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    the vehicle for the highest aild finest portion of the active intellectual power of the counjtry * They embody the spirit of the age . They are a new form of communication , called forth by the wants incident to a rapid progress in improvement—an intellectual railroad ; and Mr . Tagart echoes Mr . Hall ' s demand for the revival

    of the old heavy stage-coach ! It will not do . Reform has decreed that , in literature , as in politics , the ' unbiassed suffrages of the public' shall be given more rapidly than heretofore , but certainly not without ample means of information . This book has beguiled us into sundry excursions , from which it is time to return . We thank the writer for all the entertainment , instruction , and suggestion which it has afforded us . The view of Captain Heyvvood ' s religious opinions and character will be read

    with peculiar interest . His professional career closed with a singular tribute of respect which we cannot refrain from quoting . It was better than a sword from the corporation , or a title from the Sovereign . When the Montagu was paid off , ( at Chatham , on the 16 th of July , 1816 , ) the crew took leave of the vessel , their captain , and each other , by the following copy of verses , written by one of the seamen , and presented to Captain Heywood by desire of the whole ship ' s company : —

    * THE SEAMEN'S FAREWELL TO H . M . S . MONTAGU . m * Farewell to thee , Montagu !—yet , ere we quit thee , We'll give thee the blessing , so justly thy due ; For many a seaman will fondly regret thee , And wish to rejoin thee , thou " Gem of True Blue . "

    * For stout were thy timbers , and stoutly commanded , In the record of glory untarnished thy name ; Still ready for battle when glory demanded , And ready to conquer or die in thy fame .

    * Farewell to thee , Heywood ! a truer one never Exercised rule o ' er the sons of the wave ; The seamen who served thee would serve thee for ever , Who sway'd , but ne ' fetter'd , the hearts of the brave .

    4 Haste home to thy rest , and may comforts enshrine it , Such comforts as shadow the peace of the bless'd ; And the wreath thou deserv ' st may gratitude twine it , The band of true seamen thou ne ' er hast oppress ed .

    * Farewell to ye , Shipmates , now home is our haven , May our hardships all fade as a dream that is past ; And be this true toast to old Montagu giv ' n , She was our best ship , and she was the last . '—pp . 301 , 302 .

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    & 1 $ * Tagarfs Memoir of Captain Heywood .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1832, page 816, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1826/page/24/