crustation;

and it is a remarkable circum

stance, that, in the very few instances in which the persons intrusted with the care of the structure have had occasion to perform some trifling repairs, the Roman cement has been resorted to for the purpose, and found inferior in its adhesive powers to the cement originally employed by Smeaton. The lower part of the building is so overgrown with green slimy weed, that the base appears as if it were a continuation of the rock itself. Having spent nearly an hour in conversing with the men who thus voluntarily give up all the advantages we hold most dear to this brief period of our existence, and doom themselves to a seclusion, than which human invention could not picture a more dreary punishment for an unhappy criminal, I left the house not a little gratified that the weather had permitted me to inspect one of the most glorious achievements of ancient or modern architecture.

It is a singular coincidence but rarely found in art, that in the Edystone, the form which alone could ensure stability is at once the most beautiful that could have been imagined for such a structure. The curved outline, gracefully diminishing upwards, and surmounted by the curved cornice, produces an effect that it would have been in vain to attempt with the regularity of straight lines, and the usual routine of angular projections. Many views have been given of this curious building; but too many of them have been little more than imitations of the frontispiece to Smeaton's work, which represents the morning after a storm, with the sea rising in a cone, and burying the lighthouse entirely within it. The print is so badly executed, that it almost stamps the mark of impossibility on a circumstance, in itself sufficiently extraordinary, if portrayed by the most careful observer of natural effects. It was, however, dictated by one who had seen more of the place than any person then or now living; and though the appearance of the sea may be as much like anything else as water, yet we are compelled to believe, from circumstances themselves, that the sea does occasionally mount as high as is there represented. The glass in the lantern, though strong plate, has been more than once broken by its assaults, and the inhabitants drenched by the water which entered in consequence.

The stability of this edifice naturally excites our admiration-but it is a feeling not unmixed with awful reflections. Well might Smeaton say, that "He only who first created the atoms, can ascertain what is the full extent of those powers that may possibly be

combined towards the destruction of the mass." True, he could submit to no calculation the powers against which he contended; but he did what human genius could

(Continued from page 538.) THOUGH the King speaks a little English, he had everything we said formally interpreted to him, and his first inquiry was for the presents we had brought. He then asked, whether a sword formed part of them, and he seemed much pleased when we replied in the affirmative. He was next told, that there were many articles amongst them destined for his future consort; upon which he remarked to those standing immediately about him, that it was necessary for him to lose no time now in getting a wife, as even his friend, the King of Prussia, pressed it upon him. An earnest desire was expressed by him, that we should say but little about the presents, as it would excite the jealousy of the female branches of the royal family. During this parley, I was requested by one of the servants, who sat near the king's feet, to show him my large Peruvian hat, which was made of Vicusia wool; on my producing it, he clapped it immediately on his head, and set the whole court laughing and playing pranks with him. I observed several gigantic women in the cabin, in front of which his Majesty was standing; they were stretched at full length on soft mats, and watched all our proceedings with an inquisitive eye.

We were now introduced to Kaahumana, the queen-mother, whom we found kneeling by herself on a mat, wrapped closely round in a party-coloured Chinese mantle, which she opened from time to time, though scarcely sufficient to expose even her face. A white bandage was tied across her forehead. Her enormous size,

and her motley-tinted envelope, illuminated, as they were, by the silvery splendour of the moon, surprised me beyond measure; for she was much less like a human being than a pagan idol. However, she held out her hand to us in the most friendly manner, and, pointing to herself with her finger, repeatedly exclaimed-" My Queen! my Queen!" in English, by which, I presume, she wished us to understand, that she was queen and actual sovereign of the Sandwich Islands, and not her son-in-law, who can, in truth, boast of little beyond the mere title of King. Here the audience closed, and it was arranged that the presents should be produced the next day.

At nine o'clock in the morning of the 5th of June, they were accordingly landed and conveyed on two-wheeled carriages to the palace, where the king had assembled his whole court, in order to give us a public welcome, and take formal possession of the presents. When we came within the precincts of the palace court, the soldiery, who wore the dress of English sailors (for they generally march about in a state almost of nature, having no covering but a piece of cotton suspended from their shoulders, excepting ongala days), presented arms. In the palace itself, we found all the great men of the kingdom collected together, and standing round the sides of the chamber, like so many statues. His Majesty, with the governor by his side, was sitting on a bench, and invited us to take our places on another, which was placed opposite to them. Most of the foreign dealers in O-a-hee had also assembled on the occasion, and as each entered, the

king held out his hand to them, in doing which we frequently detected a salute of "Good morrow, King! good morrow, King!"- -a species of greeting, which amused us exceedingly. His Majesty was dressed in long white trowsers, a black jacket, bedizened with lace, and a coloured

waistcoat and neckcloth. The awful form of his excellency, the governor, was enshrined in a blue frock-coat, with anchor buttons, of so immoderate a length as almost to touch the ground. The palace is constructed, like the usual Indian cabin, of, reeds, grass, and the flat stalk of the fern intertwined, and consists internally of a tables, two benches, and three chairs, form the spacious apartment, covered with mats. Two

sum total of the furniture. At the end of this apartment are two confined spaces, partitioned off by screens of mats, for the purposes of dressing and sleeping. The walls are decorated with two pictures, three feet in height; the one a portrait of the present, and the other of the late king, who died in London: and besides there is a representation of the Congress at Washington.

Immediately after our arrival, we were honoured with the entry of the ladies of the royal family; these are, Kaahumana, with the King's sisters-in-law, and the surviving wives of Rihoriho, who died in England; the niece of the late prime minister, who made himself so notorious by the name of William Pitt, and Mistress Roki, the lady of the unfortunate governor of O-a-hee, who accompanied Riho-riho to London. These ladies, as they entered, held out their hands to us; and I must confess, that Kaahumana, at least, bore herself with no little dignity. They were all dressed in the capacious garment, called the missionary's robe, drawn close round the neck by a tie; they wore silk stockings, and shoes; and their hair was very tastefully set off with the beautiful flower of the "Edwardsia." As soon as the ladies had taken their places, some on the floor and the rest on stools, the King desired that the presents might be brought forward. The immense number of them astonished the by-standers; but KeaukeAouli looked upon them with such imperturbable sang froid, as led us, more than to suspect that he had been regularly drilled, à l'Européenne, for the occasion. They were particularly captivated with the showy appearance of a military uniform, a cocked hat, and plume of feathers, a handsome sword and scabbard, and an ornamented saddle, the latter of which was instantly thrown across a grey horse. Among the presents to the queen that is to be, was a superb lady's hat and flowers, which excited the special smiles of Queen Kinau, who, with all her stupendous stature, possesses great personal charms. She fitted the hat to her head, and seemed no ways loth to be admired in it. But, when I came to deck her out with certain ornaments designed for the person, my ingenuity had well nigh been stranded, for the necklace and bracelets, though made of an extra size, proved anything but an easy fit: I was obliged to work hard with both hands, and draw them as tight as I could, before I could make the clasps meet; yet her Majesty was not particularly lusty, as compared with her countrywomen. The King was also persuaded to make trial of the uniform, and contrived to put it on with the assistance of Halliley, his secretary but the instant it was rumoured that "the missionaries were coming," he made all haste to get

out of it.

By the time we had squared accounts with the ceremonial, which consumed little short of five hours, the heat was become overpowering, and our throats were parched to a cinder; some of the residents therefore hinted to his Majesty, that he ought to order some liquor to be handed to us; but to this he replied, that "the missionaries had prohibited any such indulgence." Most navigators have made mention of the extraordinary size of the women in the Sand

wich islands; but the remark is by no means of universal application, and it should be limited to the family of the Eris, including males and females. As it respects the latter, their volume of body does not arise, as may be generally con

MISCELLANEA

Mr. Moore and Capt. Medwin.-It is only in compliance with the anxious wish of Captain Medwin, that we consent to print this second letter. Here, however, the dispute must end. We have taken no part in it: indeed, we differ entirely from Captain Medwin. Our opinion of Moore's 'Life' is on record; and we see no reason to alter it.

To the Editor of the Athenæum. SIR,-On reading more attentively your Constant Reader's' defence of Mr. Moore, I find that I have omitted to notice the charge against me for garbling -against me, of all people in the world, as if the charge laid at my door has not always hitherto been of saying too much, rather than too little.

This new accusation comes strangely enough from a friend of Mr. Moore, who, if he had ever opened a page of the Life of Byron,' must have perceived that scarce an epistolary or other scrap contained in it, is there given in an ungarbled and unmutilated form.

Lord Byron says, in one of his letters, that he had rather "Moore edited him than any other person"; but does that gentleman really think, if Lord Byron had dreamed of the possibility that he would have been Deiphobised-have undergone the cruel operation he bas in Mr. Moore's hands-that he would have continued to correspond with Mr. Moore; or that the Autobiography burnt, (though it was first carefully copied by the particular injunctions of Lord Byron,) would have been presented to him at all? Can Mr. Moore fancy that Lord Byron, who was not only reckless of his own reputation-of what the world thought of him --but equally regardless of what he said of others;that he, whose favourite dogma was, that "Everybody hates everybody,"-who, through a spirit of mischiefmaking, wished to convert friends into foes, by his indiscreet revelations,-cared about the curtain being withdrawn, so as to give them and the public a peep behind the scenes? No: Byron delighted in the idea that, in his Memoirs, those letters, written expressly for publication after his death, would form a prominent feature, make the world stare, and set everybody by

the ears.

When Mr. Moore accepted that precious present, (the Autobiography,) he virtually bound himself to its appearance; nor ought the influence of any person to have induced him to suppress (in this, suppression was equivalent to destruction,) that sacred deposit.

What figure would the Conversations' of Johnson cut at the present day, had a man, whose mind was as scrupulous as Mr. Moore's, been employed in perpetrating an act, which I can hardly mention to ears polite-how emasculated would Boswell, by such hacking and maiming, have rendered them!

Such appears to the generality of readers, to the uninitiated, this 'Life of Byron' now;-but what will it be some years hence?

By way of enlightening future generations upon points where our biographer seems to be determined they should remain in unhappy ignorance, I have reason to believe that a real Life of the Poet is in preparation, in which all the blanks will be conscientiously filled up-according to the suggestion of Lord Brougham, who lately gave it out as law, that when the lacunæ are so supplied, no injunction can be obtained, because the work would then be libellous, and could not come under

the protection of the court; and I can take upon myself to say, that the new and unknown editor will be happy to receive any extracts or letters, however highly seasoned, which Messrs. Moore and Murray were too nice to serve up to their own customers. (By the bye, Mr. Murray is not perhaps aware, that Lord Byron was in the habit of taking copies of all letters to him, especially after his positive refusal to continue the publication of Don Juan.) Certain it is, that were Lord Byron to rise again, he would be at a loss to recognize his style or sentiments in their olla podrida-would exclaim, in the words of Alfieri," Io non son' Io." Never surely could it have entered into his contemplation, that his friend Moore would have drawn a chaste pen through expressions "un peu trop fortes;" but should such a thought have crossed his brain, he would have burst into one of his sardonic grins, and have drawled out the quotation applied by Southey to Colman, in some number of the Quarterly

Fall to your prayers, dear Tom,
How ill, &c.

It is a vain attempt to whitewash or conceal Lord Byron's opinions of men and things in general; every coming day will let us more and more into the mysteries of Eleusis. Mr. Moore reminds me of the painter who, in a portrait of Cardinal Wolsey, drew him in profile, that his blind eye might not be seen.

But of what nature were the Confessions in this pawpaw Autobiography?

It could not have been so highly objectionable in matter and manner; for it was read by Washington Irving, D. Kinnaird, Shelley, Sir G. Webster, and at least half a dozen more individuals I could name; and hence the presumption is, that the Letters themselves were not so very very bad, as Mr. Moore's innumerable

**** lead the reader to suppose; whose imagination is now left to run riot to an indefinite extent, by knowing that the writer was Byron, and that they were penned to the author of 'Little's Poems.'

And yet I, poor I, am taxed with garbling The Irish Avatar. "This is the unkindest cut of all." Now, Sir, on referring to Mr. Murray's last edition of Lord Byron's poems, I find one stanza in it, which in my text stands thus:

Spread, spread for Vitellius the royal repast,
Till the gluttonous despot be stuffed to the gorge;
And the roar of his drunkards proclaim him at last,
The fourth of the fools and oppressors called George.

I take my leave of the Constant Reader,' by telling him that I have just discovered that his friend, the Biographer, by a strange lapsus plume, after the translated paper headed Goethe and Byron,' leaves it more than doubtful whether it was addressed to Lord Byron. That communication was made to me, in German, in 1825; and I possess the original in the autograph of Goethe himself. This, at least, must have found its way into Mr. Moore's pages, from his having consulted a certain Appendix, in order to strengthen a diluted volume with one of the most spiritual things in mine,-a species of petty larceny in literature one might imagine so exercised a writer would have been deterred from, under an apprehension of the Lex talionis. T. MEDWIN.

Commentary on Don Quixote.-Don Diego Clemencin, formerly a distinguished member of the Cortes, and for many years perpetual Secretary to the Royal Spanish Academy of History, is about to publish by subscription, a Commentary on Don Quixote. The first volume is, we hear, nearly ready, and will shortly be published at Madrid. The known reputation of the author, and the light he has thrown by some former works upon many doubtful points in the interesting history of Ferdinand and Isabella, give us a reason to hope that these commentaries will not be unworthy of the immortal work of Cervantes. The continual allusion in Don Quixote to the habits, manners, customs, and occurrences of the times in which it was written, make such a commentary desirable even to wellinformed Spaniards.

The Rev. Dr. Adam Clarke.-This excellent man, whose literary labours have often been the subject of commendation in this paper, died suddenly on Sunday last. He was engaged to preach at Bayswater on that day, and was stopping at the house of a friend in the neighbourhood, when he was seized with cholera and expired in a few hours.

Sir Walter Scott.-James Hogg, in a pleasant paper on the statistics of Selkirkshire, in the new number of the Quarterly Journal of Agriculture, having occasion to make mention of Sir Walter, as among the eminent persons born in that county, writes as follows:-"To speak of Sir Walter Scott as a literary man, would be the height of absurdity in a statistical writer. In that light he is known and duly appreciated over the whole world, wherever letters have found their way. But I shall say, that those who know him only by the few hundreds of volumes that he has published, know only the one half of the man, and that not the best half neither. As a friend, he is steady, candid, and sincere, expressing his sentiments freely, whether favourable or the reverse. He is no man's enemy, though he may be to his principles; and I believe that he never in his life tried to do an individual hurt. His impartiality as a judge is so well known, that no man, either rich or poor, ever attempts to move him from the right onward path. If he have a feeling of tiality in his whole disposition, it is for the poachers and fishers, at least I know that they all think he has a fellow-feeling with them,that he has a little of the old outlaw blood in him, and, if he had been able, would have been a desperate poacher and black-fisher. Indeed, it has been reported that when he was young he sometimes leistered a kipper, and made a shift to shoot a moorfowl i' the drift.'

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"He was uncommonly well made. I never saw a limb, loins, and shoulders so framed for immoderate strength. And, as Tom Purdie observed, Faith, an he hadna' been crippled he wad ha'e been an unlucky chap.'"

Irish Festivities.-Mr. Crampton, in an interesting paper in the Dublin Medical Journal, observes incidentally, "I have often heard Mr. Dease say, that at the commencement of his professional life (between fifty and sixty years since), it was the duty of the senior apprentice to go to the hospital at an early hour on every Monday morning, and have all the persons who had suffered fractures of the skull during the festivities of the preceding Sunday evening, scalped and ready for trephine at the visiting hour."

The Mandans believe their ancestors once lived in a large village under ground, near a subterranean lake: that by means of a vine tree, which extended its roots to their cheerless habitation, they got a glimpse of the light: that, informed by some adventurers, who had visited the upper world, of the numerous buffalos pasturing in the plains, and of the trees loaded with delicious fruit, the whole nation with one consent, began to ascend the roots of the vine; but that, when about the half of them had reached the surface, a corpulent woman climbing up, broke the root by her weight: that the earth immediately closed, and concealed for ever from those below the cheering beams of the sun.

History of the Western World-Lardner's Cyclopædia.

Difference between Americans and Frenchmen. -An Englishman cannot travel a mile in a stagecoach in the United States, without being asked whether he has been on the Liverpool Railroad. In Europe, and in France particularly, it is, "Have you seen de Tunnell under de Thames?" It is the usefulness in forwarding the prosperity of a country that suggests the American query; whilst with the Frenchman the use is entirely out of the question; he thinks merely of the magnitude and the novelty of the undertaking, and never fails to remark that the engineer was a native of France.-American Paper.

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1, Eyam Church, Derbyshire | 10, Reports of Religions and with an Engraving 11, Ecclesiastical Trials 12, Important Church Doenmeats: Articles of Inquiry issued to every Incumbent -Briefs, and the King's Letter for the National Society-Protestant Episcopal Church of America, &c. &c.

3, On Church Architecture 4, Thoughts upon Sacred Poetry

5, Clerical Church Reformers 6, Notices of the Olden Time 7, Sacred Poetry

8, Correspondence: On the

Ordinations, Preferments, Births, Deaths, Marriages University News

Cottage Allotment System 13, Ecclesiastical Intelligence:
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Bowles's Life of Ken-The
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Church Revenues Commis-
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John Turrill, 250, Regent-street, London; Parker, Oxford; Grant, Cambridge.

Edited by E. L. BULWER, Esq. Author of 'Pelham,' 'Eugen Aram,' &c. will contain, among other Papers by the most distinguished Writers of the Day:

1, The future Objects of the
People

2, Continuation of Lady Bles-
ington's Journal of Con-
versations with Lord Byron
-accompanied by a whole-[
length portrait, after a
sketch by Count D'Orsay
3, The Home of Love, a Poem,
by Mrs. Hemans-Lines to
the Blue Anemone, by the
same Writer

4, A Psychological Memoir of
a Provincial Man of Genius,
'Jackson of Exeter.'

5, English Song Writers.
6, Of the three earliest Authors

3, Dundas's Assimilation of 13, Sir George Rooke Cavalry & Infantry Tactics 4, On the Occult Principle 5, Old English Archery 6, The British Cavalry on the Peninsula, by an Officer of Dragoons (continued)

7, Recollections of a Sea Life, by a Midshipman of the last century (continued)

8, Sketches of the War of the French in Spain in the year 1823. No. 4

9, Life and Adventures of the
Black Joke, lately deceased
at Sierra Leone

10, New African Expedition
11, Visit to the summit of Mount
Etna, by Lieut. G. H. P.
White, K.N.

16, Suggestion for a mode of conveying to England the Egyptian Obelisk,common ly called Cleopatra's Needle 17, Patent Breech for Guns 18, Key to the Campaign of

1813

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