that his son should prosecute the same line of life which he himself had chosen and he spared no trouble or expense in rendering him expert in every thing pertaining to nautical affairs. With the design of familiarizing him with the sea, Captain Warren took him, earlier than was otherwise expedient, several voyages in his ship: and the scenes which he there encountered, imbued him with so strong a partiality for the variable and migratory life of a sailor, that nothing but circumstances, over which he had no control, was likely ever to have altered his course, or changed his resolution to become a British tar. During one of the voyages which he was performing with his father, about the commencement of the French revolution, he, and the whole crew, with their vessel, were taken by a French frigate. The circumstances connected with their capture were attended with considerable interest: but their detail we have in vain solicited from Dr. Warren.-After accompanying the French on their cruise, they were conveyed into the harbour of Brest; which they entered while the entire grand fleet of France was ranged in stern and lowering array, ready to sail on the shortest notice. A few weeks after, it was brought to action, in the English channel, by the British fleet, under the command of the gallant lord Howe: by whose decisive victory, the towering hopes of the French were hurled from the fond pinnacle of their ambition, into the dust of defeat and humiliation. When the shattered remnant of the fleet re-entered Brest, their astounded and mortified fellow-countrymen could not easily credit the disastrous intelligence. So confident had they been of success, that long before they could possibly have received any news as to the issue of the enterprise, they had circulated, with all the supple mentary embellishments of French bombast, the most ridiculous reports of their triumph. Nay, certain keensighted observers assured them, that they discerned the whole English squadron being towed into harbour by the victorious French, in most miserable plight of ragged sails and shattered masts! That day, so proud for the annals of old England, has ever since borne the appellation of -the glorious First of June. The wretched condition of France, at this period, left little to hope for on the part of prisoners of war: and least of all, in behalf of English captives. More than once, under the bloody administration of Robespierre, was contemplated the infliction of death on all prisoners of war: and, in all probability, this inhuman suggestion would have been carried into effect, but that the dread of retaliation produced a refusal, on the part of the army and navy, on such conditions to fight the battles of the republic. The usurpers of government were inflamed with a reckless and insatiable cupidity for power and selfaggrandizement. Under the specious pretext of promoting the cause of liberty and equality, they suffered no considerations of justice or humanity to interfere with the projects of their execrable ambition. In such a state of deplorable anarchy, when the sacred doctrines and institutions of Christianity were assailed with the subtlest sophistries of infidelity, supported by the shameless audacity of atheism; when the purest principles of morality were represented as mere metaphysical illusions, and boldly stigmatized as the distempered visions of Utopian absurdity; it was hopeless to expect that better principles and conduct would be promoted among the people: especially when they witnessed the living language of atheism constantly exemplified in the lives of their rulers. In conformity to this lamentable state of affairs, every species of ribald insult and abuse was inflicted on the prisoners of war by the populace, to whom it was mere matter of sport; and tolerated, if not sanctioned, by their pseudo-tribunals. One instance, among a multitude, may be adduced in illustration. On one occasion, whilst the subject of this memoir, then very young, was detained a prisoner of war in the town of Quimpere, he and another were sitting in an orchard adjoining the prison; (whether or not they were on parole, we cannot at present ascertain.) The gardener, who suspected his having been robbed of some fruit, from a secret stand deliberately aimed his musket at Mr. Warren's companion, and shot him dead on the spot. Although this was done in broad daylight, the murderer still re mained at large, and was never called removed, with a detachment of other to account.-But we must proceed prisoners, from that melancholy scene with our narrative. A signal deliver- of wo and death, to a town called ance from death was experienced by | Vendome, in the interior of France. Mr. Warren, during the destructive fever which raged among the prisoners in the same town, (Quimpere.) The place of their captivity had been a nunnery, previous to the revolution: and within its walls were crowded upwards of three thousand prisoners. The closeness of their confinement, and the scantiness and bad quality of their provisions, added to the harsh usage which they experienced, occasioned a malignant fever, whose ravages verified, to a fearful extent, a menace which the commissaire de guerre (who was charged with supplying provisions to the prisoners) was one day overheard to utter, when remonstrated with on the inadequacy of the prison to contain the great number condemned to reside within its walls. "Have patience," said the inhuman wretch, I'll stow them in bulk before long." Most awfully was this prediction verified! in three months' time from the commencement of the fever, died one thousand seven hundred of the prisoners, who were consigned to graves containing between three and four hundred bodies each! 66 At last, this "pestilence walking in darkness, this destruction wasting at noon-day," exerted its malign influence on Mr. Warren: two relapses into the fever, reduced him to a state of such exhaustion and debility, that his life was despaired of. At one time, while Captain Warren was watching over him with trembling anxiety, as well as the darkness of the night would permit, (for neither lamp nor candle was allowed to relieve the gloom of that dreary abode,) he could no longer perceive any symptoms of life. And, as he sat, with an anguished heart, by the motionless and apparently inanimate form of his only son, whose sufferings were unsoothed by the tender solicitude and attentions of a doting mother, he exclaimed, in the bitterest accents of sorrow, to those who were in the same room-" Oh!-my son,my son, is dead!"—and a considerable time elapsed before the contrary could be ascertained. From this period, however, he began gradually to recover, and was soon afterwards But before we quit this part of our narrative, we cannot omit mentioning a circumstance which occurred in one of the places through which they passed, highly honourable to the person of whom it is related. A nun, owing to the relentless persecution of her order, was compelled to quit her convent, and take refuge in a private chateau of her own, near one of the scenes of Captain Warren's imprisonment. She was possessed of great riches; and was equally distinguished by her christian humility and benevolence. Hearing that the English prisoners suffered extreme misery from sore feet and want of clothes, &c. she ordered all who were thus situated to apply for relief at her chateau. Captain Warren, having heard many reports of her uncommon generosity, was desirous of obtaining an interview with so rare a character; and, possessing the necessary qualification of sore feet, accompanied a party of prisoners to her residence. There, to his utter astonishment, he beheld the lady in question, who was evidently of superior rank and accomplishments, personally employed in affording relief to a chamber full of prisoners; with her own hands washing their wounded feet, and applying suitable dressings. She also gave abundant supplies of clothes to those who needed them, and issued orders that their dirty linen should be regularly washed. Of With his removal to Vendome commenced a new era in Mr. Warren's history. The British officers connected with the detachment were allowed to be on parole of honour, and to hire lodgings in the town. this privilege captain Warren availed himself; and, also, of a favourable opportunity for placing his son in a very celebrated academy, under the tuition of Mons. Bouzie, one of the first scholars in that part of France: to whose care, at that time, was intrusted the education of the son of the Duke of Chartres, (in all probability the reigning monarch of France.) He was a lad of a very frank and lively disposition; and enjoyed many a feat of fun and frolic with his youthful companion, the subject of this memoir. Under these favour-ed to take a widely different direction; By this providential occurrence, he was rescued from a course of life, which, however serviceable it might have been to his country, was destin Under these circumstances, he employed his leisure hours on shore in a diligent prosecution of his studies; carefully adhering to the system which had been already familiarized to his mind during his captivity: still, however, giving the greatest prominence to nautical studies, as he had, at present, no farther object in view, than that of qualifying himself for taking the command of a ship as soon as he should be of age. For this purpose, be placed himself under the instruction of one of the most skilful and experienced teachers of mathematics and navigation in Liverpool. Whilst sedulously occupied with the pursuits of science, his mind became deeply impressed with the value and importance of religion. A grateful sense of the merciful interpositions of Providence, in the preservation of his life amidst the numerous dangers to which he has been exposed, and a vivid recollection of the lessons of piety which had been early inculcated by maternal solicitude, led him to a careful examination of the sacred writings, and such other works as tended to their illustration. The result of his earnest and devout inquiries was, a thorough conviction of their divine authority, and a correspondent resolution to devote himself to the fear and service of his Creator. Henceforward, the study of sacred literature, from being only subsidiary, became the leading object of his pursuit. The most valuable works of English divines, on the subjects of doctrinal and experimental religion, were now sought after with eagerness, and studied with diligence and perseverance. The standard writings of the Wesleyan Methodists claimed his special attention; and believing, after a devout and deliberate examination, that the doctrines taught by that body of Christians approached nearer to the standard of the holy scriptures, than those of any other denomination, of whose principles and practice he was qualified to judge; and that their christian discipline was formable to the simplicity and purity of the primitive church, than he could discover elsewhere; he joyfully castin more con his lot among them, resolving that "their people should be his people -and their God his God.” It was not long before the opinion formed by the Liverpool Methodist Society, of Mr. Warren's character and qualifications, brought him into public notice. After exercising his talents among them for about two years, he was recommended to the Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion, as qualified to be admitted into the number of its preachers. He was accordingly received on trial; and after a due probation, taken into the regular work of the christian ministry, in 1802, in the twenty-first year of his age.Such was the unexpected consummation of preparations for a course of life, which had been primarily designed for him by his parents, and sanctioned by his own approval. As soon as he entered upon the functions of the christian ministry, losing sight of every other object, he concentrated all his energies for the right performance of his high and holy vocation, betaking himself, with all possible diligence, to such studies, only, as he judged conducive to the furtherance of the great object for which he was set apart. For the advancement of his literary pursuits, he had the good fortune, at the commencement of his itinerancy, to become acquainted with a gentleman deeply skilled in Greek and Roman literature: under whose learned and judicious superintendence, he enjoyed every facility, and was furnished with every inducement to persevere with ardour in the acquisition of classical learning. At this period, the tax levied on his health, by his intense and unremitting application, was much too severe; he being anxious, on the one hand, to “make full proof of his ministry"—and, on the other, to improve to the uttermost the literary advantages which his situation commanded. His incessantly lighted taper burnt so closely on both sides of the dark curtain which night stretches between day and day, that, with him, life was one long day of study: he being usually seated at his lamp till midnight-and again at four,-nay, sometimes at three o'clock in the morning. Mr. Warren entered into the marriage state, in the year 1806, with Miss Anne Williams, daughter of Mr. Richard Williams, of Racre, near Gresford, in Denbighshire. This admirable woman was distinguished by an acute and powerful understanding, ardent piety, and most engaging manners. For seventeen years she evinced her peculiar fitness for the important station which was allotted to her by divine Providence; performing the round of her arduous and extensive duties with exemplary meekness and patience. By her virtues in social life, and eminent usefulness in the church of Christ, she endeared herself to all with whom she was connected. She will long live in the fond and hallowed recollections of those who were privileged with her friendship.*-By her, he had six sons, and one daughter--of whom five sons remain. The portrait which ornaments our present number, was taken by his second son, Mr. Richard W. Warren. From the commencement of his christian ministry to 1815, Mr. Warren continued to adhere, with close application, to the system which he had adopted on first entering upon it; when, in the year above named, he was appointed, in the order of Providence, to minister to the Wesleyan Methodist congregations in the city of Glasgow. Here he found himself at once in a sphere of extensive usefulness, and in circumstances most favourable for the advancement of those studies, whose foundation had been laid in the French academy. The University of Glasgow, unlike the repulsive genius_ which guards the entrance of an English college, against the admission of students, who, however otherwise qualified, demur to subscribe allegiance and exclusive adherence to episcopacythrows wide her friendly gates, and generously opens her sacred fountains to all, requiring no other qualification than a thirst for knowledge, and ability to draw it forth. A man of Mr. Warren's unquenchable ardour in pursuit of learning, could not approach so near the venerable domains of classical literature and philosophy, without kindling with additional We have been given to understand that a Memoir, and Select Letters, of the above mentioned excellent woman, who died Dec. 2nd, 1823, may shortly be expected to appear. enthusiasm. So the youthful hero, on first witnessing the Olympic games, gazed in burning silence on the marbled-limbed gladiator, whose triumph was greeted with the thundering plaudits of surrounding thousands,—and longed for the day, when he too should become a competitor for the garland of glory. The only question which required Mr. Warren's deliberation, was,-how far his literary attainments had already qualified him for joining in the course of study prescribed to the regular students; and whether he could conscientiously pursue them without interfering with a punctual and vigorous discharge of his pastoral duties?-Having settled these points to his entire satisfaction, he matriculated at the commencement of the session of 1815, and regularly passed through the respective classes of study -viz. the Senior Greek Class, under the late professor Young, (one of the profoundest Greek scholars of his age, and the most illustrious ornament of the University,-who filled the chair for more than forty years;)-the Logic and Rhetoric Class, under professor Jardine;-the Moral Philosophy Class, under professor Mylne;-the Mathematical Class, under professor Miller; the Natural Philosophy Class, under professor Meckleham; -and the Chemistry Class, under professor Thompson. During Mr. Warren's residence at Glasgow, he enjoyed not only the learned attentions of the professors under whom he studied, but also the private friendship of several of them, who omitted no opportunity of testifying their esteem and affection. Having spent three years in their society, and enjoyed all the advantages of their venerable and learned University,-in token of their approbation, he was presented, on leaving them, with the degree of Master of Arts. But a cause of far greater satisfaction than that arising from his literary attainments, was the success with which it pleased the Almighty to crown his ministerial labours; especially during the two last years of his residence in Glasgow. The superintendence of the Society and Circuit, which then devolved upon him, imperiously demanded the exertion of every energy he possessed, to pro | mote their interest; and he had the satisfaction of witnessing, as the result of his unwearied labours, the society in such a state of spiritual prosperity, as it had never before attained. To his honour it ought to be mentioned, that amidst his numerous and diversified avocations, both scholastic and ecclesiastical, he never neglected one appointment during his residence in Glasgow; in which city he will long be remembered with much respect and affection. That since he left the University, he has not neglected to improve the advantages he there enjoyed, and to employ them in the same great work, to which the chief part of his life has been devoted, is, we are persuaded, a source of the purest gratification to his own mind; and the recent honours which have been conferred upon him, furnish a proof of the high estimation in which he was held. About a year since, he received a diploma, accompanied by a very gratifying letter from one of the most distinguished professors, constituting him DOCTOR OF LAWS which was conferred upon him by the unanimous vote of the senate of Glasgow University. We have now communicated all the materials in our possession, illustrative of the history of Dr. Warren. Though scanty, and obtained with great difficulty, yet we hope that the incidents which we have been able to collect, will prove not uninteresting to the general reader and the christian scholar. And should any retire with disappointment from the perusal of these pages, we beg them to reflect on the extreme delicacy which attaches to the biographer of a living personage, who moves in the sphere of public life. Let them remember, that the fruits of character, like the golden riches of autumn, are to be gathered successfully, not while progressively developing on the parent stem, but after the arm of death has shaken them off, fully ripe, from the inclining branches. Then let the biographer pass along, and gather in the rich harvest which lies before him.-May the tree of Dr. Warren's life continue long unshaken by the cold blasts of death! may it flourish to a green old age!" In conclusion, we would remark, that in tracking the arduous and successful progress of this modest |