METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, extracted from the Register kept at Edinburgh, in the Observatory, Calton-hill. N.B.-The Observations are made twice every day, at nine o'clock, forenoon, and four o'clock, afternoon. The second Observation in the afternoon, in the first column, is taken by the Register Thermometer. C. Estridge, Ens. vice Coleman, ret. do. 4 65 F. Gent. Cadet J. A. Walker, fm. R. Mil. Coll. Ens. vice Donnithorne 75 F. do. 5 81 do. 4 T. Coleman, Qua. Master, vice Johnstone, dead Surg. Stewart, from 71 F. Surg. vice Burrell, dead As. Surg. J. French, from Med. As. Surg, Ardley. fm. 17 F. J. M. Ogilvie, Ensign, vice Sutherland, 46 F. As. Surg. Mouat, fm. 21 Dr. As. Surg. vice Robson, h. p. 21 Dr. March 21 Ensign Clarke, Lt vice Hilliard, 4 R. Oct. 12 W. H. Hartopp, Ensign by purch. do. Ensign W. J. King, Lt. vice Moulson, Vet. Bn. dead do. 12 Staff, As. Vet. Bn. E. Harrison, Ensign 87 Sept. 28 Surg. vice Oct. 11 do. 5 82 do. 87 Lieut. Caroll, Capt. vice Turner, 10 Vet. Bn. do. 4 R.V.B. F. White, Ensign, vice Newton, 8 R. Capt. Paget, from h. p. 31 F. Capt. vice Wilby, exch. Galbraith. from 1 F. Capt. vice Mackay, cane. Mitchell, from 50 F. Capt. vice Odlum, cane. do. Bt. Maj. Williamson, from 2 F. Capt. vice Fairthough, cane. do. do. do. Vet. Bn. do. 21 10 G. C. M. L. W. S. Johnston, Ensign, vice Stuart. Capt. Turner, from 87 F. Capt. vice Browne, canc. do. do. 28 do. Vet. Bn. Lieut. Munro, Adj. vice Crawford, 8 R. 2 W.I.R. As. Surg. Haskins, fm. Med. geon, vice Murray, h. p. Hosp. As. Maclauchlan, As. O'Beirne, appointed to Staff Medical Department. May 11 Staff, Sur Surg. vice Sept. 28 Oct. 12 Dr Nicoll, Surg. to the Forces, Dep. Insp. of Hosp. in Africa only Oct. 12, 1820 Surg. J. Elliot, fm. h. p. Surg. to the Forces, vice Dunkin, ret. h. p. Sept. 28 Broadfoot, fm. h. p. Sicilian R. Surg. to the Forces do. Assist. Surg. O'Beirne, fm. 2 W. I. R. As. Surg. to the Forces, vice Haskins, 2. W. I. R. Oct. 12 --W. Doherty, Hosp. As. Surg. to the Forces, vice Maclauchlan, 2 W. I. R. do. Additions and Alterations too late for inscr tion in their respective Places. Lieut. Jones, from h. p. 60 F. Lieut. vice Eagar, cane. Medical Department. do. As. Surg. Ramsay, from h. p. As. Surg. to the Forces, vice French, 67 F. Exchanges. Capt. Chitty, from 35 F. rec. diff. with Captain Teulon, h. p. 30 F. Lieut. Gale, from 11 Dr. rec. diff. with Lieut. Barwell, h. p. 1 Dr. Lieut. Hollingworth, from 14 Dr. rec. diff. with Licut. Davis, h. p. 22 Dr. Clarke, from 11 Dr. rec. diff. with Licut. Maxwell, h. p. 24 Dr. Brice, from 23 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Douglas, h. p. 66 F. Armstrong, from 55 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Troward, h. p. 51 F. M Anally, from 90 F. rec. diff. with Licut. Ottley, h. p. 84 F. Anderson, from 1 W. I. R. rec. diff. with Lieut. Halfhide, h. p. 3 W. I. R. Cornet and Sub-Lieut. J. Hall, from 1 Life Gds with Cornet C. Hall, h. p. 6 Dr. Ensign Robertson, from 33 F. 2d Lieut. Daly, Rifle Brig. Stretch, from 38 F. with Ensign Conolly, h. p. 11 F. Mathewson, from 54 F. with Ensign Pattoun, h. p. R. Afri. Corps Badcock, from S1 F. with Ensign Douglass, 1 L. Gds. Lieut. J. Hall, from h. p. 6 Dr. Lieut. vice Manners, exch. Oct. 13, 1820 Mercer, from 70 G. vice Hughes, 19 do. Griffiths, from h. p. 79 F. Qua. Mast. vice Cochrane, ret. h. p. do. 16 Dr. Baker, Capt. by purch. vice Weyland, ret. do. Cornet Tuite, Lieut. by purch. do. Sir T. W. White, Bt. Cornet by purch. do. 1 F. Licut. Billing, Capt. vice Galbraith, 4 Vet. Bn. do. Lieut. Col. Diggens, 11 Dr. Ensign Bruce, Lieut. do. W. II. Church, Ensign do. Capt. Vernon, 22 Dr. 2 Licut. Hair, Capt. vice Williamson, 8 Vet. Bn. do. Ensign Proctor, Lieut. do. J. B. Dalway, Ensign do. 22 Capt. French, from 82 F. Capt. vice vey, exch. Cornet J. May, 3 Dr. Her do. 24 Lieut. Wall, from h. p. 40 F. Lieut. vice Gray, exch. Appointments Cancelled. do. 28 Ensign Cornwall, from 38 F. Lieut. by do. 19 do. Rist, from h. p. 57 F. Capt. vice do. Burton, exch. 37 East, from h. p. 30 F. Capt. vice do. 18 Cox, exch. Barrallier, from h. p. 71 F. Capt. vice Magennis, 28 F. do. 19 H. Grimes, Ensign, vice Cornwall, 24 F. do. Crow, h. p. 56 F. at Mary Vale, Newry Sir Eneas M'Intosh, Bt. h. p. 71 F. Jan. 21 June 30 50 Lieut. Patterson, Capt. vice Mitchell, Lieut. Glasson, 2 F. Demarara July 20 7 Vet. Bn. do. Moulson, 89 F. Ensign Tudor, Lieut. J. B. Ross, Ensign do. Lieut. Douglas, from h. p. 68 F. Lieut. vice Perceval, exch. rec. diff. Aug. 26 Ross, late 5 R. Vet. Bn. March 3 do. Hughes, from 5 Dr. G.Lieut. vice Mercer, exch. do. Ensign Impett, Lieut. by purch. vice Horton, 81 F. Ensign Adolphus Grieve, 71 F. Spanish Town, Jamaica July 31 do. 5 Moore, h. p. 60 F. Portobello G. Strangways, Ens. by purch. do. 74 C. A. Vallancey, Ens. by purch. vice Arbuthnot, 4 F. Carter, h. p. 15 F. Liverpool Feb. 21, 1820 Paymaster Tomlinson, 28 F. Corfu Colwell, h. p. 4 F. Aug. 16 Oct. 1 do. 19 Surgeon Burrell, 65 F BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. 17. At Basseterre, Island of St Kitts, the lady of James Hay, Esq. of the Customs, a son. Sept. 21. At Leith, Mrs Stewart, Constitutionstreet, a daughter. 22. At Downhill, county Derry, Ireland, the lady of James Robertson Bruce, Esq. a son. 23. The lady of John Somerset, a son. 25. At Mylnefield-house, Mrs Mylne, of Mylnefield, a daughter. 26. At Luton Park, Lady James Stewart, a daughter. At Southampton, the lady of George Holmes Jackson, Esq. of Glenmore, a son. 27. At Maxpoffle, Mrs Scott, younger of Raeburn, a daughter. 29. At 9, Queen-street, Edinburgh, Mrs Bell, a daughter. Oct. 4. At Durie, Mrs Christie, a son. 5. At Northumberland-street, Edinburgh, Mrs James Moncrieff, a son. -At Queen-street, Edinburgh, Mrs Inglis, a daughter. 6. At Edinburgh, the lady of Sir George Sitwell, Bart. of Renishaw, in the county of Derby, a son and heir. At Glengarry-house, the lady of Colonel M'Donell of Glengarry, a daughter. 7. At Corsbie, Newton-Stewart, the Hon. Mrs Montgomerie Stewart, a daughter. -At 15, Catherine-street, Edinburgh, Mrs Powell, a daughter. 9. At Hill-end, Greenock, the lady of Capt. Barwick, of the 79th, or Cameronian Highlanders, a son. 12. Mrs William Alexander, 59, Castle-street, Edinburgh, a son. 13. The lady of Duncan Robertson, Esq. of Carron-Vale, a son. -At Queen-street, Edinburgh, Lady Ellinor Campbell, a daughter. -At Aberdeen, Mrs Lumsden of Tilwhilly, a daughter. 11. In Northumberland-street, Edinburgh, the lady of Capt. Hodgson, R. N. a son. 15. The Duchess of Newcastle, a son. -In Charles-street, Berkeley-square, London, Lady Sophia, wife of James Macdonald, Esq. M.P. a son. 16. At Grange, Mrs Cadell, a son. -At Seacot, Mrs Balfour, a son. -At Millburn Tower, Mrs Ramage Liston, a daughter. -At his house, in Charlotte-square, Edinburgh, the lady of Thomas Maitland, younger of Dundrennan, Esq. a son. -At Clifton, the lady of Major-General Macleod, a daughter. -At Cheltenham, Lady Catherine Halkett, a son. 17. At Birmingham, the lady of Major Carmichael, of the 6th dragoon guards, of a son and heir. 18. At Penicuik-house, Lady Clerk, a son. 19. At Cramond-house, Mrs Hope Johnstone of Annandale, a son. Mrs James H. Ross, Dundas-street, Edinburgh, a daughter. - Sirs W. Ferrier, Albany-street, Edinburgh, a son. 20. At Bank-street, Edinburgh, Mrs Rymer, a daughter. 21. At Southsea, the lady of Sir James Alexander Gordon, K.C.B. R.N. a daughter. 22. At Lord Belgrave's house, in Grosvenorsquare, London, Lady Belgrave, a daughter. 24. In Great King-street, Edinburgh, Mrs Leonard Horner, a son. 27. At the house of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, in Audley-square, London, the lady of Colonel Fitzelarence, a daughter. 23. The wife of Andrew Elder, a farmer's servant in Pencaitland, East Lothian, of three fine boys, who with the mother are doing well. 29. In Charlotte-square, Edinburgh, the Hon. Mrs Dundas of Dundas, a daughter." 30. In Montague-place, Russel-square, London, the lady of Captain William Forrest, a daughter. 51. Mrs Hutchins, George-street, Edinburgh, a daughter. Nov. 2. At 7, Albany-street, Edinburgh, the lady of James Wilson, Esq. advocate, a daughter. 4. At Dundas-street, Edinburgh, Mrs Colonel Robertson of Hauleraig, a daughter. 5. At Edinburgh, the lady of Philip Hays, Esq. of Balmakewan, a son. - At James'-place, Leith, Mrs Robert Dudgeon, a son. Lately at 114, George-street, Edinburgh, the lady of Captain Menzies, a daughter. MARRIAGES. Jan. 1. At Government-house, Calcutta, Major A. Lindsey, of the artillery, to Miss Flora Loudoun Mackenzie, daughter of the late Donald Mackenzie of Hartfield, Esq. March 22. At Meerut, in the East Indies, Lieutenant George Brooke, of the horse artillery, to Catherine, niece of Dr Cochrane, late President of the Medical Board, Calcutta. Sep. 26. At Swanmore-house, the seat of Alexander Shearer, Esq. by special license, the Right Hon. Hans Francis, Earl of Huntingdon, to Eliza Mary, widow of the late Alexander Thistlethwaite, Esq. of Hampshire, and eldest daughter of the late Joseph Bettesworth, Esq. of the Isle of Wight. 30. Lieutenant-Colonel Elphinstone, third son of the Honourable William Elphinstone, to Diana Maria, daughter of Charles Clavering, Esq. Oct. 2. At Rankeillor-street, by the reverend Dr Anderson, Alexander Hector, Esq. writer, Edinburgh, to Agnes Melville, daughter of Mr Patrick Mackay, merchant, Edinburgh. -At Vogrie-house, Warren Hastings Anderson, Esq. second son of David Anderson, Esq. of St Germains, to Mary Elizabeth, eldest daughter of James Dewar Esq. of Vogrie. 3. At Amelia Bank, Dundee, by the Rev. H. Horsley, Adam Hunter, Esq. M.D. surgeon, Edinburgh, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Johu Kirkcaldy. Esq. 5. At Edinburgh, the reverend Alexander Duncan, Dundee, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr Thomas Grieve, Nicolson-square. 6. At Comely Bank, Peter Cameron, Esq. in the service of the Hon. East India Company, to Mary Ann Allan, third daughter of Mr William Allan, Comely Bank. 9. At Cannoby, Mr Andrew Armstrong, surgeon, grenadier guards, to Jean, eldest daughter of Mr Fergus Armstrong, Cornerhouse. At Kemyshall, William Goldie, writer in Dumfries, to Janet, eldest daughter of Robert Dinwoodie, Esq. of Kemyshall. 10. At Crookston-house, by the Rev. Dr Peddie, James Greig, Esq. of Eccles, W.S. to Agnes, second daughter of John Borthwick, Esq. of Crookston. 16. At Mary-la-bonne New Church, London, Captain Lewis Mackenzie, Royal Scots Greys, to Nancy, only daughter of the late Samuel Forrester Bancroft, Esq. - At Balrymounth, Mr George Menzies, engraver, Edinburgh, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr James Clerk, Balrymounth. 17. At Hospitalfield, Capt. Fyfe, R.N. to Henrietta Elizabeth, third daughter of the late David Hunter, Esq. of Blackness. -At Hendersyde Park, Captain George Edward Watts, R.N. to Jane, youngest daughter of George Waldie, Esq. of lendersyde, Roxburghshire. -At Edinburgh, Mr James Smith, baker, Kirriemuir, to Agnes, daughter of Mr Hunter, Fountainbridge. 24. At Leith, Benjamin Pilliner, Esq. to Mrs Gwynne, widow of the Rev. Frederick Gwynne. In George's-square, Edinburgh, William Downie Gillon, Esq. to Miss Scolt of Sinton. 25. At Edinburgh, George William Tireman, Esq. of York, and of the Yorkshire regiment of hussars, to Charlotte, eldest daughter of Joseph Stainton, Esq. of Biggarshiells. -At Wakefield, William Campbell, Esq. W.S. Edinburgh, to Jane, second daughter of Hugh Cleghorn, Esq. of Stravithie. 26. At Leith, the reverend James Campbell, minister of Traquair, to Mary, daughter of Matthew Comb, Esq. brewer. 28. At Edinburgh, Mr David Irving, to Miss Laing, daughter of the late Mr Charles Laing, of Cannobie. 30. At Gordon Hall, Aberdeenshire, Gideon Cranstoun, Esq. of Xerez de la Frontera, in Spain, to Salvadora, eldest daughter of James Gordon, Esq. of the same place. At Edinburgh, Alexander Spiers Crawford, Esq. 79th regiment, or Cameronian Highlanders, to Margaret, eklest daughter of John Mitchell, Esq. Pitt-street. 31. At Montrose, Alexander Lindsay, Esq. se. cond son of the late James Fullerton Lindsay Carnegie, Esq. of Boysack, to Amy, daughter of Alexander Cruickshank, Esq. of Stracathro. Nov. 1. At Inverary, John Stewart, Esq. of Achadashinaig, to Margaret, daughter of John Campbell, Esq. of Craignure. DEATHS. April 5. At Calcutta, one of the most amiable and universally respected ladies of the settlement, Mrs Robert Campbell. May 2. At Madras, Sebastian Holford Greig, Esq. 7. At Samarang, Java, John Polwarth, Esq. 19. On his passage from Bombay to England, William George Burrell, M. D. surgeon of the 65th regiment of foot, son of the late Mr William Burrell, merchant in Edinburgh. Aug. 11. On board his Majesty's ship Tartar, Howard, third son of Colonel Sir Howard Douglas. 17. In Jamaica, Hugh Walker, Esq. of Carron Hill. Sept. 7. At Wickham, in her 19th year, Miss Georgiana Jane M'Donald, eldest daughter of Dr M'Donald, royal navy. 9. At Ramham, near Chatham, George, eldest son of Sir James Malcolm, of the royal marines. 13. At Bourdeaux, where she had gone for the recovery of her health, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr George Lyon, Edinburgh. 22. At Lasswade, Mr William Pedie, late of Mains of Dollar. -At Chapel-street, Grosvenor place, London, Catherine, daughter of the late Right Honourable Lady Janet, and Sir Robert Anstruther, Bart. of Balcaskie, Fifeshire. 29. At her house, Wellington-place, Leith Links, Ann Armstrong, wife of Mr Alexander Burnett, and only sister of the late reverend John Armstrong, A. M. 30. At Glenburn-hall, Thomas Ormiston, Esq. - At the Hirsel, Seigneor Guestenelli, at a very advanced age. Oct. 1. At Bickton-house, Lady Rolle. At Bognor, Sussex, Harriet, youngest daughter of Lord Spencer Chichester, deceased, and Lady Harriett Chichester. At Edinburgh, after a few days illness, James, youngest son of James Irvine, Esq. of Quebec, Lower Canada. At his house, Melville-street, Edinburgh, Charles Macpherson, Esq. late Inspector-General of Barracks for North Britain. 3. At Gateshead, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the Honourable Mrs Smith, sister to the Earl of Donoughmore and Lord Hutchinson. 4. At Stockbridge, Miss Margaret Irving, second daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Irving, 70th foot. 6. At Dundee, at the advanced age of 95, Miss Susanna Lyon, daughter of the late William Lyon of Carse, Esq. advocate, and grand-daughter of the late Lord Carse, one of the senators of the College of Justice. - At Whiterig-house, John David, aged ten months, son of the reverend David Baxter, minister of the parish of Lilliesleaf. -At Edinburgh, Helen, daughter of Thomas Bell, Esq. Wharton Place. 7. At the Manse of Sanquhar, the reverend W. Rankine, minister of that parish, in the 69th year of his age, and 35th of his ministry. 18. At his house, 18, Nielson-street, Edinburgh, 'Mr John Ramsay, of the Customs. -At Duddingston, John Hamilton Dundas of Duddingston, Esq. 9. At Currie, Walter Brown, Esq. of Currie. 10. At Edinburgh, Mrs Janet Liddell, wife of Thomas Bell, Esq. Wharton Place. 11. At Capledrae, Fifeshire, Margaret, third daughter of the late Mr William Mitchell, accountant, Bank of Scotland, Dunfermline. At Dalkeith-house, William Cuthill, Esq. -At Tweedside Lodge, Peebles, Mrs Grace Elizabeth Seton, relict of Mr John Bartram, writer in Edinburgh. - At his house of Hill Top, Staffordshire, James Keir, Esq. aged 85. - At Wooll, Charles Scott, Esq. of Wooll. 12. At Edinburgh, Mrs Margaret Miller, wife of Mr William White, merchant, Leith. - At Nether Barns, William Anderson, Esq. late of Jamaica. 13. At Edinburgh, Mrs Ann Ranken, relict of Mr David Allan, plumber in Edinburgh. 14. At London, in the prime of life, after a few days illness, Mary Stewart Mackenzie, youngest daughter of Mr Mackenzie, banker in Inverness. At Glasgow, Isabella Duncanson, daughter of the late Thomas Duncanson, merchant, Falkirk. -At Hermitage Brae, Elizabeth Brown, spouse of James Wishart, merchant, Leith. 15. At Cheltenham, Mary, the wife of Major Patrick Campbell, late of the 52d regiment. - At Edinburgh, Mrs Janet Blair, wife of Kenneth M'Kenzie, M. D. second daughter of the late William Blair, Esq. W. S. 16. Mrs Hagart, sen. of Bantaskine. -At his house, Clerk-street, Edinburgh, Mr Alexander Phillip, baker; and at the same place, on the 20th October, Mrs Janet Inglis, his wife. - At Bermondsey, London, John Millar, M. D. only son of Mr John Millar, Canongate. 17. At Edinburgh, Miss Janet Buchan, youngest daughter of the late John Buchan, Esq. of Letham. 18. At Edinburgh, Mr James M'Lachlan, student in divinity. At Sauchland, after a few hours illness, Mr John Ronaldson, aged 63. 19. At Leith, Mrs Ann Beugo, relict of the deceased Mr Alexander Balfour, cabinet-maker, Kinghorn. At her house, in Prince's-street, Edinburgh, Mrs Grace Ramsay, relict of the late David Ramsay, Esq. Craigleith. -At Strathaven, the reverend Dr John Scott, minister of that parish. 20. At Rainham, Kent, Jane Oliver, Lady of Sir James Malcolm, royal marines. At Edinburgh, Mr Robert Findlay, writingmaster and accountant, South Bridge. -At Home Lacy, Herefordshire, her Grace the Duchess of Norfolk. - At his house, Buccleuch Place, Mr Peter Anderson, merchant and general agent. At Aberdeen, Captain Hector M'Lean, formerly of the 42d regiment, and late Reay Highlanders. 23. At 34, Castle-street, Edinburgh, Miss Margaret Muat, of Lasswade Hill. -- At his house, Hill-place, Edinburgh, Mr Thomas Pyper, linen-draper. -At his house, Yardheads, Mr John Johnston, late baker in Leith. 25. At Gilmore-place, Edinburgh, James Tait, Esq. late of the Bahamas. 27. At Newmanswalls, near Montrose, in the 24th year of his age, Patrick, second son of the late reverend John Webster, minister of Inverarity. 27. At Leney, Catherine Lesly, daughter of the late John Hunter Spreull Crawford, Esq. of Cow donhill. At St Patrick-square, Edinburgh, Isabella Crawford, wife of Mr J. P. Lurchen, R. N. and daughter of Mr William Crawford, landsurveyor. At Glasgow, Dr Patrick Cumin, professor of Oriental Languages in the University of Glasgow. 29. At Edinburgh, in the 82d year of his age, the reverend John Touch, D. D. late minister of the Chapel of Ease, St Cuthbert's, to which charge he was inducted in 1766. 30. At Hawick, aged 89, Mr James Oliver, merchant there. Nov. 1. At St Ninians, near Wooler, H. H. St Paul, Esq. M. P. one of the representatives of the borough of Berwick. 2. At his house, in Hanover-street, Edinburgh, Mr John Cockburn, late baker there. Lately-At Annetto Bay, Kingston, Jamaica, of the yellow fever, Alexander, youngest son of the late Mr Alexander Pew, Leith. Oliver & Boyd, Printers, Edinburgh. BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. No. XLV. DECEMBER 1820. VOL. VIII. ON THE LITERARY CHARACTERS OF BISHOP WARBURTON AND DR JOHNSON. THE two greatest men of the last century in our national literature, the greatest in comprehensiveness of mind and variety of talent, were undoubtedly Bishop Warburton and Dr Johnson. For a long period of time, they exercised a kind of joint domination over the republic of letters-a dominion which, in the former, chiefly arose fram the hardy and unshrinking defiance of public opinion he exhibited, backed by extraordinary intellectual force and vigour; and, in the latter, had its origin in the universal awe and veneration his genius and character had excited. In the one, it was a tribute which fear of an immediate consequent castigation compelled all to pay; in the other, it was an homage more voluntary, because less enforced, to powers of the highest magnitude, and virtue of the most unblemished purity. The one, accounting dissent from his favourite theories as a crime of the blackest dye, punished all nonconformists to the idol he had set up with a most merciless measure of pains and penalties; while the latter, possess ing, indeed, not less of haughtiness and irritability, but more of prudence, had the good sense to leave to public opinion his justification against the attacks of his enemies. This joint and equal literary supremacy, notwith standing that it was occasionally disturbed by frequent murmurings of jealousy in the former, and growlings of fearless opposition in the latter, continued, without being shaken by intestine division, till the former had lost, in inanity and dotage, his great mental acuteness and strength,-and thus the latter had, by the departure of his rival, become the sole literary potentate of his country. Time, however, which as frequently consigns to neglect the meritorious productions of literature, as it showers down an increase of fame on the compositions of deserving genius, has long since quieted the bustle which the pen of Warburton always excited in his lifetime; and his name, once numbered amongst the mighty of the earth, has been for sometime subjected to a partial if not total neglect. As the Roman Catholic church treated the bones of Wickliffe with contumely, whom, living, they could not overcome; so the public seem determined to revenge upon Warburton, when dead, the contempt they experienced from his haughtiness, and the unwillingly-paid devotion which he enforced to his powers when living. And in the length of time which has elapsed from the period of his deccase to the present day, many a kick has been inflicted on the dead lion by animals who could not have dared to approach him while capable of defending and revenging himself.* Popular hostility, as well as private, ought, however, to give place to candid examination Amongst these, see one Watkins, the author of a book called Anecdotes of distinguished Characters; who, in a note to the work, would fain persuade us that Warburton was merely a man of great and extensive reading, without intellect, acuteness, or wit. VOL. VIII. 2 H |