301 On Ihe Terms LegUimucy and Legitimate Government. [May I, 



bably tlien, since the decline of the 

 demand for northeiu Europe, the cul- 

 ture in Anibia has been proportionably 

 refluced; and all, or nearly all, the 

 best, or eofl^i-e alia Sultana, is sent to 

 Egypt, for the Turkish and Me<literi-a- 

 iiean markets. But your commercial 

 correspondents must be our authority 

 on these points of the subject ; anil of 

 Iheni, many beside myself would be 

 glad to know whether any of the finest 

 Arabian coffee be yet procurable iu 

 London, and whether sncli be customa- 

 rily Imported from the Levant, since 

 it se«ms agreed that we imi)ort little or 

 none of fine quality from Mocha. It is 

 scarcely within probability that we shall 

 ever obtain wines from the Cape of 

 Good Hope equal in goodness and po- 

 tency to the original Madeira. 



T have lately read iu your Magazine, 

 with Iiigh gratification, theprojHJsalsof 

 certain humane and meritorious indi- 

 viduals for establishing societies in or- 

 der to the protection of brute animals 

 from those needless and wanton cruel 

 inflictions to which they ever have been, 

 and still are habitually exposed, in this 

 enlightened and religiouscoun try. Such 

 proposals have been periodically held 

 forth to the public from the earliest 

 period of my recollection, and I have 

 never failed to give them that share of 

 my attention which 1 could spare; but 

 1 regret to say, excepting with respect 

 to the last proposers, of whose peculiar 

 views I am yet uninformed, I have 

 never met with any of these humane 

 and worthy persons wilii wliom I could 

 thoroughly agree. Willi the best mo- 

 tives that could influence the human 

 iieart, they appeared to me not only 

 defective in the necessary practical 

 Ivnowledge, bntalsoin the real grounds 

 and principles of that lamentable 

 scheme, to the discussion of which 

 they \\ere impelled by a noble and le- 

 gitimate enthusiasm. Thence it was 

 impossible for me, with either hope or 

 propriety, to concur, and it resulted, 

 that my obvious duty was necessarily 

 confined to my own personal eftorts. 

 These have extended, in various de- 

 j?iees, to full half a century, for I be- 

 gun early : but in the former periods I 

 recollect many lapsu.t, or actual trans- 

 gressions, which afliict me with never- 

 ceasing reu)orse. Su(h are the crimes 

 of which I have to rej)eut. But if that 

 could avail, or help to work out my 

 salvation in my own conscience, in this 

 case I incline to think, that no man 

 living has taken greater pains, either 



I)ersonally within my own confined cir- 

 cle, oi by addresses to the public, in 

 defence of the feelings of brutes, thiin 

 myself, within the last thirty years; 

 and I have lived to enjoy the satisfac- 

 tion of feeling assured, and of witness- 

 ing considerable success. In a number 

 of vohmies of ray works, on the ma- 

 nagement of our domestic animals, to 

 which I have been habituated from the 

 cradle, their just and merciful treat- 

 ment has never failed to form a promi- 

 nent feature, and in some of them will 

 be found, my endeavoui's, by the help 

 of due discrimination, to reduce it to a 

 system. The Sporting Magazine has 

 also been a convenient channel for me, 

 wilh the same views; and I should 

 conceive, that my contributions to that 

 Miscellany, within the last five and 

 twenty years, would make an octavo 

 volume. The Monthly Magazine, also, 

 may be refened to on the same account, 

 more particularly Vol. 24, p. 539. 



I liave imperceptibly extended this 

 paper, and shall only add, that, with re- 

 spect to the protection of unfortunate 

 animals, there is a wide field yet open to 

 those who have the courage to enter ; — 

 that much good may be achieved; — 

 but, as a necessaiy condition of success, 

 it must be attempted upon rational and 

 practical grounds. 



John Lawrence. 



Somers Toxcn, March 13. 



To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 

 siu, 



ARlONtJ literary men quotations pass 

 eurrent,of whoseauthority,at times, 

 tiicy are unable to give any account. 

 Among these I might reckon the prover- 

 bial cxprcssion,"QuosDeusvnltj)erdere 

 prius demeutit," a' jihrase which, on 

 the declaration lately issued by the 

 confederate i)owers, who blasphemously 

 have assumed to themselves the name 

 of the Holy Alliance, seems particu- 

 larly applicable to them. Perhaps 

 some of your readers may be able to 

 inform us where this expr&ssion is first 

 to be found. 



A verse is often quoted, which seems 

 applicable to the present state of the 

 times, when true liberty is in such 

 danger between the rocks of despotism 

 and the whirlpool of anarchy. — 

 " lucitlit iu Scyllam, cupiens vitare Cha- 

 rjbdini." 



This verse is often repeated by per- 

 sons, who think tliat there is classical 

 authority for it ; but did it ever appear 

 before the thirteenth century ? About 



the 



