The Sun.
London, England, 1805-02-08 00:00:00

THE ttitVALIVA DOI,CELtIes Accoutzr dr
ANCIENT' 4ND AIODERV AltarA.

MALTA, first mentiOned in the earlieit Poem in
exis!snce, and since noticed incidentally in many
hundred volumes, bath at last a suitable Historian'
in the person: of one of its 'own Knights. The
Soldier may now read an interestiog Account of
an Order that united Religion with the Sword ; the
Classical Reader, actinainted with all the beau:ie
of the Odyssey,
.will long to recognise the Grotto
of Calypso, which protracted the' stay of the Sage
Ulysses ; white those conversant with, and attach.
ed to the duties of, our Religion, will not be dis
pleased to become better acquainted with a spot
Where the eloquent St. Paul, after effeEling a land..
ng in ,a Bay Willa to this day bears his name,
rendered his person sacred in the eyes of the Batba-
. rians, by disarming the deadly viper of its poison.

In our own times, Delille, attending to the ex.
pbits vetformed' thtire, 'Considers its very rocks as,
fertile in laurels; while the President, .flenJulr,
compliments the. Ortie.r of.. St. John as the only one
originating out of the Hulk Wars that
,still Conti.
tiuedl to presefve the original spirit of its primitive
institution.

But it is not the Historian, or the Poet alone,,
that have affixed a higli'value to an Island admirably
situate both for War and Commerce ; Statesmen
top; have viewed it with: a jealous eye.;
.and the
Peace.nt Furor appears to have been interrupted
nn purpose to decide the important question, To
what Nation it slinuld'aPverrain? Una reference to
the Dispatches of Lord Whitworth, while our Ant.
havia4cir n France,: we find the then First Consul,
now EFnperor, obserVing, in 1863, "
.that on Maio
must depend Peace"or War ;". and even asserting,
-in person, " that he 'would rathersee us in pns' es.
siotl tit the Vaintbotirg Sc. Antoine than of this
Island.'

Two splendid Quarto V Ames, embellished with
one of the largest Iltiok Ch...rts ever published,. and
a variety of interesting Eogravings, serve to convey
a suitable itlea of ao imetnrtant a Sett'menu The
Work is very appositely dedicated to the " BaiTlsr
NA,vv, %hick has produced so many. celebrated
Heroes, anti whose brilliant exploits may be ,said
to, rival even. those of ancient. Chivalry." The first
part contains ..a geographical description of- the
Islant4' together with an account of its Antiquities,
Government, Administration, Trade anti Finances;
the remainder is dedicated to its History, The
Author accordingly begins with that period .when it
was known, to the G reeks, and 'mentioned by Horner,.
under the well:knovvn name of Hyperia. tie .then
traces out its RevolutiOns under. the Phcenicians,,,
the Carthaginians, the Romans, .the Vansials,
..the
Arabs, the Narmsns, the Germans, .the Fretichethe
Spaniards, &e. &d.. The events recorded are du.
cidated by means of ancient sepulchral lamps, altars,
medals, marbles, •vases, candelabra,,scc. Here also
the Antiquary will find basso relievos ;, a head of
Atigustus, a statue of Hercules, and the busts of
Penthe.silta, Zenobia,, and Antinous ; nor are cer.
tain ancient tombs still eitisting in the liengenuna
Mountains forgotten, there
.being two Plates ex..
hibiting views, Or rather•seaions, of the interior of
theta. It appears from the ichnography, or ground
plan, of the T adar Nadur lszira, that a portidn of
it was built somewhat after the manner of the ma.
gical Circles of our ancient Druids,. while stones,
eighteen feet in height,-. present an idea of the
giant's causeway.. At the Casal Zurich, on the
other hand, we find a house, an elevation of which
is annexed in a Plate, entirely in the style of Gift.
cian Mchitedure.
Nor will the Lover of Natural History he (Us.
pleased with the perapeetive View of the MoshrOmn,
Shelf, or the very, accurate representation of the
Maltese Mushroom itsa, termed the Favus Xy.
pfrgidej Coccinos Mclitensis by Boeeoni, and the
Cynotno.xien, by Micheli, who has written a Trea.
tine expressly for the purpose-of describing it
•
The Costume
.of the Inhabitants, their manners,
traditions, and singularities,' are' fully described and
enumerated. The fertility,. as well as pr Auaions
of the sail, are all mentioned In regular order; and
while our. Farmers may be desirous io • naturAlize
the Camino, the Kali Finnumi and particularly the
Sinn, so well adapted. for fodder, the Manufafturer
will not be' diipleased tolearn, that there are no
•less than three distind species'here of Cotton, one
indigertus,,,anather brought frtim Siam, and a third
of a cinntittirin, or nankeen colour. Mir will some
of the Ladiel'he sorry to learn, that what Linfixtts
designates as the Canis farniliaiis Maliticus,
mired by both ancient' Greeks and komans, makes
014.prettiCin modern lap-dot ever beheld ; although
the late Grand Master was unable to avert his own
fate, and that, °Chi, dominiens,tstr the Present
,of
one of them, to the wife. of the Fiench Anmiral.—
An accurate representation of this favourite, cum.
monly called ihe Bieboni- is atine'xed, •
In thellistorical part will be found a coreen
Account of the rattans by which Molts, for a'time,
became annexed to France ; and when we consider
the immense sums expended in, and for, this Island,
we cannot .but express a hope, that it will hereafter
constitute an indivisible portion of the British
Empire.

Sr; JOHN I-It IA; M. D.' F. R. S. at Pali', /ma
Knight of the Royal Order of Sweden, findings the
inhabitants of•this Country, at this season of the
year particularly, affliEted with Coughs, Colds, and.
Astlimitie Curnphtints, found out a ,method of con.
cyntra!ing that valuable Extraet:olFlowers
,‘IIoNE:r and bringing into, a small CcifilpaSS a very
large portion of its excellent virtues. Sir Joirn
lit Lt.'s Balsam of Honey is therefore recommended
as the Most safe, innocent, and effeanal Remedy
for Coughs, Ccilds, and Asthmas ; Children, and the
"mart delicate, may Like it with the greatest safety.
It Is to be had of Wort. SHAW 14nCLEDWAltos,
No. 66. Sr. Paul's Church-yard (who have purchased
of the Bon, Lady Hrt.t.'s Executor all the properly
in Sir Jour; firt.t.'s Medicines) Prwe 6t It
their names arc not on the Stamp it is a C ,untet-
feit.