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But join the throng. Forth from his midnight cave,
Where late the secret work of death he ply'd,
The daring robber creeps; the peasant wields
The scythe, now raging in the ranks of war.
Here croud the knights, their rich retinué led,
Their grooms and coursers; here the baron waves
His gorgeous Oriflamme; kings, prelates, here
Pour to the holy standard: thick they seem'd
As those embodied forces which at Thebes
Or Ilium conquer'd, or those numerous bands
Headed by Charlemagne. Ambition's sons
Came flocking here, and here the scoundrel train
Of Avarice, all their bestial views conceal'd
Under Religion's garb for, Fancy play'd
In thousand orient hues, and lov'd to build
Her gorgeous imagery, their fond hopes belying
With sweet delusion. Thus, not few entic'd
The mines of gold and jasper, the sweet groves
Of balm, and myrrh, and nard, where every gale
Drops perfume from its wings; and not a few
The black ey'd Maids of Paradise, who wave
Amid the myrtle bowers their raven locks,
And as they weave the choral dance, instruct
The look to languish, and the breath to sigh.
Now was it busy in the land; now glow'd
The martial frenzy: (as the ceaseless hum
Of the home-coming bees at even-tide,
When the sun sinks, and from the quiet cot.
The light-blue smoke ascends:) in every gale
Bray'd the loud clarion, to the noon-day sun
Emblazon'd armour flash'd, the pennons broad
Flutter'd their streaming points, and wav'd traverse
On their high standard glittering: to the Cross
All bow'd in adoration, and all call'd
Upon the living God to lead them on.

And on they went, panting with eager hope,
Ill-starr'd and ill-conducted, on they went.
Yet were they flush'd with slaughter, yet they were
Laden with booty large of gold and gem
And radiant purple, till they almost forgot
God's business, and with paramount step and pride
Their haughty rod of desolation shook
Ou every foe. They went like the tall ship
Of some rich burgher, to the Venetian bound
Beyond the Southern Cape, in proud career
Above the green wave tilting. Yet their pomp,
Their pride, and all their garniture of war,
And gay habiliments, (vain hopes and weak!)
Their coursers champing the rich curb, and swift

Their hawks that mock'd the winds, and dogs that woke
The Echo sleeping on the breast of Morn,
All could not save. Alas! how chang'd, how fallen
From former pomp and pride. So was that change
In Eden, when his form of cherub grace,
His orient hues, and wings bedropt with gold,
Satan had doff'd, and bade each nobler limb
Shrink in the reptile's form: oh! such a sight
War now appear'd; and as he sail'd aloof,
With talon sheath'd, his long-expected feast
The famish'd raven snuff'd. While on they mov'd,
With difficulty and labour, cursing oft
Their journey unfortunate: for, not now
O'er sunny uplands pass'd they, or rich vales,
Or flowery meadows; but the hot, hot sand
Stretch'd like the ocean's line, and not a breeze
Play'd on their throbbing temples, but they drank
The Simoom's purple breath, and every plague
Infectious. Shadowing o'er the fainting van
Pale Famine rear'd his hideous form, and howl'd
Unto his brother Thirst, who vampire-like
Sate panting in the rear, with iron-gripe
His daily victim seizing, and each fount,
Each chrystal spring, that might have slak'd the lip
Of parched myriads, and the blood-shot eye
Reviv'd, drove deep into their gelid beds.
Oh, it was foul to see them! for, they lay
Lean skeletons along, dug here and there
By the wild vulture, and their bones were strewn
Upon the shore, and whiten'd all the plain.

(To be continued.)

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

HE Rev. Roger Kingdon has

a work, by Dr. Less, late Professor in the University of Gottingen, on the Authenticity, Uncorrupted Preservation, and Credibility of the New Testament, forming, if we mistake not, a valuable part of the Profes

sor's "Geschichte der Religion;"

lation is now in the press, and will speedily be published.

A volume of Sermons, by the late Dean of Bristol, is far advanced in the press, and will shortly make its appearance.

LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS IN THEOLOGY.

A
Nation, by way of Dialogue, by Tho-
mas Witherby. 8vo.

N Attempt to Remove Preju

of the mary of the Commandments, the

perfect Form of our Worship of One only God manifested in the Messiah. 8vo.

Three Sermons on the Lord's
Prayer, in which is set forth, that
this Divine Prayer contains a Sum-
Vol. VI. Churchm. Mag. May, 1804.

A Sermon preached before the Society for Suppression of Vice, in A a a

the Parish Church of St. George, Hanover Square, on Thursday, the 3d of May, 1804, by Richard Watson, D.D. F.R.S. Lord Bishop of Landaff. 8vo.

The Providence of God, a Norrissian Prize Essay, by James George Durham, A.B. of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Evo.

A Sermon preached in the Pas rish Church of Kingston-uponThames, before the Right Hon. John Heath, Esq. and the Hon. Beaumont Hotham, Knt. Judges of Assize, William Borradaile, Esq.

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ECCLESIASTICAL AND ACADEMICAL PREFERMENTS.

HE Rev. John Foster, A. B. Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, is instituted, on the presentation of Miss Reeve, to the Rectory of Wickersley, in the WestRiding of the county of York.

The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury has presented the Rev. William Lisle Bowles, A M. to the Vicarage of Bremhill, Wilts.

The Rev. William James Aislabie, M.A. of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, is presented to the Living of Holywell with Medingworth, in Huntingdonshire, vacated by the death of the Rev. B. Hutchinson, F.R.S.

The Rev. William Bolton, M.A. Rector of Hollesley, in Suffolk, is instituted to the Rectory of Brancaster, in Norfolk, on the presentation of his Grace the Duke of Beaufort

The Rev. Caleb Hastings Elwin, B.A. is instituted to the Rectory of Booton, in Norfolk, on the presentation of Susannah Elwin, of Thurning, widow.

The Rev. George Holcombe, M.A. Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Rector of Matlock, Derbyshire, is present ed, by the Earl of Moira, to the consolidated Rectories of East and West Leke, near Loughborough, vacated by the death of the Rev. Mr. Hastings.

The Rev. William Clifton, Rector of Clifton, in Nottinghamshire, is impowered, by a dispensation,

to hold the Rectory of Lissington, in Lincolnshire, to which he has been presented by the Dean and Chapter of York.

The Rev. James Coulton, of Lynn, Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Earl of Darlington, is instituted to the Vicarage of North Wootton, Norfolk, on the presentation of Richard Howard, Esq. of Ashted Park, Surrey.

The Rev. Robert John Francis, M.A. is instituted to the Rectory of Clenchwarton, in Norfolk, on the presentation of John Stewart, Gent. of Norwich.

The Rev. Peter Ashton Hamond, M.A. is appointed a Chaplain in Ordinary to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

Sir John Nicol, Knt. Official to the Archdeacon of Essex, and Dr. Swabey, Commissary to the Bishop of London for Essex and Herts, have appointed the Rev. Alexander Richardson, M.A. and Vicar of Great Dunmow, to be their Surrogate, in the room of the Rev. John Howlett, deceased.

The Rev. Mr. Butcher is instituted, by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln, to the Rectory of Roperly, near Grantham, on the presenta tion of his Grace the Duke of Rutland.

The Rev. William Manning, M.A. Fellow of Gonvile and Caius College, is presented, by the Master and Fellows of that Society, to the consolidated Rectories of Weeting

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All Saints and St. Mary's, in the county of Norfolk, vacated by the death of the Rev. C, Holden,

The Rev, James Carlos, M,A. is instituted to the Rectory of Drinkstone, in Suffolk, on the presentation of John Moseley, Esq.

The Rev. W. Douglas, M.A. is appointed Precentor of the Cathedral Church of Winchester,

The Rev. William Coxe, Canon of Salisbury, is appointed to the Archdeaconry of Wilts, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. W, Douglas.

The Rev. P. N. Joddrell, B.A. of Jesus College, Cambridge, is presented by the Lord Chancellor, to the Vicarage of Porchester, Hants.

His Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury has collated the Rev. Mr. Moore, his third son, to the Rectory of Latchingdon, in the county of Essex.

The Rev. J. Nicholas, LL.D. is presented, by Lady Northwich, to the Rectory of Bremilham, in Wiltshire.

The Rev. Thomas Brown Simpson is instituted to the Vicarage of Keynsham, on the presentation of Sir Richard Gaminon, Bart.

The Rev. John Artcott is presented, by the Right Hon. the Earl of Mount Edgecumbe, to the Rectory of Rame, in Cornwall, void by the death of the Rev. John Baron.

The Rev. Philip Egerton, M.A. has been presented, by his aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Egerton, to the Rectory of Malpas, in Cheshire, vacated by the death of the Rev. Reginald Heber.

The Rev. George Glover, B.A. is instituted to the Rectory of South Repps, in Norfolk.

The Rev. Henry Sill, M.A. Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, is instituted to the Living of Dean, in the county of Cumberland.

The Rev. Thomas Vaughan, M.A. Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, is presented, by the Lord Chancellor, to the Vicarage of Stonely, Warwickshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Robert Sumner.

The Rev. Charles Daubeny,

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— 4. The Rev, Henry Morice, B.A. of St. John's College, was admitted Master of Arts, Grand Compounder.

5. The names of the Gentlemen, who have distinguished themselves in the extraordinary examinations of the present year, were announced in Congregation in the following order, viz. Edmund Goodenough, John Matthias Turner, and the Hon. Frederic Eden, of Christ Church.

- 9. The Rev. James Holman Mason, of Exeter College; Robert S. Wood, of Queen's College; and Mr. Philip Stanhope Smelt, of Corpus Christi College, B. A. were admitted Masters of Arts. Mr. Charles Worsley, of Wadham College, was admitted B. A.

17. This being the last day of Easter Term, the Rev. William Carey, M.A. and Student in Divinity, Aaa 2

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of Christ Church, and Head Maser of Westminster School, was admitted Bachelor in Divinity, Grand Compounder.

The whole number of degrees in Easter Terin was five Bachelors in Divinity, two Bachelors in Medicine, one Bachelor in Civil Law, sixteen Masters of Arts, and twentytwo Bachelors of Arts. Matriculations sixty-two.

19. This day the Prizes, given by the Chancellor of this University, were determined in favour of Mr. Abel Hendy, A.B. Fellow of Oriel College, for an English Essay, On the Utility of Classical Learning, in Subserviency to Theological Studies, and of Mr. Charles Williams, Scholar of Corpus Christi College, for a Latin Poem, Melite.

CAMBRIDGE.

April 24. Messrs. Henry Whitfield, A.B. Fellow of King's College; Henry Squire, of Christ's College; James Cumming, of Trinity College; and William Gell, of Emmanuel College, were admitted Masters of Arts.

The same day Mr. Thomas S. Griffinhooffe, of Pembroke Hall, was admitted Bachelor of Arts,

The Rev. J. Palmer, B.D. and Classical Tutor of St. John's College, is elected Professor of Arabic, in the room of the Rev. J. D. Carlyle, deceased.

- 28. The Rev. Henry Eyeleigh

Holland, Senior Bachelor of Arts, of Emmanuel College, was elected a Fellow of that Society.

The same day Mr. Richard Joynes, B.A, of Catharine Hall, was elected a foundation Fellow of that Society.

May 2. The Rev, William Spry, M.A. of Christ's College, was elect ed a Fellow of that Society.

5. The Rev. George Cook, Fellow, and Mr. Septimus Courtney, Bachelors of Arts, of St. John's College, were admitted to the degree of Master of Arts.

The same day, Mr, James Cradocke, of Trinity Hall, was admitted to the degree of Bachelor in Law; and Stephen Sloane, Esq. of Trinity Hall, and Peter Connellan, Esq, of Trinity College, to the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

John Maddox, and Benjamin Cole, Esq. Bachelor Commoners of Magdalen College, are elected Fellows of that Society.

8, Mr. Ainslie, of Trinity College, was elected into a Tancred's Studentship,

At the Westminster School election, which ended on Wednesday the 9th instant, the following King's Scholars were elected to Oxford and Cambridge. To Christ Church, Oxford, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Law, Mr. Longlands, Mr. Hodgson. Tą Trinity College, Cambridge, Mr. Chambers, Mr. Webster, Mr. Marmelt,

MONTHLY OBITUARY.

FARTHERparticularsofthelate Rev. Joseph Ducre Carlyle, B.D. see page 287.] He was a man of eminent abilities and learning;and genuine goodness of heart. Of his proficiency in Oriental literature, and his correct and elegant taste, the world has already had a favourable specimen in his Translation of Select Specimens of Arabic Poetry; but Religion as well as Literature has sustained a severe loss in his death; since it will at least suspend the correct edition of the Arabic Bible, which he had un

dertaken at the request of the most respectable society for Propagating the Gospel in foreign parts, and for which every preparation has been already made; and it must put an entire stop to his great and favourite project of giving a complete edition of the New Testament i Greek, which was to contain not only the various readings collected by Mill, Bengelius, Wetstein, Griesbach, and Matthaei, but also those of more than thirty Greek manuscripts which he had collected during his residence and travels in

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