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«| his Royal I
speculating, as he. said, on the great resolve of life,
he took some of his drawings to Sir Joshua Reynolds,
and asked his candid opinion whether he had any
success as an artist. The President was so struck with
the conception and power displayed in them, that,
after viewing them attentively, he said, “ Young man,
were I the author of ‘these drawings, and offered ten
thousand a-year not to practise as an artist, I would
reject the offer with contempt.” » This decided him 5
butit was not until the opening of his Milton gallery,
about the year 1798, that the extent of his intellectual
qui is lofty imaginati an qual
taney, were fully appreciated,
_ None who witnessed it can ever forget the efect
produced on them by that sublime exkibition. "The
pictures he painted for the Shakspeare gallery must
also be remembered with feelings of the highest admi-
ration, His Ghost of Hamlet, unquestionably the grand-
est work in the collection, can never be forgotten while
the art exists: Myr, Fuseli enjoyed the friendship of
many of the most distinguished literati of the ‘age.—
The high opinion entertained of him, even in youth,
by his celebrated townsman Lavater, was shown by
his putting into his hand at parting, a small piece of
-paper, beautifully: framed and glazed, on which he
. found written in German,—“Do but the tenth part of
_ what you can do.” “Hang that up in your bed-room,
my friend,” said Lavater, “ and I know what will be
‘the result? PS eT
The result did not disappoint him ; their friendship
. ended only with life, and, on the part of the artist was
continued to Lavater’s son, with unabated fervour. Mr.
‘ Fuseli enjoyed excellent health, probably the’ result
. of his habitual temperance. | He was alsoa very early
‘ riser, and whether in the country or'in town, in sum-
mer or winter, was seldom in bed after five o’clock,
Ue enjoyed perfect domestic happiness, and was per-
haps one of the most affectionately attached husbands
that ever. breathed. © His lady survives him. He has
« made a will, leaving her every thing he died possessed
of. Wehad, for upwards of twenty years, held the
offices of Professor of Painting and Keeper of the
Royal Academy, . fe
. Lorp Frrawitr1am.—This «venerable , nobleman
carries, with a grey head, a young and fresh heart—
“It is impossible to look upon this amiable and digni-
fied patrician of the golden stamp, without a fueling of
affectionate admiratio& for’ his pure and distinguished
patriotism, and the warm love of his country, which
_ lives (if I may so say) under the ashes of age, and re-
_ guires but to be stirred to emit the flashes of its
former fire, The natural apathy incidental to’ his
“time of life appears habitually to prevail over him;
» but speak to him of,that measure which at’an earlier
: period he was delegated by his sovereign to complete—
_ speak to him of Ireland, and through the dimness
that loads his eye a sudden illumination’ will break
* forth New Mor, Mag. bo
tye
; - ,
THE DUKE OF YORK,
: ime : : . : ’s
“Ya the House of Lords, the Duke of York professed
his hostility to the measure, in a speech’ whieh will
snot bereadily forgotten... We donot expect from
_ every mai however exalted in rank, the clear-sighted-
ness, or the magnanimity of Marquis Camden, Lord
” Yalletort, Mr. Brownlow, and others, who, having sur-
’ mounted their prejudices, and rectified their mistakes,
<frankly avow their new convictions, and nobly atone
tor their former errors, Such triumphs over the haugh-
_ tiness of bigotry and the perversity of delusion, are
reserved for heads and hearts to which nature has not
been niggardly of her gifts : but what shall be thought
-ofa man, if such aman there be, who net only shuts
his mind up against all convictions which may: effect
‘a reformation of his principles, but svrears that he will
contiaue to do so while he,lives? It was precisely
" Such a sentiment which cost Charles his head, and
.« James his throne; and he who entertains it, is just
sct a kingdom on “a cast,’—aad exclaim
: the man to
. : “J ywine stand the hazard ef the dic.”
But to return to the Duke of York.” His Royal High-
+ ness is reported, by the London Press, io have con
cluded his memorable speech with the following
- words :—“ I have been brought up from my early
years in these principles; and from the time when I
~ began to reason for myself, I have entertained them
“ from conviction ; and in every situation ia; which £
n'y be placed, Iwill maintain them, so help ine God!
- We trust that the reporters didnot hear his Royal
Highness distinctly, and that some such words as
© & sq long,as those conctictions remain unaltered) iis
~ have qualified his meaning. As it stands, however,
Fighness’ speech is extolled in the New
.
fool e
She Sry Cellier,
Times with all the fulsomeneds of maudlin adulation.
For our parts, we deplore the misrepresentation, if it
be one, which imputes such labguage to any man.—In
commen life, it would be pitiable 5. ia a Prince of the
House of Hanover, it would be astonishing; in the
Heir Apparent to the Crown of England, it would be
appalling! . We know, indeed of another supposition
on which the Royal Duke may be exonerated, We
remember thé time when another “illustrious person-
age” used to edify the Upper House with long ha-
rangues against the abolition of the Slave ‘Trade 3 and
that his speeches were said to have’ been written for
him by a charming actress, who expatiated that, among
the rest of lier errors, in cxile‘and ia sorrow. . Now,
if, amid the pressure of care and the hurry of business,
the Duke of York should have. bvailed himself of simi-
lar assistance (and the whale specch has a very ¢heat-
rical air,) we can easily conceive how, in the fervour
of recitation, he may have utteyed what he did not ex-
actly intend.’ Be this atit may, we are heartily griev-
ed at the result,” Without: the. hypocritical cant o
profound respect for “illustrious personages” in the
vulgar acceptation of the epithet, we know how to es-
timate his Royal Highness’ services as Commander in
Chief; and we are free to confess that he has earned
more of the public money than any: of his family ; but
we tremble when he assumes the Legislator. We
know too that he isa Bishop, as well as a soldier—
and we dare say,a very respectable one as times go:
but we would have him stick to the Horse Guards, and
éeserve well of his country.—Hereford Independent.
Deze or Yonrx, Past ann Presenr.—Fancy may
devise curious resemblances in the personal circum-
stances ofa past and present Dyke of York. Jamos,
the brother of Charles the Second; and’ who stood in
the same relative ‘position to the throne, was in deci-
ded opposition to the Commons of his time, for the
Commons_ had twice passed the Exclusion Bill... Fre-
derick, Duke of York, is in’ manifest opposition to the
Commons of the present ‘day,.for, they have twice
passed the Catholic Bill, Allie Bishops, except
three, voted with James, Duke vf York, All the
Bishops, except one, have hitherto, voted with Fred-
erick, Duke of York.—Stamford News.—[James, our
friend of Stamford might havé his Cre
by Ais bigotry.] -- oe 3 coo
: So kelp me God! exclaims the Dake,
'rue to his tythes and-priyer book,
)_ Vl never change wy modes of thinking,
No more than women, cards, or drinking:..°5
Not light from heaven its way shall find ’
» Within the vaccuum of ing mind;
Eldon may doubt—a sore infliction—
But lm obtuse to all conviction, > 2
coy 4 So nee se, Gop!
But, Fred., you chang'd from front to rear
At Dunkirk’s walls (tho\yiot through fear) ,
You've often changed your soldier's coat,
And oft, too oft. your Iast’pound note:
By force compel’d, my lasty spark, i,
You cut your oftice and vour Clerk;
And though you carry this State farce, 0
_ By force you stil may cut your Parson}
_ |, For, ifyou give way to your choler, ‘
Your Crown will not be worth a doilar, .
- tite “So sere ux, Gop!
Rovar Tears !—A countryman, on hearing of the
gallant commander in Chicf keing overcome by his
filial feelings, in the course of his pious professions of
attachment to the “deetrine and discipline of the
Charch.” the ether day, in thé. Jlouse of Lords, i
nuously observed, “In troth, Tatana wander thous
the Duke be yct grit-hearted ahout his father, since he
lost by his death. ten thousand pounds 7 the year,
which he was sic near-be-gaun dy to tuk? forjast_gain-
now-an’-then to speir for him23+ Dundee Ade:
. Tho Duke of York’s speech 43 said to have fowered
the Consolg! Many capitalists sold out, exclaiming,
“ We have altered our opinionsso help us God!” |
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ead
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MR. BUTTERWORTII
“Several ‘petitions, for and
Claims (chiefly against) were presented inthe House
of Commons and laid on the tabie3.and some conver-
sation took place, in the course of which Mr. But-
terworth. said that the Protestant Petitions from
Ireland in favour ‘of the Catholics. were obtained
by threats -and menaces.—Cries of “ No, no,”
followed this assertion; it was wvarmly denied by sev-
eral Irish Members, and Mr. Be was ealied upon * for
proof; when he said. he had obtained information
trom Clergymen to whom he had sent circulars on
the subject? , (Zfear, ear. J—Mr. M. Firaceratp
told Mr, Butterworth, that he paid the Protestants of
Ireland a very. bad compliment, whea; in his outrage-
ous zeal, he asserted that they could bow to motives so
so mean and base, (JIcar/) | If any person opened
a shop in this country forthe reccipt of tales ofhigatry
hypocrisy; and intolerance—if he opened a shop for
‘
\
CASTIGATHD.
the collection of motives, such as those which the
Hon. Member was so ready to attribute to others, Le
would find that that shop would command abundaut
communications. (fear, and laughter.) His con-
stituents were full of as genuine and sincere Protes*-
ant Christianity as the Hon.’ Member was, and yet
they advocated the canse of the Roman Catholies—~
‘They were incapable of being cither intimidated or
cajoled. They well knew the source from which
those calumnious statements reached that House, and
they despised it.” (Hear #)—[Mr. Butterworth made
no reply to this philippic.] :
MISCHULANELSUS.
———
“*Ixrorrrance.—Anotber Clerical Gentleman Las
been exercising his holy zcal in denouncing from the
pulpit a concert which one ofthe humble sons of song
had proposed topive, mercly because one or two
¢| Pieces absurdly called “sacred” were announced for
performance. He appears to have succeeded but
too well in destroying the poor man’s prsopects,—,
though, to placate his wrath, the obuoxious pieces had
been withdrawn, ‘Phe Guild Hall exhibited of the
performance a begzarly account of empty seats.
Paysicrans AND Marnematicrans.—One day,
as Napoleon was arranginga bed of French beans,
tion upon the phenomena of vegetation, * He analyze
ed them, and descanted upon them with his usual sa-
gacity, drawing from them the conclusion of the exis-
tence of a Supreme Being who presides over the won-
ders of nature.’ You do not believein all that
Doctor; you Physicians are above those weaknesses.
Yell me, you who are so well acquainted with the hu-
man frame, who have searched it in all -its turnings
and windings, have you ever met with the soul under
your scalpcl? Where does the soul reside? In
what organ ?”—I hesitated to answer.—“ Come—be
sincere—there is not a Physician that believes jn
God, is there ?”—“ No, Sire; they are seduced hy
the example—they imitate mathematicians,”—« How
so? Mathematicians are in general religious. How-
ever, your recrimination reminds me ofa singular ex-
{pression used by one ofthem, Iwas conversing with
,and congratulating him upon a pew work ls
hadjast published. Tasked him how it happened that
the name of God, so often used in the works cf Lu-
grange, had never once occurred in his. ¢ f2 is? an-
swered he, because I have tut faynd jt Recessary to
have recourse to that: hypothesis’ "Last dajnor
Napoleon, . . . .
Istanvs or Scvz.—The Oriental Ilerald. just pub-
lished, contains a very informing and interesting arti-
rele on the “ Canal across the Isthmusof Suez.” The
weiter gives a good summary of the evidence of the
existence cf former canals hetween the Nile and we
Real Sea, the first of which was dag by the Ecyptians.
These communications, however have all been de-
stroyed, either wilfully, in war time or from nealect.
The grand question now is, which isthe best course to
adopt—to restore the water-commiunication between
_| ficilities.
the Nile and the Red Sea, taking advantage of the re-
mains of theformer canals 3‘ or to make a new and die
rect canal from fhe Red Sea to the Mediterranean, fr
which it seems, the ground offers. remarkable natara!
The expense of the first plan is estimated
at £1,290,000—of the second at only L£200,0;
The dangers frem the Arab tribes. on the roy shee
sent a serious objection to the latter plans baton the
other hand, there is the advantage cf being independ
ent of ‘the carrent and occasional shallowaess of the
river. Sas : .
‘Ispenornce ix Bep.—The last No. of 24 Eunrone
on Magazine contains an ingenious. article, showing
che way ia which lying too long ia bed fujures tho
body, This is unquestionably one of the most perai-
cious habits which can beset poor human nature.
much bed (and above seven hours is too much) deb.}-
itates-both body aud mind : it causes indigestion, ner.
vous disorders, low spirits, and is as hosti'e ta © gand
looks“ as to strength and .cheerfulness. We hear
some unhappy and inveterate slagrard exelaiy » © But
diferent constitutions require different quastities af
lowance for. young or old, weak or strong, and jlo
sofier sox may be assured, that all the cosmetics in the
world will noi improve th complexions half so ¢
fectually as the wholesome, useful, and every=i
valuable practice of carly rising ;—a practice az
which not a single objection can be urged, aud which
jection. :
“A subscription has Leen opened in France, far
building a new. church at Perney, the chef object of
. t
which is to demolish the church built by Veltuire.”
109°
he perceived some smaij roots, and began a disserta-.
ay
4
ae’
g
z
Too >
rest!” No sueh thing: seven hours is an ample sl- |
costs absolutely nothing —unless indeed that isan ub- °
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