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LIfERARY REVIEW. The /E EIS of VIRGIL. T . ranslatetl by CHARIX3 SYITYLONS, D.D. of Jesus College, Oxford.--ite. Vclle ridecuur, et in niediis conatibus rtgre Succitlinlas, non Lingua valet. It is with real pleasure that we now renew our citations from this work of Dr. SY'l+OttoNS, which lass excited so much of our interest. Our present extracts will be drawn from the concluding notes on the Seventh Book, and the .coMmencing com mentary on the Eighth. When we say that we derive entertainment as zeil as instruction item this short commentary oa the -august Epic of Rome, we express a sentiment, in which we prri,trade ourselves that all our Readers, all our Classical Readers, at least, will concur Asith us : and we can only regret, that .the fear of swelling his volume to too large a bulk, has iodueed the Author to contract this portion or it into a compass 'too small for the, occasion. .Pro eto ire voinute of . Annotations, by Lis pen, on The '163, woolk! hive been bailed by us as a very gnat it ying pi esent to the whole reading coin tnuu et' Britain : and we will still hope, that such a work may yrt be-executed by him on the just demand of ttae " Bone VII. Note.—L. RiCt. . " So justly in their rants the troops engage, l'hvy seem out turn that in the conflict rage; " But birds rvseroble," &c. Ncc quiquaui yeratas acies ex aqmine taut° putet, aaiau3 sec] gurgii e ab alto Urgueri vulucruin raucartnn ad litura nubera. Trapp cannot reconcile himself to this resem bling of a body of armed men to a flock of birds. In his note on this passage, he says, "This si mile is finely expressed, and is in all respects a very good But, why a !mintier of armed met', though they were sirn!ing, should betaken for birds rather than men, I confess 1 do not well understand. It were surficien!, one would think, that they kv ere so tar like birds," &c. But Trapp did not perceive the precise object of this compa , risen, which was to give the idea of that order anti perfect regularity with which the troops of Messa pus kept their ranks when they engaged. When they are represented as marching in review and singing the praises of their King, they are re sembled to a flock of swans uttering their melo dious notes over the Cayster ; and here the har mony of their voices is the object to be illustrated : but subsequently the object of illustration is the exactness of the order which they preserve in the tumult of battle, implied by the word Misceri ; sod for this purpose the Poet says, volt would not - take them for men,mingling in conflict ; but for birds as they steer in phalanx over the sea. This is evidently the Poet's meaning ; and he could nut have exemplified by a juster image the regu lar array of a military body. The plan and order observed by certain gregarious birds of passage, in their transit to distant countries, has frequently been noticed : but never more agreeably titan by Savary in his letters from Greece. This enter- pie tabling traveller says: " z new scene no,v sents itself to vicw!'• An innumerable multitude of swans and cranes .are sailing on the waters, ranged in files like eoldiers in order of battle.— , tad) of these files is upwards of a quarter of a league in length - ; and we have counted thirty of them, all swimming in a similar direction. The head of this army terminates in a point, and re . sembles the prow of a ship. They all keep. their posts, notwithstanding the motion of the waves. with which they alternately rise and fall, Their plumage, which is of a dazzling white, forms ate admirable contrast with the transparent greenness of the waters. Further on we discover another •troop, disposed in the same manner ; and all have their heads turned towards Africa, to which . they steer in concert. But, hark ! they are in full cry.: their leaders have given the signal, and the winged navigators rise into - the air, and Hy all together, directing their course to - the south. To cleave this element also with facility, they ray ge themselves in the form of a triangle, the vertex of which is a very acute angle. LETTER I . cite in this instance (as I shall in another from the same pleasing and intelligent raveller) from a translation, not having the original imme- diately at hand. L. 1068.—" To these Camilla brought her Volscian aid," &c. • This'portmit of the Volscian heroine has oni 'versally been admired ; and she is made by the Poet the suhject of our warm interest from her 'birth to her death. Her presence also gives a 'striking variety to the scene. But after all, tsith the precedent of the fabulous Amazons and of the historic Norman dames, who fought by the side 'of their husbands in the eleventh and I webth 'centuries,' I cannot thoroughly reconcile toys& to this introduction of a female warrior, who shews herself superior- to the male combatants, 'Pot in courage only, but in personil prowess,— The bodily force of women is checked, as we know, by -the operation of nature ; and to see them triumphing in the exertion of ihtir sangui nary migi+t in the battle, rather shocks probabi lity, it it be not offensive to our feelings. The suppositiOn of Pitt, that the squadrons led by Camilla were all females like herself, strikes me as very strange. The four I,male combatants, Latina, Tulla, -Tarpeia, and Acca, who taught by her side, are particularly specified and discriminated from her other troops, who unquestionably were male. Pitt's translation of " Tota Collars, (All the troops of Camilla) ad terrans defluxit equis, ," is The beautious band alight. with equal speed.—[xi. 707:1 Boni A large portion of this Book must he consider ed as episode, though sonic of it immediately be longs, and ail of it (if we except the story of Cacus, incidentally and most naturally introduced) is directly and solidly fastened to the main action of the Poem. That remarkable variety in the which was the subject of my notice in the vrtface, is here very forcibly displayed. From tine busy scene in Latium, where all was tumult and alarm, and warlike preparation, we are here Suddenly transported to the sequestered residence 'of peace, and ate entertained with the localities of chat remarkable spot, which was subsequently to be crowned with the towers of Itinite, To the Itoniau reader, this part of the Xucis must have THE SUN. SOLESI QUIS [MERE FALSUM AUDEAT ? lON DON, MONDAY, MAY 31, 1819. We received yesterday the Paris Papers of Thursday last. Those of Friday, which were due this morning, have not arrived. The discussion in the'Chamber of Deputies on the projet respect ing the Es►imates for the service of 1819 was contir►ued through the sitting of Wednesday, when it was closed, and the deliberation on the Articles ajourned till Thursday. During the sitting the attention of the Chamber, in conse quence ot the Report of a Petition on the sub ject, was called to the prevalence of Suicide. It was stated by the Count de FLOIRAC, that the number of suicides in Paris Amounted 'in the course of only five months to upwards of three hundred. The Petition which called for the exe cution of the laws against suicide was referied to the Ka ErER of the SEALS. Another Petition, of a different charactEr, from the widows and heirs of , several dramatic authors, prayed for the repeal of the law of 1793, which limited the right of pro. perty in dratitatic works to ten years after the Ovath ot the authors. The Petition was referred to the Mioister of the interior, to consider tulle• titer any measure could be brought forward upon the subject during the present Session. The KING held a Council of Ministers on Wed nesday, at which it was unaerstood his MAJESTY authorized the return to France ,of :Marshal SOULT, LieUtellatit-Gelleral the Count Pt RE, 13II1AT, the Collin REAL, and POMMPRELTIL. It is stated in the Gazette de France, th a t plea sore camps, consisting of about 40 000 are to be formed this summer in Alsace, and that distinguished Mar,lhal is to take the command. Previous to the departure of Prince LEOPOLD of Saxe Coburg from Paris, Sir CHARLES STEWART, the English Ambassador, gave a grand entertain ment on Wednesday, in honour of his 'Royal Highness ; at which the Ministers of State, the Ambassadors, and a number of persons of distinc tion, were present. • A letter from Leghorn states, that a revolution had taken place at Tunis ; the Bey and all his family having been massacred, and a new Bey set up by the,Algerines, who had obtained the ascen dency. The Doke and Duchess of CLARESNCE were to set out from Hanover on the 17th instant, to pro ceed to the Baths of Liebenstein. FIVE PER CENTS. Wednesday 66 f. 90 c. DEFERRED STOCK. Of the 22d March, 1817, . $l5 f. 95c. 1 22 d Sept. 1817, ....83f. 95c. 22c1 March, 1818, .22t1 Sept. 1818, 79 f. 95c. M4ich,1819, THE FoNDs.=-Although a holiday this day at the Bank, the Stock Exchange is open, and a great deal of business doing. Consols com menced this morning at 66j. The Exchanges have risen again, and Bullion is falling—Gold, 80s. Silver, ss. 3d., and no buyers. It is currently reported in the City this morn ing, that the Minister will send to the Stock Ex change on Wednesday next, for the Gentlemen to wait on him, concerning the Loan. Accounts have.been received from New Bruns wick, stating that a serious misunderstanding has taken. place between the Council and the Ciovernor of the Colony, 'elating to some proposed New buries. SeVerat protests, tnade by the Council, bay's been sent to the Governor, for the puipuse of being transmitted w England. The Morning Chronicle of this day has discover ed " a Nare's Nest," aild seems to triumph in its good fortune. It pretends to perceive a great inconsistency in Ministers, whom it charges with deserting Mr. PITT'S principles in Parliament, and extolling them in Taverns. The writer is not stifficiently acquainted with Mr. PrrT's sys. rem to know that while he maintained that certain principles ought to be generaily support ed, yet that, on important occasions, wise Polis ticians will act according to " EXISTING CIRCUM STANCES:' 1 - 10 W is if possible for human facul ties, however penetrating and sagacious,. to anti cipate all possible contingEnCies ? Mr. PITT died at a critical period, when a gloom hung over this Country and all Europe, and his latest moments, which were consecrated to his Co‘untry, anti the welfare of mankind, as all his lite had been, were not cheered by the hope that.the triumph of his principles would be the deliverance of Europe. If he had lived to witness that glorious issue, be would not have sunk under the burthens, a tempor a ry evil, occasioned by that glorious result, but have adapted his measures to temporary exigencies, as ,his successors have done. But the truth is, that all the alarm about the suspension of Cash Payments have been raised by the clamours, of Party, in and out of Parliament. The People at large saw none of the predicted danger, satisfied : of the solvency of the Bank, conscious of the interested removal of our metallic currency to France, and convinced that a fnether issue here would be attended with the same effect. The alarm is now done away, and the timid have recovered their understand ings. But The Chronicle attempts to be natirical on Ministers for speaking their sentiments at " Tavern Clubs," atter all " the taunts and sarcasms " thrown out against Mr. Fox for doing the same. It does not occur to the Writer, or he wisely passes it over, that there is material difference between the two eases.—ln the one, the Idol of Democracy frequented Tavern Dinners, as Mr. WlNnnast said of him, to pander to the bad passions of the mob." In the>,other, Ministers once a-year attend the cele bration of the Birth-day of a Man whose life was devoted to his Country, whose last sighs were breathed for her welfare, end whose principles have, established the,„satety of that Country, and accomptished the Deliverance of Europe. h is highly gratifying to us to find daft our efforts in support of essential interests are pro perly understood and duly appreciated. For this reason we feel much pleasure in extracting the following at tide tram " The Leicester Jouinal, and Midland Counties Generat Advertiser" of the' 2...8!it inst.. : " In the last page we have inserted the SPEECH of the E:snov Of PETERBOIIounn, on the Catholic Claims," in the House of Lords .on the 17th instant, extracted from that ' sound constitutional Paper Tin: SUN,' to which the Pro testant Community is more indebted than any other London Paper, for the very able and dispas,doate manaerin which the claims of the Catholics have been rebutted : it is tine the Question is set at rest for the present Session ; but, not withstanding the voice of Parliament and of the nation have been so often, and so decidedly, expressed in opposition to these claims, we arepersnaded their advocates are men of too persevering a disposition to relinquish their efFurts,whilst the most distant hope of success remains. .We therefore . hope that the opponents of Papal Ascendancy will, when the question of Emancipation is again brought forward, be upon their guard, and not become the dupes of the mamteuvres of the Opposition a second time !" We shall make no comment on the difference. between the conduct of the liberal Editor of that Journal, who is wholly unknown to us, and that of London Editors in general, farther, than to ob serve, that when they extract any article from THE SUN, they do not mention -it by name, but as an " Evening Paper," though we invariably state the source in our Extracts from their Journals.—With respect to The Leicester Journal, we sincerely rejoice that a Paper of such deciika loyalty and literary merit has so extensive a circu lation, and we doubt not that. it is highly useful in checking the efforts of Faction, , and in widely diffusing sound Constitutional Principles. On Thursday the General Graham, WuATtiga- HEAD, from Bombay, bound to :the river, put into St. Helen's, with foul winds.—She ,sail ed (torn Bombay on the- 3d of Jannary„ Cape. the 15th of February, 'and from St. Helena the 4th of March. BuoNAPAIITB was living ; hot more than this (which is•certified by signal daily,. to the ships which- cruise round the island), e cannot expect to . learn of him by any ordinary arrival, di it is known he has not been out ut hia grounds (rarely out of h's house) these two •vears, ever spice the arrival of Sir iluncos Locher. Mr. BARRY O'MEARA, his late Surgeon, asserts, that sonic months .precious to his leaving the island, his unhealthy residence, and close coofinctuenfl , ttad produced 4ymptoms of confirm ed hepatitis. The General Grahort.:pr.occeded tor the River this utorning.—(Portzmouth Paper ) I'hIVAl'E AND At:TfiENTII: PARIS, biAt 27. M. Lmarr:P., the Banker and Deputy, Las pub' lished aLetrer to his Colleagues, in onswer to the expressions of the Baron DELKSSERT in the Chamber on the subject of last year's Loans.-- - " do not know," says the Baron, " how far I ought to praise the frankne s s of thohe who blame more titan bitterly an operation in which they vo luntarily participated; for my own part I declare, th a t l w o idd have had, no hand in it it I had en tertained the least J übt on its legality or pm' Fiery, or on the loyalty which presided at th° arrangement of these two operations." We wish M. LAFITTE would try to lire, rather than write down public Opinion. We object no: to a Banker's Errand Bov becoming one of (lie first Capitalists in Europe : we will even s tip.. pose (which is granting a great deal) that 1)- 1 . forms an exception to the rule of the ilbhe ST , PicsßE, that " he never knew a man rise rota the dunghill to possess a colossal fortune by ho' nottrable means." We will grant, then, that :KC Banker, M. LAFITTE, is, as , you all know, a n boo nouralAe man ; yet, when we see a man, no meet' ter what is his origin, sacrifice every thing t° vanity 'and selfishness, what are we to think of him ? The first French Loan was made willt Mr. BAP,ING, because this patriotic Balker anli others thought, by refusing it that they could slot' the wheels of Government, and Octet - ore thre o such a discredit on the Loan, that it was made at 52. ; when% this cunning Lsuac, though be would j bare nothing to do with it while in the bands all Go\'ernmenr, instantly 'grasped at as much as ltd could get of it, as a Loan at 43 per cent, heaa" par, was certain of yielding an itninenSe pront."a" Next comes the Loan of 14 milli:sus in A. 1,; Ys 1818; for Which 163 millions were subscribed ;-"'" and it is on this nominal subscription of 10 tititcs more than was asked that our shbllow-pa rd Banker grounded his accusations aga:nst the Mid,' nister. Few can hare a poorer idea of ill. Cu'B: %TETT° than ourselves, but on this occasion bt displayed the greatest wisdom : l,e found . that persons subscribed for large sums who :itsd scarcely bread to eat, for every one thought it wet! to 1) 4 able to say he had subseribed to the Loan. D=';'' ducting the cl - aitr, the Minister thought be shoala have real offers sufficient without foreigners e hence his proud advertisement : but he was no t die dupe of his own vain boasting, and be coo' eluded the Loan of 24 millions entirely with fa' reigners. The event proved he was rigA, for at the very moment LAFITI'd accused him of doing so, and was making ltonasticed offers of taking itAtimself, the poor little Loa.. 414 trrillions could not be filled up with all the tamp y ttforts of tilis Banking C01u553.3 to assist it—socis as leading all he could on property of superi4 %rake heitig pawned with ; yet ; with this' it , thoit;;.: Out betoi e bins, such was the vat kat y e t t tai. m ans that, under the musk afittalotism,aa rasisied the BaRING's bargaai aaould. be at 7.1 inste a d o f 6 6 ' Mr. B had oCi•I ed him 2 millions of the Loot/ . which the pretended a' delL'acy about accepting' but which he would not let slip tatough b i° fingers : and, mat k the patriot's reason —h ,. 10( 16 it i n order to save this last portion of ling, tune for France. Lout , . XI-V. said, L'Etat. moi (the State, it is me), and M. Lamas , .. 11 France, means himself, for, like all other Char' latans, be tries to mask his private interest as 41 public good. But he paid severely for his ranee and his folly, by trying to keep op a fal o alipearance of national wealth,--he and mani more . were all but ruined last Antiun. So tha l many of the English who had not 'already wide drawn their money on account of. Iris exorbifani charges (the Doke of WELLINGTON end .th ° English Ambassador had already' done it) flocked to close their accounts with his reeling edifice, for they ceased to have any Confidence i t/ his stability, morality, or judgment : indeed, wi-00 confidence could be placed in a man as a financier' who, in his calculations on the affairs of the made a mistake of near 60 millions sterling' and could not Make out bow it was' even Wh et) told of it, until a Junior Cl,:rk in his own 0 0° literally beat it into hint. The Baron DELES!ERT was perfectly right it'l l his assertions—he is a noble character, posseoce of a splendid fortune, and a superior mind ; 1 0 r,ither seeks nor avoids popolittity, which is 9 much the idol of LAFITTE, that , not beitag 91}16 'to obtain kin the regular way, he has recourse° the lowest system of quackery, but he is knovy% The CoHONATION is decidedly fi xed for t% 2th August, when the Court hopes d l,O to " • able to announce the birth of a NINO{ of 5 ° HOUSE OF 1:3OUnBoN. • Yestercky the LOlll3 CHANCELLPIt bad n" „ diel)qe Of the PHIN cp. REGENT. LEC)PoLD of SiXe Cgiblira tiPlt Ct) Utl Sottacitty from Parit. been 'peculiarly ihteresting ; biit for tlie reader of any nation it must possess a fascinating charm. There is not a Book of the 'Poem - which 1 peruse with more pleasure; or one ,'perhaps which has been - more successfully labditred by its author. The hover anti the triumph of the Poet are every where exhibited tliroughout its `course. For some able and judicious observations on the shidd of _Etna's, which forms the - splendid termination of this Book, 1 will refer my reader to. a Disserta tion on it by the late Mr. W. Whitercead, which tnay be found at the - end of the third volume of Dr. Wartou's Edition ot 'the Works of Vilgil.• THEATRICAL REGISTE'It. Perforined eon gat urda tliF.Afßr, ROTA L, DRURY-LAtcE.--AO OrktOrlo. THEATRE ROYAL, COVp:T-GAIIDEN.—: , IIO Performance. *** For IN•soi.VENT DEBTurts' Act, See the First Page. EattATA.--In Mr. SWIFT . i Anniversary Poem for the Pitt Club, published iu out Saturday's Paper—Atli paragraph, end the 4th lint with a full atop;—in the 6th line, for tripled read triply;—and in the Sth paragrapk, 4th line, for her read its. MONDAY.—A Holiday at the Exchequer, Bank, and South Sea House. Auaivzu-2 Dublin, 3 Waterford, 1 Holland, 1 Flanders, 1 France. DUE-1 Sweden, i Hamburg!), 2 Lisbon, 1 Malta. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRII°,3E TOMORROW. 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