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; may the peaceful lute alone cheer and animate their cultivation of the arts of humanity! but 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 GENERAL EVENING M.Post M. Herald Morning Chronic. Times-M. Advert. P.Ledger & Oracle Brit. Press-Day St. James's Chron. Sun-Even. Mail Star-Traveller Pilot-Statesman Packet-Lond. Chr. Albion--C. Chron. Courier-Globe Eng. Chron.--Inq. Cour d'Angleterre Cour. de Londres 15otherWeekly P. 17 Sunday Papers Hue & Cry Police Lit. Adv. monthly Bath 4-Bristol 5 Berwick-Boston Birmingham 4 Blackb. Brighton Bury St. Edmund's Camb.-Chath. Carli.2--Chester 2 Chelms. Cambria. JANUARY, 1814. CONTAINING Portsea-Pottery Preston-Plym. 2 Reading-Salisb Salop-Sheffields Sherborne, Sussex Shrewsbury Staff-Stamf. 2 Sunday Advertise FRAGMENTS OF LITERATURE, No. VI...........3" Complaints of divers of our Countrymen,"ib 2d Edition of the Bodleian Catalogue, 1620.ib Mechanical Power-Architect. Innovation. 3 Plans and Views of the Town of Liverpool...3 LITERARY INTELLIGENCE..... .40 Miscellaneous Correspondence, &c. Review of New Publications, viz. [with Particulars of the Life of Glover]....4' By SYLVANUS URBAN, GENT. Printed by NICHOLS, SON, and BENTLEY, at CICERO'S HEAF, Red Lion Passage, Fleet-str. London where all Letters to the Editor are to be addressed, FosT-PAID. INDEX INDICATORIUS. intituled "Clavis Calendaria." Brady's very useful and entertaining work, we refer our Correspondent Civis to Mr. July, and ending on the 11th of August ;" "the Dog-days beginning on the 3d of For satisfactory information respecting Church of Cottered, in the same county. in a Chapel North of the Chancel of the upon a mual tablet in the Chancel of the Epitaph for Henry Etough is engraved HERTFORDIENSIS informs B. N. that the for Palter Forrester, upon a similar tablet, Church of Therfield, co. Hertford; and that 25 29.94 35 Cloudy and wet haze.. Fair and cloudy; fine... Gloomy; clear; frosty.. Frosty; dark........ 29.91 45 Ditto............. 29.93 46 Fine 29.95 45 Ditto. 29.99 391 Ditto. 29.97 42 Frosty. 29.97 38 Ditto. 29.86 39 Ditto.... 29.79 37 Ditto. 26 29.70 40 Dark; frosty 29.70 38 29 29.85 36 Dark; frost. 29.35 36 Ditto...... 30 29.63 38 Cloudy, windy, and frosty... Dea 29.42 33 Gloomy and frosty... 29.39 32 Ditto, ditto..... More clear and frosty........ 29.70 36 Ditto. 29.80 374 Ditto; windy. Small rain or sleet. Cloudy and drops; rain.... Wind and rain.... 28 93 41 Rain and wind... 28.83 43 Ditto; in squalls. 29.03 58 Fair and cloudy; windy.. 29.18 37 Squalls and rain. Gloomy but moderate; drops 29.53 401 Ditto...... 29.36 39 Cloudy. 29.45 40 Some rain, and wet haze. .... 29.52 38 Fair, 6 29.65 38 Fine 99.71 40 Ditto; frosty .... 10 29.95 39 Fine though hazy 29.98 39 Ditto......... 30.05 37 Fine. 11 30.07 38 Frosty; very fine ......... 29.08 30.08 33 Frost. S 12 29.98 33 Frosty; hazy; clear. 13 29.76 304 Frost. 14 29.84 25 Hard frost.......................... 15 29.81 23 Hard frost. ....... 29.80 33 Ditto. 29.45 31 Frost. 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, HAVE now received ye box of rulers, with yor receipt of 14%. 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 wch 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 may stay still some time in England (as yo 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, yo' most affectionate friend and humble Servant, Is. NEWTON. Cambridge, March 14, 1692-3." HAVING recently seen two Packs 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 cach, distinguished by North, South, East, and West. The Counties follow in each division, according to their estimated magnitudes, No. I. 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 imes 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 Surrey and Kent North, and the Britt. West, [Sea South." As another instance: "Cornwall the 8th of the South hath Miles 262, In Quantite sup'ficiall 837, in Circuite [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 Irisne 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 mon Cards; declaring them to be excellent against melancholy cogitations, and for breeding contents in all necessities. He then goes on to say "Now in this latter age, wherein are so many new inventions, let this pass for one: as a necessare recreation, in a time of such troubles, having no leasure to spend any time vainelie; but continually it behoveth us to search for knowJedge, eve' in the least things, for that we remember our Creation, Redemption, and Sanctification. In the first, beholding the Omnipotence of God the Father, in all his Works, thereby reverently to feare, honor, and glorifie him; in the second, his unspeakable mercy in redeeming us, by the precious death of his deare Sonne, our Savior Christ Jesus, from the thraldome of sinne, death, and hell, thereby to love, beleeve, and hope in him; and by the third, these his gratious and infinite blessings, which yearly, daylie, howrely, and every minute, we have, doe, or shall receive, both in soule and body, through the Almighte Power of his Holy Spirite, to praise, give thanks, and rejoyce, onely and ever in so blessed a Trinity of power, mercy, and love, which in a most glorious Unity hath so blessed us with all his blessings; unto which Eternall God, I say, let us ever be giving of all thanks without ceasing. Amen." The Second Pack is distinguished into the usual suits, by a Heart, a Diamond, a Club, or a Spade, placed in one of the upper corners; numbers from one to ten, or the names of the Court Cards, occupying the other corner. The middle part of each Card contains a print, representing some supposed scene in the Popish Plot; at the foot is an explanation. Thus the Ace of Hearts has a table, surrounded by the Pope, some Cardinals, and Bishops. Beneath the table is a Fiend, and the explanation states, "The Plot first hatcht at Rome by the Pope and Cardinals, &c." The Deuce of Hearts bas-" Sir E. B. Godfree taking Dr. Oates his deposition." The Three of Hearts-" Dr. Oates discovereth Garner in the Lobby." The Four of Hearts-" Coleman giving a Guina to incourage ye 4 Ruffians." The Five of Hearts-"Dr. Oates receives letters from the Fathers, to carry beyond Sea." The whole suit of Spades is given to the Murder of Sir E. B. Godfree. Το your Clerical Readers, permit me to inform them, that no penalty, in any action where part goes to the King and part to the Informer, can be recovered for more than one year after committal of offence. This applies to all the present suits instituted The Statute is 31 Q. Eliz. c. 5, sect. by Mr. Wright against the Clergy. 5. Also by 18 Q. Eliz. c. 5, sect. 4, made perpetual by 27 Eliz. c. 10, it is enacted, that if the informer shall receive any money, or other reward, or have promise of such, to stop process in any penal action, the party receiving such reward or promise, shall upon conviction stand in the pillory for two hours, be fined 107. and ever after be incapable of being plaintiff or informer in any suit or action. In answer to a query relative to Ten Year or Four-aud-Twenty Men; the following extract from p. 13, Cambridge Calendar, will, I hope, afford the information required. tolerated by the Statutes of Q. Eliza"They (i. e. the Ten-Year Men) are beth, which allow persons who are admitted at any College, when Twentyfour years of age and upwards, and in Priest's orders at the time of their admission, after Ten years (during the last two of which they must reside the greater part of Three several terms), to become Bachelors of Divinity, without taking any prior degree." Bachelors of Divinity, however, who obtain their degree in this way, are not Members of the Senate, since the Members of that body, who are B. D. deduce their right from their prior degree of M. A. Now I am writing on College matters, permit me to support the opinion of Dr. Symmons in his Life of Milton-that Milton was not a Sizar. In the entry of Milton, he is described as Pensionarius Minor. Some Gothamites have argued from this, that as Pensioners form the class immediately above the Sizars, Pensionarius Minor must signify the class below, viz. Sizars. If these gentlemen had, however, taken the trouble of inquiring, they would have found in Par ker's |