The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-11-16 00:00:00

GERMAN ENGLISH.

We have at this moment lying before us one of the most
singular productions we ever saw. It profess( to be a col-
lection of odes, in 3' different languages and dialects, in
celebration of he birth-day of Frederick the Great. Whe-
ther they all proceeded from the pen of one poet or many,
does not appear from the work. We suspect that but few
hands were engaged in the compositions, for, as e .r readers
will see presently, the writers were not particularly soli-
citous to know much of the. languages in which they un-
dertook to magnify the glories of their hero. The English
ode, which ranks fifth in the collection, seems to have been
one on which the poet prided himself. It is rather longer
than the rest, and is not accompanied with a Latin transla-
tion, which, sensibly enough, has been added to most of
them, to enable the reader to glass at the author's mean-
ing. Perhaps some of our readers may regret that they
had not also the benefit of a veraio, for it must be con-
fessed the poet is occasionally somewhat obscure. The
composition is exactly such as we might suppose one of the
Babylonish labourers to have spoken immediately after
being afflicted with the confusion of tongues. Certainly
the notions of sense, metre, and rhyme we meet with in
this piece, surpass everything that has before falkta under
our observation :
THOU Greatest KING in all the age,
In all the Land and World adord !
The little, Great. the sage. Savage
TH EE call the Greatest KIN G, and LORD.
What language, what words can express
THY greatness? GREATEST 01 TRZ ZINGS
THY might, THY Wisdom is boundless,
Which muse, which Poete can THEE sing
If half the World cause an uproar,
Lan the nations him intake,
Cone FRED R IC—and he rags no more
And flee, and beg the peace to make.
And if the close—imbodied might
(If Hell foes numrous send, alone
Alone the arm of FREDRIC fight,
And self the hell with etc atone.
In vain, in vain the lions roar,
In vain the popled glebe is foe:
The fame of FREDERIC them dot
II E is Vanquisher, is Hero.
Much laurels round tits Head—ne reign,
HE reign and write—mix whorty care:
Is writing vanquisher again,
Which gszlatta crown the Victors Hair !
Make new conquests par sits Writings
And Songs. he compose niasterly,
Thereby the Wises vanquishing,
Himself the wise. t. greatest witty.
3lcke new conquers par laws, commands
He publish the must glurloos
The vice vanquishing in his lands
SE t.r original law, virtuous.
O blisful Land ! 0 blisful Lend !
TUT FAIRER, LI KG, It Imo, wear, live:
A blessing, with a sparing hand
Hearn a.lects and on few lands give.
This is the Da3r—brandisli'd trophies!
Gods decreed to send FREDRIC rues:
O holy Synod ! whose decrees,
Have calld and End him the Godly.
This Day with thousend beau:bin stord,
In all the World a holy day
Is everywhere solemn adurd
The peoples sing jointly a lay.
Aurora Herald with his beam
Spread doubly purple rays around
Auspicious min will longer stream
To day, whom Earth and Heaven sound.
And i GRE.IT FREDRIC this day rise
So general a festivity.,
Demand also my sacrifice
And toy !oolong. my melody.
0 be alive in thousend Year,
God eternal of mortals Gods
$0 erten as this day appear
Growing, more young, more vivacious.
Love eternal of sulijeets being
Ft ight etc: al to mortal fee
Heel sat e—Ond bleu the TA': iTR, ZITO,
GJd save-- Gni., bless the wise, ;frau.

WINPSAIt, Nov. I t.—The liiug has completely re-
covered fries his late slight indisposition. On I.4riday
evening his Grace .he Duke of Wellington had the honour
of tlicimr, with his NlztjL,Ly. IL is exit: dal that his .Ma-
jesty will leave the 11)yal Lodge fur Lainhin at the latter
end of the present week, fur a short period ; but no de-
finitive arrangements have been made as to where his Ma-
jesty will pass the winter season.
esterday.mornin7, attend eleven o'cleck, the Duke of
Clarence armed et his residence in the King's Paice, St.
Jaine.t's. in his travelling' arriage and four, from Bushy
Park. ilis Royal Hir,ltwcs.s left town a I;ttle bt fore Live
o'clock, 011 his return to Bushy I'.,tk.
The Duke of Sussex arrived at 11'.‘4 middle: in the
Klng's ]':.lave, licmington, last Itiethiciday, frutn u visit
to Colonel Wildman, at his scat in Suifolk.

Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, the Princess Auguqta,
tended by her Royal liighn.-ss's Lady in Waiiing. arrived
at hcrP.uysl residence the K Palace, St.
James's, from Fro;nuore„
Tice Dachess of Clotic:-str arrived at the residence of
the Princes.; AugusLt about two oclock, to remain a shin t
time, in consequence of indisposition. Vie "Princ...ises
soon aft r received visits from their Itrotbers, the
Dukes of Clarence. aLtl Sussex. The Pule of Sussex re-
mained tics:. two hours.

Mr. S^eretary Peel officiated at the mezting of the
Lonls of the Privy Council on Friday, for the nomination
of the Sheriff's for the present year, fur the Earl of liar-
rowby, as Lord President of the Council, the Noble E.:rl
being abroad. This was the first meeting for the i:otoi-
nation of Sherifi's which the Noble Earl has been absent
from since he has been the Lord Pr:aid:mt.

Thomas Peregrine Courtenay, M.P., transacted bu-
siness yesterday morning at the India Beard.
We understand that the Honourable Sexton Perry, se-
cond son of the Right Iloneurable the Earl of Limerick,
is about to lead to the hymeneal char, the highly-gifted
Miss Coekayne, grand-daughter of the late Lord Cullen.—
Limerick Obserrer.

THa E at. or A si.:ast.kv.—Dietl, on Tuesday last, in
Dublin, Richard, Earl of .Innesley, Viscount Cierawley,
and Baron Castlewilian. lie is succeeded in his title and
estates by his eldest moo. The deceased hail fur sonic time
bran afflicted with a mental complaint.