The Sun.
London, England, 1817-06-23 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS.

DEAL, JUN 2 22.—Came down from the River
yesterday, and sailed, the Thomas, for New
Brunswick. Arrived, and sailed forthe River,

the Regent, from China, and Lord Keith, trotti
Madras -and Bengal. Passed by the back of the
Goodwin Sands, `nine Russian,' line-of-battle
ships, one frigate, and one brig, bonnd for soma
port in France. Arrived, and sailed for tits Ri-
ver to-day, the Fort William, from China;
Guildford, from Bengal; and Valencia, .Caoss,
from Buenos Ayres.
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 22.—,Arrived yesterday

the Lord Hungerford, from the Downs, Sailed
the Elizabeth, SCHIEHMAN. for Hamburg
rived.to-day the Ann, MACKIE, from Madeira, in
30 days; Albion, WHEATLEY, noM YOUghall ;
and Aurora, HILL, from Buenos Ayres, in 10
weeks. Sailed the Caldieot Castle, Thomas and
Mary,' Isabella, and Wilson transports, for. the
Mediterranean, with the. 32d regiment.
PLYMOUTH, JUNE 21.—Passed up Channel the
Hansen, HILLER) from the Isle of France for
Haniburgh„in 85 days.

Cowas,Justa 22.—Arrived the Hannah,Vmen,
from Havanna, in 45 days, for orders, with loss
of three top-masts and a number of sails ; also
arrived the Aurora, LItLL, from Rio Janeiro for,
Hamburg!), in 72 days ; she has since sailed.
FALMOUTH, JUNE 20.—Sailed the Duke of Kent.
packet with a mail for Lisbon.

A letter received in town yesterday from Deal
says, that late on Ft kitty evening, nine tail of the
line, one frigate, and a brig of war, ": all Hush
shins," passra at the back of the Goodwin Sands,
supposed to be bound to.some port in Franc',...
Admiral Picxstouk. arrived at Portsmouth on
Saturday eveohig, to re-hoist his flag in the Sir
Francis Drake, Capt Ain BOWKER, for the New+
foundland command.

PARLIA MENI.

HOCSE OP COMMONS, SATURDAY, JUNE 21.

On the motion of Sir. W. Bintn g Otions; it wall
ordered that n Menage :should.' be beta to their
Lordships, requesting to have n copy of the Re-
port Mile II) their Lot tis.,ips by the Secret Conep
mittee, on the 12th instant, re.pecting the State
of the Country. •

'Die innkeepers' 'Bill was read a second tune,
and committed for Tuesday.
The report of the Committee of Supply
131'0140a up, and the several Resolutions wel
agreed to, anti Bills ordered aceordhigly,
The Cape Finisterre Trade Bill went through a
Committee.

.....
The Report of the American Trade Bill was
received, and the Bill ordered to be read a third
time on Monday. •
The third• reading of the Transfer Stock Bill
ti~.ta, on the suggestion of Sir H. kARNELL, post-
ported.
Mr. Motion/0s said, it would be a great ac-
commodation to the [louse if the Chancellor of
the Exchiver would state at what period of the
day the important Bill which stood for a first
reading on Monday woniti be brought forward.
The CnisNcr.J.Lou of the EXCHeSillett had alto
object tun to making it the fist Order of the Day.
On the Motion of Mr. BENNEit, it was ordered
that all the Papers presented to the House refer•
tive to the King's Bench, Fleet, and Marshalsets
.Prisons, should be printed.—Adjourned to Mon-
day. ' • . _

TRINITY COLLIWL, DUBLIN.

Satiirday even;ng several of the Nroblemen 'anti '
Goolemen Wlor' received their education in this
University, celebrated the Anniversary Festival at
the Thcched House Tavern, Si. James's-street...-.
At seven o'clock,' npwards of 70 of the highest
rank in society sat down to dinner, which was
served in a style of superior elegance, and con- .
sisted of all the delicacies of the season, with
wines of the highest'flavour. The Earl- of Do.
NOUGHMOKB was in the Chair, supported on the •
right hand by his itoysl Highness the Duke of
Curnheiland, Chancellor of that Unisetsity, anti
on the left hand, by the Earl of
Amongst the company were--the Earl of Lime-
rick, Lord Palmerston, Lord Torsington, Lord
Mount Charles, Lord Erskine, the Bishop of 040
sory, the Riglit Hun. Sir G. F. foil, Bart. M.l'..
Lieut. tien. Sir John Doyle, Sir Wm. Burroughs,
Ilan.- M. I'- Sir. Woe. Parker Currol, Sir Henry
Parnell, Sir John Crashlock, Qeneral
John Wilson evoker, Esq. M. P. Messrs.
llutcit-
instm, Peel, Corry, Daly, T. S. Rice, Drought,
Dick, Elliot, Winstead, Henry Smith, Walsh,
Burton, Bridges, .Dawson, and Mr, T. Motne„,
the celebrates! Irish Bard.
After dinner Non Noisis Domine was sung by
Messrs. Beitaniy, Liroadhurst,-Quilier, anti fer-
rad. Atter the. h 4hol toasts ut " the. Kist;,"
altf " the memory of 9iieto Elizabeth," the
leounaress of the Insiiti.thin, vs-as. drank; -and the
Universities of thLtord, Cambildge, and

.
Moorings are ordered It) he. Ittid down in
Bright-n Roads for the. Pi 'nee Itegent yacht,
which is building in Portsmouth put, she be'otg
appointed to attend upon his ltoyul Highness the
PitiNCR ,I.LSGENT, at Brighton Si,` s tly
Ile launched. Sir EDWAIW HAMILTON, it is said,
will eomutand her.
00 ;id, tirday the Right lion. 14'. W PoLit
uraild dinner, at I. is lion, in '..,..‘iite.rovvi to 64
Noble ive, the Duke or tt ELLINOTON, It) ttrtt
it,,ydi I-140)11es, ii ,e sera
w,!re pri Stilt lit IliC evening party toost
ot (::,Mote( Alinisters and Ambassadors, the
Ntiollos of ANoLeseA, ste • At the evening party
a Concert was given, 1141(tur tt.e direction of
nSit,
Citiotttitt% SMART.. It was one nt the most spisudid
parties wlC.ch has been scan this season.

Fait TIM SUN.

*ATEIt,I.OO Itl ON t 7 At E

EDItOR.—In consequence of your loser.

Lion of my former letter, concerning the proposed
'Waterloo Monument, I ;minced to oiler you
a further detail of my ideas on the Subject.
The work now about to be undegikeu, is im•
portant to the honour of England in many points;
it may, when erected, :endure to be a National
Monninent for ages. It may be a Munutiient of
Our knowledge and judgment ; or it may expose
Our 'Vanity and folly, It is destined to Countiemo.
rate the English Character. Its interests are
every way those of the People of England ; it

will be built at their expence, and it ought to be
built for their fame. •

I conceive it to be the duty of those persons
who are intrusted with the decision of what is
proper to be done on so unparalleled an occasion,
after fully considering the object' of the proposed
Memorial, to examine, first, what authorities can
be found in the precedents of antiquity, of what
nature those precedents are, and how far they
correspond with the present requisites ; and,
secondly, what the national character of England
detuands, in distinction from ancient examples.
The desired object of great National Moon-

monis, after the extraordinary events that have
pa,sed, I have before Stated,"and need not here re-
peat. An appeal is made to the Fine Arts, that
they should be the guardians of that exalted sen-
timent, which a grateful pedplc wish to hold
forth to perpetual remembrance.
But in the list of the -Fine Arts are included
Poetry, Mn3ic, Architecture, Sculpture, and Paint.

lug; and it remains to inquire which of those
Arts (aud by what means) call. best fulfil the end
in view. I answer, all united.

The Architect's is the primary task. He mus
Itty the basis of security and preservation for bit

own work, and for' the produce of the other
Arts.

The Sculptor and the Painter come ih for the
second office—they must decorate the fabric
which the architect has raised ) and each in his

respective province.
The Wei Will find, under the shelter of the
ArChitect's labours, an immortal deposit for the
tribute which his taltitts offer to his victorious
COUtitty ;: and the Alusician's Art, now furnished
with the means of representing its effusions to
future ages, will live by the side of the Poet.
In order to give precision to our ideas, let us
first consider the Classical Authorities, which are
entitled. to direct, or ,at least to inflence our

The rewards of Antignity, it Is Well known,
were of the most.liberatand even magnificent de-
scription. , The ' Victors were.' presented with
Crowns, inscribed with their names and their.
actions. Some were atithorised,to raise altars to
Oct gods, and to.engrave on. the base their own
achievements. At Athens, the arms of Heroes
were deposited in the Citadel for eternal admira-'
tint:. Athens tvas so full of national records,
that " wherever you . walked," says Cicero.,:
" your.sters passed over Histury.". It was thc
custom of that admired city to erect a statue•to
every men of remarkable merit, of whatever de-
scription. But the Triumphs of the Republic, or
its 'Divinities, alone claimed the superior honour
of Trophies, and of sculptured or painted Montt-
rnents.

The earliest Memorials of Greece were piles of
Stones on a field of battle, or a mound over
a Hero's grave : Ajax and Achilles had no other.
The earliest trophies were Trees—the Olive or the
Oak—hung with spoils taken from the foe. M-
iami of those simple records, succeeding genera-
tions raised the Tomb and the Pilfer, of stone or
brass, or lofty towers hung with spoils, to pre.
serve more durably the memory of their conquests.
After Trophies had fallen ito disuse, Temples and
Monumental Workb arose to Gods and Heroes,
In sign of national gratitude to the benefactors of
the human race. Theseus, the protector of the
distressed, had numerouiqemples erectly(' to him,
adorned, as we know, with' admirable works of
Sculpture. The Temple of Jupiter QlYmPins con-
tained the Statue of the Divinity by Phidias, and
was adorned with Paintings by Pantettts, the
brother of that renowned Sculptor.
When unaccustomed honours were designed for
some few distinguished characters, festal days
were consecrated to their memory, and annual
orations delivered, in their praise.
Later works of Roman Art, designed to answer
the same purposes, consist of Mausolea, Yyrami.
dal, guildings, coltursne, Statues, and Triumphal
Arches.

Mausoleum and Pyramid were names for works,
',filial appear to have been placed id memory only
of the deceased. Codamns were built in remem-
brance of the Triumphs of the living. They were

bang With tritattphat Corani, of tta tame rumter
with the victories of the Hero, and decorated al-
lusively to each particular Species of triumph,
Civic, Mural, Naval, &e. Statues we're frequent,
-and Marbles, engraved with the names of the con-
queror and their Viettnies---Triumphal Colamns
Were raised to Sove'reigns Hilly, to Trojan, An-
tonine, &c. Triumphal Arches, in the saute man-
tier ; the principal Wire those of Titus, Severna,
Gallen, 'Constantine '; and some others believed to
have been erected in the Provinces subjected to
the Empire.
These are a few general heads of what -may he
collected an this topic. lo looking hack on them,
it cannot escape oor notice, that, of the itiri•
Mdnotnents of the Grecian people, none are tope
found that were tiol dedicated to some purpose
of public use. The PartheOon contained the wor-
ship of the Virgin Patrotiess AtheA. The
Temple of. Theseus was raised to celebrate the
r ivine honours of a Hero elevated to imniortality
by his virtues ; and was, equally With the former,
devoted to the regular performance of religibits
duties. One public building, of smaller dimen-
sions, the Choragie Monument of 'Lysicrates; if
useless, excuses its watt of public Utility' by its
size. No instance is found among the Greeks of,
large and • expensive Public Monuments, without
a view td some great public use and service. This;
then, may he considered as one point gained in
authority, derived from Grecian lifecedent. - The
highly adorned state of their Temples,their Festal
days,—these are additional illustrations of the sub-
jeer, equally clear and important.
Next, let us look on the Roman example.
Wreathed or Rostrated Coloinns trunks' covered
with colliers, low unsculptured arches, were their
ordinary Memorials. No' public use or service
was annexed to them. But they were of no great
magnitude. , The larger Monuments, Triumphal
Columns, and Triumphal Arches, were adorned
With sculptures. Here is another point gained; and,
irons a. review of the whole, I should hu inclined
to draw an inference, that, as far as precedent can
detetmine, a Public Monument of great import.
ance and magnitude; should be either devoted to
public utility, or adorned with various products of
the Fine Arts, or both.
Let us now, in the second place, examine how
'far the national character of England, and English
Art, ought to be consulted, in deviation' from
ancient precedents of other countries. Research
in the latter point is easy; our Memorials are ge-
nerally of the rudest kind. Pillitrail.thelisks, for
the most part of a diminutive size,.have been the
result of our effusions cif Public Gratitude. The
Monument of London (as it is called by way of
distinction) is, a' column' of considerable beipt
and dimensions, serving no other end titan to gave
the curious Visitor an opportunity of seeing the
roofs of crowded .houses, and breathing the smoke
of chimneys more copiously than he can else-
where. One Monumental Building, indeed, the
offering of public gratitude, exista,--,Blenheint—
of obvious utility to the family, of which the Hero,
whom it commemorates, was the ornament.
But the advance of our refinement within 'the last
fifty years, phicei`the efforts, which are now to be
made, in a different light ; and I do nut scruple
to say, that the people of England have a right to
expect, in a work for whit') an unprecedented
sum has been voted a National Memorial, adorn-
ed with high examples of the several Fire 'Arts ;
or at least that a Monument, of such singular ex-
pence and National importance,: should be aided
by the whole strength of those Arts, iiceatding
to their aetdal state in our country.
If there were but one Artist, therefore, liv-
ing; and he an 'Ai ellitect, I would say to hiM,
• erect a Coburn), to reach the—Skies.' I'
'sere were btit oneiStuiptor:in the land, I woo'

say, 4' form', the Statue;f the Hero, or symbols
in Basdrelier of Iris great Actions.' If a Painter,
thew .tae .the extensive ,renge of the Hero's
slew me contending Armies spread Over-
the fieirt Of Battle, thetinguinary contest of the
Day, andlhe" Sun's citscending beams'on the arms
of the Victors.' -
From the Poet and the Musician t would claim
the wreath of immortal lays, and hid them,
to tha height of this great argument
;turn eternal Providence."
Rut what is the state of England in respect to
the Fine Arts ? Do we want Architect, Poet,
Painter, Sculptor, Musician Let us strew our
best strength here also, and let the Victory in
Arms be answered by the Trltiniph in Arts.
Let 1111)44(11y suppose our trophy an edifice de-
dicated to the record of national virtue ; its ex.
terior exhibiting the history :of our freedom, 'ex-
panding the power's of the soot and body, and.giv.
ing that superiority which, called Into action firr
the rescue of the oppressed, has overthrown by its
energy the most consummate system of tyranny.
Here, if our Sculptors shall rival those 'of the
Parthenon, with the same attending fate, the
glory of victory shall shine with the sun of more
than two thousand years 1 Let the interior ex.*.
bit, by historical 'windows, records of the -same
nature; the same means attaining the same end.
Let inscripthitts, statues, allegorics,busts, and me-
dallions tom the episode of the Compositioo, all
subordinate to the great design of commemorat-
ing the collective virtue of the People of England.
,Let fixed periods and returning seasons call forth—
my heart bids me say fur ever—the inspired. ef-
fusions of the Poet and the Musician, to'eKehrate
the Glory of Waterloo anti the 'Peace of the
World
To these imagiusitiiie.splentionrs I have 0111104
difficulty in,esseriing, is to be added triE. The
English Nation deprecates all uheless vanity the
English cheracter demands from the delegatei of
a public sote,.at once utility and magnificence,
am ready to allow all time difficulmy.of bring.
rag the public sentiment to a focus, of tin:menu-m-
-ing it itr,a single point. Yes there is, tlurrk,
one point in which the whole English Nation will
agree, viz. that, of whatever' form the WI..
tetlooMontiment may be, it ought (on nceonnt ttf
its extraordinary nature) to be something •mlifferent
iron) all"otimer MOnunmenti that I,.e.re .ever yet
'rected. This then is decisive against the tree-
tion of a Column, an Obelisk„ an Arcimi. cmreven
a•Temple. It is decisive against the crectiori
army building whiCh shall be merely the memorial
of the MOMerit bt Victory. 't'he building whieh
is raised, if it le fo betvdethy- the treetision,':
must bell repeat, a perpetual Record of the
cause and the result of our sacred contest. It