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ATIONAL ANIMOSITIES TRANSFERRED TO THE FEATHERED CREATION!

(From the Berwick Advertiser, Saturday, June 18th, 1814.) LONG MAIN OF COCKS will be FOUGHT at Berwick on the Race week, between the gentlemen of the North d South sides of the Tweed, for TEN GUINEAS a Battle d FIVE HUNDRED the MAIN!

A GOLD CUP of ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY[GHT GUINEAS VALUE, sixteen Subscribers, will also Fought for. (One Concern.)

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A different way of spending one's Time and Money. [AMES WEBB, Esq. This philanthropic character lately quitted Swansea, after displaying a degree of active beneolence almost incredible. He completely clothed about 250 oys residing in the town and neighbourhood, at an expense. f £530. 10s., and most of them received, likewise, small sums money. To many distressed families and individuals he ave from one to twenty pounds each, to our two Lancaserian schools he contributed Ten pounds each. He left ifty pounds with the Rev. Mr. OLDESWORTH, to be distri uted among the poor of Oystermouth; and, on Saturday e'enight, he went into Gower, where he selected fifty boys whom he ordered to be clothed, and left with Mr. NUNN £75. or charitable purposes, besides giving himself small sums o distressed objects whose wretchedness elicited compassion rom his feeling heart. To our knowledge he expended in the short space of twelve days that he resided here, no less than SIXTEEN HUNDRED POUNDS, in clothing the naked, feeding the hungry, and relieving the necessities of several hundreds of his fellow-creatures! Such conduct is superior to all comment..........(Cambrian.)

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COUNT BERCHTOLD

AS an Austrian nobleman, who, like the immortal HOWARD, devoted his life to the service of humanity. The parallel between these two extraordinary men will appear VOL. 11.

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more striking and complete, when it is stated that BERCH TOLD travelled thirteen years in Europe, and four years in Asia and Africa, for the laudable purposes of making himsel acquainted with the happiness and wretchedness of mankind; of promoting the former, and of mitigating the latter, to the utmost of his power. He was the founder of the Moravian Humane Society, and of the establishment of Preservation at Prague and Brunn. Some time before his death, in 1809, he converted his fine castle of Buchlowitz in Moravia, into a hospital for sick and wounded Austrians, in attending whom be caught an epidemic fever, which terminated his life.

SIR ISAAC NEWTON

WAS a most celebrated English philosopher and mathema tician, and one of the greatest geniusses that ever ap peared in the world. His powers of mind were wonderfully comprehensive and penetrating. Fontenelle says of him; "that in learning mathematics he did not study Euclid, who seemed to him too plain and simple, and unworthy of taking up his time."

This eminent philosopher was remarkable for being of a very meek disposition, and a great lover of peace. He was candid and affable; and did not assume any airs of superiority over those with whom he associated. He judged of men by their conduct: and the true schismatics, in his opinion, ́were the vicious and the wicked. He was, indeed, a truly pious man: and his discoveries concerning the frame and system of the universe, were applied by him to demonstrate the being of a God, and to illustrate his power and wisdom. After enduring a painful disease with christian composure, he departed this life in the eighty-fifth year of his age; and, in his principles, and conduct through life, has left a strong and comfortable evidence, that the highest intellectual powers harmonize with religion and virtue; and that there is nothing in Christianity but what will abide the scrutiny of the soundest and most enlarged understanding*.

How great and satisfactory a confirmation is it to the sin cere, humble Christian, and what an insurmountable barrier does it present to the infidel, to perceive, in the list of Christian believers, the exalted and venerable names of an ADDISON, a BOYLE, a LOCKE, and a NEWTON.

*Of this great man, who pursued his researches into the laws of Nature so profoundly, it has been remarked, that he never pronoun ced the name of GOD, without moving his hat, and otherwise expressing the most devout respect.

GRANVILLE SHARP.

INCE we commenced publishing our little work, our country has lost one of the most estimable of its sons, and the poor and the opessed a most invaluable friend in the person of GRANVILLE SHARP q. who died last year, at Fulham, aged 79; and we cannot, we esume, better conclude our short list of illustrious worthies, or exaples for imitation, than by making room for the following eulo um, from a contemporary publication, on a character which must. rever endear his name to the friends of humanity, and rank him ith the HOWARDS, the HANWAYS, and the BERCHTOLDS, who have nobled their nature, in the imperishable annals of never-dying fame. If any man of the present age deserved the name of Philanthrost, it was GRANVILLE SHARP. His whole life was one continued: ruggle to improve the condition of mankind, sometimes by his literry labours, and at other times by more active services. To commis. rate the unfortunate, in him seemed to be a radical instinct, which y its force overpowered the cold and prudential maxims, by which he conduct of the generality of the world is too often regulated. Those prejudices, which would exclude the oppressed of any country, ondition, or complexion, from the rights of humanity, were to him enirely unknown. The African torn from his country, and the sailor rom his family, ever found in him an eloquent and successful advocate." It was to the active humanity and patriotism of Mr SHARP, that he glorious and immortal Society for abolishing the Slave-trade, owes its origin. He exerted himself to abolish the Gothic practice of duelling. Was the first President, and a principal benefactor, of the British and Foreign Bible Society; and, although a member of the Church of England, was a friend to religious liberty, as far as the Protestant cause prevailed, having a regard for, and mixing harmoni. ously with, dissenters of different denominations; and if he was not equally liberal in his sentiments to his Roman Catholic brethren, it was not from any personal dislike, but from a conviction, that a religion that made no scruple to propogate itself by fire and sword, was not christianity. He could not forget the spirit of persecution which that church had manifested in so many ages, against those who had dared to think for themselves in religious matters when it had the power; and the burnings in Smithfield, and the massacres and cruelties committed by its votaries in other places, it is said always rose to to his mind whenever he talked concerning it. His antipathy a against Roman Catholicism (of which he is said to have had a real horror,) may be, indeed, partly accounted for, from the consideration, that he had occasion to write a treatise against a jesuit, at Liverpool, who had quoted the Scripture history of Joseph and others, in behalf of the slave-trade; but, let those who think this good man carried matters too far, on the supposition that the spirit of the Roman Catholic religion had changed with the times, turn their eyes to the conduct of the present pontiff and the beloved Ferdinand, and they will need no further stimulus to induce them to cling more closely to our Protestant union, and to bless God that they live in a land, over which, the cruel and indiscriminating spirit of Popery has no power.

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RULES AND REGULATIONS

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RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLES THE BEST SAFEGUARD FOR CHILDBEN IMPROPER GRATIFICATIONS TO BE EARLY CHECKED... HAPPY EFFECTS OF JUDICIOUS FAMILY MANAGEMENT

THE most efficacious means for inducing children to acta to imbue their mind with intelligible, clear, and plain of the Supreme Being, from whom no thought, werd, or action be concealed. A steady belief in the all-seeing God, is az ne which no change of place, darkness, or distance, can remove it composes and restrains youthful impetuosity, if love of the mighty Benefactor has been properly instilled. God is to be r sented not only as great and glorious, but as infinitely amiable gracious, and the indissoluble connection between religion and m rectitude must ever be inculcated. If ye love God ye will a evil and do good, and it will teach children to reverence the te mony of their own conscience if they shall be early habituated nightly self-examination. Not that au icular confession is to be t quired. The work of penitence should be leit between the Divi Inspector and their own hearts. It will encourage parents in bestov ing unremitting attention to the religious and moral improvement their children, to be assured they cannot fail in success, if they make instruction so pleasant as to convince their infantine auditois, that such principles and practices are friendly to all innocent enjoyments. No painful feelings should be associated with duty; for it must be our study to demonstrate, that TO BE GOOD IS TO BE HAPPY.

Parents have the sentiments and dispositions of their children a most entirely at their disposal; and they that live continually with ther little ones have advantages in this respect, that are envied by co siderate persons among the nobility and gentry who are constrain by the usages of society, to commit their babes to the direction substitutes.

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From the moment when a baby exhibits any sign of sympathy, im itation, or memory, the parents ought with kind, but urbending fi ness, to deny him every licence that must be withheld in a few months or years as a bad custom. The foolish fondness of ignorant persons beguiles them to gratify engaging prattlers in every farcy, ard when they grow up a little, these pleasures nu t be discontin ed; but not before they give rise to faults that will draw upon children many penalties which mild restraint, in the preceding ter of their lite, might have prevented. The boy or girl, who was her tofore too familiar, now becomes abject, sly, and discontented, estranged from his parents, and having no precise knowledge of duties or crimes, attempts to conceal all his inclinations or proceedings certain what will, or will not, incur chastisement. He gradually los all reluctance to transgress against truth, and if sufficient temptati falls in his way, he may be entangled in every species of dishonest till he dares to perpetrate deeds the most fatal to himself and to the community.

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This is a melancholy, but true outline of the condition of thousands, whom a more judicious management might have rendered a credit and blessing to those that gave them birth. Let us turn from the afflictive object to the happy group that surround a sensible, goodhumoured pair. Before any of these smiling creatures had seen ten moons, they experienced a mild control, which, in the progress of infancy, inured them to obedience; and habituated to industry from the time that their little hands could be employed, the great causes of discomfort among the lower orders, subordination and labour, have been reconciled to their feelings by the force of custom. They revere their parents with the most affectionate esteem, but they have no awe that forbids unlimited confidence. If inexperience, or even folly, involves them in difficulties, they apply for advice or aid to those who are most interested in their safety, and the delight they have in HOME, is instrumental in making them both better and happier. Thus, Sir, I have given you a slight sketch of the Rules I wish to inculcate in my system of Cottage Education. The utmost simplicity of expression, and minuteness of exposition has been studied; for in a work of that nature, who could prefer elegance to utility? or hesi tate to risk being thought too diffuse, when seeking to avoid disadvan tages to the reader that must attend obscurity? Th. N. R.

The Progress of Genius

FROM OBSCURE AND LOW SITUATIONS, TO EMINENCE AND CELEBRITY.. "Genius is that gift of God which learning cannot confer, which no disadvantages of birth or education can wholly obscure."

VESPASIAN, (TITUS FLAVIUS)

THE.Roman emperor, was descended from an obscure family at Riti,` and rose entirely by his merit. For his eminent services he was rewarded with the consular dignity; and when he was proclaimed emperor, on the death of Vittelius, the choice of the army was approved by the senate and the people. This virtuous monarch well deserved the sacred trust, for he reformed the abuses which prevailed in all the departments of the state, introduced excellent regulations for the correction of public morals, embellished Rome with many useful works, became the patron of men of learning, and, while he refused the title, proved himself the Father of the People.

WOLSEY, (THOMAS)

THE celebrated Cardinal, was the son of a butcher at Ipswich. Be-. ing a man of unbounded ambition, and of licentious manners, although he possessed considerable learning and great policy, we record him here, the last in our progress of genius, as an instance of the just contempt that awaits degraded talents, and, consequently, as an example to be avoided; for, this fawning favourite of kings, whe lived in such profuse and princely style when in the zenith of his power, fell into disgrace before he died, and, in the bitterness of his grief, was forced to adopt the following memorable words: "Had I served my God! as faithfully as I bave the king, he would not have forsaken me in my old age." BBB 3