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212 LORD BYRON'S NEW POEM OF uMAZEPP.I." Our renders doubtless remember a trial of skill between two Poets as to which could write the most i^teresting l'oem on the ialsi trivial subject ; and however accomplished they mi 4 ht he, we have no hesitation in declaring, that had it been a triple test of excellence on such a point, his Lordship would have unquestionably borne off the triumphant wreath : but as we mean to give more than our own opinion, as we wish our friends to possess the power of terming their own judgment, we proceed to an analysis of the Poem itself. " The Advertisement" is what Milton and our elder Poets caned " The Argument," or an abstract of the. story, and is composed of three extracts from Voltaire's " Histuire de Charles XII. Rui de Suede." Whether the publisher reli►d upon the general Inawludge of the French language, or whether he was short of room (the first eight pages of the book only contain its tide) we know not ; but he has nut considered the couvenienee of that liortion of the community who do not understand French, by giv ing then. an English version of this " Advertise ment." We proceed to supply this defect by stating. that M.tarrra was born in the Palatinate of Padolie; vas brought Up ur oue of the pages of Prime- John Casimir, in whose Court he became attached to the Belles Laires, but being discovered in an in trigue with the wife of a Polish nobletnau, the enraged husband had him tied in a state of naked stess on the beck of a wild horse of Ukraine, oad *tuned adrift ; the horse muurally fled to his native fields, where the superior ability of Mazeppa shone so brilliant as to obtain from the Gar of ltaaia the Principality of Ukraine. The suffering.' Mazeppa endured is this perilous journey tbrm the interest of the story; which he relates to Charles X.ll. in a woad (where he was concealed after the metnoruble and untertu)ate battle of Pultowal, with a view to aneriate his sorrow. Such is the whole of the subject matter of this new Poem, yet Lord Byron has ma naged to create an interest in its perusal, although SW one who has read his other works will finish this tritium* heavieg a sigh prompted by regret that his iranseetelset abilities should be prostituted on a subject so contemptible. The Poem commences with a description of the unfriended state of the defeated Monarch and his friends after the battle, and describes the soldier-like anxiety of the veteran Cossack Prince, as to his horse and accoutrements, in the following natural suanaer But first. oat-spent with this king course, The Cossack prince rubh'd down his horse.. And mat for him a 1-afy bed, And airsootn'd his fetlocks and his inane. And slack'u his girth. and stripp'd his refs. And joy'd to see how well he fed ; Far until new he had the dread 116 wearied courser might aefuse To btowze beneath the midnight dews; lltor he was hardy as his lord, And little eared for bed and board ; Nut spirited and docile too; Whatelr was to be date, would do. Shaggy and swift, and strong of limb, . All Tartar-like he carried him ; Ilbey'd his voice. and Mlle at call. And knew him in the midst of all: Though thousands were arimind.—and Night. Without a stat. pursued her flight,— That steed from sunset until dawn llis chief would follow like a fawn.. This done, Maseppa spread his croak. And Aid his Lowe beneath his oak, Felt if his arms in order good The long day's march had well withstood— If still the powder fill'd the paw. And flints enhanced kept their lock— His sabre's hilt and scabbard Sch. And whether they had chafed Ids belt— Charles then praises him far his services of that ert-ad airy, and alluding to the great exertion. he had tonic, he asks to be informed " the school wherein lie learnt to ride." This request leads to the story. sf, l rcup.t dcscribes the husband as rich, foolish, vain; of hi. witC iii :”&yt-- " Ills junior she by 't•irrr years—. Grew olady tired .4 his deni,:7 , o7: Arid. at•cr wi,hes. hopes, rub.':•73. -1 , •f shim. xto rnrewell tears. A rootless dream n► two, Mine glances At War:.aw ' e youth. stone songs, and dances, A waled but the usual chances, Those happy sc....ideins which ?totter The colitis. &Imes t.o very tender, To deck htr fount w th :tars glen, 'las said, as passports into heaven ; Ilut, strange to say, they rarely boast (if these who have dc >erred thew mom. Af t er this follow some of the sweetest descriptions of the attachments, the difficulties, awl the enjoy ments of the lovers, that, perhaps, our language can rrluee. They reanud us 01 Ovid—but "hc(Bvmn) aid it with mar,: true touches of nature." The hus band's rage is well described— .. But he was most enraged lest gm% An accident should chance to touch lipon his tu.ure petligrec ; Nut Ir-4 ax«hcd tLet tuck a blot THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Ills noble 'acutcheon should hare gut, While he was higiaNt 411 his line RCM rt unto himsdi he .eetn'd The rim of nivn, nor les, he deeri'd In others' era, and most in mine. 'S death ! with n page—perchance a king Had reconciled him with the thing; But wirli a stripling of a Tiage— I felt—but cannot paint his rage." The rest of the Poem is solely occupied with the description of the dangers of blitzeppa's ride, anti closcs with— •' Comrades, goad night !"—The Herman threw His length beneath el: oak-tree shade, With leafy couch alrtatly made, A bed 114 W comfortless nor new To hint who took his rest te hens er The hour arrivetl. mu matter where : Ilia eyes the latamaing slumber steep.. And it' ye starve' Charles forgot To thank his tale, he wonder d net.— The king bad bees an hour 'steep. To the Poem are appended " An Ode to Venice" and a prosaic "Fragment," eaah ul which we mean to notice i a future Paper. 711RATRE ll'olAL, DIUTRY-LAVE. Yesterday. at two o'clock, a Meeting of the Proprie tors took place in the Gram! Salon : it was to have k•eeu the Let upon the subject. but Mr. CALCitAF having heen called to the Chair, read :he Report of the Select t:oinitto tee, which stated— ' That whets the Select Committee gave directions to ad vertise the present neettinc they had no anticipation be yowl a discharge of their duty, by tendering up to their constituents the power with which they had Wrested theimand of deviating tiwir failure is their efforts to place the Theatre once more on a ground which might jmstify hope ; fruits &meeting of tie New Renters, howeret, which nnik place ou Fettles, brighter prospects had mitten.— lime Gentlemen hail not only eousented imanintonsly, to gave up their arrear of claim, amounting to x 16,000, bat had all led the reliaquishment of all claims for four yenta to come, which flamed the same sum, making together a Intel itice im the part of the New Renters of 232,000; the only Woo they asked in return fur such libel ality way a poaver to take their Rents after the expiration of tint se four years, by levying distress in case of a hither defal cation of payment. After paying a tribute to ibis gene. rosily on the part of the New Renters, the Repo' t stated that the arrangements with the Rom/ /bidets had nol 1.1t4 . 11 COIIIVIIIded, but that t h eir *act ssiun to the proposi tion which hod beeu made to them of payment in full of their demands at distant periods, had not yet been ie eeived, but was expected : that the Tradesmen of the Theatre lied professed their readiness to join in any • measure fur its benefit, and that if the peopoy, it arrange ments could be mato red,. the concern termini at once have the demands aped it reduced front 490,922 to Afittl,SOC.: diet in thaw years the New Renters would be its full re ceipt of their Annuities, and that in 10 years a dividend to the Proprietors might be confidently expected atter har ing paid off all the Hund-Holders. After reading the Re. port, the Chairman briefly pointed out to the meeting, that the benefit seising from the redemption of the Theatre from hs present difficulties ought not to be considered by the Prop, itiors as delayed for ten years, btreause they would receive no dividend douriog that time, for tram the asometut Hie arrangemestis were curopleted and the Thee are let, the shares which went now of only nominal value woold bt come of...intrinsic *wilt, and he doubted not they miaht progresyiyely reach their ostensible price.— Afire compliateuting the munificence of the Prince Re. gent's subset iption, the Chairmen sat down, whets Mr. G. Rasura rose anal mid, the object of the Meeting had been stated by the Chairman with AU much pi ecisiou and perspicuity as to have little to be added by ally one else; there were, Isieweverowo or Once points which ap peared to have escaped the Chairman, which he should trespass on their time to enforce. ( Hear, &or) In the first place, it had been Crated that a new Act of Parlia ment might be necessary before say thing could he legally achi eve d : the Select Cui ##### atom had taken an opinion, and were aosarad that a4icla was not the case ' though, bulb. sequently, additioual enactments might be desirable.— Mr. Robb's, then, wills niutlt delicacy sod feeling, toeched upon She distresses of those employed in the Throne, which, laa said, were so such an extent that he would nut excite the feelings of the Meeting by giiing into the parti. eiders of. These twine, were wholly guiltless of the present poverty of the Concern, for to the Committee!, and to them only, were attri bu table all the difficulties, poverty, and disgraces which land been heaped upon it ever !duce their nefoitiitiate,and, Inc belies 641, 11UW ge nerally regretted appointmeut. " Now;' said Mr. R. " exempt from their domination, 'miler a legitimate ma nagement of the Propel. tors, 'truly-lane noiy once mute proudly hold up her head. uor be forted to shrunk from comparisons wil la herbtillant rit al: but to do this all tnest sin—it ceases to bourne a question of glance, it beenines one of necessity, ant I. neither more nor less as proposed to each rreprielor than whether I e w.:l possess a pi, ce of matte pipet or a good positive audible propel I)." lie wished t, remittal the Met ling that thrsr w,•142 not &mations, but me, ely well secured loaes,nuil he looked ronlideully to the filling the list of Subscribers to the required amount in the Gent fourteen days, to which t me it was intruded toexteud the labours of the Select Committee. Much lutist be dune before the Theeire could of en—nut only decorations were winding, but was proposed to make great &hetet ions, and no time was no lie lost, as it ought to open fa , the IOM of September, .:void giving so advantage to Covent Garden. Mr. Rubit•e sat down amid peal. of applause, after which Mr. p';...ltß V addi cued the Chairman, but was a ntirely in iudible. A e esidiet inn was then moved, seconded, and agreed to nesecimous;), chat the pnweta of the Settee Currant. e ht echo Orr.' In the 17th irtine, on whirl' dc.),nt 2 rein' A, naothrcGeneeal Meterg of Pl...pietas be held in the Theatre. Thanks vt ere then mooed to the Chairman, Wm returned his ack no% leil ment., the Mretiog bloke &love we loft the mow, the twat of the suh!cripaon `was .C 10,220. JULY 4. \Vc sincerely hope that the future prrnwerity of the Theatre may iw firmly established by the tilling up Me Loin-stibscriptiiiii list, and however %ioleuily we may hale opposed the proceedings of the Sub-em mmirme ihrotighout, Ihosestlso know us will eree.it our assertion, that it was au opprisinon to th.: idio.:y of their plan.,,, and nut one of ma:igutty towar.ls an establishment, Mu success of thud► must Le a matter of anxiety to tvery one of taste. if *tubs. unuuuw /. I Imp. 3 per ( ent. India Bondi 01. India sw,k Exclierpier 15,1!4 2.. (lit.. Coils. for Av. rig Lottery Ticket, ,Cl9.lSs. E.1116 , ?All0N. " A t a nnmemtis Meeting of the late Ten: ntio on the estate of the blarquis and slarcbioness of Stettin-if, in the county of !induce how, and their friend*. heiti at tho Slither /andshire. on. the tut' June. tit t 9 _ . '• It was unan ituously Ilesol‘ral,—.t.'l'hat from the peculiar end hard situation of the tenants. who ha7e begin removed from th c i z farms on the estate of Sutherland, they have felt themselves under the goievuto neceoity of forming a rolutiuu to abandon their native nowitry, and to emigrate to America. •• t. Tina baling in general dtstitute of moray to support them at home, even for a short period, they are compelled to hater their deputised, io order to save the lamal rem mint of their ef. frets. to enable dam er.rounter. the wady difficulties and hard • ships latch ditty clearly turesee await them ;. and that aurnhert of thus* will• not be able to moister 116 111111.11 money as will ?ay their pasiogo to America. In these circumstance, many of them a ill tied it impracticable to get a variety of atatten settled ante. erdent to their depa • . For this purpose, and also fur dm gerund benefit of their iLlAted brethren. theinselves„arrid their. relations its Sutlieiland..iutti in forriga countries,. they shall, and , do now, form tisamatrives into a society, to he called the Seal.cr-, 1 .1 JPia Trims•Allitaile Friendly Ainnactution,". FROM LAST .wcars GAZlffrre, RANKREPTCY ENLARMID. ....... - . ..... J. &ratted, Serotiby, Nottingham. from July is, to Aug. 11. BAN II HU PTt' lES SU PE lISE DE D. J. Snow, Swarkestone, Derby, and R. Wilkins,. Staunton laivstan. Timber merchants. RANKRMYTS. J. Lewis, Ithirtley. Worceater..hors: dealer. J. Marshall, York Place. Widworth, merchant. J. Cullman, Chaos. coal-merchant. J. Phillips. Littleton,. Worcester, paper maker. J. Leslie. Lower Thames Street, merchant. 11. J. Reynolds, Peterborough, dealer. K. Pentiiiiim,, Peterborough, haberdasher. J. Mort, Halton, Lancaster, cotton manufacturer. J. Smith, l'arliatneit Street. tailor. It. Cronibie, Chelsea. victualler. K. Boor, Artillery Place, merchant. D. Southern, Streatham. Surrey. baker. T. H. Hirst. Dean Street. Canterbury Square, oil merchant. W. Lovc. it hipping Sodbury, Gloucester. grocer. 'l. ctrl W. Bear i /sall, Workoap, dealers. 'l'. Waller. 'Prenßuun, Stafford, potseller. C. lairo. Wakedeld, York. grocer. J. Gamly, Liverpool, merchant. 11. Dodd, Oxford Street, engineer. DIVIDENDS. July 21,J. Masten, Dartford, Kent, grocer-44, T . li arman „ . Wisbeach.Canibridge, Ifrrenelraper-30, J. Johnson, Liverpool, mcrehant-24, R. Markey. 31iumliester, stationer-27, S. Brown and T. 11. Scott, St. Mary at Hill, merchants -27. S. White. Turahani Green, kliddloiex, victualler-2i, S. Smith, Saint Martin's Lane, shoemaker-4. J. Watam, Brooke, Norfolk, jobber-2n, J. Nash, Wotton under Edge, Gloucester, currier— la, I'. Tay WIN:MI . Ord, grocer-44, W. Bragge, llothtibithe Wall, shipwright--24, W. Haddam Clement's Lane, Lombard Street, tea dealer -24, 'l'. Chapman, I.ittlebury dills, L ex, mealman--44. W. Handley, Strewn en Ic Field, Derby, miller --Si, J. Howley, Willow Street. Bankside, coal merchant-24.. J Ansell, Carshalton, Surrey, paper maker-27, J. Tayler, Li verpool. merchant—? 4, E. Cellinson, Crooked Lane, oil met merchant-24, G. Anbell, C'arshalion, Surrey, calico printer -24, Ehrenstroni, Sets Court, Fencluirch Street, merchant -24, B. and E. Adams. Bucklersuard,. Southampton, shipbuilder; —24. J. Reay, Mark Lane, wine merchant-24, M. and .1.. M•Donnell and J. Bushell, Broad Street. merchant-4, S. Lord, Sutton, Suney, innkeeper—r), W. Burn, Exeter, draper —3'l, J. and E. 11. Tuckett, Iltistol, grocers-24, J. Ball, Watling Street, straw hat manufacturer. C E ICH FICA TES to be brnaltetl July 24. J. 'noon, Cannon Street Road, builder—R. Pierce. Exeter., done inallon—J. Head and J. Hellyer, St. Mary Pill, Eastchear, mercharts—W. Clancy, (111r1 Broad Street, provisio3 merchant— T. Turk, Newgate Market, butcher—E. Whitcomb, St. Nicho las. Woraeeter, baker—.l. R. Saxby, Hawkhorst, Kent, hop merciums—G. A. Cohen, St.. Swithin's I.ane, Whitton, Kingston uyon Hull, merchant—B. Fletcher, Burnley„ Lancashire, plumber—T. Taylor, lkistol, tobacco dealer—J.. Foulerton, Upper Radford Place, Bloomsbury Square, merchant, Flactiun, Barwick Street, Soho. jeweller—G. Channer,, Sutton, Middlesex, merchant—J. Kitchingman,Ctitesion Street.. merchant—J. and H. U. Owens, Great Si, lisle:is, Bishopszate Street, merchant. Vuce Bank Stock 3 per cal. 63 3 per Cent Cont. 75i 3i per Cent. 73f 4 per Cent. 8. 5 per Cent. N.Avy Lon; Amt. 18 1-16 THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Lonoon. SUNDAY, JULY 4„ -0-- DEIEAT OF GENER.4I. MACGREGOR. " PORT ROV A J.% M ATCA ,Ni A Y 19. " Porto Hello is retaken, and Mlkegor's farce dust' oy— ed. Oii the Ist of ki.sy early in the mm ning, the Spaoi•li General. I lore made a general attack oil Polito Hello, mi 4 succeeded on evert• point, 1, the utmost extent, without loss, and almost without opposition ; the whole of M'Gre goes people being killed, w did, or made prisoners, with the exception of about t we's e. who, with M'Criegor, swam uaked to the ships in the offing, and escaped.•' [From the Jamaica Courant of slay Dv the arri val of the Sspithire we learn, that a force, comisting of from 1.000 to ',TOO men, commanded by Gen. Hose, proceeded from Panama to Porto-Bello on the vith ult. On the morning of the Ist intd. they suddenly assailed the town, while the Independent forces were in their beds. Gen. Mac gregor with considerable difficulty escaped out of a window t'.o. feet in height, with nothing on but his shirt ; and for the prmer vation of his life proceeded to the beach and plunged into the sea end swam to a schooner, from whence he was conveyed to the brig limo. During the contest about 100 men were killed and wownded. and General I aspez and Colonel O'Hara hut their Lives, the forma before be was out ttf bed. About 3t4.)