England, sought for the personal satisfaction of a gentleman, but the Earl was prohibited from granting it by the express order of the King, and the police bound the parties to keep the peace; and thus defeated on both these points, Sir John now submits a statement of his case to the consideration of the public. It is not for us to make comments on this delicate subject; and we shall therefore only add that a perusal of this pamphlet affords one proof, among many others, of the extremely rigorous discipline which Lord St. Vincent is well known to preserve. If any unfortu nate authors complain of critical severity, let them read this statement, and be resigned. SINGLE SERMONS. Art. 40. Preached in Lambeth Chapel, 27th June, 1802, at the The public are here presented with a well composed and ingenious discourse, from Luke, xxii. 25, 26. Whatever little difficulty or obScurity might occur respecting any part of these verses, the meaning of the whole passage is clear; recommending to all stations the gentle, unassuming, benevolent spirit and demeanour, which are essential to the Christian character, and which are urged in the conclusion of this sermon. We shall not contend with the author concerning the antiquity of prelatical or episcopal government; nor will we pronounce, with him, on its rejection by later Christians, as an act of misguided zeal, if not of unwarrantable presumption: but, without farther remarks on this laboured composition, we shall present to the reader Mr. Howley's paraphrase of the two verses on which the discourse is founded, with the note by which it is accompanied. Having justly remarked that, the disciples of our Lord were so far infected with the common prejudice, as to look for the erection of a temporal kingdom, in which they were desirous of pre-eminence, he adds; It is the object of our Saviour, in the words of my text, to rectify this misconception. The kings of the Pagan nations, he tells them, assume an arbitrary power, and the benefits derived to their subjects from this exercise of authority, are not considered as flowing from any obligation of duty on the part of the sovereign, but are gratefully acknowleged as the effects of his spontaneous benevolence. But in my This interpretation of the latter clause of ver. 25. (xas oi ežovaraCOYTES OUTWY EVERYSTO, xaλourtas) will not, I trust, appear forced or unsatisfactory, though I am not aware that it is supported by the authority of any commentator. Our Saviour is usually understood to speak only with reference to the pompous titles assumed by the Hea then princes. But since the appellation of suspens is peculiarly modest, when compared with the ostentatious style of Eastern monarchs, it may reasonably be supposed, that the passage has a farther import. The corresponding clause of St. Matthew is somewhat dif ferently G.2. my kingdom you are not to expect these selfish advantages. The In this view of the passage, it appears that our Saviour neither intended to mark the distinction between temporal and spiritual power, nor to prohibit the rulers of his Church from accepting worldly honours; but merely to inform them what would be their lot, and what ought to be their temper and conduct in the kingdom, to which at his departure they were appointed. It follows, that no such prohibition (respecting worldly honours and emoluments) is contained in these expressions, unless it could be demonstrated, that the enjoyment of temporal advantages is incompatible with a conscientious discharge of duty, and a profound humility of spirit.' Art. 41. The Anniversary Sermon of the Royal Humane Society, preached Though the benevolent object of this Society is well known, it is perhaps more extensive than is generally apprehended, particularly as it relates to the effects of lightning, shipwreck, &c. Several appropriate and impressive discourses have been delivered on its anniversaries; to which number, Dr. Valpy here presents an agreeable and affectionate addition. He could speak with the greater sensibility, as one of his own children, apparently dead in convulsions, experienced the happy effects of the Resuscitative process;-another, (it is added in the note,) deprived of the same assistance, leaves to her parents the consoling hope, that she is now an angel in heaven, for of such is the kingdom of God.'--Many notes of different kinds accompany the sermon; the text of which is, 1 Kings, xvii. 22. At the end of the pamphlet, we find the usual Appendix, containing several useful instructions and remarks. ferently expressed, και οἱ μεγάλοι κατεξουσιαζεσιν αυτών: Their great men exercise despotic authority over them; i. e. an authority which allows no rights in the subject, and no obligations on the sovereign. In a government founded on this abuse of power, whatever is done for the good of the people will be considered by the governor as the act of his own voluntary beneficence. St. Luke therefore has expressed the consequence implied in the words of St. Matthew. Different explanations may be found in Grotius, Hammond, Le Clerc, and other paraphrasts and commentators. But to whatever opinion the reader may incline, the general sense of the passage will not be materially affected, nor the argument which I have endeavoured to build on it.' We Hi. Hi. We have received a very candid letter from Mr. Patteson, in conse quence of the article in our last Review, on his Thanksgiving Sermon. He may rest assured that our strictures did not proceed from any hostile disposition towards him, but arose, altogether, from a sense of that duty which we owe to the public. If we disapproved, we conceived that it was not without reason; and the author himself, with an ingenuousness which does him honour, acknowleges that in some places he suffered mistakes to escape him. We are accused, however, of having in one instance misrepresented him; and, on a reconsideration of the passage, we are ready to admit the charge. The sentiment that revenge, as an implement of war, is not less legitimate than the mechanical means of destruction,' does not attach to Mr. Patteson; and the interrogatory form of the sentence betrayed us into the mistake: but our remark that his views were not sufficiently dispassionate did not rest on one particular period; it resulted from the general impression which the whole work left on our minds. The Sermon and the Notes contain, indeed, affecting pictures of the distresses of misery-making war: but they are followed by passages calculated to reconcile us to its effects when they happen, which in a Thanksgiving Sermon for the Peace were not absolutely necessary: thus at p. 103, the preacher observes, If wars must be, there must be armies; if armies, there must be recruits; if recruits, they must be either allured or compelled into the service; the lives of sons must be endangered, and the feelings of parents must be racked.'-The Christian Minister is not required, especially on such an occasion, thus to prepare our feelings for misery-making war. Mo-y We are again obliged to our old Correspondent Agricola for his friendly communication: but we should have been better pleased if the circumstances, to which it relates, were more consonant to our wishes, and more reputable to human nature. With regard to the praise, however, which our correspondent says we have bestowed on the constancy and patriotism' of some men whose recent tergiversation intitles them to other treatment, let him remember, and perhaps they will feel, that "Praise undeserv'd is censure in disguise;" though it is vain to expect, in such cases, any operation from the opinions of bye-standers. Fears, or hopes, have a greatly paramount influence. The allegorical rhymes, signed S. S. refer to a work which we have not yet seen. Philalethes is requested to accept our thanks for his polite letter: but the length to which his observations have extended, and the nature of the subject, preclude us from offering them to our readers, and from entering into a discussion of them. Mr. Montagu's letter is just received. In the last Review, P. 157. 1. 10. for neither,' r. either; and P. 185. 1. 24. for comparative of the charges,' r. of the comparative charges. Grrors, p. 235, 261, 264, 322. THE MONTHLY REVIEW, For APRIL, 1803. ART. I. Travels in Italy, by the Abbé Barthélémy, Author of the Travels of Anacharsis the Younger; in a Series of Letters written to the celebrated Count Caylus. With an Appendix, containing several Pieces never before published, by the Abbé Winkelman, Father Jacquier, the Abbé Zarillo, and other learned Men. Translated from the French. 8vo. pp. 420. 8s. Boards. Robinsons. 1802. IT is not the malignity of envy alone which contributes to shade the memory of departed merit; since the rapacity of heirs, or even the blind partiality of friendship, has too often brought discredit on acknowleged worth and talents. The literary fame of the Abbé Barthélémy might have safely reposed on a fair and lasting monument, the result of many and laborious vigils but, in committing to the press the posthumous letters which now invite our attention, M. Sérieys (the Editor) boasts of the genuine service which he has rendered to literature and the arts. We rather fear that he has disappointed a very numerous class of readers, and conveyed little distinct information to those who compose the limited circle of professed antiquaries. We doubt not that the letters were penned by the ele gant scholar whose name they bear; nor do we deny that they manifest a spirit of enthusiastic and persevering research, a patience of minute erudition, and a few strokes of Attic wit and Gallic sprightliness: but we cannot believe that their author ever intended that they should see the light, much less that they should be presented to the public under the title of Travels in Italy. Absorbed in the contemplation or collection of antient remains, the Abbé transmitted frequent but hasty and imperfect hints to his friend Count Caylus; whose congenial taste and character he admired, and whose impatience he was willing to gratify by notices of the leading objects of his favourite pursuits; reserving detailed discussion for the ease and leisure of conversation. We need not wonder, then, if the public should complain of a sameness of subject which VOL. XL. pervades pervades these letters; nor if the adept who resorts to them, in all the fondness of expectation, should be more tantalized than instructed. Of the few passages to which the above strictures do not apply, we beg leave to quote one relative to the greatest curiosity in the Abbé's collection-an honest, learned, and merry cardinal: I trouble you with another letter, my dear count, but it is on a subject of importance to the academy. The place of foreign academician was vacated by cardinal Quirini, of typographic memory. It became a question, whether, as it has not the title of honorary, cardinal Passioneï would accept it. I was desired by the academy, or rather by some of our brother members, to address him on this particular. I have done so; and he has answered, like a man of sense, that the place flatters him more than those follies of rank and title, which either signify nothing, or else signify too much, of which true merit has no need, and which are too heavy a burden for borrowed merit to bear.' I shall say nothing to you of his birth, his dignities, or even his place of librarian to the Vatican-circumstances splendid in themselves, but which he overlooks, and which are certainly beneath his real merit. But I will tell you of his familiarity with all kinds of learning; of the protection which he affords to talents; of a forty years' correspondence with all the literati of Europe; of the particular acquaintance that he formerly had with Renaudot, Longuerue, Boileau, Reland, Cuper, Gronovius, and many other great men, who on numberless occasions consulted him, and who had the most singular veneration for him. I will tell you of an immense library which he has collected, in which all the learned at Rome find infal lible assistance, and with which he is as well acquainted, as you are with antiquity and the arts. I will tell you of the great pains he has taken to augment the valuable store of antiquities in the Capitol, of the enlightened taste which he has in that respect acquired, and of a considerable collection of antique inscriptions, which he possesses at his country house, and which he is going to publish. I would tell you also of the particular esteem he has expressed for count Caylus, if I did not fear, that the idea of a personal motive might injure his cause with you. But what will influence you most is his marked character: a habit of truth and frankness, which has procured him the hatred of most of the cardinals; a habit of firmness, which ren. ders him the dread of the religious societies; a habit of probity, that has been always acknowledged, even in a country where craft and hypocrisy disguise every virtue and every vice. Do you wish for more? I will give you another still stronger trait. He completely fuddled us yesterday with a most excellent wine, which he keeps expressly for the pleasure of men of letters, whose curiosity may bring them into this barbarous country.' With this finished picture, we are tempted to contrast a rough sketch by the President de Brosses, an account of whose enter |