The Sun.
London, England, 1815-01-12 00:00:00

(No. LXIII.)

YOrTICAG VACARIES ;Confaining an Ode to We, a liackney'd
Critiek ; Low Ambition, or the Life and Death of Mr. 1)aw;
The Lady of the Wreck, or Castle Blarsleygig; Tao Par-
sons, or the Talc of a Shirand Vagaries Vindicated, ad-
dressed to the Reviewers, by George cotHwi, the Yoringer,
ectEdition, .12mo. pp. 217, price 10s. Gd.; Longman, Hurst,
Rces,.Orine, and Brown.

These Vagaries have already so cotnpletelv run
the gauntlet of criticistnthrough Reviews of every
size, disposition, and denomination ; have been
so peeled, and flayed, and -plastered, that it would
be a work of superorogution to notice t!.ein bore,

were it not. for the 'pledge we have given, tairly

and eankii:ily to delivvr otir opinion erei-y
NVork ‘vhich is transmittal to its for that pnrpos,.
iota also hove been induc;fd to direct atten-
tio to these Poems, were it for no other rea-
son ,than t' state, that this new 174:lition thew
combines Mr. CoLMAN's tiro last pubiications,
and is of dimensions and price more within the
bounli of hottest hook-making andino. iterate pnr-
thase than its bulky predecessors, whose sub—
stance it fully cow:1.1;13.

Of the Poems themselves Arc can have little to
s 3 y. All the ►rorld, Ave :believe, has read them,
and ere:, the scverest critics have buen compelled
by their humour to " grin horrible a ghastly
*mile," in the nilikt of their most querulous lee-
finings. We arc no apologists for any freakish

aberrations from pare and 11:01"iii cterTney, or for

the furgerfhluess. decorum which sometimes
pL:sys like a light cln‘til over the starry gallaxv

COLUAZei wit, and -farces- zto. regret that

he, whose limey can command . the br:ghtest
ornaments of the Colnic Alusc, should -descend to

that species of jocularity which is so facile and

low, that the hunifilest genius is competent to

exCdicure in its pursuit. But tiact'e is
viCli a; tut of natura►l.tuirtj, such a vciu of rich

bunion'. in these productions,. that arc cannot l)(

cynical C1101q..,11' to s.iy -one wor:i in disapprobation
of their Ati.fhor; far less -to dwell with inrilignant

pleasure on lliserrors:

Few arc tl;t: works of this C1.45S teat Will bear a

second examination.

Utitler the it:tine of light

writing, they are Composed wi; lima an effort, and
vnder_the nlon'Of light reading, perused withimq
a thought. Tber.d it no mind in their creation,
and they make. no impression upon the -mind. Not,
'so- these whimsical tales. Their very ad litiltms
•ore ration illy entertaining, and upon a reperusai
f-ilietn we discover 'a number of beauties which
bad escaped us before.- We are delighted with the
. .
f 'of imagination and richness of native hu-
mour which they exhibit, and are provoked to laugh ,
tuilens miens', at their happy .satirical sallies and lu-
dicrous illustrations. Should one of the wanton
"freaks of the Muse, to which we have allUded,
as not so becoming as the Virgin manners of Par-
tostiis sanction, offend us for a moment, ire
spt;edily forget the Lapse in some brilliant play of
pirit, which flashes before us, and, like an ignis
/fauns, leads us far away frt;ns the beAten track.

It may, it is true, beguile us into some quagmire,
but again soon dances before our eyes in dazzling
corruscafions, and never ultimately leaves us in
the dark slough of despond..
It world be impertinent to enter into any de-
tail, or repeat.any examplars from ,these we:l-
- poems. We shall, therjore, close our
brief renunks with expressing hope that we may
(as we undert.tand ►s probable) very shortly have.
it in our power to oar our s'entintentl ►►pon a new
publication trout the same able pen. It ist,indeed,.
'much to be lamented drat the situation Of
.Mr.

has not hcen tkf that happy nature as to
permit the full rind free exereie'of his great talents.

It fs*griovuus drawback tra the pnt►lic amusement,
and may even be quoted ns a natinn►ll misfortune,

that a num possessed his wit ~Ind genius should

he so Inn;••ii enchained hy Ciretl:llst:itlecs,

bc imolde• to cxemise them to Ficase atld

Country,

Vila/
1:211 15 A: 111 D DZI ISI

We bad .trot, roow 1)-efore this tiny to ins' rt th'e
following article,. which the regret, As it relates to
a thbjett which has'attractcd mitch notice, atul
is a.topie of general conversation

Many erroneous ideas (says a
,Correspoudent)
appear to prevail with regard -to the new esta-
blishment of the Ordeer of the Bath.

Some _persons imagine, that the Knights,Grand
Crosses are newly created, as well as the Knights
Commanders. But, in fact, there already ex-
isted sixty Knights of the liath, and twt.,lve only
art now added.

Objectiotis are raised to the preced.enZ.e which
is given to the Knights Commanders before the
ordinary Knights of this kingdom—and to the
Compatdons before all .other Esquires. But the
declaration of this precedence t 5 tt mere form.—
It will be found in the old tables- of precedency,
that all Knights of the Bath take place (by right)
Of the Knights Bacliehirsots.,they are styled; and
Esquires of the Bath precede all Esquires, except
those '' of the King's body." Thcohjections
upon this head lutist be reduced, therefore, to ;he
question, how far it may have been proper to en-
large the Order of the Bath, and to molel it into
a military order sufficiently extensive to give dis-
tinction to p;tst services, and to serve as an incite-
ment to exertions ill future wits, which :nay enm-
hate the gtorions achiyvements we have latelyiwit-
"uessed, in the tremendous conflict tvl:ich is just
terminated, .Briiish mins have bee:t raised to,
0 degreeof glory unknown since the days at
We understaml tie. present- institution
to have hail in view the late tear only, and to be
intended to distinguish those lairds who bare
'given their zealous servo ('5 it) the S7oes: since the
rupture of the Peace of Auden;. ‘Vtioever looks
back to the giganticpowyr by ,chichi this kingi:ozn
tnynac,ell in 1503, an:f valet:3s that we then
possesed icia:Tiv the outline of a regular army,
must Gil ¶isioiii.hed at the devotion am; exert ions
by which SO great a change has. been wrought in
our military strength, mid we may venture to add,'
our inifit-try repotation. in this war, every
colony which our enemies possessed in,both he-
mispheres has yielded to the British arms. Sicily,
scarcely separat ed from the empit c of Napoleon by,
the narrow channel of Messina., has been :}rutected
by the Engiish forces thiriog nine years. The tii-
umplis which attended our armies in Portugal, in'
Spain, and finally in France itself, are tut; deeply
eograven in the hearts of Englislimen to require
enumeration ; but let it be remembered, that in
every iyalle in whicicthe British forces contended,
through the seven immortal campaigns of the Spa-
nisb struggle,----24 every one our brave armies were
'Vietctriu is

If our Navy bas drawn less of the public aften-
tion daring the List war, it has been because their
former victm ;es had .nearly swept t he sea of every
rival. to ISOS, I'monaparte, by great eXPrtiohst
was. abk ;(1 sues! Out al formidable fleet. One bat-
tle, Coe immortal day of Jra'faigar, annihilated
the naval powers of France and Spain ; and since
that' day no general victory has been Obtained. by
our fleets,simply because our enemies dared nut
to.‘eivere near them.

'ln the outset of such an institution as the pre-
sent, some lino must be laid down. If the ho-
nours of the Order are to be conferred as the re-
ward olthosc services wlticl► arc suppose►{ to have
contributed mainly to the great successes by which
the last war has been distinguished, no Officer
who has nut enjoyed the' opportunities of render-
ing signai cervices since 1803, ouglit to share in
them: lionourS ; nor ought the many brave and
meritorions.ollicers who have fought and bled in
the wars of the 'American and French revohitions,
to con Sider themselves as being neglected. There
is a point at which all such institutions must com-
mence ; and the best epoch . which Government
could determine upon is, undoubtedly, that which
has been marked by the highest degree of 'military
glory.

We understand, that in order to avoid the in-
convenience and the imputations which might
have followed an arbitrary selection of ()Meets,
certain regulations were laid down previous to
the nomination ; so that, however high the rank,
orgreat the interest ot stn individual might be, he
Could not be eligible as a Member of the Order
unless-his servi%ts.brought him within the rules.
The line adopted by the Admiralty has nut come
to .our knowledge ; but we understand that eighty
Naval Officers .were to be recommended
.for the
dignity ot Kltights Commanders by the Lords of
the Admiralty. .One hundred ()Ulcers of the
Army were to be nominated for' the same 1101)0111. ;
the proportion of these numbers being nearly the
same as the proportion' which the Cement! and
Field Officers of the Land Forces bear to the Flag
Pfficers tln.l Post Captains of the' Navy. The
regulations observe& in 'regard to the Knights
Commanders who were taken front the Army are
understood to have been as follows :

Ist. Every (Mice..., not being below the rank
of Lieutenant-Colonel, who shall have received
medals, or other badges of distinction, on account
of his conspicuous condnet in not less than jive dif-
ferent battles, shall be admitted as a Knight Coiu
'Dander of the Bath.-
Under this first regulation, we understand that
no less than severity Oilicers became entitled at
once to the honours'of the second class. It was
next laid down that the thirty Commanders who
were to complete the intended number, should
all
be General Officeus ;...--;that no Ciencral Officer
.shoultt be eligible who had not received at least
one in'edal onuccount of distinguished conduct in
action with the enemy ;, or have commanded in
chief a large•body ot troor'in a successful action
against the enemy ; or lime exercised during two
years tn.c of the great military governments
uhroad ; or h:rve-filled during the same time the
high situations ot• Adjiitant or Qw,rter-Alaster-
General to the whole . Army, or of Lieutenant-
General of the Ordnance.
We are not sutiiciently informed as to the regti-
h;tions by which the selection of the Companions
of the o:'fier will be limited ; but should they
come to our knowledge, we shall lay them befoie
the Public.
While speaking of the Co:np'anons, however,
five n(u•t observe, that several of the public prints
.I.ravc adopted, very erroneously, an idea that the

LO NDO N.
.7' r N iIY 1815,

There are no arriali .front abroad to-day, nor
have we seen a Foreign PAper, but' the Morning
Chronicle, which, with- the -exception of a let-
ter from Italy (Ravenna), is as. dull and stupid as
usual. - • .

In onr last page will he foam! the spirited Ad-
dress of CnntsTortWs Council General of Hayti,
it) conscquenee of the Letter from the French
Commissioner LAVAISR, to which we alluded in
1:11E SUN of the 50 instant. It fully merits
the character we then INSto,ved upon it. Mr.
PELTIER, in his -fazbigu, has published Mon. LA;•
VAISSE'S C9TreSrlldellee both will CHRISTOPIIE
and PisTros, for svi)i,ch we shall endeavour to
find space to-morrow. After the communica-
tion of the former to CHEI3TOMIE'3 Senate,
Cotmt LutoNAnn read to the Council tie pam-
phlet of one H. HENRY, printed at Jamaica, and
entitled, " Considerations Addressed to the Inha-
bitants of St. Domingo on their present state,
and the Fate that may be presumed to await them."

The reading being terminated, his Majesty said,
" I leave it to the wkdom of the Council-General of the
nation, to take the measures and resolution, sthich it may
deem accessary for the •fl afcty of our country. The result of
its deliberations, provided it do not compromise our honour
and the interests of tke Ilaytian people, shall he the invaria-
ble rule of our conduct."
iIisMAJ.EsTi• then retired amidst acclamations
of Vice le Roi ! The Council having been" then
constituted under ene.Presidenry of the Prince de
LtmrsE, Minister of War and Marine, the Count
de la TAsTR, Minister of Finance, officiating, as
Vice-President, and Count ENNERY and Baron
DEssAuxs as Secretaries,
.0)6 Address we have
copied was unanimously agreed to.

The exorbitant price at which Sugars are now
Sold. seems to keep the Porter Brewers, Flour
Factors, Coal Merchants, and ►ither monopolists.
incouutenance. Till within these few weeks we
had all the Sugar Islands in the world, and yet
the produce of these islands is infinitely dearer in
England than upon the Continent : we speak with
a perfect reference to the amount of Drawback on
re-exportation. Teas are also, high, though not
so disproportioned to their, real value, and we
subjoin a statement of the• quantity of that com-
modity which the 'East India Direetors have re-
solved to put up at their next sale, ,not only as a
curious commercial .document, but in the hope,
that in this, as in every other article of consul-1)-
tion, the Plenty may lead to Peace Prices.

Bohm
Cungo and Campo 5,350,000
Pekoe and Souchong
Single anti 'FFankay
•
klysuu Skin . .230,000

'lb s. 7,100,000

We twee received a Note, stating that the mar-
riage of Mrs. PERcF.v.O Was to take place this
morning, and mention it, therefore, merely as-a
current report, though We shall continue to be
firmly persuaded of its falsehood till the fact is
notified from unquestionable authority.

While the Navy are paying their tribute a gra-
titude to the meroory.of the late Lord NI ELv
his Soo, the present First Lord of the Admiralty,
treading in his footsePF, and followi:Ig ex-
atiple, is labouring in every laudable way to pro-
mote IN welfare. We copy the following, which
we believe to be correct, front a Morning-Taper :
``.A great tulval promotion will very s-hortly
take pla::e in the class of MilAipmen Mas-

s

'C

5

C

T

V

C'

merit; rioUsly fluting the greater part of the lasi
war. The promotion will be regulated entirely
by the merits of the parties; Uninfluenced by either
favour 1:-.1ffection, and Will do great credit to the
Lords of the Admil•altit."

Among the individuals most obrAiCiti's to the
Men' is, if we rimy judge from the incessant vi-
tuperation of their favomed Journal, are Mr.
CANNitiGs Mr—WELLESLEY POLE* and Mr. flus-

KiFs 'lc. Were it possible that any tlfi,q; party
politics could surpi ize us,
,we sbould
nished indeed at the bitter animosity displayed
against these three Gentlemen. They have 011
Leen. in'Oce, and no man ever heard .a
whisPer
to.their discredit., so clear .have they stood in the
opinions of a censorious world : from their rank
in society, their prirate lives are also in a greilt
measure public, and it would rl7zlc the Morniiig
Chronivle, with all its malice, to name

',tree liwil

more estinthble, or more estiemed in evely

rehttion. then have they done

to be

drJgged forth by an impertivent IN-t.wsi>lper, as
tic butt for its animadversions ; What i 3 their

offence that they are to be evermore expswcd to
the calumnies and falsehoods of a worthless rkirty.?
One sentence will explain the enigma—=they ark
men of great abilities, of unimpeached integrity;
and of loyal and patriotic principles. They a!6
inen vtlt' have served, and are likely to serve their
Country.; and therefore, are they obnoxious to
a Faction which hai nothing in common with
them.

• Dean SWIFT has indeed told us, that we may
always know the cleverest men by the number f
knaves and fools who abuse them.

Mr. CANNING'S appointment had pretty. well
served its day : upon that subject, misrepresenta-.
tion and slander were worn thread-bare, and the
name of this Gentleman (emblazoned as it is with
all the honours of literary fame and unrivalled
eloquence) became stale in the contemptible re,.
petitions of a despicable cabal. Hoping that the
refutation of their lies are forgotten, they have.
ventured to revive the subject : they have "advices"
from Lisbon, describing the conduct of the A Tit-
bassador, and the effect it has produced, though it
is a known fact, and we pledge our character against
their's on the issue, that there have been no accounts
of either of these matters from Lisbon. Mr.CAtkr-,
NlNG'$ most intimate friends have barely heard- of
his arrival, and being confined with gout, when
the Forger of Foreign correspondence for the Chro-
nicle narrates the proceedings and effect of his
diplomacy. So much for the veracity of this
Print, whose rank impositions area disgrace. to •
the British Press.

Mr. WELLESLEY POLE is guilty of a still more
heinous crime against the Faction of the Talents.
Mr. CANNING is only the Friend ; die is the Bro-
ther of the Duke of WELLINGTON. Independent
of his other effences ; of his having faithfully,
zealously, and ably discharged"- the duties of
Secretary for Ireland ; and of his firm and .
manly conduct during the last short quPstianing
Sitting of Parliament ; he has to answer for
t.he horrid delinquency of family connexion.—
The blessed Patty in Parliament, ,and their
faithful Organ in. the Press dare not now, as
iu days of yore, arraign Sir ARTHUR WELLESLRY,
Or the Earl of WELtatloTol4.:---the country \Olt
not endure to hear its glorious Hero slandered.
As long as:they dust they railed against him, nay
even since he has been crowned with the inunor-
tal chaplet of complete victory front the begin-
ning .to the end of his career Ifforniag
Chronicle has promised the Public a work by
a " General Officer," to spew that the catnpaigns
. which delivered Portugal, Spain, and the third
part of France, were ignorantly conducted, anti
with an useless waste of blood ! (Why.does not
the basc wretch whd penned this pledge, redeem
it 1;) But WELLINGTON is above the reach of the
shafts cif calumny : except a hint to assassinate
him in Paris, he is beyond the malice of those
who hate him most. These excellent subjects
must therefore .try to revenge themselves on
those nearest and dearest to him, and how nobly
is this done with. calling his brother " Mat of the
Mint," and other such exquisite pieces of wit
• .Two or three dirty falsehoods, and two or three
bad puns, are solacing to malevolencei---mueb
good may they do their authors. •
As for Mr. HusussoN we have nothing to sac,'
in his defence,. He has no relationship with the
Saviour of the Peninsula to plead in exculpation ;
though we. believe he too is one of the old (not
early) friends of that truly Noble Man. He is,
moreover, convicted of being one of the first Fie
nanciers in the Empire. He-is the person under
whose authority the Talents sheltered then selves
upon several important points which they wrought
into their ribaldry about the Bullion Question'
2nd other subjects. of the same nature ; and tbe/1
witb
/ he was even • with them, what be lI9W ; -

every man of sense in England, the most

comprehensive, and impartial political Economist
in, the Country. Having nccepted uplace. in
union with men whoSe ,systetn in opposition to
the husbanding theory of their chutorous
op-
poneuts,' has made Britain what she is at this
auspicious hour, the greatest Nation in the Uni-
. vers'e ; he has forfeited their faVon, because
bis aclinarledged abilities are interposed—an-
other barrier between them and their hopeless
- arbbition.---Poor Creatures the Nation must be
ill-governed indeed, that could ever look to the
side ~r the waTon which they stood for aTalents
4:4:niniqration. It has bccd said that drowning
"'"n will cateh'at straws; .but. a sinking people
woULI retain too perfect a consclowocess of their
7..:,itclric:cney to snatch at such miserable tkivellers

At they :ire for even a moment's safety.

" .4dvices" fro►n Liverpool were published in
:Vorning Chronicle of Saturday : they stated,
thitt Lord Livettroot. had written to Mr. JOHN
G'=•:)sro;vs, of Liverpool, to the 'people of
p.luce, in order to ascertain if they wo►►ld en-

'll4e the continuance of the Property-Tax for
auother year. ThiS story was so evidently false
ainl nonsensical that we did not notice it ; we were

Pe►'suaded that the common sense Of every man who
read Cae paragraph wo►►ld detect the absurdity of so
doltish an impositio►►, and slew that the home

" adviLes" were just as authentic as the
~foreign,
grid informaiion of the Chronicle as correct
from Liverpool as from Milan, Lisbon, France,
nr the Braiils. We are glad, however, to find,
that fact has edibe'in aid of reason on this sub-
ject : Mr. GLADSTONE has written a letter pub-
lictt.Y, arid riisitiVely denying.that any application,
Creetly o iridirectly, was made to,him, as stated
by the accurate and 'well-informed Journal it.
.inestion ! !

‘Ve sincerely rejoice that Mr. GLADSTONE has
blade the -Chronicle swallow one of its falsehoods
revery -one would do the same, its columns
kould have'no;onin left for a- long time to come
10r its vile fabrications. Trey bad-this one too
flitsu a " Gentleman of well-known character,"—

tve dare say very notorious ehat.acter ; the
same with furnished Coon with the Letters front
'Milan- and 21dv1ees from th 2 'Brazils ; and who
sound: pot that mares' nest in 'Westminster;
tltie Liverpool'Ottiee—rieatedby Mr. CANNING,
but Willa) it so happens' existed !Ong before Mr. CAiINING was ever thought'of as Member for
Liverpool, asiWir friend General TA2LETON can
infotin them,if they will ask him.

'Yesterday his Royal Highness the Dtike
of
YoRK.- trausaeted buiiness at his Office at the
Guards, and gave audience to several Mili-
tary Gentlemen.
'resferdly there Was a Meeting of the Cabinet
7..finist-ers at the Foreign Office.
Ye-terday Lord AIgt.VILLE: held a Levee at his
Office at • the Admiralty; which was attended by
Admiral Lord GAMBIER, and several Naval Of-
ficers.

Yesterday Sir GI3OIIGF. NAYLER transacted. busi-
ness with the Lords of the Admiralty. •
Yesterday the Earl and Countess of LIVER-
POOL arrived at Fife House, from Bath.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of YORK 15
expected to •arrlve-at York House, Stable-yard,
. St. James's, from Oatlands, to-morrow.
melitioned a few days ago that the Ameri-
.ean General JACKSON had entered Pensacola with
3000 men, and that the British troops who occu-
pied that place bad' embarked on board the Sea,
horse frigate and transports. Intelligence has
been received 'by the Moscow, arrived at Liver-
pool, on Saturday last-, that the Americans, after
taking possession of Pensacola, blew up the ford-
cations. The Moscow sailed from the Havan-
' liah on the 24th November, under convoy of the
t er. -
Letters from New South "Vales, by the way of
Java andCalcuttaylinve been, received. in town,
of so latee-a date as the 7th February last. By
-these, we have ilk "Satisfactibn to learn that the
apprehension of a destructive mortality among
the live stock, in consequence of the long re-
, ',Jailing dronght, had been relieved by a seasonapble
tall of rain. Wheat bore a very high price, and
- the quantity in store was small; but a supply was
'expected from Bengal.
The Directors of 'the East India Company are
stated to have detertnined not to appoint any
more Cadets for some time. In consequence of
The tranquil state of India, and the general econo-
pie system, the military establishment has been so
:much reduced, that some hundreds of the Cadets
Gast appointed are, it is said, drying `ditty as_supei-
nmeraries, till vacancies Shall occur, to which
qty may succeed.
CAMBRIDGE., JAN. 9.—Another alarm of 'fire was
given a few nights since at Sidney College, which
seems the destined seminary for strange conflagra-
tions ; strong suspicions are entertained thalthis
ignition, the third. within the short period of a
Sear, was not an accidental event; three -explo=.
Cons have recently taken place at this College,
tut upon what ground has not yet been declared.
Or. Herald.)
One of our Correspondents writes hs, that
Within the last few days th-re has been seen in
the'fort4t of GaiincS, near Vet:owns, a woman Of
gigantic statni.e and an Agreeable countenance,
solutely naked, and cl,'..;ered.fiy her hair. whicAl
Iy tral;rdialrik this woni.:ln,' who. was
s"PPosed to lee ;Irv:, 'did not articulase. alit/ 'cord,
t-1110 te'st'ified

~ C~~

a re 111:31i If

;ince%)