ly make the biographer become enamoured of his subject; whereas one should think that the nicer disquisition one makes into the life of any man, the less reason one should find to love or admire him. 'Occasional poems.' Lond. 1665, octavo. Published by H. Herbert, his younger son, and by him dedicated to Edward Lord Herbert, grandson of the author. Others of his poems are dispersed among the works of other authors, particularly in Joshua Sylvester's Lacrymæ lacrymarum, or the spirit of tears distilled for the untimely death of Prince Henry.' Lond. 1613, quarto. In the library of Jesus College, Oxford, are preserved his lordship's historical collections. He is buried in St. Giles's in the Fields, but had erected an allegoric monument for himself in the church of Montgomery, of Montgomery, a description of which is given by Loyd. His lordship had been indemnified by the parliament for his castle of Montgomery, which they thought proper to demolish. lord, drawn up from memorials penned by himself, in which is a most extraordinary ac count of his lordship putting up a solemn prayer for a sign to direct him whether he should publish his treatise De Veritate or not; and that he interpreted a sudden noise as an imprimatur. There is no stronger characteristic of human nature, than its being open to the grossest contradictions: one of Lord Herbert's chief arguments against revealed religion, is, the improbability that Heaven should reveal its will to only a portion of the earth, which he terms particular religion. How could a man supposing the anecdote genuine), who doubted of partial, believe individual revelation? What vanity to think his book of such importance to the cause of truth, that it could extort a declaration of the Divine Will, when the interests of half mankind could not ? THE THE Braddock sent thither. Operations intended. Two French men of war taken. Braddock defeated. General Johnson repulses the French. French threaten an invasion. Fort St. Philip besieged and taken. Treaty with Russia, the spirit of it. Alliance with the King of Prussia. the quarrel between her Imperial Majesty and that monarch. State of the English ministry. The characters and designs of the several factions. A coalition. Oswego taken by the French. Calcutta taken by the State of the confederacy against the King of Prussia. French pass t VOL. I. K k invested. invested. Count Daun takes the command of the Austrian army. Battle Consequence of the battle of Colin. King of Prussia evacuates Bohemia. Battle of Hastenbeck. Convention of Closter-seven. Expedition to Roch- fort. Russians enter Prussia. Austrians besiege Schweidnitz. French and Imperialists make incursions into Brandenburg. Swedes enter Pome- rania. Battle of Norkitten. General Lebwald defeated. Bad condition Battle of Rosbach. Schweidnitz taken by the Austrians. Prince of Bevern 21 Russians and Swedes retire. Hanoverians resume their arms. Cruelty of 26 Henry taken. Exploits of Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive in India, Chandenagore, a French fort, taken. Victory over the Nabob. Nabob taken and beheaded. Revolution in Bengal. Treaty advantageous to the French retire out of Hanover. The taking of Hoya. Minden taken. Dis- tress of the French. Generosity of the Duke de Randan. The French retire beyond the Rhine. Recovery of Embden by Commodore Holmes, 33 СНАР. Х. General Oberg defeated at Lanwerenhagen. King of Prussia surprized at Hobkirchen. M. Keith and Prince Francis of Brunswick killed. Affair at Gorlitz. King of Prussia marches into Silesia. M. Daun invests Dresden. The suburbs burned. The King of Prussia raises the siege of Neiss and Cosel. He returns into Saxony. The Austrians retire into Bo- The burning of the ships at St. Malo. Taking of Cherbourg. Defeat at St. Cas. Operations in America. Siege and taking of Louisbourg. Eng- lish army defeated at Ticonderoga. They take Frontenac. The French abandon Fort du Quesne. Conclusion of the annals of the year 1758, 65 State of the national debt, as it stood Jan. 11, 1757, and Jan. 11, 138 STATE PAPER S. Memorial of two hundred and sixty-nine merchants to the States, |