Her Husband, "Dr. George Sewell was descended from the antient family of Sewell, of Great Heny in Essex; and was the son of Mr. John Sewell, treasurer and chapter clerk of the College of Windsor, where he was born. Prepared for the Univer sity at Eton School, he was entered of Peter-house, Cambridge, and took a Bachelor's degree in medicine there *. From College he went to Leyden, for the advantage of studying under the great Boerhaave, and, on returning to England, practised in the Metropolis as a Physician for several years, but not with sufficient success to fix him permanently there. He next removed to Hampstead, where he resided the remainder of his life, pursuing his profession with credit, reputation, and profit, until it became the abode of three other Physicians, when his practice rapidly declined. Possessing talents for composition, both in prose and verse, he was now necessitated to make merchandize of his literary labours; and appears to have been retained by the booksellers for a considerable time, as editor of several of their reprints of English Poets. Dr. Sewell was an ingenious and elegant writer, and was regarded as a fit companion for such men as Pope, Addison, &c. He kept no house at Hampstead, but was a boarder; was much esteemed, and so frequently invited to the tables of the neighbouring gentlemen, that he had seldom occasion to dine at home. Here he is supposed to have fallen a victim to consumption. "The following verses, written probably shortly before his death, convey an interesting idea of his own consciousness of, and meditation upon, his approaching end: "Soliloquy by Dr. Sewell, in his Then wantonly to death decree "Dr. Sewell's death took place at Hampstead, the 8th of Feb. 1726. His interment, four days after, was conducted in the meanest manner, his coffin being little better than that allotted by the Parish to workhouse paupers; and, neglected by all his friends, his corpse was carried to the grave, accompanied by one solitary attendant! No memorial was placed over him, and the only indication of the spot (a holly tree) has been long since removed ‡. and "It is impossible to read Dr. Sewell's works, without the conviction that he was an amiable and a good man; one may almost venture to say, that he drew the image from his own bosom, when (in a short Poem, intituled by him "Conscience," he describes the happiness of a man whose mind, unmolested by the fears of the wicked, enjoys the peaceable satisfaction of reviewing a life of innocence and utility. After representing "The stings which angry conscience darts" upon the hardened, but not invulnerable bosom of the Infidel, he exclaims, "But oh! thou art not always thus: Quickens with active life, and blessings eye "He was created Doctor of Medicine at Edinburgh about July 1725.", +"From a posthumous Treatise upon the Usefulness of Snails in Medicine." "This holly tree formed part of a hedge-row which was once the boundary of the Church-yard." Darts Darts joy; the hand is ready to supply; "Dr. Sewell contributed largely to "Besides these, Dr. Sewell was the father of some controversial tracts, in which he entered the lists as the Tory champion, against the Bishop of Salisbury, whose zeal had eminently distinguished itself in the cause of the Whigs-At the desire of the booksellers, he undertook to edit a reprint of the Poems of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Sir Thomas Wiatt, and others, to which they are said to have been encouraged by the casual panegyric of Pope, who compared the Earl of Surrey to his Patron, Lord Granville †. Poor Sewell, however, had no initiation in Elizabethan literature, and the attempt utterly failed under his hand. This reprint is justly scouted as the most incorrect edition extant of any antient Poet. It would have been surprising,' says Mr. Alexander Chalmers, had it contributed to revive his memory, or justify Pope's comparison and eulogium.'" The following epitaphs are upon the family tomb of Nathaniel Lord Delamere, in the Church-yard: the former on two of his sons, the latter on his daughter. "Rest undisturb'd, ye much-lamented pair, The smiling infant and the rising heir. "Heavenward directed all her days, Such was the maid-when in her bloom, "Inscription on a railed Altar-tomb in "Here are deposited the remains of James Burn, D. D. many years senior Chaplain to the Presidency of Calcutta, whose character singularly united the firm and manly with the gentler virtues, while the genuine spirit of his profession shone in habitual acts of discerning beneficence and truly Christian charity. Poverty relieved-Youth protected a Life uniformly spent in the service of Religion and his CountryThese are unfading Monuments, the contemplation of which composed and brightened his last moments. He died July 26, 1794, aged 67." The following notices close the account of George Steevens, esq. "The character of Steevens, it is perhaps impossible to analyze. He was subject to fits of kindness and fevers of resentment, the physical causes of which were oftentimes too remote from common observation to be traced by any perception but his own. During the period of cordiality he was the most delightful companion, and the most fascinating acquaintance; and by those very few who haply escaped the effects of his caprice, his memory is almost idolized. But that he was not immaculate,' as his Shakespeare has been pronounced, Davies, in his Dramatic Miscellanies, Murphy, in the Preface to his Works, and the Author of the Pursuits of Litera * "The writer of Raleigh is something of a scholar, and has a great deal of good diction, but is by no means a Play-writer." Hughes's Correspondence, I. 110. +"Surrey, the Granville of a former age." Windsor Forest. "Life of Surrey, in Mr. Chalmers's edition of the British Poets.” $"The verses on this tomb are said (but I know not on what authority) to be written by Gilbert Cooper, the Biographer of Socrates.” ture, ture, have sufficiently denoted. He was balloted into the Literary Club in 1774, on the nomination of Dr. Johnson, who seems not to have had any cordial regard for him, but deemed him mischievous, if not malignant. At the meetings of the club, however, he never particularly distinguished himself; for Steevens was brilliant only when he could take the lead, and there he could not do so.-To the memoranda of Steevens's fugitive jeuxd'esprit given in Mr. Nichols's Literary Anecdotes, may be added, that he was the Author of many squibs on the Rowleian Controversy in the Gentleman's Magazine; that he contributed largely to the St. James's Chronicle and Public Advertiser; and that he occasionally furnished dialogues and designs for Sayer's Caricatures." * The Appendix contains several very curious antient documents, given in their original orthography and contractions; to which are annexed a few additions, and an index. The Work possesses peculiar attractions from the popularity of its subject and these are not at all diminished by the manner in which the subject is treated, either as to selection, arrangement, or compo sition. ed, but the text, as well as the orthography throughout, have been carefully preserved." "A curious mistake, first noticed by an ingenious friend, occurs in Dr. Wordsworth's Ecclesiastical Biography, in the Life of one Nicholas Ferrar, to whose pen his Biographer has thought proper to ascribe the above work. The mistake arose, it seems, from this circumstance. Ferrar used to employ the women of his family in transcribing many valuable publications, for the purpose of having them illuminated and bound in a choice manner; and amongst others, a manuscript copy of the Prophane and Holy State was found amongst his papers after his decease." We cannot dismiss the notice of this publication without extracting an ar ticle from the pen of each of these eminent Divines, though with no solicitude to select passages distinguished above the rest by their merit. "On Jesting. "Harmlesse mirth is the best cordiall against the consumption of the spirits; wherefore, jesting is not unlawfull, if it trespasseth not in quantity, quality, or season. Jest not with the two-edged sword of God's word. Will nothing please thee to wash thy bands in, but the font? or to drink healths in, but the church chalice? And know, the whole art is learnt at the first admission, and profane jests will come without calling. If in the troublesome days of King Edward the Fourth, a citizen in Cheapside was executed as a traitour, for saying be would make his sonne heir to the crown, though he onely meant his own house, having a crown for the signe; more dangerous it is, to wit-wanton it with the majestie of God. Wherefore, if without thine intention, and against thy will, by chance-medly thou bittest scripture in ordinary discourse, yet fly to the city of refuge, and pray to God to forgive thee.Scoff not at the naturall defects of any which are not in their power to mend. Oh, 'tis crueltie to beat a cripple with his own crutches! - Neither scorn any for his profession if honest, though poore and painfull.-He that relates another man's wicked jest with de light, adopts it, for his own,- - He that will lose his friend for a jest, deserves to die a beggar by the bargain. We read that all those who were born in England the year after the beginning of the great mortality in 1349, wanted their foure cheek teeth. Such let thy jests be, that they may not grinde the credit of thy friend, and make not jests so long till thou becomest one."-Fuller. "Religion. "Religion. "The pleasure of the religious man is an easy and portable pleasure, such an one as he carries about in his bosom, without alarming either the eye or the benvy of the world. A man putting all this pleasures into this one, is like a tra veller's putting all his goods into one jewel; the value is the same, and the convenience greater.-There is nothing that can raise a man to that generous absoluteness of condition, as neither to cringe, fawn, or to depend meanly, but that which gives him that happiness within himself, for which men depend upon others. For surely I need salute no great man's threshold, sneak to none of his friends or servants to speak a good word for me to my conscience. It is a noble and sure defiance of a great malice, back'd with great interest, which yet can have no advantage of a man, but from his own expectations of something that is without himself. But if I can make my duty my delight; if I can feast and caress and please my mind with the pleasures of worthy speculations or virtuous practices, let greatness and malice vex me if they can. My pleasures are as free as my will; no more to be controlled than my choice, or the unlimited range of my thoughts and my desires. Nor is this kind of pleasure only out of the reach of any outward violence, but even those things also that make a much closer impression upon us, which are the irresistible decays of nature, have yet no influence at all upon this. For when age itself, which of all things in the world will not be baffled or defied, shall begin to arrest, seize, and remind us of our mortality, by pains, aches, deadness of limbs, and dulness of senses; yet then the pleasure of the mind shall be in its full youth, vigour, and freshness. A palsy may as well shake an oak, or a fever dry up a fountain, as either of them shake, dry up, or impair the delight of conscience. For it lies within, it centres in the heart, it grows into the very substance of the soul, so that it accompanies a man to his grave; he never outlives it, and that for this cause only, because he cannot outlive himself."-South. 64. Sacred Poems: selected from the best Writers: designed to assist young persons to read and recite Metrical Compositions with propriety; and to inculcate the most important principles of Love to God and Benevolence to Man. By Ph. Le Breton, A.M. Master of the Academy in Poland-street, 12mo. PP. 144. Law and Whittaker. THIS little Volume, "intended to promote the desirable coalition of taste with early piety," and extracted from the works of correct and elegant writers, is printed for the use of the pupils of the Editor's Academy. And he trusts that it will be found calculated" to arrest the attention of youth; to improve them in the art of reading and reciting; to meliorate their language and sentiments, and to make strong and indelible impressions on their minds." 65. Reasons for the Establishment of Provident Institutions, called Savings' Banks; with a word of Caution respecting their formation: and an Appendix, containing a model for the formation of Savings Banks, according to the plan adopted by the Provident Institution established in the Western part of the Metropolis, and by that for the City of London, and its Vicinity. By John Bowles, Esq. The third edition, with additions. 8vo. pp. 46. J. M. Richardson. PAMPHLETS of this very benevolent description cannot be too widely diffused; and we are glad to see the subject taken up by so able and so experienced a Writer. "The Bill for the Protection and Encouragement of Banks for Savings, having passed the House of Commons, was read the first time in the House of Lords, when Lord Viscount Sidmouth stated, that it was not proposed that this Bill should then pass; and his Lordship moved, that it should be printed, in order that it might receive full consideration, before the attention of the House should be called to the subject in the next Session. The Bill, therefore, in effect, only stands over, that it may receive the consideration which is due to the importance of the subject; and, there is every reason to conclude, that, early in the next Session, it will be again brought forward. "In the mean time, although the expected law will afford additional facilities and securities to Savings' Banks, together with an exemption from various stamp-duties, and other expenses, to which they are now liable, it must not be doubted that these valuable institutions are already fully competent to give legal effect to their operations. In one respect only they are defective for want of Legislative aid. As the law now stands, they are unable, upon the death of depositors, to obtain a discharge from responsibility for deposits, however small, unless the expense attending the Probate of a testamentary disposition, or the taking out of Let ters ters of administration, be first incurred. To remedy this defect, some provision has been made in the Bill already framed. That provision, however, seems inadequate to its object. Its deficiencies will, it may be hoped, be supplied in the next Session; and it is respectfully submitted to consideration, whe ther the regulation acted upon in the Institutions formed at Bath, Exeter, the Western part of the metropolis, and the City of London, would not furnish a good model for a Legislative enactment. In the mean time, no inconvenience is likely to ensue from suspending a final arrangement upon this subject. Whenever, upon the death of a depositor, the Probate of a will or Letters of administration shall be produced, the course to be pursued is obvious. Should no such documents be forthcoming, there can be no legal claimants; and no regulation can, in that case, have any legal effect, until it shall have received the sanction of the Legislature. In all other respects, these Institutions are fully competent to act, and their speedy formation throughout the Kingdom, is a most desirable object. When the expected law, for their protection and encouragement, shall have passed, they will, of course, take the benefit of the aids and privileges thereby conferred. But it is earnestly recommended to the promoters of these Institutions, in their original formation to keep in view this important truth, that their stability and permanence must depend upon the regular and certain performance of the engagements which may be entered into, respecting the payment of interest and the return of deposits. These engagements are fundamental - they are vital they embrace the very objects which all depositors have in view when they deposit their money in such Banks. It is, therefore, of indispensable necessity that they be such as may stand the test of time, such as shall continue practicable amidst all the fluctuations, to which public or private credit may be exposed. In the Appendix we are informed— "The Provident Institution, established in the Western part of the Metropolis, has already met with the most encouraging success. It originated with the Society for bettering the Condition of the Poor. "The City of London Provident Institution opened on the 22d July, 1816, and on the 31st December in the same year, the number of deposits which had been then received was 2667, and the amount of these deposits £3831. 11s. 8d." 66. The State Lottery, a Dream; by Samuel Roberts. Also Thoughts on Wheels, a Poem; by James Montgomery, Author of the Wanderer of Switzerland, &c. &c. 8vo. pp. 144. Sherwood and Co. THOUGH this philanthropic Pamphlet is more particularly addressed to the Members of both Houses of Parliament, it is worth the attention of every one who has the welfare and the morals of his Country at heart. "Having obtained," Mr. M. says, (by means which it is not necessary to disclose) the power of laying before you a Speech, which is to be delivered from the Throne in the year 1917, I think that I may with confidence rely, not only on its being useful and inte resting to you, but also on its producing that Effect which I so ardently desire." A few sentences from this supposed Speech may not be unacceptable. "As your King, and the Father of my People, I meet you on this occasion with increased pleasure and satisfaction. Another year of Prosperity and Happi ness, since we last met, has been added to the forty and nine which we had before enjoyed together in the same rela tionship. That year has contributed to evince still more strongly your filial affection and attachment to me, and, I trust, my parental solicitude and love for you, and for all my Subjects. "Several causes, at this time, contribute to demand a more than ordinary recurrence to the many advan tages which we now enjoy, and the many errors and dangers which we have been enabled to avoid and escape. I have now for half a century been spared and permitted to reign over you, as a Father amongst his Offspring, in uninterrupted Peace and increasing Prosperity. It is now a full Century since the Legisla tors of these Kingdoms evinced their conviction, that no iniquitous measure could contribute to the welfare of the State, by cancelling one of the foulest blots that ever stained the Records of any Government. From that Period we may, therefore, date the true Exaltation of these Kingdoms. "It is now upwards of a century since one of my predecessors on the throne of these kingdoms, whose virtues seem to entitle him to have fallen on better times, but whose disposition and abilities fitted him for the troublesome and unworthy ones in which he lived and reigned, fervently wished, that every poor child in his dominions might be enabled to read the Bible. His pious prayer |