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sure solely to what was metaphysical in Mr Leslie's doctrine. Mr Stewart therefore has given a long list of authorities to prove, what they could never once have thought of denying, that there is no necessary, connection between physical causes. The words "Necessary Connection" have been employed by the most standard metaphysical writers, and by Mr Stewart himself, to denote causation; the ly difference is, that they are accom. panied here with a language of guard and precaution, such as before employed. There is nothing in their words which implies, that they believe necessary connection to exist between every cause and effect it is enough to justify them, if it exists in any one case. The expression, "operating principle" clearly fixes. down their meaning to efficient causes, to which, in strict propriety of language, the name of cause should be exclusively appropriated.

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The proposal made in the Assembly was of the most moderate and reasonable kind. The following is the statement given by Dr Hill of the views with which it was made:

Giving the utmost credit to his (Mr Leslie's) explanation, it must, I think, be admitted, that he has given just cause of offence; and it seems reasonable, therefore, that he should show his willingness to remove it. The Church has a right to require explanation; and he cannot, with propriety, refuse it.He ought plainly, and without the addition of any injurious matter, to give a calm and dispassionate disavowal. I would not propose to remit him to the presbytery That might be consider. ed as a harsh measure. It might be preferable to commit the prosecution of the business to a small and select committee, to be appointed by the General Assembly. To obviate any objection, and make it as free as possible from any invidious circumstance, this committee might consist of the Moderator, one or two Professors of other universities,

one or two experienced gentleman of the law, and two or three aged ministers, members of this house. Nor would I even wish to impose on Mr Leslie fore them, but to give in his explana the necessity of appearing in person betion in writing; and with a very simple explanation, provided it be temperately expressed, I would wish them to be satished.

It is left to Mr Leslie's considera. tion, whether he would not have been placed in a more respectable situation by a favourable report from. such a committee, than merely by a vote of Assembly, refusing to consider the question.

The ministers belonging to that party which has been accustomed to support the government of the state, were opposed by the opposite political interest. When the leaders of a certain party in the state have sufficient influence to determine an assembly vote, men of the Moderate interest in the church do not account it dishonourable to be found in the minority.

Nor will the unfavourable issue of this measure prevent them, at any future period, when they may be placed in the same circumstances, from reposing their accustomed confidence in the good sense of the coun try, and the church. In the mean time, they have the satisfaction of thinking, that the great end they had in view, is not defeated. which they have taken will probably have the effect of securing, for some time, greater caution in the discussion of such philosophical questions, as may affect those great truths of religion which it is their duty to de-. fend.

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Letter to the Rev. Dr Inglis, on his examination of Mr Stewart's pamphlet. By a Minister of the Church of Scotland. Svo. 2s. 6d. Remarks on the Examination of Mr Stewart's pamphlet. By W. L. Brown, D. D. Principal of Marischal College,

Aberdeen. 8vo. 25.
Remarks on Lord Selkirk's Treatise on
Emigration. 8vo. 6s.

Eight letters to Lord Selkirk. 2s. 6d.
Picture of Glasgow. 12mo. 3s. 6d.
The Farmer's Magazine. No. 26. 2s. 6d.

Scottish Literary Intelligence. Mr JAMIESON (late of Macclesfield in Cheshire,) has in the press, a volume of ballads, which are expected to be very interesting. Mr J. from his earliest years, had taken delight in study ing these memorials of the ancient genius and manners of Scotland. To a numerous collection made by himself, he has made considerable additions by the aid of several persons of learning andingenuity, particularly Mrs Brown of Falkland, Professors Gerrard and Scott of Aberdeen, and Mr Walter Scott. As Mr Jamieson is at present abroad, the latter gentleman has undertaken to superintend the publication.

A new edition (being the sixth) of the first volume of the Farmer's Magazine, a valuable work, which, for some years past, has greatly contributed to the diffusion of agricultural knowledge, is now in the press. Mr Chalmers's edition of the Works of Sir David Lindsay, (which we formerly announced,) is now nearly ready for publication.

A third volume of Poetical Translations, selected by the learned and judicious Dr Anderson, will speedily appear. It will contain Francis's Horace, Garth's Ovid, Lewis's Statius, Tytler's Callimachus, Merricks's Triphiodorus, &c. The three volumes will comprise, , in a small compass, nearly

every work of this description which possesses any degree of merit.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE, ENGLISH and FOREIGN.

PROPOSALS have been circulated for printing, by subscription, under the patronage of the Council of the College of Fort-William, and of the Asiatic Society, the original text, carefully collated with the most authentic manuscripts, of "the Ramayunu," a celebrated Sungskrit poem; with an English translation, accompanied with elucidatory notes. The work to be priated in quarto, in nine volumes, con taining upon an average, about six hundred pages. The price of each volume to subscribers in Europe five guineas; the money to be paid on the delivery of each volume. This poem is far superior in antiquity to any of the Pooranus; and the veneration in which it has been held, throughout Hindoostan, for so many ages, is scarcely exceeded by that entertained for the sacred scriptures throughout the Christian world. The work, besides furnishing a clue to the ancient history of India, gives a full idea of the Hindoo mythology, and presents so interesting a picture of the almost unvarying manners and customs of the country, as must render it highly gratifying to the admirers of Oriental literature. The Brethren of the Mission, Serampore, will esteem it a favour if Gentlemen, desirous of encouraging this wok, will send their names to Mr W. Button, Paternoster-row; or Mr R. Phillips, Bridge-Street, London.

Miss Robinson it ends, at length, to give to the world a complete and elegant edition of the "Poetical Works" of her mother, the late Mrs. Mary Robinson. The edition will include many pieces. never before published, and all those poems which were so popular in the life time of the poetess, and which have now become so scarce as to be unattainable by the public.

Mr Carr's "Stranger in Ireland” is proceeding rapidly through the press, and will be published before the next birth day. The engravings are by Med

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A new edition of Dr Carr's "Lucian" is in the press.

Kotzebue resides at present at Riga, and is engaged on a "History of the Royal House of Brandenburgh, from its first Rise into Independence till its Degradation, when it became a Vassal of France in the year 1806."

Mr Bigland is printing a new and enlarged edition of his "Letters on modern Europe," adapted to the present state of the Continent.

Mr Barrow, author of Travels in Africa and China, is about to publish a volume of Travels into Cochinchina, and the neighbouring countries.

Dr Wolcot has lately retired from London to Fowey, in Cornwall, where he has taken up his residence with two surviving sisters. An affection of the eyes renders the exercise of his pen unpleasant to him, but the flights of his genius, vigorous and unique as ever, are recorded by an amanuensis ; and he continues a lively correspondence with a few select friends in the metropolis.

Miss Hamilton, well known in the literary world, by a treatise on education, and other works of much celebrity, has published a volume of letters, addressed to the daughter of a nobleman, on topics the most interesting and impor

tant.

Since Louisiana has been ceded to the United States, two Societies for the promotion of science and literature have been established, one at New Orleans and the other at Natchez. The former, called the Literary Society, intend to publish a monthly magazine, principally for the purpose of spreading a knowledge of the country, and to a muse and instruct their readers by a collection of papers on a variety of use

ful subjects. The latter, which was established in 1803, originally called "The Mississipi Society for the Acquirement and Dissemination of Useful Knowledge," consists of from thirty to forty members, and has correspondents in various parts of the United States. The American Government has granted it a charter of incorporation.

Among the prizes proposed this year by the Imperial Academy of Wilna in Poland, is one of 100 ducats for an analysis of political economy, shewing in what points the fundamental ideas of Adam Smith and Dr Quesnay agree, and those in which they differ or are totally opposite.

Since the last secularizations, the country of Fulda has had for its sovereign the hereditary Prince of Orange, the son of the Stadtholder. This change in the government has had a powerful and salutary influence on the state of public instruction in that country. Be. fore that period the Gymnasium, or Latin school, and the university of Fulda, were in a deplorable situation. The annual revenues of the former scarcely amounted to 4000 florins, and the whole fund of the university consisted of a capital of 12,000 florins. The professors' chairs were therefore considered only as necessary employments, and those who were placed in them, receiving a salary of one, two, three, or at most four hundred florins, could not devote to the duties of their situation all the time they ought and wished to do. The new prince has given to the gymnasium and the university organization better suited to the wants of the young student; and to enable the professors to devote their whole attention to the duties of instruction he has increased their salaries, and has even invited, upon honourable conditions, several distinguished professors from other universities of Germany. The annual revenues of the Gymnasium and of the Lyceum of Fulda now amount to 22,000 florins.

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Many German princes have for some time been importuned with the indiscreet dedications of a great number of authors, either from the hope of obtaining some remuneration or present, or at least a letter of thanks, which, however insignificant, was frequently adduced by self-complacent writers as an unequivo

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cal proof of their merit. The elector of Baden has given public notice in the journals, that he shall not give any answer to authors who send him their works. A similar notice has been given by the Duke of Saxe-Teschen, the Prince of Anhalt-Dessau and the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. The senate of Hamburgh has likewise requested authors neither to address nor to dedicate to it any literary performance with out its permission.

Two volumes of the academy of Sciences, Literature, and Fine Arts of Tu

rin, for the years 1804 and 5, have lately been published, and contain a great number of interesting articles.

It has been calculated, that in 1805, England produced Soo new literary works, France 1150, and Germany not less than 4645-although in the Leipsic catalogue for the Michaelmas fair, 1000 works less were announced than in 1804; among which there are only 63 novels, and 61 almanacs. The most numerous class of books were those on medicine and education.

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Haudque Sol lucet recreatve pressas
Nubibus atris.

Nunc oves terror agit in sueta
Tuta; nunc in monte remugit ingens
Taurus, armenti, nemorisque custos,
Et fugit ipse.

Ipsa per silvas fugitans pavensque,
Manet, et nidum repetit volucris
Frustra; nidum diruit, oh! dolendum
Aspera clades.

Arbores celsa spoliantur ipsæ
Frondibus; ventis agitatur ingens
Pinus, et quercus laceratur; imbris
Victa furore.

Nunc feras terret celeris procella,
Cursitant passim per agros timore,
Artibus solis homo se tuitur

Nec timet imbres.

Artibus tutum struit hospitale,
Quo receptet se geniumque laetus,
Assidens igni, foveat, metus et
Frigoris expers.

3. Translation by DR JOHNSON. THE traveller, when a storm draws nigh, With dread beholds the approaching

rain,

The sun, proud sovereign of the sky,
Resigns his splendour with disdain.
Fear drives the sheep into the fold,
The bull, bold guardian of the flock,
By terror rouz'd to shun the cold,
Now speeds for shelter to the rock.
The vocal tenant of the wood,
By the destructive storm oppress'd,
With courage braves the blast, tho' rude,
To reach its weather-beaten rest.

The lofty and fantastic trees
(Now all their verdant foliage fled,)
No longer murmur to the breeze,
Both pine, and oak, and fir, are dead.

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With bitter anguish tortur'd was her mind, From her mild eyes her streaming sorrows flow'd;

Her loose hair wanton'd in the ruthless wind,

Beneath the blast her faded form meek bow'd.

A lovely infant in her arms she bore,

Which late to life the gentle suff'rer gave; A father's roof would shelter her no more, A lover false refus'd her fame to save. She hied her to the dreary church-yard's ground,

She laid her on her long lost mother's tomb:

When, lo! she beard upon the breeze a

sound,

Which from a meek-ey'd seraph seem'd to

come.

It gently stole upon the night wind's wing,
And cheering whisper'd in her watchful

ear:

"The balm of comfort to my child I bring, "She soon shall be beyond the reach of care."

The silver moon now hurried from its gloom,

A ray of streaming light now shot around, The stars now twinkl'd with a radiant bloom,

She thought the figure was the very same,
Which the stern fates from her so early

tore.

The spirit smil'd, and wav'd its paly hand, And softly chid poor Emma's heaving sighs,

As trembling 'gainst the tomb she tried to stand,

She look'd, it vanish'd, pointing to the skies.

The frighted owl now scream'd and flitted by,

The wind now whistled thro' the old yew's spray,

The wretched Emma heav'd a boding sigh, --A sigh that mark'd the sunset of her day.

Once more she heard the sweet, the cheering sound,

Once more the faint stars shot a glim m'ring light:

Once more she cast a wistful look around, Then clos'd her languid eyes in dreamless night.

But e'er the sisters cut the vital thread,

She kiss'd and bless'd her baby o'er and

o'er ;

She on her bosom pillow'd its dear head,
Then gently laid her down-to rise no
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TO A LADY's FAVOURITE CAT.
By GEORGE DYER.

PRINCE of cats, with skin so sleek,

Sharpen'd mouth, and jetty cheek,
And tail, as coral shining-bright,
And eyes, that can defy the night;
With whiskers, claws, and scenting nose,
For ever mousing, as it goes:
All these proclaim as mere a cat
As ever tuzzled mouse, or rat.
But when I mark, thy mistress nigh,
(And I have look'd with searching eye)
The purring soft, the tender gaze,
And all thy little-fondling ways,
The playful tail, the touch so bland,
When stroking Sappho's lovely hand;
And when on Sappho's bosom spread,
I see thee nestle close thy head;

Her tears, like dew drops, glitter'd on the (And this, and more than this I see,
ground.

She clasp'd her baby to her throbbing breast,
She screamed, and frantic with her terror,

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Till, happy Puss, I envy thee;)
Oh! then, methinks, time was, that thou
Wast not what thou appearest now:
No, prince of cats, if right I scan,
The time has been, when thou wast man.

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