hy of Pleasure;" but this was never
published.

Towards the autumn of 1803, Mr. Moore embarked for Bermuda, where he had
obtained the appointment of Registrar to the Admiralty. This was a patent
place, and of a description so unsuited to his temper of mind, that he
fulfilled the duties of it by deputy, but the profits ultimately proved
unworthy of Mr. Moore's serious attention; and we believe Mr. Moore has
suffered by the villany of this substitute, to an important amount. He
likewise visited the United States, and upon his return home, in 1806, he
published his remarks on the American character, in a work entitled
"Epistles, Odes, and other Poems." The preface to this little work
sufficiently established the talent of Mr. Moore, as a prose writer. His
opinion of the Americans is also there pretty freely expressed, and some
of the poems, like those ascribed to Little, were objectionable in a
moral point of view. The work was accordingly attacked with much severity,
by Mr. Jeffrey, the editor of the Edinburgh Review: the irritated poet
challenged his critic, but the duel was prevented, and the pistols being
found loaded with paper pellets, the whole affair ended pleasantly enough.

The fate of Addison, with his Countess Dowager, holding out no
encouragement for the ambitious love of Mr. Moore, he wisely and happily
allowed his good taste to regulate his choice in a wife, and some years
ago married Miss Dyke, a lady of great personal attractions, and
accomplished manners, in whose congenial society he passes much of his
time in the retirement of an elegant cottage, in Wiltshire, devoting
himself chiefly to literary pursuits.

In 1808, Mr. Moore sent to the press "Corruption and Intolerance;" two
poems, with notes: addressed to an Englishman, by an Irishman; and in
1809, "The Sceptic," a philosophical satire. These works, of which the
first is pungently satirical, are little known; but they are worthy of
their author. They were succeeded in 1810, by "A Letter to the Roman
Catholics of Dublin." His next production, "Intercepted Letters, or the
Two-penny Post Bag, by Thomas Brown, the younger," 1812, was eagerly
perused, and fourteen editions of it were printed. Its severities on an
elevated personage and the court, will perhaps never be forgotten by the
parties. In sparkling wit, keen sarcasm, and humorous pleasantry, it is
rivalled only by another volume, entitled "The Fudge Family in Paris,"
published in 1818, the hero