PREFACE TO THE FIRST PART OF THE EIGHTY-FOURTH VOLUME. WE candidly acknowledge ourselves to be so dazzled with the glo rious splendour, which at the present moment envelopes the atmophere of Britain, that it is not without difficulty we obtain the selfcommand, temperately to express our emotions of rapture and of gratitude-yet, through this blaze of light and glory, we discern the finger of unerring Wisdom and Goodness, pointing to the destruction of the most cruel and unrelenting Tyranny which ever disorganized and destroyed the human species. We contemplate also the mantle of Peace, spreading its graceful and lovely folds once more over the Nations of Europe; we hear a voice, which Buonaparte cannot hear, pronouncing aloud, to a delighted world-" Good-will towards man."-Here let us pause for a short interval, to indulge an honest and not indecorous ebullition of self-complacency.-That we have in some degree anticipated this most auspicious catastrophe; that we have, in no very ambiguous terms, in part ventured to foretel the restoration of Man's best Rights, and a Tyrant's downfall; to say the least, that we have uniformly, consistently, and pertinaciously, held forth to our Countrymen, the language of consolation and encouragement; that we have never shrunk from our duty, or for a moment bowed our necks to the modern Baal; we confidently appeal to the last Twenty Years of our Literary Labours :-Our Periodical Addresses to our Readers, in that long and momentous period, will be found full, we trust, of British ardour, marked with a proud disdain of the Tyrant and his Myrmidons, and replete with pious confidence in that unchangeable goodness, which, in its own good time, brings good out of evil.-But enough of the past; and the prospect before us is so animating, the landscape so enchanting, the gale so loaded with fragrance, and the meads so crowded with beautiful variety, that there is little inducement for retrospect, but every thing to hope from the future. We cannot, however, press forward to our more immediate province of descanting a little on subjects of Science and the Arts, without pausing to contemplate, with a due mixture of admiration and pious gratitude, two great and proud circumstances, which peculiarly designate and render for ever memorable the present epoch:-At the moment of our writing this Address, the happy shores of Britain have received with the acclamations of unaffected welcome the illustrious Sovereigns of Russia and Prussia, with a long and noble train of Princes, Princes, Warriors, and Statesmen, from every Nation of Europe, not merely with the common rites of hospitality, but with embraces of the most cordial love, amity, and peace; their brows crowned with laurels glorious as our own, their language and demeanour combining to conciliate and to cement the most enduring friendship; having, as it should seem, but one heart, one wish, one object, in common with ourselves→→→ gracious and kind, and affable to all Dum hæc loquimur, Concurrunt læti obviam cupedinarii omnes, Cetarii, lanii, coqui, fartores, piscatores, aucupes. May the return of these illustrious Sovereigns to their own dominions be as auspicious and happy, as their friendly visit has been exhilarating and delightful to the Realms of England! May the trumpet of war, and the clang of arms, no more be heard among their subjects; but may the peaceful lute alone cheer and animate their cultivation of the arts of humanity! The other circumstance, which dilates every British heart with transport, is the safe and felicitous return of our great and beloved Hero; En hujus nati auspiciis nostra inclyta Roma, Imperium terris, animos æquabit Olympo. He is arrived, to receive a Nation's Praise, a Nation's Gratitude--and long may he enjoy them! It is not our province to descant on his transcendant talents; nor would it become us to specify his claims to the almost innumerable laurel-wreaths which surround his person and adorn his paths.-But it is peculiarly consistent in us, to give him the praise of being the harbinger of that tranquil and serene light, which promises in future security and encouragement to those pursuits, employments, and studies, to which for so long a series of years we have consecrated our time, our talents, our hopes, and our most enthusiastic ardour. It is the contemplation of this pleasing image, that enables us to throw aside, we trust for ever, the weight and the gloom which, though never rising to despondency, made us sympathize with the sufferings of our own and of all the Nations of Europe. The clouds are happily, and, as far as human sagacity can determine, effectually dispersed. We return with renewed ardour to our Scientific and Literarary occupations, which indeed have always been in progress, though sometimes, perhaps, a little retarded by causes which have more or less given pain to every honest heart.-It now remains to listen to the Muse of Victory; to improve, adorn, and multiply the Arts of Peace; to extend the illuminations of Science in every direction : Hæ nobis erunt artes. We conclude, therefore, with first felicitating our Readers on the glorious termination of the sanguinary scenes of War; and with the repetition of our assurances, that every exertion of Genius, every improvement of Science, every contribution of Learning, will, as heretofore, receive our countenance, our encouragement, and our warmest gratitude. June 1814. S. URBAN GENTLEMAN'S LONDON GAZETTE Miscellaneous Correspondence, &c. An original Letter of Sir Isaac Newton.........3 Description of two antient Packs of Cards..ibid. The Clergy.-Ten-Year: Men.-Alg. Sydney.2 Mr. Hawkins on his "Gothic Architecture."...5 Mr. Carter's Remarks on Mr.Hawkins's Work.9 List of Conventual Churches still in Use......13 Interesting Extracts from Rymer's Foedera...15 The late Sacramental Plate at St. Paul's......16 Radcliffe-upon-Wreke, co. Leic. described... 17 Authors and Books of the XVIIIth Century..ib. Ephraim Chambers.-Dr. Peter Shaw.........18 Dr. William Lewis.-Dr. John Harris.........19 On instructing Poor Children in Drawing....20 Anecdotes respecting Pichegru, Moreau, &c.23 A Protestant Sultana.-Haunted Houses, &c. 24 Remish Discipline respecting the Scriptures.25 On the unrestricted Perusal of the Scriptures26 CatholicVersions of New Test, without Notes.27 Catholics desirous of circulating the Scriptures 28 English Catholic Versions of the Bible..... Aristocracy.-Commercial Interests. -Mr. Pitt.31 Licence to use the Game of "Closing". The Canse of the Bibliomaniacs defended...33 FRAGMENTS OF LITERATURE, No. VI...........37 Complaints of divers of our Countrymen," ib. 2d Edition of the Bodleian Catalogue, 1620.ib. Mechanical Power-Architect. Innovation. 38 Review of New Publications, viz. Brand's Observations on Popular Antiquities.41 Memoirs of a Literary & Political Character, [with Particulars of the Life of Glover]....47 The Bride of Abydos, by Lord Byron.........51 Moonlight, a Poem, by Edward Lord Thurlow 53 Narrative of Occurrences at Leipzig, &c....56 REVIEW of NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS......59 Kelly's Elements of Musick, in Verse, &c....ib. SELECT POETRY for January, 1814.......61-64 Interesting Intell. from London Gazettes......65 Abstract of principal Foreign Occurrences...1 Country News,85.-Domestic Occurrences...87 Eccl. Preferments.-Births and Marriages...89 Memoir of Col. Havilland Le Mesurier......90 Obituary, with Anecd.of remarkable Persons.94 Met. Diaries for Dec. 18135, & Jan. 1814. 2. 102 Bill of Mortality-Prices of Markets Canal, &c. Shares.-Prices of Stocks...... 104 Embellished with several beautiful Specimens of antient English Architecture, by JOHN CARTER, F. S. A.; and with a View of the Church of RADCLIFFE-UPON- INDEX INDICATORIUS. Church of intituled "Clavis Calendaria." July, and ending on the 11th of August;" in a Chapel North of the Chancel of the For satisfactory information respecting upon a mural tablet in the Chancel of the Dog-days beginning on the 3d of Epitaph for Henry Etough is engraved in the HERTFORDIENSIS informs B. N. that the the same county. for Pulter Forrester, upon a similar tablet, Brady's very useful and entertaining work, we refer our Correspondent Civis to Mr. Church of Therfield, co. Hertford; and that the Cottered, Odes, beginning with this stanza: OF CHELSEA; AN EUVATE; &c. &c. shall And strum the venal lay. THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, For JANUARY, 1814. Original Letter of Sir ISAAC NEWTON. "For Mr. Fatio, at Mr. Brent's, next door but one to the signe of ye Dolphin, in King's Square Court, near Soho Square, in London. "SIR, I HAVE now received ye box of rulers, wth yor receipt of 14b. I sent you that money, because I thought it was just; and, therefore, you complement me if you reccon it an obligation. The chamber next me is disposed of; but that weh I was contriving was, that since yo' want of health would not give you leave to undertake your designe for a subsistence at London, to make you such an allowance as might make your subsistence here easy to you. And, if your affairs in Switzerland be not so pressing but yt wthout dammag to them you nay stay still some time in England (as you last letter gives me hopes), you will much oblige me by returning hither. I hope you will have good advice before you venture upon ye operation you speake of. I am, Sr, yor most affectionate friend and humble Servant, Is. NEWTON. Cambridge, March 14, 1692–3.” of Cards, which appear to me curious specimens of the Times of old, I am persuaded that a short description of each will not be unacceptable to your Readers; as the first exhibits a plan for uniting instruction with amusement, invented long before such contrivances are supposed to have been in use; and as the second discloses a singular method of exciting Party zeal, practised on a very extraordinary occasion. These Cards have long been preserved in the respectable family of the late Mr. Hodson, a gentleman farmer of Sussex. The first Pack bears the date 1590. The Cards are charged with Maps of the fifty-two Counties of England and Wales, arranged in four series of thirteen each, distinguished by North, : South, East, and West. The Coun. ties follow in each division, according to their estimated magnitudes, No. 1. being the least. Within a square occupying the middle of each Card, is delineated the County; the Number is placed in a corner, both above and below in the other upper corner stands a Compass; and in the lower one a Scale of Miles. Over the square and below it are four lines descriptive of the County. For example: "Sussex the 10th of the South, hath miles In Quantite sup'ficiall 900,inCircuite172, In Lengthe from Hamshire unto Kent68, In Bredth from Surrey to ye Brittaine Sea 25." "Sussex plesaunt pastures and dow'es full of Sheep, [Yron, Store of Wood, Rivers, and Vaynes of Havinge the Narrow Sea East, Hantshire West, [Sea South." Surrey and Kent North, and the Britt. As another instance: "Cornwall the 8th of the South hath Miles In Quantite sup'ficiall 837, in Circuite 262, [taine Sea 66, In Lengthe from Denshire to the BritIn Bredth from the Seaverne to the Sea 40." "Cornwall ye sea-coste full of tow'es well shipped, [serveth all Europe; Full of Mettal, especialli Tynne, which Having Denshire East, the Maine Sea West, [Sea South." The Irishe Sea North, and the Brittaine There are with the Pack eight additional Cards; but these are stated, in a little accompanying book, to be intended for ornamenting two boxes, that may be made to hold the Cards themselves, and also some counters, which, however, are not preserved. One has a general Map of England; another a Portrait of Queen Elizabeth; a third contains a Plan of London; a fourth, Arms, &c.; the two others are filled with short accounts of the History and Constitution of the Country. The Author, in his little book, which is very imperfect, pays many compliments to the Inventor of Com -mon |