"the sacred garland." 43 



them successful ; for certain it is, that very few of 

 those for whom he appUed received any reward 

 through his intercession. His application was now, 

 however, made where he had a right to expect some- 

 thing more than a formal reply, which would be 

 deigned to a subaltern. Dissatisfied and annoyed, 

 he told Macpherson to accompany him to the Horse 

 Guards, when, as it was levee-day, he was readily 

 admitted into the Duke of York's presence: the 

 substance of his remarks during this interview are 

 not known, for Macpherson was not present. The 

 result was, however, soon apparent ; for, within a 

 week from that day, the lieutenant was gazetted 

 as a captain, and received instructions to repair to 

 Chatham to raise a company, there being actually 

 at the time, no vacancy. The well-known sense of 

 justice and consideration for merit, which distin- 

 guished that zealous public servant the late Duke 

 of York, doubtless operated powerfully in behalf of 

 Macpherson, and rendered Sir Thomas Picton's ap- 

 phcation successful. 



Robinson. 



LITERARY NOTICES, No. VIII. 



"The Sacred Garland,'^ being Hymns and Religious 

 Poems, adapted for Children and Young Persons; by 

 THE Authoress of " Poems for Children," &c. &c. 

 jp.p. 80. Vlymouth: G. P. Hea?'der. 



An elegant little volume, under the above title, has 

 just issued from the press. It is from the pen of 

 Miss Dixon, the talented authoress of " CastaHan 

 Hours, " and other ])oetical works. It is a collec- 

 tion of poems, w^ritten in language adapted to the 

 capacity of children, for whose use it has been es- 

 pecially written. The design of the writer has been 

 " to promote in young minds a knowledge and love 

 of God, and a spirit of true benevolence, according 



