firing of guns,
which were directed The first objects within the gates were
against an Arab village; and it seems three Turkish soldiers, who guarded the
that this mode of collecting taxes is not entrance, and were smoking their pipes
seldom necessary on the part of the
with a degree of unconcern that struck us
the more forcibly as our own curiosity was
Turkish oppressors of these districts.
raised to so high a pitch. Our guide dis-
The Bey of Jaffa bears a very bad cha-charged the customary fees that all Chris-
racter, is of a cruel disposition, and tians are obliged to pay on entering the
much feared by the inhabitants. Even town.
the English vice-consul (M. Damiano)
stands so much in awe of him as to be
glad to keep out of his way, as he cares
nothing for foreign powers, nor even for
the imperial firman.

The consul himself was forced to pay taxes like a common christian. When he complained of this treatment, and presented his firman from Constantinople, no attention was paid to it, and the only answer he received was, "You are a Christian dog, and the person that sends it you is no better."

The sacred city was otherwise very desolate; some Christians in the Levan

slab of white marble on the pavement, surrounded by a railing; this we were assured was the spot where the body of the Saviour was anointed by Joseph of Arimathea. We next entered a kind of circular chapel, erected under the centre of the dome: the sides were formed with verd-antique marble, and the entrance was covered with the same. Twenty-one silver lamps were hanglieved to contain the tomb of Jesus Christ, ing around this sacred spot, which is beand several vases filled with flowers stood

on a white marble slab near it. The sacred tomb itself was covered with two planks of a mahogany colour, and guarded by an aged monk.

tine dress saluted the travellers with the
welcome ben venuti,' and they arrived
at the convent of St. Salvador, where
they were to take up their residence.
To their surprise and mortification, they
were received by two drunken Monks, forming certain ceremonies, and satis-
From this venerable spot, after per-
who, instead of answering their inqui-fying their devotional feelings, they vi-
ries, burst out into a fit of laughter, and sited the chapel, where many relics
are shewn. They next took a dis-
tant view of the temple of Solomon,
"that forbidden object to which no
Christian is permitted to approach.”
Neither shall we in our present Num-

uttered a torrent of nonsense in miserable Italian. A religious of a better From Jaffa the party, properly fur-order, however, at length appeared, and nished with a guide and escort, for which paid them the attentions due to their sia large sum was paid, departed for Jeru-tuation, and to their letter of introduction salem, which is about 35 miles distant to the Superior. by the way of Rama. The natives are by no means friendly to Christians, and the journey is not free from peril. Towards Jerusalem, the road becomes very mountainous; and as it was expedient to travel by night in order to avoid the scorching heat of the sun, the situation was picturesque and interesting.

We passed (says Mr. B.) a village to the right belonging to an Arab who calls himself the Prince of the Mountain; it appeared to be considerable: the fields around it were very fertile, and covered with vines, interspersed with crops of tobacco, watermelons, and linseed. The road is kept in very good order near this village, but the Christians must pay a tribute to the Prince, for permission to pass his territory; and as the place is situated in a narrow defile of the mountains, he can easily shut up the passage. He has the character of being at once cruel, haughty, unrelenting, and addicted to rapine. The monks in particular

stand in great dread of him.

The guide paid the usual dues; and his employers had the good fortune to have a view of his Arabic Highness for their money. He was a stout, good looking man, with an immense black beard; his dress a white cotton frock, with a

sash and a blue turban;-he and his at-
tendants were all well armed and well
mounted, smoking long pipes. In the
absence of their guide, they were about
to take the wrong road, when His
Highness put them right by crying out
Helcods (i.e. Jerusalem,) and pointing
out the proper path. Jerusalem is not
seen till within a few hundred yards of
it; several magnificent ruins precede
the entrance by the gate of Jaffa.
are further informed--

We

ber; but reserve the curious account of this Temple, and the remainder of Mr. Bramsen's work, to be concluded in our

next.

National Work. By William and Robert Whistlecraft, of Stow Market, in Suffolk, Harness and Collar-makers. Intended to comprise the most interesting Particulars relating to King Arthur and his Round Table. Canto III, and IV. 8vo. pp. 61.

Being much fatigued (says the narrator) we retired to rest for a few hours, but had hardly fallen into a slumber, when we were and windows. We rose, and found the disturbed by a loud knocking at our door yard in front of our apartments filled Prospectus and Specimen of an intended with Christians of both sexes, dressed in the Levantine style. It was a visit of friendly congratulation, which however at such a time we could willingly have dispensed with. They all came and shook hands with us, at the same time greeting us with ben venuti. Most of the women wore gowns of a red colour, some of which were ornamented with narrow silver lace on the border; their hair was plaited, and hung down their backs, and to the end of each lock was attached some gold coin: several wore similar ornaments round their heads and necks, but all were covered with long white veils. Some were very handsome, though their complexions were rather pale. Very few spoke Italian, their gencral language being either the Arabic or the Turkish. Some of them pretended that they came to fetch water from the well; but motive of curiosity, so all-powerful to the it was not difficult to see that the stronger female mind, had attracted them to the spot; others informed us they had been to prayers in the convent.

Bey, and paid a tax of 50 piastres, or
Having obtained permission of the
about three guineas, without which no
Christian curiosity is gratified in this
particular, they visited the church of the
Holy Sepulchre.

It is a large and magnificent building,
and, with the exception of some of the pil-

lars and the front, remarkable for the cu-
rious basso-relievo work over the door; is
mostly modern, the building having been
partly destroyed by fire in 1810. The first
object pointed out, on entering, was a

The world has grown so exceedingly
dull of late, that the poet who interrupts
its monotony, by forcing it to laugh,
deserves double thanks. Of the powers
of the Messrs. Whistlecrafts (alias the
Hon. J. Hookham Frere) to do this, no
one who has perused the two first
Cantos * of this whimsical and facetious
production can entertain a doubt. The
third and fourth, which have just ap-
equally rich in droll allusions, in fanciful
peared, are equally playful and amusing;
observation, and in incidental touches of
beautiful poetry. There does not appear
to be any distinct object in view: the
sports with his theme
whole is mere drollery, and the author
66 as the destinies
decree" in so lively a manner, that we
shall see many more cantos before Lu-
sisti satis' is heard from our critical chair.
The third part begins with an apostrophe
to the gayest of the Nine:
I've a proposal here from Mr. Murray,

He offers handsomely-the money down;
My dear, you might recover from your flurry
In a nice airy lodging out of town,

* Reviewed in the Literary Gazette No. 26, July 19, 1817.

At Croydon, Epsom, any where in Surry;
If every stanza brings us in a crown,
I think that I might venture to bespeak
A bed-room and front parlour for next week.

Tell me, my dear Thalia, what you think;

Your nerves have undergone a sudden shock; Your poor dear spirits have begun to sink;

On Banstead Downs you'd muster a new stock, And I'd be sure to keep away from drink,

And always go to bed by twelve o'clock:
We'll travel down there in the morning stages;
Our verses shall go down to distant ages.

And here in town we'll breakfast on hot rolls,
And you shall have a better shawl to wear;
These pantaloons of mine are chaf'd in holes;
By Monday next I'll compass a new pair:
Come, now, fling up the cinders, fetch the coals,
And take away the things you hung to air,
Set out the tea-things, and bid Phoebe bring
The kettle up.-Arms and the Monks I sing.

The author being thus comfortably situated to pursue his task, forgets or at least digresses en masse from the promise at the end of his former work, to give us

A Giant's education and his travels,
and at once introduces us to the monks
and their residence:-

Some ten miles off an ancient Abbey stood,
Amidst the mountains, near a noble stream;
A level eminence, enshrin'd with wood,

Slop'd to the river's bank and southern beam;
Within were fifty Friars, fat and good,

Of goodly persons, and of good esteem,
That pass'd an easy, exemplary life,
Remote from want and care, and worldly strife.

Unfortunately for this concord the Monks, instigated by ambition, took it into their heads to have a ring of largesized and loud-toned bells. Now it seems that

Giants abominate the sound of bells,

And soon their fierce antipathy was shown,
The tinkling and the jingling, and the clangor,
Rous'd their irrational gigantic anger.
Blind to their danger, the monks are
delighted with their new toy, the effect
of which upon the circumjacent hills is
very humorously described:

Meanwhile the solemn mountains that surrounded
The silent valley + where the convent lay,
With tintinnabular uproar were astounded
When the first peal burst forth at break of day
Feeling their granite ears severely wounded,
They scarce knew what to think or what to say;
And (though large mountains commonly conceal
Their sentiments, dissembling what they feel,
Yet) Cader Gibbrish from his cloudy throne

To huge Loblommon gave an intimation
Of this strange rumour, with an awful tone,
Thund'ring his deep surprise and indignation;
The lesser hills, in language of their own,

Discussed the topic by reverberation;
Discoursing with their echoes all day long,
Their only conversation was, ding-dong.'

These giant mountains inwardly were mov'd,
But never made an outward change of place:
Not so the mountain Giants-(as behov'd
A more alert and locomotive race,)
Hearing a clatter which they disapprov'd,
They ran straight forward to besiege the place
With a discordant universal yell,

Like house dogs howling at a dinner-bell

Between them and the Giants a very Impending fate is announced in dreams fair intelligence subsisted, for

The Giants were a tolerating sect,
and the monks had kindly administered
relief to a poor, lame, and old member
of that body. After a very happy illus-
tration of the powers of music, in which
the Friars excelled, and witty hypothesis
of the history of Orpheus, the effect of
sweet sounds upon the Giants is thus
finely painted:

And oft that wild untutored race would draw,
Led by the solemn sound and sacred light,
Beyond the bank, beneath a lonely shaw,

To listen all the livelong summer night,
Till deep, serene, and reverential awe

Environ'd them with silent calm delight,
Contemplating the Minster's midnight gleam,
Reflected from the clear and glassy stream.
But chiefly, when the shadowy Moon had shed
O'er woods and waters her mysterious hue,
Their passive hearts and vacant fancies fed
With thoughts and aspirations strange and

new,

Till their brute souls with inward working bred
Dark hints that in the depths of instinct grew
Subjective-not from Locke's associations,
Nor David Hartley's doctrine of vibrations.
Each was ashamed to mention to the others
One half of all the feelings that he felt,

Yet thus far each would venture-"Listen,
brothers,

It seems as if one heard Heaven's thunders melt In music!

and by prodigies to the secure Monks;
and in giving the history of the savage
acts of the gigantic tribe, we have an
imitation of the ancient monkish legen-
dary Latin, than which we do not re-
member ever to have perused any thing
more perfectly felicitous:
Erant rumores et timores varii;

Dies horroris et confusionis
Evenit in calendis Januarii;

Gigantes, semen maledictionis
Nostri potentes impii adversarii,

Irascebantur campanarum sonis,
Horâ secundâ centum tres gigantes
Venerunt ante januam ululantes.
At fratres pleni desolationis,

Stabant ad necessarium præsidium,
Perterriti pro vitis et pro bonis,

Et perduravit hoc crudele obsidium,
Nostri claustralis pauperis Sionis,

Ad primum diem proximorum Idium;
Tunc in triumpho fracto tintinnabulo,
Gigantes ibant alibi pro pabulo.
Sed frater Isodorus decumbebat

In lecto per tres menses brachio fracto,
Nam lapides Mangonellus jaciebat,

Et fregit tintinnabulum lapide jacto;
Et omne vicinagium destruebat,

Et nihil relinquebat de intacto,
Ardens molinos, Casas, messuagia,
Et alia multa damna atque outragia.

in this morceau of exquisite latinity, the
author, in his assumed character of
harness-maker, has a sly hit at the ac-
knowledgments to friends, with which
modern works in prose and verse are
so plentifully interlarded. Those, says
our bard, that have laid their Latin on
the shelf,

May like to read the subsequent narration
Done into metre from a friend's translation.

Squire Humphry Bamberham, of Boozley Hall,
(Whose name I mention with deserved respect)
On market-days was often pleased to call,

And to suggest improvements, or correct; I own the obligation once for allwhich has degenerated into the most To this pleasant allusion to a practice unworthy and abominable sycophancy, the author adds a trait of the same class, by asserting that the poem is nevertheless wholly his own. We give him credit for the fact, and proceed with his story. A few of the wiser monks, "the wise are always few," headed by their reader and librarian, had all along opposed the plan of the bells, and there is an admirable detail of the proceedings of the two factions, and of the manner in which the leader of the anti-tintinnabularians conducted himself. Among other things,

He transcribed, he pasted, Repair'd old bindings, index'd, catalogued, Illuminated, ended clasps, and wasted Meanwhile the belfry business was proceeding. An hour or two sometimes in actual reading; To escape its opening, he stole away on the appointed day to angle, and conned meeting with his brethren. Providenover many smart replies for his next particular spot, where, being detained, tially the roach and dace bit freely in a he observed the approach of the Giants, and by giving timely warning, saved the convent from being sacked. There are beautiful descriptions of the rapture with which the new belfry was hailed by its promoters (compared to a hive of bees) and of the motions of the " puny piscatory swarm" in the shallows of the river; but lest we draw out our remarks to too great a length, we relinquish our inclination to quote these passages, for a sketch which would do honour to a more grave and ambitious performance: A mighty current, unconfin'd and free,

Ran wheeling round beneath the mountain's
shade,

Battering its wave-worn base; but you might see
On the near margin many a wat'ry glade,
Becalm'd beneath some little island's lee

All tranquil, and transparent, close embay'd;
Reflecting in the deep serene and even

Each flower and herb, and every cloud of heaven;

In explaining away the learning evident The painted kingfisher, the branch above her,

Stand in the stedfast mirror fix'd and true; Anon the fitful breezes brood and hover, Fresh'ning the surface with a rougher hue; /

Spreading, withdrawing, pausing, passing over,
Again returning to retire anew:
So rest and motion in a narrow range,
Feasted the sight with joyous interchange.
In this sweet scene, while twitching out
gudgeon, the worthy Monk is alarmed by
the invading Pagans, who are rather
disposed to resent the clatter of the bells
than to fish away their displeasure like
the man of Christian habits. He flies to

the convent, and animates its inmates to
defend it. His courage and resources
are so conspicuous that, the Abbot dying
during the fray, he is elected in his
stead, as the best fighting Friar. He is
likened to Pericles, and his claustral de-
fence to the defence of Athens. He took
especial care to feed his troops well; a
main consideration when churchmen
combat. At length the besiegers, fa-
tigued with the gallant resistance of the
Monks, retire during the night, and the
auspicious news is brought to the de-
fenders by Brother Martin, who had
been accidentally cut off from communi-
cation when the Giants sat down before
the place.

And now the Gates are opened, and the Throng
Forth issuing, the deserted camp survey;
"Here Murdomack, and Mangonel the strong,
And Gorbuduc, were lodged," and "here,"
they say,

"This pig-sty to Poldavy did belong;

Here Bundleback, and here Phigander lay." They view the deep indentures, broad and round, Which mark their postures squatting on the ground.

Then to the traces of gigantic feet,

Huge, wide apart, with half a dozen toes;
They track them on, till they converge and meet,
(An earnest and assurance of repose)
Close at the Ford; the cause of this retreat

They all conjecture, but no creature knows;
It was ascribed to causes multifarious,
To saints, as Jerom, George, and Januarius,

To their own pious founder's intercession,

To Ave-Maries, and our Lady's Psalter;
To news that Friar John was in possession,
To new wax candles placed upon the altar,
To their own prudence, valour, and discretion;
To relics, rosaries, and holy water;
To beads and psalms, and feats of arms-in short,
There was no end of their accounting for't.

As is generally the case, all their conjectures were unfounded, for the fact was, that the Giants went off to intercept the ladies belonging to Arthur's court, as narrated in the two former cantos; and thus we find out that the present publication is purely episodical, as

The Giants' memoirs still remain on hand-
The author adding-

For all my notions being genuine gold,
Beat out beneath the hammer, and expand
And multiply themselves a thousand fold
Beyond the first idea that I plann'd;

Besides, this present must be sold; Besides,-I promised Murray t'other day, To let him have it by the tenth of May.

Our great consolation in taking leave | value, were it only through the sacrifice of this clever production is, that it pro- offered for us. mises to be continued. Amid all the whim and capriciousness which belong to it, there are so many admirable touches of

genuine wit, so many neat allusions to
classic lore, and altogether so much
gaiety and humour, that he must be a
stoic indeed who does not enjoy it

heartily.

We break away from this train of cogitation to fulfil the task we proposed to ourselves in regard to this work, or

rather to its appendix; and refer to the Letter all those who desire to peruse a the case between the regular church and very plain and powerful statement of that party which is known by the name of Evangelical.

Dr. Maclaine, whose biography leads to those passages which we shall notice, was, for more than half a century, minister of the English church at the Hague.

A Letter to the Honourable and Right
Rev. Henry Ryder, D.D. Lord Bishop
of Gloucester, on the admission to Holy
Orders of young Men, holding (what are
commonly called) Evangelical Princi-He was of a respectable Scotch family,
ples: To which is added, a Liographi- but born in Ireland in 1723. Losing his
cal Sketch of the late Rev. Archibald father and mother at an early age, he
Maclaine, D.D. By the Rev. Richard went to Holland to his maternal uncle,
Warner. pp. 61.
under whose auspices he was educated
for that station, upon which his life
reflected so much honour. His publi-
cations are not many, but excellent: two
volumes of Sermons; Series of Letters
to Soame Jenyns on his Defence of
Christianity, 1777; Letter on the Parti-
tion of Poland; and a Translation of
Mosheim's Church History, with Notes
and Appendixes. His excellent charac-
ter, and the high respect in which he
was held, rendered Dr. M. familiar with
many of the most distinguished indivi-
duals for rank and talent in Europe. So
much was he esteemed indeed, that our
venerable king caused him to be intro-
duced to him at Windsor, when on a
visit to this country in 1788. His Ma-
jesty conversed with him in the most
affable manner, and expressed his affec-
tion for M. de Salzas (the Doctor's in-
timate friend) who was the sub-precep-
tor and person principally in charge of
the Prince of Wales and Duke of York,
but who retired on the resignation of
the office of Preceptor by his patron
Lord Holderness.

This is a fearful title page for us who
disclaim all controversy, and especially
polemical; and we doubt not that those
friends who have observed the Literary
Gazette for any period, to know its trim,
will be surprised to see such a head
to one of our articles. But as the
postscript to a letter is not unfre-
quently the most engaging part of it,
so do we find in the additions to this
pamphlet, matter which we conceive will
be interesting to the generality of our
readers. It is true that we shall not
accompany the Reverend author through
his very able and orthodox arguments
against the Evangelical party in the
church:-Not from any blindness to the
importance of the subject, nor from any
want of respect to the advocate of the
established religion; but from a convic-
tion that our Work is not the fit arena
for such controversies, and from being
so far optimists in this great question,
as to be fully persuaded that The Truth
will ultimately shine the clearer for all
the clouds of folly, selfishness, or schism,
which pass over it. A single point we
will notice, and express our most cor-
dial agreement with Mr. Warner, that
human nature is not altogether so re-
The first time he ever heard music to
probate and debased as one class of sec-
perfection, was at the Hague, when Handel
taries delight to represent it. No! there went thither to attend the Princess of
is something of the God in man; there The celebrated musician performed volun-
Orange, daughter of George the Second.
is something of the divine in his descent taries before her, on the organ, at the Great
and ascent, in his life here and his hopes Church, once or twice a week; to which
of hereafter, which forbid us to consider she was accustomed to invite all the no-
him as the lost, degraded, and vile blesse, the foreign ministers, and the clergy.
creature-nulla virtute redemptum. If The Doctor described himself as perfectly
we are mortal, we are also immortal; if transported at the performance; experienc-
we are fallen, we are also of sufficient ing sensations of delight, which he had no
worthiness to have merited the incarna-conception it was in the power of harmony
to produce. He was expressing his plea-
tion of perfection;-let us not there-
sure one day to Dr. Burney, and added,
fore be proud and presuming, but let "Indeed I am always powerfully affected
us feel that we are of inestimable by Church music;" to which Dr. Burney

Dr. Maclaine was one of those who have a fine taste for harmony, and are moved by the concord of sweet sounds:

music.'

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He derived peculiar pleasure from the pe rusal of Chateaubriand's Beauties of Christianity; for, although the author was no favourite, he knew how to appreciate the merits of the book. It was from that work which Lucien appeared to have formed his poetical system: he was also convinced that religion and its various mysteries afford an inexhaustible fund of the highest poetic imagery, and with this impression he made it the basis of his epic studies. The asylum he had found under the head of Catholicism, naturally fixed his attention, directing his researches to the annals of Christianity, He chose the period at which the Lombard kings endeavoured to extend their domination over the south of Italy, as affording a good subject for his newly revived mania, and thence conceived the idea of composing Charlemagne.

immediately replied, Sir, there is no other | morning." Nay, nay,' replied the Spaniard, | Delivered into French verse, it struck the stay a little, and I will step in again to senator that he might himself write a poem : Dr. Maclaine had in his possession athe Prince.' He did so, and again returning, the idea once formed, Lucien mounted on large collection of King William's letters to assured Lord L. that he might now venture his hobby, and thought of nothing else. the Grand Pensionary Heinsius. He said into the presence Chamber, without any they impressed him with the highest idea of apprehension of the compliment being the probity, candour, moderation, and sim- paid him. Lord L. went in accordingly, plicity, of that monarch's mind. Their and was received most graciously by the style is pithy and laconic; and the letters Prince, who conversed with him, for a long concise, seldom longer than a page and a time, with the greatest affability. It did half, but inconceivably clear and intelli- not escape Lord L.'s observation, however, gent. The collection was in the hands of that the Prince stood with his back to the a descendant of Heinsius, who had five co- fire-place, having one hand behind him; pies of them transcribed for the purpose of and he therefore conceived that it was not presenting them to several distinguished impossible a trick might be played him at persons. He accordingly did present them last. He consequently kept a sharp lookto the Stadtholder, the Duke of Bruns-out, and watched every motion of H. R. wick, and some one else; and intended Highness. The suspicion was not without another copy for Count Bentinck (the old foundation. Approaching to take his leave, Count de Roone, who was in England in he made a very low bow, keeping his eye 1770 to visit his younger son Captain John still upon the Prince's hand; and at the Bentinck.) This nobleman, however, died very moment when he was again raising his on the very day the papers were to be put head, saw his H. R. H. produce the fool's into his hands and the descendant of cap, and lift it up for the purpose of coverHeinsius made them a present to Dr. Mac-ing him. Being, however, prepared for laine. The Doctor wished much to com- such a manoeuvre, he struck the paper complete the collection, by procuring copies pliment out of the Prince's hand to the other of the answers likewise, which are in the end of the room, made another low bow, King's Library at Kensington; and when and retired. he came over from the Hague in 1788, with Lord Dover, he asked his Lordship, whe-like China court etiquette had ever been attempted in Europe: the story is as

:

ther it would not be possible to get a sight
of these papers.
"Oh no!" replied Lord
D. “ you are too late; his Majesty is so
offended with the use which Dalrymple
made of the papers that he saw, that he is
determined the collection shall never again
be seen by any one."

We were not aware that any thing so

ludicrous as the Kotou itself.

Soon after the flight of the family of Orange from Holland, Dr. M. whose health sunk under the agitations of that era, obtained leave to retire to England, accompanied by his daughter. He died at Bath in 1804, in the 82d year of his

Among his other friends, the Doctor numbered the late Lord Ligonier, who communicated to him the following curious anecdote:-When his Lordship was ambas-age, and was interred in the Abbey Church of that city, where a monument is erected to his memory.

sador in Spain, in the reign of the present King's grandfather, Charles III. a morning was appointed for him to attend the levee of the present Charles IV. then Prince of the Asturias. As he entered the anti-chamber, he saw several of the grandees coming out of the Chamber of Audience full dressed, and walking gravely by, with each a fool's cap upon his head. Struck with the sight, he asked what the meaning of it was? To which the Spanish minister, who conducted him, replied, it was merely a fancy of the Prince, who kept a great number of these caps in his apartment, one of which he always put upon the head of the person who had been with him. Lord Ligonier then inquired, whether it were likely such a favour would be conferred on him; "because," added he, "the King, my master, whom I represent, would be far from pleased, were I to submit to such an indignity!" Upon this, the Spanish minister promised that he would endeavour to obviate this part of the ceremony of introduction; and accordingly went in to consult the Prince on the subject, but returned with the answer that Lord Ligonier must submit to be crowned, like the other visitors of his Royal Highness. "Then," said Lord L. "I present my respects to H. R. H. and wish him a good

Memoires secrets sur Lucien Buonaparte.
(Continued.)

advancement, the same ardent spirit
Disappointed in his thirst for political
supported Lucien in his efforts to be-
come famous for literature; and, while
in England, he laboured daily at his
Epic Poem of Charlemagne; of the
commencement of which the following
account is given, together with a note
most vigorously illustrative of French
character, as established by the Revo-

lution:

As soon as the book appeared, Lucien hastened to send a copy to the French Academy, accompanied by a very civil letter, in which he solicited the councils, criticisms, and advice, of his brother academicians. The president, in ordering the work perpetual secretary to thank M. Lucien, to be deposited in the library, charged the and acknowledge the receipt of his offering.

Will it be credited that several members warmly opposed that any answer should be sent to the senator; or that, had it not been for the vigorous remonstrance of M. Suard, who exposed the indecency and turpitude of such conduct on the part of the Academy, the proposed measure would have most probably been adopted? When Lucien returned with Napoleon in 1815, the very same men who opposed that a reply should be sent to him on the above occasion, were now the first to propose that a deputation should wait on the senator, for the purpose of felicitating him on his happy arrival, and to express how much flattered the Academy would feel, by his excellency's time to its proceedings. The question was consecrating a few moments of his valuable now, who should be first in sharing the honour of that man's smile, who was, two years before, the object of their scorn and contempt !!!

Such is the vanity of authorship, Lucien had prepared a third edition in folio with fine engravings, but the success of his poem did not put him to the extra expense of publication. In France During the summer of 1807, the even the work was never mentioned till after ings of Madame Lucien were frequently the downfall of his brother. When that passed informing enigmas, and putting coup-brother's fortunes began to totter, the lets together: the senator, who usually join- family attachment and pride of Lucien ed in these amusements, also took it into his conquered his hate, if that were ever, as head, to translate some stanzas from Tasso, which he knew by heart, and used some he could not prevent the catrastrophe, we think it must have been, real. But times to sing in the manner of the Vene- and he saw the edifice he had helped so tians. As these efforts appeared to be rather happy, they soon inflamed the poet's essentially to raise, crumble into dust, imagination; and persevering in his at- without the power to aid in an endeatempt to render the author of Jerusalem vour to prevent the overthrow. Libe

rated however by the peace of Paris, he turned his attention towards Italy and Rome. Refused a passage through France, he journeyed by Germany and Switzerland, leaving his family in England; and in May 1814, he revisited the capital of the Christian world,' where the Pope welcomed him as a friend, and raised him to the rank of a Roman prince, by the title of Canino. He was also created Count of Apollino, Lord of Nemori, and other places. This testimony established the character, and consolidated the fortunes of Lucien, though it left him infinitely lower in rank than former situations warranted. But he, who had opposed Napoleon in the height of his power, felt much commiseration for his low estate in Elba, and soon made overtures of reconciliation. These were conveyed, and the correspondence carried on by Madame Letitia the mother, and Pauline the sister, who made frequent voyages to and from Rome and Elba; and the result was, that Lucien, forgetting all animosities, set himself arduously to work to procure the political resurrection of his family.*

men who could alone bring his brother | practicable in Lucien's eyes, he left the
back to empire. On this occasion, the success of it to the fortunes of his brother:
senator thought he could share the power, so that, apparently, he had merely a secon-
and render himself so necessary to Buona- dary part to play in the grand political
parte, that France, through his means, drama, which was about to throw the cause
might be preserved from a return of tyranny, of European liberty back for so many years.
though the despot re-appeared. When the It was Joseph who assumed the most active
revolutionists of Paris consented to the re- agency in maturing the plot. This crowned
call of Napoleon, Lucien promised his co-adventurer, though destitute alike of talents
operation, without, however, dissembling or vigour of character, contrived, in the
the danger, which he fully exposed to the rage of disappointed vanity, and stimulated
emperor; and it was not until the latter by his love of gold, to lay the first part of
had minutely detailed all his means of in- the train which produced the final explo-
suring success in the proposed enterprise, sion in France. Having previously fixed
that the senator would agree to aid the his residence at the castle of Prangrin, in
cause with his advice.
Switzerland, that place became the head
quarters for those conspirators who were
employed to conduct the correspondence
through the south of France, particularly
Lyons, Grenoble, Dijon, and even on to
the capital. Agents from Elba, despatched
by Napoleon himself, used frequently to
land on the coast of Provence, and proceed
to Paris, without any molestation whatever.
The plot was, in fact, at once civil and
military; as persons who had formerly
filled the situation of ministers, old coun-
sellors of state, commissaries, clerks, and
women of abandoned character, composed
the pivot on which the infernal machine was
known to move, and constituted its prin-
cipal support. The conspirators, who had
at first rejected every idea of restoring Na-
poleon, at length determined in his favour;
merely to obviate the danger of hesitation or
incoherency; for unanimity was indispen-
sable to the success of their plan. It was
not until the end of December that the
generals, who had been initiated into the
approaching catastrophe, began to hold
their first meetings at Paris.

For this purpose Lucien conferred personally with the agents of Napoleon, Murat and Fouché, at Rome; all of whom met there to deliberate on the best means of raising France and Italy, in the name of the liberty and independence of nations. But it was during a visit which the Grand Marshal of the Palace, Bertrand, made to Rome, at the latter end of October, that this emissary of Napoleon, Thibaudeau, and Lucien, discussed the plan of operations which should be adopted to ensure the success of the conspiracy. These conferences also touched on the minor details connected with the mode of execution, precise period Solicited by his brother, mother, and of landing in France, &c. Lucien was of sisters, Lucien could no longer resist so opinion that the army should only be repowerful an appeal: hoping to derive a curred to as an instrument, insisting that his brother could never maintain himself in degree of personal glory from the political France, until he succeeded in identifying resurrection of his family, obtaining those advantages most calculated to flatter self-himself with the party who espoused the love, or gratify passions which had always too great an ascendant over him, these motives, added to the refusal of admitting the senator into France, the distrust manifested with regard to him, and critiques which the Parisian editors made on his poem, although it contained passages favourable to the Bourbons, were also particularly offensive to Lucien's pride: all these circumstances irritated him to such a degree that he became decidedly inimical to the late restoration. Other causes, not quite so apparent, had also some share in his sound both him and Murat, and flattered himself that they would enter into his plan of forming an immediate coalition, to be composed of all the revolutionary elements in France and Italy, and thus enable both these countries to oppose the grand one of sovereigns. The two brothers had been already reconciled, and Lucien, who was formerly the disciple and apostle of revolution, only saw the destruction of those changes introduced by that favourite doctrine, and which he had been taught to regard as indispensable, in the triumph of legitimacy. He plainly perceived that a very large party, not only in France, but every other part of civilized Europe, were about to be crushed by the coalition of kings; and therefore wished to aid its re

conduct. Fouché had sent emissaries to

establishment by giving himself up to those

This change justifies the suspicions of the English Government.

cause of liberty and independence. This
party, according to the senator, was that of
all the revolutionists; and he also thought
they should recommence the revolution,
Νο
From this time forward the conspiracy
taking care to restrain its excesses.
objects sacrificed to public vengeance, very rapidly approached towards the consumma-
few proscriptions, and a declaration of free- tion of one of its principal objects, the
landling of Napoleon; without which, it ap-
dom, hitherto unknown to the most san-
guine advocates of liberty: such were the peared impossible to move the army in
favour of the grand design, or affect the
views of Lucien. He also wished to sur-
prise the public by a grand national convo-public mind, so as to produce a universal
cation, which was to fix the hopes of the rising amongst the people. The plot was
whole country. This assemblage was the
divided into two parts, that of Buonaparte's
famous Field of May, which is entirely due delarkation, and the insurrection of several
garrisons in the northern departments,
to Lucien; and the idea may be found
pointedly alluded to in several parts of his which were to march on the capital, and
possess themselves of the royal family: this
Charlemagne.
was to be effected by the aid of perfidy and
treason, prepared with a degree of infamy
altogether unworthy of the French character.
The public is fully aware how amazingly
the developement of this scheme was fa-
voured by the blind confidence of the court,
and above all, by the public opinion of
criminal neglect of an infatuated ministry,
nearly all France.'

very

Napoleon, on his side, appeared closely
to adhere to all that his brother recom-
mended; but true to his natural character,
be commenced by completely deceiving the
senator; endeavouring to persuade the
would induce Austria to second the enter
latter, that a sense of her own interests
prise; and that, moreover, he had already
received an assurance, that both his wife

and child would be sent to Paris in the
event of its success. In threatening that
power with a general rising of the Italians,
rather than run the risk of losing her pos-
headed by Murat, said Napoleon, Austria,
sessions there, would consent to withdraw

from the coalition, if ever so well inclined
to oppose his re-establishment. As the
execution of this calamitous plan seemed

(To be continued.)

PRESENT STATE OF BARBARY.

(From Pananti's Narrative.) Having endeavoured to give an idea of the productions, soil, and climate, we now advert to the population of Barbary, which consists of Negroes, Turks,