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To conclude with INIM AL MAGNETISM. Msrquie. Mr. VlL;net Doctor. Mr. W. Panes; L^ Fleur. Mr. Haney; Jeffery, Mr. Liston. Constance, Mrs. T. HUI s Lisette. Mrs. O Mundt'', Sweethearts and Wins. Tearing Matte Easy, and rue ...WA euzzle a Conjuror. THEATRE 11014 L, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE, STRAND. Tnu Cyr:tang. SATU 11 D a Y. Ozteber Y. will be performed THE 13.1SHFUL MAN. SW Thomas Friendly. Mr. W. Bennett; Mr. Blashington. Mr. lie. tbews ; Frank Friendly, Mr. Broadhurst ; Doetur Starch, Mr. 'Fayiewe'. uyp. air. W. chaputan; hma. Kr. Swann. KW !Muth Mss Pow,. Attar andeb. JONATHAN IN ENGLAND. ur.i. W.llpaikins, Mr. Matln.w‘: S:r Leatberllpflrossfeeder. Mr. Ikttla: ; Mr. Ledrer, Mr. %Y. Sennett ; Mr. Delaplerre. Mr. itnedbursr; Natty I.arkApur, Mr. Keeley; Jeruluy Larkspur. Mr. Tayleure; Aga weinnon, Mr. Nlosuan. Lady Gros.f.:.aler. dirs. Deuce; Mary. Ills. !twit:array : ratty. MW henry. . . To conclude with lIIT Olt MISS. Dick Cypher. Mr. Mathews; Jerry Blossom. Mr. Tayleuret O'Rourke O'Dulay, Mr. Power. Dolly O'Dinsy. Miss Porgy. On Monday. The Frozen Lake. Brother and Sister. end The Rival S :tem IVF:W SURREY TIIE.ITRE. Under an entirely new Management. This }relent SATURDAY, ocu.ber g, will be presented an original sad extraordinary Meio.rn .me. founded on a higlny popular and .u:aeistang Garman Star called VIZF:Iit:r4UTZ Or, THE DEMON OP HAR I'HEMED OLP S G BULLE I LEN AND THE SEVEN CS. The Music under the immediate Dlreetlon of W. Hawaii, r.q. The P 1.., written uy Mr. Pall, Author or Theatre.' "Floating Deacon, ere ne. and produced by Ur. Auld. Prue Ch a racters—Messrs. ()rant. Rowbotham. Auld, Loved's?. HearrrArd, Young. Hemmings, and Honor; are. Young, Mrs. Ten nant, and Alts. Loveday. 1%. Le preceded by the celebrated end sublimely terrlo c Overture com p...ad try Carl Mena You Weber, aided lip an increased Orchestra. rhe whole to concl u d e with the L: VT. Melo- Drams of THE SIES' HA TO CORRESPONDENTS. A Constant ftiolet" will tibligc us b doing as he proposes. Tb z Letter of " A Citizen," on the Landon Tithe Qutstion, shah appear in our nixt. TLeUxrrisii Pirss commenced putilislang yesterJay morning at lire o'cloLk. LONDON, SATURDAY, Occoaria 2, /824. A paragraph bar appeared in several of our contempo raries, to the following effect : .• CaaTEACIIZIAND, since the return of the Bourbon dynasty, kss contributed to our Literary Fund, at one time twenty, and at &lotto= thirty pounds. These are ants of commendable grati. u is on the part of the Noble Viscount; for on referring to the varchoma of this institution, we perceive that when in absolute want laiasaell. I.e was relieved by the Society, under the name of Baitaarn " 'We knew not whetlie: the facts here stated be true or not ; n..r do we perfectly understand whether the writer of this paragraph means to sneer at the " Noble Viscount," when ;:peaks of his " commendable gratitude.". It may be vat M. DE CHATEAVDRIAND was.relieved by the Literary during the period of his expatriation ; and if the fact be so, we shall not be incLucti to think the worse Of him, the Revolution had despoiled him of his paternal l'here were many of his countrymen, still loftier tl.eir stations, who were compelled to have recourse to Braid: hospitality for their temporary maintenance, It is • v.:raortlintiry occurrence in the history of revolutions, ancient or modern, fin the royal and the noble to be obliged to depend on the bounty of strangers, when successful relieh.on has deprived them of the inheritances which would otherwise have descended to them from their ancea tt.ts. It reffeets no disgrace, therefore, on M. DE CHATEAU /31..11%5n, that he accepted from a society like the Literary Fund, a portion of those subscriptions which had been ex pressly raised for the relief of learning and talent in dia. tress. The Noble VISCOUNT, however, it appears, has ac knowledged the services rendered to him, and in his pros perity has gratefully repaid the loan made to him in his adversity. Does this argue any deficiency in the qualities of Lis heart, which shou!d concert hiss former misfortunes Antos butt for the SETCIIIIIIB of every paragraph-writer who tau find a v rot for the effusion of his malignity through the pre::? Our readers know that we are not extravagant admirer; of either the politics or the lit.tature of M. DE CILIA AAA A AI 1) ; but our feelings revolt at this cold blooded attempt to insult an eminent man on account of the early calamities of his life, so: resulting in any degree from his own crimes or misconduct. But en gine: question presents itself with respect to the Literary fund this paragraph-writer professes to found his .;:atement ow a reference " to the archirta of that Institu tion." Who is he that ha caitthus make sub easy refes enoe "to the archives of the Institution ?" We have al ways understood that it is one of the principles of the Sa ciety, that the names of the beneficiaries shall be kept secret, and it is obviously essential to the usAulness of the ' Institution that such a rule should prevail. It may be well enough to register and publish the names of the re cipients of common charity, but surely delicacy forbids that the distressed man of genius should be reduced to a level with a parish pauper. If the practice of "referring to the archives" of the Literary Fund be allowed, for such purposes as those to which we now allude, it behoves the subscribers to take care that better regulations shall be enforced fcr the future—unless indeed relief is to be given to-day, in order that it may be blazored forth twenty years hence, for the gratification of the worst feelings. The respectability of the Board of Management precludes all suspicion that they would intentionally lend themselves to this man and base attempt to violate the principles of their excellent Institution. Among our advertisements will be found another appeal from the Committee who hare undertaken the humane task of rescuing the Italian refugees from want and misery. We have already, upon two occasions, called the attention of our:readers to this Charity, and we feel it our duty to do so again. It appears that some of these unfortunate men have, through the instrumentality of their kind friends, obtained situations in which their talents will enable them to earn a comfortable sultsistence ; but one hun dred and twenty of the sufferer' yet remain unpro vidi d fur. We are glad to find that the appeals made to the characteristic generosity of our country men have been answered to the extent acknowledged by the Committee ; but at the same time we are bound to caution the public, that the pecuniary relief hitherto given falls far shoe- of the necessities of those to whose benefit it is to be applied. We hope and trust, therefore, that a further effort will be made amongst the benevolent of all classes to swell the funds on which these hapless foreigner s must at present rely for their support. It has always been 1 1 the glory of our country that the refugee has been received with hospitality. Our doors were thrown widely open to these who fled thirty years ago front the fury of revolu tionary rage. Let them not be closed now against those who are expatriated by the equal violence of extreme ptin ciples, acting in an opposite direction. The Whigs are beginning to recover from the stupor of despair into which the revived prosperity of the country had thrown them, and they have announced their inten tion to take the field forthwith, in order to " foster and maintain the principles of the glorious Revolution of I6SS." Much activity, however, does not seem to characterise their measures. The Whig Club of Cheshire,—the body which puts itself into motion as the vanguard of all the other Whig Clubs which are to Le formed in the other counties of England—was founded, it appears, in 1820, " a period when the disastrous condition of the country, and the inroads made upon the rights and property of the subject, had convinced many of the wisest and best men that same change in the system was necessary." But as this sapient body neglected to publish a declaration of its principles till 152 t, a period when all the evils to which it adverts have disappeared, it might seem to any persons but these raid Whigs, that the necessity for their interference at the present period was not very sstisfacterily proved by a reference to a state of temporary distress, which they must, however reluctantly, admit has passed by cer tainly without their assistance. Why they come forward stow they do not state. The public have not called for them. They were quietly sinking into utter oblivion ; but they are determined, it would seem, to make an effort to save themselves from that dreaded fate. They have there fore, as a last hope, held out their hands to the Reformers, and in plain terms, solicited their alliance. After cogi tating for four years as to the principles it would be expe dient to declare, they have at last resolved to seud forth the following as their profession of faith : I. The repeal of the Septennial Bill, pasted in 1715. 2. The exclusion oi tile inetaient and subordinate pLieemen from the rightof voting in the llousa of Commons, as they were formerly excluded by that law which settled the British crown upon the House of Brunswick. 3. A more expeditious and less ruiuous mode of receiving votes at elections, thereby leaving the elected no excuse ror subslquent venality. 4. And a more equal representation of the people, and such an extension of the elective franchise as is calcutated to give greater ettiOency to that undoubted precept of the British Constitution, that those who pay direct taxes should possess some influence iu the imposition of them. The Reformers have long been taunting their aristo cratical coadjutors with their utter powerlessness and in significance. The Whigs soem by experience to be convinced of the melancholy truth ; and they have acknowledged it in the act of seeking the aid of the men whom they have hitherto afF•cted to hate and despise. " Misery makes the wretched acquainted with strange bedfellows." Here we have 6 ' Earl GROSVENOR, Lora CR ZW E, and Act. the Whig nobility of the northern counties of England," calling to their fraternal embrace, Cc:intim, Woo LER, and HUNT, and all the tag-rag and bob-tail, who vet cherish the almost forgotten principles of radicalism. We wish the Whigs joy in their uew friends, but we doubt, however provoking it may be to say so, ethether all the power of these allies will now be able to get up either a county meeting or call together even a Smithfield mob. It is said that the Court of Portugal has postponed its determination on the question respecting the independence of Brazil, until it shall have coosulttal the great European Powers on the subject. The accounts from Spain all concur in stating that no thing can exceed the discontent and tni.ery that exists in every part of this unhappy country. Arrests of persona of the first note and property daily take place, who are imme diately conducted to the common prison. The Marquis de Santa Cruz, ex-Minister, is contlemfied to b.: exiled for life.—Bnyoane Lettrr. A letter from Basle, in Switzerland. states that the Em peror of Austria has demanded from the Senate the banish ment of two Professors of the University, who were born in Germany, and who have given offence by their political writings to that Sovereign. The demand . Les not been complied with by the Swizs Senate. lt is the general opinion amongst the great capitalists in the City and the west end of the Town, that the Govern ment will adopt the system laid down in the all:Arable speech of 'Alexander Daring, on the finances, and reduce the Three per Cents. to Two and a Half. Great specula tions are now taking place by the capitalists on th;..s plan being adopted, which, it it thought, will raise Collola to par.—Star. The new Neapolitan Loan will be broulit into the mar- . ket next week, but only to the amount of 4'30.000t. The remaining 400.000/. will be distributed on the Continent. Much anxiety is felt upon the Racal Exchange relative to the Davis' Straits whale ships. There have been few instances of their remaining out so late in the seas gin. We understand it to he the intention of Mr. E!lis to re sign his situation as Master in Chancery before the next general election. The Learned Gentleman liarir.. , lately got an acquisition of fortune by the death of a fein.ile rela tive; prefers the humours of the f.:-an to the duo:tun:n:li of offiee.—/rish ?'lore. TIIE BRITISH PRESS. FASHIONABLE INTSLLIGENCE. • • The Earl and Countess of Darlington hays arrived at their seat, Baby Castle. Darht.il, Ewan Doreaster. The Earl toad Countess of Sefton, and family, are expected in town on Monday, from their seat Crostch Hall. near Liverpool._ The lion. Captsia and Mrs. Campbell left town yesterday, for Seaford. TA, lion. Alm. Le'gh left town yesterday for Brighton. Arrivals at the Ronal Hotel. St. James's-street ;.—The Earl of Wiltshire from Porsetshire.; Sir Hussey Vivian, Bart.. from his seat near Southampton ; Hyde Parker, Esq. from Suldk. Mr. and Mn. Haltond have left for Paris. The Bev. Dr. and Mrs. Wake have arrived at Thorns?, !fete', Berkelev-square. front a tour. l)epartures :—Lstly Vincent on a tour; W. P. Iloneywood, M.P. for is seat, Marks Hall, Essex. Henry Borman, Esq. left his house, in yesterday, fcr his veal in Herts. . The Hon. Colonel and Lady Eleanor Lowther, have arrived at the Earl of Lor.sdale's scat, in Westmorland, from a tour. His Excellency Count Lieven gays a grand dinner yesterday to a distinguished party, at Ashhurnharn House. Dover-street, among wiom were, his Royal Highness tile Duke of York, the Duke of Devonshire, Mr. Sicretary Canning, Mr IL and Miss Canning, Count and Countess Usgaroffsky, Earl Cathcart, Sir Charles and Lady Bigot, Mr. Grevtile, ecc. The Countess entertained a se lect parts of fashionables in the evening. The I.:arl of Easel is entertaining a distinguished party of friends at his seat. Csshiobury Park. Departures from Long's Hotel, Clifford-street :—Alajor and Mrs. Mayne, for the Continent ; Capt. Pigot, for Brighton; W. Harson, Esq. for Cheltenham ; J. t'ourtenay, Esq. for Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Doyle, for their seat tau Oxfordshire ; H. Jackson, Ea+ for Brighton. Sir John and lady Bmughton have left town for Kent. Lord Molyneux has arrived at Drummond Castle, Duruhlane, en a visit to Lord and Lady Gwydyr. CHELTENHAM. SEPT. 80. Lord Charlemont and family left us on Monday, after a r.:sidcnee of several weeks._ _ The Duchess of Beaufort has been residing some time in a house in Air. Thorhpson'ifkids. This morning the Nichess of Beaufort took the Chair at a meeting of the Ladies' Hibernian Girls' Society, at the Pump Room of the Old Royal Well, the use of which was gratuitously given by Mr. Chambers, the manager of that establishment. The Secretary of the Society read the proceedings of the past year, from which it appeared that the Society was only in its infancy, having been formed at two meetings of ladies, at the house of the Dnehess of Beaufort, while re siding in this town last October. The receipts during the year had amounted to upwards of 2SOi. The communications and correspondence as to the state of educattun in the different counties and parishes in Ireland wer•: read, from s bleb it appeared generally that there bad not been the least disposition to instruct children in anything but spinning. The object of the Society was to teach them sewing, knitting, rind reading—to enable them to read the Scriptures, particularly the New Tes tament. After the report had been read, the Rev. Mr. Cioss addressed the Meeting at considerable length on the merits of the Institution. He read several documents proving the utility of the Society. Their pursuit was sanctioned by his Majesty's Government, from which it had received es service by receiving their letters postage free, which had been granted by Lord Liverpool, on proper app:ication being made to the Noble Earl, who at first granted the privilege for six months; and, at the expiration of that time renewed the grant for a similar term ; and he had no doubt but that the grant would be mad permanent, it being the Noble Earl's wish to do, both privately and of ficially. every thin.. in his power to ameliorate the condi tiouv of th e Irish people. He stated an instance of the gross ignorance of an Irish-woman, who considered a Roman Catholic Catechistn the word of GA. Counse:ljo StuoEtt, who is here for the recover, of his health, rose and said, that as an Irishman he felt . himself called upon to address the Meeting, to state his approval of the objects of the Society. lie urged them to perseverance ; at the same time recommending them to keep to their pro fessed object, and not to interfere with the prejudices of the Irish people. Ile greatly rejoiced at the number of Societies witiolt were formed in England for enlightening and bettering the condition of his countrymen. The Duke andClies - sof Clir . en - ce, accompanied by the Duke of Aleiningen, arrives' in town yesterday morning, front their residence at Bushy. On Thursday evening, about seven o'clock, the Duchess of licnt, accompanied by the Princesfees Victoria and Foo dore, and attLuded by the Baroness de Spaedth and Capt. Conroy, arrived at her apartments at Kensington Palace from flatusgate, where the Royal Duchess has been resid ing for a considerable time. her Royal Highness gave a grand dinner yesterday to the Duke and Duchess of Cla rence and the Duke of Meiningen. Prince Polignze, the French Ambassador, transacted business yesterday afternoon at the Foreign Office, Down ing-street. Mr. Secretary Canning came from Gloucester Lodge yes terday morning, and traulsacted business at the Foreign Office in Downing-street. Mr. Peel is expected to arrive in town this evening, from Staffordshire. The. Right Hon. J. Beckett, Judge Advocate General, left his house in Downin-street, on Thursday, for the Royal Lodge, to lay before &c King various proceedings by Courts Martial, and receive his Majesty s commando thereupon. The Countess of Warwick, with her two sons, Lord Munson and Lord Brooke, arrived at Burton on Saturday last, and were in the race-stand on Wednesday, after au absence of some years.—Linedn Paper. The following distinguished perseuagre arrived at the King's Anna, Liverpool, during the last few days:—The Marquis of Titchfield, the Marquis of Waterford, Lord Bcresford, D. Kerr, Esq. M.P., and Lady Cecilia Kerr. The Hon. Thomas Vcsey, the eldest son of Viscount De Vesci, having completed his 21st year on the 21st instant, great rejoicings took place at Abbcyleix and its vicinity.— Dublin Evening Herald. A Dublin paper of Monday says, " We regret to learn, that the Rev. Mr. Maturin, well known in the literary world, lies dangerously ill." Married on Tuesday, by special licence, Lord Henry Seymour Moore, only brother to the Marquis of Drogh, da, to Mary, second daughter of Sir Henry Parnell, Bart. M.P. for the Queen's County, and niece of the. Marquis of Bute and the Earl of Portarlington. Itninethately after the ce remony the happy pair set out for the Continent. Horace Walpule, speaking of the opening of the budget one year, says, "the rest of the night was spent in a kind of avoirdupois war." Tba Prioceso of Tuestvra* alwaya in mourning for some Sovereign, Prince, or . Princess. One day Mdc. de Suvigne happening to meet her in colours, made her a low curtesy, and said—" liadame, je me rejusgis de la sante de t Europe." It is stated that a celebrated bookseller for some time past has been amusing himself driving a public 'edge coach. We have not e lte:srd the name of the vehicle, but presume it must be " The Heading Fly." Tile REJECTED PLEDGE .—A drunken fellow, who could get no further credit at the alehouse, at length car ried his wife's bible to pawn fur a quartern of brandy, but the landlord refused to take it. " `That the Devil!' . said the fellow, " will neither my word nor the word of God pass current with you ?" There are two places where men are on a perfect equa lity—at the gaining table and at the watering-places: who ever risks much at play will feel this ; and as for the Wa tering-places, the last earner, ha he Duke or Prince, is obliged to take the lower end of tl:e general table. This is the mos' solemn day in the whole year among the Hebrews. It is called the White Fast, and is observed amongst them very strictly ; and in general they remain the whole of the day in the SynagNuo, without partaking of any food. The White Fait commenced yesterday evening at six o'clock, and flui.ilies this evening, the moment it is dark. II Az* an and Co. are thg Contractors for the present popular Lottery. The S.:llmila, to he drawn next Tuesday, cootsins Four Prizes of Twenty Thonaantl, and thirty-four other Capitals, all to 1).• drawn on tl.at day, when the iin tuella,: sum of 400.000/. will be distributeJ to the public in 1 few hours: there are u, Blanks. every number being en titled to Fivo. Pounds. And Co. sold Three Twenty Thousands las: Lottery, and all Three in Shams. at their old-estahlislica &Ices, Royal Exchange Gate; 26 ( Corn. hill ; 32t, Oxford-stree t, end of It.sicent- street . Hazard and Co. liar.: a6n:ts in all the principe con::try LORD RYROX. • • - 011 111 0, -: - TO THE EDITOR Cl' ICi..BRITISiI PRESS. Str.,—,i character of Loeb LYROY has made its ap pearance in a most respectable periodical work ( the Londo4 Magazine), and has from thence found its way into ail the leading daily papers, which of course has givett it au local-, culablv extensive circulation ; and with it that sort of sane non which the very selecting it so gercrallv for insertion must he supposed to confer. Now, Loan iilfRON I CODJD• der as one in whose fame we have all a common interest; his genius was of that high and elevated cast which iden tifies itself with the celebrity of the country which gave it birth ; it is always painful to find the sublimer qualities of the mind mixed up in any man with a mass of grosser patticles, which destroy their value and take from their effect; but we owe it to every manly and to every cha ritable feeling of our nature, to remark upon his infirmities, if we must remark upon them, at least with fairness, if even we should give up nothing to the grateful recollee tion of the delight which his writings have afforded us. if the person who has given this delineation of LORD lIVZON 113.1 penned it in the sternness of truth, and in the uncompromising spirit of justice, though one might be pained to see such a figure stand before us, when the veil was thrown aside, no blame could attach to him who drew the portrait. Bit the character which is here drawn of this extraordinary man, gives hi:n to the world as a compound of all the worst qualities which can dishonour our nature, and of all the most repulsive vices by which it can be disgraced. It is impossible to read it without saying at the close "on erway hat,i done this." He is placed before us, severed from every virtuous attribute which could embalm his inetnory: every association is, as it were, tern away, which we had delighted to cherish; nothing remai,is which can take any hold upon our affections ; we have nothing left in this description of hint, but a ghastly mass of moral deformity, which we way well cast, in sorrow, from our remembrance. The writer contrives to accompany even any slight good quality which he may ascribe to him, with some drawback that destroys its impression. Ile was one." he tells us, to a faalt.—a characteristic, pro. bably the restilt of his fearlessness and independence M the world ; but spurn was lie. that his friends were obligt-1 to fire tip.m their guard with him. tic was the worst person in the world to cord& a secret to, add if any charge against any tacitly was mentioned to him, it was probably the first communication ho made to the per son in question." Now this contemptible breach of confidence is never found but in that gossiping and silly class of persons who are either led to it by their turn for scandal, or who can find no source of eenversation but in retailing what they have collected from those who were weak enough to con fide in them: and vet we are toll, with absurd inconsis tency, in The very next sentence, that "he hated scandal and tittle-tattle." The following indicates a constitution of mind wholly out of the frame of human nature ; envy may rise high towards those who cross as in our owa pa'h to fame, hut to be jealous to excess of that celebrity which is making its way in a totally opposite direction, is a n orbid state of mind which is never found in real life. The Pli‘sician does not envy the eloquence of the Senator, nor the Senator the victory of the Celieral; and yet we are told of Lord 13vitox, that " Ili , vanity was excessive—unless it may with greater propriety be called by a softer name--a nuttier teen, and perhaps a juster, would be, his love of fame. lie was earobitrunly desirous of being the sole object of interest ; whether in the circle in which he was living. or in the wider sphere of the world, he auld bear no rival ; he could not tolerate the person who attracted Mention from him. self ; he instantly became animated with a Inca jealousy, and hated, for the time, every greateror more celebrated man than him. self: he carried his jealousy up even to Buonaparte ; and it was the secret of his contempt of Wellington. It was dangetous for his friends to rise in the world; if they valued their own lame more than his friendship—lie hated them." This writer does nct seem aware that all the higher clap of intellectual qualities hold an inseparable corrtspondence —that such a feeling as he here describes is incompatible with others, the presence of which lie is forced to adtait— and that he consetpuintly betrays the baseness of his own deliberate misrepresentation. It is impassible for any can did mind not to feel indignant at the mental impulse which he ascribes to Loan /3ysoN as inducing hint to embrace the cause of Grecian frc.;loin. Ile strives to throw a ghastly lustre over that brightest, proudest period of hie life—a period which, short us it was, displayed all the finer traits of his natural character in their full strength. Ile threw himself, heart and soul. into the conflict—he shrunk from no expense that his fortune multi, furnish ; his money, his time, his counsel—all the aid lie could pro cure, anti all the rate ms he could cm:inland—were furnished with enthusiasm, and with a zeal that never slackatied and yet this writer assigns to all this the [silliest of all preponderating motives. " Before he went to Greece, he imagined that he had grown very unpopular, and even infamous in England ; when he lett ifiotrey, engaged in the Literal, which was unsuccessful, published with the Hunts, he fancied, and doubtless was told so by unre of his atisto. ! cratic friends, that he bad become lore, that the better English thought him out of fashion, and voted him vulgar; and that for the (licentiousness of Don Juana or tar vices either practised or sus- ' petted, the public had morally otulatuil him. This was one of the deterniinirg causes which led htin to Greece, that he might re trieve himself. lie thought that his name coupled with the Greek cause, would sound well at home. When he arrived at Cephalonia, and found that lie was in good odour with the Authoritivs—that the regiment stationed there, and otter Englislt residents iu the island, received him with the highest consideration. lie was gratified to a most extravagant pitch ; he talked at it to the last with a pergeve- ranee, and in a manner which showed how anxious his tears had been that be was lust with the English people." • • • This portrait-painter is very little studied in the laws of nature, or he would not give this as a development of the motive which could actuate either Loan Byron, or any human being, to such heroic waif-devotion. Men arc borne forward on such occasions by an energy that is omnipotent. The meaner springs of action are flitted to no such end. It is the deepest malignity alone that would look for them in such a track. As to his private habits, this g..0.1-natured ft ;end goes on to inform us, that " At times, too, he was excessively given to drinking ; but this is not so uncommon. In his passage from Genoa to Cephalonia he spent the principal part of the time in drinking with the Captain of the vessel. lie could bear an immense quantity of liquor without intosication, and was by no means particular either Li the nature or in the under of the fluids he imbibed. lle was by no means a drinker constantly, or, in other words, a drunkard, and could, indeed, be as abstemious as any body ; but a hen his passion blew that war, he drank, as h_ did every thing els:, t err, sr. " This was• indeed, the spirit of his lite—a round of passion s indulgence, and satiety." To affirm of any 0: . ,e that he is "excessively glens to drinking, at firms,' is a slander that is neutralised by its inconsistency : it is as if we were to describes man as bar. ing ace.ssionallp a habit of swearing. With the same abrir dity a round of satiety is stated as creating in part the spi rit t:f bid It is oftentimes the fate of transcendent genius to be the sport of wayward fancy and of casual impulse. The • cry ardour of its temperament is apt to hurry it beyond the limit at which the more phlegmatic and rsdactive stop short. But this illustrious Poet is painted as debasing all his faculties so utterly, that we search in vain for a single de terminate, redeeming virtue. This writer affects, with great metaphysical minuteness, to contrast Lord Byron with himself. He makes him a prodigy by fits and starts for fire minutes, and contemptible nine hours out of ten. " No two Inca were ever more unlike :than Lord Byron excited, and Lord Byron in the ordinary state of calm. His friends about Min used to call it inspiration ; and when men of their stamp talk about inspiration. there must no common change take plaue. When excited, his sentiments were noble, his ideas grand or beantiful• his language rich and enthusiastic, his views elevated, and all his feel. legs of that disinterested and martyr-like cast which 'perks the great mind. tVheti in the usual dull mood in which every hody wearica their friends nine hours out of tt n, his ideas were gross, his language coarse, his sentiments not mean certainly, but of a low and sensual kind ; his mood cieering and satirical, unless in a very good humour, tibial indeed lie often, I may say gracrally, less." After thus stripping hint of all the attributes of either a manly or a moral nand, he is then pleased to tell us that this is the wrong side of the picture. %Verve. at least, from this confession, to coneutic, that the rig/it rile will furnish a favourable representation ; whereas it is a charcoal sketch, still more offensive. IL c,rividers the description we have just read, as taking hint at tie worst. IVc shall see how he takes hint of Me best. •• This is, however. the wrong side of the picture Li lord Byron : he may be said here to be taken at the worst. Without being what I have called crated, his conversation was often very delightful, though almost always polluted by groesness—grossness of the very broadest and lowest description, like, I cannot help saying again, like almost all bis class—all of them that do Lot Ile either in the for of God, or of the public. His grossness. too, had the advantage of a Utile fancy, sad at:c . h subjects were the ready source of a petty kind of exciter:lex ; the torbiticea atede, Ue forbidden topics, the concealed acdor.s of our catr.re, . secret vices of society. atimuiated his iniagiaatioa, and stizrauZ, he loved. and may be said at times to hare wan:cd. H e did permit his fancy to feed or this dunghtil garbage; rev c s .a then, indeed, even here he scratched up . • pearl; b ut so dm), pearl, feat would be at the pain s of wealt:ng it for •71 its Fri , A wan of this stamp in real life is utterly wi t to sc. oomph& an} thing great or good. No one whose atta r; conversation, and character were of this gran anl revolt. ing cast, could deserve to live in. the memory of roank: c d , whatever were the powers of his mind. Rut it is a iilkica the author of Clad:, 11,4r,iii to put forth such a re:tea m , tation of him as a faithful rezernblaLce. He h& s , xt. 4 is titre,.. • " Of life's extremes the grardeta area the ewe.. But where is t h h a e s m o st ie n . ,. i t i h i a n t, t: he li b f e e !: o a r d in bceu his pli k lbt t lap of writings, wea m ith ore , of a Briton's independ e n ce ?" In Eat the Wings of his death threw a glow:. over crery cirdr In France it called forth a deep and sincere feelir.g of N I. lie sorrow. Greece, where his last pulse beat, is re: ad consoled for bis loss. And is it here, in the county o {6 1 1 birth, that we are to vilify his character and bl ast 'ail mite? ' It were Weil if such slatulerers would school reNsests, before they shed their foul mildew on another s fame. Who would not suppose that this writer was describicr, in what follows, an ir.dividurl so wholly devoid of all senit • h*mert, and with a mind so capricious and ill-regulated in( as to have abso lutely no character at all ? • " Uncertain and wirering, iat never inew himself whether kr waa right or wrong, and was always obliged to write and feel for the mo m ar .t on the anpposition that his opinion was the tr.:s era. lie used to declare that he had we fixed prir.tiples t which means, he knew nf•thit.g scientifically. Its polincs, for iLstaacr br was a :over of nerty, from prejudice, habit. or some ragas nor= that it was ger.erons to be so; but in what liberty tray consists how it operates for the advantage of ounkind—how it is VI be obtained. sccureti, :Notated, he was as ignorant as a child." We have here a total absence of everything like an et. lightened understanding ; whereas, a concentration of its fore.: was one of the leading traits of Lord Brace's intake. tual character. No man knew better than he did wt.-La hs was right, or felt more conscientiously when he was wrong. It may be that be often went straight•onward to his chyle, but be was always prepared to meet the conempleten, whatever they might be; stnd neither the dread of repel( nor the frown of power c uld turn him front big purple, To affirm of such a man that he had no.fized princifla, it either a foolish. calumny or a gross misconception. To give it as a confession from himself is repostcrocs: it gives the lie direct to that excise of vanity with which the writer clothed him at the outset. To impute it, mere.ver, to Lord Benotc, whose hesoin burned with an ardour in. extinguishable for the freedom of the human race, that he was utterly ignorant of what real liberty consists—to affirm thin of one whose strongest forces of thought and paukn showed how deeply he was cwibued with all its Les: pric ciplcs, is sheer defamation, and can only originate in an anxiety to weaken the influence of his writings, by in (E'en to lesw•n their popularity. I shall trespass at parent no further on vonr eeltner.e ; and there is, in fact. the less occasion, as the naligiany of this writer carries with it its own antidote. umober I. THE .IAILII'TEES. The loss of the British in the engagement with the Ashantees, on tI 11:11 July, amounted to 105 law', aLd 400 wounded; Lieutenant John Swanzy, of the Bora African Colonial Corp., is the only officer killed. The Loss of the enemy is not known, but it is surpesed to be very considerable. The following is an extract of a prints letter:— _ _ CAFE COAST CASTLE. JTLT You hare heard, no doubt, OF the melancholy fate of rev rx Charles and his companions. Owing to the loss of so In2ny lila. able Meters, the multiplicity of basiness in the different tiepan:. ments fell open a very few Individuals, atnorrt whorl to ere had more to do than myself. For the last two months we hare al:Nett in bustle and confusion, the enemy having advanced to the ge. verities garden, after having been repulsed twice at Free and its vicinity. About a thrtnii,dit 'Mee they cut - paths, and arrived st Quaw Ittitibie, and afterwards ofok up a position in the reighbocr. ing heights from the garden to Mumfool. Our forces took op theirs on those adjacent, and continued for some days, both ladies expecting the other to suaeh. On Sunday, rhellth instant, skirmish commenced, and, at two o'clock, a iegular battle followed, which lasted until seven so right. The enemy made repeated at. tempts to force their way to Cape Coast, through the valley at Mumfurat, but were condi:ugly repulsed and drives back. Their loss is considerable; ours is trifling. foot John SWIMS! I. te e Only officer that fell: he was shot through the head. and died instantly. The enemy retreated In great disorder. The Kirg is with them, and, 1 mu idonned, he 1134 beheaded tour of Ms Chiefs. Our rascally Allies were to have followed them In their retreat but after having received subsistence, and plenty of am. tounit‘on, many of them walked oC As yet nothing has been done, but I sincerely hope, whether we haveany more fightiog ts not, the war is nearly at a close. We are in actual' miser:— naming to eat but salt neat. It is so loag since I saw a duck or a fowl, It is a question whether I should know either again. Tue rains are over, and we are now on half allowance of water. penned up in the Castle. half a dozen in sedan. Colonel Grant anteed in the Finsbury lest night, aril takes the command here, en::: and ruilitory. Colonel Stitherlaud leaves for Eugland to-day, in the Thetis. The King of the Ashantecs has agreed to the ra t.om of llr. %t :1. llama; but he is not to done to Cape Coast. 1 behere he aul go by way of Holland. The Endue is still in the neighbourhood, and we ernot get tile rascally Wads to follow then:. Al'llle.4. COLONIAL PEDIODICALS.—A periodical work, called the &OA African Journal, is now published at the Cape of Good Hope every two months. It is edit, will taint, and is very superior to any of the colonial publications which we have seen. It contains articles of touch Murat to naturalists, and agreeable and useful information for the general reader. The natural !lister): and agriculture, as well as local information, cud a Chronicle (dermas, tender it of no inconsiderable interest even in this country. EFFECT or THE Ilear•N EYE ON AN131•1.5.--A nth African writer observes, that " The Becintana Chief, old Peysho (now in Cape Town) conversing with me a few days ago about the wild animals of Africa, made some re marks on the lion, which perfectly correspond with the accounts I have obtained from the boor; and ilestentms. The lion, he said, very seldom attacks man if unprovoked, but he will frequently approach within a few paces, and survey him steadily ; and sometimes he will attempt to get behind him, as if he could net stand his luck, bat was yet desirous of springing firon hint unawares. If a person 111 such circumstances attempts either to tight or ev, he incurs the most imminent peril ; but if he has sufficient presence of mind coolly to confront him, withoat am a.:- ance of either terror or aggression, the animal W. 3 in almest every instance, after a little space, retie:. Bat 112 added, that when a lion has once conquered min, le , be comes tenfold more fierce and villanelle than he wu 'tame, and will even come into the kraals in search of him, ik preference to other prey. This epicure partiality to int. man flesh in these too-knowing lions, does not , in Pey sho's opinion, spring either from neeestsity or appt:titc, much u from the naked wickedness of their hearts. The overmastering effect of the human eye upon the hem has been frequently mentioned, though muds doubted by travellers: but from my own inquiries among lion-hunters , I am perfectly satisfied of the fact ; and au anecdote which was related to me a few days ago by Major Macin tosh (lsteer the East India Company's service),proves the this fascinating effect is not restricted exclusively to the lion. An ()dicer in India (whose name I have forgot, bat who was well-known to my informant), having chanced to rainlde into a jungle adjoining the lirtt;sh encenipn - amt. suddenly encountered a royal tiger. The reneontre apr pealed equally utiespected on both sides, and berth pardte made a dead halt, earnestly gazing on each ether. TLe gentleman had no fire-arms, and was aware that a sword would he no effective defence in a struggle for life with such an antagonist. But he list h, and that even the Bengal tiger might be soinclinics checked by leek;eg him firmlf in the face. lie am se In a few minutes the tiger, which appeared preparing to make his fatal sprit;:. grew disturbed, slunk aside, aril attempt...; to creep rOilrit upon him bellied. The Meer tiened constant,: upon the tiger, which still continued to shrink fro:n his Glance but darting into the thicket, and again issuing forth at a different quarter, it persevered for above an hour in this attempt to catch him by surprise ; till at last it fairy yielded the contest, and left the gentleman to pursue has ',least:re-:o4r. The direction he now took, as may be easily believed, was straight to the tents, at double ':k time