The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-02-04

N"S "pPNOssSihhS t'O"ntai OF the most ire
mcndous instrument OF tyranny ever welded
oy man--and ut home, moves only ridicule
and the splenetic effuson of mortified pride
What swells the modification, too, Is, that
the fatal stab should have been given by a
people " still in the gristle, and not yet har-
dened into the bone of manhood'--a people
who have sprung rom the loins of England,
but who are indebted to her for nothing but
exile and persecution. To console her in this
greatest OF calamitics.-to assuage the wound
that has stricken so deep, the government
have lately got up cer;ain exhibitions revi-
wing the recollection of the glores of her ros-
tral crown. Bot this will not do.
IIaeret intcri etlais srundo-
and J"hn Bull is enraged, even to madness,
at this paltry attempt to impose spon his hi
therto easily persuaded understanding. The
author of that elegan. little work, me Uni
rec StctsS ant En.gtdnd has alluded to this
irritated state of the public feeling, and de-
pressed tone of the public mind, in the fol-
lowing manner:
Ahe fortune that presided over The destin;es of En-
gland, wss she whom the ancients represented with
wings standing on the prov of ashp, and holding the
rnuder IN fcr hands hus or tutelsry goddess n she
who was pictured bearing the horn OF plenty and
crowned ~ith stars The fortune of England has al
rsa'y qcitte' her ship aud even Che populaee of ti,t
country are conscious OF the ominors truth They no
longer appiaud at the theatres the song. that are sung
IN honor to Their gallant tsrs and hear with indf
terence or dignst, those sentiments TO which il wss
once their pri,ie TO listen few months ago niece
ea'ied we thinh, the I''Srateer, played Rt the
,yceum theatre, III London, in the course of which,
there occurred compliment to the Britisl, navy An
attempt was made to applaud usual former
hnt was oSerpowercd by ahiss--and person in the
BOXES was heard exclaiu, /" That character ia E,
ieittd" When, too, at the Regents grand gala n
mock hattie wa. represented the Serrcutine river
between IN american and British fiipate the fnruer
OF which, after, hard struggle, struck her flag il Vas
observed BY the popniaec, "Thcy'd be.tsr have LOT
mat alone. rting ss these anecdotes NAV seem
they turist surer than the Fights of birds or
the smoking ot entrsils OF sacrificed beasts They arr
the erakngs OF the, that sits among The ruins of
some magnificent pic and while he records ;lsanc;en,
apieniors, toretesits ,ure downfall They indicate
that the par of England's glory tie support of her
iauorai pride, and the foundation of her power. is
rooulderng AT its base.
The Lsndo7s Morning Chronicle. which
now hes before us. also speaking of the naval
exhibitions on the Serpcntine river, remarks.
that
The Teise projectors Of the park foleries have done
an IN then power to cothe them with attributes which
oe'ons 30 tar other events Thus we are told thst t
Isl o. Augustus the ntenary of the accession Of the
house OF hrnnswick-1hen are informed that the
stof August Ia the anniversary of the ha,ts Of the
Nile, n 70 br ng the latter circu stance more home 10 II,
-tle cock boats On the Serptntnc break the line rr-
gGty as the Immortal NELsoN did on that glorious ,
~''"J s'OuShN NtliNs nut IN All tDC6S proceedings
we can only discern fohp seated on her throne and a.
doI1'ed auth n CAP and deRs"
And adds the following satircal lines upon
the Protiigate prince whose besotted mind
suggested this folly
joins bell, the otherday in penqive mood,
Near otae Serpentine notilla stood
his hands were thrust into his emD.v 'noc,ets
And much of ships he muttered and of rockets.
Oisilly fetes--and jublces unibriity-
And babies oyergrnwn, Of fss9 and jffty.
lguessd the tram OF thought which then possessed
hin, f0''''
Aud deemed toe occasion fit, and thus addressed
Ae "-oi+ - fallen to-
" I'm giStulations meet
M On Eiba's ENpEnoR be.tow
Thy Li!iputan feet;
For with his islands narrow bound.
That navy might agrce
Which iaugh'd at sally hare--redounds
In ridicue 70 thee
Says JonS, right readily Pnrart
:, with these AMI all the CAV things
But It would break the regents heart
10 take away his plsy-thng,.
CHAMPION.