Seized pond'rous, huge, with which the Goddefs fprung Of Heroes, against whom her anger burns.' For the fake of comparison, we fhall now tranfcribe Pope's verfion of this paffage: "Pallas difrobes; her radiant veil unty'd, י Εις όρος, η εις κύμα πολυφλοίσβοιο θαλασσης, Or plung'd me in the deep; there I had funk In the version of this paffage, Mr. C. has, we think, greatly the advantage of Mr. Pope. "Wou'd heav'n, e'er all thefe dreadful deeds were done, The day, that fhew'd me to the golden fun, Had feen my death! Why did not whirlwinds bear The fatal infant to the fowls of air? Why funk I not beneath the whelming tide, And 'midft the roarings of the waters dy'd?" xvi. 401. Δεύτερον ὁρμηθεις ζόμον εύξέσω ενι δίφρω Verf. 488. • The fon of Enops, Theflor next he fmote. Low-cow'ring fat, a fear-diftracted form, And from his palfied grafp the rein had fall'n.' Pope's tranflation of the paffage, though good, is inferior to that of Mr. C. • Theflor was next who faw the chief appear, xvii. 243. - επει πολέμοιο νέφος περὶ παια καλυπίες is happily rendered, Verf. 285. • That cloud of battle, Heltor, fuch a gloom Sheds all around.' Ib. 236. Πληγεισ' εγχεί τε μεγάλῳ καὶ χειρι παχειῇ. Verf. 358. for huge the hand, And pondrous was the fpear that gave the blow." The tranflation of the celebrated paffage in the twentieth book, in which is defcribed the alarm of Pluto at the earthquake occafioned by Neptune, deferves, we think, particular praife for its ftrength and its fidelity. The Greek runs thus: xx. 61. Εδδεισεν δ' υπένερθεν αναξ ενέρων Αϊδωνεύς, Δείσας εκ θρόνο αλτο, και ιαχε" μη οἱ ὑπερθε • Upftarted from his throne, appalled, the King Through hell proclaim'd, left Neptune, o'er his head To mortal and immortal eyes his realm We fhall conclude this article, already perhaps too long, with the well-known paffage in which Homer beautifully describes the forrows of Ulyffes during his confinement in the island of Calypfo: Odyf. v.151. Τον δ' αρ' επ' ακλης εύρε καθημενον εδε πολ' οσσε Δακρυόφιν τερσαλος κατείβ το δε γλυκύς αιών Confeffedly Confeffedly beautiful as the original is, it fuffers little in the hands of Mr. Cowper; and though Pope has been happy enough in his verfion of this paffage, yet the prefent tranflator has nothing to dread from comparison. on the hore She found him feated; tears fucceeding tears Wept, groan'd, defponded, figh'd, and wept again.' "Him penfive on the lonely beach fhe found, For now the foft Enchantrefs pleas'd no more: In flumber wore the heavy night away, On rocks and fhores confum'd the tedious day; With echoing forrows made the mountains groan, Till dimm'd with rifing grief, they ftream'd again." MONTHLY CATALOGUE, For AUGUST, 1792. EAST INDIA AFFAIRS. Art. 15. Reprefentation and Petition from his Highness the Nabob of the Carnatic, prefented to the Houfe of Commons, March 5, 1792. 8vo. pp. 75. 25. Debrett. THERE recollection that they are but men, and fubje&t to human viciffitudes, than fovereign princes; and perhaps there never was an age that furnished more pointed leffons of this kind than the prefent. Among the humiliating examples, is that of the Nabob of the Carnatic, ftanding at the bar of a popular affembly fome thousands of miles from his own dominions, fuing for protection against a long feries of oppreflions and ufurpations of a company of merchants, who have, at length, taken the administration of his government out of his hands, in violation of a recent treaty, on the plea of that treaty being infufficient for fecuring the expected advantages! This Hh 2 treaty treaty of perpetual friendship and alliance was concluded with the Nabob in February 187, by Sir Archibald Campbell, under the orders of the Board of Controul; from which board, it is ftated, the treaty received the fulleft approbation. Sir Archibald Campbell, when he fent home the treaty, speaks in the following terms of the Nabob. "I have narrowly watched all the Nabob's conduct and fentiments fince my arrival in this country, and I am ready to declare that I do not think it poffible that any Prince, or Power on earth, can be more fincerely attached to the profperity of the Honourable Company than his Highness, or that any one has a higher claim to their favour and liberality." It is neither practicable nor neceffary for us to enter into the detail of the Nabob's complaints, but he concludes with the following reprefentation: That the Nabob has now been the most faithful and fledfast ally of the English nation, during a period of near fifty years: that he has gone hand in hand with them at all times of adversity as well as profperity, and has devoted his whole life and fortune to their welfare: that, after all, inflead of enjoying repofe and tranquillity which he had expected would have been the reward of his long and faithful attachment to the English nation, his latter days are embittered with aggravated misfortune and affliction, and his grey hairs treated with de:ifion and contempt: that there are many other grievances under which the Nabob labours, but which the eftablishing a general line, that must not be tranfgreffed, will remove: that, in fetting forth the grievances he has explained, he has avoided to accufe or blame individuals: that redress is his object, and not revenge; and that, content with receiving justice for the future, he wants ro retribution for paft injuries: that he is willing to afcribe fome public encroachments upon his rights to the Company's being ignorant of the limits of their own; and far be it from his heart to lay to the charge of a great nation, whom he efleems, admires, and loves, thole enormities, encroachments, and oppreffions, which paffions of various kinds have suggested to individuals: that the Nabob of The Carnatic fends this his Petition to the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, as the Company of Merchants of England trading to The Eaft Indies, and their concerns, are peculiarly under their infpection and controul; and therefore praying the Houfe to take the premifes into their confideration, and to do in them as to the House shall feem fit.' Surely it does not become a generous government to fuffer a friendly ally to be reduced to the circumftances fo pathetically, yet fo mildly, reprefented! Art. 16. A Letter from a Gentleman in Lancashire to his Friend in the Eaft Indies, on the Subject of the War with Tippoo Sultan. 8vo. pp. 27. IS. Richardfon. 1792. It is fufficiently clear that this was intended to be a very clever letter: but its particular aim, if it has any, beyond being witty on the the Eaftern war, baffles our difcovery. The occafion is also paffed, and our operations are closed; whether to the author's fatisfaction, we know not: but if he has any stock of humour on hand to fend to market, he may now employ it on the treaty of peace. Art. 17. Art. 18. A Letter to the Right Hon. Henry Dundas, Prefident of the Debrett. 1792. We have claffed thefe two publications together, becaufe Mr. Anderfon principally controverts the difadvantageous statements in A Letter to the Right Hon. Henry Dundas, publifhed during the laft year*, and which, by the letter above mentioned, appears to have been the work of Mr. Tierney; and the fupplement to Mr. Anderfon's pamphlet is a reply to this fecond letter. Thefe two gentlemen are both deeply involved in the mazes of Eaft India accounts, whither we cannot pretend to follow them; and are warmly contelling matters on which we prefume not to decide. We can however add, that Mr. Anderson's statements are introduced by a clear explanation of the feveral, departments of the Company's accounts, both in their commercial and in their fovereign capacities:-but thefe blend with and interfere fo intricately in general statements, that we can only infer that their concerns are grown too mighty either for proper management, or for due comprehenfion. Art. 19. Strictures and Occafional Obfervations upon the System of Britif Commerce with the East Indies: with Remarks, and propofed Regulations, for encouraging the Importation of Sugar from Bengal; and Hints for the Arrangement of the Trade, after it fhall be feparated from the Revenue of our Territorial Acquifitions. To which is added, A Succin&t Hiftory of the Sugar Trade in general. By the Author of A Short Review of the Trade of the East India Company. 8vo. pp. 210. Debrett. 1792. 4s. fewed. This pamphlet contains propofed regulations for the fupply of this country with fugar from the Eaft Indies; in his expectations of the fuccefs of which, the writer is very fanguine. He does not, however, advert to the circumstances of our Weft Indian iflands, nor to our reciprocal engagements with the planters, who have cultivated those islands in reliance on parliamentary faith:-but it must be ad See Rev. New Series, vol. vi. p. 333. Hh 3 mitted, |