The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-06 00:00:00

VAUXHALL GARDENS.

This attractive place of summer resort closed last
night, after a season—which judging from the wea-
ther that has usuallc•'prevailed during the nights of
performance—any thing but successful. The chief
novelty of the evening was the splendid appearance
of a cluster of lamps, on which were inscribed the
words, "we respectfully say farewell." The fol-
lowing was the address spoken by Mr. Williams, at
the close of the performances.
"LADLES AND GENTLEMEN,-The time IS at length
arrived when I am compelled to say that cold and unplea-
sant word Farewell ; but, before it passes finally from my
lips, permit me to state, that the Proprietors of these Gar-
dens beg most respectfully to return you their sincere and
heartfelt thanks for the kind patronage and support you
have so bountifully bestowed upon them this season—the
watery Saint Swithin, yeti are perfectly aware, tried his
utmost to throw a damp upon the energetic exertions of
the Proprietors, but the sunshine of your favours having
enabled them to dispel the mist, they are proud to say the
reign of Saint Swithin is now no more.—(Applause,)—
The blossoms of the ensuing Spring will give a preparatory
notice of the fair flowers that will so smilingly display
themselves as harbingers of the re-opening of this Fairy
Land of fashion and beauty—at the same time the Proprie-
tors beg me to say, that the cold winds of winter shall not
freeze their exertions—but their warm endeavours shall
thaw every obstacle that may present itself, to produce
fresh novelty and deserve your support. For myself and
the Ladies and Gentlemen of this Establishment, allow me,
most thankfully, to acknowledge the many flattering favors
received at your hands ; and, before we depart, most re-
spectfully wish you and your's every enjoyment, health,
wealth, and prosperity ; and may you live as long as you
find life a pleasure, and can appreciate its value, and admire
its beauty. In the name of the Proprietors and every in-
dividual engaged on this Establishment for the last time
this season, I roost respectfully say Farewell !"

BOULOGNE, SEPT —Boulogne2 has been in
a turmoil about an affair of honour between an Irish Ba-
ronet, Sir GEORGEwhose NUGEST, D.C.1., and G.C.8., and a
gentleman,
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much to our credit as the Battle of Waterloo, that
England will be again covered with glory. There are some
doubts, however, whether the Frenchman will come to the
scratch. My informant, an English Military Officer, tells
me that the Frenchman consented to fight with pistols, at
which the Baronet is said to be a dab hand, but that when
he came to the ground—that is, the sands, he refused to use
fire-arms, and wished to decide the affair by the sword.
The Baronet remonstrated with biro, and offered, in the
most handsome manner (providing he would stand two
shots, and they should be ineffectual) to fight him with his
however,
t o the
accept,l own weapons. This most kind and gentlemanly proposal,
renacolidmtahne,etoonsteh:odenisegeraicse ,
the Baronet has of his country,
refused
posted him. It is thought, notwithstanding, that the affair
cannot rest here, and that the Frenchman must consent to
be shot, if not for his own glory, at any rate for the glory
of his country. A second meeting, it is said, will take
place to-morrow morning.—Aforning Paper.

LITERATURE.

BAYLY'S POEMS.

SONGS FOR SUMMER EVEIqINGs.-DITTo Fop, ttUTER

NIGHTS, kc. LONDON, MS.

Mr. Bayly is a gentleman who from some cause
or other, which it is scarcely worth our while to
inquire into, has acquired no slight popularity
as a poet. He is an apt descendant of the
Della Crusca School of versifiers, is full of false
sentiment, tinsel fancy, and smoothly flowing
puerilities. One of his most admired songs, we
believe, " I'd be a butterfly," has worked itself
into considerable favour with the public, partly
by dint of well-applied persevering puffery, partly
by its utter absence of any thing in the shape of
thought or intellect. Indeed, so great a fa-
vourite has it become, that a Rev. Arch-
deacon has not thought it beneath his dignity to
translate it into rhymed Latin, which possesses
the singular merit (in one unequalled line) of
bringing together as inelegant an assortment of
adjectives as we ever remember to have seen.
The translation is worthy of the original-1--" et
vitula to dignus et hie." Conceive a man wish-
ing to be a butterfly ! A man—the partaker,
in his degree, of the intellect of a Milton—
of the same species as a Shakspeare or a Byron,
wishing (and we have no doubt sincerely) to be
a creature sprung from a grub ; a creature with
which even the wildest license of the imagination
can associate nothing poetic, elevating, magnifi-
cent, or adventurous. Had it been an eagle, a
condor of the Andes, or a falcon, the wish
would have been more natural, certainly more
intelligible ; at present it is beneath contempt.
Indeed, had we presumed to send up such a
" trifle" to the master of Reading school, we
should have been flogged : had we sent up the
Archdeacon's translation, we should have been
expelled.
Mr. Bayly may perhaps plead in extenuation
that his poems are mere trifles, and should be
criticised as such. Good. But even the
trifle of a poet should bear about with
it its credentials. It should show the
im-
press of talent, though in dishabille. Who does
not remember the " Rape of the Lock," Pope's
greatest trifle ? Who forgets the sparkling sallies
of Herrick, whose Attic salt has preserved them
for two centuries ? the " Frivolities" (so he mo-
destly styled them) of Ben Johnson, or the
" Beppo" of Lord Byron ? These, it is true,
are trifles, but they are the redeeming trifles of
greatness ; hints of genius are visible through-
out
them,—vivid flashes of fancy, by whose
lustre we discern their worth, as we appreciate
Hercules by his foot. But Mr. Bayly, who
bears about the same proportion to a poet that a
man who carves heads on a cherry-stone bears
to a sculptor, trifles like a child, and makes love
like a haberdasher. He pleads guilty to such
trash as " Round my own pretty rose I have
hover'd all day," and thinks that he is a Moore.
He tickles the ear, and fancies he is cutting
deep to the heart. His love-making is narrow—
exclusive, like an Ultra Tory's liberality; it
does not, like Rousseau's or Byron's, take in
all classes of the community : it appeals solely
to young girls or children, fond of sentiment
and sugar-plums. This is a decided blemish.
Love, a passion every where understood, should
be every where intelligible. It should be described
for no privileged sect, no favoured class of the
community (for there is ne aristocracy in senti-
ment, it reduces peer and peasant to the same
level), but should appeal with due power to all.
Here, we repeat, Mr. Bayly is deficient : out
of the drawing-room, and away from the piano,
his sentiment is sickly and effeminate, and to a
well-ordered mind, bewildering.

PUBLIC CHARACTERS.—LoNnox, 182 g.

This little volume, which appeared—if we
mistake not—in monthly parts, is now in some
degree completed, and does credit both to Editor
and Publisher. It has no assumption of fine
writing, rio ambitious biography, no dull reca-
pitulation of stale anecdote, but is replete with
sound sense and unornamented facts, put together
in a judicious business-like manner. To a public
office it is really invaluable, inasmuch as its
Memoirs are penned in a spirit of candour unin-
fluenced by Whig or Tory, liberal or illiberal
predilections. The Editor

" Nullius addietus jurare in verbs rnagietri,"
giros fair play to all his characters; his volume,
therefore, may be advantageously consulted by
all parties. We must not omit to mention the
engravings which precede each memoir ; they
arc excellent, both as regards resemblance and
execution.

FIRE AT THE MORNING ADVERTISER
OFFICE.—If any apology should be necessary for the defi-
ciencies which may be perceived in this day's Paper, we
trust it will be found in the following account of an alarm-
ing fire which burst forth is our preinisce, and, as might
naturally be expected, caused no inconsiderable confusion.
The fire broke out about three o'clock in the afternoon,
and had it not been providentially discovered, must have
caused an immense 109 f of property, and perhaps of lives
also. The following is a correct account of the accident :
Yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock, a gentleman, be-
longing to the establishment of the Mo:.ning Advertiser,
having occasion to confer with the Editor on particular
business, was alarmed, on approaching his room, to per-
ceive it filled with a dense ',woke. A strong smell of
burning timber was at the same time emitted, and on
opening the door, the wainscotting near the ceiling was
perceived to be on fire, and to give forth a dickering
flame, which was increased by the admission of the air.
The gentleman to whom we have alluded instantly
called for assistance, and a Reporter belonging to the
Morning Adrertiscr, and the gentlemen who hare the
management of the commercial department of the
paper, came immediately to his aid, and the flames,
though not the fire, were extinguished in consequence.
The alarm becoming general, all who were connected with
the establishment immediately repaired to the spot, and
used their utmost exertions to save the property. The
parish engine was sent for, and soon arrived, as also several
firemen from the different offices, who proceeded to remove
the wainscot and to break through the ceiling in order to
discover where the fire had originated. This necessary
preliminary to its extinction occupied a considerable time ;
and it was at length found that it had arisen from a col-
lection of soot which had become ignited in an adjoining
house. Part of the flooring and chimney were accord-
ingly demolished as the best means of extinguishing the
tire, which was soon afterwards fortunately accomplished.
The damage which has been done, is inconsiderable; and
we have much pleasure in reporting that there is now no
ground for apprehending that it will break out afresh.
There can be no doubt that the fire had been in existence
for several days ; for the wall of au adjoining house was so
hot, that the heat could not have been borne for any length
of time.

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