European Magazine Guy's Hospital, Southwark. Published by J.Asperne, at the Bible, Crown & Constitution, Cornhill,1 Nov 280g. of London, to go up with the tide to the extenfive lawn in front of the houfe, carrying a cold repaft with them; at a proper diftance, they fpread their cloth on the verdant car pet, and thus enjoyed the enchanting profpect around them. "The late good-natured owner of the premises, year after year, fignalized his urbanity to his fellow-citizens, by permitting this annual recreation: We add with regret, that fince his death the indulgence is withdrawn, and prohibitions, in large letters, painted on boards, are exhibited along the banks of the Thames, to prevent the renewal of those rural excursions to this beloved retreat." The former part of this statement is perfectly correct. Mr. Cambridge did, for many years, not only allow fuch an indulgence, but took much pleafure in witneffing the gratification it afforded. The change of manners, how ever, that has taken place of late years, was no where more strongly exemplified than in the behaviour of the dinner parties frequenting thefe meadows. The lawn before the house continually exhibited fcenes of riot and diforder, whilst the more retired parts of the garden and grounds, which Scill were invaded without fcruple, in open I am Sir, Your obedient humble fervant, GEORGE OWEN CAMBRIDGE. Twickenham Meadows, Oct. 20th, 1803. DESCRIPTION OF GUY'S HOSPITAL, IN SOUTHWARK. THIS noble building is fituated at a fmall distance from the foot of London Bridge. A pair of handsome iron gates open into a fquare, in the centre of which is a ftatue in brafs of the founder, dreffed in his Livery gown, and well executed by Scheemakers: it was placed there in 1734, and bears the following infcription on the front of the pedestal: "THOMAS GUY, SOLE FOUNDER OF THIS HOSPITAL IN HIS LIFE-TIME. A. D. MDCCXXI." On the weft fide of the pedeftal is reprefented, in baffo relievo, the parable of the good Samaritan; on the fouth fide is Mr. Guy's arms; and on that fide of the pedeftal facing the eaft, is our Saviour healing the impotent man. The fuperstructure of this hofpital has three floors belides the garrets; and the fame contruction runs through the whole building, which is f) extenfive as to contain twelve wards, in which are four hundred and thirty-five beds. The whole has a plainness that becomes the nature of the inftitution; and at the fame time a regularity that does fome honour to the builder, the whole being difpofe or the mutual ac-, commedation of the fick, and of thofe who attend them. A few years ago the Governors of this excellent charity placed in the chapel, at the expense of 1000l., a noble monument of the founder, defigned by the late ingenious Mr. Bacon, bearing the following infcription: "Underneath are depofited the remains of Themas Guy, a citizen of London, member of parliament, and the fole founder of this hofpital in his lite time. "It 2 "It is peculiar to this beneficent man to have perfevered during a long courfe of profperous induftry, in pouring forth to the wants of others, all that he had earned by labour or withheld from felf-indulgence. Warm with philanthropy, and exalted by charity, his mind expanded to thofe noble affections which grow but too rarely from the most elevated purfuits. After adminiftering with extenfive bounty to the claims of confanguinity, he eftablithed this afylum for that itage of languor and difeafe to which the charities of others had not reached; he provided a retreat for hopeless infanity, and rivalled the endowments of Kings. "He died the 27th of December 1724, "in the 80th year of his age.” We thall conclude this brief account of the hofpital with a biographical fketch of its founder. THOMAS GUY, Efq. fon of Thomas Guy, a lighterman and coal-dealer, in Fair-treet, Horleydown, was born in the north-east corner houfe of Pritchard's Alley, (two doors east of St. John's Church-yard) in the faid street. The father, dying young, left a widow and three children, the eldest of whom (the fubject of this article) was then but eight years of age. His mother returned to Tamworth in Staffordshire, the place of her nativity, where the foon after mar. ried. She took care, however, to have her children carefully educated; and at a proper age put her fon Thomas apprentice for eight years to John Clarke, a Bookfeller and Binder in the porch of Mercers' Hall, Cheapfide, September 3, 1660. He was admitted a freeman of the Stationers' Company, October 7, 1668, and, on the 6th of October 1673, received into the Livery of the faid Company. Mr. Guy began trade for himself, with a flock of about 20cl. in the houfe that forn.: the angle between Cornhill and Lombard-treet. The English bibles being at that time very badiy printed, Mr. Guy engaged, with others, in a scheme for printing them in Holland, and importing them; but this being put a top to, he contracted with the univerity of Oxford for their privilege of printing them, and carried on a great bible trade for many years to confiderable advantage. The bulk of his fortune, however, was acquired by purchafing feamen's tickets during Queen Anne's wars, and by South Sea Stock in the memorable year 1720. In the year 1707 he built and furnifhed three wards on the north fide of the outer court of St. Thomas's Hoipital in Southwark, and gave 100l. to it annually for eleven years preceding the erection of his own hofpital; and fome time before his death erected the ftately iron gate, with the large houses on each fide, at the expence of about 3000l. Mr. Guy was 76 years of age when he formed the defign of building the hofpital contiguous to that of St. Thomas, which bears his name; and lived to fee it roofed in; dying Dec. 27, 1724. The expenfe of erecting this vait pile was 18,793l. 168. id. and he left 219,4991. os. 4d., to endow it; a much larger fum than had ever been dedicated by any one man to charitable ufes in this kingdom. Mr. Guy was Member in feveral Parliaments for the Borough of Tam worth in Staffordshire, the place of his mother's birth; to which town he was a generous benefactor; for early in life he not only contributed toward the relief of private families in distress, but erected an alms-houfe, with a library, for the reception of fourteen poor men and women; to whom he allowed a penfion during his life, and at his death bequeathed the annual fum of 1251. towards their future fupport, and for putting out children apprentices, &c. To many of his relations he gave, while living, a fettled allowance of 10l. or 2ol. a year; and to others money to advance them in the world. At his death, he left to his poor aged relations the fum of 870l. a year, during their life; and among his younger relations, who were very numerous, and his executors, he left the fum of 75,5891. He left the Governors of Christ's hofpital a perpetual annuity of 400l. for taking in four children annually, at the nomination of the Governors; and bequeathed 1000l. for difcharging poor prifoners within the city of London, and the counties of Middlefex and Surry, who could be released for the fum of 51.; by which fum, and the good management of his executors, there were above 600 perfons fet at liberty from the feveral pritons within the bills of mortality. THE TH THE EVIDENCE OF RELATION BETWEEN OUR PRESENT WITH REFERENCES TO DR. PALEY'S NATURAL THEOLOGY. HE world muit ever be indebted to the Author of "Natural Theology," for that excellent work, which, after having gratified the mind on many important points, with most extraordinary ability, yet leaves it unfatisfied, and indeed uninformed, with regard to one of great moment; viz. the relation between our prefent life and that itate which is to fucceed it; or (to form a question of the matter), whether the confcioufnefs incident to our prefent existence will continue unimpaired in the future? or, whether the confcioufnefs that fhall be in cident to our future ftate, will arife (by an original conftitution) upon an abfolute oblivion of the paft? with regard to fight, to hearing, or with regard, in thort, to all nature. Relation is the prevailing monitor of diftinctions; or otherwife the eye would be dead to the properties of light and fhade; the ear dull to the variations of found; our touch intenfible to variety, whether we grafped a ball of fire or a ball of ice; whether we prefled a flint or a feather. Our fenfe would be equally ftupid to gravitation as to levity; equally ignorant in appreciating the power of attraction as incapable of thewing the relative bearance of the repulfive principle. It is by the relation which bodies bear to each other, whether hard or foft, folid or aeriform, that we are made fenible to all the varied ftates of ex tion we thould not be able to difcern the varieties prefented by the elements, In fact, without relation, nature would be a blank, because no difcrimination of things could poflibly exift, It must be evident, that all that can be drawn with regard to the fubject,iltence in nature. Without this relamust be from the analogy and neceflity of things. We can have no direct evidence, in one point of view, becaufe there is no immediate and decifive relation established between the two ftates; at leaft none evident to our fenfes. What, then, we have in the way of illustration or elucidation, must come from the conftitution and circumstances of our prefent existence. Our prefent existence itfelf is evidently relative; fince, without it, each moment of time would be independent, as it were, in itself; and, confequently, were there not connexion by relation, each moment of our lives would be a new and an entire existence. We fhould be strangers to ourselves; and the thoughts of our evening cares would be loft and dead to the memory of our morning purfuits. It is by the relation between good and evil that we are enabled to judge of our actions. In fact, it is relation in all things, that marks out their feveral and feparate qualities; for were they independent of one another, or if fome only were independent, we fhould be dead to the qualities of fuch fo unrelatively fituated; because, by one quality it is that we are enabled to judge of another. Thus with regard to taste it is by relation that the bit ter points out the fweet; that the acid eftablishes the alkali; that the acrid jeads us to the mild. Thus also it is VOL, XLIV. OCT. 18p3. When we apply this relation to our own immediate nature, or to the human mind more particularly, we find it bear equally as strong as when connected with our perceptions of external existence. In the application, however, not equally mechanical, in this point of view, that fuch relation, for example, with regard to external existence, was neceflary as a medium of intelligence for converfe, connected with our prefent ftate. But the relation of our minds with regard to good and evil affections, and their nature altogether, is by no means to be viewed as merely neceffry for our prefent fate, but, on the contrary, as in timately connected with our future one. Nothing affords a stronger argument in its way, than the mechaailm of nature. Of this we have ample proof in the "Theology," but a mechanical intent is loft beyond the limits of circumfcribed accommodation. The conveniencies of the body, and the attributes of the mind, are points widely different. The mechanifm of the hand proves the wifdom and goodness of the Defigner, yet fill the purposes of its creation are evidently circumfcribed ag |