The National Register.
London, England, 1812-08-09 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

s 1.111: OF His MAJEIrb HEALi

491

" RT N oson-CAsri.r, Av o yrr I.—Soon after the lest Monthly Re-
port, his NIA, rsll. had a severe accession of his disorder. which qpickly
bubsided, and his 111,13 EbTT has dine continued as well as Lictore that
attack."

LffERATtTRE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NATIONAL. REGISTER.

answer to CAustruct.s, ill, not intend to prove Liiigiesgs.
and, therefore, will nut apply for a rule to !thew cause why an informa-
tion de contempt. Leg. Metric. should not be filed against hot for using
the last syllable of Qoare as x brieve ; but, as there is s9ine credit due
to originality, give me leave t, vindicate that meld, poor as it is, for
the Latin Epignan inserted in your Paper of the 5 It ultimo; and •to
assert for myself the character of a Gentleman wk.-, would despise
such a trick as to send you as a production of the moment, and per.
fecily original, an imitation of a Tetrastick of several years standing.
have read Anacreon, Camillus, Johannes Secundus, and other Plate-
matologists, hut, the alleged MS. Epigram ot P. Pindar, I decline I
never saw or heard ot. Besides, instead of ouc Epigram, CAUSIDICUS
iVeS ll• two ; anti, since btAli of them ring the changes with nearly
the same words, upon the same theate, 1 eonfes myself unable to guess
which of the two is the supposed original However, the knowing ones
pretend that both might be imitations of suitor ; it 'Ol, I feel nu small de-
gree of self-complacency at finding that my extempore should bays be-
gotten orr,prings ohich evince, even in their Negliges, so much elegance
and taste. The following, which is also an origiii4l, was written ou
the vOii tilt. ;if von give a corner iu your interesting
%vitt) you will .per. Z.
Teniple, July 2ti, 1812.

AD PHYLLIDEM.
Quid juvat iminensas duro cumul.ire labnre,
1.(1.11.1in si pattAs linquere coAit,o;)es ?
Quid juvat iitteuto 1114110 S illqUite't: holieLeS
Nisu, ai It ti: um 1114 jubet esse pares ?
Cedo mihi crod murs, (lod vis, qu,Kl tiara tyrannif
Nutiquant autlr.c redo

The Drury-Lane Commiqee have invited all persons who
are disposed to WI ite an Address for the opening of the
Theatre, to send their performances sealed up to the Secre-
tary of the Concern. There can he no doubt but there
will be a sufficient number of candidates to funoi:h the Com-
mittee with rcatfing fir some rime ; but if they realy wished
to see what the poets of the present day can do, they ought
to have promised some rested to the successful candidate,
as the writers of our times, however anxious for fame, have.
still such a hankering after fi od. that many men of genies
cannot write, unless they have a prospect of being plid.
On the teceirt of intelligence 'of KENSINGTON and ro.'s
bank having shut up, the bank of Messrs. W ooD, of Work-
ington, stopped payment. It has caused the utmost alarm
in the seaports, towns, and villages in the west of Cumber-
land.—(Carlisle .burnal.)
A small boat was picked np off Cherbourp:, by our squa-
dron on that station, containing nine Spaoiaids and Pottu-
guese, who had made their e3cape from Cherbourg. They
report that there are not more than 500 Frenchmen in the
garrison. and about 3000 Spanish and Portuguese prisoners,
who are constantly employed on the woiks; for which they
get one pound of coa'se bread. half a pound of beef. and
three sous per day, which they expend in washing and to-
bacco. _ _ _ _ _ _ _

A floating light ha; been ordered by the Admiralty, ti- be
moored off the point of Bembridge-led..te, at to►e east t 'id of
the Isle of W ►ght, as a guide to enable his Maje=ty's ships to
pass into and out of St. lielea's road, by night or day.
Prefeesor W 11.-DENOW, the celebrated botanist, died
Berlin, on the 10th of July.