Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-07-20
REFLEcTgoNS or LIVlNG NOHRLiSTS.
ny GALLO.
CAPTAIN MARRYAT.

Most Of Manyats remind of the French GEL
tlemsn who introduced the Melton Mowbray squa
ron, aud who desrou- to be stamped worthy memb'
the daring bsnd declared he had brought down
hun horse who took such high Jumps that the rider ie
perfectly with remaining 50 long in the air lii
tory proceeds that whatever merits the hunter mig
possess those Of the huntman apocryphal, f
lac tumbcd of the irsi gate But this part OF the
does not apply to the Captain.
InquestiOuaby, however, there another distinguish
foreigner upon whose style Captain Manyat has formed
own-ihe Barun Muuchausen. do not know any move
except the latter whose hero through such superna
raj adventures those OF Mauyats creations The CT
with ninc lives is cphcmeral animal compared 20 h
Captains wclders OF the with tails. They ar
charmed like Laduad (voiary by the way, of Marryata,
from the weapons OF striie-re will burn them,
water will not drown them. Blowing mdshpmte up
ordinary with Captains, but Captain blow
him up with gunpowdei. and does not think he has dom
anything out OF the way Amedcal student, whom Aber
nothy examining replied the inquiry, "wha shouC
you do II man were blown up with gunpowdcri" "Oh
don't knows should wait till he came down again. Ina
Is what the Captain does; he blows up his hcroand waits
The the ManN coin should be that of each OF the
Marrya herocs-qHocnque eceris sfab-ior the hero al
| ways comes down on his legs.
1t very curious too that all his characters talk the
excellent in the midst of all these
ing, moon akng adventures. MCuloch walking with
Adam Smith meet Ricardo, could not be sagcy SEN
tcntious than Muryats midshpmcn popping and down
the companion ladder, sitting discousoate in the middle
OF the Mediterranean, after numbering the eluc-
"b1bes and sucklngs, though, dare say people
member Peter SimPles friends delicate remark To the
Whore the duce did you from - inquired another
captain, unfortunate sac who had lost his hold,
tumbed from considerable hegh, upon deck at the feet
O his commanding officer. Pisase your honor" said the
poor man, rubbing the damaged portion OF his person. II
from the North of Ireland" That Is very much the
of question and which passes between Captain
Mauyats characters after their extraordinary esedpddes
There certainly great deal of real fun IN his books
but 1t Is not his fun which is the most amusing The
best laugh which 90 be got OF Mayats novels
is to be found in Jacob Faithful The in which do
mine gets drunk is worthy OF Smollctt. Ii To
that the Captain lays down. in the last named novel; rule
which requires some eueidlton. lie makes of his
derloiseiies that gentleman who has kissed
young lady afterwards bears any real malice against
her The creed sounds amisble but if this the case
how does the Captain account for the bernesses OF ma
mOnia liiel
Mr. Mdshipmon Easy is choice specimen of the in
eNngushabe hero the novel l. OF the authors style In
the INST page the latter plumbers Joe Miller OF old
but admirable anecdOte aud thea the Young gentleman Is
started into life. His adventures boy enough
to kill most men, but amid the torrent, tempest, and
whirwind" OF his fortunes he is steadily pursuing
his educaton and the author after having beat and banged
and battered him about 10 his hearts him
at the end Of the book completely convinced the doctrine
which 1t as the end Of the book enOrce-namely that
men are not and cannot be equal.
Perciyal keene another of the lneXnguishabo, but
much less respectable than Mr. Easy. There some
good points about him. but his seshness renders him pc
culary disagreeabe. His astocrac father, Captain Del
mar very well drawn character, and his enduring haug
ness, which death bed cannot subdue, carefully
ained, 10 become at last rather credit TO him than
fault IN him, The very uf Percva must have been
which Dclmar would from his own, hold conemptu-
dislike; and his dying without acknowledging the boy,
increases my regard for him "Ihc Captains bold man,
ms Peachum says, end burns gunpowder if pas
tiles. In the Of this very book have Master PEREZ
val placing powder under the chair of his schoomase and
blowing him into the air And lac himself afterwards Jumps
into the sea at the very moment ms vessel blown to
pieces
Marryat and the Americans He wrote a book with the
avowed pose, merely doing the Vt democracy
all the mischief IN his power but O actually exciting iami-
fends among the Yankees lie declares that he intended
that American wife should read his laudaons OF the ie
male portion OF the republic rs compared with 1.-THE woer
half it, and should be able say in her oonuga quar-
rel on know m at deal too good for you, sir; and
Captain Marryat says So" determined attack up.
On the Pcnatcs Of enemy perhaps made
Whether this amiabc desire the Captains part has
been iUhcd L. OF course, ignoran bn that most Amer.
lean ladies might with perfect Justice make such speech
10 the mates with yhom their misfortune to Toe connect
ed most pocnty believe from the specimens Of Transit
/ gntc whom have met here and in England.
The affair between Mauyau and Neele excited a good
deal OF laughter the time. The correspondence was
entertaining Mr.. Nces hs remembrances the Ia
dies OF Captain MaHyatts family, and the latter returned
the civil nIimauon that such message the obi
ging nasmuch as MIR. Neee had never any OF them
don't remember what ted the actual outbreak, but de-
remember that the Capt refused 10 fight Mr. Neee because
the latter bnrTisteT. This plea unlenabic Tor
much dislike barlisler aud all other varieties OF the
law, Except tie present Lord Chanceor,j bound tn
that they have right To be shot Moreover Marry
at, phanhTOpist, ought have eagerly embraced
/ opportunity Of disabling lawyer.
was told an odd anecduie Of the Captain which seems
unlike the above affair." prove him daring than gal
/ liant. The thing happened in NJ street, Berkeley
square, where young lady induced allow Of heI
very pretty little fingers find its way the last place
where would look for such things-ihe mouth OF the
valiant Captain. He threatened bite herr She somewhat
too trustfy as proved dared him the deed. The
suit convinced her that # her hand precisely like
that Of Ellen Douglas ION lions mane," her finger was
between his teeth, and tie lesson lasted her for Tim,
after the Captain had ceased 10 call the house
You cannot make revolution with uscwater, and con
sderng what the British sailor Is before hc made Bri
sh sailor you ought xpeci dclneaUr Of blue JACKIE
manners to invest his "bawuy buarters" with the gracos
plrOuT bJarders. But Mayutt by Ia
language he puts tie mouths Of his Sailors
j. among his officers thathe times and evoke
ideas which peculiarly adapted the drawing
horse play, and in In which reader little bt
/ yulgary. The in Midshipmun Easy par eIenpi
in which the moral, "duy before decency" enforced al
penTed 10 not udCTOus but only and deiacng
clever book. cannot che OF flying 10 the face
the ordinary decaces OF civilized life, whcgc you've g,
good moral to give in exchange" Mr. Smith Says
, He is capital Tory, to Judge from his wnungs Il
England, where you make politics the standard by wlc
you Judge everything, from pnyactng upwards, tt
only the other day that saw, English paper film
at Mucroady and knowles Tor being Radicals y this is a
%: intellect, the Millennium, n}thirg eisc wi. eve
! induce ySu 10 adopt phlosophc system OF crit
cism do not anticipate that it will, but that you WI
4 go 20 tie end Of time, checking the pliy-b, m
Academy catalogue, and the publishers list, by th
"couect copy Of the pJ-bOoks the last general elet
ton" COniOuud your politics for your politicians
Judge by Gaignans elegant extracts from your paper
teyhavc oil been COMPOUNDED long since. was, bcey
speaking Of Captain Marrya but also believe ha'