The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-07-12 00:00:00

" The Gum fir whisk HAMPDEN fell i■ the Field, Nod SYDNEY died me the Scaffold!"

HAYDON'S PICTURE of "CHRIST 'S
ENTRY iota JERUSALEM." after a moot SOO-
Amalie reception in Scotland. "The Agon) in the 0a4411."
and all his other works, ARE NOW OPEN, at No. 53, Pad-
stall—Admission Is.; Catalogue tad.

IL-INHIBITION of WARD'S GRAND NA'IIONAL
1-% ALLEGORY, in Commemoration of the Tem MPS of
the BRITISH EMPIRE, at the Battle of Waterloo. Painted.
by order of the British Institution ; Sise Si feet by !1, is
NOW OPEN, at the Egyptian Hall, Plecadilly.
Admittance Is. Catalogue ed. Description do. With
etched outline es. 6d.

EDUCAT] ()N.—Smith Crescent. Bedford-square.
—The EDUCATION at the Academy, conducted by
Mr. THOMAS SMITH, of the University of Edinburgh,.
will he RESUMED, after the Holidays, on Monday, July
the SW.

EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY.
NOTICE is hereby given. that a Srgetat. Gummi!.
Marrirsa of the Proprietors of Ten or .ore Shares will
be held at the Lendon Tavern, Bishopsgate-street,
Thursday, the 116th last. at Two o'clock in the Afterneoft
precisely, for the purpose of electing by Ballot, a Dirsetoil
la live room of Jobs Cleagit, Esq. disqualified. The flalloP
to commence at Two, and :dose at Four o'clock, precisely.
By a Aye-Law, no pes son can be a Candidate unless he
shall give at least Fourteen days notice thereof (in writlaff)
to the Seeretary, previous to the General Meeting. Mid-
summer Policies should be renewed within Fifteen days.
W. BEETIIAM, Secretary.
Cornhill, July b. 1941.

riORONATI4I2II MAS i Kit of the
V ROBES having appointed G. F. CRUM: and Co.
Lees Manufacturers in Ordinary to his Majesty, the Peers,
Privy Councillors. knights Grand Crosses of the Bath, and
others who officially attend the Procession. are respectfully
invited to Inspect an ..!,:;ant ASSORTMENT of RUFFS,
in the style and shape approved by the Heralds' College,
from Five to Fifteen f Amens each; also Ruffles, Frills. sic.
of the Real Point en•t Brussels fabric.—N.ll. Court Lap-
pets, Dresses. Laces. &c. in splendit; variety.—l IT, Strand,
Sotuerset-Ilouse.

CORONATION.—To the Nobility :4111 (;entrv.—
A spacious M.: talon, No. I. the corner of Palace-
yard and Parliament-.lreet, is now fitting up for this splen-
did Pageant, in a at) le of peculiar elegance. comfort, and
convenience, combining In this latter respect the most per-
fect accommodation for Ladles. and to whom the front rows
will he exclusively appropriated. The I iew is most com-
manding, is. from Westminster Hall to the Abbey door.
Reference to the premises must en”,inee ever one of the
superiority of the situation.—An (M e for Tickets is opened
at the house. where a gentleman town& from nine in the
morning ; they may also be had of Messrs. It ins and Di-
efts music-sellers, near Bow Church. heapside ; at the Mer-
maid Tavern. Hackney ; of Mr. James Ilrown. bull.ler. 94,
Charles-street, Westminster ; and of .Ir. Thomas Benson,
sun eyor, lle. 26, Ilation-gar4t.n.
Wines and refresisments of a most superior quality, and
at reasonable rates, will he pros ides! on the premises.

‘VES I MINSTER A BBEY.—COKONATION.--
Messrs. GLANVILLE and (1). have. by pernsiv-
sion of the Dean mad Chapter. fitted up (according to ant
dent usage) all those parts within the Abbey that have from
time immemorial h-en acenuntetl their privilege. The *mats
are arranged in the side aisles on each side the platform.
raked a sultelent height from it for Opeetator% tw e mina
the &recessive. and discern the features el hutiviOusia-Aplis
the -Tntermedlate centre ante. rear tart of !Ile pro,-

cession will remain during the- Ceremony within the
Choir, The music of the Organ will be distioctiv heard.
The seats are conveniently divided for letting,
bones holding ten and twenty earls ; whilst others are
retained for single Tickets, thus giving an oppor-
tunity for persons in env part of the Kingdom to
make certain of a seat within the Abbey (if applied
for without delay ), who might not otherwise have the eltvire
(by favour only) of procuring a Ticket. Another di% isitia
of seats are near 30 feet from the floor, pert formed into hove,.
holding 4 and S persons eneh. Here the music of the Organ
and Choristers will be enjoyed in the greatest pertertion.
A few of the Seats at this height will actually not mil) com-
mend the procession in its approach to the Mar, but aim.
the ceremony of putting the 4 rown on his Ntaiestv's head --
There is ample space allowed for walking at the hack of all
the Seats, both above and below avid refreshment rooms.
female attendants and all cony enienries are pro Oded :
snd as the boxes are constructed to prevent crowdiue,
properly matted and decorated, it is (,11,1'141rd pers-ns way
be as much at their ease as in their own itaellinrs.—
Messrs. O. and Co.'s office against the North side ~f the
Abbey Itself. is open from tea till four each day.--The crass
are going off rapidly.

lIIE LONDON P4.16AZ1 I:. No. XIX. tor
July. 1-11, contains the (oho v 4 ion original ankles :
I. Warwick CaNtle. _ _

V. On Grad's Opinion of Collins. Mith a flonaet from Cos-
taw.
2. Sonnet on Milton visiting Galileo.
4. Tne Heroes of Naples. • Ballad.
5. Traditional Literature, No. VII. ; the Death of Walter
Selby.
6. Mariery End, in Hertfordshire, by Elia.
7. Shetehes on the Road. Nn. 11.

S. Rodomontade,* Espartolea.
9. Thoughts and Images. a Poem. by Vii►. Montgomery.
10. On the Songs of the People of Gothic'''. Teutunie Race.
11. Alphabet Studies, and l'hine‘e Imitations.
11. Fugitive Literature, with Ballads.
13. Hamilton's Garden of Flo7euer. _

11. Sketelr of the Proprres of Focal Science in England.
No. III.: Mr. Brahma.
13. Exhihilion of the Royal Academy.
Id. Baliad, 1) John Clare.
I. Letter from Edinburgh. No. 111.
IS. The Drama.

19. To Hope. 2 Poem.
ie. Lamb's Translation of Catullus.

?I. Report of Nltisic.
4/. Literary and Scientific Intelligence A;:stract of Pore:ism
and Domestic Intelligence: Agricultural and Comonercill
Report:. with be usual Lists Of Books preparing fur Publi-
cation and published, Tables, &c.
London : Printed for Taylor and limey, Fleet-street ; of
whom may be had the former Numbers of this ork, pub-
lished by Messrs. Baldwin, Cmdock, and Joy.

LETTERS FROM EDINBURGH.

(Front Taylor and Hease)'s London Magazine for the pre-

%rut Nll.utit

When one reads and bears of the unparalleled
improvements made in the whole construe:ion of Edin-
burgh, during the last twenty years of the eigbtrerth
century, one would think it impossilole that there
tumid he any improvement in the first twenty years of
the nineteenth; just as in the world at large, we can-
not imagine what the.-e is at this time to be improved,
discovered, or invented ; and yet we have only to coin-
p.re two periods, to be abundantly satisfied, that nei-
ther the world, nor bas st.aol, or will
stand still. What changes in manner's, even after their
total new east in the twenty preceeding years!—what
extension of intercourse ! he. e, for example, twenty
years ago, it war much more ra:e to meet English
company, than it is now to meet French ; in coninson
lite, you hardly ever wet an Engli-haw, re-i
• • • •

Twenty years ago, cards were unknown, at leafikan-
touched, among the middle classes of Edinburgh,
at Christmas, n hen a game at Catch-the-Ten was
tolerated, more for the opportunity which it afforded
of deprecating the " Deevil's pictured books." than
for say amusement derivable from it. Now, the
tradesmen's wives have whist and 100 tables all the
year round ; and Catch-the-Ten is the nightly resource
of retired coal skippers, and independent fish women.
Twenty years ago, there were only three newspapers
published in Edinburgh, in the height of war. hey
were read only by the upper ranks; and news descend-
ed to the rabble through the old medium of servants,
barbers, and journeymen. There are, now nine news-
papers, in a time of settled peace ; they are read by all
ranks and ages, and important public information
often ascends from the servant to the lord, and from
the apprentice to the master.
Twenty years ago, there was only one eighteen.
penny magazine, of which you hardly ever heard, and
ovloicli\lor middle ranks, and the ladies of all ranks,
never saw, except, perhaps, in the booksellers win-
dows. There are, now, at least a dozen monthly and
quarterly publication., with the contents of one or
• more of which von find almost the whole population
acquainted ; and their effect on the tone of conversa-
tion is sufficiently visible.
It would he amusing to carry this comparison of
periods skilfully into other branches of life and man-
ners; but I have neither patience nor ability for it. I
would, will, much pleasure, describe the physical
changes on the face of Edinburgh, which seem to
interest you so much ; hut it is really impossible;—
for the last five or six years, the average nu ber of
houses built yearly is eight hundred ; end since I last
saw Eqinburgh, there have beets buit at least ten new
churches, some of them perfect eathealrals. They
have just begun a mon:intent to Lori Nlelville. It is
to stand in the centre of St. Andrew', !valve, fronting
licorge-street, of cow te. I cannot see how they are
getting on with it fur the paling with which the work•
men ;ire enclose.l. The nest stale of the north bridge,
from the Blue-t iown'• .s,.ner to Price's-street, has beets
built up with eiegaat and shops, anal a terrace
runs at the south end, overhanging Canal-street :—it
is, I should thin::, Irmo sixty to eighty feet high, •uf-
liciently appalling to look over: if such a place were
in London, the inhabitants of the houses on it would
Ail it nit!' plants atv: shrubs, so that fra•iit heneatli, it
would give no ba.l cockney idea of the hanging gar-
dens at Babylon ;—but that would infer a taking or
trouble for the tike tat a neat effect, which would be
scouted by t..e I ly damsels of Anlal Heade, as use-
less and un;.ro:itahle vanity- Ihe Blue-tiown most
be•deAd; he was the ultitnus litons•noruass of thesis
twenty years ago, and had been the Antolysns of Isis
14; I ferget his rhymes ; but they were quite is.
41a Memel ast thus-em at &swat aLasammo a :
N ill you buy any tape.
Or lace for your cape,
111) dainty duck, my itear-a ;
Any silk. any three'',
4ny toys for your tend
01 the torwrit and ttairst wear-.
Of Ma ballads, you might sally sai*, with Ow shop
herd, that you loved thew even but too well, far it iv...
" doleful matter messily set down, Or • very pleasant
thing indeed, sung latuentahl,."
Blue Canvas naturally lead to the king, who, they
say, is going to Ireland after toe coronation, aotl t..
Scotland next yo ar. 11 a don't half this prefer-
ence of Ireland; but it gives the rulers a this city
mem to prepare themselves tor his suitable reeepti .et
lam told tnat they are aiready in hero pleb.ate upon
the subject, at tack priva e meetings; and recold•
are searc“iog, and plans digesting ; and they go sl,
far as to say, that procedure is arranging :—a .ht-aeon
of my acqnsiestance tells us. that s WaZ has, sust:-
%rested the preresleet of Charles the eirst's live, nPo,
was the last English monarch that visited Folot000rg!.
is state; and as his rereptioa, acconliag to my lash.,
tuition. is minutely recorded in the town registers, it
mould be one of the mast admirable j plies ever known.
it some of the civic body could be quizzed int..
moving that it would be the rule fur lirorge IV.—
' Would you believe it. in 1633. the Cr .as of Edin-
burgh a as converted into Mount Paruassus, stuck over
with trees, rocks, &miens, &c. (the barren mount '.)
And between the prongs of the fork, there was an ar-
tificial founteiu representing Helicon ills Majesty
..ras received at the West Bow, by a female represent-
ing Calealtattii, aho made hint a speech in the style
of the giants to Queen Elisabeth at Kenilworth ;

Thins harlag cpoke. the lilted foam% Liss'd
iller son, and 1a:114!i'll ill a Scottish paiNt.

Ile n•a+ then condneted to the west end of the tol-
hoot h, just owler the present plAce of excention, whirr •
he WAS . !eel Veil by .11,,viery! (a SeCund hula of hied,
perhaps, that their next meeting would be at $ similar
place :)—.l triumphal arch was here erected, upon
which, portraits of sonic hundreds of Scottish kings
were painted ; and the messenger of Jove introduced
Fergus, the father of this line of kings, to give his
s .ccessor good couusel, and a weleome to his caeital :
—but the most exquisite device was the Parnassus and
Helicon : on one of the peaks. there were two bands
of ancient sylvan musicians (satyrs, I presuair,) and
a barrel o,•gua ; and, on the other peak, were Apollo
and the nine Muses: Apollo recited a lung panegyric
in broad Scotch upo.t his Majesty, and gave him a
thick folio of praises composed expressly for the oc-
casion by the University; the Muses then sane a car-
men trittalphn:e to the tune of " Tutilin' haute;" and
the king passed on to another arch at the ether Lion',
where lie was addressed in a similar style by the terra
planets: :—Horace pretended to believe Augustus a
deity upon earth, and begged him to postpone his -re-
, turn to heaven as lung as possible, Serus in scelum
retheas, kc.); but I do not remember to have read of
a whole people feigning the gods themselves to come
from heaven to welcome their king, and to sing Isis
praises on mai! This was reserved for our classical
countrymen, suit for a king whom, for • day's pay
a-pieces they were afterwards the means of sending
to brave's " before his time!" us Lewd Ill•rou says
of Don Juaa to the e'er place