The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-15 00:00:00

LIT ERA R Y NOTICE.

JERUSALEM DELIVEREb ; an EPIC PoEiw, in
Twenty Cantos.- - Translated into English Spenserian Verse
from the Italian of TAsso together with a Life of the Au-
thor, interspeied with TranslationS' of his Verses to the
Princess LEO monA of Este: and a List of English Cruse-
dors. By J. 11. Wzirt.N. Iwtwo vols. !Ivo.

It is with pleasure we receive a new Transla-
tion of TA'SSO'S Jerusalem Delivered, by Mr.
WirrEm. A new Translation of the chief work
of the chief Poet of Italy' has, in our opinion,
been a great desideratum in the Literary Worlds
and this desideratum is,' We think, supplied in.
the Translation before us. The nerve of FAIR..
FAX is scarcely all atonement for his quaintness
and conceit, and ihn common-place of 1100LN iy
not to be tolerated by an ordinarnaste.
In these instances Mr. WIFFFN'S version must
be acknowledged.much superior. The Transla-
tor. has chosen the Spensenian stanza, and what_
ever we had thought of its unfitness as a medium
for an heroic Poem, Mr. W.'s.management of it
most satisfactorily proves to us its pliability to
poetical narration and incident; so much so indeed,
that we would hesitate before we pronounced it
not to be tit for the expression of every- species
of thought and. sentiment. To say that some
passages of this Translation are better than others,
Is only to say what is sait4 and must be said on
every Book.

The fourth Canto is beautiful throughout, and
the invocation in the first is not inferior to any
we have seen in any author. In short, we think
that Mr. W.'s Translation, from the specimen he
gives us in the Ist volume, is excellent; nor can
we say more in its praise, than that he appears
to have succeeded 'where the other Translators
have failed ; .that many passages of his Transla.
tion are in the first walks of beauty and subli.
mity, and that he scarcely ever sinks into me-
diocrity. Thus much we venture to say of the
Ist volume of LUSO before us, which we invite
every lover of genius and tame- to peruse. The
secoud volume, we, understand, will appear
early in the ensuing year, and we doubt not will
maintain that character which the Translator
hai gained.

Mr. Wirrts belongs, we undor)tand, to the
Society of FRIENDS, but there is an urbanity of
mind demonstrated in his, poeCeal a o al of
which we have read kith greet pleasur that
Fhows, whatever his teligiot s prin:ipka may be,
they are intimately blended with feeling of uni-
versal benevolouce.

Rome,Stpt.(27.)—Af ter six
mouths and twelve days, the body was found of
the unfortunate Rliss BATtionsT;- whose lanient-
able death was related In* alt. the Journals of
Europe in the 'month Of March last. Yesterday
Morning, abOut eight o'clock, two carmen passing
Over'the bridge Melvin°, perceived a body which
had just Typo thrown on the bank by 'the waters.
The. Authorities were immediately apprised of
the circumstance : thousands run to see the body,
"tail recognized the unfortunate lady, not so muck
.by the countenance as by the dresi and jewels. It
would seem that she was for a long time covered
by the sand,. by which means she was preserved,
as otherwise she would have been exposed to the
voracity:ef the fishes, with which the Tiber
abounds. The flesh remained untouched. The
face preserved its fullness, but the contact of the
atmosphere very. rapidly p'rod aced decomposition.
When the bonnet, which was still secured under
the chit), was removed, the hair came with
The surgeons were directed to remove the sand
and dirt from the body.. The family of this in-
teresting young person will experience at least
some consolation in being able to pay the last ho-
nours to an object who was so tenderly beloved.
The Minister of. Hanover and the Charge
d'Affaires of France have taken the charge of the
precious remains. A sum of 1,200 francs has
been promised to those who made the discovery.
ParscavATrost or COPPFU-PLATES.—Dr.MAC-
COLLOCII has shewn the great injury done to tine
engravingS on copper when they are laid aside,
from oxidation. In huge and expensive works,
the impressions immediately reqnired.are alone
printed, and the plates are laid aside; after same
time, they are re-worked, when it is necessity
first to remove the films of oxide which, hare
' formed, and the repetition of this operation
nte
ki cinsgiu injury,
.nprevent
thtiisd,d
ro.n
p.trlfi}apt clone
os b
ivar-
nishing the plates when laid aside, either with
common lac, -cobalt varnish, which may he
moved when requisite by spirits of w
liurgh Ant-. Scion. 1. v. 70.)
ADULTERATION 0V TIA.—Mr. SOWERBY fists
remarked ,a curious instane of Chinese ado.
Ignition of tea, consisting in, the addition of
sandy matter to it, containing minute c,rystals of
magnesia iron. These were sometimes so abun-
dant, as.to enable a magnet to lift parts of the
faaves, • The sand was often observed deposited
in cups and tea-pots, and on macerating some
close by twisted perilous of tea, considerable
,quantities were seperated, that had been intro-
deced into the leaves when fresh.---(Phil.
No. Ixiv. 151.)

IMPERMIABILITY Of WATER.— It 11:15 SOMe•
times, though not often, we believe, been suggest-
ed, that glass anti silicious minerals are pertnia-
hie to water. The Rev. Mr. CAMPBELL, in a
voyage to South Africa, aunt two bottles of a
globular form, hermetically sealed, to a depth of
1,200 feet in the sea, by two leads, one of 2211).,
and the other of 2Slbs. When the rope was
brought up by the exertions of ten men fcr a
quarter of an hour, both vessels were found.
empty.