The Sun.
London, England, 1818-02-02 00:00:00

TO.ILELp BY AUCTION,

By Mr. SOTHEBY, at -.ltisiloTtse,l44,-trand, opposite
Catherine-street, un.MON.DAY, Yelquary '2, and Twelve'
folTowini: pays Nod:us and Febn:ary 18th excepted), at
12 utatJa, .
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TilE V;tlnable and Extensive COLLECTION
of PRINTS, consisting principally Of BRITISH POR-
TRAITS, the Property of, the late HOMY IBBOTT, Esq.
einfiracing -every Deseciption.of Charaeter, from .the earliest
Period down to the Commencement of the present l vigil, by
the most eminent Engravers, viz Faitkorne, Glover, Hollar,
LottgaiL Lombart, Atarehatl. Valelc, Vandrehane, Voerst,:'2e.
Many of which are of peculiar rarity, :yid several itnirpte.
Also, the lvorks of GEORGE 'VERTI7E, .containing a
number of Proofs, and curious Variations, rare Me, zn-
than- Portraits, by .Beckett...;'"l3tnwae. Blooteling, Place,
Totupson, Vati.Somer, VerKolye, &e. inclutfinz the
much esteemed Works of J. Spit,ttls, chir, F;,,e
o. Forel..ni Portrahs by Dr&it, Eacliack, Masson,
Nanteueil,, Van SclrtipPerf; Miseeltanetnis Pristt s by An-
cient Masters, a few Cop orplatt,,-Boolis of Prints and Use-
ful Port-folios.
TTic abore bolieeliWii":4lii 'formed near.. Forty Years
by;the Father of Mr. the
.well-known and ex-
perien-,;ed Benjamin Ilibott, F.Sq. 'the Friend and Fellow COI--
lector of the late Cord Orford, the Ree.• Mr. Granger, Mr.
Gniston.'Sir Musgrave, Sir—lames Lake, Richard
-Bull, and Anthony Storer, Esq. &c: &c, and remain in the
same State they camel 'into the ptisgessiOn of the late Pro-
prietor. •. .
TA be viewed on Thursday, January 29th. .to the time of
Sale, ituil`Catatogues (price had at the Place of Sale.

Paper, call the attention of the Public to a most
important communication issued On that day front
the Philosophical Sanctnary• of INlaitten7tane.---
Upon reading the article, I rubbed my eyes, and
went Over it a second tune, with the greatest at •
tention, so as to satisfy myself that there wis no
deceinitti iu tity organ ; still I could not recnn
cile it vttith my notion of probability that such a
piece of intelligence caviar) seriously be imparte::
trout such a Attarter. At length, I concluded 'that
it: cOttanolY be a hoax calculated to afford the
OorOlightuntigers a motnentary triumph, .in Order
to plunge theist afterwavds into deeper disapi)oitit--
went. Under this petsuasion,.l
,waited impa-
tiently tier the next Sunday's Publication, folly
eApectittg that the intellig'ence eotitra-
,;icteCWith a beat ty latigh at the Anii-RetOrmers
for their easy credulity. To my'great.utslonish-
tt,: nt 1 taunt! this Diu 'to 1.),!. the erase; Yet.leati••
not. bring myself to,helievc,- but it may have been
:Ow intention of the Maiden-lane Philosopher to
arlow the.anti- RefOr iners‘to enjoy themselves some
time lott4er, which of course would Make their
passage tIOITI delusion to reality the More pain-
fill. I shall 'therefore keep this letter by nie, to
be chitty sent to you, or thrown into the fire, as
iwaters ni,,y !urn out.

It app...ais then, that the veteral Champion of
REFOHM, the undaunted advocate of the rights of
the greater number, the terror of Bormighmon,-
-,ets, the livi”g.head 'and spring of all Const u-
,ional infutmation, 'the renowned Major CA FIT-
RIOVT, ut Whose hod whole myriads 01 signa-
:ures readily spread over whole furlongs of parch-
:ment too loriky for the size- of. St. Ste-
phen's Chapel :—it iti.pears that this star of the
'firsi tna:.;ttit tide among the bright orbs which so
libi;ra!!y shine and shed their salottity influence
upt(nt ii;is benighted [slam!: after poring for above
halt a Cent nry over musty, t ecords ; after straining
his precions eyeballs upon half obliterated ori-
ginal monuments, and long-torgotten enactments,
has at length found our ;.--,vhat ?---Wiwy, That
way tli.--naLitian-lafe4V pursued, and by him
strenuously promoted, was absolutely satemistitti-
tional,:and that the best constitutional way is to
db sO'hypelitiuus of only twenty names to each !
liow he came by this wonderful discovery is no!
explained, but it is candidly acknowledged that
the.Ofigirchists (a word of ominous sound, fit to
make the hair of all pot-house politicians stand
an end II have been mainly instrumental in drii-
ing the quirk-4;lv ed Patriarch to this rover be-
fore' di carat of terra incognita. So true is the
Latin proverb, Ve.ratio dat intellectuml it is to he.
piously tniped that the Major will not stop short
in his discoveries, but that,having so long and so
anxionsly employed both his Waking and sleeping
thoughts on the subject of Reform, with respect
to other people. lie will in a. lucky hour turn
those thoughts toward's himself,'and perhaps ulti-
mately find out that the object most in need of
Reform is HIS OWN BRAIN.

Yo►pe has given us, with 'admirable brevity, the
climax of a certain lahoriOus class of writers

" Come have at first for Wits, then Nets past,
Timed Critics next, and proe'd plain Fools at last."
And who knows but there nits be a similar one
for Retorntet s ?
In the mean time, however, Parliathent and the
public are, it seethe, to be presented with a few
thousand editions of The illemuirs of P. P., Clerk of
this Parish. Every part of the country, front Ihe
populous and noisy town, to the thinly-inhabited
.ind quiet hamlet, is to furnish its political dub,
in which all honest' farriers, collar-makers, 'car-
Pe-niers, ;tattlers, and other the like worthies of
'the present day, are-to sit in grave zonsultation
upon all matters of Constitution, Law, .or Go-
vernment. And it is to be intiMatetl to all ruling
Powers, BY AUTiintlITY, that even as these sages
shall be pleased of their great wisdom to devise,
are they to do."

To doubt their honesty and disinterestedness ;
extent of their knowledge on all political,
commercial, or financial subjects-on theitne-
rests, plans, dispositions, and strength of Foreign
l'owers----;anal oilier matters of the same trifling
import, wotild be hi4lily unbecoming. The hoary
SoLomoN of James-srteet, Pindicri, and the
young DANIEL of Nlaiden-lane; give us their word
for it, and that 11 enough. Besides, they are
MANY; consequently they must necessarily be in
the right.
_

It is, true that a certain stupid fellow cslled
BuTt.tur, wl►o some how .or other contrived to
at-naive the reputation of a wit, wiitch he still pre-
serves with sOtne equally stupid fello►+s, had the
imputieuee to write,

" For tho' most hands dispatch apace,
AiOl make light 'yolk (the proverb says),
Tet many' different intellects
Are banul to hove contrary effects;
many,ticads, t' obstruct hitrign,s,
As slowest insects have most le, ~"

F:UMBRAS.

Bit what'of that ? We know better now-a-tia)s.
And wortuver, tt, the aforesaid BUTLER i$ allowed