692 Our Anniversary. [JUNE, 



XII. That Messrs. Drummoncl and Company be the Bankers of the club. 



XIII. That Algernon Sydney, Esq., be nominated Poet Laureate, and that Messrs. 

 Brothers and Richards, of Milton-street, Cripplegate, be desired to furnish him with 

 fifty dozen of claret, and the same quantity of champagne, annually, and send in 

 the bill thereof to the Secretary. 



XIV. That the Epic poem, in fifteen books, upon the Origin of the Christian 

 Religion, be returned to the author. 



XV. That G. M.'s article upon Lord L 1 and other horned Animals, be declined, 



as personal and libellous. 



XVI. That 20 be presented to Mary Colling, on her approaching marriage with 

 John Jones, and that a copy of Alison upon Taste be forwarded to Dr. Southey and 

 Mrs. Bray, with a request that they will glance at the chapter which treats of 

 poetical talent. 



XVII. That a reward be offered for the apprehension of any person who has 

 read through Francis the First, except Professors Milman and Wilson, and Dr. 

 Magimi. 



XVIII. That Mr. Montgomery's forth-coming (or rather fifth-coming) poem, be 

 immediately reviewed in the Magazine. 



XIX. That the author of * Cavendish ' be invested with the command of the 

 Club's pleasure vessel, and that he be desired to have every thing in readiness for 

 the coming season. 



XX. That the Secretary do procure suitable apartments for the Club, at Cowes, 

 during the Regatta. 



XXI. That the Marquis of Londonderry's invitation to a Masqued Carnival, at 

 Hold ern ess House, be declined. 



XXII. That the Duke of Devonshire's invitation to a grand dinner, on Wednes- 

 day next, be accepted. 



XXIII. That Lord Chancellor Brougham's present of his forthcoming edition of 

 Paleifs Evidences of Christianity be placed in the library, and thanks for the same 

 voted to his Lordship. 



XXIV. That thanks be voted to Mr. Secretary Fitzgibbon, for his attentive and 

 gentlemanly conduct. 



(Signed) 



HENRY FITZGIBBON, SEC. 

 Pump-Court, Temple, May 15, 1832. 



In pursuance with the resolution just quoted, we proceed to subjoin the 

 following list of our contributors, and we recommend our readers to per- 

 use the characters very attentively, as in the course of papers of which 

 this is the introduction, their several opinions of men and things will, of 

 course, bear the impress of their several peculiarities, and for which the 

 editor cannot be held altogether responsible. 



PEREGRINE MARMADUKE WENTWORTH, ESQ. 



F.* R. S. F. A. S. M. R. L. B. A. S. S. F.* L S. 



Astronomer in ordinary to the Emperor of China, and Corresponding Member of the 

 Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburgh. Fellow of the Physical Society of 

 Bonn. Grand Cup Bearer to the Incas of Peru; and Secretary of Legation from the 

 Emperor of Tartary to the Court of Great Britain, &c. &c. &c. &c. &c. &c. &cc. 



PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTORS. 



Mark O' Gorman Morgan, a barrister, is a Bunyan in politics, and a Quixote 



\vith more eloquence than sense, and in religion. He would please his friends 



more enthusiasm than prudence, and better if he wrote nothing but poetry, 



more creditors than either. Mr. Morgan and himself if he wrote nothing at all. 



