Hutchinson, written by herself, a frag ment. Speculations on various Subjects, consisting of a Series of Literary, Moral, and Religious Essays. By Mr. MAC KENZIE. The Ides of March, and the Nones of September, inscribed to the Potentates of Europe. By Captain Fairman, author of several political and popular tracts. The Labyrinth demolished; or, the Pioneer of Rational Philology. By the Rev JAMES GILCHRIST, author of "Reason the True Arbiter of Language." A new Map of the World; exhibiting at one view the extent, religion, population, and degrees of civilization; with illustrative notes. By JAMES WYLD. A new Musical Work, called "The Pianoforte Pocket Companion," intended to present a popular view of the science and practice of Musick, on a principle hitherto unapplied, in melody simplified and harmony illustrated, with respect to keyed and other instruments. A Whole-length Portrait of Miss O'Neill, in the Character of Juliet, from a picture painted by George Dawe, Esq. R. A. To be engraved in mezzotinto by Mr. G. MALE. Proposals have been issued for publishing Plans, Elevations, and Sections of Buildings, public and private, executed in various parts of England, &c. including the plans and details of the New Custom-House, London, with descriptions. By DAVID LAING, Architect and Surveyor to the Board of Customs. Mr. WOOLNOTH, on account of the time requisite to finish his Plates of Canterbury Cathedral in the manner in which he is desirous they should meet the eye of the Publick, has resolved to postpone publishing until the commencement of the ensuing year. This delay, from our knowledge of Mr. Woolnoth, we may safely pronounce to be generally beneficial to the work. The second livraison of the splendid French work on Egypt has made its appearance, and is principally devoted to the remains of antient Thebes. Many of the plates measure six feet. Among other remarkable objects, the celebrated colossal figure of Memmon, which was said to emit an harmonious sound at the rising of the sun, still exists in the plain of Thebes. It is remarkable that the French Artists attest that they beard similar sounds at sun-rise in another place covered with blocks of granite. Is it possible that the rapid change in tue temperature of the air can, by its action upon the stone, produce this effect? In the palace and tomb of Osymandyas is still standing one of the largest and most beautiful colossal figures of rosecoloured granite, which must weigh upwards of two millions of pounds, and have been brought thither from a quarry 200 miles distant. The palace of the Propylæa, as it is termed, contains a hall supported by columns, the dimensions of which may afford some idea of the prodigious magnitude of these remains. It is 50 fathoms in length, and 25 in breadth; 134 pillars, each 65 feet high, support the roof, which is composed of immense blocks of stone. The whole church of Notre Dame, at Paris, would stand in it. "We can scarcely express," say the writers, "the disagreeable impression made upon us by the first works of Grecian architecture that we saw, after a residence of eight months among these antiquities. The elegant Corinthian columns appeared slender, and without solidity; and their rich capitals an unmeaning decoration. It required some time before we could recover our former taste. Grecian architecture possesses the utmost elegance and beauty of proportion; the antient Egyptian, a noble simplicity, not destitute of elegance, and a grandeur that elevates the mind." This work opens a new world, a boundless field for inquiries concerning antient history, commerce, literature, and science. Much that modern writers have hitherto only conjectured relative to the antient intercourse of nations, and the higher degree of their culture, is here reduced to certainty. The nephew of the celebrated WIELAND has signified his intention of publishing this year a collection of his uncle's Letters to some of the most distinguished characters and literati of his time, as well as his epistolary correspondence, of a confidential nature and late date, with a German Princess, on the subject of the most important events and most celebrated personages of modern times. This collection will take in nearly the whole space of Wieland's literary career, beginning with the year 1763, and ending in 1812. It will include few letters which have been before in print. M. BOTTA, bookseller and printer at Tubingen, in Suabia, has purchased all the manuscripts of the late Prince de Ligne, for 10,000 francs. Dr. ESTLIN'S Unitarian Christian's Statement and Defence of his Principles, in reference chiefly to the Charges of the Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of St. Da vid's; a discourse delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Unitarian Society in South Wales, held at Llangyndeirn, in Carmarthenshire, July 6, 1815, and published at their request. SELECT SELECT POETRY. THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, or LA BELLE ALLIANCE. By WILLIAM THOMAS FITZ-GERALD, Esq. ARRAIGN'D by Nations, let THE CULPRIT stand [hand! At EUROPE'S Bar-and there uplift his The shades of murder'd ENGHIEN, PALM, and WRIGHT, Awful accusers! shall appal his sight! And all the MASSACRES that mark his reign [Plain, The bones that whiten JAFFA's dreary With those that bleach beneath the Northern sky, All on his head for RETRIBUTION Cry! MERCY, too long abus'd, will cease to plead [BLOOD TO BLEED! When the WORLD dooms THE MAN OF And should degraded FRANCE his cause maintain, [bis PAIN *." She shares his GUILT, and ought to share So sang a Bard whose lays for years express'd The honest hatred of a PATRIOT BREAST, Against the vile OPPRESSOR of mankind, To whose black crimes some dazzled eyes were blind : The Muse's prophecy's complete at last, Thy reign, DETESTED CORSICAN, is past! And Heaven decreed, in its appointed hour, [TYRANT'S power. That BRITAIN'S arm should crush THE But where's the Bard, however grac'd his [fame? Can venture to describe great WELLESLEY'S Such BARD, in strength and loftiness of lays, name, May soar beyond hyperbole of praise, And yet not give the tribute that is due TO BRITONS, WELLINGTON! led on by you! For to the Plains of WATERLOO belong The magic numbers of immortal song! A HOMER'S lyre, or CASAR's pen, should tell, [TON fell; HOW BRUNSWICK died, and valiant PicHow PONSONBY, too, shar'd their honour'd fate, [GREAT; And join'd in death THE GALLANT and THE HOW LAUREL'D WELLINGTON seiz'd For[power, To blast, like lightning, BUONAPARTE'S And, with a mighty and tremendous blow, Confound! defeat! annihilate the Foe! tune's hour, In vain THE CUIRASSIERS advance, To break our HOLLOW SQUARE; Ten times they charge; ten times retire; Again they face the British fire, And perish in despair! * See Mr. Fitz-Gerald's Anniversary Poem for THE LITERARY FUND, May 4, 1815, in Part I. p. 448. New masses on our squares descend; So on some bold projecting rock And spurns them from its feet! With constancy divine! 'Till the BRAVE PRUSSIAN's distant gun Induc'd THE GLORIOUS WELLINGTON To form the BRITISH LINE: His eagle eye surveys from far That moment which decides the War, "FORWARD!" he cries, "for ENGLAND'S GLORY!" The veteran Bands of GALLIA yield, And WATERLOO's triumphant field Shall shine in British story! Not CRESSY, AGINCOURT, or BLENHEIM'S day, Could bear a nobler wreath of fame away; And PRINCELY EDWARD, HENRY, MARLBO ROUGH too, [you! Had done that justice, WELLINGTON, to Such mighty triumphs must be purchas'd dear, And on her laurels VICTORY drops a tearThe sweetest tribute to the fallen brave Are soldiers' sorrows — on a soldier's grave! The blood that's shed gives every bosom pain, With this solace it is not shed in vain ; For to their noble death their Country owes Her high renown! and EUROPE her repose! On lofty COLUMNS of eternal Fame Shall BRITISH GRATITUDE record each name; There ever shall each SISTER ISLE behold Nor shall the gallant GERMANS be forgot, When the faint and the feeble from life pass away, [décay; The sleep is all darkness, the grave all But the heart of the mighty, to earth once consign'd, >[kind! Springs up an immortal, to feel for manOh, bright to the billow-tost vessel below, Flashing red through the tempest, the torch's loose glow; But richer and purer the ray, when 'tis giv'n [Heav'n! To the mariner's eye from its orbit in Yes, PITT! if no longer the light of thy form Leads England's proud Bark through the cloud and the storm; Still deep in our hearts is thy wisdom enshrin'd, Still, though lost to the eye, it speaks loud to the mind. "THE HOUSE OF BRUNSWICK." Tune-" One evening, at ambrosial treat.” WHEN Britain, great and brave in vain, It beam'd along the wave; Then stopp'd the orb its course on high, And keen thy native spear; And never lip of mortal told To thee the words of fear; Nor e'er did mortal laurel twine on helm or diadem like thine! Yet, prouder praise! that Liberty, Where'er her footsteps roam, Teaching her sons to live or die, Makes the green Isle her home. And, while she lingers in our sphere, That Star shall point her temple here. A cloud may o'er its lustre sail, The cloud shall roll away; The hand of Heav'n its radiance veil; To Sir PHILIP-BOWES-VERE BROKE, Bart. By Britain's matchless naval Son, With pure, unmix'd delight. The palm of just renown. Adds splendour to your name. And follow you to glory. To Him who fills the Throne;" EDW. STEWART, Commander R. N. Tribute to the Gallantry of the Expedition But But hostile squadrons on thy bosom ride, And arm'd battalions gleam along thy shore. stood Thy busy haunts are now forsaken all, Deserted hamlets, or the roofless wall, And fields uncultur'd, on thy banks so green, [have been: Alone proclaim where once those haunts And round the ruins where the mansion [grown, The tangled bowers are now impervious And bud, and blossom wild, in solitude, For all that prun'd, and all that till'd, [word giv'n; are gone: Nor voice is beard-save the loud watchNor light is seen-save where, by tempest driv'n, [Heav'n. The all-consuming flame ascends to 'Tis not the blood-nurs'd thirst of Conquest lights [high; The War-torch o'er thy Country blazing 'Tis not Ambition's scorching breath that blights [die ; Thy rip'ning fields, and bids thy harvest But retributive Justice grasps the brand Thy Leaders kindled in Canadia's land. When gen'rous Britain's every nerve was [drain'd, Her treasure lavish'd, and her best blood In fancy, then, thy Ruler vainly burl'd Destruction on that Isle, that singly stood [world, To save from chains the wide-insulted Till every soil was reeking with her blood! strain'd, In league unnatural, with England's foe, 'Twas then he aini'd the parricidal blow, To bring the sun of Britain's glory low. For this, her Chief, with masterly design, Did thy remote and unknown stream explore; For this, ber banners, in extended line, Triumphant wav'd where fleet ne'er dar'd before. Here thy flotilla blaz'd ; and, while a band, With dauntless prowess, forc'd Potomac's strand The gallant Ross immortal laurels won, Yet spar'd, though conquest-flush'd, thy Washington. Hero of Bladensburgh! I've seen thine their bread, Although for our good it was meant: But those who don't work have no right to be fed ; And the idle are never content. An honest employment brings pleasure and gain, And makes us our troubles forget: For those who work hard have no time to complain, And 'tis better to labour than fret. And if we had riches, they could not procure A happy and peaceable mind: Rich people have trouble as well as the poor, Although of a different kind. It signifies not what our stations have been, We only need labour as hard as we can, 'Gainst "fearful odds," on dark Patapsco's Still doing our duty to God and to man; side, And we shall be happy indeed. The friend and travelling companion of Lord Haddington, and his brother Mr. Baillie. Some account of this amiable, but eccentric man, is given in p. 30. + Extremest skirts of glory, &c. Celestial tidings, &c.] "I will send messengers to. the Isles that have not heard my fame, nor seen my glory." Isa. lxvi. 19.-" And Moses said, I beseech thee shew me thy glory. Thou shalt see my back parts, but my face shall not be seen."-Exod. xxxiii, 18-23. HISTO HISTORICAL CHRONICLE, 1815. PROCEEDINGS IN THE THIRD SESSION OF THE FIFTH PARLIAMENT OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 30. Sir J. C. Hippisley was persuaded, that not two persons of consideration in Great Britain of the Roman Catholic persuasion were friendly to the Petition; and he objected to it, because it prayed for unqualified concession, as matter of right, not of favour. To grant it, would be subversive of the very vitality of the Constitution; but he would not oppose going into a Committee. Mr. Yorke said, the Petitioners required every thing without security, and that at a time when they manifested the most inveterate hostility to the Constitution, and were carrying on intrigues at Rome to prevent the Pope from making concessions. He would not oppose a Bill to remedy the grievances of the Catholics; but, convinced that the required concessions could not be made, he should oppose going into a Committee at this late period of the Session. Mr. Knox observed, that concession would open the eyes of the Catholics, and render the factious and designing men by whom they were now guided, harmless. Mr. M. Fitzgerald supported the motion for a Committee, and said, that with regard to the Veto, he understood, that a Reverend Person was now on his way from Rome who was in possession of a document of a very conciliatory tendency, Mr. Ponsonby argued, that the question was not one touching the Catholics only, but the Protestants, which affected the peace, security, and happiness of the whole Empire: he considered it wise and pru`dent of the Catholics to consider what securities they could grant consistently with their religion in compliance with the wishes and prejudices of their Protestant fellowsubjects. He regretted their conduct towards his Hon. Friend (Mr. Grattan), but should vote for the Committee, GENT. MAG. July, 1815. Mr. Peel spoke at some length against the motion, and in the course of his speech dwelt upon the insulting and menacing language of the leaders of the Catholic Board, and insisted, that there was no prospect of a final and conciliatory adjustment. Mr. Bathurst spoke to the same effect. Lord Castlereagh did not think the language of individuals in Ireland to be dangerous; as, on any great measure of state, the people were generally unqualified to estimate its fitness or propriety at the moment of adopting it, when their passions and interests were strongly excited or alarmed. He should vote for the Committee; but should therein decidedly oppose unqualified concession. Mr. Whitbread said, that the conduct of Mr. O'Connel in Ireland was exactly the same as that of the Hon. Secretary (Mr. Peel), who, by all kinds of exaggeration, endeavoured to aggravate the Protestants, as Mr. O'Connel, by exaggeration, thought to inflame the Catholics. Messrs. Pole, Elliott, Huskisson, and Lord Binning, shortly spoke. Mr. Grattan should oppose unqualified concession, and declared, that if the Catholics failed, it must be attributed to the want of prudence and discretion of their leaders, who did not assist their Protestant friends by acceding to the securities required by Parliament. The motion for the Committee was then negatived, by 228 to 147. May 31. Mr. Grenfell observed, that in 1791 the Bank gave 12,000l. in lieu of the Stamp Duties on their notes. The Stamp Duties bad increased, and the Bank circulation had increased also; and yet no adequate increase had taken place in the sum paid by the Bank Upon a fair calculation the issues of the Bank would produce at the old Stamp Duties, without increase, 100,0007. per annum, instead of the sum now paid of 42,000; and if the large notes and the Bank post bills were added, it would amount to a much larger sum: he concluded by moving for an account of notes and bank post bills issued, &c. : granted. A short conversation then ensued, which induced Mr. Grenfell to move" that on Wednesday next the House would resolve itself into a Committee, to consider the rate of composition to be paid by the Bank of England in lieu of the Stamp Duties."-The motion was opposed by Messrs. |