He also concurred with thofe virtuous clergymen in the fitting of the Etats Généraux, who united themfelves with the Tiers Etat, in oppofition to the defign of allotting Teparate chambers for the two fuperior orders. In the first National Affembly he appeared as a champion for the rights of the people, against the exceffive authority exercifed by the church; and is thought to have contributed more than any other man to the reformation of clerical abuses which afterwards took place in the article relating to abolition of tythes, however, he conftantly voted with the minority, as confidering the institution to be of divine original.

His philanthropy was distinguish. ed by his fervid and eloquent fpeeches and motions in favour of the eman cipation of the African flaves, and, generally, by the active part which he took in all the ftruggles of the Legislative Body on that head.

His talents alfo appeared to advantage, on another extraordinary occafion. The reform introduced into the civil conftitution of the French church, being difrelifhed by many of the clergy, these refractories began to folicit the Church of Rome to dispatch a monitory, prohibiting all attempts on their order;-then it was that M. Gregoire published his elegant and beautiful brochure, titled, "A Prefervative against Scifm." Whatever fuccefs this work met with among bis own countrymen, its reception was not fo favourable in fome of the states of Italy; at Naples, where an everlafting

The tranflation of his work at Rome, gave rife to the publication of another curious and pleasant tract, entitled, "A Queftion, Whether a Janfenift be not a Jacobin?"

In the first fitting of the National Convention, Sept. 21ft, 1792, Gregoire concurred in the vote (on the motion of Collot d'Herbois) for the abolition of royalty in France. At a fubfequent fitting, Nov. 6th, 1793, when Gobet, conftitutional bishop of Paris, attended by his vicar general, renounced his clerical function at the bar of the convention (under the notion of appealing to the worship of reafon alone) Gregoire, in a declamation full of zeal, afferted his Chrif tianity, and fcrupulous adherence to the faith of his forefathers.

The reprefentatives fent on miffion to the armies and departments of France, have (it is well known) been generally guilty of great outrages, and have incurred, in confequence, a great degree of popular odium. Gregoire, however, in every department which he has vifited, has conducted himself in fuch a manner, as to carry back with him the highest gratulations of his fellow citizens.

The inhabitants of Savoy, and of all the districts conquered from the King of Sardinia, were remarkably averfe to an union with the French republic: the amicable difpofition they now fhow towards France, has been chiefly excited by the great virtues of this popular reprefentative.

The highest eulogy that can be pronounced on his character, is the fingular obfervation, that fince the commencement of the revolution, he has claimed the admiration, and won the confidence, of all the different

factions

factions that have, by turns, prevailed in the French government. Under the bloody regimen of Robefpierre, a fyftem of profcription had been commenced against all men of let ters and profeffed religionists. Such, however, was the veneration with which M. Gregoire was regarded, although eminent in both thefe characters, that no one was found hardy enough to attack him. A ftranger to perfonalities, and divefted of private paffions and ambition, his faculties were wholly abforbed by his concern for the public welfare.

As a member of the Committee of Public Instruction, M. Gregoire has laboured more abundantly than all his affociates, in foftering the growth of the arts and fciences, and in encouraging their profeffors. He has already addreffed, in the name of the Committee, fome valuable re ports to the National Convention, which, if collected and printed, with due regard to fyftematical arrangement, would furnish the public with an excellent mifcellaneous compofition, or mélange.

The boldest step taken by M.Gregoire, fince his commencing a public functionary, was his addreffing an encyclie, (circular letter,) laft winter to the bishops of France, requiring their aid in the convocation of a na tional council, for the purpofe of reftoring the clergy, agreeable to the decrees of the Council of Trent, the fynod of Borromeo, and the liberties and independence of the Gallican Church. It was taken for granted at that time, that M. Gregoire would have incurred a profecution, on this account, from the exifting government! He was allowed, however, to pass with impunity.

The following skizzo, felected from his Report on the Bounties to be conferred by the Nation on Men of

Genius, may affift the reader to acquire fome infight into the character of this celebrated man: "A great man is the public property. A prejudice vanquished, or a truth difcovered, are often of greater national utility, than the conquest of a town. A man of genius is the foremost of his century; outstrips it, and is, as it were, from thence (dépayfé) expatriated.-As virtue united with beauty, is liable to peculiar temptations; fo a genius, poffeffing the gifts of fortune, is particularly expofed to the anathemas of the fickle goddess." And in another pamphlet, we find, "Books confecrated to the noblesse, treatifes of genealogy, works calcu lated to flatter defpotifm, or pamper greatness, enshrined in Morocco leather, have always had a place in our most fuperb libraries; while the immortal works of Milton, Althufius, and Hubert Languet, have lain neglected in an ignoble corner, under the humble covering of parchment. Works which laid open the crimes of princes and minifters of state, which demonftrated the juft rights of the people, were, fo to ipeak, the Sans Culottes of our libraries."

And, in a paftoral letter addreffed to its clergy, foon after the restoration of religious worship, after deploring the former errors of religi ous factions, he adds, " You, I trust, have not yet forfaken the faith which you once profeffed; yet can I wonder, if even fome amongst you, thro' the contagion of example, have been perverted?-Alas! our religion, like our native country, has alfo its emigrants!"

The character of Gregoire may be best collected, from a view of his writings at large. He is about fifty years of age, in his temper extremely good-natured, and no less lively in converfation.

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IN the pleasant valley of Ashton there lived an elderly woman of the name of Prefton; fhe had a fmall neat cottage, and there was not a weed to be feen in her garden. It was upon her garden that the chiefly depended for fupport: it confifted of ftrawberry beds, and one fmall border for flowers. The pinks and rofes fhe tied up in nice nolegays, and fent either to Clifton or Briftol to be fold; as to her ftrawberries, she did not fend them to market, because it was the cuftom for numbers of people to come from Clifton, in the fummer time, to eat ftrawberries and cream at the gardens in Ashton.

Now the widow Prefton was fo obliging, active, and good humoured, that every one who came to fee her was

pleased. She lived happily in this man ner for several years; but, alas! one autumn fhe fell fick, and, during her illnefs every thing went wrong; her gar den was neglected, her cow died, and all the money which the had faved was spent in paying for medicines. The winter paffed away, while fhe was fo weak that the could earn but little by her work; and, when the fummer came, her rent was called for, and the rent was not ready in her little purfe as ufual. She begged a few months delay, and they were granted to her; but at the end of that time there was no refource but to fell her horfe Lightfoot. Now Lightfoot, though perhaps he had feen his beft days, was a very great favourite: in his youth he had always carried the dame

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to market behind her husband; and it was now her little fon Jem's turn to ride him. It was Jem's bufinefs to feed Lightfoot, and to take care of him; a charge which he never neglected, for, befides being a very good-natured, he was a very induftrious boy.

"It will go near to break my Jem's heart," faid dame Prefton to herself, as the fat one evening befide the fire ftirring the embers, and confidering how fhe had beft open the matter to her fon, who flood oppofite to her, eating a dry cruft of bread very heartily for fupper. "Jem," faid the old woman, "what, art hungry?

"That I am, brave and hungry!" "Aye! no wonder, you've been brave hard at work-Eh?"

"Brave hard! I wish it was not fo dark, mother, that you might juft ftep out and fee the great bed I've dug; I know you'd fay it was no bad day's work-and, oh mother! I've good news; Farmer Truck will give us the giantftrawberries, and I'm to go for 'em tomorrow morning, and I'll be back afore breakfaft."

"God bless the boy! how he talks! Four mile there, and four mile back again, afore breakfast."

"Aye, upon Lightfoot you know, mother, very eafily; maynt I?” "Aye, child!"

"Why do you figh, mother?
"Finish thy fupper, child."

"I've done!" cried Jem, fwallowing the laft mouthful haftily, as if he thought he had been too long at fupper- and now for the great needle; I muft fee and mend Lightfoot's bridle afore I go to bed."-To work he fet, by the light of the fire, and the dame having once more ftirred it, began again with "Jen:, dear, does he go lame at all now?"-" What Lightfoot! Oh la, no, not he!was fo well of his lameness in all his life-he's grown quite young again, I think, and then he's fo fat he can hardly wag."-"God bless him-that's right we must fee, Jem, and keep him fat.'

-never

For what mother?" "For Monday fortnight at the fair. He's to be-fold!"

"Lightfoot!" cried Jem, and let the bridle fall from his hand; "and will mother fell Lightfoot?"

"Will; no: but I muft, Jem." "Muft; who fays you muft? why muft you, mother?”

"I muft, I say, child-Why, muft not I pay my debis honeftly-and muft

not I pay my rent; and was not it called for long and long ago: and have not I had time; and did not I promise to pay it for certain Monday fortnight, and am not I two guineas fhort--and where am I to get two guineas? So what fignifies talking, child," said the widow, leaning her head upon her arm, "Lightfoot muft go. ""

Jem was filent for a few minutes."Two guineas; that's a great, great deal. If I worked, and worked, and worked ever fo hard, I could. no. ways earn two guineas afore Monday fortnight could I, mother?".

"Lord help thee, no ; not an' work thyfelf to death."

"But I could earn fomething, though, I fay," cried Jem proudly; " and I will earn fomething if it be ever fo little, it will be fomething-and I fhall do my very beft; fo I will."

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“That I'm fure of, my child," said his mother, drawing him towards her and kiffing him; you are always a good induftrious lad, that I will fay atore your face or behind your back ;-but it wont do now-Lightfoot muft go."

Jem turned away, ftruggling to hide his tears, and went to bed without faying a word more. But he knew that crying would do no good, fo he prefently wiped his eyes, and lay awake, confidering what he could poffibly do to fave the horfe." If I get ever fo little," he ftill faid to himself, "it will be fomething; and who knows but Landlord might then wait a bit longer? and we might make it all up in time; for a penny a day might come to two guineas in time."

But how to get the firft penny was the queftion-Then he recollected, that one day, when he had been fent to Clifton to fell fome flowers, he had feen an old woman with a board befide her covered with various fparkling ftones, which people ftopped to look at as they paffed, and he remembered that fome people bought the ftones; one paid twopence another threepence, and another fixpence for them; and Jem heard her fay that he got them amongst the neighbouring rocks: fo he thought that if he tried he might find fome too, and fell them as she had done.

Early in the morning he wakened full of this fcheme, jumped up, dreffed himfelf, and, having given one look at poor Lightfoot in his ftable, fet off to Clifton in fearch of the old woman, to enquire where the found her sparkling ftones.

But