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8. Indifferently when up, but by reason of bad nights, lost a great part of the forenoon.

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9. At Rotterdam, to try the benefit of a walk.

10. Was finely all the day.'!!!-vol. 1. pp. 23, 24.

The poor school-boy, it appears, was attacked, soon after this, with an ague, which drove him home to Yorkshire once more. The death of his father devolved upon him the cares of business at an early age. But we collect little from his 'Diary' of his progress in trade. He seems to have been chiefly taken up at this time in collecting prints, and pasting them in common-place-books, in writing extracts from memoirs of great men, and hearing sermons. Sometimes, too, he took a cheerful glass, for which, however, he afterwards thumps his breast most lustily.

March 15. Spent all day vainly and idly walking or talking, or doing worse-drinking in company, and though not to excess, yet more than was necessary. Evening, at Mr. J. W.'s in the same humour, &c. mihi peccatori.'!-vol. 1. p. 80.

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Somewhere about the year 1684, Ralph took unto himself a wife, of whose meekness, modesty, and submission, he speaks in the highest terms. After the occurrence of such a serious event as this, we should expect that his Diary would become more manly, and present some facts connected with the political events of the day. At all events, we thought we should not be disappointed, if we carefully examined his journal for 1688. But, alas, when we come to the latter part of that eventful year, we find that Ralph was no politician. His record of the revolution betrays almost the weakness of idiotcy.

Sept. 30. A strange face of affairs presents itself. We were told of an invasion from Holland, and that a Dutch fleet was seen off Scarborough and Hull; but it proved to be Torbay, where the Prince of Orange landed the 5th November, 1688. We underlings knew not what to make of these affairs, nor is it my design to intermix public with my private memoirs, otherwise than as they were merciful or afflictive to me and my family, with the neighbourhood; therefore shall take no notice of King James's abdication, (!) the seizing of York by the Earl of Danby, afterwards Duke of Leeds, Lord Fairfax, &c., or the reading in the Moot-hall, at Leeds, the Prince of Orange's declaration, by Jasper Blythman, Esq. afterwards recorder."!!-vol. 1. p. 188.

He does, however, immediately after break in upon this sage resolution, by giving a furious account of the 'flying army of Irish and massacring Papists, who, with unheard of cruelty, burnt and killed all before them.' Such was the alarm on one occasion, that the drums beat, the bells rang backward, the women shrieked, and such dreadful consternation seized upon all persons; some men, with their wives and children, left all behind them (even monies and plate upon the tables), and ran for shelter to the barns

*The editor of the Diary does not reconcile the dates in this passage.

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and haystacks in the fields.' Among the fugitives we expected to find Ralph Thoresby, Esq., but he, on the contrary, boldly took horse and arms to oppose the Papists, with thousands of others, when, just as they were all eager for the fray, it turned out to have been a false alarm, taken from some drunken people, who cried out horribly, murder! murder!' For such an age of fanaticism and folly, no man of the time was better suited than our hero. He was in himself an epitome of the mental imbecility and frenzy which so peculiarly characterized those evil times.

It would be a mere waste of time, if we were to proceed with any thing like regularity through these tiresome volumes. As the man grows older, he becomes more and more taken up with sermons and charities; things doubtless excellent in themselves, but which are not, at least to the extent that we have them here, very interesting subjects for a published Diary. The tone of his mind may be clearly traced through the following passages, which are extracted at random from his journal for 1722, when he was in the sixtyfourth year of his age::

May 22. Read and wrote till eleven; after abroad, inquisitive after the astonishing effects of the thunder-shower last Friday, in the vicinage of Halifax, where it took down part of Ripponden Chapel, bore down tw mills, and several houses and bridges, about twenty persons said to be drowned; corpses washed out of graves, &c.

23. Read Danbuz, &c.: wrote to my Lady Betty Hastings, till eleven; afternoon, at the funeral of Mrs. Robinson, widow, who diedin the ninety-second year of her age: she was one of the four that died the last half-year, whose ages amounted to 400 years.

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29. Morning, Dr. Brook preached the anniversary Sermon from Psalm lxxvii. 14,-let us, to our utmost, promote a national reformation, the way to which is, every person to reform one.

31. Finished the perusal of Lord Cobham's trial, a curiosity, printed beyond the sea at the beginning of the Reformation; wrote to Mr. Smith of Melsonby; afternoon, upon Manor business, till evening.

June 3. Die Dom. Read Vines and Henry. The Vicar proceeded from Peter ii. 1, 4, to the third head, what is required in order to confirmation. He particularly inveighed against plays, which reproof was the more necessary, because we have had in town a company of players six or eight weeks, which has seduced many, and got abundance of silver. Afternoon, walked to Holbeck, where Mr. Paley preached from "It is God gives the increase." I afterwards called with the Vicar at Alderman Milner's, to visit his son Cotton, from Staffordshire.

4. Read Danbuz and Henry; wrote till eleven, after fretting at a letter from Mr. Pendlebury, full of acrimony.

August 1. Morning, read Danbuz and Henry; then wrote to sons with 207. bill, advising to moderation, that others' intemperate zeal may not drive us to extremes. Mr. P. preached the anniversary sermon, and was sharp (as he ought) against anti-monarchical principles, but very tender of giving the least offence to non-jurors. After, to visit cousin Ald., and cousin S. after evening prayers.

3. Read and wrote till eleven; concluded Sir James Ware's Antiquities and History of Ireland, with his Commentary of the Prelates and Writers; is a useful book, but full of errata in the press, &c.

10. Read and wrote till eleven; after at Parson Robinson's, to learn what he has bequeathed to pious uses, which is considerable; see the particulars elsewhere; after which, visited by soine Londoners, to see the curiosities, with whom at a tenant's full late.

14. Read and wrote till eleven; after, had visitants to see museum till evening; after, sent for by Sir Roger Beckwith, about Norman and English coins.

23. Read; then writing about business till eleven; afternoon, with the Vicar, to see the foundation of the new Church in Boor-lane, and then showing the museum to a native of Norway; after, to visit cousin Aldburgh.

24. Received letters from Cambridge, that rejoiced my heart, for my son Richard's performances, &c.

27. Morning, read; then with workmen till near four, when, after an anthem sung by the charity children at the parish church, the mayor and aldermen, with the clergy and gentry, went in procession to the Burrowlane, where Parson Robinson laid the first stone of the new church (and three guineas under it for the workmen,) there was great rejoicing, and if the loud huzza seemed carnal to some, there was, I question not, much spiritual rejoicing in others; I stayed till past nine.

Sept. 6. Consulting manuscripts, &c. in a case wherein lawyer Wilson desired my assistance relating to Guisely living.

" 10. Read Danbuz, &c. till past two; had Parson Barnard and two of his quondam scholars, Mr. Mangy and cousin J. Whitaker, in library, till near evening prayers.

12. Read and wrote till eleven; dined at cousin Cookson's with cousin Idle, of London, with whom and Vicar, at the charity-school and new church till evening; at supper with them at cousin Wilson's.

14. Afternoon, transcribing notes from Chancellor Pearson's manuscript till evening.

17. Morning, read Danbuz, and transcribed from Dr. Pearson's manuscript till eleven; and afternoon, till four, to wait of the Lord Irwin, at cousin Wilson's.

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24. Morning, read; then wrote to the Bishop of Lincoln till eleven. Afternoon, to visit cousin Aldburgh; in return, Mr. Sagar gave me an account of the apparition himself saw; wrote a little till evening prayers.

27. Read Danbuz, and finished the perusal of Dr. Johnston, of Abbey Lands, 1687, wherein he would palliate matters; with this is bound up a curiosity. Pope Innocent the Eleventh's decree for suppressing the office of the Immaculate Conception, and several indulgencies. After dinner at the Bank; read and wrote, &c.

30. Die Dom. Read Whitby. Mr. Craister preached ingeniously from Eccles. vii. 16, "Be not righteous over much," against indiscretion: showing that many things in themselves good, may be had in excess; even

*Thoresby's old friend, Dr. Nathaniel Johnston, of Pontefract. The intent of the tract was to show the sufficiency of the titles to lands, formerly Abbey lands, founded on grants made by Henry VIII. and his successors.'

mortification, if to the prejudice of health; a thousand penances may not mortify one sin. 1. Be not conceited of thy own merit; those that see so much of their own, can see none in others; commonly, those who pry most into other men's concerns are most remiss in their own; measure not a man's state to God by what befalls him in this world. The reason assigned in the text is, lest thou destroy thyself. Afternoon, walked to Thurslet, where he preached from the parable of the sower, Matt. xiii. 4-8, which he explained very well.

Oct. 5. Read Whitby; writing accounts of some remarkable apparitions in pursuance of the late Bishop of Gloucester's request, the whole day, save when at Church.

7. Die Dom. Read Dr. Whitby, and Vines of the Sacrament, a judicious treatise; the twenty-second chapter, with many other places, shows him absolutely against separation, because of the sins of others, in a mixed congregation it not being a local but a moral conjunction that defiles. Mr. Paley preached from 1 Cor. xi. 26. My dear now first received at the Church. Afternoon, Mr. Day preached from Prov. xiii. 20, "A companion of fools shall be destroyed.'

· 10. Read and wrote; then at funeral of Cousin Job Isles; rest of day with Lords of Manor, it being the great Court day, till even.

18. Proceeding in ditto collection of apparitions, &c. except when at Church.

23. Morning, read Whitby; then finished the perusal of my late friend, Mr. Danbuz's Comment on the Revelations, which is brimful of uncommon learning; explaining the mystical as well as literal sense, and giving the history of the Christian Church in the several periods. All day within, save usual walks to Church.

Nov. 5. Morning, read Whitby: Mr. Day made a very ingenious nice discourse from Luke ix. 5, 6, 7, showing that Christianity is far from destroying men for religion's sake; those most given to persecution are greatest enemies to godliness. Showing that the Church of England observes a due medium betwixt the Romanists on the one hand, and the Separatists on the other; but, in the enumeration, trod gentlest upon the Non-jurors. Read a little; then had a gentleman from York to see collections. Evening, sent for per Mr. L.

11. Die Dom. Read Whitby the Vicar preached from Acts x. 1. insisted much upon the honour and happiness of building a new Church, and beautifying the old. (Memorandum. Now the communion table and space were enlarged to the pillars, that it is said will cost 807. though the former was esteemed decent.) Afternoon, Mr. Day, from 2 Tim. iii. 16, showed well that all scripture is profitable for doctrine, &c.; an unseasonable visit prevented noting the heads.

· 25. Die Dom. Morning; the Vicar preached very well from Lev. xxiii. 3, showing that the dedication of the seventh day to the worship of God was appointed at the creation, and no doubt observed by the antediluvian patriarchs before the renewal of it at Horeb, and the institution of the Christian Sabbath is confirmed by the practice of the apostles and of the Christian Church in all ages, and what is required to a due observation of the day. Read Charnock till evening prayers, when great disturbance, Mrs. Mangey being buried with torch-light.

'Dec. 9. Die Dom. Read as usually; Dr. Brook preached from

Luke iii. 4. Afternoon, at the funeral of my dear cousin Aldburgh; the Vicar preached from Isa. xxvi. 3, showing that the sense of own unworthiness may discourage a pious soul, but he must stay himself upon the mercy of God, and manifest his sincerity by his constant obedience; then gave a just character of her, but vastly short of her deserts, who to the advantages of a good family and religions education, added a most exemplary piety. This ingenious, pious, and charitable gentlewoman has left 107. to the charity-school.

14 and 15. Nothing remarkable at home, but a flood, wherein a child drowned and a soldier hardly escaped. Transcribed an indulgence for a wavering Romanist.'-vol. ii. pp. 340-345-344-349.

Such a man as this was truly well fitted to be a collector of curiosities. He died of a paralytic stroke on the 16th of October, 1726, His Diary, the reader must have already perceived, is fatiguing enough; but we find that there is still another volume to come of the Diarist's correspondence, from the autograph originals, with a general index to the journals and letters. When is this folly of printing manuscripts, simply because they were written a century ago, to have an end? Printed, indeed, they may be, and published too, but who is to read them?

ART. IX.-Travels in various Parts of Peru, including a Year's Residence in Potosi. By Edmond Temple, Knight of the Royal and distinguished Order of Charles III. In two volumes, large 8vo. London: Colburn and Bentley. 1830.

MR. TEMPLE or, if he ought to be styled Sir Edmond Temple from his badge of knighthood, let him imagine that plain Mister is meant throughout this article for Sir, as we have no idea of quarrelling with him for such a trifle-Mr. Temple, then, we must say, is one of the most sprightly travellers with whom we have been in South America for an age. We know not how often we have been over the Pampas since we galloped from Buenos Ayres to the Andes with Captain Head. As to Peru, we have traversed the whole country at least twenty times. Yet it is from us no small praise for Mr. Temple to admit that he has, with his good humoured gentlemanly way of telling his story, induced us to re-visit the whole of these scenes again, and, if we mistake not, he will be equally successful with a great many others, particularly those to whom South America is as yet a terra incognita, who will find in his volumes much to instruct them, and a great deal to amuse.

During that grand epoch of national wisdom and speculation, the famous annus mirabilis 1825, some of our readers may chance to recollect, among the projects of the day, one entitled the " Potosi, La Paz, and Peruvian Mining Association." This scheme, which the Baron de Humboldt was pleased to call a "grande et belle entreprise," was conducted upon a magnificent scale. The execution of it was entrusted to a long list of official persons, filling

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