The Sun.
London, England, 1830-08-12 00:00:00

WINDSOR-WEDNESDAY.

At a little before six o'clock yesterday evening, his
Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, accompanied by
his son Prince GEORGE of Cambridge, and the Princess of
HEssE Homnsaa, arrived at the CAstle, on a visit to their
MAJESTIES.

His Highness Prince Lime°Lo also arrived ; Prince
FREDERICK of Prussia, accompanied by the Prussian Am-
bassador, Baron BuLow, arrived about the same time.
Yesterday afternoon the Earl of ABERDEEN arrived, and
had an audience of his MAJESTY, with whom he had the
honour of dining, together with the above distinguished
personages, and Lord MARYBOROUD it and Sir Was. Faxr-
MANTLE, in addition to the party mentioned yesterday.
It is said to be the intention of the Duke of CA mammas
to leave kis son Prince GEORGE in England, for the benefit
of his education. It is also said his Highness will make a
very short stay at the Cattle, the 14th being the day at pre-
sent fixed for his departure.
At half-past ten this morning his MAJESTY left the
Castle in his pony phaeton, accompanied by only two
grooms, and drove to the Royal Lodge, and different parts
of the Great Park. On his return, the KING alighted at.
the Lower Mews, after which he proceeded on foot by the
Upper Mews, to the Castle.

At a quarter past three this afternoon his MAJESTY again
entered his pony phaeton, accompanied by the Princess of
Hesse Rohtnxna, followrd by her MAJESTY on horseback,
and the rest of the party in open carriages. They left the
Castle by George the Fourth's Gate, and proceeded by the
new line of road through the Long Walk, to the Royal
Lodge. His MAJESTY conducted his distinguished
visitors over every part of this elegant building, and then
drove to Cumberland Lodge, which they also inspected,
and proceeded to Virginia Water to enjoy sonic of the beau-
tiful drives in its neighbourhood. The illustrious party
did not return to the Castle till after six o'clock

The Earl of ABERDEEN left the Castle 1:1;t night for
town. The rest of the distinguished personages above-
mentioned still remain on a visit to their AlaJitsms.

MEMBERS RETURNED.

ENGLAND
Cunibsrlaid.
Sir J. tiraliam.
Sir J. Lowther.

,ND WALES.

Carmarthenshire.
Hon. 0. R. Trevor.
Glamorgan:hire.
C. H. M. Talbot.
Montgomerwhire.
lion. C. W. W. Wynne.
,AND.

Sussex.
H. Curteit, Esq.
W. Burrell, Esq.

SCOT]

City of Edinburgh.
lion. W. Diariclas.
Edinburgh (County.)
Sir Geo. Clerk, Hart.

Armagh,
Lord Acheson.
Mr. Brownlow.
Tyrone.
lion. H. Curry.
Sir H. Stewart.

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Relfrewshire.
Sir M. S. Stewart.
DuVriesskire.
J. Johnstone, Esq.
.AND.

Roscommon.
O'Connor Don.
A. French, Esq.
hungarvan.
Hon. G. Lamb.

LTTEII.A.TURII.

POEMS BY THE HEY. G. CROLY. Two Voi s

toN 00N, I SSO.

Mr. Colburn has done a service to literature
by republishing, in a collected form, the poems
of a gentleman, who, as a worshipper (and no
weak one) of the Muses, is less appreciated than
he deserves to be. Had Mr. Croly written
nothing else but his Catiline—had he never
written his impassioned lines on Sappho ; his
line, solemn, stately dirge " Earth to earth, and
dust to dust;" or his animated fragment of
Czerni George—he would still have deserved
to hold a high rank among our sterling English
poets. But it has been the fortune (whether bad
or good we will not here pause to determine) of
his prose, to eclipse the excellencies of his poetry.
Finding him a first-rate writer of one, the ma-
jority of readers have been unwilling to allow
him the credit of being a first-rate writer of the
other. They have, as they always have had, a
marvellous indisposition to believe that one
author can shine, with equal brilliancy, in two
departments of intellect. For ourselves, we
profess to be wholly incompetent to decide in
which capacity Mr, Croly exhibits the greatest
ability. his prose is splendid, stately, full of
fire and energy, felicitous in its illustrations, im-
pregnated with a genuine classic spirit, and oc-
casionally pointed, epigrammatic, and sarcastic.
His poetry is of a nut less superior order, and
being thoroughly devoid of affectation, whether
of sentiment or expression, cannot but be read
with pleasure. Its sole defect—if defect it can
be called—is that it wears rather too oriental an
aspect. Were its eloquence of a more indige-
nous character, it would come more home to the
prejudices of its readers, and excite among them
a warmer interest in its favour. But the mag-
nificent, though too often ill-regulated fancy of
the Arabian writers seems to have caught Mr.
Croly in its trammels, who has evidently perused
the gorgeous fictions of Antar and the oriental
story-tellers with the enthusiasm of a professed
devotee. The dramatic poem of Catiline is, we
think, incomparably the fittest of all Mr. Croly's
works. It is bold in outline, finished in detail,
and replete with energy and eloquence. There
is no truckling to what is called- stage effect in
it ; the incidents, though forcible and numerous,
yet rise one out of the other naturally, and with-
out giving a shock to the credulity of the reader.
This noble and truly classic drama, which in the
present unprecedented state of the stage, it were
a degradation to wish to see successful, is com-
prised in the present collection, and co.istitutes its
chief ornament. The " Angel of the World,"—
that most impressive of modern allegories—is
also included.

MEMOIRS OF GEORGE TUE FOURTH.
LoNDori, ISSO,

Mr. Lloyd, who is first in the field with a

ponderous biography of his late Majesty, has
done justice to his task, rather as regards matter
than manner. His volume is, in fact, a whole-
sale compilation from the Journals of the diffe-
rent periods to which his Memoirs refer. We
have long accounts of his Majesty's visit to Ire-
land, Scotland, and Hanover—of his last illness
and death—of the leading events that occurred
(Wring his Regency—of his habits and manners
in boyhood—manhood—and old age—with all
of which the majority of our readers have been
rendered familiar through the medium of the
Newspapers. The original portions of Mr.
Lloyd's Biography are not less scanty than com.
mon-place. here is no attempt at pourtraying
character, no power of thought, no energy of
style—all is as tame, flat, and barren, as (accord.
ing to Mundungus) the road from Dan to
Beersheba. It is a pity to see men thus at.
tempting to write biography, who have scarce
intellect enough to pen a letter. To be sure,
George the Fourth requires no conjuror to draw
his character ; still he was a well-educated man,
and should not be left to the mercy of mere pre-
tenders in literature. The portrait which heads
Mr. Lloyd's volume is the only good thing in it.
As a likeness, it is faithful ; as a work of art,
excellent.

CONSTABLE'S MISCELLANY, No. 67.
EDINBUILUII, 1830.

The most authentic, satisfactory, and with
one or two exceptions, impartial memoirs of
Napoleon that have yet appeared—we mean of
course those of M. Bourrienne—fornt the subject
of the present number of this popular miscellany.
They will be comprised in three volumes, and in
this cheap and com►nodious form will be acces-
sible to all those who may have been prevented
from reading them by the somewhat bulky
anti expensive form in which they were origi-
nally printed in this country. No reader can be
said to be master of the history of France during
the consulate and empire, who has not diligently
perused Bourrienne's Memoirs of Napoleon.
They supply many gaps in the annals of the
empire, which have not hitherto been adequately
filled up.

PINNOCK'S GEOGRAPIIY.—Lorroox, ISSO.

A very valuable little book of reference, con-
venient in size, and cheap. It is particularly
adapted for the use of schools, as it abounds in
geographical intelligence respecting Great Britain
and her dependent Colonies, expressed in a
simple and intelligent manner, and condensed
with scrupulous diligence. The Catechism at
the end of the volume may vie in merit and
general utility with the very best of Mr. Pin-
!rock's popular Catechisms.