The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-11-05 00:00:00

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SIR SASIVEL ROWILLY.

Quin sans hod*

Teinperet S larrynsis." Vlll,

And art Mott goae, than mighty mater-spirit,
To if bum all eyes were turii'd, iii this dread hour,
Ar to a lofty bean-1 sy whose
The vessel of the State might yet he steer it
Safely, though shoals tad qiiickbandi thrtaten'd danger:

with a miss' as liberal, wise, and good,
Aa e'er shed Itistre or it nation's name !
Bleirs'd with a heart, as gentle and refin'd
As e'er found solace in domestic joys!
Illess'd with a soul, whose mate/dem energy
Alai d forth in Virtue's cause—fsom ishirae bright flame
The oppressor shrank abash'J !—And art thou gone:
Vast was the space thou fill'dst in public life,
Vast is the vats' tor thy flight bas !
Who ►lull now revise that Code distress:era!,
Like DaacOC, pemi'd m blood? Who shall now,
When the poor Negro sinks beneath the lash
Of some inhuman Master, seize the theme,
And, to a shuddering Senate, paint the deed
In all its native horror? Who shall sow
Aimed the Orphan's equitable right,
In manly and persuasive eloquence?—
Such clumience, as erat fluw'd from the tongue
Of that great man, build by a people sae.),
0! best of titles! Father of his Country!
But yesterday I saw thee borne along
In triumph through our streets..-while the louJ voice
Of popular feeling, prais'il sod blesed
Thy venerated name! i saw thee deck'd
In the gay robe of popularity!
That robe, for which the hero toils and bleeds—
For which the statesman passes the lone night
In subtle meditation ! That proud robe
Which, like the fatal gift of Dejanira,
Too oft', within its wcb, bears wily poison.
To blast In, peace, who has desired it must!
Tbou cought'st it sot—the boon was freely glen!
On thee it sat with grace ineffable—
'Twas justly due—'twas honourably scorn!
Such west thou yesterday!—but what, to-day?
O! lamentable contrast! painful thought!
Fancy, which never slumbers, views thy bier,
And marks the .low and solemn cavalcade
'that hears thee to thy low aid narrow boom—
Thy cold, dark resting-place—where, Hoc Friendship's

voice—
Nor the pole tear of honest Gratileuie—.:.
Nur popular applause—uor the rash Warne
Which Virtue suffers from foul Prejudices
Ceo e'er affect thee more!

And you, ye cold and calculating heed,
Who never felt, except es interest bade,
• Spit nut your loathsome venom on his tomb—
Nor judge too harshly of that closing /let
O'er which a 'taboo droops in grief profound.
Excess of feeling caus'd feeling
Closely allied to virtue'. Affection's links
So lung had been enterisi'd around his Mart,
They fnrm'd s part of it! Death stiapp`J the chain—
The shock unseated reason. Muse!—no more!
Si. Martin's.lane.

Previous to her Royal Highness the Princess of
WA LES leaving England, she gave orders fur all the
domestics in her service at Kensington to he retain-
ed till notice to the contrary ; last week arlvice4
were received for their diAmissal, and 0,,
after the inspection of the Palace by his Royal
Highness the PRINCI: REGENT. Duke of l'onit.
and Co'noel STEVENSON, they all receiver! notice
to quit, tune in number. Her Royal fligliners, it
is said, has given up her apartments in the

The Journal des Dehats notices N 1 ViTzct.s-
BENCE'S recent descent in a daving•hrll, as a proof
of the advance of ►cience in the present age. The.
greatest effort immediately preceding it was the
establishment of the Alotitugnes Bern!jolt, but the
Journal honestly confesses that the descent in the
car of this fashionable antusement is contemptible,
when compared with going to the bottom of the
sea in a diving-bell.
It hos often been said, that love marriages
hastily entered into are unhappy. It will truism' to
be proved how superior the union of Lady F'l The-
ron may he, when carried on through all the
forms and solemnities of the Court of Chancer►•.
The Bath theatre opened for the season on Satur-
day last, with the comedy of The Womth,l-, iu
which Cos*Ay Was the Doi re is, PEtiSOlf
Ltssardo, and Miss R. PENLEY, I!tii Windsor,
was the riolditte. .

Mimi KELLY cOMpleted her ertgagemNit At the
Brighton Theatre, on Saturday night. Mr. KEAN
was engaged for two nighta. Hip tirst appearance
was to take place on Tuesthry night, 111 the cha-
racter of Othrtfo, and the second, last evening, as
Sir Edward Mori:Ater, in the hoe Cheri.
From the extreme dryness of the lat. harve4 and
the weather preceding it, the labours of the thruslar
will be reduced; as the farmers observe, " the corn
nearly thrashes itself, and comes out without
trouble."

The Origin of the Representation Britanais
on Me Etsgtish Copper Col*. —TO CHAULES'• (tile
Secinad) partiality tut his graceful and accomplished
cousin, FIZA \CIES SIVILIIT, we owe the elegant re-
presentation of Britannia VII our peace and farthing,.
He admired, and even almost idolited this cele-
brated beauty, but could not seduce her, as he war
base enough to essay, though he assailed her with
compliments which he considered were likely to
succeed; and it was from one of the medals sti
to perpetuate his admiration of her delicate s, P-
metry, that Britininia was stamped in the fora, 'l,l
still Wars un our copper coinage.