solved, That this Court, feelingly alive to the importance of the present crisis, and deeply sensible how much the future happiness of the Empire depends on the appeal of our Most Gracious Sovereign being met by an earnest and powerful response on the part of his people in favor of the great measure of Parliamentary Reform, are anxious to express their confident hope that, at the general election about to take place, all minor considerations will be absorbed in the one great duty before the electors of promoting their country's welfare, and that, sacrificing to that paramount object all prejudices, interests, partialities, and friendships, they will exert their undivided energies to procure the return of such Members, and such Members only as will unequivocally pledge themselves to support His Majesty's Ministers in carrying the great question of Reform to a successful issue, and thereby overthrowing a faction arrayed in hostility against the liberties of their country, and seeking to maintain themselves in the usurpation of a power unknown to the Constitution, and no less injurious to the prerogatives of the Crown than destructive of the legitimate rights of the people." At the twenty-sixth anniversary of the British and Foreign School Society, held in London last month, among other speakers, Mr. Montgomery, of Sheffield, in seconding one of the Resolutions, said of this excellent charity "He had come there from a distant town, exhausted in body, and in some respects discouraged in mind, and it was not his intention to have taken any part in the business of the day, nor should he have done so, but that it had been intimated to him by some of the best friends of the British and Foreign School Society-the friends of the children of ignorance all over the world-that it would be considered acceptable if he were to show his face there; but, beyond a few words, he would not trespass on their indulgence, and the less so, because he knew that their hearts responded to the motion before them, and they were no doubt anxious to testify it by their hands held up in support of it. When the mother of the Gracchi was visited by another Roman lady who made an ostentatious display of the jewels in her possession, and was asked to show her jewels, she immediately pointed to where her two sons sat, and said, These are my jewels.' In the same manner, William the Fourth, the father of his people, might that day point to his jewels, the most precious ornaments of his crown, the thousands and millions of his subjects who looked to him with affection and attachment, and who were alike the ornaments of his crown and the best support of his throne. Long may he live to wear them until they grow dim with ageuntil he exchanged his earthly crown for one of immortality! A person who once was shown an ingenious piece of mechanism, which he could not apply at the moment to any practical use, asked Dr. Franklin what was the use of it? To which that learned man replied, What was the use of a new-born child?' Every mother knew of what use it was, yet nothing could be imagined more helpless-the most helpless of all created beings-nothing which could less be applied to immediate practical use. When the Egyptian princess saw the infant borne along in the wicker ark floating down the Nile, she did not ask her attendant maiden of what use a new-born child was, nor did the maid reply that it was fit only to be wafted along and drowned. Without any question she saved the child, and that child became afterwards too powerful for Egypt itself;-that helpless, and apparently forsaken child, became afterwards the giver of the law, on which was afterwards founded that now spread throughout the Christian world. Allusion had been made to the Arabs in the institution of the Society. He would say, that 1500 years ago a child was born in Arabia, who grew from a helpless infant to man's estate without power or influence, yet no man uninspired by the power of the Deity had ever so much influenced the destinies of mankind. At first he affected to despise letters; he gained this power, not by moral influence, but by that of the sword; and by degrees he subdued the remnant of the Roman power in Asia. Conquests, however, obtained by mere brute force were not permanent unless supported by the same power which made them. Knowlege however was power. The followers of Mahomed, the man to whom he alluded, by degrees came to cultivate knowledge; and by the encouragement which some of those princes afterwards gave to the arts in Greece, they made some compensation for the destruction of the Alexandrian Library. But the only fixed hold they got of their conquests was by that influence which their knowledge gave them. Of what use, it was asked, was a new-born child? Here was a helpless new-born infant, and to what great purpose had he been destined? He would take one example more. More than 1800 years ago Jesus was born in Judea, in the days of King Herod. So destitute did his external condition appear to be, that if a person were to ask then of what use was a new-born child, it might almost be answered, let it perish rather than endure the sufferings to which it was exposed; and yet, that helpless, perishing infant, was now recognised as the Lord Jesus all over the Christian world. He here viewed Jesus in his humanity alone; and assuming for a moment that he was not known to the Gentiles as the Son of God, he had, as man, influenced the world more than any other being that had ever come into it. Would it then be again asked, What was the use of a new-born child?" MEMOIRS OF PERSONS LATELY DECEASED. SIR E. BERRY. At his residence in Bath, February 13, Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Berry, Bart., K.C.B., aged 62. This distinguished officer had been several years suffering under severe illness and extreme debility, the effect of paralysis, which rendered him totally incapable of taking upon himself the active duties for which his distinguished talents in his profession, and his high character, so eminently qualified him. Sir Edward Berry was the only officer in his Majesty's navy who had the honor of three medals, having commanded a line-of-battle ship in the battles of the Nile, Trafalgar, and St. Domingo. When first-lieutenant of the Captain, at Porto Feraijo, Sir Horatio Nelson recommended him for promotion for "the masterly style in which he brought that ship to bear on the batteries.' He particularly distinguished himself in the same ship in the battle off Cape St. Vincent, and was the first man who boarded the San Nicholas, 80 guns, and the San Josef, 112 guns. For this heroic conduct he was made a Post Captain, March 16, 1797. He commanded the Vanguard, at the battle of the Nile, under Lord Nelson, whose estimate of his valuable services was thus expressed in his despatches to the Admiralty: The support and assistance I have received from Captain Berry cannot be sufficiently expressed; I was wounded in the head, and obliged to be carried off the deck; but the service suffered no loss by that event; Captain Berry was fully equal to the important service then going on." Being charged with despatches to the Admiralty, he was returning home as a passenger in the Leander, 50 guns, commanded by the late Sir T. B. Thompson, when that ship, after a desperate resistance, was captured by the Genereux, a French 74. Cap. Thompson particularly mentioned the great assistance he received from Captain Berry on this occasion, and the Court Martial on Captain Thompson expressed their approbation to Captain Berry" for the gallant and active zeal he manifested by giving his assistance in the combat." He received the honor of knighthood, December 12th, 1798, and was presented with the freedom of the City of London in a gold box, value 100 guineas. Sir Edward afterwards commanded the Foudroyant, 80 guns, at the capture of the Genereux, and of the Guillaume Tell, 84 guns. In 1805, Sir Edward Berry commanded the Agamemnon, 64 guns, appointed to join Lord Nelson's fleet, and on his passage out most conspicuously evinced seamanship. During the night he found himself with a single ship, and that very old and of very small dimensions for her rate, in the midst of the Rochfort squadr on, off Cape Finisterre. He well knew the value to Lord Nelson of every additional ship, uninjured and without delay; therefore, by his superior seamanship and skill, he contrived to get away from them uninjured, and joined Lord Nelson a short time before the great battle of Trafalgar. He continued in the command of the Agamemnon at the battle off St. Domingo, under Sir John Duckworth. Soon after this, the Committee of the Patriotic Fund at Lloyd's presented Sir Edward with a sword, value 100 guineas, also with three silver vases, commemorative of the three great battles in which he had been engaged; and at the close of the same year he was created a Baronet, by patent, dated Dec. 12, 1806, In 1812, Sir Edward commanded the Barfleur, 98, under Lord Exmouth, and His Majesty gave him the command of two royal yachts in succession. At the enlargement of the order of the Bath in 1812, he was nominated a Knight Companion; he was appointed a Colonel of Marines in 1819, and a Rear-Admiral in 1821. Sir Edward Berry was remarkable for his coolness and intrepidity in carrying into action his ship, which was at all times well disciplined, but without undue severity and coercion. He was of the school of Earl St. Vincent and Lord Nelson, and had the honor to enjoy the personal friendship of both through life. Sir Edward married in 1797 his first cousin Louisa, daughter of the Rev. Samuel Forster, D.D. Rector of Shotley, in Suffolk; he died without issue, and the baronetcy has consequently become extinct. SHIRLEY WOOLMER, ESQ. Feb. 18.-At his residence in Upper Southernhay, Exeter, aged 72, Shirley Woolmer, Esq. formerly a bookseller in that city. As a bibliopolist Mr. Shirley Woolmer was never surpassed, whilst his indefatigable exertions in the pursuit of the sciences of Mineralogy and Geology have rendered his name renowned amongst those who have devoted themselves to these branches of useful knowledge. He frequently contributed papers on these subjects to periodical publications, and it is some consolation to those who hope to join him in another and a better world, to know that his exertions ever tended to enhance the goodness of the Creator, and to vindicate his Sacred Book from the attempt of the sceptic to bring it into contempt. Those only who knew his innate goodness of heart can appreciate his worth. To the world he was known as a keen investigator of science-a devout and consistent professor of the Gospel; to his family and connexions, as a kind and affectionate parent, and a close and steady friend, whose advice was ever sought in the hour of perplexity. ROBERT BROWN, ESQ. He was well known by his excellent agricultural writings. He died Feb. 14, at Drylaw hill, East Lothian, in his 74th year. He was born in the village of East Linton, where he entered into business; but his natural genius soon led him to agricultural pursuits, which he followed with singular success. He commenced his agricultural career at Westfortune, and soon afterwards removed to Markle. Mr. Brown was a cotemporary and intimate acquaintance of the late George Rennie, Esq., of Phantassie, and to the memory of them both agriculture owes a tribute of gratitude. Mr. Rennie chiefly confined his attention to the practice of agriculture; and his fine estate furnished evidence of the skill with which his plans were devised, and of the accuracy with which they were executed. While Mr. Brown followed close on Mr. Rennie in the field, the energies of his mind were, however, more particularly directed to the literary department of agriculture. His "Treatise on Rural Affairs," and his articles in the "Edinburgh Farmer's Magazine," (of which he was conductor during fifteen years,) evinced the soundness of his practical knowledge and the energy of his intellectual faculties. His best articles are translated into the French and German languages; and "Robert Brown of Markle is quoted by continental writers, as an authority on agricultural subjects. He took an active interest in the public welfare, especially when rural economy was concerned, and by his death the tenantry of Scotland have lost a no less sincere friend than an able and zealous advocate.-Gardener's Magazine. REV. ROBERT HILL. At Hough, Cheshire, aged 85, the Rev. Robert Hill, Rector of Great Bolas, Salop, and perpetual Curate of Talko'-th'Hill, Staffordshire, for many years a magistrate for Cheshire, uncle to Gen. Lord Hill, and younger brother to the celebrated Rev. Rowland Hill. He was the seventh son of Sir Rowland Hill, of Hawkstone, in Shropshire, the first baronet, by Jane, daughter of Sir Brian Broughton, of Broughton, in Staffordshire, bart. He was of All Souls' College, Oxford, B.C.L. 1772; was in that year presented by his father to the rectory of Great Bolas, and by Miss Wilbraham (whom he shortly after married) to the rectory of St. Mary's in Chester. The latter he resigned in 1803 to his brother Rowland, on being presented to Talk by the Rev. W. Hicken, vicar of Audley. Mr. Hill married Mary, daughter and sole heiress of the Rev. John Wilbraham, rector of St. Mary's, Chester, by whom he had nine sons and five daughters: 1. the Rev. Rob. Wilbraham Bromhall Hill, rector of Walters Upton, Salop, who is deceased, but has left a family; 2. John, a barrister-at-law, married, and has issue; 3. Rowland Al Jeyne; 4. Samuel, married, and has issue; 5. Richard; 6. Mary; 7. Margaret; 8. Brian, who died young; 9. Jane; 10. Brian; 11. Thomas; 12. Eliza-Anne; 13. Emma; and 14. William, who died young. REV. ROBERT HALL. At Bristol, February 21st, aged 68, the Rev. Robert Hall, M.A. He was the son of the Rev. Robert Hall, Minister of the Particular Baptists at Arnsby in Leicestershire. For his education he was first placed under the care of the Rev. Dr. Ryland, at Northampton, and then sent to the Baptist Academy at Bristol, whence he proceeded in 1781 to the King's College at Aberdeen. After four years residence there, he returned to the academy at Bristol to become assistant to Dr. Caleb Evans, in which situation he continued until 1791, when he succeeded the Rev. Robert Robertson as minister at Cambridge. Whilst there resident he became known to, and admired by some of the most distinguished scholars of the age. Dr. Parr said of him, "Mr. Hall has, like Bishop Taylor, the eloquence of an orator, the fancy of a poet, the acuteness of a schoolman, the profoundness of a philosopher, and the piety of a saint." It is said that he was offered ordination by Bishop Barrington. From Cambridge, about 1804, he removed to Leicester, where he was pastor of the meeting in Harvey Lane until invited to succeed Dr. Ryland at Bristol in 1826. Mr. Hall's publications appeared under the following titles:-"Christianity consistent with the love of Freedom, being an answer to a sermon by the Rev. John Clayton," 1791, 8vo.-" Apology for the Freedom of the Press, and for general Liberty, with remarks on Bishop Horsley's sermon, preached 13th Jan. 1793," 8vo."Modern Infidelity considered with respect to its influence on society; a sermon preached at Cambridge," 1800, 8vo. -"Reflections on War, a sermon, on June 1, 1802, being the day of thanksgiving for a General Peace."-" The Sentiments proper to the present crisis, a Fast sermon at Bristol, Oct. 19, 1803." The effects of Civilization on the people in European States,' 1805."The advantages of Knowledge to the Lower Classes, a sermon at Leicester," 1810.-"The discouragements and supports of the Christian minister, an ordination sermon,' 1812.-"The character of the late Rev. Thomas Robinson, Vicar of St. Mary's, Leicester," 1813.-" Address to the public on an important subject connected with the renewal of the Charter of the East India Company." 1813.-"An Address to the Rev. Eustace Carey, Jan. 19, 1814, on his designation as a Christian Missionary to India.”—“ On Terms of Communion; with a particular view to the case of the Baptists and the Pædo-Baptists," 1815.-"The essential difference between Christian Baptism and the Baptism of John more fully stated and confirmed."-" A sermon occasioned by the death of the Princess Charlotte of Wales, preached at Leicester," 1817.-"A sermon on the death of Dr. Ryland," 1826. Mr. Hall was for some time one of the conductors of the Eclectic Review. The name of Mr. Hall stood prominent as one of the first pulpit orators of the day; his oratory was soft, mellifluous, rich, deep and fluent as the flowing of a mighty river-to this he added an earnestness and fervency which impressed his audience with the sincerity of his belief. From bad health, and a peculiarly delicate nervous temperament, he hardly ever studied any of the orations that he delivered, or even thought of them until he had entered the pulpit. His addresses were in consequence unequal. There was at times a heaviness in his discourses, which was apt to make strangers wonder at the reputation for oratory to which he had attained; but when his health was firm, his spirits good, and his theme congenial, no man ever rose to higher and happier flights than he did in these purely extemporaneous exhibitions. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. The Rev. D. Kyle, to be Bishop of Cork and Ross.-The Rev. J. Bartholomew, Morchard Bishop R. Devon.-The Rev. J. Biddulph, Lillington V. Warwickshire. — The Rev. P. Blakiston, Lymington P. C. Hants.-The Rev. J. Carlos, Wangford, P. C. Suffolk.--The Rev. J. Carr, St. Giles, P. C. Durham.-The Rev. F. Cobbold, Helmly R. Bucks. The Rev. C. Childers, Mursley R. Bucks.-The Rev. J. D. Coleridge, Lewanwick V. Cornwall.-The Rev. E. Cove, Thoresway R. co. Lincoln.-The Rev. A. Dicken, Norton R. Suffolk.-The Rev. T. Fardell, Boothby Pagnall R. co. Lincoln.-The Rev. T. Garratt, Talk-o'-the'-Hill P. C. co. Stafford.-The Rev. G. Glover, Gayton V. Norfolk.-The Rev. T. Henderson, Colne Wake R. Essex. The Rev. R. J. King, West Bradenham V. Norfolk.-The Rev. W. C. Leach, Dilham V. Norfolk.-The Rev. E. Lewis, Llanbedr P. C. Radnorshire.-The Rev. T. Lloyd, Llanfairoerllywn R. Cardigan.-The Rev. W. Marshall, Chickerell R. co. Dorset.-The Rev. D. Matheson, Knock Ch. co. Ross.-The Rev. J. S. May, Horne V. Kent.-The Rev. G. Salmon, Shastock R. co. Warwick.-The Rev. J. B. Watson, Norton V. Herts.-The Rev. W. Wellington, Upton Helion R. Devon.-The Rev. C. Wheeler, Stratton Audley P. C. Oxon.-The Rev. H. W. White, Dolgelly R. Merionethshire. The Rev. R. H. Whitelock, Saddleworth P. C. co. York.-The Rev. A. W. Eyre, late Vicar of Stillingfleet, near York, to the Vicarage of Hornsea-cum-Riston, Yorkshire.-The Rev. J. Bartholomew, to a Prebendary in Exeter Cathedral, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. B. Coppleston. -The Rev. J. B. Atkinson, M.A. to the Rectory of Kingston, Isle of Wight, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. D. Ward, M.A.-The Rev. H. H. Norris, M.A. to the Rectory of South Hackney, void by the resigna tion of the Rev. Archdeacon Watson.-The Rev. P. Whittingham, Minor Canon of Norwich Cathedral, to the Rectory of Baddingham, Suffolk.-The Rev. John Chevalier, M.D. to the Rectory of Cransford, Suffolk.-The Rev. R. Clifton, M.A. to hold by dispensation the Rectory of Somerton, Oxon, with the Rectory of St. Nicholas, Worcester.-The Rev. H. B. Owen, B.D. of St. John's College, Oxford, Rector of St. Olave's, Hart-street, to the Rectory of Throcking, Herts.-The Rev. N. Morgan, M.A. Rector of Rearsby, Leicestershire, to the Living of Aston, near Birmingham.-The Rev. wickshire, to the Perpetual Curacy of Water J. H. Harrison, M.A. Curate of Aston, War Orton, in the same parish, void by the death of the Rev. R. Sadler.-The Rev. J. Cottingham, B.A. of Clare Hall, Cambridge, to the Perpetual Curacy of Shotwick, Cheshire. Richard Pepper Arden, of Pepper Hall, YorkMarried.-At St. James's Church, the Hon. shire, to the Lady Arabella Vane. At St. George's, Bloomsbury, the Rev. Alfred Williams to Rosetta Lambert, youngest daughter of the late T. Cotton, Esq. of Chace Lodge, Enfield. Highgate, and of Toddington, Beds, to Laura C. P. Meyer, Esq. of Forty Hill, Enfield, to By special licence, Leonard Thompson, Esq. eldest son of George Lowther Thompson, Esq. of Sheriff Hutton Park, Yorkshire, to Miss Mary Wentworth Fitzwilliam, second daughter of Lord Milton. The Rev. William Gilson, to Eliza, third daughter of the Bishop of Chester. At Paris, the Count de Montebello, son of the late Marshal Lannes, Duc de Montebello, to Mary Teresa, eldest daughter of T. Boddington, Esq. At All Souls Church, Langham place, Francis Hawkins, M.D. of Curzon-street, Mayfair, to Hester, third daughter; and on the same day, Le Marchant Thomas, Esq. of Brunswick Square, to Margaret, fourth daughter of the Hon. Baron Vaughan. At Harpsden, V. Vaughan, Esq. of Caversham Grove, Oxon, to Mary Ann, only daughter of the late J. Hussey, of Pinkney House, Berks. In the Isle of Thanet, the Rev. C. G. Davies, B.A. Minister of the Chapel of Ease, Broadstairs, to Mary Ellen, second daughter of the late Col. Thorne, of Snydall, Yorkshire. At St. James's Church, the Hon. Leicester Pedder, M.A. Vicar of Clevedon, Somersetshire, Died.]-At Marks Hall, Essex, W. P. Honywood, Esq. Turnour, Earl of Winterton, and at Shillinglee At his seat, Perdiswell, Worcestershire, Sir At Richmond Park, Elizabeth Countess Dowager of Pembroke, in the 94th year of her age. Hugh Smith, Esq. of Stoke House, near Cobham, Surrey. At Leases, Yorkshire, in the 93rd year of her age, Mrs. Anna Maria Arden, sister to the late Lord Alvanley. At Bath, the Rev. F. Coke, Prebendary of Hereford Cathedral, &c. At Bath, Vice-Admiral the Right Hon. Sir William Johnstone Hope, G.C.B. Major General Mackie, Governor of St. Lucie. In Craven Street, Strand, Rear-Admiral G. Sayer, C.B. At Binfield Park, Berks, Catherine, sister of the late Lord Sunderlin. In Lower Connaught Place, in his 76th year, Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Bentham, K.S.G. late Inspector of Naval Works, and Civil Architect and Engineer of the Navy. At Enfield, John Abernethy, Esq. F.R.S. LITERATURE. JULY, 1831. NOTICES OF NEW WORKS. The History of Poland, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. By JAMES FLETCHER, Esq. With a Narrative of Recent Events, &c. Cochrane and Pickersgill. When the three crowned felons who partitioned Poland had consummated their crime, (the other sovereigns of Europe regarding the deed with complacency,) little expectation could have been indulged that a nation so mutilated and trampled under barbarian feet would ever again lift its head. When the throned Prostitute of Muscovy either plunged Kosciusko and his companions, the martyrs of the noblest cause, into dungeons or banished them to the inhospitable deserts of Siberia, men little thought of their restoration to liberty by Paul, or that Napoleon would recall Poland into partial existence, though but as the shadow of its former self. How much less could the present glorious effort for freedom have been anticipated, and how little can its result be foreseen? Scarcely four millions of souls have awakened to the recollection of past glories, and stung by the rod of an insane savage set over them by Russia, goaded by cruelty and injury unparalleled in the present state of civilization, save under the rule of the Tzar, have again dared a righteous cause in an appeal to arms. With the chance of success, the present situation of Poland is a terrible one to contemplate. If successful, the price will be oceans of blood and years of devastation; if the contrary, Poland will be a desert; those who survive fire, famine, sword, rape, pestilence, and every species of barbarian brutality, will be slaves in Siberia, and most probably four millions of brave Poles will be replaced by Tartar savages or Muscovite slaves. If however the Polish territory incorporated with Russia rise and be as firm and devoted as the population of the Grand Duchy, strong hopes of eventual freedom may be indulged. Unfortunately two other robber thrones are looking on, by no means indifferent observers of the contest. Holding the product of their infamous plunder with a tight hand they tremble for its security, and may ultimately make common cause with the great oppressor. One of these powers, namely Austria, never relaxed her cruelty to the brave men who long ago exerted themselves to defend their country. Paul of Russia restored Kosciusko to liberty, and sent home 12,000 Polish captives or exiles. Prussia that had tried and executed Poles, who resisted the spoliation of their native land, as if they were her own subjects who had revolted against her authority, opened her dungeon doors to the Polish captives after the treaty of Bâle. Austria alone, the tyrannic, cold, selfish, depraved, faithless, debauched Austria, never permitted the light of day to break in on the gloom of captives taken in direct violation of every law human or divine. With Austria and Prussia feverish for the security of their plunder, and a nation of 60,000,000 of barbarians threatening their country, the Poles, in heroism never surpassed, have flung all upon a die and prepared for death or freedom. Who knows but a Napoleon in military talent, but no foe to freedom like that great man, may arise; some genius made for mighty exigencies, who, as Napoleon did by Austria in Italy, with a handful of men may break down the Muscovite power and shake that barbarian kingdom to its foundation? We pray God such a one may appear; that the avenger of guilt may give one lesson to the thrones of the earth that will be of lasting utility to them. With such hopes, and with the knowledge of what the Poles have already achieved during the present campaign, we do not despair. Some one of those unforseen incidents which turn the fate of empires may operate in favor of the just cause.. Nicholas, the vengeful foe of Poland, who will not be contented with any July, 1831.-VOL. I, NO. III. N |