The Sun. — London, England, 1821-03-05 00:00:00

pEATHOFTHE PRIN&i:', FiLIZ.-k81; OE CLARENCE. It is with deep regret we have to announce the death of the infant Princess. ELIZABETH,. daugh ter of the DUke and Duchess.of CLantNcE,which took place yesterday morning at one o'clock.— NotwialSiandiug - the premature birth of her Royal Highness, she continued to enjoy good health, and gained strength so rapidly, that not only her il ..litstrious Parents, but also her Physicians and At tendants entertained the Most-sanguine hopes that she would survive. Every posSible care was taken that she should feel as little as poSsible the effects of the late weather; yet the very giddy'', changes during the fast month , evidently affected her very much. On Thursday night it was observed that she was a little feverish, and in consequence Sir 11. Raiford and Sir W. Knighton met Sir A. Halliday in consultation, on Friday morning, and those eminent Medical Gentlemen were in con stant attendance during the whole of that day arid Saturday. About one o'clock, yester- - day morning, it Was thought right to call the Physicians, a change having.taken place, when, .we understand, the Princess was observed .to be in a convulsion fit, from whieh she did not re cover. The dear infant breathed her last about ten minutes past one. As-the spasm with which her Royal Highness was most grievously attacked went off, she appeared as having fallen asleep, the countenance being so placid. The amiable and suffering Duchess was called in time to wit ness the melancholy last scene. When- she was informed that there .was no longer any hope, her. -Royal Highness, in the greatest distress of parental feelings, fell into the arms of her equally afflicted Husband, who had not g one to bed, but remained with the Physicians.. He exclaimed with fervent piety worthy the most resigned ChriStian; that" the Lord had given her, and the Lord, had taken her away ; for ever blessed be his name l" In these most afflicting moments . the Royal Duke conducted his annahle Duchess to her room, where from his ootiltilfg attentions, after some time, She, same 'what recovered, and then returned to gaze on her lifeless lovely babe. Her Royal Highness was prevailed upon to return to bed at two o'clock, Where her . Royal Duke remained in unremitting attention to her till.seven o'clock, when his Royal Highness retired to rest, but he ,only remained about two hours.—The folloWing bulletin was is lied of the mournful event, for the satisfaction of The. public. • " Eing's Palace, St. Jarii^s's, Sunday, March 4. Eleven o'Clock, A.M. "-The Princess Elizabeth was indisposed on Friday. Her Rtioyal Highness became feverish yesterday, and about one o'clock this morning was seized with a convulsion, in which she expired: " 11. HALFORD. • " W. FIN rG PITON. " A. HALLWAY." In addition to the above; we have had the sa tisfaction o f l earn i ng, t h at b ot h t h e Dulie- and Duchess were as well as, in the distressed state of their, feelings, could be expected. They re ceived affectionate visits of condolence from the Duke of York, the Duchess of Glouces ter, and the Princess Sophia. An express was sent off at four o'clock yesterday to the King, at Brighton, with a communication of the ultianchoty tidings. Sir R. Gardiner, who las in Lond on , sen t o ff all express to Prince -i!eq6id and . the Duchess of Kent, at Clar e mo n t. ,:Ast night the b o dy of th e P r i ncess was opened :Y. Teter AFGregor,.Esq. Surgeon to the king, i 'v, r. hen it was di sc o vere d t h at t h e cause o f h er R oya l 4l ighness's death was what is called an introsus itePtion.; th a t i s , one portion of the bowels had ) ecorne entangled in another portion, a disease I° Which all yOnn; Children (and even adults) a re subject, and" which, when it has taken place auy extent, is beyond the power of- human umans to cure. • ANTICIPATION. ERRATU34,—For, " esterday a Bull hroke loose in Smith and sgveral persons were gored"—Read, " Yesterday a LL was READ to SmurarirLD, and several HERETICS .I ;ltrED." TO nE L - Er—All the Butchers' ,Shops during Tent; also Houscs in SSIITHFIELD, with a good view of the N. B. Faggots and llolv-watz.r to be had at prime cost.— B ‘PPIY at dr: Warehouse, formerly the H OSPITAL of S AINT - "iTßoLENiintr. Q. PALIAM,ENTXII: PAPERS. ACCOUNT of the "UNFUNDED DEBT of the UNITED KINGDOM, as it stood on the sth January, IP2I; distinguishing that Ptovided'for 7 from that Unprovid tti for : • j Provided. I Unprovided Total. 1 for. for. 1 ' I X. I,Zpuer Bills I 1,96,p00 129,000,000 30,965,900 Treasury 800A00 • 1,500,000 2,300,000 • r 1,193,455 1,193,455 - :2 42 4,384 44,952 209,336 Treasury Cli: 4 th February, 13' 2,14;30,284 31,738,407 34,728,891 . ainbers, 1. S. It. LUSHINGTON. 21. TKO KING'S VISIT TO rinELAND.--Since his AJESTy has declared his intention of Visiting' Ire land, i conjecture has been busy of the route 'ltch he will take... Amidst others it has been said., Ivith,some degree of' plausibility, that he will em harkat this - City if we 'consider a delay, perhas Of a fortnight, may arise if his MAJESTY s hould 'embark at Brighton or Portsmouth, in Passing roitud the Land's-cud, and also the length °1 his journey, if lie travelS to Holyhead, the c onjecture that he will embark at Lamplighter's •a.ll, is not improbable. Indeed,. we have re ceived information from - a very respectable quar ter that, such wlll be the route. We hope it I nay, for we are sure there is no part of His Ma- Jest Y's dominiono, in which he will be received 'with more cordiality and-genuine loyalty than in t l'is neighbourhood. Edward I. and William 111. both landed here from Ireland ; and time military I Thif orm ly em b ar k h ere f or • that country. — C Bristol Gazette.) '.Cho Duke and Duchess DECAZE • and suite left their house in Portland-place, on Saturday after noon; for Paris. • A great iMprovement has lately been made it the harbour of Waterford, by cutting a channel a mile in length, and 150 feet wide, through the fords below the city, which enables merchant vessels of the largest - class to navigate up to the very quays. nE. NEW COMET. OBSEFIVATORY. Gospotur, ht4Rell 2,1321. This celestial visitor has changed its positio among the fixed stars about two-thirds of a de gree since . the evening of the 23d ultimo, whei it was first- seen here : therefore its,.apparen motion is very stow.. fts North Pola'r distance last evening was 77 deg. 40 win Right ascension North declinat 101 l -It is descending with an antecedential motion towards the - back of the southern fish of Pisces ; and, by the. annual motion of the earth, the sun is daily approaching it. It will come to its perilte. , lion, or nearest point to the sun, two or three days before the Vernal Equinox ; .but, previous to that time, it will probably be lost to our view in the solar rays in the evenings.. However, there may - be opportunities of seeing- it in the Mornings before sun-rise, 'ere it finally departs to distant-regions. It sets soon after 8 o'clock P.m. about W.N.W.• lts train, last evening was, at one time, bet*een 5 and 6 degrees long, and will continue to increase in length and splendour till the Cornet comes to its nearest point to the sun ; for then the heat communicated to it is increased by his proximity. Neither its nucleus, nor train, is so splendid as the Comets that appeared here in 1811, and 1819. It never resembles the Comet in 1807, except the colour of the body, the present one being snore brilliant. SHIP NE N\ S. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 4.—Arrived to-day the Flora, Schroder, from 'Port Mahon ; Nautilus transport from the Mediterranean ; and the Redpole from a cruize. Po TSMO U TIC MARCH 3.—Vice-Admiral Sir ' George Cockburn, G.C.B. one of the Lords of the Admiralty, arrived at Portsmouth, on Monday evening, from Plymouth, and made an official visit to the Dockyard, Haslar Hospital, and Royal Marine Barracks. On Thursday morning the Vice _Admiral returned to town, accompanied by Commissioner the Hon. Sir George Grey. ABERDEEN, MARCH I.—The Jean, Kirby, in taking this harbour, got-upon the North Pin Head, but is _expected will not go to pieces, and that the materials will be got out a low water. BEATIMARIS, MARCH 2.—The schooner Applecross, Carx ill, from Liverpool for Limerick, was wrecked last night near Point Linais. . • PLYMOUTH, -MAncH 3.—Arrived the Marshal Blucher, Davis, from. St. Michael's. Passed up Channel the Mary, Drew, from St. Michael's for London. The Merlin, Towell, from Bridgwater for Jersey, was picked up at sea about 12 miles off Yam Point, and hrought in here by our pilots, deserted by the master and crew. The Leveret, 10 gun sloop, was paid off on Tuesday, and laid up in ordinary. The Atholl, 28 guns, Captain Bottrchier, was taken out of dock yesterday, and is expected to- return to Spithead in the course of a few days. She is fitted for foreign service. The Satellite, 18 guns, Capt. A. L. Cory, intended for the East Indies, is ready for sea, and will proceed to Spithead as soon as the wind will permit. Three passed midshipmen are permitted to volunteer from the ships on the Plymouth station for the coast blockade service.— There is not a single vessel of war at Spithead. CORN-EXCITA Wheat 3Bs —s 63s Barley 2ls 23g White Pease 3os Ms Grey Peas 9 8s 30s NGE, MARCU 5 Beans o7s 32 Oats . , .17s 26s Rye 2Bs 32s Flour, per sack SN 5.5 s Miss ASIIE, whose musical skill and taste are so much admired; and can be easily accounted for, considering the scientific knowledge of her parents, on Monday last ventured upon the Bath stage- in the character of Lima, in the Tragedy of Adelgilita. According to an acute and liberal critic in the Bath Herald," the ease and ele gance with which this interesting novice trod the stage, and the characteristic delicacy which she infused into the part, were testified by the the opinion of the audience, in loud and unani mous applause." BARTLEY introduced her with a well-written poetical Address. Mr. STOCKDALE HARDY, of Leicester, who is now the avowed author of the admirable letters, signed BRITANNICUS, which first appeared in our Paper, has, we are glad to see, collected and published therri together. They constitute a body of irresistible arguments against the Ca -tholic Claims. J. and J. SIVEWRIGIIT have the high satisfac- tion of congratulating their Friends:who pur chased at their Offices, on the result of last 'Wed nesday's drawing, which enabled them to dis tribute in 13 Shares, No. 2053, one of the Grand Prizes of 21,0001. Money and Consols, besides Three other Capitals, being a continuance of that good fortune which invariably attends their Offices. On the 17th of Tins MONTII, being St. Patrick's Day, the Lottery will entirely finish, when Three Prizes of 21,0001. each, besides all the other Capitals, must be drawn; and from the 'uncommon attraction of so rich a Wheel, they recommend an early application at their Offices, 37, Cornhill ; 11, Holborn ; and 38, Haymarket. ANOTHER 21,0001. SOLD nY Bisll.-Thursday last Was the Second. Day of Drawing of the State Lottery, When. No. 2053, Class A;.was drawn a Prize of 21,0001. Consols and Money, which was sold by BISH. Who also sold the following Ca pitals, all drawn. on Thursday:- 1147.... L 200.... Class 8.... ‘Vholc Ticket • 1147.... 1,200., .Class A.... in i Shares. 1394.... L 200. ... Class C.... in 5 Shares. • • 2273 Class A.... in 12 Shares. 1214....L200.... Class - A.... Whole Ticket. 2:36.... L 400.... Cilss A.... Whale Ticket. And on Valentine's Day Bisli gave azcay 2122, Class A, 20001. 'in 'l6 Sixteenths.--The Wheel still contains Three 21,0001. Prizes, Consols and Money ; and several other Capitals, all of which must be Drawn the 17th . of this Month, being St. Patrick's Day, when the Lottery entirely finishes. A few warranted undrawn Tickets and Shares are left for Sale at Bisu's Offices, No. 4, Corahill, and 9, Charing-Cross, London, and at his Agents' in the Country. FELONY AND SUICIDE.—About five o'clock on Saturday-,.morning, Mr. CH/MI . ..LS EIVERTON, landlord of - the Swan public-house, in the Strand, was alarmed by a noise, as of a door being forced open in the lower part of the_ house ; he got a light and went down stairs, and in his bar he found a man endeavouring to force open the till with a chisel. He immediately seized him, and having called in the assistance of some watch men, gave him in ,charge. The man gairo his name Peter Fisher, and was conveyed to Saint Martin's watch-house, where he was locked up in a cell by himself. About ten o'clock in the morn- ing the constable of the night went to bring him before the Magistrate at Bow-street, when he was found hanging by his neck to the bar of the window, quite dead. He had hanged himself with his neck-cloth.. He was a shabby looking man ; apparently about 40 years of age. PUCILFSM. At half-past twelve o'clock on Saturday, Mr. Jaqcson, and some of the chief Members Of the PUgilfstic Club; arriv - ed at the Cock, at Sutton, Where the men were quartered, and shortly after wards the signal was given fora move to the scene of action, which Was situated on an elevated plain about two miles distant. The raiii,which conti nued to pour down with little iptermi6Sion, had no effect on the minth of those who had arrived, and they proceeded to the ring in the highest THE BIRMINGHAM YOUTH . AND HUDSON. A few minutes before one " Brummagem" entered the ring, and was soon afterwards followed by . Hudson. The former was attended by Spring and Rand a ll, and the latter, by Purcell and Oliver. On stripping, they both appeared to be in the finest condition ; but in point of flesh and muscle, Hudson was mani festly the best for choice, and lie was backed freely at six to four. To describe each round of the fight, as it occurred, would be more than our limits would permit, as well as prove tedious to the reader. The contest proceeded with mutual biavery to the 14th round ; but Hudson, although a good-deal hit, was clearly the best man, and was backed at two to one. The odds, from thenceforth, gradually increased, till the twenty-eighth round, when Brummagem, whose knees' for the previous s:wen rounds had tottered beneath his wei g ht, rece i ve d a finishing touch on the ear. He fell, and was unable again to face the scratch. lludson, although greatly disfigured, was still in com parative vigour, It is but just to state, that the Birmingham Youth entitled himself to the praise which he rcteived, and proved himself upon this occasion, as he has upon many others, a man of great science, and for his weight, a powerful hitter._ In point of personal courage he is n o t exce ll e d-b y any pf co temporaries, but with Hudson he was overmatched. - SCROGGINS AND PARISH. - • These Heroes were next in the ring, and from 'their well known qualities, were hailed with general applause. They both looked uncommonly well; but Parish bore the palm in point Of personal appearance. 'Parish was seconded by Spring and Harmer, and scroggins by Randall and Paddington Jones:— 'The fluctuations throughout this fight, which lasted till the 66th round, were of the most extraordikary description. - The odds were repeatedly changed from Parish. to Scroggins, and again- from Scroggins to Parish. Parish, by his superior science, defeated many of the well meant visitations of 5cr0,, ,, - gins's left hand, and excited, by the elegance of his stops, the admiration of the throng. - His skill, however, was almost con stantly overthrown towards the end of each round by the impe tuosity of Scroggins, who bored, in upon him with resistless fury, and in a close generally threw him a heavy fall. Many - of these struggles took place at the ropes, over which the men wereoc casionally suspended for several moments. In some instances Parish contrived to turn the tables in this way against his adver sary ; but he was clearly the weaker Irian of the two, and was dread fully shook by the effectof his falls. Still he maintained the com mand of his science. At the 42d round, Parish began to exhibit strong symptoms of distress, and was thrown with violence. In the 52d round Parish rested his head on Spring's shoulder, as if overcome, which Randall took as an indication of defeat, and threw up his hat to announce the victory. Parish, however, was not yet done, and by the determined manner in which he came to the scratch, spewed that there was still much for the deter mingd bravery of Scroggins to overcome. The same tactics were followed up by Scroggy throughout, and at the sixty-third round, it was that Parish had no chance :he became ex ceedingly weak, and only stood up to be knocked down. While there was a chance left, however, he would not say " enough ;" and in despite of his second's advice, stood up for three more rounds ? in each of which he was grassed. He was making ano thervain effort to rise from Spring's knee, at the 67th round, but his head fell back, and nature forsook him. Scroggins was im mediately hailed the victor amidst loud shouts. It was observable throughout this contest, that , Parish, who is a man of rather superior manners and address, and is there fore nicknamed " The Dancing Master," Was regarded by many of the fighting men with strong prejudice, and every effort was Made, on their part, by offering long odds against him, and using abusive epithets towards lum, to break down his spirit.— In defiance of these illiberal attempts, however, lie fought with determination and coolness to the last—never Was thrown off his guard by passion—never lost sight of the science in which lie excels, norm a single instance evinced a disposition, by unfair subterfuge, to escape the vigour of his antagonist. RICIIMOND'S BLACK AND SMITH. General attention was now bespoke for the set-to between the new Black and Smith, the waternian. No sooner had Blackey stripped than his appearance excited general astonishment. His frame was of the most gigantic structure, his arms were of pro digious length and size, and what added to the singularity of their appearance was, that they were tatooed, from the shoulder to the wrist, in the most superlative style of African worknian. ship. Smith, who was also a big man, formed a striking con trast to his antagonist, from the extreme whiteness of his skin ; and it was pretty evident, from the manner in which he con ducted himself, that he had no desire that that colour should be changed. In the third and last round he either actually received, or pretended to have received, such a blow.from ono of Blackey's mallets, that he was rendered apparently insensible. The thing was pretty evident, and Mr. Smith was hailed with general groans and hisses. With this display the amusements of the day were brought to a conclusion, and the well-drenched specta tors returned to town. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, yott THE PRESENT VirEEK. His Majesty's Stag Hounds will meet on Friday, at Long• ford. The Earl of Derby's Stag Hounds, on Tuesday, at Potter's lane ; Friday,' at Chelsham. Jolliffe, Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Wat ton Heath ; Saturday, at Chaldon. The Surrey Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Limpsfield ; Sa tury, at Hamsey Green. • .The Harriers meet every day. The Hampshire Hounds, on Tuesday, at Oliver's Battery; Wednesday, at Anfield Common. . _ The Waiabledon Hounds, on Friday s at Stephen's Castle Down. The Quorndon Houods, on Wednesday, at Howthorpe, Leicestershire ; Thursday, at Stanton ,Village ; Saturday, at Medbourne Guide Post. Lord Anson's Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Black Brook ; Friday, at Twyeross ; Saturday, at Netherseal. The Sheffield Harriers; on Friday, at Kimbetworth. Lord Scarbrough's Fox Hounds, -on Wednesday, at Silvr Wood ;. Friday, at GrOve House. The Badsworth Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Darfield Bridge; Thursday, at South Hindley'; Sattirday, at Hiekleton. The Hatfield Harriers, on Wednesday, at Belton ; Friday, at Woodhouse. Mr. Meynell's Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Wootton Park ; Saturday; at Black Slough. FREEMASONItY.—On Friday the 23d ult. the Royal Sussex Lodge of hospitality assembled in full costume at the White Lion in Broad-street, Bristol, (Brother NIIH.ETT'S,) to celebrate• the Birth-day of H. R. H. the Duke of Sussex, the Illustrious and Most Worshipful Grand Master of The Craft in England ; •Brother RicitAßD SMITH, `V. M., in the Chair. Brother Moggridge, the W. Y. G. M. for • Bristol, - honouied the con fraternity with his presence. The assemblage was numerous beyond any former celebration, the wines were excellent, and the dinner served up in very superior style, and . did 'great credit to the landlord. .The Sons of Apollo and of Am phion (which latter gentleman, by the bye, must have been a good Mason, or be never could so cleverly have built the walls of Thebes) runs-. tered strong upon the occasion ; and the catch and the glee went sheerly round, until Old Time was tired of turning his • glass, and . the noisy guardians of the morning began to sing small.—. Several Brothers sang excellent songs, ,of which in particular, -one froM the pen and .mouth of .Macready, convulsed the room with laughter, and was loudly encored. Thoharmony was in terspersed with loyal and masonic toasts, amongst which the Grand Patron of the Order, His Ma jesty George the Fourth, Was most enthusiasti cally quaffed with nine, in the good way and in high style. There was no face in the room which . did not express a heartfelt joy from first to last. How nierrily we live I hat, :Masons be, Roundelays till we slag with werry.glee• PORE[GN LITERATURE. (No XVII.) . . RESIDENCE of a .1 1 REN . 'Cli OFFICER ill or Levet desciiptire of the ancient• and modern state of Calabila; the char a cter and manners of the inhabitants, and the poiitieiii and military events which took plaCe dur- ing its occupation by the French. By what strange arid deplorable fatality does it happen, that those countries which are most favoured by Heaven, and on which nature has lavished her clidicest gifts,,.should be precisely the very countries which man has endeavoured to render inhabitable ? In the new hemisphere, witness Mexico, Peru and the shores of La Plata ; in the ancierit world, look at the northern .coast of Africa, exhaustless Egypt, - India with her myriads of inhabitants, and the smiting• fields of Asia Minor; and in Europe, contemplate Greece with her thousand brilliant recollections, and all that part of Italy which exten6 from the Pontine Marshes to the Sicilian sea, in every instance do we find the present condition of these countries very. different from their ancient state,. as recorded in history; and all.of them give us cause to exclaim, What beautiful countries! what miserable. and wretched inhabitants! reflections, alas ! which are very commonly associated. But what is generally. 'understood by a fine country ? . It seems easy enough .to, reply to this question, but perhaps there are few questions which have called forth more contradictory an swers. It would take up too much space and time, and might, perhaps tire the patience of our readers, to inquire what is best suited to civi- lized man, and would procure for him the great est portion of happiness in this world ; indeed there would be little hope of resolving this point, for men are'not yet agreed as to the meaning of the word happiness, and notwithstanding their boasted wisdom ar‘still ignorant of what is best adapted to them. There exists in fact such con trariety of opinion, that the most material and palpable objects are regarded by different men in quite opposite lights. In proof of this discordance of sentiments and opinions, I Shall detail a conversation respecting a fact which would seem to admit of neither doubt nor deception ; and this digression - , in stead of diverting me from the main object of this article, will lead me to it, and serve to throw some light on the subject. I met, about twelve years ago, in a party at Paris, a French officer who had just returned from Naples, and had passed through the same provin ces which are described by the anonymous author of the present work. I was introduced, to this gentleman as a traveller who had seen the same part of Italy twenty years before, and the follow ing dialogue took place between us : Ah ! Sir, said the officer, what an abominable country ! Sir, I replied, you did right to anticipate me, for I was going to exclaim what a delightful country ! Is it possible ?—That is my. opinion.— What ! you could_ be pleased in this miserable kingdom, in which every thing- is in disorder, where not a single thought is bestowed on the welfare of the people, or the convenience and safety of the traveller.—What ! do bad roads, torrents without bridges, stagnant and infec tious waters, towns whose streets are filled with ordure, villages whose miserable inhabitants scarcely wear the human form, inns at which the least danger. you run is that of being starved to death, or devoured by innumerable insects, a people whose physiognomy exhibits an union of ferocity, meanness, and hypocrisy, do these things constitute a delightful country ! or are hills and mountains on which you experience the cold of Sweden, vallies and plains in which you are almost suffocated with the heat, as if you were among the sands of Sahara, deserts uninha bitable, or infested by robbers, lands badly cul tivated, or suffered to lie waste, and above alrthe continual .dread of.being assassinated by the very men who have shewu you the greatest attention, by those who cringe and address you by the title: of Your Excellency, or Most illustrious Signor, are. these circumstances such as should obtain for this country the appellation which you have bestowed upon it! Softly, • Sir' I travelled. before the war,, and during fine weather. - I did not go into that country to maintain the cause of King Joseph or King Joachim ; I. did- not eat and drink at the ex pence of my hosts ; I •heard of robbers, but saw none ; the Laino and the . Crati did not roll in muddy streams, but rivers of fresh and li►r2pid' water flowed through groves of myrtle, porne granate-trees, and laurels. In the space of ten leagues,' found a greater variety of beautiful situa tions, abounding in -the: picturesque, than are to be seen on the whole line of road (one hundred and fifty leagues) from Strasburg to Havre de Grace ; a•magnificent sky, aml a clear and trans parent atmosphere,,enabled•me to discern objects at the distance of from: twenty five,,to thirty leagues ; mountains covered With perpetual snows, barren rocks, and - narrow and obscure dells, in a. few hours were succeeded by woody hills and blooming vallies in which the orange, the citron, the bergamot, and the lemon, dispute the honour of embalming the atmosphere ; here were pines of amazing size which afford a grateful shade to the weary traveller, there a wood of chesnuts, and a little farther vines loaded.with enormous grapes of a muscat flavour ; on the other side, the,man- na-bearing ash, the honeysuckle, myrtle and ar butus, interspersed with the cactus and the aloe, which made the doubt whether I was in Europe or Africa ; towns almost always pleasantly situated, and delightful prospects which suc ceeded each other like the scenes of-an Opera: in every direction a fruitful soil, producing de licious fruits or covered with flowers, excellent wines, tolerable bread, frequently good 'fi , h, abundance of game, and finally inhabitants x.yho treated me like a friend, because his Excellency demanded nothing from them or paid for what ever he asked. You must confess, Sir, that I must have been of a very difficult disposition in deed to please-if. I had not found, this country very . agreeable. It is very • plain-, ), , ,eplied the Officer,.tha,t you -travelledquite at .youi ease, and were not obliged to creep at a snail's pace through the defiles of Campo-Temesi, or pass through the forest ,of Syla, or traverse the. gulf of Ragliano for were you compelled to descend the preci- . . ... pices of Mala-Spliia', of Oro Mario, and Voslq cap ; neither are you . acquainted, with Lango : i3uree; nor the 'frightful and dangerous pass de I gli Parenti.- 7 -- You hi4Ue; rejoined .f t - a little out of humoUr; for this Syla and Canpo- . Temesi in. tine Weather,' offer many - curious and interesting views, but_ in whiter, the banks, even of 'the Seine, the Saone; a n d th e Garonne are_ not very pleasant. YOti complain of llama* passes and precipices ; but has not the South of France its iiarrolY passes . of Onliotilles, its defileS of koque raire, its rocks of Quertiyi Auvergne and_ Gevau4 dan ? But tell me yo- 4r opinion of the inagnificcnt gulf of Saint Eupheirria; of the enchanting situa tion Of Nicotera, Of the gulf of Gioia, and of Pizzo; cel&-brated for the death. of Murat ; of Pahni, - %-hich - disappeared on the 61.11 of February, 17g3; and which is in the present day thC- . 'prettiest town in the Kingdom of Naples : what sap you to the panorama - formed by the _Lipari Isles] the coast of Sicily; th e Ph aros an d amphitheatre of Messina; the shores ,of Cala: hria; and the curtain of the .A.P'petinines ; a. charming picture which is bounded on the south' by the gigantic cone of Mount /Etna.' The dis-: cussion was continued some time longer, but, as it always happens on such occasions, we parted each more attached to his own opinions than it the beginning.; ~ These , remarks will be found in the present work,.bul more in detail, and with the. addition of.a great many curious and ,interesting obserta tions. The author has done jaStice tb.thiS beau tiful portion of Italy. The .fatigues, dangers, and sufferings which he underwent have not made him blind to the beauties of the Country, or:tha rith productiOns•of the soil,' and its magnifi&Mt prospects ; nor. even to the character of the, - Inha., bitants, from whom he acknowledges to have frequently received- attentions, information; and kindness. The vexations attendant on a desultory and harrassing•service against the bands Of Fran - - catripa and I c arasatiti did not induce him to cha racterize all the Calabrians as robbers. We have, seldom read any book of travels written with more correctness and impartiality. This qtality is the more deserving - of praise since the author was not disposed to regard with a favourable , eye either the country or the inhabitants: and - knot withstanding the many privations which he. suf.- fered ; and the - consequent misery of his situation, he has not allowed these circumstances to operate ' to the prejudice of a - nation, among whom he was placed by - the• • chances'of war. The•portion• of these travels which describes the eastern diViiion of Calabria, contains - many new and interesting details. • The shores of the lonian Sea, Which:. the author, by mistake, calls the Adriatic cuff, the Gulf of Squillace, the banks of the Crathis , and Sybaris, the_Cape Colonne, more pro-. perly Calonna, since there is only one co lumn, the ancient sites of the towns of Crotona., Sybaris, and Thmium, and modern Locrl,"arenot often visited by travellers ; and this excursion, though rapidly executed,, is one of the most 'valu able parts of the book. I have remarked, however,. several errors, not in the narrative, but among the observations .of the author ; he ascribes to the volcano at Strom boli a higher elevation than Mount Vesuvius, but the small diameter of this island renders the thing impossible. lie computes the height of the Kocks of Capri to be 'upwards of 4500 feet aboVe the surface of. the sea, whereas Vesuvius, which is higher, is only 3900 feet. lle - callsyente daeol,) the southern extremity of the A ppennines, at. the. verge of Calabria ;' but lie ought to have-writien pent' dattilo, or more properly, pente which signifiesfinefingets, and, insfact, this cliOn terminates in live points which grvo the idea:of an open hand. This appellation is very ancient, and it should be preserved. We come now to a more important remark which has given rise to a little philological di•- cussion. , The French ()Meer to whom n;e these Travels•has endeavoured to trace the origin and cause of those numerous bands cf robbers which infest Calabria, and more especially the vast forest of Syla. He, is of opinion. that this political calamity fs to be attributed to the oppressi've conduct of the Calabrian .13aron.s towards their vassals, who have, in consequence, been forced, to, abandon the cultivation of the land, and to resort to plunder and robbery. his far from mly inten tion to attack or defend the noble Barons of Ca labria. I have seen several of them who hnve appeared to me very ridiculous, walking about, with their swords three feet Long, silk stockings - full of hales, and clothes covered with dirt and patches, but ,the Sy la mentioned by Virgil and Sallust was famous for its herds of cattle and rob bers, long before there were any ,Barons. It has . been designated from time immemorial •by theSt words, which seem to be very applicable to it. now : Syla, mons Lucanic, erebris latrocinus in , fumis. It was the tefuge of men who fled from, justice, of those who, were proscribed or• whose party had been defeated, and thith-e` also the fit- mentioned by Sallust, retired. But -hciw should this word Syla be written ? In the mo dern editions of the latin authors, and esprially in the stereotype edition, of Virgil, byri,ll. I'. Didot, we read, in the 12th book.of the YEneid : Ac velul ingcnti Silcs . . „and in an edition of Sallust : in uhntSilVuerunt The author of the Travels in Calabria always writes Syla, and at my risk and peril I pronounce he is right. All the learned men: of the seventeenth century. were , of opinion that Syla, celebrated for its rob bers, had been so named from the Greek word sulo.n or from the substantive 5t4.,, which signifi theft, pillage, robbery. J therefore demand the restitution of the Greek 4) in Syla, or the reasOn , l for its suppression,, or rather the substitution of the letter i. Since our travelling, Officer has Crequentlic passed the Crathis, he ought to inform us Whether the waters of this river possess the property of giving s a yellow colour to the hair and beltd of those who drink them, as stated by StraboiO his sixth book; and expressed by Ovid in the folitt,w ing verse, in which he also attributeS.thotithe powers Co the waters of Sybaris Cr;this ct him nostris conterminsis oris, Electro similes Liciunt auroitic cayiti* IA Met. v. 315 I