FROM THE MONTHLY REVIEW.

THE LEGITIMATE SON.
By Mr. Elton.

Rome's empress pale on her death-bed lay,

And her lips and forehead were cold as clay, "Oh emperor! hear-three sons are mine, But one of the three alone is thine."

'Eufemian dropp'd the scalding tear, And his brow was bath'd in the dew of fear; "Thy crime, Theodora, shall pardon gain, But speak! that my true-born son may reign."

The empress gaz'd with a ghastly eye, And her bosom heav'd a deep-drawn sigh; But a mother's love was strong in death, And speechless she yielded up her breath. On his death-bed soon Rome's emperor lay,

And his lips and forehead were cold as clay:

"Jerusalem's king shall fill my throne,
Till that my true-born son be known."
'Jerusalem's king the mandate gave ;
They raise the corse from its new-made
grave;

With arrows and bows the sons must stand,
And the sceptre shall gift the truest hand.
The princes the shrouded monarch see
At distance bound to a plantane-tree:
With steady aim the eldest stands,
And the bowstring twangs in his nervous
hands.

"In the forehead cold of the breathless corse The arrow quivers with cleaving force; Then forth from the throng the second

eame,

And weary stood with an archer's aim.

He drew the bow with rebounding twang, Through the whistling air the arrow sang; As the light'ning swift, that bearded dart Was lodg'd in the lifeless monarch's heart. 'Jerusalem's king then turn'd to know Why the youngest prince came loitering slow;

But with sobs and cries that rent the ear That youthful prince stood weeping near

THE CATCH CLUB.

THE noblemen and gentlemen, members of the CATCH CLUB, have unanimously voted their gold medal this year for the best serious glee to Mr. Condell: the words of which are

A BALLADE OF WYNTER.

Loud blowe the wyndes with blustering breath

And snows fall cold upon the heath,
And hill and vale looke drear;
The torrents foam with headlong roar,
And trees their chilly loads deplore,
And droppe the icy tear.

The little birdes with wishful eye,
For almes unto my cottage flye,
Sith they can boaste no hoarde;
Sharp in myne house the pilgrims peep,
But Robin will not distance keepe,
So percheth on my boarde.

Come in ve little minstrels swete,
And from your fathers shake the sleete,
And warme your freezing bloode ;
No cat shall touch a single plume,
Came in sweet choir-nay-fill my room,
And take of grain a treat..
Then flicker gay about my
beams,
And hoppe and doe what pleasant seemes,
And be a joyfull throng;

Till Spring may clothe the naked grove,
Then
go
and build your nests, and love,
And thank me with a song.

FROM THE LITERARY PANORAMA.

NAPOLEON'S

LAST CONFERENCE WITH THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR, LORD WHITWORTH,

PREVIOUS TO THE PRESENT WAR.

Quid immcrentes hospites vexas, Canis ? HOR.

The following, is one of those jeux d'esprit, which fell from the pen of the late Mr. Cumberland; though he was not known as their author, to which we alluded in our ninth volume, page 1071. He saw that circumstances required "every man to do his duty" to his country; and he knew that the duty of a man of letters, was to raise the feeling of his countrymen to its proper pitch. This can now be done only by that powerful engine, the Press; by which intelligence, sentiments, reasonings, opinions, and expressions of conviction, are circulated in a few days, from the metropolis, throughout every country in the empire. We need say nothing in explanation of the character of the speakers, or rather speaker, in this Conference: they are well sustained. Other productions of the same pen will grace our pages, in continuation.

Napoleon, tho' a pigmy sprite,

Was reakish as a mule;
Th' ambassador was twice as stout,
And more than twice as cool.

With this great little man to talk

He came from fair Whitehall; But word he put in none, for why? The little man talk'd all.

"The wind is west"--The consul cried, And fierce as flame he grew; "That cursed wind ne'er blew me good, "And now it blows me you!

"Tell your friend, Addington, from me, If he's a man of peace,

"To clap a muzzle on his press, "And stop his cackling geese.

"Kick out my rascal renegades, "Then let them starve and rot! "For your John Bull, if he must roar, "Let him; I heed him not.

"And where is Malta? By my soul ! "I hold that place so dear, "Were I to choose 'twixt this and that, "I'd sooner see you here.

"Turn to your treaty! Here it is→→→
"To section, number ten-
"If rightly you have conn'd it not,
"Here! con it o'er again!

"Hell and damnation! am I fobb'd
"Of this and Egypt too?
"What says your minister to that?
"Let's hear it :-What say you?”.

Now reason good there is to think
His lordship here had spoke,
If this loud little man his thread
Of reas'ning had not broke.

"Egypt!" he cried, "I cou'd have seiz'd-
"That curst ill-omen'd shore !
"With five and twenty thousand men,
"Though you were there with four.

"But Egypt soon or late is mine ; "So take a prophet's word, "And Nile thro' all his sev'n wide mouths "Shall hail me for his lord.

"Sebastiani scour'd the coast,
*" And well I chose my man,
"For sure, if any can ride post,
"Sebastiani can.

"If soon the Turkish empire falls,
"ly portion shall be this;
"If still it totters, I'll arrange

"With Sultan as with Swiss.

"What tho' a Mussulman I was, "While interest was in view, "When I have made the bargain sure, "I'll let him call me Jew.

"And now you know my plan, submit ! "Secrets of state I scorn;

"Strike, or expect me on your shores; "As sure as you were born.

"One hundred, tho' it be, to one, "The odds alarm not me; "What were the odds that little I "Great Lord of France should be?

"Tho' army after army sink ;

"Yet sink or swim, I'll do't,

"Of their pil'd bodies make a bridge, "And then march o'er on foot.

"They're not my countrymen, but slaves,
"Whose blood I freely spill;
"They're us to slaughter-and if you
Won't kill them off, I will."

This said, his little fist he clench'd,
And smote the board full sore-
"Hum!" cried my lord, then strode away,
And word spake never more.

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Each eye is vacant, and each heart is coldk Part II..

OF one of these sermons, that preached before the Mission Society to Africa and the East, we have already given some account. (See vol. for 1810, p. 579). Of the other two, it may be enough to say, that they are not unworthy of their author's fame. They are occupied with the same important object, which has given so general an interest to his former publications the diffusion of the evangelic light throughout the world. The text is, "Let there be light;" words, which, though originally applied to the creation of natural light, may fairly be accommodated to the author's purpose, of describing the progress of that greater light, which began to shine into the hearts of men, when "THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS arose with healing in his wings," bringing, "life and immortality to light by the gospel."

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