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niiui Avlio is rolling in opiilenfp, 

 will leave his villa to take an active 

 part in the uj:roar and tv.inult of spe- 

 culative avarice: to mix in the haiiuls 

 of the fashionable world ; or to pander 

 even the fleetinti; hours of life for the 

 jtgtjraiuli-'.eiuent of (ilfliy lucre, which 

 inflames the ra'aklinf; hist of covetous- 

 uess, and in cases of desj)erate disap- 

 pointiaeut, too often vents ilself in acts 

 of fraudulent chicanery and shameless 

 extortion. Amidst such an jwsemhl3;Te 

 Of enticement and temptation, his pas- 

 sions become uncontrolled, and, Imrsl- 

 ing thi-oui>h the trammels of conscience, 

 he yields to those gratifications which 

 lillimafely estrange him from the more 

 pure and rational joys of virtue. The 

 country at all seasons of the year has its 

 special pleasures to divert tlie mind, 

 and at the same time replenisli if with 

 useful kno«-ledge. If agricutlure be 

 (houglit servik' or derogatory, l/otnnij 

 will unfohl to us the cxcjuisitencss of 

 vegetation in the varielies of le".Tesand 

 fihios; mi)icra!'if;i/ and inctaHi'rgy will 

 expound to ns thi; nature and p'ojTcr- 

 ties of bodies extracted from the vis- 

 cera of the ear! h, and illuxtvate their 

 indisijcnsable utility. tViPinhtvjf will 

 le veal to us by process, tlie most con- 

 sistent and endlessly cimvicfive, (he in- 

 herent beauty of tlie universe, modu- 

 lated by Omniscience and Divine power. 

 Ilorticu'.ture will allure us amidst 

 parterres of blushing loses; t!ie s|)icy 

 perrmnes of jjinks, cloves, and carna- 

 tions; amidst gorgeous pionies : or chaste 

 lilies, peeping from their green shrouds; 

 amidst beds of gaudy tulips, and 

 knots of anemonies, ranunculus,' and 

 amaranths : in short, from the sickly 

 tenants of the greeniiouse to the 

 liardy evcrgrcc'.i of the box-edging — 

 from the tender leaflets of sprir.g to 

 the cheering verdure of perennial 

 shiubs. Tlitt most profound sages, the 

 most, erudite poets, and ])liilosophers, 

 and ev»'n the most ccli^brated heroes 

 have passed many happy intervals in 

 the simple hut recreative occupation of 

 gardetiing. Tlie sensualist is planning 

 and supeiintcudiiig the erection of gra- 

 peries, hot-houses and pineries, merely 

 because he may pamper "liis impatient 

 appetite wiih their premature produc- 

 tions ; but the student of the flower- 

 garden luxuriates in the animating 

 revelry of rapture and thought. 



Lut the advocates of art boast 

 their stately columns, their superbly 

 carved ])edimeuts and ordounances, 

 ou which the chisel has lingered 



with all the richness of clal)orate de- 

 sign: — a few years hence, they may 

 only serve to indicate the once- famed 

 magnificence of their founders, or the 

 narrow span of their several possessors. 

 Nature may mantle them v,-ith incrus- 

 tations of lichens and mosses, until 

 fliey assume the forms of rugged frag- 

 uicnts; such indeed may have been (he 

 case with the ivied castles and turrets, 

 which have prompted the weak hypo- 

 theses of credulous auti<iuaries, an<l 

 whose morsels at no very distant period, 

 have been treasured up in the ': cabi- 

 nets of the curious,''^ as invaluable re- 

 lics of antique notoriety. • • • 

 (To be cnnliuucdj 



To the Editor of tlie Monlhlij Marjazine. 

 SIR, 



AS a constant reader of yonr I\Iaga- 

 zine, since its first appearance 

 in February, l/^'ii and as one who has 

 received delight and instruction from 

 the perusal of some article or otiier 

 contained in nearly every one of its 

 Numbers,! beg to state, that on none of 

 the occasi(ms alluded to, have 1 receiv- 

 ed a greater gratificiUion, than by the 

 perusal of the excellent letter of Eu- 

 docifi, in page .3S of your last Number, 

 giving an account of the truly philan- 

 thropic institutions which exist in this 

 country and in America, whose pious 

 labours are directed towards the future 

 preveution of all tears .' 



Acting as a body, 1 think it judi- 

 cious in " the Society for the Pnnno- 

 ticn of permanent and universal Pence," 

 to continue as liiuch as possible to 

 draw their facts and arguments against 

 the i^reafest nf crime., WAR, from 

 events and writings, which liavc occur- 

 red and appealed, before the transac- 

 tions wliicli aroused the demoniacal 

 spirit and writings of Burke against 

 the liberties of Frauce,and of mankind : 

 and yet I conceive, that individuals 

 like myself sind others, who feel as I 

 do on this momentous question, should 

 not be restrained by the same motives, 

 from attempting to shew the connec- 

 tion of recent ti-ars, with the demoral- 

 ization and distress, now so universally 

 juevalent amongst us, were it only for 

 tlie sake of the rising generation, whicii 

 is quietly to succeed us, and whoonght 

 not to be left without tlie solemnly re- 

 corded opinions of those, who lived 

 through, and were attentive obs^-vers 

 of the great events of the concluding 

 part ol the eighteenth and the com- 

 mencement of the nineteenth century. 



That tlie wars against liberty in 

 France, 



