The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-01-02 00:00:00

L.4UNCW OP THK HERE FRIGATE.

Monday, the day appointed for launching the
ifeLe frigate. at 101 Majesty's yard, at Deptford,
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales signi-
fied her intention of honouring the launch with her
presence. At a Quarter past one o'clock Het Royal
Highness arrived in a coach and four, attended by
two Ladies: they were conduBed on board the
Aral Sovereign yacht, and very politely received
by Admiral Douglas ; the Volunteers of the Yard
saluted Her Royal Highness as she passed, and the
band of the Tower Hamlets Militia played God wee
the Krag. At half past one the frigate dashed must
majestically into the water, amidst an immense con-
course of speetators,the band playing Rate Br itsawa.
Immediately after the launch Her Royal Highness
went into the state room, and after taking some re-
freshment, landed, and left the Yard, greeted by the
buzlas of the speetators. Her Royal Highness was
dressed in a green velvet pelisse, and velvet hat and
feather of the same calcur, and appeared in very
good spirits. The frigate is pierced for 96 guns,
but rated only at st; she is already coppered, and
will be speedily rigged and fitted for sea. She is
built of fir, and has been but little more than fobs
months under band. No accident of any kind
occurred.

. The Crewe, WILLI a essoN, of Greenock, Wit
wrecked on the 11th ult. in Lagan flay, Islay; crew '
saved, but tie vessel and cargo will he totally lost.
A brig is also wrecked near the same place, anti
crew peddled; she is supposed from Sliyr I some
butter casks are drictn en shore.
AN [COOT I of the E.arlre t.llaiallati, from the
ytunpublished Posthumous its of MAIVICIP tat.
—Lot d At nrsiA "Et, the English Ambassador, who
died at Paris, was as much reeritted in France as
in his own country. He possrned, in an eminent
degree, all the qualities that constitute the Gentle-
man. Combining dignity with frankness, sensi-
bility with a high sense of honour, and sincerity
n ith pnliteness, he united all that is amiable and es-
timable in the French and F.ngli.h charade,. He
had for his mistress a most amiable woman; and
pl)whom envy tweet could reproach with anything but
her attachment to him. She became my friend, and
consecopently mewed me the friendship of' I ord
At cat/MILK. The name of this Lady was G.e.
cues, the name of her infancy; her name of en.
dearusene was LoLoric. Her lover said to hvr,
.11C evening, as be looked at his star, w Do tint
view it so earnestly, my dear, I eiinnot give it yen."
Love never explained itself more delicately. Its
Lordship hoovered the ohjed of his attachment by
t'e highest esteem, and the most render respell; 311,1
he was not the only one who entertained the same
senuments towards her. Equally affedionate and
beautiful, one manenly could please hei ; and an
erre*, into which the inexperience of youth had pre.
cipi:ated innocence, assumed in her a character of
nobleness and decorum, which vice never was C:i pa-
ht• of displaying. Faithful, modest, disinterested,
her love was in every resped virtuous, except that it
was not le,,itimate. Thine two lovers would have
formed the oust poled models for spouses.
The charader of NIJACITIOIgeIie G•LCIlta, was
finely expressed in her pet son. There was a some.
thing romantic and fabulous in her beaut: , of which
one might have formed an ideal picture, but which
never was seen betiire. flee SWlue had the majesty
of the cedar, and the graceful ease of the poplar;
her walk was languid, -but in the negligence of her
carriage there was an unaffeeted mixture of freedom
and delicacy. With her image present to my mind,
I drew my Shepberdesi 41. t( taw .4/p. A lively image
nation and a solid understanding gave to her tad a
strung rniemblance to that of SlontalOPlt. Hu
Essay I formed her favourite book ; her language was
full of it; she spoke with the same freedom, anima-
tion, and ease, and frequently with the same energy
and felicity of expression. I was charmed with her
es
much alit is possible to be charts:es! with a 'orbit.,
withsazt being in love. Nest to the cunversation ut
Voss- els a, ber's was to me the most ettrallhve.
We became intimate hinds the mama we knew
doh other.

MEMOIR
OF Till LATE rEV. JOUR CASPAR LAVATER.

John Caspar Lavater was born in the year 1741,
of very respectable parents, in the city of Zurich,
Switzerland, who, to the best of their knowledge
and abilities, educated him in the striClest principles
of vittue and rehgion.
From his infancy he had many serious impres-
sions ; and, when only seven years old, felt himst If
orongly drawn to se,:l; Gnd by prayer. "To or..
God," says he, ‘• as my ow„ God, was one of the
earliest and most deeply impressed ideas in my mind.
Observing the indifference of others towards Gnd, I
was determined to make the best use rd him I could.
I felt a need of his presence, and made it a constant
pranice to pour out my heart before him in fervent
prayer every morning and evening : yet my light
and volatile disposition oftentimes disturbed me in
my !devotions. 'I o listen t 9 t..e sermons was too
tiresome for me, so I took my little Pocket Bible to
the place of worship ; and, with the greatest eager-
ness; I read the Histories of the Old Testament,
.More especially that of Elias and Elitha. Christ
;and the New Testament had but a small share of
Imy attention or affettion at that time."
• When ten years of age, young Lavater freely de-
clared' his intention to devote himself to the mi-
nistry, and, notwithstanding all the objedions and
difficulties he had to encounter, he never changed
his mind, but zealously applied himself to the study
of the Latin language, and other branches of human
learning requisite for this purpose.
In his fourteenth year he had a dangerous fit of
sickness.—" When thus taken ill," says he, " I se-
riously refieCted upon my former life, endeavouring
to purify my heart, most heartily forgiving every
received injury, and asking pardon of all those to
whom* I suspeeted I had given the least offence."
This illness, he adds, left lchind it many a serious
impression.
Soon after this, having taken a long walk on a
very hot day, and too eagerly drinking more wine
than he coald bear, he got nearly intoxicated,
which grieved him this very heart.
" iiardly." says- he, " any occurrence in my
whole life has made such an indelible impression
upon my mind as this accident. I shed streams of
penittAtial tears, and nothing could erase the re-
membrance of it front my mind; and, even now,
atter the lapse of twenty-six years, it serves me as
a powerful warning never to exceed moderation in
drinking, in the least degree."
In the fifteenth year of his age, a violent shock of
an eat thquake, and the happy departure of his elder
brother, greatly contributed to confirm and to in-
cresve the good impressions and pious resolntions of
his mint'.
" When," says he, my brother was in his last
moments, he sat tip in his bed, lifted up his hands,
and, inoking up stiallastly Coward Heaven, ex-
claimed, " Behold. I see the /leavens (vted. and
the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God !
Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit."—
Tints saying. he sunk down and expired. All of
us were dissolved in tears. Now I saw my brother
a dead corpse on the very same spot on winch I was
born, I felt quite heavenly.minded. Death and
Heaven were my only thughts; so I went to bed :
but when I awoke the next morning, I felt quite
pleased in my having become the eldest son of the
family, mind the heir of the cabinet of natural curio-
sities which my brothel had collefted. I could not
help abhorring myself, on account of this sudden
change of mind. .! Oh ! vanity of vanities! all,
indeed, is vanity!"
When young I.avater entered upon Isis academi-
cal Course, his talent soon began to shine forth so
brilliantly, as to attraCt the notice of the most learn-
ed charseters, who were as that,. time Professors in
the College of %illicit, some of whom endeavoiered
to encourage and duet! his rising genius.
Daring the three years of his studying divinity,
he was most deeply impressed with a sense of the
infinite importance of well-employed or mil-spent
time; and had such views of the awitiliteo; of sin,
and the holiness of God, that he oftentimes hum-
bled himself in the dust. He made it a point of
conseienre daily to examine himself, watching over
all hisahonglits, words, and aaions, and most sin-
cerely bewailing, not only every improper action,
which he had done, but even every imanre motive
which might have inditeneed his conslttgl. At the
s one•tinie. C'heist, in his person, and all his endear-
ing charailets and offices, was rendered exceedingly
precious to his soul. 'ru him he approached,
" weary and heavy laden," seeking rest for his im-
mortal soul, and entirely devoting himself to his
blessed service.
In confirmation of what has just been stated, we
subjoin a few =rads from Mr Lavater's journals
anti letters, written about this time. In the early
part of his twentieth year lie thus expresses his feel-
ings in a Tester to a friend :
" Alas! what a sinner lam ! Oh ! that all ere-
ated beings might weep h-fore Gnd on my behalf!
and yet their combined efforts could not save me.—
No, no ! I have sinned against the infinite Majesty
of I leaven ! but, lo I the Creator himself becomes
man, my brother I He lies prostrate beim his
Fa-
tbet ! he prays and wrestles• and sheds tears of blood
for me; even for we! ! what boundless love and
compassion ! I am lost it wonder, love, and praise,
and melted in tears of shame and gratitude! I bow
before him, and adore!" . . . .
In another place, he says,—" When I examine
t!te secret springs of my anions, words, and thoughts,
sincerely as in the presence of God, I must confess
that 1 do not always ad from a principle of pure
love to God, and a sincere seward to his glory ; but
alas! inn often I observe selfish motives, which I
Fatima but consi.fer as grievously sinful. Genuine
religion rests not satisfied with a mere outward
form it requires the heart. All virtues, considered
in themselves, ere a mere mechanical motion, if
they are void of the Spirit's enlivening influence.
Morality, without the heart, is like a body without
the .oul. Both reason and revelation plainly tell us,
that IV, good *Aims have no value whatsoever, it
God he not their source, aim, and end. Now, for
my own part, I will not deny the reel good which
the grace of God enables me to perform; for in.
stance, when I gave alms, 1 seldom can discover any
thing in it like hypocrisy, but rather I Jo it with the
sincerest joy, and generally with a single eye to the
glory sit God. But, alas' too often I observe, in
die coulee of my conversation *A others, a want of

that simplicity and sincerity wi ich ix so preciaus
in the sight of God, and for the attainment of
which I long. Often I use improper expressions,
and speak in a way diflated by self-love, seeking
not so much the glory of God as to please my-
self. Sometimes pure motives to please God
are so intermingled with an impure desire to
please myself, that 1 can hardly ascertain which is
the prevailing principle. From this I cannot but
infer, that I am not free from pride; and, should
any doubt remain whether this really be the case,
my being so very prone to anger, and that inward i
grief I feel within, when reproved for any thing
done amiss, ought to convince me that I have a proud
and irritable temper."
" I know," says he, in another letter, " that I
am wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind,
and naked : but, blessed be od, there is a book call-
ed the Wok, in which I meet with a plentiful supply
of the most approved and never-failing remedies,
by a good use of which I may become rich, healthy,
and clothed. I know that I cannot be saved with-
out love to God and man ; for, without it, no true
happiness can possibly exist. Now, the Holy Scrip-
tures tell me, that love is the fruit f the Spirit; that
the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the
Holy Ghost. But how 201 Ito obtain this sacred
Spirit? This Jesus plainly tells me, Luke xi. 13.
How foolish, then. any longer to delay ! .
" All that tan render a man completely happy,
both in this world and the world to come, is set lortli
in the Scriptures in the most distind, exalted, and
solid way; so that there is no book in the world
which could lead us to any higher degree of wis-
dom, virtue, and happiness, than that which is ob•
tainable by attending to the blessed doftrines of the

Bible
" One, and only Otte there is, in whom I find ten
thousand times more delight, than in every thing
else. I mean Hirn who was God, who is to be the
Judge of the world, who, far are, became man, to
reconcile me to God ! 0! how happy am I ! Now
my soul feels its immortality !•'
In another letter, Mr. Lavater, after having de-
scribed the sinful situation of a wicked man in his
dying hours, thus addresses his friend :
" 0, my dear friend 1 i rejoice over you; but.
pray, never depart any more from the good way of
righteousness I Never look back I First of all, en-
deavour to be reconciled to God by a dying Saviour,
and then you may cheerfully run the way of his
commanalmens.
" Until you have felt a godly sorrow, and an
anxious concern about your sins ; until yon ha e
bewailed them with tears of the most unfeigned re-
pentance ; until you cheerfully give up your weep-
ing heart to the Sun of God, deeply lamenting those
very sins that nailed him to the cross; until you be-
come sick, as it were. with lore to him ; until you
confidently embrace his. knees, humbly applying for
a blessed experience of his healing powers ; until you
have repeatedly experienced and exercised these
things, you must never flatter yourself with
making real advancer, in the Christian life. I
know, by sad experience, how often we fall into
sin and temptation, so long as we remain too tondl)
attached to any objelt of earth and sense. If we
do not deeply abhor and detest sin, from an caper's-
mental view of its exceeding great sinfulness and
awful consequences, we go oar way, and fondly
imagine that we are better than the common bulk
of sinners ; but even the smallest remainder of the
most subtle pride may prove a snare to us, to lead
us astray from the narrow way of life.
In the year 1762, Mr. Lavater, after having
finished his Theological Studies, entered into holy
orders, to the great satisfaCtion of his Professors;
but under very humble views of Iris own attain-
ments.
" The principal duties of my new station," says
be, " require a close application to the acquisition
of solid and scientific knowledge, and of exemplar y
piety. which ought eminently to shine far above the
virtues of the very best private ChlibtiAns. A cler-
gyman ought to be possessed of a very solid and
extensiye knowledge of the lauguages, and of philo-
sophy ; but my progress in these necessary branches
of learning is very imperlea ; and how infinitely
short do I fall of those moral aceomplishmetts
which ought to adorn a worthy minister!
" But, shall I rest satisfied with this humble ern-
fession?—No.—l will humbly cast myself down be-
fore my Creator and Redeemer, and firmly resolve
to suive after the highest Jew CC of perfeaion ; never
to makes stand; never to get weary in honouring
God : above all things, net to become the slave of
man ; not to look for my own advantage; but I
will endeavour, by the grace of God, to try all my
alines by the rule of St. Paul: - Wad/se/seri:est
fwtb Is Ain. Thus afting, I shall prove a good sol-
dier of Jesus Christ, and aft in a manner becoming
his faithful servant."
Soon after his ordination. I.e thus addressed one
of his dearest friends : a You have preached this
day ; and, I trust, with mnch success 0 let us
consider t.. infinite importance of addressing im-
mortal beings in the name of God ! May the pC,aci.
pie of St. Paul never tail to be yours : a We ineach
not ourselves, but Christ Jesas the Lord ; and our-
selves, your servants, for Christ's sake."
Mr. Lavater was only twenty-one years old when
he performed an ;salon which cannot but highly in.
terest every impartial reader in his favour : emit
lived in the city of Zurich, and even a member of
its senate, a mew wretched character, who. during
the time hr h id been prtfea over a distria of the
Canton, had committed innumerable aas of the
grossest injustice ; such abominahte crimes, that Ali
the country people loudly reproached and cursed
him ; but no one dared to call him to public ac-
count. he being related to several gentlemen who
were members of the Zurich government. and sags-
in-law to the principal magistrate of the city. Mr.
I.avater, after having often heard of. and duly ex-
amined into, the atrocities of the podia, committed
even against helpless widows and orphans, CIAIII at
last no longer retrain himself: his tender feeling
Mart was glowing with the noblest sentiments of
justice and humanity, and fek an irresistible desire
to plead the cause of the pour and oppressed. Ile
was fully AN-Ate its it hi. stepp.ng forward in
this can e would expose hint ti the trowels of
the great and mighty, and occasion much un-
easiness and anxiety even so his nearest and desire
est illations but he was determined to obey God
rather than man. Having priparedr himself by
Laing prayer, and consulted an intimate Wend,

daughter.

•
he first addressed a letter to the Prefact; in when.
he strongly reproached him for his detestable 'AZ.
tions; and freely declared his full imention to bring
him to public j:tsrice, should he not restore his spoil_
within the term of two months. This time haariii;
elapsed, and the warning proving in vain, Mr. Lat.
vater proceeded to print a most solemn indiatnera
against him ; which he caused to be delivered u:
every Member of the Zurich government. At fa,:
he kept his name a secret; but when called upon,
he came forward in the most open manner. nobly
avowed and fully proved the points of his Wilt.
latent before the whole assembly of the tlimate; 4nd,
had the unspeakable satisfaflion to se•r the wicket
Prefes% who, conscious of his guilt, had saved him-
self by flight, solemnly condemned by law, his ut-
just property conti,cated, and restoration made te
the triumphant cause of oppressed poverty and in.
nocence.

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MARRIAGES

Yesterday morning, at Ipswich, Major Rdy,
Cen Vtrarde, to Miss Dalton, of I mwich.
()It Woluesa.al laati at Glonce,ter, lien Es-; I
Lieutenant of the Faring,lon Volonte •rs. to
daughter of the late John I3edw 11, Fay. Pinker, of Ci:en
cester.