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are not so well known on our side of 
the water,—who are in the enjoyment 
of places, pensions, and patronage of 
some sort or other. 1 will not trouble 
you with any more of these. It is 
sufficient for me to assure you, that 
very little independence is to be look- 
ed for either in the Reviews or Maga- 
zines, with few exceptions. Almost 
every one of these was either originally 
established for certain religious or po- 
litical objects, or has been seduced by 
bribery and patronage to become a hot 
partizan. The government, having the 
heaviest purse, and the most extensive: 
patronage, is of course the best pay- 
Master, and consequently retains by 
far the greater proportion of authors, 
either as apologists of itself, or calum- 
niatorsof others. Hence itis that we 
see them industriously employing all 
their learning and talents in propping 
up old abuses, and recommending new 
ones; mingling the praises of religion 
with the grossest flattery of those 
whose whole conduct belies its pre- 
cepts; covering the indulgence of the 
bitterest, most malignant, passions, 
with the thin pretext of orthodox 
piety; making a parade of their faith 
in ribald farec and impious tragedies ; 
spicing the keenest conflicts of interest 
and ambition with an ample sprinkling 
of pure ministerial orthodoxy ; and join- 
ing their voices to the full chorus of cant, 
which, under the auspices of the Holy 
Alliance, now echoes through half the 
world. Itis in this way they either 
repay the bounty of the ministry, or 
insinuate themselves into the lap of 
new rewards, by means of new ser- 
vices. 
When a writer once consents. to 
receive a benefit, be it what. it may, 
—the tenure of which is, that he shall 
not write any thing not palatable to 
New Patents and Mechanical Inventions. 
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the patron, he sells his birth-right for 
a mess of pottage; the wings of his 
genius are clipped by the sword of 
power, and his intellectual faculties 
become cramped in their exercise. 
When old Faustus, according to the 
story, sold himself to Satan, he gained 
by his bargain, at least, an enlarge- 
ment of his powers, both of mind and 
body ; his genius expanded, and he was 
enabled to comprehend what was before 
beyond the reach of his mind. But, 
when Messrs, S aud C 
sold themselves, they seem to have 
lost the talent they before possessed ; 
and, like the traitor Arnold, carried 
with them nothing but their disgrace. 
The indifferent poetry of the patriot 
Ss has become ten times more 
so since he became a pensioner; and 
the genius of T Cc seems 
to have deserted him the moment he 
entered within the magic circle of mi- 
nisterial patronage. 
In an age of ignorance and super- 
stition, it may be that literature will 
find it necessary to appeal to an en- 
lightened monarch, or his minister, for 
that support which the indifference of 
the public denies him; or for that pro- 
tection which the bigotry of ecclesias- 
tical power renders necessary. But 
at this time, when the taste and libe- 
rality of the people are amply sufficient 
to remunerate the highest efforts of 
genius, it is not necessary that it 
should grovel at the foot of power for 
protection, nor prostitute its indepen- 
dence forbread. Itisnow butseldom 
that talent appeals in vain to the pa- 
tronage of nations, when it comes 
recommended by independent princi- 
ples and honest patriotism, A people 
that, wish to be free must take the 
exclusive control of literature out of 
the hands of their governments. 
NEW PATENTS AND MECHANICAL INVENTIONS. 
— 
To Ma. James Fercuson Cote, late of 
Hans-place, Chelsea, but now of Park- 
street, Grosvenor-square, London, for 
an Invention of certain Improvements 
in. Chronometers. 
rpe first improvement proposed 
under this patent consists in the 
application, of a safety-pin to a detent 
with pivots; a locking-plate to the 
balance-axis; and the return or un- 
locking spring in a reversed position; 
the. escapement of the chronometer 
being a detached one. 
The balance in this chronometer is 
constructed without arm, adjusting- 
weights, screw, cavity, or projection; 
so that the atmospheric air cannot 
affect its circular movement. This 
balance is, in form, a. circular plate, 
flat on one side, and on the opposite 
turned hollow, so as to leave no more 
substance than is absolutely necessary 
to support the rim. 
The effect of heat and cold on this 
chronometer is compensated by a curb 
actuated by a compensator, the motion 
‘of 
