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subjects would be inherited and deserved by his latest posterity. Lord Kenyon then distributed more medals; and, according to the gracious commands he had received, laid the first stone of the intended column in the name of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales*. Instantly a burst of joyful acclamations made the welkin ring; and the reverberation from mountain to mountain produced a most awful and impressive sensation. The Military then fired several rounds, and a feu de joie; and the musick breathed forth our national pathetic air of God save the King, with a most enchanting effect. The Military and most of the assemblage then began to descend the mountain to the respective towns of Denbigh, Ruthin, and Mold, where dinners were prepared, and the evening passed with the utmost hilarity and loyalty. Fire-works, oxen given away, and every thing suitable to the occasion, completed this festive day, dedicated to such a memorable national object. A day so noted in the annals of the Principality has perhaps never occurred; and the unanimous sympathy which prevailed could be produced only by the feelings of affection, duty, and gratitude, to the merits of a deservedly beloved and Patriot King.

It is impossible for him who has the honour of communicating this transaction, to give the publick an adequate idea of the impression made by the speech of Lord Kenyon, or the substance so accurately as could be wished: but he has the greatest satisfaction in reporting that which struck the whole of the circle around him; namely, the many excellent observations in the noble Lord's speech; and the affectionate loyalty so conspicuous in the delivery, clearly proved they emanated from a heart truly fraught with loyalty, religion, and gratitude. The Architect selected for the building is Mr. Harrison of Lancaster, already known as a man of the first classical taste, which the Castle of Chester, with its noble Hall of Justice, and other works most fully prove. It is said, his idea is to erect on the very apex of the mountain a lofty embattled tower, bearing some affinity to the turrets of Caernarvon Castle.

* His Royal Highness, with his usual munificence, presented 1994

Mr. Harrison then read the following inscription, to be fixed into the stone:

"This Stone was laid by

George Lord Kenyon, Baron of Gredington in Flintshire; he being graciously deputed by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, for and in his name to lay the same; when the Right Hon. Earl Grosvenor, and Sir Watkin Williams Wynne, Bart. were Lords Lieutenants of the Counties of Flint and Denbigh,

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in the Sheriffalty of

Richard Lloyd, of Fron Hawlog, and Francis Richard Price, of Bryn-y-pys, Esquires,

the presence of the Nobility, Gentry, and Yeomanry of each County. It being part of the foundation of an Edifice to be erected by Voluntary Subscription, in commemoration of our much beloved and revered Monarch GEORGE THE THIRD, King of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, completing the fiftieth year of His Glorious Reign,

and upon the 25th day of October, in the year of the Christian Æra 1810."

It ought not to be omitted, that Lord Kenyon*, upon this occasion, desirous that the Poor should participate in the general joy that prevailed, ordered a fat ox to be distributed in the neighbourhood of Mold, and likewise one in and about the town of Hanmer, in which parish bis Lordship has lately built an elegant residence by the same ingenious Architect; and several sheep he also distributed in smaller districts in the country.

After dinner," God save the King" was sung, concluding

"When to its kindred skies
His blessed spirit flies,
May future Georges rise

Like George our King.

The following additional stanzas were also composed for the day:

"O Lord our God, arise,
Scatter his enemies,

And make them fall.

*This very promising young Nobleman has been able since to purchase the mountain. This gives a happy opportunity to his loyalty and zeal to proceed and improve this romantic and delightful spot; and which, we understand, he will immediately undertake by enclosure, and by planting the rugged steeps that surround the sacred Editice.

Unnerve

Unnerve the Tyrant's hands;
Confound his servile bands;
To thee our hope expands ;
God save us all.

"Through fifty anxious years
Thy arm has still'd our fears,
And sav'd our King;
Still bless his fostering care,
And long our Monarch spare!
Lord, hear our fervent prayer!
Long live the King!

"And, as this joyous day
The grateful Pile we lay
To Britain's King;
By love, by freedom led,
We'll rear its towering head,
Firm as its rocky bed,

To George our King."

The Rev. R. Williams of Vrôn, not far from the mountain, was prevented by severe illness from attending the meeting; but, as his heart was with the loyal party, he took up his pen, and immediately shewed that his wellknown poetical powers had lost nothing of their pathetic force and excellence, by producing the following lines;

"Alas! on this auspicious day, When Cambria's sons their zeal display, That with remorse, disease, and anguish, A Bard on his sick bed should languish ! Though none more loyal were than he, How could he shew his loyalty? Lo! Fate decreed, for ends unknown, Left to lament, to pine alone; In sickness, silence, sadness, mourning, With heartfelt disappointment burning; Unconscious of the glorious sight Upon Moel Famma's awful height, Where Cambria told, with joy unfeign'd, How long her gracious King had reign'd; Though here my languish'd body lay, My heart was there as blithe as May: In thought I saw the jovial rout, In thought I join'd the loyal shout, In thought I heard Moel Famma ring, Loud echoing, Long live the King.' And while one spark of life remains, Still will I join the loyal strains, And never, never cease to pray To Heaven to bless this happy day."

The coins and medals deposited under the first stone were put into a vase, and consisted of the following:

A Guinea of George III.

A Half-Guinea after the Union with Ireland.

A gilt Medal of his Majesty, on his completing the 50th year of his reign, with the motto "We praise thee, O God."

A white Medal of his Majesty on the same occasion, expressing also the Union with Ireland, and the universal joy of the Nation.

A bronze Medal of his Majesty; the reverse alluding to the Victories of the War, especially Lord Nelson's glorious Victory of the Nile, 1798.

A bronze Medal of his Majesty, on his preservation from an assassin in 1800. A bronze medal on the Union with Ireland, in Jan. 1801.

A bronze Medal on the Peace 1802. A bronze Medal of the Prince and Princess of Wales.

A bronze Medal of Earl Howe, on his glorious Victory 4th June, 1794.

A bronze Medal of Marquis Cornwallis, on receiving Tippoo Sultan's Sons as Hostages in 1792.

A brouze Medal of Lord Nelson, from the Statue erected at Birmingham to his glorious memory.

Mr. URBAN,

Feb. 4.

DOUBTLESS Quærens, (volume LXXX. Part II. page 621.) thought there was no more occasion

to collate one Edition of the Common Prayer Book with another, than to compare the King's Printer's copy of an Act of Parliament with the Parliament Rolls; yet such is the fallibility even of Publications receiving the sanction of Authority, that had Quærens referred to the old Editions of the Common Prayer (I mean of 60 or 80 years ago), he would have found that "Easter day is always the first Sunday after the first full moon which happens next after the one and twentieth day of March." That the introduction of the words "upon or" previous to those of twenty-first of March, is an interpolation in the latter Editions, is evident, because the result of a calculation by the Table, in the very same Edition in which the latter words are introduced, shewing in each year the day on which Easter falls, contradicts the rule itself, so altered-Thus for 1810, Dominical Letter G, Golden Number 6. against which stands 22d April for Easter day, which, as stated by Quærens, would be incorrect if calculated according to the altered rule. Practice, therefore, is in unison with my conclusion. Mr. Reeves, in his valuable and beautiful Edition of the Common Prayer, has fallen into the same (presumed) error as in those issuing from the Clarendon Press.

With respect to the year 1802, Quærens has, mis-stated the fact.Easter day was celebrated on the 18th, in conformity with the Rule, and not on the 15th. A CONSTANT READER.

ADVICE TO YOUNG LADIES

LEAVING SCHOOL, AND ENTERING INTO THE WORLD.

No. II. DISRESPECT TO SERVANTS.

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Eloisa and her Maid.

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extravagance and folly. with the splendour of riches, she conLOISA GRANDCHAMPS, the sidered them as sufficient to command

chant, was bred at one of those public seminaries which are established for the education of ladies of the first rank; but where, at a great expence, they commonly learn little else than pride, envy, and selfishness. The celebrated Madame Campan, who has educated most of the Princesses of the present Dynasty, and who keeps the most expensive seminary at St. Germain, near Paris, was the Governess of Eloisa. Italian singers and musicians, opera dancers, and artists of the first rate, were called in, to initiate the young Ladies in music, dancing, and drawing. Manners, deportment, and haut ton, were the prin cipal pursuits of the young Ladies; and geography, history, and composition, were considered as secondary attainments, which might be acceptable in a young woman entering into the world, but which were by no means to be put in comparison with the fascinations attached to the knowledge of taste, fashion, and grand monde. Having remained there about ten years, and being turned of fifteen, her parents, supposing her education to be nearly completed, thought proper to take her home. Eloisa was tall, and finely formed; her features were regular, her complexion delicate, and her person tout ensemble, even among ladies, allowed to be truly elegant.

Her parents, who affected to be very fond of her, were proud of introducing her to the fashionable circle of their acquaintance. With her personal accomplishments they were so charmed, that they paid very little attention to those of her mind : indeed, had she possessed any, they would soon have been overpowered by Mr. and Mrs. Grandchamps; who, from a desire to display their riches, surrounded her with all the superficial embellishments of grandeur and fashion. Besides a maid and footman, who were under her immediate orders, she could at any time command all the numerous retinue of servants belonging to the family. The young lady, thus surrounded, began to exert all her faculties in schemes of

those of the family, with hauteur; never spoke to them but in an imperious tone and with looks of disdain; and really behaved to them in all respects as if they had been of a nature inferior to that of brutes.

Mr. and Mrs. Grandchamps, who affected to love their daughter (I repeat the words, affected to love, because I cannot believe, that parents who are truly fond of their children would part with them for ten years without once seeing them), were so entirely devoted to Eloisa's fancies and whims, that they hardly gave her time to desire, before her desires were gratified. As they were very rich, and had retired from business, their principal thoughts were turned towards the well-marrying of Eloisa. For this purpose they took a large house at Paris, increased the number of their servants, and began to adopt a princely mode of life, by giving grand dinners to persons of quality, from which they excluded their old acquaintance, as being unqualified, by their commercial habits, for associating with persons of rank and fashion. To be honoured with the company of Dukes, Marquisses, and Counts, who, at the very time they were feasting at their table, despised them as being so much their inferiors in rank, they shunned the society of some honest merchants, formerly their intimate and most faithful friends. In a short time, therefore, their house was crowded with adventurers, who, with real or fictitious titles, found it very comfortable to have a house, where, at any time, and without being invited, they could partake of a splendid dinner, in which magnificence, daintiness, and profusion, were always united.

Among those who frequented the house of Monsieur Grandchamps, was a young man named St. Clair. He was one of those coxcombs who esteem nothing but themselves; and, being of bold and impudent manners, his noise and flutter was soon observed by the frivolous Eloisa. After they had exchanged some glances at each other, St. Clair made a declara

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tion of love to Miss Grandchamps, and proposed to enter into a secret correspondence with her; but how to carry it on was rather difficult to devise for Mrs. Grandchamps, though entirely led away by her prejudices in favour of gaiety and ostentation, watched her daughter so narrowly, that she never suffered her to go any where alone.

Fanny, my young lady's maid, a faithful servant, had lived twenty years in the family; she had nursed Eloisa, of whom she was extremely fond, notwithstanding all the ill-treatment that she had received at her hands since her return from school. Eloisa, when in a passion, used not only to call her opprobrious names, but threaten to discharge her; nay, such was the violence of her temper, that, more than once, she so far forgot herself, as to strike poor Fanny, who contented herself with shedding tears, and deploring the bad education that her mistress had received.

Eloisa's pride was, however, obliged to stoop; for she was in want of a confidante, and well knew that she was tenderly loved by Fanny. One morning, therefore, while Fanny was dressing her, she began to flatter her, appeared convinced of her sedulity and attachment, and said that she would make her happy, and improve her situation in life, with the addition of many other remarks, which greatly astonished Fanny. "Do you love me, Fanny?" said Eloisa. "You know I do," was the reply of the maid. · "Should you like me to supply you with all the fine things which I promised you?"-" I want nothing, Miss, but to remain in your service, and to be well treated." "But if I were to give you a good deal of money and many clothes, should you not like me better?". "No, Miss; not at all more than I do now," "Well, but if somebody were to give you a letter for me, or if I were to send you with one, would you not do it ?”. "That I would.". "But you should say nothing to my mother."- "Why not? I hope you don't mistrust your mother. My duty, you know, is, to do nothing without informing her of it; if, therefore, you put into my hands a letter to carry, I must show it to your mother; and, if she consent, I will deliver it immediately." At these GENT. MAG. February, 1811.

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words Eloisa flew into a rage, and began to abuse Fanny violently. She afterwards treated her cruelly, and took every method to force her to ask for her dismissal. The unhappy maid, however, so far from thinking of going away, had resolved to endure all the ill-treatment of her mistress, hoping that, one day or other, she would act more justly towards her.

While the unfortunate Fanny was consoling herself with the hope of an alteration in the temper of her mistress, the haughty Eloisa, seeing that she could never prevail upon her to deviate from her duty, resolved to get rid of her. She represented to her mother, that she was made very unhappy by Fanny, whom she charg ed with many faults; that her own temper was ruffled by the contradictions of her maid; and that, there fore, she must beg for her dismissal. Mrs. Grandchamps, who had not the heart to contradict her child, was, weak enough to dismiss Fanny, and engage another maid for her daugh, ter. The heart of Fanny was ready, to break when she left Mr. Grandchamps' house and her Eloisa; for so she had been accustomed to call her,, because she had nursed her from her birth till she went to school.

As the servant-maid who succeeded Fanny was of a quite opposite cha-: racter, she listened to all the propo sals of Eloisa, and conducted them with all the privacy which a secret correspondence requires. By the intrigues of this servant, whose views were entirely interested, the way was paved for their private interviews, which terminated in the ruin of Eloisa. Circumstances were so far advanced before the disclosure was made, that Mr. Grandchamps was obliged to con sent to the marriage of his daughter to Count St. Clair, who was soon dis covered to be of a most dissipated and abandoned character. In a few years he squandered away the large dowry which he had received with his wife, and died in a prison, wherein he had been confined for debt, forsaken by the gay companions of his convivial hours- the common lot of extrava gance, debauchery, and folly. Eloisa, being thus destitute of relief, and abandoned by those very friends, who, when she was in the sunshine of her prosperity, and in the bosom of affluence,

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Had protested eternal friendship, and bad displayed a generous emulation with each other in the tender of their services, was now obliged to return to her father's house, a miserable spectacle of disobedience and ingratitude.

About that time, or a few weeks after, it was discovered, that Mr. Grandchamps was one of the subscribers to the loan which had been opened in England for the Pretender (as he was called) Louis the XVIIIth. He was consequently arrested, with several of the most respectable bankers and merchants in Paris, who were all sent to prison, with their wives, children, and relations. It is well known, that on the second of September, 1792, a greal massacre commenced in the prisons of Paris, which lasted five days and nights, during which time they murdered all the prisoners without any trial. Mr. Grandchamps, his wife, and daughter, were in the gaol called St. Pelagie, and were expecting every minute to share the dreadful fate of their fellow prisoners. During the two first days and nights, they heard nothing but the groans of expiring victims, and saw nothing but executioners besmeared with the blood of those unfortunate wretches who had fallen sacrifices to republican fury and madness. The sustenance which they received was black bread, and water dyed with the gore of the numerous sufferers who were incessantly butchered to gratify the insatiable desire for blood which actuated the revolutionary chiefs. A horrible thought this- a thought at which human nature recoils, that, at the time we are receiving that food designed by the Supreme Being for the support and nourishment of our bodies, we are imbibing the blood of some dear relative, on the extinction of whose existence depends our own. On the third day, about 3 o'clock in the morning, they heard the bolts of their dungeon fly open, and, being persuaded that their last hour was arrived, kneeled down and prayed, embracing each other, as for the last time. Their prayers were fervent; their tears, their sighs, their groans, were mingled. Three men of fierce aspect, covered with rags dipped in blood, with their arms bared above the elbows, and holding

in their hands large swords reeking

with blood, followed a kind of officer of small stature, dressed much like his companions. Scarcely had they entered this dungeon, and in a pierc ing voice called out for Mr. Grandchamps, his wife, and daughter, when Mrs. Grandchamps and Eloisa, who had only a glance at them, fainted away, and fell motionless on the floor. Mr. Grandchamps recommended his soul to God and, taking his last adieu of his wife and daughter, who were almost insensible to his endearments, was dragged out by one of the murderers, while the two others carried in their arms Mrs. Grandchamps and Eloisa. The little officer led the way.

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When they arrived at the door, which had been made the usual place of execution, they were stopped by the executioners, who with visible pleasure were unmercifully butchering every one that was brought thi ther. The little officer, being asked whither he intended to take those three wretches, boldly answered, "Citizens! we are going to conduct them to the Place de Grève *. The punishment which you would inflict upon them here would be too mild they are to be quartered and divided among the people." Speaking in a firm tone, he continued to lead the victims forth, and they were suffered to pass freely. As there were few people in the streets so early in the morning, they proceeded unmolested, and at length arrived at the middle of a long narrow lane. Here the officer ordered the men to stop; and taking the two ladies, who were not yet recovered, into a coach standing purposely on the spot, gave a purse to the three men who had assisted him, and bade them adieu.

The men went away very peaceably, and the pretended officer ordered the coachman to drive to his house in the suburbs. They alighted at the entrance of a small court; and the ladies, who had by this time recovered, were shewn, with Mr.. Grandchamps, into a small room on the fifth story; where a cheerful fire, clean clothes, and a good breakfast, were prepared for them. They were struck with astonishment at the singularity of the proceedings, but did not dare utter a word; when, all at

* The ordinary place of execution.

once,

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