Star.
London, England, 1826-03-13 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

sl Letter to the Duke of Norfolk oar the-Catholic Question.
By ReWnstwe-ikseros; 'EN, M.P. -•-
The C rtholic Qgestion ii.a.Aubjet on which ,the witesf
and mast conscieittions of oieil may fairly differ, with.
out any imputations. on elseirainsives oetheirjadgment.
It is a sub)eet o whieb dint wo brandies of thelogis•
lature havegiven mid vim; the Mem-
bers of Xdinsniittation are one *reed upon it.
Mr. kiorton, who holds, a high- official situation,
is oms 'of those •Mitsistees who think what is called
Catholic" EinantipitiOrt -may safely be granted; and
he hai.:Eriten.4" bold . and able advocate of the cause
of the dieboises, in the !View of Commons. • Some
of the constituents of. Mr. Horton, at. Ntwcastle-
under-Lyng;_entestitin. its is not unusual, different
opinions: their Representative; and the latter,
anxious to afford them the opportunity of judging
for themseves, has addressed a letter to the Duke of
Norfolk, wiling on his Grace fur "a candid, clear, and
distinct statement of Roman Catholic opinioni, such as
may enable all reasonable men to satisfy their own
minds, whether the Roman Catholic Body in England
and Iceland entertains any opinions which are not corn-
patiirle with the pure.t exercise of lOyalty to their King
and fidelity to the British Constivetien
It is not to satisfy him!elf an that Voila, that Mr.
Horton writes, but fok At olika ;
,a#4 cite
certainly think a more eiplick deelatation of the prin-
ciples and opinions of the Rained Catholics is neces-
sary. M. H. says he does fiat call oo' the Catholics
for an authorative exposition; IptiAll! for that praideal
information which is clue ossiouty to•tbe,Protestanti of
this country, but to thearmbaia and the religion which
they possess." •
The letter of Mr. Horton is extremely well written ;
and while is displays great liberality to the professors
of another faith, it contains an admirable defence of the
Protestant Church of Ireland. The: letter altogether
takes so calm and dispassionate a view of the Roman
Catholic Question, that it will betted with interest and
advantage by ill parties; and coming from a Gentleman
of Mr. Horton's great talents and high situation, it ac-
quires an additional importance. We have little room
for extract, but the conclusion so fully and at the same
time so bridly states the object of the letter, that we
quote it I

" I wish to be enabled to submit to any Coutituents a
f.:11 explanation of Roman Catholic doctrine and opinion, as
in.lintained by the Roman Catholics of Great Britain and be-
lled. I with such an explanation to proceed from them-
Oyes, and that •it should be candid and unreserved, so as to
present an authentic and unassailable source of information.
To such an explanation, a conclusive appeal might be made,
when, in justification of a course of political conduct, it becomes
tecessiry to demonstrate that there are no principles involved in
the profession dr the Roman Catholic religion, which made it
expedieeelltat sivii•dbehilities should tooting* to attach to the
Roman Catholies.athe United Kingdom. But, at the same timee
ugliest your Grace to understand that, should difficulties, whether
ieberent or extraneous, occur in the execution of this suggested
purpose; eireisoilli niNjo tedtionmetidationke comidered as ad se&
tient w isstifj its backdrop/ Wall astisiled in Janie; dope my
duty ie. mistidup,iir and shall be equally prepared to persevere in
the suppqn,vrikbJ !Lee _Unitarily giro to the concession of the
Litnass-Cat lilibal, unde the diep.inottideonviction that such
onnessiott isms be amine* antiadve it, the strength, Unani-
mity, sand n:voperlitynt-the British Revile,"
A General an' Horn:die Dictionary. if-the Peerage and
litalanetage 6/ She ilmitad Marlow. 1809. -By
Jong-Belong, E q.- bvo. kateidnelB26.,
This. le Very clever and useful mot It, andrxhihics• a •
beautiful specimen of typography ; the alphabetical'
arrangethent wf the several persons of title is a gteat
improvement on works of this nature, and, the bor.
rectnest with which the descent of 'the Peers and
Bardneti is given, and the present state of each family
is dew:Jibed. render Mr. llisrke's volume. peculiarly
valuable, ender 4, no library can be considered complete
without it. Mr. Burke's work exhibits, under uric'
alphabetical arrangement, the present state of those
exalted ranks. the Peps and Baronets, with their
armorial bearings, mottoes, &c., and deducing the
lineage of each bouse from the founder of its honours;
with an A ppendi x, comprising the Prelates, the sur-
names of Plwrs, titles by courtesy of their Eldest Sons,'
nunies:bf Heirs Presumptive, &c. &c.
Letkrs from the East. By Joins CAROM, Esq. 8vo•
Loaders, 1826.
The readers of that excellent periodical the New
Aiontli4 Magazine' will be happy to hear, that the
very spirited letters from the East, which have appeared
in that Journal, are now collected in a volume, and
publ4hed with several additional letters on Greece, in
a complete form. Mr. Carne has traversed Asia
Minor, Syria, Palastine, Arabia, Egypt, the Mona,
and he gives a most lively and accurate description,
not only of the splendid ruins ofuntiiptity they presenri
but of the present state . of 'society in those claae
countries. - Mr. Came writes.in.a.style at Ace elegant
and concise, and his work is a valuable addition to one
of the most pleasing classes of literary productions. At
present we have only room for a short extract ; it is a
description of the ruins of Thebes.
It is difficult to describe the noble and stupendous ruins of
Thebes. Beyond all other.a.thr.y give you the idea of a ruined, yet
imperishable city ; to test is their extent, alit you wander a long
time confused and perplexed, and discover at every step some new
object of interest. From the Temple of Luxor to that of Karmic
the dimmee is a nine and a half, and they were formerly connected
by a long avenue of 'phylum, the mutilated remains of which, the
beads being broken off the greater parr, still line the whole path.
Arrived at attend of chi...nese, you come to a kitty gateway of
granite, and quite isolated.—About fifty yards further you enter a
temple of inferior dimensions, which Drounti has been busy in ex-
cavating; you thee advance into a spacious are, strewed with
broken pillars, acid unneeded with vast and lofty masses of ruins,
all parts of the great temple : a little on your right is the magnificent
poetics, of Karnae the vivid remembrance of which will never leave
him who has ape:met= it. its numerous colonnades of Palm,
of gigantic form and height are in excellent preservation, but
vikbooS ornament; ceiling and walls of he portico are gone ;
the ornamented pint-steno still connects one of the rows' of pillars
with a slender remain of the edifice attached to it: Passing hence,
you *ander amidst obelisks, porticoes, and statues- the lifter with-
out grace or beauty, but of a most colossal kind. it you mead one
of the fink of eebbish, and look around, you see a gateway stand-
ingiatetormleaning only so selitode,—essd dnedsed and rootless
peace, while *Wren. broken at their feet, the busts of gigantic
statue Ippeatingabove the earth, while the rest of the body is yet
buried, wow head ton away.
" The length of eve great temple of Karmic Is estimated at 1200
Get. medico breadth at 400; and among its hundred and fifty
columns are two rows, each pillar of which is ten feet in diameter.
on the left spread the dreary deserts of the Thehals, to the edge of
which the tit extends. In front is a pointed and barren range of
mountalas. The NUe lows at the foot of the temple of Luxor;
hat the rains extend far on the other side of the river, to the were
feet of those formidable precipices, and into the waste, of load.
The natural scenery around Thebes is as fine as can possibly be
conceived. The remainder of the statue is still here, the beautiful
bust of which Belzoni sent to the British Museum • :it was Celia
and broken off long since. Drouetti is quite inexcusable in haying
caused one of the two beautiful *bet's'', at the entrance SC the
temple of Karnae to be %bout down and broken, that het Weld
carry eft the upper pant duck ad let is absolute sonilego."

.
• -m'e are hiPPT to hear that the Ceegimmt Bank it
teattr. to pay lOs. is the pOund, and that the remainder
Will 40011 be liquidated.

Never.

Vt. 'di a ler
idiensmitaaces

regimem,
saint day;
place; but, , eitaitit
hi that •of the public, which no laver ettriliptes- her abeam to
elopetwent, in consequence of the oideer's hat being slice found, on
the Tipperary die of the river, -Mar this town s from which and
other circumstances it is now conjectured, that, while walking to.
settler, they had, by some accident, fallen late the river, and that
the melancholy event of their being *owned oesaelimed that
absence, which has excited feelings of the deepest regret la every ,
person whO had the pleasure or knowing this amiable yeah Lady,
and In hearts of those immediately connected with her a sorrow,'
that can be better felt thanvipmesed. The Fiver has been dragging
since Saturday, but the bodies have not been discovered.—Clessard
Herald.

Tts,.
E GUSH OPERA HOUSE.
--.4...—.
Mr. MA Tingirs,.whise comic talents are only equalled
by his popularity, was "At Home," for the two hun-
dred aud eighty-flab; time, we blieve, on Saturday
night, with a new budget of good things for the public,
who crowded in as large numbers as the hose would
admit, to see their old flivourrite. Mr. MATHS/WS new
entertainment is called . hroitedions. His appearance
Was warmly greateilby a'erowded audience, whom he
proeseded to address "in his old way." He returned
thanks to his. friends, who had never yet refused his
Invitations. &yen years had elapsed since they bad
first met under that•roof, and their acquaintance had
been since continued without any abatement of cordia-
lity on either side. He bad waved his apprenticeship to,
them, and had found them indulgent masters; insomuch,
that although his time was expired, he would not giie
up his indentures. He hoped that if he had ever WC-
'ceeded in Macadamising the road to mirth, or io throw-
ing
a bridge over the gulf of sorrow, he might still con.
tinue to experience their patronage. In his exertions to
entertain his friends, he said, be was leis embarrassed by
the paucity than by the redundancy of his materials.'
He had ransacked for their amusement every corner
of the earth, from Little Britain to Great Britain, from
France to petty France, from York to New York, and'
thus round the Globe from east to west, by a few jeux
de mob. While musing one morning on the extent of
his peregrinations and researches through earth, air,
water, and—no, not through fire, he began to meditate
a trip " down below," as his last year's song had it,
through the-regions of this last element, when he was I
suddenly roused from his reveries by the knock of the'
twopenny postman ; the postage paid, he opens some
dozens of invitations, and thus we are introduced to the
frame-work of his entertainment. Io short, Mr.
MATIIIMS determines to accept the invitations of his
friends, as his friends had always accepted his; and he
forthwith proceeds to give an account of the " sayings
and doings," at the houses where he had.been a visi-
tor, in which we have so.ne admirable and original pm-
' traits, drawn to the life, and Many thiusing stories and
ikcidentr, related in a style pectdisr to Marasws.
Of the many- Character's, the most prominent is that
of Sir -1401 bieteko *116.113$ 'lli cf MO 4icifkfter or
the globe,. with a r444atioi& 40 Ur sl• ad, $ll4 le
see oixhiettroadetful oreasielbeet ,in lelial,allAlse lass
Thorax
of the • Woelid ' athoitte. 'lle ' . ttr iintlitr ila
.;.
only that St. Paii1144,411,11:" . orint,"thergoe;
10 mice- ke-idritikeili llnkali.e , to Villains an iroptio*
of Vesuvius, and • iniiiittri protifuinictid the antiuntollin
" a hutubitg.;" to Aussie*, ae view, the ,Niagara, aud
could see nothing ol aheßalla ter the noise ; and filially
to the North Pole. where his vexation was at the Wen.

because he only beheld Moor 'add ige,'and 'COW& not,
get his isose. liiiten'orby the frost. Ibis is to the life,'
and it forops.i. 6A/oatmeal upon our fastidious 09dero
touristi, who compel our sashimi -neighbours to alleviate
their disgust by their ridicule. Herr, Ardour* is a
young YOrkshire fox-bunter, who is seduced into a
gambling-house, loses all his property, and having
ruined his family, ends his days in a mad-house. This;
chlracter, as Mr. Maarszwit remarked, is out of his
line, and the delineation. of it (something in the style of
&MST's Fisture), was a fine touch of the pathetic.
The character of Mrs. W. Worrit, an attached friends
who has known Mr. MATHS** from infancy, is well
drawn, and the account of a visit to that Lady's dinner-
table, excited the risible faculties of the audience in no
trifling degree. The same may be said of the visit to
breakfast with Mr. Shakeley, a nervous subject, and of
a picnic party to Norwood, under the superintend-
ence of Lady Dawdle. The picture of a gentleman
possessed with si the ghost of a tune," annihilated
graiity,' apd proved indeed sea ryghte merrie ghoste."
An invitation to the Italian Opera presents an oppor-
tunitylor, a song, and the introduction of imitations of
VELLUTI. Da Haunts, and some ether of the principal
performers of that establishment, which were much ap-
plauded. The invitation to a family dinner at Mr.
Dilberys, and the accoeint: of the . interesting little
Dilberies, seven in netnbes, and their amusing manners
at the dinner table, does not tall short of 'any of Mr.
M.'s former comic sketches.
Seine of the jokes, which Mr. Massiews made almost new by his
excellent mode of telling then sold well—thus those who midwife
to take the K thrice-skimmed sky.bbie" of the oratory willapiee,
are said 'to buy nsi fen (halt water), as they are fairly warned by
the carriers; the cracked vein of a vebiciatruedliortiiinle emir
merchant, is called a krreas rose; a dead ass leap epos the kW.
tin=s durlng an eleedea, b said be a ; sad ea oid
the name of faddish. we are 'ea& to be re-shristsdad.
Was-a-bass. One at the best merles told. in it is perhaps that Of
Spanish lihkesas, wise, emidftwaskilavo the aziendaisar
100 plasters to cot *ChM bead wa7. • Afar ti•
blow, the Nobleman faint Ms 'Ann the block, led wowed the
executioner emit Peirtentillollo Ileetelee. "Only alidkolt,"! was ship
reply. The •Probleman ill siosstills bead sided delothe seelidd..
The snood paift af-lis4Sabissaik eistertalemesibaielled
City hair, and isdbedi bilmbable user as swot** it V-.
peering to aspic daring characters, aft of which he pericitfttee with
infinite ingeseity, idyl repeatedly called toils the applause safa saw
morass sad balm* median.

AM the songs an easellua M their Mod. and, duo Imusiseetery
parts vary humans. Mie Meloonsoire, its, the lowa the Genoa
Blectios, wens eseeedlegly laughable. Ha was a ided from the
.behinilinj to the fed it the aisle admillad, by a Ririe
erovrd to the 'sty loop-hobs It woe a great pleasareof highs
see so may Modred, arrow rendered happy by the withal*
of one person : and Mr. Mamma might My with Clithil=f
‘4 I alone did it." That the .haileciens will be
sands of his idajeety's firge *bier" r sad Mr. Le news
Entertahunent be as epol as the wee* prima* ass IMO
envoi be a doubt.

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