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Sketches of British Characters.

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Sir WkLTER SCoTr in appearance IL
large, grey headed old man, with bind
eve. lame leg, and an unmeaning physl-
ornomy. He is almost ad0red IN the
circle of his acquaintance, and Landed by
every tongue for social and shiolng VIZ
tues. Had his person been gifted by
nature with full complement OF requi-
sites for laborious life, the world might
never have gained the treasures OF his
Imagination, and his life had perhaps
been spent in the pateroal occupation OF
a husbandman. He was once clerk IN
the lay courts Of Edinburgh, but the IN
common success and large profits OF his
works, have raised him handsome ln- |
dependence.-He miscalculated his tai
ents very much in preferring poetry IN
his early productions, and he had gained
a good round age before he discovered
his error. Receiving him as the author
of the Wayerly novels, BY which his
name will descend to future times, he
was at least fliy-6ve before he began
them, but he has endeavored TO repay
his lost time, indeed, with unexampled
despatch. His poems now are hardly
noticed. and his dramatic attempt was
unsuccessful. presume the British
world are expecting his life OF Napole-
on, with the curiosity to discover wheth-
er the sketches of real life by MS pen
will equal those which he has drawn
fruu1 tho iuauAaustiblo RESOURCES Of his
invention. Lord Byron has prophecied
that he could open to himself a new de-
partment of literature, whenever his
novels began to tire. A student of Trim
ity College, Dublin, once sent him some
poems, requesting his opinion. Sir Wal
ter Scott returned very polite answer,
and among other advices, he recommend
ed him to publish nothing before he had
Mt least reached the 40lh year OF his life.
The DUKE of WELLINGTON is a tall, war
worn looking man, with sunburnt COM
plexion, and large Roman nose. His
name creates no more sensation In Lon
don, than if he had gained his rank by
any of the commonplace stepstones OF
wealth or influential connexions. He
has so far lost his sense of priaciple and
shame, as TO forsake his wife, to associate
with an opera dancer. All the spoils of
his continental campaign have been lost
at the gaming table, aud he has sunk the
hero 10 the abject character of pen
eioner and sycophant at court. His COM
peer in arms, the Marquis of ANGLEsEY.
who lost a leg at Waterloo, is most in
teresting looking parsonage. His hand
some face and commanding figure, all
scanned and gashed by the casualties of
war, present to the observer living
representative of Plutarch's heroes.
Thomas Moore. the poet, is squat,
funny looking, short sighted, monkey
faced, little mao. iie lives entirely on
the bounty Of the marquis of Lansdown,
for all the products of his works have
formed a minimum 10 his extravaganza.
He once enjoyed considerable share of
the favor of the king, when Prince of
Wales, and lost il by too much Imperti-
nent familiarity.-His fame was very
soon at its summit, and is now rather on
the decline, fate that clings TO both
RoeERs and CAMPBELL.
WILLIAM Roscoe is most respectable
character. A poet, orator, historian and
botanist; in the two latter departments
he has ecliPsed every contemporary.
He was once merchant Of large bust
ness in Liverpool, afterwards member
ofparliament for that town, and since an
inhabitant of the kings bench prison for
many day. He is tall, thin old man,
a good deal stopped in the shoulders
The mercantile world of Liverpool |
showed how much they estimated litera-
ture, by selling or allowing to be sold,
his botanical garden and library. He
now resides with Mr.. Coke of Norfolk,
who deserves respect for patronizing
man, that future times will perhaps read |
with Hume, Robertson and Gibbon.
MISS EDoEwoRTH is most ugly little
woman, whose squeaking voice is the
annoyance of every company which she
honors with her presence. Lady Mon.
GAN was the daughter of play actor,
and wife to an old accoucher in Dub.
lin, knighted by one of the Irish Lord
lieuten ants, in drunken frolic. She
never received any particular attention
at home and PHILGIPs far exceeds the
estimation Of his talents in Britain, in
having his works handed about, even
through the wil6s of America.
EDWARD IRvINo, the celebrated Gale.
aonian preacher, whose orations have
received such extensive attention, is
very tall, squints excessively, wears
his hair and beard long, affects singu- s
larity in NIL his actions, and speaks a :
broad Scotch dialect. Dir. BRoUGHAm is |
thin and dark complexioDed. He has {
a scorbulic affection in his face, and his 5
features are disturbed necessarily by d
paralytic motion. He goes through the h