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7:111Z 1A POlll7l r. TUE BZWII 111111111 t. _ Seabed is a myrtle aid jassmalme Mir, And Mauled around with the Anhwei al taw, Stood Industry's mansion, theitivessf laws.bees. fie amusing was lowering, and puswidrope grinds ihsuallser'd the blossoms of mearisin mid pia* The storm, that was palling, farbiml them le ram& And aliens of high moment. on pawing atheame ; For the sentry who guarded the Mures of the swum, Bad spread through the city the lieseful That is enemy hornet, is hostile away, idruthiag rowed him tierce singer and sodden dismay, Had broke through the guard, beforexid could arrive, Determined to enter and plunder the hive. In the general weal wu all danger kept, dad in hurrying phalanx they preas'd %Ib* spot, Where the epicure foe was regaling his Meta, And found in the sweets a delicious repast Urg'd on to the combat, what honta it to ten The virtues and lassoes &Moira" lobo ? Yoe history's annals otrill Noon sae amine. And the drones and doetioanniott bees bus It lo Atiolso Aid yet, iie it knows to Ibis Aimee= ago, They isprov'd by ehe three, sod wars friends to tie Nip.' The honest was valiant, aid plaeisgadisitte On his natural armour, he bade thmilidepra ; Though press'd by their number% vonnindloil bodged, Nee shrunk be. the horrors of careapand Abet By the power of Isis bite, and the point of his sting. tie rooted their Sant, and doseolish'd their wing. Aghast stood the phalanx, at bearing the groans, That died nu the lips of the bees and the dream ; And ort did the combatants, pausing for toroth, With prowess untaes'd view the bayou of death; Till a bee, m.►e sagacious, by subtlety plo'd A Vipmph, which Taloa, bad never obtain'il. Be whisper'd his oaighboors to brio; fres the cell, A past of the waifs, bad teloper'd so well, ►ed woo wit► Seeress was the artifice erown'd, In a prison seesaw they eneasaposs'd hie round, ai I vain ere his efforts, exhausted he lies, And, trembling, and struggling for liberty dies. Of the happy event swiftly spread the report, To the ebanvber of aisle, where the Qom held her work dad her Majesty issued her royal eidammil ir That the battle, being ended, the Loopy shatid Hut that be, who had taught them so PAU MOM, The enemy's life by a new ruse de guerre, Should be presently uaher'd to court by her guard, • And slum for his wisdom a special reward. The hero, presented as general B. Kiss'd her Majesty's leg, as be bent on bin knee, When the Queen coadoseeodiagly bade him arise, hod claim tie just weed of his glorious comprise. "Dread seen." be began, "at the &au of whose eye Tby subjects sue blessed and thy enemies die, Whose thomaugbly gentle but absolute sway, The sansWftes tribes of our kiwi*. obey ; dround thy dread presence be happiness shads losi the oldie* orploa elosermed so thy bead ; My sovereign 11110 a mime decree, Ilqacb pus'd in the year of your Ilideety these, Mat notable year, when in tibertre eagle, Ai defence of our honour, our birthright. aid laws, (and:who would be tame in a combat so just ?) We trampled ear ear-wig impeders to dual ; aaaeled, " that none of your subjects be seen Two mites ftom the hive without leave of the Queen.," Ilut I from a thirst of instruction would fain toot Majesty's license to travel oblates; And visit the kr distant bounds of the earth, Ere spill I return to the place of my birth." The remainder of this amoebae Poetic Fable will be given le morrow. THE LIBERAL.—No. SCENIC I. A roods mad isiottataisolis district soar Mount Ararat.— Tioak i : asidisig/t.—Eater Alll4llll and .laa4. Our father sleeps: it is the be wisest they alb Who love us are accustomed to dommod Through the dccp.clouds o'er rocky Ararat:— Sow my heart beats! Alto. Let ns proceed epos Our invocation. Ineh. Hut the stars are hidden. tremble. Are.' So do I, but not with fear 011 df uld ewe their delay. My sister, though I Sere Asawiel more than—oh, too much ! What was I going to sav ? my heart grows impious. 'Ao. And where is the impiety of loving Ccieetiel eater's But, Aholibamah, i-ve our God less since his angel loved me : This °moot be of good ; and though I know not That I do wrong, I feel a thousand fears Which arc not ominous of right. 44p. Then wed thee Uetomese son of elay, and toil and spin ! IlhearetsJaphet loves thee w ell—bath lov'd thee long : Kerr , and bring fbrth dust! I should have loved asiA. Amide' not less were he mortal ; yet lam glad he is not. I cannot outlive him. Ant when I think tbet hie immortal wings Will one day hover o'er the sepulchre Of the poor child of elity which so adored him, As he adores the Highest, death becomes Less ; hut yet I pity him ; Hi, grief *ill be of ages, or at least *IMP would be inch for him, were I the Seraph, Area* the perishable. Ako. Rather say, flat be will single forth some other daughter Qf Rantb, and love her as he once loved Allah. Inch. And if it should be so, and she so loved him, Better thus than that he should weep for me. Ate. If I thought thus of Samosa's lose, Ali demob as be is, I'd spurn him from Hot to our invocation ! "Fie the hoer. 4dimA. Seraph ! From thy sphere! Whatever star contain tht glory ; In the eternal depths of heaven Albeit thou watchest with " the seven,'t • * We need not observe, for the book is ;wit oat. " Of the Angels" by the very spiritual Thomas Moe... ji ded on the same passage. Mr. Moors says it Is not prOpe ly scriptural, because the notion that the "Sons of Doe meant Aogela, originated io a mistake of Ms Swear ; sod t at the soundest theologians understand by it the poste ritg of Seth, as dietinguished from that of Cain. To all this. we have no i.bjection, provided it he admitted, that Use cow- ItEagh opinion has been aufticinetly maintained for the pur• both of the " Mystery" and " The Loves." To the er we shall attend next week ; contenting oorselves fur the present with quoting las connected with the present Sr.. tidal the lea elegant complimeetary paragraph of Mr. Moore's Preface : * This poem, somewhat different in form, and much more li mitgalren extent,wasoriginaltydesigned as an episode for a work shawl which I hate been at intervals employed during the last, twoyears. Sione months since, however, I found that my fewest Lord Byron, had, by an accidental coincidence, chosen Use same subject for a drams: and as I could not but leel thelMerideantage of comes( alter so formidable a rival, thought it hest to publish my. humble sketch immediately, witlimch alterations and additions as I bad time to make; an,te by an earlier appearance in the literary horizon„ puossinself4m chant,, of whet astronomers cell ante Moot risollk..bilkelt *I luminary is wimps light 1 was to bit lust .hould appear." f The Arcbasigeb, said to be seven in number. R I • 1 : That7retas4mealeibrile emi WIRY Ur sa wings meet& be drives. Jitinit dAar s a t t tests Ilhowdowl thoOkits is to,lboq, illarkimin ewe anti to ber. wok set tail-wand weer be decreed to oughts/meats— reittterness of teen. *Eternity is in thine . years, tinhorn, undying beauty en thine eyes ; Frith no thou cant nut sympathise, Bleep! in love, and there thou mast dekeowledge that more loving duet .Nelirr wept beneath the skies. Thou walk'st thy many worlds, thou see'st The face of him who made thee greet, she hafts made me of the least Of those cast out from Eden's gets `Yet, Seraph dear ! Oh hear! Porlhos bast lured me, and I woolld ant die Until I knew what I must die in knowing, forgrt'st in thine eternity dlererimee Wart death could sot keepirola (Aw es-lag Fur thee, imiportal essence as thou art! Greet lathe* love who lire in sin and Tear ; And such,l hol, ere waging in my beat A war unworthy : to an Adantite Forgive, my Seraph! that such thoughts appear, For sorrow is our element ; Delight An Eden kept afar from sight, Though sometimes with our visions blent. The hour is sear Whieb tells me we are out abaadooed ands.— Appear! App ear! Seraph! My own Azaziel ! be hut here, And leave the step to their awn light- The address of Abotibamah, a more genuine descendant frosatheensepus Cain, partakes of his character—haughty, bat devaded. We can Daly find roam for the conchesisia : Tips art isamertal—so am I: I feel — IL feel my immortality o'ersweep 1111 . peine, dl Magi, ell time, Ml fears ; and peal, iiw gienternal t sunders of the deer, eats this truth—" thou liv'st for ever!" Mull If it he in joy I bare not, nor would knew Thatsecret rests with the Almighty giver Wire folds in clouds the fouls of bliss and woe. ant (bee and me be never can destroy ; es be sang, bet mot o'erwhelm ; WO are as eternal essence, and must war With him if he will war with us: with tkee I COO share all thaws, even immortal sorrow; For thou bast ventured to share life with see, And shall I shrink from thine eternity? No ! though the serpent's sting should pierce me thorough, died thou Myself siert like the serpent, veil Around me still ! and I will smile And curse thee not; but bold Thee in as warm a fold As--but ilaseead ; and prove A mortal's hive or an immortal. If the skies contain ' Wore joy than thou canat give and take, remain ' SCENE 111. The niountaina.—A cavern, and the rocks of Caueessis. Joph. (solos). Ye wilds, that look eternal; and thou cave, Which seem'st unfathomable ; tnd 7e mountains, So varied and so terrible in beauty ; Here, in your rugged majesty of rocks And toppling trees that twine their roots with stone In perpendicular places, where the foot Of man would tremble, could be reach them—yes, Ye look eternal! Yet , in a few days, Perhaps eveQgeurs, ye will bo changed, rent, hurled Before the retie of waters ; and yon cave, Which seems to lead into a lower world, Shall have its depths march'd by the sweeping wave, And dolphins pmbol In the lion's den ! And man--Oho, men! my fellow beings! who Shall weep above your mover."' grave, Save I ? Who shall be left to weep My kinsmen, Alas ! what am I better than ye are, That I must live beyond ye > Where shall be 'lvall' easent places where I thought of Ana I had hope ? or the more savage haunts, Sean. less beloved, where I despair d fur her? And am it be?—Shall you exulting peak, Whose glitlerieg top is like a distant star, Lie loinimeath the 'soiling of the deep ? Ne more to have the morning sun break forth, *id scatter heck the raise an bombe( folds Front its tremendous brew ? no more to have Day's broad orb drop behind la head at even, Leering it with a Grommet assay bees ? No more to be the beacon of the world, For angels to-alight on, as the *pot Nearest the stars ? And can those words "no more De meant for thee, fee all things, save form, Aid the predestieedieseepiag thiegs reserved By my sire to Jehovah's bidding ? May He preserve thews, and I net have the power To saateh the loveliest of earth's daeghters MEW ' A doom which even some serpent, with Ina ;•. Shall 'scope to save his kind to be prolung'd, To lase and sing thrones some emerging world, Beehive sad dank from out the slime, ukase was ! • Shall slumber aim the wreck of this until The salt morass subside into a sphere Beneath the sun, and be the monument, The sole and andistingsiish'd isispalebre, Of yet quick myriads of all life ? How much • Breath will be still'd at once! All beauteous world ! So young, so mark'd out for destruction, I With a cleft heart look on thee day by day, , And night by night, thy numbered days and night I illlttiot save tWe, cannot save even her Whose lure bad made me love thee more ; but as A portion of tby dust, I comet think Upon thy coming doom without a feeling Saab as—Oh 0•41! and coast thou— [ ileposam. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. --.walinee-- Tbe Duke of Bedford is entertaining &distinguished partyl as, his seat Wooburn Abbey. ' .The Dowager Duchess of Rutland has left Belvoir Cad& it e rr. and Lady Elisabeth Norman's seat, Milton, Letceo; ire. l .iles Marquis and Marchioness of Cholreondelev, and Lord Zkryi Cholmoodoley, left town on Saturday for - Brigiston. e Ea rl of St.Ciermaina has a large party of distinguished s at his seat, Part Eliot, Cornwall. 'Tbe Bari of Rases bad a large party at dinner yesterday at blame, Cashiobury Park, Herts. The Earl of Harrington gave a grand dinner yesterday to Geaseral Gorden, Colossi end Lady F. Stanhope, Colonel C. Hill, Colonel Shaw, Ise., at his house, in the Stable-yard, St. .180103'6. Lord Holland entertained a select party of friends at din ner yesterday, in Old Burlington-street is Herts. Lord Charles Fitzroy has arrived at his seat in fln. Baron and Baroness Senfenborg, and William 1-. F.sq., left Oroillon's Hotel, AAbomarle-etreet, yesterday, Bath. Lady Anne Coke was safely delivered of a son and heir, to the great to of the family, on Christmas Day, at her seat in Norfolk. Ws ate hippy to hear that her Ladyship and bee infant son are both in a fair way of doing well. The Honourable John Coventry and the Misses Coventry have left Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for North Cray, Went. Major Bulkeley, of the Guards, has arrived at Thous'''. lit i t k c4 Berk•ley-square, fr om a tour. Departures:—Lady h Smith and family for Northamptonshire • Mr. and Lady Elizabeth HeaUmaute for their seat in Staffordshire. Captain Hyde Parker, R.N., has arrived at Feelon's Motel, St. James's-street, from Sir William Parker, Bart.'s seat in Suffolk. Sir Jammu Mackintosh, Bert. hastelkditte fear Scotland. John White, Esq. has arrived at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford street, from his seat in Derbyshire. Arrivals at tbo Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street:--Hon. Mrs. '.eeson, and Mrs. William Haile and family from their seat The remains of the Countess D'Aglie were removed yester • ty morning from his Excellency's house in Charles-street, i-- 1 .. , ..-ansare, for Interment in the family vault at Ayles. in Kent. Miss Prros has been annouaemi. fir several days. past to re appear on Thursday next at Covsmt-iyardeu, as .Mande e, is Dr. Ases's favourite Opera of Arfcrerser. We far, however, as she was unable to attend the kit missarsal of the piece yester day. in cousequenee of renewed indisposition, that the public may be deprived for some time longer of as opportunity of again appre eiatigg this lady's vocal talents. It was reported a few weeks back. that Mr. Stoop, who played Mariana at the Haymarket Theatre last season, and has been slice engaged at Omens garden, was to make his debut av Arbiters, on the first representa tion of Ariamessum at Covent-garden, bat it seems, from eireina stances which.wadealioe at present to notice, thatthis alT1111.111• spent win not take place. being , on a visit in a certain couutry Ire, was tattby his friend: who knew that he *es a great ad mirer of ompologlost bewailed hossia rich treat on Noaday, as their Rector Ay snowed by all to be an excellent premium. Mr. attended, and sat close to the pulpit. The Hey. Oratle nusa.bad sot held forth may minutes, before Mr. began 011i!ake• bits at Intervals, as lbws *--"Bstreisia"—" Heath"— "CU rke"—"Tillotems"—"Allitir"—fted no ea. which Joe dig in ae audible a tone, .that tbefelergyman nettled' at those eufamats, at length learnt over, •nd in an tinder tone observed, " Arta sae swery impertinent fellow"—" Thai's your !" said the Den- 1 11110111181110 P OP lIMOBINIVILEIIOI3. This thaw tame , ospochilly mating the 'Whales. If, 'entr— e sermon, 'its sentiments had proceeded from a poor eurite, in ordinary times, it would, no dotibt, have sonequietly on to Oblivion,without being either greeted -orgroaned at ;by a sink voice awit passed. But it proceeds from a PRIMA,., and at a very turbulent , twisis of public feeling andpublic opinion ; and hence 4he interest and animadversion it has excited. None can reprobate more strongly than we do the principles and proceedings of the Orange faction ; they are il liberal, intolerant, unmanly, and unjust ; but we would censure with discrimination. The active de-. linguents, we may be assured, art not the real -movers.. The zealots before the curtain are merely the puppets of those behind. But more df this hereafter ; —our concern, at present, is with the Archbishops charge, Which is subject enough. We have heard it con demned in very violent terms, as unfit either for St. Patrick'sor any other cathedral, and we have read the. sough upbreidings which it has drawn down upon the metropolitan Bishop himself. As far as the charge itself is concerned, we are far, very lin front approving it; but, with respect to the Ardibistop, we feel in clined, in common candour, to separate the indis cretion of the Nigh CAttedesons from the general character of the Man. We have kompo nosy mem bers of the establishment who were kind, affectionate, and exemplary in private life, bat where tempers were, nevertheless, not to be trusted on subjects con nected with orthodoxy —men, the whole stock of whose benevolence seemed to evaporate like gas at the approach of any thing heretical. In our opinion, mat ters of faith sod of conscience hate nothing in them* that should inspire either resentment or malignity. At present we have neither leisure nor inclination to enter on any topics connected with religious contro versy. We have no wish to canvass the relative ex cellence of the Protestant and Catholic church of Ireland. CHARITY is, or should be, a member of every church. Whatever public institutions existed the influence of moral virtue, are well-founded and useful. It is well that there should be a periodical day of repose set apart for the moral improvement of the people ; and whatever course of public instruction tends to subject their passions to their reason, and to make them better citizens and better men, deserves to be cherished by all classes as a common good. But we must not hope too much from ecclesiastical super intendence. We think that in this respect it has bees always the error of those who have had " the cure of souls" to create unreasonable expectations. The con fines of a newspaper do not permit us to discourse at much length on this point, but we will illustrate our meaning as concisely as we are able, from the oppor tunity afforded us by the present CHARGE. Adverting to such of his reverend brethren as in hie opinion have been heedless and lukewarm in the dis charge of their sacred functions, " I must sound in their ears," says the Archbishop, " the duties which they have disregarded. I mast warn them, that if they persevere in such neglect, the day will come when they will be called upon to render the tremendous ac count of an unfaithful stewardship." To us, the duty of a clergyman seems very sionista, and to be captyble of very easy and intelligible exphri nation. To entOrce the precepts of rational piety, to inculcate the principles of practical duty as it concerns our retadin to God and to our fellow-creatures, and to teach us that to contribute to their happiness is the best means of securing our own. This we apprehend to be its sum and substance. The Archbishop, we think, in his instruction to his clerical brethren, deals more in the confused scholastic phraseology of the "olden time," than the more reflective common sense of this advanced period is likely to approve. " What is the description" says be, " which our ordinatioe service preaseta of the character, duties, and obligations those who are adaiitted to the Christian ministry in our church') Are they not there expressly represented as the messengers, watchmen, and dowsed, of the Lard,' who ars ' to teach sod le premonisti, to feed, and to provide for the Lord's fatuity C" Now, without meaning any particular disrespect to the ordination service, we have a strong objection to this sort of technical puritanism in an address which, were it meant to answer any useful purpose, should have conveyed impressive and affecting truths, in plain and perspicnouslanguage. la the concerns of real religion, where any vital effect is to be produced, this sort of rebus-writing, for it is nothing better, is quite mis placed ; it is even worse than misplaced, for while it puzzles the ignorant, it perplexes even the better in formed, and obstructs the practice of moral duly, be cause it prevents it from being understood. While this sort of phraseology passes through the ear, it leaves no meaning behind, and strive as you will to interpret it, you can gain nothing. If we are speak ing of the establishment* of our modern nobility, we are perfectly understood when we talk of the =amen gets, watchmen, and stewards, who make a part of it ; but when the younger sons of these nobility, through the purchase of advowsons, or through the less expensive and more compendious channel of par liamentary interest, " are admitted to the Christian ministry in our church," to address them as " the messengers, watchmen, and stewards of the Lord," is really little better than profanation. Our modern evangelists appear to fancy that if they introduce the name of the Loan, it sanctifies all the jargon they couple with it. With persons of a certain rank of its telkct this may pass for " the mystery of godliness," 'Lod from persons of a certain rank of intellect- most )srgon may be expected. They may represent those , Delves as appointed " to feed and to provide for the :pord's table," while they are solely intent on providing. Ifle their own table, and feeding themselves at the cost' isf other people's labour. But an Ancuatsuor•ougbt not to consecrate this sort of style. Anadosonitiowit is useless; as instruction, it is worse than contemptible. There is- moreover another strong objection to this I perverted and puritanic phraseology. Sentimenti are conveyed and doctrines insinuated under it, which, . the I . • ' those who hold them tibtild hot dare to deliver phithijoriiiie eiga m aiih - Ike ifit.vegenitiesnitx.:4l, is the cont l / 4 11111011 1 1141,07 plitticaph tbitvetiticited, Oro eeede.to ;sebelterfts , ih the !Which", thht if shtttl to hippen thit the thureh, or soy memo thereof, obeli tate any hurt cft hindrance by 'reason el their negligonee," they should think with dread apt* the greatness of the fault, and the horrible punish:- meat that will ensue:' They are 'thus thrown into alarm, no doubt, in order that they may brink them ',elves with the greater activity; end if Obey wore charged to eufbree the observance of motel duty with greater zeal, and to exemplify the exercise of beam. Wee, devotion, forbearance, and of every practiCal virtee, with redoubled earnestness ; in this edseore Mould not quarrel with the stimulant, nor care with itios much activity they went to work. But when we beer it inculcated upon them *it they should, there fere, considering within themselves the " end of their Manion" towards the children of God, towards the' se and body of Christ," beware " that they never tease theirlebour, their mire and diligence, until they have done all that lieth in them, according to their bounden duty, to bring all inch as are or shall be committed to their charge into that agreement is the faith and knowledge of God, and to that ripens and perfectness of age ht Christ, that there be we ptace tilt among them either tar errer in religios, or for viciousness in life"— we confess that this savours of a spirit that we like nat. It seems to be neither more nor less than an excitement to pertetntion, glossed over with the jargon of sanctity. By what power, and tinder what ecclesiastical process, are these members of the priesthood to bring all who may differ from them in opinion into that cgreeneent in the faith, that no place be left among them for tattoo? We candidly confess, that we do not know who are here meant to be designated by the" children of Gots, and the SPOUrt and Bony of CH RIST :" bet we have no idea of any number of persons being thus forcibly thrust into communion with day children, or with a spouse or body of any kind! It is a proceeding to which no cant of tighteourness can reconcile us. We know of no authority that pals one man's soul into another man's charge, or any man's conscience into another man's keeping. It has not pleased God to cast every mind in the same mould. That, therefore, putting forth their own opinion as the standard, any order of men should represent themselves as com missioned from above to square all minds to the• same measure, and make them receptacles of the sum►' creed, is to attempt an imposition that might work its effect in the darker ages of ignorance and bigotry ; but to attempt, in these days, to dupe any persons of common sense by such pretensions, really one should ,have thought no Archbishop that had not been sound asleep for these last thirty years, would have hazarded the sentiment. We drop this subject for the present, but as we have much to add on the spiritual topics touched upon with so muck earnestness in this VISITATION CHARGE, we shall take as early opportunity of resuming it. CHDRCII PREFERMENT. His Excellency the LORD LI EXUMA wr has presented theßeverend Doctor Riot AM') HOOD to the benefice of Aghaboy, in the County of Monaghan. Dr. HOOD is the son of Mrs. loon, of Portarlington, under whose tuition his Ex cellency received the first rudiments of his education, at the early period of six years of age. Dr. Hoon is a most worthy clergyman; he is father to Lieutenant Hoon, R.N., who lately perished on the Northern Land Expedition of Discovery, and who was so highly distinguished by his science, skill, and enter prising spirit.—Dabtin Patriot. THE LATE AORICCLTURAL MEFTING AT EATti.— In the course of the Meeting, we are told that Sir T. LETIIIIRIDGE was asked, if the account was correct, ) which has been copied into all the papers from the Taunton Courier, as to his baying thirteen farms at present untenanted ; when the Hotionrable Baronet stated that he had only seven in that unfortunate state. —Bath Herald. Savo° Lino.—A smuggling-boat with 160 tubs of spirits, one bag of tea, and three bares of silk, which had come on shore, opposite the Norfolk Arms, West Cliff, at three o'clock on Tuesday morning, was seized by the Coast Guard and other revenue officers.— Brighton Herald. BERLIN, Dec. 14.—0 n the 12th of November a fanner's wife, of the name of WEISCHWILL, at Wil kischken, poisoned with arsenic her daughter, a girl of fifteen years of age, for fear she should make it known that her mother stole some geese. After the crime was dateovered, she confessed' that two years ago she dispatched her father-in-law in the same manner, to inherit his property sooner; and five months ago the husband of her eldest daughter, in order to marry her to a richer man. The following passage, which is one of Hume Lartuna's die courses, preached before Eattnan the Sixth, as it relates to his personal history, and as also a jest' picture of the ancient yeo manry, will not be unacceptable to Me reader, as It shoes like ethic the valve of land at that period:—" My father ea, a yeamma, and bed [vides of his owne; onlye he had a forme of three or fgur pound by yere at the uttermost ; and hereupon lie ao Mai -Mae k nee hdfir a doseu men. He had walks for a hundred 'Win, add' my mother mythed thirty kyne. He was able, and did tad the King a harnesse, with hinaelfe and bye horse, whyle he came tb' the place that he should receive the Kynges wages. I,eite it remember that Ibuekled hysarrica, when he weal late Melt heath Feld*. He kepte me to oriole, or eller I had net beam able to hive presehed before the Kyngra maiestie now. He manyed my Adore with fire pound', or twenty nobles a pee.; ea ant he Itroughtethem upin godliness and fear of God. He kepte boo pliable for. his pore neighbours, and seine almesa he gave to re, and all thys did he of thena)d farme." King EDWARD VI. his reign in 1547, and died in Ibie.. ROY SOUTHiIIY'I lIIIITORY OP TM. POPIRIII , LAII W•11.—W.111 Hosimasi.—••Two of the regiments which had been qaartered in Pumas were cavalry, mounted ye the fine black lorg-tailed An daludaalornes. It was impencticebleto bring of ties, heroes, about labia number; and Rom s ft; swam net a eras who eoulderdee delete be destroyed lest they shoold fall Mato the hands of the French; he was fond of horses himself, and knew that every/was watiottaebed to the beast which had carried bile eit far; aides faithfully. Their bridles therefore were taken of aid they were termed knee upon the bench. As they moved oK they *ow of the cautery horses and mares, which were feedi little dim - tante. A scene ensued sea aa prnba *aver was witaeseed. The Spanish hones are nit wllYad, and thee* were erosible that they were so I.sigartaaf , restarille haws power. A general evaintiet essik* , igi tie diselpHete that they had Jeartiedi they duneollosell othidt srptadforw of 10 ordll together; then closely • • theiriotefeet,nndbitingtied tenring eaeb ot coos rage a ndvsampliag over those al the 4inre, in the twainpoot a ounce of am boot, tiir with the find sod Aguish .Pliteof them had ben Int Itowedit ebbe/wound at otusedininne themes sinetwe bean/ ditoentattif the twee *WO shag ottwoditilidevino town ogee the litaviroat b op* dalladdlrOdwg the ounnutinot :istohient t with equal fury. Sublime as the Deere was l ,t i k . t i tr:ltege to be by otattiephintlk • gad soree. gat* "Men tee de/M*OW theta bet it was holed too tintrenutiottol attempt this; and after the lait boats quitted the beach, the few horses that remained were seen still engaged in the dreadful work of mutual deistruclion." If. . ~ .. • 0 ' • , • litiiiina Ow .. . . 1 2 1iit ll '. riiiiLI4IIIENTERY inseroar by 4111111 ST 111 1 11MPIVLIf. ditty* 'rift tlitieb. In tbarthis pllediedliig Le . tit% I line tilldiOdelhiPtd Waphrin thalrettire Of the 'greet • legighlttle Idfildfatly immediately lifter the Conquest, 'die 'extent of. its in risdiction, and the qualifications of its members. I have esomirated the severel soirees from which the Ring, the Barons, and the Clergy,itispectively, - derived 'their infirenee, and hinted it some of the causes of their rivalry. I now proceed, in historical order, to Mauch upon those more important events which gave vise lb the fierce animosities which, after spreading Wretchedness and desolation through the Country, tip. %limited in the emancipation of the people. But before I enter upon this branch of my subject, I bust earnestly entreat my readers to divest themselves Of all prejudices, whether those prejudices incline to monarchy or democracy. Prone to imitation, the ge nerality of mankind are apt to imbibe the sentiments of those with whom they usually associate, and the Opinions which are formed in youth acquire strength and consistency with advancing years. Early im pressions are difficult to be effaced, and whatever is advanced in opposition to the current opinions of the day, is sure to be receive& with besitafon and dis trust. Tel qui& oil recttnn,ntsi good plsenit sibi, dimwit ; vet gait terpe pntsbt piffere int noribus, et, qute ImberbiAidieere, seam perdenda fated. I am far from wishing that the present age should treat with indifference the opinions of their predeces sors, or arrogate to themselves any undue superiority. Bur I am persuaded that nothing has tended to fetter the human intellect, and retard the dissetnination of truth, so edhctually as a blind obedience to prece dent. He who would obtain correct and enlarge(' views must learn to think for himself, and be cautious, when consulting the Work of any celebrated writer, to guard himself against the prejodkes of the author.=-• This remark applies with peculiar force to Mr. Hume's History of England, which ought to have been entitled "An Apology for the Stuarts." To resume. On tb lr death of the Conqueror, his son William Belts as cended the throne, in exclusion of his elder brothel, Robert Duke of Normandy. The Duke had numerous partisans ready to maintain his cause, but as the Ba rons attached to each party held lands both in. Normandy and England, they were apprehensive lest an open rupture would deprive them of part of their possessions. A mediation took place, and as Robert was seized with the epidemic frenzy of crusading, be gladly mortgaged his lands to Ruins for ten thotisa marks, reserving to himself the right of succeeding .. '. 4 brother. During his absence in the Holy Land, thip: throne became vacant by the sadden death of ih'illimin, who was accidentilly slain while hunting in the Nell- Forest. As soon as intelligence of this event rea .•,` Henry, the youngest son of the Conqueror, who wa c.hit partaking of the same diversion with his.brother, he hastened to Winchester, seemed the royal tressu - and was shortly afterwards crowned et Wreistmiris 4 • by Maurice; Bishop of London. • , ; .- 4 , ,s, ..,.., „„I ~I j; • ' Here, then, we see a younger brother depriving lawful Sovereign of the throne, who, though gbh. was shortly expected to return from an expediti gbh. deemed tiered in those credulous days, in which bad acquired the must splendid reputation by his lour and military talents. The Duke of No r mandy, s addition to the right of primogeniture, could sup his claim by a solemn compact, entered - into bete himself aidßufus, and ratified by the principal NOV ptil bility. The mere circumstance, however, of being oft the spot counterbalanced , all these advantages, Ina enabled Henry to defeat 161 brother's pretensions. tis uncertain in those days was the law of hereditary suc- : cession ! But though. Henry had obtained the crown by his celevity aid vigilance, he wag well aware of the dif'. fieulty of retaining so valuable ad'ekfigiiiiin, antii apprehensivie lest Robert, on hit . retipt,,ii lt‘ il d. en deavour to recover his right by fors:net olds, ,he pm. dently resolved to conciliate the Baroei; mkt ' . his authority by conceding some of the hittA :at exactions of the prerogative. 'pith p i'4, l , eteength vexed a numerous assembly of the elegglasellWln by whom the validity of his title was regaginistifod in return for their submission he granted a char . ter,' lit. which he promised to relieve the nation from the tvi.. just and tyrannical oppression which had beep os4s-; cised by his predecessors. The most irnportaetelawalia in this 'charter of Henry- is the following :—" M.A. bus, qui per loricas terras sues defendant, quiAnt 1 atoi; omnibus gildis et ab omni opere, proprio dono mioiiiii., cedo." From this passage it appears, that io t h e, time of Rufus, if not previously, . persons lioldingibtfl knight service haSbeen subject to unlawful exactions, and also to certain lawful demands, described by the words " opera et glides," besides the stated military services. These gilds and works were lawful charges and the relinquishment of them by th e King wit , Y aw 4 fectly gratuitous and voluntary on his part, wltßti."4 • clearly shewn by the words, "Atoprio done wee ecillol cedo." But after the King herbals by a public. , abandoned this branch of the prerogative, thetertirtoti in capite were in future released from all obligatiesli; • which did not immediately How from their respective tenures. From this period the consent of . the !mita' 1 Oroprietors besusne necessary to raise pantile/LI grants. „,.,. e , i ..1.41.1 • 4% This sinthi transaction, if attentively exa m 4 , will mom to the reader a. tblerilitY accerate idekfe, the manner in which the Grower was gradually de ..c.a.!.. spoil e d of itatikageer, and of tlittleWiehtaimployea t • by the Barons to Itilivancontriv own pri \ Nobility al eagetly . aviailefil . tonity to break.•4ot. ykil .. a dispnted sietceisibu• allece- 1 0--- --. ' • 4 the conditicet et We I&% hi m or upon the happening ` r , ' V `.. I'l • t . , . , ,1/44 bterablY overt W gradtiall t i de.o. - • theLexpecliebtaign Me t e • It? own rnivilegrs. Tha &selves of every otips-vt tritigittive,•atid Rai Afrite. they ; ib 'the throne. Duriiiel •• ening of any favourable '4l _^ ~:y.