The Sun.
London, England, 1814-08-12 00:00:00

(No. XXI.)

THE NEW EI,DoRADO, or The Triumphs of ELSA, ft Satirical
:Nem; by YETIIEW ItAo, Poet Laureat of Cie Isle of
Elba. LONGM.aN, HURST, REESx ORME & BRoWSE, 121110.

PP. 36.

This whimsical effusion bas amused us exceed-
ingly, and as we do not wish to withhold.a gonil
thing froM our Readers, we have stepped a little
va of our regular course to introduce it thus
• variyto their acquaintance. Mr. RAG is one of
those droll dogs who can sport with satiie good-
, naturedly :•---he'does not want point, but, lie does
not mound private feelings,; his caustic is biting
tnottgb, but it only eats off the diseased parts,
and does not invade thehealthful-members.
In the humorous jeu d'esprit before 'us
.the

thor • sets out with an apostrophe to Elba on its
reception of. the Grand Napoleon, and unites in
oyal amil connubial bliss the mighty Corsican
• who carried all before him, and the glorionsklot-
- tentot (Venus; .Sartjee) tvho .carried all behind.
After dwelling with great feeling on the happiness
which his Imperial Majesty and his lovely Em-
press will enjoy in their august union, oar Author
transports the sweets of friendship, and the de-
lights of fervent admiration, to the same favour-
ed spot---The, earliest of the Monarch's friends is
dins introduced :

Blest in thy friends, for they too shall repair,
To Elba's Isle, and hail thee monarch there.
Corporals, halflace—ye tioggers, beat your drums,
Strike, for the BBITISII,PATRIOT CORBETT Comes!
'Tit; he.; yet why that melancholy air, •
Why does that face a shade of sadness wear ? •
" Another SoLomoN,'' I hear bins cry,'
Oh, -Vanity ! this nauseous vanity !
• ".Yet here whilst ' Hanover and Hampshire' rings,
" To laud, and gratolate 'returning kings,
Here let me fly, of pigs and parsons tired, .
" ITn-tith'd, un-taxed—un-titled—and un-squired,
" Far from a• Ling venal press repose, ' -
" Nor care for Morning Post, or old GEORGE ROSE!"

The 13ottley apostate is preferred to be Premier,
with a Marshal's baton ! The appointment of Mr.
RAG himself to the Laureatshi•p is the next event
of importance which is described as occurring in
the Island. His elevation is justly founded •on
the production of the following able song in evi-
dence of his poetical talents :

COCKNEY'S SONG,

AFTER VIE MANNER OF CERTAIN GREAT LtRICAL

POTS.

The sun shone fair on Turnhant Green,
The aprentice lad in the Park was seen
To trot down Rotten-row; -
When a gallant fleet (l) sailed overland,
•,
Near yen magazine it has taken its stand,
And makes a triumphant show !
Now what may those white-masted ships portend, •
Which all ministerial prints commends •
• And TIERNEY blushing sees ;
Which float on the breast of the (-2) Serpentine,
Which are scented with-tar and turpentine,
• Fast by the willow trees ?
Then up, and spake a fat citizen's wife,.
• " We'll have-an engagement as large as life,
" And here I takes my stand ; .
- " Then we'll drag the vessels to the fountain, -
" Like Qiiinhus Flestrin, themal' of mountain,
"To Lilliputian land."
But a cygnet flapped with his silver wings,
When he saw the ships
_with their cable springs,
'And aloft the pennants' wave;
The high Admirals neither flinched nor stirred,
But each fired his broadside at the bird,
, . And then three cheers they gave ! •
• Therfire, and flap; down thiwn, down dawn they go,
.The Swan above, two first-rate ships below ! . •
The s-üblinie conclusion of this tragical tale was,
worthy of the Elbese laurel. The aristocracy of
the new Empire is represented by'Lord4TANnoP2.,

of whom a satirical picture is drawn ; but in this
instance we do not think, that even the splendid
talents of Mr, RAG could cou►e up to the life.—
The next portrait is, however, sketched with se-
veral very, characteristic touches, and we there-
fore,select it.

But, hark ! what means that universal cry ? ,•
BURDETT for ever! ring ye marrow hones,
Cheer, cheer him, Conocrr ; ebeerliim, brotherJoxEi;
Ile comes, yet seems in thought to hang his bead,
As sighing still, " Ah, JOHN finftNE Tookr2is.dead !"
Recovering soon ; " Hail citizens," be cried, •
And turned his small sharp eyes ,from side to side,
" Oh, citizens, that name shall still be dear,
" Still breath'd with sighs, still utter'd with a tear."
Then all the people shouted, "Hear him, hear!"
" No borough:monger here shall make the laws,
" To bind all free-born subjects—" Load applause."
" No Cold-bath prison here shall make us dumb,
" And turn the fluent orator to " mum "
Applause—" No sickly despot born to Aroues,
" Shall dare arrest,me, or my brother JoNEs:"
lA-aye—hear, hear hiin, hear ! " fly patriot plan
" Is Magna Charts, and the Rights of .Man—
" Yet thee, Imperial Soldier, I approve,
" This Isle this lovely Isle, bath won my love,
" Where Rights, Unalienable Rights, prevail
" Without a Rotten Borough, or a Jail."
Bravo—hear, hear him, hear!—he streteli'd'his chin, - •
When mighty tragi-comic COATES stepp'd in.

This wretched buffoon is soon dismissed with the
contempt he merits, and we are thus made fa-
with a grayer and more- imposing Dunce
When turning with a look of startling awe,
critic with.his sour grimace .he saw. -
•1 The Prophet Penman of the Northern clan,
• Thus with important emphasis began— (.'i)
." (4) Said I not blindness, madness to suppose, ,
• "AB Europe arm'd could'.9ne Great Man oppose,
- 44 Who shall arrest his fatal might ? his power,
"Strong and resistless even in danger's hour ?
" Said 1, not England should he prostrate laid,
," Her glories vanish, anti her laurels 'fade!
-54 True, the Allies with Iltuctrim have prevaird,
" But other prophesies like mine have fail'd..
'44 Did not JOHN BROTHERS cry, More woe, more woe-1
.'" Woe, woe to Westminster. and Pimlico!'
And said the world wouldbara twelve years ago ? j
Does not JoirANN.s Sounico-rF., with grey charms,
" Lure lovers more than mortal to her arms,
At sixty-three proclaim with maiden face,
" Herself prolific of a heavenly race,
" Damn all for slithers, who her wordst•eject,
" And call the bench of bishops to inspect ?
4' Yet-slit, even she -has prophesier/ in vain,
" Both Covent Garden thrives, and. Drury Lane.
" Even now, when peace her How'rf garland brings,
44 To wrOtth the.sceptre of triumphant kings,
War,' war; more war,' exclaims prophetic MonnE,
."fhen why should I heaven's wayward will deplore."
" Yet, since the tide is-turn'd, I here protest,
" A Scotch man of the Lad should make the best;
' Then, oh Great Sire' it thou wouldst condescend
Ti, let me read thy life when it is penn'd, •
di I brre engage—may time my. Words make true;
" To'call it matchless in our great Iteview !":'
• The courtly monarch took him by the. hand,
And bade him next the Noble Punter stand.

Mr. K--T, author of the Analysis of Ta'ste,
slidg to shcw *hat Landscape is and
*:*liat it ought to be; thesNatunacfria• and Park
Fetes,' and '6.iNdtLvia's Rockets are the next

jeCtt W 1110) pass iu revietribtler VAG'S p.itly7
ful pen:. Then-rollbws a deserted coiui on
ol,e of the Northern Lights', which we atinot
deny ourselves the pleasure of extracting
Much like a Harlequin-with Wooden swor'd
Anil. underneat h his ariu a‘painted hoard ;
Like Chapeau-liras, whose golden letters cleat
Shine iii the sui),:"touth taught andboartled here."

came (6) S---Y bane of state and relt,
" ThOsc public schools, he cried, defiled with birch !
"—Academic's shall here altifie be-Seen, , •
" Neat lodgings, advertis'd on buards:of green :
" No gammar here shall fright the lank-hair'd
"pro make maanua and moping niasterinad.
" His Latin little, and his Greek a
" Just knowing nothing, yet despising all : •
" Th' accomplished youth with wander all shill see,

" And say, I;e talk.i;and writes, and lock r; litie

„, • ~.,
Critic '„ „
ine- Reverend raised by NAPOLEON to
the rank,of Metropolitan of all the Land I • not,
however, without aprotest from ROWLAND HILL,
who thus addeesses his intpc`rial Majesty t—,
” Non p:aret"—crieil the saintlyßowuNn'Thur-r '
And thrice he blew his nose, thrice stroked his hand,
And spoke with half-shut eyes and waving band:
" Let me the consciences of all direct,
"'Prue guide and oracle of gospel sect,
" Your Church of England-man cries, woek,work,troek,'
- . " But knows no more of gospel than a Ttirk-7--
' " What though in surplice some on-Sundays bawl, •
" Ace they nut Dumb Dugs, I say Dumb Dogs,' all?
" Nor can Ave thrive, to this I'am 'moot staunch, - •
" lii Elba's Isle without a Bible ICranclr; • •
• " Ole, wouldst thou, Monarch, to•my counsel list;
" What gain to God shouldst thou turn Methodist ! •
" Thou art a sinner, bast drunk deep in Wood,
Sbewn no rinnorse,• no pity—very good—
" Hast dealt in crimes that for Ileav'n's vengeance call,
"-Murder'd the sick and ltelpless—best of all:
" To our dray Saints those sins thou shalt confess,
" Their pimis prayers shall p,cr NAPoLEtuc bless,
"Then while soft eyes with tender transports swim,
. "'And melting virgins raise the luscious byinup
" Sargee skull own the soulsubduing grace,
" As 'd hide,' on Cupid's breast, blushing face.'

'Having pleased Ourselves,' and -we trust amused,
our Read.ers with these copious extracts, use Shall
now, with the concluding verses, take our leave
of Mr. RAG, from whom we part with in perfect
amity, in the hOpe of shortly hearing from him
further respecting "the goings-on at Elba.

kle,ceas'd—when loud asjackalls in a storm, -
A vOice was heard behind—f' Brform, Thform. :"
And strait a wrinkled, hoary, wretched thing,
Pushed through the crowd, and cried, " Nu Church, no
" King!' • .
The Monarch at the noise impatient rose,
When SARGEE took the (6) brawler by the nose,
And loan instant stopped his Patriot Prose._ JJJ
A lank hair'd loon who with the Critic came,.
With freckled cheeks, bare knees, and head of flame;
Of high-born lineage, and MAcnoNALD's clan,
Eftoons to loodle with his pipes began ; .
All laughed—the piper still a loodle made,
And " Peggy, now the king's come," deftly.played, .
And now a louder strain began to blow,
(7)•RONEY, STICH ELBA, HOE DUO rupo
Se all was happy it) that blest -retreat, -
Where Freedom and the Graces fixed their seat.
While SpNHOPE cracked his jokes with lordly glee,
And danced a strathspey with the fair SARCir.E—
Now cease the revels, whilst the Jews' harps ring, ,
And bagpipes play, Long live the Queen and
Aud thou, 0, favoured and Imperial Isle, .•
Long graced with worth and beauty, thou
Remote from Fortupe's frown, and Faction's rage,
"'film ELDORADO bF THIS HAPPY AGE!" .. •

(1) " The Sanger of Hyde Park gives, notice, that a turn-
pike-gate will be erected south of the Serpentine Ocean, and
that all men of war sailing that way will be subject to a toll."

(2) Mr. Whitbread gai:e notice; that on Monday next -be
should move for the ffoduetion of .a certain contract, which
he understood government had made " for salting the Ser-
pentine," &c. which he Was inclined to think was a job. He
held in his hand a petition against this contract, signed by
the Noble Ranger of the ('ark, on the ground that it would
seriously incommode the fresh water fishes.
(3) Souse commentators hare opin'd, that no less a per-
sonage than Mr. is here meant, the supposed author
of the Prnpheries in nuest,ion, and p‘dit-1..1 uilvtser of an il-
lustrious Female.

• (4) Vide'Edinburgh.Review.
(5) This Reverend Gentleman, educated at a public school
himself, is supposed to be the author of an attack on them in
the Edinburgh Review. He has got a complete flogging hi
the Quakerly Review, and another in the last numbers of the
Quarterly Cliafical Jonrnal. This is owing to his not having
been.flogged oftener by 1)r. Walton at Winchester.—.ll. R.
(0) It has been reported, no doubt erroneously, that when
the old indefatigable reformer, Major came to this
passage,.like Dennis of old, he exclanned,.in a passion, By
G—d, that is meant for me !" _

(7) I. trust the man of the highest poetical genius, accom-
plished manners, and purest incegrity of life, will excuse my
insertion" of this line; those which immediately precede, do
not relate to R. •

FRENCII PAPERS.

GifYiTP. NBURGH, JULY 22.--:The Prince Royal
will COMIIIeDCC Hostilities on the 28th.

ROME, JULY 26.—0 f 6000 Priests hi the States
of the Church, `Boo.refused to take the Oaths of
Fklelity to the Empire. and the Constitution, be-
cause his Holiness had in a letter to the Bishops
prohibited the acknOwledgment of any authority
but that of the Holy See. These persons were
transported to Corsica, and other-places; and,sub7
sisted on small pensions allowed them by Buona-
parte : the. Pope has nbw, in reward for 'their
firmness and fidelity, restored them to their func-
tions, -and conferred other' marks of layour upon
• them.

LEGHORN, JULY 27.—Every day a number of
Spanish refugees disembark at this -port, who
have. been driven 'hour their country into Italy.
The family of Count de 'Santo (one of whom
has been Viceroy of Mexico), Desorkiko, the
Baron del Campo, and many other distinguish-
ed persons 'have gone to Rome to join Charles
the, IVtiv.•

Orders have beenrf-given to place under-quaran7
tine'all Vessels froni the South of Spain, where
the,yellow fever is spreading its ravages.

CALAIS, AUG. 6.—We expect the Duke of Berri
tlkis evening, and are making every reparation
for his reception : this Prince is going to England,
to be, present at the Prince Regent's Rte. It is,
believed, that his Royal Highness is charged with
a mission to treat of very important matters dur-
ing his stay in London. We are assured, that the
Prince Regent of England will accompany him on
his return to France,. and' go to Paris to his Ma-
jesty's Fete.
PARIS, AUG. 6.--They write from MeMel; that
General Vandamme, having been roughly handled
at Riga; and fearing to experience similar treat-

Anent in Prussitt, has hired a vessel at that port for
13(300 francs id convey him to France. He will
thus avoid travelling it, the North of Germany.
VIENNA, JULY The Austrian GenerAl,
Baron Koller, who accompanied 13uonaparte to
Elba,- has returned to Viynna. He has brought
with
.hini some remarkably small- horses of the
breed of that island.
AUGSgUEGII, JULY 29.—1 t is regarded as cer-
tain,, that; the Congress at Vienna will-open be-
fore October, the Negociations of Princeillater-
,
nich having, as •is reported, removed all the
obstacles- which' it was feared-might retard this