5'24 Slephensiann, No. XXIX. 



Ijo described, is (lie fittest eulogy ; it 



was tlie plaice of liis iialivily, and wlirre 

 lie passed his lioyisli dajs, and to wliioii, 

 alter lie liad exhibited to tlie world its 

 *' lorm and |M(ssiirc," iie retired to re- 

 pose, not to (lie, — lor he will live lor 

 ever, — wjiirlinjj mankind through the 

 depths of ni;^ht, where storms and teni- 

 ))ests, and witolics, beset the way, to 

 the inmost recesscsof the dark abode of 

 d(Mnons and of salyrs ; bringinj:^ them 

 l)ack inihnrt ; hurrying Ihem with the 

 rapidity onightni:ig tliroiigh the regions 

 «. I' fancy to the abode of fairies, where 

 hII is fantastic and wild j placing them 

 on tiie ai)ex of light, from whence they 

 can scan the svonders "of the universe, 

 and behold all the beauties of nature; 

 leconducting them to the level of eom- 

 imin life, imbued with lessons of prac- 

 tical wisdmn ; badin^ them with innu- 

 merable favours, calculated alike to 

 please, delight, and console them, in 

 every stage of life, from the cradle to 

 the grave. Such is Shnkspeare, and, 

 independent of the inestimable mental 

 legacy which he lias left to posterity, he 

 lias left also a political legacy of greater 

 A'alue than has ever been bequcatiicd to 

 society by any individual ; the produc- 

 tions of his genius have excited ariVio- 

 lators, commentators, and illustrators, 

 ■which will continue to excite other an- 

 iiolators, commentators, and illustrators, 

 calling forth the physical as well as the 

 menial energies of man, creatingfenew- 

 ed demands for labour, and producing 

 j;rcat beneficial inllucnce in the great 

 system of political science to tlie end of 

 time. 



Yet notwithstanding these inestima- 

 ble benefits conferred upon the world, 

 and his country in particular, in which 

 fortunes and honours have been derived 

 from them, his descendants of the pre- 

 sent day are languishing in poverty, and 

 the country of his birth is without one 

 ■single memorial of regard to his memory 

 worth a moment's attention. 



It is true, Shakspeare requires no 

 physical memorial; for, however regard- 

 less his countrymen nia\ be of him, his 

 genius is loo universally diflused, now 

 to be influenced by their disregarfl. As 

 long as man retains llie power of per- 

 ception, and the power of arlienlation, 

 bis name will be revered, and his praises 

 sung. This, liowever, is no justihcation 

 'to his countrymen : warriors, staiesn»cn, 

 and others, in later tiAics, have been 

 munificently and lavishly rewarded for 

 exploits which, wiliiont detracting in 

 the least from tlicir merits, must ahvajs 



[July r, 



be deemed partial, and to a certaiii 

 extent equivocal: the contrast, to say 

 nothing of ingratitude, bes|)eaks a 

 d'estiluliori of knowledge in the great 

 system of political science, — not less a 

 matter of snr|)rise than regret: the 

 reproach shoiiltl be removed. The no- 

 bility, gentry, and graml jury of the 

 county of Warwick, as having a sort of 

 especial claim to the inheritance of his 

 birthright, should set the exami)Ie. The 

 country at large are implicated in the 

 question, and, whatever means may bo 

 required, all should contribute for the 

 l)urpose of erect. ng sueh a -memorial of 

 regard on flie spot where he first drew 

 breath, and which rec^ ived his mortal 

 remains; that when, in the lapse of time, 

 some wandering pedant, or as|)irant for 

 lame of some di.stalit land, like another 

 Chateaubriand on the lianksof the Illy- 

 siis, shall c(mie to invoke his spirit for a 

 single ray of its genius, — that when, by 

 that gradual and imperceplilde change 

 which the universal law of natin-e pro- 

 gressively occasions, all existing memo- 

 rials of the spot shall have disappeared, 

 — there may be some menmrial, tike the 

 pyramids of Egypt, to withstand the 

 ordinary dilapidations of time to denote 

 the same ; whereby the huidahle aspirant 

 may not invoke in vain, ami execrate 

 Englishmen for their indifference and 

 ingratitude. 



SALT. 



This was formerly brought to greater 

 perfection in the Netherlands than with 

 us. Onr Henry VI. Ira\iiig been in- 

 formed that a i;ew method of making 

 salt had becirinventcd in the Low Coun- 

 tries, we Iciini from Rymer, (Foedera, 

 vol. X. page 7G1,) that he invited John 

 do Sheidame, a native of Zealand, with 

 thirty other i)ersnns, to come into Eng- 

 land, to instinct his sniijects in this art. 



DUIiLS 



were more deadly lormerly tlian now. 

 The Duke of IjeauJortand hisbiother-in- 

 law, tlie Diikc de Nemoui s, ha\ ing quar- 

 relled during the reign of Louis XIV. a 

 du<l, \\ ilh four seconds on each side, was 

 the C(inse(|iienee. 'i"he Duke de Nemours 

 was killed upon this occasion by the 

 Duke of Beaufort; and the Marquis de 

 Villicrs, snrnamed OrondatfS, who se- 

 conded the Duke de Nemouis, killed 

 his antagonist fJericourt, whom he had 

 never seen before. 



THIi: ACTONS OF NAPLKS. 



General Acton was descended from 

 the equestrian family of the same name, 

 seated at Aldenham, in Sliropsliire, and 

 liut less I'aiuuiis lor their gigantic stature 



than 



