28 DECEMBER 1833, Page 12

"The Government has been winning golden opinions from all men

connected with literature. The Lord Chancellor lately obtained a small pension for the eminent Dalton; Mr. Godwin has been appointed to a place, the duties of which are easy to fulfil, while its salary places him above want ; and Earl Grey, we see by the Scotsman, has restored the Royal pension of 100/. to Dr. Jamie- son, the learned author of the 'Scottish Dictionary.' "—Atheneum.

The share which men of letters have got of the good things as the disposal of Government, compared with the loaves and fishet that have- been so liberally dealt out to the Aristocracy, is as Falstars "poor halfpennyworth of bread to the intolerable deal of sack."