Published by J. Asperne, at the Bible, Crown & Constitution Cornhill. November 1.1807. Drawn & Engraved by S.Rawl Subjects are like iron, which, unworked, falls to rust. A prince easily forgets the greatest service, but never the slightest injury. He who, through force of arms, has raised himself to be ruler, must never lay them by. It is sometimes prudent not to resent. an injury, but one ought never to forget it, He that lightens the burthens of an enslaved people betrays his folly. Fortunate is that man who has many friends; more fortunate he that wants none. Injuries must be done at once; benefits conferred by degrees. Love begins at home.-This trite adage used to be most frequently in his mouth, although, according to custom, in public acts the good of the people was ever -"As," pretended to be the only end.said he, one day, to his son-in-law, on leaving the council, to which he had just communicated the alliance with France, “ as my own prosperity is now secured, we will turn our thoughts to the good of the state!"-Disgusting as this must have sounded, yet it afforded matter of consolation for the people to know, that when this man was satisfied, he would not only permit, but also, for the sake of his reputation, give them where with to gratify their appetites. T ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL, [WITH A VIEW.] HERE is no part of our civic history which we contemplate with greater satisfaction than that which records the foundation and endowment of Our PUBLIC SCHOOLS, because we discern in it those seminaries from which have emanated the talents of many men whose genius have been at once the boast and honour of the metropolis, indeed of the kingdom, In former times, it is well known, there were three great schools in London; yet from the reign of STEPHEN to the period of the 25 HENRY VI, owing, wewill say, to the indolence or incapacity of the teachers, or to any thing rather than to a distaste of learning among the monastic orders, which has been hinted to have been prevalent, they are said to have fallen into decay: wherefore this prince, who, notwithstanding the troubles which his disputed title created, Europ, Mag. Vol. LII, Oct, 1807, may be considered as the restorer of Nine years after, viz. 34 HENRY VI., five other schools were set up in different churches in LONDON, by the care of the archbishop of Canterbury and the bishop of LONDON, confirmed by the king's letters patent; to wit, one within. the church-yard of St. Paul's, a second at the collegiate church of St. Martin-: le-Grund, another at St. Mary de Arcu- : bus, another at St. Dunstan in the East, and the fifth at the hospital of St. Anthony. We have been the more particular in endeavouring to shew the state of public education in the metropolis antecedent to the foundation of what may more. correctly be termed ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL;+ though the piety of Dean COLET, the founder, induced him to dedicate it to the infant JESUS (who sat among the doctors at twelve years of age), as the great and compassionate patron of the children there to be educated, because, even in those parochial schools, we find that the pupils were so much neglected, that it became a subject of complaint, which seemed to render the establishment of a larger and more literary semi-` nary absolutely necessary. Dr. JOHN COLET, to whom we have alluded, was the eldest and only surviving son of Sir HENRY COLET, Knt. citizen and mercer of London, who was twice lord mayor. He was born in London in the year 1466, and, after passing through one of the public The king's answer was-" The King wille that it be do as is desired, so that it be done by the advyce, the Relles of Arch bishope of Canterbury for the time being. + Bow Church, Cheapside. The school noticed before, which appears to have been a small establishment, is not known by his appellation. This is shewn by part of the founder's epitaph, Quique scholam struxit celebrem cognominė Viz. in the years 1486 and 1495. During his first mayoralty, and under his immediate influence, the cross in WEST CHEAP (Cheapside) was re-erected in a most beautiful style of ornamental architecture. 0 0 schools already mentioned, he continued his studies at Oxford, where he made a considerable progress in logic, philology, and the mathematics. He then travelled into France and Italy, where he studied divinity, and, in consequence of some successful disputations, conducted according to the mode of those times, became, in foreign universities, exceedingly adinired for his learning and talents. In 1501, having been some years on the continent, he returned to England, and commenced doctor of divinity. HENRY VII. who, whatsoever faults he might have had, was by no means inattentive to the promotion of men of talents, fixed his eyes upon Dr. COLET, and, after leading him up some sub ordinate steps, preferred him to the deanery of ST. PAUL'S. It was impossible in the clerical state of the metropolis that he could have made a better choice. Learned, benevolent, pious, exemplary in the performance of his duty, and equally so for the regularity of his life, the people, who daily experienced his munificence, almost idolized the dean; consequently his death, which was occasioned by the sweating sickness, a disease that raged with uncommon violence in 1519, the period of his dissolution, was a subject of general lamentation. -DEAN COLET, in the year 1509, founded ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL for 153 children to be taught freely; and such was the generous and liberal turn of his mind, that he settled his whole patrimony upon it in his life-time; and notwithstanding he lived but ten years after its foundation, he had the pleasure to see this establishment flourish to so extraordinary a degree, that Sir THOMAS MORE, who had a great friendship for him, in a letter which he wrote, compared his school to the Trojan horse out of which the Grecians issued to surprise the city. "In the like manner," said he, "out of your school many have come that have subverted and overthrown all ignorance and rudeness.” After the school was finished, under the auspices of DEAN COLET, he left the perpetual care of its estate, and the government of it, to the MERCERS' COMPANY, then one of the most flourishing in the city, the members of which he esteemed men of probity and honour; and when he was asked the reason why he committed this sacred trust to a trading company, he is said to have answered to this effect, that "there was no absolute certainty in human affairs; but, for his part, he found less corruption in such a body of citizens, than in any other order or degree of mankind." It will be recollected, that the father of the dean was a mercer; which may serve as another reason to account for the partiality which he, in this instance, shewed to the company. To dwell on the vast increase of the annexed estates, or to descant on the internal regulations of the school, would here be useless, because these matters may be found, in other publications, much more amply and correctly detailed than our space would permit, even if we had the inclination. Like lecturers on superficial anatomy, all that we have to do at present is with its external appearance, as an elucidation of the plate that accompanies this brief notice. But befere we come to this, we must observe, that the original building was consumed by the fire of LONDON, and soon after the present structure, to which we now wish to turn the attention of the reader, was raised upon its site. Contemplating it in any point of view, but particularly in that which is annexed, it is a very singular, though, at the same time, a very beautiful fabric. The cen tral building, which contains the school, is of stone, and, as will be observed, much lower than the wings. It has only one series of windows, which are large, and raised a considerable height from the ground. The centre is adorned with rustic, and on the top is a wellproportioned pediment, on which is displayed a shield, with the arms of the founder: on the apex stands a figure designed to represent LEARNING. Under this pediment are two square, and on each side two circular windows, crowned with busts that are upon a level with the foot of the pediment. On either side of which are correspondeatly placed two large busts, with radiated crowns, betwixt two flaming vases. The ichnography of this edifice forms a parallellogram extending north and south, nearly opposite to the chancel of St. Paul's church. The north wing includes a number of large and elegant apartments, which are occupied by the head master, Dr. Roberts. The south, also, contains apartments equally cons modious, wherein Mr. Woon, the surmaster, or principal usher, resides. These buildings are narrow, and rise to a considerable height. They are of brick ornamented with stone, have each a small door, and are surmounted with small balustrades. A large, and now solitary, elm-tree, the last picturesque vestige of what may be termed modern PAUL's, still remains, directly facing the trunk-maker's door in the north-east corner of the cemetery appropriated to the parish of ST. FAITH. It is, we think, still within living memory, that the architectural solemnity of the Grecian orders was enlivened and relieved by many more of these vegetable ornaments, standing in different directions within the ample verge of the magnificent iron railing which surrounds that stupendous monument of metropolitan piety, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH. Among the number of eminent men whom the records of former ages state to have received the first rudiments of their education in ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL, we find, in its earliest stage, the names of Sir ANTHONY DENNY, Sir EDWARD NORTH, Sir WILLIAM PAGET, LUPSET, and LELAND. In times a little more modern, WHITAKER, the learned professor of divinity in Cambridge, and disputant against the Roman Catholics; Dr. CUMBERLAND, bishop of Peterborough, no less eminent as a philosopher and mathematician than as a divine; MILTON, the immortal author of Paradise Lost; Dr. MEGGOT, dean of Winchester; SAMUEL PEPYS, Ese, some time secretary to the Admiralty; Dr. BENJAMIN CALAMY; that learned physician, Sir CHARLES SCARBOROUGH; Lord -WILMINGTON; and, to conclude, the victorious JoHN, Duke of MARLEOROUGH, who is stated to have been the greatest general of any age or of any country. I was, the other day, reading Coxe's Travels through the North of Europe, where he mentions having frequently seen circles of stones, such as we sometimes find in England, scattered entirely through Sweden and Denmark. The only account which he could obtain of these was, that they were constructed by the giants. Hence it appears, that the origin of these is totally unknown. This suggested to me an idea that these structures might be coeval, and proba bly raised by the Danes during the time they had possession of this island. Britain, at that time, it is well known, was immersed in the utmost barbarity; yet, even in this case, tradition might afford us some light as to the use of such a building, had it been erected by the natives. But here is none. In my opinion, could any ingenious antiquary trace the Swedish or Danish traditions on this subject, much information might be gained. The old proverb, “Fas est et ab hoste doceri," might be well applied in the present case. Did we imitate the practice of our continental enemies, in sending out able draughtsmen, &c. to attend our armies, much useful informa tion might be gained, and, in the present case, perhaps the very information which is required. II. C. T. S. An Attempt to determine the Pronuncia tion of the Word "INIMICAL." Quo teneam vultus mutantem Protea nodo? HOR. determine the pronunciation of the adAfter many attempts, on all sides, to jective "Inimical," this unhappy word still remains in doubt. One moment you meet a man who informs you, such a one's designs are inimical; but the next person you meet with will tell you (as if to sneer at the ignorance‹ of his absent neighbour) that they are inimical. In such a case, how are we to decide? The English language furnishes no rule of pronunciation; we must, it is derived. therefore, recur to those from which In the present instance, we must only recur to those words which are derived from the Greek and Latin, with which our language abounds. As far as I can fudge from observation, the English and Latin, as well as Greek, are directly contrary to one another in pronunciation, as will appear from the following words, which I have selected, adding the original roots : |