The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-06-16 00:00:00

there were stet ral esiolidatts, such us y I I I SU
Re. bet which 'ailed is the dde rattra ;of Thorirts
who had a great Majority of voles. i his jest if sprit pro.
&seed mach aserrintent, sod the health of the A 1111101' was
aatedwith loud applause.
Cge►tLSIIOMT their "ave...." Mier O'Neill, and the
Wiest of the Irish Stage."
The Noble Cillonitme nest pre--" the Health of Mr.
llorrowrs, nail the Ins% Oar."
Mr. ISORROWES refereed thaselis in a short but 'torment
itadress. He sail he frit pr0..1 in being a Meollor of th it
Profession, which had ever asserted thelodependents of Ire-
lagol, •filch ►ail einithissal Mobile libe►ty with the oblia4-
OMNI doe to Governinciet. to the genie of the tn►h 84r, he
it tamed lhaulks
O the braiih of Mr. Grattan being drank Mr. Bustle
Mimed thanks.—He said, that whatever might have lwra
the *abbe services of Mr. Grattan, for those nervier, the
country were indetoed to die venerated father of the Noble
asairmati, se it was he that first brought Mr. Graftage into
public life. After paying a warm tribute to the Vision of
theta, Earl of Chartreuse, Mr. Raabe coacladed by giriug
-at a toast—
" The memory of the Earl of otarlemant."

The tome wis received it ilia the utmost degree of en-
thusiast,.
, 114!Prd Cnanutteono, very feelingly molested his matie of
the ',Osage dins maid IA the memory aim venerated Father
—to the memory of that father, Patriot, and Statesman,
.who had earfylinglit him to believe, that else Arian of Ire-
imsaageti taut of Ireland, were not likely to be proem-
rises ; and esjekr".lere had out tended to remove the im.
premium of hieyoutb. Hie Lordship, after souse other
ob-
serealiuws, costelutied by spin retaraiug daub.
His Lordship shin gayer,
" The Living Lela of Great Britain."
Mr. 111001M-1' Geutlimen' auto ithetanding the witty
song which you have just inarel, and the Mattering eleva-
tion which the author 1108 indeed me, I canoed allow
each a smirk of respect to be paid to die illustrious names
that odors the literature of the premid day,, without call.
tag your titivation awhile to the sininlar conetellittion of
genies, sad asking you to dwell a little on the intifhlwem
of each * particular star," that forum it. *Can I same
to you a Byrne without mealtime lo your hearts recut-
lectioas of all dal his mighty genius has awakened there.;
his energy—his burisiug ilosune passive—
that dispositiou of his hoe fancy, to wander only among
the rants of the beart—to dwell in places which the fire of
feeling has demisted, sad, like the cbesusit tree, that grows
best in vokaaic &raft 10 IsfOrrialt Moat where the roans-
grottos of missies has left its mark! Need I mention to
you a Seidl, that fertile anal fascinating writer, the vegeta-
tive of whose naiad is as rapid as that of a uortbern summer,
mid as rich as the most gulden harvests of the south,
whore beautiful creations succeed each other like fruits
in Amide's enchauted garden, ► one scarce is gathered
ere another grows! Shall 1 recal 10 you a Borers
(to sue endeared by friendship as well as remiss), who
has bong up his own name on the shrine of memocy,
among the most imperishable tablets there. A Southey,
sot eke Lawreal, but the Author of ' Dun &Arden,' one
of the noblest and Must iloenent Poems in any lauguage
—it Campbell, the polished sad spirited Campbell, whose
Song of • lunisfail: is the very tears of our own Irish Muse,
crestslised by the touch of ruins, and made eternal—a
Wordsworth, a Poet, even in his piterilities, whose caps.
Mous mind, like the great Pool of Norway, draws Into
its vortex, not only the mighty things of the deep, but its
minute weeds and refuie—is Cralibe, who bas slows what
the more than plvailic power of mina can effect, by
giving sot only atutiou, but life and mid to subjects that
Orrelsoll Wearable of it. I could enumerate. Geutiemeo,
still more, mad from theme would pass with delight,
to dwell upon die living Poets of our own lord—the tint.
static powers of a Maturity and a Sheil, the former con-
secrated by the applause of a Scott sod a Byron ; and
the latter, lay the iron of suss of the brightest eyes In the
empire—the rich imagination of a Phillips, who has courted
successfully more than use Masse—the versatile genies of a
Marva, who was the first that mated our sweet Irish strains
with poetry worthy of their pathos said their force. Bait I
Med I here already trespored too long upon your patience
and your time. I do siot regret, however, that you have
Mow doomed to listen with patiently to this humble tribute
to' the living masters of the English lyre, which I, • the
Asmarat of the theme thus feebly, but heartily, have paid
them."
Lord Caitaminoter-4 I have owe more elohni Gentle-
men, to make 'pots your taste sod upon your gallantry; fur
it is souther female I am about to fume, one who has added
patriotism to literary talents. Her works have beets trans-
lated isle the Coutineutal languages, avid wherever they are
read are deemed classical. You will, lam sure, drink with
eilhasieswi the Mast i am about to give you, which is