The Statesman. — London, England, 1819-07-17 00:00:00

LITERARY STRICTURES. DON JU4N-A POEM. This is a very large book, offecting'klany =yeta ties, bet poasessine very few ; sisseming much oil. ginality, " though It bath it not." There is one „ w i ses o f judgment, however, which the Ae thor has displayed themes he has imitated all the irregularities of e'er were ,shoot, he has di,. claimed any participation of feeling with its admirers or votaries. This is still a very dreary acquittance, while he has embarked in that which he considers to be a business of doubtfol propriety. We agree with him to his scepticism about the infallibility of the new poetical prelacy; and for that a we die. spree, of his adoption of its practices, while be abjures its precepts. That we may not subject our selves to the charge of stupidity or fastidictesnew on account of t►is confession, we shall quote authority. The Ediabergh Reviewers, in one of their latter ca liche,. on Lord Blimps, while they admitted that our present poets lad certainly developed new sauces of imaginesion, or what t►e French cell materiel, professed to dosht the lastingness of eny of the living models, his Lordship himself being included. New, by the grace and mercy of modern Rhyming, and begging especial forb o f its en. raptured orivecates, we would cantioesly submit whe ther or not these tame new sources are not exactly those which the rigid end healthy taste of the an. dents would have refused, sod did, in a great men. sere, reject. For it occurs to es, that, abating some few degrees of science, in which experience has given es the advertiser., and which haves( necessity yielded many embellishments wanting to their erudition, our poets are doing very little else than pursuing con. catenstions in those digressive links, which antiquity considered too minute to merit development. Do not we getter ourselves, when assume superior discern. meet, because our poetry porsues the ramifications of Omagh' to their lent and almost sightless Wrestles, sod bream we mingle poetry and the utmost Wools,. nessof Wm, in a carped which, it is very likely, the ancients declined from the dictates of pore na. feral taste? We will oot be pallid', until the (pan ties is better argued. Bet it certainly does seer that the det►rmination of the ancients differed sewn. daily from that which at present prevails amongst us, sad that all sebsermot ages km adepted theirsj stem. 11 is evident also, that the very power by which the moderns have twee enabled to set up their own do minion. has been derived from the skill and discipline of the Grecians. It further appears that the present modes are not altogether sew ; that in principle at least they have 'skied before; that they are not a sew experiment in English literature; and that bar. lag been tried, they have also, by the unerring de. claion of the Nom of time, been laid aside. The writers before the age of ELIZABETH did jest what the majority of the present poets are doing ; they compounded metaphysics sod poetry so ingeniously as their means would allow : they exhausted every quaintness and " quiddity" of their invention ; 1 they laboured like landscape painters, who should put in the very grubs sod butterflies to show thei► skill in eaters, history, and in their society for mi. muteness sacrifice or neglect the nobler parts of dial composition. What was the consequence ? Their I I successors found the permit of their labours so pro.' filers, that they app►aled to the more remote stood. suds, fashioned themselves by models which ages bad esectifird, and imparted that enduring importance to literature which has not left es one superior among the nations. Is it possible, then, that these " time. bellowed" precepts and proved •samples are delusions, which most give way to the philosophy of the (~tee school ? Shall we be brought, very readily, to admit that the ARISTOTELIAN rules have DO principle bet holden, which most now give way to other Mashies+, and that 11 they had been soy thing else, their dominion would have been as absolute? De the labour and polish, the power and the simplicity of Hoaxer redly fail in comparison with WORDS. WORTH, whom beast is, that his poems are destitute of metal dignity and elaborate composition, and whose verse is a loose, fere.right t of prose, just falling foto rhymes, and no snore? Does Sou. 7111tVe lazy sad p►esomptuoss resolution 14 to sing just as he pleases" make him, as he pretends, a lope. tier epic writer to HOMER or VIRGIL? Bet welled almost forgot our author. Ile has d►iven straight for. ward in the posing course, running, upon the whole, rather glibly from one line into soother, without delaying at the corners; and sometimes (as well be might, in a first soloist of 227 pages) lighting upon 11011111 apt conceits which are admirably fitted to the metre. He carries with him a great deal of sensible observation, bat his remarks display very little edgi est perception. The ►ook discovers merle's, is the tricks of the seeders sc►ool, but shows no hint of morel adaptation, nor any of that acumen which sur prises us with information, such as we wonder at Ourselves for not having fund oat before. The style and character (luckily for the length of the foregoing remarks) may be given in a few words —the Poem is a mere extension of subject on the plan of Berra. The author is wrong, whoever he is, to pursue so eccentric a Might—it is too artificial—it Is too much like the enterprise of Icsaus; and his de clination, or, at any rate, that of his book, will be as rapid, if not as disastrous, as the fabled tumble of that lll.starred youth; because his wit and good sewn, which ere nevertheless considerable, are less than the presumptuous manner, in which the present work has been cell would lead or to suppose. The hero is sees as the title denotes him, and the poet professes to gather all the particulars of his lineage, birth, breeding, esploits, and catastrophe, from history sod the stage, and invest him with epic digeity. His history being commonly known, we suppose the author has merely selected him es s mean foe oirgociating his own sentiments, which are amply showered open the work in curious mends of gaiety, melancholy, suite, and dissertation, as characters sad opportunities admit. Tliir is the palest age awes layealials For killsar Wier. sad rer "Sling souk. AA preps/wed with IM Are, lak.efires,s Sir II Deese', lantern. by • hirb reale Are rarely lamed far, i 4 Ike mode a. Tameterlet4 ifaVfie. VaPiril "4 he Arr ways as an e nt aurlicer. e. free. Ferber, a, mooting at Watc.loo. ••• -••• • ••••• • ••• • :~+- - qlri E STATESMAN. CIXIIII. Man's a pheromone, nose kaolin ant what. And wonderful. bey..nd all woodsors INIIII•fe j ' fin pity Unseals. in ibis soblisne worlds AM Plensa re's a sin. and liaalel laws Wies a pleasnee I Few awful, knew what end they waled he at. Rat whether glary, powers sr line. at lifoiert. The path is 'broom\ perplealitg ways, and Mtn Ibe goal is gain 'd, we die, ysa know, and Ikea— C[[[l V. Whet th►e ? I4e met knew. on more do ono And to good eight—leers we to uur story. rely. If ever I ihneld condescend to prose, virile poetical conunattemenkr, which Shall supersede beyond all doubt all those Thar went before; in these I shall enrich My test with many things that oo one knows, And carry precept to the highest pitch : I'll call the work " Longinus o'er a bottle, Or troy Poet his ova Aristotle." tTY. This ark believe la Marry. DIITIMEW. Pon 8 Tiro Audi set set op WORDSIVOILTIS. Chu:anti, Saurus' Reemser the lint is rented beyond Ell hope. The second fr eak. lit third is gimlet at/ sitethey • • • • Thee *Alt not steal hos Saxon. Roasts. Ow Cseettit Meehan with the mime of mimes. " Go. little beak, free this ow salilinfel I east thee ea She waters. .shy ways I And if. as I believe, thy vein be deed. The anrld will led Owe after many days." whe n mod, and WoRnIWORTIII eadereeed, I ram% help patting la my elaim in praise— The Om hive limes are POITTIIIILT'S ' every lime: lax GOD'S lake, Reeder, sake alees Net fir Wee. ORIGINAL POETRY. G.I.PE or GOOD HOPE. The following is en official Cite:der : " U..wnint•wreri, Lando., 1819. " I hate to acquaint 'nu. in reply to your letter of the —, that the following are the conditions ender which it is proposed to glee encouragement to emigration to the Cape of Good Ifopes " The sufferings to which many indivirluels have bear exposed, who have emigrated to his hlajessy's foreign possessions, unconnected and onprovided with any capital. nr even the means of support, having been very afflicting to themselves, and equally berden some to the colonies to which they have proceeded, the Gevernnsent have determined to confine the sp. Oration of the money recently voted by Address in the noose of Commons, to those persons who, pos. setting the means, will engage to carry oat, at th• least, tea able-bodied individusls, above 18 'ears of age, with or without families, the Government always reserving to itself the 'tight of selecting from the several eters made to them those which soy prove, upon examination, to be most 'HAIL " In order to give some security to the Govern. meet, that the persons sodeitaking to make these establishments Ism the means of doing so, every person engaging to take out the above-mentioned emulator of persons or families shall deposit at the rate of 101. (to be repaid as hereinafter mentioned) for every family so tak►n net, provided that the fa. m)ly does not * consist of more than one silo, one woman, and two children under 14 years of age.— All children above the number of two will he to be paid for, io addition to the deposit above-mentioned, in the proportion of 51. for every two children under 14 years of age, and 51. for every person between the ages of 14and 18. " In consideration of this deposit, a pimp shall be provided at the expends of Government for the settlers, who shell also he 'Weaned from the time of their embarkation until the time of their landing in the Colony. . . . . " A grant of land, under the conditions hereafter 'peened, shall be made to him at thermal of 100 acres for every such person or family whom he so takes out ; one•tbird of the sem advanced to Government on the outset shall be repaid on landing, when the victualling at the espeoce of Government shall cease. A further propo►tion of one.thildsholl be paid as soon as it shall be certified to the Goveree► of the Colony that the settlers go. der the direction of the person taking them out are *woolly located epos the land assigned to them ; and the remainder at the elpiration of three ■oaths from the date of their location. " If any perishes in which there may be a re. dendanry of population shall unite in selecting an intelligent individoel to proceed to the Cape, with settlers under his direction, not less in number and of t►e description above-mentioned, and shall ad• since money in the proportion abrive-nsentiowed, the Goverment will grant land to each an individual at the rate of 100 keying the parish at liberty to make such cenditieus with the Individual, or the settlers, as may be calce. lated to prevent the perish becoming again chargeable with the maintenance of tech settlers, in the event of their ►etarn to this country. " Bet us ellrove of this kind will be accepted, un less it shall be clear that the persons proposing to become settlers shall have distinctly given their con sent, and the head of each family is not infirm or in capable of work. 1, It is father proposed, that in goy case in ♦hich one hundred families proceed together, and apply for I•ave to carry out with them a Minister of their biro palmitin, Government will, upon their being ac tually located. assign a salary to the Minister whom they may have selected to accompany than, if he shall be approved by the Secretary of Stele. " The lands will be granted at a quit•rent to be filed, which rent, however, will be remitted for the first ten years; and at the expiration of three yeas, (during which the party and a number of families, in the proportion of one for every hundred acres, must have resided as the estate,) the land shell be mea sured at the espence of Government, and the holder shall obtain, without fee, his title thereto, on a per petual quit-rent, not exceeding in any case 21. ster. liug for every 100 acres; subject, however, to this chose beyond the sisal reservations*—tbat the lend shall become forfeited to Government, in case the party shall abandon the estate, or not bring it into cultivation within a given number of years.—l year most übediest humble salvia." • The wool reservation. are the right of the Crowe to sloes of pre+ tour tower, of gold and silver, nod to make such road a may be bectrary for the convenience of tie coital. The Magistrates of Southwark are enlisting as many Special Constables as they can, before the forz midable 2lot inst. the day of the Meeting in Smith. field. for which perpose they have Issued a circular to all who wish to come in and be sworn. On Words/ week a scene of great confusion took place at the ship-beilding groend of Mr. Patten, on the south side of tire Tyne. A ship was on the stocks ready for blenching, end report having spread that the property of M►. Patten was about to be seised for debt, those who had tarnished materials for the vessel assembled for the purpose of recovering what they could. A boat-builder can up to the middle In water and cut away two beats, and the agents of a cable-menefactarer would have wend a chain cable, had not the owner of the vessel Breed to indemnify him for it. On Sunday the person for whom the vessel was Wilt (and who ►ad paid the whole of the money for her) mustered a strong force, and got her inputted before noon, in good style. On Monday the property of Mr. Patten was taken possession of by the Others. A very important decision has been obtained in the Court of Session, at Ediabergh, by which no medi cal practitioner, even though he bold a degree in medicine, can legally practise surgery, or carry on the holiness of en apothecary o► druggist, within the counties of Lanark, Renfrew, Ayr, and the burgh of Dumbarton, without undergoing ad elimination by the Faculty. Last week, ie the parish of Midmar, in Aberdeen shire, a cow, of a small kind, only 13 months end four days old, calved a fell grown bell calf. It Is believed that no similar Instance of early fecaorllty was em EVELINA. Tramtoted from tkr Orightal /risk of no unknown /tether of the 11111 Cranny. Verified by 11. CAMPIIIILI., kAq.. F. A. N.. dioetteeter of notion Bottle belch fit Irtgaroi t mod Author •f " The Grohs, Gnirk." Dedicated to Lady Vows TEM PI:IT. The day slowly rose ere Me white-hloismeil shore, That exhard Men's sweets from the Iwo.' of the cafe. And Pak and delightful, and goy was the morn, Whets in sweet crimson Idadkes ki,s'd by the pie. Oh, the me &red in Mil., on that beautiful dawn, When the ~enton laughed on me .n joy's fervent glow, Threw pence err we soot a. I par'd on the lawn. And for thee, Etymon. ill wane' lnet now dew. Rise, rise, liveuna, thou soil that inform., And ewer bestows me loves ezquiiiie Alin For lovelier than morn are thy sat virgin charms, Aid sweeter than zephyr pressed rotes thy him. 'Than the mown in her blushes more lovely them art, Or the riled rose weeping its soft tear. Ode.. toed sonic,' the western quires—pride of my heart Oh, rise, and my !ill's fading pleasures resew ! Far thy breath, like the sweet ripple hlomonss in May, Dillon perfume do the tidier, where It mores; And thy locks do the mores gamed pinions &spiny. While the swan's silvery down shows thy month each of Loves. Not the sky, whew, from swift dancing sunbeams it Milts In ether's soft purity—manila in hive fertmer causerie Ana thy fare—and the wiles Of thy rich honied lips, gi.ir me joys ever new. /rem thy boom the dear each of lore ewer heavn &oft enrhammenei—her magic is ever me thrown — Rise, rive. ETZURI ! true l eer grieve.; - • Oh, wake, ere boo lawn, joys, and Dictator are dew. I The sae beams deserted ton. all, Jealtots of thee! Arid kiss thy sweet cheeks, awl inhale thy sweet breath I While less or•nted adorn are left auto me Tat Macleod, draw from the dark Mamma - NI heath. By the lofty trek's haw, that in anodes, and pride Haw WO *err the vale. I will strawberries rail i And the dash 'warns haul-now she to toy bride. Wbewooft brn.t with sweetness *ea arch is more fall. Awl oh, may rbe berries be red ai her lips. Ad ley nitre, sweet as milk in my lovely bride% breast-- Now us, faery—eanlied be hope—pleasure tips Ad in woods of hlisewher by we she Is owed. As the lore eon of rocks I ow kratelv become. flow 1011, ETZLIIIII. hew Wog silt dims sleep ? Ob. wake goers of smiles, wish thy lover came home To the bower of Ilisetedierl No longer VII weep. Oh, (mold my lose hear me, as round the low vale I breathe forth my lose to site still pawing wind Cooed s h e bear how I tell her los'd charms to the gale, ET ZLI.I• to sleep would AO more be inched ! All.dost thou not hear me, gay young virgla bride ? Does the nseekew eyed hotelier of somber, oat hear ? Oh. I will approach thee, my seol's sole pride; Thee list to the soft of thy Meer simmer. Wbereter Moe com'st, EVSII.IIIIA. Ins'', maid. Thine apprises* is ithe summer to children of Prat; And . hat rapturous weleame thy wept are repaid. While the danghtert of beastly love's harbinger boast. Thee hock In the shed of thy lover. eh, haste! Restate all hi. hopes by thy gentle retorts Oh, wake. .or let moments of happiness waste, Nor meet mod she vale lei me happllem moire ! Witham thee, the soa's brightest splesdnor i. gloom. Aad joy Wed wish sorrow's dark poss'r Ills m; breaths Without thee, ob, joyless is life as the snub, And the teases's gay hater.s with grief overcast. COURT OF NINO'S BENCH. Rive v. R. ROWIRTII. This was an indictment brought by Mr. Litter against the Defendant, R. Roberts, landlord of the Fleece public-boast, Well-court. The Proeeestor stated, that he went to the De. fendsnt's house on the 45th of August last, with an napoletano of the name of Alcott ; that be had oc casion to go to tha door, and as he was coming in, without provocation, the Defendant took him by the, neckcloth, hit hint over the eye and fore, and knocked him down ; that he then called the Defendant a villain, scoundrel, and thief, and thee he *mold pettish him for this. The Defendant told him that if he repeated them he would give him something to punish him for ; he repelled the words over again ; he then struck him with his fists right and left over the face and knocked him dawn, and now, says he, there is something to punish for. The watchman stated, that he found the Prosxo te► lying at the Defendant's door, bleeding ; that he took hire to the Hospital. Mr. Lloyds., Surgeon, of Bartholomew Hospital, sad, that the Pr•otcetor was severely bort about the head ; he attended the Prosecutor about three mont►s. It appeared en the croas.easmination of the Pro. motor, that he and his friend told the Defendant that he had got Isis licence taken away, which the Pro secutor stared w•as the case. Mr. 'LIDDY, for the Defendant, informed the Jury he only intended to call one witness to prove that the Prosecutor was the first aggressor. Lord Chief Justice Ansoc.—s• Brother Toddy, I think there is no occasion to lose that which is most valuable. The language given the Defendant don't justify the assault, therefore you hod bett►r 'How the Jury to return a verdict. I think we shall not hear any were about it ; sad if we should it mast come before OM" 1 The Jury returned a verdict of—Grillp SMITHFIBLD NEEI7NO. The followlag plena oral week up tbradoh•ot the iftetrd polls so Friday moraine SNIITIfFIELD MELTING. " Tie nos represented People oldie 11,111,11 metropolis; anti dl Wile , Fries& iwreinvlted to assemble In Saiith. be Wednesday, July 51st. am et IS o'clock, for sbd purpose*, discussing their rights. sad deciding t tae best mew of freeicilla thews t Horne Howe. .• Fiat.** Coverer lintr.—A Wog easter of bastoaless et; travagnswe is the admosura , loo of the psblie property. and a continued system of partial laws ntsd escluvlse fawned by ..is ?screwing aa illeaal sad hisistil authority int 4 you, and babel/ styling la y s the Representatives si People. lave deprived itsu your birth-rigid and Moretti this este great and prosperous lilies la a slate air poverty and vs nititedows ssesasapled eilser is ageing or aindl.rs time*. .• While a baud of 'swept and seedy adventures, sway of thew notorloat bombes''ss in charmer. and lactose, sad sast of them the subviervleut tools of& tsetse foetions, are *witted to usurp sews la psur Haase .1 Counabos, and barter awajl your lihrrties by it hniesale, ens psis is 'sea to boiree? While deprived of your joss riot.. to Sect year own wale awl mmHg. roe the porpow protect's( year lives. liberiles, a. properties from lawless rainiest std •swillested °pry*. alas. Ire you not, is feet. reliant/ to tAo object caudate's of slows? " Ranee, this. to a Vlore erase of year tentipiled wrest•. and cone forward upon ibis Impartam occasion. in sign With year suffering and mined frllsow•centryissen ffireaglint she blogdons, to proclaim year rights. all commit open the best mean of ebbs/Ding the only effectual remedy—a u.osplete, n - s!e■i►al. sod reel Reform. He firm and resolute in your de terminating, Est uki and noffending id Yeillessisci. your ewe eke, tetra's from unjustifiable sent a personal wi ne. nod respect the rights and poseemini of yen equally le -1 jurod and sofferlog neighbours. The Mends of Mere, are the Trkods of jostles owl of ! Ai we meet to discharge an •attest read &lawful duty, we cern, um!. we nn s ri4lit to defend the efficient protection of In laws : bet if she unitises of cortunion should meditate mischief, sad dare so interrupt our peseefel deliberation by the iiiirrposileon atom-, aped their awn heads be the goilt and the coosequearee ! The ripit of selfdeftoce d Me gird owl goat hatred leo of salve. sod resistance fo oppression the coashicationel privilege of nitro Briton!!! (lipid) " THE aluminise." NdVitt INTELLIGENCE. DEAL, JOLT 16.—G00 dove Res the ItiVP, lIEd /ARM the Quebec, Towne; Posey Hell. Peeler; end 13•nientin and Miry. Coate, ter Qeebee.—Ar.. rived and sailed for the Rigor the Dove, Powell, from the South Sees. PORTSMOUTH, JULY Coate loin the harbour the Coromandel store-ship, to be paid off.—Sailed the Lady Rein, Asher, for London; and the Royal Sovereign, Smith, for Fiume. PLYMOUTH, JULY 15.—Arrired tie Valentine, Madelmae, from Itonotr.—Sailed the Lyng, Redpetbi and Naatilos, Mitchell, for Qoebee. FALMOUTH, JULY 14.—Sailed ilto Sitters, Holmes, for Jamie'. The Blossom, l'aldwer, fro. Shwa Lam for Lowden, was spokes will oh thw 11.1 Jaw, la lat. 47.40. S. Wog. 41. SO. ; owl 30 days. SPECIMENS or exit. CURRAN", BON Mors. Mr. Carron was mimed In a legal orpiment— bellied him stood his colleagee, • Gentlemen whew person was remarkably tall and slender, and who had originally designed to take orders. The Judge observing that the me under dist-ortolan intnlved a sitsestion of ectlesisstleal la*, " Then," said. Mr. Cousin, " as refer rase Lordship is • high authority behind use, who was once intended for the chard, though (is a ssaisper to rs friend beside hiss) in my opiates he aseloter for the stegok." , . An officer of rise of tko Courts nautt4 Halfpenny, having frequently interrupted Mr. Carron, the Judge peremptorily ordered his to be silent, and sit down. '' I thank your Lordship," esid the Counsel, " foe having at length nailed Med rap to the cestnier." Mr. Curran, cross-ezaniaing a horse jockey's sera cant, asked his master's age. " I never pot my hand in his month to try," answered the witness.— The laugh was spinet the Counsel, till he retortod s " You did perfectly right s friend, for your master is said to be a great bile." A miniature painter, upon his creas.ssamination s by Mr. Curren, was made to confess that Ise carried his improper freedoms with a particular lady so far es to attempt to pet his are roond her waist. "Then, Sir," said the Cososel, " I salvos* you took that waist (sage) for a common." " No man," said a wealthy, bet week-headed barrister, " should be admitted to the Bar who has not an independent landed property." " May I ask, Sir," said Mr. Carron, " how many acres make a win•acre ?" 4 . Would yne not hsve known this bey to be my son, from ►is resemblance to me f" asked a Gen• finnan. Mr. Curran answered. 6 . Y',, Sir; the maker's name is stamped upon the blade." Mr. Conan was asked w►at an Irish Gentleman, jest arrived in England, could mesa by perpetually purling oat hil tongue ? AnOliffPil, " f suppose be'a trying to cinch Me English accent." At a public d inner, - he was defending his cnentry. men against the imputation of being a naturally Act* sae tact. " Many ef oar faults, for instance," mid be, " arise from oar too free ue of the circulating medium (pointing tot** sine), but I never yet beard of so (daimon being born drink." LINER OH A VERY CELEBRATED FISH SAUCE. Tv* H had a maatual wish. Ta please is ale.rest stating*: The use invested Swore for Eva, Tar whet " Meditatioss." lath had bit pervert pavers *POW. To aid the avid and ay ; rai.lics • sale v bra ft That Avis the real Rau frylig. The Court of Kits de Janeiro has remittal* have a Minister in Switzerland; and on lb* 3d of May the King of BRASIL appointed Chevalier liazionono DR AIIADJO CARDEIRO ALYtt.lo', Minister Km. deist over the Helvetic Confederation. This D ew appointment is prohohly connected whit t h e plasm of emigrothe from Switzerland to Brazil. On Fria/yam lageew was held at the Priam at illeeklea. • Imer.Joas Wee". Itaterhestrt , Notere. go the badly of alt.Javers Bolton. a reddest of Jame. who poi a period is hat • iuence by cultis t hi. throat .111 a laser. Ir *roweled Not the demon' had brew despoodlog for Note ileac a Neatelret t.f wationowea eirCeliptaliKTlP. Wednesday loos he rouNdooted of Blom sod weft to his etwasber after War usee•else I was takes golds by his wife. who Awed No lying ea his hack orbeelogg I. blood. hit heed overly IMMO filial body, sod she moor rasped La his ban& tie was quite deo.. Verdict— lassaity. bonder sight as levied was held npen the bod. of Mr. !leery Lerkia, Kiley pleat. ob. wroilaaird hi. eaireate by shawls, himself oi.h a pieta', at Da. lb. I. D•Dannitierland titrve.. Strand. at about twelve o'clock to the preceding day ..s als of gleteeueseeet. T he _ plesel was bead peas the deceased ea the door. - Tefd to-48mb'. • •