The Sun. — London, England, 1815-10-27 00:00:00

TIIE-:SUN REVIEIii% I (No. CI.) Wi t 1 . ont,,ermr..r : a Poem . , by truv . Aat) Third Dragoo n Gua liurst rd; % pn. 177, Prictibs.-.-Lougur Rees', Orme, and Drown: A PrOfesSion ‘vl - tielt .earls 'its votaries to drink fren ue ntiy a t t h e fountain of Inspiration has sel °n 'telt them time, or fost e red in th e m inclina tion to drink deep. The nightly watch which ° Jetts to the soldier the contemplations of the s h e rr y sa Heavens, or gives hi m t o sPectilate opon teiripesi t iO ns rack ;• the mount a i n march wilich efills levates his soul ; the field of slaughter which hint with all that is dread and terrible ;—the Ililriety, of scenes and occupation through which with all Pas ses, are e noug h i ndeed to agitate the mind the emotions which are the sources of 119etieal enthusiasm, but yet how seldom do WC I;, ee h int ex c h ange the sword for the pen, and, b ee nil the contest for bays than for laurels, at `d forth the c an did ate for the - Poets crown. When such a candidate does come beforeour criti vlV trib unals, he ,ought to have a soldiers welcome. may imagi Iver ne What our t re pida t i on wou ld b e e we to venture upon his province, and ex change the pen for the sword : and something of ~r sec tiny will.make us kind. , la " in th e present instance we must not he Ito geestnod to hav e b een carried away into a favour thte opinion, 'in spite of our judgment, by the 4'‘lndition of the writer. What we shall say of /Wie n/ter is founded upon his merits. ..',Arohthermer is a mixed poem, which. dashes No, In ltlar g r ave to gay" without any very deter -4t it e Plan. Captain QUILLINAN seems to have liti4. rt°w'n no precise rule for himself ; he felt l! e , Muse. imagined a general outline of his story, sat d own to write as the gods might will. th. hi i s course, if it takes away front the consistency teeest of his story, gives it an air of unpre 4dilated ease, a n d we seedily reconcile our to 'es to the 'wh p ole plan of the author, which was n lt : e a ' slight ve hi c l e for the conveyance of a °B"lerahle quantity of stores and equipa;4e, and tie ov unable to frolic a " 1 , route. 1 1 , 7 " ere is in this volume a good deal of very pleas- P l oet ry, and a good d ea l o f h umour; t h e w h o l e i b i s evdetl tly the production of an acute and polished l" accustomed to observation and reflection. It of seem necessary f or us to d eta il t h e p w rogress t the catnpaig-ns an;l loves of the heroes, lose litPloits in arms are the ground-work on which °r r nalnel lt of verse is wrought like the efftl -0::14 .I. `" the mouth s of the dramatis personcr on to' alleje„. ‘‘, tapesttv. Suffice it to say, that in Tl i h r ` ve find the usual difficulties and' triumphs. e re e r .h ,. et "Pon Which the denouement turns, how ton- worthy of the Poem, and possesses very 4ist4idetable interest. The heroine, rendered t rae ted by an alarm,• when on thp eve of ruin, eStQ red to sanity, to her family, and to her ' Beret gnat lover, by the performance of an awful v i r e ' ll "Y, at the conclusion of which the. same quiastanee which originally shook her reason, 16-,,IY""i"slY repeated,- and she wakes as if from. air • d ream. isT a l t d phiiosopli es cr i bed, er a t n . d imPres • thr }having absolved ourselves from following the ~ ite s of Ahntiternter's theme, we Cannot deny , hrzt e t lees the satisfaction of presenting three se the4ee eitracts fro m thi s volume, The first of )14, 40 ftra Y be adduced as a fair specimen of the Poetic ')l4 talent of the Author—the second 'of 4 NI tL-al imagination and descriptive powers— ue thira.and last of the fatter quality only. rAt4C I FUL MILITARY COMPARISON. - , lte G eneral comes ! in regulation suit ct 44 the trumpets! Officers salute! 11 : 4 tes'te files to view the passing host, fi ti ranks survefd, he takes his wonted post ; ott his sober steed he solemn sits, 4r,fitt brow, and nods his will by fits. asi; ni cY tiling of flutter, froth, and pride, ,jpeoxeotuh. Aide-de-camp is seen beside ; 4. 11i1 4 0 , t Kings in ambush coach, they say, itlrLibEr), :thee Belle, ite.busYsTachals itart the latent prey. elate with triumphs won, Nor e l Coach appears the Chariot of the Sun, 4"! ed General who so solemn sits, Vctlr awful brow Nor , and nods his will by fits, ii,,noct°,l("ll,l) Aide-de-ca m p that smirks 1 ,, t „ 1 1' thin g of flutter, froth, and pride, i'lllinstthc hold ~.7self.eSterm the expanding soul pereade Colonel of that cavalcade. T4.11.'005 Leade r of the pompous train ! . t to guide their movements o'er the plain c jr . h*hembt. the lon g slaw measured march they ply, The 13a gtlan' s trot jo g steady hy ; etYide big, with lun g s exerted ho ar s e , th 'hc e t hunderin g simultaneous course, And e lr nethe sph er i cs, theY urge as fleet a race, 144 .etl) mechani cal like Them their place. 44 " • what diref u l fate the proud pursues! 31ri,,,D."sr.lilc despots may their sceptres lose, Acrd u: their fame, young Cornets soil their lace, 1.01,10 l Colimeis sink into dis g race. his l. 14! 'secures him Pudic Tllaults;' ‘ llenius flies alon g the ranks. 11,4_ I 'm is her n:trae ; by H er i ns pired ; t 'ne ray st "-si With sudden Lui-.el:ief End With stapor seiz'd, Eheir Piders dully stare, And right and left thelabbing numbers beer. Captains and corporals position change, . • Troops ride o'er troops; through squadrons squadrons range ; There flies a Major on his racing mare, A stung Lieutenant yonder cleaves the air, A Farrier here, a dapper Cornet there. Wide O'er the field the awkward mob disperse And Brevet-Majors shout, and tied rants curse; Curses and shouts comhin'd but make the medley worse. Thus when a Poet, seiz'd with fit sublime, Resolves to conquer the applause of time, He bids his Trumpeter Apollo, sound ! The inspiring call reverberates around.. Out pour the ideas ! a refulgent train, Fresh from the crowded Barrack of his brain The Chief exultant views his force divine, And wheels the bright Divisions into line: File covers File, in just proportion terse, Clad in the radiant uniform of verse With chequering shade the fields of white they tint; Lock'd in the ehon panoply of print. Slowly at first, a staid and ordered throng, The close-compacted squadrons. march along. By fine degrees, the cautious pace forgot, They try the ambulation of a trot. Teas'd with that champing timid carped dance,, The fiery tlippogriffs begin to prance; Then scorn the rein, then toss the head at large, Break on a gallop, burst into i charge; And soon they stray, o'erleaping every fence, Beyond, above, the vulgar hounds of sense. Then the Reviewer comes, with withering frown, And calls the Corps of Winged HOrses down; Tumbling they come ; the Poet's fame alone— Plides evanescent into worlds unknown." TI-1?. VISIONS OF A YOUTHFUL LoVER ; ANT) DE SCRIPTION OF MORN IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. " Before Alvine more blissful visions rose That nit, than e're enchanted her repose. Tier fickle dreams a thousand shapes assumed, .In various worlds, hyr arions spheres Monied, By heavenly music ebarnid, and heavenly airs uerfuna'd:} A thousand shapes inhright perfection each; And worlds too :-.2autiFil for , irthly speech; And seat ter'd sTilieres that brii :it Holly threw. More mild rich lights, and all of separate hue, Than e're before e'en fairy fancy knew : Music more soft than !Bolus ''er flung From airy Irirp by Elf-mnsician strung, Amid the yellow hr .;owerg of n3 , ltruful autumn bung : Airs feedier far than over woo'd the Jay, Eloping after showers from isp of liberal May. Whit! , ersoe'er she roved, a yoUthful guide, Th 4 genius of the scene, was at her side. Whithersoe'er he led, ihe wander'd free, Frog:: change to change, throuch earth, or air, or sea. So courteously he look'd, sokindle spOke, His every gesture instant charm awoke. But still the close black locks that clustering twined O'er brow where manly candour sat defined,. The goodly form and careless easy mien, And large dark eyes so Bright yet softly keen, Were wondrous like a youth that happy evening. seen." } I I I * I tF " As if for hint the prospect to adorn, Exuberant in i.nlendour rose the morn, When, by the Sire attended and Alvine, He first beheld the bold encircling scene. The heavy battlement aloft that tow -r'd Dark o'er the vale in sullen grandeur lower'd. Its eastern aspect o'er the blue-roof d town Lool'd in the pride of its protection down. Biiiem the west, from southern mountains roll'd, GAVE at his feet was thundering nncontrol'd; Twisting along his proud capricious course, Ile polled his waves, exulting in their force. Romantic Gate ! whose lucid currents strong Foam, wheel, and whirl, and roar and rush along, And in their desultory visits greet All that is wild and beautiful and sweet. And far around, where'er the lively green Of chestnut hills allow!d i view between, Were orchardsand vine-swells in youthful p ro mise seen. } Beyond, the Pyrennean mountains rose, • Their huge beads radiant with impassive snows; From south and west the noble scene they crown'd, And girt the amphitheatre around." IibETICA DESCRIPTION OF SUN-SET. " The sun is sinking ; and, since hour of morn, She bath not seen who left her so forlorn. The sun has sunk ; but all his glory's train Has left, the twilight meek to entertain. • Thousands of clouds caparison the sky, , Refulgent masses of unnumber'd dye. In every strange. fantastic form they wreath, And fling their hues o'er all the land beneath. Ventures the gale but just enough to blow, To waft them on majestically stow, Volume devolves on volume, wave on wave,. One rich suffusion seems another's grave; Now in abrupt collisiOn hold they meet, Now melt and mingle, singularly sweet. Aloft in chasten'd pomp the moon appears, Salutes the gale, and through the clouds careers; • And as they pass alternate in review, "lathes. her void cheek in every various hue. Now in a shower of fretted gold she sinks; Now, wanly seen, the browner vapour drinks ; Nose through a sheet of scudding azure drives; Now in a mass of deep vermillion dives; Now in a fleecy stream her forehead steeps; Now front behind a purple curtain peeps; • Now under billows of o'erfluent black She hides all trace of her resplendent track; Now o'er its startled edges sudden breaks, So bright that Vision with the contrast aches. • On such an eve the finer moulded breast • Feels each full sense deliciously opprest. On such an eve affliction finds its grief . More sad, yet it) that sadness is relief. On such an eve the maid of gentle soul Reflects on him her willing heart that stole." To these extracts we shall add nothing:' If an affected phrase or uncouth word has, Qccasionally vexed, Os in .illonthernier, .there still so much stet lin, stiff in him, that 'we readily forgive the p ar tia;,oTors,..and will not iniicliOtuiy point : chilli ouc, , . 6RiGIN:IL - POr'''TltY'''. • pArtont son a Sonnet to Lord By tux, in THE SUN of yesterday. BYRON, whose .s . pells .i!Tiognatioo bilk!, Strange spells'. which.turn the .1..11y head at will, , Alt! since thy muse can.paint, with equal skill, -Thy Prince a ‘.‘ Vice," or father most unkind (Rapt in the glowing energy or mind,) Let not the-plans of rage and faction still Whelm us with falsehood, or with rancour chill, ror sure thou nwe may'st fitter subjects find. And siate the Parish Priest has jolted thy fate, To one thou must, since all who knOw, admire, Led by thy nose, pray moderate thy hate, • And tune to loyal themes thy shameless lyre; So may ye share on Earth a safe estate, And not exalted in_the fljr expire. W. J. EXTEMPORE, Poet Laurect. THE FIELD OF WATERLOO. .'• T WALTER following Lc an E :F tr ac t f rom Mr. gf " Iraterloo," just publishe d:- LOok forib, once more, with suften'd heart, Ere front the field of fame we part; Triumph and Sorrow border near, And lit) , of melts into a tear. Alas ! what links of love that morn- Has War's rude hand asunder torn 4 For ne'er was field so sternly fought, And ne'er was conquest dearer bought. Here piled in common slaughter sleep Those whom affection long shall weep; . Here rests the sire , that ne'er shall strait; His orphans to his heart again ; The smi, whom, on his native shore, The.parent's voice shall bless no more; - -The bridegroom, who has hardly press'd hlnshing consort to his 4weast; • The husband. whom through many a year . Long love and mutual faith endear. Thou can'st not name one tender tie But here dissolved its reliques lie ! 0 when thou see'st some mourner's veil • Shroud her thin form and visage pale, Or niark'st the Matron's bursting tears Stream when the stricken drum she hears; Or see'st how manlier grief, suppress'd, Is labouring in a father's breast, — With no inquiry vain pursue The cause, but think on Waterloo! Period of, honour as-of woes, What 'bright careers 'twos thine to close ! Mark'd on thy roll of blo6d 'ghat names To Britain's memory', and to Fame's, Laid there their last i mortal claims! TWm saw'st in seas of gore expire Rectinbted Pic - rns's soul of fire— Saw'st in the mingled carnage lie All that of PoNsoN et' could die— DE LtNcr change LOre's htidal wreath FOr laurels from the.hand of Death—' Saw'st - gallant MILLER's failing eye Still bent Where Alhion'.s banners Br, And CAMERON, in the shock of steel, Die like the offspring of Lochiel; And !renerous Oortnnx, 'mid the strife, Fall while he wateled his leader's life.-- Ah though her guardian augers shield Fenced Britain' Fiero through the field, - Fate not the less her power r u ide kneisen, Through his friends' hearts to pierce hit own! THE JESUIT'S DOUBLE-FACED CREED. (FOR THE USE OF THOSE PROTE3TAN'TS WHO PLEAD FOR POPERY.) I hold for faith-----:—.What England's Church what Rom e's Church saith,—My Conscience disavows, Where the King's head, The flock can take nu shame, The flock's misled, Who holds the Pope supreme, Whore th' altars drest,—The worship's scarce divine; The reopl,'3l,lest; ,Wh o ' s table'i Lread 'and. wine, but an —Who their communion flies, Who shun'S the mass —ls catholic and wise. Tue THEATRE--Miss O'NEILL, for the first time this season, performed the part of Mrs. Be verley, in the Tragedy of The Gamester, last night at Covent-Garden Theatre. As her powers ore, as we before observed, obvioudy strengthened by her summer excursion, she gave. the more violent emotions with increased effect, and was irresistibly touching in the pathetic scenes. YOUNG'S Be tyr/ey was a masterly and affecting perforniance. C. KEmEn.E . restimed his part of Lewson, and . tie never saw him support it with so much effect. All his reproaches and sarcasms towards Stokely were admirable, and were 'particularly applai , ded. TeAtay was a good representative of Stokely, 811(1 Miss FooTF. very interesting in Charlotte. The new piece of John Du Bart was repe'atod, with retrenchments, and so far it was improved. Die frigate and the naval .action went off very well, so well indeed,.that it is to he regretted that the drama itself has not more intrinsic merit. The house was very well attended, and was honoured by the presence of the PRINCE REGENT. At an Annual General Court of Proprietors of the Albion Fire and Life Insurance Company, held at the Company's- house,. in New. Midge strt,et, yesterday, the following Gentlemen were unanimously elected Direct Ors for the year en suing, .viz. :-. 7 Chairman—TAMES PATTISON, • Esq. : . 'Deputy Chairman—JOHN TOWOOOD, Esq. ThomaS Starlingllenson, Esq. - John Kingston, Esq. Henry Bonham, Esq. - Thomas Maltby, Esq. Henry Burmister, Esq. Henry Pigeon, Esq. Janes Bnrtnn. Esq. - Sir John Pinhoro John Calvert Clarke, Esq. _ William Raylq, Esq. William ConinOam, Esq. JOslma Jon. Smith, Esq. and Richard Clay, Esq. Ahlm. • ' John Danvers, Esq. - . - Thomas Smith, Esq. & Aldm. Solomon Davies, Esq. William Smith, Esq. M. P. Gilbert Hindayside, Esq. Daniel Rich. Wariligtian, Esq. Matthew 'Harrison, Esq. • - ' TUPPER, went 52 miles yesterday, and is can .• ti s ruting his task.---We rather think the public must be tired of these walking matches if the pe destrians are not. . VICISSITUDE IN nian named Bonner, who kept a public-house at 13radninch, Devon; was married on Tuesday in, the last Week, hung himself on Friday, a Coroner's Inquest was held on his body on Saturday, and he• was buried on Sunday. Janitary and May.—On Wednesday lasi was married, at St. Leonard's - Church, Shoreditch, to his second Wife, 'Mt. GEO HOF.- MAXWELI" a re, spectable tailo s r, in the eighty-fifth year of his age; to a blooming maiden Of twenty-three ;_ the bride womb laPpred Pull of glee and Bill oif spirits on thong!' he-is father; grandfather; and e - the. g oc r c? i s t s , a ndfother, to one hundred and One children-.! • MIDDLT. ^.X SESSlONS.—Yelterday the Conri w a s occupi e d i n hearing appeals" apinv . t i or i s of Magistrates in-sevvral penal ases, of no geacral importance: • ' iiTAL - . the Prang Is Freeing packet from Cuic.‘ haven, with a mall. .... • . • PALtrot:ll; 'OCT.. 24.—Arrived the Qnee.4 , ,Charlotte packet front Lisbon, in 10 days, and the Princess Mary packet front Ilalifak, in P' The Mary spoke ate foll - ol.ving. vcsse!s :--Sept. 24, at' . sanily Hook, the Cobsdeii;' from 'St. Ja - gb distutlsted the 14th ult.— oct. 10, Cape .1:m0:to bearing • NM. 9 or 10 jegties, spoke the Siik Lion, of Liver Pool; out 44 days.—Oct. 21, i;poke the brig I.knry, of Nor - .cstle, in lat. 47. 52,1 ( 1.. 18.'20. W. from I4i verpool, . out 44 clays -Oct. Sciny,lp6ke . • the brig HeLn, front Gibraltar for Liverpool.— Wind W. - •• • • PoRT3I.4OUTH, O CT. 26.—Arrived his Majesty's . • ship Lightning from Plymouth, and the Lora Melville transport. front Melaizu. LIVERPOOL, Oc.r. 25.—The Contest, KEAN, from Jamaica and Halifax for this port, put iuto rile of Fundv the 2lst instant. The,Castlctown, owENs, from Castletown, Isle of Man, for this port, is totally lost on Longness Point. Crew saved. , THE QUEE,II'S Coyar.--Vesterday her MAtrsTV bell a pri*ate. Court in Sr. James's Place. At five o'clock their lm:pevial Hightiessts the Archiluskes and Law's ;f Austria, : attended by General Count st.Julit l . ll, GenerilCount Jlur iii`; 'Colonel Baron Hey, Major Baton 'Cessini,' 4c. . arrived at the Palace inßoyal carriages- frOm. Stratford-place. They were received with the, usual Ceremony. , The Queen Was attended by their [loyal Highnesses the . Princes.ses Augusta . and Llizabeth; the I . .?Aes of Clarence and Kent. Their Imperial Higitnes•iei and suite were then introduced to . her Majesty. After their depar; , .. titre, Prince Paul EStrehazy, the Ambassador froth the Court of Austria to Great Btitain, Was, intro duced to the Queen. HiS Excellency had at) au dience of ber Majesty, delivered his credentials, and was most vracionsly. received. At, half-past five o'clOck the Hereditary Prince of Hesse,Hom 7 boors, accompanied by Lieut.rGenet:ai Of Infan try, Prince Phillip,. Major-General of cavalry; Prince Gutitvus, and Major-General. of Cavalry; Prince Ferd'in;Md, Were also presented'. a.. • a AttenDukEs:- , --On 'Wednesday fh . eir Tm perial•ilighnesses theArchtitikes JOH& and IAtiNVO, with their snites, - during the time they were out in two of he PriiirFßegent's carriages, called upon. the Duke and Duchess of ihtLeAtis . , at their house on Ke.w.Oreen,-,--Yesterday, after they had been presented to the i,tieen,• they returned to their residence in Bt - ratroyd'-pLi'ee to dinner.' After which _their Jtitperial Highnesses., attenned. by Lient.-General*Confit St. Julian, General Count MOrgin, Colonel Pley, and four others Of their suite, wcntin two of the Prince .Regent's .car;. riages - to Drtirv-Inne Theatre, where eke Managers, being apprized of . the intended lio4mr of their Visit, received them with every walk Of attention. and respect due to their exalt•ct rank. Thoywere lighted to the Rae, ReiTnt's . bolthyMeitts. Dibd:n and accompanied - by Mr. On their entrance, int! the box the Banc, struck, up our National Air of." Gokl . .sii* the Ring."— Their Imperial Highne4ses appeared 'to.take• con- . siderable interest in, and tit be tuna delighted with, Mr. ii.tiak'S “eting in' //runlet. . , It is. reported in letters froMC-Atlii, that an 'epi demic disorder hati4rOken out there, And that the Captain-General hUd died,of We are happy, to learn . , that the Co!ctesS which some ill-intentioned persons iiad laboured'to wring about between the iloY:11 Famity of France andt the Duke of \VELLINGTO hls entirely disappear ed ; insomuch thatUozcsnott has Kieti, inform, to pay a visit of ceremony to the British Hero; a circumstance the ni,;e eleservtug reinark; because; accord log to the aneie;it‘ctNuette of the Trencti. Court, a Prince, statitlingYin that close relation to the Crown., seldony . paid such a mark of respect to any but PerS,lnages. It is . sta.ed . froni Paris,'iliat the seal of the Royal Lottery' has lately' been forged; and affixed to envelopes containing invitations to rebellious practices. One of these papers says, that. affairs cannot loin; remain as they are, mid bids the peO• pie pfepare for a crisis: • , A paragraph opted from the French sonic of the Lmidon and Provincial Papos that " Lord CLIFFORD and Lord lIAGLEn ha() lately the lion4uir of: being presented, to the Popa, and that his Llo liness'gave them the iniist flattering reception, anal ddcoro.ed Lord CLIFFORD, as hi-in... ' .the oldest Catholic Peer of •England, With theOrdel'orthe Go[deo Spur," iS.•totally void of fiiiindatiOn2:— . .. There such Peer of the United Kingdom 113 Lord MAGLER ; and Lord CLIFFORD (Wiio is the i'ourigest, 'instead of the . oldest of the . Catholic. Peers) has never been .presented tki the Pore, titer does kny such Order as that of the. Widen Spur exist in the Papal S‘ates. The EaSt Deiron Regiment of MilitLi is under order's to embark for ... . . . . • • , Mr. Cochrane Johnstone, , rho was suppo s ed to be in Anietica,lt, 'vre believe; iit4 living onliii only reniaiiiing estate :in Duaiiii , ca. A (..'entle,.. inan saw biin in that island on the 21st of August last. . .. . Lord OXFoRD'S ot4 brother; the lion. ailci Rev. 3011 N HARLiY, died ahnObt itid(l 7 ,ily , (ill Friday . last, at his re ctory of l'.l.steigo, lii !tad. mirshire. • . .. . . . CORN. ExcaAN6e, Ocr. 1114rket.was . very thinly supplied. this morningl pnrchaSeil„ particularly. of Oati, appeal.. to be itangi.g. off, expecting lame supplies .i'londay. itral fine Wheat sold at Mointay's•pviees, but.the 'ales w ere s(i few, the priceS in the different , kinds of Grain axe little Mott than nominal. S:atr:trtiu 4 &y's Ntarket hid not a kgoo I ; supply of .tiu• various liintis o! Cattl,es reef. Mutton, Val, airil I s lorl;, supported last prices; aud the trade in'Lcleria wati but ith!itf,rent. The ";fies in theflay•watkei wer,sQine wl:at dull; Haz.and Strirg bare gut up in pricc• (.;Ivrr sur d • •4-• tit " tiar• prize. I ~~