The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-01 00:00:00

THE LITERARY MAGNET

Has a smart article upon Booksellers and iffilhors,
disclosing the secrets of the prison-house, but we can.
not go along with it in all its assumptions—one in
particular, that being compelled to give eleven copies
of each publication to Stationers' Hall is not a 'griev-
ance. We think it an intolerable one, being nothing
more nor less than legalized robbery, damping the
ardour of Authors, and cramping the energies of
Publishers.

1. MAXIMS TO LIVE BY.
BY A Atlnfith OF ?HZ stinnt.c ORDEAL
If you must flatter your friends, contrive not to be too par-
timilar in your compliments, lest a large portion of -what you be-
stow in this kind of coin should turn out, eventually, to be so many
excerpts from your own pockets. If you tell authors or artists
that they are dersi-gods and goddesses, they will, should you after-
wards wish to profit by their professional aid, require to be remu-
nerated in exact proportion to the rank with which your courtesy
may have invented them. Their arguments in defence of their
exorbitant estimates of their importance, will, if deduced from
your own idle and fulsome compliments to them, prove wholly un-
answerable; since immortals, whether poets or painters, will
naturally expect a higher rate of compensation for their services,
then mere ordinary matter-of-fact people can have any right to
anticipate. That philosopher who has declared that civil words
may be employed with advantage upon all occasions, because they
are unattended with expenee, could have possessed but a very
limited knowledge of the world. Pat a spoiled urchin on the head
and tell him he is a nice boy, and be will forthwith look for sonic
premium at your heads: ffor hie good behaviour. Should be be
disappointed, he will inevitably set you down either for a liar or I
cheat. Upon pretty much the same principle, if a butter-mouth-
Et bookseller or picture-fancier were to compliment an artist or
an author, by protesting that one painted like Sir Thomas Law-
rence, and the other wrote like the " Great Unknown," he would,
did he afterwards happen to have any business to transact with
the object of his Summery, speedily discover, to his cost, that both
the painter and the poet will take rare to resemble their distin-
guished archetypes itimore respects than one. To compress much
useful advice into a very few word,* make the rille.absoltate never
to flatter unless you entertain a conviction, amounting almost
to a certainty, that it trill not turn out to be at your own expcnce!

IL—A HACKNEY 'COACHMAN.
It is seldom good policy to attempt to make a bargain with a
hackney coachman, however great the distance it may be cortveni.
ent to you to take him ; fur if you do, he will be sure not to ask
you a sixpence less than his legitimate fare ; whilst, on the other.
band, the chances are in the proportion of &boot ten to one that he.
will demand two or three shillings more. Your endeavour, by
ascertaining his charge beforehand, to screen younwlf from the
possibility of imposition, has no more bent cial effectthan that of
betraying your own ignorance of what you ought to pay, and 4-
fording Janie the means of turning it to account. If you enter-'
tain the slightest doubt as to his fare, take your seat in his coach
with an air of quiet nose/mimic's, and when you arrive at your
place of destination coolly inquiti the amount of his demand ;
casting at the same time a pretty obvious glance at his number.
Hite employs the word ought in his rejoinder, You may Wetly give
him from sixpence to a shilling less than he asks, for if he oubts,
he is Cure not to give you the benefieof hie uncertainty. However, if
You do but prefer your inquiry with the tone and gesture of a ve-
teran fare, he will scarcely venture to impose upon you.
genlulilnee foolrl Onwoi beautiful lines, whether, they 411

LINN cLOIMEN ABBEY-
EY xoHiaT 11OR2tS•S
Ye holy walk, that still, etiblims,
Resist the crumbling touch of time;
now *troll* still your fQrin displays
The piety of ancient days!
As through your ruins, hoar end grey—
Ruins, yet beauteous in decay
The silvery ►oon-beanie trembling. fly,
The form of ages long gone by
• It is but justice to mention that we ant indebted for this
posthumous production of the Poet Burrs, Elie Editor of very
respectable provincial print, the Pottery .11fireury, whet states,
that it has never, as far as ha is swan, Wen pobbibeci before.

Crowd thick on Fancy's wondering eye,
And wake the soul to musings high.
Even now, as lost in thought profound,
I view the solemn scene around,
And pensive gaze, with wistful eyes,
The past returns, the present flies ;
Again the dome, in pristine pride
Lifts high its roof, and arches wide,
That knit with curious tracery
Each Gothic ornament display.
The high-arched windows, painted fair,
Shew many a saint and martyr there;
As on their slender forms I gaze,
Methinks they brighten to a blaze;
With noiseless step, and taper bright,
What are yon forms that meet my eight ?
Slowly they move, while every eye
Is heaven-ward raised in ecstacy.
'Tis the fair, spotless vestal train,
That seek in prayer the midnight Lane.
And hark ! what more than mortal sound
Of music, breathes the pile around ?
'Tis the soft chaunted choral sang,
WhOse tones the echoing aisles prolong ;
Till thence returned they softly stray
O'er Clouden's wave with fond delay ;
Now on the rising gale swell high,
And now in fainting murmurs die..
The boatmen on Nith's gentle stream,
That glisten in the pale moon's-beam,
Suspend their dashing oars to hear
The holy anthem, loud and clear ;
Bitch worldly thought awhile forbear,
And mutter forth a half-formed prayer.
But as I gaze the vision fails,
Like frost-work touched by southern gales;
The altar sinks, the tapers fade,
And all the splendid scene's decayed.
In window fair the painted pane,
No longer glows with holy stain,
But through the broken glass, the gale
Blows chilly from the misty vale.
The bird of eve flits sullen by,
Her home these aisles and arches high ;
The choral hymn, thit erst so clear,
Broke softly sweet on Fancy's ear,
IS drowned amid the mournful scream,
That breaks the magie of my dream ;
Reused by the sound, I start and see
The ruined sad reality ! .

THE DIORAMA IN REGENT'S PARK

This interesting exhibition continues, to be as at,
tractive as ever—,-even in-the ,present deserted state of
the town, the number of its visitors does not appear
to be diminished. It is not one of .those scenes that
satiate 'all'at once, and excite no curiosity in the spec-
tator to pay them n second visit—the oftener we ace it
the more we are struck with its beauties, and the
more we admire the ingenuity which represents some
of the richest, and most luxuriant displays of nature,
and the effeot,of time upon the operations of art, to
such an imposing perfection as to make them appear
realities. That person must be endowed with more
than an ordinary degree ,of perspicacity, who on the
first sight of this exhibition (prejudice apart) will not
imagimi that he has an original before him. The
first impression which a view of the city. of Rouen
makes on the mind -of a speetatOr is, that he hes
been suddenly transported into some region of fairy-
land, whore, all the beauties of nature are congregated
in regular order, doing honour to that oddess,
The groves, lakes, and verdant fields—.-the build-
ings, mountains and clouds—the various tints of light
and shade, the rainbows and the rain appearing in
natural order and perfection, produce a magical effect
that mocks • description. 44 WC happened to drop in!
there on Saturday last," and " we, hope we do not!
intrude" on our readers by giving a dialogue which
we heard onithat occasion.

0, mother, what part of the country is that where
the beautiful groves and lakes are ?" exclaimed a
boarding-school looking-Miss about fourteen, on her
entrance.

Mother—That is the city of Rouen, my dear.
Misr—Eow did they carry all that water here ?
Mother--My dear it is not water, but canvas.
, Mig—Canvas, Mother l--Sure there is not canvas,
enough in all the world to cover that country—why it.
is more than twenty miles long.
Mother—lt is not spread as you think, my dear,
it is up against a wall.
Miss—A. wall I I see no wall but the walls of the
houses, and there is no canvas on them i how fortunate
mother, we have just got in time enough to escape the
shower.
Mother—lt does not rain at all, my dear, it is
nothing but an imitation on canvas. I wish you
would buy some of that raining canvas, mother, t 9
water the flowers with," cried a little girl about eight]
years old, who sat in silent attention and admiration'
all along ; when the merriment which this observatiori
excited had subsided, the little girl resumed, « I wisl4
mother you would take us down there when the shower
is over."

Bless the I" cried a lady on seeing the view of
Roslyn Chapel, 4, how wonderful is the work of art
who could imagine that that was not real, if we did not
know it ?" "Stuff!" replied a John Bullish looking
man, whom we took to be her husband, and whose
ruddy face indicated his late arrival from the country,
" I would not believe St. Paul himself if he said, that
them there pillars were not stones. Don't you see
where three or four stones fell outr—there they are
lying on the ground, and there are the flags our of
their place on the floor too ; what is it but the inside
of an old church, got up on purpose to take money,
out of the people's pockets, I would not spend my
time looking at it, I can see a better building every
day for notlung.

We give this dialogue without any comment, as we
deem it mom eloquently expressive of the illusion
which this exhibition is calculated to produce, than
even the pen of the Great Unknown himself.

An explosion took place at Mr. Wakefield's powder
mills at Force Bridge, a few miles from, this town
(Kendal), on Tuesday morning last. About 90lbs.
g
of powder were in the mill ; and at one o'clock in the
morning,
it exploded with a dreadful noise, carry just as one of the men; arrived to look after
the works,
off the roof ; but as there was no wind up, the
splinters did not spread, but fell back into the mill,
and thus, in all probability, saved all the Others.—
There were 901bs. of powder, which had' just been
drawn off;,' standing at the door in two casks, and
which fortunately escaped, as did also the workman,
who crept under some hushes, and thus sated hinisplf
from destructione—.Kendai Chronick. -

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THE GREEKS.

TO THE EDITOR. .
Sir,—ln October, 1824, 1 quitted England for Greece,
pursuance of my resolution to, add .my huinhle ' elforts
hts, its honour, and its very existence. At that time 1
I those of a generous nation engaged in a struggle for its
t the'Philhellenes of England loud in their protestations
d vehement in their professions of good-will to the
reek cause. A few days ainee, I returned hither, and
fund the 'same penions„ not, as I expected, excited l,y the
ternate vicissitudes of good and bad fortune, and by the
noble resistance of the Hollenes, *to fresh exertions in their
favour, but indifferent to their success and forgetful of
their promises. Those who do not openly oppose the
cause of liberty, are satisfied with expressing sentiments of
(Impassion and deSpair ten times more injurious. To
these I may render myself acceptable either by espousing
their opinions or by giving a tacit consent to their asser-
tons. The injustice of such a course induced me to break
if he silence I had resolved to maintain, and honestly to
publish my opinion with respect to the present state.of the
reek contest.
I left Hydra on the I Ith, and Napoli on tjte 14th of
May. At that period one general reeling, excited by the
scent fall of Missolonghi, and stimulated by theythlica-
tion of the noble decrees, issued
,by the national Congress
Most
Epidauras, had united every party, and roused the
Most apathetic. Indignation at the .'bloody massacre of
their countrymen which had just taken place; pervaded
every bosom, and strengthened every Greek in his deter-
mination to perish rather than submit. Those who are
acqnainted with the nature of the Greek contest must
feel convinced that this resolution is rendered unnecessary,
'since submission and death are, in this struggle, synony-
pious terms. . .
resolution -,
The Government had resolved on introducing a body
f 5,000 Rumeliors into the Mores, and hod issued a de-
i;reeeeti
itnoforcraarerdy
thatir el
opening themselves a path through the midst of hostile
si onrongehirieoetts. hadit shuadcceealluded justiti
,forces, and had reached Salem, in safety, where they were
xpecting the orders of the Government, with a firm deci-
sion to revenge themselves for the loss of every tie which
ound them to life. I was informed that Niketas had sue-
-I.ceeded in taking Tripolizza by storm, and that Ibrahiin
iPaclus had up to that time not removed from *Pares.
..
The Terkish fleet had sailed for the Dardanelles, the
Egyptian for Alexandria. Sixty-five Greek vessels hail
,assembled at Napoli, and were joined daily by others; they.
were in anxious expectation of the arrival of Lord
Cochrane, and were determined to co-operate with that,
distinguished Admiral for the good .of Greece. The
Admiral Miattlis,, in whose vessel I served, has often
declared in my hearing his willingness to abandon his rank,
and to submit to the command of theirkallant ally :--" For
the good of my country," said he, " I will, if neces-
sary, become a common sailor." Those who know
this brave man and excellent patriot, will dnlv appres
ciate the value of his determination. The ttongest
tribute I can pay him, is to assert that he is the friend
of COmmodore Ilamilton. Whilst speaking of naval
matters, I may be allowed to refer to the pirates who
infest the waters of Greece, and who furnish many with
a pretext for denouncing the cause as subversivc-of
every principle of erder, and for denominating the Greek
seamen hordes otrobbirs, Nene can more anxiously de-
sire the destruction of the pirates than the Greeks them-
selves, and if their fleet was not occupied in the arduous
duty of defending the country, it would certainly
devote
its strength to putting down those common enemies of ail
nations. They arc convinced'of the injury occasioned by
the pirates to their sacred contest, and would willingly co-
operate in any measure which might serve to destroy them.
Yet even for these deluded men there is an excuse to be
pleaded. They turn their arms against European vessels,
for European vessels, protected by the colours of their re-
spective nations, have, by affording succour to their ene-
mies, conspired to render them homeless, and piracy their
sole reeeorce for subsistence.
The above is a candid description of the present state
of Greek affairs, to which I add my frank opinion, that I
consider the Greek cause at present far more hopeful- than
it has been at any period during the ewo years that I have
served the Government of Greece; and'. am'well convitt-
ced that, if those who have adVanced their .Money for the
assistance of, the Hellenes, and those who feel, or pre-
tend to feel, solicitous for their success and welfare, will
not withhold their aid at this momentous epoch, .the con-
test will not be much longer protracted. Let no noto con-
ceive an idea that by abandoning Greece to herself she
will be compelled to yield--though deierted by her fellow
Christians, she will persevere in her efforts, and if she
sinks, it will be into the grave l
In the name of the country of my adoption, in behalf
of the decendants of those to whom we are so deeply in-
debted, I implore all their co-religionists to cave them
from the cinutars of the TUrkis, or from their own swords.
I call upon those who have devoted their pecnniary means
to. Greece not to desert hernoiv, for their interests will be
ensured or sacrificed in proportion as they Haien to or
neglect my call.
Those who have given 'statistical reports of Greece.
have proved how immense her iesour ees would be if
peace and a few years' tranquillity rendered them avail-
able. Having been constantly engaged at sea, I cannot
add my own remarks on thil point ; but from the little
I have seen, anti frorn 'all I have heard, 1 'am certainly of
opinion that the independence of Greece will leave leer
creditors nothing to fear.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your very obedient servant,
JOHN M. ALLEN, Captain,Greek N
ivy.
Naiv Entlead Coffee-house, July 29.
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A vtiF-able N.--

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.uahle cargo of Slaves,
.to. the
tas! been lately landed at
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tetra
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ned
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of 500,000 f. (20,0004) Mnistartaci2stii°llon cleared a net profit
of remarlc, that this vessel in the concrlsr otfall'lceer vwoTaghYe
was boarded by a British frit:ate and a slooy of war,
the commanders of which
the c
and made 1113:08
_urPon hertgp°apeeprs,gnwilh4iner willheprrecarvegn°t
her returning
her proceeding toll
lantereedesbtinutauln4.—" DtibniliPen di.Prderat .t°
child
E. SCA PL—On Thursday morning,
MIRA
I an industrious cabinet-maker, ',anted
Fillerth fell from a window in the third story tit the
House, No. 20, .rifi.lane ; at the instant, a wcgium
a al, e of no ens ouher head,
bearing large bk t cl k '
passed . underneath; the child was fortunately re-
ceived into the, basket, to the astonishment of the
astounded owner, who, perfectly unconscious at the
moment of having been thus the means of preserving
the life of a human being, 41 o would otherwise, in
unhurt,
all prnhility, have been dashed to pieces on, the En-
t° its terrified parents
way, was wholly ignorant of the nature of this sudden
and unexpected Acquisition to her stock. The child
leaving the poor woman lamenting the loss of two '
her chickens, killed by thisextraordinary of
toinVail,
Dublin Patriot.
was restored, per/ idly