The Sun.
London, England, 1819-03-12 00:00:00

TI I E PEERAGE.

Mn. Er ITon,—l profess myself an enthusiastic,
and believe myself it reasonable, Admirer of the
British Constitution, but as there appear to me
inroads making on divers of its Establishments,
I wish to call the attention of those who'vahle
and are able to nudge of it, to one subject in parti-
cular, which seems to me deserving their Attention.
This subject is the enormous Increase of the
Peerage.
End its the yenr 176 G, the English Peers,
including the Bishops, were
The Scotch

221.

In 179`3---The English Peers and Bishops ..
The Scotch

262.

In 1807—The English Peers and Bishops 116
The Scotch,
The Iri,ll Peers and Bishops

36•1.
In ISM—The Peers and Bishops 3-24
The Scorch „..„ IG
The Irish Peers and Bishops

977..

I mean neither to say, nor to insinuate, any
thing disrespectful either to those, who receive, or
those who _confer these honours ; but it it ob-
vious, that thete must be a considerable effect,
whether the increase of the Upper House, or
(supposing the selection to be appropriate) the
deduction of such persons (certainly in general
very ophlent and distinguished) from eii-gibility
into the Lower House, be considered. I am my-
self inclined to think this addition to the Lords
will strengthen the power of the Crown ; at the
same time it cannot be denied, that it is also a
great addition to the applicants for favour and
distinctions, the number of which is in a great
proportion thereby relatively diminished. As I said
before, 1 wish the opinion of saute of your Cor-
respondvnts, who, I hope, will neat it a a fair
subject for disquisiticn, without party views on
either side of the question. I beg only to sag-
gest one point for the consideration of any who
shall favour the public-with their sentiments, and
that is, the probable state of the Peerage at the
end of the next equal term of years. viz. 1572.
ARISTIDES.

LITMIARY REVIb.W.

DELPIIIN CLASSICS.

gteater;service raft he rendered to the Cause
of Literature, than by the reprinting of Works
which stand the test of ages, anti retain their
power to instruct and delight, amid all the
fluctu-
ations of manners and opioious in which Time
involves the course of human things. The authors
known more particularly by the appellaion of the
CLASSICS, are of this description ; education is be•
gun with theta; no library is deemed complete
without them ; and he whose mind is early im-
bued with their beauties, never fails to recal ‘vith
delight, amid all the turmoil of succeeding life,
the feelings which wete awakened in his breast
by his first acquit:mance with the fascinating
'fables, the exquisite descriptions, and the heroic
sentiments of the earlier poets and historians of
Greece and Rome. Under theSe impressions, we
should at any time have rejoiced in the appearance
of is work of so toorh importance as a reprint of
the DELPIIIII AND VARIORUM EDITION; of THE
CLA‘ssrcs l butt whet, we see the maguificent scale
on which it is brought out, when we convince
ourselves of the critical labour and ilC!ltelleSS that
have been expended on its text ; when ere consider
the credit that such a production will, for ages,
be to the country that has enabled it to appear •
with every advantage that the most liberal sup-
port could give to the spirited exertions of its
Felitor, we rejoice patriotically as well as scho-
lastically, anti cannot refrain trom devoting a few
lines to tine mote particular mentiout of a work
in which there must be few indeed amonig our
Readers who will not, from one cause or o:her,
feel themselves interested.

The DELPHI` CLAsgrics have long hells, rank
above every other in the estimatioo o 4 the learned
world. it is of coorete unneces•dry tr.) say that
they have always been sought ,otter with so much
eagerness, that for many yeasts it has [Jou) nearly
impracticable to proctpre cOmplete sets of them,
insomoch !hat at the sale of the Doke of ROX-
DURGLICS Library, an event whkh brought almost
all the book collectors in the kingdom jot() one
focus, a set was sold for more than five hundred
pounds.

The VARIORUM EDITION', at ROY price, has long
been entirely unattainable in anuniform shape.—
To reptiblish, therefore, and incorporate these
most valuable Works, was a thought ‘vorthy of
scholar, .auttl- sere of encouragement from the
learned ; but to republish them with every embel-
lishment of the typographic art, required in the
Editor that individual ability and public spirit
which he has already evinced on occasions of the
_same nature, and which bid lair to he rewarded
Kith the countenance and support of every dis,
tinguished name in the kingdom. 'fire
lion list already presents the gratifying sight of
nearly eight hundred admirer's of learning and pa-
trons of meth ; and it will probably receive consi-
derable additions, now that a specimen of the
work has appeared, and so fully gratified every
expectation of excellence which had been pre-
ciously excited in the public mind, by the wcil-
known- ability and enterprize of Mr. VALE'S', the
conductor r,t it, Only a few copies, we under.,
stand, will he printed veer the stabscription, and
the price, of course, wilt then be raised hene-
ficiai measure, that must ensure a proper distinc-
tion and advantage to the subscribers, to whose
assurance of support, we presume, it is Owing that
the present splendid publiration has enabled the
Editor to- present it to the Blitista People.

LONDON JOURNSLS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF- TINS DAY.

[Morning Post.]

The Persian Ambassador, who is coming to
the Court of London, arrived on .9uoday last in
Park, and alightrd ‘vith all his wire, dt the Hotel
Botithon, Roe de la Paix. The residence of this
personage at Vienna came(' a lively sensation.—
:iinee the time of Rodolnh If. a period of near
200 years, a Persian Envoy had no-t been seen in
that capital, Although the court of Austria al-
w►`s sought to cultivate an alliance wilh Persia,
wt►ose trierrJship might form a kind of counter=
poise to the Ottoman Porte.

Eillorning Herald.]

The whole of the late Queen's servants hare
received notice, that the full amount of their re-
spective saldlies will be continued to them, by
way of Pea&ion, for life T and at the same time
they have been informed, that they will be ex-
pected to quit the apartments which they oc-
cupy in the different Royal nstablishments on
the Zth of next month..