The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-18 00:00:00

A I':"EW DISCOVERY IN GEOLOGY'.

"Procumbit tellurisi
cc Iviacgua image)."

Nature seems to have impressed on. the Cono7
nerit of Europe the rude; but distinguishable and
defined Oritline Of the huinan Arm,
.which
MlL-
ror tells us
.was at first from the hands Of the
great Creator a form divine !" 'll
ho,k-
ver, restricts this aitribute, iu 62ir s7eci‘2s, even
in metaphor, to the,./i,rind; arid to the Mind of a'
few chosen spirits only ; " Cui wens divinior:"--:
This our Lau.reat his claiined for Slq:Nitit
former wearer Of the Laureat CiOwn)

Which DitroE&' and itiviher S.NiEii wore."

These Nets, liowever, had almost lifted us al/6:T

(" this visible diurnal sphere :" we must return
to earth.—Of thiS well=delined and meaning form
and reSembhitiee the fine Peninsula of Spdin is
the head; the bold' promontory of Portugal the
Atlantic front, or forehead, encircled with• the
glittering diadem of the gold and diamonds of the
Brazil's of the New liernisphere .Fiance is the
breast and izins, the heart and stomach of this
terrene man of our Globe ; Britain and Italy
the two arms; and: looking right to' the South,
Britain is the red right arin; strong in the power

of freedom, and of active ertergy—the left aril',
exhaust with ancient energies, withered
and:effete,. th'rongh luxury and tyranny, by bi-
kotry, intolerance, and superstition :—Germany
is the belly of this recumbent giant, 44 recumbit
hathi bos ;" Hungary- and Austria the posterior
parts, placed as a mound and ranipart of defence
against the pestilent and anti-christian Moham-
medans of that Menacing bulwark ana control of
:two ;great seas, Constantinople : Poland and
Ruisia are the two firm and muscular thighs of

thiS geographical Colossus ; these limbs kept
glide close for the support Of this great body
by their united strength—Prussia and Denmark_
are the stiff knees, Sweden and Norway the
strong legs, fixed by one frozen foot, Luplaud, to
its immovable basis in., the .North,of the. Great
Atlantic Ocea' _ .

The politic history, and the ethical qualities,
of these several divisions, or limbs and parts, of

this earthly giant of human shape, have a curious
coincidence with the similar functions and pro-
perties of the parts of the human mortal frame,
with which they correspond, in form and in pc-

sitton.
The head and front df Modern Europe has
been Old'Spaiti, in bold defence against the ci-
vilised African, the polished and soldierly, but
cruel and invading Moor ; in religion, science, war,
and navigation, Spain was long the " Capital" of
Europe ; and Portugal has in long-past times vin-
dicated wall the vantage ground of her commanding, .
high and ,frontal position, and has well deserved
to wear the golden Crown,:which her l atriotio
self-defence and adventurous. spirit fairly
sought and won. France, to give every one his
dire, has truly been, for almost all this term of
Modern retrospection, in the influences of policy,
manners, and art, what she is in corporeal po-
sition, the breast and lungs, the heart, or "
terial" part of the European pathology. Is tliei
any need to set out in many words how truly,
in ancient times, Italy has been the active arm
of faculty and enterprise Of the Mediterranean
side of this distinguished quarter of our sphere'
Or is there any-one Who needs to be informed,
how well for more titan two centuries England,
or the United Empire of Britain and Ireland, 11.1 i,
justified its position, exercised it: strength, and
nobly performed its part, of a right arm of energy,,
in its own proper activities, and of defence and,.
interposition, in the coonnon cause, or :',l"-eneral
interests of the great body, of whieh it is, in
quality and in position, a um& or member of so
great operatives, destination, and power ; like
-the arm of the human frame, separated or dis- -
engaged from the great trunk or body; only to
be more efficient and active in its exercises, aqd.
exertions!
. .
With this discovvry of the human form and
parts, and the corresponding distinctions of qua-
lity and i.daptation of the several territorial or
politic divisions of the European quarter of our
Globe, is it needful,-here to set out in length-
ened illustration, how correctly this scheme
form and a uropriate quality .applies to Get:
many, as the ventral part ; to- the Austrian EM-,
pire as the salient mound of dorsal or pOsterior
limits and defence ? ro Poland and the Russian
territories will be allowed at this time certainly
all the qualities of their position in the animal
proportions, and of the close union of their phy-
sical places and politic power and influence,
uphold the other portions ; the rest are too ckuKig
designated by nature, place, and all their other
conditions, to disparage the truth of this delisiea- -
Lion, and the :curiosity, as well as historical, po-
litical, and moral eziidence of this disCovery and'
-elucidation of geological forms, corresponds to
le human and indigenous history and quality of
AC several .European tribes and nations.
COPERNICUS REDIVIVUS.

Jan. 1821.

Ftur.----Friday eVening, a rapidly destructive
fire broke out in the workshops close to Ox
ford-road, St. Peter's,' Manchester, occupied by.
Messrs. I.lux-rox aind Son, joiners and buil-
ders. The ascendancy of the flames upon the
Outset" defying any exertions to subdueit, at-
tention was devoted to the warehouse of Messrs., .
Pit-ct:ono, carriers, which communicated with
the-- gable- :end of the other building ; but
that valitable &pot of property was soon plac-
ed 'without the ,pale of apprehension.,; The
premises however, with all- their ample con-
tents, fell prey to the implacable eleinent
in
little better than an hour. Of the cause of the
'calamity, no' clue 'hits yet been afforded. • SoMe
eXaggePati:d statements were early abroad, that
Messrs. PICKFORiS were in possession of several
'harrek*of-gunpowder ; the Fact is, a small parcel.
was on the- shot, and it was- removed as soon as-'
possible. • •
• Vie Wexford mail,coach, on its-way to Dublin,
was last week overturned, owing to the extreme
darkness of'-the night and ON thickness of the
fog', acid precipitated from the road down a cam-
-siderable descent, by which tilt coachman'` was-
killed on the spot, but the pdssettgers, guard, ;Inc('
horses, escaped Without any very serious injury.