422 Cornucopia : — Napohon and Wieland. 



«f tlic Monthly Magazine will bear sa- 

 ♦isfacfoiy and decisive proof. 



It is not in the arts and sciences alone 

 that the advantages of a periodical j)rcss 

 arc perceptible — but in political and ci- 

 vil atl'airs its effects are equally bcneli- 



[Dec. 1, 



has frequently been disgraced and pol- 

 luted by being made the instrument of 

 spreading the anti-social scntinieuts of 

 tiie advocates of war ; but here — 

 " Una niauus vulnus opemqiie ferct." 



Ovid. Ranedia Amoris, 



cial ; it keeps a check on the conduct of And the same weapon has been effec-» 



the ruling authorities, and, by preventing tually exerted against their baneful o|>e- 



ihe tyrannical exercise of power, and the ration, and an antido<c provided by the 



intolerant principles of religions perse- champions of truth and justice, 

 cution, becomes the guardian of tlie Edwakd IIatfii'.ld. 



«uunnon weal. It is indeed true that it Great New-slrect, Gough-square. 



COliNUCOPIA. 



WAR. 



TESTIMONY of the pions Bishop 

 Taylor, chaplain to King Charles 

 the First, with respect to war: — "As 

 contrary as cruelty is to mercy, tyranny 

 to charity, so is war and bloodshed to 

 •the meekness and gentleness of the 

 Christian religion. I liad often thought 

 (says he) of the prophecy, tftat in the 

 Gospel, our swords shall he turned iiito 

 ploughshares, and our spears into pru- 

 tiing- honlts. I knew that no tittle spoken 

 by (idd's spirit could rctiwn unper- 

 formed and i.icflcctual ; and I was cer- 

 tain, Ihat such was the excellency of 

 Chri'^f's doelrine, (hat, if men would 

 obey it. Christians should never war 

 one against annlhcr."' 



AI.ICK PIKRCr.. 



The mistress of Mdwiud III. was, in 

 the latter end of his reign, so impudent, 

 and presumed so much on die tavor of 

 him whos'- heart she had sididued, that 

 she herself would sit in courts of Justice 

 to efl'tet her own purposes; and at a 

 rarlian)ent in the 50th of his reign, at 

 her suit, she caused Sir Peter de la 

 !Mare (late speaker in a Parliament, 

 who had exhibited complaint against 

 lier,) to be connnitted to |»crpctnal im- 

 prisonment at Nottingham. 



RINGS. 



The wearing of rings is very ancient; 

 it was prohibiled in Rome to all me- 

 chanics and men of mean con<lition to 

 wear rings of gold ; so that, granting a 

 license for any person to wear a ring, 

 W&s as much as to make him a gentlc- 

 inun. The usage of sealhig with rings is 

 also of great anti(|uity. 



NAPOLEON AND WIF.LAND. 



In the autumn of 180S, some of the 

 Princes, then assfmbled at the congress 

 of Erfurt, taine for a few days to visit 

 th«! court of NVeimar, and, among them, 

 "Napoleon. He was accompanied by a 

 troop of French players, who borrowed 



the theatre, and on the Gtli October ex- 

 hibited in it Voltaire's Death of C«sar, 

 Wieland went to see this tragedy, iu 

 which Talnia was to perform, and sat 

 as usual in a private side-box of the 

 second tier, reserved for the ducal C'«- 

 mily, to which he had been attached 

 as preceptor. Napoleon observed him 

 there, and enquired who was the ve- 

 nerable old man with the black velvet 

 calotte: this was the usual costume of 

 Wieland, who, not liking to wear a 

 wig, and being exposed by the baldness 

 of his crown to colds of the head, had 

 ado|)ted a circular cap resembling that 

 of the catholic priests. After having 

 been informed by the Prince Primate 

 that this was Wieland, Napoleon sig- 

 nified a^Avish to see him after the play ; 

 and Wieland, accordingly, was ushered 

 to llic ball-room, which was to be the 

 next place of rendezvous. In one of 

 Wieland 's letters the following account 

 is given of the interview. 



" I had not been many minutes there 

 before Napoleon came across the room 

 toward us ; the Duchess then presented 

 n)c to him regularly, and lie addressed 

 mc affably, with some words of compli- 

 ment, looking me steadily in the e)c. 

 r^ew mortals have appeared to mc so 

 rapidly to see through a man at a glance: 

 he instantly perceived that, notwith- 

 standing my celebrity, I was a plain, 

 unassuming old man ; and, as he seemed 

 desirous of making for ever a good im- 

 pression upon me, he at once assumed 

 the form best adapted to attain his end. 

 I never saw a man in appearajice 

 ealmer, plainer, milder, or more unas- 

 suming. No trace about him of the 

 consciousness that he was a great mo- 

 narch. IJe talked to me like an old 

 acquaintance with his equal; and, what 

 was very rare with him, chatted with 

 me, exclnsivcly, an entire hour andhalt^ 

 to the great surprise of all present. At 

 lenjlb, 



