Poetry The Tears of Scio. 431 Baptism discussed, containing Scripture Principles, Precepts and Precedents in Favour of the Baptism of Infants. By Daniel Isaac. 12mo. 4s. 6d. An Address on Baptism, by a Christian Pastor, after having had insurmountable Difficulties in the way of baptizing Iufauts, nearly Thirty Years. The Baptist System its own Condemnation. By Peter Edwards, Author of Candid Reasons, &c. 12mo. Is. A Catechism on the Christian Name, and True Nature of the Baptismal Vow, containing Remarks on Infant Baptism and the various Forms adopted by different Religious Bodies. Second Edition. 4d. POETRY. [ALL Europe has been thrown into consternation by the news of the barbarous destruction by the Turks of the Greeks of the island of Scio. Nearly 100 heads of the principal families have been deliberately murdered at Scio and Constantinople; and the whole Greek population of the island, amounting to 100,000 souls, are said to have been massacred, with every circumstance of wanton cruelty. The following verses on this horrid atrocity are taken from the Morning Chronicle, which it is but justice to that journal to say, has recently displayed in its poli. tical speculations a very ardent and pure spirit of freedom. ED.] Fair Scio! where that beauteous dawn [From the Calcutta Journal, No. 208.] False Love's like a rose bud; And bright in its hue; But in Summer's red sun-beam In the dark blights of autumn, In his own native sky; Is wither'd and dead ;- BERNARD WYCLIFFE. towers High citadell'd afar, sat fearfully, Waiting thy very glance, that frown'd but to destroy: Yes, there was merriment, and boastings high, For each now nerved his soul, to look on thee, And face for once his dreaded Enemy!— And then rose insult,-such as dastards weak Are wont upon the fetter'd foe to wreak : They cast thy rival name from out the roll Of regal brotherhood:-oh-this were well! "Twere meet to blot that name-to tear the scroll Where it shone best and brightest, to expel Thine honours from the field, where their poor deeds Were, in the Earth's wide scene, but slothful weeds, And thou, the Monarch Oak.-Yet worse -for then, To tear thy image from the love of men, Obituary.-Sir W. D. Evans-Duchess of Grafton.-Earl of Orford. 433. MUJNOON. June 17, at his house in Manchester Square, the Marquis of HERTFORD, K. G., late Lord High Chamberlain of the King's Household, and Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Warwickshire and Antrim. He was born in 1743, and is succeeded by his only son, the Earl of Yarmouth. He was advanced to the Marquisate in 1793, and was 79 years of age. He had been in a declining state of health for upwards of two years, but within the last ten days the decay had been rapid, and latterly his memory appeared to be wholly gone. The present Marquis succeeds to the vast wealth as well as to the titles of the deceased. The entailed estates are estimated at little short of 90,000l. per annum. June 22, at Paris, aged 21, Mr. LINDSEY PRIESTLEY, son of Joseph Priestley, Esq., of Birmingham, and grandson of the illustrious Dr. Priestley. On Sunday morning, June 30th, a friend who was intimately acquainted with his character, and who affectionately loved him, thus concluded a discourse, occasioned by the mournful event, from Job vii. 21:-"For now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be." These are the consolations, sanctified and animated by the promises of the gospel, that can support and comfort us, when the unpitying conqueror multiplies his trophies from among the dear companions of our way, and leaves us, like pensive wanderers in the desert, to finish our journey without them. Since I last addressed you, intelligence has reached us, from a foreign shore, that the grave has opened its gloomy mansion, and has closed in an hour when we thought not of it, upon one, in the flower and freshness of youth, who was formerly accustomed to worship with us in this house of prayer; † and who afforded every promise of entering into the world with respectability and usefulness. The impressions which it was his happiness, through the favour of Providence, to receive from good instruction and faithful discipline, in his early years, were so deepened and enlivened by him as to produce a habit of obedience. He learned betimes to fear God and serve him; and it is not too much to say that his dili gence in cultivating the mild graces and the generous virtues of the Christian spirit, the interest which he took in the pleasures and the pains of those around him, his gratification in witnessing the happiness of others, the cheerfulness with which he sacrificed his own ease and comfort that he might assist and oblige his friends, and his activity in consoling and relieving distress, made him not only a blessing to his family, but at once the ornament and the delight of every circle in which he moved. It was thus that he requited a parent's care and a sister's love; nor was it possible that a temper so kind, disinterested and attractive, so constantly under the guidance and restraint of religious principles, should fail of securing to him the lively attachment of his congenial and beloved companions, many of whom I see before me, and the sincere esteem of all who knew him. He expressed the strength and tenderness of his affection for some of you, only a The Rev. James Hews Bransby. lu Wolverhampton Street, Dudley. few days before his removal from the world, in terms, at the recollection of which, I am persuaded, your youthful breasts will often heave, and you will drop the tear which it is a luxury to shed. After speaking to those who watched by him, of the many delightful hours that he had spent in your society, and dwelling, with fond enthusiasm, on the thought of seeing you again, he checked himself and said:" But I am afraid the pleasure with which I look forward to that happy time, is too great for me ever to enjoy on earth." Such was the foreboding of his affectionate spirit: and death, regardless of human prayers, of human hopes and of human sorrows, has awfully realized all his apprehensions. "For now he is sleeping in the dust. In the morning you shall seek him; but he shall not be." "The friendly band no more shall Accents familiar once and sweet: trace, No more renew the fond embrace." or Nature bids you weep; and God will mercifully forgive your tears. You may well mourn, and long and deeply mourn, the loss which you have sustained. But your regret will be tempered with the reflection, that he whom you lament is delivered from sufferings which neither skill nor friendship could remove soften; that, having overcome the sorrows of the world, his warfare is accomplished; that he is spared the temptations and the trials which might have proved too powerful for his virtue; that death has set a seal, never to be broken, upon his amiable character, and that he is at "rest from his labours," awaiting the dawn of that glorious day, when the grave shall restore its prisoners, and when "those who sleep in Jesus, God will bring with him." Obituary.-J. Reid, M. D-Duke of Saxe Gotha and Altenburg. 435 souls. You have not a moment to neglect or waste. For the day is not far distant when you too, the youngest and the best of you all, who have hitherto experienced nothing of life but its joys, and to whom hope presents her gayest and most splendid visions, will stand trembling on the borders of an eternal world. I need not tell you that it is a serious thing to die. I need not say to you that death is a scene of distress and anguish, of alarming reviews and of awful prospects; the final period of all the endearments and connexions of this pro bationary state; an hour when the mind is no longer cheated by appearances, when the most resolute yield to fear, and even the virtuous are in danger of sinking under the remembrance of their frailties. You know it to be so. You are conscious that it is. Go, then, I conjure you, and dedicate your early powers to God. Value, as you ought, the religion which you profess; and make its doctrines, its duties and its hopes the habitual guide of your conduct. Cherish the recollection of departed love and virtue: it will excite that tender sorrow which it is salutary to feel; and it will lead you to aspire after a reunion in happier climes. Trust not in health and vigour; nor forget the allimportant interests that are connected with eternity." That life is long which answers life's great end:" that alone is short which bears upon it no mark of piety or of goodness, and which leaves behind it no fond remembrance, no memorial except that it has been spent in vain. "Honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years. But wisdom is the grey hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age. The righteous that is dead shall condemn the ungodly which are living; and youth that is soon perfected, the many years and old age of the unrighteous." July 2, JOHN REID, M. D., of Grenville Street, Brunswick Square, author of "Essays on Hypochondriasis and other Nervour Affections;" a second edition of which was lately published. Dr. Reid was educated at the New College, Hack ney, and was intimately connected through life with the liberal Dissenters. He was highly respected for his talents and acquirements, and esteemed for his amiable manners. Lately, his Serene Highness, AUGUSTUS, reigning Duke of Saxe Gotha and Altenburg, in the 50th year of his age. Although not called upon to act a brilliant part on the great theatre of European politics, his decease will be more sincerely lamented, and his loss more dearly felt by his subjects, than it is possible for those to conceive to whom his merits and popularity are unknown. Many potentates whose exploits have dazzled the eyes of the world, may envy their less powerful contemporary the place which he occupied in the love and gratitude of his subjects. He succeeded, in 1804, his father, Ernest II., a prince of uncommon merit and acquirements, and was grandson to the celebrated Duchess of Saxe Gotha, to whom Voltaire dedicated his Annales de l'Empire. Being well aware, that, by entering into the military service of any great potentate, he might, in case of a war, involve his own subjects in misfortune, he did not, like most of his contemporary Princes, enter into the service of Prussia or Austria; in consequence of which, when Bonaparte overran Germany, the territory of Saxe Gotha was, in part, exempted from many of the evils which befel, other principalities. The Duke was in heart a true Saxon-those who are best acquainted with Germany, will best appreciate the value of this pane gyric. He lived in habits of intimacy and friendship with the revered King of Saxony; and always inveighed, in terms of manly reprobation, against the treaty of spoliation and injustice, by which the most faithful and loyal subjects in Germany were separated from one of the most conscientious sovereigns whom the annals of history record. The Duke was distinguished by his urbanity of manners and splendid hospitality towards strangers; but after the irreparable injury inflicted upon Saxony, the Prussians (as may well be imagined) were always the least welcome of his guests. In person, he much resembled the Royal Family of England, to which he was nearly allied: his late Majesty's mother, the Princess Dowager of Wales, was great aunt to the late and present Dukes of Gotha. He resided constantly in his dominious, and shewed every anxiety to promote their interests, and increase the happiness of those who were committed to his charge. He was equally well versed in the language and literature of Germany and France-in both of which he expressed himself with literary productions, though somewhat uncommon elegance and originality. His eccentric, bear the stamp both of genius and philanthropy. To his friends he was most cordially attached; and one of the few faults with which he can be reproached, is the munificence and frequency of his presents. His conversation was replete with wit and anecdote; it was impossible to listen to him without being both amused and improved. He was twice married: 1. To Louisa, Princess of Mecklenburg Schwerin, by whom he has left a |