The Sun.
London, England, 1825-01-01 00:00:00

LITERARY NOTICE.

The LOVE LETTERS of MARY QUEEN of SCOTS,
to JAMES Earl of BOTHWELL, with his Love Sonnets
and Marriage Contracts, being the long
.missing originals,
explained by State Papers, and the Writings of Buchanan,
&c. &C. &c., and a host of authors, forming a complete
History of the origin of the Scottish' Queen's Woes and
Trials before Queen Elizabeth.—By 111 GII CA 31 PBEL
L.D. F.A.S., Illustratorof Ossian s Poems.
TiliS is a curious and really interesting volume.
Mr. CAMPBELL, in a well-written Preface and
Introduction, states how he became possessed of
the Love Letters in AIS., and gives a brief his-
tory of all that have written on the subject since
I:Pe days of BUCHANAN and of LEsi,v, Bishop of
Ross, the unfortunate NIARY's best friend. -
There is no portion of History that excites so
Much sympathy as that which paints the suffer-
logs of Malay Queen of Scots. The very mention
of her name brings with it deep and unaffected
,antniseration ; so that all which we can conceive
of Oe.,uty, gracefulness, and virtue, rises up to our
ioniginations, clothed in the deep garb of woes,
-which proceed from female jealously, and cruel-
ties are consequently exercised in a tyrannical
manner by a woman, a Queen, and a near kins-
sman, who is represented by the best writers
of the age as having been her equal in rank only,
but her inferior in all the nobler qualities of the
mind; and her superior in dissimulation, intrigue,
plots, and treacheries, by which she brought the
lovely Queen of Scots into her snares, and, after
• tile torture of a series of years, basely murdered
-her!

This being the generally accredited, and in a
• great measure the true story, it follows as a mat-
•ter of course that any Work which appears to
alter the face of the position, will instantly find
opponents in all classes of Readers who have im-
plicitly put their faith in prejudiced vindications,
-and renounced the historians who really tad no
-object in their description but a love of truth.
-tioctoßeaders are likely to oppose the Volume
• before-us, and,the-Compileuseems to have anti-
• cipated the- consequence, and does all that inge-
nuity could dictate to conciliate the angry
•-Reader, by an honest declaration that he •itt
sware•thenkure of the subject treated of will
place hint before' the subject in a prima fuck
point of view as an opponent of MARY ;
but the contrary really is the case ; and
to prove the fact, we understand that Mr.
- CAMPBELL has collated and prepared for the
Press a Second Volume from the best Historians
• and State Papers, which clearly and undeniably
' implicate Queen ELIZABETH, through her Am-
bassadors, in all the plots and plans that led to
Alaity's ruin and murder. To effect this im-
portant object with the least possible evil, Mr.
CAMPBELL has truly and 'faithfafly given the Ac-
• e esation and Defence—and with that the marrow or
substance of all which the best advocates pro and
• con have advanced on her guilt or innocence
This curious and really interesting advocacy,
being the essence of an immense number of massy
tomes, is introduced and finished by the some-
••times friendly, sometimes severe, hut always-im-
partial, narrative of England's greatest and best
historians. The facts are borne out by a host of
State Papers, from the Cotton Lib., from those
of ll.eyseies, MURDIN, Sir RALPH SADLER, and
rom the entries of the Duke of Noarorr.K ;
• forming on the whole one large closely printed
Volume (which would make two), containiog a
• true history of the Scottish Queen's woes, and of
• her trials before Queen Er.izAßETn. The Por-
trait of MARY, which fronts the title-page, is
from an old Painting of 1580, formerly in St.
James's Palace, and now at Hatfield, the•seat of
-the Marquis SALISBURY. We hope that the Public
will liberally encourage Mr. C., not only as far as
-a reimbursement for his expellees goes, but, as
a fair- and generous reward for the labours and
talents exercised by him upon the Voluate,.whieh
•we presume will be taken up at all times with
'-interest by both parties, and gratify by its sim-
plicity even the most curious and fastidious- reader.
The Volume is neatly and liberally got up,
and Mr. CAMPBELL has given the world another
ingenious proof of a laborious and industrious
-.mind, well qualified for deep research, pleasing
statements, and well versed antiquarian lore.

THEtPROPOED SHIP CANAL.

(Trans the London Mechanic': Register. )
•
We have noticed the mania for public Corn-
panics, and have marked with merited censure some of the nu-
amorous attempts of unprincipled projectors to deceive the pub-
lic. At this moment there are not less than ten new schemes,
requiring an investment of 15 millions of capital, which were
not projected aolong ago as a fortnight, and many of theshares
atre,at a premium. On one Mining Company, the Coronas we
think it is called, of which nobody knows the merits, the-shares
are actually at a premium of 300 guineas each, even before
they are allotted to the subscribers, and of all the new plans,
not one came out at a discount or at par, except the very best in
the market—the Ship Canal. Now, it is a shameful thing that
-se national and humane an undertaking as a canal for ships to
pass through, between the English and Bristol channels, with-
nut going round the Land's End, should be treated with dis-
dain, whilst so many humbug contrivances to enrich a few ad-
venturers are allowed to succeed. This -Ship Canal would be
not only a public benefit, but certainly a lucrative investment
of money ; yet the shares are not sought after, because the pro-
- jectors are honest men, and do not impose upon the public by
telling them that they will find large lumps of gold in the mud
when they dig their canal. What are all the Mexican mines,
compared with 'the mine of industry and commerce? What
• will gold and silver, dug out in masses from the earth, avail
us, if we possess not commerce and industry ? Letstheprecious
metals become too plentiful, and the rulers of the earth will
cordially unite to tax its production, for if they do not, there
will be no proper circulating medium. The mines and wealth
of an Englishman are, and ought to be, commerce ; and we
therefore trust that all the ridiculous schemes for becoming
suddenly rich will be soon exploded. The-Ship Canal is an
object dear to us as natives of a country which owes its dignity
to the brave adventurers of the ocean ; we would save their
lives, and the property of those who embark in a pursuit so
honourahie-butperilous. " For the last three months," says a
• sailor, who writes in support of this undertaking, " there have
been almost uninterrupted gales from the westward, many of
them very fatal in their .tffects ; and during that time our
- western ports, from Portsmouth downwards, have been crowded
for a change of wind ,to get round-the land.—
by veasels waiting
Now if this great Ship
Canal was made, all the vessels bound
for Ireland, the west coast of England, and the Bristol Chan-
• nel, would pass through it to the northward free from delays or
danger, and vessels would also come along it to the southward
in their passage from thence. The detention in these ports is
bathe lull as great as what Captain Nicholls has estimated to be,
at the ports in the Bristol Channel, whets weasels
.are some-
times wind-bound for 13 weeks together, .while the danger to
• life and property is greater; anti the Ship Canal will alike re-
" - medY the evils of each."

The s of St. James's-
Pneious site at the top
street, is to I),e a Club House for the Officers of
-the Household troops, 1. e. the Horse 'Guards
(Blues), the Life Quards, and. thellst, 2d, and
:J.LI Foot Guards.

THE BURMESE WAIL.

(Front the Asiatic' Journal.)

The latest official advises of the progress of
the Burmese war are contained in a dispatch from Sir A. Camp-
bell, dated .July 11, which appears in the Calcutta Government
Gazette of July 29. Absolute want of space obliges us to defer
its publication till.next month. This dispatch states, that the
Rangoon army was.attacked on the Ist of July
.by about 12,000
Burmese from Dallah (in obedience to positive orders received
by the chiefs from their court) who were defeated with the
greatest ease by three weak companies of sepoys, and two
pieces of artillery. On the Bth, an attack was tuade, on the
enemy (who had received considerable reinforcements) by the
British force, formed into two columns ; one under the com-
mand of Brigadier-General 31‘Bean, advanced by land ; the
other, under Sir A. Campbell, proceeded by water. Both
were successful. Ten stockades were taken ; 3B pieces of ar-
tillery, 40 swivels, and 300 muskets; 800 of the enemy's best
troops were killed. Our loss has been comparatively small.—
The list of killed and wounded in the Rangoon army, between
the pith June and 12th July, includes Capt. C. H. Isaack, 2d
bat. Bth N. 1., killed ; Brevet Capt. Knox Barratt, and Capt.
Johnson, his Majesty's 13th Light Infitary, both severely, the
latter dange.r.aisly wounded.
We have not space to notice the various rumours which pre-
vail in .India respecting this contest. Considerable reinforce-
ments are proceeding to the scene of operations ; and Sir Edw.
.Paget is expected to take the command. A large addition to
the Bengal army is intended. An attempt has been made, it
is said. by the Burmese, to. incite Runjeet Sing against us.---
We are sorry tutind that sickness continues among*the troops
employed. A report is mentioned at Rangoon of an embassy
front Ava to treatfor peace. 'The-.following are a few particu-
lars collected from the India papers (and compressed into a
small compass) of the occurrences at the.different points of
_attack.

SYLHET FRONTIEIL—CoIoneI Innes was on the 27th of
June near Juttrapore. The.enemy's fort at Telayn.was,recon-
noitred by Lieut-4. Fisher and Craigie, who found it strongly
stockaded, and the enemy in force there. A Calcutta Paper of
July Li, refers to a report that Telayn had been attacked by
Col. Innes.

Sonic information had been obtained from a Burmese pri-
soner, taken by Gumbheer Sing, the Rajah of Cachar ; the
prisoner belonged to the force at Doodpatlee : he stated that the
enemy's intention was to remain at Docdpatlee and Telayn till
the rains ,were over, and to advance in the Airy season. The
plunder is at Rungpore, and the captive women and children at
Jypore.
A SSAM.—AII is quiet here. The force undes. Col. Richards
returned to Gowabatti on the 10th July. Some difference be-
tween the Singfohs and the Burmese has produced a decidedly
hostile feeling on the part of the former, who have blocked
up the roads against the Burmese, and killed one of their
Phookuro,

Capt. florsburgh, at llauthur, had a gallant affair with a
party of the enemy on the 24th May.
CiirrT.sooNG.—The messenger sent to the Rajah of A rra-
can, by the acting lAagistrate, respecting ►ome prisoners sup-
posed to he in the Rainoo stockade, was told that 8,00 men
. were at Rantoo, Rutnapulling, and Cox's bazar, and that the
Bundoola was expected with 9,000 more.
Colonel Morrison-, C. 8., of the 44th Foot (who distinguished
himself klaring the war in Upper Canada), is to he appointed a
Brigadier-Cener,d, and to the command of the Chittagong
frontier, which is severed from the eastern division.

NA.U. llivEn.--A brilliant afiiair took place on the 4th of
June between the Honourable Company's cruiser Vestal, in
company with some gun-boats, under Me-srs. Laughton and
Boyce, and a fleet of Butmese war-boats, about 100 in number,
near Shapurce. When the enemy's boats first appeared. they
required the surrender of the sht,p, or all on board would be put
to death. Vellies of grape and cannister answered this intima-
tion. About fourteen boats were destroyed, and 150 of the
enemy killed and wolnded.

RANGOON.—During the operations against Kemmendine,
on the 3d of June, the pinnaces of his Majesty's ships Larne
and Sophie had a smart action with some stockades, and suf-
fered severely. Capt. Ityves speaks highly of the conduct of
Mr. George Goldfinch, acting master of the Sophie, Lieuenant
Fraser, and Mr. Charles Scott. The following is a list of the
killed and wounded :

His Majesty's ship Larne—Peter Knox, quarter-master,
killed ; Mr. liatherton, purser, slightly wounded.
His Majesty's ship Sophie-3ln Geo. Goldfinch, acting.
master, severely wounded; 'Thos. Nugget, quarter-master,
severely ; Mr. Charles Scott, master's mate, slightly.; John
Burrows, seaman, slightly ; H. Seble, private marine. drowned.
Honourable Company's cruizer Thetis—Mr. Middleton,
commander, severely wounded; one European seaman, slightly;
one lascar, ditto.

Ship Robarts—Mr. Nelson, chief officer, killed.; Burrah
Tindal, ditto ; two lascars, ditto ; one lascar, wounded.
Total.—Killed, s—Drowned, I—Wounded, 9.
Our army is animated with the hope of speedily reaching;
Amerapoora, the plunder of which is expected to prove (fins-
men.:e value.

The same fever which has visited Calcutta, is said to be pre-
vailing very generally at Rangoon ; but few ..deaths are occa-
sioned- by it. We arc happy to find by the last advice, that at.
the former place the disorder was 'disappearing, though it still
gains ground at Baerackpore.

THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF GREAT -
BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
.The Royal Asiatic Society recommenced its
Meetings for the season at their House in Grafton-street, Bond-
street, in November last. Among the distinguished individuals.)
elected this season are the Earl of Guildford ; Gen. Sir 1).
Ochterlony ; Gen. Hardwicke ; Baron A. D'Humboldt, the
celebrated traveller, and his brother, &c. &c. On the last day
of meeting (December 18th) the Chair was filled by the Prcsi-,
dent, the Right Bon. C. W. WI-is-N.—The following days,
are appointed for the. General Meetings of the Society for the
year 1825:

January -- 15 April - - lf; November . -
February 5 31ay 7
19 - - 21 December -.-
5 June - - 4 I
- 19
..- 13

March.- - -

THE ARMY.

MEMORANDUM.

By the Act of 49 Gco. 111. cap. 126, for the further preven-
tion of the Sale and Brokerage of Offices (Clauses IV. awl V.),
it is enacted, that persons receiving, or paying money, for
soliciting offices, and entering into any negociations, or pre-
tended negociations, relating thereto, will he guilty of a mis.
demeanour; and that persons opening, or advertising housesl
tbr transacting business relating to the sale of offices, will be
guilty of a misdemeanour. By Clause VIII. it is further
enacted, " That any Officer in his Majesty's forces, who
shall take, accept, or receive, or pay, or agree to pay, any
larger sum of money, directly or indirectly, than what is al-
lowed by any regulations made by his Majesty in relation to
the purchase, sale, or exchange of commissions in his
forces, or who shall pay, or cause to be paid, any sum of money,
to any agent or broker, or other person, for negotiating the pur-
chase, or sale, or exchange of any such commission, shall, on
being convicted thereof by a General Court :Martial, forfeit his
commission, and be cashiered ; and as an encouragement for the
detection of such practices, such commission so forfeited shall be
sold, and half the regulated value (not exceeding five hundred
pounds) shall be paid to the Informer, and the other half', or
the remainder, if more than five hundred pounds, shall go, and
be applied, as his Majesty shall order and direct by any 1(e-
-gulations from time to time made in that behalf: provided
also, that every person who shall sell his Commission in his
Majesty's forties, and not continue to hold any Commission in
his Majesty's forc-s, and shall, upon, or in relation to, such
:sale, take, accept, or receive, directly or indirectly, any money,
tee, gratuity, loan of money, reward, or profit, or any promise,
agreement, covenant, contract, bond, or assurance, or shall by
.any device, or means, contract, or agree to receive, or have any
tee, gratuity, loan of money, reward or profit, beyond the re-
gulated price or value of the Commission sold, and also every
person who shall wilfully or knowingly aid, abet, or assist
such person therein, shall be deemed, and adjudged, guilty of
a misdemeanour, within the provisions of this Act."
This is further enforced by the CXXXIVtIi Clause of the
Mutiny Act, as follows
" And whereas great• inconvenience has arisen to his Ma-
jesty's service front persons not being authorised Agents of
Regiments, Troops, or Companies, negotiating for the pur
chase, sale, and exchange of commissions in his Majesty's
forces, and much larger stems than are allowed by his Majesty's
regulations are often given and received for commissions, and
great frauds committed; be it therefore enacted that every
person, not being an authorized Agent to some Regiment,
Troop, or Company, of his Majesty's forces, who shall nego-
tiate, or act as Agent, for and in relation to the purchase, sale,
or exchange of any commission in his Majesty's forces, shall
forfeit for every such offence the sum of 1001.: and every per-
son, whether authorised or not, as Agent to some Regiment,
Troop, or Company, who shall take, accept, or receive any
commission, sum of money or reward, or any negotiation re-
lative to the purchase, sale, or exchange of any commission
in his Majesty's forces, or who shall negotiate, bargain for
or receive for his own use, or for the use of any other person
or persons, any sum of money, or other consideration, above the
amount of the price allowed by his Majesty's regulations for
the purchase, sale, or exchange of any such commission, or any
sum of money, or other consideration, where no price shall he
allowed by his Majesty's regulations, shall, for every such
offence, forfeit the sum of one hundred pounds, and treble the
value of such sum of money, or other consideration, as he shall
negotiate, bargain for, or receive, atove the .amount of the
price allowed by his Majesty's regulations for such corn-
mission, in such eases where any price shall be allowed by his
Majesty's regulations, or treble the value of the sum, or other
consideration, negotiated, bargained for, or taken and re-
ceived, in such cases in which no price shall be allowed by
his Majesty's regulations."

War-Office, Dec. 9, 1824.
*I am directed by the Secretary at War to acquaint you that
his Lordship has decided that the allowance of Bed Money
heretofore granted in Ireland to Commissioned and Warrant
Officers shall cease from the 24th ,instant.—l am, &c.
(Signed) LAU. SULIVAN.
To Officers commanding Regiments,
and Agents, in Ireland.

MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY.
G;:neral—lion. J. Leslie Cuniing, late of Gren. Guards,
Edinburgh.
Lieut.-General—Williams, late of It. Mar.
Iffujor-General—Rowley, It. Eng. Dep. Inspector-Gen. of
Fortifications, Essex ; Thomas, East Ind. Comp. Service.
Colonel—Desbarres, late .of 60th F.
Lieut.-Culonels—Lines, sth F. Dominica ; Deschambault,
h. p. 109th F. Montreal, Canada.; Scott, East India Comp.
Service ; Kerin, do.-; ill acmorine, do. ; Mackintosh, do. ; Frith,
do.; Paton, do.

Major:-Fletcher, sth F. Barbadoe.s ; Champion, 21st F.,
shot by a sentinal of the regiment at Fort Charlotte, St. Vin-
cent ; Pierce; R. Art. Jamaica ; Guildford, late of Roy. Mar. ;.
Adlam, h. p. R. Mar. ; Fynmore, do.; Butler, East Ind. Comp.
Serv. ; Owen, do.; Ferris, do.
Captains—. Barlow, 4th Dr. Kaira, Bombay ; Sale, 4th Dr.
do. ; Duhigg, 27th F. lost at sea on. passage from Gibraltar;
Lett, h. p. 26th F. Canada; Chapman, Inval. Art. ; J. Grant,
h. p. R. Art. Jersey ; Defferd, R. Mar. ; Reding, h. p. do. ;
Priag, Adjut. 2d Warwickshire Local Militia.
Lieutenants—Hamilton, 77th F. Hamilton, N.B. ; Marsh,
81st F. ; Durand, h. p. 95th F. Islington, Middlesex ; Wat-
son, Ceylon Regt. Kandy, Ceylon; Murray, h. p. 101st Foot,
Norham, Durham; Forster, IL p. Ist Gar. Bat. ; Fisker, late
Art. Driv. ; D'Autume, h. p. Foreign Art. ; Pollock, R. Mar.
drowned ; J. James, R. Mar. Art.; Lewis, do. ; Paxton,
h. p. R. Mar. ; W. Thompson, do.; Balgrave, do.; D. Ro-
bertson, do.

2d Lieutenants—Wilson, Inv. Art. ; Mitchell, R. .Mar. ;
Getty, h. p. R.• Mar. ; R. Smith, do. ; Woore, do.
Ensigns—Heurmann, h. p. Rifle Brigade, Minden, Prussia;
Parker. So. Lincoln ; 13eeby, Dublin Co. Mil.
Quarter-Allirsters—Allan, 4th Dr. Bairn, Bombay ; Walsh,
late 10th Vet. Bat. Chelsea; Henery, h. p. 15th Dr. Cork;
Whettley, h. p. 28th Dr.
Veterinary Suigeoc—Bird, 4th Dr. Kaira, Bombay.
Commissariat Department.—Dep. Com. Gen. Thompson,
i. p. ; Dep. Corn. Gen. Freeman, h. p. ; Dep. Com. Gen.
M'Kenzie, h. p. ; Assist. Corn. Gen.'Bowle, h. p.; Dep. Assist.
Corn. Gen. Ilotlley ; Ditto, Thornton, h. p.
Medical Department.—Sur. Dr. Harrison, oth F. Cape of
Good Hope ; Sur. Dent, 2lst F. lost on passage from West
Indies ; Sur. 11PLachlan, 49th F. Cape of Good Hope ; Sur.
O'Beirne, 2d W. I. R.; Hosp. Assist. Mawry, Kandy, Ceylon.

• Vide, the Sun, 12, 13, 17, Nov. and Dec. 4, 1824.
1- The Reader will be pleased to bear in mind, that I am still
seated at my writing table, with Lacy on my right, and the
other gentleman on the left.

.t* Fourth Letter to the " Dramatists of the Day."

would not be that SJIAKSPIARE who wrote in tli
days of ELIZABETH and Of JAMES.

Shall we turn, with better prospects of succns
from the dead to the living ?—Will the author I
" Jr:met-kr risk his laurels in a foreign soil
or, satisfied with the renown he has acquired, b
content

44 To trust the stage to less important hands."

—The author of " Fazio," in no subsequent prt
duction, .;has'lrpproaci.7d so near to the " sacre
spring." Why does not he become more dramati
and with Fazio for his ground-work, and SHA/C
PEAR E in vie W, ascend to progressive improvt
ment .? Praise has been bestowed (and justly toc
on the author of the " Bride's Tragedy." I
then, the young Mr. BE:Doors, Sir, to be it
deed the tragedist of the 19th century ?"—Tli
dramas of of Lord BvitoN (I write the name wit
a sigh) have added nothing to his former fain'
Gifted with talents that command the admirt
tion of the world, he was yet obstinate and pet
verse in error beyond all forbearance. A
acute writer*, in a loud and viident philippic
has impeached his Lordship then living)
the patron and propagator of prose prg
try—of adulterating our tragic verse, and it'
troducing his abominations into the ,ittc.tuat,
of our Tragic Muse—of setting a copy
prose poetry to our rising Tragedists,.and nato
ralizing that detestable thing amongst our Dr•
matists. This charge against the later produt
tions of Lord BintoN, though uttered in "angr
phrase," impartiality must allow, however harshl;
it may sound to the ears of his admirers, to lY
founded in truth.

Lord BynoN, accused of being prosaic ! Lott
ilynoN a water-poet !—llis Lordship, was no/a
water-poet, when he swam across the Ilent.
spoilt in •1810, and wrote his ' Bride of Abydus,
(I believe) on the spot—
Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle
Arc emblems of deeds that are done in their clime,
Where the rage of the vulture—the love of the turtle--
Now melt into sorrow—now madden to crime ?
Know ye the land of the cedar and vine ?

Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine,
Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppressed with perfume!
Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gul in her bloom ;
Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit,

And the voice of the nightingale never is mute ;
Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky,
In colour though varied, in beauty may vie,

And the purple of Ocean is deepest in die;
There the virgins are soft as the roses they twine,

And all, save the spirit of man is divine--f

How our hearts responsive to the music of th
verse !—Our eyes, too, experience the suffusil
of delight, as they trace the following :

" But lo! from high Hymettus to the plain,
The queen of night asserts her silent reign,
No murky vapour, herald of the storm,
Hides her lair face, nor girds her glowing form
With cornice glimmering as the moon-beams play,
There the white column greets her grateful ray,
And bright around with quivering beams beset,
Her emblem sparkles o'er the minaret :
The groves of olive scattered dark and wide

Where meek Cephisus pours his scanty tide,
The cypress saddening by the sacred mosque,
The gleaming turret of the gay Kiosk,
Anti, dun and sombre 'mid the holy calm,
Near Theseus' fane, yon solitary palm,
All tinged with varied hues arrest the eye—
And dull were his that pass'd them heedless by. 4:

But, hear ! when the Noble Lord changes
tone, and assumes his dramatic dress---
'Tis he ! lam taken in the toils. Before
I quitted Hamburg!), Giulio, his steward,
Informed me, that he had obtained an order
From Brandenburgh's elector for the arrest
Of Kruitzner (such the name I then bore), when
.1 came upon the frontier ; the free city
Alone preserved my freedom—till I left
Its walls," &c. §
Fob !—lt grates harsh thunder on the ear!
Away with it!
Lord 131-ttoN, is now no more ! and the fill'
that burst forth in so many strains of the pure'
inspiration, is extinguished for ever !
Silent, within the marble tomb he sleeps,
hut his faults and his fame will long survive !i
As a poet, England was proud of her son ; and Iq
the fond hope of receiving a work worthy of
Author—another, and a nobler momorial of hi'
genius, the redeeming pledge of many errors—Pr
with his capricious and wayward humours 011 A
the partiality of a mother. No writers of t 11::
or any other country ever commenced their
terary career with brighter or better founder
hopes of success. The effects of his earlier work
on the public, and his contemporaries, was 0
gical. It placed him at once at the head of tosli
(which he turned into a new channel), and of
h,i
host of adxiirers and imitators eager to echo
merits, and copy the manner of their leader).l
Happy for his fame had his literary existell,/
closed with the last Canto of his Childe
But, intoxicated with praise, giddy at his elect.
tion, or, led by the pride and perversity
disposition spurning the shackles of restraint,
controul, he forgot, at the last, what was due,,
his reputation. He seized his pen, chose)
subjects as caprices, or the whim of the day
rected, seemingly assured, that whatever
wrote was certain of exacting the usual tribe..
of attention and admiration.—" lieu prim
custodia est"

Expectation was at its height, when his
Tragedy was announced for publication.

came—but the style of the Noble Author -‘4
now formed, which he could not change.
ture, to preserve the .equilibrium of her laws,
!lied, even-to this favoured son, the possession
a plurality of gifts. Had MELPOMENE embra6
him with the ardour of CALLIOPE, or Enwro,
world—the" subject world," would have 11
at his feet. But his Poetry belonged, decide,
to the caste Epic, distinct from Dramatic. "I
this material he wrought—the prevailing erroti
the fatal rock—on which so many of our
gedists have already been shipwrecked. 1
Dramatist he failed ; and, from that hour,
Muse produced nothing worthy of the natoe
BYttox.

PltoTl3l'l'

• AIL Lacy. (See sth Letter to the " Dramatists °I
Day."--(London.Magazine, November, 1823.)
-I- Bride of Abydos.
+ Corsair.
Werner.—l take this quotation, second hand, from /
Letter to the Dramatists of the Day," for two reasorl;,
have not, at this moment, a copy of his Lordship's (10,0
works beside me :—lf I had, I could not select a passage/
pertinent to the subject in hand than the above.

It i• impossible for us to suffer the auspicious
opening of the NEw YEAtt to pass without con.

gratulating our Countrymen on the prosperous
state of the British Empire. Conducted upon
sound principles and liberal policy at home,
and not only respected abroad, but in fact
holding the proud situation of an Arbitrator
on the concerns of States disturbed by do-
mestic grievances, and looking anxiously for
advice and support from the British Throne.
But this is not all, for the countries struggling for
independence in South America are chiefly soli-
citous for the sanction of British interference in
their favour. Our Cabinet, however, do not
Seem willing to put the sickle in before the corn
is ripe. Ministers are resolved to proceed cau-
tiously, and not to insult other Governments by
too hasty a recognition in favour of the revolted
Colonies, till the Parent States must themselves
feel the glaring impossibility of ever regaining
authority over them, while our assenting to the
solidity of that Freedom which can no longer
be resisted, ‘v ill thereby secure the most profitable

intercourse with them by commercial connexions.
The last accounts from India promise a successful
issue of the Burmese war, and we hope that the In-
'llan Government at home will attend to every
thing that may improve the present system, and
Promote whatever may tend to give peace and se.
curity to so important a branch of the British
Umpire as our Asiatic possessions. Ireland, in-
deed, at present bears an unfavourable aspect,
but we rely on the wisdom, vigour, and liberal
P°UcY of Government to adopt those measures
wl►►ch may best conduce to remove all
"Us, and give tranquillity to the Sister
Upon the whole, we repeat that the
commencement of the NEW YEAR is auspicious

l'"Pecting the domestic state of the country, as
dell as in its relative importance in the eyes of
all other States.

We received at a late hour this morning by
Express from Paris, the Etuile dated yesterday.
PARIS, DEC. 30.
Yesterday at four o'clock, General Morillo
1" a private audience of M. the Dauphin.

DARDANELLES, Nov. 24.

captain of a ship who left Stanchio on the
15th of this month says, that the combined
urco -Egyptian fleet had quitted Boudroun ;
that during three days) it was detained by
calms in sight of Stanchio ; that the Greeks,
who had been watching its movements for
twenty days with eighty sail, had ad.
"Iced towards them, and on the 9th, 10th, and
11th, a loud cannonade was heard at Stanchio,
but that at his departure the result was not
1"wo, nor the course which the Turco-Egyptian
fleet intended to take. The same Captain says,
that a great mortality prevailed among the Egyp-
tian troops, and also among the horses.

CONSTANTINOPLE, NOT. 27.

It is certain that Ibrahim Paella, who was to
carry fire and sword into the Moreau has shame-
fully taken refuge in the bay of Marmarissa, on
the coast of Asia. This flight renders more
more probable the news of his defeat
b 7 the Greeks, which is said to have taken
Place on the 12th November, in sight of Candia.
It iS asserted that he has dispatched a fast sail-
lug ship to his father, the Viceroy of Egypt, to

announce his speedy return to Alexandria. Thus
has terminated the fourth campaign, which was
to have reduced the Greeks again under the
yoke of their barbarous oppressors. The Porte
wants means to undertake a fifth campaign ; and
the Christians are more powerful and more con-
fident than ever in the justice of their cause.
NI, de Minziacky has not done any public act
as Minister of Russia, from which it is inferred
that the Principalities are not yet evacuated.
Some Diplomatists pretend that the Marquis
de RI BEAUPI ERRE will be here in the winter,
and treat, in the name of the Emperor ALEX-
ANDER, respecting the fate of the Greeks.
The plague rages in the suburbs of Constanti-
nople.