we consider the peculiarities of preachers, the formalities of

I have frequently beheld a greater number of dead bodies in as small a compass, though these, indeed, were numerous enough, but wounds more disfiguring or more horrible, I certainly never witnessed A man, shot through the head or heart, lies as if he were in a deep slumber; insomuch, that when you gaze upon him, you experience little else than pity. But of these, many had met their death from bayonet wounds, sabre cuts, or heavy blows from the butt ends of mus- going, and did all that a general could do Poor Pakenham saw how things were kets; and the consequence was, that not to rally his broken troops. Riding toonly were the wounds themselves exceedingly frightful, but the very counte- ground, but in great disorder, he called wards the 44th, which had returned to the nances of the dead exhibited the most sa- out for Colonel Mullens to advance; but vage and ghastly expressions. Friends that officer had disappeared, and was not and foes lay together in small groups of to be found. He, therefore, prepared to four or six, nor was it difficult to tell al- lead them on himself, and had put himmost the very hand by which some of self at their head for that purpose, when them had fallen. Nay, such had been he received a slight wound in the knee the deadly closeness of the strife, that in from a musket-ball, which killed his one or two places, an English and Ameri-horse. Mounting another, he again head-sects, or the absurdities of their creeds. can soldier might be seen with the bay-ed the 44th, when a second ball took effect Mr. Bicknell, though evidently aconet of each fastened in the other's body.' more fatally, and he dropped lifeless into quainted with all the points on which a On the arrival of Sir Edward Paken- the arins of his aide-de-camp.' ham to take the command, a new atsatirist might dwell, treats the various tack was made, but with force and mined bravery could accomplish was Every thing that the most deter-modes of faith' with respect, and only rebukes means quite inadequate. Instead of effected; but, after performing prodi- would convert into ridicule. Notwhat less lenient satirists every thing being ready for the assault, gies of valour, our army was comnot a ladder or fascine was upon the pelled to abandon an withstanding the grounds on which field:attack upon many secede from the established works evidently beyond their strength: church, some we admit from very conunited, and the broken regiments had reAs soon as the whole army was rescientious motives, yet the preachers in covered their order, a flag of truce was illiterate fellow who holds forth' in all are very much a like; and the dispatched, with proposals for the burial a place not larger than a cobler's stall, of the dead. truce of two days was agreed upon, and of God,' is as anxious to levy contriTo accomplish this end, a which he profanely calls (a bouse parties were immediately sent out to col-butions on his hearers, and to obtain a Prompted by curiosity, I mounted my lect and bury their fallen comrades. larger field of action, as ever a dean of horse and rode to the front; but of all the the church of England was for a misights I ever witnessed, that which met me tre. there was beyond comparison the most shocking, and the most humiliating. into three parts; the first is a dialogue The Modern Church' is divided

'Seeing that all his well-laid plans were frustrated, Pakenham gave the word to advance, and the other regiments, leaving the 44th with the ladders and fascines behind them, rushed on to the assault. On the left, a detachment of the 95th, 21st, and 4th, stormed a three-gun battery and took it. Here they remained for some time in the expectation of support; but none arriving, and a strong column of the enemy forming for its recovery, they determined to anticipate the attack, and pushed on. The battery which they had

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quarrel,

And for the vulgar pulpit mount a barrel.

Symbolic tubs will with the crowd prevail,
Who sometimes think of heav'n and sometimes

ale;

between a Churchman and a Presbyte-Field preachers with the gown and cassock | Journal of a Residence in the Burmhan
rian, in which are given sketches of
some popular and unpopular preach-
ers;' their names are rarely given, but
we doubt not there are many who will
recognize the fidelity of the portraits;
indeed, we think they might have been
mentioned by name, as there is so
much good nature and christian charity
in the satire, that few. could take of-
fence at it.

But if our faith be sound, our doctrines true,
For men of common sense the church may do.
Seceders from their church, a leap-frog sect,
Jumpers by name, our sober forms reject;
Caper and dance to some discordant hymn,
As if religion rose from strength of limb.
Here it, ye belles, who grace the nightly ball,
The second part treats on the advan-Ye know not how religion moves ye all;
tages of the Sabbath, with the descrip- Your heads or hearts no thought of pleasure
fills,

Empire. By Captain Hiram Cox. (Concluded from p. 536.) THE Chinese were scarcely more per tinacious in exacting, from our ambassadors, Lords Macartney and Amherst, the performance of the kou ton, than the Burmhan ministers were in making Captain Cox take off his shoes in entering the wretched palace of the sovereign. He yielded to it through friendship in the outset of his negociation, but, notwithstanding, pro

tion of a country church, and a village Devotion prompts your waltzes and quadrilles. tested against the humiliation, and de

tale, not unworthy the muse of Crabbe
or the elegant pen of Geoffrey Crayon. It cannot be for want of written guide,
The third part enumerates the various That erring judgment turns her steps aside;
On every shelf what various books invite,
religious superstitions of different ages To clear the mist and set our doctrine right.
and countries, and concludes with Notes, comments, annotations, Scripture facts,
showing the superiority of the Christian Octavos, quartos, magazines, and tracts,
religion over all others. The follow-In boards or bound, of every size and strength,
Of every doctrine, and of every length.
ing extract will show the spirit in
which the poem is written, and forms a
summary of the whole :-

Oh! that in Christian land, dissention's roots Should strike so deep, and yield such bitter fruits;

That from one sacred code, all good, all wise,
Sect after sect, in daily growth should rise;
Mysterious motes divide and subdivide,
Till jostling tenets push clear faith aside-
That man to scorn his fellow man should dare,
For some fond fancies, "trifles light as air;'
Some verse misprinted, or translator's blot,
A colon added, or a point forgot.

'Tis strange, in modern times, the human
brain

Such motley whims and fancies should main-
tain ;

That men, who differ wide as day from night,
Should each presume that he alone is right.
"A would-be wisdom, greater than our sire's,
Starts from the sin of steeples and of spires;
Where stood the village stocks, trim meetings
stand,

And chapels, thick as mushrooms, strew the

land.

Some man of trade the new-built pulpit mounts,
His nightly struggles with the Lord recounts,
Draws from the neighbouring church each bro-
ther calf,

Becomes the Secker of the village chaff;
With triumph sees, howe'er in books unskill'd,
The church deserted, and the meeting filled.

*Oh! silly flocks, may heaven forgive the pride,
That, fondly cherished, turns your steps aside;
That bosom sin, which leads you to prefer,
Under the cloak of gospel minister,

The man who draws your teeth, or mends your
clogs,
Or shoes your horses, or who worms your dogs.
So many sects such different creeds profess,
(To me scarce known their names, their tenets

less ;)
I dare not tread the complicated maze,
Enough for me, an uninspired, to gaze.
If, in peculiar points, a hidden charm
In mystery works their wavering zeal to warm
What fancy paints to them I cannot see;
Their holier rites are still "sealed books" to me,

from these may all their helps congenial

choose;

Churchmen, Dissenters, Quakers, Deists, Jews.
Here each fanatic mounts his wire-wove throne,
And grasps a shadowy sceptre of his own.
'Though doubtful points their judgment may
beguile,

And texts distorted raise your passing smile;
If in essentials ye believe the same,
Their errors shun, but still with caution blame.
The God that pities you, will pardon them,
Nor for an erring head, a soul condemn.

Still through the mists and storms, which

tervene

manded that it should not in future
Of the dread-
be expected from him.
ful tyranny of the Burmhan monarch,
Captain Cox observed several instances,
but none more striking than the follow-
ing

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August 20. In the morning I sent my interpreter to make a last effort with the attawhoon of the palace, to deliver a letter from me to his majesty; but both of those he saw positively refused, saying that they dared not. One of them said, his majesty's sword is too sharp; you see a rich man was beheaded but yesterday without committing any fault. He then stated his case: the unfortunate man had been renter of a considerable district, and amassed wealth by oppression; complaints were lodged, he was tried, found in-guilty, mulcted, and declared incapable of serving his majesty, who ordered him to retire from court, and never appear before him again. Unfortunately for him, his ambition would not permit him to remain quiet in obscurity; his wealth enabled him to find patrons, and through them he twice petitioned his majesty for permission to reside at the capital, and be inrolled as one of his merchants; these petitions were rejected. He, notwithstanding, persevered to a third attempt, and, to insure success, offered a considerable bribe to one of his majesty's favourite daughters to present it, which she undertook. The king, on receiving the petition, was extremely enraged, and exclaimed, I have repeatedly ordered this villain not to presume to approach me; let him be immediately apprehended and confined. This order was given at four o'clock To tempt the struggling soul, and seal its fate; in the evening, and immediately execut

To cast a transient shade across the scene,
The Scripture, like a planet, pure and bright,
Dispenses o'er the world its kindling light;
Proclaims in every tongue the will of Heaven,
And, through the Saviour's love, man's guilt
forgiven.

Amidst a world, which smiles but to betray;
Amidst the bliss that gilds our little day;
Amidst the garlands love or marriage binds,
(Blossoms and fruits inconstant as the winds;)
Amidst the scenes where joy's gay streamer

waves,

And brilliant meteors light us to our graves;
Or, 'midst the storms which adverse fortune
sends,

To glut our foes, and prove our summer friends;
Amidst the gloom of overwhelming cares,"
When nature shrinks, and faith almost de-
spairs ;

Amidst the deeps, where fallen angels wait

If to our mental sight unsullied shine
The sacred banner waved by Constantine,
We still shall smile, though death direct the
Then, be the conquered world our friend or foe,

blow.'

ed. The man, too late dreading the ef fects of his majesty's wrath, immediately royal family; money and jewels were began to scatter his wealth among the sent to all such as were supposed to have We could have selected passages of influence; the bribes were received, and greater poetic merit; but those we have he was told not to suffer any apprehenquoted need no apology in that respect. sion; however, at seven, the same evenThe author is evidently a churchman, ing, his majesty ordered that he should but without intolerance. What we be beheaded, and his property confiscated. The sentence was immediately caradmire most is the temper and spirit ried into execution, and the myrmidons in which the poem is written; and of the palace took possession of his profor this it cannot be praised too highly.perty. His body is exposed above ground, pinned to the earth, where it is left