reasonable hope of being ranked as an apos-pleasures of the senses, again gravely incal- It is an extraordinary fact that these hotle in the Round Table calendar! cated, under the pretext of discussing the nest sympathisers with the infirmities of The sage preceptor's school may be moral character of literary men; and the our species," who, in their introduction guessed at, for he extols ROUSSEAU; de-grossness produced by excessive refinement have occupied a main portion of nearly votes eleven pages of his moral essays to Opposite reasons and consequences balance nineteen pages, with compliments to themhim; and writes in rapturous terms of his one another while appetite or interest turns selves; and who, in their two volumes, CONFESSIONS, which he terms "the best," the scale. Hence the severe sarcasm of have not ventured to bestow even a cold! although it is the most abominable and dis-Rousseau, Tout homme reflechi est mechant. In and scanty praise upon much more than gusting of all his works."There are no fact it must be confessed that, as all things half a dozen living individuals, have delipassages in the New Eloise of equal force produce their extremes, so excessive refine-berately labored to degrade the genius of the and beauty with the best descriptions in the ment tends to produce equal grossness. The British School, to foment pernicious preju Confessions, if we except the excursion on tenuity of our intellectual desires leaves a dices and exasperate national divisions the water, Julia's last letter to St. Preux and void in the mind, which REQUIRES to be filled among their fellow subjects, by giving as his letter to her, recalling the days of their up by COARSER GRATIFICATION, and THAT OF vile a character of the people of Scotland first loves. We spent two whole years in THE SENSES IS ALWAYS AT HAND. They ALONE and Ireland, as of the English people. There reading these two works; and (gentle Reader, always retain their strength. There is not a is, however, this difference in favor of the it was when we were young) in shedding GREATER MISTAKE than the common supposi- Scotch and Irish women, that the Roundtears over them."-(v. 2. p. 51) With Rous-tion, that INTELLECTUAL PLEASURES are Table philosophers, in their " chivalrous SEAT and his pupils the gratification of the capable of endless repetition and PHYSICAL eloquence," have attempted to fasten the passions was the religion of nature; and we ONES not so. The one, indeed, may be spread charge of pre-eminent immodesty and deneed not be much surprised when his Round-over a greater surface, they may be dwelt pravity upon their countrywomen, the woTable disciples tell us "We hate the doc-upon and kept in mind at will, and for that men of England, alone! trine of utility even in a philosopher, and very reason they wear out and pall by compa The Round Table is not only an outmuch more in a poet; for the ONLY REAL rison, and require perpetual variety. Whereas rageous libel on the good sense and chaUTILITY is that which leads to ENJOYMENT; the physical gratification only occupies us at racter of this country; but altogether bot and the end is, in all cases, better than the the moment, is, as it were, absorbed in itself, tomed in false taste, false principles, and a means." (v. 1. p. 121) This pretty broad les- and forgotten as soon as it is over, and when wilful misrepresentation of their fellow subson in favor of "enjoyment," Epicuream it returns is AS GOOD AS NEW." (p. 198. v. 2.)jects; or an utter ignorance of human agere, et summum bonum, omnem felicitatem The pure and sublime spirit of Christianity nature. This crime against truth, justice, in voluptatem, ponere"-is only a repetition, exalts man, by teaching him to subdue his decency, female honor, manliness, public under another form, of their great maxim passions; and limit his gratifications. The liberty, morals and religion, is of a deeper above mentioned, that "our virtues are Round Table morality, in opposition to Chris- die, because it was committed in their asbuilt on our vices"-that "vanity and luxury tianity and self-denial, teaches self-indul-sumed character of imitators of the Spectaare the civilizers of the world and the sweet-gence, a doctrine more agreeable to the pastors and Tatlers; and in flagrant violation eners of human life"-and, in substance, al- sions. Nothing but the painful duty of ex-of the duty of public instruction, which the though in other words, that the introduction posing their pernicious principles, and indis-Round-Table moralists had voluntarily unof play-houses, circulating libraries, and criminate attacks upon the reputation of in- dertaken. As their fleering assertion that courtesans," are necessary to civilize and re-dividuals and whole bodies of their fellow John Bull " requires a hundred years of concile our English country people to "enjoy-subjects, could have overcome our repug-slavery," and their excitements of provin ments," which they are now 66 averse to."nance to sully our paper with some of the cial and national prejudices between their The sum of this precious rule of conduct, preceding extracts. It was necessary that fellow subjects in England, Ireland, and is delivered by the Round-Table oracle, the public should be warned, not merely by Scotland, have a direct tendency to foment in an authoritative tone of philosophical an indignant condemnation without proof, the most fatal divisions and endanger public originality, as if the tenet, that the enjoy-but by such unanswerable proofs, as would liberty; so their defamation of English woment of pleasure is the chief good of man, convince the people of England, Scotland, men is calculated to injure public morals, were not a novelty above two thousand years and Ireland, and the women every where, and accelerate the growth of depravity. The old. Of its evil effect on private morals, that the principles of these incorrigible and infirmity of human nature, which creates a Cicero, in his orations, has furnished a me- shameless foplings are, altogether, depraved necessity for defensive and protective laws, morable instance in that of the Ex-Consul, and irreligious; and that, the two volumes too often leads weak and bad men to invade L.Calpurnius Piso, and Philodemus, the Epi-of the Round Table merit to be banished the rights of others where they know, or curean philosopher. Although the latter from our Sunday breakfast tables, and are taught to believe, that no resistance will be was supposed to have inculcated the dogma burned by the hands of the common execu- opposed to their attempts, and no punishment as if restricted to intellectual pleasure, yet the tioner. We have often heard it asserted, follow. The man, who wants courage, and Ex-Consul, his pupil, construed it in its ge- that no Englishman, however sceptical and the nation which is unwarlike, are sure to be neral import, and "gave a loose to every deserted by a sense of decency, or sunk in insulted and attacked. By the same course sensual appetite"-until his example and the inire of animal grossness, could have of cause and effect, the woman, who is reinfluence over the philosopher, his preceptor, the effrontery and self abandonment, to presented to be without principle; and the "plunged him likewise into the filth and mire of place, in public view, the "physical grati- female society to be depraved in mind, are, that intemperate brute."-The austere sim-fications," in the same scale with the intel- thereby, surely exposed to licentious insults plicity of Rome was corrupted by this perni-lectual. Yet the Round-Table moralists, and dishonorable solicitation. Besides these cious principle, which, wherever it was dis-masked as followers of the Spectator and dangerous results, the Round Table picture of seminated, destroyed the public morals. Tatler, on the day set apart for religious female corruption may impress upon very When its influence was discussed in the Ro- exercises, in teaching the British youth of young or incautious women, a false opinion man Senate, Fabricius was so convinced of both sexes, what to do and what to avoid, that virtue in their sex is not a reality, but its baneful tendency, that he declared the give the physical gratifications, that is the an outward show; that the adherence of a doctrine to be incompatible with a sense of sensual pleasures, the preference, as having wife or daughter to the dictates of consciprivate obligation and public virtue; and the recommendation of perpetual novelty; ence and religion, is a singularity or deviaprayed the gods to make all the enemies of or as being, in their very delicate phraseo- tion; and that a politic and covert abandonthe republic, converts to it. As a good logy, always at hand," and "always as ment of duty and honor, is no more than a sign over an irin door is no security for good good as new.' "Their immorality, indecency, fashionable compliance with a general sysfare within, so some of the best titles of bad taste, shallow thinking, unmanly defa- tem. Vice could not have chosen more the Round-Table papers unfortunately mation of their countrywomen, and dis-expert preachers than the Round-Table preintroduce us to very opposite principles. gusting Rag-fair language, are equally re- ceptors; for there is no more speedy mode We find this mode of civilization, by the volting. of corrupting men than that of representing

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women as willing to be corrupted.
speare has finely expressed this moral sym-
pathy between the sexes:
"When the women of Rome were chaste, the

men were heroes.”

Shake-pen, as well as of the female tongue. From | try compensates for it. If the excess of posuch a pen, therefore, we must not expect pulation be not carried off by some other scientific research, or political acumen. Of means than the unhappy resource of foreign the former, those statistical surveys of coun- military service; if the public spirit of the ties which have, of late years, been made peasant be not aroused, and a knowledge of and when, at a later period, the women of with great success in Ireland, give us almost husbandry spread in the vallies; if a stop be Rome were willingly corrupted, the men all that we can desire; and of the latter, we not put to the continued subdivision of the were willingly enslaved. With the private fancy we have more than enough, both from estates-the first consequence, and now also errors or frailties of individuals we have no those sturdy statesmen who represent that a cause of the ruinous increase of population: intention to interfere. But this is not a de-country as amazingly free and fortunate, forest ordinances will avail as little towards pravity flowing from an ebullition of ungo- and from those soul-sick patriots who whine saving the Alpine forests, as ordinances revernable passions, which we may in private her sorrows in florid pamphlets or in tame specting morals towards the preservation of condemn with a degree of pity for the of- octavos. These are not themes which we morality."-The author admirably explains fender. It is a crime against public morals, wish lady-tourists to discuss; and we are the vast importance of the forests to the a defamation of that sex, whose helpless happy that Miss Plumptre has almost en- Alpine countries, not into an economical, but innocence and loveliness more peculiarly tirely avoided them. also in a physical, view. The decrease and claim our protection. It is committed dediminution of the forests is shown by a liberately and coolly in the closet, without series of observations, and the author speaks natural temptation or provocation of the also (probably too hastily) of a continued passions, by a public instructor, whose pecudepression of the limits of vegetation. This liar duty it was to have been the guardian of very plausible hypothesis, which has lately public morality, not its corrupter; the debeen defended by men of high respectability, fender and vindicator of his countrywomen, of a progressive sinking of the line of snow not their calumniator. We can have no on the Alpine hills, seenis to be rather weakpity for a writer, who has shewed no respect ened than confirmed by Mr. Kasthofer's obfor the character or feelings of others: who On the whole, we were much pleased with servations."The climate of the Oberland has employed his mischievous brain as a the perusal of this "Residence" in Ireland; requires a great consumption of wood for gratuitous pander to the bad passions and though, we think that "Trip" would better fuel; it has grown into the most thoughtless vices of the million; to taint the minds of have coincided with the time Miss Plumptre waste, and no arts, either for saving wood the unsuspecting, and under the mask of phi-spent there, and with the species of inform- or turning heat to more account, have found lanthropy, scatter the seeds of a moral con-ation her book affords us. Had she indeed their way into the Alpine valleys; yet Count tagion through his native country. resided there for any length of time, we Rumford's discoveries would more effectualshould have expected rather a more pro-ly preserve the forests from destruction, than found view of the morals, manners, and ge- all the high-foresters' treatises on the woods, nius of the people, than we can now gather and forest ordinauces, in the whole world." from her pages. At the same time, she has shown herself, considering the short periods of her sojourn, an industrious and discrimi nating mirror.

A NEW EXAMINER.

NARRATIVE OF A RESIDENCE IN IRELAND, during the Summer of 1814, and that of 1815. By ANNE PLUMPTRE, 4to. plates.

After returning to this country, our traveller determined on another excursion to the Emerald Isle; and as she had hitherto seen only the northern part, to explore the southern, and visit the renowned lake. Of this unparallelled spot, she gives a most animated account; and we regret that our limits will not allow us to make extracts sufficient to satisfy the reader.

JUANNA ET TIRANNA, OU LAQUELLE EST MA FEMME?

During the late war, while the continent The adventures which form the subject of the was shut to English travellers, such of our gentry as were blest with time, money, and Some errors in the names of places and of work before us, are said to have happened to an English Officer, and may justly be consi. roving dispositions, had recourse to Ireland, persons occur now and then. But, in gene-dered romantic, even in a romance. It will be ral, the information is drawn from authentic unnecessary to inform our readers, that Spain as the only resource against the tædium of sources; and we heartily wish, that this is a warm climate; but he who says that the staying at home. They, therefore, took what they called a tour of that country, ducing our countrymen to visit an island, has surely no idea of those delicious evenings, agreeable volume may be the means of in-promenade is "the first of insipid pleasures," or in other words, they posted, full speed, which they are, for the most part, utterly spent in gardens under the serenest sky in Enthrough its principal roads, saw the Giant's unacquainted with: yet from which England rope. It is customary for the elegant society Causeway, and the Lake of Killarney, quiz-fills one third of her granary with corn, half of Madrid to resort to the Buen-Retiro, which zed the natives, and brought back a few her fleets with provisions, and a great part is distinguished from the Prado by its elevated puns and blunders, for the amusement of of her army with soldiers. position and the smiling landscapes with which their friends after dinner; but not serious it is surrounded. The rich young Baronet, Sir information for the benefit of the public at Charles Lister, was one evening walking on this large. It was immediately on the peace of delightful spot, when an old woman came up 1814, and while the whole English world A pamphlet of 134 pp. 8vo. has just been to him and slipped a letter into his hand. The was flocking to Paris, that Miss Plumptre published at Munich, under the following ti- mysteries assumed by Spanish gallantry are uniundertook that journey which forms the sub-tle: "Remarks on the Forests, and the Alpsversally known; a veil more or less drawn over ject of the present volume. of the Highlands of Berne, by Charles Kas- the face, a mantle wrapped round the figure, The route she chose, is certainly the most thofer, of Berne, High-forester." This little the right or the left side of the bosom, indicate or negligently thrown back, a flower placed on interesting that Ireland affords. Having work is of the highest interest and impor- a disposition more or less favourable to the oblanded at Dublin, and seen all the curiosities tance to all who desire to obtain a knowledge ject beloved. In the letter written to the of the capital, which, (unless a traveller be of the Swiss mountains and their inhabitants, young Englishman, he was requested to observe as fortunate as herself in the species of and particularly towards forming a judgment a lady wearing in her hair a garland of jasmin, acquaintance he may happen to meet there) of their rural economy. and if he felt a wish to see her again to appear might appear scarcely worth examining fur- The author speaks of his object as follows: at the Buen-Retiro on the following day. ther than its streets and buildings, she pro- "The mountainous districts called the Ober- The lady seemed exquisitely beautiful: Lisceeded to Belfast. From thence, of course, land, are threatened with a very serious cri- ter did not fail to proceed to the place of renshe visited the Giant's Causeway. Her de-sis at no very distant period. The partition dezvous; the Duenna was likewise punctual; scription of this extraordinary phenomenon of estates has kept pace with the dispropor- she conducted the young gentleman to a superb is, we think, the most pleasing and pictu- tionately increased population, so that in the carriage, tied a handkerchief over his eyes, and resque we have any where read. And, in-next generation few estates will be large principal streets of Madrid. Here the bandage drove off to a magnificent house in one of the deed, we must do her the justice to say, that enough to feed and clothe their possessors, was taken from his eyes, he was led through a she excels most other tourists in her powers and in fact a disproportion has arisen be-suite of apartments fitted up in a style of equal of delineating external nature, and in throw-tween the produce of the country and its splendour and magnificence, and was requested ing a romantic tinge over her landscapes. consumption, which is the more in want of a to wait for a few moments. Judge of his imThis is ever the characteristic of the female remedy, as no kind of manufacturing indus patience! his eyes were rivetted to the door of

reasonable hope of being ranked as an apos-pleasures of the senses, again gravely incul- It is an extraordinary fact that these hotle in the Round Table calendar! cated, under the pretext of discussing the nest sympathisers with the infirmities of The sage preceptor's school may be moral character of literary men; and the our species," who, in their introduction guessed at, for he extols ROUSSEAU; de- grossness produced by excessive refinement-have occupied a main portion of nearly votes eleven pages of his moral essays to Opposite reasons and consequences balance nineteen pages, with compliments to themhim; and writes in rapturous tertus of his one another while appetite or interest turns selves; and who, in their two volumes, CONFESSIONS, which he terms "the best," the scale. Hence the severe sarcasm of have not ventured to bestow even a cold although it is the most abominable and dis-Rousseau, Tout homme reflechi est mechant. In and scanty praise upon much more than gusting of all his works."There are no fact it must be confessed that, as all things half a dozen living individuals, have delipassages in the New Eloise of equal force produce their extremes, so excessive refine-berately labored to degrade the genius of the and beauty with the best descriptions in the ment tends to produce equal grossness. The British School, to foment pernicious prejuConfessions, if we except the excursion on tenuity of our intellectual desires leaves a dices and exasperate national divisions the water, Julia's last letter to St. Preux and void in the mind, which REQUIRES to be filled among their fellow subjects, by giving as his letter to her, recalling the days of their up by COARSER GRATIFICATION, and THAT OF vile a character of the people of Scotland first loves. We spent two whole years in THE SENSES IS ALWAYS AT HAND. They ALONE and Ireland, as of the English people. There reading these two works; and (gentle Reader, always retain their strength. There is not a is, however, this difference in favor of the it was when we were young) in shedding GREATER MISTAKE than the common supposi Scotch and Irish women, that the Roundtears over them."—(v. 2. p. 51.) With Rous-tion, that INTELLECTUAL PLEASURES are Table philosophers, in their "chivalrous SEAU and his pupils the gratification of the capable of endless repetition and PHYSICAL eloquence," have attempted to fasten the passions was the religion of nature; and we ONES not so. The one, indeed, may be spread charge of pre-eminent immodesty and deneed not be much surprised when his Round-over a greater surface, they may be dwelt pravity upon their countrywomen, the wo Table disciples tell us "We hate the doc-upon and kept in mind at will, and for that men of England, alone! trine of utility even in a philosopher, and very reason they wear out and pall by compa- The Round Table is not only an outmuch more in a poet; for the ONLY REAL rison, and require perpetual variety. Whereas rageous libel on the good sense and chaUTILITY is that which leads to ENJOYMENT; the physical gratification only occupies us at racter of this country; but altogether botand the end is, in all cases, better than the the moment, is, as it were, absorbed in itself, tomed in false taste, false principles, and a means." (v. 1. p. 121.) This pretty broad les- and forgotten as soon as it is over, and when wilful misrepresentation of their fellow subson in favor of "enjoyment,"- Epicurean it returns is AS GOOD AS NEW." (p. 198. v. 2.) Jects; or an utter ignorance of human agere, et summum bonum, omnem felicitatem The pure and sublime spirit of Christianity nature. This crime against truth, justice, in voluptatem, ponere"-is only a repetition, exalts man, by teaching him to subdue his decency, female honor, manliness, public under another form, of their great maxim passions; and limit his gratifications. The liberty, morals and religion, is of a deeper above mentioned, that "our virtues are Round Table morality, in opposition to Chris-die, because it was committed in their asbuilt on our vices"-that "vanity and luxury tianity and self-denial, teaches self-indul-sumed character of imitators of the Spectaare the civilizers of the world and the sweet gence, a doctrine more agreeable to the pastors and Tatlers; and in flagrant violation eners of human life"-and, in substance, al- sions. Nothing but the painful duty of ex-of the duty of public instruction, which the though in other words, that the introduction posing their pernicious principles, and indis-Round-Table moralists had voluntarily unof play-houses, circulating libraries, and criminate attacks upon the reputation of in- dertaken. As their fleering assertion that "courtesans," are necessary to civilize and re-dividuals and whole bodies of their fellow John Bull requires a hundred years of concile our English country people to " enjoy- subjects, could have overcome our repug-slavery," and their excitements of provin ments," which they are now averse to." nance to sully our paper with some of the cial and national prejudices between their The sum of this precious rule of conduct, preceding extracts. It was necessary that fellow subjects in England, Ireland, and is delivered by the Round-Table oracle, the public should be warned, not merely by Scotland, have a direct tendency to foment in an authoritative tone of philosophical an indignant condemnation without proof, the most fatal divisions and endanger public originality, as if the tenet, that the enjoy-but by such unanswerable proofs, as would liberty; so their defamation of English woment of pleasure is the chief good of man, convince the people of England, Scotland, men is calculated to injure public morals, were not a novelty above two thousand years and Ireland, and the women every where, and accelerate the growth of depravity. The old. Of its evil effect on private morals, that the principles of these incorrigible and infirmity of human nature, which creates a Cicero, in his orations, has furnished a me- shameless foplings are, altogether, depraved necessity for defensive and protective laws, morable instance in that of the Ex-Consul, and irreligious; and that, the two volumes too often leads weak and bad men to invade L.Calpurnius Piso, and Philodemus, the Epi- of the Round Table merit to be banished the rights of others where they know, or curean philosopher. Although the latter from our Sunday breakfast tables, and are taught to believe, that no resistance will be was supposed to have inculcated the dogma burned by the hands of the common execu- opposed to their attempts, and no punishment as if restricted to intellectual pleasure, yet the tioner. We have often heard it asserted, follow. The man, who wants courage, and Ex-Consul, his pupil, construed it in its ge- that no Englishman, however sceptical and the nation which is unwarlike, are sure to be neral import, and “ gave a loose to every deserted by a sense of decency, or sunk in insulted and attacked. By the same course sensual appetite"-until his example and the mire of animal grossness, could have of cause and effect, the woman, who is reinfluence over the philosopher, his preceptor, the effrontery and self abandonment, to presented to be without principle; and the "plunged him likewise into the filth and mire of place, in public view, the "physical grati- female society to be depraved in mind, are, that intemperate brute."-The austere sim-fications," in the same scale with the intel- thereby, surely exposed to licentious insults plicity of Rome was corrupted by this perni- lectual. Yet the Round-Table moralists, and dishonorable solicitation. Besides these cious principle, which, wherever it was dis-masked as followers of the Spectator and dangerous results, the Round Table picture of serninated, destroyed the public morals. Tatler, on the day set apart for religious female corruption may impress upon very When its influence was discussed in the Ro- exercises, in teaching the British youth of young or incautious women, a false opinion man Senate, Fabricius was so convinced of both sexes, what to do and what to avoid, that virtue in their sex is not a reality, but its baneful tendency, that he declared the give the physical gratifications, that is the an outward show; that the adherence of a doctrine to be incompatible with a sense of sensual pleasures, the preference, as having wife or daughter to the dictates of consciprivate obligation and public virtue; and the recommendation of perpetual novelty; ence and religion, is a singularity or devia-' prayed the gods to make all the enemies of or as being, in their very delicate phraseo- tion; and that a politic and covert abandonthe republic, converts to it. As a good logy," always at hand," and "always as ment of duty and honor, is no more than a sign over an inn door is no security for good good as new." Their immorality, indecency, fashionable compliance with a general sysfare within, so some of the best titles of bad taste, shallow thinking, unmanly defa-tein. Vice could not have chosen more the Round-Table papers unfortunately mation of their country women, and dis-expert preachers than the Round-Table preintroduce us to very opposite principles. gusting Rag-fair language, are equally re- ceptors; for there is no more speedy mode We find this mode of civilization, by the volting. of corrupting men than that of representing

men were heroes."

women as willing to be corrupted. Shake-pen, as well as of the female tongue. From | try compensates for it. If the excess of pospeare has finely expressed this moral sym- such a pen, therefore, we must not expect pulation be not carried off by some other pathy between the sexes: scientific research, or political acumen. Of means than the unhappy resource of foreign "When the women of Rome were chaste, the the former, those statistical surveys of coun-military service; if the public spirit of the ties which have, of late years, been made peasant be not aroused, and a knowledge of and when, at a later period, the women of with great success in Ireland, give us almost husbandry spread in the vallies; if a stop be Rome were willingly corrupted, the men all that we can desire; and of the latter, we not put to the continued subdivision of the were willingly enslaved. With the private fancy we have more than enough, both from estates-the first consequence, and now also errors or frailties of individuals we have no those sturdy statesmen who represent that a cause of the ruinous increase of population: intention to interfere. But this is not a de-country as amazingly free and fortunate, forest ordinances will avail as little towards pravity flowing from an ebullition of ungo- and from those soul-sick patriots who whine saving the Alpine forests, as ordinances revernable passions, which we may in private her sorrows in florid pamphlets or in tame specting morals towards the preservation of condemn with a degree of pity for the of- octavos. These are not themes which we morality."-The author admirably explains fender. It is a crime against public morals, wish lady-tourists to discuss; and we are the vast importance of the forests to the a defamation of that sex, whose helpless happy that Miss Plumptre has almost en- Alpine countries, not into an economical, but innocence and loveliness more peculiarly tirely avoided them. also in a physical, view. The decrease and claim our protection. It is committed deAfter returning to this country, our tra- diminution of the forests is shown by a liberately and coolly in the closet, without veller determined on another excursion to series of observations, and the author speaks natural temptation or provocation of the the Emerald Isle; and as she had hitherto also (probably too hastily) of a continued passions, by a public instructor, whose pecu- seen only the northern part, to explore the depression of the limits of vegetation. This liar duty it was to have been the guardian of southern, and visit the renowned lake. Of very plausible hypothesis, which has lately public morality, not its corrupter; the de- this unparallelled spot, she gives a most been defended by men of high respectability, fender and vindicator of his countrywomen, animated account; and we regret that our of a progressive sinking of the line of snow not their calumniator. We can have no limits will not allow us to make extracts on the Alpine hills, seenis to be rather weakpity for a writer, who has shewed no respect sufficient to satisfy the reader. ened than confirmed by Mr. Kasthofer's obfor the character or feelings of others: who On the whole, we were much pleased with servations. "The climate of the Oberland has employed his mischievous brain as a the perusal of this "Residence" in Ireland; requires a great consumption of wood for gratuitous pander to the bad passions and though, we think that "Trip" would better fuel; it has grown into the most thoughtless vices of the million; to taint the minds of have coincided with the time Miss Plumptre waste, and no arts, either for saving wood the unsuspecting, and under the mask of phi- spent there, and with the species of inform- or turning heat to more account, have found lanthropy, scatter the seeds of a moral con-ation her book affords us. Had she indeed their way into the Alpine valleys; yet Count tagion through his native country. resided there for any length of time, we Rumford's discoveries would more effectualshould have expected rather a more pro-ly preserve the forests from destruction, than found view of the morals, manners, and ge- all the high-foresters' treatises on the woods, nius of the people, than we can now gather and forest ordinances, in the whole world.” from her pages. At the same time, she has shown herself, considering the short periods of her sojourn, an industrious and discriminating mirror.

A NEW EXAMINER.

NARRATIVE OF A RESIDENCE IN IRELAND, during the Summer of 1814, and that of 1815. By ANNE PLUMPTRE, 4to. plates.

JUANNA ET TIRANna, ou Laquelle est ma FEMME?

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During the late war, while the continent The adventures which form the subject of the was shut to English travellers, such of our gentry as were blest with time, money, and Some errors in the names of places and of work before us, are said to have happened to an English Officer, and may justly be consi roving dispositions, had recourse to Ireland, persons occur now and then. But, in gene-dered romantic, even in a romance. It will be as the only resource against the tædium oral, the information is drawn from authentic unnecessary to inform our readers, that Spain sources; and we heartily wish, that this is a warm climate; but he who says that the staying at home. They, therefore, took agreeable volume may be the means of in-promenade is "the first of insipid pleasures," what they called a tour of that country, ducing our countrymen to visit an island, has surely no idea of those delicious evenings, or in other words, they posted, full speed, which they are, for the most part, utterly spent in gardens under the serenest sky in Euthrough its principal roads, saw the Giant's Causeway, and the Lake of Killarney, quiz-fills one third of her granary with corn, half of Madrid to resort to the Buen-Retiro, which unacquainted with: yet from which England rope. It is customary for the elegant society zed the natives, and brought back a few her fleets with provisions, and a great part distinguished from the Prado by its elevated puns and blunders, for the amusement of of her army with soldiers. position and the smiling landscapes with which their friends after dinner; but not serious it is surrounded. The rich young Baronet, Sir information for the benefit of the public at Charles Lister, was one evening walking on this large. It was immediately on the peace of delightful spot, when an old woman came up 1814, and while the whole English world A pamphlet of 134 pp. 8vo. has just been to him and slipped a letter into his hand. The was flocking to Paris, that Miss Plumptre published at Munich, under the following ti- mysteries assumed by Spanish gallantry are uniundertook that journey which forms the sub-tle: "Remarks on the Forests, and the Alpsversally known; a veil more or less drawn over ject of the present volume. The route she chose, is certainly the most thofer, of Berne, High-forester." This little the right or the left side of the bosom, indicate of the Highlands of Berne, by Charles Kas- the face, a mantle wrapped round the figure, or negligently thrown back, a flower placed on interesting that Ireland affords. Having work is of the highest interest and impor- a disposition more or less favourable to the ob landed at Dublin, and seen all the curiosities tance to all who desire to obtain a knowledge ject beloved. In the letter written to the of the capital, which, (unless a traveller be of the Swiss mountains and their inhabitants, young Englishman, he was requested to observe as fortunate as herself in the species of and particularly towards forming a judgment a lady wearing in her hair a garland of jasmin, acquaintance he may happen to meet there) of their rural economy.

and if he felt a wish to see her again to appear might appear scarcely worth examining fur- The author speaks of his object as follows: at the Buen-Retiro on the following day. ther than its streets and buildings, she pro-"The mountainous districts called the Ober- The lady seemed exquisitely beautiful: Lisceeded to Belfast. From thence, of course, land, are threatened with a very serious cri- ter did not fail to proceed to the place of ren. she visited the Giant's Causeway. Her de-sis at no very distant period. The partition dezvous; the Duenna was likewise punctual; scription of this extraordinary phenomenon of estates has kept pace with the disproporshe conducted the young gentleman to a superb is, we think, the most pleasing and pictu- tionately increased population, so that in the carriage, tied a handkerchief over his eyes, and resque we have any where read. And, in-next generation few estates will be large principal streets of Madrid. Here the bandage drove off to a magnificent house in one of the deed, we must do her the justice to say, that enough to feed and clothe their possessors, was taken from his eyes, he was led through a she excels most other tourists in her powers and in fact a disproportion has arisen be-suite of apartments fitted up in a style of equal of delineating external nature, and in throw-tween the produce of the country and its splendour and magnificence, and was requested ing a romantic tinge over her landscapes. consumption, which is the more in want of a to wait for a few moments. Judge of his imThis is ever the characteristic of the female remedy, as no kind of manufacturing indus patience! his eyes were rivetted to the door of

reasonable hope of being ranked as an apos-pleasures of the senses, again gravely incul- It is an extraordinary fact that these hotle in the Round Table calendar! cated, under the pretext of discussing the nest sympathisers with the infirmities of The sage preceptor's school may be moral character of literary men; and the our species," who, in their introduction guessed at, for he extols ROUSSEAU; de- grossness produced by excessive refinement-have occupied a main portion of nearly votes eleven pages of his moral essays to Opposite reasons and consequences balance nineteen pages, with compliments to themhim; and writes in rapturous terms of his one another while appetite or interest turns selves; and who, in their two volumes, CONFESSIONS, which he terms "the best," the scale. Hence the severe sarcasm of have not ventured to bestow even a cold although it is the most abominable and dis-Rousseau, Tout homme reflechi cst mechant. In and scanty praise upon much more than gusting of all his works."There are no fact it must be confessed that, as all things half a dozen living individuals, have delipassages in the New Eloise of equal force produce their extremes, so excessive refine-berately labored to degrade the genius of the and beauty with the best descriptions in the ment tends to produce equal grossness. The British School, to foment pernicious preju Confessions, if we except the excursion on tenuity of our intellectual desires leaves a dices and exasperate national divisions the water, Julia's last letter to St. Preux and void in the mind, which REQUIRES to be filled among their fellow subjects, by giving as his letter to her, recalling the days of their up by COARSER GRATIFICATION, and THAT OF vile a character of the people of Scotland first loves. We spent two whole years in THE SENSES IS ALWAYS AT HAND. They ALONE and Ireland, as of the English people. There reading these two works; and (gentle Reader, always retain their strength. There is not a is, however, this difference in favor of the it was when we were young) in shedding GREATER MISTAKE than the common supposi- Scotch and Irish women, that the Roundtears over them."—(v. 2. p. 51.) With Rous-tion, that INTELLECTUAL PLEASURES are Table philosophers, in their "chivalrous SEAU and his pupils the gratification of the capable of endless repetition and PHYSICAL eloquence," have attempted to fasten the passions was the religion of nature; and we ONES not so. The one, indeed, may be spread charge of pre-eminent immodesty and deneed not be much surprised when his Round-over a greater surface, they may be dwelt pravity upon their countrywomen, the woTable disciples tell us-"We hate the doc- upon and kept in mind at will, and for that men of England, alone! trine of utility even in a philosopher, and very reason they wear out and pall by compa The Round Table is not only an outmuch more in a poet; for the ONLY REAL rison, and require perpetual variety. Whereas rageous libel on the good sense and chaUTILITY is that which leads to ENJOYMENT; the physical gratification only occupies us at racter of this country; but altogether bot and the end is, in all cases, better than the the moment, is, as it were, absorbed in itself, tomed in false taste, false principles, and a means." (v. 1. p. 121.) This pretty broad les- and forgotten as soon as it is over, and when wilful misrepresentation of their fellow subson in favor of "enjoyment,"-" Epicuream it returns is AS GOOD AS NEW." (p. 198. v. 2.)jects; or an utter ignorance of human agere, et summum bonum, omnem felicitatem The pure and sublime spirit of Christianity nature. This crime against truth, justice, in voluptatem, ponere"-is only a repetition, exalts man, by teaching him to subdue his decency, female honor, manliness, public under another form, of their great maxim passions; and limit his gratifications. The liberty, morals and religion, is of a deeper above mentioned, that "our virtues are Round Table morality, in opposition to Chris- die, because it was committed in their asbuilt on our vices"-that "vanity and luxury tianity and self-denial, teaches self-indul-sumed character of imitators of the Spectaare the civilizers of the world and the sweet gence, a doctrine more agreeable to the pastors and Tatlers; and in flagrant violation eners of human life”—and, in substance, al- sions. Nothing but the painful duty of ex-of the duty of public instruction, which the though in other words, that the introduction posing their pernicious principles, and indis-Round-Table moralists had voluntarily unof play-houses, circulating libraries, and criminate attacks upon the reputation of in- dertaken. As their fleering assertion that courtesans," are necessary to civilize and re-dividuals and whole bodies of their fellow John Bull requires a hundred years of concile our English country people to "enjoy-subjects, could have overcome our repug-slavery," and their excitements of provin ments," which they are now "averse to."- nance to sully our paper with some of the cial and national prejudices between their The sum of this precious rule of conduct, preceding extracts. It was necessary that fellow subjects in England, Ireland, and is delivered by the Round-Table oracle, the public should be warned, not merely by Scotland, have a direct tendency to foment in an authoritative tone of philosophical an indignant condemnation without proof, the most fatal divisions and endanger public originality, as if the tenet, that the enjoy-but by such unanswerable proofs, as would liberty; so their defamation of English woment of pleasure is the chief good of man, convince the people of England, Scotland, men is calculated to injure public morals, were not a novelty above two thousand years and Ireland, and the women every where, and accelerate the growth of depravity. The old. Of its evil effect on private morals, that the principles of these incorrigible and infirmity of human nature, which creates a Cicero, in his orations, has furnished a me- shameless foplings are, altogether, depraved necessity for defensive and protective laws, morable instance in that of the Ex-Consul, and irreligious; and that, the two volumes too often leads weak and bad men to invade L.Calpurnius Piso, and Philodemus, the Epi- of the Round Table merit to be banished the rights of others where they know, or curean philosopher. Although the latter from our Sunday breakfast tables, and are taught to believe, that no resistance will be was supposed to have inculcated the dogma burned by the hands of the common execu-opposed to their attempts, and no punishment as if restricted to intellectual pleasure, yet the tioner. We have often heard it asserted, follow. The man, who wants courage, and Ex-Consul, his pupil, construed it in its ge- that no Englishman, however sceptical and the nation which is unwarlike, are sure to be neral import, and " gave a loose to every deserted by a sense of decency, or sunk in insulted and attacked. By the same course sensual appetite"-until his example and the inire of animal grossness, could have of cause and effect, the woman, who is reinfluence over the philosopher, his preceptor, the effrontery and self abandonment, to presented to be without principle; and the "plunged him likewise into the filth and mire of place, in public view, the "physical grati- female society to be depraved in mind, are, that intemperate brute."-The austere sim-fications," in the same scale with the intel- thereby, surely exposed to licentious insults plicity of Rome was corrupted by this perni-lectual. Yet the Round-Table moralists, and dishonorable solicitation. Besides these cious principle, which, wherever it was dis-masked as followers of the Spectator and dangerous results, the Round Table picture of seminated, destroyed the public morals. Tatler, on the day set apart for religious female corruption may impress upon very When its influence was discussed in the Ro- exercises, in teaching the British youth of young or incautious women, a false opinion man Senate, Fabricius was so convinced of both sexes, what to do and what to avoid, that virtue in their sex is not a reality, but its baneful tendency, that he declared the give the physical gratifications, that is the an outward show; that the adherence of a doctrine to be incompatible with a sense of sensual pleasures, the preference, as having wife or daughter to the dictates of consciprivate obligation and public virtue; and the recommendation of perpetual novelty; ence and religion, is a singularity or deviaprayed the gods to make all the enemies of or as being, in their very delicate phraseo- tion; and that a politic and covert abandonthe republic, converts to it. As a good logy, "always at hand," and "always as ment of duty and honor, is no more than a sign over an itin door is no security for good good as new." Their immorality, indecency, fashionable compliance with a general sys fare within, so some of the best titles of bad taste, shallow thinking, unmanly defa- tem. Vice could not have chosen more the Round-Table papers unfortunately mation of their country women, and dis-expert preachers than the Round-Table preintroduce us to very opposite principles. gusting Rag-fair language, are equally re-ceptors; for there is no more speedy mode We find this mode of civilization, by the volting. of corrupting men than that of representing

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