Nearly ready for Publication: The first number of a New Quarterly Publication intituled "Annals of the Fine Arts," and solely and exclusively devoted to them. Memoirs of Mr. SHERIDAN, drawn from original documents, and illustrated by his own Correspondence, and that of his Friends, with a copious Account of his Family. By Dr. WATKINS. The Speeches and Memoirs of the late R. B. Sheridan, esq. edited by a Constitutional Friend, well known in the literary circles. AKENSIDE'S" Pleasures of Imagination," printed from Akenside's corrected copy of his first Poem; edited by the Author of "The Philosophy of Nature." Preparing for Publication: Mr. SHAW MASON'S Second Volume of the "Statistical Survey of Ireland," is now at press. The Work is of great National importance: the British Empire is deeply interested in every effort to bring the actual state of Ireland before the publick. Mr. THOMAS RUSSELL, jun. of Guildford, is now publishing by Subscription, "A Picturesque View of Guildford" (on a large scale) from a spot which displays to the greatest advantage its venerable Castle, and other Buildings. Travels from Calcutta, along the Banks of the Tigris and Euphrates, to Babylon; including Strictures on the History of that most ancient Metropolis, and Topographical Observations made during a residence of three weeks among its Ruins. By ABRAHAM LOCKETT, esq. M. A. S. Captain in the Honourable East India Company's Service; Author of a Commentary on Arabic Syntax; and Secretary to the Council of the College at Fort William, in Bengal. With Maps; Views of the Ruins of Babylon, and some other Buildings in its Vicinity; and Representations of certain small Monuments of remote Antiquity disinterred by the Arabs in digging up the Babylonian bricks. Some Account of Ahantah and Fantyn, and the remaining Countries on the Gold Coast of Africa; containing Notices of their Soil, Climate, and Productions, and of the Persons, Manners, Customs, Religion, Institutions, Arts, Trade, and comparative Civilization of the Inhabitants; including Narratives of their more recent Wars, and Hints for the developement of their ancient History, and the History of the African Slave Trade, and for an Inquiry into the original Country of the Negro Race. -Recent intelligence of a War (the con sequences of which may be important to British interests) has served to show, from the unsuccessful attempts of the public prints to inform their readers of the situation and state of these Countries, and from the errors and the deficiencies of our best maps and books of Geography, the want of such a work as this. A History of Nipal, a Kingdom in the North of India; describing its Origin, Situation, Surface, Climate, and Inhabitants; its Relations, Political and Commercial, with the British Dominions in Asia, Tibet, Tartary, and the Chinese Empire; and the Rise and Progress of the present War.-The general want of information which appears to prevail with respect to Nipal, and the powerful and increasing interest which attaches to the existing war with that country may be regarded as recommendations of this Work. The Paintings lately removed from Powderham Castle, the seat of Lord Courtenay, have been sold by auction by Christie at very low prices. The large picture of the Tribute Money, by Rubens, reputed to be worth several thousand pounds, fetched but 480i. The mansion in Streatham Park, at which Dr. Johnson was so often an inmate, has been sold by auction, with all its furniture, library, and pictures. On the last day of the sale the collection of portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds, including those of nearly all the distinguished visitors of Streatham-house, were disposed of at the following prices: Lord Sondes, 80 guineas; Lord Lyttelton, 41; Mr. Murphy, 98; Sir J. Reynolds, 122; Dr. Goldsmith, 127; Sir R. Chambers, 80; Garrick, 175; Mr. Baretti, 82; Dr. ́ Burney, 20; Burke, 240; Dr. Johnson, 360. Marshal JUNOT's Library was lately sold by auction, by Mr. Evans in Pallmall. It consisted chiefly of Authors published by Didot of Paris, and printed by him, and Bodoni of Parma, upon the most exquisitely beautiful vellum. Every volume has a case to put it in.— Horatii Opera (of which two copies only were printed upon vellum) sold for 140. Fables de la Fontaine, 2 vols. (of which only two copies were printed upon vellum) with the admirable original drawings of Perceir, and a set of proof plates, fetched 170/.; Virgilii Opera, 471. 5s.— The celebrated Bible which Junot carried off from Portugal, was not in this sale. The Government of Portugal were so anxious to redeem this great curiosity, that they offered Madame Junot 80,000 livres for it; but she required 150,0007. SELECT Mr. URBAN, SELECT July 18. I PERUSED with no small delight the Orphan Stanzas (for they have no ostensible Parent) "to a celebrated Noble Poet," in Part I. p. 447. Among the numerous effusions to which his Lordship's last farrago has given birth, one has appeared, which, whoever be its' author, claims a rank not far behind that which has been generally allowed to its prototype (p. 351). Its sentiments, in my humble opinion, are highly expressive of the proud feelings of injured virtue, struggling against the pangs of disappointed affection; and such as every Poet would ascribe to the woman whom even the infatuated Fugitive himself allows to be Serenely purest of her sex that live! Lady BYRON's responsive" Fare thee well." How dread the thought!-still fare thee Yet think not time or space can sever O cherish not the sad illusion, All thy high-wrought hopes deceiving, Which whispers thee, THAT heart's profusion Of love can end in "unforgiving!" Too well I know thy conscious breast, That form'd, how brief! my "placid" pillow, Hath wander'd from its ark of rest, Far stretching o'er life's cheerless billow: But if as may-peace still denied thee My bosom beat to thy return,- [thee, The love that once hath dared to chide Cannot, will not, dare to "spurn." THOU Wert My world-another "world" Scatters its frowns or "smiles" in vain! From thy embrace by treachery hurl'd, I know no joy, I fear no pain. To soft affection's duties prone, In me thy faults a veil had found: Thy many faults" were thine alone NOT THINE ALONE their "cureless wound." This lesson thou hadst fix'd too deep, Ere yet thy verse display'd its artThe sudden deluge cannot sweep Love's graven impress from the heart! But oh! if mine "by slow decay" Must moulder from its ruby throne, Thy hand shall wear the stamp away; For yet my love is all thine own! And oft as on my "widow'd bed" The light revisits these sad eyes *, Anguish more deep than for the dead Is foster'd by unbidden sighs. "Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes." GRAY. POETRY. When first our infant's vocal aim With skill distinctive shall be crown'd;" When taught to lisp a Father's name, Embitter'd joy will greet the sound. For then-should still thy footsteps wander Far from her who mourns thee lostThen on her griefs recall'd she 'll ponder, On all her joys so foully cross'd. And if one gleam of "solace" cheer me, Flickering o'er my gloomy fateMy lord, my love, no longer near meNought left of him, beside his hate'T will be, that Nature's pencil true Shall on our darling's cherub cheek Those thrice dear "lineaments" renew, Her mother else might vainly seek! 'T will be, that if her face resemble Thine, which I never more may see,While gazing there my heart may tremble With a pulse still true to thee! Again thy faults!". known, but hadst thou Ere yet too late, thy slighted peace; Thy wither'd "hopes”—and oh! my own Had flourish'd with our years' increase! With me-" with thee"-they sever'd fly, Cherish'd alone by dear communion; Without me,-without thee-they die Beneath their violated union, Thy "pride," thy every other "feeling," These self- condemned faults have "shaken;" And if beyond the power of healing, By me!-no-by THYSELF" forsaken?” Haply from me hath Nature banish'd The flames that feed thy cherish'd "madness"— Enough for me to "know" is vanish'd Every glimpse of future gladness. 'T is not relentless* Virtue's hand Hath rent the torrent's faithless mound: For oh! might one repentant tear Nor other trophy dare to seek. If to thy bosom Death can give On MADAME DE LA VALETTE's aiding her Husband's Escape from the Conciergerie, Dec. 20th, 1815. IT is not in the tented field, Amid the thundering cannon's roar; Where warriors the bright faulchion wield, Bathing its point in human gore, Diffusing death around: 'T is not amid wild war's alarms, The brazen trump, the neighing steed, The swift and dangerous car to guide, Yet Fame can tell, that e'en where Death E'en there is Woman seen. Can shake her fortitude's firm power; Fix'd to her constant purpose still, Though clouds arise, and tempests lour, Unaw'd her steadfast mien. And ah! with what increasing power The sacred bond of marriage claims Amid the virtuous host. And see, to grace Fame's glorious page, * Wife of Edward I. CASIMIR, LIB. I. ODE 1. On the Departure of the hostile Thracians from Pannonia. NOW cease the menaces of War, And Health and Peace, once driven far From our polluted land, In milk-white chariots borne along, And in our cities stand. Now Faith and Right, devoid of guile, Fly o'er the joyful fields; And ample pleasures yield. Return in vigorous powers; Drops down in many a shower. On high and festive days; In pompous songs of praise. Rivers of milk and honey glide, The banks are full, they swell, they rise'Tis nectar to the just and wise The fields are blest again. + Lady Harriet Ackland, who accompanied her husband Major Ackland to America during our contest with that country in 1767. For an account of her extraordinary fortitude and sufferings, see "Female Biography." Madame de La Valette was released from prison in January last: see Part I. p. 170. More More gently waves the bearded grain, The shepherd drives his flocks along, On his rude oaten straw; With every breath they draw. Loud echoing with the noise; Peace! o'er the scatter'd hills shall bound, Sequester'd valleys catch the sound, And burst in violent joys. [The rest of the Ode, consisting of high strains of compliment to Pope Urban VIII. does not seem to merit a translation.] U. U. FAREWELL ADDRESS by ARTHUR BROOKE, To his Female Readers. Written after the Publication of a small Volume of Poems. THOUGH the harp may be sinking in sadness, whose strings Were so lightly once waken'd for you, Yet it still to the theme of its infancy clings, And its last fading tribute of melody In this warm unaffected adieu. [brings May your charms, which the dullest, the coldest might move, rove In a verse less unworthy be wreathed; May the tale of affection, as oft as you [you love, By the sweet star of eve, in the voice that Be as truly, as tenderly breathed. Forgive, if the feeling too freely has flow'd From the warmth of a juvenile tongue; By your lips be a soft admonition bestow'd, And oh! in your hearts be it only allow'd To have better been fancied than sung. In its pride let the cold callous eye of the Sage On the song look indignantly down; Let Ignorance turn with distaste from the page, And pity we still the moroseness of Age, The joys of our being, how fleeting and few! I WISH I were where Helen lies, For, night and day, on me she cries, Still seems to beckon me! Took deadly aim at me; On fair Kirkconnell-Lee! Though Heaven forbids my wrath to swell, And tore my Love from me! Ah! what avails it that, amain, I see her spirit in the air I hear the shriek of wild despair, Unite my Love and me! here.. Perth, June 10. HISTORICAL CHRONICLE. PROCEEDINGS IN THE FOURTH SESSION OF THE FIFTH PARLIAMENT OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, May 13. he Viscount Sidmouth expressed his hope that the Noble Earl would not persist in his motion. It was true that on a former occasion he had pledged himself that, when the military were called out, would give orders that the civil officers should also attend. It had then been, and it was still his opinion, that the civil officers should be in attendance on such occasions; but he admitted that there was a defect of communication on this subject between the Horse-guards and the Secretary of State's Offiee. He promised, however, that he would take measures to remedy that defect if possible. This mode of calling out the military, however, for the sake of parade or public convenience, was no new proceeding, though it might have been, from local and other circumstances, carried to a greater extent than formerly. The Duke of Sussex, the Earl of Lauderdale, Marquis of Buckingham, Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord Holland, and Earl Stanhope, supported the motion by a variety of arguments. On a division it was negatived, by 33 to 16. In the Commons, the same day, Lord Milton said, he had once before complained of an improper interference of the Military, who made an assault on private individuals attempting to pass the public streets. Perhaps all might not know that parties of guards had been stationed that day in difGENT. MAG. July, 1816. ferent streets of the town. He did not see these things himself; but he understood that the guards stationed at the end of Pall-mall had stopped his noble friend (Lord Essex, we presume), who had come down the Haymarket; and who, upon asking the reason why, was told by the soldiers, that such were their orders. They Isaid that their commanding-officer was at Carlton-house. His noble friend inquired for a constable, and the soldiers' answer was, 'We have nothing to do with the peace-officers.' After some further observations the Noble Lord concluded by moving for a copy of the Orders given that day to the life-guards on duty. Lord Castlereagh did not think that the employment of the Military on such occasions was inconsistent with the principles of our Constitution. A great deal of alarm had been expressed, but he did not consider that it was warranted by the circumstances of the case: it was calculated rather to make the people less attached to British liberty.-(Hear, hear, from the Opposition.) In his view of the subject, it would be a degradation of the high character of the House to entertain the question. Sir C. Burrell said that, so far from regretting that soldiers were posted at the Theatres, and other places of amusement, he wished to see the military system extended a little further. (Hear, hear, from the Opposition.) Sentinels were placed at St. James's, and he lamented that they were not stationed in Piccadilly, particularly about Dover-street. The scenes of riot and disorder that were occasioned by the proprietors of stage-coaches were a disgrace to the country. Women had been frequently interrupted and dragged about by these people, till they could find an opportunity of escaping into shops; and he begged to assure the House, that a complaint of this nature had been made to him by a public-spirited jeweller, who had found it necessary to commence actions against the coachmasters. (Loud laughter.) After some discussion, the motion was negatived, by 112 to 54. Sir Egerton Brydges having moved the second reading of the Bill for registering the deaths of the nobility and people of property; The Attorney General said, he thought this one of the most objectionable and vexatious measures ever introduced into Parliament. It required a long certificate of birth and pedigree to be registered at Doctors' |