The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-03-09 00:00:00

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tw THE 'Jaffna Plies .

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!tin-11w wire of his present Majesty is, on the whole,
tow of the now vionsdothle its
ceetbal all 161111111 to
,ien4in, and in the qailsitle quid in- i
tercet of 11i events Kills «Web it has hapingstisked ; it i
challences ettnipetilion in the henbane* 01•4116weebotitte: 'and
it is trestootralole for the credos, ion' •
ihieliberalarlsand sciences,• Inch bawl, I
respoetith!* in all iustarmer, and ip 4010 e nut to be Ol
etioidird its tither etitstskees; nue do I brfietethit onyipitiott •
elnistlV great his ilistanetal so greet anotteneral an adcliner-;
wood owl eoproositot of It. physleal and Miellectoot erkifirs
(if I nosy so term them) 1114 the Withal empire Imo under the
Nigh of Getwee ,l/l. To sour invaluable. Coissulpition we
are partly indebted for this. mid to the ..enesinraollenl
which his Majesty wi.l him lustily hare extended to Ilte '
Aria, we may aserthe ls. It hop, however. brett noes,
ittihjeolt of wonder, sir rattier, I llostitil sib of astouldtherut
to me, that there is one brooch -of the Arts which the Stove-
reign it'd the natitkii have alike tharsgarded and negleelcd,
though it is one which wooly repay* etwounageowsit to He
patrons in the pet-titan moment, Cud far beyobd all others is •
that period of time whirls his yet to Coote.--1 theist 'die
medallic. The 1111failMaliC willeetion, •to • version •eittlied •
with tome. ,offees so. admirable a wince of enjoyniesst -as
either pointiug or stolptisee. sad in ripothility.it laughs at
coespltition. Search lite halls of the Urinal Milseutili_linre
visit its cabinets of medals, and ou4 whether the'liiitesk
sculpture can vie in preservation with the Greek medals, and
the ausstrer is, " No." The reason is obvious and satisfae-
tory. :Vidal■ being eleven in metal, and of (comporolivity)
a small site, they are out exposal to rn tinny chasms of
olestructi tttt as statue.; and, when exposed, ore much better
able to withOasel the datigees that threaten-their anuihilation.
The coins of Philip Of Alneedon, amt of Alexatidet •the
(treat, are ulthin the roach of every permit who wisher to
Muni° them ; bit tjwitere shall we travel to obtain a sight of
their Males? Consider also the filirerenCe of enprOM.
tionotow that PArliatoftst wog lo order Iwo built of tiw Duke
of Welliugion to be (moved to tranatnit his portrait to.pos-
teeny, they would twit two hundred 'guineas, and in all 5
parbohility 'wither of the two world Le in rsisteuce 600
gram heart; whereas at the same expense foor hundred
Nouse medals of Ills Grime mien he struck, and 11w chalices tl
are, that when 2,000 years have rolled away, one istiodred of
the medals will be prescient. Soy there are only len, Or 1
adonis even tint one, cud the ilaerrocr is astonishing; butt
boll hi my flr4 caleviltelion. mid I Oolitic the preeervatioli of I
ancient medals warrants my conclositto. 'firm circuit,- .1
stances are little known and fedi monied. but they 'did •60i
escape the observation nod ottention of the nucleoli, why
strut It medals on every event connected with the history of
then respective kingdom., whether civil, ontorwi, ur pu.
lotted; soil medals lining so ~such more durable re-
cords than parchment., autos, sou to we are is
euusemience notch better Informed ot the history of se- .
vend nations by their lardni., 111:111 from any other menus.
rich that have reached its. Tot notice Lolly au isolated feet,
ittodumantais is said, by some hisitotiatos, to have been an
boomed with his fatter Alimentos in the Roman Cason!.
Others doubt it. A medal Mods. trams to light, with the so-
scriptio• " Imp. C. M. Opel. Aim. Hiaoluitivii. Aug." awl the
questi tttt is for ever set at rest. At this present moment at
can seemly allisw the supposition that a lime will ever come
when the glorious eieuta which we hate witnessed wilt be
femme* or salinowo. Might not the treat Alisisseelot of
Greer* and Lome have bees filled with the same ideas!
Did Nebuclisdat scar imagism that nut nwiely all traces of
and Babylon would be swept away, but that
even their situation would baffle the skill and curiosity
of 11116? And who shall say that the geography of
London sad the history of Benoist may not in some
distant era be equally obscure, and equally pnazie the re-
Immures of the aim iqotcriant °libel day ? The thought to use
is painful; but what has been may be; clonal@ sod thick
darkness may again settle over ilw civilized world; all that
now cheerio, sultuates, and elevates us. may again lie sunk
la brutality and barbarism; mad when, after the lapse of
ages, nations emerge from it, as we have dune, they cur but •
brand in our stem, and I.ke us collect the fragments tool
scattered records of the histoty of those who lira but is
these memorials of departed go-aloes.; sod then as sow,
Medal will he sue great mine of information ami histraN-
this. Theo, as at patient, will the Medals of different nu.
thous be classed soil compared with each other; and as
Greece sod Rome, iu r mothris contort, dispute preeini.
Deuce, so in future collection. will Fraure awl linclaod
be contrasted, to niers lain the Sr resist cove chitin. of vx-
centime. whether so specimens of set or records of bistury.
The question, therefore, at this moment miler. thy ari•eo,
wish shout will the superiority probably remain ? / em sorry
to say, that at present it decidedly rests with the Frew b.
Medals is Esurland have been totally nee. cted from the
time of Chown Aline to the present day. %tint the Govern-
ment Olen hire been onthonght oft sod by the notion otii-
notired. To Mr. hludio se are istrlelited foe the knot
ffort to perpetuate the ustional triumph.' toad glories In a
regular metes of Medals, tool the rapidity with which be bas
completed twenty ont of the forty. to whieli, I uoderstauil,
his series la limited, awl. the talent which he has
cutocrti-
lraled its the design mid eitecuthin of those which are pub-
Jibbed, will, I Irma, cesium the reward which they
praise and patronage of the politic. How ble.,llltothe ben
sormoonted the 'noisy dilecolties which lw utopia bare to
encomiter I ant at a loss to roniretvre ; but resolute ywrsr-
vermocto dues touch, and 1 willingly say, go on, and may you
prosper in year plums. which I h./pear, the harbisigers
of better taste then it has been our fortune latterly to
'item N Enetwlll, and whirl, if it tabs n aiin
rout Imre, will be mainly indebted to Mr. Moille's ex-
trusive undertaktug ; nor an I Iwsilale its helieviug that
such twin be the mean. The natiuls seta has beets hart-
ward in fostering those plans and pursuits which are eundo-
Hee M INlNaital dory rot WilNy, timid i feel assured never
will; ••41 aUlimigh the Medallic Ail has sit beets voided to
her prearol einitience in this knights, by palroniure, yet
having, by her own laborious ratrtions. risen, I Iruot she
will attract it—auJ that in this Jeporitocall of the Ails,
Drilith escellenee may be as coaspiceolis tied oileivatted as
it is, am* I hope triter will be. in Maim* *very other, by
whir* lift as he either beire4 nal or &floured.
March 4, 1818. , C. D.
His Royal HI hies* the Doke of CLAtitzitt.
Admiral of the British Fleet. arrived at the Crowe,
Hotel, Portsmouth, on Pridav evening, to embark.
hin yOungiest aOtt, A DOLPillis PITZCLAAENCE (who
RecoMpaiiied haul). ire a 3)idthipnrin, opt board his
Majesty's strip Spartaa, Capt. Wise. Its Royal
flighuses dined with Lord Rowlett), of Effingham,
the Lirottuatit-Governor. Saturday itiornirig.during
I heavy gale of wind at W.S.W. with rain his
Itoyal Uighur.. elnharked from the oliCk-yard, ac-
companied by Sir Cabana Garr, Cainnins A tax.i
ANBaie wpm, And Hii.L, Mid attended by the
Civil Estildistitnent of the btlek.vdtti, to skit his
Majesty's ship Nelson ; after which -his Royal High.
pees weut do board his ftfujeitj'a strip l'estgear,
every part of which ship he Minutely inepteted, and
then publicly espy-rased his entire ujiprobstion of
the very PO nudes in winch he fOttod her. Lieu.
tenants BLAKE and Wesitts, fl N. lieutenant
MAeCULL. R.M. and Meseta. LtE end Iltatict.L,
had' the' honour of being introduced to his Royal
Highnella,.by Csq,txirl ALEZANIttIi. Afar fraying
the rfitirest. his Royal Highness went on board
the Royal George yacht, the Apatite, find Rothe-
fort. the Itoyst Highness honoured Sir EnwAttn
Tnonttnacknost with his company to dinner on Si.
Yevterifvy he returned to litiAliy Park.
Saturday WM.. CHAUSERLATNE. l q, wise duly
elected Irstpreartstative iu l'arhomt sit for South-
empty'', *Maw oppovition, Ist the 'OWN of Geo.
Hi..aay Rod,. IN. who hat Ctedleti his scat, br
hi, succession to be office of Cie, k of Patfiamesat.
Mr. floss had represented that Borough iu• sin
tuceessive Parliaments.