The Sun.
London, England, 1824-03-31 00:00:00

POETRY.

CANOVA.

The Marble, wrought by chaste CANOVA'S hand
No more, like ccld, and senseless stone will'stand,
'But almost breathing, urge the sage to give
The last fine touch, and bid the statue live !
Alike for him, the beings of each sphere
Obey the call, and on the block appear;
The Fiends from hell, and Angels from above,
In order stand, his mighty skill, to prove.
Dejected now, the Suns of Sculpture weep,
For lo ! CANOVA lies in icy sleep ;
His genius they invoke with fond desire,
For one bright spark of is celestial fire!
Ah who shall now, sweet YEN tea' beauties show,
And dry her tears which for CANOVA flow ?
T'is CUANTR Y, shall the weeping Queen beguile,
And light her features with a heavinly smile ! •

THE MARQUIS OF HASTINGS.

In consequence of the question which has been
brought forward, and led to discussions at the
East India House, the Marquis of HASTINGS has
thought proper to publish a tract in vindication
of his conduct, and in manifestatlon of his ser-
vices. The following are the.:main.points stated
fproownetirerd.oanfgoerourstr hasf robmee n its
in this publication :
•, • : . •.
" Ist. The overweening insolence and hostility of'Ncpaul, a
that people sensible the can only attain their independence as
a state thiough the moderation of the British Government. .'
" 2d. The Pinclarry AssociatiOn, a dreadful scourge to every
neighbouring community,
spooli cotniiopn l aletelonygcabnasetzenteedns, a. 9 .to make and open
extensive
and peculiarly afilictive to the Ho-
nouTabie Company's subjects, has been annihilated; .and the
fruitless annual expense of protective measures against these
depredators, together with frequent heavy loss of. revenue, is
henceforth precluded.

" 3d. A confederacy, ',dining ano less than the total extir-
pation of the British from India, has been so thoroughly sub-
verted, that not a germ is left for its reproduction.
" 4th. Throughout the term of an administration, during
which such unprecedented, demands for ay:it-ices on the spot
were to be met, the Honourable Court has received, on an
average, annual supplies from India (beyond the amount of
supplies front England to India) nearly trebling the rate of
supplies furnished to it on the average of twenty years preced-
ing. For five years of my administration, which most de-
manded extraordinary effort in India, the supplies- nearly
quintupled the former example.
" 6th. The yearly Indian Revenue of the Hon. Company,
from permanent resources, exhibited at the close of the last
official year an increase of 5,175,0001. sterling by actual receipt.
For reasons assigned. that increase is expected to amount in the
present year, 1822-23, to 6 millions. There is no probability
that it should hereafter sink below that rate; but there Is every
just ground to reckon upon its progressive augmentation.
" Bth. The clear Indian surplus to be henceforth exhibited
is estimated by me at 4 millions sterling yearly. It will pro-
bably be more ample.
" 7th. The Honourable Court has been, with a material
saving, delivered from an embarrassing perversion of the con-
ditinns of former loans ; while the justice of the operation was
so distinctly recognized, that the credit of the Hon. Company's
Indian securities has risen to a pitch which no speculation could
ever have presumed.
" 88th. In the year 1813-14, the independent Powers of India
were so numerous and strong, as to conceive themselves able to
expel the British. At present, every native state in that vast
re; ion is in either acknowledged or essential subjugation to our
Government.

" Lastly. These advantages arc not counterbalanced by any
burdens contracted in the acquiring them; because there is at
this instant an accumulation of cash in the treasuries-beyond
what I set out with, more than sufficient to wipe off the addi-
tion debt incurred during my administration, were it wise so to
employ the money.
" As to myself, I can readily imagine that I may not have
adequately improved openings which fortune presented ; that 1
may not have achieved all the salutary purposes, which the
devoted gallantry of the troops at my disposal could have en-
abled me to secure, that I may not have attained ends, profit-
able for the Honourable Company, with as little hazard or ex•
penditure as would have attended their acquirement in bands
more skilful. But it is not a claim of ability that lam main-
taining; my engagement was to defend and promote, to the
best of my capacity, the concerns with which I was intrust-
ed. I have sought to show, that in a crisis of unparalleled
complication, extent, and difficulty, the exertion in which the
fuliihnent of my obligation consisted was not forborne. The
issue will bear out my pretension; for the settlement of such
a violently disturbed mass will never be referred to chance, but
will be attributed to the efforts which, however they might he
deficient in judiciousness, must have been anxiously pondered,
consistent, and indefatigable."