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jpril 24, 1841

Kfttraturr.

POETRY.

'II 'UPON FOUR INFANTS

Beneath this stone four sleeping infants lie;
If deat h
SaY were they lost or saved ?
,
If h Bby sin, they sinned, for they lie here ;
eaven 's by works, in heaven they can't appear
lteason, ah, how depraved ! ,
iTivere the Ilible's sacred page, the knot s untied,—.._
eY died, for Adam sinned; they live, for Jesus cued

n
-ttiATUOR INFANTES EPITAPHIUM

QuTsatuor his tumulis infantes pace quiescunt ;
pe"le, periere, colunt an super astra plagas ?
f,catiirn seßuitur Si fixo ex ordine letum,
pe_eceavisse tibi saxa docent. .
Xrestsi rnerita est mther sibi cuique petenaus,
i poterunt quoinodo luce frui ?
'Net, heu I ratio. Alodo, gum sacra pagma tradit,
41,ts
res patefacta jacet.
" Peccavit Adam, pmnas trt morte luei:unt ,
tit vivant, Chriaus mortuus usque dabit.

NOTICES

kte
dio°PhY; or the Mode of Preventing
of Disease, by a
,
,PPreciation of the Grand Elements Vitality—
Air64t and Water, By Edward Bascome, M.D.,

Ae nprizti 8 Wood, London.
teeth,""'ng promise, we resume our remarks on this
°eine thlMePort.ant ipublication,—intramural burial
vettsl subleet which next presents itself to our notice,
er glad to observe that a public meeting. has
ktse 14 the metropolis for the purpose of devising
the co theme of interment less injurious to the health 9f
bitY orotunitY than that at present adopted in the vici-
From t dwellings.
would "e nothing evinced," Writes Dr. Bascoline,
!, aPPear that short of one of. those
was won
Zediatp iniQuiti. •

o the eviis and perils of such
-, elipiVtunai whiChlllioeya lennsspeiter of common sense, actuated
The f Y and foolhardiness, still perpetuate."
' trnheeeniizti:_tets.loili°rvt'veelidn Bing 0
historical sketch of the mode of inter-
t6among the ancients will be read with
~ Y interest. It affords a striking contrast. to
/13,eiltivfilPr wisdom of succeeding ages ; and the excite-
;e tn.)ell this valuable pamphlet has produced among
44 Lon'Pal Profession, as well as other influential parties
Peaderima.a, is another reason why we wish to present our
Bt4teofwith as much of the narrative as the crowded
The aur columns will admit of :-
16):81n4URYPtians and Asiatics practised interment from the
/poi)! hel4, tittle. Subsequently, it be.csameesetlgotfounstooifutit,e
bu:ral ori,2!soco.f the dead.idßy Heoomr ' d
etlhat the Greeks used
te,,,'lttießrzlls
e`a4riiry
alsutsileitTwroajuan aypwar. They also had recourse
44 Of rit, as is seen by their historians, who,give r ace-
to ye. pie Mariner in which the body was placed . n, th
ward thiltareh tells us that they were laid with their faces
thahti iriB least or towards the west; and Cicero informs us
Ztell, e'dr'Y es,tiM.a those of Cecrops, interment was alti:!-
„itl'hai-e use obys th Greeks,—but
wit have ample testi-
lk,"ealaijat°,), that it always took place out their cities,
,wans dlr.albongst the Jews and Greeks, from whom the
ot-:resin- ''''''' ''. '

ut „ tne practice. We have several passages in the
• "it, showing that the Jews buried their dead to:th-
utiope. c,itY. Thus, the sepulchre, in which Joseph laid our
itt°ll4, xix"(lY, was the same place where He was crucified
Nate taught); which was near the city (John, xix. 20). And
lib•li01) telt in St. Matthew (xxviii. 52, 53), Oa!, at our Loi-d s
ti e graves were opened, and many bothes of the saints
04 ept
Vanal arose and came out of the graves after his resurrec-
Went into the Holy City and appeared unto many."
be
2bur. g (0 remind our readers that the places set apart
reslc ter are generally called cemeteries, which is a
na4 ra signifying " a place of rest or sleep," and
'lltistiP led to common places of interment by the early
.ans.

gg
t011e7714,
n. giving an account of the unhappy death of hi
!,114, Which hannanond nronno nava that h

'.1111,/1 unppciicia bityrt, LIIUL LIU
any means obtain leave of the Athenians to allow
ifte '44le ''ns-Place within the city. The Romans observed thtrwarciscpstom from the first biiilding of the city, v‘hich
be4r, hurri ,!,Jecame a law, as settled by the Decemviri.
re 4 the hg.ii?r bury within the city.' They Lenerally buried.
i%ohsiiin,,s.eern6';‘LaY._B, infields appropriated to the purpose. Their

well as civil

~e'O tells the
then, inscription on the monuments, ' Sta viator!'
There of Putt iftveir' that the air might not be corrupted by the
°tits. ere of
, • ng bodies."
Liclde
of u pe no doubt the early Christians also buried
12!al-ro..._ cities. brit 1 utr fttaracrn re] a I. rws:-1 h ;so

r ---, um. to aiterwaros tneir
it'49babi 'os to the vicinity of the churchestransrerrea within towns,
b"lclin, thef or the purpose, as Dr. Bascome states, of re-
se who ente.redtheir own mortality!,
the church is surrounded by houses, it is
atiots du a fit situation ; for the emission of putrid ex-
very i ing the decomposition of animal bodies must
te, oiurious to health, and we are inclined to attri-
tes oftri rgreat proportion, to this cause the numerous
tow;1*11s fever so prevalent in this thickly-popu-
But to proceed with our interesting narra-
de,,i! is
bea,aig tj,`„l,",ted of Propertius, that he was very earnest in
here the "e might not be buried after the ordinary custom
bitie, how, !id, for fear it should disturb his shade. There
of inter, exceptions amongst the Romans to the prehi-
Witt; S-ervi "Mural burials, as in the case of the vestal virgins,
to ,'4 the u.s informs us, were allowed by law a burying-place
to gne 4,4 Y. The same privilege or honour was permitted
hoe :uriei„-traordinary persons, as to Valerius Publicola, and
PliCre 41.8, to continue to their heirs; yet none of their fami-
itan,..-t, srl!rwarde intorrini thm-. th.

ep Aook it away, as an attestation of the deceased's
rertiov4_,,, his receding from the honour. The body was
,et' for burial to another place without the city.
Dolij.kirie.l.ent Persians never buried in cities or towns.
bringo, pt7erre interred on a high hill on the east of Perso-
icihlng.rZylbroughou.t Persia and the Levant, there were
.

ee- ~oces except those without the city.
fro' the ?neteries of the Turks were always without the towns,
to1111115!Ir Might not be corrupted by the vapours arising
pby eaVes ; they in like manner as the Romans, also
kipy te-„e sides of highways, that travellers may be rtminded
tilt 4 Of ,e'nd for the deceased. The Chinese adopt a similar
tl,O s, by imiture. Eusebius informs us that when the Chris-
Stio' hao prn.ur burial nstantine, built churches in the cities,
towns their places allotted them outside the cities
D.4hAten •
tso, °f 11(11/1 to Gregory of Tours, it was not until the latter
tik;sterie! Itxth century, about 590, that funeral-places and
intl.,: within the towns were consecrated.
tipnel riral burials and churchyards, it would seem, origi-
to `s or ti.".e idea that persons passing the graves of their rela;
Ito°,l.fer 2:lends.

Lucu way W WO151111). ungur reunnueu
ti;LI ;11.,- prayers for them ; and the prntit. might also be
ilOacath, ive. The gross and horrible indignities now so
N4thY. cdrered to the dead in consequence of over-crowd-
tiaT 'caudal of our national religion and character as a
t4,.'ry te°Ple, could never have been Wa contemplated; on the.
s intended to offer a sacred asylum for the mor-
n Puq)..Of those whose memories were dear to us.
;!uti informs us, that the ancients greatly opposed
le.'"at ti`loll Of burying in towns and churches, and on that
Wee% a e. CCU/Jells of their bishops made several canons and
fia orpinat intramural and church burials.
after Christianity, they never presumed to
Sh the' temple the carnicle of the dead ; on the contrary,
Nvt the an
mode of burial without the city began to be
tr 111,4 burials in churches were opposed by authority. A
lesi"tle Theodosian code has these words :—` Let no one
f.o,at the churches of the apostles and martyrs were
n4tedile heir burial-places for the dead.'
‘„lthr, wit hug buried in or near a church, we are told,. origi-
Lhih:llo the first Christian Emperor, Constantine, who,
b''.e did not desire to be buried within the curch. (a
daY unheard of), was resolved that hiss emains
tani.ialkizePosited as nearly as possible to it, and they were
a;:4oph,' inhumed in the porch of the great church at Con-
§ubsequently the practice increased, and persons
nt'Okli"''uirried a similar privilege ; their inferiors again,
WeY claim d t the riott of being buried within the Yikrollbaled reenaLed_ iteiinnohonour to be buried as near thereto as

out'iletiractlioetsllT reason assigned for large courts and
(To BE CONCLUDED IN OUR NEXT.)

VARIETIES

i
toh. BLUNDER.—At the Monmouthshire assizes,
terltterttbleoltrnan made a lapsus Unglue, which caused
former, Plerrirnent in court, particularly amongst the
loft the the Ol the " long robe. Mr. Skinner was e oun-
qla,nl th Ptosecution in a case, in which the
he fie•-„,,e jury Prisoner. His attorney applied for his dm-
Justice Coltman, addressing Mr. Barrett,
kt,,ied Car of the gaol, said, " Tell Skinner he is dis-
kto h-!ette",.:° jury have acquitted him, and he may go.'
rl4 ;,r,coutisel, rising from his seat, made a low bow
OlrtislniP, and said, " Thank you, my lord." The
is tioßht: barristers present immediately burst into
thrki„ 1.! Peal succeeding peal forsome Tinute.se,
joined
' "linself and the rest of the audience d
gene •
%o t Merriment.
E•
ll •
ez„A.,, afternoon.rn9lSCOVEßED BY A DOG.—Nicholson was
ti
the and taken fn fha enntar

... ..,.
'b'eel3h.:"SPUr-Street. I Went tiereto—seehim,aand
Illheopfi'llanied by the Governor to the cell in which he
te;,,tertic,ll,,ed• Whilst speaking to him, a little black and
1 'l7ll -41-d" placed its fore-paws upon his knees, and
14ipte"o?0,iek6hisbreeches, which were made of some
110e0 14. red velveteen. Observing this, the Governor
t''‘ 4 1-14 1.411 to remove them. On afterwardtsnihohldwinags
%,;:tltly,,?,he light, the front part
of
each
thigh
it to
it kb'ath bi-',-,4,14e(1, and a little moisture soon
14,41'40i0 '°"• The Governor remarked that pmroy.v-do, wes
IN, lie,„118 little fellow ; but I could not
.own.h.ims
wgfo.re_l
N 4: u'aAt before seen him ; and all the inquirie
terhiohr
il TilUentlY made could not discover a mas
thee loa" the more extraordinary because a public
g
4,0144: Posted at the gates of the prison fo bi
''lttli4 to he °f dogs. In the evening I sent tothrerison
40,1, ~,,•"ave the dog, as I had heard he had not been
‘'itg49,/Aells-remarkable to say—he as
, A ,IJa pna"'„ hetad entered, AND WASNEVER AFTER-
',II . ritz,,,,- ' III) Experiences of a Gaol Chaplain.
e ZLtt) so,ft,SICETCH OF PEEL.—Another curious feature
et Pal, vti to less than the political idiosyncrasy of h
4 ki: ttlitli- theextreme facility with which he will.sacri-
-411 tor- 413 d Principle to his notions of expediency.
4 rjtiter"atnPle :—suppose yourself and a Liheral and
41tetll'e I'Qi‘soba in company together ; and, in the course
Ilti'-frt,)l4- erts4aeti°4, You say--
that-
.three and. five make eight,
lk., ro y r Persons, having different ideas of a.rithme-
-14% ttb °"° take issue with you upon the point, and
thoett4l ktti.t itil'Fee and
five make six : you appeal to the
LltekL° p44ls opinion. He knows as well as ou that
OthrgieC°ns are wrong and you right ; but his notions
n-
N ha th OY, and the profound conviction which he e t
tlit IN at the few should yield to the many, preven
ILN(lltiltiestioniv,hiag a candid straightforward opinion
,upon
%,, bu NI nd he answers you in this way : 'M_ y
41 ,es ' You must not strain these matters too far.
tiohk4ve s' You ~
k -,ti.- trial( --aye good reasons for saying that three
fla,ltits 'se eight ; and my other friends also have
ee . Cher reasons for saying that three and. five
'oil' In • bzterefore, I should recommend both parties to
_
to t4u, satin
.Itiektit dothgttl.airt
sthhorneoelrddanrdiemake seven ; and, if
IV:ttcl,,? the Doint, • recommend you, my old boy,
prevent its being further
I°.• p,.,lPhe poolii of eLiboerals, by Gabriel Good-
' intect for Private Circulation.