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Metellus himself; his maternal grandfather, 
only placed these-most august divinities be- 
fore you, in this temple, to obtain, by their 
interceSsion, the ‘safety of his! grandson, 
particularly as these! very divinities have 
often protected the unhappy, who implored 
their succour, «This! capitol, dignified. by 
three temples—these magnificent offerings, 
with» which the father and the son ‘have 
ornamented the entrance to the sanctuary 
of the king of gods, of Juno and Minerva, 
will defend Scaurus. He is, also, defended 
by the recollection of the high-priest Me- 
.teilus, who, at the burning of the temple, 
precipitated himself into the midst of the 
flames, and thus saved this palladium, con- 
fided. to’ the mysterious guardianship . of 
' Vesta, as the pledge of an immortal em- 
pire: ~ O that he could be reborn at this 
instant! assuredly he would reseuc this 
scion of his illustrious race from the dan- 
gers that surround him—he, who rescued 
from devouring flames the sacred image of 
our Pallas. And thee, M. Scaurus—I have 
seen thee—I still see thee; it is not only 
thy remembered image that I have before 
me, it is thyself—whose noble aspect sad- 
ens and afilicts me, when my eyes are 
witness tothe misery of thy son. O that 
thou couldest, after having been present 
to my thoughts during this whcle proceed- 
ing, also fill the minds of our judges, and 
descend to the bottom of their souls! Yes, 
thy image alone would be .eloquent for thy 
son; and thy name, which.all have heard so 
oft, would, as a sacred canopy, avert the 
threatened danger. Even those’ who had 
never seen thee, acknowledged thee to be 
the noblest citizen of Rome—Py what 
name shall I invoke thee? Must I reckon 
thee as man? But thou art not with us— 
thou art among those who are no more: 
nay; but thou livest, pure and incorruptible 
thou livest, in the heart—before the eyes— 
of every Roman. The soul has nothing 
mortal— thy body alene could die. In what- 
soever,place thou art, cast a tutelary glance 
upon thy son,-inspire his judges with the 
moderation that enhanced thy glory—pre- 
serye to our allies a faithful protector, to 
dur senate one of its most illustrious mem- 
bers, and to Rome a noble citizen.” 
me Here, indeed, are beauteous. frag- 
ments, Let Us again express our hopes, 
that the Italian literati will pursue, with 
zeal, their wonderful discovéries, and 
augment the number of those new- 
found monuments of ancient Rome, 
which, being ‘réstored, never again will 
ie th; which need’ no longer fear the 
r 
long surrounded—and which seem, even 
under our e€yes, to récommence an 
immortality. 2... 
no authority, or command, was esteeme 
the yery highest. ; ; 
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éven more success and unquenched 
ness. by which they have been so 
Ciceronian Eragments—Abuse of Ejiscopal Power. I] 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
Sr: 
i Wiyers love of power being inherent. ia 
- the human race, we ‘cannot. won- 
der that the superiors in the established 
church should’ generally manifesta 
fondness for it, and sometimes aim at 
its’ extension. « Still, however, there 
ought. to be bounds, even to episcopal 
domination. 
A case lately occurred in my neigh- 
bourhood, wherein the Bishop of the 
diocese chose to go, I think, beyond 
the law. Allow me to ask some ofthe 
learned readers of your valuable mis- 
cellany, whether or not Iam right. 
By 57 Geo. III. section 54, Bishops. 
are limited in their power of fixing the 
stipend of a curate, in all churches 
which the incumbents held previous to 
1813, to £75, and the possession of the 
parsonage as the maximum. 
Now, a-worthy clergyman in: my 
neighbourhood, who is; burthened with 
a large family, has held a small perpe- 
tual curacy about thirty years: but be- 
cause, for some reason or other, he was 
re-appointed to it since the year 1813, 
the Bishop of the diocese is alienating 
nearly the whole of the income from 
him, in order that he may enlarge the 
salary of the curate ! 
This appears to. be inconsistent with 
both equity and humanity : and some of 
your correspondents learned in the law 
will perhaps have the goodness to in- 
form us, whether the second licensing, 
or re-appointment to the chapel, autho- 
rizes the Bishop thus to act... Cato. 
—r- - 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
Sir: 
i your number for June last, which 
I have just met with, I find a letter 
“On the Remains of Popery at Oxford.” 
However this may be, I beg leave to 
observe — 
First, That a less portion of sagacity 
than Detector affects, would never.have 
confounded the litany: of the English 
church with the Romish masses for the 
dead ; 
- Secondly, That it is very unkind to 
grudge us tke valuable profits of the 
annual fine of sixty-three pence; and, 
Lastly, That he is peculiarly unfortu- 
nate in the time of his remarks, since 
the ceremony of Dies Scholastica. no 
longer exists, having been abolished by 
convocation in February last... 
Oxonrensis A.M. 
