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GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE

LONDON GAZETIE GENERAL EVENING M.Post M. Herald Morning Chronic. Times-M. Advert. P.Ledger&Oracle Brit. Press-Day St. James's Chron. Sun-Even. Mail Star-Traveller Pilot-Statesman Packet-Lond. Chr. Albion--C. Chron. Courier-Globe Eng. Chron.--Inq. Cour d'Angleterre Cour. de Londres 15otherWeekly P. 17 Sunday Papers Hue & Cry Police Lit. Adv. monthly Bath 3-Bristol 5 Berwick-Boston Birmingham 4 Blackb. Brighton Bury St. Edmund's Camb.-Chath. Carli.2--Chester 2 Chelms. Cambria.

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Meteorological Diaries for April & May 402, 408 Prayers for the King.-Emperor Alexander 403 Letter of SirT. Herbert respecting Charles I. 404 Beloe's "Anecdotes."-Author of Junius? 405 Winchester College Library.-Mr. Pitt... 407 Pleasures of Leamington.-Phosphorus Bottle408 Church of Lindisfarn.-Irony in Scripture 409 Remarks on the Construction of Bridges 410 Original Letters during the Civil Wars......415 Original Letters relative to the Navy, in 1648 414 Swan with two Necks & Swan-hopping explainedib. Vase to be presented to Dr. Cyril Jackson ibid. Inscrip. for Sir J. Reynolds.-Miss Linwood 415 Visc. Massereene; Roxburgh Cause; "Aladdin"ib. Great and Little Malvern.-Oxford Scholars 416 Tower of St. Nicholas Church, Newcastle. 417 State of Religion in the Forest of Dean ibid. "She thinks for Herself."-Register Bill...419 Dialogue between Mr. Pope and Mr. King 421 Bill for registering, &c. Charitable Donations 423 Northumberland Household Book illustrated 424 Royal Navy, temp. Q. Eliz. & present Navy 425 Grecian Marbles imported by Lord Elgin 426 Extracts relative to Household of Hen. VIII. 427 Jews in England 428.-Tax on Duelling ... 429 Monumental Devastation. Mr. Stothard...450

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REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS; viz. Wood on National and Sepulc. Monuments 441 Grenville's Portugal 442.-Cowley's Works 444 Coxe's Memoirs of Bourbon Kings of Spain 445, Book of Common Prayer, &c. with Notes 448 Law of Tithes.-Pleasures of Human Life 4491 Euripidis Hippolytus Coronifer, à Monk. 451 Discovery of the Remains of Charles I. ... 456) Blakeway's Attempt to discover Junius REVIEW of NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS 459 SELECT POETRY for May 1813 462-455 Proceedings in present Session of Parliament466 Interesting Intell. from London Gazettes.. 470 Abstract of principal Foreign Occurrences 474 Country News, 478.-DomesticOccurrences 480 Theatrical Register.-Promotions & Prefer. 481 Births and Marriages of eminent Persons 482 Account of the late Andrew Marshal, M. D. 483, Obituary, with Anec. of remarkable Persons 489 Canal Shares, &c. 502.-Bill of Mortality 503 Prices of Markets 503.-Prices of Stocks. 504

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Embellished with an Inside View of the Church of LINDISFARN, or THE HOLY ISLAND; and with an angular View of the Upper Story of the Tower of ST. NICHOLAS'S CHURCH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE.

By SYLVANUS URBAN, GENT.

Printed by NICHOLS, SON, and BENTLEY, at CICERO'S HEAD, Red Lion Passage, Fleet-str. London; where all Letters to the Editor are desired to be addressed, POST-PAID.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE,

Mr. URBAN,

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For MAY, 1813.

May 15.

In the present unhappy sntal health,

there is an awkwardness, which strikes most hearers, in continuing some of the prayers unaltered. The following slight change, if sanctioned by the Heads of the Church, would remove the chief part of the objection, and prevent an extension of the Service, which is not only unnecessary, but in some respects absurd.

Let the present Occasional Prayer for the King, followed by that for the Prince Regent, be read in the Morning and Evening Service, instead of the usual prayer beginning "O Lord our Heavenly Father, high and mighty," &c.; and on Sundays, instead of the First Collect in the Com

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munion Service, beginning, "Almighty God, whose kingdom is everlasting," or, Almighty and everlasting God" omitting the respective Prayers in the Liturgy till further order. As the Communion Service is now always read on Sunday mornings, there is no occasion, I conceive, to introduce the Occasional Prayers on that day in the former part of the Service, nor on Saints-days. On common Litany-days, the two prayers may precede the Litany, as they do at present. CLERICUS.

Mr. URBAN,

May 16. SEE in the papers that the Emperor Alexander, on entering Lyck, a town in Prussia, had an interview. with the venerable Governor of the town, who addressed his Majesty in the following terms: "For you, most gracious Lord, come to us, not to destroy, but to make us happy ; not to enthral, but to liberate; not to. paralize, but to invigorate." Upon which the Emperor is related to have seized the old Clergyman's hand with

great emotion, and to have said, "I come as the most sincere friend to your King and Country." Now, Sir, if there be any truth in this relation,. as I have little doubt from internal

evidence that there is, it is a statement which deserves to be preserved

in some memorial beyond the com

mon prints of the day, as it exhibits proofs of real feeling and greatness of pind in one of those distinguished personages, of whose character, we have but few opportunities of forming an accurate judgment, and from whose claims to respect there has been some disposition to detract. And it furnishes a very important lesson to the world; for is it possible to reflect that, during the many years that the Emperor of France has possessed an unbounded plenitude of power, not a single instance of consideration for the miseries which he has inflicted upon mankind has appeared; and not to feel indignation against him? We cannot but think it natural to approve; we cannot but conspire with enthusiasm in the spirit of those who hail with exultation the generous deliverer who relieves them from such oppression, and who, having with a magnanimous and determined courage resisted the invasion of his own country, proceeds to aid the exertions of other people. Nor can we look on the effects of tyranny on every scene of public and domestic life, and not bear a warm and animated testimony of such expression of regard to the dictates of true glory. Yours, &c.

A BRITON.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE,

For MAY, 1813.

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N the present unhappy state of our

there is an awkwardness, which strikes most hearers, in continuing some of the prayers unaltered. The following slight change, if sanctioned by the Heads of the Church, would remove the chief part of the objection, and prevent an extension of the Service, which is not only unnecessary, but in some respects absurd.

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Let the present Occasional Prayer for the King, followed by that for the Prince Regent, be read in the Morning and Evening Service, instead of the usual prayer beginning “O Lord our Heavenly Father, high and mighty," &c.; and on Sundays, instead of the First Collect in the Communion Service, beginning, "Almighty God, whose kingdom is everlasting," or, Almighty and everlasting God;" omitting the respective Prayers in the Liturgy till further order. As the Communion Service is now always read on Sunday mornings, there is no occasion, I conceive, to introduce the Occasional Prayers on that day in the former part of the Service, nor on Saints-days. On common Litany-days, the two prayers may precede the Litany, as they do at present. CLERICUS.

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Mr. URBAN,

May 16. SEE in the papers that the Emperor Alexander, on entering Lyck, a town in Prussia, had an interview. with the venerable Governor of the town, who addressed his Majesty in the following terms:

"For you, most gracious Lord, come to us, not to destroy, but to make us happy ; not to enthral, but to liberate; not to paralize, but to invigorate." Upon which the Emperor is related to have seized the old Clergyman's hand with great emotion, and to have said, "I come as the most sincere friend to your King and Country." Now, Sir, if there be any truth in this relation,. as I have little doubt from internal

evidence that there is, it is a statement which deserves to be preserved in some memorial beyond the common prints of the day, as it exhibits proofs of real feeling and greatness of wind in one of those distinguished personages, of whose character. we have but few opportunities of forming an accurate judgment, and from whose claims to respect there has been some disposition to detract. And it furnishes a very important lesson to the world; for is it possible to reflect that, during the many years that the Emperor of France has possessed an unbounded plenitude of power, not a single instance of consideration for the miseries which he has inflicted upon mankind has appeared; and not to feel indignation against him? We cannot but think it natural to approve; we cannot but conspire with enthusiasm in the spirit of those who hail with exultation the generous deliverer who relieves them from such oppression, and who, having with a magnanimous and determined courage resisted the invasion of his own country, proceeds to aid the exertions of other people. Nor can we look on the effects of tyranny on every scene of public and domestic life, and not bear a warm and animated testimony of such expression of regard to the dictates of true glory. Yours, &c. A BRITON.

A Copy of a Letter from Sir THOMAS, HERBERT to Dr. SAMWAYS, and by him sent to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. SANDCROFT; referred to in p. 524, 1.73, of vol. II. of Athens Oxonienses, edit. 1692, and in p. 701, l. 39, of the same vol. edit. 1721; found in a Copy of that Book, lately in the hands of the Lord Viscount PRESTON*.

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