is too ludicrous to be seriously refuted; that the bill is only a favourite with the democracy, is a delusion so wild as to point a man's destiny towards St. Luke's. Yet many, both here and elsewhere, by dint of constantly repeating the same cry, or hearing it repeated, have almost made themselves believe that none of the nobility are for the measure. A noble friend of mine has had the curiosity to examine the list of peers, opposing and supporting it, with respect to the dates of their creation, and the result is somewhat remarkable: a large majority of the peers created before Mr. Pitt's time are for the bill; the bulk of those against it are of recent creation; and if you divide the whole into two classes, those ennobled before the reign of George III., and those since, of the former, fifty-six are friends, and only twenty-one enemies of the reform. So much for the vain and saucy boast, that the real nobility of the country are against reform. I have dwelt upon this matter more than its intrinsic importance deserves, only through my desire to set right the fact, and to vindicate the ancient aristocracy from a most groundless imputation.

My Lords, I do not disguise the intense solicitude which I feel for the event of this debate, because I know full well that the peace of the country is involved in the issue. I cannot look without dismay at the rejection of the measure; but grievous as may be the consequences of a temporary defeat-temporary it can only be, for its ultimate, and even speedy success is certain—nothing can now stop it. Do not suffer yourselves to be persuaded that, even if the present ministers were driven from the helm, any one could steer you through the troubles which surround you, without reform. But our successors would take up the task in circumstances far less auspicious. Under them, you would be fain to grant a bill, compared with which, the one we now proffer you is moderate

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indeed. Hear the parable of the Sibyl; for it conveys a wise and wholesome moral. She now appears at your gate, and offers you mildly the volumes-the precious volumes of wisdom and peace. The price she asks is reasonable; to restore the franchise, which, without any bargain, you ought voluntarily to give; you refuse her terms-her moderate terms-she darkens the porch no longer. But soon, for you cannot do without her wares, you call her back; again she comes, but with diminished treasures; the leaves of the book are in part torn away by lawless handsin parts defaced with characters of blood. But the prophetic maid has risen in her demands-it is parliament by the year-it is vote by the ballot-it is suffrage by the million! From this you turn away indignant, and for the second time she departs. Beware of her third coming; for the treasure you must have; and what price she may next demand, who shall tell? It may even be the mace which rests upon that woolsack. What may follow your course of obstinacy, if persisted in, I cannot take upon me to predict, nor do I wish to conjecture; but this I know full well, that as sure as man is mortal, and to err is human, justice deferred enhances the price at which you must purchase safety and peace; nor can you expect to gather in another crop than they did who went before you, if you persevere in their utterly abominable husbandry, of sowing injustice and reaping rebellion.

But among the awful considerations that now bow down my mind, there is one which stands pre-eminent above the rest. You are the highest judicature in the realm; you sit here as judges, and decide all causes, civil and criminal, without appeal. It is a judge's first duty never to pronounce sentence, in the most trifling case, without hearing. Will you make this the exception? Are you really prepared to determine, but not to hear, the mighty cause upon which

a nation's hopes and fears hang? You are. Then, beware of your decision! Rouse not, I beseech you, a peace-loving, but a resolute people; alienate not from your body the affections of a whole empire. As your friend, as the friend of my order, as the friend of my country, as the faithful servant of my sovereign, I counsel you to assist, with your uttermost efforts, in preserving the peace, and upholding and perpetuating the constitution. Therefore, I pray and exhort you not to reject this measure. By all you hold most dear-by all the ties that bind every one of us to our common order and our common country, I solemnly adjure you-I warn you-I implore youyea, on my bended knees, I supplicate you-Reject not this bill!

Notes and Pronunciation.

THE spelling and pronunciation of classical proper names in English does not follow a fixed rule. All, or nearly all, other languages assimilate foreign proper names to the genius of their own, but the English, while assimilating in spelling and pronunciation many names-as in writing Homer, Virgil, Mark Antony, instead of Home'ros, Virgil'ius, Marcus Antonius, etc., retains the strictly classical spelling in the greater number of names. According to the custom of English scholars, each syllable should be pronounced distinct, not blended with another, as often occurs in English, and according to the usual powers of the letters in English.

Note, that i is often pronounced as light e, like in "holiness," and when to be so pronounced is expressed in the following names by e; when e is accented, it must be pronounced long, like the first e in "eve."

In some of the poems, where only one proper name occurs containing a long e, that letter is accented thus, è; also in some words in which the metre requires the "ed" to be given full.

The same discrepancy exists with regard to the English pronunciation of foreign geographical names. We pronounce Calais and Paris as English words, and Bordeaux as French. But the greater number of names are pronounced, more or less, according to the language of their country. In purely French pronunciation each syllable is slightly accented, a little extra stress being placed upon the last.

1.-Pronunciation: Saf'-fo. De'-los. Phe'-bus. Si'-an. Te'-an. Mar-a-thon. Sal'-a-mis. Ther-mop'-e-lē. Sa'-me-an. Bac'-ca-nal. Pir-rick. Cad'-mus. A-nac'-re-on. Po-lyc'-ra-teez. Ker-so-nese'. Mil-ti'-a-deez. Soo'-le. Dor'-ick. He-ra-cli'-dan. Su'-ni-um.

2.—Mo-re'-a. E-ji'-na. I'-dra. Del'-fe-an. Cy-the'-ron. Hymet'-tus. Ce-fi'-sus. The'-se-us; also, as in this verse, The'-sūs. E-je'-an.

"Socrates drank the hemlock a short time before sunset (the hour of execution), notwithstanding the entreaties of his disciples to wait till the sun went down. The twilight in Greece is much shorter than in our own country: the days in winter are longer, but in summer of shorter duration."—Byron.

3.-This magnificent passage from the "Giaour" was written when Greece was under the Turkish yoke.

4.-Trelawney was one of the seven bishops whom James II. sent to the Tower. "By_pol, pen, tre, and an, ye shall know the Cornish man ;" thus, Polwhele, Penrice, Trelawney, Vivian. 5. This is the original text, which is much more vigorous and superior for recitatation than that of the later editions.

6.-The Conqueror was buried in the church of St. Stephen, which he had built, but his funeral was singularly interrupted. At the moment that the coffin was being lowered into the grave, a man of low degree, raising himself from the crowd, exclaimed, "Clerks, Bishops, this land is mine: it was the site of my father's house; the man for whom you pray took it from me by force to build his church. I have not sold my ground, I have not pawned it, I have not given it; it is my right, and I claim it. In the name of Heaven, I forbid that the body of the spoiler be placed there, and that it be covered by my glebe." The man who spoke was named Asselin, and all the bystanders confirmed the truth of his assertions. The Bishops made him approach, and agreed to pay him sixty sous for the place of sepulture alone, and to compensate him justly for the rest of the ground.-Thierry's History of the Conquest of England by the Normans.

7.-In the earlier editions, the following beautiful stanza was inserted after the 15th :

The thoughtless world to majesty may bow,
Exalt the brave, and idolise success;

But more to innocence their safety owe,

Than power or genius e'er conspired to bless.

At the 26th stanza, in his first MS. followed this stanza :-
Him have we seen the greenwood side along,

While o'er the heath we hied, our labour done;
Oft as the woodlark piped her farewell song,

With wistful eyes pursue the setting sun.

and in the poem as originally printed the following beautiful stanza preceded the epitaph, but was afterwards omitted, because the poet thought it too long a parenthesis :

There scattered oft, the earliest of the year,

By hands unseen are showers of violets found;
The red-breast loves to build and warble there,
And little footsteps lightly print the ground.

8.-Tha'-is. Ti-mo'-the-us. O-lym'-pe-a. Bac'-cus. Da-ri'-us.. Lid'-e-an.

9.-Mor-fe-us. Ar'-go. Pe'-le-on. Phleg'-e-thon. Sis'-e-phus. Ix-i'-on. E-lizh'-e-an. Eu-ryd'-e-ce. Pro-zer'-pin. Or-fe-us. He'-brus. Rod'-o-pe. He'-mus. Bac'-ca-nals.

10. In the reign of Otho III., Emperor of Germany, the Romans, excited by their Consul, Crescentius, who ardently desired to restore the ancient glory of the Republic, made a bold