enter or come between the house, as long as the sitting is there, upon pain of imprisonment, or such other punishment as by the house shall be ordered and adjudged. Also, every person of the Parliament ought to keep secret, and not to disclose the secret and things done and spoken in the Parliament-house, to any manner of person, unless he be one of the same House, upon pain of being sequestred out of the House, or otherwise punished, as by order of the House shall be appointed. Also, none of the Parliament ought to depart from the Parliament without special leave obtained from the Speaker of the House, and the same his license should be also recorded. Also, no person being out of the Parliament-house, ought to come into the same during the sitting of the same; so every one coming into the same, oweth a duty and reverence to be given when he entereth and cometh iu. If a Baron or Lord come and enter into the higher House, he ought to do his obeisance before the cloth of the estate and so take his place. Also, when he speaketh, he ought to stand bare-headed, and speak his mind plainly, sensibly, and in decent order. If any come in message, or be sent for to the higher House, they must stay at the inner door until they be called in; and then, being entered, must first make their obeisance; which done, they go to the lower end of the House, and there stay until they be called; and being called, they must first make one low courtsey, and obeisance, and going forwards must, in the middle way, make one other low courtesy; and then being come forth to the bar, must make the third courtesy; the like must be done at the departure. Also, when any knight, citizen, or burgess, doth enter or come into the lower House, he must make his dutiful and humble obeisance at his entry in, and then take his place. And you shall understand, that as every such person ought to be grave, wise, and expert, so ought he to show himself in his apparel; for in times past none of the Counsellors of the Parliament came otherwise than in his gown, and not • From a motion that was made in the House of Commons, in the year 1613, it appears that the members in the last Parliaments of Elizabeth wore gowns. armed nor girded with a weapon. For the Parliament-house is a place for wise, grave, and good men, to consult, debate, and advise how to make laws, and order for the Commonwealth, and not to be armed as men ready to fight, or to try matters by the sword. And, albeit, the writ for the election of the knights have express words to choose such for knights as be girded with a sword; yet it is not meant thereby that they should come and sit armed, but be such as be skilful in feats of arms, and besides their good advices, can well serve in martial affairs; and thus the Roman senators used, who, being men of great knowledge and experience, as well in martial affairs, as in politic causes, sat always in the senate-house and places of council, in their gowns and long robes. The like, also, was always, and hath been the order in the Praliament of this realm, as long as the ancient laws, the old customs, and good order thereof, were kept and observed. If any person or persons, either in message, or being sent for, do come, he ought to be brought in by the serjeant, and at the first entering, must (following the serjeant) make one low obeisance, and being part in the middle way, must make one other, and when he is come before the speaker he must make the third, and then do his message; the like order he must keep in his return. But if he do come alone, or with his learned counsel to plead any matter, or answer to any objections, he shall enter, and go no farther than to the bar within the door, and there do his three obeisances, When any Bill is committed, the committees have not authority to conclude, but only to order, reform, ex. amine, and amend the thing committed unto them; and of their doings they must give report to the House again, by whom the Bill is to be considered. Every Bill which is brought into the House, must be read three several times, and upon three several days. And a Bill, which upon any reading is committed and returned again, ought to bave its three readings, unless the committees have not altered the Bill in any substance or form, but only in certain words. Also, when any Bill upon any reading is altogether by one consent rejected, or by voices after the third reading overthrown, it ought not to be brought any more to be read during that session of Parliament. If any man do speak unto a Bill, and be out of his matter, he ought to be put in remembrance of the matter by the speaker only, and by none other, and be willing to come to the matter. Whensoever any person doth speak to any Bill, he ought to stand up, and to be bare-headed, and then with all reverence, gravity, and seemly speech, to declare his mind. But whenever any Bill shall be tried, either for allowances, or to be rejected, then every one ought to sit, because he is then as a judge. Also, every knight, citizen, and burgess, before he do enter into Parliament, and take his place there, ought to be sworn, and to take his oath, acknowledging the king to be the supreme and only governor of all the estates within the realm, as also to renounce all foreign potentates. EXTEMPORANEOUS LINES, To visit his snug little farm of the earth, He rambled, and over the plain: BANK OF ENGLAND. The Bank of England, which is the greatest for the circulation of money in Europe, was incorporated in the 5th years of William and Mary, by the name of the Governors and Company of the Bank of England: in consideration of the loan of 1,200,000l. granted to the government; and for which the subscribers received almost 8 per cent. By this charter, the company are not to borrow uuder their common seal, unless by Act of Parliament; they are not to trade, or suffer any person in trust for them to trade, in any goods or merchandize; but they may deal in bills of And backwards and forwards he switch'd his exchange, in buying or selling bullion, long tail, As a gentleman switches his cane. and foreign gold or silver coin, &c. By an act of parliament, passed in the 8th and 9th years of William III. they were empowered to enlarge their His coat it was red, and his breeches were blue, capital stock to 2,201,1717. 108. It "And pray now, how was the devil drest ?” Oh, he was in his Sunday's best; With a hole behind, which his tail went through, He saw a lawyer killing a viper On a dunghill by his own stable; And the devil he smiled, for it put him in mind . Of Cain and his brother Abel. He saw an apothecary on a white horse, And again be smiled, for it put him in mind He saw school-boys acting prayers at morn, And, "Oho, Mr. Dean," he shouted, "I ween And the devil did grin, for his darling sin was then also enacted; that bank stock should be a personal and not a real estate; that no contract either in word or writing, for buying and selling bank-stock, should be good in law, unless registered within the books of the Bank within seven days, and the stock transferred in fourteen; and that it shall be felony, without benefit of clergy, to counterfeit the common seal of the bank or any sealed bank-bill, or bank-note, or alter or erase such bills or notes. By another act passed in the 7th of Queen Anne, the company were empowered to augment their capital to 4,402,3431. and they then advanced 400,000l. more to the government; and in 1714, they advanced He saw swim down the river, with wind and another loan of 1,500,000l. In the tide, A pig, with vast celerity: third year of the reign of King George Oh, it cnt its own throat, and he thought the I. the interest in their capital stock while Of England's commercial prosperity. He pass'd Cold-Bath-Fields, and saw A solitary cell; was reduced to 5 per cent. When the Bank agreed to deliver up as many Exchequer bills, as amounted to And the devil he paused, for it gave him a hint 2,000,000l. and to accept an annuity of For improving his prisons in hell. 100,000l. And it was declared lawful for the Bank to call from their members, in proportion to their interest in the capital stock, such sums of money as in a general court should be found necessary. If any member should neglect to pay his share of the monies so called for, at the time appointed by notice in the London Gazette, and fixed upon the Royal Exchange, it should be lawful for the Bank, not only to stop the dividend of such member, and to apply it towards the payment of the money in question, but also to keep the transfers of the shares of such defaulters, and to charge him with an interest of 5 per cent. per annum, for the money so omitted to be paid; and if the principal and interest should be three months unpaid, the Bank should then have power to sell so much of the stock belonging to the defaulter as would satisfy the same. After this, the Bank reduced the interest of the 2,000,0001. lent to the government, from 5 to 4 per cent., and purchased several other annuities, which were afterwards redeemed by the government, and the national debt due to the Bank, reduced to 1,600,000. But in 1742, the Bank engaged to supply the government with 1,600,000l. at 3 per cent., which is now called the 3 per cent. annuities; so that the government was now indebted to the company3,200,000, the one half carrying 4, the other 3 per cent. The company of the Bank are obliged to keep cash, not only to answer the common, but also any extraordinary demand that may be made upon them; and whatever money they have by them, over and above the sum supposed necessary for the purpose, they employ in what may be called the trade of the company; that is to say, in discounting bills of exchange, in buying of gold and silver, and in government securities, &c. Bank-stock may not improperly be called a trading stock, since with this they deal very largely in foreign gold and silver, in discounting bills of exchange, &c. The company is under the direction of a governor, deputy-governor, and twen ty-four directors, who are annually elected by the general court, in the same manner as the East India Com pany. Thirteen or more compose a Court of Directors for managing the affairs of the company. The stability. of the Bank of England is equal to that of the British government. All that it has advanced to the public must be lost before its creditors can sustain any THE REV. SIR HENRY BATE This gentleman who, for above half conspirators were in deliberation, and with the help of a few followers secured the ringleaders, notwithstanding the rioters were armed, and fired at him. He received, in consequence, a handsome piece of plate presented by the county. He performed a variety of other acts as a magistrate equally laudable, and was no less strict in the observance of his clerical duties. He was the proprietor of the perpetual advowson of Bradwell near the Sea, which he had himself created from a deserted marsh, taking large portions of the land from the sea, and expending an ample fortune in general improvements. He was at one period Rector of Kilcoran, and Chancellor of the Diocese of Ferns, in Ireland, and afterwards Rector of Willingham, in Cambridgeshire, (where he succeeded the present Bishop of Chester), and one of the Prebendaries of Ely. To Sir Henry Dudley the country is in a great measure indebted for one of its ornaments--Gainsborough. His patronage of this excellent painter in early life principally contributed to his subsequent success. He was also the patron of De Lolme, who wrote the work upon the Constitution; Lavoisier, who established the present beautiful system of chemistry; and of every man of merit who needed and solicited his assistance. Mr. Croker (the present secretary to the Admiralty, and M.P.) on his outset in life, was perhaps under no small obligations to him. Sir Henry was the intimate friend of Garrick, of the Earl of Sandwich (who patronised Captain Cook), of the elder Colman, of Cumberland, of Bonnel Thornton, of Mrs. Cowley, and the associate of all the wits of his day. He first discovered the merits of Mrs. Siddons, who was then perform ing in a barn at Cheltenham, and mentioned her to Garrick, who commissioned him to engage her, leaving the salary to his discretion. Sir Henry was acquainted with the private histories of all the families, and with most of the persons of the court of George the Third, in regard to whose reign he could "tales unfold" that would throw no faint light upon history. Having been formerly honoured by the society and the confidence of his present Majesty, even in matters of extreme delicacy, he had so full an opportunity of observing the most amiable private qualities of his Majesty, that he was ever through life most ar dently attached to his person. He was equally devoted whether Whig or Tory were in power. This gave to his politics an appearance of want of principle, when the vacillation to opposite parties was itself produced by priciples more amiable than those which influence politicians generally. As a summary of Sir Henry Dubley's character, we may say that the love of enterprise was the main-spring of his actions through life, which necessarily subjected him to some varieties of for tune and situation; but in every cir cumstance he was a gentleman of polished manners, and the most liberal feelings. EDWARD GRAINGER, ESQ. LECTURER OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. The loss of ordinary individuals is felt only by a few relations and friends, but the death of distinguished men excites a more general and lasting interest, because their genius contributes to elevate the character of the species, When a man of this class is cut untimely off, through his great exertions in the cause of human improvement, our admiration is higher and our regret deeper; for then we view him as the victim of generous efforts; and recollecting what he performed, lament that he did not live to realize his brightest anticipations. These remarks are peculiarly applicable to the late Mr. Edward Grainger, whose early attainments and virtues raised him to the first rank in his profession, and whose life ended, when the fairest earthly prospects had been opened out by his rare talents and assiduity, Mr. Edward Grainger was the son of a highly respectable surgeon, who now resides at Birmingham, and from whom, after he had completed a classical education, he received the first rudiments of medical science. He passed through the usual studies in London with uncommon credit, and having become a member of the College of Surgeons, commenced in June, 1819, at the early age of twenty-two years, a course of lectures on anatomy and physiology, in the Borough. Lord Bacon says, that men are wise, not by years, but by hours, and the result showed how competent Mr. Edward Grainger was to discharge the duties of his office; for his class increased in such unexampled numbers, that being compelled to quit a spacious apartment fitted up for demonstrations, he erected, in 1821, a commodious theatre, near Guy's Hospital, with every convenience necessary fer the study of anatomy. His class, however, still continuing to augment in the same proportion, he converted the first theatre into a museum, and built a much larger one, which he opened in October 1823, surrounded by nearly three hundred pupils, into whom he had infused an enthusiasm for the profession, which was only to be equalled by their respect for his abilities, and their esteem for his personal character. But, alas! at this very period, when all seemed so prosperous, an insidious disease, the consequence of his exceesive labours, began to display itself, and in despite of the attentions of his friends, and the endeavours of the faculty, it advanced and terminated his life on the 13th January 1824, in the 27th year of his age. The causes which led so rapidly to the high and deserved reputation of Mr. Edward Grainger were, first, his intimate knowledge of the structure and functions of the human body; secondly, his surprising power of arranging and exhibiting that knowledge so distinctly, as to make what he taught plainly intelligible; and, thirdly, the deep interest which he took in the welfare and improvement of his pupils, being at all times their sincere friend and accessible preceptor. When it is considered that anatomy and physiology constitute the only true basis of medical science, and how deeply important that science is in its practical application, the death of such a man is not a greater calamity to his friends than it is a loss to the profession and public; indeed, this loss can only be correctly estimated by those who have felt and perceived the great benefits which resulted from his brief and brilliant career. Mr. Edward Grainger was not only a distinguished teacher, but an excellent man; dutiful as a son, affectionate as brother, faithful as a friend, and kind as a master. In all respects, he was worthy of being held up as an example to those medical teachers who wish to unite public utility with private virtue, and if ever again one so young should become so eminently useful in the same path, the writer of this short memoir would hope that the grave may not be prematurely closed over him, as it has been over the lamented friend whose memory claims this melancholy tribute of regard. POETRY. A PORTICAL RECEIPT FOR MAKING AN of oats décorticated take two pound, A POETICAL RECEIPT TO MAKE A SACKPOSSET. From far Barbadoes, on the western main, Fetch sugar half-a-pound; fetch sack from Spain, A pint; then fetch from India's fertile coast, Nutmeg, the glory of the British toast. OF INSTINCTS. The salmon suffers no surmountable obstacle to oppose her progress up the stream of fresh rivers. And what does she do there? She sheds a spawn, which she immediately quits, in order to return to the sea; and this issue of her body she never afterwards recognizes in any shape whatever. Where shall we find a motive for her efforts and perseverance? Shall we seek it in argumentation, or in instinct. The violet crab of Jamaica performs a fatiguing march of some months continuance, from the mountains to the sea side. When she reaches the coast, she casts her spawn into the open sea, and sets out upon her return home. Moths and butterflies, as hath already been observed, seek out for their eggs those precise situations and substances in which the offspring caterpillar will find its appropriate food. That dear caterpillar, the parent butterfly must never see. There are no experiments to prove that she would retain any knowledge of it, if she did. How shall we account for her conduct? I do not mean for her art and judgment in selecting and securing a maintenance for her young, but for the impulse upon which she acts. What should induce her to exert any art, or judgment, or choice, about the matter? The undis |