r nec urge nec populo sep utroque vol 12 batvaday iovembee27 1830 no 22 literature orlglmal- points in history bttgusf fcouatftutfon mr bduei history of ewgjahd concluded wk were in uie second place to devote or attention to ao instance of the false colouring sometimes given by mr hume to his materials and as i premised this instance was to be drawn from the reign of richard ii where he relates the speech of the bishop of carlisle in defence of the king a he represents him ns brave ly pod generously standing up in defiance of injustice and power iu the causo of his unhappy master sir john heywarde is his authority and the spoech as given by sir john is not the same as that given by hume who endeavours to prejudice the reader and to throw over the barons a degree of forocity aud barbarity that does not belong to them thereasoningwhich is displayed in the speech would indeed be marvellous coining from the bishopof car- liilc in the time of richard ii the bi shop inaiutains the innoeenceof the king but says that even if ho had acted as was described he should be excused when it was considered he ouly followed the precedent of foftner monarch the bi shop said nothing of the sort kumo heo oes on to mention that no laws can truly benefit ilo pcoplo which do not give security to the sovereign 6 all this most true and mosi wirihy ofthoreal boning and enlightened judgment of ilumo j hot no such principles no such reasoning do wo bttd in sir john itcywarde the hishop spoke of nothing hut the divine right ifl kinr and- of ti duly of passive obedience in the people yet after nil the speech given by sir john to the bishp is pivcu by sirjohu himself it is true that hall shaltspeare and other writers put such language into his mouth but the on ly fact ihat cau be knowu is limine was thrown int prison for words spoken a- gainst iho parliament and this is the on ly foundation ofihat speech as represented by hcywnrdc for the very improbable reasoning of hume with which he im proves upon the language of iho former hume concludes by observing of the bishop that though his words might have been too much tioged with the doclrine of passive obedience yet his noble and disin terested efforts to save a falling master his generous courage in opposing what he thought the violence of oppression marks him as a man of elevated nod honourable feeling and of a heart too noble to be en slaved most undoubtedly it is so but though the character of the bishop was disinterested and generous aud honoura ble it was not sufficient that he should possess these qualities if lie exerted othors pernicious to his country it is not suffi cient that a man should not be a slave hira- solf if his words and actious tood to re duce others to abasement and slavery before quitting mr humes elegant and i fascinating history itis my duly to call at- teuiion to that eloquent writers inconsis- tfflt w i ifl j j calj v curjov the jiistory of mr hume it has been ob- served bya talented writer of the present day is the most acute work of one of the most ncute men that ever existed it is well known that hume bestowed great labour upon his work and it bears internal evi dence ot the truth of the assertion it is artfully composed and was several times revised aud corrected with the most anx ious care and attention yet upon exami nation i thiuk it will be found to contain more irrcconcilcahlc opinions and indeed more contradictory representations and sentiments thnn can be found in any other historical composition the key to this inconsistency and waving sa5s the above writer is to be found partly in a reluctant deference to the liberal maxims establish ed at the revolution which could oot in his day be decently or even safely impugn ed and parily in some uncertainly or change of purpose which seems to have come over him iu the course of composi tion at tho time humes history was written it must he rem mbered tfao whigs were still the predom iant party in the state and it was noj ilowable directly to question any of their tvnciples wbicli had been solemnly sanctioned hi the settle ment of 1g83 it is probablo that at first the author did not intend indirectly cither to discredit or contest them his original design was very likely by no means so bold or so lofty it was wo should rather in fer nt first intended to bo no moro than an apology for the unjustifiable conduct of the smarts the design was no doubt fuir aud certaiuly neither ungenerous nor un reasonable a great and perhaps tho best part of tho work is dedicatod with suffi cient correctness to its execution- as he went on however the author seems to have been inioxicated with his success and without entirely renouncing the style of an apologist to have assumed the feelings and aud adoptod the character of a defender and eulogist proceeding from excuses to justification mixing up rccrimiuation with defence and presuming at last to ques tion by implication the value of that liberty and the merit of that patrio tism for which he was every now and theu professing the most profound veneration it is not to be supposed that in this limited space i cau atiempt to poiut out all the faults of ibis nature which are to be found e vide humes england vol 3 page 43 0 vide humes england vol 3 page in the history ono instance willsuffice as on the two former occasions the first i meet with is on page 204 of vol g speak ing of the leaders of opposition iu the first parliament of charles i he says the generous patriots animated with a warm regard to liberty saw with regret an unbounded power exorcised by tho crown and resolved to scizo the opportunity which the kings necessities afforded them of reducing tho prerogative within reasona ble compass and adds that to grant or refuse supplies was the undoubted privilege of tho commons and this ho sayj ofihat parliament whose refusal to grant more than two subsidies till they had been heard on the national grievances he had cho sen to represent as a cruel mockery of the sovereign c and a proceeding un precedented in an english parliament and very shortly after he goes on to stig matize tho very persons of whom he had spoken with such commendation as am bitious fanatics who advocated various measures aud under colour of redress ing grievances which during this short reign could not have boon very numerous proposed to controul overy part of the go vernment which displeased them the cases of hampden d and laud e tho commencement of the civil war in 1642 if and his remarks upon the kings assent to the petition of right g aud ihis is another great fault in humes history lhat he is not consistent that is that at times ho is prejudiced a- gaiust the popular rights aud thnt at others he is fair aud impartial and this must bo guarded against will the same precautions we use in the case of the other two great faults of this useful writer which we have seen to he that he docs not accurately represent even the autho rity he quotes aud that to early times i and to ignorant persons he gives thescn- liincuts and reasoning of his own philoso phic mind thereby defeating one groit m4 of nil llletory by nhiiii we ne i-hh- bled t mark the rise and progress ofci- vilizatiou and knowledge all this howe ver must toach us tho vast importance of the political principles of men the opi nion of gilbert stuart of hume to which i havebefore alluded is short and just he says this work is tin apology aud a plausible defence ol prerogative hut lhat no friend of humanity or of the constitution of his country can regard ihe tendency and effects of his book without a sorrowful surprise and a patriotic indignation every intelligent reader will carefully at tend lest ho should charm his taslo or mislead his understanding in tltese ob servations it is not wished that any thing should be understood to reflect upon the personal character of hume even in his history there arc many passages to he found which the lover of liberty might quote as favouring his sentiments aud this always will be the case where a wri ter endeavours to accomplish a design which the nature of his subject will not warrant this will be contiuually occa sioning inconsistencies aud contradictions and the readers mind will be in continual danger from the artful association of truth and falsehood such writers were man- devilleaud rochcfoucault on tho whole hume in exaggerating the irregularity and wretchedness of these early ages does oot bestow sufficient praise on those brave aud generous patriarchs who maintained from age to age a struggle against forc ant injustice and to whom overy individual 0 britain should feel himself indebted f tho laws and liberty which he enjoys for every tbiug which cau make hiaf a blessing and his country his happ the papermakers coffsf oblodua sir the following talc is a free transition from a story written by clawren which i found in one of the germah annuals for tmj vear 1s28 if you jtfiink it will amuse your kfjdm and will give it insertion i shall not uun mv lime has been misemployed wishing your journal every success i cm sir your constant rca e l york november 12th 1830 it was an evening like the present the snow fell thick and heavy the sky wns gloomy and cloudy wo sat rouncj ino warm fire and tulked our conversation became interesting the death of our neighbour the papermaker which taken place ouly the day before occas many remarks tho old warder of the forest called the paperrnulcer a bcg rscal not so much on account qf j trade as from the badncssof his character such a fellow he said could nave no peace in his grave lie oppressed very one within his power and was a sqverc cruel man all his life be quiet husband said his vife he is gone and we should never oak ill of the dead tho pall which is tlitowo over the coffin at the interment should he tho mantle of christian love ii cover the deceased wiih all hi errors nod t judgo not thai yo may not ho judged neither do i judge replied irm old man hnhliog out his hand affectionntelv to his wife i only think that if at the tears uy upo peart which that villain made to flow j should never siuk peacea bly to my ete rest the fellow died frightfully au wonder pain had dis torted all hisj and his last word was a tremendous oath in the morning he had declared that he would go that night to the fir plantation and show the bailiff tho boundary j but when ha said so lie ut ile suspcclcd w was siaudiog on tho brink of the grave threo hours afterwards he was a corpse dcarfaihfirsaid minn half playful ly half in earnest aud casting a look full of meaning el me dear father do not talk about the fir plantation for there is one hero who must go through it tonight oh oever mind thnt miua should leo papermakers stand iu my way i and my black horse would gallep by them or over them what is the history about the boundary i do you really mean to go home this weather said the old lady it is so dark that onecannotsee ones hand the country is covered with suow you will not bo able to find the road and tho night is no mans friend i could uot consent to stay i was on ly a short league from home and whilst my horse was getting ready i learned the following particulars about a year ago nn old woman was murdered io the fir plantation the assas sin had dragged her several steps away from ihe spot where hu committed ihe teeu and concealed her behind a hil lock the spot where she was mur dered was very evident from the marks in the sand and the quantity of blood the infamous act was commiitcd behibd a bush close to tho road side the bush lay io the demesne of the prince hut the mound in which tc woman was found buried was according t tho asset lion of tho justice on the property of the papermaker the lalicr however affirmed that his property bi witty ti lite buck of tho hillock the question hud uot yot been decided who snoum bear the expenses of the prosecution whether the proprietor of tho post where the uurdcr was committed or of ihe spot wherfj die murdorcd person wns found the nssassin who had been apprehended remained in the mean lime iu chains this very cveuing there was to have been a riveting at the place of dispute the iapcf maker had said on the morning of the day on which he died being then iu soudfj health that he would nttend the meeting but it might bo late as ho had busiuggg 0 consequence to transact shortly afterwards ho was taken sudden ly aud violently ill hut notwithstanding his excruciating pains he remembered his raocq against iho bailiff aud just an hour before his death whilst writhing in a he said that if a nillion of devils held him down on his heef he would never theless appear at iho place of dispute and confront the bailiff my horao which was to carry mo in a few tttiuuics over the spot iu question was now saddled aud waiting fur meat the door i took leave and my good stood darted off with me like lightning i will- gave him the reiu he pranced on ihrough the deep suow aud went snorting across the dreary flat till we entered the fir plautatiou there the road was narrow the snow deeper und my horse became m09 impatient ho wag dnihiug impetu ously along when he stopped so suddenly lhat i was nearly thrown over bis head by the jerk i kept on my saddle however tightened the rein and spurred him for ward but iho animal was immovable he pawed with his fore feet reared up prick ed his cars and suorted what if the papermaker the idea only passed half ihrough my mind yet i stood on the spot where the poor old wo man had bicathcd out her soul it the strug gle with the murderer coward sard i to myself and again hacf recourse to tho spur but tho horse only roado a s spring i pat- c vide humes euglaod vol g s 201 c vide humes england vol g age 375521 e vide homes england vol 6 pgc 2s4 e vol 7 paces 40515 f vide humes england vol c i9 ffvide huraos england vol g 23 255 a slight variation from iho text has been made io these quotations to render them concise aud to avoid ciicumlcciiniou gain 1 his wife folded her mildly iess them sideways i now tried to coax him 1 p ted his neck with a trembling hand but nothing could iuduce him to advance a step i began to feel convinced that something either stood or lay in his way but though it had ceased snowing i could not sec five steps before mo i have a tolerable nerve but people maysay as they will i felt a ve ry uncomfortable sort of sensation creeping over mo i alighted led my horso with my left hand and held my switch before mo with the right the horse followed a few steps trembling he then suddenly stopped and again snorted loudly from his wideex tended nostrils 1 looked steadily before me my eye fell on a black cofiio which stood io ihe middle of tho way i had courage enough to strike it with my switch but the stroke sounded dreadfully hollow and ns the horso nt the same moment dart ed still farther off my heart failed me i recollected theie was a footpath which led through the plantation i romounted and rode back till i reached its commencement and theu turned into it it ran parallel with the road and at dc great distance from it when i got again io the neighbourhood of tho coffin the horse resumed his symp toms of uooasincss but no sooner hail he passed the spot than he dashed forward at full speed as if for life and death for my own part i was so cold and frozen klial every limb shook my brother had not gone to bed and i related to him my ad ventures he laughed at me but i pro tested upon my honour the trulhof what i had seen aud heard then i will prove the whole a piece of rodomontade said he my two land itniliffs shall go with you to the sput if you find the coffin i will py each of ihein a dollar for his trouble if you do not find it it is but right that you should reward them 1 bad no objections to the cendiiiucsand ordored my horso to bo brought out a the bailiffs accompanied me and we drew near the plantation my ibrse worn on quietly wereached tho spohof terror tho coffin had vanished i wasttwo dollars poorer aud when i got back they all laughed most unmercifully ii remained however perfectly convinced tlttt my sen ses had not deceived me i scarcely slept au hour all night the black mfh w eou- linnally before me i heard ate hollow stroke of the whip aod felt the trombliug of tho terrified horse under me next morning i made it my fiist business to ride hack to tho plautatiou the traces of my horses feet were still vistbu he had trampled down the snow all round ihe spot where the coffiu had stood bug there was nothing else to be seen i rodcon jo mi nns house and related the whe circum stances there i told you so said the old man i know ho wouw havo io peace iu his gravo hands and said which persecute you bless aitflcurse not ho will certainly be judged but god will judge him no doubt no doubt answered bor husband hut the devil has already got him in his clutches you hear chat ii was bis coffin 11 of a truth said miua more seriously and energetically than she waswoot of a truth it was his coffiin her manner surprised me there was nooc of her usual gaiety iu it my pulse began to heat quick what do you know of tlic matter mine she raised up her head from her work flung buck the ringlets that cluucred over her brow nud looking siguificautly about her she beckoned us to gather round her worktable you know the deceased papermakers hoy martin well yesterday evening martin went to fetch his masters coffin from the undertakers hut a jt was badly secured on thcsledgc it slipped offbehiud while martin went ou quite unconscious of his loss you and your horse came to ihe spot got iu a tcrriblo fever of fright and gallopped off by the side path meanwhile martin got home missed the coffin return ed aud caniod it away so when you aud the two bailiffs heroically came back the appcritioo had vanished ms tin told me the whole story this morning for at least a fortnight 1 was tho laugh ingstock of the couutry literary notice original sia if you think the enclosed m s worthy of insertion among your original paper i shall be gratified hyits publica tion and may from time to time submit papers of aliko nature to your considera tion your obedient servant w in giving this paper insertion we take the opportunity of again expressing our anxiety to draw forth writers of talent our earnest desire to give them every as sistance our experience may supply w is thanked aud his notices of any scarce or new work shall always command a courteous receplioo editor chron the game of life by luitch ritchu txco vols 12 mo londorl the game oflifo is the history of a young man forced to work out ills own passago through life at an early age he is induced to visit london his all of wealth abank note for 10 his all of marketa ble ware the birth education and feelings of a gentleman without friends without resources he repairs to tho great metro polis to seek his fortune the ealy por tion of his lifo having been passed io toe ignorance and seclusion of ihe country tho various scenes he encounters are ever dark aud gloomy specimens of vice and want his first employment is writing for a lawyer collecting news for lle daily papers and ultimately heobtaiuseoiploy- mentas a writer for the magazines l this is ao unprofitable affair as we can tell by ex perience the magaziues being at a times open to men of first rate and acknowledg ed talent care not for the first attempts namelesscorrcspondentsthehondrofthcir insertion and probably from time to timea small gratuity maybe considered handsome remuneration what might be expected takes place the young mau is left utter destitution and wretcheduess frons which he is rescued by au old and discarded ad mirer of his mother u sort of penrvddock a creature to be found in many novels plays and poems but seldom uofo5un ly one of the dramatis persona of te stage of the greal world this amiable and be nevolent gentleman is a mr vesper v ho happily finds in his niece afittiog wife for tho hero aod tho story concludes r rom what has been said it will be seen m once that the plot is very poor but the great merit of this author is in his forcible and graphic sketches from life it scolos from internal evidence that he roust havo been an eye witness in all and probably ao actor in many of the scenes he describes wn such startling reality the scene iu tltt lodg ing house too long for extract is copied from tho daily occurrences of the 1 tho same may be said of many of the street scenes oue passago is so great a favou rite of ours and the scone is dratf such vivid effect that we cannot bfj iug it a place both as a specimen the authors stylo and as a jostitlcrou of the praises we have bestowed upon ii work before us if the render has ever as wo have often done waudered through the streets of londou at the witching time of night ho will feel tho force and truth of the description if he has ever seen st pauls and tho other objects nt the time and from the place pointed out by mr ritchio he must own thai they seem to rise to the minds eye in all thestem reality of life it was nearly twelve oclock the pub lic houses had already emptied their lawful couicnts into the vast thoroughfares of po pulation the shops were shut with ihe ex ceptiun here and there of an avaricious pastrycooks which still gaped upon ihe street for the purpose of tempting stagglers on their way homo from tho playhouses the customary noises of eveniog had died away all but now and then a drunken shout or the rattle of a hackney coach or the hoarse voice of a watchman bawling the hour lly and by the theatres flung their gushing volumes into the stream which gave token of tho addition to the furthest corners of tho metropolis men and women boys girls aud children flow- cd rapidly aloug some absorbed as they passed into the ducts and creeks which opcued by their side aod others disappear ing in the gloom before the eager re mark the abrupt question the rocollected laugh echoed on all sides and when the crowd gradually melted away aod their voices died in the distance the loneliness of the desert street seemed strange and startling the silence was now only brok en at long intervals by the scream of the fe male night- wanteredriveu by intoxication and despairtn remonstrate with the sullen guardiau of ihe hour but elsewhere the drowsy voices of tho watchmen themselves seemed to add to tho culmuessofthe scene imposing silence with a stilly sound as william turned into bridge street by the obelisk at fleet market he heard a singular cry which even his practised ear was unable to syllable into auy of the cus tomary sounds of a metropolitan night a figure iu white camo rushing along the pavement uttering a short shrill definite scream repeated in rapid yet regular suc cession as she approached he could see that she was dressed in the extreme of fan tastic finery and that her wild and baccha nal air denvled a profession of shame 4 lost lost lost was her cry as she ran j lost lost lost she shrieked more wildly in williams ears as she swept past him like a spirit shocked aod heartstricken he stood stilland gazed after the phantom and when her funn had melted into the darkness and the voice of ihe lost one fal len for the last time upon his heartit was with n gaspof unutterable relief he pursu ed his aimless journey on the neigh bouring bridge he stood for a while con templating instinctively tho imposing scene bcftc him no sensible perception how ever of beauty or sublimity at first eutered his miod he seemed to be awakened gradually from a dream of which he re membered not the form or meaning by the hmoon broaking from the clouds which had till now enveloped her and calling out from the chaos ofdarkness the elements of a magnificent city the proud dome of st pauls raised its head supremo amidst the mass of buildings while meaner spires countless in number and various in form iit am id mere fittmiftwl utuutvl- vh tho west the more definite part of tho view was bounded by waterloo bridge which threw its superb fength as straight as an arrow over the wido and glitteriug river aod besido it somerset house rising with its palacewalls from the waters edge seemed a building created and existing on ly in the fancy of a painter on the north a forest of dark houses burdened tho earth as far as the eye could reach oppressing the imagination by their multitude and their close anj compact array on the south the lino of blackfriars road extend ed its rows of bright lamps with mathema tical nicety to sucb a distance that it seem ed to terminate in a point and to the east tho castiron bridge bestiding the broad stream like a giant seemed to guard the tract beyond from view into which never theless the eye could penetrate although dimly ns in a dream though darker clouds and shadows which it learnt by its past ex perience to shape into houses aod towers and spires every thing was vast and mighty aud indefinite no grasp was af forded to the mind of even a part of the picture the buildings melted ioto other buildiogs the streets were absorbed ioio other streets and the boundary line of the whole was hidden in darkness in dark ness arose the mighty volume of waters which rolled io silence through the silent city and in thick darkness its course was lost swallowed up witliamgazed with a feeling of littleness which at lastdiverg- that he forgot ed ioto absolute terror ho was himself an individual of that species df insects which had created the wonders around 1 poetry original the desolate sin if the insertion of ihe enclosed poem ft first attempt or rather a first complet er attempt will serve tho io teres is of the kingston chronicle i beg you will print it at your earliest ccfivenicucco this mark of your approbation vil probably elicit farther efforts from the pen of your would bo correspondent henry cell i thk mark of cain is on my brow and iu my soul a deeper curso and tis with scorn that even now i weave my feelings ioto verse for what has verse with them to do or why should sonj of mine reveal thoughts foreign to tho vulgar crew who yelp round genius chariot wheel ii yet kuhiogiy the song rolls on the tale of passion aod of guilt assumes untaught a loftier tone and on the page like blooddropf spilt the fierce words glare before mine eyes aod bounds my pulse aod throbs my brain and in my eara a deep voico cries 11 the past the past i it comes again ill i tell oot of la r peerless charms by me by all their spell wasfelt they could have roued a world to arm and round ft conquerors would have koclt i tell not of the quecnlikegrace eodiademed upon bor brow why waste weak words i sec her face 0 god itshines upon me now iv and what was 1 io outward form an abject and a vulgar tbiog for oer me like a darkening storm palo ugliuess eat gibbering and if tho mind within redeemed lis outor case its worthless shrine they koew it notit never gleamed thro features so deformed as mine v yot there were moments fraught with pride when i bavo felt my inward power and walked erect with baugbty stride as if bold beauty was my dower and ofteo iih a glistening eye 44 shall wind i taught myself to say 41 a portion ofoteruity bowjdoiyd before the vi- twas well jtheyowodmy mental might yet not the less they passd me by or when ijoind their revels light they lookd with cold averted oyer au except arrsaf sought me eut she ever met me with a smile heaven how i acorod tho rabble rout whom i had envied so erewhile ii true true most true i dared not think but wildly drank the poisoning cup i stood upon the dizzy briok aod gave myself to madness up oh never mortal iovd as i love tis a word profaned and vain it was a rapturous agony twas burning tears that fell like rain viii- butdid she love me d6es tho sun lovo the base worm its heat brings forth could saethe bright the glorious one- on me bestow by heaven theres mirth a horrid mirth io such a thought on me bestow her world of light with all its starry glories fraught on me a thing of hopeless night ix twas only pity 1 burst my brain that damoing thought she pitied me the common boon each wretclr might gain was all that she bad given to me charity ay call itfjtat- in charity her smiles she gave as bounty to the beggars brat whom gold from penury maysave x she loved another they were wed 1 saw the bridal train and stood a breathing corpse a form of lead t hey left me to my setltude i started wildly from ray trance in handfuls tore away my hair and taking for ray god bliud chance i wandered forth j know not where xi my life became a fevrish dream i think i sought a foreign land and saw strange faces round mo gleam andjoiod an outlaws roaming band i got inured to scenes of blood yet can i not remember bow upon my mind there fell a cloud and that same cloud is on it now x xii pvesat on rocks alobe at night aud howld to every wind that blew ive prayd that there might fauablighr upon my bead instead of dew ive made my haunt with desert beasts arnl jovd to see their gory fangs ive miugled with them at their feasts and watched tbeir victims dying pangs xiv years passed and left with me no track savosuch as marks uncertain dreams at length it chanced i wandered back and lookd aod saw my native streams i saw herhouso the setting sun had bathed it io a holy calm my mood was changed and one liyoo thoughts stole into my heart like balm xv i ventured near beneath a tree a sad and greyhaird man i spied i named her name m alas said he ii scarce three hours since my lady died i lookd aod trembled but to ihe there was no meaning io his words dead no that horror could oot bo- i caught the voice of siogiog birds i xvi unquestioned and unquestioning the house i entered aud i heard nought but a hushed low whispering that scarce the solemn silenco marrd 1 walked at once ioto the room the awful room in which she lay i found her ready for the tomb 1 kuclt besido tho stiflend clay xvn tempt me no more i dare not write- i might blaspheme tho earth aod sky they buried her i saw the sight 1 know that she is dead and i a crazed bewildered man live or my life a vision heaven a dream the soul a mist tho heart a stone- away f things aro dot what they seem v i v d y 14- s i