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( i ii n 1 1. . - ' 1 . .... I "A3 M t ... mr - jr ., T - TI. . . i -V- VoL ii. ;i iw' RAEIGHt(NJC.) MONDAY, AUGUST 1 8; i8o5. : :': ;:.:,,.No54j; BIOGRAPHY. From the Belfust Nc-iVs-Lctur. L . ; . . kirwan. -NjSy the death of Dean Ki.rwan, Ire. land has loft a man who?e eloquence in the nubit was "unrivalled. No divine ever declared bolder truths, nor urged them with a 1 fiigniry norrank : his lafh To thofe of exalted 'flotation, Ihis fatire was chiefly addrefled ; and even . ihe oreenr nf rhe-arfiifiwl rfict nnr fii. . minifh fhe-po;gnancy df-hfc reproof. "uch you vyill not die for all hopes of He who onjld open the -mifers punt? & i.'iwwre amenamenr tnat aeceive you mm, teach his tears to flow:' muft have been r-uill continue to deceive you on the bed ntssfeldbtn found ai 01 deafh. 1 his js the experience of eve- vvill offered, with a conviction that the fubli mity and erft d of the original, are net only diminilhed, butin a great drgrte loft. V-i ; v ' - v MASSILkON. , . "Ifhallfuppofe the prefent hour your laft, and the er.d of the univcrle that j the Heavens .open over your heads, and ' our Saviour appears in his filcry in this as trem- lentenceof death ! " You flitter vourfel vps in vain, if vnu . 4 I 1 J j imagine that f.uch as you are this day, bolder truths, nor urged ; "rPPears nBf bolder tongue. ; Neither PIjatware.affembkd, nk efcapedBthe feverity cf '"J? -awaf! utn lhf JeI ur fanA Krn grace,, or the arret ot eternal de; endowed with tal eu'er ' mong the fons of men.- In ple'ading'the ; Y aSe ' . rhe ojjy diiFrence you ticzhts and wanrs 'of 'iTieJnnAf. as 'well as ! find, will perhaps be your having aS the claims of hefplels infancy, his appeal ! reckoning to fettle W, than at prefent ; asirrtfidablel the Valde of this world's 'and as if would be, 'were judgment pro- goods funk before, the facinating eye & iea;oning oi tne ipeaKexrwrjile rew ot his auditors departed hsm the aflembly without leaving what they deemed too Ktt'e at the time,, but too-much on re . ficflion. So great was his popularity with all ranks of the people, efpecially among the higheft, that he wasfollowed by immenfe multitudes, and the church rs were guarded, for the fake of order, cy military fentnes. ! It is to he regretted that fome of his belt fermons, or at lea(Hplendidirofuons of them, have not been publifhed. -From one of thofe thefe three detached paiTtges, taken in fiiort hand during de livery, are given. They convey fome . idea of his flyle of couipofirion -but the vehemence ard commanding tone of the pTeacher died with hi mi'eif. -L. I. " How often have we feen the ntumn ,tf Pride erefted upon the b.'tfe of infamy ; . and jtift, when it hath begun - to attract the g:ipe and flare of the adulating mul titude W, like a.rockyfragment, lolling from the mountain, crumbles in to nothing the imaginary CoMffus I' H. " Inlecls of a day we are ! hurri. &XmgWejfreamff. Time, that flows at the bafe of (iop's immutability ! we look up and think in our fchemes, and our purfuits, ro emulate his Eternity. lit. u If they who lie there whofe ' places you now occupy, and whole rich es you poflefs, (God pnly knows h$iv poffefs): It .they, I fay, were at this mo- 1 . ment to appear amongft ye- f dont fear !) it would not bp to reclaim their wfealth, but to bear tetiiinony to its vanity' 1 he fizc and form of the French pulpit tvere better calculated for his extended sclion than ours, as the oratory of the c!d Krench divines- was that which he eccupied ; of wh6m BnlTuet and Maffil Irn leem to have been his principal mo dels1. Afcrmon df;the larrer," on " ft? fmall-nupCer of the Mel' in many parts rdembleS JVIr. Kirvva.nVbeft manner. Voltaire felefted it as an example of 'elo- quence, -uncer tnat nead m tnerencti Encyclopedia, and thus drew its pane gyric : '"J'-v " " ' v,-, I ". "" Le Ledeur fera bien aife ddtrcmyer ice ce qui arrivi la; premiere lois ' que precha fori fameuq fermon du petit Viom Ire tfes EIus.."' II reut un moment oa un tranipbrr de faifjfle'ment l'e'mpara de tout IVuduoire'" pfefque tcut le mbnde te. leva, a moitic pafun -mouvement in- nouueed this inftant, you may almolt decide what it will be on your departure from life I demand of you, t (and de mand with terror, conceiving my own lot involved in yours) I demand then, if Christ Lhou Id-appear in this temple, in the midlf .of an aflembly the mod au gull in the world, in order to judge us, k make the dreaoful. feparation of. the ! goats from the flieep whether you' be lieve that the greater part would ftand 6n the right hand -u hether th numbers would be even equal or whether he would find here ten ju ft perfons, which the Lord could not formerly dixover in five cities ? This I afk of ye, bur ye are as ignorant of it as I am. Thou alone, tny God, knoweft thofe who belong to thee but at leafi know, that finners are not of the number. Who are the faithful here aflembled ? (Title?, dignity, being ac'ccurited no thing, as of thofe we mould be'divelted in our Saviour's prefence) Whs are they ? Many tinners have no dehre to repent flill more who have, -defer the time-rLf te b0 omers mere are wno repent but tolin anew and a great number believe that they have no need of amendment. Take thefe four defcriptions of finners our of this aflembly, as they would be on the iaft day remains of llrael, prefent your felves ! Where are ye ? Sia'nd-on the. right iZTid.lVhsdtfJefus feparate from the (b aw deftined for the flames ! U God ivhere are the elecJ, and tvhat is left for your portion f An ingenious French cri'ic remarks, tqat this figure, thi boldeft ever made ! heir lock- ufe of, forms one of the fineft traits of eloquence to" be found,' amorig either ancient or; modern nations ; that the refl of the difcourfe is worthy of the brilliant paflage referred to ; and that fuch chefs a oeuvres ai c i di c. , . , Every good mind perufes with plea- fure Mafiilon's difcourfe on the ambition of the great,;5-, and . efpecially of Kings- intended to lrtipire Louis'A v-with a, hor ror at the idea of war. i Fir want of a better,' the writer preferits' the following j 1- :- : frm the European T:' THE JESTER. ' " Money makes the Mare g5 " Old ' Englijh Proverl. The wsnt of the grearelt evils or misfortunes incident. pa numan bemg,-m a civilized coun try ; more fo than even want if health, or want of donieflic haDDi is a confideiable - difference between not being able to eat any thing, and the not having any thing to eat; between having a fcolding partner whom you may leave if you have money in your pocket, to feek corifolation abroad, and one who flicks by you in poverty to upbraid"you with the feantiriefs of your means of fup porting her. Philopf phers fay that Nature abhors a vacuum; which verv well exnbins. all the growling difcontents of an empty ;tu,"auji "" tAiJicucs nieu anuuisneo in a variety of ways, and is never Hill until it gains its object. A friend of mine, a young itudent of the Inner Temple, who had the only flock In trade infilled uponhy tjie. late Counsel lor Beareoft to be the belt of any for a lawyer, poverty, frequently obferved, with con (id era We humour, that there was no real misfortune in fife, but the want of money. " Any thinselfe," laid he, niay be aflwaged, or alleviated, or ameliorated, or reconci'ed, or rep'aced; but the want of - money- is a rarhVnl.dir. !eafe a poverty of the ronHitminn )VmP. tunes hereditary, freqnertly a chronic complaint, that nothing will entirely re move but the baHamics, fyrups, tonics, and rich cordials, given in exchange by that celebrated quack, Dame Fortune for the articles of hontfly and humanity, which commodities flie wihes to buy-up in the vorld at any price." .It appears lucky, therefore, for mankind, that this diftemper of ioverty is by no means in curable, as feveral celebrated noTtrums mouvement a acciarnation Ci Je furpiifv: fat fi "fort, qui'l trouble I'- rvr' T at rr t fr1lKl n: f vull Vl'll'l llln. -.rtciiicr e patheuque.de ce morceau Xe vcici. (Ste m's.) ..7 ---7 , v Atrit is poflible t hat it may not before iave appeared m Jtngiijh,- thetblloWing. Sranilation of the paiface lo extolled by tnc philo!op!ier of Ferney,' is. .humbly- Poir.t'ng .from .the p'oTpit to the grave yard . I For fu'cb ass?re net ...ccnverfiat with French; " '.t're..aff i:;e above givenTs renJered thus ; " The Hr ader u il! 5c pleriifdjaJieaiwh a toeecrrt the ZZ-J5ciWm iUat -Maffiilonjerward" Bifhop of C!er--vMont, pLcadicd l-.is celebrated fermon on, TKe r iiv.airiur.bcr of t!je E'cft At i part cu'ar mi ricjjt a tranfjjart of horrcr-feizd the audienc;, 1 vlorrTc up a I nioit to a iiTiputteT totally invoiunt utr n wliiah they expre t-l'e tannie it occxtione cirt ih; Orttor, Avlsf fe confcfnrt 'jae adtlitiorsil. -ftrgy.io.w patheite-.of hb adnitrxble c?dieis., ve notorious quack, will re move the compiaint ; though it muft be admitted that lometimes the remedy is worfe than the difeafe, and dangetous fy mproxas of new diforders appear in the room of ir ; Juch as the tumors and white fwelltngs of Pride, the dry gripes of Avarice, the fever of Ambition, 'the fieart-,barn, the mcubus, or ni-Tjt mare cu onlcituce, and a numerous cata logue of other complaints inoculated with the pcifon of the noflrtmr, more dreadful frequently in its effects than There is, however, a radical cure to beefTe&ed of the cotnpbint of Poverty, recommended by all theNtgular practi-' tioners of real life, and wllklvwill by gradual Heps renovate and; enrich Ihe cbntt'imtion with amafink.. effect, and lometimes much - fooncr than could be imagined, with the advantage that it reltljres to the patient perfccVheaUh. l nis.pteicriptton is no Jeeret, nor is if hpr in whirhrhp hns hprhansbeen? brought upfuffers the dileafe of pover ty with a temperament of mind and body that will fcarcely permit ot the common remedy above. Teccramencted.sx Ojt vtooi delicate a conltitu-ion for hanj labour,' exercife, the great ingredient of the fpe- cine, would be too itrong a medicine for him to bear ; and though j here are fome places where a Jprefcrription is made up of a milder, yet' tfficaciotts drug, it is in fo much requeft by the numerous perfpns fllicled wth the ciii eafe, that it cannot be obtained by evety one. How wretched is the . fn nation pt a well educated, intelligent, fer.fiblf man, alive, from intellect, to every lacidcct he meets with, and tenacious at every J infulr, opprefled by an a!mon iBC:-r.ibie difeafe, only palliated.. aMitnes."bjK'the,' opiates or invitation anu- oinuiioii, which leave the conllitution of the mind impaired I T ; , ,- , It is, however, a pleafant' reflecltoh that of late years, this once numerous clafs of iociet, areco'nfiderably reduced in number by the .wiidom of the genera tion, who have tajctn Care to briiig upj. their children either to the , protein f;ns or the church, the st ray, or the navy ',-.and, amonu the middling clafies oi raopfe.to trade, thereby iti iking at the rodt pf an ' epidetr.ic. '-W1 " I have been fold an aTiecdotcrf fha late Lord Falmouth, which vfrdm the re! peclable quarter if came troiVt, I be-, lieve to be true. Ab ut ft::y years ago i: 'was" a "well kirov n ouJotii amopg- tne-' poor gentlemen of that day'tb Wlk ill the l ark, as it w?s called, for a dinivef ; that is, in the hopes that h. y might b afked to one by fome per Ion they' might; rhan'ce to. meet. NuT;erOus wrehefe daily claimants upon incident and "aCci dent, who' m'ght be feen coumi-ig the trees in lliabby 'genteel habil iments, atid; fometimes with Iwords by their fides It happened oneway that lord Falmouth,' who was a very plain drefling marr, was accofted by one of thefe Pajk Keepers, who was feated'next him .-n one, of the benches, with " Mow are yu S:.r ? it cets late i I don't think we.fhal!' have any an amulet or ch rm, the charter of one. thouuh it has all Ir can be prepared luck to day." The p-r Ib.rrd." ' Inrel'ume. fiivthat. y. u ;.re nyonjhs fame b-ifinefs wirh niv(e!tJ',---jvvi:I donTknow, Sir," cried his Lotd lrp: What is your bufinefs " I me.m ncf offence, Sir ; but I f uppofe that you have K.n ,''!!llr V- in nm-Q tn TiiPrt f iinf? of your friend " I mopid-have-no'-.f objeftioh." " lio, I tf-'ought io. Sir H but tis too' late liow , Sif.:.' " T. dt clarSCf 1 hav'nt had a dinner. thefe two days.' t hope you have had better luck'' " VV,jhy yes," arifweitd his Ldrdmip: (who JiatiJ "lift w" become 'rnafter of the iul:j: & ; ) and , as you think it is too late now td exn- Lt any body to afk us, (upp ie we walk a ( little way together, and if you have no ihbjeclion I am' provided for to-day, tir)d fnati be glad of your ccnVr-any tu take ai bit with me,fc-Weli I'replied thei I A CONQUERING MONA&CII. Jl Jl U1J L VTI1I Uttl Ut 111111" tracflation of the Preacher's defcripdon by the patient himfelf, and the ingredi of '.; ' . : . ents are fo common and cheap, that it requires little elle than time h attention, and-WilLagm -vfuifriait-oniiuu tions ; it isknown by the title of lndufa, but it requires, to make it keep, another ingredient, 'Hmety f or Hsnefl In htlry, is a fpecificthat can fafely cure all the difeafesbf poverty, all overt he -world. It will be proper in this place to fay fomethingof the virtues, attributes, and incidents attemh'n"yurt thebetter-drr cumlfance ot " Money in both pockets. ed with blood.1 Fools may perhaps be found to fihg hi? viftBries j but provinces, cities,' 'countries, fhall bewail' them. 1 hey will decorate . fuperb monuments to immortalize his conquers ; but the cinders, ftiil fmoaking, of fo many once flourifhing 'cities,'-the defolatipn-cf fo many laiidsdefpoiled -bfifher-ancieni beauty," theluins df fo many walls under which peaceable citizens have been buri-edwilFTbe-themournfulmoBuments that mall immortalize his vanity and his (1 ranger, (Tiling from his fear,) l'il 1 do as much f you another time." This COnvenaiipn LUUIIimtu IHCy taiiv,y to "the door of hjs LonJi fhip's etrgan.y mamfionfatrw.hi-wre hfiiram-TrM the fervants in livery flanding to paftt" away the time. The ftran;:er wa-afton-wj ilhtd to find them draw up and pull ;ofti their hat's;' but his ideas could nbt'ewy h'm higher at the momqu, than mtpcy his mend tne liouic iteuard or t nai.tnii- h ler ; and here his dgnity:was"a lktle4vuif ,? was afked to dinhtr-it v-as, with per Ions of condition. However, vs good na Look at that round faced, ire h colour ed man, Icuddingfiff may ufe the term U ture and refpeft for the hofpitahle invi i r ii' -- --- i l 1 1 i l i . . roity. AS inau patsriKeaiorreiu rava jnlontt hafd Work,n I- i . i . i - . ii ., - . . i , . angtneeartu; notgiiae as anajeiuc n- tjuft going to his backer's w j ver, uHpezuuiK-iidppHici mu muuc in otn pockets tie was ! before the wind, aToncr' Fleet-ftreet. and mow naninst or. uumton s nurcn :,ne tradefman, ith " Money very pqor ten years ago, viyi a wife, but they. were both fiugal ; heot, to ufe another old around. His name fliall appear jn the annals of uofterity. amona the .coiiquerbrs : hut. not among the W AWand ' the , ajaset- the forerhorfe 6y the head' & hittrixy of his reign (hall dnly tferecaWed to mind, , to perpetuate the tecolledion of the eils he occ.ifioned among them. f . r a. 1 1 .. r j 1 1 u; i,o-,vl man, half of them by ao '.' ry. Th forcible map- -u r. ,r ",v,r rs (Ted theTr feclin.s, and witness ana at t, tnis raais or giory De no- i ion. leav.inq nouj;ac uui ouprauiuiii ot infedion behind-- by the nelp 61 the whip of Indujtty, he foon got Dame Forune into a canter ; he has a pleafant box at Iflingron," and the children. Matter and Mi's Chubby, are now at a boarding fchool for their education. trefimg conditiori'of human .life iC per haps,- that :of a poor. gent.leman.T ihe poor gentleman, incapable from the man tation he had received, joined to i he inter ceflions of an empty ifoma:h, tnade him enter. - But what was his aitonilh-' he law " h i i. del f int rodu ced. mentw 3 into an elegent diuing room, to a table fupphed with all tne luxuries of the lea-Jj Jon and the finett wines.1 . The, ftrapgerj now 'became in 'is turn' malter of the fufjecl.'" No other perfon dined wttri'i Lordfiiip that day ; and after1 making J h;s guett ear a pearty omner, ne aaurcii-' ed him as follows ': -Sir,-Tn futureoa; will leco'.lea f fiat you are not, d wa!. m the rark for a dinner, bur an appe-, To purfue the fubjeft ; the moff dif-1 tite ; the dinner you. wii alvays flni provided here, whether 1 amin ton or .i notj St ncme or abroad. ; "t - it " ' . . - j , . . : ; - 1 m t
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