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Colville.

ejaculations for his welfare . The finer fibres of sensibility must be exquisitely affected by such a scene ; a father , his wife and daughter by his side , in the act of taking leave of a darling son—the whole grotipe in tears—the son begging his parents' blessing—the little infants of the different slaves clinging around him with all the ardour of disinterested affection . —Kindred souls ! though Nature has cast ye in her roughest mouldyet do ye often appear much more

respec-, table in her drama than characters of a whiter hue : while I have p itied the hardness of your lot , I have frequently envied the refinement of your feelings . May your race see better days , and may the memory of that man , who exerts himself in so laudable a cause , be for ever engraven on the tablet of every honest heart as the benefactor of mankind ! You , Colville , rendered their shackles as light as

the innate goodness of your heart could devise : but , worthy man , slavery is , do what you p lease , a bitter pill ; 'it is thou , Liberty , thrice sweet and gracious goddess , whom all in public or in private worship , whose taste is grateful , and ever will be so , till-Nature herself shall change ; no tint , of words can spot thy snowy mantle , or chemic power turn thy sceptre into iron V The charge of William ' s conduct during the different vacations " at

Eton was assigned to a distant relation of Mr . Colville , who resided in England , and who had frequently expressed an earnest desire of shewing attention to any branch of the family . The season now approached when property in a West-India Island requires a considerable degree of care and circumspection . Mr . Colville had , from his long residence in the island , acquired a perfect knowledge of the system of the different species of cultivationand

, had consequently been generally blessed ( as far as the weather permitted ) with abundant crops . This year seemed to insure a plentiful harvest . Frequently would he , with a domestic eye , nicely calculate his expectations ; frequently anticipate the advantages he should reap : nor did this proceed from avarice ; no—it was not the calculation of a miser , but the fond expectation of a parent—the generous

idea of rearing his family in ease and affluence gave rise to these reflections . But wayward fate was hovering over his head , and the storm that threatened the prosperity of his family was about to burst forth . Short-sighted mortals ! lulled by an ideal opiate , we grasp at happiness , and find it but a shadow . Hapless Colville 1 the sword is suspended over you with a silken thread : as you have tasted the sweets of Prosperitj - , you must now , in return , drink deep from the cup of Adversity 1

The lovely Louisa had just attained her fourteenth year . To an elegant foim was added a most bewitching countenance : nor were the graces of her person in any degree superior to the accomplishments of her mind . Her mother had inspected her education with the most scrutinizing perseverance , and had instructed her in every branch that was requisite to render her an accomplished woman . She danced gracefully , and played admirably . Nor had Mrs Colville omitted the instruction of more domestic concerns : she initiated her jn the ceconomy of a kitchen and the arrangement of a pantry , wisely

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LONDON: Article 2
TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE, AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY,. Article 4
PROCEEDINGS OF A GREAT COUNCIL OF JEWS, Article 5
HAWKESWORTH ON ROBERTSON'S HISTORY. Article 10
COLVILLE. Article 12
THE LIFE OF XIMENFS, ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO. Article 18
WISDOM AND FOLLY. Article 26
LONGEVITY. Article 30
ORIGIN OF THE LAND-TAX PLAN. Article 31
HORRID EFFECTS OF DISSIPATION. Article 32
RULES AGAINST SLANDER. Article 32
THE STORY OF APELLES. Article 34
SISTER OF MR. WILKES. Article 34
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 35
THE COLLECTOR. Article 39
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 42
A SERMON; Article 45
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 49
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 50
POETRY. Article 58
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 60
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 64
OBITUARY. Article 69
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Colville.

ejaculations for his welfare . The finer fibres of sensibility must be exquisitely affected by such a scene ; a father , his wife and daughter by his side , in the act of taking leave of a darling son—the whole grotipe in tears—the son begging his parents' blessing—the little infants of the different slaves clinging around him with all the ardour of disinterested affection . —Kindred souls ! though Nature has cast ye in her roughest mouldyet do ye often appear much more

respec-, table in her drama than characters of a whiter hue : while I have p itied the hardness of your lot , I have frequently envied the refinement of your feelings . May your race see better days , and may the memory of that man , who exerts himself in so laudable a cause , be for ever engraven on the tablet of every honest heart as the benefactor of mankind ! You , Colville , rendered their shackles as light as

the innate goodness of your heart could devise : but , worthy man , slavery is , do what you p lease , a bitter pill ; 'it is thou , Liberty , thrice sweet and gracious goddess , whom all in public or in private worship , whose taste is grateful , and ever will be so , till-Nature herself shall change ; no tint , of words can spot thy snowy mantle , or chemic power turn thy sceptre into iron V The charge of William ' s conduct during the different vacations " at

Eton was assigned to a distant relation of Mr . Colville , who resided in England , and who had frequently expressed an earnest desire of shewing attention to any branch of the family . The season now approached when property in a West-India Island requires a considerable degree of care and circumspection . Mr . Colville had , from his long residence in the island , acquired a perfect knowledge of the system of the different species of cultivationand

, had consequently been generally blessed ( as far as the weather permitted ) with abundant crops . This year seemed to insure a plentiful harvest . Frequently would he , with a domestic eye , nicely calculate his expectations ; frequently anticipate the advantages he should reap : nor did this proceed from avarice ; no—it was not the calculation of a miser , but the fond expectation of a parent—the generous

idea of rearing his family in ease and affluence gave rise to these reflections . But wayward fate was hovering over his head , and the storm that threatened the prosperity of his family was about to burst forth . Short-sighted mortals ! lulled by an ideal opiate , we grasp at happiness , and find it but a shadow . Hapless Colville 1 the sword is suspended over you with a silken thread : as you have tasted the sweets of Prosperitj - , you must now , in return , drink deep from the cup of Adversity 1

The lovely Louisa had just attained her fourteenth year . To an elegant foim was added a most bewitching countenance : nor were the graces of her person in any degree superior to the accomplishments of her mind . Her mother had inspected her education with the most scrutinizing perseverance , and had instructed her in every branch that was requisite to render her an accomplished woman . She danced gracefully , and played admirably . Nor had Mrs Colville omitted the instruction of more domestic concerns : she initiated her jn the ceconomy of a kitchen and the arrangement of a pantry , wisely

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