The Sun.
London, England, 1818-02-06 00:00:00

MON UM ENT

To THE

MEMORY OF THE LATE
LORD VISCOUNT MELVILLE.

Muntnnentum---

Quad non inther edax, non Aquilo invotens
Possit diruere, ant innuaterabilis
Annorutn series, et fuga ternporurn.
Hon. CAR. Lao. M. ODE 30.

Various scites had from time to time been in
contemplation for this projected Monument, to
which the public attention was called several years
ago ; and the Calton Hill of Edinburgh was sug-
gested as a most appropriate one—was approved
of by an eminent Architect, and a beautiful de-
sign given accordingly. No doubt, latterly, the
top of Arthur Seat • was also suggested, and men-
tioned in the advertisements fur subscriptions ;
but the primary motive which influences a sub-
scriber to a testimonial in commemoration of pub-
lic services, and departed greatness, is a feeling
and conviction of the justness of the tribute to he
conferred, and the particular scite or design of the
structure, 'i❑ regard to Which no absolute pledge
can in fact be given, or is ever exacted, is a se-
condary consideration, which must be regulated
by variety, of circumstances over which the sob-
scribers may, perhaps, have no cuntroul ; but
which ohey necessarily leave to be regulated, as
in the present instance, by a Committee of their
own number, and of their oven election.
The once-intended scite on Arthur Seat was,
according to unquestinuable information, aban-
doned, because it could not he obtained from, but
was refused by the pi oper Authority., This was
of itself a sufficient reason. But, besides, the
extent of funds calculated upon was inadequate to
a structure sufficiently Colossal, and appropriate to
the place and occasion, while very general doubts
we re entertained as to the effect it might produce
upon the present beautiful and impressive appear-
ance of that picturesque bill, the carriages to
whose summit, 82 feet above the level of the
sea, world have been enormously expensive.
Such were the principal reasoos for aerelin-
quisiiing Arthur Seat, the first of which, namely,
the absolute negative put upon it, was of itself
perfectly conclusive. Those again,• which deter-
mined the Commitiee to decide in tavour of the
Calton Hill, were—

Ist, Its superior eligibility in point of Sea ef-
fect, and as a land mark, of which there cannot
be a more satisfactory proof than the circumstance
of the signal-_puit, wit It was originally tried on
Arthur Seat, having been moved from thence and
placed on that very spot on the Calton Hill which
has been seleclial for the scite of the Monument,
*and where it will be seen by every ship coming
up and down the Frith, " as far as eye can dart
, - its vision ;" and as it is a Naval Monument, it is
surely proper that those whose ,ervices chiefly
contributed to its erection should derive every
possible heriAr and gratification from it. •
24, tie Land ,ffect, which has been studied and
entlSidtreri in all it bearings,. will be very fine,
particularly from various points of the great north
and smith roads leading to Edinburgh.
3d, Its City, or, as Dr. JoilllSOti would say, its
urban effect, will iiketviee be pecnliarly imposing,
in as mrieir as it will terminate George-street,
neatly in the same manner in which Nelson's Mo-
nument terminates Prince's-street,' and seen i
towering over Sr, Audrew's-sqiiare a little to the
south-of the Excise Office, it cannot fail to prove
highly ornamental to that Metropolis which dr
late Lord Melville represented in Parliament.
many years, with great honour 4 bina.seilf and ad-
arantage to his country.
4(11, Its local aptitude
.was •,, 4;strong #lirecom-
mendation in favour of theje osen scite, for, in-
dependently of the facility of access by the grand
approach on the swirl! side of the, Calton Hill,
This Monument will make a most apprnpriate
companion to the Pillar of the Great NRLsON,
tire one to the South and the other to the north
of the Observatory. The Statesman and' the
Hero,, the former the acknowledged Benefactor,
and the-letter the Idol of die Sailor, were, dar-
ing their lives, Friends, Compeers, and Coin-
' patriots. The Monuments, therefore, of their
mutual Greatness, may, it is humbly apprehended,
be placed with appropriate effect near each other.
The one was a Southern and the other a Northern
Star ; and we are iristly entitled to add (if one
may he allowed the figure) this Constellation to ,
our Northern Hemisphere.
Lastly, The scite was approved of by several
eminent architects, who have given designs for
the Monument. and by many Gentlemen of ac-
knowledged taste. But still a certain degree of
diversity of opinion must necessarily be expect-
ed to prevail, and it is impossible to look for a
general coincidi.nce of. sentiment in any matter
of the kind.

The writer of this article can assure the subscri•
tiers, that the Committee have beeu most anxious
to do their duty faithfully and conscientiously,
and to pay every degree of respect to their feelings
and. suggestions ; and he trusts they will be pleased
with the effect to be produced by a Monument,
which n►ust add another splendid embellishment
to " Edina, Scotia's darling seat," which may
well be approached and invoked in the words of
our native Bard, " All Hail thy Palaces and
Towers !"
Edinburgh, Feb. Lam A SUBSCRIBER.

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Sr. George's Fields, Ott. 1817.

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THE SUN.

IMAM QUIS DICEItF. FALSUM AUDEAT

LONDON,
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1818.

The Paris Papers of Tuesday last, which were
due this morning, have not come to band.

THE FUNDS.—The Funds began to look up this
morning. Con•,ols opened for the Account at 80i,
went to and at twelve o'clock the Commis-
sioners gave 80.1 for Money, and were served ge-
nerally by the jobbers. At one Consols were 80i4
for the Account.

It will be seen by our Parliamentary Report,
that a Committee of Secrecy was appointed by
ballot last night, in the House of Lords, to ex-
amine the Papers communicated by Government,
and that in the Hot,se of Commons it was de-
cided, after some discussion, to refer the Papers
to a Committee similarly chosen, which is to be
hallotted for this day. The only point in the
latter worth remarking upon, is the determined
opposition made by Mr. TIERNEY to a measure,
the counter-part of which he warmly supported
in 1801, when he very ably refuted argu-
ments precisely similar to those which he himself
put forth last night