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A CHANCERY SLIT.
THREE inches of a par»v wall,
*T«vixt llourkt* and Lisle had
kindled Hate ;
Angry tk long ihe Strife—ihr Hall
At last must settle the debate.
•
Pleadings on jifeadingx rise, a
Mountain!
(In course ot law the usual way
’tls)
And words—beyond the jwvrt< of i
counting—
Yet not one word, or tittle gra
tis.
Month follows month ; Term term,
and each,
(O law, ingenious in delay,
Tin im strries deep, what thought
c an reach r
Each party, still, has costs to pay.
Complainant BouVke ; Defendant
I.ulu :
Such are they, while the suit de- 1
pends—
** Ayu (cries old Jhamble, with
a smile)
4i Hut both Complainants, when
it ends.” ,
Thus, of a Turtlo, once, rare dish !
A case adjudg'd, reporters tell—
Court, agents, lawyers, ate the fish,
The parties—supp’d upon the
shell.
• 1
*1 he
LAWYER’S PRAYER.
A FRAGMENT.
Ordain'd to tread the thorn v ground
Where few, 1 Rur, arc iaithtul
found ;
Mine he the conscience, void of
hlatne ;
The upright hears, the spotless
name ;
The tribute of the widow’s prayer i
The righted orphan’s g.atclul tear !
To vi.tuo St her friends, a fiiond ;
Still mav my voice, the weak de
fend !
Ne’er may my prostituted tongue
Protect th* oppressor in his wrong ;
"Nor wrest the spirit ot the laws,
To sanctify the villain’s cause !
Let others, with unsparing hand,
Scatter their poisons through the
land *,
FnfDino dissention, kindle strife ;
And strew with Ills the path of litu ;
On such, her gilts let fuitutie
shower;
Add wealth VO wealth, and power
to power ; ,
On me, may favouring Heaven .
bestow
That peace which good men only
know,
The joy of jov% by few possess’d ;
'l’li, eternal Sun-lime of the breast!
Power, fame, and riches, I resign ;
Tile praise ot honesty he mine, j
That Irum is may weep ; the wor
thy *igh ;
And pour men bliss nn, w hen 1 die !
EPIGRAM.
C>od works wonders now & then }
litre lies a law > er Ik an honest man,
ANSWER.
This is u mere Law-quibble, not a
wonder :
Here lies a Lawyer, and—lns Cli
ent under.
ANECDOTES.
<0
General Morgan, with eight hun
dred men, of whom one hill were
militia cunt iletelv heat at the bat
tleofihu (\»vvpens. Col. i'arleton,
win* ana*keil him with one thous
and regular troops. 1 wolnmdn d !
dragoons of that Colonel were put 1
to (light, and bii'klv pursued bv !
sixty Amur leans, under Col. Wash
ington. ’ Sumj months a(terw.,rd- 1
Tirleton, heim* in the house ol a
farmer, spoke with inucli vamtv ot
Lunsetf, ami lightly of Col. Wash
ington, saving *• lie wished much
to see his lace.” “ It is a p»ty then”
replied a girl in the lun-c, “ tiial
Col. Traketon sli I nut take the
pains to turn his head a; the Cow
| paw.
A fellow walking in tfir» street
hi a winter eight, and seeing an
handsome lantern hung out with
a candle to h, thought to sec me it
for himsell, but having climbed
Up, and going to »«ko it, one of eie
servants seeing lr.nr, asked him,
why he meddled with the hint* ru !
T crave uterev, sav* lie, I was only
goiog tosnuft the candle, that 1 j
might sec to go along.
j Fran the EMEALD. |
DRAMATIC RECORD
M M BLR I.
‘ Tht thanj » t/fw tit Jmmu'i falr*nt /<wr.’
I 111. cullom of reviewing the
thcatiieal per form a nee* which •
*re offered for public fupp(»rt,!
isatithotifed by general cullom, j
} dibta’fd b) rcalon anti rdlcttion 1
| and fantlioned by ihe repeated
benefits with which it is proved
by experience to have been at
tended. Among «I1 thcantufe.
merits which have* been invent
ed lor general recreation, there
pci haps cannot be found a tno'e
bene*ficial mllituiion than dram
atic exhibi ion ; and whether it
be confideted in its intiinfic tno
ral cHctt, or its praOical nfeful
neb, it is certainly dcftrvrng ol
| gcncious encouragement and
univeilal regard. When we
Ipeak of the moral effect of the
Rage, we do not mean to make
an unqualified alfertion of the
, exiflence of such a sentiment as
can produce any very gieat
good on the mind or diipofition
of an audit nee ; we* confefs our
(elves father fceptical in this ref
j pef:L Curiosity is fatfslied and
Ladtniration excited by scenic
"representation* ; but the moral
diett ptoduccd, makes but a
(mail item in the sum of a man’s
character. I hofc wibeis who
ailed a parade of morality in
their cliimatc of the tendency of
the Itage, have confideted the
audience as viewing a ieprefen.
ted (lory as if it were a teal c.
vent t as if it were indelibly fix
ed in the mind, lather than,
like the ftitnmer cloud to be
dilfipated by the* flighted breath
of reality ; forgotten as soon as
finilhed. 1 here ate certain
moral effcOs however in the ex
hibitions of the Itage by no
means imaginary, and for which
they ate entitled to regard.
I he ignorant and vulgar arc
often inlijublcd in hiltorical e.
vents, that books would not
calily have afforded ; and man
nets and opinions* are offered
Jor their imitation to which they
not other wife have accels,
)'iwh with which caiual oblcrva..
could haidly have lupplied
Le'tu\ Tragedy is a hillorv
irAd 'wi.h em’bellifhments, and a j
shape and teality is pielcntcd •
before tbe mind for the appro
balion of opinion or the feelings
of letuiment, which ignorance
could not have derived from
reading, and would not, if it
could.
The man of refinement is he,
r.clited in the* lame way ; the
which might bedif
regarded in the clolet, when for
cibly uttered on tbe llage, may
not only delight him at the mo
ment, bnt lead him into new
channels of observation. The
repeated applau les given by the
better iillruffcd branches of an
auditory to vntuous and hero
ic iciitiinents, have a strong ten
deticy to induce in the illiterate
I an appreciation of the beaut)
iof Inch e.xpicnions; it is a lort
of mediate inlfrutlion.
The fradual ufcfultujs ol
flag; exhibition is in no idpefci
mote Ycir.atktible, than in it>
encouiageinent of genius. In
commies which have not at
tained the meridian of riches but
which ate beyond the dawn of
their prosperity, writers for the
flags lucceed better than anv
other ciafs of literary adventu
reis. And though Shakefpeai,
Fletcher, Maflingcr, and Ot
way, in the infancy of literary
encouragement did not cteate
for themielves a golden reward
tor their confptcuous talents,
Congreve, Addilon and Yan
btugh in times of greater vigor
; ol wealth, attained to fume de
j gree of eminence in property
j as well as fame. So far then as
theatrical reptefenuttons encou
rage genius they are highly to
be culiivaie*!.
It has beer averted with rash
confidence, that, the fla.e by
| relaxing indnttry, transforms
: the mechanic atid labourer into
| the lounger and extravagant
idler. An assertion like this in
a queffion of fad should have
luch arguments to support it as
its favourers have never yet
for mi. I: is indeed nothing
less than the vindictive fpieen of
ecciefiaflica! intoleiance, diifu.
fed with the niilchievous plea*
fine through the medium of fu’
perfidious docility in the unedu.
cated chriftian. That preten
ded confcientioiifnefs by depri
ving a public of the only atnufe
merit which is rational, iirieilec
•ua 1 3 Sc aitradive, would plunge
it v;;th malignant delight into the
pool of bainanfm, va Adage Sc
fupei filtion; would shroud i:
in one black night of into’erent
ipinion on one hde, and acqui
elcerU folly on the other. We .
hope however that though the
theatres of Athens and Koine
were the objedi of implacible
enmity in the view of the eccle
fiafhea! court, and wiih their
final ovetihrow the barbariftn
of Europe began, that this age
will not admit the influence of
similar opinions and that the
opulent, live comnicrcai), the
learned and the wife w ill oppolc
the ramparts of their digniiy to
the incut(ionk of fuel) icbaiba.
riling doctrines.
1 he truth is* that after the la
bor ol the day is pall, amule
inent of lorne nature or other
will ncccflarily begin. Enurne
rate then the anuifcmems of
common life; compare their
influence on th<i habits Sc man
ners ol thole who relort to them
and then alk if ihc be de-
Icteiiousto religion. Will gam
bling afford itiongrr delight or
effect a more benign influence,
will bacchanalian tavern brawls
bellow greater pieaiuie in the
enjo) merit or induce liner feel
mgs in the reflection ? Will the
dallttnt plealuies ol the ball,
room compare with the > at ion a 1
(eolations ol lcenic exhibition. ;
• Let the dilappoimcd caid play. I
I cr, the red noted lon ol h«»tchus, !
and the Irippeiv beau atioidan •
anlwcr to thelc queilions. Go |
then to the theatre which unfolds j
the finelt lenlations ot the heart, j
and there learn that charity and
Icllow feeling which fophiltical
ieligionills withhold.
Ihe bell intercUs of the flage
however can only be auvanced
by a judicious leittfion ol the
compolitions to be exhibited 6c
by a caitlul attention in the
pci formers to the general effect
ot their exertions. When the
trash of modern compilation is
lublliiutcd for solid iulelieft of
ancient compofuion ; we are
piefented not only with the cuf
lards and other ttifles contained
in previous productions, but
the very egg fhel’s fioin which
our fare has been extracted.”
Modern writers not only deal
die molt indifferent sentiments
hut often the very vices of cha
tatler, from ihe ancient diamas.
It is seriously to be wished that i
the more excellent Ipecies of \
dramatic compofuion, may be
offered us, and we believe the
Bolton managers are willing to »
plcale the town with such pro- *
duCtions, instead of the uielo- J
dramas, themonftious progeny
of an union of pantomime and
tragedy.
The aftors too, should recol
lect that they are in feme mea
fuie biought forward as public
mllructors ; and they cenainly
have foruki influence in the for- j
1
i mat ion of the common tane* —
Their utterance should therefore
Do cha fie., free from profanity,
folecilms, vulgarity or provnci
alilms' tireir cof‘time Hriclly
coned and their characters tho
rougnty tnain.ained
To r+!i*iou* denomination* m gne
ei'nl, hut to the LpU
ibpal ( hut ch tit pot titular,
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and patronage of the Method
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per to give it a decided charac
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tfir ir Magazine, which was pub
lifted some years ago.
Both the Piefbyterians and
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'I he Editor, however, flatters
himfeif that tins publication will
pcfl ds some advantages over
ihofe that aie only il’ued mouth
iy, in furniihing early .religious
intelligence, anu lie hopes n will
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In the (cripture sense of the
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I especially what we mull
j experience ol its great truths in
; our hearts. Morality implies,
' uut l) td} that men should do no
j harm, but that they should be
aAi\ ely and zealouily engaged
m acts ot benevolence 6c works
ol righteoufnels. It would (lien
appear that icligion confilis in.
w nat we believe Sc experience,
ai.d moiahty m that lahh and
experience reduced into piac.
tue. I rUe religion and mor,
y go hand in hand, and mu
many luppoit each other.—
W here theie is not morality,
there cannot he idigion, and
w e are djfpoftd to think likewise
theie cannot be genuine moral
ity without religion. Inllead
then of drawing our ideas of
morality Irom principles foun
ded on natural right, let us look
to a higher fouice— to religion
—and to that religion taught
hy our Loid Jelus Clirill.—
Religion alone has power to
! pcrluade wuh celerity, becaule
it excites pillion while it in
} lot ms the understanding—be.
, cauic it alone has the means of
I lei.derng ob\ icus what it rccom.
j mends—becaulc it (peaks in the
nrme of God, and it is easy to
ihipire relpett for him whole
pcv.er B every where evident
to the eyes ot the Ample and
dilcerning—to the eyes of chil
dren and men ot matuie ur.der
tiandmg.
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I J
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fcfTion, by withholding from
this their influence and lupporr.
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communications as may be ern.
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