The Sun.
London, England, 1820-07-10 00:00:00

HIGH. TREASON.

AYR, JULY 4.---The Court was opened 'here,
to-day by the LORD PRESIDENT and Loan CHIEF
JUSTICE CLERK. Their Lordships walked in pro-
cession from the King's Arms Inn to the Church,
which had been fitted up for the Sittings. A
Grand Jury was chosen, of which Sir JAMEA,
MONTGOMERY CUNNINGHAM, Bart. was Foreman.
The LORD PRESIDENT delivered his charge, and
thereafter, three bills were laid before the Grand
Jury, accusing the following persons of having
committed High Treason withiu the county, viz.

Front Sicwarion Parish.—William Orr, Andrew Wyllie,
John Dunlop, Thomas Nl•Kay, James Wyllio, Robert Kerr,
and James Rayburn.
Front Galsion Pgrish.—John Go!die, Joseph Abbott, An-
drew Adamson, Alexander Roxburgh, George Roxburgh,
James Roxburgh, James Nisbet, Alexander Wilson, and
Thomas Gray.—And •
Front Matzdtline Parish—John Dickie and Hugh Wal-
lace..,
The Jury returned true bills against the whole,
except Thomas Gray. The defendants in cus-
tody, viz. Andrew Wyllie, Thornas-M‘Kay, John
Dickie, and Hugh Wallace, were then brought
into Court, and informed by the Lord President'
that true bills had been found against them. They
named as their Counsel Francis Jeffrey, and'
Henry Cockburn, Esq. Advocates. The pri-
soners were furnished with their indictments, and
recouducted to prison. •
There appeared for tire., Crown, John Hope,
Esq. Advocate Depute, -atid Mr. ames Arnott,
W. S. agent for the prosecution.
The Court adjourned its sittings at Ayr until
the 29th of July., when the prisoners will be.
brought up to plead. guilty or not guilty, and.the
trials may take place in a few dayt thereafter.

AFRICA.

The following letter contains interesting infor-
nliztion rela to the squadron on the coast of

Africa

. " SinitaA LEONE, ETII KAy, 1820.—0 n the,
Of April two schooners, prizes to his Majesty's
ship Morgiantr,-arrived here ; one of them with
2i; slaves on lioard, And on the 15th arrived. the
c.f.ept. SINDILANDS, with the British
Prince of Brazil packet, of London, and.thr
Jan Nichol schooner; the former with 70 blacks
An !hard, and the latter for landing 'Mat Wydah.
Morgiani-has done inoretto cheek the slave-
trade than any other ship. La Marie, a French
schooner, with- 106 slaves on board, .was cap-
c.
tared oar the 20th January., the slaves. having
been. pat on ,board by
_a British subject, for
which a reward of 400 dollars is now offered by
the Governorherr. It is ranch-to be regretted that
rko..poirer is given to captains to detain French:
ships:; they .are now the only nation who can:
curry on that -abominable traffic with impunity.
'The. arrival-of the American frigate Cyane (fOr-
plerly British) on the coast completely check,
Cie .she. has already captured four.
schooners, and sent them to •the (Jolted States.
The American coli,ny fo med at the: Sherbro,
'for cvtured,megroes have already proved the
grave of most Of their adventurers ; like the.
British, they have been Infortuoate in the choic-:
lo: .l :situation. The Cyane . had been a,:
:Sierra. Leone, where she arrived in company
with the Myrmidon. The .American captain,
on being -acquainted .with the deniise of his
George 111., lowered his gag and
•isdan.t, —and kept - them so clarify} the day.
he Myr-m.140n,
.Morgiana, and `capper, are
tv ;fig at Sierra Leone ; the Thistle is at' the isle
.cfe Los; the l'le.asant in the 'Bight of 'Benin:.
gir George Collier has ordered t!la brigs to the
svindward coast, the slave-ships to leeward, heing
ten powerful-, several of them had actually fired
Upon the Snapper, occupyl,,i; fav;yir-able po-
sition,; that had it not 1 l for 'her long 2-1-.
tionatier they -Would have disahled her
very much. The ..;capper has been very :Juror-
tiinate ; she ha's lost her Comma:a:ler (Lieutenant
liender.-on), Assistant-Surgeon, Mr. Wilson and
Mr. Marshall, Admiralty midshipmen ; she ar-
tiv.‘ a.: Cane Coast in great distress for wart of
medical assistance. The Pheasant had captured
a brig with '2OO slaves; in the month of 'October,
and sent her to Sierra L'Jne, but,nufortuoately,
from whatever cause we know nni, she has never
been heard of. Mr. Wilkes, surgeon .of, the
nI rmiclon, fell over board, and was drowned at
sea, in April lace. There is stot,at this moment a
inrgeon .on the African station,' and only .one
tvlaster.—S4 George_Collier, in the Tartar, is
daily expected here."

Bit U.':EELS Eik PE a

;Last might we received Brussels Papers to:Fri-
day. The 'following are extracts .:
FRANKFORT, JUNE 29.—The Journal of th;s
Oty contains the folLywhig article, dated fra-ru
the. Frontiers of Italy. We read in the. Corte-
sp. -,l4lent of Nuremberg that the-Pope has 'poi*
'bitted the Protestants publicly to celebrate
worship at Rome in an open Temple,- and that
y)nsequence of this-pert-hiss:oA they had cele-
brated the— Holy Sacrament. The -news, which
agrees bat little with the rules nai usages con-
stantly observed in the capital of the CathOlic
Cli-Irch, is •Wholly false,and directly refaced by
anthentic accounts from Rome, which formalli
state the contrary.
4‘ HAGUE, :JULY 2.--The last • accoants we
have from Batavia say, that there: are greafmum-
hers of English, Americans; and Indians :there ;-
they have made large purchases of the-produc-
tions of the.lslani, which caused them to rise in'
an extraordinary manner.

6' The English,say these accounts, at Java as
every where else, are our most dangerous-compe-
titors. This fine colony is at present very
4ourishing. The port of Batavia, free :to all
ri:ations, on payment _of a very small duty, has
Aritnessed, within the space of one: year, the ar-
rival of two millions of piastres, which the Arne-
-ricans _alone have brought for the purchase. of
goOds. The protection afforded .. to commercial
nations, as well as all other. encouragements given
by the Government, promise the happiest success
to trade and industry.
BfilTiiELS, J uf.--y G.—Their Royal Highnesses
the Prince and Princess of Orange will. set out
frOm the Palace of Soetsdyk at the end of this
month, to go to spa. The States of the several
provinces are now assembling, for the purpose of
electing Members. to the second Chamber of the
States General, in- the room of those who go out
by rotation. Very great preparations are still
inakinrg for the fete of the Jubilee, which will be
celebrated with ettraOrdittary splendour- and so-
-1,4-nnity by a succession of amusements, which
continue for fifteen days."

The hop plantations in the vicinity of Dot
thster are in a highly
cultiva ed state ; the roes
are in a most luxuriant condition, and quite free
from mildew or insect, and bid fairly for an
abnudant crop. The Wheat and Barley in ge-
neral have a very productive appearance. Grass
i• very short, and the quantity of hay will of
C3tl.'M' be so likevci.se.

suwaTANT ILF.mEDY.---A man in Oliver-street,
brew York, after severe exercise, imprudently
crank cold water during the heat of su:nmer, and
‘vas immediately seized with very alarming symp-
torrl, from which he was relieved by Dr. jouN
WiliTE, -who dissolved half an ounce
of camphor in a gill of brandy; of. this one third
rart.was administered at intervals of three mi..
Dates, and give The _unfortunate saft:rer. imme.
dia. relief. - -

LITERARY REVIEW.

LAME A, ISABELLA, The L.:* G of sr. AGNEti, and other

Poems JouN KRATs, Author of Luilyraiun.

CTROM A CORRESPONDENTA

THERE are, few things more oelightful than
the perusal Of a new VolUme of beautifUl Poetry.
Gray's "eternal new RoMances" are 'not to be
compared With it. This delight we hire just
experienced in a very eminent degree, and as
we have reason to believe very few of our Readers
can have seen the Volume which has contributed
to our enjoyment, 'we shall endeavour-to impart
to them some portion of .our pleasure, in a short
account of the:Work before us, which contains,
besides the, three Poems named in the title, seve=
ral smaller .Pieces, and an unfinished Poem in
blank verse, entitled YPERION.
Ml'. KEATS is known to the Public as the Au-
thor of a Volume of juvenile Poems of much
promise, and of Eir,wniion, a poetic Romance,
founded on the classical story of the loves of
,6;ati.ymion and Df.aars.
An Advertisement from the Publishers of the

Volume before us states, that the unfinished
Foem of Hyperion, which is now printed in its
imperfect state, " was intended to be of equal
length with Endymion, but the reception given
to that Work discouraged the. Author from pro-
ceeding." IVe camiat but regret this circumstance
for our own sake, as well as from sympathy with
the feelings of the Author, and we _shall be
very much mistaken if our Readers, especially
of them as hall be induced by our extracts
to refer to the Volume itself, do not join with
.us in the same feeling. As.our attention has been
called to this fragment, we shall proceed to give
some account.of it in the first place, though it is
last in order in the Volume.

Tile Poen) it appears was intended to contain
the Ilistory of. the Dethronement of lixpEnlaN
from the Empire of the Sun, and the assumption
of his place by APOLLO.; an event said in the,
old Mythology to have immediately succeeded
the overthrow of SATULIN and his TITAN breth-
ren, by JUPITER, NEPTUNE and PLUTO. It
_Tens as follows:

sc 11)er-., in the shady sarine,s of a vale,
For sunken from the healthy Its-lath of nimn,
Far froni the fiery iroun, tri-one star,
S S,turn, !im.e•
Sti:l as the silence ruuntkaranit'ltis lair;

Forest on Foe est !mug a!tOut his head, •
Like cloud an cloud. No stir of air was there,
Not so touch life a! on a sum 1114.4'S slay
It .hs-ietat one li4let seed from the feather'd grass,
But where the dead leaf fell, there did it rest.
.A stream went iceless by, still deadeled wore
By reason of his divinity
Spre:ading a shade.' Th., naiad mid leer reeds
Press') her cold finger closer to her lips.
" Along the margin sand larg, footmarks went,
No farther than to *here his feet had strav'd,
And slept there since. Upon the srAtten ground
Ilis old tight. hand lay nerveless, tist:ess, d'-ad,
; and his reatinless ees were clos'd;
Whi'e le's lo•w'd head seeae'd listening" to Abe Earth,
Hi- an -ietit mother, for '.ceit • comfort yett
;t seeto'd Ho force cots wake him from his place;
But then' came one, who with a l'iudred band
Toilelt'd his ai,l • shou!ders, after bending low
With reverence, thoogle to one who knew it not.
She was a gted.less,of the infant world ;
13, her io stature the tall Attia7oie
Had 5t,.,.1 a pigaiy's height; she w mid hare to
Achilles hs the hair min hunt his neck;
(Jr %silt' "fi, r r stay'd wheel.
f Ter fae was large a! that of Nlemphian Sphinx,
Widest:ll'd haply in a palace
s iges look'd to E4yeit for their lore.
liot oh ! how unlike mashie was than face;
' How beautiful, if sorrow had not made
- So: row more beautiful Than Beauty's self.
There was a listening tear in her regard,
As it calaml; y had tint bilrint;
As it the ranward clouds of exit days
Ilad'spent titeit matice, and the sullen rear
Was a it I, its stoeel ilion.!erlatAriring
One hand she prrss'ei ulaus that aching spot
Where heals the liwoati heaet, as ifjeist
Though an immortal, she telt cruel pain;
Tile other upon Satu n's Wooled neck
She laid, and to the level of los ear
Leaning with parted lips, some words she spake ,
lit s lenti i idiotic, nod deep organ tone;
Some rutiwiiiiig words, in our feeble tionguw
lkoutd collie iu these like accents , 0! how trail
To that large utterance of the early Grids !"--.
•

" As when, upon a traticA summer night,
Those green roosted Senators of mighty woods,.
Tall oak-, branch-charmedby the earnest spars,
Dream, and- so dream all night without a stir,
Save from one gradual soditary gust
Which Coates upon the silence, and dies eiler,
As if the Oohing air had but one ware
St) cane these words and went ; the while in ',cars
She tillch'4l her fair large hirehead.to the gromord,
Just where her falling hair angiot he outspread
A soft and silken mat for Saturn's feet,
flue moon, with alteration slow, had shed
Her silver seasons four upon the night,
And still these two were p.ostar'd urnionlesa,
Like natural sculpture in cathedral. cavern;
The frozen God still couchant un the earth, .
And the sad Godoles: weeping at his legit:
Until at length old Saturn tilted up •
Nis faded eyes, and saw his Kingdom gong,
And all the gloom and sorrow of lie peace.,
And that fair kneeling Goddess; and then spake,
As with a palsied tongue, and while his beard
Shook horrid with such aspen.inalatii."
• • • -• • •

Saturn's- speech ends with a determination to
attempt the recovery of his lost empire, and
Thea conducts him to a cavern, where the other.
fallen Titans are assembled.

We are then introduced to Hyperion, who

4, still kept
His soereignty, and rule. and majesty
and have the following beautiful description :
.6 Hyperion, leaving twilight in- the rear,
Caine slope upon the Cm shold of the west;
Then as was wont, his palace door New ope
In suroatlieit silence; save what solemn tubes,
- Blown by the sellout Zephyr., gave of sweet
And wandering sounds, slow breathed.rueludia;
And like a rose in verniel tint and shape.
Iu fragrance soft, and coolness to the eye,
Thai inlet to severe magnificanee,
Stood full blown, for the God to rider in.
lie entered, lint he entered lull of wrath ;5
for he had been 'perplexed with unpropitious
omens, and ."._horrors, portiou'd._to ‘a giant's.
nerve," and he paces about his splendid halls, in
restless anxiety for the return of morning, when
he might -again, begin his course through the
heavenS. The blazing orb is prepared 4.6 six
dewy hours before the claim is SeasOu due sho.J.LI

Wush,"and remains at the.porch of heaven, wait-
ing for his command, but
4• He might notir-I\ o, though a primeval God ;
The sacred seasons might not be disturb'd."—
" ':— And the bright Titan, phrenzied with oeir woes
Uotts'd to toad, by hard compulsion bent
His spirit to the socrow of t belittle ;
And all along a dismal rack of clouds
Upon the lviundaries of day and night,
He slretcli'd himself in grief Ind 1...dia1-lee faint.
At length he determines -to 'visit -his fallen
•
brethren, and
.• nith a slow incline of his broad breast,
Like to a dicer in the pearly seas,
Forward he stoop'd over the airy,slire,
And pinned all noiseless ii.to the 14'411 night."
The second book opens with a powerful de-
scription of ."..that sad. place where..Cybeie and
the .bruised Titans mourn'd."
•• scarce images of lite, one here, one there,
• Lay vast and eilgewas ; like a dismal cirque
Of Druid stones upon a forlorn moor,
%lieu the chill rain begkris at shut of eve,
In dull November, and their chancel vault,
The Heaven itself, is throughout night."

• Saturn and. Thea arrive, mong
.the Titans, and
a council is held. The speeches of Oceanus
Clymene and Euceladus are exceedingly fine,
and : exhibit great discrimination of character
with 'abundance of poetical beauty. In the midst
their debate Hyperion approaches, and his ,ap-
pearance is thus beautifully described ;
it vi I-type:ion :—a granite peak
His bright Icet tonelitl, and :b.le he staid to view
The niisery his brilliance had betri.id
To the. most halerul seeing of itself..
. Gulden his hair of short Nomidiati curl,
1-Legal his shape majestic. a vast shade
niid,t of his owo brightness. liLe the bulk
Of Nleilinon's iietaee at the's* t of stilt •
To one who travels fr.im the dosking East.
Sig ha. toil, as nniarniol as that Memnon's harp
- Fir lilt red, wWle, his hands volt sin plat ice
He p. r. 11 '.'gt t tier aiiil in 41etice stood."—

The third Book introduces us to Apollo, in the
Island of Crete, before he was aware of his hig!‘
destiny and immortal nature, and, after a beaut:-
ful description of the young God, and lOsinter-
vieW with Mnemosyne, it breaks suddenly off at
the very iuterestit;g point wher,, Apollo becomes
consc:ous of his Divinity, and is aboat to assume
his true character. We could 'scarcely have
thought it possible, out of such materials, to have
produced 'a Poem of such interest, and we again
are compelled to express olr regret that it was
,not finished. It ce:tainly, even in its -present
.nAinished state, is the .greatest effort of Mr:
KEArs' genius, and gives us reason to hope for
so:nething great from. his pen.
Our, limits prevent us from' particularising the
other Poems which form the volume ; t'iey are
very various in their style, but all of great merit.
The story of Isabella, from Boccacio, is a spec'-
men of beautiful simplicity and affecting tenier-
ness : the smaller Poems, especlally the Odes to
a Nightingale, and on a Grecian Urn, deserve
high.. praise. We regret that we cannot insert
them.