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-/.ll4tglitCLlS.' *LIVE of vrrutAGoßis, or PYTHAGORIC
'LfFE. Accompanied by Fragnienti of the Ethical Writ-
ings of certaiii Pylliagorians in the Doric Dialect; and a
'Collection of Pytliagoric Sentences from STnazzus and
others, which are omitted by GA LE in his Optiscula Nlytho-
logica, and have nut been not rect by any Editor. Trans-
lated t.eitu tlot Greek. By TuamAs "raYLatt.

The name of PYTHAG.R.as has teen transmitted

-with such honour through many ages, that every
thing relative to so celebrated a Philosopher must"
'be in no slight degree interesting. 'lite author of
his life, lAMBLICUS, was diatinghisid
character, and was followed by all the lovers of
learning and philosophy during his life. The
Translator, in his preface to the Work before us,
gives a brief account of the lite of lamßetcus, and.
'refers us for farther information to his own Ilistoy
Of the Restoration of the Platonic Theology, and
for a critical intelligence of all his W.oilis to the
Grmca of FABRICIUS. Mr. TAYLOR's
devotion to the Natonic Philosophy is so well
known, that he is generally distinguished by the
'name Of PLATO TAYLOR. The learning of this
`Gentleman has been abundantly displayed in many
original and translated works. That this trans-
lation of the woik of lameicos is accurate will
therefore
,admit of no doubt. That the Translator
was necessarily obliged to give a faithful version
of his Author in every respect, must be admitted;
otherwise, as there is much fabulous matter in
the work, it might have been more interesting to
the reader if that fabulous matter had been omit-
ted. lAMBLICUS, ttithr all his wisdom, was evi-
dently an enthusiast in every thing that related to
PYTHAGORAS ; and it may almost be conceived,
that he considered him as a Divinity. In this re-
spect, therefore, lAMBLICOs displays a degree of
credulity unworthy of a philosopher, and particti.
larly of a philosopher whose wine has descended
With so much honour to posterity. As he was,
of course, a believer in the doctrine of the trans-
migration of souls, as inculcated by his master, it
is not wondeitul that he should appear to credit ri
what PYTHAGORAS had said of hirnself, viz, that
be had been ELIPHoRBC/S, the son of I'ANTHUS, who
conquered PATRoceus at the siege of Troy ; but
that he should relate that PYTHAGORAS, " Once
passing over the River Nessus, with many of his
associates, he spoke to it, and the liver, in a dis-
tinct and clear voice, in the hearing of his fol-
lowers, answered, flail, Pythagoras," is such a
proof of credulity, if not folly, as is calculated to
throw an air of ridicule upon his work in general.
tare are also told by lAMBLIeUS that PYTHAGORAS
had a golden thigh, not a work of art, like that
.
of a celebrated female Italian singer, who made a
great noise in this country, but one formed by
nature, and that PYTHAGoRAS used to display it
on partiiidar occasions, in order to demonstrate
the superiotity of his powers. There are other
'circumstances recorded by I AMpLicus equally ab-
surd, and yet they are delivered by hint as facts
in the history of PYTHAGORAS. It might be ex-
pected, that as the learned Translator has, in his.
tiotes, corrected the mistakes of other writers who
did not understand the meaning of lAMBLICUS, iu

certain passages, he would have made some com-
ments on these evident absurdities. But the work
abounds with admirable maxims. •We do not
think that a sufficient explanation has been given
of the reason .why PYTHAGORAS prohibited his
disciples from touching beans. It has been sup-
posed by some, that he did not prohibit beans as
unwholesome food, but that as black and while
beans were used in ballots for public employ-
ments, or on poli.ical occasions, he rather intend-
ed to eau! ion his pupils against any concern in
State matters. We cannot fully understand

why PYTHAGORAS, if he thought his doctrines

.rue, should be desirous of confining them
'wholly to particular Disciples, for it may
reasonably be supposed that truth would contri-
bute to the happiness as well as the instruction
of mankind. But this work, on -the whole, as we
have before said, abounds in useful maxims, and
it is imp►►ssible to read it with attention without
deriving some moral improvement from it, in the
regulation of the Passions, and in forming the
character upon the pure principles of a benevo-
lent Philosophy. The Public are, therefore, much
indebted to the learned Translator for presenting
a work to them which enables them to form an
estimate of the character of PYTHAGORaS, and to
profit by his philosophy, at least by that part of
it which relates to human life, and the conduct
necessary to render it happy.

WILLIAM COTTERELL, Esq. Sword Bearer of
.the City of London, died on Tuesday evening last,
somewhat suddenly, at his house in i3road•street.
111 r. .COTTERBIL was in his 70th year, and had
held the Office of Sword Bearer upwards of forty
years. His death will be long lamented by his
disconsolate family, and Et very extensive Circle of
Athuiring friends. '

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LOP WOOD, MAY 5, 1618.
Excellency the Goverupr having

prohibited my writiog direct to him, by a letter of

Majr Gurrrquer, dated the 23d ()f April, 1 beg of
you to lay before him the following observations
upon the letter which yon wrote by his directions

on the 19th of April last :-
1 persist in my assertion, tha► at the commence•
meat of Jane last, and antecedent and subsequent

to it, his Excellency the Governor made known
to n►e intentions of subjecting. me to the same re-
strictions as the French, sayinLY, " that since I
was Napeoleon Buonaparte's Surgeon, and form-
ing part of his family, I ought to be subjected to
the same restrictions." To which I answered,

that our Government bad granted to Napoleon

►he privilege of taking with him to St. Helena
il►ree of Officers, twelve servants, and his Stir-

that I was pointed out by Count Bee-
trattato replace the French Surgeon, but that not
being willing to relinquish toy character as a Bri-
tish Officer, I hail made conditions that I should
he placed On the list as a Surgeon on full-pay, and
that 1 shoold be paid by the Euglish Government,
and consequently should not ever be considered
as out of the protection of the laws. of my coun-
try. Lord Keith, the Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty, and the Government, had it in
their power to Rinse a compliance with these
stiptilations, but in that case I would not have
accepted the employMent, and would have pre-
ferred remaining upon half-pay 3 after the paying
cif of the Bellerophon, to being employed as a
Surgeon in an equivocal situation, which might
lead to a supposition that I had for a moment re-
nounced the character and other titles appertain-
ing unto a British Officer. As a proof of this, I
sent to his Excellency my letter to Lord Keith.
It is not as a Naval Surgeon that I am placed
about Napoleon's person, who might just as well
have chosen one from amongst she ArmyStargeons,
or amongst the Private and Civil Surgeons or
Physicians practising in London or Edinburgh,
because the decision of our Government was, that
he should take with him his Surgeon, and Lord
Keith proposed to send a vessel to France ex-
pressly for the purpose of bringing him one ; and,
before authorizing me to accept of Count Ber-
trand's propos:11,10s Lord-hip insisted that Count
Reiff-and should write an official letter to him, in
which he made known that Napoleon demanded
me as his Sort:eon, in place of the French Surgeon.
If the Lords Cononis•ioto.,rs of the Admiralty
caused me to be borne as Sttpei unliterary Surgeon
of the Northumberland, Newcastle, and Conque-
ror, it was on account of my own demand to be
kept upon the list of Surgeons on full pay, and
was just the same as it their Lordships had placed
me on the books of the flag-ship at the Nore,

•
Portsmouth, or Plymouth, (my pay is furnished
ro the by order of the Admiralty, as Surgeon to
Napoleon Bunn a parte) ; but this does not confer
any right or authority upon the Officers of the
Conqueror, or the Admit al, over me personally ;
indeed, the Admiral signified as (Mich to me, and

his Excellency the Governor himself has repeatedly I
told me the same; and moreover, prohibited my
communicating to the Admiral any thing re-
lative to Longwood. If the Captain of the ship,
upon the books of which I am borne, or even the
Admiral, has no right to give me any orders in
the extraordinary mission with which I ant en-
trusted, I am not subordinate to any other man
than the Governor, not in a military point of view,
or as a naval officer, but by a civil title, and as sur-
geon, to Napoleon linonaparte, with the charge
of whom he has been entrusted, and as such, 1
have never failed in executing whatever he im-
posed upon me, except inasmuch as I found it
contrary to my honour. 1 know well, Sir, that
military obedience is passive, and does not admit
of any hesitation or objection ; but it is not so
with civil obedience, and still less so in a person
charged with an employment of so delicate a na-
ture as I am.—l am a poor man, and ten years
service in the navy have not enriched me, and 1
stand in need of my situation in order to gain a
livelihood, but I am ready to sacrifice it a thou-
sand times over sooner than allow a stain to'be,
directly or indirectly, cast upon my character.
For the due performance of my medical func-
tions, until now, I have considered 'myself as not
having any explanation to render, except to Na-
warm' himself. He has made no complaint

against the manner in which I have fulfilled them.
I ndeed, on the contrary, 1 have frequently been ap-
plauded by him, as well as by other patients in
his suite, for the zeal with which 1 administered
my professional assistance.
When I accepted the situation, I made known
to Count Bertrand that 1 would not willingly quit
Napoleon so long as he remained in the unfortu-
nate situation in which he was placed, and in the
presence of Captain Maitland I made an open en-
gagement to attend Napoleon and the Officers of
his suite, independent of all hatred or national
prejudice, of any influence whatever in the admi-
nistration of my professional assistance as a me-
dical man, and that I would employ as much zeal,
attention, and fidelity towards them as could be
expected from me by one of my own countrymen.
I deny the intention which you attribute to me
of desiring to quit Longwood, and assert it to be
enfounded. You declare that it was known in
England, and make a supposition that 1 was the
person who made such intention known, which
supposition you argue upon as being correct ; I
am ready to remain at Longwood, provided (as
I said in my letter of the 19th April) I am allow-
ed to exercise my vocation as before the 10th of
April, and with the same independence. From
the first day of his Excellency'ssarrival he appear-
ed desirous of sending me away, although I had
never given him cause to do so, probably because
belonged to the Navy, and that having been
demanded by Napoleon I had not been appointed
by his Excellency himself. Upon this occasion I
had often opportunities of making known 'what a
•ride difference Napoleon made between a Surgeon
who had been chosen by himself and any Surgeon
belonging to the Ariny, let him be who he would,
and that those %rho imagined if the person in
whom he bad confidence seas removed he would

bestotv k upon another, knot, his tharatter but
very badly.
Yon say, Sir, that if I was on board a.'maia of
war, I would be obliged to obey very ordtr
receivetl front the Captain. I grant this, and
that if I was ordered to cook tit victuals of the
sick I would comply with it, beca tlNsdesign of
this would be for the good of his Majety's .ser-
vice and for the honour of his flag, and because
military obedience does not admit of any delibe-
ration ; bat I have always considered that St.
Helena is n'ot a man of war, that the Governor is
not the Captain, and that I am not the Surgeon
of the crew ; but that St. Helena is a Government
of one of our possessions, that Sir Hudson Lowe is
the Governor, and commands by virtue of a civil
title, that I form one of Napoleon's suite, and am
attached to his person with the functions of
Surgeon.
I do not reply to the diffetent suppositions yon
have made, otherwise than by declaring them ca-
lumnies. 1 have made with Napoleon the pact
which I mentioned above, and such as exist be-
tweet) all men of honour, and in every society of
Gentlemen. Your insinuations do not inspire me
with the smallest fear. IVith a pure conscience,
and born an Englishman, nothing is to be dreaded
from such engines of tyranny, nor from half or
quarter proofs. A Jury or a Court-martial is
the privilege of every Englishman, and is his
guarantee against every act of arbitrary power—
is the guarantee of the weak and the simple
against the powerful ; and if the Govern-
ment accepts my resignation, rather than allow
me to continue to perform tuy avocations
agreeable to the engagement which I made in
August, 1815, I have too much -confidence in
the Lords of the Admiralty, to fear that they will
not see justice done to me ; and that they will not
order me (according to my right) to be brought
before them. At any rate, not being employed
in the squadron, hut having a particular mission,
that mission finished, no person can dispose of
me. _ . _

In recapitulation : if the detention which I have
been made to suffer at Longwood, is to subject
me to the same restrictions as the French, my
right as an Englishman, which 1 li,ve always
preserved, protects me from it. If it is a regula-
tion for the exercise of my functions as sur-
geon, I have given no cause for complaint ; 1
am accountable to the patient to whom I am at-
tached for the performance of them. If it is a
punishment, my cal .ue ought to be made known
to me. I should be heard, in order to answer it ;
and judgment should have been pronounced upon
it ere now. But the Governor wished to dispose
of my situation. By letters written from London
more than twelve months hack, I was informed
that his Excellency had demanded my being re-
placed ; and in July, 1817, I expressed my sur-
prize to himself that he had done so, which
produced an explanation that brought clown upon
me a tolerable portion of abase. I was also in-
formed that the Government did not consent to
it. If this is cot rect, it is for him to judge whe-
ther the conduct which has been put in practice
towards me, and which obliges me by force, and
not by consent, to give in my resignation, is con-
formable to the respect due to his inteutions.—
Since June last, I foresaw that such were his Ex-
cellency's views, and communicated to the Admi-
ral's Secretary the unpleasant situation in which I
was placed, and the apprehensions I was tinder.
As Napoleon has not seen me since the 14th of
April last, and I fear that some dangerous effects
may occur from it, beg leave to propose putting
matters upon the footing they formerly were un-
til the arrival of an answer from England. lam
inclined to think, that if Napoleon was informed
that the Governor considered me as his surgeon,
as bolding the place of a Prench surgeon, not be-
ing subject to military discipline, but to civil obe-
dience, that things were put, upon the footing they
were since my arrival, at least until the receipt
of an answer from Government, that he would
renew the confidence which he formerly mani-
fested. The actualstate of matters now is appalling,
and will probably produce a most unpleasant sen-
sation,. both in England and Europe. The Gover-
nor may, perhaps, reflect upon the terrible re-
sponsibility which weighs upon him, if (as is
possible, and even very probable) Napoleon, de-
prived of assistance, was to die before the expi-
ration of the five or six months which are required
to obtain an answer from England.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient humble Servant,
BARRY E. O'MEARA, Surgeon.
To Lieut.-Col. Sir Thos. Reads, C. B.

Adjutant• Gen. &c. &c. &c.

THE GRAND DUKE MICHAEL.

DUBLIN, AUG. 25.—Yesterday his Imperial
Highness the Grand Duke MicnaEt. was enter-
tained at dinner by . his Excellency the ,Loiuj
LIEUTENANT, at the Vice-Regal Lodge in the
Phcauix Park. There were present—
Generals Pashewitch and'Aledenshi ; Baron De Nicolay ;
Drs. Humel and Miehaelowslii; Alderman Exshaw, locum
tennis for the Lord Mayor; Lady F. Talbot; Sir E. and Lady
E. B. Baiter ; Mr. and Lady A. Gregory; the Commander of
the Forces; Lord and Lady Forbes; Earl and Countess of
Mayo; Earl and Countess of Charlemout ; Lord and Lady
Aylmer; the Countess of Glengall ; Lori Caher ; 'Lady Ross-
more; Lord Norbury; the Master of the Rolls ; the Right
Hun. W.V. itzgerald ;• the Earl of Meath ; the Provost;
the Hon. and Rev. Mr.Talhot ; General lire,'; Sir S. Bruce ;
Sir C. Vernon ; the Surgeon-General ; Mr. Drummond ; the
Bev. Mr. flawtry ; Mr. Nap. r ; Colonel Master; Major
Spottiswood, and Captain Bridgeolan,&c. &c.

This day the Grand Duke Michael visited the
College, the House of Indus►ry, the Lunatic
Asylum, and the Fo►►ndlin; Hospital, and ex-
pressed himself highly gratified with those several,
Institutions. He spoke in warm terms of pane-
gyric of the,whole system upon which our Uni-
versity it conducted. The Lord Lieutenant is to
dine with his Imperial Highness this day, at Mor-
r;son's Tavern. To-morrow the locu►n tenors for
the Lord Mayor will entertain the Grand Doke
in .the Mansion-house, and on Thursday he is to
dine with the Commander of the Forces. On
Friday his Imperial Highness will dine again with
the Lord Lieutenant and a select party ; and on
Saturday, we understand, l►e will leave town for
Holyhead, on his way to the seat of the Marquis
of Anglesea.

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Chatacters by Mr. Terry and Nlrs. Glover. o'l
Lovers' Quarrels. To which was added, Y. Y. Z•dricateer!
THEATRE }Lova L, ENGLISH OPERA, STRAND.--The Atte'
Captain Irons Wes, Mr. Ilarley; Sophia, Miss
which, The Death of Captain COO%.

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LONDON,
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1818•

. _ .
We received this morning the Paris Tarr"
Tuesday last. The following are extracts''
" Aug. 25.—Yesterday being tie e:
of St. Louis, his Majesty received the felictlic,
lions of the Ministers, Marshals, Cardinals, 5
The assemblage at thg Thuilleries was ituiller°o

and brilliant. ,:oci
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The Count de Frimont, General Commaiv) t
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