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, , '** \\*VW,'" ' . . \,..*,.; 0..... x. ..., ~, ,,:, y r . ----,,t , _ SI -----_____,_ 1., ~.... rsc ----=—__ ~.,W in ~------ !. 4. .Z <,, - - - -- _- - -z- , . ,; S-._ ",'''•:' ..t.t, , ~ 4 ---- w -1-"'AIN \\\ • ~.....,- , , . al- ( ; )..c7, -° 0. UN. , 7 ... . 2.. '' , , '' j / 7 / ./ ' . :. , ~i NUMBER 9129.1 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1821. PRICE SEIrEiIPtN.Ck. EAST INDIA HOUSE, 00.31, 1!,21; THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do lereby give Notice, EAST INDIA HOIIE. October 3i, 1!121. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of ...the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, du hereby give Notice, That *a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of .the said COMPANY will be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 19th December next, at Eleven co'Clocli in the Forenoon, fur the purpose of declaring a,Di • vidend from Midsummer last to Christmas next. FOREIGN LITERATURE. Syracuse, Corinth, Pergatnus, Antioch and Alex andria, had rendered themselves masters of the Grecian or Grecianized nations. They did nothing either to accelerate or to retard the literary de cline of the Greeks; the latter flocked to Rome, as .they did formerly to Alexandria, because they found there the means of subsistence ; I ' . but the Romans never exercised a direct influ ence on the career of men of true talent who, like the lovely cypress amid the tombs, raised themselves from time to time above the ruins of their country : it was only the long repose, ob tained for the world by Augustus, that favoured in Greece, as in Italy and every where else, literary studies and works. We have not the least hesitation in considering the fall of the voluptuous court of the Ptolemies as beneficial to Grecian literature ; nor do we hesitate to prefer the four Greek historians of the age of Au gustus, viz. Diodorus Siculus, Strabo, Dionysius Halicarnassus, and Nicolaus Damascenus, to all the prose-writers of the Alexandrian School. The enumeration of these writers proves to us that literary activity was disseminated in far dis tant provinces, a sign of renewed life. We are now arrived at a singular phienomenon in the history of the human mind,which is as badly explained by the generality of writers, as the questions on which we have just treated. About the beginning of this age of happiness and glory, for which the Roman Empire was in debted to Trajan, Adrian, Antoninus, and Mar cus Aurelius, we se Roman literature flourish ing again, and in high estimation. Towards the end of the same century, Grecian literature was more encouraged, more esteemed, and more cul tivated than that of the Romans. • friends orvirtue: Ought not so wise a Monarch, when he yielded to the empire of the literary fashion of his time, to have given some marked proofs of respect' for the gloiy of the Romaa writers? No. L. OEUVRES COMPLETES de I'EMPEREUR JLTLIEN; i. e. The Works of the Emperor Julian, translated for the first time into French from the Greek, with Remarks and Notes, to which is prefixed an Historical and Critical Notice of his Life, by R. TOURLET, Member of several Acade mies and Literary Societies, and Translator of Pindar'and Quintus of Smyrna. 3 vols. Bvo.—Paris, 1821. That the TRANSFER BOOKS of the said COMPANY'S STOCK will be SHUT en TUESDAY the 4th December next, at Three o'Clock, and OPENED again on THURSDAY, the 17th January, 1922 ; And that the DIVIDEND WARRANTS on the said STOCK, due on the sth January, c Ba 2, will he ready t o b e deliv ere d on MONDAY, the 7th of the same Month. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. Whilst we blame this partiality as impolitic and anti-national, we must admit that the Greeks nobly answered the appeal made by imperial. munificence to them. • The geniis of, .Greece seemed really to awake from itsjinrotier . at the voice of Adrian. 'Where is the. :age tlla.t, would. disdain so ingenious a writer as •Lucianovso ex tensive, so varied, so noble aimind:as.P.lntarch. 'What a comprehensixe understanding . Was that of Galen, of:Ptolommus, The.historians of . this age are by no means deficient of talent / . ..,The descriptive poetry of Oppian •is,superior;to-.that of Aratus. In short, the.,age of tho'Aiitonines. ought, in the long annals of, Grecian . literature, to hold a- far higher -station than. that.of.the Ptolemies. • • • . . • • It is an object worthy . of admiration to observe this mental life of Greece, contendjog' ,frith so much honour, three centuries gter• the. ; .fall of liberty, against the common destiny -of, ,11. that existed on the earth. Bufthe true.source:of this life was at length dried up ; for the artificial channels opened by Adrian were•inaclequate tv revive for a long time the drOoping and aged laurels of the people Of Homer.. The last half of the twelfth century, and the whole -of the thirteenth, saw Grecian literature fall !again into a state of hopeless exhaustion.. -Great.,public calamities and destructive evils contributed to the depression of the mind ; but the greatest of ,these evils was the absence of a •legitimate and constitutional government. Without -this -public and national life, which accompanies true, liberty, what is literature ?—the• puerile occupation of arranging some amusing images, or some sounding phrases. A man - Of letters who thinks of no thing great, elevated, arid useful, is the most use less burthen on the earth, and even despots, who . .loVe.this species, notwithstanding prefer to it the most original and estimable race of buffoons and dWarfs. The Greeks of the thirteenth century had only one great public interest which they could discuss with any degree of liberty,—the contest between Christianity and the Neo-Platonic philoSophy ; maintained by the most powerful talents of these times of universal mediocrity, and sanctioned by the laws of the empire, the Cause., of the Christians obtained, even in "a worldly sense; the most brilliant triumph. The poor sophists .of Athens, who obstinately. perse vered in, defending their ancient gods with te dious metaphysics, were deemed with reason not only impious, but also fools. • In these; circumstances appeared-Julian ; his birth.connected•him with the throne r .but cabals removed him' from. the comtj, h sough-t-consola tion in study, and soon his genies, overstepping the interval of a barbarous century, placed him almost by the sid'e of. Lucian;. of Plntarch, of Marcus Aurelius. Since these three authorsow person had ever written. in - the' G reek language with so much .spirit, taste, and elegance as Ju lian ; and he was not only. one of the best writers of his age, but also one of the most disticguished of men for courage, benevolence, pueity.of man ners, and laborious habits. To-gain over such a :convert was the last hope of the defenders of paganism ; they succeeded, 'and half. from love of classic literature, and hatred for the courtiers of Constantine,' Julian .apostatized. -Deplorable blindness! Enormous error ! even -inHa political point of - view : but here, as we have to consider him onlyin the. light' of.a,literary character, we ought not to refrain from saying that Julian closes with splendour the long series of Hellenic writers. Thus we follow with interest a star,of inferior magnitude, 'when it is the last extinguished in the midst of a tempestuous night..- [ To be Continued.] jOS'EPI-1 DIRT, Secretary. This Day was published, price 11. 69. bound, STOCKDALE'S CALENDAR, for 1822, containing— I. The Itoyal Calendar. 11. The Almanack. 111. The Cotupanion to the Calendar. IV. Tl 4 Peerage, with the Anus of the Peers. - V. The Baronetage, with the Arms of the Baronets. Printed for WILLIAM Sl' OCKDALE, 179, Piccadilly. 'The Peerage and Baronetage contain the late Creations. The works of the Emperor Julian, considered of themselves, are in , our opinion of such great literary and historical, importance that we shall, we trust, be excused for calling the public atten tion to them, notwithstanding so many volumes have been already published respecting the Im perial Apostate by his admirers and his enemies. As a writer and a literary character, Julian is with his historian Zoshm4 i gthe last Greek ;.,a circumstance which does not appear to us to have been sufficiently noticed or estimated. For in the writings of Julian, the last sparks of the spirit of Grecian Literature shine ; and all that comes-after him is in its ideas, its sentiments, and its taste Byzantine, and no longer Hellenic : with Julian ought we_ to finish a course of Grecian Literature, a book which, as well as a course of Roman Literature, is yet wanting. But this imperial writer, who terminates the long cata logue of men of talent and genius, at the head of whom stands the' divine Homer, is far from being the last in talent, and may, on the contrary, be placed by the side of the good writers, if not of the age of Pericles, at least of that of the Anto nines. We might say that Hellenic genius, feel ing itself on the point of expiring, made a last effort to return to life, like the Sun which,at the moment of descending below the horizon, still casts over the world it abandons, a few brilliant though transient gleams of light. The lon g decline of literary Greece, from the of Alexandria by Augustus to the foun dation of Constantinople, is a more complicated event than is imagined by many literati ac customed to rely on general and vague expres sions. They do not observe with sufficient atten tion the different crises of this decline,the intervals of its revival, and the causes which accelerated or retarded its progress. The fall of Corinth, which is improperly regarded as an epoch, marking the first decline of Grecian literature, had but little influence on literary productions; for the seat of its labours was never at' Corinth, in Achaia, or in Arcadia, provinces then subject to the. Roman yoke. The true period at which the decline, or rather the corruption of Grecian lite rature began, was at the death of Alexander. introduced by the conquests of the Macedonian hero into twenty different kingdoms, the Greek language seemed to reign over the civilized world, but its very triumph prepared the way for the fall of that refined taste which, from the bosom of Athens, dictated its severe laws to poetry and to eloquence. This town, humi liated and impoverished, was no longer • the lite rary and social capital of Greece ; anti with Me nander, expired all the pretensions she might still have retained to any intellectual supremacy. Literature was disseminated into towns far dis tant from each other. Not only Alexandria, which is eternally cited, but also Syracuse, A pol lonia in Illyria, Pergamus,. Tarsus, and Gadara in Syria, had each their schools, their libraries, and their literature ; a dissemination which, of itself, would not have been absolutely fatal, but for two important circumstances which have not been sufficiently attended to. Who were the poets, the orators, the histo rians, of that period ? They were no longer the free citizens of an active and powerful republic, inspired by great sentiments, and impelled in the creation of their works by an enthusiasm inde pendent of every other motive than the love of glory. Half-starved parasites of the soldiers of, Alexander, who became kings after his death, the Greek versifiers went from court to court ex changing their hexameters for golden darics ; strangers to public affairs, and to the agitations of deliberative assemblies, the orators and his torians had no longer any other occupation than that of praising those whose munificence enabled them to exist. 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SARACEN'S HEAD INN, SKINNER-STREET, SNOW- HILL:, LONDON 9rHE following POST-COACHES, MAM- A , - COACHES, N:c. set out from the above Inn We have endeavoured to trace the causes of this remarkable revolution, and we trust with success. In the first place, it should-be observ ed, that the Greek language had acquired nr every part of the East so universal an Empire, that not only Latin literature could never obtain the least favour, but even. the Roman Colonies in that quarter were in . a few years completely grecianized. _ _ _ But a still more remarkable cause was the truly singular perseverance with which the Greek Literati, established at Rome, persisted during more than a century in despising the master pieces of the Romans,' :and in extolling exclu sively those of their own Nation. We are at a loss to say which part of the conduct of these Greeks ought most to excite our astonishment. We are compelled toad Mire the tenacity of their national spirit, but we cannot suppress a smile at the effrontery of an insignificant Professor of Li terature, who, in the very country of Virgil, Ho race, and Livy, and having among his auditors a Tacitus, a Seneca, or a•Pliny, presumed to re vive the old distinction between the Greeks and the Barbarians, assigning, at the most, to the 'Ro mans, by special favour, a middle station be: tween these two great divisions of the human race. The perseverance of the Greeks, however, was victorious ; and, in - the time of 'Nero,. the great Lords and Ladies of the Court, following the example of the Einperor, that excellent con noisseur and amiable dilettante, began to find. the Latin language rude and unharmonious,+ - to despise the native writers, and even to exercise themselves in the composition of Greek verses.— From this period, we see Roman names -swarm in the Greek Anthology. There is still extant the work 'of a miserable Compiler, called Aulus Gel lilts, who , has attempted to skew that the style-. of Virgil is somewhat bombastic, and that 'the Latin Comic Authors were incapable of trans ffting into their productions' the point and spirit of the witticisms of the Athenian Stage. _ _ CARROLL'S LUCK STILL CONTINUES.-No. 11,486, another grand Prize of c e3o,ooo, was sold.hy him in Shares on the Last Day of Draw ing, at his fortunate Offices, No. 19, curnhill, and "26, Oxford-street, making the FIFTH that he has lately had the pleasure of distributing to the Public.—He hopes that his Goon Loot will continue, and that he will have the, pleasure of adding a SIXTH R 30,000 to his List in the pre sent Lottery, which. Draws again on the 11th December. PROSPECTUS OF THE LONDON WINE COMPANY, 141, FLEET-STREET To Commence No. TO-MORROW, 29th NOVEMBER. 'UPON the announcement of an Undertaking, of no ordinary magnitude, the Proprietors feel it proper to submit to the consideration of the Public the following view of its objects and arrangements : The LONDON %VINE COMPANY, after having occu pied the greater part of the present year in building and fitting_ up appropriate Premises, take leave to announce their intention of commencing Business on . the. 29th Instant. These Premises are situated i n the extensive Court, the entrance to which is by the Gateway, 141, FLEET STREET ; and comprehending the whole of the inner Court, are formed upon a scale fully ade vete to the transaction of business of the utmost magnitude.— The Cellars, which are peculiarly dry and spacious, are at pre sent stocked, and will always contain from 30,000 to -10,000 Dozens of the choicest Wines, ofaevery class and Country. But although this Company feel it neceesary thus to conform with the usual mode of giving publicity teethe nature and ex tent of their Establishment, they would rather invite direct end p e rsonal examination o f i ts merits, as they ann at no other pre erehce than that which they may be really found to deserve . ; and having taken the utmost care to be furnished with none but genuine Wines, of the best flavour and quality, they offer that invitation with peculiar confidence. As they cannot, how ;et, Calculate upon general attention to aria invitation or ad dress on mere ; anonymous authority, especially after the fre quent delusions to Which the Public have been subjected, the Lompany think it proper to declare, that with them originated, and„ by th em i s at present conducted, the LONDON GE aa4_, U WE TEA COMPANY, 23, LUDGATE-HILL, with all its extensive ramifications. The success of this Company is rouenedlY without parall e l in the annals of trade. lor al- _ gh it commenced business so late as 1818, it is at present, u°twithstanding the importance and reseiectability of its com- Petitora, at the head of the Tea Trade ;—its utility is indeed admitted, and its establishment complete. • naTo those, then, w h o , d ur i ng the existence of that Company, pttae'etothrsofuegelht proper to honour it with their patronage, the Pro assured that they may refer on this occasion for the superior char acter o f t h e i r art i cles, and the consistent rect i tu d e teir dealings; and resolving to make the same system the 'rule of their conduct in their new Establishment, they cannot doubt of success. aut having s ens ibly f e lt th e goo d e ff ec t of th a t s y s t em , it Woul d Well as of t h e duty which t h ey owe to t h emse l ves, to h azar d ineir obvious interest by any departure from its principle, or by any relaxation of its character: • Looking, indeed, to permanent r u psutation, which is e sse nti a l to permanent profit, th e y. c a n n ot t ‘ o .av any temporary expedient to interfere with th e ir p ur p ose . Of course, then, they can never descend to obtrude any such p r emises as daily appear in the imposing placards which are so ost entatiously exhibited in almost every thoroughfare in town, with regard to " Cheap Wines," those \Vines being offered at a price,, tor which they could not po ss ibly be s old, were t h ey rea ll y of the quality or character which they purport to pos sess ._ hut the so licit u d e o f the L on d on Wi ne Company shall be, in L. h eir new Undert a ki ng , w h at i t h as un if orm l y b een in the. Tea ta-tte, namely, —to render their stock comparatively cheap - e rr by the superior quality of that Stock, than by disposing d e r t i o nt th erior ardcle at a low price, which at any price must be Ta al e consumer. ta n , th g LWhile the London Wine Company disclaim all affecta tsece67't object being to establish an equitable reciprocity by a e l a a fair article for the Public., with a fair profit for them ataaesal the P roprietors hope to reduce that system of i mposture, • pr n„ under the alluring guise of cheapness has been too long aa( e l l T; and thus, to accomplish that with respect to Wines, The"leY unquestionably effected with respect to Teas. tuAlamentable practice of adulterating Wines, has, unfor_ tee nat "Y, gone to a most a l arm i ng excess o f l ate years; an d to la _ e a 'Y considerably augmented iraportation of what are term eaa'aPe 'Wines, that adulteratiere is principally to be attributed. term- The • • afford actlities, indeed, which these Wines, both red and white, to the adepts in such reprehensible practices, are become o° ,very glarin g , w hil e t h e qua li ty o f t h ose Wi nes i s so notori -7,Y had, that the London Wine Company have determined au a , tilt, outset that on no cons id erat i on s h a ll C a p e Wi nes ever b e t nitted into their Cellars. ot . l .Lhe London Wine Company are amply supplied with Ports a generally esteeed best vintaes, among which they hav tae Stock that has m been from 4 to 32 years in bottle ; while,e hadsure a supply of the finest FRENCH WINES, they have d a d a special Agent in that country upon whose skill and in "natty they can confidently rely, from the Wines which he has alreedy forwarded. Rut since this est a bli s h men t h as b een i n con t em pl a ti on ; an d mainLseially since p re p arat i ons h ave commence d f or b r i ng i ng i t to rity, the Company have availed themselves of every op ertunity that offered, foreselecting the oldest and finest Wines the cellars of the most eminent merchants in the City. eY have happily toe elet w i t h occasions, peculiarly favour aole to their o b ject , among merchants retiring from business, and private gentlemen abut to break up their establishments; and the is scarcely any eminent shipper, for the last thirty Y e ars, from whose importations the Company have not made Pur c h ase . , s under the guidance of the most competent judges . . of Wines, whose advico and, aid th e P ro p r i etors h ave engage d in the conduct of their new Establishment. ro The L on d on Wi ne Company will always keep a Stock of !eign Spirits, which may he depended upon as being of ge ,,t1,11: and superior qualities, and which will be sold at equi "'ate Prices, both wholesale and retail. c Such are the grounds upon which the Proprietors of this I", n PartY take leave to solicit the patronage of the Public. it he character of the London Genuine Tea Company affords, t h e is t: Presumed, a sufficient guarantee to gentlemen resident in ountry, or to families occasionally visiting Town, for the Prillanctinal and faithful execution of any orders with which they si i :!e Pleased to favour the London Wine Company. t , a Company think it proper to state, that they can execute T,ers for less t a han one dozen of Wine. -ei tllowing is Statement of the Company's Wines, with their Prices : Fine p, „. eo (old in the wood) • -.inf. ' 46s —I wa n rranted vintage 1815 (ditto) • per dozen 42s . 9.usted Bottled Port . • 54s to 7 . 2 s t9Perior old ditto, sto 8 years in bottle • 72s to 84s i tto, 8 to 22 di tto 84s to 6 Guineas „Old Port in wood per pipe £9O to £126 Pine old Sherry . • . Su • old . is , persor Pale ditto • per dozen 46s 54s to 60s . - artieularly soft-flavoured Amontillado • COs to 65s (~,,,'u. r ious old Sh erry , 16 years us bottle 6 Guineas Fine old Sh err i es i n woo d • pipe £95 to £126 per _ use W est India Madeira. per dozen 50s to 60s East India ditto 70s to 84s . • Illost c urious ditto, 6to 16 ye ars i n bottl e 6to 10 G u i neas. Aladeiras in wood . per pipe £llO to 1.326 •V erY fine Tenni& . • Bucella4Bs per dozen 42s to 46s • . - C,aloavella . 458 . . • Lisbon 45s . . . • &c. &c. Light FRENCH WINES. flavoured Claret • • Ve rY fine Claret • • vela r ets, first growth, 'Margot and Lafitte +Ato saute and Red . Hermitage . • per dozen 72s 90s .1; to £5 15s 5 Guineas 5 Guineas atern e 75s to 903 .s arsac - Vis to 90s (%oti Rotie . . 1:5 lOs F • • £4 rontignac . . . . slehamPagne 9os to 7 Guineas htl ee Pe i no r . . . . sto 7 Guineas curious Burgundy . . . 4to 8 Guineas 1403e11e . . tiOs to 721 • . . ~ 411 Azent will be appointed in every Principal Towp . , but -44 sPplication will be received unless the postage iS l'id The "'Telegraph," DOVER, Deal, Ramsgate, Margate, Canterbury, Feversham, and Sandwich, new Post-Coach every Morning at a quarter oast 7 o'Clock.—ln consequence of the decided preference given to the above Coach, the Pro prietors are determined no expense shall be spared to render it the first conveyance on that road. BROMPTON, Chatham, Rochester, Stroud, Sittingbourne and Rainham, every Morning at a quarter past 7. FALMOUTH, Plymouth, Exeter, Weymouth, Dorches ter, Dartmouth, and Salisbury, every morning at Seven ; through Honiton, Axminster, Bridport, Blandford, Basing- 7 stoke, and Bagshot.' The " Union," SOUTHAMPTON, LyMington, Winches ter and Basingstoke New Four Inside Coach, every Morning at Eight ; arrives at the Coach and Horses, Southampton, by Five.—This is a most delightful Conveyance to the Isle of Wight, Jersey, Guernsey, St. •Malocs, Havre de Grace, Cherburgh, &c. The Proprietors of the above Coach hope to receive a continuance of that support which has hitherto been experienced since the co-minencement of the " Union?' No racing with other Coaches. BATH and BRISTOL Flying Post-Coaches, through Chip penham, Caine, and Marlborough, every Afternoon at one ; arrive at Mr. May's, the Greyhound Irtn, Bath, and the London Tavern, Thomas-street, and the Swann, Bristol, next Morning.—Coaches to Wells, Bridgewater, Taunton, and Plymouth. The UMPIRE, a New LIVERPOOL Light Coach; only one Night on the Road, carrying Four Inside, sets out Daily at One ; arrives at Liverpool next afternoOn at Seven,, tin °ugh . Woburn, Northampton, Welford, Lutterworth, Hinenley, Atherstone, Lichfield, Stone, Newcastle, Kautsford, War, rington and Preston. SHREWSBURY, Wellington, and- Shiffual, Post-Coach every Evening at Five.—Griarded. The UNION, WEYMOUTH ,Rorchester, Blandford,Salis hurv, Andover, Blackwater, Bag t rot, end Basingstoke new ' Post Coach, every Afternoon. The Weymouth Parnell to Guernsey, Jersey, Cherbourg, St. Maine's, &c. The ROCKINGHAM, LEEDS new light Coach, sets out dvery Morning, at Eight; and passes through BA dock, gleswade, Eaton, Silton, Greetham, Grantham, Bawtr), Stamford, Newark, Retford, Doncaster, and Ferrybridge, to the Golden Lion, Leeds, next morning at Ten. Notwith standing the uncommon Expedition 'of this Coach, it •i e allowed to hie the most agreeable and complete Public Con veyance on the North Road, being unequalled by any other. GLASGOW, Longtown,Gretim-7reen, Annan, Dumfries, Brownhill, Thornhill, Sanquhar-Kiln, Carimock, Kingswell and all Parts of Scotland, a Post Coach (daily). YORri, Scarborough, Whitby, Shields, Sunderland, New castle, and Edinburgh, New Post Coach, with a Guard throughout ; sets out every Morning at Nine, by way of Newark, Retford, Tadcaster, Darlington, Northallerton, .Durbarn,. Myr peth, and Berwick. Passengers finding them selves fatigued on .the journey, may rest what time they please, and then proceed without any additional Fare. MARLBOROUGH and SWindon, new four inside Caleb, through Aldbourn, Reading, Lartiboorn, Penton, Lyiiingtoo, Pewsey z „ Wootton Basset, Rennsbury, Hunger ford, and New bury • every Morning. BK"IDGENORTH„ .Walsal, Shrewsbury, and • Holyhead Four Inside .Coacb, eveti'evening. ••• BOSTON, Spalding, Peterborough, Stilfein, and f hinting don RoyalleMail Coach, every Evening tai'Spirshy, Louth, Grimsby, and Hull, Afternoon at a Quarter before Six. CARLISLE, Penritb, and Whitehaven - Pwt, Coach, goes with Four Horses, and a Guard all the way, passel through troughs, Appleby, Greta-bridge, Richmond, Catteriek, Bo roughbrnige, Wvtherhy, Abertord, Doncaster, and G rant ham. Sets out every Morning, and performs the journey with ;he greatest facility. Passengers detained on the, Road by busi ness or pleasure, have the peculiar advantage of their Seats being secured in the next' Coach. KENDAL, Lancaster, Preston, Kirby-Lonsdale, Bolton, Chorlcv, Onnrskirk, and GarAang Post Coaches, every After noon at Five. LIVERPOOL, Warrington, K m115( . 011, -Stone, Stafford, and Litchfield new light Four Inside Post Coach, called The Defiance, every Evening at Five o'Clock,- to the :Saracen's Head Inn, Dale-street, Liverpool. WAKEFIELD Post-Coach, every Morning. CHESTER, Newport, Whitechnrch, Tarporley, Nampt wich, Northwich, and Al iddlewich Post-Coach, every Evening at Five o'Clock. SUNDERLAND, Stockton, and Yarm Coach, every Morning, to the George Inn, Sunderland. MANCHESTER, Winslow, Congleton, 'Newcastle, Walsal, tad Wolverhampton new Four Inside Post-Coach, every Af ternoon. . SHEFFIELD and Rotherham Post-Cuach, called the Rock ingham, every Morning.. BIRMINGHAM Post Coach, sets out every Afternoon at Five, carrying Four ; and passes through Warwick, Leamington, r.nd Daventry, to the Saracen's licasi, street, Birmingham, next Morning at Ten. HULL, Lincoln, Northcave, Howden, and Doncaster, Post Coach, every Morning, to the Cross Keys, Market-place, HERTFORD, Ware, Ho.ldesdon, and Cheabunt Coada, evcry Nlorning. TOVIENHANI and Edmonton Coaches (daily), at Eleven Half-past Two, Five, and Eight. S. A. MOUNTAIN and Co. respectfully acquaint their Friends and the Public, that they will not be accountable for any- Parcels, Passen4et's Luggage, NViitirqrs, Plate, &c. of more than Five . Pounds Value, if lost, stolen, or damaged, on• less entered as such, and the Insurance paid for,accurd;ngly, at the Saracen's Head' Inn Juuw, bill, Lutnion. What was the public of that period ? That of Syracuse was perhaps the only one truly Greek ; and this is the reason, w e imagine, why Theo critus seems so often to court its favour ; the only genuine poet of the Alexandrian school, he.de lights in placing his poetic world in Sicily. Who were then to be found at Alexandria, at Per gamus, and in the capital of the Seleucidx ? Generals and soldiers rolling in wealth, courte zans treated like queens, and who even ascended the throne, Greek adventurers of every descrip tion, native satraps and merchants speculating on the material wants of all this society, upstarts of yesterday, without talent or public spirit, and debauched before they were polished. With such a public and such protectors, is it astonishing to see al! the versifiers of those days employed in putting into hexameters treatises on medicine, on astronomy, and on geography, or of inventing poems in the shape of an egg, an axe, or an altar ? There was, however, no want of critics, professors, editors, writers of prefaces and notes ; this race was as numerous at Alexan. .11 or at Paris. The .I d if r u ia s.ei a llyi s it of no t w he is pt in oie L m o i n „s d o w as at that time a specks . of Academy or Institute. All these ar tificial means had the same effects as those pro. duced by profusely manuring a g en e rous vine ni hey wrote more, and t h ey had fewer good a works. Grecian literature had already c orru pt e d it se lf yI before the Romans, by the successive capture of • They were schoolmasters, librarians, readers, copyists, drawing-room poets, boudoir-counscllors, orators at Athenate; in shmt, says ,luver.al esuriens in czelum, jusseris, ibit• According to Perseus, it was the fashion. of the Court to treat the ..Eneid as a composition badly arranged, written in a diffuse style, without energy, and la rather art antipated diction:— " Arma virumque none hoc spumosum et corticepingui,. " i t ramale vetus, puegrandi 'where cinctuur." It has recently been complained , ; of by the Judges, that owing to the distance from each Other of their seats in the two Courts at York Castle, they have no convenience for conferring on points of law. A proposal has, been made, and, we believe, is partly under consideration, for altering the whole interior. ofthehuilding.— The Judges to be placed back to back, in the centre of the present Hall, with only an inter vening closet for conference. The domes of the present Courts .to be taken down., and those Courts to be converted into two Halls, of ap proach to the new Courts. We believe this plan was suggested by Mr. Justice BAYLEY ; and no one can doubt it would be an improvement. It is to be regretted, however, that the idea did not occur before so much money had beep expended. in the enlargement and.alteration.of the existing Courts.—(Leeds Intelligencer, Nov. 26.) SUDDEN DEAT2t.--On:Saturday night, as Mr. James Mortimer, formerly-an, eminent breeches maker, of Halifax,•was going along the New Market-place, on his return. home, he called in at the raff-4ard- of Mi. Samuel 'larger, when he instantly dropped down and expired. A melancholy occurrence. topic place on Mon day morning ; Nlr. RINQ,' of Mennt-row, Lam beth', Aged 82, - i)ut , 4l periOd ,to his ,existence : by cutting his throat. • What was begun by the ohtinacy of the Greek Literati, the caprice of absolute power com pleted. The Emperor Adrian, a disciple of Plutarch, resolved on restoring to Greece the sceptre of Literature, and that of the Fine Arts. At the same time that he repaired all the Temples and all the Edifices of the Greek Towns, with a magnificence unknown in the'age of Pericles,, he established every where public Professorships of the Greek language and litera ture ; he loaded with honours and bounties the Sophists (the title of the Professors), and he spoke and wrote commonly the language of Homer ; and whilst he travelled over his vast empire with a retinue of Greeks, we can scarcely name a single Roman writer who enjoyed his protec tion. Finally, the preponderance of the Greek language was solemnly established, when a Roman Emperor (and this Emperor was Marcus Aurelius) chose it in preference to that of Cicero and Seneca, to write his beautiful work on Morals, by which he has placed himself in the rank of those philosophers who are the greatest