The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-07-31 00:00:00

This dry is published,
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGII MAGA-
ZINE, Nu. XXVIII. for JULY, 1819.

CONTENTS:

I. On the proposed National Monument at Edinburgh-
2. Bowles's Answer to Campbell-3. Remarks on Tytler's
Life of the Admirable Crichton-4. Musical Queries-5.0n
• new and improved Method of Teaching Latiu—S. On the
Introdoc t i .... of the Oliental Breed of Horses into Europe-
7. Restorations and Illuvratious of Seven Hundred Passages
in Sliakspe3re's Plays; by Z. Jackson—S. Letters of Advice
from a Lady of Distinction, to her Friend the Duchess of
• • • 0-9. Northern Memoirs, calculated for the Meridian
of Scotland, Ace.; by Richard Frank, Philauthropus--10. Ma-
:rope; a Poem, by Lord Byron-11. Letter from Mr. Odo-
kerty, enclosing Three Articles-12. Billy Routing, a lyrical
Ballad-13. John Gilpin and Mazeppa-14 Buziatia, ur
Sketches of Pugilism ; by one of the Fancy—lb Remarks on
Mr. :Haunt's Virw of the Constitiition of Macedonia, con-
tained in the new Volume of his History of Grerce-16. Pa-
tagonia-17. A Discourse un Missions; by John Foster—
IS. Sermons preached in the Trop Church, Glasgow; by
Thomas Chalmers, D Tales of the Hall; by the
Rev. Geurge Cralibe —lO. Literary and Scientific Intelli-
genre-13. Work: preparing fur Publication-22. Monthly
List of New Publications —23. Monthly Regi•ter, &c.
Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Laudon, sod William
Blackwood, Edinburgh.

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.• improvement, mot arty to depression
facilitate sales. Brooders are hicks; • few oaks of the
line qualities see reported at pekes a sheds higher, mod as
the rest proportion of the low qualities are takes out of
the nsartrt, the inferior deseriptioas are materially improved.
Gem,* is without variation.

TALLOM.—The prices of Poreiga Tallow are again Is. a
Is. lowrr. and heavy at the decline; the Tows market is to-
day quoted 645. which is Is.BJ. lower lima last week.

PETER'S LETTERS to his KINSFOLK.

We have already alluded to Dr. Morris's taste for
the study of Craniology. His ezplasiation of this
amusing (some will cell it instructive) study is far
more animated than even that of Dr. Spurzhei in hi mu
*elf. Dr. Morris has the eye and the feeling of an
artist, and the following sketch of the features of
Mr. Walter Scott, and some of our distinguished
poets, must, we are persuaded, be read with
pleasure :
" After various attempts I hove at last succeeded in mak-
ing what I am hsclisted to thick a very fair sketch of the
head of Mr. W— S--. I seed you a ropy of it in pea
sad ink,on the other side of sty sheet, and would hope you
may coosider it
.worthy of a doable postage. I have made
marismairselage of him, both is moose solemn and more la.
dierous moods; bat I think the espeessims of ibis consea
nearest to the habitual character of his fore. Study it well
fur a few minutes, and then listen to a few of my remarks us
the organic dims of this remarkable MIN.
" In the general form, so very high mail conical, and,
above all, iu the mammy in which the forehead goes into the
top of the bead, there is something which at oiler tells you
that here is the lofty enthusiasm, sad passionate veneration
fin, greatness, which must enter into the composition of
every illustrious poet. In these respects d— bears some
resemblaace to the busts of Shakspeare—hut a much more
close resemblance to those of the great Coracide ; and
sorely Corneille was one of the must favoured of all poets,
is regard to all that constitutes the true poetic soaring of
conception. No minor poet ever approaches to this cuts.
formalism ; it is reserved for " earth's giant sons" stone.
It is lower down, however, that the must peculiar parts of
the orpaizatiou ate to be found—or rather those parts, the
position of which close beneath those symbols of high
poetical impetus, gives to the whole bead its peculiar and
characteristic expressins. The development of the organ
of imitation is prodigious, and the coutigoons organ of
pleasantry is scarcely lees remarkable. This again !reds off
the swell into that of imagination, on • hick the upper re.
gioa rests, as on a irm and capacious basis. Ido out think
the head is so lung from stem to sterns as Lord Byron's,
which probably indicates some inferiority in point of pro-
found feeling. Like Lord Byron's, however, the bead is is
general well brought out in every quarter, sad there is •
freedom its the air with which it sits upon his shoulders,
which sheets that nature is strong is all the different re.
gions—or, itt other words, that a natural balance subsists
among she various parts of his organization. I have no.
tired, so the other baud, that people whose strength lies
cbiedy iu one direction, have, fur the must part, • stiff and
constrained way of holding their heads. Wordsworth, for
instance,bas the back part ant his head—the seat of the per-
ilousl feelings—small and little expanded, and the mem-
quence is, that there is nothing to weigh against the prodi.
glows mass of mere musing in frontall that his head falls
forward in any thing but a graceful way; while, on the
other hand, the skficiency of grave enthusiasm allows the
self-love in the birder parts of Mr. Jeffrey', brad, to push
forward his chin in a style that produces a pussy sort of cf.
fret. Tom Moore has no want of enthusiasm, Out it is Rot
quite placed as it should be—ur, at least, with bins also the
sinciput predominates in au irresistible degree. Now Scott
mail Byron are distinguished from all these by a line secure
swing of the bead, as if they were prepared at all points.
' Lord Hypo'', head, however is, I think, still inurecomplete
all throughout, than that of Mr. Scutt. The forehead Is
defective is mach that Seutt's possesses, hut it is very ink
upward", and the top of the bead is wonderfully capacious.
'Else back part, in bulls of their beads, is manly sod gall:on-
looking. Had they not been lame (by the way, what a singular
coincidence that is!) I have no doubt that they would both
have been soldiers—and the world would have wanted Mor-
onism and the Corsair. Lill Byrou's head is, without doubt,
the finest in our tune-1 think it a IN tier, us the whole,
Ilsais either Napoleon's, or Goethe'', or Cami•a's, or Words.
worth's. The chin, lips. and seek are beasiiiful—is the
must noble style of 'plaque bessiy,—and the nose is not nu.
worthy of keeping them in company—amid yet that of
Wordsworth is more perpendiculai, mid hi longs still more
strictly to she same class uhich the MICIffIIIII, having tang.
Rented it into the ideal—attributed to Jupitet. It is healer
shaped to the ridge, than soy nose of modern times I have
orris ; it come" down so straight from the for, head, that the
eyes are thrown quite back into the toad, as 111 the loftiest
antique. Coleriilte has • grand head, but very ill balanced,
mid the features of the fare are coarse—allhouzh, to be sure,

nuthitig can surpass the depth of meaning tit his eye•, mid
the unutterable dreamy luxury its We 'llwinias Camp.
bell, again, has • poor skull upwards, cutstparrd with what
one miscue have looked fur in him; but the lower pail of the
fineheall is exquisite, and the femurs, are extremely gout'.
though tiny. They seen. to me to be iudicative of a /wet
nturbid degree of sensibility—dm lips, its prirticufer, are an.
eutionosily delicate, and the eyes ars woudrrfailly esprit,-
sive of puettral habits of feeling. Hill brew tweaks bins to
be hurts with a turn of comp...dims truly lyrical, aud per-
haps be sttuu:d nut bare cared to air at Ohm doings. As

LiNGARD'S ENGLAND.

[FURTHZR EXTRACTS.]

(Contimaed.froas a former Paper

" While Constantine wes thus hasteoing to his rein, Mi.
faits had brea the theatre of as important revolution. The
Natives, left without a Ilkililary force, sod exposed to the
roads of their enemies, determined to reject an authority
which was tumble to afford them protective. They deposed
the Rome. Magistrates, proclaimed their owe iiiitrresidearr, ,
kook up arms, and will, die spirit of freest..., 'trust toe
barbarians out of their territories. Whets the
reached Ravenna Huourius, the legitimate Em:... or. wr..t •
to the States of dritaia, " to provide fur their own .irfrorr
By this ambiguous expressions he has bees thought to h.rre
released Item (rum their allegiaute : perhaps hi. tally ohje, t
was to authorise their primal efforts, that he might ths re.
serve a claim to their future obedience.

" It would be interesting to delineate the comiluct of the
natives on this memorable occasion, and seen rattly to rah*.
bit the man whirls transferred the greater palm( of thi.
island from the milder dominion of the Romans to the exter-
minating sword of the Saxon.. But B. Rain, after its mops.
ration from the empire, ceased to attract the notice of
foreign bistfiriassa; and oar madowal writers livid at wa
ant a period, sod have interwoven so mods fable in their
narratives, that they possess bat little claim to our putt •
deuce. From Zaniness we learn, that, on the . xlinction of
the imperial authority in the island, the British Stales ear,
blished domestic governments according to circumstance..
These states were undoubtedly the different infirm, whin*
have been previously enumerated, and to which Itinurius
had directed his letters. As the colonies, municopia, and
Latin towns, had always formed no many separate common.
wealtbs, ender the superintendeuce of the provincial Presi-
dent., they would probably wish to retain the forms of go-
vernment to ,Lich they bad au long been habituated. It
however, easy to conceive, that chorine the anarchy tlm.it
must have been produced by the sudden remuval of the
Roman Magistrates, and the (-unfurl**, occasioned by. the
repeated incursions of the Picts and Scots, many a Portend,
leader would abuse his own power and the confidence of
his fellow•citigens to usurp the sovereign antinomy. In a
few years every trace of popular government hail vanished
and all the provinces, which had belonged to the empire,
were divided among a multitude of petty chit ftains, princi.
pally of British, bet partly of ROOMS origin. They sire
diguified with the title of kings, though the dominions of
many were coiifined within asnower limits than most of
our present counties: sad their ambition, their wars, and
their vices, inflicted ow the country more permanent nod'
extensive injuries than had ever been suffi red from the is.
certifies of foreign enemies,
14 Soon after the Brituus asserted their imlrpenderice„ the
greater part of Europe was depopulated by the two dread.
ful scourges of pestilence and facnisme. This island did out
escape the general calamity ; and the Scots nod Picts si lard
the favourable mnionent fur the renewal of dear inimiads.
The dissentions of the native chieftains facilitated their at •
tempts; district after district became the *eerie of oh-swiss.
lion, tilt the approach of danger sclinimmehed the 'bore
Souther* Britons to provide fur their own safety. Sumo
solicited, but its vain, the protection of &wig, the Roseau
General in Goal; others, ruder the gool.iiice of Vomiter.,
ehe moat powerful of the British King., had recourse ty u.
expediest, which, however promising it 'nicht appear
the (cosset, proved ita the 'resat most fatal tar .he lilme&tv of
their country. The EillrefOoll hail loin to en efe,,,mon,,,i to
purchase Or services of the barbarians; and the Armors.
ears, who, like the Britous, had thrown off the Ruiner,
yoke, had, with the assistalice of the Sawn., eitegesafitny
maustaiued their independence. Wet icersi resolved to pursue
the same policy. A &MOO squadron of three chiseler, or
long skips, was cruising ie the chaniu I in clue.' ut adven-
tures; and its two commanders. the brother, Hengist and
Horse, eagerly ateepted the overtures of the Bristling Prince,
to aid in fighting Ira battle., sod to depend fur their reward
oat his gratitude."— (Pp. 60-62).

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IN ERAL BROWN PAINT'. p,,,,mis.d " ginee my liar. Coition, have hien yell lola, sod ---Aal uncommom perception otsweetwese amd mincemeat ••t. iioa i
by Goveromest, tor OUT-DOOR ‘TrtRIL--The
Id. per lb. advance has lii i a "laniard /today Garthe whole of his phydiugmoday, hot his fete, like hi. w ri '.
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paial.bewer a clomp sad thimble caatiale ray I Fl• e
awed,. andchtlestio gitsce Saturday and id. on Brasil. The ,e at. minim iihar i ver sod swot with the tome, 8 e.... 1 e -
door Week, such se wooden, iron. sad ci,„„,,, neer.. rorchases fur Ilic first three dale ilia oak exceed 7,000 risAicrn lad Fatale 'fluty. fle shortie have bar. a p5.•,..i. i:
earns. out.homors. fences, puling., „ten, bout sad halts " ',triad poet, and his Icy* wooM net lass tailed to he swag,
eitt,wa_ Attys. limn, anal upper „mats sad all woad SUGAR.—Thfre his Iran a Wooly but mit extrusive de.
" ' Mid the festal ritt's blase.
18.;;;17 under water. sr r,pewed to the „mow, for marl fur Bogies this week, the priers are wirhoot variation; a ' When the wine-cop shines is belie. "
roofs ma rawest them inshibimg water. sad beiog in- the treater proporriiin of the /ales are 30041 aid Inc Sugar..r heel, sod &ea...oak with „ilea to „wean damp; The request for Reined goods has emiliotteol steady ; she forked, wig do I say he Morrold bare bres •Le hot he. cr. .
aril Boheirlinefew. aid Ye itorfairrse I'; land. and r a
I misted with acs peat will be worm-rates, oar will Purehoors are chiral' Low"' sell riaawd gar" •; Own' *ll,-
„main of ray
kihd inhabit ii, har4ed frame, pears some request for shippag, but as the buyers solid. Seine (if Mc awille. will "elle he tensleelel h.ell es lh •
wprlaties
coated
with 11, awl it
will be tamed
as dr__ pale hem, wippl,,,, 0,, „,..„t or the Reeser. w„h,,,iy Reitsib Jack is hoisted by She heed, of freeform I hare
'' rusty ire „me weeks, they decline puietwai„, ro, Me already said memethieg oboist the head a the ',arbor or. the
is fur the drp-rot.
Isle of Paline-..ead that of tie Curie k Shepherd. 'I h. y art
; composed retire!, of admiral eabstasees, this pains fweven ...i. •
Tuesday a public sale of H hi:seam „„ brought bush lime io their *event ways. That of Wilma is fall of
able is water, sad thereby resists moisture in a 0.. T
mend, , goat itmai white sold 66.. e mic. j0r.,.;,, 53, . the marks a genuine inithosiasin, Ind lower slowri i,t wrens,
superior to ad, *Ow prerratioas.
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so be heated, aid
aid
as
ansaajb
seta a
ewes. 65.. , yam, 37.. a 41..; emt we wed,,,,„‘;," twitaii. aide perceptively and love of loralitme-olikla lest feature. lay the
pain
ash. Price, ready for use, 13.1. per lb. a Brasil ancripsia„ was atteeeptai, bet wire au way, may perhapo aerostat fur his wild delight in rainlilinz.
'factored rad Sold by JAMES *ADAM, Willow. ',flyers; the whole were taker in for the prorricturs, yellow I have heard ilidt in his early yiroth, he proyolorf io gu oat
No. 87, Bask aide, Lowrioo. 31s. • IS.. brown 30d. I to Africa, I. goes) of the Julilda, sod use di...ad. 4 ~sly
Corren.-These have bees retread's public sake of by illy represtrotatu.s• made to WIN WI the saki. aa( h..;mall casks ha private use seat to any part of dee Coffee brought forward this week ; the gee," proportionremarkably fair nod ft.rid trimplelium-Inset 1 ii. Wag' IN I.
,or sppliestios by kilns as above. fans bees rhayamed el; said yesterday% sale wrist off with „0„ saee walked over every hill and valley in she 11.r.f. kia::-
GOTERNIIIIIRT CERTIFICATES moi t thee aay be Sae milliner and all the 4oese--haviatt averting •ad trersifyitics no doubt, for ha
Quartos sod Durability ens JAMES IMADAM'S hien deseer lwer""l"ei the Sae 7 1 • bus g„d•
Wr 101••• sold briskly at recto 2s. a Se. pm cwt. "1m "re*P•ifitell. tag sass every now me* she...
ISINSIAL'SROIIII#I PAlN'''. weetilogr prim a thartwdoeiww. iptrg; ley meg of indseimdr. fur ameambiag the fairs and mains all
- - libeedeb.ollle4ittli MINN mt. . ido""." " willitZ
pliblie saki were Wised fur this fermsotto het only one 69""b114 bleeds, by bb miniewhiti* (twig ii tea Pate a reo-
rvehr certify, that the Temporary Moder /uncles was heaawlit forward iit ........ red au risks *my begs Bri. hag, and singleatak. As fur the &int' k Shepherd, I .rn
it &ilium have bee. fee several years post covered tisk plan'taliaa- -sad 'aa the sarket-
had rwreiessty soma a told that when Sporsheitio was herr, he never 11.01 his pas •
Ir. James IMAdam's Mineral Brown Patel. for the very f hie'hoof
the ...realism tae eager se wie „d off him-aud some tranioncopical young lade,. of E. lit.-
moo of the Weether.boording, sod has fully as- . ' r." •-- " . b hsaid 11 • • he •
an advance of 311. a ss. immediately took place; good arch. ore life will to 'tech** a l same oily "pun Si.' I
nary Jamaica realized 10111 s. ild ; fine ordinary 114 e.; line or. I"l"aaa'arad "awe "'w sus, hat bumps. I lwiw Ms- ".
Lim
riiiii"essited6r whigihliotn7liaarnitlniedene Architect.
dinary Demerara 117.. a 118 s. • the Coffee market is folly thews has harrowed fur his "At How." • oil.. g whtsi
- ( TRONA! JlAllll,'Architect. originally beloop to Ike Eitrirk Stwpberd. WI.. a Cr.
be higher the yesterday; there are matey emotion buyer.
above CemiSeale made by order of the Commis. . ,
mad scarcely any tam, ewe" at a eery ceiraimrabm are Spuialweist (or as the Nos alwrs Reviewers wiry improve'. ly
fur the Affair. lit Barracks. tames. tbrirtaied him is Ike routs of Edinburgh. poodercir,rei,-
bOlllll BTAPLItTOII, SeCreary. oms.,_The Ara semis( howl the Admire was mi. mom. wins the Doctor first brgam to feel out the Millis or ei btu*
Plymouth Linea, May 26, ISM. kg received, lay a vessel arrived at Ahet.deiti .'
she left the in she cranium of the porton, poet, it was with sank his la
is to certify. that by order tat General Mercer, at she lee en the 19th we. the success ha. bees airy lweifferrue Up difficulty that Mr. Huge could be made to stailraratal I lie
Ins tallies WiAdalln, we made owlwriwoebis wish his to that time, said the report will probably have a cuasider. drift of his turiosiry. Afar tourist the Doctor). 1,1/114 Story.
ill). of Mistral Brown Paiut hi April sad Bertram- able dyers oe the „tees a %vim& oil. •My dear fellow,' quails the Shepherd, 'if a ftw bout. as.d
M. Rum. BRANDT. and Hou.anme.-The Rum market Co.- .welle •••ke • 4•11 of Paha% I' ye sews wow/ • sat V ho-I4
illation of the wood sail irnmwork made ere of in Homes without whew's% yet she beld„, s, ~,x,i,,, „( met a swapping urciusizatioa in Rae imamate* as &Skink
keriAlle/Si is very high, gad entirely reposed to the es improvement, sod will Net ...bait to say &preempt, to tr)st'. " (Pp.. 326-,441. rel. ii.)
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