The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-05-07 00:00:00

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PRICE SETZT4 PENCE.

in qnestion is. in fact, any thing but a defence of Pore.
It is a parade of Lord Senores reading, and a brief ac-
count of his travels ; with some pretty strong hints that
he is a good swituraer. The letter consists of fifty-five
pages, and refers to fifty-three writers, **cleat and ono-
dern, of all classesand the noble writer ram-
bles about all parts of the habitable Globe. Bless
us ; how his Lordship most have read and tra-
velled! Ile is familiar with writers of every descrip-
tion, from Home' down to Consery ; and he gives us to
understand that he knows every corner in the world.
from Classic Athens down to Richmond Hill and Wap-
ping. The Reader may stare: but upon a reference to
tae letter he will find this to be the fact. However, his
Lordship oecasionaliv recollects that be began as the
'the Defender of Mr. POPS; and he therefore abuses Mr.
BOWLES in a style not altogether that of a perfect gen-
tlemen. Rot the slightest deviation from his grand
centre tatigues him, and be faithfully returns to that
centre—himself. Yet he finds room to tell us that Con-
ran is MO Poet! Of Porn he thinks highly ' • bat he
,thinks lAA Ovum well obi* to metre him. Wekaow
this will scarcely be credited. We know it- will lie said.
'that it is impossible even for this man's disgusting
vanity to carry Ihiibut we pledge ourselves to
the with of our' observation. This utortean will be
found in page Xi of the Letter. His Lordship there
quotes two lines t Mr. Porn, and very cavalierly ob-
serves, that Mr. Pore should have n §-hunt so and so ! !
We hail touch Mitre to observe respecting- this leiter, bat
we find already that we may rimed our usual limits.— .
We cannot, however, but notice the reluctance with
which his Lordship tears himself front the dear object
of his Letter. The Letter is long enough in all con-
seirecr. Ile admits it himself ; but he adds a long put-t-
(-rip', and then tacks six pages of addenda to the
posteript.
His Lordship having astonished the world by his
Poets to ik it into his head to write a Tragesly.—lie
chose the story of .llariao raliero, Doge of Veisice.—
This man was vain anti arrogant ; and one therefore is
"t "'l'r;''''t that Lord Itutoe shonl.l have felt an in-
terest in Ilk fate. We cannot we however. what there
lain his !livery which could fnrit:sh materials fur a good
Tregetly.—.llth hot was by no means a true Patriot.—Hr
woo intitiee.l to plot aeaitist the State in consetinetice of
as Insult od.red 111 hi' u ifs. i so that pure u:nniertlibritici-
pie. a hicli is 11111:Nrissrltli accessary to escii•e an at-
tack upon soy. I i.tvernment, is here wanting. Ilts lesr.l
ship might have given a turn to this circumstance bad
be plessed : hut hr has chosen to adopt the historic it
fact ; and even to make it worse; for lie leads its to :en-
vie' the Ihter wished to tutu Venice int* a king.lotti
and to aseen.l the throne himself. This is not warrant.. I
by his:hrv, an:l the Atom may cunsequeutiy he said to hd
of Lord Ili-mix', own creation. IVIIO cares. fur the fate
of a litsit that is urge .I to treason by the duu'sle in....n-
-th:l. isf person it re ~,fount and kindly anoltitiote ? 'lns
whole of this is diselosed in the first act : sad there-
fore, in the face of all the applause, either real or
pretended, which has been heap. ..I upon this
tragedy. we say that had it been anonymous, or had it
tweet the writing of any man but Lord Ilieos, it would
haver. damned beyond redemption. How admirably
has - hakespeare described the noble patriotism of
IlraNa! lie makes us almost applaud a cowardly as-
sassination ; and tie are interested in his fate, althotign
cool unerring justice must certaiuly have sent him to
the scaffold.
Haying said thus much of the choice his Lordship Ws
made of a hero, we are, in justice, hound to admit thas
there are some tine
_passages in the tragedy ; whi.:li
passages we really believe to be his oven. They are
beautiful : an•l wmild stand a competition with the lirst
production* of our immortal hard. How much is it to be
regretted that a man of Lord BYROMS intellectual irea!::i
should descend to acts of literary piracy witi:-It w.tui.l
disgrace the most miserable phainpfileteer! A pe...on of
neolerate rra,littz may frequently convict him of this
larcenous al-tea:lion upon a very cursory perusal of
.litritso Fa f.irro. I ufortnnately too, his.l.ortlship is
not very c'toice in II:4 theft. lie robs Sn tss:sre sac the
Parliamentary Delia.es. Jos MILLER, an I the History of
the litinpowafer Plot, J 0.% as he finds oecasion. lime
passages front Shalt %rare are palpable, and n not tilt
to he inserted : but we still prove our assertion nit!' re-
spect to his 1011'644'0'S other snorers of idea. 111 pate
:11, the lioge say., in ali•ision to a misplaced in.,,geA.,,e
" You would but lop the hand, and I the head.
" You a mid hut smite the scholar, I the master."
This is evidently taken from the Speech of Lord Ca-
sitnestiv when lie impeached the Earl of Oxeortn
'• The worthy CHAIRMAS" said he " has impeached :LI
!semi, but I impeach the bead; lie has impeached the
scholar ; I the mister."
Hottest Just MILLER has a fair right to stand in t.te
list of hi• latrilsliip's proseen•,,e4 ; for we find, in pace
. 2, the (Phoning answer of the no::: to it applicant
t.sr re tress, who says Carat he seeks it of .. Hutt and vie
Pugs."
Slav ner Write you eeek it of the twa-n of least resp....l
sod interest in Vcaire.-
Joz MILLS.; relates that a person asked a political fa-
s
vour of the witty !hike of fieretnousw while he w.
disgrace; awl in order to eappott Isis et pplication alien! est
the Duke his had no friends hot " Hod and his Brace. '
Then said the Doke "my good friend yon are in a 5. 1
“ rendition, for you couhl not have named any two pt:-
.4 'Lona with aura
ft interest at court."
Tote disenvery of the “nopowtler Plot immediately A ...
curs to us, when we real that a conspirator goes to a
Senator, o" of do. intenled victims of the conspiric.,
anti desires him not to go to the Senate on a partten ...c
day. All tl! re are tainor installers. The others, as ~i•
observe') I.rforP, will be very obvioms.
When li. 4 Lurdship uses figurative laninage, he is b.!
no ni•an: liai.ity. We take the followin.:. because it
is part of an excellent 'viten= in Page :):S:—
ice trlst have variety. while virtue
Solit I, iii.e tSte Wait, 11 MI ill wraith rolls around.
IL-180., ,tie, aii,ll;ert and glory from it..r aspect.
This is it; every respect a most .lietorted tignre. It :s
nut ram• to imagine that au: thing roiling round a tixe I
body r.tull shrink from it. The fig:ire is still more sofor-
-watt., when ty • find that the tilted hotly alluded to UV
she Ant it..r is the Snti, whirl' ha 4 tiolisicte at all to use
with mine:tire. To •hi to this incongrnity, bs. says
that virtue loot only drinks (ruin the Snit, bat dri,..ke
tile atoll Light 4,1 i arbry. I hi:, ii,, :*tats)( too great a
liberty, even it ith tit nrative longuagr ; but lite absordity
heroines romplet.• alien lie says that thus &inkling of
Life and Light Alla Wray is, not from 'he Siso.itself, bat
tro:u its Avec/. It is rarely one meets with so incor-
rect a 'jitter as this.
On the whole, allowing Lord RYROV to bite 'frry
enusiderabie merit as a writer, it can searrely, be ne.
•tied that he obscures it try his awn nlfiesive vowitv.
In one of the notes he has added A.) Morieso I.lilielAsise.
Is WWII'. writer something about himself. The object of
the twee is to I:OW/ that be althor. tae society of hits Ira-
veiling countrymen, and 'bat thee have sought Ins.Cosi-
versation in such nuathers that they have ecrionsict
convenieuced hint. In proving this, he has pork&
mach ; for he says that be invariable rot 4-.1144 setalletty
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