The Sun.
London, England, 1816-03-05 00:00:00

a dispoitiusa on the .oppoiite side to votipnne the
rootio., ot the thou. Mviiiber tor I'4s3eX (Mr.:
't‘ tvitich stood for Tuesday, to a foure.
(lay ? This being, ob.yeted to, after a :shot t con-
versation, in %vhich KroitghanC, Mr. F'. Lewis,
Lon! ljilt,ltt, Sir C. littskisson, and
Tirrney participacvd, it was agreed .that Mr.
Western's Motion should come on this day, and
that:the Adjourned Oebate, shoold be resumed to-
two row (lVednesday.) .
The Ifoio;e.thett resumed, and after a tew itn-
jrnportlipt ppers had been bron,lit up; adjourned
at Tao o'Ck.Jcit (Lis morning.

THE SUN REVIEW.

(No. CXXI.)

.1 .7.ll,fp:rry4it al Dictionary Of the Living .4 Whips Great
If, and Ireland; colorizing Literary Nletnoirs and
. of their Liyes and aClironolo;ieal Register
e‘ of their Vnblications, the number of Editions printed;
notices of some Foreign Writers, whose wort.'
le.ve bet -a occasionally published in England. Illustrated
`l.l a valiety of communications from Persons of the first
''itiiiiten're. in the world of, letters. SAO. pp. 4.1 n. price 14s.
• iietiTy COlburn, Lendott, 1316. •

. . .
,-.IYo seize the, earliest possible opportunity Of
'noticing this publication, not only because we
Itave seldom seen one wore useful mill entertain-
ing-. but because the sooner the attention or the
literary world is attracted to it, there will be the
better opportunity for inroving subsequent
editions.

- 1r is heolly necessary to dwell on the utility of
such a worl. as tire above title page announces.
The design is admirable, and the only qnestioe for
teßeview is the execution of' a plats hi itself so
'eeellent. The gut/alum eteruit Tots on this point,
and we rejoice to he able to state, front a careful
Inspection, that the labour, diligence, and ability
devoted to this Dictionary are equal to its eon-
eeption. Abort ten thousand names are recorded
-7-the army of existing writers in this age of au-
thorship. And these are Hot seellown like • the
ary roll-call of a reetment. Short biographical
sketches in some, pleasant aneerlOtee in otheri4
end the cntalogue of their productions in all, let
the Reader as it were into the private history of
the whole host. We !wee thus been greatly amused
by opening the volume, as if trying the Soqes
rirgitianx, end discovering here one that we
know, hut never sespected of the crime of printing
before : there another, whom we 'knew to be
" one of the fraternity," but with the number of
Whose wriiks 'we were previously unacquainted :
;mini lists of tW) pohlications of cc:Marked
abthors : attic nritiees of elution; and poblicationa-
,
rit whom and of Which we' nevertheard till now'..
Merl' indeed are the eulogituns on surviving books
in these pages, and not less numerous are the
with the name and description of the
dee:erred.' Peace Abe with their. dust---we can
avmpathize 'both with the living' and the dead,
111,11 while pleased with the'praise of the former,
ireave a sigh to the memory of the deceased.
We were prepared for innumerable cunissions,
nihrepresentations in a compilation
like the present, and were must agreeably disap-
pointed in our eNpectations. To say such a wink,
‘04,4 s;i,rieet , would he to speak absurdly, but we Can
etateesoit truly, cle!t, there are fewer errors than
Could have been enticipeteil by the most sanguine.
The paint enquiry, the industry, and skill Which
hive been, applied 'to render it worthy of the
public, have far exceeded any pre-conceived idea
that we mild have ventured to. form on the per-,
feetion which Was attainable. Doubtless the
voluMe .may 'and- will be much augmented and.
tmentled '; hut literary men must step forward to
Aid the Etlithrs brads respect, and thus make the
fdtiire editions, (we speak with confidence,
spired by the nature of the work of other and.
numerous editions) of a publication so' peculiarly.
interesting to literature, still more deserving of
i :iversal patronage.
It is a ditty which ereeyAuther niece to him.
self and to the communitylo which he belongs, to
etiotrihetie all the information in his power towards
tlili object. Such -we.knievelo he the intention
of Many renitent characters who (mite-with us
iii iiioity apereciating she value of the Biogra-
phical DictiOnery. •
The Editors, will, however, still have a dilli-
ettly testi 'to perform. Personal vanity will press.
Hiyoh them fiatteriug views of individual merit,---
Writern are the judges of their own produttious
tine least to be relict! upon. _To preserve the ju...
tegrity of the wort:, therefore, the. Etlitoys-ontst re
Jeer all opinitios,--!they most-adhere-to simple, fads,
(ci'lffirts atane 'The only eeniureweitave trabestow
quo their labour as it now appears, is that they
have occasionally departed frOnt this system, and
given characters of men and their writings. This
is a dangerous coin!*, anti must belivoided.if they.
desire to stern!) a real end raters! *aloe upon the
hunk, it is
,impossible butt that such opinions
matt be,purtial in themselves and besides, they
liable to this objection, that they are still
more decidedly partial. in ' not' being common to
A slight 'biography, where it ean be obteine
ed, is All excellent aruh entertainiag feature, bet
e strenUOUSly advise that no' further attempts.be
tnittle to characterize those whose writings alone
ought. tri'arteak tor them in it publication of this
description.
the.rolitovs tell the Public all they know •
(the 1110 re the better) and leave-it to (aria its own
'judgment.'
it i 5 lett jeet to mention that the fault we have
noticed is very rarely committed.
Having introdueed that to our Readers which
will introduce them to a prodigious acquaintance-
air, and greatly delight them by theformela, we:
for the preaent, take our leave of " The
iliogtaphicalpietionery of Living Authots,"tpree
atoning to ednimendjt as every Way worthy of gr.
veobakitiaanti tuconrag (anent,.
•

The Paris Editors either have no news or are
prevented froni telling us what they know.
,Their
publications of' Friday are " lull of barrenness.".
The Chamber of Deputies lvas decided on some
important points of the Law to re4ulate their own
Elections. On the 29th ult. M. Da ViLtat.e,
the Reporter of the Committees, delivered a de.,
tailed reply to all the arguments Which- had 'been
urged againt their Project. He concluded by re-
ducing all the points in dispute to a series °flues-
tions,9 in number, of which the three first and most
imp' taut were immediately put to the vote, and,
after some warm discnssion, were thus carried
Ist, That the Chamber shall not be renewed (it
the revoluqonary manner) by yearly 'poi'tions, hut
(according to the English system) by an entire dis-
solution at the end of five years, if not before dis-
solva by the royal authority ; 2dly, That the age
.
fur eligibility as a deputy 4141 be thirty-five years
if single,, or thirty if married or a widower and,.
3/11y, That the ounibcr of deputies shall be 402,
in conformity with the ordinance of the 21st
July 1815. The other questions were adjourn6d
to the following day. The number of deputies
under the- Usurper was only 256, Orl-16 fewer
than is now fixed under the lawful Monarch.

German Papers contain a letter from a Greek
of Corfu, daikeribing the general joy felt by his.
Canntrymen on: the transfer of the lonian Islands
to Ilritish protection. Ile expresses a wish that
the moderuGreek language may be cultivated 'in
these Islands. The only political article worth tran-
scribing from these:Journals, is a statement that tl:e
• .
Saxon Minister, M. Gt.ont9, s somc weeks at
Berlin before' be watt it Guided 1,9 an audience of
the KING of Pltu,st.t the reason of the delay was
not known at last he was admitted to see the
KING, who is stated to have said on this occasion,
I hope that my brother your KING will be again
toy friend, and that we shall' remain gontl:neigh.
bums. :What has passed was inevitable; ona
must try to think no more Of it."

We have given some e4racts from private
letters from various parts of Spain. Our com-
mend:ll Readers will be gratified to learn that an
opening fpr their exports is likely to be made at
Cadiz.

The Array Estimates were last night examine:l
in detail. 'I he Opposition hate not been table to
lay their fingers upon one item which ill admit of
reduction. Could a more direct acknowledgment
be afforded that Ministers 'are rigidly .practising
the svholesome eeonnmy recomaiended in the
Spcech with which the Session was opened i

-Ministers gill flo their duty in submitting to
Parliament the proposition t for a modified and
limited Income Tax ; they will develope the rea-
sons on which they ground its ueeessity,—they
trill deation'strate the advantages which such Tax
possesses Over any other measure of revenue
that can be devis'ed,---they will .shew its, egna.
City of pressure on those most able to bear tax-
titian, its justice in principle, its fairness and cheap-
ness in levy, and Its slight bearing upon the most
oppressed and tower orders of the community : it
will then be than duty of Pgrtiumnit to decide on
the validity of these alignments, and we trust that
they will decide wisely for the country. It is net
the multitude of names which may ou any occa-
sion be procured as appendages to Petitions,
especially Petitions against a Tax, that ought to
bias a legislator oif a 'question which, if' any Tics-
lion ever did, appeals so rurcibly to die exercise of
his own jmigemeot—to his own information, which
most he supposed to be superior to the informa-
tion of thc Petitioners individually or collectiiely..
Ilels bound to examine the naturd did thing
itself with all the lights which his understanding
affords, -aml deliver himself of the great trust re-
posed in him according. to his conscience. The
man who does this will not only hatve his reward
in the consciousness of having thine his doty ;
he need not fear the General 'Election Which is
raised as 'a bugbear to intim..date those who dare
be honest, and despise the threats of duinagognes,

cvlo lave neither the love, tle contideret, hitt
the respect of the Public, %dote name they pre-
slime to usurp.

The Debate in the House of Commons !Intl bight,
,fte
is replete with interest. The exaggerstetiAlSt.retva
the Country, the phantom dangers of the 'Alilitary
Club, the cuckoo-song of Ficoncimy, which ispni-
versally declared to be. necessary (froM the throne
and by the Ministers as sincerely ashy the ()Km-
vents of both), and all the other column-places
of Opposition,, were- pressed into 'diseusslOri for
the' twentieth time. 'One Member (Mr. Lott-.
mots), with a good - deal of hardihood, as-
sures us, tbk we, have gained nothing by the
peace; another, Mr. DrpttaNsoN, tells us!,that
fifty persons are emigrating daily, and them-
f ore, because eighteen thousand two hundred and
fifty individuals are, according to his own state-
ment, leaving the country annually to spend the
income they derive from . it in foreign parts, he
advises tlu Minister to abstain from laying cn a
tax which will, retain at least five per cent. of
their incomes for the benefit of the native tend
, .
they desert.

Lord LAscet,Les, than whom few men- will
contribute 'more towards an Income 'Pnx, very
honourably avowed himself to be faiOurable to
that measure, with such modifications as we
know it to be the most.. anxious wish of
the Governtnent to introduce.. What can be ac-
complished to remove all reasonable objee-.
tious to the impost will assuredly be attempted,
and, as for modifying it to pleAse those whose
business is &know and who Lave no object but
to embarrass the Cabinet end embroil the Colin•
try, that task is too ridiculous to merit a thought.