Persic, Arabic, or Napau!;

Where struck, and when, he knew them all,
English as well; Testoons of Mary;
And all the heads of Will and Harry.
Death stopp'd him in his proud career,
And laid him on his funeral bier,
We hope, indeed, to set him fast in
A fair and blooming Everlasting;
And transport him there anew,
Where, in a brighter beavenly Kew,
The Lily, or Imperial crown,
Are never subject to die down.

He left to all a brilliant sample, Of dingence beyond example. To Aiton he bequeath'd his name, His trivials, aud his lasting fame; To knights and squires, his opinions Of Buonaparte and his minions; And for his Patron's fostering care, 'Twas all he had-a dying Prayer!"

Works, notwithstanding you have not the advantage of being the first to communicate it to the publick.

"Being in Devonshire," say the Reviewers, during the last Summer, we took an opportunity of visiting Dean Prior, for the purpose of making some enquiries concerning Herrick; who, from the circumstance of having been Vicar of that parish (where he is still talked of, as a poet, a wit, and a hater of the county) for 20 years, might be supposed to have left some unrecorded memorials of his existence behind him. We found many persons in the village, who could repeat some of his lines, and none who were not acquainted with his Farewell to Dean Bourn:'

• Dean Boura, farewell! I never look

to see

Dean, or thy warty incivility.' Which, they said, he uttered as he crossed the brook, upon being ejected by Cromwell from the vicarage, to which he had been presented by Charles the First. But,' they added, 'with an air of innocent triumph, he did see it again,' as the fact was, after the Restoration. And, indeed, although he calls Devonshire 'dull,' yet, as he admits, at the same time, that 'he never invented such ennobled numbers for the press, as in that loathed spot,' the good people of Dean Prior have not much.

reason to be dissatisfied.

The person,

however, who knows more of Herrick than all the rest of the neighbourhood, we found to be a poor woman, in the 99th year of her age, of the name of Dorothy King. She repeated to us, with great exactness, five of his Noble Numbers,' among which was the beautiful Litany, quoted above*. These she had learned from her mother, who was apprenticed to Herrick's successor in the Vicarage. She called them her Prayers, which, she said, she was in

the habit of putting up in bed, whenever

she could not sleep; and she therefore began the Litany at the second stanza;

When I lie within my bed,' &r. Another of her midnight orisons was the Poem, beginning,

ingly discompose by any hints at a remote possibility of their not being exactly true. Herrick, she says, was a bachelor, and kept a maid-servant, as his Poems, indeed, discover; but she adds, what they do not discover, that he also kept a petpig, which he taught to drink out of a tankard. And this important circumstance, together with a tradition, that he one day threw his Sermon at the Congregation, with a curse for their inattention, forms almost the sum total of what we could collect of the Poet's life. After his death, indeed, he furnished more ample materials for biography; and we could fill a volume with the fearful achievements of his wandering spirit:

'But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood." Our Readers will be apt to think, we suspect, that there is little valuable in our gleanings; yet these traditionary tales of two centuries old serve to shew the respect in which a Literary man is held, even by the vulgar and uneducated." Quarterly Review, No. VIL pp. 171-2.

Mr. UREAN,

Dec. 26. LEAVE you to judge of the candour of A. B.; who, remaining silent after the pressing entreaty I made in your Supplement to vol. LXXX. p. 616, for a trial of his Liquid (the only way, I think, of introducing it into notice) gives me but too much reason to coincide with A. M. p. 427, last month, that he is one of the worshipful fraternity of mercenary Quacks: indeed there is an air of ambiguous petulance runs through his paper, that too much jus tifies the suggestion. But how dif ferent, Mr. Urban, is the conduct of gentleman, openly and undisguisedly, A. M. who, with the liberality of a and without the subterfuge of a Quack, points out to me what he thinks will (and I have no doubt of it) perform the desideratum requested; and if he has not the thanks of the amateurs of Drawing at large, he has, at least, mine in the most grateful sense; and I know, Mr. Urban's predilection for the promoters of the Arts and Sciences is so great, that he will take the first opportunity of conveying them to him, through the medium of his Miscellany. Yours, &c.

Mr. URBAN,

R.

Dec. 12.

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gantly bound, and in fine condition. The same gentleman gave to the Library, some time ago, some small antique Paintings, found in the ruins of Pompeii, near Naples, which are pronounced by judges to be interesting and genuine specimens of the arts of antient Greece, and supposed to be upwards of 2000 years old.

A Volume of "Travels in Spain, in Letters written in 1809 and 1810, by WILLIAM JACOB, esq. M. P. and F. R. S." is in the press, and will contain, the Author's Views of the Manufactures, Commerce, and Productions; of the State of Agriculture and the Arts; of the Manners, Customs, and Religion; with Anecdotes of the leading Political Characters; Biographical Sketches of eminent Artists; and a View of Spain under the Mahommedan Dominion.

A new Edition of Dr. STUKELEY'S "Account of Richard of Cirencester, Monk of Westminster, and of his Works with his Antient Map of Roman Britain, and the Itinerary thereof," with a copious Commentary; is preparing for the press.

A work by the Rev. Dr. MILNER, of great research, and high interest to the English Antiquary, in which the claim of England to the honours of what is generally termed Gothic Architecture, is maintained, and authorities quoted, in answer to Mr. Whittingtou's Statement of the prior claims of France to that interesting style of Architecture; will soon be ready.

The superb Cabinet of the Coius of the Realin, formed by the late Mr. BARRE ROBERTS, which was advertized to be sold by auction (see p. 440) by Messrs. Leigh and Sotheby, is purchased, to the great gratification of his deeply-afflicted family, by the Trustees of the British Museum, at the price of 4000 Guineas.

Mr. HAMILTON BRUCE is at present preparing an elaborate work from the most authentic sources, giving an accurate and detailed account of all the Scottish families of note, from the peopling of Scotland by the Scythians, down to the present æra. copious account will also be annexed of the different Scottish Monarchs, and their existing posterity.

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Early in April next, Mr. PRATT intends to bring forward to public view, the much-expected Poetical Remains of JOSEPH BLACKET, illustrated and adorned by appropriate

Engravings from original Designs by eminent Painters; with a Portrait, which exhibits a striking Likeness, and interesting Memoirs of the Author. Published for the benefit of his aged mother, and orphan child.

An Account of the Measures pursued with different Tribes of Hindus, for the Abolition of the Practice of the Systematic Murder of Female Children by their Parents, with incidental Notices of other Customs peculiar to the Inhabitants of India. By the Hon. JONATHAN DUNCAN, Governor of Bombay, and Lieut. Col. ALEXANDER WALKER, late Political Resident at the Court of Anand Rao Gaikawar. Edited, with notes, &c. by Major EDWARD MOOr, Author of the Hindu Pantheon will be published in the course of the Winter.

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Our Clerical friends will be pleased to learn, that "The Ecclesiastical and University Annual Register" for the present year, will soon be published.

The Volume of "The County Annual Register" for the present year, will be published early in the Spring. In addition to the usual matter relating to the Counties, it will contain a concise and impartial History of Europe for the year. On account of this improvement, it will assume the title of "The Imperial and County Annual Register."

The Literary work of Madame de STAEL, on which she had been employed eight years, will not be suffered to appear. The MS. (though approved by the Censors) and the proof-sheets have beeu seized at Blois, by order of the Prefect, who has not left the author one copy: the loss is estimated at 50,000 francs. Madame de stael has been ordered to quit France, with permission to retire to Copet, Munich, or the United States. She has chosen the latter.

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At a Sale of Books printed by the late LORD CRFORD at Strawberryhill, late the property of his printer, Mr. Kirkgate, on December 4, a copy of his Lordship's tragedy of "The Mysterious Mother" was knocked down at £6. 15s.-Gray's Odes, with Bentley's designs, £5. 12s. 6d. parcel of scraps, and loose leaves of poetry, epigrams, &c. for £16.- And his Lordship's "Hieroglyphic Tales" (which are in his printed works) a small pamphlet of about two sheets crown octavo, was gladly purchased by an eminent Collector, for the same sum of £16. 52. The

52. The Question concerning the Depreciation of our Currency stated and examined. By W. Huskisson, Esq. M. P. Edition; 8vo; pp. 154; 1810.

Third

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lume) has reached to a third edition within as many weeks. The subject is of great importance, and is here discussed by one whose name and rank would naturally excite public curiosity; and who, it must be confessed, has displayed uncommon talents as a financial writer, joined with a style and manner apparently free from any mixture of party spirit. Of all the pamphlets in reference to the Bullion Report, which have fallen in our way, this is certainly the most able, and, in our opinion, the most intelligible; and, although the Author has not completely succeeded in making us converts to his opinion, we are willing to concede that the subject is one of those which has not entered much into our studies, and may, perhaps, be superior to our capacity. But of this, as mere men of literary habits, we have not much reason to be ashamed, since it appears that there are men of eminent financial talents who cannot be persuaded to think alike on many of the topics so well discussed in this pamphlet.

What, however, renders Mr. Huskisson's labours peculiarly worthy of attention is, the philosophical manner in which he has treated his subject; by recurring to first principles, and proposing definitions of the terms in use. This, at least, gives a clearness and precision to his reasonings. We always know distinctly what he means, what he would infer, and from what premises; and such is surely the most satisfactory mode that can be adopted, because, whether he makes converts or opponents, what he advances is not liable to be mistaken.

In his Preface, Mr. Huskisson adverts to the clamour raised against the Bullion Report, and endeavours to represent that clamour as absurd and ill founded, and as arising from wilful misrepresentation. But, although we have never joined in any thing that deserves the name of clamour against this Report, we certainly were and are among the number who thought that such a Report ought not to have been sent abroad GENT. MAG. Desember, 1810.

before it has been examined and discussed in Parliament; nor have we been mistaken in our apprehensions, as it has been, since its publication, the text-book, not of such men as Mr. Huskisson, but of the disaffected party throughout the kingdom, who have found in it ample resources for depressing the minds of the people, and scattering visionary projects of reform. If there has been a clamour against the Report, there has likewise been a clamour against the Bank, circulated through all the channels of discontent, from the democratic columns of newspapers to the senseless ravings of fraudulent bankruptcy. And we see nothing in this Report itself which could require its being given to the publick so many months before it could be submitted to the decision of Parliament.

Mr. Huskisson was one of the Members of the Committee by whom the Report was drawn up; and being naturally desirous to vindicate what share he might be supposed to have in it, and having been "pressed for some explanation of his opinions respecting the state of our currency and circulation, and of the grounds on which those opinions are founded, he committed to paper the substance of them, in part before, and the remainder very soon after, the publication of the Report."

After determining on the question of the actual depreciation of our currency in the affirmative, the principal object of this pamphlet is, to vindicate the necessity of what is recommended in the Bullion Report, uamely, that the Bank should resume its payments in cash after two years. In the course of this vindication, Mr. H. endeavours to answer all the objections which have been stated by other writers, or are likely to be hereafter stated; and this, we must confess, he has performed with great ability. He foresees no danger that can arise; but, on the other hand, is confident that, with the repayment in gold, paper-currency will regain its former value, and all the evils of an excess of paper be avoided. Without offering our opinion on this important subject, we shall express a wish that it may speedily be decided in the proper place; and, in the interim, we can safely recommend the

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