The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-02 00:00:00

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Mu. l:nrron- I felt somewhat suritivised at
your 1119 t 11.11 i 111 C, in your descriitti..is of,,the IL.
t.timtm vrtoNs, several -Is invarencieb, which at.
! vt ry general ttlPtcrvatiois, and of some of
wi tt i have taken the liberty to send you a
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the front of Mr. P-11-0-I.'ll house displayed a
tt.in,,iat..ney of considerable size. At a distance
it teeine‘t to represent Atlas bearing. the world
stpon shouAlert. On a nearer view, however,
prat whit lb on a transient glance, appeared in-
tended fur % ,iclineatieti of the globe, 'turned out
to be tingling snore than a circulisr shield, di-
iriticd into conittartnnenis ; which, instead of the
Ilan es of kingdoms and states, bore the following
iliscri :

"%Surveyor t,f the lleitingq. and Cletk rtf. the Irving in the
Mint."—" Civence.lfir of UN' 13c•-hy of Lanea,ter."—" Chan-
cellor ol the Lltetirquer."—•• k tr.( Lind of Die Trewur),"
Ac.

Remit' the shield was inscribed the fulluwi►►g
motto:—

" 0! that ektates, degree', and offices,
Were not derst'd corrupth ! mot that clear honour
Were ishreltatp'd b. ifir 'writ of floe wearer !
Ilhat.witery, the*, shruld cover, that taand bare?
Ito* many he co.hantoded, teat counuand ?" .
The design of this painting was very had, and
excited general contempt. The figure hearing
the shield seemed totally inadequate to the burden.,
and absolutely totterlig under it. The whole be-
iug lighted by castolle.cnds, had a very sombre up.
pearanca.
The Earl of CII —T--.-14'S residence was nearly

covet, dby two paintings. The first (over which i
sere written the words parturient agonies) re-
presented The Disembarkation al Walthereis.-1
The troops ai,peared in the most spirited attitutleat,
as if ardently desirmg to signalize themselves, and '
impatient for the cumplement of 44 the ulterior
objee:s" Expedition. In the distance, Sir
NV, Curtis's barge eas distinguishable, with an
enormous turtle hanging t root the stern. The se-
cond (which as 4, inscribed, swelter ridiculus mum)
exhibited d View of the interior of Iffalcheren,
after the Commanuer in Chief had left " his
brave companiuns;" and, instead oclan army
berating with ardour to meet the foe, pr: sainted to
the eye a gloomy prospect of the dead slid dying...,
a perfect Golgotha—EL:re the insitlitius Dysen-
tery triumphed-2'lmeg the Typhus reared his
horrid head—and, in a third quarter, lee .4,ose
seised his victims. The scene was terminated by a
distant view of South Beveland, on which a num-
ber of French soldiers were observable... The)
seemed waiting till the mortalitst at Walcheren
should place that island in their possession, with.
out the trotible of fighting !---,lttilerneatli I
übserved the followinat lanes from homer's Iliad:
" Ye Gods ! whet waders has Vitus' wrought ?
64 Is net fruits Ids r intact aid tea ilia s age !tit I
•I Great in the Cowan clarions in tr staid
This transparency having rather ..s'aewy appear.
lance, when nut strictly ',amino!, attracted many
spectators; but they uniformly retired, horrffied
at the subject, and disgusted with the manage-
ment of the piece !
lily a singular coincidence the houses of Lords
Grey and Grenville exhibited a similar turnip*.
eency---The subject was Cincinnistus cultivating
his paternal farm-- with the iuscription---
" When era prevaili, and Impious opus belt sway,
46 The past irfAireour is a pram: station!"
The Earl of L.Y.P. L's 110 USO was 'ornamented
with the representation of a tirst-rat on whose
stern la could distinguish the name "United King-
dom," contending w ith a furious 'tor* ; -her masts
gout: by the board, and exhibiting every symptom
of distress. But chat attracted particular notice,
was the manner in which the first and second Cap.
fain, and stater OtTicen, appeared occupied :
stead of infusing spirit into the crew, for the pur.
pose of saving the ship, the former appeared bu.
ally employed packing up a great quantity of
loaves and Alice, which were scattered about the
deck ; while the latter, equally raeuless about the
Teasel's safety, seemed to labour zealously in set.
ting the by th,: ears, by dealing out a
double portion of grog to Bonita of them, who
came from a favourite country ; while others,
who ecially shared the labour, but olio were not
n :titres of the envied spot, seemed to he threatened
vita the punishment due to mutiny, when they
advanced, a suppliant posture, to request a par-
ticipation in the good thiugs which their shipmates
Isere enjoying. The paintiug was thus in-
sea

" Ts I:sere nqt some ertsra etere,
" 08 tOnnueinalles tkrentietio the maitre' et Hewed,
" Rea wait nuennaneat wrath, isi Olaf the evens
W nit owe tkcir greatness to their renntry's rain r