to sustain, feeling how great a trust is in their hands, not only collectively but individually; will employ their talents and their vigilance in the preservation of the national religion," The Author then goes on to recommend in modest terms his own suggestions as to a reformation in these matters. He says, "May I be allowed to suggest -the very probable utility of some change in the present mode of clerical ordination, It is with great deference, and with pure solicitude for the welfare of my country and religion, that I adventure this opinion.-When a candidate for holy orders presents himself to a bishop, the first inquiry generally is, respecting his university probation; and if it appear that he has not been of Oxford or Cambridge, there is scarcely a prelate, whatever may be the talents or acquirements of the candidate, who will intrust him in the ministry. There are certainly very -powerful considerations in favour of this practice. The interests of learning in general, and therein of your universities in particular, and a laudable desire for the respectability as well as erudition of the the clergy, afford powerful reasons in support of this regularity; though I adventure to think it might sometimes be relaxed with great advantage to the cause of religion. "But if the candidate have re⚫ -gularly taken his degree, he is then only required to expound a passage in the Greek Testament, and produce a certificate by three be-neficed clergymen of his moral conduct. This examination takes place in the bishop's private apart glish reading, and unpremeditated composition in the English language. That these arts are too much neglected, will be believed by every person who has visited only a few of our churches; and yet they are the instruments by which alone the pastor can be useful in his public duty. Where the parish minister is deficient in these particulars, what wonder is it that the people stray? "I would next be inclined to subunit the propriety of having some part of this ordeal in public, The effect which this ceremony would be likely to produce, on the minds of those by whom it would be sustained, and of those by whom it would be witnessed, would probably be highly advantageous, "The evident object of these suggestions is to assist in devising a method of obtaining such a clergv, as would invite audiences, and could command attention. That our churches would then be well attended, and that much of the existing schism would expire, will be credited by those who have wit◄ nessed those places of appointed public worship in which the service of the established church is perfor med with energy and ability. I need hardly name St. George's Church, Hanover-square. Saint James's Westminster, the Chapels of the Asylum for Female Orphans, of the Magdalen and Foundling Hospitals, &c. as instances of the numbers and chear◄ fulness of those who attend the service of the established church, wherever the ministry are able and resolved to be understood and to be impressive. "Would it not also be useful, in all populous places, to have regular church-service on the even◄ ings of every Sunday, particularly in the winter. In the metropolis, persons, particularly the humbler classes, who desire to attend public worship, are in many parishes debarred this gratification, or can obtain it only at the Dissenting Chapels...which are generally crowded at the latter part of the day. But this is extremely hard, and frequently injurious to the morals of domestic servants and others, who cannot attend at the earlier hours." A Description of more than Three Hundred Animals, including Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Serpents, and Insects; forming a Compendium of Natural History; with a New Appendix upon Allegorical and Fabulous Animals; illustrated by upwards of Three Hundred elegant and appropriate Figures, copied from Nnture, and engraved on Wood. By A D, M.Quin, H. F. S. A.-Crosby and Co. nous, unlike many other Encyclo pædiæ, is at any rate rendered complete, and does not mislead the unwary with professions which are only to be realised in succeeding generations.-The Encyclopædia of Wit, if not of that abstruse complection which might engage the attention of the studious or the politician, may possess sufficient attraction occasionally to relax the mind of both, and not improbably to brighten and vivify the sombre lucubrations of the sententions and the learned.-It is undoubtedly a compendium of jeu d'esprits that cannot fail to amuse the most frigid disposition, and to be a fund of merriment to the votaries of Momus. The Anti-Catholic, or Religious There is something in the train of argument adopted by the AntiCatholic, which, however we may deprecate the fundamental princi ple on which it is founded, we must candidly admit is entitled to fair and liberal controversy, and which we do not hesitate to recom There is a combination of elegance and utility in the above Work, which enforces from us a recommendation to general perusal. It is an epitome of Natural History, enriched by the hand of a Scholar and a Philosopher, and should be esteemed as a necessary appendage to every Family Li-mend to the dispassionate considebrary. The accuracy and elegance of the engravings, the neatness of the execution, together with the simple dignity of de-cription, it is but justice to say, deserve the highest commendation, and reflect equal merit on all concerned. And we fully concur with the Proprietors in the concluding sentence of their INTRODUCTION, that they have neglected no part "of their task; and that their " zeal and liberal intention will ef"fectually produce the double ་་ object in view, namely, intellectual amusement and useful in "struction." The Encyclopedia of Wit, a new Edition.-Crosby and Co. This Work, however volumi ration of the advocates for unqualified emancipation. A good cause can lose nothing by a candid and intelligent investigation:- -The Anti-Catholic is entitled to have the opportunity of substantiating his arguments, or of acknowledging his error, The Royal Brood; or, An Fliustrious Hen and her pretty Chickens: A Poem By Peter Pindar, jun.E, Wilson, Royal Exchange. The above is one of those light productions, which amuse the fancy while they strike at the foibles of the rising generation, It contains much point and spirit, the application of which must be left to the discernment of the Reader, BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. At His Lordship's house, Grosvenor. square, the Marchioness of Bath, of a son: MARRIED, Wm. Thompson, Esq. of the StampOffice, to Miss Johnson, of Walton-uponThames. At Andover, the Rev. T. H. Gale, Viear of Milton, to Anne Elizabeth, eldest daughter of P. H. Poore, Esq. of the former place. At Westfirle, Sussex, T. W. Wheeler, Esq. of Lewes, to Sarah, fifth daughter of Mr. J. Mockett, of the former place. At St. George's, Queen-square, Mr. J. 3.Bygrave, Burnham Wick, Essex, to Miss Harriet Hargrave, daughter of W. H. Hargrave, Esq. of Theobald's road. At Mitcham, J. Langdale, Esq. of Lavender-Hill, to Catharine, youngest daugh ter of the late J. Fagen, Esq. of Cork. Mr. J. Brett, farmer, of West Hanning field, Essex, to Miss Robinson, daughter of the late Mr. Robinson, of Tye Farm, in that parish. At Wolverhampton, Mr. Joseph Perks, aged 22, to Miss Cartwright, of the White Lion, aged 73, after a disconsolate widowhood of three months! When the cere. mony was over, the bridegroom left the church alone, in the hopes that the conCourse of spectators gathered together would disperse; they were not, however, to be baffled in the object of their curiosity, and the happy bride, leaning on the Clerk's arm, and supported by a stick, was "Jed away amidst acclamations. At Maidstone, Mr W. Curtis, to Miss - J. Slender, eldest daughter of Mr. J. Slender, sandman, of Upper Stone-street. The youthful bride and bridemaids were in beautiful white cambric dresses, with purple kid shoes and ribbons. As soon as the ceremony was over, the happy pair, with their attendants, set off to spend their honeymoon at the bride's father's sa I dts drawn by three pair of high blood don keys. DIED. In Devonshire street, in his 73d year, General J. Ogilvie; Colonel of the 32d Regiment of Infantry. At Poole, Dorsetshire, in his 58th year Mr. W. Absolam, one of the respectable Members of the Society of Friends. At Hadley, Herts, Mrs. M. M. Mackenzie, widow of the late Major Macken zie, and mother of Lord Seaforth. At Sunning-hill, Lady Wentworth, the wife of Sir J. Wentworth, Bart. SurveyorGeneral of His Majesty's woods in Bri tish North America, and late Governor of the Province of Nova Scotia. At Enfield Highway, aged 32, Captain R. Bones, of the Royal Navy, and fore merly of Cambridge. At Kensington-Palace, Lord Viscount Molesworth. At Clifton, the Hon. Miss C. Powys, fourth daughter of the late Right Hon. Lord Lilford, of Lilford, Northampton shire. John Stiff, of Norton, Suffolk, in the 106th year of his age. He has left behind him children, grand-children, and great grand-children, to the number of 247 He had by his first wife 22, and by his second 17 children, and was able to attend Bury-Market regularly to the latter end of last year. At Petersburgh, Prince George of 0. denburgh, brother-in-law to the Emperor of Russia. After an illness of several months, F. A. Elliott, Lord Heathfield, Baron Gibraltar, a General in the Army, and Colonel of the 1st Regiment of Dragoon Guards! His Lordship had just entered his 630 year, and succeeded in his title and estates by his only brother, Francis, an officer in the army. At Stowe, on Thursday, Feb. 11, the Marquis of Buckingham. He was the eldest son of the late Mr. George Gren ville. The Marquis succeeded to the Peerage on the death of his uncle, Earl Temple, in 1778. The remains of this Nobleman have been deposited in the fa mily vault of the Grenvilles, at Wooton, near Aylesbury. The deceased has lett issue, Earl Temple, who married the only daughter of the late Duke of Chandos, to succeed the Marquisate; George, Lord Nugent, of Ireland, who had that Barony in reversion from his mother; and Mary, married to the Hon. Mr. Arundell, son and heir-apparent to Lord Arundell, of Wardour. Mr. Ramsden, surgeon, much regrette d London: Printed and published by I. Jones, 5, Netogate- Street . WAR IN THE NORTH. THE advance of the Russians continues.-Prussia is nearly all overrun; and Hamburgh is declared out of the power of French jurisdiction. Rumours are likewise prevalent, of the defection of the German Principalities, and that the confederated Powers of the Rhine are revolting against the hand that formed them. Denmark is said to be wavering in her fidelity, and Holland has evinced a disposition for rebellion and insurrection. The Poles are stated also to have changed sides, and to have hailed the Russians as their generous Deliverers. Sweden, too, at length, is said to be anxious in the general cause, and to be ready with her contingency to give the finishing blow to French influence and authority.—And, lastly, the energies of "The Universal Spanish Nation being now to be placed under the direction of one mind, and that mind inured to victory and conquest, the result can scarcely be a farther question. This is the stated posture of affairs, and their portentous aspect towards the views and interests of France. To regard them thus, to take the statement from report, without an attempt at inquiry or investigation, would, however, be little likely to arrive at a just conclusion.-The advance of the Russians, their suc cess and triumph, cannot be questioned ;-but how Poland should be brought to believe she comes as her Deliverer is a matter not easily to be credited, especially when former occurrences arise to awaken recollections not the most favourable to Russian friendship or forbearance. Poland was still in bondage, it was the voice of Napoleon who promised her emancipation, though circumstances have prevented its completion. Whatever Russia may vouchsafe to offer, France set her the example: nor can we doubt, if left to their free choice, but that the boon, if any be intended to unhappy Poland, would be more acceptable, more beneficial, and more lasting, from the hand of Napoleon than that of Alex VOL. III. ander.Prussia may feel some hope, some revived anticipations of former greatness; as, in the event of negociation, she may hope for the friendly interposition of her ci-devant Ally, who swore eternal friendship on the tomb of the immortal Frederick. Her only chance exists in the destruction of French influence, and the presept moment must be embraced, or she is lost for ever. Gen. D'Yorck, the proscribed rebel, on whose head a price was set, even by the command of his Royal Master, is now created Governor of Berlin, and received into the highest favour. Two hundred thousand men are to be raised immediately, to be placed at the disposal of Russia, where lately one tenth of the number could scarcely be found. Dresden is in possession of the Allies, and what little force the French are said to possess in those parts is disappearing in every direction. Austria, who doubtless at this time holds the balance, appears altogether fluctuating and indecisive. She is in much the same situation with respect to the Bélligerents, as Prussia was in a former war, when she preserved an armed neutrality, and suffered her neighbours to be destroyed with this difference, that Prussia acted from a narrow selfish policy, while Austria is a slave to her engagement, even at the same risk. That she has been a sufferer, a constant sufferer, from the overbearing power of France, she must needs feel; now, therefore, is the moment of revenge, to reimburse herself, and regain the power she has lost. Denmark might have seized the "license of the hour," and done herself and us some service, but that the blind infatuated policy of England, as if to close each avenue to conciliation, has engaged to purchase Swedish friendship by another robbery and outrage on Danish property. Norway is promised to Sweden, if she will furnish a contingent for the Northern War: this she agrees to do, but only so far as goes to the recovery of her ancient territory in Pomerania, for which we are to pay a subsidy of 60,000l. a month, besides a proportionate assistance for the subjugation of Norway. The Duke of Cambridge and the German Legion are likewise to depart to take a formal possession of Hanover; and thus every thing is expected soon to revert into the old channel; towards which desirable end, and as if to seal the whole without a chance of reverse or disappointment, the relict of the House of Bourbon, poor Louis XVIII. has issued a proclamation from his Court at Hanwell, declaratory of his hopes and his intentions, and which we have inserted in the present Namber. Meantime, the French Emperor, though silent, is not inactive; nor would we have our Readers believe that all is so promising as re |