ran into the house and carried every thing that was left into the canoe. The goods that had been previously placed there had all been stolen; these were now mostly returned, and the natives deported themselves as if nothing had happened, except the principal chief, who approached the gentlemen, and cried the lament over them. This hypocritical wretch had been the sole cause of the disturbance. Mr. S. now demanded the body of his unfortunate countryman, but a very small portion of the viscera and an arm, was all he could recover. These remains were placed on the wretched hut, which was set fire to, and were speedily consumed, the trade was then taken to the mainland, and carried by the natives to the new plantation, but as early as an opportunity offered, the station was abandoned by the Europeans.— Polack's New Zealand. The Gatherer. i A monk, who was a very ingenious man, and a good preacher, (says M. de Bernitz,) being at commons with the rest of his confra ternity, among the different meats served at table, were a dish of cray-fish. The monk, who was telling some story, which he always did agreeably, and with many witty reflections, became silent all of a sudden, changed colour, grew pale, stared prodigiously, while the perspiration poured down all parts of his face, and he appeared in so languid a state, that he seemed ready to fall from his chair; but the tique appearance and construction, being apparently hollowed out of a single tree, were discovered imbedded in the mud. The earliest supposed specimen of a royal letter, is a short note from Henry V. to the Bishop of Durham, 10th February, 1418. It is in the Cott. Coll. Brit. Mus. tleman's Magazine, we find the following, In the minor correspondence of the Genamongst other etymologies:-Alkoran, Arab biblios, the book, the Bible)-Austria, a Laal, the, and koran, reading: the reading (like tinised shape of the German, Osterreich; oster, east, and reich, kingdom,—Caravansera, Persian; carwan, a company of travellers, and sura, a house, or an inn.-Hindostan, Persian: Hindoo, black, and stan, place; the place of the blacks.Mahommed, properly Mohammed; Mohammadan, the blessed, or praised, from Hamadu, to bless, or praise. Otter of roses, Persian: atar, perfume. Silk, first wrought in the East, Arab; silken, a thread. A man should be in the world what a good book is in a library, an object always seen with interest and pleasure, and from whose acquaintance we never fail to gain something. Madame Campania A The Lamentation of a Mother. Peter Hein, a Dutchman, rose from a cabin-boy to the rank of an Admiral: In moment of Victory, in an action with the Spaniards, he was slain. Their high mightinesses sent a deputation to to condole with superior had no sooner thrown upon his plate his mother upon the her son. The a large handful of cray-fish, than he recovered from his fanting fit, his spirits revived as if he had awoke from a profound sleep, and he commenced devouring with a surprising avidity the cray-fish, with their shells and claws, fetching at the same time deep sighs, and having a tremour in all his limbs, particularly in his hands. After he had thus satisfied his appetite, and was entirely come to him self, he declared that he had no idea of any thing that had happened; but at the same time stated, that as he was one day preaching in a church that was common to the Catholics and Lutherans, he perceived a little boy at the church-door with a cray-fish in his hand, on which, he instantly felt the strongest emotion, and that he should have become speechless, if he had not quickly turned his eyes from the object, and ordered the door to be shut. He also said, that he could eat a hundred cray-fish, that he had even eaten more; and that he always experienced the same symptoms on seeing any, if he was not immediately desired to eat of them. W. G. C. Irish Canoes.-A short time ago, when the water was drawn off for the purpose of deepening a part of Lough Reavy, nearest the discharge pipes, three old canoes, of very an simple old woman, who still remained in her original obscurity, answered deputies, I always foretold that Peter perish like a miserable wretch that he was; he loved nothing but rambling from one country tó another, and now he has received the reward of his folly.' A Secret is like silence; you cannot talk about it and keep it. It is like money; when once you know there is any concealed, it is half discovered. "My dear Murphy," betray the secret I told you ?"" Is it besaid an Irishman to his friend, "why did you traying you call it? Sure, when I found I was'nt able to keep it myself, didn't I do well to tell it to somebody that could ?" LONDON: Printed and published by J. LIMBIRD, 143, Strand, (near Somerset House); and sold by all Bodsellers and Newsmen.-In PARIS, by all the Booksellers.-In FRANCFORT, CHARLES JUGEL. THE RESIDENCE OF ALBERT DURER, AT NUREMBERG. ALBERT DURER, the eminent engraver and painter, was born at Nuremberg, in Germany, May 20, 1471. Having, while with his father, who was a goldsmith, made some progress with his pencil, he, at the age of twentysix, exhibited splendid proofs of his great talent in engraving and painting; and the Dictionnaire Historique also says, "Il savoir la Gravure, le Dessein, la Peinture, la Geométrie, la Perspective, les Fortifications," &c. Durer must be ranked as the most eminent of the early engravers on wood; which, in his time, was quite in its infancy, for the first engravings on blocks of wood appeared in 1376. It is uncertain who was the inventor of this ingenious art, and indeed it is probable that many of the specimens generally esteemed to have been on wood, were engraved on metal plates. But, if the honour of this invention is not due to Durer, certainly that of etching on copper is. Some of the very earliest specimens on wood are without the name of the artist; but as the art improved, VOL. XXXIII. F the engravers placed their monograms, (being marks composed of their initials blended together,) on them. One Maro Antonio Raimondi, finding the great estimation in which Albert Durer's works were held in Italy, engraved a whole set of beautifully executed wood-cuts of Durer's, on copper, and forged his monogram, for which piece of.. roguery he was A punished, and obliged to This incident in Durer's acquaintance and friend Wealth and fame now flowed on Albert Durer: his works being eagerly purchased, at very high prices. His painting of St. Bartholomew was bought by Rodolph the Second, Emperor of Germany; and so highly did this monarch value it, that to prevent its taking harm, he had it brought from Venice to Prague on men's shoulders. The engravings of Durer are very numerous; the two finest collections in the country being those in the British Museum, and in the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge: the most admired productions are those of St. Hubert at the Chase, and Melancholy, which conveys the idea of her being the parent of Invention: in this, it is said, the painter paints himself!" alluding to his melancholy state of mind, owing to his having such a termagant for a wife. From the great regard in which he was held, for his genius and his natural eloquence, he was elected a member of the council of the city of Nuremberg, which office he filled, to the honour of himself and to the satisfaction of his countrymen. About this time, the Emperor Maximilian also conferred on him a pension, as a mark of his high regard and consideration. But, amidst all the public esteem, and his increasing wealth and fame, poor Durer had much private woe, that imbittered his cup of honour-he had a shrew for a wife. He bore his domestic troubles for some time; but the bitterness of his wife's temper rendered life insupportable; broke up his constitution; and hurried him to a premature grave. He died in his native city in 1528, in the 57th year of his age; and was buried in the cemetery of St. John at Nuremberg. A statue of Albert Durer, by the Prussian artist, M. Rauch, has lately been erected at Nuremberg. THE OFFICE OF CORONER. THE Coroner is an ancient officer by the common law of England, being said, in one of the earliest treatises, to have been ordained, together with the sheriffs, to keep the peace of counties when the Earls gave up their wardship. By the statute 3 Edw. I., c. 10, they are required to be knights; and by the 28 Edw. III., c. 6, they must be "of the most meet and most lawful men of the county." By the 14th Edw. III., "no coroner can be chosen unless he have land in fee sufficient for the county, whereof he may auswer to all manner of people." No peculiar qualification is now required. Coroners of counties are elected under the statute 28 Edw. III., by the freeholders in the county court; the election takes place by virtue of an ancient king's writ, returnable to Chancery. If the election is not determined upon by the freeholders present, the sheriff shall take a poll, which may continue open for ten days, (Sunday excepted.) The expenses of the sheriff at the election are to be paid, in equal proportions, by the candidates. After the election is declared, the coroner takes an oath of office before the sheriff. Coroners, although elected for life, are There is an engraving of his tomb in the Mirror, vol. iv. p. 401. liable to be removed, either by being incompetent to perform the duties of the office, or by age or infirmity; they are liable also to be removed on conviction of extortion, misdemenour in their office, or wilful neglect of duty. The coroner has authority to assemble a jury, to inquire how parties came by their death. If a coroner makes an inquisition of death, without himself and the jury viewing the body, the inquisition is wholly void. Previous to the Magna Charta, coroners had power to hear and determine felonies. For every inquisition taken in any place contributing to the county rates, the coroner is entitled to a fee of twenty shillings, and also to ninepence for every mile he is obliged to travel from his usual place of residence for the purpose of taking it. By the act, 6 and 7 Will. IV., the coroner is empowered to order the attendance of legally-qualified medical practitioners, and to order payment to such practitioners. The borough coroners are to make an annual return to the Secretary of State of all inquests of death taken by them. A SOLDIER'S FAREWELL. FAREWELL! Ah! speak the parting word Tho' it's a word that's often heard, Save God alone on high. The day will come, and with it bring, HYMN TO LOVE. Oh, quit thy blissful seats above; For what is life, without thee, Love? Cheeks that mock the morning rose, Smiling lips and eyes of fire, Bosoms white as mountain snows, Hearts that burn with pure desireBless with these my longing arms, I'll envy not the powers above; 'Tis these that give to life its charms, For what is life, without thee, Love? Biography. WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM. (From authentic Sources.) WILLIAM of Wykeham was born at Wyke ham, in Hampshire, in 1324, in the 18th year of the reign of Edward II. It is generally supposed that he took his name from the place of his birth, according to a custom much in use in those times, of not appropriating surnames to families, so as to descend regularly from father to son; but as several of his kinsmen bore the same name, it is very probable that he derived his name from some member of his family. His parents were persons of good reputation and character, but in mean circumstances; though we are in formed that his mother was well born, and of a gentleman's family. Not being able to give their son a liberal education, the defi. ciency was supplied by some generous patron, supposed to have been Nicholas Uvedale, Lord of the Manor of Wykeham, and Governor of Winchester Castle, who maintained him at school, at Winchester, where he was instructed in grammatical learning. Here he gave early proofs of his piety and diligence; and, when he had gone through his school education, he was taken into his patron's family, and became his secretary. He is said to have been afterwards recommended by Uvedale, to Edyngdon, Bishop of Winchester; and by both to have been made known to Edward II. Later writers of Wykeham's life, have generally mentioned his removing from Winchester to Oxford, to prosecute his studies, and that he continued there almost six years; but it does not appear that he ever had any academical degree, nor is there the least mention made of his having belonged to any particular society there. He is said to have been brought to court, and placed there in the service of Edward III., when he was about three-andtwenty years of age. The first office which he appears to have borne, was that of Clerk of the King's Works, in his manors of Henle and Yeshampsted; the patent conferring this office on him, is dated May 10, 1356; on October 30, in the same year, he was made Surveyor of the king's works, at the castle, and in the park, of Windsor. It is stated that it was by his advice that the king was induced to pull down a great part of the castle of Windsor, and to rebuild it in the magnificent manner in which, upon the whole, it now appears. The execution of this great work was committed entirely to Wykeham, who had likewise the sole direction of the building of Queenborough Castle. The difficulties arising from the nature of the ground, and the lowness of the situation, did not discourage him from undertaking this work; and in the event they only served to dis. play the skill and ability of the architect. It appears that Wykeham, in the execution of these employments, acquitted himself much to the satisfaction of his sovereign; for, from henceforth, we find the king continually heaping upon him preferments, both civil and ecclesiastical. It seems to have been all along his design to take upon him holy orders; but as yet he had only the clerical tonsure, or some of the lower orders; nor was he ordained priest, till June 12, 1362. In June, 1363, he was made warden and justicary of the king's forests on this side the Trent; and, on March 14, 1364, the king granted him an assignment of twenty shil lings a-day, out of the Exchequer; he was made keeper of the privy seal on May 11, in the same year; and, within two years after, secretary to the king. In May, 1365, he was commissioned by the king, together with the chancellor, treasurer, and the Earl of Arundel, to treat of the ransom of the King of Scotland, and the prolonging of the truce with the Scots. A short time after this, he is called chief of the privy-council, and governor of the great council; which terms may be supposed not as titles of office, but expressive of the great influence and authority he had in those assemblies. The yearly value, partly taxed and partly real, of the benefices which he had for some years held all together, was eight hundred and seventy-three pounds, six shillings and eightpence, and of those which he remained in possession of, and continued to hoid till he became Bishop of Winchester, was eight hundred and forty-two pounds. The king having raised him to some of the highest offices in the state, and intending to carry him still higher, it was necessary that his station in the church should be proportionable; doubtless the king might have procured him a bishopric before this time; but, as the bishoprics were not absolutely in his disposal, nor were the bishops at that period translated from one bishopric to another, as the means of advancement in the church, he seems to have reserved Wykeham for the bishopric of Winchester, which, in point of honour and revenue, would be a proper station for his favourite minister, and which was expected shortly to become vacant. He probably had it in his power to place him in the see of Canterbury, which became vacant a few months before that of Winchester; but Wykeham was perhaps desirous of being settled in his native county. In the meantime the king conferred upon him as many ecclesiastical preferments, of a lower degree, as he could' legally be possessed of, as marks of royal favour, and in support of his state and dignity. William de Edyngdon, Bishop of Win chester, having died October 8, 1366, Wyker, ham was, upon the king's earnest recom mendation, unanimously elected by the prior and convent to succeed him; and he was consecrated in St. Paul's, London, on October 10, 1367, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Bishops of London and Salisbury two days after he received from the king the grant of the temporalities of the bishopric. Thus it was a whole year from the time of the vacancy, and even from the time of his election, before he could get into full possession of his new dignity; this delay was occasioned by the Pope's reserv. ing to himself, for this turn, the disposal of the bishopric, and his bulls of provision in reality took place, whereby the preferred person was obliged to renounce in form all manner of right to the temporalities, till he had leave from him to be consecrated; which was the cause of perpetual disputes between the king and the pope. Wykeham was, however, enthroned in the cathedral church of Winchester, on July 9, 1368, and acknowledged to be Bishop of Winchester, by election, confirmation, and consecration, without any mention being made of the pope's provision. As soon as the dispute between the king and the pope was accommodated, Wykeham was advanced to the highest dignity in the state, by being constituted Chancellor of England; but it appears that he was possessed of this high office while he was only bishop elect, having been confirmed in it, September 17, 1367. Wykeham did not long enjoy this honour, for the Parliament that assembled in the beginning of 1371, being jealous of the immense power that the clergy possessed in the councils of the state, petitioned the king that he would dismiss the clergy, and that none but secular men might be principal officers of his court and household. Though the king declined to make a law to that effect, yet he resolved to comply, for the present, with their request. Accordingly, we find, that on the 14th of March, the Bishop of Winchester delivered to the king the great seal, which the king, two days after, gave to Sir Robert de Thorp. The bishop was present at the ceremony of constituting the new chancellor, and afterwards at that of his first opening the great seal in Westmin. ster-hall; from which circumstance it appears, that he was not dismissed with any marks of the king's displeasure; it may likewise be observed that the two great, and two privy seals, one of each of which was made the year before, on the king's resuming the title and arms of France, remained, by Commission from the king, in his custody, till the 28th of the same month, at which time he delivered them to the king; and that, soon after, he received the king's writ of summons to attend the great council, which was held at Winchester, to consider of a proper method of levying the fifty thousand pounds, granted by Parliament. To this great council were summoned four bishops, four abbots, and thirteen tempora lords, with whom were joined some of the Commons, named by the king. In 1373, the Commons petitioned that Wykeham, and seven other lords whom they named, might be appointed as a committee to confer with them on the supplies to be granted to the king. But it appears that the laity in general looked with suspicion upon the clergy, who had for some time filled most of the principal posts of honour and profit in the state. This practice seems to have taken its rise from the difficulty of finding persons among the laity properly qualified, in point of knowledge and letters, to undertake the highest offices; most of those who possessed the necessary abilities having been for a long time chiefly employed abroad in the wars, the most open road to riches and honours. Although Wykeham was SO deeply engaged in affairs of state, he did not, in the meantime, neglect the care of his diocess. The buildings belonging to the Bishops of Winchester, were at this time very large and numerous: besides a great many granges, parks, and warrens, they had ten or twelve castles, manor-houses, or palaces of residence, properly accommodated for the reception of themselves and their retinue, to all of which they resorted by turns, living, according to the custom of those times, chiefly upon the produce of their own estates. In repairing of the episcopal houses, and erecting several new buildings upon the estates of the bishopric, he is said to have expended upwards of twenty thou sand marks. During the year 1373, he held a visitation of his whole diocess; not only of the secular clergy through the several deaneries, but also of the different monasteries and religious houses, all of which he visited in person. The next year he sent commissioners, with powers to correct and reform the several irregularities and abuses, which he had discovered in the course of his visitation. During the time that Wykeham was engaged in the reformation of these charitable institutions, he formed the resolve to appropriate his wealth to the foundation of a much more noble institution of his own. But he appears to have been greatly embarrassed in fixing his choice upon some design, that, while it bestowed the greatest benefit, might, at the same time, be least liable to abuse. He tells us, that upon this occasion he diligently examined and considered the various rules of the religious orders, and compared them with the lives of their seve ral possessors; but was obliged, with grief, to declare, that he could not any where find that the ordinances of their founders, according to their true design and attention, were observed by any of them. W. G. C. (To be continued.) t |