The Sun.
London, England, 1818-05-26 00:00:00

P 0 E T It V.

Oh ! AssrEv, thou Laurent of Bath, in old times,
Whose Mos.: was so gay, yet discreet, in her rhymes,
Who channted the follies that floated along.
O'er Fashion's smooth tide, and the world lik'd the song—
Could'st thou live, like thy work, Dow With scorn would's.

thou frown,
I'o read the bold freedoms of young: THOMAS BflowN.
Ile strives thee to copy, and not without whim,
But thy mantle poetic has not fall'it on him.
For else he would not thus on Politics run,
But laugh at the world with more good-temper'd fort.
I\4).a—the Muse, it is plain, of this t.ws2og Tttomns BitoWig
Is as free and as bold as a Girl or the Town.

To you, Mr. Editor, once more,
To tell you with strong indignation I burnt
Because, when you ventur'd the Formes to praise)
You did not condemn certain parts of their lays.
For I hold with the Poet that " curst be the verse,"
Holvsoe'er it be hantourons, witty, and terse,
That gives " scandal to virtue" and sullies the fame
Of those who respect front the Nation may claim.
Make amende honror•able fer what you have done,
Let no more of the FUDGES appear in THE SUN,
For be sure they were spots of a very darhdye._
Which all Loyal Readers will join to decry.—
I now take my leave of yourself and all Fudge,
And) as you behave, you shall hear from
York Hotel, May 25.

BEN BUDGE

ROYAL ACADEMY.

(Continued.)

42. POrtrait of her late Royal Highness Princess Charlotte,

G. DA WE, R. A.

78. Portrait Of his Royal Lliglixe.ss Prince Leopold of So.rc,
Cohourg, G. DAWE, It. A.
NVe notice these Portraits with peculiar interest, as ad.
mirable in point of professional excellence, and in fidelity of
resemblance, but chiefly from the reflections which they must
necessarily raise in the mind on the transitory nature of all
earthly enjoyments. This Illustrious Pair were on the pin-
nacle of human happiness, but that happiness terminated in
a moment, and plunged tht. surviving party into the depths
of sorrow. The portraits are a pair of superb pictures, and
if Mr. DAWE had only produced these works, he would have
had a right to stand in the first rank with his contemporaries.

142. Landscape: a Study. J. CONSTABLE.
There is the same vivid spirit in this picture as in others
which we have previously noticed from the same Artist. lie
seems to have a peculiar felicity i❑ representing trees and
shrubbery, but without elaborate minuteness. We are not,
however, fond of what is stiled a .stadly, or a comprmition, in
the province of landscape. Perhaps we judge fastidiously,
but we certainly prefer truth on all occasions, and therefore
should rather have admired some scene of local nature, to
which we are sure that the Artist would have given an inte-
resting aspect. It is different in works connected with poetic
fable, or historical record, and in these the Artist, by exer-
cising his own imagination, may forcibly operate on the ima-
gination and passions of the spectator. The picture is pleas-
ing, but perhaps there is a redundancy of foliage.
285. A Press Gang. NV. ALLAN.
We question the propriety of representing such scenes as
the present, unless, indeed, they are intended to produce
feelings of Conipaslibh and kindness in the conduct of those
who are obliged to discharge an irksome but necessary duty.
The welfare of the State is the chief object, and therefore it
is not discreet to raise a prejudice against those who are
engaged in measures in which the safety and honour of a
countryare essentially concerned. Such is the case of PRESSING,
a subject that has often occupied the attention of alrde Poli-
ticians, and which, after all, -must be resolved into a mea:
sure of Stale necessity. The general distress of the fatally,
arising from the seizure of one of its members, as well as the
strong interest manifested by the friends and neighbours
of the party, are represented with skill, feeling, and observa-
tion of life. The start of the Commanding Officer is, how-
ever, too theatrical, but the face well expresses benevolent

sympathy and solicitude.

(To he continued )

SPORTING IN ELLIGENCE.

STATEI.IENT OF THE ODDS ON THE DERBY AND
OAKS :TAKES. May 25.
DERgY.
Titliet!..-5 to 2 agst Prince Paul. ---
Taken-3 to I and 7 to 2 agst Sam, out of Hyale.l
Talirn--8 to I agst c. by Seymour, out Of Rosa Ella.
14 to 1 agst Slim.
14 to 1 agst Brother to Milton.
1.1 to 1 agst•c. out of Castanet's dam,
is to 20 to 1 agst any other.
OAKS.

to 1 agst Fanny.
3 to 2 agst the Briseis
8 to 1 agst Lou.
8 to 1 agst f. by Phantom, out of Brush's dam.

Mr. CONWAY having felt himself personally in-
jured by certain remarks upon him, in a work
published by Mr. iIAztATT, in tbe form of Dra-
tnatic Criticisms, thought it necessary to call on
the writer for an explanation, when the following
disavowal was given
Some expressions in my riew of the English Stage,
relating to Mr. Conway, having been cdristhiled to imply PER-
SONAL DISRESPECT to that Gentleman; and to hold him up to
ridicule,. not as an actor, but as a MAN, I utterly dt.wlaint any
such intention or nteaniog, in the work alluded to, the whole
Of what is there said being strictly Intended to apply to his
appearance in certain characters on the stage, and to hit
qualifications or defects as a candidate for theatrical appro-
bation. • "W. Ltazurf."
" May 24, 181 B.l'—(Th'ilish Preis.)

.•
Oh deart Mr. Editor, what bare you done—
TO give the FUAGE FAMILY praise in Tue SyN ?
' You surely but slightly had look'd o'er the work,
For else I'm corivinc'd you would swear like a Tnr4—,.
You say that the work hai Some humour--'tis true,
But, alas ! it has much of di:vhs.tiett'y too.
It seems to he written by one of great spleen,
Who can't bear the name of a Pittr7cf: or a QUEEN;
Who on Ministers looks with most desperate hate,
And would yield to ra E Moe the i (introitl of the State.
It therefore, no doubt, has astimish'd the Town,
That LONGMAN and fluftsT, and that BEES,ORME, afl.d MOWN%
(Such respectable men, all who know them declai'e
That each, if he chose, might become a Lout, MaYon,)
Should have publish'd a work that's so free on the Court,
And which seems as intended with high folks to sport.
It might rather be thought such a work they would hinder—
'Tis worte than The Lousiad of old PErcu PlNnan.
And bimee all must wonder, as sure as a gun,
That it bask'd in the beams of so loyal A SUN.