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and thou late posterity will bless what a long eerie , of past ogee • hex extolled. Your Majesty's heads have planted Ihelree of prosperity, the mutual love of she gene rous Pritiee awd the most faithful people will lead it. that its shade taiy refresh, al that its strength may protect the rouutrt, aid its fruits support as in peace sad in distress. Permit, Sire, the undtkelgwed to be the first who pronounce, with a full hi lir', the transport and the gratitude of a con soled people, and offer the homage of Ell %Viriewthergers so our own to the ;intim of the bed of Kings. May the sm 'perishable delight, flowing fuss the eoeseioussoess of having founded the happiness of pose people, presevve the precious life of your Majesty to die Moot protracted time of imortsl existence; and may this life adorned by the sight of a ha p . r“ite *hiett is your work , heighten Stir eternal satiable ton which it the reward of a sable reaotatiou l . " With the Most profound reiteration, we remain your Majesty's most faithful " ASSEMBLY of the STATE' of the KINGDOM. 11 ' Louisburg, Septenilier WI, 1819." (lictaibwrgh Papers, October I.J ERItISII NORtII AMERICA. 'Quebec, scritlailEa. 6. On Monday evening, the 30th of August. Major Boa. lee, Military Secretary to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, K.G. Governor in Chief, and Com mander of the Forces in and over the British posses -51011% ill North America. arrived at Montreal, bring ing the melancholy intelligence of the Duke's de cease on Saturday, the 28th of August, at the new military settlement of Richmond, after a short bat severe illness, during which he was attended by a medical officer of that place, and that his Grace''s remains, to tended by Lieut.-Col. Cockburn and him eel Iliad arrived at La Chine; arrangement! were ins. inediattly made for the removal of his Gra - veils re mains to the Government Douse at Montreal, where they accordingly arrived, escorted by a Captain's guard of the 27th regiment, and having been met haute miles front town by the Officers of his Gracv's Personal, and of the General Staff, at il.iy-break on Tuesday morning the 31st, liar in;; lain in State (privately) during part of the clay; and hiviii4 been placed in a strung leaden coffin, with an outer one of mahogany, and all ne cessary arrangements being completed for its fr o:oval to Quebec, the corpse was conveyed from the Governinynt-houie to the Ma/sham steam-boat, passiii4 thiongh n considerable part of the city of Aloiorral, attended by the Officers of his Grace's personal and General Staff. and by the clergy and prio , ipal inhabitants of Montreal to procesmon, as well a. by an immense concourse of people. A gnitril of grenadiers of the 37th regiment was embusemb.usLtd with the corpse. and the following of ficers attended his Grace's remains to Quebec : Lit iitentint-Colonel Ready, Private Secretary ; Bowles, Military Secretary; Major M`Leod, A. D.C. ; Leutenant-Colonel Harvey. Deputy- Adjui.tio.Geiteral of the Forces ; Lietit.-Colonel Cockburn, Deputy-Quartermaster-General ; (70ta. I!stqlry-Gen. Wood; and Capt. Montresor, R.N. At till o'clock on Thursday morning, the 2d of September, his Grace's remains were received from the steam-boat, and placed upon a hearse on the King's wharf, at Quebec, from whence they were removed to the chateau of St. Louis, attended by tlw Doti. the Members of the Legislative and Eiecutive Councils, the Chief Justice, the Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of Quebec, the Clergy. H int by the whole of the Officer* of the Staff and Departments, in procession, escorted by six field- I nters, a guard of honour of the 60th, rifle batta lion, with the band of the corps playing a dead march, the flags of the garrison and the ships in the harbour being hoisted half-mast, and minute guns fired during the procession. The corpse was received at the Chateau by ■ guard of grenadiers of the 67th regiment, with re. wunesital colours, and the band of that regiment playing a dead march. Not Grace's remains were placed in a lower room in the Chateau, where they lay in state until four o'clock of Saturday. the 4111 of September, when they were resnovoid to the place of interment, in the Cathedral Church at Quebec, in the following or der of procession. consisting of The Law and oilier principal Officers of the Craws, Courts, and public Offices. The Honourable the Judges. The Honourable the Members of the Legislative sad Executive Councils. The lion. Mr. ChiefJestice Sewell. A Military Band playing a Dead March. THE BODY, On a Hearse drawn by four Horses, the Horses covered with Crape. FALll,ll33lllElli :—Tbe Hon. A. LJ. Melte/ay; Hon. M. H. Percival ; lion. Mr. Justice Penult; Lieut.-Col. Har vvy. C.D. and D.A.G. of the Forces; lient..ColCocklarrn, 1) O. M .G. ; and Colunel Wilma, Commander of the Gar. TiSOll. And followed by—Major McLeod (his Grace's relative); Sir Mirka Semen, Hart.; Lieut.-Colonel Ready, Private &ciliary; and Major Bowles, Military Secretary, as bloomers. The Offieers of the Private and Military Secretaries Offices, and of his Grace's Household, followed by his Grace's led horses, grooms, aml servants, and by a company of grena diers of the 70th regiment, with their arms reversed, mad pikes trailed, closed the proorssion. The drums of the differdat corps, covered with crape, rolled ■s the corpse passed. The military bond Sleet off at the door of the Cathedral, and ceased playing as the body entered the charch. The 11,cht Rev. the Lord Bishop of Quebec, preceded by the Clergy, suet the corpse ■t the gates of the Cathedral church-yard, mad conducted it sap the centre aisle, when it WWI placed of a platform, the mousers and pallbearers re m:iining near the body. After the anthem mail the part of the 'mice before the if- Irruteut bad been performed, the body was deposited in m .)pearil for that purpose, betwixt the pulpit sad the c..munsitliuit table, and the service was conducted by the lord Ilishop. A signal was then given, when one round from 15 field-pieces was fired, 'lowly and distinctly, fol lowed by a volley of musketry from the whole of the infantry, then • second and a third round in like manlier. After which the troops moved off in slow time, and in perfect silence, no bend playing or drum beating. Thus were interred the remains of the Most Noble and Most Puissant Prince Charlea, - Duke of Rochinniid, Lennox, and Aubigny. Knight of the Must Noble Order of the Garter, Governor in Chief and Commander of the Forces, in and over the Btiitdi Possessions itt North Americas THE BRITI S liPRE S S. LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1819. At a late hour last night we received Paris Tapers of Tuesday, from which we hare oracle some extracts : PARIS, OCTOBER 5. An important affair will shortly occupy the Tribunals of Bourdeaux. M. Nognez his deposed, that in the month of July last, M. le Bouteiller offered him the situation of Lieutenant on board the ship Atalanta, belonging to Messrs. Mieussens, Bore, and Co. telling him ut the same time, that the ship, on leaving the river, would attack every t7ading vessel she encountered, of whatever nation, preferring always those that traded with India. because they were generally laden with specie. Three ships of Bourdesux, which were preparing to sail with rich cargoes, were marked out to be the first attacked. Noguez says, that he accepted the other for the purpose of frustrating this criminal enteeprize, and, in pursuance of this intention, he in a few days after communicated to the Commis sinner of the Navy all the details with which he was acquainted. On the sth of August M. Noguet was presented to M. Roze. A meeting was appointed in a piddle garden, when all the chiefs of the expedition assem bled. It was then determined that the dru/ania was to be equipped ea corsuire, with all possible diligence, for the purpose of sailing from the river, in company with the Sophia. This ship was known to contain a million of piastres. She was to be car ried in the night by boarding, and bring pillaged, was to be sunk with every soul on board her. The same principle was to be pursued in all their subsequent enterprises, and when prudence required them to return to France, they were to give a life to the crew o►► a desert island, and murder all whose discretion should he suspected. Some persons have been arrested, but they en► gage to refute victoriously all the allegations pre► ferred against them. The English merchants established at Batavia have, in a solemn declaration, contradicted every thing that was said in the official Gazette of that , colony, in an unofficial article, respecting the pre• tended dissentious wetiveen these merchants and the Dutch authorities. The vintage has already commenced in several departments, and will soon become general. Every account promises a most abundant crop. A letter from Rome states, that in the apace of eleven days the lightning three times fell upon • stone placed in front of the Swiss guards quarters, at the Quirinal Palace. It is intended to open the earth to ascertain the cause of this singular event. The Countess of Gothland (Queen of Sweden) has within a few days left Frankfort for the waters of Pyrmsnt. The Five per Cents. are 69 f. 40 c, Bank Stock, 1,460 f. The Requisition addressed to the High Sheriff of Yorkshire, requesting him " to call • Meeting of the Nobility. Gentry, Clergy, and Freeholders of the County of York. for the purpose of DEMANDING an Inquiry into the transactions which have recently occurred at Manchesterw" will be seen in the front of our Paper. The list of names annexed to it comprises thine of NINE NOBLEMEN. and of a hundred Commoners, eminent in tank and wealth, possessed of those personal attributes that command esteem, and distinguished by their pure affection for the principles of our mixed Constitution--and who that cousiders their high characters, reflects upon the extent of their pro perty, and is capable of estimating those generous sentiments that unite a love of liberty with respect and veneration for the Sovereign, swim. DARE to say that a meeting sanctioned by such names could harbour • thought that savoured of disloyalty ? We have fallen upon inauspicious times, and doctrines now begin to be &milady pat forth at which our more sensitive ancestors would have startled with horror ; the laws of the country are no longer admitted to be the guide of our conduct or the estimate of our principles. It is the re• preach of an English Parliament, that, at a time when the nature of liberty was little understood, it conceded that Royal Proclamations should have the force of law ; but now, the country is to be bound by the word, not of • King, but of a Minister. our sentiments are to be regulated by his caprice, we are taunted with sedition if we venture to ques tion his wisdom, or inquire upon what pretence or authority several of our countrymen have been mutilated and killed. This cry of disloyalty lISO, we doubt not, exercised some influence; but the appearance of the Requisition in York, DEMAND. INC inquiry. must have the effect of disabusing the public mind, and of leading it back to the con templation of those pure principles of government which, iu their developeusesit. have givers to this country a constitution that is at once our pride and our protection. The terms of this Requisition fully manifest the principles upon which the meeting is to be held. Eveots." observe the Requisitionists. " laving recently occurred at Minichestcr, which mat ',clog Molten° satisfactorily explained, appear to affect important rights of the people, and essential prin. r.--~ ~ . i;ples of the ConitiWinn, we the isudeiiigned," Mere nothing is prejudged—no opinion is express• ed upon the conduct or motives of the Manchester lagistrates, but n events having occurred" which " appear to affect tfie rigid' of the people," and may be " drawn into a dangerous precedent," end these events " not being hitherto su'lficiently ea• plained," the Requisitionists, on behalf of them selves, their children, end their coantry, DEMAND so inquiry into circumstances so fatal in their pro gress, and pernicious in their resUlti. These Noblemen and Gentlernin are not de ceived by the senseless 'clismoOr of the Treasury hacks, who would confound every opinion opposed to their masters' will with an appro'val of the wildest schemes of Reform. We have frequently urged the distinction that should be taken between the outrage of at Manchester to the most important privileges of the people, and the speculative purposes for which the meeting of the Ifith was assembled. Who that knows any 'Wog of the opinions uniformly expressed in Parliament by Lord FITZWILLIAII and Lord 5111.T0N, will expect to find in these Noblemen advocates of universal suffrage and an nual Parliaments ? The moderate tone in which Lord FITZWILLIAM ever exp r I his political opinions, renders his sanction to the proposed intetilig of inestimable importance. His situation as a Lord Lieutenant gives him the fullest means of obt • • g an adequate knowledge of the gemeral character and sentiments of the people that sur round him; he must also its common with sill those whose names are annexed with his to the Requisition, have great local advantages in forming a correct intim-pet ~,, respecting the proceedings at Manchester; his high moral character is an assurance to the public, that he now calls for additiotial iliforniation upon the dreadful events of the 16th of August, because lie conscientiously feels that the expl ma tions already given of the motives that induced the Magistrates to exeicise such unusual violence, are not sufficient to justify their proceedings. It is now a matter of interesting speculation whether the Ministers were possessed of roller in formation, or better means of estimating the con duct of the 31agistrates ; if they were, we sincerely advise them to give publicity to such valuable iu ; nothing else will correct the impres sions now very generally einem:wed respecting their conduct; and as they value their seats on the Treasury Bench, fOr which they have already made each dreadful sacrifices as no former Ministers ever thought could be submitted to with honour, they must by such means turn back the stream of public opinion, which in its lirestut state seems to menace their political existence. It is not even yet too late fur them to come forward and honestly avow to the station that they had been deceived by the ex-parte returretitatiosis of the Manchester Magi watt-a—that they had hoped, from the well-known affection borne by the people in general to the illustrious individual now at the head of the Go vernment, and the general detestation in which the principles of reform advocated by HUNT and his party were held by every thinking man in the kingdom, that no person would have directed an anxious eye to any violence offer ed to such persons—that they were mistaken jut the nature of the transaction, and now are fully aware that if the people slid not, in the words of the York Requisition, " DEMAND au inquiry into those transactions," they would hare abeam themselves ignorant of the nature of liberty, and unworthy the possession of their free constitution. What are the few Magistrates of Manchester to them, that they should purchase imhunity for their crimes at the sacrifice of the public confidence ? Let them suffer the laws to take their course—no public injury cast be sustained, confidence anal tranquillity will be restored, and no room will he left fin desist • g and wicked men to represent the Government as esideavouring to pr iiiii ote a selfish object, in securing the guilty from punish ment. Quebec Papers to the 7th of September have arrived. They contain an account of the funeral of the Duke of Itscumoutt. A letter from Dover. dated October /. saysa. 1 4 Sailed this day. for Calais, his Maksoy's packet. Captain HAMILTON, with the Ems, of WHITWORTH sod her Grace the Duchess oi DURSET.--The number of passengers of all descriptions proceeding to and from the Continent continue' yet uudi• m i u i s heil, e ithntsgli there has been ►attly much boisteroas weather." The Preface to a new edition or Lord F.1111E114 Pamphlet, entitled Itefehees of the 1,10. con. bins the following ortilimeitts 011 the subject of Parliamentary Reform : " I consist but think, that if the elective frsochipe weir wow fairly and judiciously enteaded, without altering the character of the Hum., of Conensnws, or viulatleg any prin ciple of She anciewl Cusnlitutiois„ tuvaultt could set cosily be rained : the orators of sedition would be silent, whets their topics of invective were destroyed. " I consider the protest time also as • crisis is hoodwr regent—Representative Goverumesda, though v 1.046411 wither coutemplated *or wished fur by those who first its larfered with the Frisch Ilevultatiame, already begie to be looked for throughout Europe—Frame, at our very doors, hos obtained oat, sad F.ogliord, by ton rigid an Whereat* to the teems of the feudal world, should sot retsina as tzar floe herself is the prioeiples she hos taught the world. " When the circussiolmeme which 1 have hens Wined /0 diva upon are emotively cosesidmed, she dusty of the Arisio awn wens losable. Placed as they are hewers, the Crows awl the Mbsp i, they ought at this esoosetit to exert the {rwsnaesol,Rand peaty, which, whew wisely, Istiorstly, and ornewaskly are of iwrolculshle value in every Sale. 1 lee! teemed, *mime, with a stream ielereol to the molt of ismlJulis somorirs roopoishoo ess this useuseuteus eesibeel M Wig _Jug amine of Fairlissonit. His rant sod eisseesereeslimille morpred as securities by Governmem, awd ri th e o r chielples of his family are a saffsciust pledge for the si • \ ' . : • ~, . , - t 41 0 i S\ . ' Sif . '-'4 1 . el , SKY • . # • 1 f:o t q - 1 41 , . - 1 /'" .-- -,,C - '",- - ".11 -7 : ,,, .... - ' 1 -L. te , 46%. 4 N 'Net wit COURT END Off' TIE iOl,ll. The great improvements in Waterloo-Place and othei points north-east of r; all-mall have thrown Carlton-house into the back-ground. This edi fice, which was • splendid and prominent ohjrct in the time of the miserable haunts in its vicinity, at the entrance into Pall-mall and at the rear of the Opera-how, is now greatly reduced in comparative fiesuty and importance. In fact, Carlton-house has diit'encled flout its high rank among the fine build ings of the metropolis, and is now sunk below its origiial level. If fame speak truth► its illus trious Proprietor is perfectly aware of the changes thus produced in the appearance of his vicinity. Shortly after the general peace, there was a rumour of an intention to convert the whole of the western side of Pall►mall, from Carlton. house to St. James ' s Palace, into one grand edi. i lice, conitaining the residerite of Majesty, with all the offices of State and hotels for the Diplomatic Corps. A stupendous work on this scale would' induce an enormous expense, far beyond the means of the country, and, if ever entestaisied, has been abandoned, at least for the present. it fs now said, that the architectural plan of reform—the only fashionable reform of the day—is to rebuild Buck ingham-house for the town residence of his Royal Hig!sorsa the Prince Regent, and to pul! down St. James's Palace and its appurtenances, all of them now in a very wretched or ruinous state, the site of which would present a spacious area fur new streets, or one magnificent square. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. Mr. Planta gave an elegant entertainment ow Thursday to the Persian Ambassador and suite, and several other distin guished characters, at his residence in New Burlington street. The Earl and Cnnuten of Jersey care a grand dinner yes terday to Lori' Melbourne, the Countess Cowper, She Hum. Mr. and Mrs. G. Lamb, and a aeltet party of distiactitiii, at their house in Berhelrysgnare. FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS. The Duke and Duchess San Carlos left their residence is Portland-place, on Thursday, for Bath. The Duke and INichess of Beaufort are expected to leave their seat, Badminton, Gloucestershire, on Monday, for the Isle of Wight. The Earl of llarrowhy arrived on Thursday evening at his house in Grosvenor-volume, from the Isle of Wight. Lord and Lady Nagent hive kft their seat, Lileys, racks, for Wariluor Castle, on a visit to Laid and Lady Arundel!. The Earl and Comity's of Darlington have left their seat, Raby Castle, Durham, for Hartlepool, near Stockton. Earl and Countess Temple left their seat, Wolton, on Tbersday, for Arington, plants, on • visit to tie Mar quis and Machinate's of Buckingham". SOLEMN DIRGE. Wednesday a solemn dirge was performed at the Spanish Chapel, in cou u uru►oration of the late Miss Bryan, of York-place. The Catholic Bishops ■nd almost the whole of the Catholic Clergy attended. The Rev. Dr. Collins, Chaplain of Honour to Catholic Majesty, olf►ciated as High Priest. Many of the Catholic Nohility and Gentry (friends of the deceased), and several distinguished individuals of other communions, were present in deep mourning. Among the latter werr General Sir John Doyle, Sir John Doyle, Sir Chas. Dityk, Captain Doyle, K.N. She. &e. We have seldom witnessed a more solemn cere mony, and never such unequivocal marks of respect and affe►•tion for the memory of a rieparted friend. The presence of all the children, male and fr. male, of St. Patrick's Charity, who have lost a mu witicent benefactress. added greatly to the mournful attd affecting scene. FATAL MISTAKE. A Mr. Bridge, a Gentleman very fond of field sports, resident twin , Dorchester. met with a serious loss ■ few weeks since. tyo his leaving home for Church he was follosetl by a Ind who had the nue of his dogs, who said the meal was exhausted, end that the dogs would he *tweed. He requested. therefore. to know what was to he done—" Hang the dogs!" exclaimed Mr. Bridge, in HO angry tone, vexed at the abrupt and unseasonable manner in *Welt be was addresser,. The lad mode no reply, and returned to the house full of sorrow and bur prise. The angry exclamation of hie master was mistaken for a peremptory order : the poor lad, with an aching heart. lost not 14 moment to carry it into execution; and Mr. Bridge, on his return home from Church, hail the inisfurtune of finding his line brine of greyhounds and a leash of the best spaniels in Durseishire bonging dead in his stables. _ _ _ We have authority to state that their Royal 1 Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of KENT will occupy the lower proscenium box on the Prince's 1 side of Drury-lane theatre this evening. The PER SIAN Ans,..4s.tnost and Suits., wills other Foreign Ambassadors, will be seated in the Prince Regent's box. Mr. PHILIPPS, lifter a short visit to Brighton, resumes his place this night et Covent-wireless Theatre. in the opera of 7he Lord If the Namur. The performance of this old and favourite piece has excited great expectation. Governor POWs attention to those who have shewn any mark of friendly good-natured civility towards the Outliners Society, and the Lectures which he patronizes, and which caused the enter. teitsinesit lately given to them principally is New. street, Spring-lc:adroit, wee again 'hewer on Mos. day at Portland Castle, where a public breakfast was given its the true style of hospitality, which,. notwithstanding the unfavourable state of tliP weather, was honoured by the presence of a RH. WWII* patty of the i tirst Fork aid fielsiso. ) `~. ~1 r PETER'S LETTERS to kis KUISFOLIV. 4 We had jest ieished a leborines Session. of Parliament, and were pursuing the quiet aN44 regular busmen of the Bummer •Veclation„ when the lamentable affair of the pith of Angwft, •at. Manchester, unfortunately ar;ore to interrupt the peaceful tenor of our way Among the etiaeelleneous matter brought into the Reid to re. tia.ve the weight of political debates , we relied not a litt le 'upon the lively, iateresting, and amasiog work, en t it l e d Peler's Liners Is his Kinsfolk, a work well calcidated improve the miss!, and by ifs life and spirit awe away the earn of many a dull and lazy hour. It i. Ind without having been reminded by many of our Sttbscrilwrg of our siegleet of this interesting work, that we now rt,,e rie owe extracts front it. In eneripliance with their nish e ,, we begin with the following description of the Unttefirify of Dlioborglit‘L. • - • _ 4 , When you reproach me with being so long at the seat or a celebrated university. a n al yet 'if PSYTY• log the most profound silence concerning t u t or ,, professors, examinations, degrees, and all the °flirt mighty iternt of academical life, you do no more than I Might have expected from our, who his t}.. rived Ins only ideas of an university from 00;r11 and Catinbridge. to these places, the univertev every thing; the houses of the town seem meetly to be the appendages of the colleges, owl the towns men themselves only a better sort or menials to tilt gownsinen. If you hear a bell ring there, coo may he sure it is meant to call together thwe tvli(K k . ,i, sty it is to attend in some chapel, hall, or le, room; if you see a man pull off his het in the street, you may be sure it is in honour of eorr►c tuft, sleeve, or scarf, well accustomed to .1101 obeisances. Here the case is very different, The academical buildings, instead of forming the hulk and centre of every prospect—instead of 5i. 0 , 01 ,, r up towers and domes and luttlemei , .s in evrrvdi. reckon, far above, not only the common dwellings of the citizens, hut the more ancient and more lolly groves of oak and elm, in which, for cent°. ties, they have beets embosonted—instead of Ai: dill proud stud sweeping extent of venerable inagotiti cencey the academical buildings of Edinburgh toe piled together in one rather obscure corner of 4 splendid city,. which would scarcely be less splendid than it its, although they were removed altogether from its prettititts. In the society among which I have lived since my arrival here (mid I a.mfre vou its circle has been by no moans a very confined on.), I am cosivinced there are few subjects about which so little is said or thought, as ihe University of Edinburgh. I rather think, that a wed-relocated stranger, who had no previous knowledge tl at an university had its seat in this place (if we can sop. pose the existence of such a person), 'night s. joottt in Edinburgh for many weeks, without making the discovery for himself. And yet, from all I can hear, the number of resident members of this um. versify is seldom below two thousand, and among those by whom their education is conducted, there are unquestionably some, whose mimes, in whatever European university they might he placed, could not fail to be regarded as among the must illus. tritons of its ornaments. " The first and most obvious cause of the small ness of attention attracted to the University of Edinburgh, is evidently she want of any avail. role cal dress. There are no golenneen here, and dug circumstance is one which, wish our Oxford idea% would alone be almost sufficient to prove the not. existence of 3111 university. This, however, is s small matter after all, and rather an effect than a cause. The members of the university do slot reside, as ours tio, within the walls of colleges; they go once or twice every day, as it may happen, to hear a discourse pronounced by one of their professors; but beyond this they have little connexion of any kind with the locale of the academical buildings; and it follows very naturally, that they feel °tentatives to have comparatively a very slight connexion with academical life. They live in their fathers' houses ilia a great proportion of them belong to the city 'Orli), or they inhabit lodgings in whatever part id the city they please; and they dine alone or toge ther, just as it suits them ; they are never co l a. peNrd to think of each they areseatedb e yond the i n b rief i s other lecture-room; in short, the whole cour se and hoot of their existence is unac ti demical, and by persons a i l l e which o f the day in thinking and living in a way so independent of each other, and so dispersed among the crowds of a city such as Edinburgh, any such badges of perpetual distinction as our cap and gown, coild scarcely fit to be regarded as very absurd aid disagreeable encumbrances. The want of these, however, has its disadvantages as well m its arbor Loges, even in regard to their own individual cosy fort. es So far as I comprehend the first part of the general ' , Mem of university education in this pier, it is as follows u—The students enter at fourteen, fifteen, or even much earlier —exactly as used lobe the case in our own universities two centuries ago . for I remember it is mentioned in Lord Herbert t Cliernoory's Memoirs (and that, too, as a matter b± uo mews: out of the common course), that he son not twelve veers old whets he came to reideat Oxford. Whet' they enter, they are far less skillTd in Latin titan boys of the same age at oily of air great schools; and with the exception of thee educated at one particular school in Edinburg', they have no Greek. Their acquisition of thee languages is not likely to be very rapid under tiro professors of Greek and Litho, to whose care Os university intrusts them; for each of these geotk men has to do with • class of at least two hundred 1 pupil's; and in such • close, it would be impossible j to adopt, with the least e ff ect, any oth er method of teaching than that by formal pi selections. Now, ol all ways, this is the least adapted for seizing an d ce!rs mending the attention of a set of giddy urchins who, although addressed by the name of , Gentle men,' are, in fact, as full of the spirit of 101;0 ramping, as at any previous period of their lives A slight. attempt is sometimes made t o keep shv their attention, by examining them the one do concerning what they had heard on the other; se. this plan,l understood, begins to be carried int. execution, in is more regular way thou heretofore But it is not possible to examine so great a numbe ' of buys, either very Imply or very closely I tot should be very apprehensive, that their many tem tenons to idleness must in general overcome, wit little difficulty, this one sleuder stimulus to en tion. " As for the professors of these languages, then i tore of the duties which they perform. of CO reduce them to something quite different ir 6 what we *OW understand by the same they lies