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tioii, as a masistiate, merely because 

 he is a convict, is to govern mankind 

 with a dictionary, and to surrender 

 sense and usefulness to sound." The 

 Code Napoleon contains a chapter, the 

 humanity of which is often boasted of 

 by the French. When a criminal has 

 expiated his crime by undergoing the 

 punishment awarded by the law, (for 

 that of dt^ath is far less usual tlian with 

 ns,) hoNvever infamous it be, he may, 

 after five years' residence in one com- 

 mune, and on receiving a certificate 

 of his good conduct from the munici- 

 pality, procitre his Rehabilitation, 

 Avhich re-instates him into all his former 

 rights of citizenship. 



At a public dinner in Edinburgh, in 

 January last, Mr. Jeffrey made his 

 Recantation of the casuistical doctrine 

 of Virtual Representation, by which ho 

 had been so long deluded, and de- 

 clared his determination to join the 

 standardof parliamentary reform. This 

 is the first number of his Review which 

 has appeared since that memorable 

 declaration ; and, accordingly, the 

 editor, to evince liis sincerity and his 

 readiness to coalesce with the radicals. 

 Las devoted his fifth article, consisting 

 of above twenty pages, to a laudatory 

 notice of Cobbett's Cottage Economy. 

 It is not our present duty to enter into 

 the merits or defects of this little work. 

 We are not animadverting on Mr. 

 Cobbet, but reviewing his reviewer. 

 The mild and conciliating spirit of the 

 latter gentleman is glaringly apparent, 

 aud we trust the former will appreciate 

 this condescension as he ought. In 

 the same manner, however, as in cases 

 of ordinary warfare, the yielding party 

 has proposed terms of capitulation. 

 Mr. Cobbett is requested to increase 

 the usefulness of his books, by leaving 

 out his flings at Methodists ; and, more 

 particularly, " his invectives against 

 Mr, Malthus, founded entirely upon 

 the misunderstanding of that virtuous 

 and enlightened msn's principles." We 

 must here enter our serious protest 

 against this Jesuitical attempt to con- 

 join virtue and knowledge as necessarily 

 connected; for, in the ordinary accep- 

 tation of the terms, a man may be 

 honourable in his conduct, and bene- 

 volent in his intentions, without pos- 

 sessing the genius of a Newton, or the 

 wisdom of a Socrates. 



An Inquiry into the Principles of 

 Heauty in Grecian Architecture, by 

 George, Earl of Aberdeen, is the text 

 of the sixth article, and funiisiies an 



The Edinburgh Itevietv, No. 74. [May 1, 



opportiniity of publislang the reasons 

 which have induced the committee of 

 subscribers to the national monument 

 of Scotland, to recommend the " Re- 

 storation of tlie Parthenon of Athens" 



on the Calton Hill of Edinburgh. It is 

 well known that this still existing tem- 

 ple of Minerva is simply aroofsup^ 

 ported on pillars; and, it seems, there 

 is a party of the subsccibers, among 

 whom is the Earl of Aberdeen, wiio 

 recommend a building in the Gothic 

 style, with convenient halls and apart- 

 ments for shelter; ami, therefore, ap- 

 parently more congenial to the climate 

 of Caledonia. It is acknowledged, in 

 reply, that the Grecian temple admits 

 of no habitable interior; but this, they 

 say, is not its destination. "It is a 

 monument which we are to contem- 

 plate from without, and w hich appears 

 in its pride when considered as part cf 

 the surrounding landscape. The fol- 

 lowing observation is curious, and 

 would provoke a smile, if read to aa 

 inhabitant of the south of Europe-. 



The belief that a Grecian temple cannot 

 look beautiful, but in the climate and 

 under the sun of Attica, is a total mistake. 

 The clear atmosphere v\hich prevails dur- 

 ing the frosts of winter, or in tlie autumnal 

 months, in Scotland, is as favourable to 

 the display of architectural splendour,, as 

 the warm atmosphere of Greece. The 

 Melville monument, in St. Andrew's- 

 sqiiare, appears no-ways inferior to the 

 oriirinal in the Roman capital." 



The materials, too, are objected to; 

 but, it is here asserted, that "tlie 

 freestone, in the vicinity of Edinburgh, 

 is equal, in texture and durability, to 

 the marble of Pentelicus,of which the 

 Parthenon was formed." Non nostrum 

 inter vos tantas cumponere lites-. 



We have next a Dissertation on 

 Church Establishments, which seems 

 to be a continuation of that on Tithes 

 already mentioned. The Essay had 

 probably been too long for a single 

 article ; and was, therefore, split into 

 two. The pamphlets ta which this 

 latter half is attached, are the well 

 known Remarlis on the Consumption of 

 Public Wealth by the Clergy of every 

 Christian Nation, and 7V;e Rights of 

 the English Clergy asserted, being an 

 answer to the preceding. The few 

 remarks upon these pamphlets appear 

 to be just and pertinent; but the prin- 

 cipal object of the Review, is to give a 

 History and Application of the "First 

 Fruits" and " Tenths" in the Churches 

 of England and Ireland, since they 

 were appropriated by the crown. 



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