Hast thou beheld the lightning stream Hast thou e'er felt the cutting gale, Hast thou the various beings seen That sport along the briny deep, Hast thou the wond'rous scenes survey'd, "Twas God who form'd the concave sky, That people all the spacious earth. "Tis he that bids the tempest rise, His goodness all his creatures share, Then, while they all proclaim his praise, IMPROMPTU, Written during the late tremendous thunder-storm. HOW dread the crash! how vivid is that glare! Again it rolls, and Albion's centrè quakes, Again the lightnings flash from pole to pole; The domes resound, the solid fabric shakes, And nature seems to war without controúl. Emblem, faint emblem of that coming day, July 24, 1806. CANTABRIGIENSIS. LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. JEWISH Prophecy the sole Cri terion to distinguish between genuine and spurious Christian Scripture; a Discourse preached before the Rev. Dr. William Gretton, at his Visitation at Danbery, Tuesday, July 8, 1806. By Francis Stone, M. A. F. S. A. Rector-of Cold Norton, Essex, 1s. 6d. A Sermon preached at Rochdale, April 13, 1806, on occasion of the death of the Rev. Thomas Threlkeld. By Thomas Barnes, D. D. 1s. 6d. A Vindication of certain Passages in the Common English Ver sion of the New Testament, addressed to Granville Sharpe, Esq. By the Rev. Calvin Winstanley, A. M. 3s. Disunion in Religion unfriendly to the ends of Edification and Peace, its Consequences, and the Means to check its Progress. By the Rev. J. Symons, B. D. Rector of Whitburn, Durham. 1s. 6d. A Supplement to the Dissertation on the 1200 years, containing a full Reply to the Objections and Misrepresentations of the Rev. E. W. Whitaker, &c. By the Rev. G. S. Faber, B. D. 4s. Thorton Abbey, a Series of Let ters on religious Subjects, with a recommendatory Preface. By Andrew Fuller, 3 vols. 12mo. 12s. An Introduction to the Geography of the New Testament. By Law Carpenter. 5s. A Couple of Theological Lectures on the peculiar Doctrines of Christianity. By the Rev. Joseph Robertson. 8s. A Demonstration of the Existence of God, deduced from the wonderful Works of Nature. Translated from the French of Chateau briand. By Frederick Shoberl. 55. A Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex, at the Primary Visitation in May and June, 1806. By George Owen Cambridge, A. M. F. A. S. Archdeacon of Middlesex. 15. Select Passages of the Writings of St. Chrysostom, St. Gregory Nazianzen, and St. Basil. Translated from the Greek. By Hugh Stuart Boyd. 2s. 6d. A Sermon, preached at Holy rhood Church, Southampton, on Sunday, August 10, 1806; on the Duty of Humanity towards the irrational part of the Creation. By the Rev. Charles Sleech Hawtrey, A. B. Curate of Holyrhood parish. 1s. A Sermon preached at the Primary Visitation of the most Rev, the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, holden at Ashford, in Kent, June 13, 1806. By the Rev. Edward Nares, M. A. Rector of Biddenden. 1s. 6d. Observations addressed to the Public, in particular to the Grand Juries of the United Kingdom. 1s. 6d. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. TH A new room adjoining the Bodleian Library (formerly the Law School) has been lately completed, and partly filled with ancient ma nuscripts, leaving spaces in the upper library for printed books. The principal manuscripts are those of Bishop Sanner and Mr. Carte. A Catalogue of the Particulars of the Manuscripts, Collations, and Books with manuscript Notes, of the late JAMES PHILIP D'ORville, Esq. purchased by the university of of Oxford in 1805 for 1025l, will shortly be printed. The following arrangement has been made at the Royal Institution. for twelve courses of Lectures, to be delivered the ensuing season by the undermentioned gentlemen: 1. On Chemistry, by H. Davy, Esq. F. R. S. 2. On Natural Philosophy, by William Allen, Esq. F. L. S. 3. On English Literature, by the Rev. F. Dibdin. 4. On Moral Philosophy, by the Rev. Sideney Smith, evening preacher at the Foundling Hospital. 5. On Dramatic Poetry, by the Rev. William Crowe, L. L. B. Public Orator of the University of Oxford. 6. On Zoology, by George Shaw, M. D. F. L. S. Librarian to the British Museum. 7. On Belles Lettres, by the Rev. John Hewlett, B.D. worning preacher at the Foundling. 8. On Music, by W. Crotch, M. D. Professor of Music in the University of Oxford. 9. On the History of Commerce, by the Rev. Edward Forster. 10. On Drawing in Water Colours, by W. M. Craig, Esq. 11. On Botany, by J. E. Smith, M. D. F. R. S. and President of the Linnean Society. 12. On Perspective, by Mr. Wood. The Teylerian Society at Haarlem has proposed the following questions, as the subject of a prize essay, to be adjudged on the 8th of April, 1807: 1. Iu what does the difference between natural and revealed religion consist? 2. Whether various publications have not appeared at different times which tend to obscure this difference, and to cause the advantages possessed by Christianity over the religion of nature to be forgotten? 3. Whether in proportion as these writings are disseminated, and the two religions assimilated to each other in every point, the most fatal effects-may not be expected to result to Christianity, morality, and the happiness of man? The prize is a gold medal of 400 florins in value. The essays must be written either in Dutch, Latin, French, or English. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE AND CHURCH PREFER MENTS. puty Regis Professor of Divinity, has been admitted to the degree of Doctor in Divinity, by royal mandate. The Rev. Thomas Jee, late of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, is instituted by the Lord Bishop of London, to the Vicarage of Thaxted, in Essex, vacated by the death of the Rev. Henry Maynard, and on the presentation of the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Maynard. The Rev. Charles Robert Marshall, B. D. is instituted by the Bishop of Norwich to the vicarage of Exning, near Newmarket. The Rev. Evelyn Levett Sutton, has been collated by His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, to the Rectories of Holden in Kent, and. St. Alphage with St. Mary Northgate in Canterbury. The Rev. James Chartres, M. A. formerly of King's College, Cambridge, Chaplain to Lord Viscount Curzon, and master of the grammar school at Atherstone in Warwickshire, is empowered by a dispensation to hold the Vicarage of Godmanchester in Huntingdonshire, to which he has lately been presented by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, together with the Vicarage of West Haddon in Northamptonshire. The Rev John Constantine Cooke, late of Christ's College, Cambridge, is instituted to the Vicarage of Swiland in Suffolk, on the presentation of the king. The Rev. Charles Valentine Le Grice, late of Trinity College, Cambridge, has been appointed by the unanimous vote of the Mayor and Corporation of Penzance in Cornwall, perpetual Curate and Lecturer of St. Mary's in that town, on the resignation of the Rev. G. Coryton. The Rev. James Stuart Mackenzie, M. A. formerly of Emanuel College, Cambridge, is instituted to the Rectory of Quiddenham in Norfolk, on the presentation of the Right Hon. the Earl of Albemarle. The Rev. William Kett, M. A. Chaplain to the most noble the Marquis of Stafford, and Prebendary of the Church of Lincoln, is empowered by a dispensation to hold the Rectory of Mavis Enderby on his own petition, together with the Rectory of Thorpeon-the-hill, on the presentation of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln, both in that county and diocese. The Right Hon. Lord Rous has appointed the Rev. W. Spurden, of Beccles, to be one of his domestic Chaplains. MONTHLY OBITUARY. AT Lampugh in Cumberland, 12,000l. without any relative to in the Rev. Clement Nicholson, many years Curate of that parish. At Scotlow in Norfolk, Thomas Blake, Esq. aged 79. To the most inviolable integrity of conduct, he joined a peculiar urbanity of manners, and in active benevolence aud uniform kindness and affection in the discharge of every parental and domestic duty, few can have surpassed him. His hospitable disposition, for which he was remarkable, was not confined to his friends only, but diffused around him, and the poorest of his neighbours shared the bounty of his table, it having long been his custom to have all the poor families in his parish, dine, in their turn, at his house, every Sunday. At Tunbridge Wells, Sophia, Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, in the 38th year of her age. Mr. Whitsell, one of His Majesty's cooks, who has left property to the amount of upwards of herit it. At Swansea, the Earl of Landaff. His lordship was in perfect health the evening before, and out walking and enjoying the beauties of the romantic scenery in the neighbourhood of Swansea; he had also bespoke a Play for the following evening. In the iuterim he was found dead in his bed. His lordship is succeeded in his titles by his son Lord Matthew, M. P. for the county of Tipperary. On Sunday, August 3d, in the thirty-eighth year of her age, after attending Divine service twice that day, and receiving the Sacrament, Miss Bowyer, of Bradford in Yorkshire; half an hour before her death she had read prayers to her servants, and at that time enjoyed her usual state of health. At Beckingham in Kent, the Dowager Lady Dacre, of Belhouse in Essex, and sister to the late Euri Camden. |