recur fo often, as, at length, to difguft many who once were charmed with him. In Tone, I do not think CLERIO is either fweer, rich, or powerful. On the contrary, I find him faint, thin, and quilly; he is devoid of Grandeur, Pathos, and Variety of Sound. Thefe defects may, poflibly, proceed from the inertnefs of his left hand, which is a very feeble affistant to its brilliant Copartner, whence from failure in the Bass, there is a want of enrichment and fullness in every thing delivered by him. Acute and neat, but evanefcent, the Notes by CELERIO vibrate on the Ear, where they expire-they never reach the Heart. From what has been observed, it is clear the manner of CELE RIO has in it very little Modulation, and is wholly deftitute of Expreffion. He is no TIMOTHEUS; you may, at all times, hear him without the leaft trepidation of nerve. The gentle, the refined CELARIO will not, with the force of his Lyre, harrow up the Breaft, nor frike the Soul with horror; nor will he, on the other hand, ever "Softly [weet in Lydian Measure" footh to reft the perturbed bofom. 17. Thus having analyzed before you the merits of this famed Performer, you find them to be compofed of BrilLiancy and Frivolity, of florid Embellishment, of fuperficial Graces, of Fillagree Cadences, &c. en fin, of Rapidity and Vapidity. We cannot therefore rank him as an Apoftle of the Orthodox Church of Music, and it may be truly faid of him that his Talents are wholly at his Fingers ends, where, though not à gauche, he certainly is adroit. Yet while thus we are freely cenfuring the ftile of CELERI0, fome allowance thould be made, let us then to the vitiated Tafte of the Age in which CELERIO fourbes, attribute, in a great degree, the Inducements he has to adopt that mode which promifes fuccefs. The goject with CLERIO is eclat; that admired as a Performer, he may be fought after as a Teacher. He is of Character unblemished, refpectful in Demeanor, and diligent in his ProfefSon-fo fair befal his purfuits There are, in abundance, young Ladies in affluent fate, of whofe Liberality let CELERIO largely partake, and for whofe purpofe his manner is adapted; that is, to become qualified to figure away, at a little Mufic, with much Velocity and Brillancy of Finger, through fome tatty Rondeau, with its multitudiRous Variations and Adornments. CE LERIO, as an Inftructor, is not however for our purpose-it is enough that he has our good withes, and our plaudits on his public Performances. 18. Him alone I hold to be a true Mafter who is deeply read in Musical Literature, and well versed in the Elementary Principles of his Profeffion; him, who while his Scholar makes due progrefs in the Mechanic or Practical Part of Mufic, endues her with fuch a Share of Theoretical Knowledge in the Doctrines of Harmony, as renders her capable of clearly comprehending, and properly difcriminating, and deciding on the merits of Compofition. 19. The Requisites towards forming the Character of a perfect Amateur, that is, a Lover and a Judge of Mufic, I have faid, and now repeat, are Precifion, Energy, Tafte, and Expreffion in Per formance; a Scientific acquaintance with its Rudiments, a chafte Ear, a refined Judgement, and an exquifite Senfibility of Soul. 20. The decorative Parts of Mufic are not, I have noticed, belonging to the Compofition, and therefore may be dif pented with, nor are they deferving the leaft attention, unlefs introduced with ftrict propriety, and executed in the highest file of perfection. Thefe cannot be Mechanically infufed. The Powers of Invention, with intenfe Study, are neceffary to their acquifition. But Correctnefs will attend on Dili gence and good Inftruction; and this, in the opinion of many prudent perfons, is held as fufficient for a young Lady not deftined to become a Profeffor. I have, you fee, gone far beyond this mark; ftill holding in mind, however, that the Time bestowed on Mufic more than is requifite for attaining the Characterofatrue Amateur,is improperly applied, elpecially if taken from thofe hours which ought to be employed on Studies abfolutely neceffary to the forming an accomplished Woman, in an age when Female Adornments, mental and perfonal, are fo much the objects of Pa rental Care and Solicitude. Yet, where there fhall be Genius inherent, with Good Senfe to controul its exuberances, the Predominant Paffion may have encouragement. For instance, fhould it be Mufic, the Fair infpired one may fafely cherish her Propensity for it by devoting to her darling Subject, a Por tion of that Time which ufually is allotted to Drefs, to Vifits, and Public Amufements. (To be continued) DROS ΤΗ PERHAPS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN. A THING OF SHREDS AND PATCHES! (Continued from Page 240.) ANN OF AUSTRIA, HIS Princefs was most cruelly treated by the imperious Richelieu. He was continually accufing her of being concerned in fome plot against her hufband and her Sovereign, and occafionally had her interrogated refpecting her connections with Spain, by fome of the principal Magiftrates of the Parliament of Paris. She faid one day to the Cardinal, after fome infult he had put upon her, "Dien ne paye pas toutes les femaines, mais enfin il pave ;-God, Sir, does not fettle his accounts with mankind every week, but at laft he fettles them with effect." ST. VINCENT DE PAUL. Had the Roman Calendar been ever honoured with the names of excellent. and virtuous men like M. Vincent, who ·would have grudged the Pope the power of making Saints? M. Vincent was much confidered by Cardinal Richelieu, and had often audiences of him. In an audience M. Vincent obtained of him in 1640, at which time France was greatly exhausted by the wars it had carried on against the House of Auftria, he fell down at his feet and exclaimed, "My Lord, give us Peace; have pity upon us; give Peace to France." Richelieu, unufed to be contradicted, was, however, by no means difpleafed with the conduct of the holy man, but with great mildness told him. that he was then actually doing every thing in his power to bring about a general Peace in Europe, but that this did not depend on himfelf alone, and that both within and without the kingdom, there were many perfons whose concurrence and co-operation was neceffary for this falutary work. Not long after this fome perfons, much attached to the Catholic Religion, waited upon M. Vincent, and defired him to reprefent to the Cardinal how mach at that time Ireland was fuffering from England, and that it would HAMLET. conduce much to the honour of his Emi. nence, who was a Prince of the Church, and had the intire confidence of his Sovereign, if he would affift a People that were perfecuted for their attachment to the religion of their ancestors, and that the Pope would fecond the efforts of the Cardinal, and that he offered him for the purpose one hundred thoufand crowns. Richelieu replied to M. Vincent, with a gentleness that he did not always poffefs, that his Sovereign had too many affairs upon his hands at prefent to think of turning his arms against England; that the fum offered by the Pope would foon be expended in military provifions; that an army was an immenfe machine, that was moved with difficulty; and that, in fact, fo many equipages, fo many ftands of arms, and fo many convoys would be generally wanted, that millions of livres would not be fufficient for the expences. The good, though mifguided intentions of M. Vincent, no less than the manner in which they were received, do equal honour to the Saint and to the Minifter. ing and Chearfulness. Nothing in the world," added he, "can fupply their place, and they fupply the place of every thing." He was excetfively afraid of pubhthing his works. He used to fay, after the paradoxical Father Hardouin," To study is Paradise, to compofe is Purgatory, and to print is Hell." Brotier ufed to fay, that there were three things in the world that knew no kind of regulation, and were always conducted with paffion and brutality, Civil Wars, Family Quarrels, and Differences of Religion. He agreed with Tacitus, that hereditary power owed every thing to birth and to chance, and that elective power was always fuppofed to arife from a wife and a well-confidered choice. Yet (added he) how inconfiderate is the judgment of mankind, that they are obliged to confefs from the long experience of paft ages, that they are more indebted to birth than to choice for most of their great and excellent Princes. replied, "Sire, your Majefty has over come your enemies, I hope that I have now overcome mine." After the bat tle, the King of Spain having no bed to lie upon, Vendôme faid, "Sire, "I will make you the most magnificent bed upon which a King ever flept," and immedi ately ordered a bed to be made of the ftandards and colours which he had taken from the enemy. When Louis XIV. heard of the vic. tory obtained over the Allies at Villa Viciofa, he faid, "This army, which three months ago was beaten, is now become victorious; what a wonderful difference one additional man can make! Voila ce que c'eft un bomme de plus !” WILLIAM THE THIRD, KING OF After the victory of Nervinde in 1693, gained by the Marthal de Luxembourg over King William, a French refugee in the King's army, to flatter the Sovereign, and to enfeeble the glory of Luxembourg, praifed very much his good fortune, without mentioning his military talents: "Hold your tongue, Sir," replied King William nobly," he has been too long a fortunate General, to be nothing else but a fortunate General." Of the Church of England this great Prince faid, that it was the wifeft efte blishment of a Church which he had ever known. FENELON, ARCHBISHOP of cam- "In civil wars," fays he, "fidelity paffes for the most odious of all crimes," The Princefs of Talmond, according to Brotier, faid one day to Voltaire, Sir, a Philofopher ought only to write to endeavour to render mankind lefs wicked, and lefs unhappy; you do the very reverse of this: you write against that Religion which is the only one that puts a reftraint upon wickedmefs, and gives us a confolation in misfortunes." Voltaire, adds the Abbe, confefied to the Princefs that he was much ftruck with what he had mentioned to him. However, to get off as well as he could, he said, that he wrote enly for those who thought like himself. Langlois, Secretary to the Chancellor D'Agueffeau, being asked by that great Magiftrate what he thought of Voltaire's celebrated Epile to Urania, that was juft published, replied, "ly Lord, I think that Voltaire ought to being it.”. confined in a place where he could not get at pen, ink and paper: he is capable of demolishing a kingdom, fo dangerous is the turn of his mind: "par la tour de fon efprit, cet homme peut perdre un Etat." Cardinal Fleury was very anxious that Fenelon's pofthumous book "Exa men de Confcience pour le Roi," should not appear, and, according to Brotier, took great pains to prevent the publica, tion. His Eminence, mught, perhaps, diflike this maxim in it, “Do not fa intirely give your ear to any one as to enable him to prevent truth from reach Fenelon, in his inftructions to his pupil the Duke of Burgundy, fays finely, Piety does not confift in a fcrupulous obfervation of trifling formalities; it confifts in every one's practising the duties that are fuited to his fituation. "A great Prince fhould not ferve God in the fame manner as a Monk does, or as a common individual does. "Those who are to command others cannot do it with efficacy after they have loft the esteem and the confidence of mankind." JOURNAL of the PROCEEDINGS of the FIRST SESSION of the EIGHTEENTH PARLIAMENT of GREAT BRITAIN. [Continued from Page 288. ] HOUSE OF LORDS. TUESDAY, OCT. 18. SIR Francis Baffet was introduced on his late promotion, and took his feat as Baron de Dunftanville. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19. The Earl of Derby prefented a petition from the Earl of Lauderdale, against the election of the Earl of Errol as one of the Sixteen Peers of Scotland, and praying to be heard at the bar. Or. dered to lie on the table. FRIDAY, OCT. 21. The Earl of Derby moved, that the petition of the Earl of Lauderdale, complaining of an undue return of the Earl HOUSE MONDAY, OCT. 10. of Errol, as one of the Sixteen Peers of Scotland, be referred to a Committee of Privileges, which was ordered. The Earl of Moray tock the oaths and his feat as Lord Stuart. MONDAY, OCT. 24. the Scotch caufe, the Earl of Wemyfs, Their Lordships gave judgment in appellant, and Sir Archibald Hope of Craighall, Bart. refpondent, affirming the decree of the Court of Seffions, with 100l. costs. TUESDAY, OCT. 25. The Royal Affent was given by Commiffion to a Naturalization Bill. OF COMMON S. T HE Speaker, after leave to bring in an Inclosure Bill had been moved for and granted, stated, that he had the honour on Saturday to prefent the Addrefs of the Houfe to his Majefty, when his Majefty was graciously pleafed to exprefs his particular thanks for their loyal and dutiful Addrefs: That the cordial affurances the Houfe had given of its fupport in granting fuch fupplies as might be found receffary, afforded him a fatisfactory proof as well of their readiness to co-operate for the attainment of a Peace upon fecure and adequate terms, as a determination to profecute the war, in cafe the meditated negociation fhould fail to obtain fuch a Peace, with double activity and zeal. Petitions complaining of the returns for Downton and Bridport, were pre fented. TUESDAY, OCT. 11. A petition was prefented from Colonel Fullarton, against the return for the county of Air, in North Britain. The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved, that that paragraph of his Majefty's Speech which refpected a defcent VOL. XXX. Nov. 1796. on this Country be read; which being agreed to, it was read as follows: "You will feel this peculiarly necef fary, at a moment when the enemy has openly manifefted the intention of attempting a defcent upon these kingdoms. It cannot be doubted what would be the iffe of fuch an enterprize; but it befits your wifdom to neglect no precautions that may either preclude the attempt, or fecure the fpeedieft means of turning it to the confusion and ruin of the enemy." The Chancellor of the Exchequer then rofe, and faid, he was defirous of taking the earlieft opportunity of having the fenfe of the Houfe on the paragraph which had just been read; he therefore would propofe this day fe'nnight: but the regular mode being first to move for a Committee, he would move, "That the paragraph of his Majesty's Speech, just read, be referred to a Committee of the whole Houfe;" which question being carried, he then moved, "That the faid Committee do fit on this day fe'nnight, that is, Tuesday the 18th which alfo paffed in the affirm ative. A a a WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 12. Petitions were prefented against the returns for Canterbury and Tewkefbury. Mr. Rofe moved, that there be laid before the Houfe an account of the Exchequer Bills made out by virtue of an act of laft feffion for granting a fupply to his Majefty by a further loan on Exchequer Bills; an account of Exchequer Bills made out purfuant to an act of last feflion for granting an aid of 2.500,000l. to his Majefty for the ufes and purposes therein mentioned; which were feverally ordered. THURSDAY, OCT. 13. A petition was prefented against the return for Stirling. FRIDAY, OCT. 14. The Order of the Day was read for the Houfe going into a Committee of Supply for his Majefty, when, the Speaker having left the chair, Mr. C. L. Pybus conceived, that however cager our hopes might be for the attainment of Peace, yet he could not expect that any oppofition would be made to the refolutions he had to pro pofe for the manning and ftrengthening of our Navy. that He then proceeded to move, 120,000 Seamen be granted for the ufe of his Majefty's Navy, including 20,000 Marines, for the year 1797; and that 41. per month be granted for each man for thirteen months. General Tarleton rofe, not, he faid, to object to the prefent refolution, or In the leaft to cenfure the naval branch of the Adminiftration, on which he conceived to depend the fafety of the Confutution and of the Country. No pз-negyric was too high for the gallant exploits of our Navy, officers and fea. men; but there were, however, two points on which he wished to be fatisfied by the other fide of the Houfe. Fira, he wifhed to know how, powerful and numerous as our Navy was, Admiral Richery's fquadron was permitted to elcape from Cadiz; and if from reluctance to provoke hoftilities with Spain, he could not but applaud our pacific dif. positions. The fecond point was, Whether any official accounts had been received of the ravages committed by the enemy at Newfoundland, and if proper meafures were taken to check their progrefs, or diflodge them from that ftation. The latter part of his question he was fenfible was difficult and delicate to be anfwered; but he nuft ftill, as a reprefentative of one of the most flourishing commercial towns in the world, prefs an enquiry, Whether we had any official grounds for hoping that the enemy would be prevented from making any farther devastations. Mr. Pybus replied, that Governinent was in poffeffion of official accounts from that quarter, and that every hope was entertained that the enemy had retired from that part of the coaft. The refolutions were then put and agreed to. MONDAY, OCT. 17. A petition was prefented against the return for Malmesbury. Mr. Pybus brought up the report of the Committee of Supply, and the refolutions, being read a firit and fecond time, were agreed to. Mr. Serjeant Adair moved for the introduction of a Bill in favour of the Quakers. He wished merely to ftite to the Houfe, that the Bill he was about to introduce, was the fame in substance fenting the left feffion; and as the as that which he had the honour of preprinciple of that Bill had then met uni verfal approbation, he trusted that the confideration would do fo likewife. The one he purpofed now to fubmit to their learned Serjeant, after adverting to the object of his motion, moved for leave "to bring in a Bill for the further-telief of thofe perfons called Quakers, as to what regarded impriforment for the rendering their teftimony comperent in non-payment of tythes, and aifh for Courts of Juftice in criminal cafes."Leave given. TUESDAY, OCT. 18. Petitions complaining of undue returns, were prefented from Carlile, Colchefter, and Shrewsbury. The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved the Order of the Day for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe to take into confideration the paffage in his Majefty's Speech which alluded to "the intention manifefted by the Enemy to invade thefe kingdoms," &c. The Houfe having refolved itself into the laid Committee, the Chancellor of the Exchequer began by remarking, that from the avowed designs of the Enemy, he thought it his duty to take the |
