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London, England, 1818-12-12 00:00:00

ERARY REVIEW.

-The JENEIS of VIRGIL. Translated by C timmrs SYMAIONS,
D.D. of Jesus College, Oxforcl.-4to.

Velle videnrur, et in wediis conatibus rgre
Succidiums, non Lingua Valet.

Proceeding in our rrotices orthis Work, to which
Ave hsve avowed in so many instances one de-
rided aod warm attachment, we now present out
Readers with a Note which immediately tollnws
the subjects of our last extract : awl as it has
eeased us, we persuade ourselves that it will not
.be di,pleasing to them.

Book V. Line-51.
He by his mother was of Dardan blonfl;
-1 The damsel teeming by Crimisus' flood."

" Of the parentage of Acesres the fables of
'Greece do not altogether agree in their account.
But he is mostly represented as the offspring of
noble Trojan lady, l'l7 110 itb her two sisters,
having been delivered by Larminedon to some ski.
Um) Pirates, was conveyed to Sicily, where she
became pregnant by the river God, Cr itnisus.---s
The name of this river, as it mos) be cursorily re-
marked, is in many edit loos of Virgil erroneoesly
urieten, Crinistis ; for in the Greek it is liceteterc
or Kceyeeeel:,-..1n the wild rhapsody of Lyeophi on,
the God om this occasion is said to have changed
himsdf into a dog ; and the nitrate of the girl's
VII her to have been Pl,aenodamas, with whom the
Ii ii was etivwkd, in consequence of his hating
centrihnted to the exposure of Ilesione, the
King's darrehter, to the Sea Nlonstt r. (v. Lycoph.
Alex. I . 951.) Thee river-gods wet e amorous
root prolific ; and more than one of the Homeric
Heroes claimed them for their fathers. I:1 much
later times, time superstition, svhich at once gave
bel;rf to these interconises, and suggested the
suer ns of their becoming prolific, was not wholly
cl at!icared front the popular mind. The custom
of maidens, previously to their marriage, bathing
and offering their virginity to the God of the river,
contitLied, as we know, to the most enlightened.
period of Greece ; and schines, in one of his
letters, it laces the circumstance of a young Athe-
nian named Chinni, who was his companion,
having persona'cil the God, Scamander ; and,
under this semblance, havieg violated the beauti-
ful callir dice, as she was making the accustomed
offer to :he sacred river. The story, which, as I
believe, has been frequently cited, is to be found
in the tenth letter of the Athenian Orator. In
his time, at least, there were no doubts, as we
mae observe, respect log the existence or the course
of the Seamauder, which then remained invested
with old and traditionary saw- -ty, derived, as
there can be little_question, ft :m the times of
sacred Troy. Whether the hot and the cold
spring, to determine t he site of this song-renowned
city, were then discoverable, is more than I can
ee..l,;e ; but 1 leel assused that. ,Eschines could
have ascertained the precise Geography of the
'groat!, arid have removed at once all those diffi-
culties which have puzzled and baffled the re-
searches of our modern travellers. Alexander
would not have offered sacrifice at the tomb of
Achilles on the shores of the iirilespont, it that
Hero had been the creature of fiction, or had
fallen, according to Jacob Bryant's most fanciful
notion, upon the plait's of Egypt. By an indul-
gence of the habit of scepticism, men may bring
themselves to doubt of the existence of every
tiring, which is not obvious to their eyea, or cannot
be grasped with their hands. Though Homeri-
celly sceptical, however, Jacob Bryant was a most
firm believer, as is universally known, in all the
truths of our Holy Religion. They, indeed, rest
upon evidence, which it is impossible for any
learned and unprejudiced inquirer to reject. 1
am aware that doubts hang over the authenticity
of these Epistles of JEschines ; and I am not pre-
pared or diSposed to defend it. But if they are
forgeries, they are forgeries of an old date ; and
the circumstance of their being ancient OA nine
of them were acknowledged and praised by Pho-
tios), will he sufficient for the greater part of toy
purpose in their adduction."

LONDON JOURNALS.

[FLOM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.]

[Morning Chronicle.]

Accounts wee yester►tay received from York,
hi Upper Canada, dated the 31st of October, wnh
intelligence ?hat the persoi,s belonging to, or
connected with the North West Company, who
were accused as principals and accessaries in what
was called the murder of Governor Scruple and
his party, in the Red River, in 1616. were fully
acquitted. The al of Bouche and Brown, who
were partie in the contest when M. Scruple and
hie followers were killed. took place before Chief
Justice Powell on the 26th, and lasted two days—
tl►at of the other parties on the 30th of October ;
and in the trial, in charging the Jury, the
Judge, Mr Bolton, declared that, in his opinion,
there was not a particle of admissible testimony
affecting the prisoners. l3ouche, the half-bred
Indian, who was first tried, had Seen confined 26
months a close prisoner, previous to his dis-
charge on his acquittal.

renounce all claim to the c t ment at Colort,
River, in the name of the British Governnieta,
and the AmeticanCommissioner was going there
to settle 'natters. They were in w dreao.ftil state
at Litna, havitg neither wheat, flour, beef, nor
any hind' f provision, and if sn'pj'dies continued
to be cut off as rigorously as commenced, a 'evo-
lution was considered inevitable.

CARLTON;HOUSE A.ND THE PRTNCE REGENT.."--
The Payee Regent arrived at Brighton on Thurs-
day, in five hoetrs and a half, from Carlton-house.
A select circle will join the Prince on Sunday
morning, among whom will he the Marquis and
Marchioness of Hertford. It is said that the
party will not break up for some weeks. The
Marquis and Marchioness of Chnlmondeley will
go down on Tuesday or Wednesday. Ills Royal
Highness was occupied, for many days previously
to his dyparttoe, in determining on the style of
architecture to I.te introduced as his tu:ure resi-
dence ; and ;it last the new arrangements are de-
termined upon. Cat lion-House is to be levelled
with the ground. The first proposition from the
architect was to raise the building a story ; but
insuperable difficulties were found to be in the
way of adding eift'ct to grandeur. 'I he whole
structure, C,erefore, will be removed in the spring
of next year, and a new Palace erected in its
tread, upon a magnificent scale. To give effect
to this, War Nick•house and ‘Varwick-street will
be removed, and the site occupied by a court,yattl
and domestic offices.. Some houses on tire gist
and west, in. Pall-Mall, arc also to be removed.—

Numerous rumours wet e yesterday circulated
in the City 'dative to the intentions of the
It was stated that all t One Pound Notes were
immediately to be withdrawn front
at►d gold tokens issued in their stead. This state-
ment however is not correct ; but it is generally
understood that no more small notes will be issued
alter the present month ; and we are happy to add,
that the Commissioners for devising means for
the prevention of Forgeries have been so active
in their inciniries that there is every reason.
to believe the mode we have so often recommend-
ed will speedily he adopted for the general
convenience and protection of the Public.--(Thiel )

THEATRICAL REGISTER.
• Performed Last Night.
THEATRE ROYAL, DRUEY-LANE.—(BO time), Brutus: Lu-
cius Junius, Mr. Kean; Tarquinia, Mrs. W. West. After
which, Is He Alive?
THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN.—The Earl of Warwick:
Earl of Warwick, Mr. Macready; Marg•aret of Anjou, Miss
Somerville. After which, The Wedding Day. To which
was added, The Libertine.

'TO CORRESPONDENTS.
BIBLIOPHILUS, MEHCAToIt, PRIDEAUx, and the Letter on
Sutcwe, very early next week.

For ATTORNATUS, see the First Page.

ERRATA rs: STACK/IC/USE'S LAST LETTER.—For wile read
rebate—hrox read Nox—circitherotat made two words in-
stead of one—labor est made one instead of two.

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